{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3000", "width": "2328", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2916", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2884", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2916", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2884", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2916", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2884", "width": "2138", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2916", "width": "2148", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "l\\nw-\\n-v:uu:--.uu-:;-\\nS^.\\ni\\nI\\nlife\\nII IS/^BELLA COUNTY, MICH.\\nSOI^TI^AITS AND Biogi^;aphi6al Si^etghes\\npi^onimcnt; and I^epfe^eqtatiiVB Citizeq^ of tfje Counti},\\nTOGETHEli WITH PORTRAI IS AXD IllOdli APII lES OF ALL THE (iO\\\\ E/{X()L S OF MICHIGAN\\nAND OF THE PFESinENTS OP THE UNITED STATES.\\nALSO CONTAIMNi; A COM 1M.KII-; lilSlOiiV ol- I I ll-; COl NTY, I KOM I IS KAHI.IKST SETTI.E.MEN I\\nTO Till-: I UKSMNr TIME.\\nCHICAGO:\\nt i;i I\\n1SS4.\\nJ\\naDD-^-\\n^2", "height": "2894", "width": "2169", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "a\\n\u00c2\u00abD :i\\nVi\\nI\\nf^!/ -^t^^fe?^ v3^^\\nA\\nt\\niaa: ^iiu^\\nr\\nI", "height": "2874", "width": "2243", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "11\\nt\\nf^.-^(^%\\nfjS\\ni J^ iV Tk\\nE HAVE completed our labors in writing and compiling the Portrait andBiograph-\\nII \\\\L Album of Isabella County, and wish, in presenting it toils patrons, to speak\\nbriefly of the importance of local works of this nature. It is certainly the duty\\nof the present to commemorate the past, to perpetuatcthe names of the pioneers,\\nto furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate the story of their progress.\\nThe civilization of our day, the enlightenment of the age, and this solemn duty which\\nmen of the present time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity^\\ndemand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In local history is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe\\nvessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this region from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the noble men who in their prime entered\\nthe wild forests of Isabella and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to\\ntheir graves. The number remaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is\\nbecoming small indeed, so that an actual necessity exists for the collection and preservation of his-\\ntorical matter without delay, before the settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only\\nisit of the greatest importance to render history of pioneer times full and accurate, but it is also essen-\\ntial that the history of the county, from its settlement to the present day, should be treated through its various\\nphases, so that a record, complete and impartial, may be handed down to the future. The present the age\\nof progress, is reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiet, unostentatious olden times; it is abrilliant\\nrecord, which is destined to live in the future; the good works of men, their magnificent enterprises, their\\nlives, whether commercial or military, do not sink into oblivion, but, on the contrary, grow brighter with age,\\nand contribute to build up a record which carries with it precedents and principles that will be advanced and\\nobserved when the acts of soulless men will be forgotten, and their very names hidden in obscurity.\\nIn the preparation of the personal sketches contained in this volume, unusual care and pains were\\ntaken to have them accurate, even in the smallest detail. Indeed, nothing was passed lightly over or treated\\nindifferently, and we flatter ourselves that it is one of the most accurate works of its nature ever published.\\nAs one of the most interesting features of this work, we present the portraits of numerous representa-\\ntive citizens. It has been our aim to have the prominent men of to-day, as well as the pioneers, represented\\nin this department; and we congratulate ourselves on the uniformly high character of the gentlemen whose\\nportraits we present. They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are selected from all the call-\\nings and professions worthy to be represented. There are others, it is true, who claim equal prominence with\\nthose presented, but of course it was impossible for us to give portraits of all the leading men and pioneers\\nof the county. We are under great obligation to many of the noble and generous people of Isabella\\nCounty for kindly and material assistance in the preparation of this Album.\\nCHAPMAN BROIHRRS.\\nChicago, fy, J8S4.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i.\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "i^^\\n-7\\\\\\nM Mh T\\n^^f^vi^\\nI)\\nq\\\\\\nf(z)\\n-^^Dfl^CDr^^-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "5\\nc V^^Il D;^ H[l^i v w i^y^\\n^/y^y ^^A .t.,.t,.t.,.+.\\n4^^JC(sVp\\nvs\\n^5\\nc-:^:\\no)\\nii ^V\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^t|- ^=^\u00c2\u00ab^^!J^^^ ^[l HDf-^-^ -l^^f\u00c2\u00ae ^7\\nSSiSf", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "-cr\\nv DP :ilIls\\n-4?^C(s^-#;\\nt\\nf\\ne\\n/7s\\nNl\\n-^^c^x e-^^n!]^D(ii", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "i^K\u00c2\u00ae\\nFIRST PRESIDENT.\\ni;s\u00c2\u00ab^^i\u00c2\u00abP.*:^i i:^\\ni j\u00c2\u00a3j) ^i 1\\ni S\u00c2\u00abJSS*?^\u00c2\u00ab^ SS\\nV\\nEOBBE ^l\\n7 A\\nBT\u00c2\u00aeN.\\n.V. V^sTV^ i V. V tigi t^ t^W ^j!t v\\nHF Father of our Country was\\n1 l)0in in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\n1 eh 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, Chades\\nand Mildred.\\nAugustine 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 he left\\nscliool, when he received private instruction in\\nmathematics. His spelling was rather defective.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physical\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\nan acknowledged leader among his companions, and\\nwas eady noted for that nobleness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George was 1 4 years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opposition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of\\nage, he was appointed adjutant with the rank of\\nmajor in the Virginia militia, then being trained for\\nactive service against the French and Indians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother\\nLawrence, who went there to restore his health. They\\nsoon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence\\ndied, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter\\nwho did not long survive him. On her demise the\\nestate of Mount Vernon was given to George.\\nUpon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddie, as Lieuten-\\nant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was\\nreorganized, and the province divided into four mili-\\ntary districts, of which the northern was assigned to\\nWashington as adjutant general. Shortly after this\\na very perilous mission was assigned him and ac-\\ncepted, which others had refused. This was to pro-\\nceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North-\\nwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed\\nwas between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand,\\nand the journey was to be made without military\\nescort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The\\n9\\nA\\n-5M\\n1:^:1", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "|)$\u00c2\u00ab^r|\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\ni :i\\nGEORGE WASHINGTON.\\n4^^5( \u00c2\u00a7VM;\\nxV trip 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-\\nI mand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was\\nthen begun against the French and Indians, in which\\nWashington took a most important part. In the\\nmemorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad-\\ndock s defeat, Washington was almost the only officer\\nof distinctiof. who escaped from the calamities of the\\nday with hfe and honor. The other aids of Hraddock\\nwere disabled early in the action, and Wasliington\\nalone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter\\nto his brother he says 1 had four bullets through\\nmy coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped\\nunhurt, though death was levelin- my companions\\non every side. An Indian sharpshooter said he was\\nnot born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken\\ndirect aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit\\nhim.\\nAfter having been five years in the military service,\\nand vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he\\ntook advantage of the fall of Fort Duqr.esnc and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his commission. Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he took an\\nvx active and innwrtant part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\nWhen the British Parliament had closed the jxart\\nof Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces\\nthat The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.\\nIt was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila-\\ndelphia.Sept. 5, 1774, tosecure their common liberties,\\npeaceably if [wssible. 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, .\\\\mong 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 ujion Washington,\\nwho was still a member of the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June 19, but uixm 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 the\\nX fortunes and liberties of the people of this country\\nwere so long confided. The war was conducted by\\nhim under every jKassible disadvantage, and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\n(f obstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\n,i nation of earth. On Dec. 23, 17S3, Washington, in\\na parting address of surpassing beautv, resigned his\\nV\\nV\\n1^\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annajxjlis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount \\\\ernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all\\nconnection with public life.\\nIn February, 1789, Washington was unanimously\\nelected President. In iiis presidential career ht was\\nsubject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new\\ngovernment trials from lack of confidence on the pari\\nof other governments; trials from want ol harmony\\nbetween the different sections of our own country;\\ntrials from the imiwverished condition of the country,\\nowing to the war and want of credit; trials from the\\nbeginnings of party strife. He was no partisan. His\\nclear judgment could discern the golden mean and\\nwhile perhaps this alone kept our government from\\nsinking at the very outset, it left him exixjsed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often bitter and\\nvery annoying.\\n-At the expiration of his first term he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this term many\\nwere anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of March,\\n1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there\\nhis few remaining years free from the annoyances of\\npublic life. Later in the year, however, his reix)se\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France.\\n.\\\\t the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sub-\\nordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which he superintended from his\\nhome. In accepting the comm.ind 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 1 2, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne wiih military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault at\\nMount Vernon.\\nOf the character of Washington it is inijxjssible 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 hut believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unusally tall, erect\\nand well proportioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect without any appearance of\\nhaughtiness, and ever serious without being dull.\\nim\\\\^^^^-^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m%m\\n-4^^5^y^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "imi4", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "i\\n^myM^ T\\nlf^jX!rt-\u00c2\u00ab\\n4^^K^4li\\nSECOND PRESIDENT.\\nferi\u00c2\u00a3ia\u00c2\u00bb^\\n^vT* r+-* *l?*-r* *vrif**.i *TT T-\\n.^g-liAi at S\\n\\\\9\\nV^\\nOHN ADAMS, the second\\n_, Piesideiit and the first Vice-\\nv j President of the United States,\\n\\\\vis born in Braintree now\\nQuincy ),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\nfi r g. 1735 His great-grandfatlier, 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 which he added the bus-\\niness of shoemaking. He gave his\\neldest son, John, a classical educa-\\ntion at Harvard College. John\\ngraduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the\\nschool in Worcester, Mass. This he found but a\\nschool of affliction, from which he endeavored to\\ngain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this purjxjse he placed himself\\nunder the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He\\nhad tliought seriously of the clerical profession\\nbut seems to have been turned from this by what he\\ntermed the frightful engines of ecclesiastical coun-\\ncils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof the operations of which he had been a witness in\\nhis native town. He was well fitted for the legal\\nprofession, jxissessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of s| eech, and having quick percep-\\ntive ixjwers. He gradually gained practice, and in\\n1764 married .Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\ntion turned him from law to politics. He took initial\\nsteps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu-\\ntions he offered on the subject became very jxjpular\\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 jxjpular cause, and\\nwas chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates\\nfrom Massachusetts to the first Continental Congre s,\\nwhich ir.et in 1774. Here he distinguished himself\\nby his capacity for business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for independence against the\\nmajority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved\\nand carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies\\nshould assume liie duties of self-government. He\\nwas a prominent member of the committee of five\\napixjinted June 11, 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 the\\nglow of excitetl feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife,\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated\\nby the si)irit of prophecy. Yesterday, he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin .Anierica; and greater, perhaps, never was or will\\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 passed. The fourth of\\nJuly, 1776. will be a memorable epoch in the historj\\nof America. I am a])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\\nCiod. It ought to be solemnized with jxjmp, shows.\\nc^:\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "r^^K eV Il n i :2\\n/OJ^JV ABAMS.\\nv games, siMrts, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfU from one end of the continent to the other, from this\\nW^ time forward for ever. You will think me transported\\nwith enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of\\nI the toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to\\n(^j maintain this declaration, and support and defend\\nthese States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the\\nrays of light and glory. I can see that the end is\\nworth more than all the means; and that posterity\\nwill triumph, although you and I may rue, which I\\nhope we shall not.\\nIn November, 1777, Mr. Adams was ajipointed a\\ndelegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin\\nFranklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in\\nthe endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money\\nfrom the French Government. This was a severe trial\\nto his patriotism, as it separated him from his home,\\ncompelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex-\\nposed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis-\\ners, who were seeking him. He left France June 17,\\n1779. In September of the same year he was again\\nchosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi-\\nness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce\\nwith Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet\\nmight be found willing to listen to such projxjsels. He\\nsailed for France in November, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated important loans and\\nformed important commercial treaties\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\nJan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nwas advised to go to England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping and despond-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseback and foot, he made the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face\\nto face the King of England, who had so long re-\\ngarded him as a traitor. As England did not\\ncondescend to apixaint a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. .Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought permission to return to\\nhis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788.\\nWhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President, .\\\\gain\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President, though not without much opposition.\\nServing in this office four years,he was succeeded by\\n.Mr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.\\nWhile Mr, .Adams was Vice President the areat\\n;a;\\nV\\nm\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Europe,\\nand it was upon this point whicii he was at issue with\\nthe majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jeflerson.\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people\\nin tiieir struggle, for he had no confidence in their\\npower of self-government, and he utterly abhored the\\nclass of atheist i)hilosophers wlio he claimed caused it.\\nOn the other hand Jefferson s sympathies were strongly\\nenlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or-\\niginated the alienation between these distinguished\\nmen, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ-\\nized, Adams at the head of the one whose sympathies\\nwere with England and Jefferson led the other in\\nsympathy with France.\\nThe world has seldom seen a spectacle of more\\nmoral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the\\nold age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling\\nhad died away, and he had liegun 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 piihhc good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his |)eculiar\\ngood fortune to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which lie had been so active in creating and\\nsupporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled\\nto the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest\\nstation in the gift of the people.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half\\ncentury since the signing of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, arrived, and there were but three of the\\nsigners of that immortal instrument left ujxin the\\nearth to hail its morning light. And, as it is\\nwell known, on that day two of these finished their\\nearthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from\\nhis l ed. On being requested to name a toast for the\\ncustomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed In-\\ndependence FOREVER. When the day was ushered\\nin, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons,\\nhe was asked by one of his attendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it 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 jjcrsonal appearance and manners of Mr.\\nAdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his ])ortrait manifests,w:is intellectual ard ex]ires-\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his\\nmanners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous.\\nHe had neither the loftv dignity of Washington, nor\\nthe engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked\\nthe manners and address of Jefferson\\ni\\np|y\\\\\u00c2\u00ab))\u00c2\u00ab^^fi- ^^^f^ ^-^^mi^iini^^ ^f^ -4^^^C(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "V\\nH(3MAS JEFFERSON was\\nborn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\npwell, Albermarle county, Va.\\nHis parents were Peter and\\nJane Randolph) Jefferson,\\nthe former a native of Wales,\\nand the latter born in Lon-\\ndon. To them were born six\\ndaughters and two sons, of\\nwhom Thomas was the elder.\\nWhen 14 years of age his\\nfather died. He received a\\nmost liberal education, hav-\\ning been kept diligently at school\\nfrom the time he was five years of\\nage. In 1760 he entered William\\nand Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\nand splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17\\nyears old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine\\nhorses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he\\nwas earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha-\\nable in his morals. It is strange, however, under\\nsuch influences,that he was not ruined. In the sec-\\nond year of his college course, moved by some un-\\nexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses,\\nsociety, and even his favorite violin, to which he had\\npreviously given much time. He often devoted fifteen\\nhours a day to haid study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigh intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nphy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and\\nv^ Greek authors he read with facility. A inore finished\\n/:_ scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls; and\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureiuinded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately upon leaving college he began the\\nstudy of law. For the short time lie continued in the\\n)ractice of his profession he rose ra[)idly and distin-\\nguished himself by his energy and accuteness as a\\nlawyer. But the times called for greater action.\\nThe policy of England had awakened the spirit of\\nresistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged\\nviews which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led\\nliim into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In\\n1772 he married Mrs. Martha .Skelton, a very beauti-\\nful, wealthy and highly accom[)lished young widow.\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell, tliere\\nwas a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, wliich\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected lor his new\\nhome; and here he reared a mansion of modest yet\\nelegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon,\\nbecame the most distinguished resort in our land.\\nIn 1775 he was sent to the Colonial Congress,\\nwhere, though a silent member, his abilities as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed n\\\\K)n a number of important committees,\\nand was chairman of the one appointed for the draw-\\ning up of a declaration of independence. This com-\\nmittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John .Xdams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was apiKjinted\\nto draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested\\na few verbal changes before it was sul)mitted to Con-\\ngress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made\\nin it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July\\n4, 1776. Wliat must have been the feelings of that\\nA\\nca:\\nf\\nB", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "m\\n28\\nTHOMAS JEFFERSON.\\n-^#^5f(\u00c2\u00ae^X:^):\\nt\\nA\\nS\\nf\\nman what the emotions that swelled his breast\\nwho was charged with the preparation of that Dec-\\nlaration, which, while it made known the wrongs of\\nAmerica, .vas also to publish her to tlie world, free,\\nsoverign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\nmarkable papers ever written and did no other effort\\nof the mind of its author exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp his name with innnortality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia. At one time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMonticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five\\nminutes elapsed after the hurried escape of Mr. Jef-\\nferson and his family, ere his mansion was in posses-\\nsion of the British troops. His wife s health, never\\nvery good, was much injured by this excitement, and\\nin the summer of 1782 she died.\\nMr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783.\\nTwo years later he was appointed Minister Plenipo-\\ntentiary to France. Returning to the United States\\nin September, 1789, he became Secretary of State\\nin Washington s cabinet. This position he resigned\\nJan. r, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\nMr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\n1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity.\\nand George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\ntion was disturbed by an event wliich threatened the\\ntranquility and peace of the Uniot; this was tiie con-\\nspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\nto the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\nambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition into the Spanish territories on our\\nsouthwestern frontier, for the purixjse 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 f:ir more dangerous\\ncharacter.\\nIn 1809, at the expiration of the second term for\\nwhich Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined\\nto retir* from political life. For a period of nearly\\nforty years, he had been continually before the jiub-\\nfic, 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 tiie service of his\\ncountry, he now felt desirous of that rest which his\\ndeclining years required, and upon the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, 1809, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\nMr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole\\nfamilies came in their coaches with their horses,\\nfathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and\\nnurses, and remained three and even six months.\\nLife at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a\\nfashionable watering-place.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, l)eing the fiftieth anniver-\\n)5\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nsary of the Declaration of American Independence,\\ngreat preparations were made in every part of the\\nUnion for its celebration, as the nation s jubilee, and\\nthe citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity\\nof the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer,\\nand one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill-\\nness, wiiich had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled liim to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn the second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left liim, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next\\nday, which was Monday, he asked of those around\\nhim, the day of the month, and on being told it was\\nthe third of July, he expressed the earnest wish that\\nhe might be permitted lo 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 tlieir deaths they were not\\ndivided.\\nIn person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather\\nabove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes\\nwere light, his hair originally red, in after life became\\nwhite and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore\\nhead broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell us personal courage and his command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic; and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his wriringsis\\ndiscernable the care with which he formed his style\\nupon the best models of antiquity.\\nk\\ni\\n1\\nf", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "/^^c^:^-^ -c-^g^Mii^ 0^1^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "I^^7^^)\u00c2\u00ab^#\u00c2\u00ab\\nFOURTH PRI SIDENT.\\nV*\\nt\\npn]ES n]7iDisoi]\\ne\\nV\\n1)\\nAM?:S MADISON, Father\\nof the Constitution, and fourth\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas l)orn Manh i 6, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\nJune 28, 1836. l he name of\\nJames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of tlie important\\nevents in that heroic period of our\\nJ, country during which the founda-\\ntions of this great repubHc were\\naid. He was the hist of the founders\\nof the Constitution of the United\\nStates to lie called to his eternal\\nreward.\\nThe Madison family were among\\nthe early emigrants to the New World,\\nlanding upon the shores of the Chesa-\\npeake l)ul 15 years after the settle-\\nment of Jamestown. The father of\\nlames Madison was an opulent\\nplanter, residing upon a very fine es-\\ntate called Montjielier, Orange C o.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\nthe niiclst of scenery highly pictur-\\nesque and romantic, on the west side\\nof South-west Mountain, at the foot of\\nBlue Ridge. It was but 25 miles from the home of\\nJefferson at Monticello. The closest jjersonal and\\npolitical attachment existed between these illustrious\\nmen, from their early youth until death.\\nThe early education of Mr. Madison was conducted\\nmostly at home under a private tutor. At the age of\\n18 he was sent to Princeton College, in New Jersey.\\nHere he applied himself to study with the most im-\\nprudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three\\nhours sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so\\nseriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor\\nof constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble\\nbody, with a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly discii)lined and richly stored with learning\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subse-\\nquent career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he commenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of extensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nmind, and his frail health leading him to think that\\nhis life was not to be long, he directed especial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. Endowed with a nnnd\\nsingularly free from passion and prejudice, and with\\nalmo.:t uneipialled powers of reasoning, he weighed\\nall the arguments for and against revealed religion,\\nuntil his faith became so established as never to\\nbe shaken.\\nIn tiie spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he\\nwas elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to\\nframe the constitution of the State. The next year\\n(1777), he was a candidate for the General .Assembly.\\nHe refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and\\nconsequently lost his election but those who had\\nwitnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,\\nand he was a|ipointed to the E.\\\\eculive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their appreciation of his\\n(S)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "v\\n1\\nJAMES MADISON.\\nt\\nintellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsequent eminence. In the year\\n1780, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nC ongress. Here lie met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous jwsitions among them.\\nFor three years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 1784, his term having e.xpired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any State more prominent than Virginia in\\nthe declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the Ceneral Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented. George Washington vk as chosen\\npresident of the convention; and the present Consti-\\ntution of the United States was then and there formed.\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was\\nto be presented to the several States for acceptance.\\nBut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little power at home and little respect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding the principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great ojiposition\\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 ]X)wer of fascination,\\nwhom he married. She was in person and character\\nfpieenly, and probably no lady has thus far occujMed\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs.\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretary of State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. At this time the encroach-\\nments of England had brought us to the verge of war.\\nBritish orders in council destioyed our commerce, and\\nour flag was exposed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an American ship brought\\nto, upon the ocean, by the guns of an English cruiser.\\nA young lieutenant steps on board and orders the\\ncrew to be paraded before him. With great nonchal-\\nance he selects any number whom he may please to\\ndesignate as British subjects orders them down the\\nship s side into his boat; and places them on the gun-\\ndeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by compulsion, the\\nbattles of England. This right of search and im-\\npressment, no efforts of our Government could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relinquish.\\nOn the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 1813, was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered u[ion his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British flett, early in February,\\n18 13, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the United States under blockade.\\nThe Emperor of Russia offered his services as me\\nditator. America accepted England refused. A Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nofthePatuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. I he cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White\\nHouse, with her carriage drawn up at the door to\\nawait his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFell. 13, i8i5,the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4tli of March, 1817, his second term of\\noffice expired, and lie 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.\\n^5\\nV\\nA\\nV\\nr\\n.:s^^^jc:\\nr A^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24y^fc*\\nr\\ni", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "^^^^^^2^^^2-t^^ /^^-i^\u00c2\u00a3^-e^^ ^-C^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "AMKS MONROE, the fifth\\n^^.Presidcntof The United States,\\nwas born in Westmoreland Co..\\nVa., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nnativity. His ancestors had for\\nmany years resided in the prov-\\nmce in which he was born. When,\\nat 17 years of age, in the process\\nof completing his education at\\nWilliam and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate upon the un-\\njust and manifold oppressions of\\n(ireat Britian, declared the separa-\\ntion of the Colonies, and promul-\\ngated the Declaration of Inde])en-\\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 amoi;g 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 |)ouring\\nin and the tories not only favored the cause of the\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwho were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con-\\ntending with an enemy whom they had been taught\\nto deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James\\nMonroe, who went right onward, undismayed through\\ndifficulty and danger, the United States owe their\\npolitical emancipation. The young cadet joined the\\nranks, and es|X)used the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nA\\n.i))\u00c2\u00ab^l*\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel-\\nancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White\\nPlains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled\\nbefore its foes through New Jersey. In four months\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patriots\\nJiad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg-\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ])ro-\\nmoted a captain of infantry and, having recovered\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from the line of promotion, by becoming an\\nofficer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy-\\nwine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a\\nregiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon\\nthis failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at\\nthat period Governor, and pursued, with considerable\\nardor, the study of common law. He did not, however,\\nentirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag;\\nbut on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun-\\nteer, during the two years of his legal pursuits.\\nIn 1782, he was elected from King George county,\\na member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that\\nbody he was elevated to a seat in the Executive\\nCouncil. He was thus honored with the confidence\\nof his fellow citizens at 23 years of age and having\\nat this early period displayed some of that ability\\nand aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards T\\nemployed with unremitting energy for the public good,\\n^\u00c2\u00bb^f^ ^-^^n I) iiiii ve^\\n4^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^2*^^^: o-v\\nJAMES MONROE.\\n^4^^$\\nV\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the Uniied States.\\nDecplyas Mr. Monroet cll the iniperfoi tionsof thcold\\nonfederacy, lie was opiiused to llie new Constitution,\\nthinking, with many others of the Reimhlican party,\\nthat it gave loo nuicli jxawcr to the Central Government,\\nand not enough to tlie individual States. Still he re-\\ntained the esteem of his friends who were its warm\\nsupporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition\\nsecured its ado|ition. In 17S9, he became a member\\nof the United States Senate; which office he held for\\nfour years. Every month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great parlies wiiidi ilivided the nation,\\nthe Federal aiul llie Kcpiibliian, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent ide.is which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of tlie Constitution as to give the\\nCentral Ciovernment as little power, and tlie State\\n(iovernmentsas much iHjwer, as the Constitution would\\nwarrant. The Federalists sympathized with F^ngland,\\nand were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, which wt)uld give as much jwwer to the\\nCentral Ciovernment as that document could possibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and l .ei ul)licans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the F ederalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding up this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse alUirecian and.\\\\ssyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight eipiilibriuni. .\\\\nd yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a tlenion.\\nWashington was then President. F^ngl.ind ii.ul es-\\npoused the cause of the Hourbons against the princi-\\nples of the F rench Revolution. k\\\\\\\\ Kurope was drawn\\ninto the conllict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a i)roclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween these contending powers. l rance had helped\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. .Ml the despotisms\\nof Europe were now comliinedto 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 h.izard, we shoidd help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed tlie Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could apnreci.ite such a character,\\ndeveloped his i aim, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing tliat very lames Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the ixilicy of the Ciovernment, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France, ^fr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\ni 1 France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations.\\n5- ^J\\nShortly after his return to this comitry, Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected C.overnor of Virginia, and held the\\nortice for three yeais. He was again sent to France to\\nco-ojierate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining\\nthe vast territory then known as the Province of\\nLouisiana, which F ranee had but shortly before ob-\\ntained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc-\\ncessful. For tlie comparatively small sum of fifteen\\nmillions of doll.irs, tlie entire territory of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to tlie United States.\\nThis was probably the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world.\\nYxowx F rance Mr. Monroe went to F-ngland to ob-\\ntain from that country some recognition of our\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious im[)ressments of our seamen. but F ng-\\nland was unrelenting. He again returned to F .ng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returnetl to his home and was again\\nchosen Ciovernor of irgiiiia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State under\\nM;idison. While in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trying times, the duties of the ar Department\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. Cikui the return of\\npeace he resigned the Department of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretary of State until the e.\\\\-\\npiration of Mr. Madison s adminstration. the elec-\\ntion held the previous autumn Mr. .Monroe himself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opposition, and\\nu|)on March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\n.\\\\mong the important measures of his Presidency\\nwere the cession of Florida to the United States; the\\nMissouri t omiiromise, and the Monroe doctrine.\\nThis famous doctrine, since known as the Monroe\\ndoctrine, was enunciated by him in 1813. .-^t that\\ntime the United States had recognized the independ-\\nence of the .South American states, ami did not wish\\nto have F-uropean powers longer attempting to sub-\\ndue iwrtions of the .American Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we shouUl lonsider anyalteni])!\\non the part of I ,uropean (wwers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any portion t)f this hemisphere as dangerous\\nto our peace and safety. and that we could not\\nview any interposition for the purjiose of oppressing\\nor controlling .American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestatimi by European\\nliowers of an unfriendly disjiosition toward the United\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsentiment of the United States.\\nAt the end of his 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 that city he died, on the 4th of July, 1831.\\nV\\nA\\nA\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "1^\\nrdM^Mh^\\nSJXTH PRESIDKNT.\\nr^\\n?m.\\n39\\n^,v^//:\\\\\\\\ ,.^3\\nI 30^]] QniI]6Y ^D^EQS.\\ni^.-\\nK\\nw\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nIf) sixth President of the United\\nSo Siates, was born in the rural\\nJ home of his honored fatlier.\\n\\\\i Jo!in Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non tlie I ith cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nuorth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of liis father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\nnig to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunker s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning ui from the conflagration of\\nharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright,\\nanimated boy spent a year and a half in Paiis, where\\nhis father was associated with Franklin and Lee as\\nminister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted\\nthe notice f)f these distinguished men, and he received\\nfrom them flattering marks of attention.\\nMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this\\ncountry, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad, \\\\gain\\nJohn (^uinc)- accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napplied himself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto study; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nwhere he entered, first a school in .Amsterdam, then\\nthe University at I.eyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fovirteen\\nyears of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min-\\nister to the Russian court, as his private secretary.\\nIn this school of incessant lalwr .and of enobling\\nculture he spent fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through Sweden, Depmark, Hamlnirg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nhis studies, under n private tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father to\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming accpiaintancc\\nwith the most distinguished men on the Continent;\\nexamining architectural remains, galleries of paintings,\\nand all renowned works of art. At Paris he again\\nbecame associated with the most illustrious men of\\nall lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. After\\na short visit to England he returned to Paris, and\\nconsecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785,\\nwhen he returned to .America. To a brilliant young\\nman of eighteen, who had seen much of the world,\\nand who was familiar with the etiipielte of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncumstances, must have been extremely attractive;\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre-\\nferred to return to America to comjilete his education\\nin an American college. He wished then to study\\nlaw, that with an honoraljle profession, he might be\\nable to obtain an independent support.\\nUpon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty,\\nhe stiulied law for three years. In |une, 1794, be-\\ning then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap-\\npointed by Washington, resident minister at the\\nNetherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached\\nLondon in October, where he was immediately admit-\\nted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney,\\nassisting them in negotiating a commercial treatv with\\n(ireat Brilian. After thus spending a fortr.iglit in\\n[,ondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague logo to Portugal as\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Berlin, but recpiesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. hile waiting he was married to an\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been i)reviously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, .\\\\merican consul in London;\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom-\\nplishment which eminently fitted her to move in the\\nelevated sphere for which she was destined.\\nerr\\nX/\\n1^;^.\\nI^^\\\\^\\n-^^n!l ^DIIr\\nr\\n4 ^j((\u00c2\u00aeXi^i!", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "/OlfJV QUINCY ADAMS.\\n4^^((^V#\\nf\\nA\\nV\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purix)ses of his mission, he solicited his\\nrecall.\\nSoon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to\\nIhe Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then\\nwas elected Senator of the United States for six years,\\nfrom the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his\\nability and his experience, placed him immediately\\namong the most prominent and influential members\\nof that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern-\\nment in its measures of resistance to the encroach-\\nments of England, destroying our commerce and in-\\nsulting our flag. There was no man in America more\\nfamiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon\\nthese points, and no one more resolved to present\\na firm resistance.\\nIn 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQtiincy 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 important\\npart of his studies. It was his rule to read five\\nchapters every day.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, Mr. Monroe took the\\nPresidential chair, and immediately apj)ointed Mr.\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Vdams Secretai^ of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On tlie\\n18th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight yearsof Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr. .\\\\dams -.ontinued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome time before the close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to be presented\\nfor the Presidency. The friends of Mr. .\\\\dams brought\\nforward his name. It as 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 .-Vdams, eighty-four;\\nWilliam H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty-\\nseven. As there was no choice by the people, the\\n(|uestion went to the House of Representatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and\\nhe was elected.\\nThe friends of all the disappointed candidates now\\ncombined in a venomous and persistent assault ui)on\\nMr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in\\nthe past history of our country than the abuse which\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this\\nhigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab-\\nstemious and temperate in his habits; always rising\\nearly, and taking much exercise. hen at his home in\\nQuincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast,\\nseven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said\\nthat he was the first man up in the city, lighting his\\nown fire and applying himself to work in his library\\noften long before dawn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired\\nfrom the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew\\nj Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-\\ndent. The slavery question now began to assume\\nI portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nj Quincy 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\\nI years, until his deatli, he occupied the {X)st as repre-\\nI sentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for I reedom, 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\\nj be brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The\\nbattle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe proslavery party in the Government, was sublime\\nin Us moral daring and heroism. For persisting in\\npresenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he\\nwas threatened with indictment by the grand jury,\\nwith expulsion from the House, with assassination;\\nbut no threats could intimidate him, and his final\\ntriumph was complete.\\nIt has been said of President Adams, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered i y 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 wliicli his nidther tauglit him in\\nhis infant years.\\nOn the 2istof February, 1848, he rose on the floor\\nof Congress, with a paper in his hand, to address the\\nspeaker. Suddenly he fell, again stricken by paraly-\\nsis, and was caught in the arms of those around him.\\nFor a time he was senseless, as he was conveyed to\\nthe sofa in the rotunda. With reviving conscious-\\nness, he opened his eyes, looked calmly around and\\nsaid This is the end of earth then after a moment s\\npause he added, I am eontenl These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent.\\nI\\nvt\\nA\\ni\\nV\\nr\\ni\\nI\\n5\\n-K ^nii^Dar M?^ ^^^^^f^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "NDREVV JACKSON, the\\nth President of the\\n/L nited States, was Ijoin in\\nI Waxhaw settlement, N. (J.,\\nMarch 15, 1767, a few days\\nafter his father s death. His\\n|)arents were pcxar emigrants\\nfrom Ireland, and took up\\ntheir abode in Waxhaw set-\\ntlement, where they lived in\\ndeepest poverty.\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was l)ut very\\nlittle in his cliaracter, made visible, which was at-\\ntractive.\\nWiien only thirteen years old he joined tiie volun-\\nteers of Carolina against the British invasion. In\\n1781, he and his brother Robert were captured and\\nimprisoned for a time at Camden. A British officer\\nordered him to brush his mud-spattered boots. I am\\na prisoner of war, not your servant, was the reply of\\nthe dauntless boy.\\nThe brute drew his sword, and aimed a desperate\\nblow at the head of the helpless young prisoner.\\n.Andrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear-\\nful gashes, one on tiie hand and the other ujxjn 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\\ndiiabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-pox. Their\\nmother was successful ill obtaining their exchange.\\nA\\nm\\n-^Sii^^jjKL\\nand took her sick boys home. After a long illness\\nAndrew recovered, and the death of liis mother soon\\nleft him entirely friendless.\\nAndrew supported himself in various ways, such 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 appointed\\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 Sharj) Knife.\\nIn 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who\\nsupposed herself divorced from her former husband,\\n(ireat was the surprise of both parties, two years later,\\nto find that the conditions of the divorce had just been\\ndefinitely settled jjy the first husband. The marriage\\nceremony was performed a second time, but the occur-\\nrence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr.\\nJackson into disfavor.\\nDuring these years he worked hard at his profes-\\nsion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 1796, tiie Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con-\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven\\nounties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member in\\nthe National House of Rejiresentatives. Andrew Jack-\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to IMiiledeljihia, where Congress then held its\\nc\\nmM^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "44\\n|gD^^\\nA\\ny^j\\nv\\nI\\nANDREW JACKSON.\\n-4?^\u00c2\u00a75C \u00c2\u00aeV^Si.\\nsessions, a distance of about eight Inindred miles.\\n/j^ Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Deino-\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f. cratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nV Bonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr.\\nT Jackson took his seat. Gen. Washington, whose\\n(hj second term of office was then expiiing, 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 wlio voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. asliington s adminstration had been\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nJ Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States\\n,\u00e2\u0096\u00a04^ Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\n^1 Soon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme ourt\\nof liis State, which position he lield fjr six years.\\nWlieu tlie war of 1812 witli Great Britran com-\\nmenced, Madison occui)ied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who\\nwould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred \\\\.\\\\\\\\X)X\\\\ him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\noffered his services and those of twenty-five hundred\\nvolunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops\\nwere assembled at Nashville.\\nAs the British were hourly expected to make an at-\\ntack upon New Orleans, where Gen, Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\n_ with fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez; and afteradela\\\\ of sev-\\nO era! weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nN the men were ordered i)ack to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had disphiyed, 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 horsewliip ol.\\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 pistol wounds. While he was\\nlingering tiixm a bed of sulTering news came that the\\nIndians, who had comliined imder 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 theTallaooosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, almut fifty miles below Fort Strother.\\n_ With an army of two tliousand men. Gen. Jackson\\nf traversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend\\nof the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of\\ntangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow\\nneck the Indians had constructed a formidable brea.st-\\nwork of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nwith an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of quarter. When\\nbleeding and dying, they would fight those who en-\\ndeavored to spare their lives. From ten in the morn-\\ning until dark, the battle raged. The carnage was\\nawful and revolting, ^ome threw themselves into the\\nriver; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as\\nthey swam. Nearly ever) one of the nine hundred war-\\nrios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam\\nthe river and escaped. This ended the war. The\\nix)wer of the Creeks was Ijroken 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 ujXjn the British, who were the\\nallies of the Indians No man of less resolute will\\nthan Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediate! v he\\nwas apjxjinted major-general.\\nLate in .\\\\ugust, with an army of two thousand\\nmen, on a rushing marcii. Gen. Jackson came to\\nMobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed\\na force ujxm the beach, an hored near the little fort,\\nand from both ship and shore commenced a furious\\nassault. The battle was long and doubtful. .\\\\t length\\none of the ships was blown up and the rest retired.\\nCrarrisoning Mobile; where he had taken his little\\narmy, he moved his troops to New Orleans,\\n.\\\\nd the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued,\\nwas in reality a very arduous campaign. This won\\nfor Gen. [ackson an imperishable name. Here his\\ntroops, which numbered about four thousand men,\\nwon a signal victory over the British army of about\\nnine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the\\nloss of the British was two thousand six hundred.\\nThe name of Gen. lackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. .\\\\dams. 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, lie met with\\nthe most terrible affliction of his life in the death of\\nhis wife, whom he had loved witha devotion which has\\nperhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of\\nher death he never recovered.\\nHis administration was one of the most memorable\\nin the annals of our country; applauded by one party,\\ncondemned by the other. No man had more bitter\\nenemies or warmer friends. .\\\\t tlie cxpiraliim of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died June 8, 1845. The last years of Nlr. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.\\nVv.\\n1\\ni\\nr\\nim%m y\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24^^5f\u00c2\u00aeA", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "J 7/^^^ ^/3UiiX-^^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "1^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^=^-7-\\n^011:^11 Il\\ny\\n^t^^C^V!^\\nEIGHTH PRESFDEXT.\\nK\\n[=3\\n47\\nr. j^:\u00c2\u00bb\\nipifl Il] Y^l] BUItEy. {OW*\\n=^v?)\\nA :v?A^X:^-^^^f^\\nARI lN VAN BURKN, tlic\\nciLihth President of the\\nI liited States, was born at\\nKinilerliook, N. V., Dec. 5,\\n17SJ. He died at the same\\nplac e, July 24, 1S62. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\na plain granite shaft tifteeii feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout half way up on one face.\\nThe lot is unfenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere is but little in the life of Martin Van i5uren\\nof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\nin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in\\nlX)litical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, his days passed uneventful in those\\nincidents which give zest to biography. His an-\\ncestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,\\nand were among the earliest emigrants from Holland\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhoqk. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and e.\\\\emplary piety.\\nHe was decidedly a precocious boy, develo[)ing 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 reipiired of him\\nbefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with\\na lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur-\\nsued his studies with indefatigable industry. After\\n.spending six years in an office in his native village,\\nhe went to the city of Xew York, and prosecuted his\\nstudies for the seventh year.\\nIn 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of\\nage, commenced the practice of law in his native vil-\\nlage. The great conflict between the Federal and\\nRepublican party was then at its height. Mr. Van\\nBuren was from the beginning a politician. He had,\\nperhaps, imbibed that spirit while listening to the\\nmany discussions which had been carried on in his\\nfather s hotel. He was iir cordial sympathy with\\nJefferson, and earnestly and elocpiently 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, the\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years,\\nconstantly gaining strength by contending in the\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his .State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. After twelve short\\nyears she sank into the grave, the victim of consump-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over-\\nher loss. l \\\\)r twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn 181 2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous supjxirt to\\nMr. Madison s adniinstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\n[lointed ,\\\\ttorney-Cieneral, and the next year moved\\nto \\\\lbany, the capital of the State.\\nWhile he was acknowledged as one of the most\\nprominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had\\nvV\\nV^\\nA\\n1=1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f\\nt\\ny", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "eV\\nMARTIN VAN BUREN.\\nt\\nthe moral courage to avow that true democracy did\\nnot require that universal suffrage which admits\\nthe vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of\\ngoverning the State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic principles, he contended that, while the\\npath leading to the privilege of voting should be open\\nto every man without distinction, no one should he\\ninvested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were\\nin some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue\\nand some property interests in the welfare of the\\nState.\\nIn 182 I he was elected 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 ixssition as anactive and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\nthe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\ntermined opiX)ser of the Administration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. .\\\\dams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen (iovernorof\\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 jxyliticians.\\nIt was supixjsed that no one knew so well as he how\\nto touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all\\nthe wires to put his machinery in motion and how to\\norganize a jwlitical army which would, secretly and\\nstealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By\\nthese [wwers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams,\\nMr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which\\nfew thought then could be accomplished.\\nWhen .\\\\ndrew Jackson was elected President he\\napf)ointed 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\\nV\\ni^\\n^tK^HO^:\\nhome, apparently untroubled was nominated Vice\\nPresident in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election\\nof President Jackson and with smiles for all and\\nfrowns for none, he took his place at the iiead of that\\nSenate which had refused to confirm his nomination\\nas ambassador.\\nHis rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of\\nPresident Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor-\\nite and this, probably more than any other cause,\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu-\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re-\\nceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen.\\nJackson as President of the United States. He was\\nelected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the\\nretiring President. Leaving New York out of the\\ncanvass, says Mr. Parton, the election of Mr. Van\\nBuren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen.\\nJackson as though the Constitution had conferred\\nupon him the power to appoint a successor.\\nHis administration was filled with exciting events.\\nThe insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in-\\nvolve this country in war witli England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial panic which spread over the country, all were\\ntrials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at-\\ntributed to the management of the Democratic party,\\nand brought the President into such disfavor that he\\nfailed of re-election.\\nWith the exception of being nominated for the\\nPresidency by the Free Soil Democrats, in 1848,\\nMr. Van Buren lived ([uietly upon his estate until\\nhis death.\\nHe had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits,\\nand living within his income, had now fortunately a\\ncompetence for his declining years. His unblemished\\ncharacter, his commanding abilities, his un([uestioned\\npatriotism, and the distinguished [wsitions which he\\nhad occupied in the government of our country, se-\\ncured to him not only the homage of his party, but\\nthe respect ot the whole community. It was on the\\n4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from\\nthe presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald^\\nhe still exerted a powerful influence w\\\\iox\\\\ 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 ^J\\nexperienced amid tlie stormy scenes of his active life.\\nW^y^. ^^^5C@ Nii\\nc\\nA", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "/^;^;^e3^^^^i^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "^-rm^^\\ni\\ni.\\n(i\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRl-\\nbOV, the ninth President of\\nthe United States, was horn\\nTt I eikeles a., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHib father, Beiijaniin Harri-\\nson was in comparatively op-\\nulent circumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguished\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nmtimate friend of George\\nWashington, \\\\v as early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspicuous\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nliritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrison and Jolin Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\nspeaker.\\nMr Harrison was subseiiuently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwas twice re-elected. His son,\\nWilliam Henry, of course enjoyed\\nin childhood all the advantages which wealth and\\nintellectvial and cultivated society could give. Hav-\\ning received a thorough common-school education, he\\nentered Hampden Sidney College, where he graduated\\nwith honor soon after the death of his father. He\\nthen repaired to Philadelphia to study medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of\\nRobert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nUpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he\\nabandoned his medical studies and entered the army,\\nhaving obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent Washington. He was then but ig years old.\\nFrom that time he passed gradually upward in rank\\nuntil he became aid to (ieneral Wayne, after whose\\ndeath he resigned his commission. He was then ap-\\npointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This\\nTerritory *as then entitled to but one member in\\nCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that\\nlX)sition.\\nIn the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory\\nwas divided by Congress into two jMrtions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin the State of Ohio, was called The Territory\\nnorth-west of the C)hio. The western portion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil-\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap-\\njxiinted by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana\\nTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor of\\nUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now\\nrapidly increasing white population. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discharged these res|ionsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes apjx)inted 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 settlementsin that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. Oneof these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly ojjposite Louisville; one at\\nVincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French\\nsettlement.\\nThe vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. About\\nA\\n(r)\\n^^rK^^Dii: iiiiv^^\\n\u00c2\u00aba-\\n-f*^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "ft~:-5\u00c2\u00ab^^r*=-\\nTssC^fe-\\nT7\\n-v ^M Mh\\nTT\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary mei:, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nf) these 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 foiesiglu and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise ni wliich he might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\nthe encroachment of the whites uiion the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His l)rotlier, tlie Prophet, was\\nanorator, wlio could sway the feelingsof the untutored\\nIndian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath wliicli\\nthey dwelt.\\nBut the Prophet was not merely an orator he was,\\nin the superstitious minds of tlie Indians, invested\\nwith the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a\\nmagician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter\\nthe Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went\\nfrom tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent\\nby the Cireat .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 march. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\nj^ their appearance and inquired wliy Ciov. Harrison was\\n1=3 approaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\n)r5 short conference, arrangements were made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was loo well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by sucli protes-\\ntations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night s en-\\ncampment, he took every precaution against surprise.\\nHis troops were [wsted in a hollow s([uare, and slept\\nupon their arms.\\nI he troops threw themselves upon the ground for\\nrest; b\\\\it every man had his accourtrements on, his\\nloaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, between three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It\\nwas a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In\\nthe darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi-\\nble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all\\ntlie desperation which superstition and i)assion most\\nhighly inflamed could give, upon the left Hank of the\\nlittle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition by the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\nii ous yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubtir.g a\\nK speedy and an entire victory. Gen. Harrison s\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i/ troops stood as immovable as the rocks around them\\nuntil day dawned they then made a simultaneous\\ncharge with the Ijayonet, and swept every thing be-\\nfore them, and completely routing the foe.\\nA\\n(iov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from theCan-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, burn-\\ning, plundering, scalping, torturing, the wide frontier\\nwas plunged into a state of consternation which even\\nthe most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive.\\nThe war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the\\nforest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances, Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed by President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to [irotect the frontiers.\\nIt would be difficult to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\n(ieneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nol)ly and triumphantly did he meet all the re-\\nsponsibilities.\\nHe won the love of his soldiers by al .vays sharing\\nwith them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while\\npursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a\\nvalise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket\\nlashed over his saddle. Thirty-five British officers,\\nhis [jrisoners of war, supjied with him after the battle.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn iS 16, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of\\nthe National House of Representatives, to represent\\nthe District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an\\nactive member; and whenever he spoke, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of elocjuence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn I Si 9, Harrison was elected to the Senate of\\nOhio; and in 1S24, as one of the presidential electors\\nof that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The\\nsame year he was chosen to the L nited States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him\\nforward as a candidate for the Presidency against\\nVan Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of\\nMr. Van Buren s term, he was re -nominated by his\\nparty, and Mr. Harrison was unanimou.sly 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.\\nI he cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster\\nat its head as Secretary of State, ivas one of the most\\nbrilliant with which anv President had ever been\\nsurrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin-\\nistration more flattering, or the hopes of the country\\nmore sanguine. In the midst of these bright and\\njoyous prospects, Gen. Harrison was seized by a\\npleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick-\\nness, died on the 4th of April just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the United States.\\nA\\nA\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "C^i^/Z", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "rfrV :ll[l :l\\nTENTH PRKSIDENT.\\nSNi i,-\\nJ DlII^ TYLE\\n55\\nV^\\nOHN TYLER, the tentli\\nrresidentof tlie United States.\\nHe was born in Charles-city\\nCo., Va., March 29, 1790. He\\nWIS the favored child of af-\\nfluence and high social po-\\nsition. At the early age of\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary C ollege and grad-\\nnated with much honor when\\nbut seventeen years old. After\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself witli great assiduity to the\\nstudy of law, partly with his\\nfather and partly with Kdmund\\nRandolph, one of the most distin-\\nguished lawyers of Virginia.\\nAt nineteen years of age, ne\\nft U commenced 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\\nnot retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost vmanimonsly elected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-\\ncratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of\\nJefferson and Madison. For five successive years he\\nwas elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the\\nunanimous vote or his county.\\nWhen but twenty-six years of age, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and\\nably with the Democratic party, opiX)sing a national\\nbank, intcnial improvements by the General Govern-\\nment, a protective tariff, and advocatmg a strict con-\\nstruction of the Constitution, and the most careful\\nvigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress\\nwere so arduous that before the close of his second\\nterm he found it necessary to resign and retire to his\\nestate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He,\\nhowever, soon after consented to take his seat in the\\nState Legislature, where his influence was powerful\\nin promoting public works of great utility. NVith a\\nreputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen\\nby a very large majority of voles, Ciovernor of his\\nnative State. His administration was signally a suc-\\ncessful one. His poi)ularity secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, thtn represented Virginia in tlie Senate of the\\nUnited States. A portion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his ojiiwnenl,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of\u00c2\u00bbsufficient\\npo|)ularity 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 joineii the ranks of the oi)posi-\\ntion. He oi)posed the tariff; he spoke against and\\nvoted against the bank as unconstitutional; he stren-\\nuously op])osed all restrictions upon slavery, resist-\\ning all projects of internal improvements by the Gen-\\neral Governnient, and avowed his sympathy with Mr.\\nCalhoun s vii w of nvillification he declared that Gen.\\nJackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had\\nabandoned the princi])les of the Democratic party.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Such was Mr. Tyler s record in Congress, a record\\nin |)erfect accordance with the princi]iles which he\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of\\nhis profession. There was a split in the Democratic\\nA\\n^-^^il!i: iit]i\\n_ ;?i^ Mi^rr_\\n^^^i^^Mi", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "iiK/\\n6v nD^nnf T^\\nrr\\n-\u00c2\u00ab^^(@M^\\nJOJIN TYLER.\\nh\\n(0\\ni\\nI\\nparty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave hini a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\nvate affiiirs had fallen into some disorder; and it was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the better education of his children and he again\\ntook his seat in the Legislature of Virginia.\\nBy the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national\\nconvention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in\\n1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine 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 Jolui Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig party in the Noith but the Vice\\nPresident has but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\ndent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time, President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus found himself, to his own surprise and that ot\\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. Fyler\\nwas at home in Williamsburg when he received the\\nunexpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nApril was inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was placed in a position of e.xcecding\\ndelicacy and ditificulty. All his long life he had been\\nopposed to the main iirinciples of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, honest man, with an unblemished record,\\n(ien. 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-\\nmony vvith himself, and which would oppose all those\\nviews which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub-\\nlic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in-\\nvited the caliinet which President Harrison had\\nselected to retain their seats. He reccommended a\\nday of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and\\nbless us.\\nThe Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the\\nincorjxjration of a fiscal bank of the United States.\\nThe President, after ten days delay, returned it with\\nhis veto. He suggested, however, that he would\\n1\\nI\\napprove of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he\\nproposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and\\nprivately submitted to him. He gave it his approval.\\nIt was passed without alteration, and he sent it back\\nwith his veto. Here commenced the open rupture.\\nIt is said that Mr. Tyler was provoked to this meas-\\nure by a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nBotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bitterly. All the members of his\\ncabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the people ot the\\nUnited States, proclaiming that all political alliance\\nbetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new cabmet of distinguished Whigs and\\nConservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party\\nmen. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign,\\nforced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus\\nthe four years of Mr. Tyler s unfortunate administra-\\ntion passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vituperation. higs\\nand Democrats alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himself into sympathy with his Xi,.\\nold friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr. 1=1\\nPolk, the Democratic candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, totlie regret of neither p.irty, and\\nprobably to his own unsjjeakalile lelief. His first wife,\\nMiss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842;\\nand in June, 1844, I resident Tyler was again married,\\nat New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of\\nmany personal and intellectual accomplishments.\\nThe remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly\\nin retirement at his beautiful home, Sherwood For-\\nest, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in 5\\nhis manners, richly furnished with mformation from J^\\nbooks and experience in the world, and ])ossessing f\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unusual attractions. With sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hos|)itality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered aroiuid him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\n]X)licy had heljied to introduce.\\nWhen the great Rebellion rose, which the State-\\nrights and n\\\\illifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal-\\nhoun had inaiigurated, 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.\\nC\\nI\\n-^vm^ ^D!l^Dlln -^r^ S\u00c2\u00ab??^ o^\\n4^^( \u00c2\u00aey^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "ifr/^\\nj\u00c2\u00abr\\nELEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n-i^^^vS\\n59\\n5t -s^ ,^^8\\n^1 AMES K. Pdl.K, the eleventh\\nj.j|President of the United StatL-s,\\nwas born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\nN. C, Nov. 2, 1795. His par-\\nents were Samuel and Jane\\n(Knox) Polk, the former a son\\nof Col. Thomas Polk, who located\\nat the above place, as one of the\\nfirst pioneers, in 17,35.\\nIll the year 1006, with iiis wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\nthe Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\nmiles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof the Duck River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwhich was sul)se()uently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their log huts,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nf derness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the nur-\\nsuit of a surveyor to that of a fanner,\\ngradually increased in wealth until\\nhe became one of the leading men of the region. I lis\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong loniiiKin\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nVery early in life, James develo[)ed a taste for\\nreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\na liberal education. His mother s training had made\\nhim methodical in his habits, had taught him i)unct-\\nuality and industry, and had ins])ircd 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 i)ursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disap|)ointinent. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the extreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his\\nearnest solicitation his father removed him, and made\\narrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. \\\\V ith\\nardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed\\nforward in his studies, and in less than two and a half\\nyears, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore\\nclass in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel\\nHill. H ere he was one of the most exemplary of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing\\nhimself to he absent from n recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be-\\ning deemed the best scholar of his class, both in\\nmathematics and the classics, lie was llicii tuciity-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired by the assiduity wiili wliii h he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of Felix (Irundy, to slii l\\\\ law. Here Mr. I olk\\nrenewed his actpiaintancc wilh .\\\\iuhvw Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly acquainted belbie.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Republican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi-\\ncal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was\\nconstantly called u]X)n to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was ix)pularly callcil the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial and\\nA\\n^Mt^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nf\\n60\\nJAMES K. POLK.\\n4^^f\u00c2\u00aeV#;\\nA\\n3\\n1^\\nI\\nt\\nt\\ncourteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnature in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave\\nhim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nto the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\nMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1 839, he was con-\\ntinued in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew,\\nonly that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair\\nof Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious\\nmember, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was\\nalways in his seat, always courteous and whenever\\nhe spoke it was always to the [)oint, 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, 1S39.\\nIn accordance with .Soutlicni usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, bur 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 annexationof 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 passiwrts 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 on\\nthe western banks.\\nThe anticipated collision soon took |)lace, and war\\nwas declared against Mexico by President Polk. The\\nwar was pushed forward by Mr. Polk s administration\\nwith great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first\\ncalled one of observation, then of occupation,\\nthen of invasion, was sent forward to Monterey. The\\nfeeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly\\nand awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement\\nalone can reveal the misery which this war caused.\\nIt was by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk s administration\\nthat the war was brought on.\\nTo the victors belong the six)ils. Mexico was\\nprostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands.\\nWe now consented to peace ujxjn 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 territor) eipial to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right there were\\nothers who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution\\nof this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were paid to Mexico.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from\\noffice, having served one term. The next day was\\nSunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated\\nas his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in the\\nsame carriage with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good With an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years\\nof tranquility and hap| iness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge\u00e2\u0080\u0094 was then swee|)iiig up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the isth of June, 1S49, in the fifty-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.\\n/S\\nr\\ni\\\\^))^^^\\n-^m ^M y^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": ":2i\u00e2\u0082\u00acS^\\nX tlll^(m :^r-\\nTIVELFTH PRESIDENT.\\ni ^i\\nTAYI,OX^\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v A^VA_.v.\\\\ -v -v.-i-v v^ji -v-v; V. v.\\\\.\\\\ :jj.\\nACHARY TAYLOR, iwcllih\\n4) I rtsideiit of the United States,\\nJj)* was born on tlie 24tli of Nov.,\\n1784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\nfather, Colonel Taylor, was\\na Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished patriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zaehary\\nwas an infant, his father withliis\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentucky, wliere 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\\nS^ could enjoy luit few social and educational advan-\\ntages. When si.x years of age he attended a common\\nV school, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,\\nrather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char-\\nacter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and\\nmanifested a strong desire to enter 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 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and he joined the troops which were stationed\\nat New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after\\nthis he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady\\nfrom one of the first families of Maryland.\\nImmediately after the declaration of war with Kng-\\n(g\\\\ land, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\nI promoted 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-\\n^K ness by Gen. Harrison, on liis march to Tippecanoe.\\nIt was one of the first points of attack by the Indians,\\nled by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\n^^V\u00c2\u00ab/)^#- ^-^^DE\\ncompany of inlantry nmnbermn fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autunni df iSij, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their\\napproach was first indicated by the murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible prei)aration 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 disaiipeared, the\\ngarrison slept upon their arms. One hour before\\nmidnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips\\nin the forest around, followed by the discharge of\\nmusketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick\\nand well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that\\ndefeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap-\\nture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor-\\nture. No pen can describe, no immagination can\\nconceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc-\\nceeded in setting fire to one of the block-iiouses-\\nUntil si.x o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages then, baffled at every point,\\nand gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. Capt.\\nTaylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the\\nrank of major by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war, Major Taylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active\\nservice. He was sent far away into the depths of the\\nwilderness, tt) Fort Crawford, on Fo.x River, which\\nempties into Green Hay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. Tliere were no books, no society, no in-\\n_:y\\\\.-y ^\\\\n _\\nt\\ni\\ns^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "ZACHAR V\\nI\\ni\\nV\\no\\n1\\ntellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful\\nyears rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of\\ncolonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in\\nthe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor\\ntook a subordinate but a brave and efficient part.\\nFor twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged in\\nthe defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and m\\nemployments so obscure, that his name was unknown\\nbeyond the limits of his own immediate acc4uaintance.\\nIn the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel\\nthe Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire l eyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs l)y treaty,\\nhad promised they should do. The services rendered\\nhere secured for Col, Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated\\nto the rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nafter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\nAfter two years of sucli wearisome employment\\namidst the everglades of tlie peninsula. Gen. Taylor\\nobtained, at his own retp.iest, a change of command,\\nand was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,\\nAlabama and tieorgia. Establishing his headi|uarters\\nat Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family\\nto a plantation which lie purchased, near Baton Rogue.\\nHere he remained for five years, buried, as it were,\\nfrom the world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimposed u|)on him.\\nIn 1846, den. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\nbetween the Nueces and Rio (rrande, the latter river\\nbeing tlie boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon tlie war with Me.xico\\nwas Ijrought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nRaima, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the\\nMexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet\\nwas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nwas received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in\\nthe Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and\\nBuena Vista in which he won signal victories over\\nforces much larger than he commanded.\\nHis careless habits of dress and liis unaffected\\nsimplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops,\\n\\\\.\\\\\\\\e sohrii/uet of Old Rough and Ready.\\nThe titiings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread tlie wildest enthusiasm over the country. The\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s lips. The\\nWhig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nful [jopularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\nlettered, honest soldier as tiieir candidate for the\\nPresidency, (ien. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all (]ualified 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 l)een long years in the public service found\\ntheir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nI\\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 elo(iuent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter His friends took possession of him, and pre- v/-^\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The jwpularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\n(jen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThough he selected an excellent cabinet, the good\\nold man found himself in a very uncongenial ixjsitioii,\\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, 1S50.\\nHis last words were, I am not afraid to die. I am\\nready. I liave 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 deatli.\\nGen. Scott, who was thoroughly actpiainted 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 cc.se-\\nc-oe\\nG\\nsk\\n(juence. The frontiers and small military posts aad\\nbeen his home. Hence he was (piiie ignorant f\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nplicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju-\\ndices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the\\ntender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable,\\nchanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat\\na little on one side of his head or an officer to leave\\na corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out-\\nside pocket, in any such case, this critic held the\\noffender to be a coxcomb (perhaps somethingworse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft rejieated piirase, j\\ntouch with a pair of tongs. t\\nAny allusion to literature beyond good old Dil-\\nworth s spelling-book, on the jxirt of one wearing a\\nsword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter\\nunfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short,\\nfew men have ever had a more comfortable, labor-\\nsaving contempt for learning of every kind.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "....^y^/^^^,^^ j^S.1^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "I MILLflRn FILLfflnHE.\\nt 1 1\\nILL\\\\Rn FILLMORE, thir-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rfi, j?f%#ll tecnth I rcsideiit of the United\\nA f Jt\u00c2\u00a7l\\\\ ^titL-., was born at Sumnicr\\nj Hill Cayuga Co., X. V on\\n^^^2o the 7th of laiiiiarv, iSoo. His\\nf ither was a farmer, and ow-\\nin^ to misfortune, in humble cii-\\nLuuibtmces. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,\\nof Pittsfield, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she possessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\npersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nlX)sition, graceful manners and ex-\\n(juisite sensibilities. ^he died in\\n1 83 1 having lived to see her son a\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn consecpience of the secluded home and limited\\nmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-\\nvantages for education in his early years. The com-\\nmon schools, which he occasionally attended were\\nvery imperfect institutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he\\nwas about to enter. He was a plain farmer s boy\\nintelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred\\ninfluences of home had taught him to revere the Bible,\\nand had laid the foundations of an ufiright 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.\\nNeav the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenterprising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage library. This proved an inestimable blessing\\nto young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read-\\ning. Soon every leisure moment was occupied with\\nbooks. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate;\\nand the selections which he made were continually\\nmore elevating and instructive. He read history,\\nbiography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal ajjpearance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge Walter\\nWood, who was struck with the prepossessing ap-\\npearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint-\\nance, and was so much impressed with his ability and\\nattainments that he advised him to abandon his\\ntrade and devote himself to the study of the law. The\\nyoung man replied, that he had no means of his own,\\nr.o friends to help him and that his previous educa-\\ntion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had\\nso much confidence in him that he kindly offered to\\ntake him into his own office, and to loan him such\\nmoney as he needed. Most gratefully the generous\\noffer was accepted.\\nThere is in many minds a strange delusion about\\na collegiate education. A young man is supposed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-\\nlege. But many a boy loiters through university hails\\nand then enters a law office, who is by no means as\\nI\\nc^:\\n-4", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "T^C^^\\nMTLLARD\\nFTLLMORE.\\n4^^K^V\\\\^^\\nI\\nI\\nV\\nI\\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 was\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or in fame.\\nHere, in the year 1826, he married a lady of great\\nmoral worth, and one capable of adorning any station\\nshe might be called to fill, 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 degree the respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nthe United States Congress He entered that troubled\\narena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our\\nnational history. The great conflict respecting the\\nnational bank and the removal of the deposits, was\\nthen raging.\\nHis term of two years closed and he returned to\\nhis profession, which he pursued with increasing rep-\\nutation and success. After a lapse of two years\\nhe again became a candidate for Congress was re-\\nelected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe-\\nrience as a representative gave him strength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\nany man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now prepared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear upon the public good. Every\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State.\\nA\\nMr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven\\nyears. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in\\nCongress and as Comptroller, had given him very con-\\nsiderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to\\nfind suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi-\\ndent at the approaching election. Far away, on the\\nwaters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old\\nsoldier, who had fought one or two successful battles\\nwith the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be\\nproclaimed in trumpet-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 opiX)sition had a majority in both\\nHouses. He did everything in his power to conciliate\\nthe South but the pro-slavery party in the South felt\\nthe inadequacyof all measuresof transient conciliation.\\nThe population of the free States was so rapidly in-\\ncreasing over that of the slave States that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Government should\\nsoon pass into the hands of the free States. The\\nfamous compromise measures were adopted under Mr.\\nFillmore s adminstration, and the Japan Expedition\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of ^Larch, 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.\\nr\\nS-t^-Sl\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^A;9 =\u00c2\u00abJ*^\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "^/^ly/^^^M^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^i 99~\\n^-x^\\nTZ Svk^\\n:K^ tiii^.nii\\nFOUR TKKNTU PRESIDENT\\n7\\nV\\nQ^\\njlSrfGaa*^\\n..-a\u00c2\u00abA3i^?\\nie FRANKLIN PIERCE.\\nt^i; y-- ^--t.AA\u00c2\u00a3^fe4k4-tA .t..A\\nJ^\\n-*r\\nJymC* \u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\u00e2\u0080\u00a25:;\\nflu I?* 9\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nfourteenth President of the\\nL nited States, was born in\\nHillsboroui;h, N. H., Nov.\\n23, 1804. His father was a\\nRevoUitionary soldier, who,\\nwith liis 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 ujxjn 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 toy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me He was\\none of the most jwpular 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\\nWoodbury, one of the most distinguished lawyers of\\nthe State, and a man of great private worth. The\\neminent social qualities of the young lawyer, his\\nfather s prominence as a public man, and the brilliant\\npolitical career into which Judge Woodbury was en-\\ntering, all tended to entice Mr. Pierce into the faci-\\nnating yet perilous path of political life. With all\\nthe ardor of his nature he espoused the cause of Gen.\\nJackson for the Presidency. He commenced the\\npractice of law in Hillsborough, and was soon elected\\nto represent the town in the State Legislature. Here\\nhe served for four yeais. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Without taking an active\\npart in debates, he was faithful and laborious in duty,\\nand ever rising in the estimation of those with whom\\nhe was associatad.\\nIn 1837, being then but thirty-three years of age,\\nhe was elected to the Senate of the United States;\\ntaking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced\\nhis administration. He was the youngest memberin\\nthe Senate. In the year 1834. he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with wiiich her husband was honoied. Of the\\nA\\nc^:\\nr\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "4^^f\\nFRANKLIN PIERCE.\\nthree sons who were born to them, all now sleep with\\ntheir parents in the grave.\\nIn the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame\\nand increasing business as a lawyer, took up his\\nresidence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire.\\nPresident Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed\\nMr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States; but\\nthe offer was declined^ in consequence of numerous\\nprofessional engagements at home, and the precariuos\\nstate of Mrs. Pierce s health. He also, about the\\nsame time declined the nomination for governor by the\\nDemocratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr.\\nPierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of\\nbrigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his\\ntroops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847.\\nHe took an imjxjrtant part in this war, proving him-\\nself a brave and true soldier.\\nWhen Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native\\nState, he was received enthusiastically by the advo-\\ncates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo-\\nnents. He resumed the practice of his profession,\\nvery frequently taking an active part in political (jues-\\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 I 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven-\\ntion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the\\nPresidency. For four days they continued in session,\\nand in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a\\ntwo-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown\\nfor Gen. I ierce. Then the Virginia delegation\\nbrought forward his name. There were fourteen\\nmore ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly\\ngained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he\\nreceived two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all\\nother candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nthe Whig candidate, (ien. Pierce was chosen with\\ngreat unanimity. Only four States Vermont, Mas-\\nsachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee cast their\\n-i7 electoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates on the 4th of March, 1S53.\\ni^\\nV\\nI\\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 jwint. It became evident that there was\\nan irrepressible conflict between them, and that\\nthis Nation could not long exist half slav.e and half\\nfree. President Pierce, during the whole of his ad-\\nministration, did every thing he could to conciliate\\nthe South but it was all in vain. The conflict every\\nyear grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution\\nof the Union were borne to the North on every South-\\nern breeze.\\nSuch was the condition of affairs when President\\nPierce approached the close of his four-years term\\nof office. I he 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 ajv\\nproved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had\\nrendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be\\nable acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped\\nhim, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re-\\ntired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two\\nhad died, and his only surviving child had been\\nkilled before his eyes by a railroad accident and his\\nwife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of\\nladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The\\nhour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left\\nalone in the world, without wife or child.\\nWhen the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di-\\nvided our country into two i)arties, and two only, Mr.\\nPierce remained steadfast in the principles which he\\nhad always cherished, and gave his sympathies to\\nthat pro-slaver) party with which he had ever been\\nallied. He declined to do anything, either by voice\\nor pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov-\\nernment. He continued to reside in Concord until\\nthe time of his death, which occurred in October,\\n1869. He was one of the most genial and social of\\nmen, an honored communicant of the Episcopal\\nChurch, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen-\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al-\\nleviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns- v*\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.\\nf\\nc\\nc\\ny^-\\n.^5y? e?l.\\nHB", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "^^/^n^^ ^co^^if^ PZ ^^^^Pi^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "j /FTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n.I i i v.^ it.;\\ni ,s RiTCfM-aamMo m\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., Penn., on\\ntlie 23d of April, 1791. The place\\nwliere the humble cabin of his\\nfather stood was called Stony\\nHatter. It was a wild and ro-\\nmantic spot in a gorge of the moun-\\ntains, with towering summits rising\\ngrandly all around. His father\\nwas a native of the north of Ireland\\na poor man, who had emigrated in\\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, plunged into the wilder-\\nness, staked his claim, reared his log-hut, opened a\\nclearing with his axe, and settled down there to per-\\nform his obscure part in the drama of life. In this se-\\ncluded home, where James was i)orn, he remained\\nfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual\\nadvantages. When James was eight years of age, his\\nfather removed to the village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was placed at school, and commenced a\\n1 course of study in English, Latin and Creek. His\\nprogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nW. entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\nX^ veloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nthe first scholars in the institution. His application\\nto study was intense, and yet his native powers en-\\n^tK^hh\\nablcd him to master the most abstruse subjects will:\\nfacility.\\nIn the year I S09, he graduated with the highest\\nhonors of his class. He was then eighteen years of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly he rose\\nin his profession, and at once took undisputed stand\\nwith the ablest lawyers of the State. When but\\ntwenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate one of the\\njudges of the State, who was tried upon articles of\\nimpeachment. At the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the head of the bar; and\\nthere was no lawyer in the State who had a more lu-\\ncrative practice.\\nIn 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a\\ncandidate for Congress. He was elected, and for\\nten years he remained a member of the Lower House.\\nDuring the vacations of Congress, he occasionall/\\ntried some important case. In 1S31, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his iirofession, having .t\\n([uired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, uiwn his elevation to the Presidency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all jxirties. l pon 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 advo :ated the meas-\\nures proposed by President Jackson, of making repri-\\n9\\nc^:\\n4\\n^M\\n\u00c2\u00a3X.\\n-cs^^^\\nM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "A\\n1=1\\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 wiio 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 (ien. 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 the 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.\\nU[X)n Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of Slate, 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 Orande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with pleasure the\\naccount of the course our (lovernment |)ursuedin that\\nmovement.\\nMr. Buchanan identified liimself 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 1050,\\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 aliolition, on the other. Mr. Fre-\\nmont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re-\\nceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The popular vote stood\\n1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for Buchanan. On\\nMarch 4th, 1857, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four\\nyears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and\\nten. His own friends, those with whom he had been\\nallied in political principles and action for years, were\\nseeking the destruction of the Government, that they\\nmight rear upon the ruins of our free institutions a\\nnation whose corner-stone should be human slavery.\\nIn this emergency, Mr. Buchanan was hopelessly be-\\nwildered. He could not, with his long-avowed prin-\\ng\\\\\u00c2\u00ae) \u00e2\u0082\u00ac^f^\\nj::^-X\\nm\\nciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in\\ntheir assumptions. As President of the United States,\\nbound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws,\\nhe could not, without perjury of the grossest kind,\\nunite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opixjuents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer\\nin the next Presidential canvass. The pro-slavery\\nparty declared, that if he were elected, and the con-\\ntrol of the Ciovernment were thus taken from their\\nhands, they would secede from the Union, taking\\nwith them, as they retired, the National Capitol at\\nWashington, and the lion s share of the territory of\\nthe United States.\\nMr. Buchanan s sympathy with the pro-slavery\\nparty was such, that he had been willing to offer them\\nfar more than they had ventured to claim. All the\\nSouth had professed to ask of the North was non-\\nintervention ujxjn 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 |)itiable exhibitions of governmental im-\\nbecility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He\\ndeclared that Congress had no power to enforce its\\nlaws in any State which had withdrawn, or which\\nwas attempting to withdraw from the Union. This\\nwas not the doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed, The\\nUnion must and shall be preserved.\\nSouth Carolina seceded in December, i860; nearly\\nthree months before the inauguratiori of President\\nLincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in listless despair.\\nThe rebel flag was raised in Charleston; Fort Sumpter\\nwas besieged our forts, navy-yards and arsenals\\nwere seized our dejiols 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 I uchaiian was\\ncertainly the most calamitous our country has ex-\\njierienced. His best friends cannot recall it with\\nl)leasure. .^nd 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 li])s to indicate his wish that our countrv s\\nbanner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion.\\nHe died at his VVhealland retreat, June i, 1868.\\nA\\n1\\ni\\ni", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "ABRAHAM m M LINCOLN. 1 1\\n5 i8\\nHRAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of the\\n5I^United States, was liorn in\\nlardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\nAbout tlie year 1780, a\\nman by the name of Abraham\\nLincohi left Virginia with his\\nfamily and moved into the then\\nwildsof Kentucky. Only two years\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nman, while working one day in a\\nfield, was stealtiiily approached by\\nan Indian and shot dead. His widow\\nwas left in extreme poverty with five\\nlittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. This Thomas was\\nthe father of Abraham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth forever be enrolled\\nwith the most prominent in the annals of our world.\\nOf- course no record has been kept of the life\\nof one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among\\nthe [worest of the poor. His home was a wretched\\nlog -cabin; his food the coarsest and the meanest.\\nEducation he had none; he could never either read\\nor write. As soon as he was able to do anything for\\nhimself, he was compelled to leave the cabin of his\\nstarving mother, and push out into the world, a friend-\\nless, wandering boy, seeking work. He hired him-\\nself out, and thus s|)ent the whole of his youth as a\\nlaborer in the fields of others.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he buill a log-\\ncabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\ndaughter of another family of ])oor Kentucky emi-\\ngrants, who had also ome from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was Vljraliam Lincoln, the subject of\\nthis sketch. Tlie mother of Abraham was a noble\\nwoman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn\\na palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel.\\nAll that I am, or hope to be, exclaims the grate-\\nful son I owe to my angel-mother.\\nWhen he was eight years of age, his father sold his\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indiana. Where\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon became the sciibe of the uncduc ated\\ncommunity around bin). He could not have had a\\nbetter school than tliis to teacli him to jjut thoughts\\ninto words. He also becAme an eager reader. Lhe\\nbooks he could obtain were few i)ut these he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed to\\nmemory.\\nAs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. I hrre were joys and\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham s sister\\n.Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar-\\nried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and\\nsoon died. Tlie family was gradually scattered. Mr.\\nThomas Lincoln sold out his scpiatter s claim in lSjo,\\nand emigrated to Macon C o., 111.\\nAbraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age.\\nWith vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing\\nanother log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and their\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when\\nhe announced to his father his intention to leave\\nhome, and to go out into the world and seek his for-\\ntune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril-\\nliant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of\\neducation, and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his jwwer. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate; refusing to allow a drop of intoxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in\\nGod s word, Thou shall not take the name of the\\nLord thy Ciod in vain and a profane expression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a\\nsingle vice.\\nYoung Abraham worked for a time as a hired laborer\\namong the farmers. Then lie went to Springfield,\\nwhere he was employed in building a large fiat-boat.\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated iheni dowt^\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lin-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this adven-\\nCo", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "ABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\n*Mi\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0O\\nture Ills employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return they placed a store and mill under his care.\\nIn 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and although only 23\\n(i)j years of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nT was defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the ai)i)ointmentof Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-oftice was his hat. .\\\\11 tlie 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 Si)ringfield, advised him to study law. He\\nwalked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of\\nMr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and\\nbegan his legal studies. When the Legislature as-\\nsembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back\\none hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In\\n1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it\\nwas he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re-\\nmoved to Springfield and began the practice of law.\\nHis success with the jury was so great that he was\\nsoon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit.\\nIn 1854 the great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery (piestion.\\nIn the organization of the Republican party in Illinois,\\nin 1856, he look an active part, and at once became\\none of the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opjwsition 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\\nslavery (piestion, and he took the broad ground of\\nthe Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated etpial. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con-\\ntest, but won a far liigher prize.\\nThe great Republican Convention met at Chicago\\non the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded tlie city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. .\\\\^n immense building called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate tlie Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\nprominent. It was generally supjwsed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nthe nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to which that nomination doomed him:\\nand as little did he dream that he was to render services\\nto his country, which would fix upon him the eyes of\\n!the whole civilized world, and which would give him\\n..;i, aplaceinthe affections of his countrymen, second\\ni^ only, if second, to that of Washington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore,\\nconstitutionally elected President of the United States.\\nThe tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to this\\nhigii position. In February, i86i, .Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopi)ing in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey was frouglit\\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, uixjn his arrival to get uj) 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 to\\ntake him from HarrisL urg, through Baltimore, at an\\nune.xpected hour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthough great an.xiety was felt by all loyal people.\\nIn the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave\\nto Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to other\\nprominent opi)onents before the convention he gave\\nimix)rtant iwsitions.\\nDuring no other administration have the duties\\ndevolving upon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe resiwnsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling liis own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhis own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plans, and Divine comfort in all his\\ntrials, both i)ersonal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself. Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the time he\\nhad left Springfield, in i86r, however, plans had been\\nmade for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them, .\\\\pril 14, 1865, lie, with Gen. Grant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would l.e ])resent. Gen.\\nGrant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, witn his ciiaracteristic 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 liie 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 filly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country will\\nlive with that of Washington s, its father; his country-\\nmen being unable to decide which is the greater.\\nV\\nI\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^nnr-^nni^^^^\\n4^Nf\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "(.5.;\\n^^?tjU.-iy-\\n^i^^^s e^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "States. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\nn lb born December 29,\\nHI Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of the\\npoor whites of the Soutli, were\\nin such circumstances, that they\\ncould not confer even the slight-\\nest advantages of education ufwu\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nyears of age, his father accidentally\\nlost his life while heiorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew\\nwas a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work tiiere. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow-workmen,\\nlearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle-\\nman to borrow the book of speeches. The owner,\\npleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book,\\nbut assisted him in learning to combine the letters\\ninto words. Under such difficulties he pressed on-\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours\\nat work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreation to devote such time as he could to\\nreading.\\nHe went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at\\nGreenville, where he married a young lady who pos-\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite with\\nthe students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 elected him mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs; identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active member of the legislature,\\ngave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in\\n1840 stumped the State, advocating Martin Van\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in opposition to those\\nof Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much\\nreadiness as a speaker, and extended and increased\\nhis reputation.\\nIn 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive\\nelections, held that important post for ten years. In\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these responsible [XDsi-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abil-\\nS^\\nt\\nQ^N^-^I\\nZ-O-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "ANDREW JOHNSON.\\n:2* ^iiS^\\n(h\\n2\\ny\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was fleeted\\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 free States of the North should return to the\\nSouth persons who attempted to escape from slavery.\\nMr. Johnson was neverashamedof 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 i860, he\\nwas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the\\nPresidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South-\\nern 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. Tlie 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 T\\ndefied it, in everything [Mssible, to the utmost. In .g)\\nthe beginning of 1868, on account of high crimes\\nand misdemeanors, the princi[)al 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 ujwn that article so\\nwould it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced\\nthe President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces-\\nsary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac-\\nquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against\\nhim. The change of one vote from the not guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\nix)litics until 1875. O J^ 26, after an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 5th of\\nMarch. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was I\\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- Jf\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.\\ni", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "1,\\n^y^a,", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "A\\nf\\nr^\\nI YSSES S. GRANT, the\\neighteenth President of the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0United States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a iuuiihle\\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 1S39, he entered\\nthe Military Academy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\nsolid, sensible young man of fair abilities, and of\\nsturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank\\nas a scholar. In June, 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 past in these dreary\\nsolitudes, watching the vagabond and exasperating\\nIndians.\\nThe war with .Mexico came. Lieut, (irant was\\nsent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo .iMto. 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\\nhe performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. A messenger must be sent for more, along\\na route exposed to the bullets of the foe. Lieut.\\nGrant, adopting an expedient learned of the Indians,\\ngrasped the mane of his horse, and hanging ujMn one\\nside of the animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\nto aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he\\nwas appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, Capl. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in California causing an immense\\ntide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt.\\nGrant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in\\nOregon, for the protection of the interests of the im-\\nmigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt.\\nGrant resigned his commission and returned to the\\nStates; and having married, entered upon the cultiva-\\ntion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but\\nlittle skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re-\\nmunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into\\nthe leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga-\\nlena, 111. This was in the year r86o. As the tidings\\nof the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears\\nof Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,\\nUncle Sam has educated me for the army; though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not feel that\\nI have yet repaid thedebt. I am still ready to discharge\\nmy obligations. 1 shall therefore buckle on my sword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a company of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the State, where their services were\\noffered to 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 l ehnlf of the Government. On the 15th of\\nA^ Si^^jf^\\nA\\nMt-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "i^fe- i^r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^5-7\\n^iin^iin^\\nT^^r\\n-:2S^*^\\nUL YSSES S. GRA NT.\\nh\\nJune, 1861, 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 Henr)\\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\\ni=3 district of Tennessee was assigned to him.\\nLike all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well how\\nto secure the results of victory. He immediately\\ny pushed on to the enemies lines. Then came the\\n[T terrible 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 reiiels had thus far encountered,\\nand opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.\\nGen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from\\nhis horse, and received severe injuries, from which he\\nwas laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid\\nof Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Chattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and tactical meas-\\nures put the Union army in fighting condition. Then\\nfollowed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout\\nMountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels\\ni were routed with great loss. This won for him un-\\nbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru-\\nWj y* ^^^4y Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe repaired to Washington to receive his credentials\\nand enter upon the duties of his new office.\\n(M\\\\m^^^ ^^^-^D!!\\no\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nthe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National\\ntroops for an attack ujxjn 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 e.xecuted 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 ]xjpular 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. It\\nis not too much to say that his modest, courteous, and\\ndignified demeanor in the presence of the most dis-\\ntinguished men in the difierent nations in the world,\\nreflected honor \\\\ipon the Republic which he so long\\nand so faithfully served. The country felt a great\\npride in his reception. Ujxjn his arrival in San Fran-\\ncisco, Sept. 20, 1879, tlie city authorities gave him a\\nfine reception. After lingering in the Golden State\\nfor a while, he began his tour through the States,\\nwhich extended North and South, everywhere mark-\\ned by great acclamation and splendid ovations.\\nK-\\nA\\nc-\\nV\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "s.\\ni^wj2u^^ A,", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "-T ?llll^llll^t v u\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0isr\\nNINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n91\\nvf.;. v -i ^t^ a:.ij\\nRUTHERi:ORD B. HAYES, m\\ni^?^i \u00c2\u00a3gi ifca i .;i .^Vi i M 1 I i 1 ;ixrv.n :a i a\u00c2\u00bb i Vi^u^ V. i i Vi t t\\n1 UT\\n1 the\\nrHERFORl) B. HAYES,\\nihe United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeath of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable char-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas farljackas 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Rol)ert\\nBruce. Both families l)elonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\ntune overtaking the family, Cleorge Hayes left Scot-\\nland in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nGeorge was born in Windsor, and remained tlicre\\nduring his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, ni:ir-\\nried Sarah Lee, arid lived from the time of his mar-\\nriage until his death in Simshury, Conn. Ezekiel,\\nson of Daniel, was born in 1724. and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer,\\nblacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to\\nVermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro,\\nwhere he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth-\\nborn. He was married, in September, 1S13, to Sophia\\nBirchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated tiiither 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 enterjjrises of the town, and con-\\nducted his business on Christian principles. After\\nthe close of the war of 1812, for reasons ine.xplicable\\nto his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in tliat day,\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, nor railways,\\nwas a very serious affair. 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, 1S22, a victim of malarial\\nfever, less than three months before the birth of the\\nson, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the su])port 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\\nerford Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was\\niSf^ feA -iinsiiii; -9\\n9\\nI\\n(q-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "^v^iiiistinf\\nRUTHERFORD B.\\nHA YES.\\n^Vi^:\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he\\nwas not expected to live beyond a month or two at\\nmost. As the months went by he grew weaker and\\nweaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in-\\nquiring from time to time if Mrs. Hayes baby died\\nlast night. On one occasion a neighbor, who was on\\nfamiliar terms with the family, after alluding to the\\nboy s big head, and the mother s assiduous care of\\nhim, said in a bantering way, That s right! Stick to\\nhim. You have got him along so far, and I shouldn t\\nwonder if he would really come to something yet.\\nYou need not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nwait and see. You can t tell but I shall make him\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal iiredictions of his speedy\\ndeath; and when, in 1825, his older brother was\\ndrowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his\\nmother.\\nThe boy was seven years old before he went to\\nschool. His education, however, was not neglected.\\nHe probably learned as much from his mother and\\nsister as he would have done at school. His sports\\nwere almost wholly within doors, his playmates being\\nliis 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 healtli had im-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he projxjsed to send him to college. His pre-\\nparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he\\nwas afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the\\nWesleyan University, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen,\\nand was graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nImmediately after liis graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the office of Thon^as Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\ntlie T.aw School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduating at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to tlie bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice a s an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph I Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\nIn 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a ])owerful influence upon his subse-\\n(|uent life. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nLucy \\\\Vare Webb, daughter of Dr. James VVebl), of\\nChilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers such men as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase,\\nGen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many\\nothers hardly less distinguished in after life. The\\nmarriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as\\neverybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved tlian was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. Tlie Literary Club brought Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with young men of high char-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him to display the\\ni|ualities so long hidden by his baslifulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1S56 he was nominated tu the office of Judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac-\\nceiit the nomination. Two years later, the office of\\ncity solicitor becoming vacant, the Cu_\\\\ Council\\nelected him for tlie unexpired term.\\nIn 1 86 1, when the Rebellion broke out, he wa;: at\\nthe zenith of his professional life. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take up\\narms for the defense of his country.\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. In\\nOctober, 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. Sui)sequently, however, he\\nwas made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle\\nof South Mountain he received a wound, and while\\nfaint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious sei vices in the battles\\nof ^Vinchester, Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajor-General, forgallant and distil guislu d Fcrvices\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in ^Vest Virginia. In\\nthe course of his arduous services, four horses were\\nshot from under liim, and he was wounded four times.\\nIn 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from\\nthe Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem-\\nocratic. He was not present during the campaign,\\nand after his election was importuned to resign his\\ncommission in the army but he finally declared, 1\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come by\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1S66.\\nIn 1S67, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. .Mien G. Thurman, a jiopular Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875.\\nIn 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub-\\nlican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a\\nhard long contjest_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 one\\nf\\nV\\nt\\n\u00c2\u00bbe\\nc;\\nA\\n1\\niD !1 5^ Illln s^C^J^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "gs/^\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nT2^^i^ ^-V^nP^IlDr^\\n:i^^K\\nTWENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n1\\n9/^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Z^*S*-=:^ ^^A ^A^ V^ i ^^i\u00c2\u00bbC^^^;;^\\nJAMES A. CJARFIE\\n^n:: \\\\^jiKir\\ne-s^;:;?*?::;?*^;:;?!?^::;,-\\nAilES A (iARFIELD, twen-\\ntieth President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n1S31, in the woods of Orange,\\nC uyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abrani and Eliza\\n(Ballon) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\ntory of that section of our coun-\\ntry, liut had moved to the Western\\nReserve, in Ohio, early in its settle-\\nment.\\nThe house in which James A. was\\nlorn was not unlike the houses of\\npoor Ohio farmers of that day. It\\nwas about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\nhard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\ncleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntheir four children Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and\\nJames. In May, 1823, the father, from a cold con-\\ntracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nthis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nTliomas al)out ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\ntell how much James was indebted to his biother s\\ntoil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc-\\nceeding his father s death, but undoubtedly very\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nters live in .Solon, O., near their birthplace.\\nThe early educational advantages young (iarfield\\nenjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of\\nthem. He labored at farm work for others, did car-\\npenter work, cho[)ped wood, or did anytliing that\\nwould bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed\\nmother in her 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, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. Wiien in the liigliest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest fiiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. Tlie poorest laborer was sure of the\\nsympathy of one who had known all the bitterness\\nof want and the sweetness of bread earned by the\\nsweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, jjlain,\\nmodest gentleman.\\nThe highest ambition of young Garfield until he\\nwas about sixteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She\\nfinally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, however, that he should try to obtain\\nsome other kind of employment. He walked all the\\nway to Cleveland. Ihis was his first visit to the city.\\nAfter making many applications for work, and trying\\nto get aboard a lake vessel, and imt meeting with\\nsuccess, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos\\nLetcher, on tiie Ohio Pennsylvania Canal. He re-\\nmained at this work but a short time when he went\\nhome, and attended the seminar;- at Chester for\\nabout three years, wiien 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 which\\nhe graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon-\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned lo Hiram\\nCollege as its President. .\\\\s above slated, he early\\nunited with the Christian or Diciples Church at\\nHiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous mem-\\nber, often preaching in its pulpit and places where\\nhe happened to be. Dr. Noah Porter, President of\\nYale College, says of him in reference to his religion\\nSi/\\n^^e$^r\\n.:si{^%!^\\nu^-J^i\\n^Illir :^:Dtls\\n-:-4^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "96\\nJAMES A. GARFIELD.\\nsr\\n2\\nPresident Garfield was more than a man of\\nstrong moral and religious convictions. His whole\\nhistory, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to\\nman and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and\\nfaith and spiritual commission were controlling springs\\nof his being, and to a more than usual degree. In\\nmy judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nhis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nCiuistians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympathy which he ever sliowed in their Christian\\ncommunion. Not many of the few wise and mighty\\nand noble who are called show a similar loyalty to\\nthe less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions\\nin which they have been reared. Too often it is true\\nthat as they step upward in social and political sig-\\nnificance they step upward from one degree to\\nanother in some of the many types of fashionable\\nChristianity. President Garfield adhered to the\\nchurch of his mother, the church in which he was\\ntrained, and in which he served as a jiillar and an\\nevangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec-\\nlarian charity for all who love our Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Now 1 1, 1858, who proved herself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nwhom are still living, four boys and one girl.\\nMr. Garfield made his first political S[)eeches in 1856,\\nin Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three\\nyears later he began to speak at county mass-meet-\\nings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he\\nwas. During this year he was elected to the Ohio\\nSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland,\\nand in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great\\nRebellion broke out in the early part of this year,\\nand Mr. Garfield at once resolved to figlit as he had\\ntalked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re-\\nceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty-\\nsecond Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug.\\n14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser-\\nvice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in acMon,\\nwas placed in command of four regiments of infantr)-\\nand eight companies of cavalry, charged with the\\nwork of driving out of his native State the officer\\n(Humphrey M?.rshall) 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-(ieneral, Jan. 10, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narmy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march through\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Coutt-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 01 the Major-General.\\nWithout an effort on liis part Gen. Garfield was\\nelected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the\\nNineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio\\nhad been represented in Congress for sixty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha W liittlesey and Joshua\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the army. At the time he en-\\ntered Congress he was the youngest member in that\\nbody. There he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says Since\\ntlie year 1864 you cannot think of a question which\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before a\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to which\\nyou will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu-\\nment on one side stated, in almost every instance\\nbelter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings by\\nMr. Garfield.\\n\\\\}\\\\x w Jan. 14, 1880, (ien. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of tiie\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, 1881, was inaugurated. Probably no ad-\\nministration ever opened its existence under brighter\\nauspices than that of President Garfield, and every\\nday it grew in favo; with the peojjle, 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 deiwt, in com-\\npany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind\\nliim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back.\\nThe President tottered and fell, and as he did so the\\nassassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the\\nleft coat sleeve of his victim, but inilicting no further\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe shot that was heard round the world Never\\nbefore in the history of the Nation had anything oc-\\ncurred which so nearly froze the blood of the people\\nfor the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit-\\nten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and\\nwas at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty\\ndays, all during the hot months of July and August,\\nhe lingered and suffered. He, however, remained\\nmaster of himself till the last, and liy 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, 1S83, 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 uiK)n it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed.\\nA\\nV\\nr\\ny", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "^V\\nC/.^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "TWENTY.FIRST PRESIDENT.\\nf^ **^r\\nyio)\\n^l\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nFranklin County, Vermont, on\\nJ thefifthof October, 1830, andis\\nthe oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist clergy man, who\\nemigrated to this country from\\nthe county Antrim, Ireland, in\\nhis 18th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, near Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministr\\\\\\\\\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, Schenectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. Af-\\nter his graduation he taught school\\n\\\\h in Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe expiration of that time came to\\nfNew York, with $500 in his pocket,\\nand entered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student. After\\nI being admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing\\nin the West, and for three months they roamed about\\nin the Western States in search of an eligible site,\\nbut in the end returned to New York, where they\\nhung out their shingle, and entered upon a success-\\nful career almost from the start. General Arthur\\nsoon afterward married the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHerndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at\\nsea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in\\nrecognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa-\\nsion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur s\\nnomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in t852 that Jon-\\nathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with\\nhis slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when\\nthey were discovered and freed. The Judge decided\\nthat they could not be held by the owner under the\\nFugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from\\nthe South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the\\nAttorney General of that State to assist in an appeal.\\nWm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed\\nto represent the People, and they won their case,\\nwhich then went to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. Charles O Conor here esjxjused the cause\\nof the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs.\\nEvarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward\\nthe emancipation of the black race.\\nAnother great service was rendered by General\\nArthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings,\\na respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth\\nAvenue car with violence after she had paid her fare.\\nGeneral Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a\\nverdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly\\ni\\ni\\nrp\\n3\\nv^yr^\\n^i^^d", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "CHESTER A.\\nARTHUR.\\nf\\nt\\nI\\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. .\\\\1\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed tlie\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District .\\\\ttorney\\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 rejjutation, if\\nnot. indeed one of national e-xtent.\\nHe always took a leading part in State and city\\npolitics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of\\nNew York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc-\\nceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July,\\n20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt.\\nMr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential\\nticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the famous\\nNational Republican Convention held at Chicago in\\nJune, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest pohtical\\nconvention that ever assembled on the continent. It\\nwas composed of the leading jMliticians of the Re-\\npublican jjarty, 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 (len. Garfield re-\\nceived the nomination for President and (len. 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\\nwas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated\\nMarch 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President.\\nA few months only had passed ere the newly chosen\\nPresident was the victim of the assassin s bullet. Then\\ncame terrible weeks of suffering, those moments of\\nanxious suspense, when the hearts of all civiHzcd 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 ix)sition in the world was at any moment\\nlikely to fall to him.\\nAt last God in his mercy relieved President Gar-\\nfield from further suffering, and the world, as never\\nbefore in its history over the death of any other\\nman, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of\\nthe Vice President to assume the res\\\\x)nsibilities of\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York,\\nSept. 20, 1881. The [xasition 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 }X)licy 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 imixDrtant measures were to be immediately\\ndecided by him and still farther to embarrass him he\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nliecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point, llnder these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffairs, he has happily surprised the Nation, acting so\\njustly, so wisely, so well, that but few have criticised\\nhis administration. Should he continue during the\\nremainder of his term to pursue the wise policy lie\\nhas followed thus far, we believe President Arthur s\\nadministration will go down in history as one of the\\nwisest and most satisfactory our country has ever\\nenjoyed. His highest ambition seems to be to do his\\nduty to the whole Nation, even to the sacrifice of his\\nwarmest personal friends. With the good of the\\npeople at heart, and guided by the wisdom already\\ndisplayed, he will surprise his opponents, gratify his\\nfriends, and bless the .American Republic, during\\ntlie years he occupies the Presidential chair.\\nt\\nr\\nr/\\ng)$$^;4|^\\nM.m w^\\n^^mj^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "^M^\\n-:2^ v Cjv c iin n Il^ 7^TH 5iis5^^\\n^ii\\nI\\nE3\\nS\\nV\\n1-a\\n^^^*c Q-^^-iii n r^ niiv^M? ^^cs^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "M:-/^l^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0w.r CSr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^.U D ^y r-r^ :s^^^\\n-4^^5f^\\nt\\nvt\\nV\\nc\\nC\\nV\\n^se i;^^\\n-^:Dll^DDr\\n.^3li\u00c2\u00abf?Sffl.\\n^9\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "im-r^^^^ ^4^^^: cr-T ^tii]^ni]^\\nT^rr\\n-I^JC^^H\\nVtoj\\nV\\nA\\nV\\ns\\n(i)\\nE=I\\n11\\nM\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^^MM^^fi^^ s^^^ri\\n)AlS", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "tirv\\n^Dn:-^Diiv v\\nrrr\\n4^^C@V;^\\ne^\\n1\\nV\\nA\\ni\\n3", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": ".^itn -e.^ Q^.yiiai^.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "t\\n:(f^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rrv\\n4^iin^ni]\\n-Ziti^^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nmm..\\nSTEPHEN T. MiiSON.\\n\u00c2\u00abxXi7iS-^ J.^ajt _ i_ilLSl\\noejii\\n^9\\nvS\\n1\\nI=X\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J TEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nW first lovcrnorof Michiijan, was\\na sou of Gen. John T. Mason,\\n5 of Kentucky, but was born in\\nVirginia, in 18 12. At the age\\nof 19 he was apixjinted Secre-\\ntary of Michigan Territory, and\\nserved in that capacity during the\\nadministration of Gov. George B.\\nPorter. Upon the death of Gov.\\nPorter, which occurred on the 6th of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, he\\nwas elected Governor under the State\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered uix)n the performance of the\\nduties of the otifice, although the\\nState was not yet admitted into the Union. After\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, Governor\\nMason was re-elected to the jxjsition, and served with\\ncredit to himself and to the advantage of the State.\\nHe died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during\\nCrovernor ^Mason s official career, was that arising from\\nthe disputed southern boundary of the State.\\nMichigan claimed for her southern boundary a line\\nrunning east across the peninsula from the extreme\\nsouthern jxjint of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nLake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right a right accruing to her by\\ncompact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\nthe parties to which were the original 13 States, and\\nthe territory northwest of the Ohio and, by the suc-\\ncession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United .States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\n-^m;f^\\nu^\\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 Slate of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress having admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, without mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but atoliiersshe ap-\\n(leared to regard the (question unsettled, liy the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\n18 [2, 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.\\nOwing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not\\nrun till 1 818. In 1820, the (juestion in dispute\\nunderwent a rigid e.xaniination by the Committee on\\nPublic Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously\\nurged by her delegation, and as ably opjwsed by Mr.\\nWoodbridge, the then delegate from Michigan. The\\nresult was that the committee decided unanimously\\nin favor of Michigan; but, in the hurry of business,\\nno action was taken by Congress, and the (juestion\\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 Lake Erie. The line claimed\\nby Michigan was known as the Fulton line, and\\ntliat claimed by Ohio was known as the Harris line,\\nC -i\\nt\\n-L ;i|i|;^:t|t|; A^\\nml", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "IO\u00c2\u00ab\\n-i^\\nSrEP^E.V T. MASOy.\\n^.rii^\\nI\\nV\\ns\\nfioin the n.imes of ihe sunt\\\\x\u00c2\u00bbts. The leniton- was\\nvalu.ihle tor its rich agriculiund lands but the chief\\nvalue consisted in the tact that the h-ubor on the\\nMauiuee Ri\\\\-er, wheit iww stands the ilourishing city\\nof Toledo, was included within its limits The town\\noriginally Ixjre the name of Swan Creek, afterwaids\\nrv n l_iwrenc\u00c2\u00ab, then Vestula. and then Toledo.\\nIn Februan, 1^55. the Legislature of Ohio p^issed\\nan act extending the jurisdiction of the State over\\nthe territory in question; erected townshifs at d\\ndirected them to hv ld electioni in April ftdlowing. It\\nalso direct^ lk)ven or Lucus to apjxiint three com-\\nmissioners to survey aiwl re-mark the Harris line and\\nnamed the first of April as the day to comraeiKe the\\nsurvey, Acring \u00c2\u00ab.n)venK r M xson. however, anticipated\\nthis action on the jxin of the Ohio L^slature, sent\\na special message to the Legislati\\\\-e Council, appris-\\ning it of t.K\u00c2\u00bb emor Lucas tnessage. and advised imme-\\ndiate action by that body to anticipate and counteract\\nthe pioceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 1 2th\\nof February, the council jvasssed an act making it a\\ncrimmal offence, (Hinishable by a heax y fine, or im-\\nprisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any\\notncLil functions, or accept any office within the juris-\\ndiction v\u00c2\u00bbf Michigan, under or by vinure of any au-\\nthority iK t derived from the Territoiy. or the United\\nStates- On the oth of March, Governor Mason wrote\\nGeneral Bn wn, then in command of the Michigan\\nmilitia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to\\nmeet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was\\nmade on the pan of Ohio to carry out the provisions\\nivf that act of the Legislature. On the ^tstof March,\\nk ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e^K Lucus, with his commissionet^ arrived at\\nPerrj-sburgh, on their way to oonuaence re-surveying\\nthe Harris lit e. He was accom^unied by General\\nBell and staff, ii the Ohio Mflitia. who proceeded to\\nmuster a volunteer force of aKnit 6co men. This\\nwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and\\ne\\\\iuii-\u00c2\u00bbped. The force then went into camp at Fort\\nMiami, to await the Governor s orders.\\nIn the meantime, Ok vemor Mason, with General\\nBrown aiMl staff, had raised a force Sec to t^oo\\nstrong, atjd were in possession of Toledo. General\\nturn s Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of\\n^lontoe. Inspector; Maior J. J. UUman, of Coi\\ny stantine. Quartermaster; Wfllian\\\\ E. Bioadman. of\\nDetroit, and -\\\\li*eus Felch.of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamp. When lK remor Lucas observed the deter-\\nnuned tearing of the Michigan brare*, and took rwte\\n^-v^^^v^: ^-^^dd;\\nol their number, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSever.1l days were {vissed in this exhilararing employ-\\nment, and just as Cn vemor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to dp something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from W.ishington on a mission of peace. Thev\\nren onstr\u00c2\u00bbted with Gov. Lucus. axnl reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possession ot the disputed\\nterritory by force. .\\\\tter several conferences with\\nboth go -emors, the commissioners submitted proposi-\\ntions for their consideration.\\ntkivenwr Lucas at once accepted the propositions,\\nand disbanded his tbrces, Govenwr Mason, on the\\nother hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and\\ndeclined to conipromise the rights of his j*ople by a\\nsurrender of possession and jurisdiction. AMien Gov-\\nernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however. Governor\\nMasoii partially followed suit, but still held himself\\nin readiness to uteet any emergency that might arise.\\ntVovernor Lucus now supjx\u00c2\u00bbsed that his way was\\ndear, and that he could Ix^-mark the Harris line with-\\nout being molested, and ordered the commissioners\\nto proceed with their work.\\nIn the meantime, Govemv r Mason kept a watch-\\nful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent\\nscouts through the woods to watch their movements,\\nand report when of erations were commetKed. hen\\nthe sur -eying party got \u00c2\u00bb-irhin the county of Lena-\\nwee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a\\nwarrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded m arresdng a portion\\nof the party. The rest, including the commissiotterss\\ntook to their heels, athi were scon be)X)nd the dis-\\nputed territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol- -j\\ntowing day in a highly demoralized conditioit, and\\nreported they had been attacked by an overwhelm-\\ning force c^ Michigan malitia, under commaitd of\\nGeneral Brown.\\nThb sommarT t\u00c2\u00bbeakiDg up of the surreying party\\nproduced the most tremeitdous excitement throughout\\nOhia Go^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0emo^ Lucas called an extra sessitmof the\\nLegislature. But linle remains ro be said in reference\\nto the war. The qvKslion continued for some time\\nto a^tate the minds of the opposing parties; aixl the\\nactionof Congress was impadently awaited. Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed lerritory. and accep*\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.\\n*v-\\nA\\ny", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "^-^z/-z ^^^yc:", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "T^-T ^DIl^DD^ r^ 5\u00c2\u00ab!\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^k: 4^^(\\nSECOND GO VERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\n109\\nWilliam 05oodbi^idgb.\\nw\\nI ILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\n^..jx^econd Governor of Michigan,\\nJ was horn at Norwich, Conn.,\\nAug. 20, 1780, and died at\\nDetroit Oct. 20, 1861. He\\nEra\\ni\\\\ wab of a family of three brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley VVoodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, about 1790. The\\nlife of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from which this sketch\\nis largely com piled, mentions noth-\\ning concerning his early education\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nwas afforded by the average school\\nof the time, e.\\\\cept a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Galliixslis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\nthe French language. It should\\nbe borne in mind, however, that\\nfhome education at that time was\\nan indispensable feature in the\\ntraining of the young. To this and\\nand to a few studies well mastered,\\nis due that strong mental discipline which has served\\nas a basis for many of the grand intellects that have\\nadorned and helped to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a\\n(S^ young man subsequently distinguished, but known\\nat that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at\\nthe law school in Connecticut, after a course there of\\nnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta\\nin 1806. In June, 1806, he married, at Hartford, Con-\\nnecticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge and author of 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\\nticrelations until the death of Mrs. W., Feb. 2,19, i860.\\nOur written biographies necessarily speak more\\nfully of men, because of their active participation in\\npublic affairs, but human actions are stamped upon\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women upon the history of the\\nworld will be read side by side with the deeds of men.\\nHow much success and renown in life many men owe\\nto their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en-\\njoyed the best means of early education that the\\ncountry afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled\\nher to improve her advantages. During her life, side\\nby side with the highest type of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless character. She was\\na natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of which are preserved in a printed\\nmemorial essay written upon the occasion of her\\ndeath. In this essay, it is said of her to contribute\\neven in matters of minor importance, to elevate the\\nreputation and add to the well being of her husband\\nin the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave\\nher the highest satisfaction She was an invalid\\nduring the latter portion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. \\\\V. 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, and in 81 2 drew up a declaration and\\nresolutions, which passed the two houses unamiiiously\\nV6;\\nA\\nc\\nr^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "^s/^\u00c2\u00ae)$(^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^cz\\n^Mmh\\nWILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\nt\\nV\\n5.\\nA\\ni^\\nand attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\nand most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi-\\ndent Madison. During the period from 1804 to 1814\\nthe two law students, Woudbridge and Cass, had be-\\ncome widely separated. The latter was Governor of\\nthe Territory of Michigan under the historic Governor\\nand Judges plan, with the indispensable requisite of a\\nSecretary of the Territorry. This latter jwsition was,\\nin 18 1 4, without solicitation on his part, tendered to\\nMr. W. He accepted the iX)sition with some hesita-\\ntion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could\\nmake the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio.\\nThe office of Secretary involved also tlie duties of\\ncollectorof customs at the port of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof\\nof his duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. W. officiated as Governor for\\nabout two years out of the eight years that he held the\\noffice of Secretary I nder the administration of Gov-\\nernor and Judges, which the people of the Territory\\npreferred for economical reasons, to continue some time\\nafter their numbers entitled them to a more popular\\nrepresentative system, they were allowed no delegate\\nin Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of\\nthe people, by corresjxjndence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassed in Congress in 1 8 1 9 authorizing one to be chosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. \\\\V. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all parties. His first action in Congress was to secure\\nthe passage of a liill recognizing and confirming the\\nold French land titles in the Territory according to\\nthe terms of the treaty of peace with (jreat Britain\\nat the close of the Revolution and another for the\\nconstruction of a Crovernment road through the black\\nswamps from tlie 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 l,a Plaisance Bay. The ex-\\npedition for the exploration of the country around\\nLake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis-\\nsissippi, projected by (Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the head of the\\ndepartment by Mr. W. While in Congress he stren-\\nuously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip\\nof territory now forming the northern boundary of\\nOhio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute\\nbetween Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad-\\nmission of the latter into the Union. He served\\nbut one term as delegate to Congress, de-\\nclining further service on account of personal and\\nfamily considerations. Mr. \\\\V. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time\\nits Government passed into the second grade.\\nIn 1824, he was appointed one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private land claims in\\nthe Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of\\nhis profession, having the best law library in the Ter-\\nritory. In 1828, ujxin the recommendation of the\\nGovernor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. 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 (lovernor and\\nJudges system. .Mthough 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 apixsintment as Judge ex-\\npiring, President Jackson appointed a successor, it is\\nsupjx)sed on jxjlitical grounds, much to the disapix)int-\\nment of the public and the bar of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its people began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sharply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1835, which formed the first .State (\\\\)nstitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected amember of the i:tate 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 tlie State, and the development of its jioliti-\\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 1S39, under a popular impression that the\\naff\\\\iirs of the State had not been prudently adminis-\\ntered by the Democrats. He sers 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 ]X)lit-\\nical life, although he was strongly urged by many\\nprominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice\\nPresident in r848.\\nSoon after his api\u00c2\u00bbintment as Judge in 1828, Gov-\\nernor W. took up his residence on a tract of land\\nwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, a\\nshort distance below what was then the corporate lim-\\nits of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder\\nof his life. Both in his public papers and private\\ncommunications. Governor AV. shows himself a mas-\\nter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in arrangement, hapj)y in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Judge W. was aCongregationalist. His opinions\\non all subjects were decided he was earnest and\\nenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-\\nhibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-\\ntractive because not too often allowed to come to the\\nsurface. His letters and addresses show a deep and\\nearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but\\nthe home of his adopti)n and for friends and family.\\n.s\\ni\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^=^Dfl5c?Dllv\\nSi-f^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "VE^ :J", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN. \\\\\\\\x\\nb\\n/N\\ne\\nxJOHN S. BARRY\\n^.r^t.-j i .-i i ,.^i)t^ sgi ^t^ .v Vi^t^c^f..\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nmd from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nBarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., where he remained until\\nhe became of age, working on his\\nfather s farm, and pursuing his\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt.,\\nwhere he had charge of an academy\\nfor two years, meanwhile studying\\nlaw. He afterward practiced law in\\nthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for some\\ntime a member of the Governor s staff, with the title\\nof Governor s Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period\\nwas Captain of a company of State militia. In 1831\\nhe removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeon,\\nwhere he engaged in mercantile business with I. W.\\nWillard.\\nFour years after, 1834, Mr. Barry removed to Con-\\nstantine and continued his mercantile pursuits. He\\nbecame Justice of tlie Peace at White Pigeon, Mich.\\nin 1831, and held the office until the year I835.\\nMr. Barry s first public office was that of a member\\nof the first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand framed the constitution u]X)n which Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union. He took an important\\nand prominent part in the proceedings of that body,\\nand showed himself to be a man of far more than\\nordinary ability.\\nUpon Michigan being admitted into the Union,\\nMr. Barry was chosen State Senator, and so favorably\\nwere his associates impressed with his abilities at the\\nfirst session of the Legislature that they looked to him\\nas a party leader, and that he should head the State\\nticket at the following election. Accordingly he re-\\nceived the nomination for Governor at the hands\\nof his party assembled in convention. He was\\nelected, and so [wpular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nMichigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi-\\nculties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-\\nment that the State was finally placed upon a solid\\nfinancial basis.\\nDuring the first year of Gov. Barr) s first term, the\\nUniversity at .Ann Arl)or was opened for the reception\\n(r-\\n1^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^n !i iiiii-i A^ s\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00a7^\\n^y-,^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "of students. The Michigan Central and Michigan\\nSouthern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and\\ngeneral progress was everywhere noticeable. In 1842,\\ni the number of pupils reported as attending the public\\nschools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843,\\nState land office was established at Marshall, whicli\\nwas invested with the charge and disposition of all\\nthe lands belonging to the State, In 1844, the lax-\\nable property of the State was found to be over\\ntwenty-eight millions of dollars, the lax being at the\\nrate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the\\nState were only seventy thousand dollars, while the\\nincome from the railroads was nearly three hundred\\nthousand dollars. At this time the University of\\nMichigan had become so prosperous that its income\\nwas ample to pay the interest on the University debt\\nand the amount of money which the State was able\\nto loan the several progressing railroads was one\\nhundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were\\nmade to increase the efficiency of the common schools\\nwith good results In 1845, when Gov. Barry s sec-\\nond term expired, the population of the State was\\nmore than three hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\nposition again in 1850 the only instance of the kind\\nin the history of the State. He was a member of the\\nTerritorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion, and afterward of the State House of Represent-\\native.\\nDuring Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor-\\nmal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was\\nendowed with lands and placed in charge of a board\\nof education consisting of six persons. A new con-\\nstitution for the government of the State was also\\nadopted and the Great Railway Conspiracy Case\\nwas tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts\\nwhich had been committed upon the property of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company, along the line\\nof their road, and finally tiie burning of the depot\\nat Detroit, in 1850.\\nAt a setting of the grand jur) of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 1 85 1, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this\\ncrime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused\\nparties appeared at the Circuit Court of Wayne, of\\nwhich Warner Wing was resident judge. The Rail-\\nroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in-\\ncluding David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A.\\nVan Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Dan-\\niel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were\\nrepresented by six members of the State bar, led by\\nWilliam H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied\\nfour months, during which time the plaintiffs exam-\\nined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants\\n249 in 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution; William H. Seward for the\\ndefense.\\nThe great lawyer was convinced of the innocence\\nf\\ns\\n9\\n;i:A^)JeS\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abl-\\nsj^S*? \u00c2\u00a9T^^P J S\\nof his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the\\nsentence of that judge remove his firm belief that his\\nclients were the victims of purchased treachery,\\nrather tlian so many sacrifices to justice.\\nThe verdict of guilty was rendered at 9 o clock\\n1 .M., Sept. 25, 1851. On the 26th the prisoners were vS\\nl)ut forward to receive sentence, when many of them\\nprotested their entire innocence, after which the pre-\\nsiding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol-\\nlowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Ammi\\nFilley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, icn years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years; .\\\\ndrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin,\\neight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Cliamplin, five years; Willard\\nW. Champlin, five years; Erastus Champlin, five\\nyears; FLrastus Smith, five years.\\nIn 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in\\nthe cultivation of tlie sugar beet, and visited Euro])e\\nto obtain information in reference to its culture.\\nHe was twice Presidential Elector, and his last\\npublic service was that of a delegate to the National\\nDemocratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864.\\nHe was a man who, throughout life, maintained a\\nhigh character for integrity and fidelity to tjie trusts\\nbestowed upon him, whether of a public or a private\\nnature, and he is acknowledged by all to have been\\none of the most efficient and popular Governors the\\nSlate has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrity. *L/\\nHis opinions, wliich he reached by the most thorough *t\\ninvestigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con-\\nvictions and outspoken lionesty made it impossible for\\nhim to take an undefined position when a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet he was never accused of favoritism in his\\nadministration of public affairs, .^s a speaker lie was\\nnot remarkable. Solidity, rather than brilliancy, char-\\nacterized liis oratory, which is described as argument-\\native and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely\\nwanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo-^f\\nquent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner r\\nrather awkward.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\lthough Mr. Barry s educational advantages were\\nso limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered\\nboth ancient and modern languages, and acquired a\\nthorough knowledge of historj No man owed less\\nto political intrigue as a means of gaining posi-\\ntion. He was a true statesman, and gained pul lii es-\\nteem by his solid worth. His political connections\\nwere always with the Democratic party, and his oiiin-\\nions were usually extreme. _\\nMr. Barry retired to private life after tlie beginning K;\\nof the ascendency of the Republican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He X\\ndied Jan. 14, 1S70, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children.\\nr\\n4^^C(\u00c2\u00ae Nv/", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "^4", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "^i -r-\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ni^....^ ^M*. ^W^ v../--\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\nCiovernor of Michigan, was\\nborn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1806. His grand-\\nfather, Abijah 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 Ossipee\\nRivers, in Maine, moved to thatre-\\nDn when it was yet a wilderness.\\nThe father of Mr. Felch embarked in\\nmercantile life at Limerick. He was\\nthe first to engage in that business in\\nthat section, and continued it until\\nhis death. The death of the father,\\nfollowed within a year by the death of\\nthe mother, left the subject of this sketch, then three\\nyears old, to the care of relatives, and he found a\\nhome with his paternal grandfather, where he re-\\nmained until his death. Mr Felch received his early\\neducation in the district school and a neighboring\\nacademy. In 1821 he became a student at Phillips\\nFJxter Academy, and, subse(]uently, entered Howdoin\\nCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He at\\nonce began the sttidy of law and was admitted to\\njiractice at Bangor, Me., in 1S30.\\nHe began the practice of his profession at Houlton,\\nMe., where he remained until 1833. The severity\\nof the climate impaired his health, never very good,\\nand he found it necessary to seek a change of climate.\\nHe disposed of his library and started to seek\\na new home. His intention was to join liis friend.\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had recovered sufficiently to\\npermit of his traveling, found that the danger of the\\ndisease was too great to permit a journey down the\\nriver. He therefore determined to come to Michi-\\ngan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon-\\nroe, where he continued until 1843, when he removed\\nto Ann Arbor. He was elected to the State Legisla-\\nture in 1835, and continued a member of that body\\nduring the years 1836 and 1837. While he held 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 people\\nfrom the pecuniary difficulties under which they were\\nlaboring, it would result in still further embarrass-\\nment. He, therefore, opposed the bill, and }X)inted\\nout to the 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 other member, in either brancli of the Legisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\n.him in opjiosition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was\\nappointed one of the Hank Commissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for moie than a year. I )ur-\\ning this time, the new banking law had given birth to\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nAlmost every village had its bank. The country was\\nflooded with depressed wild-cat money. The ex-\\naminations of the Hank Commissioners brought to\\nliylil frauds at every point, wliicli were fearlessly re-\\nVJ\\n^y^m MM^^ ^^S^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": ":j^k 6V4 llD: :DIlf 7^^ -5i^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\nALPHEUS FELCH.\\nported to the Legislature, and were followed by crim-\\ninal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing\\n\u00c2\u00abOT\u00c2\u00bb of many of their institutions. The duties of the of-\\nJ fice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re-\\nsigned. The chartered right of almost every l)ank\\nhad, in tlie meantime, been declared forfeited and\\ntlie law repealed. It was subsequently decided to\\nbe constitutional by the Supreme Court of the .State.\\nIn the year 1842 Governor Felch was appointed\\nto the office of Auditor General of the State; but\\nafter holding the office only a few weeks, was com-\\nmissioned by the Governor as one of the Judges of the\\nSupreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig-\\nnation of Judge Fletcher. In January, 1843, he was\\nelected to the United States Senate for an unexpired\\nterm. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered upon his duties at the commencement of\\nthe 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 liis Senatorial term com-\\nmenced. While a member of the Senate he acted on\\nthe Committee on Public Lands, and for four years\\nwas its Chairman. He filled the honorable position\\nof Senator with becoming dignity, and with great\\ncredit to the State of Michigan.\\nDuring (lovernor Felch s administration the two\\nrailroads belonging to the State were sold to private\\ncorporations,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 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 settk- the Spanish\\ni^^^\u00c2\u00a9v^\\n^^v\u00c2\u00ae^^tD- ^-^^nn^nni^\\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,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the most valuable of the\\nState,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com-\\nmission. In March, 1856, their labors were brought\\nto a close by the final disjiosition of all the claims\\nwhich were presented. The record of their proceed-\\nings,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 the testimony whicli was given in each case,\\nand the decision of the Commissioners thereon,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\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 l een engaged piinci-\\npally in legal business. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated fortlovernor and also for U. S. Sen-\\nator, 4nd twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. Hut\\nthe Democratic parly, 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 life of retirement :it liis home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1S77 the University of Michigan\\nconferred upon him the degree of LI,. I). For\\nmany years he was one of the Regents of Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1879 was appointed\\nTappan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. Felch is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature from\\nMonroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Hank Com-\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor\\nGeneral of the State, the oldest survivingGovernorof\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United\\nStates .Senator from the State of ^Ii(ili^an.\\nA\\nr\\nI\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "^v^^\u00c2\u00ae))(^ :2^ CTv ^^gn^ D P^ rr^^ 5C#sr\\nGO VERNORS.\\nirl-\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0096\u00a0s;s^*-g;S-*^;s*^;g^\\nIJLMAM l3\\nIILIAM L. GREENLY^\\niovernor of Michigan for the\\n)ear 1847, born at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\nI S, I S 1 3. He graduated at Un-\\nion College, Schenectady, in\\n1831, studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1834. In\\n1836, having removed to Michi-\\ngan, he settled in Adrian, where\\nhe has since resided. The year\\nfollowing his arrival in Michigan\\nhe was elected State Senator and\\nserved in that capacity until 1839.\\nIn 1845 he was elected Lieut, (jov-\\nernor and became acting Governor\\nby the resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwlio was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\nThe 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\\ny in the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nVs^ nativity are hidden away in United States archives\\nand where it is almost impossible to find them.\\nThe soldiers of this State deserve much of the\\ncredit of the memorable achievements of Co. K, 3d\\nDragoons, and Cos. A, E, and G of the U. S. Inf.\\nTlie two former of these companies, recruited in this\\nState, were reduced to one-third their original num-\\nber.\\nIn May, iS46,the Governor of Michigan was noti-\\nlied liy 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, r i of\\ninfantry and two of cavalry, at once fell into line. Of\\nthe infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear-\\ning the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette,\\nScott and Brady upon their banners. Of the re-\\nmainder Monroe tendered two, Lenawee County three,\\nSt. Clair, Berrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne\\nCounty an additional company. Of these alone the\\nveteran Bradys were accepted and ordered into ser-\\nvice. In addition to them ten companies, making the\\nKirst 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 seat of war.\\ni\\nS#\\\\\u00c2\u00ae)5\u00c2\u00ab5^-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^4 i?;s ;^VC^nni?^DD^ r\\ni\\nK\\nV\\n(c\\n^^yy^^^^\\n^-K^nn-^nnf^A:^\\nr\\nt\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "C^^^^^Cc^^^^f-f^f ^t^^^^*^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS.\\nWy^^\\n.dmtr/\\nt\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nUS RANSOM, the Seventh\\nGovernor of Michigan, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0~^..,^-^jp7^2 that State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to the bar.\\nRemoving to Michigan about\\nthe time of its admission to the\\nUnion, he took up his residence\\nKalamazoo.\\nMr. Ransom served with marked\\nability for a number of years in the\\nState Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As-\\nsociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843\\nwas promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re-\\ntained until 1845, when he resigned.\\nShortly afterwards he became deeply interested in\\nthe building of plank roads in the western portion of\\nthe State, and in this business lost the greater portion\\nof the property which he had accumulated by years\\nof toil and industry.\\nMr. Ransom became Governor of the State of\\nMichigan in the fall of 1S47, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich position he displayed the same ability that\\nshone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor.\\nHe held the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer-\\nsity several times, and ever advocated a liberal policy\\nin its management.\\nSubsequently he was appointed receiver of the\\nland office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres-\\nident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and\\nwhere he died before the expiration of his term of\\noffice.\\nWe sum up the events and affairs of the State un-\\nder Gov. Ransom s administration as follows: The\\nAsylum for the Insane was establised, as also the\\nAsylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of\\nthese institutes were liberally endowed with lands,\\nand each of them placed in charge of a board of five\\ntrustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and\\ndumb and blind amounted to $81,500. On the first\\nof March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com-\\npleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis-\\npatch transmitted on that day. The followmg figures\\nshow the progress in agriculture The land reported\\nas under cultivation in 1848 was 1,437,460 acres; of\\nwheat there were produced 4,749,300 bushels; other\\ngrains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305; cat-\\ntle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1S47, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $12,450.\\nA\\n-A,\u00c2\u00a7))^^l-^-\\n^:n[i ^t^\\n4^^^(^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "i^S/\u00c2\u00ae )\u00c2\u00ab^r\\n-^^^i^ crv ^D D n n Jt^TTT :2 ^t\\nc\\nv\\nA\\n1=3\\ns\\nr l*^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00ab;A iiiasilll3 A@ s!\u00c2\u00a9\u00c2\u00ab^\\nf\\nf\\n?1", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "^^^^(^^^-^r:?", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": ")g^^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n^^^^^^^\u00c2\u00ae\\\\$^i\\n129\\n(h\\n^BEirr McClelland, g-^ 5\\noBEKT McClelland,\\n^jvtiovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. I, 1852, to March 8, 1853,\\nwas born at rreencastle, Frank-\\nhn Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1S07.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\nofficers of rank in tlie Revohition-\\nary war, and some of his family con-\\nnections were distinguished in the\\nwar of i8i2, and that with Mexico.\\nHis father was an eminent physician\\nand surgeon who studied under I r.\\nlienj Rush, of Philadelphia, and\\npracticed his profession successfully\\nuntil six months before his death, at\\ni the age of 84 years. .Ml hough Mr.\\nMcClelland s family liad been in good circum-\\nstances, when he was 17 years old he was thrown\\nuiwn his own resources. After taking the usual pre-\\nliminary studies, and teaching school to obtain the\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, in 1829. 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 witli bright prospect of\\nsuccess. In 1835, a convention was called to frame\\na constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of\\nwhich Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He\\ntook a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked\\namong its ablest debaters. He was 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 imiwrtant committees. Speaker\\nlempore, and as an active, zealous and efiicient\\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 cry\\nof Woodbridge and reform against the Democratic\\nparty. At this time Mr. McClelland stood amongthe\\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 [xjwer in the State,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature Mr.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\neleclion as Speaker of the House of Representatives\\nA\\nV\\nrn)\\nS)\\nm:\\nu:^.^\\nmM\\\\i", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "-a^c 6 ^v C nn:t:n[iv: r\\nr^^\\n-4^^\u00c2\u00absVM\\nROBERT McClelland\\nin 1843. Down to this time Michigan had consti-\\ntuted one congressional district. The late Hon. Jacob\\nM. Howard had been elected against Hon Alpheus\\nFelch by a strong majority but, in 1 843, so thoroughly\\nliad the Democratic party recovered from its defeat\\nof 1840 that Mr. McClelland, as a candidate forCon-\\ngress, carried Detroit district by a majority of about\\n2,500. Mr. McClelland soon took a prominent posi-\\ntion in Congress among the veterans of that body\\nDuring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nCommerce, and organized and carried through what\\nwere known as the Harbor bills. The continued\\nconfidence of his constituency was manifested in his\\nelection to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this\\nsession he had acquired a National reputation, and so\\nfavorably was he known as a pavlimentarian that his\\nname was mentioned for Speaker of the House of Rep-\\nresentatives He declined the offer in favor of J. W.\\nDavis, of Indiana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich position his reports and advocacy of important\\nmeasures at once attracted public attention. The\\nmembers of this committee, as an evidence of the es-\\nteem in which they held his services and of their\\npersonal regard for him, presented him with a cane\\nwhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of\\nhis labors in Congress.\\nIn 1847, Mr McClelland was re-elected to Con-\\ngress, and at the opening of the 3olh Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\nSi/ tions. While acting in this capacity, what was known\\nas the French Spoliation Bill came under his sjjc-\\ncial charge, and his management of the same was such\\nas to command uuiversat approbation. While in\\nCongress, Mr McClelland was an advocate of the\\nright of petition as maintained by John Q, Adams,\\nwhen the petition, was clothed in decorous language\\nand presented in the proper manner This he re-\\ngarded as the citizens constitutional right which should\\nnot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\ndings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District\\nof Columbia Mr McClelland was one of the few\\nDemocrats associated with David Wilmot, of Penn-\\nsylvania, in bringing forward the celebrated Wilmot\\nProviso, with a view to prevent further extension of\\nslavery in new territory which might be acquired by\\nthe United States. He and Mr Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\nand confidential terms, Mr McClelland was in sev\\nTeral National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\nvention, which nominated Oen. Cass for President,\\nK.^ in 1848, doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving\\n^t Congress, in 1848, Mr. McClellind returned to the\\n^S practice 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\\nJ\\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 Stateconvention\\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 of\\nthe Democratic National convention in 1852, and in\\nthat year in company with Gen Cass and Governor\\nFelcli 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 the new Stats constitution took effect and\\nit was necessary that a Governov should be elected\\nfor one yeai in order to prevent an interregnum, and\\nto bring the State Government into operation under\\nthe new constitution Mr McClelland was elected\\nGovernor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected foi\\na term of two years, from Jan 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 parley spirit ran high. There was really\\nno opposition, and when he resigned, in March, r853,\\nthe State Treasury was well filled, and the State\\notherwise prosperous So widely and favorably had\\nMr. McClelland become known as a statesman that on\\nthe organization of thecabir.et by President Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1853, he was made Secretary of the Interior, in\\nwhich capacity he served most creditably during four\\nyears of the Pierce administration He thoroughly\\nre-organized his department and reduced the expend-\\nitures. He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and produced harmony and civilization\\namong them. During his administration there was\\nneither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among\\nagents, and he left the department in jjerfect order\\nand system In 1867, Michigan again calle 1 a con-\\nvention to revise the State constitution Mr. McClel-\\nland was a member and liere 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 jjleasant 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 accpiaintance with European di))-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more than\\nmost travelers\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1S37, Miss Sarah\\nE. Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. They have had\\nsix children, two of whom now survive.\\nV,\\nsi\\ns:^-\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\ng|KV\u00c2\u00ae 5\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n^^i^^^y-j^^\\n^n^M ss\u00c2\u00ab?:?y^\\n-*^t^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "-^-z^-e^-^^.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "m\\nT\\nm^m\\nT\\nr^^\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHTGAN.\\nX\\nt\\n^-sr\\nANDREW PARSOXS.\\n-k^\\nNDREW PARSONS, Gover-\\nnor of Michigan from Marcli\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, [855, was\\nborn in the town of Hoosick,\\nCounty of Rensselaer, and\\nState of New York, on the 2 2d\\nday of July, 1817, and died June\\n6, 1855, at the early age of 38\\nears. He was the son of John\\nParsons, born at Newbury port,\\n.Mass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nbonof Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, who was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter Parsons, born\\nin Ireland in 1290.\\nOf this name and family, some one hundred and\\nthirty years ago. Bishop Oilson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Britannia: The honorable family\\nof Parsons have been advanced to the dignity fif\\nViscounts and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nThe following are descendants of these families\\nSir John Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater,\\nEngland. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox-\\nford, and was a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an English C ollege at\\nRome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons,\\niiorn in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham;\\nBartholomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another\\nnoted member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\n^^l^\\\\^^m^\\nv^\\nand accompanied their father and others to New\\nEngland about 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\n1730, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Nov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe S3rd 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, including two Presi-\\ndents of the United States. The Parsons have be-\\ncome very numerous and are found throughout New\\nEngland, and many of the descedants are scattered\\nin all parts of the United States, and especially in\\nthe Middle and Western States. Governor Andrew\\nParsons came to Michigan in 1835, at the age of 17\\nyears, and spent the first summer at Lower Ann\\n.^rbor, where for a few months he taught school which\\nhe was compelled to abandon from ill healtii\\nHe was one of the large number of men of sterling\\nworth, who came from the Ivast to Michigan when it\\nwas an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming\\nthe dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom,\\nenterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful\\nnatural resources, until to-day it ranks with the proud-\\nest States of the Union. These brave men came to\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong\\nand willing hands. They gloriously con |uered, how-\\never, and to them is due all honor for the labors\\nso nobly performed, for the solid and sure foundation\\nwhich they laid of a great Commonwealth.\\n9\\nV)\\n11\\nr- f sp^fzl.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "Wk^^^i^^^-\\n134\\nANDREW PARSONS\\n^^^^^f^\\\\^^\\nxV In the fall of 1835, he explored the Grand River\\nA Valley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river,\\nfrom Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following\\nT winter as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia,\\nCounty, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he\\nresided with his brother, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons,\\nalso now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia-\\nw asseCounty,then with Clinton County, andan almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In 1837 his territory was organized into\\na county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An-\\ndrew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was\\nelected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and\\nalso in 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,\\n,f^ overcome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\nres[X)nsibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, where he died soon after.\\nHe was a fluent and i)ersuasive 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 i)laces the resolutions were of a demanding\\nnature, while in others they were threatening beyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all these influences might\\nfail to induce him to call the extra session, a large\\nsum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten-\\ndered him if he would gratify tlie railroad interest of\\nthe State and call the extra session, but, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany favois, whether from any party who would at-\\ntempt to corrupt him by laudations, liberal ofl ers, or\\ni\\nf\\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 Tiead, 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 Iionesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nofhisoath. The following eulogium from a [xjlitcalop-\\n[xment 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 iiabits, and entirely blameless in every\\npublic and private relation of life. As a ixilitician he\\nwas candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex-\\necutive ofiicer 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 r854, during the administration of\\nGovernor I aisons, the Republican party, at least\\nas a State organization, was first formed in the United\\nStates under the oaks at Jackson, by anti-slavery\\nmen of both the old parties. Great e.xcitement pre-\\nvailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of\\nKansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether\\nslavery should exist there. For the ])urposeof permit-\\nting slavery there, the Missouri compromise (which\\nlimited slavery to the south of 36 30 was re-\\nrepealed, under the leadership of Stephen A, Douglas.\\nPhis was repealed by a bill admitting Kansas and\\nNebraska into the Union, as Territories, and those who\\nwere opiX)sed to this repeal measure were in short\\ncalled anti-Nebraska men. The epithets, Ne-\\nbraska and anti-Nebraska, were teniiKsrally em-\\nployed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery\\nparties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic\\nand Whig parties and the organization of the new\\nDemocratic and Republican parties of the present.\\n*C\\nA\\nr\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n137\\nJ\\nINSLEY S. BINGHAiM,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1855 o 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nG^^^^p^^f^ST Camilliis, Onondaga County,\\nfeM^^ N. v., Dec. 16, ,808. His\\nfather was a farmer, and liis own\\nearly life was consequently de-\\nvoted to agricultural pursuits, but\\nnotwithstanding the disadvan-\\ntages related to the acquisition\\nof knowledge in the life of a farmer\\nhe managed to secure a good aca-\\ndemic education in his native State\\nand studied law in the office of\\nGen. James R. Lawrence, now of\\nSyracuse, N. Y. In the spring of\\n1833, he married an estimable lady\\nwho had recently arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising disposition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\npurchased a new farm in company\\nwith his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert\\nWorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on\\nthe border of civilization, buried in the primeval for-\\nest, our late student commenced the arduous task of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting up buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land\\nVS\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high stale 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 Michigan became a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives three years. V\\nIn 1 846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Re[\\nresentative to Congress, and was the only practical\\nfarmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the\\ninterest of agriculture, and was in particular opposed\\nto the introduction of Wood s Patent (\\\\ist Iron\\nPlow which he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in 1848, during which time he\\nstrongly opposed the e.xtension of slavery in the\\nterritory of the United States and was committed to\\nand voted for the Wilmot Proviso.\\nIn 1854, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in consequence of his record in Congress as a\\nFree Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated\\nand elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in\\n1856. Still faithful to the memory of his own former\\noccupation, he did not forget the farmers during his\\nadministration, and among other profits of his zeal in\\ntheir behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the\\nestablishment of the Agricultural College at Lansing.\\nIn 1859, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in\\nCongress and took an active part in the stormy cam-\\npaign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit-\\ni^ ^^mr- ^flii:^Dll\\n.4=^\\n4^^^^f\u00c2\u00aeX^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "vi-^\\ni\u00c2\u00abS\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r *l^llr T-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\\\\3Z^ri MIXGHAJi.\\nor\\n6 Ac\\n^X -.:;c-. i\\nto\\n_ of ife--\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0UllLllUll^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i sm snle hatve Ik\\ni\\ni\\nOU Bi^i\\npiiCMsaoec^\\n^~\u00c2\u00b0*-C. I ^li^t BKMe tkm $15 ar\\nbe pud far tke bacm a*d oolk^ s^oobc-\\nteae \u00c2\u00ab:tsape\u00c2\u00bbed wstodeaBsn Mar. i?f\\nir\u00c2\u00abcl s{!ciag at iS4i. k was\\nqf AeSfca eBtaadof E*aariB\u00c2\u00bb:\\nkas bee* aBikr cfe I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^5 5f?a*^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "^Ue^ ^t^^J^-^t^t^.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "p\\n1\\nV\\nt\\nzi^j^^ ^VC-:llD^:iin^t T^^^ f^^K^V^\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nV^\\nOSES WISNER. Governor of\\n\\\\Michigan from 185910 r86i,\\n*was born in Springport, Cayu-\\nI ga Co., N Y., June 1815.\\n^_, His early education was only\\nwhat could lie obtained at a\\ncommon school. Agricultural labor\\nmd frugality of his parents gave\\nhim I physical constitution of nnis-\\nual strength and endurance, which\\nwas e\\\\er preserved by temperate hab-\\nIn 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\nvi^ gan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\nCounty It was new land and he at\\nonce set to work to clear it and plant\\ncrops. He labored diligently at his\\ntask for two years, when he gave up\\nthe idea of being a farmer, and removed to Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother, George W. Wisner, and\\nRufus Hosmer In 1841 he was admitted to the bar\\nand established himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed\\nby Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting .\\\\ttorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he acquitted himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he afterward at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became\\na member of a firm and entered fully ujxjn the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like liis 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 politics until after the election of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1S52, when he took an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great ability, but relied less upon mere book\\nlearning than upon iiis native good sense. Liberal\\nand courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of\\nliis client, and no facts escaped his attention or his\\nmemory which bore upon the case. He was no friend\\nof trickery or artifice in conducting a case As an ad-\\nvocate he had few equals. When fully aroused by the\\nmerits of his subject his eloipience was at once grace-\\nful and powerful His fancies supplied the most\\noriginal, tiie most [winted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy blows the\\nadversary shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed upon him rare qualities, and his powers as a\\npopular orator were of a high order.\\nOn the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\n1854, repealing the Missouri compromise and opening\\nthe Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost\\nin Michigan to denounce the shamful scheme. He\\nactively participated in organizing and consolidating\\nthe eleiments opposed to it in that State, and was a\\nmember of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July,\\n1854, which was the first formal Republican Conven-\\ntion held in the United States. At this meeting the\\nname Republican was adopted as a designation of\\ntiie new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Whigs,\\nLiberty men, Free Soil Democrats and all others op-\\nposed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its\\nexpulsion from the Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to\\naccept the nomination for Attorney General of the\\nI\\nf\\nI\\nD)\u00c2\u00ab^^-*\\n-a-^\\n-I\\nH^\\n,A.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "142\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^zJ^ko\\nMOSES IVISNF.R.\\nI\\n3\\nV\\nV\\nf\\n1\\nState, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom-\\ninated and at the annual election in November was\\nelected by an average majority of nearly 10,000.\\nMr. W. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to\\nits support all his personal influence and talents. In\\nhis views he was bold and radical. He believed from\\nthe beginning that tiie political jxjwer of the slave-\\nholders would have to be overthrown before quiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re-\\npublican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of\\n1857 he was a candidate for United States Senator,\\nand as such received a verj- 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, 1S59,\\nto 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 State policy, that had its view of the rapid\\nsettlement of our uncultivated lands and the devel-\\nopment of our immense agricultural and mineral re-\\nsources. It was a document that reflected the highest\\ncredit upon the author.\\nHis term having expired Jan. i, 1861, he returned\\nto his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his\\nprofession. There were those in the State who\\ncounselled the sending of delegates to the peace con-\\nference at Washington, but Mr. VV. was opposed to all\\nsuch temiwrizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\nlegislation he resoKed 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\u00c2\u00ab*\\nMichigan, was armed and equipped and ready to\\nmarch in September, a regiment whose solid quali-\\nties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field.\\nCol. W s. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862.\\nBefore parting with his family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at\\nv^\\nCamp Wallace. He had ix the breaking out of the\\nwar turned his attention to military studies and be-\\ncame proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline.\\nHis entire attention was now devoted to his duties.\\nHis treatment of his men was kind, though his disci-\\npline was rigid. He iwssessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he lived he would\\nno doubt have distinguished himself as a good\\nofficer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at\\nbeing kept in Kentucky where there was so little\\nl)rospect of getting at the enemy. But life in camp,\\nso different from the one he had been leading, and\\nills incessant labors, coupled with that impatience\\nwhich was so natural and so general among the vol-\\nimteers in the early part of the war, soon made their\\ninfluence felt uiwn his health. He was seized with\\ntyphoid fever and removed to a private house near\\nLexington. Every care which medical skill or the\\nliand of friendshiiJ could bestow was rendered him.\\nIn the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis-\\nciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for\\nan encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus-\\ntice of their cause and the necessity of their crush-\\ning the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig-\\nnant griet was the prospect of not heingable 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 baffled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1863, he breathed\\nhis last. His remains were removed to Michigan and\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest\\nby the side of the brave (ien. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam.\\nCol. W. was no adventurer, although he was doubtless\\nambitious of military renown and would have striven\\nfor it with characteristic energy. He went to the war\\nto defend and uphold the principles he had so much\\nat heart. Few men were more familiar than he with\\nthe causes and the underlying principles that led to\\nthe contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of f^\\nGen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to T\\nmourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the\\ntenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and\\nwelfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen-\\nerous and brave, and like thousands of others he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his countr)\\n:^n(ii- A^9 ^^f^\\n^^m", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "(yLCcu", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "GO VKRNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n45\\nV\\nVL.\\nUS TIN m.AIK, Crovernor\\nof Michigan from Jan. 2,\\nS61, to Jan. 4, ii ^f 5, and\\nk.own as the War Governor, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\ncent influence of republican in-\\nvKs L- i^ stitutions, having inherited neith-\\nf^l er fortune nor fame. He was born\\nj .f^V^ in a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, i8i8.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of (leorge I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\npursuit of agriculture. His father,\\nI George Blair, settled in Tompkins\\nCounty in 1809, and felled the trees and erected the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nscore years of his life were s[)ent on that spot. He\\nmarried Rhoda Beackman, who now sleeps with him\\nin the soil of the old homestead. Tiic first 17 years\\nof Mr. Blair s life were si)ent there, rendering his\\nfather what aid he could upon the farm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in azenovia Seminary ])re-\\nparing for college; entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle of\\nthe junior year, when, attracted by the fame of I )r.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col-\\ny lege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet\\n1^ Davis, Oswego, N Y., and was admitted to practice\\nin 1841, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat-\\ning in Jackson. During a temiwrary residence in\\nEaton Rapids, in 1842, he was elected Clerk of Eaton\\nCounty. At the close of the official term he returned lo\\nJackson, and as a Whig, zealously es]X3used the cause\\nof Henry Clay in the campaign of 1844. He was chosen\\nRepresentative to the Legislature in 1845, at which\\nsession, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, he\\nrendered valuable service in the revision of the gen-\\neral statutes also made an able support in favor of\\nabolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec-\\ntive franchise, and at the same session was active in\\nsecuring the abolition of capital punishment. In 1848\\nMr. Blair refused longer to affiliate with the Whig\\nparty, because of its refusial to endorse in convention\\nany anti-slavery sentiment. He joined the Free-soil\\nmovement, and was a delegate to their convention\\nwhich nominated Van Buren for President that year.\\nUpon the birth of the Republican party at Jackson,\\nin 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a member of the Committee\\non Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nof Jackson C ounty in 1852 was chosen State Senator\\ntwo years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re-\\npublican administration of 1855, and holding the\\n|)ositioii of parliamentary leader in the Senate. He\\nwas a delegate to the National Convention which\\nnominated .Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Blair\\nwas elected Governor of Michigan in i860, and re-\\nelected in 1862, faithfully and honorably discharging\\nthe nrdnons dutio nf the office during that most mo-\\nA\\nc^:\\n(o)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M}W^M\\nCi.\\n-^^^^p^-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "^^^^DP ^niif^\\nrr\\n4\u00c2\u00bb^^\\nAUSTIN BLAIR.\\nmcntous and stormy period of the Nation s life. Gov.\\nA\\nBlair possessed a clear comprehension of the perilous\\nsituation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his\\ninaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive\\nlX)licy and the administrative ability which charac-\\nterized his gubernatorial career.\\nNever perhaps in the history of a nation has a\\nbrighter example been l:iid 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 ](oorest citizen of the State, were\\nanimated with a ])atriotic ardor at once magniticiently\\nsubhme and wisely directed.\\nVery early in r86i 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 sup]iort the principles\\nof the Republic. After a review of tiie conditions\\nof the State, he passed on to a consideration of the\\nrelations between the free and slave States of the\\nRepublic, saying: While we are citizens of the State\\nS of Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in-\\nv^ terests 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, wliere the names of\\nthe States are unknown, the flag of tiie 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 (lovern-\\nment, we are deeply interested. The people of Mich-\\nigan are loyal to that (rovernment faithful to its con-\\nstitution and its laws. LInder it they have had peace\\nand prosperity and under it they mean to abide to\\nthe end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history\\nof the past, they will not renounce the equally glo-\\nrious hopes of the future. But they will rally around\\nthe standards of the Nation and defend its integrity\\ni^ and its constitution, with fidelity. The final para-\\n(m graph being:\\nI recommend you at an eariy day to make niani-\\nli/VD)\u00c2\u00ab^ f-\\n^I\\nfast 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 |)rofrer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military [xjwer 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 1 1 men during the war.\\nMoney, men, ctotliing 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.\\n(iov. 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 lie\\nwas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opix)sed 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 law\\npartner of A. J. Gould Charles A., a law partner with\\nhir father, and Fred. J. and Austin T. Blair, at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 1883, Gov. Blair\\nwas nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court\\nof the State by the Republican party, but was defeated.\\nA\\nr\\nW-\\nW^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": ";V", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "V\\nJ\\nENRY HOWLANDCRAPO,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\n1865 to 1869, was born May\\n24, 1S04, at Dartmouth, Bris-\\ntol Co., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22,\\nHe was the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phoebe (Howland) Crajx).\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\n,v B //cfamily by the cultivation of a farm in\\nDartmouth township, which yielded\\nnothing beyond a mere livelihood.\\nHis early life waS consequently one\\nof toil and devoid of advantages for\\nintellectual culture, but his desire for\\nan education seemed to know no bounds. The in-\\ncessant toil for a mere subsistence uix)n a compara-\\ntively sterile farm, had no charm for him and, longing\\nfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked for\\nl] them in an education. His struggles to secure this\\nend necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would\\nhave discouraged any but the most courageous and\\npersevering. He became an ardent student and\\nworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry-\\ning on his studies were exceedingly limited. He\\nsorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having\\nS^ money wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\nprocure one in his neighliorhood, he set out to compile\\none for himself. In order to acquire a knowledge of\\nthe Knglish language, he c()|)ied into a book every\\nword whose meaning he did not comiirehend, and\\nu|x p meeting the same word again in the newsi)apers\\nand books, which came into his hands, from the\\nl\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otherwise to obtain the signification of a word\\nin which he had become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmouth to New Bedford for that purpose\\nalone, and after referring to the books at the library\\nand satisfynig himself thoroughly as to its definition,\\nwould walk back, a distance of about seven miles,\\nthe same night. This was no unusual circumstance.\\nUnder such difficulties and in this manner he com-\\npiled quite an extensive dictionary in manuscript\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained jwsses-\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself\\ndiligently to its study became familiar with this art,\\nwhich he soon had an opixirtunity to practice. The\\nservices of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was\\ncalled ujjon, l)ut 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, uix)n the forge, with such tools as he\\ncould find in the shop, while the smith was at dinner,\\nhe constructed the compass and commenced life as a\\nsurveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted him-\\nself for teaching, and took charge of the village school\\nat Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un-\\nder the pressure of law, a high school was to be\\nopened, he passed a successful e.xamination for its\\nprincipalship and received the appointment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law reepiired 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\\nu.\\nD^^^\\n-isi^^^\\n^^limillli\\n^X--", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "m\\n-^Iin\u00c2\u00bb:DIl^ r\\n4^^f\u00c2\u00aeV|^;\\n50\\nHENRY HOWLAND CRAPO.\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nlie was (iiialified, lie walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in bcinii, |)ossessed of the\\nacciuireuieiits and reciiiircments of a master of the\\nhigh scho il.\\nIn 1S32, at the age of jS years, ho left his native\\ntown and went to reside at New Bedford, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of land surveyor, and oc-\\ncasionally ai ted as an auctioneer Soon alter becom-\\ning a citizen of this place, he was electeil rownderk,\\nTreasurer, andCollectorof taxes, which office he held\\nuntil the municip;il government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, when, upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovernment, he was elected Treasurer and Collector\\nV,J of taxes, a (Kisitlon which he held two or three years.\\nS He 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 prei)ared a rejiort o\\\\\\\\ which was based the\\norder for the est.iblishment of the free Public Libraiy\\nof New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crape 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-\\ntablislud, however, soon afterwards. While a resident\\nin New Bedl i rd, he was much interesteil in horticul-\\nture, and to obtain the lanil necessary forcarr) ingout\\nhis ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swampy l.ind adjoining his garden. Here\\nhe started .1 nursery, which he filled with almost every\\ndescriinion ot fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nMowers, etc. In this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regidarcontributorto the New\\nRngland Horticultural journal, a (Xjsition he filled\\nas long as he lived in M.issachusetts. .\\\\s an indica-\\ntion of the wide reput.ition he acipiired in that field\\nof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the\\nPresident of tlie National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Phihulclphia, in iS x). During his resi-\\ndence in New Bedl oril, .Mr. Cra|X) was also engaged\\nin the whaling business. fine banpie built at Dart-\\nmouth, of which he was part owner, was named the\\nH. H. Crai i in comjilinient 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\\nComity Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary of\\nthe Bedford Connnercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the munici|)al gov-\\nernmeni hecompiled and publisheil, between the years\\ni.Sjfiaiul iS.)3, five numbers of the New Bedfi rd\\nDirectory, the first work of the kind ever i ublisheil\\nthere.\\nMr. C removed to Michigan in 185(1, having been\\ninduced to do so bv investments made principallv in\\nf(^ pine lands, first in 1857 and subsc )nently in 1856.\\nHe took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en-\\n1=2\\nk)\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, l- entonville. Holly and Detroit, becoming\\none of the largest aiul most successful business men\\nof the State. He was mainly instrimiental in the\\nconstruction of the Flint Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation until its consolidation yfc\\nwith the Flint i\\\\: Pere Manpielte 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 forCiovernor of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in Jaiuiarv, 1869,\\nhaving given the greatest satisfaction to all parties.\\nWhile serving his last term he was attacked with a\\ndisease which terminated his life within one year\\nafterwards. During much of this time he was an in-\\ntense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to publit- matters. few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation was i)er-\\nformed which seemed rapidly tq restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and by too much exertion\\nin business matters and State affairs suffered a relapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\nS69.\\nIn the early part of his life. Gov. Crajxi affiliated\\nwith the Whig (larty in [wlitics, but became an active\\nmember of the Republican party after its organization.\\nHe was a member of the Christian (sometimes called\\nthe Disci[iles j Church, and took great interest in its\\nwelfare and [irosperity.\\nMr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon alter\\nhe had attained his majority, and before his struggles\\nwith fortime had been rewarded with any great meas-\\nure of success. But his w ife was a woman of great\\nstrength of character and |K)ssessed of courage, hope-\\nfulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and\\nencouraged her husband in the various imrsuits of\\nhis early years. For several years alter his marriage\\nhe was engaged in teaching si hool, 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 familv, returning on Sunday in order to be reaily\\nfor scluKil Monday morning. .\\\\s the walk lor a ginnl\\npart of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident\\nthat at that period of his life no common obstacles\\ndeterred him from performing what he regarded\\nas a dutv. His wife was none the less consci-\\nentious in her sphere, and with added resiKinsibilities\\nand increasing reipiirc-menls she labored faithfully\\nin the perfoMnance of all her duties. They had\\nleu children, one son and nine daughters. His son,\\nHon. Win. W. CraiKi, of New Bedford, is now an\\nhonored Representative to Congress from the First\\nCongressional District of Massachusetts.\\nA\\njfM", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "^^^^^\u00c2\u00ab^V-^ ty^ c^^^cj.-^^?^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "US\\nV\\nGO VI .RNCRS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Zi^i.\\n153\\nj^cytp-u^iiri\\nL^r ^S,S3^%/\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0k^c\\nJ-*\\nMEI^BT F, IBAILBWIKo\\nV\\nei.\u00c2\u00ab -otJiae/siS-\\n^^T/r^Tf^vi KNRY P. BALDWIN, Gov-\\nJ !w/ 4 4) ernoi- of Michii^an fn\\nr i?^4, 1869, to Jan. i, 187^, ._\\nlineil descendant of Nathan-\\niel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\ninghamshire, England, who set-\\ntled at Milford, Conn., in 1639.\\nHib father was John Baldwin,\\na graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege He died at North Provi-\\ndence, R. I., in 1826. His\\npaternal grandfather was Rev.\\nMoses Baldwin, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, in 1757, and the\\nfirst who received collegiate hon-\\nors at that ancient and honored institution. He died\\nat Parma, Mass., in 1813, where for more than 50\\nyears he had been pastor of the Presbyterian C hurch.\\nOn his mother s .side (iovernor B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Ro.\\\\-\\nliury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter\\nof Rev. Nehemiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard\\nCollege, who died at Brimfieid, Mass., in 1796, where\\ntor 21 years he was pastor of the Congregationalist\\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 leisuic 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 1838. Here he established a mercantile\\nhouse which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. Although he successfully conducted\\n^1\\n,;;j55^*\u00c2\u00bb^E*-S, ^3\u00c2\u00a7 iyZrj7rjv-^J^\\na large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosperity of the city and\\nStale of his adoption. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Voung Men s\\nSociety, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally.\\nKw Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and flourishing |)arish of St.\\nJohn, Detroit, originated with tlovernor Baldwin, who\\ngave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and\\nalso contributed the larger share of the cost of their\\nerection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in\\nthe establishment of St. Luke s Hospital, and has\\nalways been a liberal contributor to moral and relig-\\nious enterprises whether connected with his own\\nChurch or not. There have been, in fact, but few-\\npublic and social improvements of Detroit during the\\npast 40 years with which (iovernor B. s name is not\\nin some way connected. He was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the expiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of tlie Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn i860, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\nSenate, of Michigan during the years of 1861 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 two\\nHouses for the investigation of the Treasury Depart-\\nment and the official acts of the Treasurer, and of\\nthe letting of the contract for the improvement of\\nSault St. Marie Ship Canal. He was first elected\\nGovernor in 1868 and was re-elected in 1870, serving\\nfrom 186910 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that Governor B. s happy faculty of es-\\ntimating the necessary means to an end the knowing\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow ui)on the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform\\nyk\\n1^\\nV\u00c2\u00ae )e^#\\nr ^:nD A-\\nc^\\n^Si^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "(Oj\\nMmh rr\\n(O\\n1=2\\nI\\nrSN\\n154\\nHENRY P. BALDWIN.\\nisr\\n-^^m^^yiM;\\nh\\nsuccess that has attended his efforts in all relations\\nof life. The same industry and accuracy that dis-\\ntinguished him itrior to this term as Governor was\\nmanifest in his career as the chief magistrate of the\\nState, and while his influence appears in all things\\nwith which he has liad to do, it is more noticeable in\\nthe most prominent position to which he was called.\\nWith rare exceptions the important commendations\\nof Governor 15. 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 j)er-\\nmit a more equitable compensation to State officers\\nand judges. The law of 1869, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\ntion of 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. felt that the honor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an extra session of the\\nT-egislature to projiose the submission to the peojile a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were alre.idy in the hands of Awi?-\\n//i/r 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 eitlier legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\nthe division of the State into congressional districts.\\nA number of other important suggestions were made,\\nhowever, and as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thoughtful care for the financial condition\\n^j\\\\m^^\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmitted by him showing.in detail, estimatesof receipts,\\nexpenditures and appropriations for tlie years 1872 to V\\n1878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B. s admin- 1\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany [xirtions of the Northwest in the fall of 1871.\\nlarge part of the city of Chicago having been re-\\nduced to ashes. Governor B. [)roniptly issued a proc-\\nlamation calling upon the people of Michigan for\\nliberal aid in behalf of the afflicted city. Scarcely had\\ntliis been issued when several counties in his State\\nwere laid waste by the same destroying element.\\nsecond call was made asking assistance for the suf-\\nfering people of Michigan. The contributions for\\nthese objects were prompt and most lilieral, more than\\n$700,000 having been received in money and supplies\\nfor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\nthese contributions during the short period of about\\n3 months, that the (Governor issued a proclamation r\\nexjjressing in behalf of the people of the State grate-\\nful acknowldgment, and announcing that further y y\\naid was unnecessary.\\nGovernor B. has traveled extensively in his own\\ncountry and has also madu several visits to Europe\\nand other [wrtions of the Old World. He was a pas-\\nsenger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and y^\\nlionded 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\\nnewsjjaper, is not overdrawn: The retiring message\\nof Governor B,, will be read with interest. It is\\na characteristic document and possesses the lucid\\nstatement, strong, and clear practical sense, which\\nhave been marked features of all preceding documents\\nfrom the same source. Governor B. retired to private\\nlife after four years of unusually successful adminis-\\ntration amid plaudits that are universal throughout the\\nState. For many years eminent and capable men\\nhave filled the executive chair of this State, but in\\npainstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine\\npublic spirit, in thorough integrity and in practical\\ncapacity, Henry P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the State (y\\nadministration has fully kept pace with the needs of\\nthe times. The retiring Governor has fully earned t^:\\nthe public gratitude and confidence which he to-day J\\n[wssesses to such remarkable degree.\\nt", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "^.D y?\\nJW-tf^^y", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "^^^\u00c2\u00ae)$\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ri*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rnrd-^.\\nGOVB .RNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nJ\\ns\\nV\\nJ mm J, BAaiEy,\\nsaii^\\n;l OHN JUDSON BAGLEY,\\nrl^Gcjvernor of Michigan from\\nfi873 to 1877, was born in\\nMedina, Orleans Co., N. Y.,\\nl July 24,1832. His father, John\\nBagley, was a native of New\\nHampshire, his mother, Mary M.\\nBagley, of Connecticut. He at-\\ntended the district school of Lock-\\njxjrt, N. Y., until he was eight years\\nold, at which time his father moved\\nto Constantine, Mich., and he at-\\ntended the common schools of that\\nvillage. His early experience was\\nlike that of many country boys whose\\nparents removed from Eastern States\\nto the newer portion of the West.\\nHis father being in very i)Oor circum-\\nstances, Mr. B. was obliged to work\\nas soon as he was able to do so.\\nLeaving school when 13 years of age\\nhe entered a country store in Constan-\\ntine as clerk. His father tlien re-\\nmoved toOwosso, Mich., and he again\\nengaged as clerk in a store. From\\nearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading\\nand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of\\nsuch books, papers and periodicals as came within\\nhis reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he\\nsecured employment in a tobacco manufactory and\\nremained in this ]X)sition for about five years.\\nIn 1853, he began business for himself in the man-\\nufacturing of tobacco. His establishment has become\\n^f C ^\\\\iC\\none of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B.\\nhas also been greatly interested in other manufactur-\\ning enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and in-\\nsurance corporations. He was President of the\\nDetroit Safe Company for several years. He was one\\nof the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insur-\\nance Company of Detroit, and was its President from\\n1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer-\\nican National Bank for many years, and a stock-\\nholder and director in various other corporations.\\nMr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two\\nyears, and of the Detroit Common Council the same\\nlength of time. In 1865 he was appointed by Gover-\\nnor Crajjo one of the first commissioners of the\\nMetropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv-\\ning six years. In November, 1872, he was elected\\nGovernor of Michigan, and two years later was re-\\nelected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877.\\nHe was an active worker in the Republican party, and\\nfor many years was Chairman of the Republican\\n.State Central committee.\\nGovernor Bagley was quite lil)eral in his religious\\nviews and was an attendant of the Unitarian Church.\\nHe aimed to be able to hear and consider any new\\ntliought,from whatever source it may come, but was not\\nbound by any religious creed or formula. He held\\nin respect all religious opinions, believing that noone\\ncan be injured by a firm adherence to a faith or de-\\nnomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan.\\n16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan,\\nwho took an active part in the early educational mat-\\nters of the State and in the establishment of its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally\\nJ\\n4,..^^.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "^^i^f^-\\niXr\\nJOHJV J. BAO-LEY.\\nrr\\n4^^5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aeV.#;\\nVj\\nA\\nC\u00c2\u00a7\\nV\\nthrough his exertions that the State University was\\nfounded. Mr. B. s family consists of seven children.\\nAs Governor his administration was charac-\\nterized by several imiwrtant 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 uiwn 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 \\\\.\\\\\\\\x)n the suggestion of Gov. B.\\nin the earlier part of his administration that the law\\ncreating the State Board of Health, and also the law\\ncreating a fish commission in the inland waters of the\\nSlate, were passed, both of which have proved of great\\nbenefit to the 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 rejiresented 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 jxiwer, as every noble mind\\nis ambitious, because these give opiwrtunity. 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 recjuired\\nof us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He\\nhad great hopes for his Stale and his country. He had\\nhis ideas of what they should be. With a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\ncultured brain, the will and the jxjwer 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\\nthe conflict eagerly an i 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 lithe of his char-\\nities were known to his most intimate friends, or even\\nto his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi-\\nent of aid at an opixjrtune 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 1 gave more\\nthis year than I did last, and hope I shall give more\\nnext year than 1 have this. This expressed his idea\\nof charity, that the giving should at all times be free\\nand spontaneous.\\nDuring his leasure hours from early life, and espe-\\ncially during the last few years, he devoted much time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog-\\nrajihy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand Woik of John .Adams, in ten volumes.\\nIn all questions of business or public affairs he\\neemed to have the iwwer of getting at the kernel of\\nthe nut in the least possible time. In reading he\\nwould spend scarcely more time with a volume than\\nmost persons would devote to a chapter. .After what\\nseemed a cursory glance, he would have all of value\\nthe took 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\\nliis elegant home w.is a study and a pleasure\\nto his many friends, who always found there a\\nhearty welcome. At Christmas time he would sfiend\\ndavs doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christma--\\neve he gathered his children about him and, taking\\nthe youngest on his lap, told some Christmas story,\\nclosing the entertainment with The Night Before\\nChristmas, or Dickens s Christmas Carol.\\nc\\n4\\nfF\\nft\\nf", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "-^m^ \u00c2\u00a9V ^I\\nr\\nZ^ ^xsi\\n(h\\ni\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ni6i\\nb^\\nCHARLES M.\\nt ^^^^^^J HARLES CROSWELL,\\n^1. Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, 1881,\\nwas borti at Newburg, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., Oct. 2,1, 1825.\\nHe is the only son of John and\\nSallie (Hicks) Croswell. His\\nfather, who was of Scotch-Irish\\nextraction, was a paper-maker,\\nand carried on business in New\\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\\nand Connecticut, in the early exis-\\ntence of the Republic. Harry Cros-\\nwell, during the administration of\\nJl] President Jefferson, published a pa-\\nper called the Balance, and was\\nprosecuted for libeling the President\\nunder the obnoxious Sedition I,aw.\\nw He was defended by the celebrated\\nAlexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nion of the case establised the important ruling that\\nthe truth might be shown in cases of libel. Another\\nmember of tlie family was Edwin Croswell, the fam-\\nous editor of the Albany Argus; also. Rev. William\\nroswell, noted as a divine and poet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nliis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Newburg and, within three months i)reced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\nj thus leaving him the sole surviving member of the\\ny family, without fortune or means. Upon the death\\nCROSWELL.\\nST\\nv^\\nof his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in\\n1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, Michigan. At\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare\\nlime to reading and the actiuirement of knowledge.\\nIn 1846, he began the study of law, and was ap-\\npointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County. The du\\nties of this office he performed four years, when he\\nwas elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected\\nin 1852. In 1854, 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 put in the field the first Re-\\npublican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he\\nformed a law partnershii) with the present Chief-Jus-\\ntice Cooley, which continued until the removal of\\nJudge Cooley to Ann Arbor.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Croswell was appointed City Attorney\\nof Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city\\nin the spring of the same year; and in the fall was\\nciiosen to represent Lenawee County in the State\\nSenate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864,\\nand again in 1866, during each term filling the posi-\\ntions above mentioned, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\niong various rejwrts made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proj)osition 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 first\\namendment to the instrument ratified by Michigan.\\nIn I S63, from his seat in the State Senate, he de-\\nlivered an elaborate speech in favor of the Proclama-\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "n n n Viy ^^^^^r\\nCHARLES M. CRO SWELL.\\n-4^^(\u00c2\u00aeV|@)\\nr^\\n7S\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2v.\\n:^J\\nV\\ntion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln,\\nand of his general policy in the prosecution of the\\nwar. This, at the request of his Republican associ-\\nates, was afterwards pul lished. In 1867, he was\\nelected a member of the Constitutional Convention,\\nand chosen its presiding officer. Tliis 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 cliosen an Elector on\\nthe Republican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was\\nelected a Representative to the State Legislature\\nfrom Lenawee County, and was chosen Speaker of\\nthe House of Representatives. At the close of the\\nsession of that body his abilities as a parliamentarian,\\nand tlie fairness of his rulings were freely and form-\\nally acknowledged by his associates and he was pre-\\nsented with a superb collection of their portraits\\nhandsomely framed. He was, also, for several years.\\nSecretary of the State Board for the general supervis-\\nion of the charitable and penal institutions of Michi-\\ngan; in which position, his propositions for the amel-\\nioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and the\\nreformation of the criminal classes, signalize tlie be-\\nnevolence of his nature, and the practical cliaracter\\nof his mind.\\nIn 1876, the general voice of the Republicans of\\nthe State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choice for\\nGovernor; and, at the State Convention of the party\\nin .August of the same year, he was put in nomination\\nby acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. At\\nthe election in November following, he was chosen to\\nthe high position for which he had been nominated,\\nby a very large majority over all opposing candidates.\\nHis inaugural message was received with general\\nfavor; and his career as Governor was marked with\\nthe same qualities of head and heart that have ever\\ndistinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman.\\nGovernor Groswell has always prepared his ad-\\ndresses with care and, as his diction is terse, clear,\\nand strong, without excess of ornament, and his de-\\nliver} 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 Secretarj 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\\nexemplar)- as in his public career he has been suc-\\ncessful and useful. In Februarv, 1852, he was mar-\\nried to a daughter of Morton Eddy, Lucy M. Eddy,\\na lady of many amiable and sunny qualities. She\\nsuddenly died, March 19, 1868, leaving two daugh-\\nters and a son. Governor Croswell is not a member\\nof any religious body, but generally attends the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He pursues the profession of law,\\nbut of late has been occupied mainly in the care of his\\nown interests, and the quiet duties of advice in\\nbusiness difficulties, for which his unfailing pru-\\ndence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov-\\nernor Croswell is truly popular, not only with those of\\nlike political faith with himself, but with those who\\ndiffer from him in this regard. y\\nDuring Gov. Croswell s administration the public\\ndebt was greatly reduced a policy adopted requiring f\\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 forthe Insane at Pontiac were opened,\\nand the new capital at Lansing was com])leted and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre- t\\nside at the dedication of this building The great riot m\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it n\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distruction of\\nboth life and properly u vented at tha time.\\n5A^^ ^^mr- -f^^^Jf@ Nf^^l\\nA\\nV", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nV\\nSfe.- V^\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nkiior of from Jan. i, 1881, to\\nI in. I, 1S83, w.Ts born at De-\\ntroit, Mich., Nov. 17, 1829.\\nHis parents emigrated to\\nMichigan from Trumansburg,\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828,\\nlocatmg 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 riioved 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\\nOovernor formed those habits of industry and ster-\\nling integrity that have been so characteristic of the\\nman in the active duties of life. He was sent to the\\ndistrict school, and in the acquisition of the funda-\\nmental branches of learning he displayed a precocity\\nand an application which won for him the admiration\\nof his teachers, and always placed him at the head\\nof his classes. In the meantime he did chores on\\nthe farm, and was always ready with a cheerful heart\\nand willing hand to assist his widowed mother. The\\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 purpose 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 tiie fall of his i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted liis brother Timothy\\nin hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac.\\nIn 1847, M. H. Miles beingClerkin 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 ileriial work on board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn 1849- 50, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of his physical system spent\\nseveral months liauling logs. In the spring of 1850,\\nhis brother Tiff and himself chartered the steamer\\nChautauqua, and Yoiuig Dave became her mas-\\nter. A {xjrtion of the season the boat was engaged\\nin the passenger and freight traffic between Port\\nHuron and Detroit, but during the latter part was\\nused as a tow boat. At tliat time tliere was a serious\\nobstruction to navigation, known as the St. Clair\\nFlats, between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which\\nI\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\n11\\n^-A -^ii n ^iin^\\n^fr-^^ft", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "A VI D H. JEROME.\\nr^ V -.VAy.-\\nI\\nvessels could cany only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\nMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nfrom one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\noperation. Through the influence of practical men,\\namong them the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved the obstruction above referred to, and now\\nvessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000\\nbushels of grain.\\nDuring the season, the two brothers succeeded\\nin making a neat little sum of money by the sum-\\nmer s work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract\\nto raise the Gen. Scott, a vessel that had sunk in\\nLake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt,\\nbut possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the\\nspring of 185 i, he was clerk and acting master of the\\nsteamers Frankhn Moore and Ruby, plying be-\\ntween Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The\\nfollowing year he was clerk of the propeller Prince-\\nton, running between Detroit and Buffalo.\\nIn January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California,\\nby way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed e.xtraordinary\\nsuccess in selling goods in a new place of his selec-\\ntion, among the mountains near Marysville He re-\\nmained there during the summer, and located the\\nLive Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded\\nmillions to its owners, and is still a paying investment.\\nHe planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into the mine,\\nbut when the water supply began to fail with the dry\\nseason, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of\\n1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for\\nNew York, arriving at his home in St. Clair County,\\nabout a year after his departure. During his absence\\nhis brother Tiff had located at Saginaw, ana in\\n1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations\\nin the valley. In 1855 the brothers bought Black-\\nmer Eaton s hardware and general supply stores,\\nat Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management\\nof the business. From 1855 to 1873 he was also ex-\\ntensively engaged in lumbering operations.\\nSoon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated\\nfor Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising\\nyoung man, of strong Democratic principles. The\\nward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was\\nelected bv a handsome majority. When the Repub-\\nlican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H.\\nJerome was, though not a delegate to the convention,\\none of its charter members. In 1862, he was com-\\nmissioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings al 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\\nCity, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On tak-\\ning his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chair-\\nman of the Committee on State Affairs, and was ac-\\ntive in raising means and troops to carry on the war.\\nHe held the same position during his three terms of\\nservice, and introduced the bill creating the Soldiers\\nHome at Harper Hospital, Detroit.\\nHe was selected by Gov. Crapo as a military aid,\\nand in 1865 was appointed a member of the State\\nMilitary Board, and served as its President for eight\\nconsecutive years. In 1873, he was ap]X)inced by\\nGov. Bagley a member of the convention to prepare\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Jerome was ap]X)inted a member of\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was\\nChairman of a commission to visit Chief Joseph, the\\nNez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement\\nof all existing difficulties. The commission went to\\nPortland, Oregon, thence to the Blue Hills, in Idaho,\\na distance of 600 nriles up the Columbia River.\\nAt the Republican State Convention, convened at\\nJackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5 th day of the\\nmonth received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opjwnent was Freder-\\nick M. HoUoway, of Hillsdale oimty, who was sup-\\nported by the Democratic and Greenback parties.\\nThe State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on the evening of\\nelection day, it was found that David H. Jerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccupy the highest position within their gift.\\nV^^\\nA\\nW^^\\n-^^m niif^A^ ^^\u00c2\u00a7s^\\n7\\ni-\\\\", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "Ml;\\n^r!st^ Ttr-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "J\\n^^m^\\nGOVERXORS OF MICHIGAN\\nJOSIAH W. BEG0LEV\\n169\\nOSIAH \\\\V. BE(i()LK, the\\nresent {1883), Ciovernoi of\\nMichigan was born in Living-\\nston, County, N. Y., Jan. 20,\\n1815. His ancestors were of\\nFrench descent, and settled at\\nan early period in tlie State of\\nMaiyland. Hisgrandfather,Capt.\\nBolles, of that State, was an offi-\\ncer in the American army during\\nthe waroftiie Revolution. .\\\\l)0ut\\nle beginning of the present cent-\\nury both his grand|)arents, having\\n)ecome dissatisfied with the insli-\\ntution of slavery, although slave-\\nholders themselves, emigrated to\\n.ivnigston County, N. Y., then\\na new countr\\\\ taking with them a\\nnumber of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\n.\\\\nierican army, and served during\\nthe war of iSi 2.\\nMr. B. received his early education in a log school-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\n.Academy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of a\\nfamily of ten children, whose parents were in moder-\\nate though comfortable circumstances, he was early\\ntaught hal)its of industry, and when 21 years of age,\\nbeing ambitious to better his condition in life, he re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was\\nthen called. In .August, 1S36, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in tiie Territory of Michigan\\nthen an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in\\n(lenesee County, and aided with his own hands in\\nbuilding some of the early residences in what is now\\nknown as the city of Flint. There were but four or\\nfive houses where this flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nIn the spring of 1S39 he married Miss Harriet\\nMiles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one,\\nand to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en-\\njoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned com-\\njjctence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in\\nlife. Immediately after his marriage he commenced\\nwoik on an unimproved farm, where, by his perse-\\nverance and energy, he soon established a good home,\\nand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a\\nwell improved farm of five hundred acres.\\nMr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a\\nmember of the Republican party at its organization.\\nHe served his to.vnsmen in various offices, and was\\nin 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nheld for eight years.\\n.\\\\t the lireaking 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 suiiplies for the army, and in looking\\nafter the interests of soldiers families at home. The\\ndeathof his eldest son near .Atlanta, Ga., by aConfed-\\nrate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nWhen a few years Liter he was a member in Congress\\ni\\n^^j^^\u00c2\u00a5^ ^^^^MM^ i 4^^f\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "iS^S^iKr\\nV ^I\\nh r\\nrJ^^\\no\u00c2\u00bb\\ny^\\no\\n170\\nJOSIAH 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 the day, and\\nwho should fare equally with him who came in at the\\neleventh hour. That bill was defeated in the House\\non account of the large appropriation that would be\\nrequired to pay the same.\\nIn 1870, Gov. Regole was nominated by acclama-\\ntion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a\\nlarge majority. In that i)ody he served on the Com-\\nmittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman\\nof the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and\\nDumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public-\\nspirited view of the importance of a new capitol\\nbuilding worthy of the State, and was an active mem-\\nber of the Committee that drafted the bill for the\\nsame He was a delegate to the National Republi-\\ncan Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, and\\n_ was the chosen member of that delegation to go to\\nWashington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator\\nWilson of their nominations. It was while at that\\nconvention that, by the express wish of his many\\nfriends, he was induced to offer himself a can-\\ndidate for the nomination of member to 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 Sixth 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-\\nix)inted by that committee to draft the most impor-\\ntant report made by that committee, and uix)n the\\nonly subject recommended by the President in his\\nmessage, which he did and the report was printed in\\nrecords of Congress he took an efficient though an\\nunobtrusive part in all its j)roceedings.\\nHe voted for the currency bill, remonetization of\\nsilver, and other financial measures, many of which,\\nthough defeated then, have since become the settled\\npolicy of the country. Owing to the position which\\nMr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a\\nGreenbacker.\\nIn the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome,\\nreceiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering\\nupon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit\\nthat has already won him many friends, and bids fair\\nto make his administration both successful and pop-\\nular.\\nThe very best indications of what a man is, is what\\nhis own townsmen think of him. We give the fol-\\nlowing extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re-\\npublican paper m Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit-\\nterest 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 imiierfect 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\\nquarrehng over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the ]bumt district a letter, from\\nwhich we make an extract of but a single sentence:\\nUntil the differences between the two committees\\nare adjusted and you receive your regular supplies\\nfrom them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I\\nhave money. This displays his true character.\\nI\\nc\\nHt A\\n^srv^\\n^^Nf@", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": ";i^)W^\u00c2\u00ae))^t|\u00c2\u00ab\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:23\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^ ^V^:I]II^P^^ T\\n4^^e(\u00c2\u00aeV(|i=;\\nh\\n/N\\nJ\\nI\\nV\\nt^-N 5- \u00c2\u00bb3^\\nUf\\n\u00c2\u00ae1\\nai^-iui/EIDMB\\n^D!i:^Dtli ^^j^^fg^\\n(V\\n^!^M", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "c?^?lllj :llll^ r-\\n-^zJ^siiiAsr\\n(1)\\nc^:\\nt/\\nt\\ni|^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^^^nnr^^nni^\\n.-^Au:i-\\n^?T^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "V\\nr^^icliiit.y", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "^r-\\n-mO c II, /jt 7", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "T^-T -:ni]^oor r6 4J^f^V^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n1^\\ntr-^\\n4-3-\\nJU h.\\n.OKNELIUS BENNETT,\\nJudge of Probate of Isa-\\nbella County, resident at\\nMt. Pleasant, was born Aug.\\n15, 1839, in the township\\nof Deerfield, Livingston Co\\nMich. His parents, Michael\\ni-:\u00c2\u00ae and Bridget (Flynn) Bennett, were na-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^v=^ *.y _) tives of the County of Kings, Ireland,\\n\u00c2\u00ab^^|.iQ-\u00c2\u00bb where they grew to mature years and\\n^jm.^j.-.~h- iiiarried. Shortly after that event, in\\n1827, they came to the United States\\nand settled in Pennsylvania, where the\\nfather engaged in farming. The family\\nremained in the Keystone State four\\nyears and came thence in 1837 to Michigan, where\\nthey settled on a homestead claim of 80 acres in\\nNorthfield Township, Washtenaw County.\\nAt that time the townships of that county north\\nof range 84 east were connected with Ann Arbor for\\nmunicipal purposes. The first settler had made a\\npermanent location in 1824, and during the eight\\nyears ensuing the population grew until the number\\nwas sufficiently large to warrant an independent local\\norganization. The movement to effect this was in-\\nitiated in the fall of 1832. The enabling act was\\npassed during the Legislative session of the winter\\nfollowing, and the first town meeting was held in\\nApril, 1833, two years after Michael Bennett began\\nthe work of a pioneer land-holder in the township.\\nHis name is associated with the first religious en-\\nterprise in Northfield, and the first Church therein\\nand its organization were due to his efforts, associated\\nwith several other settlers in the township, of similar\\nreligious connections. The record published in the\\nHistory of Washtenaw County in 1881 states\\nthat, in 1831-32 a few enterprising men who had\\nleft their homes in the Green Isle settled in the\\ntown. Father Kelley came the same year and, with\\nthe assistance of his few Church people and Isaac\\nDickee, erected a log church on section 29. They\\nwere John Keenan, William Prindle, William Stubs,\\nJohn McKernan, Philip McKernan, John Sullivan,\\nMichael Portal, John Mclntyre, Michael Bennett,\\nPeter Smith, Michael Neligan, Patrick Walsh, Mi-\\nchael Walsh, Patrick Donavin and Bryan Galligan.\\nIn 1837 the primitive structure gave place to a com-\\nmodious frame building, which was for ten years the\\nonly church edifice in the township.\\nMr. Bennett, senior, sold his property and removed\\nto Livingston ounty in 1837. He bought a half\\nsection in the township of Deerfield, where he and\\nhis wife passed the remainder of their lives. The\\nmother died Sept 27, 1873 the demise of the father\\ntook place in 1876. Their family included six chil-\\ndren, throe sons and three daughters. Two of the\\nlatter, Bridget and Catherine, are deceased. Mary\\nis the wife of John Downey, a farmer on section 35,\\n9", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "V^N/^\u00c2\u00ae)$f^#\u00c2\u00ab-\\nTZi^^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27 llD^Dny r-\\nTT-\\nrsi^^isr\\n4^^f\\nrra\\nI\\ns\\n1^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nIsabella Township. James and Frank are farmers in\\nDeerfield, Livingston County.\\nMr. Bennett, of this sketch, secured a good com-\\nmon-school education in his native place and alter-\\nnated his periods of study with assisting on his fath-\\ner s farm. In 1856 he commenced attending school\\nat Ann Arbor, where he pursued his studies one and\\na half years, after which he spent one winter in\\nteaching. In the spring of 1858 he responded to an\\ninward impulse, of which he had been a long time\\nconscious, to see more of the world than that circum-\\nscribed by the boundaries of the Peninsular State with\\nwhich he had grown familiar, and he proceeded to\\nLeavenworth, Kansas, then on the western frontier\\nand the center of interest from the recent contests be-\\ntween the border-ruffians and the Free-Soil element.\\nThat section of the United States was still, in a sense,\\ndebatable ground, and a sufficient intensity of the\\nspirit that ruled the year 1855 was yet in existence\\nto engage the interest of young men of ambitious\\nminds, to whom the daring and mystery seemed full\\nof glory. It is probable that to the period of this\\ncountry s history just preceding the civil war, the\\nsuccessful men of the present generation owe more\\nthan to any other. The shadows of coming events\\nhung over the times, heavy with portent, and within\\nthe next decade the tree of American independence\\nand enterprise burst into bloom. It was simply a\\nverification of the sententious truism, that circum-\\nstances make men, and also the concomitant fact that\\nmen make history.\\nThe agents of the United States were stationed at\\nthe frontier posts to protect the interests of the Gov-\\nernment there and in the unsettled territory beyond,\\nand young Bennett joined a construction train, or-\\nganized under the authority of Captain Russell and\\nMajor Waddeil, Government agents, which was to\\nproceed to (then) Sonora Territory to build forts in\\nadvance of emigration, for the United States soldiers\\nnecessary for the protection of Immigrant settlers\\nfrom the Indians. The train started Sept. 4, 1858,\\nand consisted of 54 wagons, each drawn by six yokes\\nof oxen, and accompanied by a force of about 70\\nmen. The wagons contained army supplies, besides\\nimmense quantities of axes, nails, saws and tools\\nfor use in the projected fort-building. It also in-\\ncluded a herd of 280 oxen, technically called a co-\\nvey yard, for relief. The contract guaranteed\\nmonthly to every man for three years, and the orders\\nwere to operate until the supplies (which included\\nthe oxen) were exhausted.\\nOn arriving at Fort Bridger, within 100 miles of\\nSalt Lake City, it was ascertained that the Mormons\\nhad taken into their own hands the reins of the\\nlocal government of the Territory over which they\\nwere to pass, had forbidden any approach to Salt\\nLake City, and destroyed the forage of Carson Val-\\nley, upon which the maintenance of the teams de-\\npended. The quartermaster took charge of the\\nimmense herd of upwards of a thousand oxen, and\\nthe expedition came practically to an end.\\nMr. Bennett, with 17 others, turned their faces\\nhomeward. He arrived at Leavenworth in Decem-\\nber, 1858, and in March, 1859, he again set out\\nfor Denver, Col., in charge of the first general sup-\\nply train that entered that place. It consisted of 28\\nwagons, each drawn by eight oxen, and bearing army\\nsupplies, also shovels, axes, picks, and sheet-iron for\\nmining purposes. The site of the now prosperous\\ncity was reached in May, 1859. The route was\\nmade under the difficulties peculiar to the state of\\ncivilization, or ratlier want of it, of that period, and\\nthe perplexities of the situation, coupled with its re-\\nsponsibilities as chief of the expedition, quite satisfied\\nMr. Bennett of the real value of a life of adventure\\nin an unsettled territory, subject to the incidents of\\nfrontier life under the influences of the incongruous\\ntype of humanity which has made that time a\\nmarked era in American history. Jealousies arose, mu-\\ntinies were instigated, and he found that the necessity\\nfor prompt and decided action, which was constantly\\narising, had little in it of glory or satisfaction. Thr\\nactual dignity and character of affairs are aptly rer\\nresented by the fact that, on one occasion, when the\\nculmination of a conspiracy came to his knowledge,\\nhe rushed upon the scene and terminated proceed-\\nings, quelling the leader by the vigorous application\\nof a red-hot frying-pan square in the face. It was\\nrather an inglorious conquest, but the victory that\\nperched uixin his banners was no less effectual, and\\nits retrospective comfort no less complete, than though\\nit had been achieved through the instrumentality of\\nthe knife or the revolver, then the predominaring\\nauthority in the settlement of the question as to who\\nshould be greatest.\\nMr, Bennett spent about a year in Colorado, inter-\\nA\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "(g;\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0xsr\\nIS A BELL A COUNTY.\\niSNSxi\\n4^^c(fvii\\n183\\n(h\\nC-^\\nV\\nested in mining, which he pursued at three different\\npoints within 40 miles of Denver, his headquarters.\\nHis experiences there were after the order of those\\nimmortalized by the graphic pens of Bret Harte and\\nJohn Hay. Mining claims, legitimate or otherwise,\\nengendered contests, and Mr. Bennett and his part-\\nner, in one instance, became involved in a controversy\\nwhich they attempted to adjust under the local regu-\\nlations known as miners trials. From incidents of\\nmuch less romantic hue, gifted pens have woven\\nwebs of dramatic interest that have sent their author s\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0F.mes dovvn to the generations to come with death-\\nless fame.\\nriie confrere of Mr. Bennett was a man in whom\\nthe exigencies of frontier life had developed the\\nprinciples of self-defense, and he held himself in\\nreadiness to adjust his affairs according to his own\\nideas of right and justice, and in keeping with the\\nmethods adopted by the element with which circum-\\nstances compelled him to deal. In the case referred\\nto, a difference of understanding had arisen, and the\\nspecies of administration of justice had been ap-\\npealed to which was then the only approach to the\\nmethods of arbitration that were practiced within\\nthe borders of civilization. Mr. Bennett, his asso-\\nciate and the contestant, sat on a log, in preliminary\\ncouncil, surrounded by a crowd of miners, who con-\\nstituted the court. The third party in the case lost\\nself-control and indulged in a few sentences of disa-\\ngreeable signification, which were so pointed as to\\ndemand immediate attention. In an instant a gleam\\nof light from the polished barrel of a revolver flashed\\nathwart the vision of the assemblage. Mr. Bennett\\narrested the arm that controlled the weapon and dis-\\npossessed its holder. A storm of hot words ensued.\\nAs night came on, it was argued that the shoot-\\nist and the other individual most intimately con-\\ncerned should retire beyond the encampment and\\ntalk over affairs. The plan was put into execution,\\nbut the pair had hardly passed beyond the light of\\nthe camp-fires when the report of a pistol awoke the\\nechoes of the night. A scene of wild excitement fol-\\nlowed. The would-be murderer had been attacked\\nwith an opportune fit, in which his revolver shared\\nto such an extent as to inflict a serious wound upon\\nhis companion. He lay on the ground, writhing in\\nthe contortions of epilcpsy(. his throat swollen and\\nthrobbing, and sheets of foam issuing from his livid\\nlips. As the crowd surrounded his victim, he brought\\nthe fit to a termination and fled to his cabin, whither\\nMr. Bennett followed him.\\nInstant flight was determined upon, and Mr. Ben-\\nnett returned to learn the next act in the play, as the\\nfirst in no sense outlined what was to follow. He\\nfound a crowd of men, anxious to furnish substantial\\nproof of their estimate of procedures, who had de-\\ncided that a murderer, either in fact or intent, needed\\nbe hung. When it was ascertained that he was be-\\nyond their reach, their hunger for some retributive\\nact had reached a climax and a victim must be forth-\\ncoming. The individual who had precipitated mat-\\nters not being at hand, it was decided to hang Mr.\\nBennett. The suddenness of the emergency brought\\nhis predominating trait of character to the front. In\\nimperturbable coolness he stood among the undis-\\nciplined, clamorous rabble, and by his fearless bear-\\ning and deliberately chosen arguments, couched in\\nunimpassioned language, he quelled their turbulence\\nand disarmed their malicious intent.\\nOn leaving Denver, Mr. Bennett returned to Liv-\\ningston County, where he attended school, pursuing\\nhis studies two years at the seminary at Howell. He\\npassed the summers of 1863-4 in the law office of S.\\nF. Hubbell, of Howell, where he read for the profes-\\nsion under that gentleman s instructions. He then\\nconsummated the required period of study in the\\nLaw Department of the University of Michigan, at\\nAnn Arbor, where he was graduated with the degree\\nof B. LL., March 25, 1865. In May, of the same\\nyear, he came to Mt. Pleasant, believing that this\\nsection afforded a field for the exercise of his profes-\\nsional qualifications and an opening to a successful\\nbusiness career. He opened an office immediately\\nupon his arrival, as an attorney.\\nIn November, 1869, his connection with the official\\naffairs of Isabella County began. The death of\\nJames P. Welper, County Clerk and Register of Deeds,\\ncreated a vacancy, to which Mr. Bennett succeeded\\nby appointment. The two positions were held by\\none incumbent until 1872, when they became distinct.\\nMr. Bennett discharged the duties of County Clerk\\nthree years, being elected to the office in 1870. He\\nofficiated as Register of Deeds five years, receiving\\none election and one re-election, and serving one\\nyear as apix)intee. He held the office of Justice of\\nthe Peace from 1866 to 1882, and was also elected\\nft.\\nV-\\nt\\n3", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "1\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nin 1866 to the oflfice of Circuit Court Commis-\\nsioner, which he held two years. In 1880 he was\\nelected to the position he now holds, of Probate\\nJudge. He was nominated on the Democratic ticket,\\nand scored a gratifying triumph, as the county had\\nat that time a conceded Republican majority of 400\\nvotes. He received a majority of 179 votes.\\nIn 187s, Mr. Bennett, associated with John Hicks,\\nof St. John s, Mich., and three other capitalists of\\nClinton County, established the privatebanking-house\\nof Hicks, Bennett Co. Their office is established\\nin the Opera Block, now owned by the banking firm,\\nand built by Albert B. Upton. The law business of\\nMr. Bennett has gradually merged into real-estate\\ntransactions, in which he has extensive connections.\\nIn 1882 he built the Bennett House, which occupies\\na prominent position at Mt. Pleasant, and is one of\\nthe finest and most attractive buildings in the village.\\nIt is constructed of brick, is three stories above the\\nbasement, and fitted with the best modern appliances.\\nBennett s Addition to Mt. Pleasant includes 40 acres,\\nwhich he platted in 1882.\\nMr. Bennett was married, Dec. 20, 1865, to Mary,\\ndaughter of Nelson and Catherine (Tice) Mosher.\\nHer parents were among the pioneer settlers of this\\ncounty, and her father was a prominent figure in its\\nofficial history. She died. May 30, 1872, at the age\\nof 29 years, leaving one child, Frank, born Sept. 28,\\n1868. The second marriage of Mr. Bennett occurred\\nDec. 15, 187s, to Anna Palmer. She was born in\\nIosco, Livingston County, May 12, 1852, and is the\\ndaughter of Darwin and Elizabeth (Tice) Palmer.\\nMary, first child by this marriage, was born March\\n20, 1877, and died May 28, 1883, of diphtheria.\\nNellie was born Feb. 16, 1879.\\nThe life of every man is a part of the history of\\nhis time. The swift succession of generations, afford-\\ning room for others to come, bears an impressive\\nmeaning and places upon the leaders of events a\\nweighty responsibility. The gravest question of the\\nperiod is, whether the existence and achievements of\\nthe men of to-day shall be engulfed in the rushing\\ntide and consigned to oblivion. The relations of in-\\ndividuals to the present and future impose upon them\\npeculiar obligations. He who recognizes an opportu-\\nnity and possesses the courage and hardiliood to grasp\\nand mold it to his advantage, is the marked man of\\nthe period. His im[X)rtance is in no sense measured\\n.^i.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m^.\\nby the prejudice or rivalry of others, but his identity\\nbecomes a part of the time and place where he lived.\\nThese considerations must impress themselves upon\\nthose who weigh with impartiality the career of Judge\\nBennett. In his portrait and that of Mrs. Bennett,\\nwhich are the first presented in the biographical por-\\ntion of this work, the people of Isabella County will\\nexperience a lively gratification. The subjects are\\nopen to no fulsome flattery. They represent a class\\nwhose lives are a benefit to the public weal and\\nwhich reflect honor upon their deeds and motives.\\neorge W. Baker, farmer, section 15, Fre-\\nmont Township, was born Feb. 15, 185 1,\\nin Defiance Co., Ohio. His parents were\\n^yF* Josiah Baker, born Aug. 10, 1820, and Rachel\\nA. Baker, born Aug. 7, 1827, and died Dec.\\n27, 1863. The father is still living and resides\\nin Fremont Township.\\nGeorge W. was reared on the farm, and remained\\non the old homestead, assisting his father in the\\nmaintenanceof the family and attending the common\\nschools, until he attained the age of 18 years. On\\narriving at this age he engagedin a stone quarry, and,\\nalternating this with the brick-making business, was\\nthus employed for several years. He then worked\\non a farm in the neighborhood and followed that oc-\\ncupation for a period of two years, when, in Novem-\\nber, 1870, he came to this county. He located 80\\nacres of land on section 15, Fre mont Township; sub-\\nsequently purchased 40 acres more on section 22\\ndisposed of it and purchased another 40 acres on\\nsection 15, and still more recently purchased 80\\nacres additional on the same section. His landed\\npossessions in Fremont Township amount to 200\\nacres, and of that amount he has improved and has\\nin a good state of cultivation 185 acres, and has\\nerected thereon a good residence and barn.\\nWhen Mr. Baker first located in this county his\\nfinar.cial condition compelled him to devote his win-\\nters to labor in the woods, and he only could spend\\nhis summers on the farm, on section 15. The fine\\ncondition of the farm at the present time is indica-\\ntive of what energetic effort will accomplish, and\\ntruly places Mr. Baker among the progressive farmers\\nof his township.\\nA\\nC-\\ntr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": ":iiii^nni\\nT-^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^a^^ v\\nCx\\nI\\nA\\nV\\nA\\ni8s\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat, and has held the\\noffice of School Inspector, and also School Director\\nof his district.\\nMr. Baker was united in marriage with Miss Hattie\\nD. Terrill, Feb. 7, 1875. She was born in Defiance\\nCo., Ohio, in 1854, and was a daughter of Joseph\\nand C. A. Terrill, natives of Lorain Co., Ohio. Her\\nfather was a farmer by occupation, a soldier in the\\nlate civil war, and died in a rebel prison. Mrs.\\nBaker died in Isabella County, March 24, 1876. She\\nwas a true and loving wife, a kind neighbor and a\\ngenerous friend, and left a host of relatives and\\nfriends to mourn her loss.\\nr-\\nj-Sharles J. Ayling, farmer, section 7, Lin-\\ncoln Township, was born in Warren Co.,\\nPa., Jan. i, 1839. His parents were John-\\nand Sarah (Trussler) Ayling, natives of\\nEngland, where his father followed the occu-\\npation of farmer. The latter emigrated to\\nthis country after marriage, locating in Freehold, Pa.\\nCharles J. remained on the parental homestead,\\nassisted his father in the maintenance of the family\\nand developed into manhood. He received the\\nadvantages afforded by the common schools of his\\nnative county, and improved his leisure time in the\\nperfection of the same.\\nJuly 5, 1863, he was married, in Sugar .rove\\nTownship, Warren Co., Pa., to Miss Emma Woodin,\\na native of the same county and State, where she was\\nborn Aug. 3, 1842. Her parents were Thomas and\\nCaroline (Grosvener) Woodin, natives of New York\\nand Pennsylvania, and of New England parentage.\\nThey came to this State in 1862 and were among the\\nearliest settlers of Lincoln Township, and are both\\nresidents on section 18 of that township.\\nEmma lived with her parents in her native county\\nuntil her marriage, assisting her mother in her house-\\nhold labors and attending the common schools.\\nMr. and Mrs. A. are the parents of five children,\\nnamely: Luella May, born July 16, 1865, in Warren\\nCo., Pa. She is now engaged in teaching in the\\npublic schools of this county, and has justly obtained\\nthe credit of a thoroughly competent teacher. Thad\\nW. was born Dec. 6, 1868; Josephine, Nov. 16,\\n1870; Lee M., March 14, 1875; and Florence G.,\\nOct. 25, 1879.\\nThe first year after nianiage, Mr. and Mrs. A.\\nlived on the old homestead in \\\\Varren Co., Pa., and\\nthen moved to Lottsville, same county, where they\\nlived one year. In the fall of 1865, they caiue to\\nthis State and for one year lived with the father of\\nMrs. A. During this year, 1865, they purchased 40\\nacres of land on section 7, Lincoln Townshij;, this\\ncounty, anfl in the fall of 1866 moved on the same,\\nwhere Mr. A. entered on the laborious though in\\nmany respects pleasant task of improving it. Mr.\\nA. has added 40 acres to his original purchase, and\\nof his 80-acre farm has 70 acres in a good state of\\ncultivation. He has recently erected a large stock\\nand grain barn on his farm, at a cost of $1,000.\\nWhen Mr. Ayling first settled on his land, it was\\nin a wild state of nature, and only through the per-\\nsistent effort of earnest determination has he suc-\\nceeded in placing it in the cultivated condition in\\nwhich it is found to-day.\\nPolitically, Mr. A. is a supporter of and believer\\nin the National Greenback party. He has held the\\noffice of Road Commissioner seven years. Township\\nTreasurer, and other minor offices.\\nf|] crome Bachelder, farmer, section ii,Fre-\\nJ^ iMut Township, was born Nov. 29, 1828,\\n11 (Jenesee Co., N. Y. His father, Aaron\\nIkulielder, was born Dec. 2, 1797, in Vermont;\\ncame to New York State at the age of 14; in\\nJuly, 1853, he located on 80 acres of land in\\nClinton Co., Mich., where he died, August, 1866; he\\nwas a farmer. His mother, Rhoda, iiec Northway,\\nwas born Aug. 8, 1803, in New Hampshire, and died\\nJan. 31, 1839, in Genesee Co., N. Y. They had five\\nchildren, of wliom two sons only are now living.\\nOne of the latter, named at the head of this sketch,\\nat 17 years of age gave his fiither $50 for the rest of\\nhis time, and commenced to work for himself. From\\nDecember, 1852, to August, 1862, he was a resident\\nof Greenbiish, Clinton Co., Mich.; since which time\\nhe has been a citizen of tliis county, locating first\\nupon a ([uarter-section of land, where he still resides.\\nHe has sold 40 acres of his original purchase, and of\\nthe remainder he now has 90 acres in a good state of\\nf\\n0)\\nML", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "t^\\n-^^i^K 6v ^^i]n :iinf\\n1 86\\nm\\nI\\n^,f improvement. Being one of the first settlers here, he\\ncut the first road in the township. He is a RepuliH-\\ncan on political questions, has been Highway Com-\\nf missioner. Justice of the Peace and Treasurer, each\\nA), two terms, and belongs to Mt. Pleasant Lodge, No.\\n305, F. A. M.\\nIn February, 1856, he married Mary H. Fox, a\\ndaughter of Chauncy D. and Rosanna (Lenox) Fox,\\nand who was born Feb. 25, 183S. Her father was a\\nnative of Connecticut, and her mother of -Masschu-\\nsetts: they both died in Shiawassee Co., Mich., the\\nlatter March 5, 1848, and the former in July, 1872.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Bachelder are as fol-\\nlows: Floyd J., born Nov. 19, 1856; Clarence A.\\nand Clara R. (twins). March 28, i860; Lizzie J., Sept.\\n8, 1861 Willie C, Oct. 6, 1863; Hattie M.,Nov. i,\\n1864; Nellie M., March 3, 1872; Loa and Lua\\n(twins), Nov. 25, 1873 Sarah C, Oct 30, 1875 Anna\\nG., Oct. 26, 1880.\\n^feil^phraim A. Salisbury, farmer on section\\n33, Chippewa Township, is a son of Asil\\nand Amanda (Letson) Salisbury, the for-\\nmer a native of Vermont and the latter of\\nErie Co., N. Y. The parents first settled in\\nthe latter county, afterwards removing to Wy-\\noming Co., N. Y. In the spring of 1866 they came\\nto Michigan and located in Chi|)pewa township, this\\ncounty, where he died, Feb. 23, 1880. The mother\\nis still a resident of Chippewa. The following eight\\nchildren were reared by the parents William H.,\\nEphraim A., Paulina J., Eunice, James, Rosanna,\\nMary A. and Warren.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch, the second\\nson, was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Aug. 27, 1843, and\\nwas quite young when his parents removed to Wyo-\\nming County. He commenced to make his own\\nway in life at the early age of 12, and was variously\\nemployed until October, 1861, when he enlisted in\\nthe looth N. Y. Vol. Inf. He served in that regi-\\ni ment with credit three years and then re-enlisted in\\nthe Fifth U. S. Infantry, in Hancock s Corps. After\\n^j one year more he was honorably discharged, at New\\nYork city, March 21, 1866. He fought bravely in\\nij) a number of engagements, among which might be\\nmentioned, particularly, Fair Oaks, Williamsburg and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^^^((fvK\\n%s\\n(q\\nthe seven days fight before Richmond. At Harri-\\nson s landing he was stricken with the dread disease,\\ntyphoid fever, and in consequence was sent to hos-\\npital at Bedlow s Island, New York Harbor, where he\\nremained two months. Recovering, he was assigned\\nto detached duty at Alexandria until the close of his\\nfirst term of service.\\nAfter his final discharge he returned to New York,\\nand soon after, in the spring of 1866, came to Isa-\\nbella County and bought 80 acres of wild land on\\nsection 32, Chippewa Township. He erected a log\\nhouse, which he occupied until 187 i, when he added\\nto his farm 80 acres on section TyT,. Removing to\\nthat section, he has since lived there. In 1880 he\\nbuilt a fine dwelling, which will long stand as a\\nmonument to his industry and perseverance. He\\nhas on his farm three barns, and keeps 20 cattle, 100\\nsheep and four horses. He owns 200 acres of land,\\nof which 130 are in a state of scientific cultivation.\\nHe was married in Chippewa Township, Nov. 11,\\n1866, to Miss Sarah L., daughter of Elbert and\\nLucy A. (Gibbs) Smith, natives of New York and\\nMichigan. The parents first settled in Eaton Co.,\\nMich., where the mother died Aug. i, i860. The\\nfather came in 1866 to Isabella County and settled in\\nChippewa Township, where he lived most of the time\\nuntil 1882. He then returned to Eaton County, his\\npresent home. Mrs. Salisbury was born in Eaton\\nTownship, Eaton County, March 13, 1849. *i\\nher husband have had seven children, four of whom\\nsurvive, Edgar L., Elbert B., Raymond and an\\ninfant. The deceased are Mary L., Edith L. and\\nRoy, all of whom died in infancy.\\nMr. S. has held the offices of Supervisor three\\nyears. Township Treasurer two years and has been\\nelected to various other local offices. Politically, he\\nis a Republican.\\noren O. Burnham, farmer on section 24,\\nVernon Township, the sixthchildof a family\\nof nine, was born in Lyme Township, Jeffer-\\nson Co., N. Y., May 18, 1847, and lived on his\\nfather s farm until called to the defense of his\\ncountry.\\nHe enlisted July 18, 1863, ^o. A, 20th N\\nY. Vol. Cav., and served under Gens. Butler, Ord\\nW\\n.i||j^||li; vp.\\n7vff ?kpr^\\nr\\ny\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "||s/\u00c2\u00ae)\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^i^SKt\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\n187\\nI\\nt\\nV\\nand McKinzie. He fought in a number of skirmishes,\\nbut escaped unhurt. He, however, suffered for a\\ntime paralysis in the lower limbs, the result of an\\nattack of diphtheria and was in consequence obliged\\nto use crutches for some time. He was honorably\\ndischarged Aug. 11, 1S65.\\nReturning to his home in New York, he came with\\nhis parents the same fall to Michigan. He stopped\\nfor a while in Shiawassee County, attending for two\\nterms the union school at Corunna. He remained\\nwith his parents until 1868, when he came to Isabella\\nand settled in Vernon Township. He has added to\\nhis original purchase 120 acres and has a fine\\norchard of three acres. In the spring of i88r he\\nerected a model stock and grain barn, which was\\ndestroyed by fire April 27, 1884. He is expecting\\nto replace it this season (18S4). His parents\\nafterwards came to this county and are now residents\\nof the same townshij).\\nHe was married Aug. 31, 1869, in Wayne Co.,\\nMich., to Miss Lydia M. Potter, who was born in\\nthat county May 9, 185 i. Five children have been\\nborn of this marriage: Henry Ward, Oct. 4, 1870;\\nEdith J., Dec. i, 1872 Alton C, March 23, 1875\\nEmerson, July 17, 1880; Clark Y., July 22, 1883.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. attend the Baptist Church. He\\nis politically a Republican, and has held the offices\\nof Justice of the Peace and Commissioner of High-\\nways.\\nilliam Whitehead, farmer, owns the east\\nhalf of tiie southeast (piarter of section 30,\\np Union Townsliip. He is a son of Richard\\nand Mary (Fuller) Whitehead, and was born\\nin Cambridgeshire, Eng., May 13, 18 16. He\\nwas reared on a farm, and has followed agricul-\\nture and masonry ever since.\\nComing to this country in 185 1, he owned different\\nfarms in Wayne Co., N. Y., where he also followed\\nhis trade, until January, 1869. He then came to\\nUnion Townshi|), this county, having bought 80 acres\\nof timbered land in October previous. He has\\ncleared 40 acres. Mr. W. is now suffering from im-\\npaired health.\\nHe was first married in Spaulding, Lincolnshire,\\nEngland, May 17, 1841, to Elizabeth Bartec, a\\nnative of England. Of this marriage nine children\\nwere born, seven of whom are living, Mary A.,\\nJane, Charles R., George W., Matilda, Franklin B.\\nand Stella. The deceased were infants. Losing his\\nwife by death in the Slate of New York, Oct. 7, 1861,\\nhe again married, at Rose Valley, Wayne Co., N. Y.,\\nJan. 26, 1865, Mrs. Ann Reed, widow of John\\nReed, who was killed at the first battle of Bull Run.\\nCarrie A., William and Josejih are the names of the\\nthree children born of Mr. W. s second marriage.\\nHe and wife are members of the Episcopal Church.\\n|i|^lzy Dush, farmer, section 2, Fremont Town\\nship, is a son of. William and Hannah\\nwjw- (Todd) Dush, natives of Licking Co., Ohio.\\n^S. The former, by vocation a farmer, moved from\\nOhio to Michigan in 1867, settling on 40 acres\\nof section ro, Fremont Township, this county.\\nHe died in Licking Co., Ohio, in 1882, and his wife\\nin Defiance County, that State, in 1853.\\nMr. Elzy Dush was born in Licking Co., Ohio,\\nDec. 15, 1835; remained at home with his parents\\nuntil he was of age, when he commenced to work by\\nthe month as a farm laborer. In 1857 he came to\\nBranch County, this State, remaining two years then\\nspent four years in Ohio. During the latter period\\nhe enlisted in Co. E, i4lh Ohio Vol. Inf., was at-\\ntached to the Army of the Potomac, and took part in\\nthe battles of Kenesaw Mountain and of the Rich-\\nmond campaign. He was wounded in the arm at the\\nbattle of Jonesboro, and was finally discharged, with\\nhonor, at Cleveland, Ohio, in July, 1865. After a\\nshort visit home he went to Hillsdale County, this\\nState, where he remained two years. He then came\\nto Isabella county and located on section 3, Fremont\\nTownship, but afterward settled upon section 2,\\ntaking possession of 81 acres, where he has since\\nbeen engaged in establishing the appointments of a\\ncomfortable home.\\nIn political affairs Mr. Dush is a decided Repub-\\nlican. He has been Justice of the Peace and High-\\nway Commissioner two terms each.\\nIn 1866 Mr. Dush married Miss Lucinda, daughter\\nof Hiram and Catharine Beard, natives of the Key-\\nstone State. She was born Feb. 28, 1847, in Adams\\nCo., Pa. Mr. D. is the father of nine children, as\\ni\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\n*0\\nJ?^))f^#^\\n-^^^^Do^niir^v?-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^4^^^((^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "Z^d^^^:^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nras^ii^\\n1\\nfollows Harriet (by a former marriage), born Jan.\\n^n 19, 1862; Alice, Dec. 8, 1867 William, Jan. 3, 1869;\\nMartha, July 8, 187 1 Olive, Sept. 6, 1874; Oscar,\\nI Sept. 14, 1877 Claude, Oct. 14, 1880, and died Dec.\\n23, 1883; Minnie and Mina, born Aug. 17, 1882.\\niFFal^ illiam R. Crowley, farmer and carpenter,\\nilli^JI^ residing on section 27, Union Townsliip,\\njJ^^ni one mile south of the corporation limits of\\nvl^^ Mt. Pleasant, is a son of Lyman and Clarissa\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24v2/ (Crook) Crowley, and was born in Wales\\n\\\\J Township, Erie Co., N. Y., Dec. 14, 1828. He\\nfollowed farming and carpentry in the Empire State\\nuntil February, 1865, when he came toMt. Pleasant,\\nthis county. His family came in August. He fol-\\nlowed carpentry for a time, and the same year of his\\narrival he bought 80 acres where he now lives. He\\nhas since added 40 acres on section 22, and has al-\\ntogether 90 acres under cultivation. He has a fine\\norchard and creditable residence and farm buildings.\\nHe still follows his trade a portion of each year. He\\nis a member of the I. O. O. F., and, taking quite a\\ndeep interest in school matters, has held several\\noffices in his district.\\nHe was married in Colden, Erie Co., N. Y., May\\n20, i860, to Miss Sarah Sharp, daughter of\\nJohn and Susan (Markwell) Sharp. Mr. and Mrs.\\nSharp came from England to this country about 1843\\nor 4, and settled in New York, where they lived a\\nnumber of years, farming. They moved thence to\\nBurlington, Iowa, where he died Dec. 13, 1877, and\\nshe in November, 1863. Their daughter, Mrs.\\nCrowley, was born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Aug. 26,\\n1840, and is the mother of three children Etta A.,\\nborn in South Wales, Erie Co., N. Y., Feb. 16, 1863;\\nNellie B., born on the farm in this county, Dec. 19,\\n1869; and William W., born in this county, Sept.\\n18, 1874.\\nfames D. Allen, farmer and stock-raiser on\\nsection 12, Vernon Township, was born in\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., June 28, 1857 and is\\na son of David P. and Clarissa A. (Timothy)\\nAllen, natives of Massachusetts and Vermont.\\nThe father was a farmer and drover, doing for\\na time a very extensive stock business. One season.\\nhowever, owing to a decline in values of fatted stock,\\nhe lost a fortune. After this event he devoted his\\nattention exclusively to farming. He came to\\nMichigan in 1865, settling in Clare County, of which\\nhe was the first permanent settler. He raised the\\nfirst wheat in that county. In October, 1880, ,he\\ncame to this county, and has since resided with his\\nson. He is now 74 years old. His wife is yet liv-\\ning in Clare County, aged 67.\\nTheir son, James D. Allen, was the youngest of ten\\nchildren, and was eight years old when the family\\nsettled in Clare County, He went later to Ransom-\\nville, N. Y., where he attended school for a time.\\nReturning, he worked with his father on the farm.\\nComing to this county in 1880, he bought 80 acres\\nwhere he now lives. All his land is improved. He\\nhas an orchard, three acres in extent, and a barn\\n40 X 82 feet in dimensions, for stock, grain, hay, etc.,\\nwhich add much to his place. He butchers cattle,\\non a large scale, for lumber camps in this and adjoin-\\ning counties.\\nHe was married July 29, 18S0, to Miss Hattie A.,\\ndaughter of William and Lydia M. Finessey, natives\\nof New York and Michigan and of English descent.\\nShe was born at Greenville, Mich., June 20,1865,\\nand is the mother of one son, Helon P., born Sept. 4,\\n1 88 1. Politically Mr. Allen is a Republican.\\nC^:\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2fs-\\nIsharles A. Richardson, farmer, section 18,\\nLincoln Township, is a son of Charles G.\\nand Caroline B. Richardson, natives of Maine.\\nHis father was born in 1820 and his mother\\nin 1829. They emigrated in 1852 or 3 to\\nLorain Co., Ohio; two years afterward to Wood\\nCounty, that State, near the village of Millgrove,\\nPerry Township; also to Sandusky County, where he\\nwas chiefly engaged in a saw-mill; in 1865 they\\ncame, with their two sons and four daughters, and\\nsettled on section 19, Fremont Township, this county,\\non a tract of 80 acres of primitive forest, and pro-\\nceeded to clear a farm and establish the essentials of\\na permanent home; but, finally, in i88i, they again\\nmoved, to the village of Dushville, where Mr. R. is\\nnow engaged in general merchandising. He has\\nbeen Supervisor of his township four terms, and for\\nsome time has now been Justice of the Peace.\\n1\\nM.\\n-(^\u00c2\u00bb?\u00c2\u00abf:\u00c2\u00bb Nv\u00c2\u00a9", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "^.MJl.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nM-^\\n-*4^^f^\\n3\\ny\\nMr. Charles A. Richardson, whose name heads\\nthis sketch, was born in Franklin Co., Maine, Jan.\\n15, 1849; spent most of his youth lumbering in the\\nwinter and helping his parents on the farm during\\nthe summer seasons. When 23 years of age he mar-\\nried Miss Grace McLeod, who was born in Hillsdale\\nCo., Mich., Aug. 12, 1847, a daughter of Samuel and\\nGrace (Craig) McLeod, who came to Isabella County\\nin 1862, setlling on a quarter of section 18, Lincoln\\nTownship, among the first settlers in that part of the\\ncounty. They were natives of Scotland, and emi-\\ngrated to America in 1840. He was born Feb. 6,\\n1814, in the city of Edinburgh, and was killed Jan.\\n3, 1864, by the falling of a tree in the lumber woods.\\nMrs. McLeod was born July i6, 1816, in Penning-\\nham Parish, Scotland, and died Dec. ig, 1870. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Richardson are the parents of six children,\\none of whom is not living. The record is: Nellie G.,\\nborn June 14, 1873; Harry A. and Clara A. (twins),\\nFeb. 23, 1875; Harry A. died Sept. 24, following;\\nCharles E., born May 20, 1876; Rudy R., born July\\n6, 1878; and Roy A., born March 26, 1879.\\nMr. Richardson has always been counted a Demo-\\ncrat, on political issues, and has held the office of\\nScliool Director for five years. Mrs. R. was a pio-\\nneer school-teacher in this county, teaching the first\\nschool in Fremont Township, in what was known as\\nthe Caldwell District.\\n^^^^B. Dibble, farmer, section 2,ii Union Town-\\n_ i|, ship, owning 40 acres on that section and\\nhiiV 120 on 34, is the son of John C. and Eliza\\nKf, (Burdick) Dibble, and was born in Maryland\\nTownship, Otsego Co., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1832.\\nWhen he was quite young his parents re-\\nmoved to Monroe County, same State, where they\\nlived until he was twenty years old, on a farm. At\\nthis age he left home, and coming to Dearborn Town-\\nship, Wayne County, this State, he was for 15 years\\nforeman of a force of track- repairers.\\nHe was married at the village of Dearborn, Jan. 28,\\ni85S,to Miss Abbie Kilbourn, who was born May 26,\\n1832, the daughter of Heber and Elizabeth Kilbourn.\\nIn 1861 Mr. D. came to Union Township, this\\nCounty, and entered 160 acres of land where he now\\nlives. Unionai that timecontained but 13 voters. His\\nfarm was then covered with dense timber, and there\\nwere no roads. He has now 90 acres chopped,\\nand 75 under cultivation, with two nice orchards, sev-\\neral acres in extent.\\nWhen he came here, he was transported by cars to\\nSt. John s, and traveled from that place to this by ox\\nteam. The remainder of Mr. D. s family came to\\nUnion Township three years later. Mrs. D. s family\\ncame to Chippewa Township, this county, several\\nyears previous.\\nMr. D. and wife have had six children, five of whom\\nare living. The two eldest were born in Dearborn\\nTownship, Wayne County, and the others in this\\nCounty. Laura J., the wife of Arthur Jones, a farm-\\ner of Union Township, was born Oct. 26, 1858;\\nGeorge H. was born Dec. 27, i860, and died April\\n27, 1875 Frank B. was born Oct. i, 1862 Cairie E.,\\nJune 10, 1864; Daniel L., \\\\pril 16, 1866; Burt C.\\nMarch 27, 1868.\\nThe position of Mr. Dibble among the pioneers of\\nIsabella County is such that his portrait is an espe-\\ncially valuable addition to the collection presented in\\nthis volume.\\nA A\\ni\\nA\\n\u00c2\u00ae^i\u00c2\u00a7^\u00c2\u00a7^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0er^^tl!l^llll^1\\nohn Rendell, farmer on section 10, Rolland,\\nis a son of Job and Elizabeth (Sims) Ren-\\n/j^ dell, natives of England. The father was\\ndff^ born in 1804, the motlVer 10 years later. They\\n^r followed farming, and emigrated to Canada in\\n1850, locating in Lennox Co., Ont., on 100 acres,\\nwhich is their present home. Their family includes\\nfour sons and four daughters, all living.\\nThe subject of this biography was born Aug. 3,\\n1844, in Dorsetshire, Eng., and came to Canada with\\nhis parents when he was but five years of age. Re-\\nmaining at home till 19, he then worked on a farm\\nfor five years. In 1869 he came to this State and\\nsettled in Ionia County, where he lived a year and a\\nhalf. He came in 1871 to Isabella County and loca-\\nted on 80 acres on section 10, Rolland. He has\\nsince added 80 acres, and of his whole farm 90 acres\\nare improved. He is a progressive farmer and a pop-\\nular citizen.\\nHe was married in 1870 to Miss Mary C. McCabe,\\nwho was born July 30, 1850, the daughter of Elias\\nand Maria J. (Sharp) McCabe. Mr. McCabe was", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "^^^rm^^\\nV\\nT7\\n-v^.l\\n\\\\y T\\n^i^ ^^isr\\n-4^^ \u00c2\u00aeV^\\ns\\n.:3\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nborn in Canada in 1818, and Mrs. McCabe was born\\nin the same country in 1820. They yet Hve in the\\nDominion. They have eight sons and three daugh-\\nters, all living but one. Mr. and Mrs. Rendell have\\nhad six children, whose record is as follows Martha\\nL., born June 26, 187 i Libbie I., July 8, 1873 Ter-\\nesa M., Oct. 10, 1875; Phebe, March 12, 1877;\\nEmma A., April 8, 1879, and Effie I., May 30, 1883.\\nPolitically, Mr. R. is an active supporter of the\\nRepublican party. He has been Moderator of his\\nschool district two terms, and in 1881 was elected\\nHighway Commissioner. He and wife are faithful\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\neorge McDonald, proprietor of a livery\\nstal)le on East Broadway, corner of\\nFranklin Street, Mt. Pleasant, is a son of\\nCharles and Sarah (Barnes) McDonald, and\\nwas born in Lockport, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1856.\\nHe was reared by his grandparents on a farm\\neight miles from T,ockport.\\nIn 1865 his parents came to St. John s, Clinton\\nCo., Mich., and the following spring he came to the\\nsame place, his grandparents having died. His\\nfather was for several years a merchant at St John s,\\nand was then in the livery business. Wiien 15,\\nGeorge went into the woods near Bay City as lumber-\\nman. In July, 1877, he came to Mt. Pleasant and\\nbought a farm of 55 acres on section 3, Union, where\\nhe lived two years and cleared 20 acres, besides\\nmaking other usual imjirovcments. Coming then to\\nMt. Pleasant, he worked with his father during the\\nwinter of 1879-80. He next opened a saloon op-\\nposite the Bamber House, and a short time later he\\nopened a Inlliard saloon in Carr Granger s old\\nstand. In the fall of 1882 he built on his present\\nsaloon site. After one week, he was burned out, at\\na loss of $700, but he speedily rebuilt and in 11 days\\nwas once more doing business. In the spring of\\n1 88 1 he built a large brick livery barn 38 x no feet in\\nsize, two stories in height, the upper story being his\\nresidence. He keeps a livery, board, feed and sale\\nstable, and has a profitable business. His livery\\nstock varies from 12 to 15 horses. He owns also two\\ndwelling houses and two lots in Hopkins Addition,\\nand a vacant lot in the same vicinity.\\n-an^^jR: ^A\\nHe was married in Mt. Pleasant, Jan. i, 1879, to\\nMiss Catherine Prothero, a native of Wisconsin.\\nThey have two children, Edith E. and George, both\\nborn at Mt. Pleasant.\\navid Morse, retired farmer, resident at Mt.\\nPleasant, was born July 2, 1821, in Genesee\\nCo., N. Y. He was reared as a farmer,\\nl^** and is the son of Simeon and Catherine (Nor-\\nton) Morse. He made profitable use of his op-\\nIjortunities, and at the period of his legal man-\\nhood he was the possessor of 50 acres of land, which\\nhe afterwards increased to 100 acres.\\nIn the fall of 1853 Mr. Morse removed to Grand\\nRapids and became a salesman in the hardware\\nstore of Foster Perry. After filling that position\\nthree months he opened a similar establishment at\\nIonia, in company with Loomis Mann. This relation\\nexisted about six months, and was terminated by\\nMr. Mann s becoming sole proprietor by purchase.\\nMr. Morse removed to Lyons, Ionia County, and\\nopened a store for the sale of groceries, which he\\nconducted about 18 months, and changed business -rx-\\ninto that of the sale of hardware. He sold the lat- a\\n9\\nPleasant in the spring of 1866, where he spent ^y\\nt months working at the trade of a builder. He f\\nter in 1859, and built a fine house, barn, etc., in\\nLyons. Jan. i, 1864, he enlisted in Battery G., First\\nMich. Light Artillery, Capt. Burdick, and served\\nuntil the close of the war. He joined his command\\nat Matagorda Island, on the coast of Texas, where\\nthey were held in reserve some time. On leaving\\nthe military service he returned to Lyons and em-\\nbarked in the commission business. He came to\\nMt\\nsome montns working\\nhad previously obtained a claim of 320 acres in Chip-\\npewa Township, section 17, and, during the time\\nnamed, he had 13 acres of timber chopped off and\\nthe land otherwise improved. He rented the Pres-\\nton (now Bamber) House and managed it about two\\nyears, after which he built a house on his place and\\ntook possession of it, remaining until the spring of\\n1883. He placed 75 acres under improvement,\\nwhich constitutes a good working farm. He was Jus- 6)\\ntice of the Peace in Chippewa Township four years.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Morse occurred Jan. i, @j\\n1845, in Sheldon, Wyoming Co., N. Y., when Rosa-\\n\\\\(r\\n\\\\;y^\\n-^^m\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "-^^V ^lltl :illl -r-\\nISABELLA COUIVTY.\\n(vi i\\n193\\nf.\\nv*\\nmond Howes became his wife. One child was born\\nof the union, Martin, now deceased. The mother\\ndied in New York, and Mr. Morse was again mar-\\nried Nov. 8, 1849, to Clarissa M. Fisk, who died in\\nLyons, Mich., Feb. 21, 1864. Mr. Morse was a\\nthird time married, in Mt. Pleasant, Oct. 30, 1866,\\nto Mar) L., daughter of Nathaniel and Lucy (Mc-\\nKinstry) Millard. She was born Jan. 5, 1846, in\\nLake Co., Ohio. The six children now included in\\nthe family were born as follows, in Isabella County\\nRosamond C, Nov. 8, 1867; Charlie U., April 27,\\n1869; Flora J., Dec. 29, 1870; Archie P., Aug. 13,\\n1874; George H., March 13, 1879; Frank D., Aug.\\n2. The parents belong to the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nV\\nlohn Baker, farmer and stock-raiser on\\nIf section 14, Vernon, was born in Peel Co.,\\nOntario, Feb. 16, 1828, and is a son of\\nMichael and Catherine (Frank) Baker, natives\\n]C of Ontario, and Pennsylvania German descent.\\nThe fathef followed farming and died in\\nOntario, Can., some years since. His family includ-\\ned eight children. Of these John was the fourth.\\nHe lived on his father s farm until 28 years old, at\\nwhich age he engaged at carpentry. This trade,\\nwhich he had picked up without serving an appren-\\nticeship, he followed in Peel County for 12 years, when\\nhe went to Wellington County. There he took up a\\nwild and unbroken forest track, and he led the usual\\nlife of a pioneer. In August, 1866, he came to this\\nState and County, stopping with his wife and family\\nfor eight months at Mt. Pleasant. He then went to\\nVernon Township and located 80 acres where he now\\nlives. After a few months he erected a log house\\nand moved in his family, including seven children.\\nHe carried thither his supplies and light furniture\\nover an Indian trail for a distance of 13 miles.\\nAfter he was fairly settled in his new home, he\\nfound lie possessed only a small quantity of flour\\nand ])ork, and ten cents in money. Accordingly, al-\\ntlioiigh his wife came down witli a severe attack of\\ntyphoid fever, he was obliged to leave home and seek\\nt employment, that he might earn a little money. For\\ntwo years he lived without any domestic animals of\\nany kind, either for food or work. He has worked\\nseven winters in the lumber woods of Clare, Isabella\\ni\\ns\\nand Gratiot Counties. He has with commendable\\nskill and perseverance kept abreast with his neigh-\\nbors, in making a good home. He has added 80\\nacres to his original purchase, and has 65 acres in\\ncultivation. A substantial stock and grain barn and\\na comfortable residence are evidences of his enter-\\nl)rise.\\nHe was united in marriage, in Peel Co., Ont.,\\nMarch 2, 1853, with Miss Julia A. C.Sharp, daughter\\nof John and Jane (Roswell) Sharp, natives of Eng-\\nland and Canada and of English descent. The\\nfather was by occupation a blacksmith, and died in\\nOntario, January i, 1875, aged 72 years and six\\nmonths, on account of injuries received from ahorse.\\nThe mother is still living, in the Dominion. Mrs.\\nBaker was born in Ontario, April 7, 1835. She and\\nher husband have had eight children, six of whom\\nare living: Robert J., born Feb. 15, 1854; William,\\nMay 31, 1855; Sarah E., Feb. 28, 1856; Michael,\\nMarch 25, 1861 Jane, May 31, 1863; and Isabel,\\nOct. 3, 1865. The deceased are Catherine, born\\nOct. 24, 1859, and died Oct. 12, 1873; James, born\\nSept. 12, 1876, and died Aug. 25, 1877.\\nMr. B. is politically an earnest Republican. He\\nhas held the minor offices of his townsliip. I le and\\nwife are members of the M. E. Church.\\n|:^.onrad Hook, farmer on section 34, Chip-\\nJpSSSJli pewa Township, is a son of John A. and\\nJ||p Margaret A. (Fladiing) Hook, natives of\\n||p Germany, who came to this country in Sep-\\ntember, 1846, settling in Ohio, and came\\nI thence to Isabella County. He died Feb. 2,\\n1855, and she Jan. 28, i860.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Germany\\nAug. 31, 1829, and was 17 years old when the fam-\\nily came to America. The father was a mason in\\nthe old country, and his work took him to various\\nplaces away from home. At the age of 13 young\\nHook took up the same trade, and traveled with his\\nfather to different places, being thus engaged until\\nthey emigrated. In this country he followed his\\ntrade but a short time, and the same season that he\\ncame to Ohio he was, after three months work in the\\nmines, bound out for three years to the shoemaker s\\ntrade. He served his time and worked four years\\nf\\ni\\nc\\nA\\nr^\\nZ\\n:p||. A:4i ^^if\\n4^^^^^faX^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "T^mmhW\\nISABELLA COUNT v.\\nmore for the same man, having the principal\\ncharge of the business, and becoming a man of\\nstanding in the community. Directly after his ap-\\nprenticeship he attended for a time an English\\nschool, he having received a good education in the\\nschools of Germany. In 185 1-2 he made a tour of\\nOhio and Indiana, visiting many of the important\\ncities and working at his trade. He then returned\\nto Crawford Co., Ohio, and in the spring of 1853 he\\ncame to this county and took up 120 acres under the\\nGraduation Act, afterwards homesteading 40 acres\\nmore. Here he has since resided, except one year\\nwhen he worked at his trade at Alma, Gratiot County.\\nHe has disposed of all but 80 acres, 50 of which are\\nunder cultivation.\\nHe was married at Alma, July 11, i860, to Miss\\nMary E., daughter of Henry and Susannah (Bigley)\\nWolfe, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe\\nsettled first in Ohio and went thence to Monroe Co.,\\nMich.; and in 1854 settled in Gratiot County, where\\nhe died, in Arcada Township, Feb. 8, 1862. She\\nsurvives and is a resident of Pme River Township.\\nMrs. Hook was born in Jefferson Co., Pa., Nov. 10,\\n1841. She and her husband have had two sons:\\nWillie H. A. (died at the age of 14) and George\\nW. T. J.\\nMr. Hook is a Freemason and an Odd-Fellow.\\nPolitically he is Republican.\\nJ arks H. Hillyard, physician and surgeon,\\nresident at Dushvitle, was born in St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y., March 22, 1840.\\n9A\\\\ His parents were Jesse and Lovina (Fur-\\ngeson) Hillyard, natives of the State of N. Y.\\nHis father was a farmer by occupation, and in\\n1847 moved from New York to Illinois, where he fol-\\nlowed his chosen vocation for three years, and in\\n1850 came to Hillsdale County, this State, where\\nthey are at present living, at the venerable ages of\\n70 and 63 years respectively.\\nMarks H. Hillyard, the subject of this biograph-\\nical notice, was reared on the farm, assisted in the\\nmaintenance of the family and received only such\\neducation as he acquired by the improvement\\nof his leisure moments in study and attending the\\ndistrict school. He thus labored and studied until\\nI\\nc\\nA\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:C-,\\n^S^^^\\nj;^^^\\nim^M\\nhe attained the age of 22 years. On arriving at this\\nage in life, he bade adieu to the old homestead and\\nwent forth upon the sea of life to fight its battles\\nalone. He worked at the carpenter s trade during\\nsummers and attended school winters.\\nIn the fall of 1863, Mr. Hillyard, true to the\\npromptings of an honest conscience and a heart\\nwhich beat in unison with the cause of justice, enlist-\\ned in Co. K, 27 th, Mich. Vol. Inf which was assign-\\ned to the Ninth Corps of the Army of the Potomac.\\nDuring the winter of 1863-4, he was engaged in\\nrecruiting, when he returned to his company and\\nacted as First Sergeant until his discharge. He\\nparticipated in all the battles in which his company\\nwas engaged, from that of the Wilderness to Cold\\nHarbor, and at the latter battle was wounded, June\\n3, 1864. The wound disabled him for two months,\\nand at the expiration of that time he rejoined his\\ncommand. He received his muster-out at the\\nDelano House, Washington, D. C, and was finally\\ndischarged at Detroit, Aug. i, 1865.\\nOn receiving his discharge from his country s\\nservice, he returned to Hillsdale County and pur-\\nchased a farm of 40 acres, and there followed the\\noccupation of farming for a period of four years. ?7^\\nNov. 8, 1866, Mr. Hillyard was united in marriage j/*\\nwith Miss Abigail Judd, who was born in 1838. She\\ndied Feb. 16,1871, in Hillsdale County, leaving a\\nhost of friends, neighbors and relatives to mourn her\\nloss.\\nAfter the death of his wife, Mr. Hillyard turned\\nhis attention to the study of medicine. He prose-\\ncuted his studies under the instruction of Dr. Levi\\nStearns, of Hillsdale, and spent a portion of the\\nyear 1875-6 attending the Eclectic Medical College i-\\nat Philadelphia, Pa., and finally graduated and i\\nreceived his diploma in 1879.\\nDr. Hillyard located in Camden, Hillsdale County,\\nin the spring of 1876, and there followed the practice\\nof his profession for four years, except the winter of\\n1878-9 when he was at Philadelphia. While at\\nCamden, the Doctor formed an acquaintance with\\nMiss Anna V. Whaley, a daughter of David and 1\\nLydia Whaley, of that place, with whom he was t?\\nunited in marriage, Dec. 7, 1879. She is an accom- 0-\\nplished and affable lady. She was born in Camden,\\nFeb. 18, 1858.\\nThe Doctor came to Dushville, this county, April\\nr\\nr-?-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "s\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nri^f^is.\\n#^f\\n195\\nt\\nr\\\\\\nV\\n30, 1 880, where, with a gratifying degree of success,\\nhe has since continued to practice the profession.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat. Socially, he is a mem-\\nber of Cambria Lodge, No. 259, F. A. M.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nt\u00c2\u00a3ej2;^^^ -m\\n^-^-a/ro^rav\\n1\\names B. Allen, farmer, section 6, Pine River\\nTownship, was born Nov. i, 1831, in Sen-\\neca Co., N. Y., and is the son of Cornelius\\nB. and Ann (Peterson) Allen. His parents\\nwere natives of New Jersey, and were respect-\\nively of English and German descent. They\\nfirst located in New Jersey, and later on in life re-\\nmoved to the State of New York. In 1838, they\\nsettled in Lapeer Co., Mich., where the father died\\nthe next year. The mother died in Eaton County.\\nMr. Allen came to the State of Michigan with his\\nparents when he was only seven years old, and when\\nhe was 1 1 years of age he went to Ohio, and there\\n/7S remained three years, when he returned to Lapeer\\nCounty. On reaching man s estate, he went to\\nEaton County and acted as assistant in his brother s\\nstore two years. He then formed a partnershi]) with\\nA. Howland, and established himself in mercantile\\nbusiness, a relation which existed a year and a half.\\nOn disposing of his interests, Mr. Allen came to\\nGratiot County and invested his means in 320 acres\\nof land in Pine River Township. He subsequently\\nsold 160 acres, and of the remainder has 90 acres\\nunder cultivation, with commodious farm buildings.\\nIn all local history, it is nearly impossible to find\\nthe periods within one generation so widely contrast-\\ning as that of the date of Mr. Allen s settling in\\nGratiot County and his present circumstances, both\\nof which periods are strongly typical. Soon after he\\nlocated, the well-remembered time known as the\\nstarving period came on, from causes too well-known\\nto require elaboration here. Mr. Allen, like all\\nothers, exerted every effort in behalf of the suffering,\\nand among other practical deeds established the sale\\nof articles generally required, operating on his farm.\\nIn 1859 he went to Alma, and there engaged in trade\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0{^f for nearly two years. He met with financial reverses\\nr. and lost nearly all his property, but honest effort\\nand careful management have placed him amoiTg\\nthe substantial residents of Gratiot C ounty.\\nHe was married at Grand Ledge, Eaton C;o.,Micii.,\\nJune 29, 1854, to Lucy H., daughter of Jacob and\\nBetsey Wood. Her parents were natives of New\\nHampshire, and settled in life in the State of New\\nYork. On coming to Michigan, they first went to\\nOakland County and thence to Eaton County, where\\nthe father died in 1877, and where the mother still\\nresides. Two children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Allen: Nettie T., May 12, i856,and Myrtle H.,\\nJan. 29, 1 861. The latter died in Milford, Oakland\\nCounty, June 23, 1883.\\nMr. Allen was for many years an active Republi-\\ncan, but of late has allied himself with the National\\nGreenback party. He has served three years as\\nJustice of the Peace. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are both\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They\\nhave been zealous adherents to the interests of the\\nChristian religion, and contributed of their strength\\nand means to its maintenance. The first preaching\\nin his part of Gratiot County was done in the house\\nof Mr. Allen, by the Rev. Ellery Hill.\\nft p^^] rs. Elizabeth Hursh, widow of John\\ntjLklJ Hursh, one of the first settlers of\\n1 1 Jir county, is a daughter of George and Pame-\\nM.\\nthe\\n^i-^^D!l^\\nlia Brown, and was born in Rose Township,\\nt Wayne Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1819. She was\\nreared on a farm, and married in the same\\ntownship, March 22, 1837. Of her 11 children six\\nwere born in New York State, and five in Union\\nTownship. Harriet E. is the wife of Ezra Stringer,\\na farmer of this county Georpe H. is now in\\nSaginaw County John D. is a hotel-keeper at Loomis,\\nIsabella County Helen J. is the wife of Wesley\\nWinter, a farmer of Deerfield Township, this county\\nAlonzo is a farmer at Loomis; Amy is the wife of\\nWallace Mason, of Coleman Isabella (the first girl\\nborn in the county, 1853) is the wife of William\\nDodds, a farmer of Mecosta County Adelaide is the\\nwife of Angus Walker, a farmer of this county;\\nEmily, Franklin and Julian E. are at home.\\nThe family came to this county in 1853, and\\nbought 80 acres on section 22 of what is now Union\\nTownship, at the rate of a dollar an acre. They\\ndrove from Marshall, Calhoun County, and cut their\\nown road for the last ten miles. They raised a log\\nhouse, without lumber for doors, floor, window, or", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "r MmW i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094rrr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nglass or other necessity in the construction of a com-\\nfortable residence. They cleared all this farm, and\\nmade a nice home. Mr. Hursh had frequently to\\ncarry his provisions from Saginaw, at one time thus\\ni transporting IOC pounds. At the time of his death\\n(Thanksgiving day, 1877), Mr. H. was keeping the\\nHursh House at Loomis. He kept hotel there for\\nfour years, and was previously for a number of years\\nextensively engaged in lumbering.\\nAbout 187 1, he bought a house and two lots on\\nChurch Street, Mt. Pleasant, which Mrs. H. now\\nmakes her home. She also has a claim to a quanti-\\nty of land in this county, at present the subject of\\nlitigation.\\nyxsstnM^r\\ng^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab-^.a 3OT\u00c2\u00bbv.\\n^^jrohn Howlader, senior member of the firm\\nWM t of Rowlader Winter, grocers at Blanch-\\n^Q^^ ard, this county, was born in Wurtemberg,\\nGermany, Dec. 12, 1828. When two years of\\nage his parents emigrated with him to the New\\nWorld and located in Herkimer Co., N. Y.\\nThey remained there for six years and then moved\\nto Steuben County, same State. In that county, on a\\nfarm, John was reared and educated, -remaining\\nunder the parental roof-tree, assisting his father and\\nattending the common schools, until he attained the\\nage of 18 years. On arriving at the age stated, Mr.\\nRowlader went to Yates County, his native State,\\nand worked two years for farmers by the names of\\nGreen and Abbott. He then went to Dansville,\\nLivingston County, and apprenticed himself to a Mr.\\nZachariah Dildine, to learn the blacksmith trade.\\nHe served his apprenticeship four years, and then\\nworked as a jour in various localities for a period,\\nwhen he came to this State and established a general\\nblacksmith shop at Woodland Center, Barry County.\\nThe date of his settlement in the place last named was\\n1850, and the year following he purchased a farm in\\nWoodland Township, same county, and after mar-\\nriage moved upon it and followed his trade, together\\nwith the occupation of a farmer. His brother was a\\npartner with him in the business and the connection\\nlasted for 13 years. In 1861 he sold his interest in\\nthe farm to his brother and purchased another farm,\\nwhich he cultivated until Aug. 6, 1862. On that\\ndate he enlisted in Co. A, 21st Mich. Vol. Inf., to\\nserve in the late civil war, and was assigned to the\\nArmy of the Cumberland, commanded by Gens.\\nRosecrans, Buell and Sheridan. He participated in\\nthe battles of Perryville and Stone River and other\\nminor skirmishes in which his company were en-\\ngaged. At the battle of Stone River, Jan. i, 1863,\\nhe was captured and after four weeks was taken to\\nLibby prison, where he was confined for about 15\\ndays, when he was paroled. Shortly afterward he\\nwas taken with small-pox and was discharged May\\n6, 1863.\\nAfter he was discharged from his country s service\\nhe came home, and, after recovery, ran a blacksmith\\nshop in Barry County for two years. He then en-\\ntered on the occupation of a farmer again and suc-\\ncessfully cultivated his farm for a period, when he\\nsold it and purchased a saw-mill. He ran the mill\\nfor nine years, then sold it and moved to Seville\\nTownship, Gratiot County. From there he came to\\nLincoln Township, this county, and purchased 120\\nacres of land on section 19 and 80 acres on section\\n15. This was in 1873, and he has subsequently\\ngiven the farm on section 19, 120 acres, to his two\\ndaughters. He improved 70 acres of the 80-acre\\nfarm on section 15 and recently sold it for $4,000.\\nHe invested $3,000, together with $1,000 invested\\nby his son-in-law, in the business in which they are\\nat present engaged. They are meeting with success\\nin the enterprise and have an increasing and profit-\\nable trade.\\nMr. Rowlader was united in marriage, March 23,\\n1852, at Carlton Center, Barry Co., this State, with\\nMiss Mary Ann, daughter of William G. and Eliza\\n(Robinson) Wooley, natives of New Jersey, and of\\nScotch and German extraction. The father was a\\nfarmer by occupation and came to this State June\\n18, 1837, settling with his family in Bowne and Cal-\\nedonia Townships, Kent Co. He was the first white\\nman to settle in those townships, and was one of the\\nfirst white settlers in that county. From Kent\\nCounty he went, in Feb., 1843, to Carlton Center,\\nBarry Co., and was one of the pioneer settlers of that\\ntownship and county.\\nMary Ann was the eldest of nine children, and was\\nborn in Enfield Center, Tomi)kins Co., N. Y., March\\n21, 1832. When one year old she was taken by her\\nparents to Ovid Township, Seneca County, same\\ne\\nA\\nO\\nI\\nr\\njs,^. ^-^m w^y^-^ s^^gj!^\\nw", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "m\\n^V4^I1I1^I1D\\n^^^m^\\nA\\n5\\nI\\nISABELLA COUJMTY.\\n197\\nState, where they lived until the daughter was five\\nyears old and then came with them to this State. This\\nwas three months after the admission of Michigan as\\na State, and Mrs. Rowlader has resided within its\\nboundaries ever since. She was educated in the\\ncommon schools and in the school of industry,\\nwhich necessity required to be taught at home, and\\nat 14 years of age entered on the occupation of a\\ndomestic. She followed that vocation for some time,\\nimproving her leisure time in study. At the age of\\n18 years she had acquired a good common-school\\neducation, passed examination and entered on the\\nprofession of a teacher. She successfully followed\\nher profession, teaching in the common schools of\\nBarry County until her marriage to Mr. Rowlader, as\\nstated.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of five\\nchildren, three of whom, Margaret J., Ada E. and\\nZana E., are living; and Jessie C. and Emma L. are\\ndeceased. The father and mother are both mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church and have\\nbeen faithful and energetic workers in the same for\\n20 years. Mr. R. politically is a Republican. He\\nis also a member of the blue lodge. No. 304, F. A.\\nM., at Woodland, Barry County, and of the Royal\\nArch Chapter at Hastings, same county.\\niS^Lvphraim F. McQueen, senior member of\\nstationery,\\nthe firm of McC^ueen Ralpli, dealers\\nin drugs, patent medicines, paints, oils,\\nJ, toilet articles etc., Mt. Pleasant^\\nI was born Sept. 30, 1852, in Bridgeton, N. J.\\nJ His parents, John and Caroline (Lee) McQueen,\\nremoved to Hillsdale Co., Mich., when he was three\\nyears old, where they are still residents. His father\\nis a painter by profession and is still pursuing tliat\\nbusiness in Hillsdale.\\nMr. McQueen attended school until he was 13\\nyears old, when he entered the drug-store of A. C.\\nAllen to learn the details of the business. After\\nserving his time he served as a clerk some time in\\nLudington and Jonesville, coming from the latter\\nplace to Mt. Pleasant in March, 1882. He soon\\nafter formed his present business association with\\nFrank W. Ralph and opened the store in which they\\nhave since transacted business, with satisfactory\\n(i^\\nresults. They have a judiciously selected stock,\\nsuited to their patronage. They own the building in\\nwhich they are located. Mr. McQueen was elected\\nVillage Assessor in March, 1884. He is a member\\nof the Masonic Order and belongs to the blue lodge\\nand Royal Arch Chapter at Mt. Pleasant, and the\\nCouncil at Jonesville.\\nHe was married in Hillsdale, in December, 1874,\\nto Sarah E., daughter of William and Eliza Nowlin.\\nShe was born Oct. 29, 1853, in Pulaski, Jackson\\nCo., Mich.\\n|ftr|ffl. lbert W. Hance, tanner, section 25, Lin-\\np^^^ s\u00c2\u00bb coin Township, is a son of Adam and Mary\\n^If^ (Morrison) Hance, whose biography may be\\niji^ found in this work, and was born in Benning-\\nI ton Township, Morrow Co., Ohio, Oct. 8, 1841.\\nMr. Hance was the oldest of six children and re-\\nmained on the parental homestead, in Ohio, assisting\\nin the maintenance of the family and in the cultiva- d\\ntion of the farm, and attending the common schools\\nof the county, until the removal of the family to this a\\nState, in 1865. He accompanied his parents to this s^\\nState at the date named and, with the father, entered\\non the task of improving their wild land, which in\\nthe future was destined to become the property of\\nour subject. They fought against deprivation and\\nwant, and, urged on by faith in the future develop-\\nment of the county and a determination to succeed,\\nthey spent no time in idleness but constantly labored\\nto accomplish their aim.\\nMr. Hance was united in marriage with Miss\\nAdda, daughter of Philander and Eliza (Deals) y\\nHams, May 20, 1873. Her parents are natives of\\nPennsylvania, are of Scotch extraction, and reside\\nin Coe Township, this county, where the father is en-\\ngaged in the occupation of farming. .\\\\dda was\\nhorn June 18, 1856, in Coe Township. She remained\\nat home, assisting her mother in household duties\\nand attending school at the log school-house in her\\nnative county until the date of her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hance are the parents of two chil-\\ndren, born and named as follows Luna Bell, Sept.\\n29, 1874; and Dew F., May 6, 1883. The young\\ncouple lived for two years with Mr. H. s father after\\ntheir marriage, on the old homestead, and then set-\\n:^\\\\^i^^^ :sim^ ^^-^^11!] ^DD^^-^-^^ ^^^^f^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "I\\nI\\nit\u00c2\u00abfe|*\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^ja/ C:^\\n-7 :^IlD/;^|]|lv^^\\n4 tS\\ny^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ntied on his present farm of 200 acres, on section 25,\\nLincoln Township. He has 40 acres of his place\\nimproved, and has recently erected a residence\\nthereon at a cost of $1,000, exclusive of his own\\nlabor in the construction of the same.\\nMr. Haiice, olitically, is a believer in and sup-\\nporter of the principles of the Republican party,\\nlie has held the offices of his school district, and is\\na respected and esteemed citizen of the townshij).\\nI atrick C. Sullivan, of the linn of Manners\\nSullivan, blacksmiths at Mt. Pleasant, is\\nAW a son of Patrick and Mary (Kelley) SuUi-\\nJS van, and was born in the township of Lowe,\\nOttawa Co., Pr. of Quebec, Aug. 28, 1855.\\nHis parents are still residing in Lowe, on a farm.\\nMr. Sullivan learned his trade in Ottawa, Can.,\\nwhich he has followed since he was 19 years of age.\\nHe remained in Ottawa less than two years, and\\nwent thence to Bay City, Mich., where he engaged\\nin the service of dates Fay, oi)erating in the winter\\nseason in the lumber woods and during the summer\\nin their mill shops. He went in 1880 to East\\nSaginaw, where he remained until August, when he\\ncame to Mt. Pleasant and conducted a blacksmith\\nshop about six months in company with Patrick\\nMason, after which he associated Wm H. Manners\\nwith himself in the same business. This relation is\\nstill e.\\\\isting, and they are engaged in general black-\\nsmithing and in the manufacture of all kinds of\\nlumber tools. They also do horseshoeing and repair-\\ning. Mr. Sullivan owns his shop and residence and\\ngrounds on Pine Street.\\nHe was married Nov. 22, 1883, at Mt. Pleasant, to\\nLibbie M. Carroll, a native of Cannda, born Aug.\\n1859.\\nS*HJMl*\u00c2\u00ab=r-\\nBra C. Sti inger, farmer on section 30,\\nUnion, owns 40 acres on either side of the\\nipiarter-line road, the southwest quarter\\nof the northwest ipiarter, and the northwest\\n(|uarter of the southwest |uarter; and also lo\\nacres in Deerfield Township. He is a son of\\nAaron and Mary (Hunt) Stringer, and was born in\\nWelland Co., Can., April 28, 1833. He was reared\\non a farm, and also worked some at carpentry, which\\nhe learned of his father.\\nIn 1859 he came to Port Huron, St. Clair County,\\ntliis State, and worked in the lumber woods nine\\nmonths. Then he came to Saginaw, where he was\\nsimilarly engaged for two years. Next he spent a\\nfew months at Port Huron, and then was variously\\nemployed at Saginaw until the fall of 1862, when he\\ncame to this county. He has here followed lumber-\\ning a number of winters, being first in the employ-\\nment of John M. Hursh.\\nIn 1863 he bought So acres, including the south\\n40 of his present farm. Li June, 1865, he bought the\\nnorth 40 of his present place, also 100 acres in Deer-\\nfield Township, 60 acres on section 25, and 40 on\\nsection 26. On his home farm 45 acres are in culti-\\nvation, and on the other tracts 17 acres are improved.\\nHe has built appropriate farm buildings, and a nice\\nresidence. He is a member of the L O. O. F.\\nHe was married in Union Township, March 8,\\n1864, to Miss Harriet E. Hursh, born in Palmyra,\\nN. Y., March 3, 1839, the daughter of John M. and\\nElizabeth Hursh. The four children born of this\\nmarriage are as follows: Nellie, Jan. 24, 1865 Alice\\nE., born May 7, 1867 Maud, Sept. 3, 1868, and\\nEarl Feb. 20, 1876. The first named was born\\nin Ml. Pleasant; the other three on the farm.\\nl\u00c2\u00aeJll ensselaer G. Whitney, of the firm of\\ni diJ^ WIntney Hros., liverymen at Ml. Pleasant,\\nwas born in Ontario Co., N. Y., Feb. 12,\\nn^ 1850. He is a son of Benjamin and Caroline\\nE. (Hall) Whitney. His father was a native\\nof Vermont and a blacksmith he died in\\nOntario County, aged 72 years. His mother was\\nborn in Ontario County, and is still living, near Salt\\nRiver.\\nMr. Whitney was brought up on a farm, and, on\\nreaching his majority, joined his brothers, William\\nT. and Chades C. Whitney, at Mt. Pleasant. He\\n[lassed three years laboring as a builder, and in 1879\\nwas elected Constable. While discharging the duties\\nV\\n^f\\n\\\\^:i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "Jf-t^jT^- ^jL-\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^t.X Xy^l ^i_^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\n-^Ni^^^\\n^l\\nK r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nZ^j^Qf-\\n-^|^^J((\u00c2\u00ae\\n1^)\\nI\\nof the post (which he held one year) he was also en-\\ngaged in draying. On the expiration of his term of\\noffice he was appointed Deputy Sheriff, and has been\\nthe incumbent of the office ever since. In 1883,\\nassociated with his brother, George G. Whitney, he\\nopened the livery stable which they are still managing.\\nTheir business is conducted in connection with the\\nBennett House, and they keep ten horses and livery\\naccommodations in proportion to their patronage.\\nThey run an omnibus line for the benefit of the Ben-\\nnett House, and to accommodate the public. They\\nare also engaged to some extent in traffic in real\\nestate, buy and sell buildings, lots, etc., and now own\\nthree houses and five lots. Mr. Whitney is a mem-\\nber of the Order of Masonry.\\nHe was first married Sept. 2, 1868, in Shorts ville,\\nOntario Co., N. Y., to Sarah L. Beaden. His second\\nmarriage, with Mary R. Schuyler, occurred at Mt.\\nPleasant, in September, 1876. She is a native of\\nWatertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y.\\nfohn T. Landon, a prominent farmer and\\nlumberman, residing on section 28, Chip-\\npewa Township, is a son of Jesse and Sally\\n(Trickey) Landon, natives of Canada, where\\ny^ they resided most of their lives. They first\\ni| settled in Lansdowne, C. W., afterwards re-\\nmoving to Pittsburg, C. W., whence after a few years\\nthey returned to Lansdowne. The father was by\\noccupation a farmer, but meeting with serious mis-\\nfortunes he lost all he possessed. His wife died in\\nLansdowne, about 1850, and he died at the same\\nplace, in the spring of 1861. Four children born to\\nthem grew to be adults, namely Alfred, Sophronia,\\nJohn T. and Rosanna.\\nThe subject of this biography, the second son,\\nbegan life in Lansdowne, April 26, 1840. He was\\nabout nine years of age when his mother died, and\\nhis father being in somewhat limited circumstances\\nhe went to live with a young preacher named James\\nPeck. Here he found a good home for one year.\\nThe following two years he worked by the month for\\n$3 and board. He was employed by various indi-\\nviduals until 21 years old, receiving sometimes as\\nmuch as $10 per month. During many of these\\nyears his work brought him in contact with men\\nwho drank and had other bad habits, but young\\nLandon stoutly resisted all temptation. To this\\nearl virtue his present standing and success are di-\\nrectly attributable. When young, he was often held\\nfast by thoughtless and evil men who tried to pour\\nwhisky down his throat, and who used every means,\\nfoul as well as fair, to shake his resolution but he\\nbravely answered No, and was victorious.\\nWhen a little over 21, that is, Nov. 29, 1S61, he\\nwas united in marriage at Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence\\nCo., N. Y., with Miss Martha, daughter of Samuel\\nH. and Rhoda (Ferguson) Andress, natives of Can-\\nada. Mr. and Mrs. Andress lived in the Dominion\\nuntil 1862, when they came to Clinton Co., Mich.\\nThey lived then successively three months in Clin-\\nton County, two years in Canada, four years at St.\\nJohn s, Clinton County, and two years in Gratiot\\nCounty. They then lived for six years in Chippewa\\nTownship, this county, four years on a farm in Den-\\nver Township, and finally settled in Chippewa Town-\\nship, where they still reside. Their daughter, Mrs.\\nLandon, was born in Jefferson Co., Can., June 17,\\n1840.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. L. resided in Canada until the\\nfollowing summer, and in July, 1862, came to Clin-\\nton County, this State. Sept. i, following, he came\\nto this county and sought employment, which he\\nreadily obtained for one year, at $15 per month and\\nboard for himself and wife. He then bought 40\\nacres on section 30, Chippewa, going in debt for\\nnearly all the purchase price. One year later, during\\nwhich time he worked out by the month, he moved\\non his land. He continued to work for others, clear-\\ning his own land as fast as he could. Being fond of\\nhunting, he passed part of his time in hunting and\\ntrapping. Three years later he bought another 40\\nacres, and in two years more he sold his whole 80 and\\nbought 160 acres, where he has since resided.\\nShortly after locating the last time he took a contract\\nof lumbering, which proved very disastrous, and he\\nfound his affairs badly involved; but by untiripg en-\\nergy and perseverance he has surmounted all diffi-\\nculties, and now in the sunshine of prosperity he\\ncan smile at the trials of the past. He has bought\\nfrom time to time various tracts of land and now\\nowns, in Chippewa Township, Isabella County\\n1575^ acres on section 28, 80 on section 29, 40 on\\nV^\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "V\\n(h\\n^/^*)5\u00c2\u00ab^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00abi^^^\\nA\\n5$\\nI\\n1^\\nsection i8, i6o on section 15, 160 on section 11 and\\n40 on section 10; and in Greendale Township, Mid-\\nland County: 120 acres on section 18, and 27 on\\nsection 21 in all, 9243^ acres, besides five village\\nlots in Mt. Pleasant and 40 acres in Gladwin County.\\nIn the year 1873 he built the fine brick residence\\nhe now occupies, and which was the first brick struct-\\nure in Isabella County. In 1883 he erected two new\\nbams, and he now has on his place seven barns and\\ntwo sheds, the latter 66 feet in length. He keeps\\n100 sheep, 40 cattle, 17 hogs and 6 horses.\\nMr. Landon has been President of the Isabella\\nCounty Agricultural Society for four years, and to\\nhim belongs the credit of making that useful organi-\\nzation what it is. He cleared the land, arranged\\nnecessary details and advanced the means to put it\\nin running order. He has often been urged to ac-\\ncept offices as the gift of his fellow citizens, but has\\ninvariably declined, except in the case of several\\nschool offices. Politically, Mr. Landon acts on all\\noccasions with the Republican party. He and wife\\nare active members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nWe are certain that the citizens of Isabella County\\nwill look for Mr. Landon s portrait in this Album,\\nand we therefore give it, on a preceding page.\\n4c|^\\neorge Sandbrook, farmer, section 30, Fre-\\nmont, is a son of William and Ann (Bea-\\nven) Sandbrook, natives of England and\\nmembers of the farming community father\\ndied in 1881 and mother in 1878. George was\\nborn March 7, 1842, in Merthyr, England; at\\nthe age of 12 he began to work on the farm in 1867\\nhe emigrated to the United States, landing a tCastle\\nGarden, New York city, and working as a hired gar-\\ndener until the following April next he resided a\\nyear I n Wayne Co., Mich., working on a farm in\\n1869-70 he cut wood for Charles Lamb in Clinton\\nCounty; he then bought 120 acres of primitive land\\nwhere he now resides, but did not then settle upon\\nit. The following winter he spent at St. John s; in\\nthe spring he did some chopping on his land; dur-\\ning the summer he was at work in Wayne and Oak-\\nland Counties, and then came again to Isabella\\nCounty and worked in the lumber woods for M.\\nStinchfield. He has since cleared about 40 acres of\\nhis land, built a good barn in the summer of i\\nand made other improvements. He has been an\\nofficer of his school district two terms, and in regard\\nto political questions takes Republican views.\\nIn the month of June, 1871, Mr. Sandbrook mar-\\nried Miss Carrie F. Bezner, who was born in 1B45.\\nHer parents dying when she was an infant, she was\\nbrought up in the family of a man named Shaw, in\\nWayne Co., Mich. She died May 9, 1880, leaving\\ntwo sons, namely: William M., born in October, 1872;\\nand Thomas, in June, 1874.\\niherman D. Eldred, farmer, section\\nRolland Township, is the son of Judson\\nn\\n-I\\nK and Mary (Dopp) Eldred, natives of New\\nnV York State, the former born in New Lisbon,\\nMay 20, 1 81 9, and the latter in Geneseo, March\\n24, 1828. The former came to Michigan when\\na young man, residing at first for a while at Hillsdale,\\nand in the spring of 1866 he settled upon a one-\\neighth-section of land in Rolland Township, this r\\ncounty. In 1870 he moved to Broomfield Township,\\nand in 1881 he sold and went to Missouri; in a short\\ntime he sold out there and returned to Broomfield\\nTownship. They are both yet living on the farm he\\nlast purchased. Of their 14 children, 6 are deceased.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Aug. 15, 1852,\\nin Branch Co., Mich.\\nWhen 20 years of age he engaged as clerk for T.\\nC. Gardner, general n-;erchant, at Millbrook also\\nworked some at carpentering. In 1877 Mr. E. came\\nto the farm he now owns, the tract comprising 320\\nacres; 140 acres of this are now under cultivation.\\nHe has good improvements, and one of the best barns\\nin the township, built in 1882. At present Mr.\\nEldred is Supervisor of the township of Rolland and\\nhe has been Highway Commissioner one term. Is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order, and in politics is a\\nsupporter of the Republican party.\\nMarch 24, 1874, Mr. Eldred was married to Miss\\nJennie, daughter of Cliamplin H. and Rachel (Slater)\\nRoberts. She was born Oct. 5, 1856, in Susquehanna _\\nc", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^rt-\\n.^^^s: \u00c2\u00a9VC?llB :tlI]^ r-\\n4^^c^vi\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n203\\nV\\nJ\\nCo., Pa. Her father was born in 1835, and her mother,\\nnow deceased, was born in 1836.\\nJ* Mr- and Mrs. E. are the parents of three children,\\ny namely: .\\\\lice E., borji June 19, 1875; Florence M.,\\nSept. 8, 1879; and Mary B., May 15, 1882.\\nohn Maxwell, merchant at Mt. Pleasant,\\n\\\\i was born March 15, 1837, in Glasgow,\\nScotland. His parents, Daniel and Helen\\n(Agnew) Maxwell, were natives of the same\\ncountry, where they passed their entire lives.\\nHis father was born in Stirling, and was a\\nmaltster by calling. His mother was born in the\\nSouth of Scotland.\\nWhen Mr. Maxwell was 1 1 years old he entered\\ninto an apprenticeship to learn the trade of a watch-\\nmaker. He served five years under his indentures\\nand pursued the business some years longer. He\\ncame to the United States in the fall of 1857 and\\nwent to West Unity, Ohio, where he opened a shop\\nand continued in business five years. In the spring\\nof 1863 he came to Isabella County and entered a\\nhomestead claim of 160 acres of land on section 29,\\nin Lincoln Township, where he resided until tlie\\nspring of 1870. His farm is valuable, with about 70\\nacres under cultivation. He officiated as Supervisor\\nof Lincoln two terms and held other minor offices.\\nIn the fall of 1869 he was elected Sheriff of Isabella\\nCounty on the Republican ticket. He held the jw-\\nsition a year and on his resignation appointed County\\nTreasurer, to fill the vacancy created by the death of\\nthe incumbent. Nelson Mosher. He held the position\\nseven successive years, being thrice re-elected. He\\nestablished his [iresent business April r, 1880, in\\ncompany with J. E. Fessenden. A year later, the\\nconnection was terminated by Mr. Maxwell buying\\nthe interest of his partner, since which time he has\\noperated alone. He carries a well-assorted stock,\\nsuited to his trade, and estimated at $10,000 in value,\\nincluding dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, crock-\\nery, ready-made clothing, hats, caps, etc. His es-\\ntablishment is one of the leading business houses of\\nMt. Pleasant, and his trade is prosperous and satis-\\nfactory. His farm is managed by his son.\\nMr. Maxwell was the first President of the village\\nof Mt. Pleasant, which iX)sition he filled two terms.\\nHe has officiated several terms as member of the\\nTown Council, and is at present one of the School\\nBoard. He is a prominent member of the Masonic\\nOrder, belonging to the Royal Arch Chapter and to\\nthe lower body. Lodge No. 305, at Mt. Pleasant. He\\nis a charter member of the lodges at that place and\\nat Salt River, and assisted in the organization of\\nboth.\\nMr. Maxwell was married at West Unity, Ohio, to\\nMary C. Goll. Two children, John and Ellen, were\\nborn of their union. The mother died, and Mr.\\nMaxwell was a second time married in 1879, to M.\\nE. Slater, of Isabella County. Mr. and Mrs. Max-\\nwell are members of the M. E. Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0onrad Buhrer, farmer, section 12, Rol-\\nipTTs^ land Township, is a son of Jacob and Bar-\\n,,fe^ bara (Bolle) Buhrer, natives of Switzerland.\\nfjl? His father was born in 1786 and died in 1847,\\nand his mother was born in 1803 and died in\\n1875, in Adrian, this State.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born June 21, 1839,\\nin Switzerland landed at New York city May 3,\\n1861, where he remained a short time; next, was\\nthree months at Toledo, Ohio, then at Adrian, Mich.,\\nawhile, working on a farm, and Toledo again, work-\\nnine months in a sash factory. At this time he con-\\ncluded that patriotism required him to uphold the\\nUnion Government by risking his life ujwn the field of\\nbattle, or, what is worse, in the military camp. Accord-\\ningly, he enlisted in Co. K, 37th Ohio Inf., which\\nserved under Gen. Sherman. He was engaged in the\\nbattles at Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Big Shanty\\nand Marietta, and was wounded at Atlanta, Aug. 24,\\n1864, in consequence of which he was in the hospital\\n30 days, at home in Toledo on furlough, and then\\ntill the close of the war at Cleveland, Ohio, where he\\nwas honorably discharged June 5, 1865. He then\\nworked one year at Toledo, two years at Adrian,\\nMich., and then he bought 40 acres in Fulton Co., O.\\nOn this he lived till Oct. 15, 1879, when he came to\\nhis present home in this county. With regard to\\nnational questions, Mr. B. is a Republican.\\nIn 1868 he married Miss Frany, a daughter of\\nn\\nI\\n.\\\\t.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n;0\\ni\\n1\\nJacob and Mary (Dinger) Master, natives of Ger-\\nm many, who live on a farm in Henrj Co., Ohio. Mrs.\\nB. was born July lo, 1850. The children of Mr. and\\nI Mrs. B. are: Minnie, born Oct. 20, 1869; Jacob B.,\\n(hj April 8, 1871 Mary, June 15, 1873; Lydia, Oct. 12,\\n1874; Edward, April 19, 1876; William, May 31,\\n1878; and Alphena, Dec. 20, 1882.\\newett E. Chatterton, general merchant at\\nl Mt. Pleasant, and member of the lumber\\nfirm of Walker Chatterton, was born\\nDec. 7, 1840, in Mt. Holly, Rutland Co., Vt.\\nHe is a son of Daniel and Betsey (Jewett) Chat-\\nterton, who removed to Michigan in 1852.\\nThey settled on 160 acres of land in Meridian\\nTownship, Ingham County, four miles east of Lan-\\nsing. Their family includes four children George\\nA. Chatterton, an insurance agent at Hubbardston,\\nIonia Co., Mich. Mason D. Chatterton, an attorney\\nat Mason, Mich., and Probate Judge of Ingham\\nCounty Sarah E., the wife of Augustus Sturges, and\\nresiding on a celebrated piece of property near the\\ncity of Richmond, Va., known as the Hopewell\\nFarm.\\nDaniel Chatterton was born in 1807, in Mt. Holly,\\nRutland Co., Vt., and died in Meridian, Ingham Co.,\\nMich., in i866. Betsey (Jewett) Chatterton was\\nborn in 1804, in Littleton, Mass., and died in the\\nsame place where the demise of her husband occur-\\nred, in 1877. Her parents were natives of Massa-\\nchusetts, of English descent. The paternal grand-\\nparents of the subject of this sketch were born in\\nConnecticut, and were of English ancestry.\\nMr. Chatterton attended the common schools of\\nIngham County until he was 17 years old. He then\\nbecame a student in Lansing, and after tivo years of\\nstudy he entered the Agricultural College near that\\ncity, where he was a student three years, after which\\nThe went to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and pursued a\\ncourse of commercial study at Eastman s Business\\nCollege, where he was graduated in 1863. Mean-\\nM/ while he engaged in teaching, and taught six winter\\ni^ terms from 1859 to 1865.\\nf\u00c2\u00ae In the year last named he went to Hubbardston,\\nIonia County, and in company with his brother\\nGeorge, he established a mercantile business. The\\nrelation existed four years, and after his brother s\\nwithdrawal Mr. Chatterton continued the manage-\\nment of his mercantile interests at that point ten\\nyears. He came to Mt. Pleasant in May, 1880, and\\nat once established the business interests in which\\nhe has since been engaged. His average stock rep-\\nresents an estimated value of between five and eight\\nthousand dollars, and his trade is in a thriving con-\\ndition, requiring two assistants. In March, t88i, he\\nformed a partnership with his brother-in-law, John\\nP. Walker, and they purchased a lumber mill in Mt.\\nPleasant, Mich. In the operations of this they em-\\nploy about 25 men. The daily product averages\\n30,000 shingles, and they expectto cut about 2,000,000\\nfeet of lumber in 1884. They ship their products\\nchiefly to the East. They combine building con-\\ntracts with their other business and conduct a retail\\nyard in connection with the mill. Mr. Chatterton\\nowns four lo*s in the village of Mt. Pleasant, where\\nhe built a handsome brick residence in 1882-3. He\\nalso owns three lots, on which he has erected three\\nnice cottages to re it. He is a member of the Order\\nof Masonry.\\nMr. Chatterton was married April 28, 1867, to A.\\nElizabeth, daughter of D. D. and Angeline (Howard)\\nAdams, who was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., July\\n15, 1841. Her father was born in 1806, in Madison\\nCo., N. Y., and was of English descent. He re-\\nmoved to Michigan in 1847, and died in Antrim, in\\nthe county of that name, in 1880. His wife was\\nborn in 1814, in Connecticut, of English parentage.\\nHer marriage occurred in 1834, and she died in\\nAntrim Township in 1854, leaving five daughters and\\nthree sons. Mr. and Mrs. Chatterton have two sons\\nHoward E., born March 16, 1872, and Harry J., born\\nNov. 10, 1874.\\nIfred L. Young, hardware merchant. Salt C\\nRiver, is a son of John G. and Lydia A. 1\\n(Artz) Young, natives of Pennsylvania, who ^V\\nsettled in this county in 1867 and died in Salt ^y\\nRiver. Their family comprised ten children.\\nThe fourth son, the subject of this sketch, was ^j\\nborn in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1850, educated in v\\nc^:\\nA\\nnOC-^-i^ ^^^^f:.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "m\\ni\\nza^^ 6V4 IlIl\u00c2\u00a7III]y r-\\n:2^(s\u00c2\u00abr\\n9\\n-f^^^Cd^^ig\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nthe common schools, and came to Isabella County\\nwith his parents in 1867. He was first employed by\\nhis father in a grist and saw mill, in which business\\nhe was engaged until 1876, V hen adivision was made,\\nhe taking charge of the grist-mill, with a younger\\nbrother, in the interest of their parents, until the death\\nof the latter. In April, 1883, they sold their interest\\nin the grist-mill and formed a partnership in tlie\\nthe hardware and agricultural implement trade, in\\nwhich they are succeeding well.\\nMr. Young is a member of the I. (I O. F., and in\\npolitical affairs votes with the Democratic party.\\nHe was married, in Salt River, Aug. 30, 1879, to\\nMiss Clara, daughter of J. E. and Elizabeth (Baker)\\nMorion, residents of Mecosta County. Mrs. Y. was\\nborn in Maine, Dec. 25, 1859. They are the parents\\nof two children, Elton M. and Alfred E.\\nIn July, i86g, Mr. Young met with a serious ac-\\ncident, by which he lost his right arm. In running\\na belt upon a pulley he was caught by that arm, which\\nwas taken off nearly to the shoulder! He had, indeed^\\na very narrow escape with his life.\\n^^S^-^^\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i\\names Manwell, Supervisor of Fremont\\nTownship, residing on section 14, is a son\\nof Robert and Margaret (Scott) Manwell,\\nnatives of Scotland and now residents of Can-\\njL ada, upon a farm.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born June 20,\\n1844, in Lanarkshire, Scotland; in 1857 he emigrated\\nto Canada; in 1865 to Portage Co., Ohio; after a\\ntime, returned to Canada; then to Portage Co., Ohio,\\nagain; and in 1876 to Isabella County, settling on\\nsection 22, Fremont Township. He. afterward sold\\nthis place and bought a portion of sections 13 and i.|,\\nsame townsliip, the amount being 80 acres. Here\\nMr. Manwell is winning from the soil a livelihood for\\nhimself and family, and is exhibiting the example of\\nan industrious and prosperous farmer. He has been\\nTownship Clerk two terms, and has been Supervisor\\nsince the spring of 1882. Of national questions he\\ntakes Democratic views, and he is a member of the\\nMasonic Order, Wabon Lodge, No. 305.\\nAug. 17, 1878, Mr. Manwell married Miss Eurana\\nHunt, who was born March 20, i860, in the town of\\nFairfield, Lenawee Co., Mich. Her father, Jason A.\\nHunt, was born in the State of New York, and her\\nmother, Chloe, nee Scovel, was born in Cuyahoga\\nCo., Ohio. They settled in Fremont Township, this\\ncounty, in 1876, where they at present reside. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Manwell have one child, Menso J., who\\nwas born May 4, 1879, in this county.\\nIfH^ eorge G. Whitney, of the firm of Whit-\\nIJi i^all ney Bros, liverymen at Mt. Pleasant, was\\n^Bt born Oct. 4, 1845, Ontario Co N. Y.,\\n^/K*^ and is a son of Benjamin and Caroline E.\\nT (Hall) Whitney. (See sketch of R. G. Whit-\\nf ney.) At the age of n years he was appren-\\nticed to the Empire Drill Company, of Shortsville,\\nN. Y., to learn wood and carpenter work on their\\nmachines. He remained in their service until he\\nwas 16 years old, when he enlisted. The civil war\\nhad broken out a few months previous, and he\\nyielded to the influence which ruled all classes and\\nconditions of men in the North. He enrolled at\\nCanandaigua, in Co. L, 24 th N. Y. Vol. Cav., as\\nbugler, and served two years. He was with his\\nregiment in the engagements of the Wilderness,\\nat North Anna River, Cold Harbor, Spottsylvania\\nCourt-House, and on the 17th and i8th of Jure,\\n1864, in front of Petersburg. They were again\\nengaged in the siege of that city Sept. 30, 1864, and\\nafterwards at Hopper s Farm, Farmville, Appomattox\\nCourt-House, Stony Creek, and in numberless skir-\\nmishes of minor importance. At the storming of\\nPetersburg, June 17, 1864, he was slightly wounded\\nin the head by a piece of shell, otherwise escaping\\nunharmed throughout the entire period of his service.\\nHe was discharged June 11, 1865, at Cloud s Mills,\\nVa. In the month following he came to Michigan\\nand located at Cambria Mills, Hillsdale County,\\nwhere he pursued the business of a carpenter. In\\nthe spring of i88i he came to Mt. Pleasant, where\\nhe was similarly engaged a year. In the spring of\\n1882 he entered into association with his brother,\\nin which they are now operating with gratifying\\nresults.\\nMr. Whitney was married Nov. 19, 1865, in Cam-\\nbria Mills, to Mary A. Jackson. She was born\\nI\\n1\\nm\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "1=3:\\n-2^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bbs^ 6V4^nii\u00c2\u00a7iiny\\nT-T^T-\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00aeV(i|\\nMarch 19, 1848, in Wheatland, Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nand is a daughter of Zachariah and Charlotte Jack-\\nson. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nWhitney, as follows: Clara, Aug. 30, 1866; Vettie,\\nOct. 24, 1869; Charlie B., Aug. 8, 1872, and Everett,\\nMay 20, 1874. The latter was killed at Isabella\\nCity, Aug. 25, 1883, by being thrown from a horse he\\nwas riding. His foot caught in the stirrup and he\\nwas dragged some distance, receiving injuries from\\nwhich he died.\\npharles Taylor, residing on section 29, Chip-\\npewa Township, is a son of Thomas and\\nMary (Church) Taylor, who were born and\\nlived in England till the father s death. After\\nthat event the mother came to America and\\nlived in Orleans Co., N. Y., until her death.\\nTheir children numbered three, Charles being the\\neldest.\\nHe was born in England in October, 1829, and\\nwas nine years of age wlien he came with his mother\\nto the Great Republic. He lived in Orleans Co.,\\nN. Y., until 18 years old, attending school and work-\\ning on the farm. He worked out by the montli for\\nnearly four years, and in 1851 returned to England\\nfor a six months visit, partly on business and partly\\nfor pleasure. He attended the World s Fair at Lon-\\ndon, one of the first of the great exhibitions which\\nhave been held frequently since in other cities. After\\none year more in Orleans County, he came, in April,\\n1853, to Michigan, and lived in Eaton County about\\ntwo years. In February, 1855, he came to this\\ncounty and bought 240 acres in Chippewa Township.\\nHe built first a log house, which he occupied about\\neight years, then a small frame dwelling, in which he\\nlived until 187 i and in that year he built his pres-\\nent residence. He has since disposed of all but 80\\nacres of his farm, and now has in cultivation 50\\nacres.\\nHe was first married in England, Jan. 15, 1852, to\\nMiss Ann, daughter of (leorge Franklin, a native of\\nAlbion s Isle. She died March 17, 1852. Aug. 26,\\nof that year, he married, for his present wife. Miss\\nSophronia, daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Trickey)\\nLandon, natives of Canada and Virginia. Mj-s. Tay-\\nlor was born in the former country, April 23, 1843,\\nand has borne to her husband eight children, six of\\nwhom survive Charles W., Warren D., William A.,\\nMary A., Florence A., Rosina, Ella and Sidney.\\nWilliam A. and Sidney are deceased.\\nMr. Taylor has been Township Clerk and Justice\\nof the Peace, and is now Township Treasurer, having\\nbeen elected in the spring of 1883. He takes a deep\\ninterest in education, and has held the several dis-\\ntrict school offices. Quite early in life, after receiv-\\ning a common-school education, he began to study\\nfor the ministry. In 1853 he was licensed as an\\nexhorter and in 1856 as a local preacher of the gos-\\npel, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which\\nhe and wife are still consistent members. He has\\npreached effectively at various points in this section,\\nin Eaton County and in Gratiot County.\\nMr. Taylor votes the Republican ticket.\\n-^3=\\nP eth S. Richardson, farmer, section 30, Fre-\\ni^^jk^ mont Township, is a son of Asa P. and\\nK Jane (Staple) Richardson. The former was\\n,jNi ^oxw in Vermont in 1797, was employed in\\nfarming, in lumbering, also locatinglines in the\\nwilderness of the Pine-Tree State moved with\\nhis family to Ohio in 1851, settling first in Lorain\\nCounty, two years afterward to Montgomery Town-\\nship, Wood Co., Ohio, subsequently to Jackson Town-\\nshij), same county, and finally, in 1868, to this\\ncounty, where he lived with his children until\\nhis death, which occurrt-d March 30, 1S79, at the\\nresidence of his son Barnard. His widow, who\\n\\\\v^% born in Maine in 1806, is still living, hale and\\nhearty, with her son Charles at Dushville. All her\\n12 children are living and are heads of families, four\\nin Ohio and eight in Michigan.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Oct. 31, 1826,\\nin the State of Maine; worked at lumbering and\\nfarming in his native State until he was 26 years of\\nage, when he moved to Lorain Co., Ohio, and after-\\nward to Wood County, that State. In 1868 he moved\\nto this county and homesteaded 40 acres; he subse-\\n(juently purchased 120 acres more, and he now has\\nabout 60 acres in good cultivation. He has been\\nTownship Treasurer two terms. Highway Commis-\\nI\\nA\\nK^)5\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nA D n Dlli VQ s^^^i^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "r-JlSS^\\nmr^^^^\\nTas^^^s^ 6V DH^nil^ r-^ 3\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^5sr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n207\\nsioner two terms and school officer 13 years in suc-\\ncession. Politically he is a Republican.\\nBefore he left the State of Maine, Mr. Richardson\\nmarried Miss Emily, daughter of Henry and Isabella\\nTaylor, who was born Aug. 3, 1835, and died April\\n5, 1857. Two years afterward he married Miss Mary\\nA., daughter of Samuel and Eliza A. Ragon\\nMcEwen, the former a native of Pennsylvania and\\nthe latter of Kentucky, both now residing in Seneca\\nCo., Ohio, on a farm. Mrs. R. was born May 8,\\n1839. The children of Mr. and Mrs. R. are six in\\nnumber, as follows: Charles H.. born Nov. 10, 1861\\nEliza J., Dec. 26, T863; Emma, Oct. 12, 1865 Geo.\\nW., Aug. 3, 1868; Mary L., Dec. 11, 1870; and\\nCena A., Dec. 21, 1873. The first three were born\\nin Ohio, the last three in Michigan.\\nilliam H. Kinter, proprietor of hotel. Salt\\nl^^^b River, is a son of Cyrenus and Jane (Lee)\\n^^;L Kintpr_ whn wprp natJvpQ rS ^f^-w VnrV\\nO\\nKinter, who w^re natives of New York\\nState and Illinois, respectively, and settled\\n*^jv2/ first in Eaton Co., Mich., where they lived\\nabout 22 years they then came and located in\\nCoe Township, where they now reside.\\nIn this family were three children, of whom the\\nsubject of this sketch was the eldest son. He was\\nborn in Eaton Co., Mich., Nov. 21, 1842, and edu-\\ncated at the common school. In July, 1861, he en-\\nlisted in the Fifth Mich. Vol. Inf and served three\\nyears, being in 30 important engagements, from Jan.\\n9, 1862, to the siege of Petersburg, which continued\\ntill April 3, 1865 and he was also in numerous\\nskirmishes. He was discharged at Detroit, Mich.,\\nand, returning to his home in this county, he was\\nfor about a year unable to labor, on account of sick-\\nness. He then bought a farm of 120 acres in Coe\\nTownship, where he resided until 1883, wlien he\\npurchased the hotel at Salt River, which he now\\nmanages. He has about 100 acres of his farm in\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Gratiot Co., Mich., July 4, 1869,\\nto Emily, daughter of Amos and Sarah (Rossiter)\\nWhite, natives of the State of New York, who settled\\nin this county about i860. Mrs. K. was born in\\nCalhoun Co., Mich., Feb. 27, 1850. Mr. and Mrs.\\nI\\nK., having no children of their own, have adopted\\na son, whose name is Rollin S.\\nOn national questions Mr. Kinter acts with the Re-\\npublican party.\\n-J-~v^/v!\\nichael Murtha, Register of Deeds of Isa-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t\u00e2\u0080\u0094 li^ bella County, residing at Mt. Pleasant,\\n:i was born May 7, 1844, in Portland Town-\\nship, Ionia Co., Mich. He is the fourth of\\nnine children born to his parents, Patrick and\\nAnn (Hoy) Murtha, all of whom are living. In\\n1856 his father removed with his family to Coe Town-\\nship, Isabella County, and settled on 160 acres of\\nland on section 8, which he afterwards increased by\\nthe purchase of 80 acres additional. Both his par-\\nents died on the homestead.\\nMr. Murtha was reared on the farm and was en-\\ngaged in farm labors until he was 19 years old. He\\nobtained a fair education by devoting the winter sea-\\nsons to earnest study, and, after the age named, he\\nspent some time in teaching and as a clerk. He\\nowns a farm in Coe Township, whicli is located on\\nsection 9, and contains 40 acres of land, with 25\\nacres under cultivation.\\nMr. Murtha has officiated as Clerk of Coe Town-\\nship one term, and as School Inspector several years.\\nHe has also served as Township Treasurer two terms.\\nIn the fall of 1882 he was placed in nomination on\\nthe Democratic ticket, for the position he is now fill-\\ning, running against C. W. Gardner, and was elected\\nby 66 majority. He is a member of the Order of\\nMasonry. He was married Oct. 23, 1872, at Salt\\nRiver, Coe Township, to Sarah, daughter of James\\nC. and Hannah W. Merrill. She was born in Portland,\\nMe., Oct. 3, 1845. Their children are: James M,,\\nborn Aug. 31, 1873; Anna, May 9, 1S79; and an in-\\nfant child, unnamed.\\nMr. Murtha s parents were among the first settlers\\nof Coe Township. Following is the record of their\\nchildren Stephen P. is a farmer of Coe Township,\\nand married Catherine Gruber; George W. is a\\nfarmer in the same township, and married Maria\\nStruble; Anhur is acting as clerk for Mr. Murtha,\\nof this sketch Richard E. is a student at the State\\nNormal School at Ypsilanti; Sarah A. is the wife of\\nDr. J. P. Young, of Turlock, Cal.\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "y^^^^ ^f\u00c2\u00ae^\\nr^^iis-\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nv^)\\nlien S. Fay, farmer on section Chi[)-\\n||(\u00c2\u00ab_3-s\u00c2\u00bb-s\u00c2\u00bb pewa Township, is a son of Silas and Roba\\ny^a (Allen) Fay, natives of Connecticut and Ver-\\nb^^ mont. The parents first settled in Wyoming\\ni Co., N. Y., and about 1865 they removed to\\nIowa, where the mother died, in November, 1865.\\nThe bereaved husband went on a visit to New York\\nand Pennsylvania, and while at Attica, N. Y., he died,\\nin June, 1873. His remains were taken to Iowa and\\nburied beside his wife. Their family comprised three\\nsons and five daughters, Allen being the eldest.\\nHe was born in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Dec. 26, 1826,\\nand remained at home until nearly the age of 21,\\nalternately attending school and working on his\\nfather s farm. He bought seven months of his time\\nfrom his father, paying for the same $40, and then\\nworked out by the month. He then went to Penn-\\nsylvania, where he worked in a saw-mill off and on\\nfor six years.\\nHe was married in Wyoming Co., N. Y., Aug. 22,\\n1853, to Miss Salina E., daughter of George and\\nEliza (Buck) Wood, natives of New York. Mrs.\\nFay was born in Cattaraugus Co. N. Y., Oct. 18,\\n1828. Before marriage, Mr. F. had purchased a\\nfarm in McKean Co., Pa., and they at once settled\\non the same, where they lived three and a half years.\\nHe then sold, returned to New York State, and\\nbought a steam saw and shingle mill, which he ran\\nabout seven years. In the meantime he made a\\nten-months visit to Pike s Peak in search of health.\\nIn the spring of 1865 he came to Isabella County\\nand bought 80 acres of land on section where he\\nhas since resided. He now owns 260 acres, 155\\nunder cultivation, a handsome farm.\\nMr. Fay is politically a Republican. He is a mem-\\nber of the F. A. M., and has belonged to the\\nI. O. O. F. He and wife belong to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, of which he has been Steward 15\\nyears.\\nMr. F helped to build the tram-road for the Tuny\\nLumber Company, in McKean Co., Pa., which he\\nran for three years. He formerly made frequent\\ntrips down the Ohio River to Cincinnati, on rafts.\\nHe spent altogether seven years in the employ of\\ni\\nthat company, and on the river and on his Pennsyl-\\nvania farm. Since coming to this county he has\\nworked some in the woods, and was foreman for T. E.\\nArnold in the winter of 1865-6.\\nHe has held the office of County Superintendent\\nof the Poor for seven years. Township Treasurer three\\nyears, and Highway Commissioner four years. He\\ntakes a deep interest in the welfare of the township,\\nand is pre-eminently one of its representative citizens.\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab2fiC ^^1\\n-^^arnny\\n.3^^ ^T^^DIIS\\ng^idney Clark, druggist and Postmaster, Salt\\nRiver, is a son of Robert and Martha\\n(Clark) Clark, natives of New York State\\nwho first settled in St. Lawrence County, that\\nState, and removed to Isabella County in the\\nfall of 1864, settling in Coe Township, where\\nthey now reside. Their family comprised six sons\\nand two daughters.\\nThe second son, Sidney, was born in St. Lawrence\\nCo N. Y., May 7, 1843, and was educated at the\\ncommon school. He came with the family to this\\ncounty in 1864, and for about four years was in the\\nemployment of Aaron Wessells, at St. Louis and\\nSalt River. He next engaged in mercantile pu\\nsuits at the latter place, but soon abandoned thei\\nselling out and buying i;o acres of land on section i.\\nCoe Township, where he resided a year and a halt;\\nhe then sold out and removed to Calhoun Co., Mich.,\\nresiding there two years, engaged in mill work and\\ncarpentering, and one year as a clerk; next he had\\ncharge of the machinery in a woolen factory in\\nVan Buren Co., Mich., one year, when, on account of\\nill health, he returned to St. Louis, Gratiot Co., and\\nfor a year was employed as clerk by A. Wessells. He\\nwas next engaged for two years in a shingle-raill in\\nClare County, this State, and then, at Bay City, he\\nwas first engineer for N. B. Bradley for six years.\\nThen he returned to Coe Township and settled on a\\nfarm of 20 acres, which he conducted until January,\\n1883, when he sold out, moved to Salt River and\\nestablished himself in the drug business, in which he\\nis succeeding well. He was appointed Postmaster at\\nthis place Nov. 8, 1883. He has also held the offices\\nof Constable, Deputy Township Clerk and School\\nI\\ni\\n^5", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "J\\\\\\\\\\nCiJjLyH^ci^T-i ^^^^/y^,^?^:^^-^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nf\\n-2^^\u00c2\u00a7]psr\\n7\\n-^t\\nr-\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nDirector. He is a member of the Masonic Order and\\nof the G. A. R.\\nIn the fall of 1861, Mr. Clark enlisted in the 92d\\nN. Y. Vol. Inf served a year and over, in the Bal-\\nloon Corps, and was honorably discharged at Fort-\\nress Monroe, for disability. In political affairs he is\\na Republican, and, with his wife, a member of the\\nM. E. Church.\\nMr. Clark was married in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\nFeb. 14, 1864, to Miss Ruth Dunn, a daughter of\\nfedward and Jane Dunn, natives of the Empire State.\\nMrs. C. was born in that county, Feb. 9, 1844. They\\nhave had three children Hollis N., now deceased,\\nIva M. and Eddie.\\nAlexander Brodie, farmer, section 26, Union\\nTownship, was born Aug. i,^, 1834, near\\nGreenock, on the River Clyde, in Scotland,\\nand is a son of James and Christina (Thomp-\\nson) Brodie. Mr. Brodie was sent to school\\nuntil he was 19 years old, and acted during the last\\nfour years of that time as an assistant in the school\\nhe attended. He came to Norfolk Co., Canada, be-\\nfore he was 20 years of age, and spent three years\\nthere in teaching. In 1858 he transferred his inter-\\nests to Sanilac Co., Mich., where he remained several\\nmonths. In the spring of r859 he went to Saginaw,\\nand in the fall of the same year he made a prospect-\\ning trip to Isabella County. The next spring he\\nsettled in Union Township, where he has since re-\\nsided. His farm was a part of land that came into\\nmarket about two years later, when he entered a\\nclaim of r6o acres under the provisions of the Home-\\nstead Act. The estate now includes 130 acres of\\ncleared and improved land. Mr. Brodie now owns\\n440 acres of land, located on sections 26, 35 and 36,\\nand on the entire tract 180 acres are improved and in\\ntillage.\\nMr. Brodie has been a prominent citizen of Isa-\\nbella County since he settled within its limits. He\\ntaught two terms of school in the days of his early\\nresidence, and has been identified with school mat-\\nters quite extensively, having officiated in school\\noffices some years in the locality where he is most\\nclosely interested. In the fall of 1878 he was nom-\\ninated on the Republican ticket for the office of\\nCounty Treasurer, running successfully against Rich-\\nard Hoy. He was again nominated and elected in\\nr88o, and held the position altogether four years.\\nHe has acted as Supervisor of Union Township for\\nmany years.\\nMr. Brodie was married at St. Louis, Mich., May\\n12, 1866, to Jennie E., daughter of Samuel and\\nGrace (Craig) McLeod. She was born Jan. r5, r844,\\nin the city of Auburn, N. Y.; Lillie, the eldest child,\\nwas born Feb. 10, 1868, in Lincoln Township. The\\nthree other children were born as follows, on the\\nhomestead: Hugh, July 12, 1S70; Grace, Dec. 28,\\n1876 Jessie, Nov. i, 1881.\\nIn i86r the parents of Mr. Brodie came to Union\\nTownship, where his father died, in June, 1872. The\\nmother is living, in a small house built expressly for\\nher use and independent comfort, on her son s farm.\\nThe father of Mrs. Brodie removed from Shiawassee\\nCounty to what is now Lincoln Township, in Isabella\\nCounty, in 1862, and entered a claim of 160 acres\\nof land. The mother died there in 1869. The\\nfather was killed in the lumber woods, in 1864.\\nUpon a page in proximity to this sketch is given a\\nfine lithographic portrait of Mr. Brodie, as a worthy\\nand prominent citizen of Isabella County.\\nP obert Laughlin, conductor on the Sag-\\ninaw Mt. Pleasant branch of the Flint\\nPere Marquette Railroad, and residing\\nat Mt. Pleasant, was born May 2, r83o, in\\nd Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y. His father,\\nRobert Laughlin, was born in r785,in Ireland,\\nspent his life in the pursuit of agriculture and died at\\nHenrietta, at the age of 58 years. His mother, Eliz-\\nabeth (Kincaid) Laughlin, was also born in Ireland,\\nin 17871 and died at Dunkirk, N. Y., in 1863.\\nMr. Laughlin was the ninth often children born to\\nhis parents, and was reared on a farm. At the age\\nof 20 years he left home and engaged as a brakeman\\non the New York Erie Railroad, where he was\\nemployed from 1850 to 1865. He operated as a\\nbrakeman eight months, when he was promoted to\\nVS\\nI\\nro)\\n^T^^^D !i nn^^^T^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "2T2\\n-zs^^fer\\nTy\\nv ^no\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^llfl^ T\\n-^#J^5f\\n;^5\\n1\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nthe position of conductor, in which capacity he oper-\\nated four years. He then became a fireman, and,\\nafter serving in that position 15 months, he became\\nan engineer. During the last 18 months of his stay\\nin his native State, he acted as Secretary of the\\nBrotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.\\nHe came to Ionia, Mich., in 1865, vk^here he pur-\\nchased an interest in the mercantile establishment\\nof Peter Hackett, in which he continued one year.\\nAt the expiration of that date, he engaged in the\\nfurniture trade, in which he operated alone one year.\\nIn 1867 he accepted a position as conductor on the\\nIonia Lansing Railroad, in which capacity he\\nofficiated a few months, when he was appointed\\nSuperintendent and Master Mechanic of the railroad.\\nTwo years later, after the consolidation of the road\\nwith the Detroit, Lansing Northern, he was ap-\\npointed Assistant Cieneral Superintendent and Master\\nMechanic. He resigned the position at the expira-\\ntion of 30 days, and became an engineer on the\\nFt. Wayne Jackson Railroad. He continued in\\nthat employment one year, and went to Greenville,\\nMontcalm Co., and took charge of the Grand Rapids,\\nGreenville Alpena Railroad. The affairs of the\\nline were brought to a lerinination by the failure of\\nthe owners of the road six months after his appoint-\\nment, and he entered the employtrient of the Chicago\\nLake Huron Railroad, as conductor. He spent\\ntwo months in managing freight trains, after which\\nhe was a passenger conductor. The road became\\nmerged in the Chicago Grand Trunk, and he\\nremained in its service until October, 1880, when he\\nentered the employment of the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette Railroad Company, as a conductor on its\\nEastern Division. He ran a freight train about six\\nweeks, when he took charge of a passenger train and\\nhas since continued in that position.\\nIn the spring of 1881, he removed his residence to\\nMt. Pleasant. He is a member of the Conductors\\nInsurance Association, and is prominent in Masonic\\ncircles. He has been connected with the order since\\nhe reached the period of his legal freedom. He has\\ntaken several degrees and is High Priest of Mt.\\nPleasant Chapter, No. iii, Royal Arch Masons. He\\nwas chiefly instrumental in the organization of that\\nbranch of the Order at Mt. Pleasant, in the spring of\\n1883, and it was instituted Feb. 4, 1884.\\nOn the loth of March, 1884, Mr. Laughlin wag\\nelected President of the village of Mt. Pleasant, on\\nthe Democratic ticket. He owns his residence and\\ngrounds, and another lot, where he intends to build a\\ndwelling; is also the owner of three building lots in\\nthe city of Grand Rapids.\\nHis marriage with Mary McDonald occurred Oct.\\n15, 1854, in Greenwood, Steuben Co., N. Y. She was\\nborn Aug. 15, 1834, in Ireland, and is a daughter of\\nJoseph and Bridget McDonald.\\neorge W. Touts, farmer, section 13, Lin-\\ncoin Township, is a native of the Stale of\\nOhio, where, in Carroll County, he was born,\\nFeb. 22, 1846. His parents were George and\\nEleanor (Hemming) Fouts, natives of Ohio\\nand Pennsylvania respectively, and of German and\\nEnglish extraction. The father followed the trade of /S\\na mechanic, and died in Ohio, in 1875, aged 63 years.\\nThe mother is still living, and resides in Carroll Co.,\\nOhio, and has attained the venerable age of 68 years.\\nGeorge W. lived on the farm and assisted in the\\nmaintenance of the family until he attained the age\\nof 15 years.\\nAt this age of his life the Nation called on her sons\\nto protect her flag from rebel shot and shell, and Mr.\\nF. went forth to fight for its perjjetuity. He enlisted\\nin Co. A, 80th Ohio Vol. Inf and his company was\\nassigned to the Army of the Tennessee. His corps\\nwas known as one of the Bloody i sth, commanded\\nby Gen. Logan.\\nMr. F. was at once placed in the drummer\\ncorps as tenor drummer, which position he occu-\\npied for three years. He was in all the active en-\\ngagements of the company during its service in the\\nArmy of the Cumberland. Together with the rest\\nof the musical corps, Mr. F. was detailed as\\nstretcher bearer, which threw hini in many dan\\nV/\\ngers.\\nr\\nAfter serving in the army for nearly three years,\\nhe was discharged, and thereupon immediately re-\\nenlisted for the remainder of the war. After the\\nclose of the great contest, Aug. 14, 1865, Mr. F. was\\nhonorably discharged after an active and continual (iy\\nservice of three years and ten months.\\n:i V^))\u00c2\u00ab^#*K\\nw-y^\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a06V il]tl^Illl r\\nZ^HsirS\\n^f\u00c2\u00ae^41\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n213\\nAfter his discharge from the service, Mr. F. imme-\\ndiately returned to his home, that of his parents, in\\nWayne Co., Ohio, where he remained until the fall\\nof 1867, when he came to this State. He located in\\nthis county and engaged in working in a mill. He\\nfollowed this occupation for some time and then pur-\\nchased an interest in the mill and remained as one\\nof the firm for three years. At the expiration of this\\ntime he began farming for his father-in-law, which he\\ncontinued for a period and then purchased 40 acres\\nof land on section 13, Lincoln Township, where he\\nhas constantly resided ever since.\\nMr. F. was united in marriage, Sept. 14, 1869, in\\nCoe Township, this county, with Miss Mary E. Estee,\\nwho was born in Chautauqua Co., N. Y.,Sept. 6, 1851.\\nShe was the daughter of Perry H. and Carrie E.\\n(Dole) Estee, whose biography may be found in this\\nwork.\\nMrs. F. came witli her parents to this State and\\ncounty and remained under the parental care until\\nher marriage. She attended the log-cabin school\\nat Salt River when six years of age, and, in company\\nwith her brother, seven years old, walked two miles\\nto obtain this privilege. Later she attended the union\\nschools at Mt. Pleasant, and there, together with oc-\\ncupying her leisure moments in study, she acquired\\na good education.\\nOne child has been born to the union of Mr. and\\nMrs. F., namely. Free L., Feb. 28, 1875. Mr. F. is\\nat present Justice of the Peace. He is a member of\\nthe L O. O. F., Lodge 239, of Salt River, and of the\\nG. A. R of the same place.\\nPolitically, he is a believer in and supporter of the\\nprinciples and doctrines of the Republican i)arty.\\nrthur B. Caldwell, farmer, section 12, Fre-\\nmont Township, is a son of James C. and\\nNancy R. (Russell) Caldwell, the former born\\nin Massachusetts in 1824, and the latter in\\nNew York in 1829, and died in this county, in\\nAugust, 1867. In this State they first lived in\\nMacomb County, then Clinton County, then located\\non section 12, Fremont Township, this county, where\\nthe subject of this sketch still resides. Mr. J. C.\\nCaldwell has followed farming and himbering since\\n/N\\nX\\ncoming to Isabella. On the above place he improved\\n100 acres, and added two lots, of 45 and 35}^ acres.\\nHe finally sold this farm, and he now lives at Two\\nRivers, Deerfield Township, this county.\\n.\\\\rthur B. was born Nov. 8, 1849, in Macomb Co.,\\nMich., lived at home with his parents until of age,\\nand at the age of 25 married Miss Mary E. Preston,\\nwho was born Dec. 15, 1852, in VVyoming Co., N. Y.\\nShe is a daughter of Albert A. and Martha (Nichols)\\nPreston. Mr. P., a farmer, moved with his family\\nfrom New York State to Wisconsinin 1854, returning\\nin a short time to New York, and in 1863 came and\\nsettled on a quarter-section in Lincoln Township;\\nbut since the autumn of 1882 he has resided at Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nMr. and Mrs. Caldwell have had three children,\\nas follows: Lillian M., born Oct. 31, 1875, died Dec.\\n31, 1877 Geneva M., liorn June 5, 1878; and Alice\\nM., Oct. 10, 1881.\\nIn regard to national issues Mr. C. votes with the\\nPepublican party.\\nv_\\n/N\\ne\\n|HI4 W. Carr, junior member of the firm of Carr\\nIJ C Granger, merchants at Mt. Pleasant,\\nwas born June 15, 1848, at Prairieville,\\nP Barry Co., Mich. He is the son of David O.\\nand Chloe M. (Granger) Carr. His father was a\\ni hotel-keeper and lumberman, and removed\\nfrom the State of New York to Michigan in 1836.\\nMr. Carr was but a small boy when his parents re-\\nmoved to Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich., where he at-\\ntended the common schools until he was 16 years\\nold; and then he was sent to Bryant Stratton s\\nBusiness College at Detroit. After finishing a com-\\nplete commercial course, he went to Grand Ledge,\\nEaton County, and there formed one of the partner-\\nship of Babcock Carr in the sale of drugs. The\\nrelation existed until 1870, when Mr. Carr sold his\\nmoiety to his partner and opened an exchange bank,\\nwhich he conducted one year.\\nIn 1871 he came to Mt. Pleasant and bought out\\nWorden Gavett, druggists. Mr. Granger was ad-\\nmitted to an interest in the business soon after and\\nthe partnership has since remained intact. The firm\\nis the oldest unchanged business connection in the\\nr:\\ns", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "M^/\u00c2\u00ae 6V 4DIl:^lin^1 v% -1^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nI\\nf\\n1\\n(qN\\ntown, and, it is supposed, in the county. They are\\nthe oldest liquor dealers in Isabella County, and\\nhandle also groceries, drugs, books, stationery, paints,\\noils, etc., and carry a stock which is estimated to\\nrepresent $35,000. They employ five assistants.\\nMessrs. Carr Granger transacted their business\\nsix years at a location on the north side of Broadway,\\nwhich is now occupied as a furniture store. They\\nwere burned out Aug. 5, 1875, rebuilt at once, and in\\n30 days were in running order. Their loss by the\\nfire was about $5,000. In 1877 they built the fine\\nbrick block in which their business is now established.\\nThe building faces on Broadway and Main Street,\\nand is constructed in the shape of .an L, 175 feet\\nlong. The wing is two stories in height, and the\\nmain portion is three stories high above the base-\\nments. The proprietors occupy the entire structure\\nwith the exception of one room, which is used for\\nan office. They own three lots on Broadway, known\\nas the Wm. N. Harris property. Mr. Carr is\\nthe owner of his residence and grounds. His\\nmarriage to Annie, daughter of Alexander Hapner,\\noccurred May 11, 1873, at Mt. Pleasant, the ceremony\\nbeing performed by G. VV. Gosling. Mrs. Carr is a\\nnative of Indiana. Bessie, only child of Mr. and\\nMrs. Carr, was born at Mt. Pleasant, Sept. 7, 1875.\\n=\u00c2\u00a3i-\\nj^harles Demlow, farmer, section 29, Fre-\\n1 mont Township, is a son of John and\\nSophia (Canford) Demlow, natives of Prussia,\\nS^ who came to New York State in 1863, locating\\non a farm. Mr. D. is yet living in Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., but his wife died in 1873, in that county.\\nThey had three sons and four daughters: one of the\\nformer is deceased, and all the living except one are\\nmarried.\\nThe gentleman whose name heads this sketch was\\nborn March 12, 1846, in Prussia, came with his par-\\nents to America, lived at home with them on a farm\\nuntil 18 years of age, and in the fall of 1877 came to\\nMuskegon County, this State, remaining there four\\nyears. He then settled on his present place of 120\\nacres, 20 of which are well improved. He has a\\ncomfortable house, and in 1883 he erected a large\\nand commodious barn. In regard to political issues\\nMr. D. is counted a Democrat.\\nNov. 19, 1869, Mr. Demlow married Miss Minnie,\\ndaughter of Charles and Sophia Hillman the former\\ndied in New York and the latter in Michigan. She\\nwas born in Michelburg, Prussia. Mr. and Mrs. D.\\nare the parents of six children, viz. Charlie, Will-\\niam, Emma, Mary, George and Edward.\\nif^v\u00c2\u00ae))f^ i\u00c2\u00ab\\n-sj^^jfsi i^^y^s]\\\\ O i|i|; v^,\\nedam Hance, farmer, section 23, Lincoln\\nii^^M Township, was born in Licking Co Ohio,\\nye^ Feb. 3, 1825. His parents were Thomas and\\n(fe^ Polly, /lee Douglas, Hance, the former a native\\nj of New York and of German descent, and the\\nlatter a native of Scotland. The name Hance, as\\nspelled by our subject, is a patronymic of Hause, as\\nit was spelled by the father of Thomas.\\nThe father of Adam was a farmer by occupation,\\nand moved his family from New York to Licking Co.,\\nOhio, in 1817 When he first went to th;t county it\\nwas but little settled, and the hand of improvement\\nwas hardly visible. He remained there for some\\ntime and then moved to Knox County, same State,\\nand then went to Morrow (then Delaware) County\\nand lived there until his death, in 1879, being at that\\ntime in his 92d year.\\nAdam was three years of age when his parents\\nwent to Morrow (Delaware) County, and spent his\\nyears until manhood in that county. He assisted his\\nfather on the farm and attended the common schools\\nof the county, procuring a good common-school edu-\\ncation and developed into manhood. When 22 years\\nof age he engaged with his father in the mercantile\\nbusiness, and successfully continued in the partner-\\nship for two years. At the expiration of that time\\nhe and his brother, jointly, followed farming on the\\nold homestead, and so continued until 1865.\\nDuring the above named year, Mr. Hance dis-\\nposed of all liis real estate and came to this State.\\nHe came direct to this county and purchased 640\\nacres of heavily timbered land, on sections 23 and\\n24, Lincoln Township. On this land he established\\nhis pioneer cabin, and entered on the arduous,\\nthough in many respects pleasant, task of improving\\nit. He encountered all the privations and obstacles\\nVS\\ni\\nfr\\nt\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "TSA BELLA COUNTY.\\n2 S\\n=3\\nV\\ns.\\nof the early pioneer, but, having faith in the future\\ndevelopment of the country, he fought against all\\nobstacles with a determination to overcome them, and\\nsucceeded. To his original purchase Mr. Hance has\\nadded 240 acres, on section 25, same township, and\\nof his entire estate he has 200 acres under good\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Hance was united in marriage, in September,\\n1838, in Ohio, with Miss Mary Morrison, who was\\nborn in Licking Co., Ohio. She was of English and\\nWelsh extraction, and was reared under the parental\\nroof-tree, receiving the advantages afforded by the\\ncommon schools of her native county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hance were the parents of six chil-\\ndren, named as follows Albert W., born Oct. 8, 1841\\nHenry M., born Nov. 1 1, 1843 John W., born Aug.\\n2, 1849; David W.,born Dec. 10, 1852; Sam l. W.,\\nborn Feb. 2, 1856; and Phebe, born Nov. 30, 1854,\\nand died Sept. 29, 1872.\\nMrs. Hance departed this life at her home in Lin-\\ncoln Township, Nov. 6, 1881, mourned as a true wife,\\na loving mother, a faithful friend and a generous\\nneighbor. She lived to see all her children estab-\\nlished in good homes and honorable callings, and\\ncrossed the river to meet her daughter gone before.\\nReligiously, Mrs. Hance was a Spiritualist. In the\\nmaidenhood of life she was a member of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, but later in life became a be-\\nliever in Spiritualism and was strong in that faith at\\nthe time of her death.\\nMr. Hance is a Republican in politics; has held\\nthe offices of his school district, but outside of edu-\\ncational matters withholds his acceptation of office.\\nHe takes a great interest in education, and is an\\nhonored and respected citizen of his township.\\neorge Earl, farmer, section 19, Fremont\\nTownship, is a son of Daniel and Elizabetli\\n(Little) Earl, natives of Ohio. The former was\\nborn in 1802, was a blacksmith by tr;ide, lived\\nin Sandusky County most of his life, and died\\nin 1883 was a farmer in the latter part of his\\nThe latter died in 1872.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was born\\nMarch 20, 1834, in Columbiana Co., O. remained at\\nhome until he was 20 years old, assisting on the farm.\\nHe was then variously occupied until 24 years of age,\\nresiding two and a half years in Muskegon Co., Mich.,\\nthen seven years in Ohio, and finally, in 1865, he\\nsettled at his present place of residence, on 80 acres\\nof primitive woodland. Half of this is on section 19,\\nand half on section i S. Twenty-five acres of this\\ntract is now subdued to the plow, and corresponding\\nimprovements of every kind made or placed under\\nheadway. In the spring of 1S83 he built a neat\\nresidence.\\nMr. Earl has served his scliool district one term in\\nan official capacity. In respect to national and State\\nquestions he votes with the Democratic party.\\nAt the age of 21 Mr. Earl married Miss Margaret\\nM., daughter of Leonard and Maria Smith. She was\\nborn Oct. 28, 1835, in Sandusky Co., Ohio. Her\\nfather, a farmer, was born in Scotland, and her\\nmother was liorn May 28, 1814, and died March 24,\\n1837-\\nThe household of Mr. and Mrs. Earl have com-\\nprised the following children George H., born April\\n4, 1858, and died Feb. 13, i860; Ida R., born Sept.\\n20, 1862, and died March 2, 1864; and Leonard L.,\\nborn July 19, 187 i.\\naeob Kratz, farmer and stock-raiser, sec-\\ntion 12, Lincoln Township, was born in\\nWayne Co., Ohio, Feb. 7, 1855. When\\nnine years old he went to live with his relatives,\\nand remained with them until he had attained\\nthe age of 15. He then followed the occupa-\\ntion of farming, working as a common laborer on the\\nfarms in the county of his nativity, until 1876.\\nMarch i, 1876, he was united in marriage with\\nAcelia Kindig, a native of Medina Co., Ohio, where\\nshe was born Aug. 7, 1856. Mrs. Kratz remained\\nunder her parental care, assisting in the houseliold\\nduties until she attained the age of i6, when she en-\\ntered on the profession of teaching. She continued\\nto occupy her time teaching in the common schools\\nof her native county until she was married to Mr.\\nK. After marriage Mr. K. rented a farm and follow-\\ned his chosen occupation for two years.\\nIn March, 1878, they came to this State and county\\n9\\nS\\ni\\nS\\nK/\\n(i\\n11.\\n;^-t^\\n^M-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "-^J^^-cs\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr\\n*7 ^nii:^nDf\\n4x27-\\nKsv)^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nt\\nand settled on 80 acres of land :on section 12, Lin-\\ncoln Township, which Mr. K. had purchased in 1875.\\nThis land was in a wild state of nature, and earn-\\nestly and energetically did our subject enter on the\\nlaborious though at times pleasant task of clearing\\nand improving it. He now has about 50 acres of this\\nland well improved, and erected thereon good and\\nsubstantial farm buildings.\\nMr. Kratz is devoting a considerable portion of his\\ntime to the propagation of stock, and is handling the\\nPercheron breed of horses with signal success. He\\nhas one horse of this breed valued at $1,000.\\nThe husband and wife are both members of the\\nRegular Baptist Church, in good standing. They are\\nthe parents of three children: Anna M., born in\\nWayne Co., Ohio, Jan. i, 1878; Harvey D., born in\\nthis county, Sept. 27, 1879 and a child, who died in\\ninfancy.\\nPolitically, Mr. K. is a believer in and supporter of\\nthe principles and doctrines of the Republican party.\\nk\\nacob Baker, fanner, section 14, Fremont\\nW: Township, is a son of Josiah and Rachel\\nA. (English) Baker, the former a native of\\nMaryland, and the latter of Licking Co., Ohio,\\n^r^ Mr. Josiah Baker, a farmer, was first a resident\\nin Defiance Co., Ohio, then four years in Hills-\\ndale Co., Mich., then a few years in Ingham County,\\ntwo years in Eaton County, and then located on sec-\\ntion ten, Fremont Township, this county next he\\noccupied section 15, of that township, and finally he\\npurchased 40 acres on section 22, where he now\\nlives. His wife died Dec. 27, 1863, in Ohio.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Licking\\nCo., Ohio, Feb. 25, 1848, and came to this county\\nwith his parents, remaining with them until he was\\n22 years of age. In 1872 he bought 80 acres of sec-\\ntion 14, Fremont Township, which tract was then\\nprincipally unimproved he now has 50 acres in good\\ncultivation, with other substantial improvements.\\nHis nice barn was built in the summer of 1 883.\\nMr. Baker has held the office of School Treasurer,\\nand was elected Township Treasurer in 1883.\\nMarch 21, 1872, Mr. Baker was married to Jerusha\\nE. Heiser, daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Trine)\\nHeiser, natives of Maryland, Mr. H. was a mason\\nand farmer; is now living ui Eaton County, this\\nState. Mrs. Baker was born in that county, Sept. 29,\\n1853: The children of Mr. and Mrs. H. are: Nor-\\nman J., born July 25, 1875; and Orville J., Aug. 3,\\n.879.\\nI eter F. Dodds, attorney at Mt. Pleasant,\\nand member of the law firm of Dodds Bros.,\\nwas born Jan. 4, 1849, in St. Lawrence\\nill parents, John and Catharine\\n(Hoy) Dodds, came to Coe Township, Isabella\\nCounty, in 1866, where they resided until in 1875,\\nthen moved to Mt. Pleasant, at which place the\\nfather died, Dec. 3, 1879. The mother is still living.\\nMr. Dodds was 17 years old when he accompanied\\nhis parents to Isabella County, and two years later\\nhe began teaching, in which calling he has had a\\nlarge experience, covering 57 months in the aggre-\\ngate, from 1868 to October, 1874. He studied mean-\\nwhile and was graduated in the Full English\\nCourse, in the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, in\\nJune, 1874.\\nHe studied one term in the Law Department of\\nthe University at of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1875,\\nas supplementary to a course of law reading, which\\nhe had passed while engaged in teaching, and in the\\nfall of 1875 was admitted to the Bar, at Ithaca,\\nMich., immediately after which event he formed a\\npartnership, for the prosecution of legal business\\nwith Hon. Isaac A. Fanchcr, who was at that time in\\nactive practice, a talented lawyer and at the head of\\nthe Isabella County Bar. D. Scott Partridge became\\na member of the firm April 5, 1878, which relation\\ne.\\\\isted until Aug. i, 1879. Francis H. Dodds, a\\nbrother, was admitted to the firm in April, 1880, and\\nMr. Fancher withdrew and moved to Detroit, Jan. 6,\\n1S82. Soon after this, George E, Dodds, also a\\nbrother, entered the firm, and William I. Dodds, an-\\nother brother, was admitted into the concern in Jan-\\nuary, 1883.\\nIn the fall of 1880, Mr. Dodds was elected Prose-\\ncuting Attorney of Isabella County, and served one\\nterm. He is now a member of the County Board of\\nSchool Examiners is prominent in Masonic circles,\\nbeing a member of Wabon Lodge, No. 305, and of\\nt\\n/s\\n^V\u00c2\u00ae))^^!^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^DD^tlllf^*^\\nr\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "w^\\nlr#\u00c2\u00bb\\no-v im^iiii^ T-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2^ciM;-\\n5\u00c2\u00a7\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n217\\nMt. Pleasant Chapter, No. in, R. A. M., of Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nIn June, 1.SS2, having pursued his studies under\\nthe direction of the faculty of Olivet ollege, he re-\\nceived from said college the degree of Bachelor of\\nArts, of which school his brother, Francis H. FJodds,\\nand his sister, Harmione H. Dodds, are also grad-\\nuates.\\nHe was married, April 20, 1876, at Mt. Pleasant,\\nto Minnie E., daughter of Henry 8. and Cornelia\\nA. Bouten. She was born March 12, 1859, in Homer,\\nCalhoun C o., Mich.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2naasw/t^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^\\n-^gfS/Z OTTv\\n^^W \u00c2\u00aeo**S\u00c2\u00ae W- Simpson, farmer, section i, Lin-\\n-ijjlift^^ Township, was born in Crown Point,\\nV-w^ N. v., April II, 184S, the son of Thomas and\\ni* Aurelia (Lawrence) Simpson, natives of Scot-\\nf land and Vermont. When five years of age\\nhe accompanied his parents to Cattaraugus County,\\nsame State, and two years later came with them to\\nthis State. They located in Oakland County, at a\\ntime when the hand of improvement was hardly vis-\\nible in the vicinity in which they settled. It was in\\n1855, and the county was at that time but little set-\\ntled. The old Detroit Milwaukee Railroad had its\\nflat-bar rails and the development of the county was\\nin its infancy.\\nMr. Simpson remained with his parents, assisting\\non the farm and attending the common schools of the\\ncounty, until he attained the age of 17 years. At\\nthis age he began to learn the carpenter and joiner s\\ntrade, and after three years apprenticeship under a\\ncompetent instructor, he mastered the same. He\\nthen followed his trade, in that county, until 1873,\\nwhen he went to Big Rapids, and remained for a\\nperiod, and then to Ludington, Mason County, this\\nState. He remained at Ludington until February,\\n187s, when he went to California, intending to follow\\nhis trade; but remained only a short time and then\\nwent to Oregon. He was in the latter State two\\nyears and then returned to this State and county and\\nlocated on 60 acres of land on section i, Lincoln\\nTownship, which he had purchased in 1879, and on\\nwhich he is at the present time residing. He has 25\\nacres of this land well improved and has erected on\\nit a fine frame cottage.\\nMr. Simpson was united in marriage, Nov. 10, 1880,\\nwith Miss Julia A. Stocker, at Metamora, Lapeer\\nCounty, this State. She is a daughter of Dennis\\nand Laura A. (Varnum) Stocker, and was born in\\nMetamora, Dec. 17, 1855. She lived at hon.e, as-\\nsisted the mother in the household duties and\\nattended the common schools. Early in life she\\nformed a desire to become a teacher, and vigorously\\nprosecuted her studies to accomplish that end, and\\ncompleted the same at 0.\\\\ford, Oakland County. In\\nthe summer of 1871, at the age of 18 years, she be-\\ngan teaching in Lapeer County, then in Genesee,\\nClinton and Oakland Counties, meeting with success\\nin every school and receiving numerous encomiums\\nfor her skill and mode of teaching. She continued\\nin the profession until her marriage, as stated.\\nMr. and Mrs. Simpson are the parents of one child,\\nLinnie Ray, born Sept. 11, 1882. Mrs. Simpson is\\nconnected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe is a member of the F. A. M., Lodge No. 44,\\nBirmingham, Oakland County, and in j olitics is a\\nDemocrat.\\n|WlLavid W. Hance, farmer, section 23, Lin-\\ngual coin Township, is a son of Adam and\\n(iiV Mary E. (Morrison) Hance (see sketch),\\n14 and was born in Morrow Co., Ohio, Dec. 10,\\n1^52. He accompanied his parents to this\\nState in 1862, and returned again the same\\nyear to Ohio, where he remained, variously occupied\\nuntil the fall of 1865. He then came to this county t(\\nand has constantly resided here ever since. His\\nabode was the home of his parents, and there he\\nlived and assisted in the improvement of the farm.\\nJan. 8, 1876, at St. Louis, Gratiot Co., Mich., he\\nwas united in marriage with Mrs. Etta (\u00c2\u00abcc Sherman)\\nUtley. She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary f^\\nE. (King) Sherman. Her foster parents were An- y\\nroc k\\nm\\ndrew J. and Martha E. (Hance) Utley. Etta was\\nborn Oct. 9, 1858, in Iowa, and was four years of age\\nwhen she was adopted by the family of Mr. I tley,\\nwho were then living in Kno.x Co., Ind. The family\\nmoved from Knox County to Ohio, and then to Si.\\nL,ouis, this State, where she lived until her jjiarrifige\\nDtI5^(ltl^\\n^^m^^^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "X\\nr^d^^^is-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v4 DD^DDrt\\nip^rr^\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^iJA\\nd\\niO,\\nf\\nt\\n2l8\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nto Mr. Hance. Following are the children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hance: Morrison U., born Jan. 15, 1878;\\nBlanche and John W. (twins), born June 23, 1881.\\nIn politics Mr. Hance is a staunch Republican.\\neorge W. Foglesong, farnner, section 14,\\nreiTiont Township, is a son of George and\\nand Mary A. (Cromer) Foglesong. The\\nfather was born in Frederick Co., Md.,and the\\nmother in Virginia. The father followed the\\noccupation of farming for a livelihood in his\\nnative State for a period, and then moved to Seneca\\nCo., Ohio, where he located and followed the same\\nvocation for a period of 28 years. From Ohio he\\ncame to Gratiot County, this State, in 1862, and\\nlocated in Pine River Township, on a farm. The\\nmother died in May, 1853, in Seneca Co., Ohio, and\\nthe father was again married, and on removal to this\\nState died, in the year 1867. His widow is again\\nmarried and lives in Pine River Township, Gratiot\\nCounty.\\nGeorge W. Foglesong, the subject of this biograph-\\nical notice, was born Nov. 14, 1 841, in Hopewell\\nTownship, Seneca Co., Ohio. He remained at home,\\nassisting on the farm and receiving the advantages\\nafforded by the common schools of the county, and\\ndeveloped into manhood. At the age of 22 years he\\nresponded to the call of President Lincoln for troops,\\nand enlisted in Co. K, 21st Mich. Vol. Inf., Second\\nDiv., i4lh Army Corps, under Gen. Sherman s com-\\nmand. The regiment was detached and assigned to\\nthe Engineer Corps. They built a bridge across the\\nTennessee River and constructed the barracks on\\nLookout Mountain. They were then placed in the\\nfield and were engaged in the battle against Hood\\nat Nashville and also the battle of Goldsboro, N.\\nand other minor engagements. He was finally dis-\\ncharged at Washington, D. C, in August, 1865.\\nImmediately after his discharge, Mr. Foglesong\\ncame to this State and settled with his parents in\\nGratiot County. In 1867 he was united in marriage\\nto the lady of his choice, Mrs. Susannah Jordan,\\ndaughter of Thomas and Catharine (Creps) Jordan.\\nShe was born May 10, 1840. The father was a me-\\nchanic and lived in Seneca Co., Ohio. Mrs. Fogle-\\nsong was born in the State of Virginia.\\nIn 1863 Mr. F. came to this county and secured\\n160 acres of land on section 14, Fremont, and April\\n19, 1866, moved on the same and entered on the\\ntask of improving it, determined to make it a perma-\\nnent home for himself and family. He has at the\\npresent time about 80 acres of the land under a good\\nstate of cultivation and has erected thereon one of\\nthe best brick residences in the county, at a cost so\\nfar of $2,000, and which will finally cost about\\n$3,000.\\nMr. and Mrs. Foglesong are the parents of three\\nchildren, namely Nettie V., Ward F., and Henry\\nN. Mrs. F. had two children by her first marriage,\\nMargaret A. E. and Matilda E. J. Politically, Mr.\\nY is a Republican, and in religion he and wife are\\nboth members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nohn Wagner, farmer, section 14, Lincoln\\nTownship, is a native of the State of Ohio,\\nwhere, in the county of Seneca, he was\\nborn, Nov. 13, 1835.\\nHe lived on the parental homestead, assist-\\ning in the maintenance of the family and at-\\ntending the common schools of the vicinity, until he\\nattained the age of 23 years. At this age in life, he\\ntook the old homestead and farmed it on shares. He\\nwas successful in this adventure and continued to\\nfarm the place on shares for some three years.\\nApril 5, 1850, he was united in marriage to Miss\\nMartha E. Shoe, in Tiffin, Seneca Co., Ohio. She\\nwas a native of Wood County, same State, and was\\nborn Aug. 13, 1841. She lived at home, assisting in\\nthe labors of the household and receiving the ad-\\nvantages afforded by the common schools, until her\\nmarriage.\\n.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\fter working the old homestead of his parents,\\nMr. W. moved to Wood Co., Ohio, and purchased an\\n80-acre farm of his own, which he continued to cul-\\ntivate for a period of 12 years. He then rented his\\nfarm on shares, and in 1878 built a grist-mill at Ris-\\ning Sun, Ohio, which he successfully ran until f larch,\\n188 1, when he sold the same and came lo this State.\\nI\\n1=\\nt\\ni\\n^:iini v\\no.\\n-s^^^^f^\\n4\u00c2\u00bbt^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\u00c2\u00abs\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00aevii\\n1\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n223\\nOn his arrival he purchased 40 acres of land on\\nsection 14, Lincoln Township, this county, and on\\nwhich he has continuously resided. Mr. W. has\\nmade considerable improvement on his farm and his\\nprospects for the future are unclouded.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. are the parents of three children,\\nnamely: Henry A., born Jan. 26, 1861; Amanda\\nA., born Dec. 24, 1862, and Sarah I., born Nov. 18,\\n1868. Henry A. married Miss Elba J. Swigard and\\nis now residing in Sandusky Co., Ohio. Amanda A.\\nmarried Arthur H. Rowlader, and is living in Lincoln\\nTownship, this county.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. are members of the United\\nBrethren Church, and Mr. W. is Class Steward and\\nCircuit Secretary in that denomination.\\nPolitically, Mr. W. is an adherent to the principles\\nof the Republican party.\\nIbert B. Upton, lumberman, resident at\\nMt. Pleasant, and member of the firm of\\nLeaton Upton, lumber manufacturers,\\nwas born Dec. 7, 1853, in Franklin Co., Mass.\\ni L His parents, Josiah and Nancy (Woodbury)\\nUpton, removed to Michigan in 1855, where\\nhis father became the proprietor of 1,000 acres of\\nland, in Victor Township, Clinton County. After a\\nresidence there of 15 years the family removed to\\nSt. John s in the same county.\\nMr. Upton acquired a substantial elementary edu-\\ncation at the common schools, and at the age of 15\\nhe became a student at Olivet College, where he\\nspent four years pursuing a classical course of study.\\nOn his return to St. John s he became a book-keeper\\nin the First National Bank, where he officiated two\\nyears. In 1876 he came to Mt. Pleasant as mana-\\nger of the banking house of Hicks, Bennett Co.,\\nof which he was a member. He is still connected\\nwith the institution and remained its manager until\\nJan. 1, 1884, when he resigned his active connection\\ntherewith, to devote his undivided attention to his\\nlumber interests, which where assuming extended\\nproportions. On coming to Mt. Pleasant, he asso-\\nciated L E. Arnold with himself in the lumber busi-\\nness, under the firm style of Arnold Upton. Later,\\nthe relation was changed to Pickard Upton, and\\nafterwards to its present style of Leaton Upton.\\nThe house own an extensive mill in the west part cf\\nthe town, and they employ a working force of 75\\nmen or more, from which the extent of their manu-\\nfacturing interests may be estimated. They own\\nlarge tracts of timber land, located principally in\\nMidland, Gratiot and Isabella Counties, aggregating\\nabout 15,000 acres.\\nAn important item in the catalogue of private\\nproperty belonging to Mr. Upton is a fine stock farm\\nof 2,500 acres on the Chicago, Burlington Quincy\\nRailroad, in the Republican Valley, in the State of\\nNebraska. On this he has expended about $50,000\\nand devotes the entire tract to the rearing of stock,\\nincluding horses and cattle. He employs about a\\ndozen assistants, and his herd comprises commonly\\nan average of between five and six hundred head of\\ncattle. He owns from 40 to 60 horses and makes a\\nspecialty of rearing the Norman breed. He owns an\\ninterest in the building occupied by the banking firm\\nof Hicks, Bennett Co., and also his residence with\\nfive lots attached. Mr. Upton has served several\\nterms as Village Treasurer and aided with his means\\nand influence in the progress and advancement ot\\nMt. Pleasant.\\nHe was married Sept. 21, 1S76, at Niagara Falls,\\nN. Y., to Miss Mell Denison, daughter of Jared C.\\nand Fannie Denison. She was born Jan. 20, 1858,\\nOvid Township, Clinton Co., Mich., where her par-\\nents now reside. Julia, elder daughter, was born\\nDec. 14, 1880; Stella was born Oct. 12, 1883, and\\nnamed for Mrs. Leaton, wife of the business partner\\nof Mr. Upton. The family are members of the Uni-\\ntarian Church, in whose behalf Mr. Upton has ex-\\nercised an active and substantial influence, having\\nbeen largely instrumental in building the place of\\nworship at Mt. Pleasant. The portraits of Mr. and\\nMrs. Upton are presented on pages 220 and 221.\\nilliam W. Dush, dealer in general mer-\\n^Ma chandise and Postmaster at Dushville, is\\np a son of William and Hannah (Todd)\\nDush, natives of Ohio. His father was born\\nOct. 10, 18 10, followed farming, lived 14\\nyears in this Stale, and died in Licking Co., Ohio, in\\nJuly, 1880. His mother died in 1852, in Defiance\\nCo., Ohio.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Sept. 11, 1850\\nCI\\nr^\\n.:ss^^^\\n?c^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae)5\u00c2\u00ab^#\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^i!s\\n-TT-T-\\nC:DI]:^I1I]\\nvrr\\n-^ji^^l^iis;\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nin Defiance Co., Ohio. At the age of i8 he com-\\nmenced working in the lumber woods during the\\nwinter season and improving his farm during the\\nother seasons. In 1875 he located on 40 acres of\\nsection 15, Fremont Township; the next year he\\nstarted the village that bears his name, and now has\\nabout 200 inhabitants. From 1877 to 1879 he ran a\\nsaw-mill, and was interrupted in this line of business\\nby the explosion of a boiler. He was appointed\\nPostmaster in the spring of 1882. He is a Republi-\\ncan in his political views, and is highly esteemed in\\nhis community as a man of energy, philanthropy and\\na high moral tone. He has done much to build up\\nthe material interests of the people. He has been\\nHighway Commissioner and Constable two terms\\neach, and is a member of the I. O. O. F., Lodge No.\\n219, at Millbrook.\\nMr. Dush was married in June, 1877, to Miss C.\\nA. Ingersoll, daughter of L. W. and Mary E. Inger-\\nsoll. He has one child living, Herbert E., born Sept.\\n9, 1878; and one deceased, Nellie M., who died in\\n1 88 1, aged two months.\\noseph Eudler, general farmer, section 22,\\nLincoln Township, was born in Hamilton\\nCo., N. Y., April 28, 1834; remained with\\nhis father on the farm until of age, when for a\\ntime he alternated between farm labor and\\nlumbering; when 30 years of age he came to\\nthis State and for some time worked as a lumberman\\nin Muskegon County, toward the last alternating be-\\ntween this State and New York. Lt 1875 he came\\nto this county, settling upon 40 acres where he now\\nresides, about 25 acres of which he has reduced to a\\ngood state of cultivation. He has recently erected\\na good residence and a large barn. His good judg-\\nment as a farmer is evinced by a corresponding\\nprosperity, which his neighbors recognize.\\nHe was married in Pennsylvania, and has had one\\nson, Martin J., who was born Aug. 25, i860. He\\nstill makes his home with his father.\\nSept. 3, 1863, Mr. Rudler enlisted in Co. G, 63d\\nPa. Vol. \\\\\\\\\\\\l., of the Army of the Potomac, but Jan.\\n22, following, he was discharged on account of sick-\\nness. Sept. 3, 1864, he re-enlisted, in Co. A, 211th\\nPa. Vol. Inf., Army of the Potomac, commanded by\\nCapt. E. B. Lee. Nov. 17, following, he was cap-\\ntured, while on picket, between the James and Af)-\\npomattox Rivers, and was confined for two weeks in\\nthat filthy and awful den, Libby prison, and then for\\nthree months in that not less terrible place, Salisbury\\n(N. C.) prison then two weeks again at Libby\\nwhen he was paroled, which relation he held to the\\nclose of the war. He was honorably discharged\\nJuly I, 1865.\\nOn national issues, Mr. R. sides with the Repub-\\nlicans.\\nilliam Loomis, farmer on section 22, Ver-\\nV\\n5|iL non, is a son of Justin and Eliza (Drake)\\njts^ -i Loomis, natives of Connecticut and Penn-\\nsylvania, and of German and English de-\\nscent. The father died in this county in\\n1872, at the age of 80, having followed carpen-\\ntry all his life. The mother is living in Vernon Town-\\nship, aged 62.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Lockport,\\nErie Co., Pa., March 17, 1842, and began to look out\\nfor his own livelihood at the immature age of ten, by\\nworking on the canal. Returning home, he at-\\ntended the common schools of Erie and Crawford\\nCounties, Pa.\\nAt the age of 19, he enlisted in Co. K, nth Pa.\\nVol. Inf. He was assigned to the Reserve Corps of\\nthe Army of the Potomac, and was in but one skir-\\nmish. He was confined to a hospital for six months,\\nand was discharged for disability, Nov. 9, 1S62.\\nReturning home, he was married and commenced\\nkeeping a boarding-house in the lumber woods of Jef-\\nferson Co., Pa. He afterwards followed farming, and\\nthen spent three years in the oil region, on Oil Creek,\\nin Crawford Co., Pa. He was next employed in a\\nsaw-mill until December, 1870, when he came to\\nIsabella and bought 40 acres, where he now lives.\\nHe has erected suitable farm buildings, and improved\\n18 acres.\\nHe was married in December, 1862, to Miss Annie\\nGibbs, who was born June 24, 1845, in Jefferson Co.,\\nPa. Of this marriage seven children have been born,\\nfour of whom are yet living. Their record is as fol-\\nlows: Donna, born May 11, 1864, and married Oct.\\n5, 1882, to William H. Archamboult; Myron, born\\nA\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "m\\nf^H\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n425\\nV\\n.1\\nDec. 23, 1865; Harriet, March 2, 1870; Charles,\\n\u00c2\u00ab,j July 27, 1878. The deceased are: Florence, born\\n0^ Aug. 15, 1868, died June 16, 1869; Minnie, born\\nJ March 6, 1872, died July 15, 1873; and Emma, born\\n($1 April 15, 1877, and died the same day.\\nMr. Loomis is politically a Democrat. He has\\nheld the office of School Assessor for two terms and\\nis the present incumbent.\\nhomas TurnbuU, a genial and obliging\\nmine host, at Dushville, is a son of Will-\\niam and Agnes (Huggen) Turnbull. They\\nwere natives of Scotland, and emigrated to\\nCanada, landing at Quebec in 1830. They\\nremained at the latter place for a short period\\nand then moved to Toronto, Canada. From Toronto\\nthe parents moved to Moore Township, Lambton Co.,\\nCanada, and located on a tract of 100 acres of land,\\non which they are at present residing and on which\\nthe father follows the occupation of a farmer.\\nThe subject of our biographical notice, Thomas\\nTurnbull, was born Oct. 19, 1836, in Moore Town-\\nship, Lambton Co., Canada. He remained with the\\nparents, assisting in the maintenance of the family\\nand attending the common schools until 17 years of\\nage. At this period of his life he left the parental\\nhomestead, with the consent of his parents, and\\nwent forth to fight for prosperity, single-handed and\\nalone. He served an apprenticeship at the black-\\nsmith s trade for three years, then worked as a jour\\nfor three years and more, when he engaged in the\\nbusiness for himself. He conducted the business\\nwith a moderate degree of success for three or four\\nyears, and then sold it and came to this State. Ar-\\nriving in Saginaw, he worked at his trade for some\\nthree years, when he moved to Midland County, and\\nwas there engaged for two years. In 1866, Mr. T.\\nmoved from Midland County to Mt. Pleasant, this\\ncounty, and there worked at his trade until the spring\\nof 1874. He then entered the hotel business and\\nsuccessfully followed that vocation for a year, when,\\nin the spring of 1875, he sold out and went to Lud-\\nington, Mason County, this State, and there was en-\\ngaged for a short time only, in the saloon business.\\nHe sold this the same year (1875) and came to this\\ncounty and located on a farm of 40 acres, which he\\ncultivated for three years. Leaving his farm he\\nwent to Dushville and engaged at his trade, which\\nhe followed for three years, in partnership with Mr.\\nGeorge E. Osborn. The partnership was dissolved\\nin February, 1881, and Mr. Turnbull took charge of\\nthe hotel, which he is conducting. The host and\\nhostess are genial and obliging to their guests and\\nhave made themselves quite a reputation in the bus-\\niness they are conducting. He has also been for\\nthree years doing an extensive business in the sale\\nof agricultural implements.\\nMr. Turnbull was united in marriage, Sept. 24,\\n1859, to Miss Anna Grayson, born Jan. 6, 1844, in\\nLambton Co., Canada. She was a daughter of Will-\\niam and Anna (Ardel) Grayson, the former a native\\nof Canada, where he died in 1882, and the mother a\\nnative of the Emerald Isle.\\nMr. and Mrs. Turnbull are the parents of three\\nchildren Agnes A., Ellen H and Thomas. Mr.\\nT., politically, is a Democrat. Socially, he is a mem-\\nber of the Masonic Order, Lodge No. 305, at Mt.\\nPleasant.\\n^yii^-\\ne-^^ngr^:\\newis C. Griffith, Clerk of Isabella County\\nresident at Mt. Pleasant, was born Dec. 26,\\n1837, in Wayne Co., Ohio. His parents,\\nNelson and Sarah (Cobler) Griffith, removed in\\n1839 to DeKalb Co., Ind., where they reared\\ntheir children on a farm.\\nMr. Griffith obtained a good education at the com-\\nmon schools, attending winter terms until he was 18\\nyears, old and after that he attended the academies\\nat Vienna and Newville, Ind., three years, devoting\\nthe spring and fall seasons to study, and teaching\\nwinters. He followed teaching as an occupation\\nuntil the outbreak of the civil war. He enlisted Nov.\\n12, 1862, in the 23d Battery, Ind. Vols., and par-\\nticipated in all the engagements of the Georgia cam-\\npaign. He was in the actions at Lost Mountain,\\nResaca, Dalton, Burns Hickory, Kenesaw Mountain,\\nthrough the engagements of the siege of Atlanta, at\\nColumbia, Franklin and Nashville. He enlisted as\\na private, and before his command left Indianapolis\\nhe was promoted to the rank of Corporal. At Knox-\\nville he was again promoted to the position of Ser-\\ngeant, and received honorable discharge July 3, 1865,\\nV^\\nA\\nC\\nr\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "(h\\n1\\nf\\n(3^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nT\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^af^^^vs:\\n\\\\}f at Indianapolis. On his return to DeKalb County,\\nfA he engaged in farming for a time. Within the same\\nCf^ year he came to Isabella County and purchased loo\\nacres of land on what is now section 29, Broomfield\\nTownship, but did not take possession of his property.\\nIn September, 1866, he brought his wife to Broom-\\nfield Township, and settled on 80 acres, located on\\nsection 30. He now owns 160 acres on sections 30\\nand 31, and has 80 acres in a fine state of cultiva-\\ntion, with excellent buildings, valuable orchards and\\nother farm appurtenances of the best order. When\\nhe became a resident on his present farm it was all\\nin heavy timber, and located three-fourths of a mile\\nfrom any thoroughfare. He found himself obliged to\\ncut his road thither, and with his ox team he drew\\nin a thousand feet of lumber and made a camp of it\\nfor the shelter of himself and wife until he cleared a\\nsmall patch of ground and erected a log house. In\\nthis he lived 13 years.\\nThe organization of the township did not take\\nplace until 1868, when he was one of the petitioners\\nfor the accomplishment of that purpose. He was\\nelected first Clerk and discharged the duties of the\\nplace five years in succession. He served as Super-\\nvisor three terms, as Superintendent of Schools about\\nfour years, and as Justice of the Peace one term.\\nHe was nominated on the Republican ticket for the\\noffice he now holds, in the fall of 1880, and made a\\nsuccessful run against E. E. Willie. He was again\\nnominated for the same 5X)sition in the fall of 1882,\\nand scored another victory. He removed to Mt.\\nPleasant in January, 1881, to take possession of his\\noffice. In August following his becoming a citizen\\nof Mt. Pleasant, he was elected Superintendent of\\nSchools of the township. He was elected a member\\nof the County Board of Examiners, and is the pres-\\nent Secretary of that body. He is also a member of\\nthe village School Board.\\nIn connection with his business as an agriculturist\\nand incumbent of successive local official positions,\\nhe has labored as a minister of the Christian\\nChurch. He has been an evangelist in Mecosta and\\nIsabella Counties, and the aggregate time of his min-\\nistry is ten years. He is now preaching regularly in\\nSalt River and has been since April, 1883. He has\\n^P been a Sunday-school Superintendent in the Presby-\\nterian Church. His marriage to Sarah Brown oc-\\ncurred, Oct. 13, 1 86 1. She was born Jan. 26, 1840,\\nin Seneca Co., Ohio, and is the daughter of Levi and\\nJane Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Griffith have been the\\nparents of nine children, three of whom are deceased.\\nThey were born and named as follows Douglass,\\nJuly 26, 1862; Wilbur A., June 30, 1867; Nettie,\\nAug. 29, i86g; Alma, Jan. 24, 187 1; Dessie B.,\\nJune 13, 1873; Hortense M., Oct. 1, 1875; Irving\\nL., April 25, 1878; Lena S., Nov. 22, 1880; Bessie,\\nFeb. 10, 1884.\\nI\\n\u00c2\u00a7|^V^^)^f|^\\neorge F. Goll, general farmer, section 16,\\nLincoln Township, was born in Springfield\\nTownship, Williams Co., Ohio, Oct. 16,\\n1843, his parents being of French ancestry\\nand both died in Ohio his father, a farmer\\ndying in February, 1882, and his mother in\\nDecember, 1861.\\nHe lived with his parents, laboring as a farm hand\\nand attending school, until 18 years old, when he\\nenlisted in the 14th Ohio Vol. Inf, Co. E, April 23,\\n1861, for the three-months service. Oct. 14, 1862,\\nhe re-enlisted, this time in the 21st Battery, Light\\nArtillery, Ohio Volunteers, Army of the Cumberland,\\nand was in several engagements. When Lee sur-\\nrendered, the Ohio battery, then at Richmond, was\\nordered to fire a salute, in the execution of which\\norder a cannon was prematurely discharged, tearing\\noff Mr. GoU s right arm at the wrist and otherwise\\ninjuring him severely. His arm was amputated four\\ninches below the elbow. He was consequently laid\\nup in the hospital for nine weeks. He was honora-\\nbly discharged June 19, 1865, and returned to his\\nhome in Williams Co.,. Ohio, where he lay for some\\ntime before he was able to venture out into business.\\nIn 1868 he came to Michigan and contracted for\\n80 acres on section 16, Lincoln Township, upon\\nwhich he moved the next year. It was then entirely\\nwild, and he improved 35 acres, built farm houses,\\netc., exhibiting every evidence of good judgment in\\nhis vocation. April 14, 1884, he sold his place to\\nMartin Bassett, of Canada, and he now resides in the\\nState of Missouri.\\nMr. Goll has been Township Treasurer eight years\\nand held other offices: has now been Township\\nClerk two years, and is also Health Officer. In ix)l-\\nitics he is a Republican.\\nA\\nKy\\n(T\\ni\\n5X,/5P^\\n-^^D!l^nD 1\\n.:5y?^5?i.\\n*-?4^?^?=5^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "rf*-\\nIS A BELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^((\u00c2\u00aeVM\\n227\\nf\\nV\\nOct. 6, 1867, in Lincoln Township, he married\\nM4ss Malinda Knipe, who was born in Springfield\\nTownship, Williams Co., Ohio, Jan. 22, 1853, and\\ncame to this State in the spring of 1868, since which\\ntime she has resided in this county, except one year\\nin Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Goll are the parents of three\\nchildren, viz.: Lettie J., Feb. 14, 187 1 George B.,\\nMay 13, 1879, and an unnamed infant, deceased.\\nMr. and Mrs. G. are members of the Free Methodist\\nChurch.\\nTames M. McMillen, farmer on section 31,\\nlljj^ Vernon, was born in Clarion Co., Pa., May\\n30, 1829, and is a son of John and Sally\\n(Maxwell) McMillen, natives of Pennsylvania,\\nand of Scotch-Irish descent. The father has\\nbeen a farmer, and is now living with his son,\\nat the advanced age of 85. The mother died in the\\nState of Iowa, in July, 1875. Their family included\\nten children, of whom James was the third.\\nHe lived at home in Pennsylvania, working on his\\nfather s farm until 30 years old. In 1864 the family\\nremoved to Lucas Co., Iowa, where he farmed for\\n15 years. Selling his property, he then came to this\\nState and county and purchased 80 acres of timbered\\nland on section 31, Vernon. He has since improved\\n40 acres and erected necessary farm buildings.\\nHe was married Dec. 14, 1854, in Armstrong Co.,\\nPa., to Miss Sarah J. Stewart, daughter of Matthew\\nand Nancy (Jamison) Stewart, natives of Scotland.\\nMrs. McMillen was born Jan. i, 1834, in Armstrong\\nCounty, and was reared and educated in Clarion\\nCounty, same State. Of her six children, one is de-\\nceased, James M., born July 12, 1859, and died Nov.\\n17, 1861. The living are Winfield S., born Oct. 4,\\n1853; Evaline E., Aug. 11, 1857; Edwin C, Dec. i,\\n1861 Rachel A., June 11, 1866; and Frank S.,\\nJune 25, 1872. Winfield S. was married July 4,\\n1883, to Miss Mary E. Phillips, and is now a farmer\\non section 30, Vernon. Evaline E. was married\\nJune 8, 1876, to J. R. Miller, and is now teaching in\\nJefferson Co., Pa.\\nMrs. McM. is and has been for many years a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. McMillen\\nis politically a Democrat, and has been for some\\ntime Overseer of Highways.\\narren Wing, farmer, section 2, Fremont\\nTownsliip, is a son of Wesley and Salana\\n._ {/we Wilcox) Wing, natives of New York.\\n9 They moved from this State to Iowa in 1850,\\nand there the father followed the occupa-\\ntion of farmer for two years. He then returned\\nto the State of New York, and after remaining there\\na short time came to that State (in the year 1863)\\nand located a homestead of 160 acres of land on\\nsection I, Fremont Township, this county, for him-\\nself, and 120 acres on section 2, for his son, the\\nsubject of this sketch. The father and mother are\\nyet living, in Union Township, this county, where\\nthe former is engaged in farming and is the possessor\\nof 120 acres of good land.\\nWarren Wing, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, was born May 5, 1842, in Chautauqua Co.,\\nN. Y. He remained on the parental farm, assisting\\nthe father in the cultivation of the same and attend-\\ning the common schools, until he attained the age of\\n21 years. On arriving at this age he accompanied\\nhis father to this State and aided him in the clearing\\nof six acres of land, on which they planted winter\\nwheat. He then engaged as a common laborer in\\nthe lumber woods and followed that occupation until\\n1864. During that year he enlisted in Co. H, Eighth\\nMich. Vol. Inf., and was assigned to the Army of the\\nPotomac, Ninth Corps, commanded by Gen. Burn-\\nside. He participated in the battle of the Wilderness\\nand was there wounded in the elbow, which crippled\\nhim for life, and on account of which he is at present\\na deserving pensioner of the U. S. Government. On\\nreceiving the wound mentioned, he was sent to the\\nhospital, and on convalescing he acted as nurse in\\nthe hospital for some time, when he was transferred\\nto the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was finally dis-\\ncharged in August, 1865, at Pittsburg, Pa.\\nOn receiving his discharge, Mr. Wing went to New\\nYork State and was there united in marriage with\\nMiss Lucinda Burt, who was born in Chautauqua\\nCo., N. Y., Aug. 20, 1843, and is a daughter of\\nWillard and Mary H. (Hosier) Burt, of New Eng-\\nland parentage. He.r father was a farmer by occu-\\npation, and died in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., in 1869.\\nHer mother is still living on the old homestead.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wing are the parents of three chil-\\nI\\nII", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "I\\ndren, two boys and one girl. Their names and dates\\nof birth are as follows: Willard W., born July 15,\\n1867 Leon R., born April 6, 1872; Nellie E., born\\nApril 29, 1876.\\nMr. Wing politically is a Republican. He has\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace for three\\nyears, was School Inspector two years, Drain Com-\\nmissioner two years and was re-elected to the latter\\noffice, but resigned.\\nFor the past two years Mr. Wing has been devot-\\nj ing a considerable portion of his time to the apiary\\nI, business, and at the present writing has 75 working\\ncolonies. He has disix)sed of ten swarms and has\\nrealized from the business over $400.\\nKtaefi;\u00c2\u00a9^-\\n.^-S^TZOTv\\nt ra M. Potter, farmer and carpenter, resid-\\nt ing on section 13, Lincoln Township, was\\nborn in DeKalb. Co., Ind., Feb. 3, 1853.\\nHis father, Philetus, was a native of Dutchess\\nCo., N. Y., where he was born in 18 11. His\\nmother, Harriet L. (Woodward) Potter, was\\nborn in the State of Vermont, March 23, 1821.\\nThey were of English and German descent, and the\\nmother died in Paulding Co., Ohio, March 18, 1863,\\nand the father is still living, in Lincoln Township,\\nthis county.\\nIra M. accompanied his parents to Paulding County\\nwhen he was three years of age. Seven years later\\nhis mother died, and at the age of 12 years he came\\nwith his father to this State. His father located in\\nMecosta County, and after remaining there 18 months\\nmoved to Newaygo County and settled in Everett\\nTownship, where he followed the vocation of farmer.\\nHere Ira M. assisted on the farm and attended the\\ncommon schools and developed into manhood. He\\nremained on the farm until 1868, when he went to\\nFort Wayne, Allen Co., Ind., remained for a period\\nand then went to Ohio, and finally returned to Kala-\\nmazoo, this State, where he commenced to learn the\\ncarpenter s trade. He followed that for a time and\\nthen returned to the vocation of farming, which he\\ncontinued for 18 months, when he moved to Cleve-\\nland, Ohio, and there completed the learning of his\\ntrade of carpenter and joiner.\\nAfter this he went to Ilicksville, Defiance Co.,\\nOhio, where he made his home, working at his trade\\nfor three years.\\nIn the year 1877, Mr. Potter took quite an extended\\ntour throughout the West, for the purpose of investi-\\ngating the advantages offered to immigrants. In\\n1878 he came to this county and purchased 40 acres\\nof land on section 1 1, Lincoln Township. He after-\\nward sold this and and purchased 53 acres, partly\\nimproved, on section 13, same township. On this\\nlatter place he is now living, engaged in farming and\\nworking at his trade.\\nMr. Potter is recognized as a skillful and reliable\\nmechanic, and as an evidence of his workmanship\\nmany of the best residences in the southern part of\\nthis county will testify.\\nMr. Potter was united in marriage, Feb. 24, 1880,\\nin St. Ix)uis, Gratiot County, with Miss Addie, daugh-\\nter of James and Elizabeth (Miller) Maxwell, natives\\nof Ohio, where, in Defiance County, they were\\namong the very first settlers. Mrs. Maxwell died\\nApril 14, 1884, and Mr. M. is yet living, in the same\\ncounty. Addie was born in Hicksville, Defiance Co.,\\nOhio, Feb. 7, 1852. She was a constant resident\\nunder the parental roof-tree, assisting in the house-\\nhold duties and attending the common and union\\nschools, until 1882. She had acquired a good educa-\\ntion, and, as her inclination was to be a teacher, her\\neducation was obtained with that view, and for eight\\nyears she successfully taught in the common schools\\nof her native county.\\nMr. and Mrs. Potter are recognized as belonging\\nto a class who are a benefit to the society and com-\\nmunity in which they reside, and are respected and\\nhonored citizens of their township.\\nPolitically, Mr. P. is a supporter of and believer\\nin the doctrines of the Democratic party.\\n[ikipallace W. Preston, Treasurer of Isabella\\na? County, resident at Mt. Pleasant, was born\\n5P Oct. 9, 1837, in the town of Alexander, coun-\\nty of Genesee, State of New York. His\\nparents, William and Mary (Fisk) Preston,\\nwere both natives of Vermont. The father was born\\nJune 28, 1803, and died Nov. 10, 1881, in Mt. Pleas-\\nant. The mother was born Jan. 31, 1806, and is\\nA\\nv/\\nm ?^M\\nsZU^.\\n^ms-\\nr\\nt\\nMi", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "r\\ni\\nrr^\\n4^iin^mi^ r\\n-ZM -\\\\s^\\n-|j^K(\u00c2\u00ae\\\\^^\\n(9\\n1=3\\nV\\nISABELLA CO UN\\n229\\nStill living, in Mt. Pleasant, at the advanced age of\\n78 years.\\nThe family of Mr. Preston settled in Wyoming\\nCo., N. Y., where they reared and educated their\\nchildren. He became an accomplished scholar and\\ntaught five terms of school in Wyoming County. In\\nthe fall of 1863 he came to Isabella County and\\nmade a purchase of 80 acres of land, on section 10,\\nLincoln Township. He had been a resident but two\\nmonths when he received the appointment of County\\nClerk to fill the unexpired term of Norman Payne,\\nand officiated in that position during the year 1864.\\nDuring that time he was elected Register of Deeds,\\non the Republican ticket, and held the office two\\nyears. Meanwhile he bought the hotel in Mt. Pleas-\\nant (now the Bamber House), took possession of his\\nproperty, which he continued to manage nearly three\\nyears. He rented the hotel during the two following\\nyears, and in 1869 sold out. He bought a farm of\\n120 acres, lying one-half mile south of Mt. Pleasant,\\nwhich still remains in his possession. It is a valua-\\nble estate, with 95 acres under culture, good build-\\nings, orchards and other creditable farm appurtenan-\\nces. He took possession of his farm in March, 1869,\\nand there remained until December, 1882, when he\\nmoved to Mt. Pleasant. In the spring of 1879 he\\nwas elected Township Treasurer of Union, and the\\nfollowing spring, Sapervisor, which office he held\\nuntil the fall of 1882, when he received the nomina-\\ntion for Treasurer of Isabella County, on the Repub-\\nlican ticket, and was elected by nearly 300 majority.\\nMr. Preston was married Sept. 24, i86i,in Java,\\nWyoming Co., N. Y., to Arsenath Woodworth. She\\nwas born June 21, i84r,in Java, and is the daugliter\\nof Charles and Nancy Woodworth. The tjiree chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. Preston were born at Mt.\\nPleasant, as follows: Worth W., Sept. ig, 1864;\\nAnna B., Sept. 15, 1870; and Ralph E., June 10, 1874.\\nThe oldest son is a book-keeper, in the employ of\\nUpton Leaton.\\np\\n|!|;;harles H. Standbridge, farmer on section\\n30, Vernon, was iiorn in Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., July 25, 1853, and is a son of Jabez\\nmj^ and Mary A. (Mead) Standbridge, natives of\\n(1\\\\ England. The father was at first a common\\nlaborer, and came with his wife to Washtenaw\\nCo., Mich., where they died in 1879 and 1882, re-\\nspectively. Of their four sons and six daughters,\\ntwo of the former and three of the latter are living\\nCharles is the fourth child and third son.\\nLeaving home at the age of 19, he worked by the\\nmonth for farmers in his native county. Four years\\nlater he came to this county and worked for R. F.\\nGlass, of Gilmore Township. In the fall of 1877 lie\\npurchased 89 acres of wild land on section 30, Ver-\\nnon. Two years later he married and moved upon\\nhis farm, on which he has since resided. He has\\nimproved 20 acres.\\nIn political sentiment he is a Republican.\\nHe was married at Farwell, May 11, 1879, to Miss\\nSarah J., daughter of David and Sarah Margaret\\n(Rawling) Branch, natives of Maine and Ontario,\\nand of English descent. The mother died in 1872,\\nand the father is yet living, in the vicinity of Farwell,\\nClare County. Mrs. Standbridge was born in Genesee\\nCo., Mich., Aug. 19, 1862, and has had three chil-\\ndren, two of whom are living: Lillie M., born July\\n27, 1880, and Nellie M., Dec. 2, 1883. William E.\\nwas born March 27, 1882, and died Sept. 12, 1882.\\nohn W. Curtiss, farmer, section 4, Fre-\\nI mont Township, is a son of Waldo W. and\\nMargaret (McCue) Curtiss. His father was\\na native of New York, where he was born in\\n1820. He was a cooper by trade, and also fol-\\nlowed the occupation of farmer, and died in\\nDecember, 1857. His mother was born on the Em-\\nerald Isle, in 1825, and died Aug. 14, 1S75, in Oak-\\nfield, Genesee Co., N. Y. They were the parents of V\\nsi.x children, all boys, who are all living.\\nJohn W., the subject of this biographical notice,\\nwas born Feb. 13, 1846, in Genesee Co., N. Y. He\\nremained at home until he attained the age of ten\\nyears, and upon the death of his father he went to\\nwork as a common laborer, contributing his wages to\\nthe support of his motlier and brothers. He contin-\\nued to aid the mother and family until the age of 23\\nyears. He then followed farming for six years in\\nGreenville, Montcalm County, this State. For the\\nnext nine years lie was employed in the lumber woods\\nof Montcalm and Isabella Counties. In June, 1883,\\nhe purchased 120 acres on sections 4 and 5, Fre-\\nmont, where he now follows farming. His residence\\nis on section 4.\\nt\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "ioj\\nT^\\\\imm T\\n-THi s-\\n-*=t^^^^\\nt\\n230\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^,-\\nMr. Curtiss was united in marriage July 21, 1880,\\nto Miss Mina Hey, a native of Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nwhere she was born June 17, 1865. She was a\\ndaughter of Charles and Mary (Weiter) Hey, natives\\nof Germany. Her mother came to the New World\\nwhen she was seven years old, in i85i,and her\\nfather in 1857. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Hey\\ncomprised seven children, four boys and three girls,\\none of whom, a girl, is deceased. The father and\\nmother are both living in Montcalm County, where\\nthe former is following the occupation of farmer.\\nMr. and Mrs. Curtiss are the parents of two chil-\\ndren one, an infant, died unnamed; and the other,\\nHenry VV., was born Aug. 29, 1883, in this county.\\ni illiam Tomlinson, farmer, section 22, Lin-\\ncoln Township, was born in Champlain,\\njj^^-p-j Clinton Co., N. Y., March 21, 1834. The\\nparents of Mr. T. were William and Ann\\n(Bolton) Tomlinson, natives of England and\\nJ__ of English descent. His father followed the\\noccupation of farming in his native country, and em-\\nigrated to this country in 1830, continuing the same\\nvocation. His mother died in Clinton Co., N. Y.\\nSept. 6, 1 87 5, aged 76 years and 6 months, and his\\nfather is at present residing with our subject, aged\\n8 1 yearsT\\nWilliam Tomlinson, Sr., the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical notice, is the oldest of the children now\\nliving, assisted in the cultivation of the homstead,\\nattended the common schools and developed into\\nmanhood.\\nNov. 8, 1853, Mr. Tomlinson was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Sarah J. Palmer, residing in the State\\nof Vermont. She was a daughter of Robert and\\nJulia (Spaulding) Palmer, natives of Vermont, and\\nof New England parentage. Her father died in the\\nState of his nativity, in 1848, and her mother is still\\nliving, in the same State. Sarah was born May 18,\\n1835, in Chittenden Co., Vt., and lived under the\\nparental roof-tree, assisting her mother in her house-\\nhold duties and attending the common schools of\\nthe county, until the date of her marriage, as stated.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. Tomlinson worked one of\\nhis father s farms until the fall of 1865, when he\\ncame to this State and homesteaded 1 60 acres of\\nland on section 22, Lincoln Township, this county.\\nWhen Mr. Tomlinson located his homestead in the\\ncounty, it was in a section that was almost a dense\\nforest. Not a stick of timber had been felled on his\\nland, and it was with no little faith in the future de-\\nvelopment of the country that he was induced to\\ncontinue his battle against the trials and obstacles of\\npioneer life. He experienced all the trials incident\\nto the early settler; was compelled to go many miles\\nfor food for his family and pay an exorbitant price\\nfor the same, yet faith cheered him on, and en-\\nergetic effort pulled him safely through. Mr. T.\\ndisposed of 40 acres of his homestead, and has suc-\\ncessfully brought 40 acres of the remainder to a\\ngood state of improvement.\\nRichard B. Tomlinson, a younger brother of our\\nsubject, is one of the most extensive wholesale and\\nretail merchants of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.\\nMr. and Mrs. Tomlinson are the parents of six\\nchildren, born and named as follows: Martha E.,\\nMarch 31, 1856; George E., May 10, 1858; Julia\\nA.., Sept. 14, i860; Ella A., Oct. 16, 1862; Mary\\nA., Sept. 21, 1864; Charles F., June 2, 1866. Mar-\\ntha E., George E., Ella A. and Mary A. are married.\\nThe husband and wife are both members of the Free\\nMethodist Church.\\nMr. Tomlinson, politically, is a staunch Republi-\\ncan. He has filled numerous offices in his township,\\nwith credit, and is at present Justice of the Peace,\\nwhich position he has held for three terms.\\newitt S. Johnson, hardware merchant at\\nDushville, is a son of John Q. A. and\\nV^^^\\nJ^\\nMargaret (Sutherland) Johnson, natives of\\nthe State of New York, where, in Oneida\\nCounty, the fatiier was born, in 1826, and the\\nmother, in Cattaraugus County, in 1825. The\\nfather was reared on a farm in New York State, and\\nwhen 17 years of age came to Monroe County, this\\nState. He lived in that county eight years and then\\nmoved to Barry County, and continued his vocation\\nfor four years, when he came to Isabella and located\\non 160 acres of land in Coe Township. He now\\nresides on section 30, Union Township. He has\\nbeen an active and prominent man, and his biogra-\\nphy appears on another page.\\n1=3\\nX=I\\nV\\ni.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "vCn\\nIr r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nP\\nDewitt S. Johnson, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, was born March 3, 1852, in Barry County,\\nthis State. He was, as his father, reared on the farm\\nand received the advantages afforded by the com-\\nmon school, and under the instruction of his parents\\nand his own energetic, persevering determination,\\nacquired a classical education. He accompanied his\\nparents to this county, and in 1879 was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Almeda M. Ackley. She was\\nborn in Dekalb Co., Ind., in 1856, and was the\\ndaughter of Harvey and Ro.Kana (Coburn) Ackley,\\nnatives of Ohio. Mr. Ackley was a soldier in the\\nlate civil war, and died while in the defense of his\\ncountry s flag. Two children were born of their\\nunion, namely: Ralph E., May 23, 1880; and\\nErma, Nov. 5, 1882.\\nPolitically, Mr. Johnson is a believer in and sup-\\nporter of the doctrines and principles of the Repub-\\nlican party. He has held the office of Constable,\\nand is a respected and esteemed citizen of the town-\\nship. Mrs. Johnson is an earnest and active mem-\\nber of the Disciples Church.\\nenry Woodin, farmer and mill owner on\\nsection 28, Sherman, is a son of Henry and\\nLydia (Earl) Woodin, natives of New York.\\nHenry Woodin, Sr., was a farmer, and died in\\nhis native State. His son Henry was born Nov.\\nI 6, 1827, in Monroe Co., N. Y., and lived at home\\nuntil 19 years of age, receiving a good elementary\\nEnglish education in the common schools. .After\\nleaving the parental roof he was employed in various\\ngristmills until 1853, when he came to Saginaw, this\\nState. He then worked at farming and lumbering\\nuntil 1869, when he came to this county, selected a\\nmill-site on Chippewa River, and erected a grist and\\nsaw mill, which he has operated ever since. He\\nowns at the present time 1,050 acres of land, includ-\\ning 120 acres of winter wheat. He has in all 200\\nacres improved, and good farm buildings.\\nHe was married in 1838, to Miss Sarah B. Rose,\\nwho was born Sept. 10, 1825, in Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nthe daughter of William and Anna (Barber) Rose, of\\nNew York Slate. Three children have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. W. George E. was born Aug. 11,\\n1848. and was accidentally killed in his father s saw-\\nmill, in 1878 Anna A. was born July 12, 1850; and\\nLouella E., Aug. 10, i860.\\nIn political faith, Mr. Woodin is a Democrat. He\\nwas elected Supervisor in 1871, and held t lie office\\nsix consecutive years; and in 1883 and 1884 he was\\nagain chosen to the same position. He is a member\\nof the Masonic Order.\\n^Jiarles Stirling, farmer, section 26, Union\\ntl.lllSji^ TownsJiip, is a son of James and Ellen\\nM-\u00e2\u0080\u009e (Murray) Stirling, and was born in Midlo-\\nthian Parish, Scotland, July 13, T833. When\\nhe was 19, the family came to Coburg, Canada,\\nwhere they resided eight years, and thence\\nthey removed to Brockway Township, St. Clair\\nCounty, this State. Here Mr. Stirling was married,\\nJuly 2, 1861, to Miss Naomi Brown, daughter of\\nDavid and Mary (Matthewson) Brown. Slic was\\nborn in London, Canada, March 12, 1845.\\nIn 1867, Mr. S. came to Saginaw and engaged in\\nlumbering and jobbing, he having for three years\\nprevious been similarly engaged at Lynn, St. Clair\\nCounty. While at Saginaw he was also in the ico\\nbusiness. He was burned out, losing about $4,000.\\nIn the fall of 1875 he came to Union Township, this\\ncounty, and settled on 80 acres of land, where he\\nnow resides. This farm he purchased in 1870, and\\nhis father lived on it five years, until his death, Jan.\\nig, 1876. His mother died in Canada, in 1856.\\nOne year after locating here, Mr. Stirling bought\\n80 acres adjoining his first purchase, on section 27,\\nand at the present time 35 acres of this tract and all\\nof the 80 acres on section 26 are in a high state of\\ncultivation. He has cleared 45 acres by his own\\nefforts, and the various improvements make his farm\\none of the finest in Union Township. He has a\\nsplendid orchard, including six acres, in various kinds\\nof fruit. He is still interested in lumbering, to which\\nhe has devoted more or less of his time for 20 years.\\nMr. Stirling is a member of the Masonic Order.\\nHis family numbers six. James, the eldest, was\\nborn in Brockway Township, St. Clair County, Oct.\\n5, 1862, and is now in the employ of Doughty Bros.,\\nof Mt. Pleasant. Mary was born in Brockway, Feb.\\n29, 1864, and was married Feb. 28, 1883, to Free\\nEstee, of Mt. Pleasant. Nellie M. was born in Lynn\\nA\\nca:\\nv/\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": ":23^^K^H\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(b\\ns\\nQ^\\nTownship, St. Clair County, Sept. 27, 1866, is now\\nattending school at Mt. Pleasant, and graduates in\\nJune (1884). David B. was born in Saginaw, July\\n25, 1869. Christina was born in Saginaw, April 27,\\n1874, and Charles B. was born Oct. 31, 1876. The\\nlast three are also attending school.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Stirling is given in this work,\\nas that of a worthy, rejiresentative citizen.\\njharles T. Puehert, farmer and blacksmith,\\nresiding on section 10, Lincoln Township,\\nwas born in Germany, Aug. 12, 1839. He\\nemigrated to this country when about 17 years\\nof age and located in Huron Co., Ohio.\\nShortly after his coming into the country he\\napprenticed himself to a Mr. Aaron Abbey, to learn\\nthe blacksmith s trade. He remained with Mr. Ab-\\nbey for one year and a half, and with his successor\\n(Wm. Becker) for one year, at which time he com-\\npleted his term of apprenticeship. He then went to\\nwork as a jour and was thus engaged until July\\n28, 1862. At that date, he enlisted in Co. A, S5th\\nOhio Vol. Inf., Capt. C. G. Gambey, and accompanied\\nhis company to the Potomac, to which army it was\\nassigned.\\nShortly after his enlistment, Mr. P. was taken sick,\\nand after remaining in the hospital for some time he\\nwas honorably discharged, on account of disability,\\nDec. 13, 1862.\\nHe returned home and after convalescence he es-\\ntablished a blacksmith shop in Huron Co., Ohio. He\\ncontinued to run his shop for a year, and then sold\\nit and once again went to work as a jour. Mr. P.\\ncontinued at his trade for a short time and then went\\nto the oil regions of Pennsylvania. He soon re-\\ntraced his steps to Huron County and erected\\nanother shop, but shortly sold it. In the spring of\\n1866 Mr. P. opened a crockery store in Wood Co.,\\nOhio, and successfully conducted the same for about\\na year, then sold it and went to Toledo, same State,\\nand again worked at his trade.\\nFrom Toledo, Mr. P. came to Lenawee County, this\\nState, thence to Medina Co., Ohio, then back to\\nLenawee County, and in 187 1 went to Illinois,\\nwhere he followed his trade for some time. From\\nlUinois he returned to this State and located in Hills-\\ndale, and in 1875 came to this county and located on\\n160 acres of land on section 26, Lincoln Township,\\nwhich he had previously purchased. He afterward\\nsold this land and purchased 80 acres on section 14,\\nsame township. While residing on this land, Mr. P.\\nwas burned out, sustaining a loss of $5\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0- He then\\nsold and moved to Salt River. From the latter\\nplace he went to Hillsdale County, where he remained\\nuntil 1882, and then returning to this county he pur-\\nchased 80 acres of land on section 10, Lincoln\\nTownship, on which he is at present residing. He\\nhas been the owner of five farms, on each of which\\nhe made improverr.ents.\\nMr. P. was first united in marriage, in January, i86i,\\nin Huron Co., Ohio, with Miss Sarah A. Gilson, born\\nin the county in which they were married. They had\\nfour children Albert F., Elizabeth (deceased),\\nCharles E. and Isabella.\\nHis second marriage was to Miss Lucinda Sawdey,.\\nof Hillsdale County, this State, who was born Feb.\\n16, 1S47.\\nMr. Puehert is a liberal in politics, and has held\\nthe minor offices of his township. He is a member\\nof the Order of F. A. M., Lodge No. 288, at Salt\\nRiver, in which society he has held the office of W.\\nM. for two years.\\neorge P. Cullimore, farmer, section 17,\\nFremont Township, is a son of Daniel and\\nSarah (Haines) Cullimore. His father was\\nborn in Ireland, of English extraction, and his\\nmother, in Maryland. In his younger days,\\nhis father followed the occupation of a farmer, and\\nalso that of woolen manufacturer. He came to\\nAmerica in 1819, landing at Salem, Mass., but soon\\nafterward moved to Maryland. From that State he\\nmoved to Ohio, and located in Greene County, where\\nhe followed the occupation of farming for six years,\\nand then moved to Whitley Co., Ind. Both father\\nand mother died in the latter named county, the\\nformer in March, 1862, and the latter, Sept. 9, 1880.\\nGeorge P. Cullimore, the subject of our sketch,\\nwas born Sept. 2, 1826, in Frederick Co., Md. He\\nlived on the parental homestead, assisting his father\\nin the cultivation of the farm and attended the com-\\ni-\\nK^\\nA\\n^^tK^^D !1 5i^lIIs ^r^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ?S\\n\u00c2\u00ab5) t;\\nIT\\n^y\\ny", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "6V ^^IlIl :ilDi1\\nr^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^^^\u00c2\u00ae\\\\Wi\\n23s\\nmon schools, until he arrived at the age of manhood.\\nHe followed farming in Whitley Co., Ind., until Octo-\\nber, 1874, when he came to this county and settled\\nOf 157^ acres of land, which he had purchased in\\n1865, and on which he has since made his home.\\nAt the age of 26 years, Oct. 31, 1852, Mr. Culli-\\nmore was united in marriage with Miss Nancy Per-\\nkins, who was born Aug. 28, 1836, in the State of\\nOhio. By this marriage he has one son, Daniel J.\\nCullimore, born Aug. 25, 1853. Mr. Cullimore was\\nagain married this time for his life partner he se-\\nlected Miss Martha E. Garner, to whom he was\\nunited in marriage May 24, 1868, in this county.\\nShe was born Oct. 25, 1850, in Howard Co., Ind.,\\nand is the daughter of James and Sarah (Shanley)\\nGarner, natives of Ohio and North Carolina. The\\nhusband and wife are the parents of four children\\nSarah I., born Aug. 15, 1872; William G., born\\nMarch 3, 1S75 George H., born April 4, 1877; and\\nJohn A., born May 9, 1880.\\nPolitically, Mr. Cullimore is a Republican. He\\nhas held the office of Justice of the Peace one term,\\nand Drain Commissioner, and is one of the repre-\\nsentative men of his township.\\noteec/\u00c2\u00ae^\\n.^.SWraTrav\\neander L. Taylor, druggist at Dushville,\\nis a son of Lorenzo D. and Mary P. (Rob-\\ninson) Taylor. His father was born March\\n10, 1817, in St. Joseph Co., Mich., was at first\\na cooper by trade, and afterwards bought an 80-\\nacre farm in Branch County, where he lived\\nuntil his death, Aug. 3, 1861. His wife was born\\nApril 22, 1821, in the State of New York. In 1865,\\nafter the death of her first husband, she married Dr.\\nSamuel Green, moved to La Grange Co., Ind., but in\\n1876 returned to Branch County, where Dr. Green\\ndied, .^ug. 13, 1880. She was the mother of ;i\\nchildren, eight of whom are living, and all married\\nexcept Leander L. She is yet living, with her son,\\nnamed at the head of this sketch.\\nThe latter was born Ai)ril 22, 1858, in Branch Co.,\\nMich., and until 17 years of age was with his parents\\non the farm and attending school. In 1880 he went\\nto school at Fremont nine months returning to\\nBranch ounty, he studied medicine six months, and\\nsince the fall of 1882 he has been engaged in the\\ndrug business at Dushville. Steady and reliable, he\\nhas a growing trade.\\nIn regard to questions of national policy, Mr.\\nTaylor acts with the Republican party.\\nV\\nSyron A. Ackerman, farmer, section 18,\\nUnion Township, was born Sept. 6, 1830,\\nin Jefferson Co., N. Y., and is a son of\\nSalmon C. and Emily (Dickerson) Ackerman.\\nHis father died when he, the son, was four\\nyears old, and, four years later, his mother\\nwas again married. She is yet living, in Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y.\\nMr. Ackerman became a sailor when he was 15\\nyears old, and followed the lakes eight or nine sea-\\nsons. He rose to the position of mate and sailed in\\nthat capacity two seasons. In 1855 he bought 160\\nacres of land in Adams Co., Wis. He remained\\nthere two years, sold out, and went to Des Moines\\nCo., Iowa, where he rented a farm and resided three\\nyears. He became a soldier in the second year of\\nthe war, enlisting Aug. 13, 1862, in Co. G, 39th Iowa\\nVol. Inf The regiment was assigned to the 15th\\nArmy Corps, Fourth Division. They joined the di-\\nvision at Corinth and went with Sherman from Chat-\\ntanooga to Atlanta, thence to the sea, and remained\\nwith that command until the surrender of Gen.\\nJohnston. Mr. Ackerman was a participant in the\\nbattles of Resaca, Marietta, Kenesavv Mountain,\\nAltoona Pass and Bentonville. He was near Gen.\\nJohn Corse at Altoona Pass, when the latter was\\nwounded and caught him in his arms as he fell. The\\nsong, Hold the Fort, took its origin from the action\\nat Altoona.\\nMr. Ackerman was nnistered out June 14, 1S65,\\nand went immediately to Kenosha, Wis., whither his\\nfamily had removed during his absence in the war.\\nHe again resumed his former occupation and engaged\\nas a common sailor two seasons, when he was placed\\nin command of a steam tug, running from Holland,\\nMich., which he managed five years. His next en-\\ngagement was one season as mate of the Kate\\nHoward, and the season following as a sailor before\\nthe mast. He then came to Riley Township, Clin-\\nton Co., Mich., where he spent three years on a\\nrented farm. In 1877 he bought 80 acres of land in\\nA\\nsy\\nG)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "^v^tin;t:i]nf^:^\\n-4^^f\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni\\nNottawa Township, Isabella County. The property\\nwas wholly unimproved, and he devoted the next\\nthree years to clearing and placing in suitable condi-\\ntion for agriculture, about 20 acres. At the end of\\nthat time, he sold out and bought his present farm,\\nv^hich includes 45 acres. At the date of his purchase\\nabout 12 acres were improved, and Mr. Ackerman has\\nincreased his cleared and cultivated territory to 32\\nacres. He adopts the principles of the Republican\\nparty, and has a tendency to liberalism in ix)litical\\nviews. He served one term in Nottawa Township\\nas Highway Commissioner.\\nHe was married Dec. 8, 1858, to Sarah A.,\\ndaughter of Greenleaf and Elizabeth B. (Moon)\\nBates. She was born April 6, 1840, in Erie Co., N.\\nY., 22 miles from Buffalo. Their children are\\nCharles E., born Sept. 10, 1859, in Adams Co., Wis.,\\ndied Feb. 14, 1863; Alice E., born March 27, 1867,\\nin Kenosha, Wis., was married Feb. 22, 1883, to Rob-\\nert B. Reynolds; Mary E. was born in Holland\\nCity, Oct. 9, 1873.\\n(K \u00c2\u00a7|i!j|^fc^\u00c2\u00b0 *y B. Copeman, general farmer and stock-\\n1b, raiser, section 9, Lincoln Township, was\\nborn in Brant Co., Ont., March 30, 1859.\\nHis parents, natives of New York and Canada\\nrespectively, moved when he was very young\\nto Oakland Co., Mich., locating upon a farm.\\nHis mother died July 29, 1877, and he, being the\\nyoungest, assumed control of half the homestead,\\nconsisting of 90 acres. He inherited this place and\\nfollowed farming here until April, 1880, when he sold\\nand went to Kansas, and thence to Colorado, on a\\nprospecting tour. In the fall of that year he came\\nto Lincoln Township, this county, and purchased 100\\nacres of partly improved land. He has since cleared\\n25 acres, having now an aggregate of 75 acres in a\\ngood tillable condition, with a fine residence, recently\\nerected, at a cost of $2,000. He is an active, pro-\\ngressive farmer. Politically, he sympathizes with the\\nNational party.\\nMarch 30, 1881, in Mt. Pleasant, Mr. Copeman\\nwas married to Miss Emma Reimer, who was born\\nJan. I, 1863, in Northumberland Co., Pa. and when\\nfour years of age was taken by her parents, in change\\nof residence, to Ronald Township, Ionia Co., Mich.,\\nwhere she lived until marriage. She is a member of\\nthe M. E. Church. Mr. and Mrs. C. have one child,\\nLena M., born Jan. 7, 1882.\\n\u00c2\u00abE\\ni^\\nM^\\\\\\nHen Keen, physician and surgeon, at Dush-\\njij k\u00e2\u0080\u0094 g^-^ i^ ville, is a son of Joseph and Deborah A.\\nS?l\u00c2\u00a3. 3} (Finch) Keen. His father was born in Clinton\\nCo., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1800, became a farmer,\\nemigrated to Ohio in 1815, and in 1855 to\\nClinton Co., Mich., where he died Jan. 31,\\n1877. His (Allen s) mother was born in Tompkins\\nCo., N. Y., July 21, r8i6, and is yet living, with her\\nson here mentioned.\\nDr. Allen Keen was born Jan. 9, 1844, in Morrow\\nCo., Ohio; remained at his parental home until 1877,\\nwhen he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col-\\nlege in New York city and attended a six-months\\ncourse of lectures he then came to Dushville, arriv-\\ning May 7, 1878, and commenced the practice of\\nmedicine. In the autumn and winter of 1883-4 he\\nattended a six-months course of lectures at the\\nDetroit Medical College, graduating Feb. 29.\\nSept. 13, 1862, Dr. Keen enlisted in Co. A, 23d\\nMich. Inf., which was placed in the Second Brigade\\nand Second Division of the 23d Army Corps, and he\\nparticipated in all the battles in which his regiment\\nengaged, the principal being Campbell Station, Knox-\\nville, Resaca, Ix)St Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain,\\nChattahoochee, the Atlanta campaign, Lovejoy Sta-\\ntion, Franklin, Nashville, etc. He was discharged in\\nJuly, 1865. He is a member of Lodge No. 305, F.\\nA. M., at Mt. Pleasant, and votes independently in\\nin regard to national and State questions.\\nOct. 22, 187 I, Dr. Keen married Miss Ellen V.,\\ndaughter of John G. and Sarah (Fox) Sevy, who was\\nl)orn May 10, 1852, in Clinton Co. Mich. Before her\\nmarriage she taught her first term of school in the\\ntown of Bengal, Clinton County. She has just closed\\nher eighth term as teacher, in the village school at\\nDushville. Her father was a native of New York\\nState, born Sept. 14, r799, followed farming, and died\\nin November, 1855, in Clinton Co., Mich. Hermother\\nwas born June 4, 1818, in New Hampshire, and is\\nI\\nC\\n/s", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "T\\nm:ms\\nT\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n237\\non the old homestead in Clinton Co.,\\nand Mrs. Keen are the parents of three\\nchildren: John S., born July 9, 1874; Philip M.,\\nMarch 16, 1876, and Walter, June 3, 1881.\\n^amuel Lieehti, farmer on section 34, Ver-\\nnon Township, was born near Berne, Swit-\\nzerland, March 18, 1849. He remained at\\nhome, working in foundries and saw-mills,\\nuntil 1872, when he came to America, in com-\\npany with an older brother. He stopped first\\nat Jersey City, where he followed for one year the\\ncarpenter s trade, which he had learned before emi-\\ngrating. He then worked in a sugar refinery for 18\\nmonths, after which he worked in a rolling mill at\\nPittsburg, Pa. In the spring of 1876, he came to\\nthis State and county, and purchased 80 acres, where\\nhe now lives. To this he has added 20 acres, and of\\nhis whole farm 50 acres are well improved. He has\\nerected good farm buildings and started a fine or-\\nchard.\\nHe was married March 4, 1876, at Mt. Pleasant,\\nto Mrs. Catharine (Leibbrand) Riethmeyer, a native\\nof Wurtemberg, Germany. She was born March 18,\\n1 83 1, and came to .America when 23 years old. This\\nis her third marriage. By her first husband, George\\nBosch, she had three children: Katie, born Feb. i,\\n1858 Mary, June 2, i860; Regina, March 12, 1862;\\nand by her second, Christopher Riethmeyer, she had\\ntwo: Carrie, born June 25, 1865 and Gottlieb, June\\n4) 1870.\\nMr. Lieehti is politically a Democrat. He and\\nwife belong to the Lutheran Church.\\nfames H. Tinker, farmer on section 18, Sher-\\n|S^ man Township, is a son of Sylvester and\\nMary K. (Kennedy) Tinker, natives of Port-\\nage Co., Ohio. Sylvester I inker was born\\nJuly 4, 1807, and died in August, 1855. His\\nwife was born Sept. 21, 1809, and is yet living,\\nwith her son, at the mature age of 75.\\nTheir son James was born May 3, 1835, in Portage\\nCo., Ohio, and at 17 went to Illinois. He there\\nworked at coopering during the summer, and attended\\nschool in the winter, for one year. Returning to\\nOhio, he came thence to Michigan with his parents\\nand located in Allegan County. For three years he\\nworked at his trade in the city of Grand Rapids.\\nThe next 12 years were spent on a farm in Allegan\\nCounty. In 187 1 he selected a quarter-section m\\nSherman Township, this county. He has now half\\na section of landj 50 acres of which are improved.\\nHe was married in i860, to Margaret M. Kent,\\nwho was born Oct. 28, 1835, in Whitby, Canada, the\\ndaughter of William and Harriet (Henderson) Kent.\\nMr. Kent was born in Vermont, in 1796, and died\\nJan. 25, 1884. His wife was born in New York,\\nJuly 25, 1807, and died May 6, 1882. Mr. and Mrs.\\nTinker are the parents of four children, two of whom\\nare living: Josephine H., born Nov. i, 1861, and died\\nSept. 7, 1870; William, born March 31, 1863, died\\nin 1867; Eudora, born Oct. 15, 1865; and Marsliall,\\nborn Sept. 24, 1869.\\nMr. T. was Treasurerof his township consecutively\\nfrom 187 1 to 1877, and was also for six successive\\nyears Supervisor. He has been Superintendent of\\nSchools. He is a member of the Masonic )rder,\\nand is politically a Democrat.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^CS-\\nilliam H. Simonds, merchant, section 16\\nLincoln Township, was born in Homer\\nCortland Co., N. Y., Dec. 6, 1837. His\\nfather, Benjamin Simonds, was a native of\\nConnecticut, of English descent, a cooper by\\ntrade, but generally followed the ashery busi-\\nness, in New York, until 1 87 2, when he came to Mich-\\nigan and located in Capac. In 1879 he was drugged\\nby some robbers for his money, which then amounted\\nto about $400, and he soon after died from the effects\\nof the drug. He was never able to speak a word\\nafter that crime was committed upon him. The\\nmother of William H. Malinda (iiee McDonald)\\nwas a native of Ballston, N. Y., of F2nglish descent,\\nand died in her native State, in November, i860.\\nOf the children in the above family, three sons\\nand three daughters, the subject of this sketch is the\\neldest. When three years of age the family moved\\nto Eaton, Madison Co., N. Y., and two years later to\\nPekin, Niagara Co., N. Y., where he attended school\\nand worked with his father in the ashery until 20\\n9\\nO\\n)5f\u00c2\u00a7i#\\ne7^^Il!l^IHi; V4=^ -i^^^^- N\u00c2\u00a7|)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "J^ii,\\n^iiiisiin^\\n3\\n7\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nyears of age; but from the time he was i6 he de-\\nvoted the summer seasons to labor upwn his father s\\nfarm, on shares. When he became of age he went\\nto lUinois and worked a year for a farmer in Stephen-\\nson County; then was at Omaha, Neb., where he\\nworked on a farm one season and clerked in a store\\nduring the following winter. Then he went, with a\\nview to mining, to Pike s Peak, Salt Lake City, Pike s\\nPeak again, Santa Fe and back to his old home in\\nNew York State.\\nApril, 28, 1 861, he enlisted in a battalion for the\\nservice of the State, and subsequently for that of the\\ngeneral Government, joining Co. K, 28th N. Y. Vol.\\nInf, Army of the Shenandoah, being under Gens.\\nPatterson, Banks and Hooker. Aug. 9, 1862, at the\\nbattle of Cedar Mountain, he was captured, but im-\\nmediately paroled, and he volunteered to take care\\nof the Union and rebel prisoners at Charlottesville.\\nVa. Here he spent, as he says, 40 of the best days\\nof all his life, as he was cared for in an extraordinary\\nmanner, considering the exigencies. He was al-\\nlowed many privileges, and given by the rebel officers\\nand citizens several thousands of dollars in confi-\\ndence, which he gave to the Union soldiers passing\\nthere on the cars. At the end of the 40 days he was\\ndeclared exchanged and went back to his regiment^\\nwhere he remained until the close of his enlistment,\\nin July, 1863, when he was honorably discharged.\\nHe was in six general engagements, besides minor\\nbattles; was wounded in the left knee at Winchester,\\nVa., May 25, 1862. Returning home, he followed\\nfarming a year, then re-enlisted again, in the 23d N.\\nY. Ind. Battery, of Schofield s Division in North Car-\\nolina. Was in two active engagements, but escaped\\nunhurt and was finally discharged, after the close\\nof the war, July 14, 1865.\\nSpending then a short time in his native State, he\\ncame to this county and took up 160 acres of wild\\nland, under the Homestead Act, on section 15, Lin-\\ncoln Township. After following agricultural pur-\\nsuits here for about six years, he went, in April, 187 i,\\nto Salt River, where he followed painting; in the fall\\nof that year he went to Mt. Pleasant, where for five\\nyears he alternated between painting and clerking in\\na store. In the fall of 1881, he came to Lincoln\\nTownship, erected a store-house on section 16, and\\nin August following he placed therein a stock of $625\\nworth of goods, which he has increased with an in-\\ncreasing trade until now he carries a stock of $2,000\\nand does an annual business of $1 1,000. He built the\\nfirst store and the second frame house in the town-\\nship.\\nMr. S. is a charter member of the blue lodge, F.\\nA. M., at Salt River, has held tlie minor offices of\\nhis township, and in politics is a strong Democrat.\\nOct. I, 1865, in Dowagiac, Mich., Mr. Simonds\\nmarried Miss Olive C, daughter of Henry and Julia\\n(Chessbrough) Hills, natives respectively of New\\nYork and Vermont, of English ancestry. Mrs. S.\\nwas born in Dowagiac, June 12, 1843. Harry H.\\nSimonds, their only son, was born Feb. 27, 1877.\\nIE dwin E. Coburn, minister, teaclier and\\n10 surveyor, residing at Dushville, Fremont\\nTownship, is a son of John F. and Min-\\njSjjL erva (Twadell) Coburn.\\nHis parents were natives of New York State,\\nwhere his father was born June 22, 1807, and\\nhis mother Oct. 2, 1812. His father was a minister\\nby profession, and at times followed the occupation\\nof a farmer. He was a prominent citizen in what-\\never community he resided, and while living in De-\\nKalb Co., Ind., he held the position of Clerk of the\\nCircuit Court five years and Register of Deeds seven\\nyears. He was also Pastor of the Church of Christ\\nand followed his ministerial labors until the time of\\nhis death, which occurred while administering the\\ngospel in 1880. The mother died Oct. 25, 1840, in\\nAuburn, DeKalb Co., Ind.\\nEdwin R. Coburn, the subject of our notice, was\\nborn in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Aug. 10, 1835.\\nHe remained at home until his step-mother s death,\\nwhich occurred when he had attained the age of 17\\nyears, when he entered the mercantile establishment\\nof Dickerson Bros., at Hicksville, Ohio, as clerk.\\nHis education had been acquired in the common\\nschools and under the tutorship of his father, and\\nafter clerking in the establisliment mentioned for a\\nperiod of time he entered on the profession ol\\nteacher. He continued to follow this until the civil\\nwar.\\nSept. 23, 1861, he enlisted in Co. F, 44th Ind. Int.\\nHe first smelt gunpowder burnt in anger at the\\nbattle of Corinth. He also participated in the bat-\\nA\\n1=1\\nr\\n-s^k^f^\\n-A iD!i^nD;t A\\n.^i^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "||s/^D$\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^t|\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n6V4^nn^Dllr v\\n-;2S\u00c2\u00ab^^ sr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n239\\nt\\nA\\nties of Chickamauga and Chattanooga. At the\\nformer he was wounded and was detached to survey\\nthe National Cemetery at Chattanooga. He was\\nhonorably discharged Nov. 21, ICS64, having served\\nthree years and two months.\\nAfter his discharge he went home to Indiana, and\\nfollowed surveying for some time, and in 1866 came\\nto this county and located at Dushville. He has\\nconstantly resided at that place ever since. He has\\nfollowed the ministerial profession since 1858, and is\\nat the present time a member of the District Mis-\\nsionary Society. He also devotes his time to survey-\\ning during summers and to teaching winters, in\\naddition to his ministerial labors.\\nMr. Coburn was united in marriage Oct. 25, 1858,\\nto Miss Elizabeth Johnson, born Oct. 25, 1836, in\\nStark Co., Ohio. She was a daughter of David and\\nMargaret Johnson, natives of Pennsylvania, who\\nmoved from that State to Hicksville, Defiance Co.,\\nOhio, where they both died.\\nPolitically, Mr. Coburn is a supporter of and be-\\nliever in the principles of the Republican party. He\\nhas held the office of Justice of the Peace and School\\nInspector, and was Postmaster at Dushville for a\\nnumber of years.\\nI\\noseph A. Owen, farmer on section 36, Ver-\\nnon, was born in Lower Canada, Dec. 3,\\n1827, and is a son of Amasa and Mary\\n(McNeal) Owen, natives of Vermont and New\\nBrunswick and of Scotch-Irish descent. The\\nfather was a farmer and mechanic, and is sup-\\nposed to have been lost on a boat that sunk in Lake\\nErie, about 1842. The mother died when Joseph\\nwas three years old.\\nThe latter lived from the time of his mother s\\ndeath until 18 years old, with a man named Erastus\\nLawrence. While with him he learned the cooper s\\ntrade. At the age mentioned, he went to Rutland\\nCo., Vt., where he learned the carpenter and joiner s\\ntrade. He followed this in that county for six or\\nseven years, during which time he spent two seasons\\non the lakes and canal. He afterward went to North-\\nern New York, where he was a captain on a Lake\\nChamplain canal boat. Thence lie went to Lancas-\\nter, N, y., where he entered the machine shops and\\nstudied mechanics. He afterwards worked in various\\nplaces throughout the Empire State. In 1854 he\\ncame to Flint, this State, and engaged there in the\\nsame trade, which lie followed in that place until\\ni860. Thence he went to East Saginaw, and for\\nsome time he worked there in the shops. He was\\nfor a time engineer and head sawyer. In 1865 he\\ntook a trip through the Northern Peninsula, where he\\ntrapped for fur animals, with reasonable success.\\nAfter following trapping in several other places, he\\nreturned to Saginaw, and resumed his trade of ma-\\nchinist, at which he worked until 1875. Aug. 6, of\\nthat year, his clothing was caught amongst the ma-\\nchinery, and being new, its strength was such that\\nthe strain nearly killed him before his clothing was\\nstripped from his person. For 14 weeks he was under\\nmedical care. After his recovery he worked for two\\nyears in the mill, and then, in 1877, came to Isabella\\nCounty and purchased 80 acres of land on section\\n26, Vernon. He has now 30 acres well im|)roved.\\nHe was married Sept. 14, 1869, in East Saginaw,\\nto Miss Ann Trevidick, daughter of John and Eliza-\\nbeth (Hocky) Trevidick, natives of England. Mrs.\\nOwen was also born in England, Aug. 18, 1840.\\nShe WIS two years old when her people came to\\nCanada, and nine when they settled at Mt. Clemens,\\nMacomb County. She afterwards was employed at\\ndress-making in Saginaw, having learned the art at\\nMt. Clemens.\\nMr. and Mrs. Owen have two cliildren Frank T.,\\nborn Sept. 8, 1872; and John J., born Oct. 6, 1874.\\nMrs. Owen has been for 15 years a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. Mr. O. is a member\\nof East Saginaw Lodge, No. 77, F. A. M., and is\\npolitically a Democrat.\\njjf I^Kewis Green, farmer, section 19, Lincoln\\niji^^^g Township, was born in Seneca Co., N. Y.\\nt^^^ March 25, 182 I. Hf lived with his parents\\nr^-p in his native county, attending the common\\n4*) schools and assisting on the farm until he was\\nV 14 years of age, when he accompanied them to\\nFulton Co., Ohio, where they settled on a farm.\\nMr. Green remained on the farm, assisting in the\\ncultivation of the same, until his marriage to Miss\\nDiana Steadman, July 2, 1845. native ot\\nc;^\\ny^}}", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "^vr\u00c2\u00ae))^^^#-\\n-r?\\nV^I\\nISA BELL\\nA COUNTY.\\nt\\n-On\\nt\\nNew York, and was born in Orleans County, that\\nState, June lo, 1821. Her mother died when she was\\nquite young, and when she attained the age of 15\\nyears she went to Fulton County, where she lived un-\\ntil her marriage. She has borne to Mr. Green one\\nchild, Winfield S., June 3, 1853. He was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Malessa A. Vanalstine, who was\\nborn in Prince Edwards Co., Can., May 4, 1S53.\\nMalessa is the mother of two children, Lewis A. and\\nJohn C, both living.\\nTwo years after Mr. Green was married he came\\nto Hillsdale County, this Stale, and settled in Jeffer-\\nson Township. He followed the occupation of farm-\\ning on this land until October, 1864, when he came\\nto this county and purchased 154 acres of land, on\\nsection 19, Lincoln Township, on which he has con-\\nstantly resided ever since. Mr. Green has disposed\\nof 49 acres of his original purchase and donated one\\nacre for a township burying ground, and has success-\\nfully brought into a good state of cultivation more\\nthan half of the remainder.\\nMr. and Mrs. Green were among the first settlers\\nin this township, and experienced the obstacles and\\nprivations of the early pioneer; yet, having faith in\\nthe future development of the country and an abund-\\nance of energy and perseverance, they battled against\\nvicissitude and lived to see the realization of their\\nfaith.\\nPolitically, Mr. Green is a believer in and supporter\\nof the Republican parly. He has been honored with\\nseveral minor offices within the gift of the peojjle\\nand is a respected and esteemed citizen of his town-\\nship.\\nartin Z. DeHart, fanner, section iS, Lin-\\ncoln Township, was born in Fairfield Town-\\nship, Richmond Co. (Staten Ishmd), N.\\nY., Aug. 27, 1845.\\nThe parents of Martin were John W. and\\nAnn (Hicks) DeHart, both natives of Rich-\\nmond County, and of French and German lineage.\\nHis father followed the occupation of oyster\\ndredger until 1865, when he came to this State and\\nsettled on a farm in Montcalm County, where they\\nare both at present residing, aged 65 and 60 years\\nrespectively.\\nMr. DeHart accompanied his parents to this State\\nwhen ten years of age. He remained with them,\\nunder the parental roof-tree, and assisted in the\\nmaintenance of the family. He was the oldest of a\\nfamily of seven children (five boys and two girls);\\nand, the family being in meager circumstances, the\\ngreater portion of the labor fell to the lot of our sub-\\nject; yet uncomplainingly he bore the burden and re-\\nmained with the family until he attained the age of\\n20 years. On reaching this age in life, he set forth\\non the road of trouble to battle the vicissitudes\\nof life without aid.\\nHe first worked on the neighboring farms, and,\\nuntil he reached the age of manhood, gave one-half\\nhis wages to his father. He has recently obtained a\\nclerkship in a store, and is at present following that\\nvocation. In 1875 DeHart received the ap-\\npointment of Deputy Postmaster, and has held the\\nposition to the present time.\\nIn the fall of 1876 Mr. D. purchased 40 acres of\\nland on section 17, Lincoln Township, and lias\\nturned his leisure lime to its improvement, and has\\n-?5 acres of the same in a good state of cultivation.\\nPolitically, Mr. D. is a supporter of and believer\\nin tile [irinciples of the Republican party.\\n3=\\nJ^_A.\\n^,harles D. Bogue, farmer on sectit)n 33,\\nSit Vernon, was born in Shiawassee Co.,\\n^!fv^ Mich., Oct. 14, 1844, and is a son of James\\n^p and Harriet Slimson, natives of the State of\\nA New York. His father was a farmer, was\\none of the pioneers of Shiawassee C ounty,\\nwhere he settled 50 years ago, and died in that coun-\\nty, where tlie mother is still living.\\nThe subject of this sketch remained at liome until\\nthe breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in Co.\\nD, First Mich. Vol. Cav., which was assigned to the\\n.\\\\rmy of the Potomac. He participated in all the\\nengagements of his regiment, which achieved for it-\\nself a distinguished record. He received no wounds,\\nbut his health was seriously impaired, and he was\\nhonorably discharged, March 10, 1866, after a service\\nof nearly five years. His last year was on the fron-\\ntier, and his muster out was received at Salt Lake\\nCity.\\nReturning to Michigan, he purchased the hom\\nI\\n5\\\\\\nA\\nO)", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "-^W\\n^l-^l- ^V^.^L^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nstead fanii, which he cultivated one year; was then\\nfor a time on the lakes, and then once more he re-\\nturned to his native place. With the exception of\\none year in the West, he worked the home farm until\\nDecember, 1875, when he came to this county and\\nbought 160 acres on sections 32 and 33, Vernon,\\nwild and unsubdued. He has since sold the 80\\nacres on 32, and of the remainder has 35 acres im-\\nproved.\\nHe was married July 2, 1868, in Saginaw, to Miss\\nElizabeth Graham, daughter of John and Jennie\\n(McFerrin) Graham, who was born in Wellington\\nCo., Ont., July 12, 1854. Of this marriage five chil-\\ndren have been born, as follows Jennie B., Oct. 10,\\n1869; Hattie A., May i, 187 i; Lewie M., March 6,\\n1873; Nettie M., June 6, 1875 George L., Jan. i,\\n1880.\\nMr. Bogue is a Republican and has held the minor\\noffices of his school district.\\n-f-.Kt^ 4\\nIjs eter Chapman, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nWi section 1 1, RoUand Township, is a son of\\nPeter and Martha (Pierce) Chapman. His\\nfather was born in 1779, in Saratoga Co., N.\\nY., and died March 17, 1857, in Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y. His mother was born in 1778, in Wash-\\nington Co., N. Y., and died in 1865, in Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y. They had two daughters and six sons, only\\ntwo of the children now living.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born April 16,\\n1825, in Monroe Co., N. Y. At the age of 17 he\\nengaged for the summer seasons at work upon the\\ncanal, for about 14 years; he then came to Michi-\\ngan and resided in .\\\\llegan County one year, in Ionia\\nCoupty ten years, until 187 1, engaged in farming;\\nhis next place of residence, for five years, was on a\\nquarter of section 35, Rolland Township, this county,\\nand he then bought a quarter-section where he now\\nresides and has 100 acres under good cultivation.\\nMr. Chapman has been Treasurer of his Township\\nthree years, and Highway Commissioner for a num-\\nber of terms. In regard to political issues he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nIn the year 1849 Mr. C. was married to Miss l.o-\\ndenia, daughter of Ira and Clarissa Willis, who died\\nin Monroe Co., N. Y., the latter in 1848 and the\\nformer in the autumn of 1 863. In that county, Jan.\\n19, 1830, Mrs. C. was born. There were 13 children\\nin the family. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are the par-\\nents of nine children, viz. Ira O., born May 5,\\n1851 Arietta, Feb. 13, 1856; Frank, Nov. 26, 1858;\\nDelia, June 24, i860; Herbert, Oct. 3, 1862; Day,\\nborn June 19, 1864, died Aug. 5, 1868; Burton, born\\nApril 19, 1866, died Aug. 12, 1868; Burton (2d),\\nborn May 26, 1870; Maud, born Sept. 13, 1872.\\ndward Bellingar, general farmer and stock-\\nraiser, section 4, Lincoln Township, was\\n\u00c2\u00bb^vy born in Defiance Co., Ohio, Sept. 8, 1844.\\ni;S- His father, .^dam Bellingar, a farmer, was born\\nin New York, of New England parentage and\\nJ English ancestry, and died in Lincoln Town-\\nship, this county, Feb. 8, 1875 was prominent in\\nthe pioneer history of this county. Edward s mother,\\nLydia (^iice Jones) Bellingar, was of the same nativity,\\nand died about 1854, in Hillsdale Co., Mich.\\nThe subject of this sketch was an infant when his\\nparents moved to Hillsdale County, this State, where\\nhe grew up and was educated at the common school.\\nIn June, 1861, he, then aged 17, came to this county\\nwith his father, who homesteaded a quarter-section\\nof wild land, where he still resides. He has always\\nbeen a farmer, industrious and economical, and\\ntherefore prosperous, now owning all the homestead,\\n250 acres, on sections 4 and 5. Of this he has 200\\nacres in a fine tillable condition. He has a stock\\nand grain barn, which cost $1,500, and a brick resi-\\ndence, that cost $2,000. Considering that he was\\nmade a cripple for life by a cut in the left knee when\\nhe was a child, compelling him ever to use crutches,\\ngreat credit is due him for his business tact and am-\\nbitious energy in agricultural affairs. He has held\\nthe school offices of his township, as well as that of\\nTreasurer. Witli respect to national issues, he is a\\nstaunch Republican.\\nJune 30, 1866, in Lincoln Township, Mr. Bellingar\\nmarried Miss Mary, daughter of William and Clo-\\nrinda (Spencer) Mull, natives respectively of Ireland\\nand New York, and of English, Irish and German\\nancestry. They both died in Hillsdale Co., Mich.\\nMrs B. was l)orn in Maumee, Ohio, Nov. i, 1842,\\nmoved to Hillsdale County when young, and to this\\nI\\n(i^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "county in 1865, when 23 years old. Mr. and Mrs.\\nB. are the parents of five children, namely Freder-\\nick, born May 3, 1869; Lydia C, Feb. 22, 187 1\\nLillian T., May 4, 1874; Ednah I., Feb. 18, 1876;\\nIvy A., Feb. 22, 1878. The parents attend the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Bellingar s portrait, on another page, is a val-\\nuable addition to the collection presented in this\\nvolume.\\nhomas Bamber, farmer, section 9, Union\\nTownship, was born in August, 1847, in Mur-\\nray Township, Northumberland Co., Can.\\nHe is a son of Will and Clarissa (Bush) Bamber,\\nnatives of England and Canada. His parents\\nsettled on a farm in the Dominion of Canada.\\nThey transferred their interests to Union Township,\\nIsabella Co., Mich., in the fall of 1869, where his father\\nbought the Preston House, conferred upon it his own\\nname, and continued its management several years.\\nHe died in Mt. Pleasant.\\nMr. Bamber assisted his father in the hotel several\\nyears, and after working about three years as a builder,\\nhe purchased the farm where he has since resided,\\ncomprising 120 acres of land. About 40 acres were\\nin tillage at the time of his purchase, to which he\\nhas since added until he has 65 acres in very finely\\nimproved and cultivated condition, with creditable\\nfarm buildings.\\nMr. Bamber was married in East Saginaw, to Eliza-\\nbeth, daughter of Luke and Mary Murphy, natives\\nof Canada. Five children have been born of this\\nunion, on the farm in Union Township, as follows\\nRichard, Clarissa, Annie J., William and Michael J-\\nA4a\u00c2\u00a3i2/5E^-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^j/aOTsv^\\nJ;|^aleb Bundy, farmer, section 8, Fremont\\n^tgsT^^ Township, is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth\\nW^ (Fessler) Bundy. Mr. Bundy, Sr., was born\\nf|lj in the State of New York, in 181 8; followed\\nP farming until 1862, when he enlisted in an\\nOhio regiment in the Western Army, died in\\nthe hospital at Chattanooga in 1864, and was buried\\nin the national cemetery at that place. His widow\\nis yet living, 60 years of age, in Holland Township,\\nthis county.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born July 4, 1856,\\nin Henry Co., Ohio; remained at home until of age,\\nhelping to support his widowed mother and a family\\nof seven children, who were dependent upon his\\nlabor and that of his brother he then came to his\\npresent location, where he owns 40 acres of land,\\nwith good improvements thereon. During the winter\\nseasons he has been engaged in the lumber woods.\\nOn national issues, Mr. Bundy has always been\\ncounted a Republican.\\nIn 1 88 1 Mr. B. married Miss Sarah, daughter of\\nJacob and Elizabeth (Harshman) Crura, natives of\\nOhio father was born in Green County, that State,\\nin October, 1821, and mother Jan. 11, 1827; and\\ntheir four sons and three daughters are all yet living.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. Bundy are, Elnora,\\nborn Oct. 25, 1882, and Edna, Sept. 16, 1883.\\nI\\nt\\ni\\n-3!^^ %A J\\neorge W. Waight, farmer on section 25,\\nSherman Township, is a son of William\\nand Harriet (Grinold) Waight, natives of\\nthe State of New York. William Waight was\\nborn in 1807, and died in 1874. He followed\\nfarming, and also worked at the stone-mason s\\ntrade, and died in his native State.\\nHis son, George, was born June 27, 1844, in Steu-\\nben Co., N. Y., and worked on the farm and attended\\nschool until he was nearly of age. He then enlisted\\nin Co. H, i6ist N. Y. Inf., and was assigned to the\\nArmy of the Southwest, under Gen. Canby (the same\\nwho was a few years since killed by the Indians, in the\\nfar West). He was engaged in the siege of Mobile,\\nAla., and was finally discharged from the U. S. gen-\\neral hospital, June 15, 1865.\\nReturning to his home in Steuben Co., N. Y., he\\nthere remained until 1868, when he came to Kala-\\nmazoo, Mich. He worked at farming and other em-\\nployment until 1877, when he came to Isabella\\nCounty and located on 80 acres of wild land, 40 of\\nwhich are now nicely improved.\\nHe was married in 1867, to Miss Louise Towsley,\\nwho was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 1848, and\\ndied in this county, March 7, 1883. He was again\\nmarried, to Miss Hannah Harris, who was born Oct\\nr\\nJ", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "T\\nr^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^s: 6V llIl\u00c2\u00a7llIl^ v\\nraif^^G;\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nj\\nV\\n30, 1845, in Medina Co., Ohio, the daughter of David\\nand Elizabeth (Applenian) Harris, natives of Colum-\\nbiana Co,, Ohio. Mr. Harris was born in 1797, and\\ndied in 1S76, in Hudson, Lenawee Co Mich. Mrs.\\nHarris was born in 1805, and is yet living, in Mt.\\nPleasant, at the age of 79.\\nMr. Waight is politically a Democrat. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of his township and Highway Com-\\nmissioner, and is now Justice of the Peace.\\nansley Sutliff, retired farmer, residing on\\nsection 2, Lincoln Township, and one of\\n^(^P the self-made men of the county, was born\\nv\\\\ Connecticut, Aug. 12, 1796.\\nWhen seven years of age he accompanied\\nhis parents from Connecticut to New York,\\nwhere they settled, and when Ransley was about 17\\nyears of age both died. Thus, before he had ripened\\ninto years of manhood, Mr. S. was thrown upon the\\ncold, unthinking world to fight the battles of life\\nalone. He worked at common labor on the farm and\\notherwise until he attained the age of 27 years.\\nMay 18, 1825, in Wayne Co., N. Y., he was united\\nin marriage with Catharine Barnhart, a native of\\nNew York, where she was born Dec. 3, 1803. She\\nis the mother of seven children, born to Mr. Sutliff,\\nof whom three boys and two girls are living.\\nAng. 14, i8r4, Mr. Sutliff enlisted in the services\\nof the U. S. Government, but the regiment in which\\nhe enlisted was out only about three montlis, and he\\ni was honorably discharged in November, 18 14.\\n4 After he was married, Mr. S. settled in Orleans\\nCo., N. Y.; but, owing to the unhealthfulness of that\\ncounty, he returned to Wayne County, same State,\\nand remained a sufficient length of time to recuper-\\nate his health, which had been greatly impaired dur-\\ning his residence in Orleans County, when he went\\nto Monroe County, same State, and followed the vo-\\ncation of farmer for three years. From Monroe\\nCounty he went to Cattaraugus County, same State,\\nJ; and there followed agriculture three years, when he\\nwent to Pennsylvania and was engaged in the same\\n-y occupation until 1834.\\nIn May, 1834, Mr. Sutliff came to this State and\\nI located in what is now known as Basswood Corners,\\nHillsdale County.\\nThis was prior to the admission\\nof Michigan into the Union, and at that time Hills-\\ndale was but a hamlet. The country was truly a\\nwilderness, and the hand of improvement was hardly\\nvisible. All around him was a dense forest, and\\nonly one family lived within a radius of 12 miles.\\nWolves came in great numbers howling round the\\nlog-cabin door, and on one occasion killed a two-year-\\nold colt, and on another a two-year-old steer, belong-\\ning to Mr. Sutliff. Deer were also in abundance,\\nand a good supply of venison was almost always on\\nhand. He killed five in one day, within a few yards\\nof his cabin. He lived here in the forest for nine\\nyears. His wife, with her scant supplies and few\\nconveniences, likewise toiled, a song on her lips for\\nthe birdlings in their nests, and a greeting for the\\nweary mate when he rested from his labors.\\nAfter remaining there nine years, he removed to\\nClinton County, and was there engaged in farming\\nfor 12 years, when he removed to Montcalm County,\\nand lived there four years, engaged in the same oc-\\ncupation, and then went to Newaygo County and\\nlocated in Bridgeton Township, on the banks of the\\nMuskegon River. From Newaygo, Mr. S. moved to\\nOsceola County, and in 1872 came to this county and\\npurchased 40 acres of land on section 2, Lincoln\\nTownship, where he is at present residing.\\nMrs. Sutliff is now living and has attained the\\nvenerable age of 8r years, and still retains her cus-\\ntomary good health and to a great degree her strength.\\nThe venerable couple have celebrated their 59th\\nmarriage anniversary, and are greatly respected and\\nesteemed by the citizens of their township.\\nPolitically, Mr. S. is a believer in and supporter of\\nthe principles of the Republican party.\\niK lljff^^^ M. Hungerford, farmer, section 18,\\n^j*^^^^^ Union Township, was born Oct. 15, 1845,\\nf in Somerset, Niagara Co., N. Y. He is\\nthe son of Laban L. and (Charlotte Caroline\\n(Corbin) Hungerford. His mother was born\\nin the State of New York, and died in Genesee\\nCo., Mich., in September, 1864. The father is a na-\\ntive of New Hampshire and resides in Genesee\\nCounty.\\nMr. Hungerford w as 14 years old when his jiarents\\nsettled in Mundy, Genesee o., Mich., and he re-\\nmained at home until the advent of civil war, when,\\nv^\\nt\\n4\\nr^\\nI\\nM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "o^v ^M S WfW^\\n,^5,\\n1=3\\nv\\nISABELLA County.\\nat the age of i6, he became a soldier. He enlisted\\nin Co. H, loth Mich. Vol. Inf., and was in the First\\n1^ Brigade, Second Division of the 14th Corps of the\\nI Army of the Cumberland. He was in that command\\nthrough all its battles and marches from Chattanooga\\nto the surrender of Joe Johnston. Among the more\\nimportant engagements were Bentonville, Chicka-\\nmauga, Dallas, Lookout Mountain, Jonesboro, Peach-\\nTree Creek, etc. At the battle of Peach-Tree Creek\\nhe received a sunstroke and thenceforward, to the\\nclose of the war, he was on light duty. Previous to\\nthis injury he was never excused from duty, and\\nduring the entire period of his service was never in\\na hospital and never rode in an ambulance.\\nHe was mustered out July 19, 1865, at Louisville,\\nKy. Soon after that event he bought 45 acres of\\nland in Livingston Co., Mich. After eleven years\\nresidence in that section of the Peninsular State he\\nbought 45 acres where he has since resided. The\\nentire acreage was in a state of nature and he has\\nimproved and placed 30 acres in fair farming condi-\\ntion.\\nMr. Hungerford was married Oct. 14, 1866, to\\nAffa A., daughter of John N. and Rozzillah (Hurd)\\nBarnes. Her parents were natives of the State of\\nNew York. Her mother died June 20, 1873, at\\nTyrone, Mich. Mrs. Hungerford was born Aug. 18,\\n1845, in the village of Birmingham, Bloomfield\\nTownship, Oakland Co., Mich. The children now\\nbelonging to the household are Ettie B., born May\\n30, 1869; Edna B., Aug. 29, 1870; Miron B., May\\n9, 1875. All were born at Tyrone in the county of\\nLivingston, this State.\\n^3^\\n7-~r\\n^jrrus Crum, farmer, section 18, Fremont\\n1^ Township, is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth\\n(Harshman) Crum. His father, a farmer,\\nwas born Oct. 26, 1822, in Montgomery Co.,\\nOhio and his mother, in Green Co., Ohio,\\nJan. II, 1828. They lived in Indiana nearly\\n20 years, then in Cass County, this State, four years,\\nthen 13 years in Whitley Co., Ind., and finally came\\nto their present abode on section 18, purchasing a\\nquarter-section of wild land. Here they have im-\\nproved 70 acres and erected substantial buildings.\\nThey have had four sons and three daughters four\\nof the children are married.\\nMr. Cyrus Crum was born Feb. 10, 185 i, in Cass\\nCo., Mich., and has always remained with his parents.\\nHe has charge of the farm. During the war the fa-\\nther was a soldier for the Union, being a member of\\nCo. K, Eighth Ind. Inf under Gen. Sherman. On\\naccount of ill health he was detailed to guard rebel\\nprisoners at Indianapolis. He was discharged at\\nthe termination of his time of service, in 1861;.\\nLast year (1883) Cyrus made an extended tour\\nthrough Dakota Territory. He is a young man of\\ngood habits, and is recognized as such by the com-\\nmunity in which he resides. On national questions\\nhe votes with the Republican party.\\nm\\n^^^t~f^s 5-\\n|||P^^aniel Lynch, merchant at Blauchard, is a\\nH^^^|j_ son of John and Joanna Lynch, natives of\\nyiujjy- Ireland. The father was born in 1830,\\nWV and has been a sailor, until 188 1, when he\\nW became a clerk in his son s store. The mother\\nwas born in 1831 and died April 13, 1873, in\\nKent Co., Mich.\\nTheir son Daniel was born April 18, 1852, in New-\\nport, R. I., and at the age of 16 years left home to\\nlearn the blacksmith s trade. Following this occu-\\npation as an apprentice five years, he then started in\\nfor himself at Grand Rapids, where he remained two\\nyears. His shop was consumed by fire. In 1875 he\\nstarted in the grocery business in the same city, con-\\ntinuing in it two years. He then followed black-\\nsmithing about six months, at the expiration of\\nwhich time (1878) he came to Blanchard, this county.\\nAfter three months at his trade, he returned to\\nGrand Rapids. Coming once more to Blanchard, lie\\nbought a lot and erected a grocery, where he began\\nin mercantile life again. During this time the village\\nof Blanchard was incorporated. He held the offices\\nof onstable, Trustee, Marshal and Deputy Sheriff\\n(under C. M. Brooks, Sheriff). In 1879 he exchanged\\nhis store for 80 acres of land in Rolland Township,\\nand June 20, 1880, he again established a general\\nmercantile business, resigning all other positions\\nwhich demanded his time. He has, however, since\\nheld the office of village Treasurer two terms.\\nHe was married May 12, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth\\nA", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "I\\n^I$VN/^^))e^t|^\\n^I1I1^I1D^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nZ^^Sf-\\n247\\nV\\nI\\nCondon, who was born June 17, 1852, in Kent Co.,\\nMich., the daughter of John and Hannah Condon.\\nMr. C. died in 1873, in Walker Township, Kent\\nCounty. The mother now lives in Grand Rapids.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lynch are the parents of two children,\\nElinor, born March 28, 1876; and Bessie, born\\nNov. 25, 1879.\\nMr. L. is politically independent. He and wite\\nare members of the Catholic Church.\\nA\\n.mos E. Woodin, farmer, section S, Lin-\\nitt3\u00c2\u00ab4 3;^ coin Township, was born in Warren Co.,\\nI^ Pa., July 20, 1844.\\njrJ j Mr. Woodin was reared on his father s farm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|t and assisted him in the cultivation of the same\\nand in the maintenance of the family until he\\nattained the age of 17 years.\\nAt this period in the life of our subject, the nation\\nwas aroused from her peaceful sleep of years by the\\nrebel fire on Sumter, and the call went forth for loyal\\nhearts and strong arms to battle for the perpetuity of\\nthe nation s flag. Mr. Woodin was one among the\\nfirst to respond, and although only 17 years of age en-\\nlisted in Co. F, Ninth Reg. N. Y. Vol. Cav., and was\\nassigned to the Army of the Potomac. He partici-\\npated in almost all the battles in which his regiment\\nengaged during the campaign, the number being 52.\\nProminent among them were Williamsburg, Cedar\\nMountain, second Bull Run, Shenandoah, Culpeper,\\nStephensburg, Oakes Hills, Cold Harbor, Bunker\\nHill and Winchester. He was taken prisoner at\\nPhilomont, Va., June 22, 1863, and was for a short\\ntime on Belle Island as a prisoner of war, but was soon\\nparoled. He was not exchanged, but as retaliation\\nfor violation of the rules of exchange by Kirby Smith\\nhe was again placed in the ranks.\\nAt the battle of Winchester, Va., Mr. Woodin had\\nfour horses shot from under him, and was wounded\\nin the left thigh by a collision of his horse with\\nanother. This happened Sept. 19, 1864, and on the\\ni8th of July, 1865, he was honorably discharged.\\nMr. Woodin returned to Warren Co., Pa., after his\\ndischarge from the service, and remained for a short\\nperiod, when he came to this State (whither his par-\\nents had removed during the war and located a\\nhomestead on section 17, Lincoln Township), arriv-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^Dfl\\ning here in the winter of 1865. He remained with\\nhis parents until the following spring and then went\\nto Ionia County. He was married in that county,\\nJan. 13, 1866, to Miss Minty Holcomb, a native of\\nthat county, where she was born Sept. 15, 185 1, and\\nwhere she had lived and received her education.\\nShortly after marriage, Mr. W. moved to this county\\nand entered on the vocation of farming. He fol-\\nlowed the same for a short time, then moved to\\nMontcalm County, then to Ionia County, and finally\\nreturned to this county and purchased 40 acres of\\nland on section 8, Lincoln Township, on which he is\\nat present living. He has 35 acres of his farm\\nunder good improvement. Mr. W., politically, is a\\nNational, and has held the minor offices of his\\ntownship for several years.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. are the parents of three children,\\nEffie M., born Nov. 22, 1868; Jessie, born June\\n20, 1874, and \\\\rchie, Aug. 26, 1877.\\njHHJH\u00c2\u00bb^^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJijK, fl^ mos F. Drew, farmer on section 6, Union,\\n^^^S^ was born Aug. 22, 1825, in Orangeville,\\nWyoming Co., N. Y., and is a son Nathaniel\\nilaT and Sally (Nichols) Drew. Both parents died\\nin Pine River, Waushara Co., Wis. He lived at\\nhome until 22 years old. His first work for others\\nthan his father, was in a saw-mill in Summerhill,\\nCrawford Co., Pa. Here he was employed two years,\\nat $10 per month. Going then to New York State,\\nhe spent two summers in grafting fruit trees. The\\nensuing two or three years were spent in saw-mill\\nwork in Allegany Co., N. Y. He learned the car-\\npenter s trade, at odd times, not serving any regular\\napprenticeship. He is a natural mechanic, and has\\nworked with tools much of his life.\\nIn the fall of 1877, he came from Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., and bought 60 acres, where he has since re-\\nsided. His family arrived in September, 1878.\\nHewas married June 14, 1853, at Portage, Livings-\\nton Co., N. Y., to Miss Hannah, daughter of Hiram\\nand Amy Hopkins. Of this marriage there have been\\nborn four sons and two daughters. George W. was\\nborn March 23, 1 854, in Allegany Co., N. Y. Charles\\nF. was born in Crawford Co., Pa., June 23, 1857\\nJulia A. was born March 28, i860, in Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., and died Dec. 30, 1864 Mary Ann was born\\nI\\nrl)\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "I\\n(o\\nMarch 3, 1866, in the same county, and died Nov. 5,\\n1870; Fred G. was born Nov. 6, 1870, in the same\\ncounty John E. was born June 3, 1874, in the same\\ncounty.\\nPolitically, Mr. Drew is a Republican.\\nDec. 15, 1861, he enUsted in Co. C, io4lh N. Y.\\nVol. Inf. He fought at Thoroughfare Gap, Catholic\\nStation, and JSIanassas Junction, and was discharged\\nDec. 24, 1862, on a surgeon s certificate of disability.\\nHe again enlisted Dec. 20, 1863, in Co. F, 4th New\\nYork Artillery. He was wounded in the thigh, June\\n18, 1864, in front of Petersburg, and, after a ten\\nmonths confinement in the hospital, he was finally\\ndischarged from the service, March 2, 1865.\\n^ilas B. Richardson, farmer, section 30, Fre-\\nmont Township, is a son of Asa P. and\\nJane (Staple) Richardson, the former of\\nwhom was born in Vermont, in 1797 followed\\nfarming and prospecting for land in the State\\nr of Maine; removed thence to Ohio in 185 1,\\nfirst settling in Lorain County, two years afterward in\\nMontgomery Township, Wood Co., seven or eight\\nyears after that in Jackson Township, same county,\\nand finally with his children in this county. He\\ndied at his son Barnard s, March 30, 1870, and was\\nburied in Fremont Cemetery. His widow was born\\nin Maine in 1806, and is still living, with her chil-\\ndren, all of whom are yet livfiig, twelve in number,\\nfour in Ohio and eight in Michigan.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born July 19, 1833,\\nin Somerset Co., Me. In i860 he married Miss\\nCatherine, daughter of Henry and Sarah (Ross)\\nHess, who was born Feb. 28, 1842, in Columbiana\\nCo., Ohio. Her father was born in Pennsylvania, in\\n1806, and is yet living, near Bowling Green, Wood\\nCo., Ohio her mother was born in New Jersey in\\n1817, and died Feb. 11, 1868, leaving six sons and\\nthree daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Richardson have\\nhad seven children, all of whom are living, viz.:\\nHenry A., Sarah J., John W., Silas B.. Ida L., James\\nG. and Lillian E.\\nIn regard to national issues Mr. R. votes with the\\nRepublicans; has been Justice of the Peace since\\n1874, School Inspector two years, and has held other\\nschool offices in his district, in all, seven years.\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\niVjharles F. Curtiss, fanner, section 8, Fre-\\nmont Township, is a son of Waldo W. and\\n^v-\\nC\\nX\\ns^-\\nte-v\u00c2\u00ae\\n-^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^f^\\nMargaret (tiee McCue) Curtiss. His father\\nwas a native of New York, where he was born\\nin 1820, and his mother was born on the Em-\\nerald Isle, in 1825, and died in Genesee Co.,\\nAug. 14, 1875. His father was a cooper by\\ntrade, and also followed the occupation of farming,\\nand died in the month of December, 1857. The\\ngrandfather of Charles F. was born June 9, r796, and\\nis still living. His wife was born, Feb. 13, 1797, and\\nhas passed to the better land.\\nCharles F., the subject of our biographical notice,\\nwas one of six boys, all living, who constituted the\\nfamily of his parents, and was born in Oakfield,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 15, 1857. He was reared\\non the farm, receiving the advantages afforded by the\\ncommon schools. His father dying when he (Charles\\nF.) was only al)0ut one month old, he contributed his\\nearnings to the support of the family until the death\\nof his mother. After her death, the six boys, being\\nthrown on the cold charity of an unthinking world,\\nwent forth upon the road of time to fight the battles\\nof adversity alone.\\nApril 5, 1880, Mr. Curtiss came to this State and\\nengaged with his brother in fanning, which relation-\\nship existed for one year. He then, in 1881, pur-\\nchased 80 acres of land on sections 8 and 9, Fremont\\nTownship, this county, known as the Thomas Will-\\niamson farm. He at once entered on the improve-\\nment of this land and by energy and industry has\\nsucceeded in placing 45 acres of the same in a good\\nstate of cultivation.\\nPolitically, Mr. Curtiss is an independent, and has\\nheld the office of Treasurer of his school district.\\nSocially, he is a member of the Masonic Order and an\\nesteemed and respected citizen of his township.\\nMr. Curtiss was wedded to the lady of his choice.\\nMiss Mary Gannon, Feb. 20, 1876. She was bom\\nMay 3, 1856, in County Wexford, Ireland, and is a\\ndaughter of James and Anna (White) Gannon. Her\\nfather is still living, in the Emerald Isle, following\\nthe vocation of coachman for a livelihood and has\\nbeen engaged in that occupation in his native land\\nfor a number of years. His children comprised four\\nf^\\n-^^OO^tllli\\nkSi", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "i:^:ilDv\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nISABELLA COUA TV\\n-:2J^i\\nI^^C iV(J^\\n249\\nboys and two girls, two of whom are deceased. Her\\n;15 mother died in the year 1865.\\nMr. and Mrs. Curtiss are the parents of four chil-\\nT dren, all boys: George W., born Nov. 26, 1876;\\nhj John A., born June 16, 1878; Waldo J., born March\\nro, 1S81, and Norman F., born Sept. 15, 1883.\\nohn Buthruff, farmer on section 5, Rol-\\nland Township, is a son of David and\\nsjj) l^^^*^ Nancy (Trayer) Ruthruff, natives of Penn-\\nfM sylvania and Seneca Co., N. Y. The father\\nwas a part of his life a farmer, and a portion a\\ncommon laborer. He came to Branch County\\nthis State, in 1851 and lived there until his death in\\n1858. The mother died in the same county. Their\\nfamily numbered nine, three of whom are not now\\nliving.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was born\\nin Seneca Co., N. Y., Dec. 24, 1828, and remained at\\nQ home until 18 years of age. He worked by the\\nmonth two years and then for three years was in the\\nemployment of Sam. Jones, near Lockport; after\\nwhich he was for five summers engaged on the Erie\\nS Canal.\\nHis next step, Jan. 11, 1852, was to form a life\\npartnership with Miss Emily Comstock, who was\\nborn May 2, 1835, in Niagara Co., N. Y., and a\\ndaughter of Robert and Polly (McNeal) Comstock-.\\nHer father was born Aug. 4, 1794, in Massachusetts;\\nand her mother, April 30, 1799, near Bennington,\\nVt. The former died in 1841, in Erie Co N. Y.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Ruthruff came to\\nBranch Co., Mich., where they lived until 1868.\\nThey then lived one year in Lake County and a year\\nin Millbrook, Mecosta County. For the ensuing two\\nyears he was interested in a saw-mill, after which he\\ntraded for 160 acres of wild land on section 5, Rol-\\nland. He has now 74 acres improved, and good\\nbuildings.\\nTo the family have been added seven children\\nWilliam H.. born July 30, 1853; Adelbert, Nov. 15,\\n1857, and died March i, 1855; Charles M., June\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\J 14, 1857 Edgar, June 15, 1861, and died Aug. 15,\\nA 1867 George W., May 10, 1864; Jay B., May i,\\nand Nellie L., June 9, 1873.\\nPolitically, Mr, R. is a Pemocrat.\\nv. ,c\\nli-V\u00c2\u00ae))$^#\\nji:.^^\\nichard S. Stanley, farmer, section 19, Kre-\\n^fl?. mont Township, is a son of Thomas and\\nll\\\\5^ Anna (Stowe) Stanley. They were both na-\\npT tives of Enaland, where the father was born\\nI \\\\n 1800, and the mother in 1805. In 1831,\\nthey emigrated to this country and landed at Phila-\\ndelphia, where the father was engaged in wagon-\\nmaking and blacksmithing for 14 years. He then\\nwent to Lycoming Co., Pa., where he purchased two\\nfarms and a saw-mill, and cultivated the farms and\\nran the mill until the date of his death, in the spring\\nof 1867. The mother died in 1881, on the old home-\\nstead.\\nRichard S. Stanley, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, was born July 20, 1832, in Philadelphia, Pa.\\nHe passed his youth on the old homestead, working\\non the farm and attending the common schools.\\nWhen he attained the age of 23 years, he engaged\\nas a common laborer on a farm in the neighborhood,\\nfor one year. He then went to Williams Co., Ohio,\\nin 1857, land worked liis uncle s farm for about three\\nyears.\\nAt this period in the life of our subject, the late\\ncivil war broke out, and he enlisted in Co. H, 18th\\nU. S. Inf. His company was assigned to the Army\\nof the Cumberland, and was under command of Gen.\\nSherman. It did not participate in any general en-\\ngagement, but was in many skirmishes, and was\\nfinally discliarged near Covington, Ky.,in April, 1875.\\nAfter liis discharge from the service, Mr. Stanley\\nreturned to Williams Co., Ohio. He remained there\\na short time, and then came to this county and lo-\\ncated on 40 acres of land he had purchased from a\\nMr. Merrill, of Detroit, and on 80 acres which he\\nhomesteaded. He has since sold 40 acres and madj\\nadditional purchases, and is now the owner of 80\\nacres, 70 of which is in a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Stanley was first united in marriage, April 20,\\n1859, with Miss Bethsua E. Wellman,born in Lorain\\nCo., Ohio, in 1839. She died in 1868, leaving one\\nchild to the care of her husband, Florence and Mr.\\nStanley was a second time mariied, the Indy of his\\nchoice l)eing Miss Hannah M. Smitli, of Sandusky\\nCo., Ohio, where she was born in 1858. She re-\\nmained wife and mother until 1878, when she died,\\ni\\nmmm y^-\\njM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n.v\\n1\\nleaving three children Cora A., Flora E. and Nellie\\nE. to their father s care. His third marriage was to\\nMiss Jennie McSweyn, Dec. 7, 1881. She was born\\nin Kenyon Township, Glengary Co., Canada, Aug.\\n28, 1843, and has borne to Mr. .Stanley one child, a\\nson, James, born Sept. 27, 1882.\\nMr. Stanley, politically, is a Republican. He has\\nheld the position of School Director of his district,\\nand is a progressive farmer and respected citizen in\\nhis township. Mr. Stanley has been something of a\\ntraveler, having been in 13 States of this Union.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fjlonzo W. Barnes, farmer on the south-\\n?ilii3^^^ west (juarter of the southwest quarter of\\nSIl\u00c2\u00aeJ section 7, Union, was born in Winchester Co.,\\nVt., Sept. 3, 1833. His parents died in Geneva\\nTownship, six miles south of Geneva, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y., having moved to that State when Alonzo\\nwas eight years old. He was reared on his father s\\nfarm, and was 16 years old when he commenced at\\nhis trade of millwright, serving an apprenticeship of\\nthree years. He then worked in a saw-mill at Bucy-\\nrus, Ohio, two years, wlien he went to Davenport,\\nIowa, and followed filing and sawing until the spring\\nof 1857. Next he went overland to California, being\\nexactly six months in crossing the great West.\\nFor one year he filed circular saws for a firm named\\nFuller Bros. He then purchased a half interest in\\na saw-mill at Sly Creek, Eldorado Co., Cal., where\\nhe and his partner, H. P. Neeland, were in the win-\\nter of 1861-2 washed out, losing all their invest-\\nment by a flood. Going to Butte County, he v/as\\nthere interested in a hotel and trading post until the\\nsummer of 1865. He then returned lionie, on a\\nship, via Cape Horn.\\nDuring his stay in the Golden State, he made\\n$250,000 in keeping hotel and furnishing supplies to\\nminers. This snug fortune was soon lost in silver-\\nmining speculations.\\nAfter a three days visit home he came to Saginaw\\nand followed filing for Bliss Bros, for four years.\\nThe next three years he was similarly engaged for\\nA. W. Wright Co. April 3, 1882, he came to his\\npresent home of 45 acres, partially improved.\\nHe was married June 24, 1867, to Henrietta Van\\nHorn, daughter of James and Leonora (Henderson)\\nVan Horn. The. former is now living with our sub-\\nject, aged 62, and the latter died near Saginaw.\\nMrs. Barnes was born in Springfield Township,\\nWayne Co., Ohio, Aug. 5, 1849.\\nMr. B. is politically independent. He is now\\nModerator in his school district.\\nI\\ni\\narriet A (Marvin) Hawkins, resident on\\nih section 26, Lincoln Township, was born in\\nMorrow Co., Ohio, July 3, 1837. She is a\\ndaughter of William and Sarah (Morrison)\\nMarvin, natives of New York and New Jersey,\\nrespectively. The father was a tailor by trade,\\nand moved to Sparta, Morrow Co., Ohio, about the\\nyear 1825, where he followed his trade.\\nHarriet remained at home until she attained the\\nage of ten years, when she was brought by her un-\\ncle, Adam Hance, to tliis State, and in whose family\\nshe remained until she attained her i8th year. She\\nthen returned to her parents and lived with them\\nuntil 22 years old.\\nDec. 20, 1859, she was united in marriage with\\nAbraham W. Hawkins, a native of the State of Ver-\\nmont, where, in Rutland County, he was born July\\n3, 1833. After their marriage they came to this State\\nand located on 80 acres of land in Lincoln Town-\\nship, this county. The land was heavily timbered,\\nand they were compelled to cut a road to it through\\nthi thick woods before settling. Their experiences\\nwere similar to those of many others of Michigan s\\nearly pioneers. Obstacles and trials, deprivation\\nand want encompassed them on every side, and yet\\nthey determinedly battled against and overcame\\nthem. The roads, at times, were absolutely impass-\\nable. On one occasion, her brother was killed by a\\nlog in a running jam, which struck him, and the\\nroads to their farm were so bad that it was impossi-\\nble to convey the corpse to their abode. Yet, amid\\nall the hardships, their faith in the future develop-\\nment of the county was impregnable.\\nOf the Soacre farm on which they originally set-\\ntled, Mrs. H. has 50 acres under good improvements\\nand a good large barn. She is the mother of three\\nchildren, one of whom is deceased. The two living\\nare George B., born Jan. 7, 1861, and William W.\\nA\\nV\\nr\u00c2\u00a9\\n\\\\1^\\nM", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ms\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0x^\\nrrr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^^s^\\n4^^^C(\u00c2\u00ae\\nA\\n2\\nborn Oct. 17, 1864. Fletcher, born Oct. 6, i866,\\ndied Feb. 10, 1882.\\nReligiously, Mrs. Hawkins is a member of the\\nFree Methodist Church and holds a position of re-\\nspect and esteem among the citizens of the township.\\nerry H. Estee, farmer, section 18, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Silas and Mary\\n(Hodge) Estee, who were born in Salem,\\niy Washington Co., N. Y., married in that county,\\nand in 18 10 moved to Erie Co., N. Y., where\\nthey remained until 1828; they then moved to War-\\nren Co., Pa., where he met his death by the fall of a\\ntree, Nov. 17, 1842; she died April 4, 1878, at the\\nresidence of her daughter, Emily Tillotson, in Har-\\nmony, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., at the advanced age\\nof 91 years. In their family were three sons and\\nthree daughters, who are still living, inheriting a high\\ndegree of longevity. Their names are, Ansel, Alvira,\\nEmily, John, Louisa and Perry H.\\nThe last named, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Water Valley, Erie Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1824.\\nHis early education was obtained in the district\\nschools of Warren Co., Pa., and he subsequently\\nattended the Hamburg Academy in Erie Co., N. Y.\\nWhen he was 17 years of age his father died and he\\nstarted out in the world for himself. He was brought\\nup in a lumber country, and for about three years he\\nwas engaged in various occupations. He taught\\nthree winter terms of school, in Erie Co., N. Y. He\\nthen bought 100 acres of land of the Holland Land\\nCompany, in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where he fol-\\nlowed farming for about five years, when he sold the\\nplace, and, in the spring of 1854, went to Iowa in\\nsearch of land, going a-foot about 85 miles west of\\nDubuque. After a sojourn of about three weeks in\\nthat part of the country, he re-crossed the Mississippi\\nto Prairie du Chien, Wis., where he purchased a\\nquarter-section of Government land. He spent the\\nfollowing summer at his home in Erie Co., N. Y.,\\nwhither the family had removed from Chautauqua\\nCounty.\\nIn the fall of 1854 he started for Michigan, coming\\nby rail to Kalamazoo and thence on foot to Ada,\\nKent Co.; thence, on foot, in company with a cousin,\\nto Muskegon County, reaching what is now Big\\nRapids when there were but two log shanties there\\nRemaining over night at this point, the next day\\nthey reached the house of a lumberman named\\nUtley, in Newaygo County, thence to Ionia; thence,\\nin company with two men from Ohio, they started for\\nGratiot County, in search of land. Passing through\\nthe northern part of Clinton County, they met a party\\nof 17 men returning from Isabella County, from\\nwhom they learned that all the land in this county\\nwas good; and as there were about 50 men already\\nhere making rapid selections, they had better hasten\\nback to the land office at Ionia, make their entries,\\nand then come and look up what they had entered-\\nit would be safe. One of the party exhibited a plat\\nof Coe Township. The advice was taken, Mr. Estee\\nselecting the northwest quarter of section 18. The\\nhaste was so great that, although it was one o clock\\nin the afternoon and they had 16 miles to go, they\\nwent on foot and reached the land office at half past\\nfour o clock, so as to be at the office before it closed\\nfor the day.\\nReturning to Kent County and resting a day or\\ntwo, Mr. Estee and his companion came on foot to\\nIsabella County, and for 17 miles on the township\\nlines they found not a house. The first night, there-\\nfore, they camped, on the bank of the Salt River,\\nduring a storm of rain. Next day tliey found and\\nexamined their lands, and returned to the camping-\\nground, for the night. At this time they had but one\\nbiscuit for each left.\\nShortly after Mr. E. returned to Erie Co., N. Y.,\\ntaught school the following winter, and in May, 1855,\\nin company with another man, he started for his\\nhome in the forest. They came by boat to Detroit,\\nrail to Pontiac, and stage to Saginaw, where he met\\nA. M. Clapp, the original owner of St. Louis. He\\ntook a scow to what is now Midland, and a canoe to\\nwhat is now St. Louis, arriving July 2, 1855. On\\nthe morning of the 4th they started on the trail for\\nIsabella County, reaching Coe Township by a cir-\\ncuitous route. This day Mr. Estee cut the first tree\\non the northwest quarter of section 18. His nearest\\nneighbor was a mile distant.\\nHe at once put up a bark shanty, 12 feet square.\\nHe then chopped ten acres of his land, and built a\\nlog house, which now stands on section 13, Lincoln\\nTownship. During the two and a half months he\\nwas engaged in the preceding work, he killed eigh\\nc-\\nSi/\\nt^\\n^f^ ^y^MnW ^r9\\n^m", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "[G)\\ndeer, seven of them on section i8. When he com-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2:ii) pleted his log house he returned again to New York,\\nfor his family, and came by rail to Fentonville, Mich.,\\nT thence by stage to Saginaw and thence to Alma by a\\n(hi rudely constructed boat, run by the late Gen. Ely.\\nTheir voyage hither was a tempestuous and danger-\\nous one. The boat was upset and the family had a\\nnarrow escape with their lives. They were two days\\nin coming from Alma to their new home, with an ox\\nteam. He had previously cut out one mile of road\\nsouth, and he afterwards cut out one mile east, on\\nhis farm. They reached the place Dec. 5, 1855.\\nMr. Estee helped to erect the first frame building\\nin the county, namely, a saw-mill owned by John\\nReynolds on section 9. Since his arrival here he has\\ndisposed of 50 acres of his land, and of the remain-\\ning 104 acres all Imt 11 acres is in a fine state of\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Estee was a member of the State Constitu-\\ntional Convention of 1867, from the Midland Dis-\\ntrict, which then embraced the original counties of\\nMidland, Isabella, Iosco and Alpena, with the terri-\\ntories attached. He was elected Judge of Probate\\nin i860, and held that office four years; was the first\\nl^ Township Clerk of Coe, and has been Supervisor of\\n^f the township 13 years; was the second Supervisor,\\nfor three years was Chairman of the first Board of\\nSupervisors, and was a member of the Board when\\nthis county was attached to Midland for two years, and\\nremoved the county seat to Mt. Pleasant, driving the\\nfirst stake at that place has also been Justice of the\\nPeace eight years Notary Public for a time, and for six\\nyears he was President of the Farmers Mutual Fire\\n/g^ Insurance Company of Gratiot and Isabella Counties.\\ns In the olden time he belonged to what was known as\\nthe Abolitionist party, and has been a Repulilican\\nsince the organization of that party. He and his\\nwife are both members of the Christian Church.\\nHe was married in Eden, Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 24,\\n1848, to Miss Carrie E., daughter of Linus and\\nEsther M. (Van Dusen) Dole, the former a native of\\nMassachusetts and the latter of New York. Mrs. E.\\nwas born in Eden, Sept. 13, 1825. They are the\\nparents of five children, namely: Linus D., Mary E.,\\nFree and Perry H., Jr., living, and Hattie M., who\\ndied Oct. 12, 1863, nearly ten years of age.\\nThe portraits of Mr. Estee and his estimable wife\\nare given on previous pages. Those who have seen\\nthis blooming county develop from swampy forests\\ninto a prosperous, well-inhabited region, through the\\nlabors of such men as P. H. Estee, will esteem this\\nwork the more highly for these permanent reminders\\nof their familiar features.\\nm. A. M. Hummel, farmer on section 12,\\nBroom field, is a son of Gustav and Sophia\\nvO (Fick) Hummel, natives of Prussia. (See\\nsketch of Theodore Hummel.) He was born\\nDec. 18, 1855, in Prussia, and came with his\\nparents to America in 1869. He has lived with them\\ncontinuously to the present time, for three years in\\nOakland County and since 1872 in this county.\\nIn 1880 he was married to Louisa Newman, who\\nwas born April 30, 1858, in Prussia, and died Oct.\\n28, 1883, leaving two children, Lena M., born Aug.\\n23, 1881, and Charles T., Oct. 27, 1883. Mrs. H.\\nwas the daughter of Charles and Louisa Newman,\\nnatives of Prussia, and now living in Ionia, this State.\\nMr. Hummel is politically a Republican. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of his township two terms, and is now\\nholding that oflice. He has also been Moderator of\\nhis school district. He is a member of the Lutheran\\nChurch.\\newis Priest, farmer, section 14, Fremont\\nTownship, was a son of Dyer and Julia\\nj/Afif^T (Todd) Priest. The former was born in\\n^W Maryland, in 1817, and the mother in Ohio in\\nrp 1820. The father follows the occupation of a\\nfarmer and is at present residing in Hillsdale\\nCounty, this State. The mother died in Hillsdale,\\nHillsdale Co., Dec. 4, 1878.\\nLewis Priest, the subject of this notice, was born\\nAug. 30, 1839, in Licking Co., Ohio. At the age of\\n21 years he enlisted in Co. H, First Mich. Sharp-\\nshooters, which was assigned to the Ninth Corps of\\nthe Army of the Potomac. He participated in the\\nbattles of the VVilderness, Spottsylvania Court-\\nHouse, Cold Harbor, Petersburg and others, and was\\npresent at the surrenderor Gen. Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nAfter passing through the war and receiving no\\nI\\nI\\nA\\n1^\\nr\\n^^f^ @7^^D fl IlDi A:^^ ^^r:^\\n-^4)^^$ 5^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "m\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\nwound of a serious nature, he was honorably dis-\\ncharged, in the cit)- of Detroit, April lo, 1865.\\nAfter his discharge from the service he returned\\nto the parental homestead in Hillsdale County,\\nthis State, remaining with his parents until the fol-\\nlowing year, when he was united in marriage with\\nMiss Louisa Baker, the date of their wedding being\\nFeb. 2, 1866. She was a daughter of Josiah and\\nRachel A. (English) Baker. The father was born\\nAug 10, 1820, in Maryland, and the mother in Lick-\\ning Co., Ohio, Aug. 27, 1827. The father followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer, and is still engaged in\\nthat pursuit; and the mother died in Defiance Co.,\\nOhio, Dec. 27, 1863. Louisa, the daughter, was\\nborn June 10, 1846, in Licking Co., Ohio.\\nThe husband and wife were the parents of three\\nchildren, namely George A., Dire Allen and Attie O.\\nMr. Priest came to this county in 1874 and locat-\\ned on 80 acres of land on section 14. He had faith\\nin the future development of the country and devot-\\ned his time and energy to the clearing and improving\\nof his land and, as a proof that honest effort brings\\nreward, he now has 50 acres of his land in a good\\nstate of cultivation and comfortable necessary build-\\nings.\\nPolitically, Mr. Priest is a Democrat, and socially\\nhe is an esteemed and respected citizen of his\\ntownship.\\nlexander Hall, boot and shoe dealer at\\n^(p9 Montgomery Co., N. Y., and is a son\\n3 fif ander and Hannah (Smith) Hall. Hii\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r was born in 1793, and died in 1864\\nMt. Pleasant, was born Dec. 17, 1838, in\\nof Alex-\\nlis father\\n[864. His\\nmother was born also in 1793, and died in\\n1868. The father was a manufacturer of boots and\\nshoes, and the son learned his trade underhis super-\\nvision. He spent two seasons as a carpenter and\\njoiner, but finally determined to pursue the avenue\\nof business in which he has since engaged.\\nMr. Hall remained in his native State during the\\nlife of his fatlier and niotiier, and in 1874 came to\\nMt. Pleasant, where he ojjened a shoi) for the prosecu-\\ntion of his business, in which he has since been con-\\ntinuously engaged. His trade is thriving, reiiuiring\\ntwo assistants, and he carries a stock of goods esti-\\nJ\\nmated at $3,500. In 1877 he purchased 40 acres of\\nland in Union Township, on section 15, of which he\\nhas platted 20 acres. It is situated in the south-\\neastern portion of Mt. Pleasant, and is known as\\nHall s Addition. He also owns his shop and a busi-\\nness lot on Broadway.\\nMr. Hall was married Dec. 26, 1864, in Minerville.\\nMontgomery Co., N. Y., to Jane A. Jeffers she was\\nborn in Minerville, and is a daughter of William and\\nSusan A. (Buchanan) Jeffers. Mr. Jeffers was born\\nin r8o2 and died in 1882 his wife was born in 1809\\nand died in 1861. Mrs. Hall was born Sept.\\n5, 1846. Four children have been born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hall, as follows: Francina, Sept. 28,\\n1865; Jeffers C, May 8, 1873: Robert C, Sept. 3,\\n1S79; GracieM., May 23, 1881.\\n|fflteilliam H. Sa.Kton, liveryman and proprie-\\n^jfl tor of the stage route between Loomis and\\nfp and Gladwin, was born in Allegany Co., N.\\n|t^ Y., July 22, 1839. He is a son of Silas and\\nAmanda (Lee) Saxton, natives of Tompkins\\nCo., N. Y. They removed to the State of Penn-\\nsylvania, where the father died, April 9, 1880, and the\\nmother in October, 1883.\\nMr. Saxton was 12 years old when his parents be-\\ncame residents of the Keystone State. He remained\\nat home, acquiring his education, until he was 16\\nyears of age, when he came to St. Clair Co., Mich.\\nHe spent the first summer in fishing at Thunder\\nBay, and after that season he was engaged in lumber-\\ning until 1862. In the fall of that year he entered\\nthe military service of the United States. He enlist-\\ned in the 22d Mich. Vol. Inf and served until July,\\n1865, when he was honorably discharged at Detroit.\\nHis command was attached to the Army of the\\nWest, and he participated in all the engagementi in\\nwhich his regiment was an actor.\\nImmediately upon his discharge, he came to the\\ncounty of Isabella and located at Mt. Pleasant, where\\nhe embarked in the grocery business. At the end of\\nfour years he sold out and passed the ensuing four\\nyears in lumbering. In 1872 he commenced learn-\\ning, and in 1875 he commenced operations in his\\npresent line. He obtained the mail contract between\\nMt. Pleasant and Clare, and ran a stage line in con-\\n1^\\nk.\\n^^^f^ e^^in 11 iiiiv ^f^\\np\\nt\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t-^\\ni^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "(h\\nt\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V^ I]D:^!]I1^\\n-7i!^\\n4^^^@V j!\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nnection with it two years, when he sold out his stage\\ninterests, retaining his livery business. In the sum-\\nmer of 1883 he removed his interests to Gladwin^\\nwhere he now resides and is engaged in carrying\\nthe mail between Loomis and Gladwin. He is a\\nRepublican in jxjlitical sentiment. In 1876 he be-\\ncame proprietor of 40 acres of land in Union Town-\\nship, and has about 20 acres under cultivation. He\\nalso owns property in the village of Mt. Pleasant.\\nMr. Saxton was married Jan. 17, 1867, in Chippewa\\nTownship, Isabella Co., Mich., toLephaF., daughter\\nof John and Sylvia (Ferris) Fraser. She was born\\nJuly 9, 1847, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., and her parents\\nwere also natives of the Empire State. They are\\nnow residents of Mt. Pleasant. Nine children have\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Saxton, seven of whom\\nsurvive. Their names are Julia C, Nellie A.,\\nEmma M., Edwin F., Sylvia, Carrie E. and Eva.\\nTwo children died in infancy.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00ab%s4\\n^^?w^\\njilton L. Converse, farmer on section 12,\\nVernon Township, was born in Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., April 23, 1838, and is a son of\\nThomas D. and Elisheba (Kirkland) Con-\\nverse, natives of New York and Connecticut\\nand of New England parentage. The parents\\nhave followed farming as an occupation, and now re-\\nside with their son in Vernon Township, this county.\\nThey are aged respectively 78 and 81 years, and\\nenjoy good health. Tliey are faithful members of the\\nCongregational Church, and hope for a future life.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on his fath-\\ner s farm, and for four years attended the Belleville\\nAcademy in his native county. At the age of 23 he\\ntook charge of the home farm, which he cultivated\\nfive years. He then exchanged for village property\\nin Pierpont Manor, same county, where he lived\\nabout two years. In 1871 he came to Isabella\\nCounty, where his brother had previously located,\\nand secured 80 acres on section 12, Vernon Town-\\nship, where he has since made his home. He has\\npurchased 80 aces on section i, same township, and\\nhas 40 acres of his home farm improved, with suit-\\nable farm buildings.\\nHe was married in the city of Oswego, N. Y, June\\ngi, 1866, to Miss Jennie Moore, a native of Ireland,\\nand a daughter of William and Jane Moore. She\\ncame with her parents to New York when young, i\\nand there followed the occupation of a seamstress\\nuntil her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Converse have\\na son, Lucius M., born March 26, 1869, and a yf\\ndaughter, Lillian, born July 20, 187 i.\\nMr. C. is a Republican, and has held various\\nschool offices in his township. He is a member and\\nDeacon of the Congregational Church, and his wife\\nand daughter are also members of the same Church.\\nf\\names H. McFall, farmer on section 11,\\nX ernon, was born in Middlesex Co., Ont.,\\nAug. 26, 1858, and came to this county\\nwith his parents when 19 years old, having re-\\nceived his education in his native county.\\nOct. 26, 1879, in Vernon Township, he was mar-\\nried to Miss Jane Baker, daughter of John and Julia\\nA. C. (Sharp) Baker (see sketch of John Baker), /s\\nShe was born in Ontario, May 31, 1863, and came ==i\\nto this county with her parents when only a child.\\nShe received a good common-school education in this\\ncounty. Mr. and Mrs. McF. have one child, Mary\\nJ., born Jan. 18, 1883.\\nThey se tled after marriage on an 80-acre farm on\\nsection i Vernon, given Mr. McFall by his father.\\nPolitical he is a supporter of the Republican party.\\nc\\nv/\\nenjamin F.\\nKyes, dealer in musical\\nsewing-machines, etc., at\\n|k: merchandise,\\nMt. Pleasant, was born Feb. 5, 1854, in\\nSheridan Township, Calhoun Co., Mich., and\\nis the son of Ransom and Harriet (Living-\\nston) Kyes. In 1855 his parents came to\\nIsabella County, Mich., and settled in Coe Township.\\nThe father bought 200 acres of unimproved land on\\nsection 6, and the family were among the pioneer\\nsettlers of the township. They resided on the farm\\nuntil 1 866, when they removed to the village of Mt.\\nPleasant, the father having been elected Sheriff of\\nIsabella County; and they continued their residence ^y\\nthere until 1872, when they returned to the estate in\\nCoe Township. ^*j\\nr\\nMr. Kyes devoted his youthful years to the acqui-\\niin^nai M\\nJs^^J:-^\\nk^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "m\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^^f(\u00c2\u00ae\\\\-{|i\\n259\\nsition of a good education and availed himself of the\\nadvantages afforded by the schools of Mt. Pleasant\\nwhile his father s family resided there. After that\\nevent he taught two terms of school, and in 1875\\nhe commenced farming on 80 acres of land on sec-\\nlion 5,ofCoe Township, and remained in that occu-\\npation until the fall of 1883, when he formed a\\npartnership with O. W. Stebbins and established the\\nbusiness in which he is now engaged at Mt. Pleasant.\\nMr. Stebbins retired in April, 1884. His stock\\ncomprises a judicious selection of small musical\\ninstruments and organs, including the Chicago\\nCottage Organ and that manufactured by Kimavall\\nCo., of Grand Rapids also the White, Davis and\\nDomestic Sewing-machines.\\nMr. Kyes was married June 27, 1875, at St. Louis,\\nMich., to Carrie A. Atkin, daughter of George and\\nSophia Atkin. She was born July 21, 1854, at\\nSackett s Harbor, N. Y.\\nV\\n^titsw^^^r\\n\u00c2\u00bb^.s/zraTOv\\n;ron. Alonzo T. Frisbee, residing at Oak\\nI Grove, Livingston Co., Mich., State Senator\\nl^ from the 20th District, and owner of one of the\\nlargest farms in Isabella County, was born in\\nI Howell, Livingston Co., Mich., Oct. 12, 1840,\\nand is the son of Ezra and Lucinda (Thomp-\\nson) Frisbee, nalivesrespectivelyof Montgomery and\\nHerkimer Counties, N. Y. The parents are now\\nresiding in Livingston County, with Mr. Frisbee.\\nHe received a good education through the facili-\\nties afforded by Michigan s admirable school system,\\nand completed his education at the Howell High\\nSchool with the highest honors of the institution.\\nOn arriving at the age of 21, his father told him he\\ncould work by the month on the farm, or pack his\\nclothes and go out to make his own way in the world.\\nHe accepted a proposition made by his father and\\nremained on the homestead until 28 years old. On\\nsettling up then with his father, he found there\\nwas coming to him the snug little sum of $2,000. It\\nwas during war time, with wages high.\\nHaving heard much of the prairies of Iowa and\\nMinnesota, he planned a visit to them in 1870, with\\na view to settle in one or the other of those States.\\nHe therefore spent an entire summer in journeying\\nover the prairies but after a thorough consideration\\nof the circumstances, he determined to make his\\nfuture home in his native Michigan. Returning to\\nhis father s, he remained until the Sth day of Novem-\\nber, 1871. In this year he came to Isabella C ounty\\nwith the expectation of buying Indian lands, the\\nGovernment having a short time previous given to\\nthe aborigines the title of their reservation\\nseveralty. But in this plan he was disappointed.\\nHe was a stranger, the Indians were suspicious, and\\nhe found it difficult to deal with them.\\nLearning that the school section (16) in what is\\nnow Nottawa was good land, he took a surveyor\\nfrom Mt. Pleasant by the name of Coburn, found and\\nexamined the land. After a week he returned to\\nLansing and purchased 400 acres on the section\\nmentioned. Four years later, or on the 21st day of\\nOctober, 1875, he returned to his purchase by way\\nof Farwell, being piloted through the woods by a\\nland-looker named Frye. He learned from this\\ngentleman that a man named Dibble had moved in-\\nto the neighborhood and was opening up a farm\\nabout two miles east of his land.\\nFixing the points of the compass well in his mind,\\nhe started for Mr. Dibble s. Finding the place, he\\ntold Mr. D. he had come to look over his land, with\\na view to improving it, and wished to stay overnight.\\nHe made Mr. Dibble s his home until he had built\\nsome log shanties, roofed them with basswood troughs\\nand covered them with moss. This was his primitive\\nhome. A few weeks later he built a store, after the\\npattern of his house with the exception of a shingled\\nroof, knowing that the troughs might be easily remov-\\ned and thieves break in and steal.\\nAs soon as possible he filled his store with goods,\\nwhich he sold to the Indians and the few white settlers.\\nIn three years he had added to his original purchase\\n440 acres of land and cleared, by the hel[) of the\\nIndians, 160 acres. His first wheat crop yielded 23\\nbushels per acre; and was put in without plowing,\\nsimply sowed on the ground and dragged over three\\ntimes. In the fall of 1878 his father desired him to\\nreturn to the old homestead therefore, on the first\\nday of April, 1879, he returned home to care for his\\nparents in their declining years. Realizing that he\\nowed to them a debt of gratitude he could never\\nmore than partially repay, he rented his farm and\\nleft for his old home, where he yet resides.\\ni\\nc^:\\nt\\n^::^m%m\\nU=5-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a06VC^tl n U^i ^f^ :2^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00aef7*^^^(\u00c2\u00ae^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\nMr. Frisbee has never married. He is an agree-\\nable gentleman, of polished manners, and makes\\nfriends of all whom he meets. He was for three\\nyears Supervisor of Nottawa Township, and has also\\nbeen for several terms Supervisor of Cohoctah Town-\\nship, Livingston County, where he resides. He was\\nelected Township Clerk of his native township when\\nonly 2 1 years of age and this was followed by his\\nbeing elected to the office of Supervisor the next\\nseveral years in succession. Of the sixteen times\\nhis name has been before the people for their suf-\\nfrage, he has been successful thirteen times,\\nalthough many times his party was in the minority.\\nMr. Frisbee is one of the pioneer Greenbackers of\\nhis State. He believes that law makes money, and\\nnot the material of which it is made. He holds that\\ngold and silver is too expensive and cumbersome for\\nmoney that money is not value itself but a repre-\\nsentative of value; that the greenback was a repre-\\nsentation of the best blood in our country spilled in\\nits struggle to continue its existence, together with\\nthe best resouices of the people, and was a token to\\nthe people that they had done something for their\\nGovernment, and was redeemable by each other and\\nthe last subject that held it held the token of its\\nworth in labor and material, to be redeemed in turn\\nby his neighljor.\\nWith all of Mr. Frisbee s successes in life, he has\\nhad his misfortunes, principal among which was that\\ncaused by the tornado that swept over his farm in\\nNottawa on the igth day of September, 1878, which\\nlaid his farm in waste, destroyed his store by blowing\\nit away in fragments, goods and all, and leaving no-\\nthing but ruin and desolation behind.\\nrvine M. Armstrong, farmer on section 6,\\n!i Vernon Township, was born Nov. 30, 1849, in\\nPeel Co.,Ont., and is the fourth of a family\\nof 12 children. At the age of 15, he left his na-\\ntive county and went to Erin, Wellington Coun-\\nty, to learn the trade of shoemaking, under the\\ninstruction of a man named Archibald Thompson.\\nvj, Serving his three years, he returned home, and in\\nthe winter of 1869 came to Farwell, Clare County,\\nhis parents meanwhile locating in Isabella C ounty.\\nHe started the first shoe-shop in Farwell, and had an\\nexcellent trade, manufacturing with his own hands as\\nmuch as $100 worth of stock per month. Before he\\nhad driven the first nail he had orders for 40 pairs of\\nboots, and his reputation as a workman was such\\nthat he frequently had orders from a distance of 40\\nto 60 miles.\\nOver-devotion to his business, together with night\\nwork, impaired his health to such a degree that in\\nT875 he was obliged to withdraw from further pur-\\nsuit of that trade. His father dying a year later, he\\nassumed control of the home farm, which he has\\nsince cultivated. He has now one of the best farms\\nin Vernon Township. Politically, he is a Republican.\\n-13=\\nm\\na^Ksijfs^K\\ni)K illiam P. Towns, farmer and proprietor of\\niL oi a boardmg-house at Blanchard, is a son\\n1107-, of Thomas and Anna (Parson) Towns.\\n^I SiM The mother was born in Hartford, Oxford\\nCo., Me., March 12, 1795, and died in 1883,\\nat the advanced age of 88. The father was\\nborn in 1783 and died about 1849. He was a farmer,\\ncarpenter and shoemaker, and never moved from his\\nnative State.\\nThe subject of this record was born Jan. 29, 1828,\\nin Hartford, Oxford Co., Me., and at the early age of\\n10 was bound out to a farmer named Samuel Pills-\\nbury. He remained with him ten years, receiving\\nvery unkind treatment. He had no schooling, and\\nall his needs were neglected. After leaving Mr.\\nPillsbury, he worked in the lumber woods and then\\non the river. He was variously occupied until 1876.\\nIn the fall of that year he came to Grand Rapids,\\nand in December following he came to Isabella\\n(bounty. The three years ensuing he was foreman in\\nthe business of lumbering, in the employ of P. G.\\nBlanchard, of Grand Rapids. He is the oldest set-\\ntler of the village of Blanchard, having come before\\nthe first tree was cut towards starting a village.\\nMr. Towns was married April 17, 1856, at the age\\nof 28, to Octavia L. Doughty, daughter of Elias and\\nLouisa (Pool) Doughty. She was born in 1838, in\\nthe State of Maine, and died Sept. 3, 1866, having\\nbeen the mother of two children Carrie E., born\\nJuly 8, i860, and Philip S., born April 9, 1864. Mr.\\nTowns was subsequently married to Carrie M\\n/S\\nv y\\nr\\n.1\\nV\\n^Hti; i A^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "r\\nfe)\\nI\\nz^^ 6V llIi:t:nil\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\na^ W^\\n4J^^f(\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\n261\\nFlanders, who was born Feb. 17, 1842, in Kennebec\\nCo., Me., the daughter of Samuel and Cynthia\\n(McClure) Flanders, natives of the State of Maine.\\nMr. Flanders was a farmer, and worked in the woods\\nin the winter seasons. In the late civil war he en-\\nlisted in the First Maine Heavy Artillery, jind he\\ndied in the service at Washington, D. C. Mrs.\\nFlanders died April 14, 1870, in the State of Maine.\\nMr. and Mrs. Towns have one son, Frank L., born\\nMay 12, 1870, in Maine.\\nPolitically, Mr. T. is an earnest and influential\\nRepublican.\\nsi 1^ awrenee J. Petz, M. D., physician and sur-\\n|f geon, at Mt. Pleasant, was born May 12,\\nV\\nA\\nv 1854, in Bavaria. He is a son of Martin\\nvJ(j and Teresa (Gess) Petz. His father was a\\n/*j brewer by profession and died in the Fader-\\nt land Aug. 26, 1876. The mother is still liv-\\ning, in her native country.\\nDr. Petz was early placed at school, in accordance\\nwith the custom of the class to whicli he belonged,\\nand when he was nine years old began the study of\\nLatin, to which he devoted five years. At 14 he be-\\ngan a course of metaphysical study, which occu-\\npied two years, and he then entered upon his\\npreparatory course of reading for his ;?rofession. He\\nstudied medicine five years at Munich, Bavaria, and\\nwas graduated Aug. 26, 1874. He practiced in\\nNewberg and Straubing two years, and went to Rome,\\nItaly, where he entered the Giovanni Maria Alfieri\\nHospital as physician and surgeon. After a stay\\nthere of 14 months he went to the Holy Land to\\nstudy the symptoms of the febrile diseases incident to\\nthat location, and spent four months in that branch\\nof medicine, and in the observation of small-pox.\\nHe went thence to France and practiced in the city of\\nParis until January, 1878. Duringthe period he was\\nin France the Franco-Prussian war was in progress,\\n187 1-3. He then came to the United States and spent\\na year in the Philadelphia University and Hospital,\\nand received the credentials of that institution Feb.\\nII. 1879, He then entered the hospital of the Cen-\\ntral New York Eclectic Medical Society, and received\\na diploma May 17, 1882. He spent upwards of a\\nyear at Utica, N. Y., as a medical practitioner, going\\nthither in July, 1882. January 17, 1882, the U. S-\\nNational Institute of Eclectic Medicine at St. Louis,\\nMo., conferred a diploma upon Dr. Petz, and March\\n2, 1882, he received a similar distinction from the\\nCollege of Ludovicieuse in the same city. May 19,\\n1880, the New York Pharmaceutical Association con-\\nferred upon him the honors of that organization.\\nDr. Petz came to Mt. Pleasant in the summer of\\n1883, and has succeeded in establishing a prosper-\\nous business, which is gradually extending. He was\\nmarried July 24, 1881, at East Syracuse, N. Y., to\\nJosephine G. Sliandorf Mrs. Petz was born May\\n15, 1858, at Manlius Station, Onondaga Co., N. Y.\\nJosephine M., elder child of Dr. and Mrs. Petz, was\\nborn May 8, 1882, at Utica N. Y. Eleanora T. was\\nborn at Manlius Station Oct. 7, 1883.\\n[t saac N. Shepherd, farmer and lumberman.\\nSalt River, is a son of Robert and Ann\\n(Leach) Shepherd, natives of England, who\\nemigrated to this country about 1834, settling\\nfirst in New England, and in Coe Township\\nin January, 1856, where they remained until\\ntheir death. Their children numbered eight, five of\\nwhom grew to be adults.\\nThe fifth son, the subject of tiiis sketch, was born\\nin Vermont, Dec. 31 1840; when 13 years old he\\ncame with his parents to Hillsdale Co., Mich., and a\\nyear and a halfafterward,that is, in January, 1856, they\\ncame to Isabella County, where has since resided.\\nHe remained at home till 22 years of age, contribut-\\ning to the support of his fiarents. About i86r, he\\nbought 80 acres of land in Coe Township. Since\\nthen he has bought and sold many tracts of land,\\nand at the present time he owns about 2,000 acres of\\nland, having about 250 acres under cultivation. In\\nthe summer of 1873 he built tiie residence which he\\nnow occupies: it is one of the finest in the county.\\nHe also owns and operates a lumber, lath and shin-\\ngle mill in Chippewa Townsliip, which has a daily\\ncapacity of 30,000 feet of lumber, 40,000 shingles and\\n20,000 lath. He is also interested in the Lansing,\\nAlma, Mt. Pleasant Northern Railroad, being a\\ndirector in the company and a member of the exec-\\nutive committee.\\nV\u00c2\u00ae\\nA\\nMr. Shepherd is a member of the Masonic Order,\\n-|^^Jf^X^|)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^\\\\imu^ T\\n262\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni\\nf\\nI\\nof the Baptist Church and of the Prohibition party.\\nHe was married in Jackson Co., Mich., Jan. 3,\\n1864, to Catherine, daughter of John and Rachel\\n(Sloat) Neely, who were natives of New York. Mrs.\\nS., who is also a sister of Mrs. James Campbell,\\nwas born in Jackson County, Mich., July 8, 1838,\\nand she has become the mother of five children,\\nnamely John L., Jennie L., Franklin S. (who died\\nTune 4, 1883, aged 14), Annie R. and William I. N.\\nSftlialiidrew M. McKay, farmer on section i,\\n1^ Vernon, was born m County Derry, Ireland,\\nMarch 17, 1843, and is a son of John and\\nSarah (Dowling) McKay. His father was in\\nK Ireland a raiser and manufacturer of flax, etc.,\\n1 and in 1846 he came to Canada. There he\\npurchased a large farm, on which he resided until\\nhis death, Feb. 26, 1884, at the extreme age of 95.\\nHe was one of the earliest settlers of Simcoe Co.,\\nCan. His wife is yet living, at the age of 93. Of\\ntheir nine children seven grew to be adults. Andrew\\nM. was next to the youngest of the family.\\nHe was but three years old when the family came\\nacross the ocean, they being about six months on\\nthe water. He was educated in the common schools\\nof Simcoe Co., Can., until 1 6 years old, when he served\\na three-years apprenticeship to a carpenter named\\nWilliam Lenox. Low prices being paid carpenters\\nat that time, he returned to the farm for four years,\\nduring which time he was married. He then worked\\nin saw-mills, most of the time as head sawyer. In\\nthe summer of 1879, he came to this State, and\\nstopped at Clare until he could build a house on 80\\nacres he purchased on section i, Vernon. He has\\nnow improved 45 acres. Some of his farm buildings\\nwere built by his unaided hands.\\nSept. 7, 1863, was the date of his marriage to\\nMiss Margaret McKee, daughter of James and Mary\\nJ. Murdock. They were natives of Ireland, where\\nthe daughter also was born July 27, 1842. The\\nfamily came in 1848 to Ontario, where the parents\\nare yet living, on a farm, aged|respectively 70 and 65.\\nMr. and Mrs. McKay are the parents of five chil-\\ndren, Mary J., born June 17, 1864; James A., Feb.\\n19, 1866; William O., April i8, 1867; Margaret E.,\\nMarch 25, 1869; and Edmund J., Aug. 18, 1870.\\n?|^V^^\u00c2\u00ab^f|\u00c2\u00ab\\nMr. McKay is a member of Farwell Lodge, No.\\n355, F. A. M., and is politically a Republican.\\nHe and wife are members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nfmffli/^^ Doxsie, farmer on section 22, Rol-\\n?:i[6^H|(_ land, is a son of Samuel and Phebe\\n;lli?*y (Young?) Doxsie. The father was born\\npK in the State of New York, July 6, 1815, and\\nhas followed farming all his life. He was mar-\\nried in Ontario, Can., in 1837. Coming to\\nMichigan, he has lived for 30 years in Eaton County,\\nwhere he reared three of his children. His wife was\\nborn in New Jersey. June 21, 18 18, and died in\\nMarch, 1881. They had in all eleven children, three\\nof whom are dead. The oldest son died at Detroit,\\nof wounds received in the army.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born at Norwich,\\nOnt., May 2, 1842, and lived at home until within\\ntwo days of his majority. He then left home, send-\\ning his father $5 for the two days time, and worked\\nfor two years at laying a stone wall in Calhoun Co.,\\nMich. During the war he served in the Quarter-\\nmaster s Department at Nashville, Tenn. He was\\nnot an enlisted soldier, but was paid by the Govern-\\nment. Returning to Michigan, he lived eight months\\nin Eaton County and then, in 1865, came to Isabella\\nand located on 160 acres of wild land on section 22,\\nRolland. He has now 80 acres, including 40 acres\\nwell improved.\\nHe was married Sept. 3, 1868, to Angeline Peter-\\nson, who was born May 24, 1850, in Tuscarawas,\\nCo., Ohio, the daugliter of William M. and Mary A.\\n(Richardson) Peterson, natives of New Jersey and\\nOhio. Mr. Peterson was a carpenter and joiner\\nuntil he came to Michigan, since when he has fol-\\nlowed farming and lumbering. He now resides in\\nDeerfield Township. Mr. and Mrs. Doxsie have two\\nchildren of their own, Ella M., born June 21, 1869,\\nand Lillie E., born May 29, 187 1; and an adopted\\nson, Peter S., born Oct. 27, 1878.\\nMr. D. has been Township Clerk two years. Town-\\nship Treasurer one year. Supervisor four years, suc-\\ncessively, tlien School Superintendent two terms and\\nSupervisor two years more, being the present incum-\\nbent. He has also been a Justice of the Peace seven\\ng\\nve\\ni\\n.v.\\nV\\n/r\\nC^lll|S;llll-i\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "ra^gsK \u00c2\u00a9^-11 n K n B r\\niWi^i^^i\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n265 S\\n/Os\\nyears, and a Notary Public six years. He was com-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a00 missioned a Notary by Gov. Bagley in March, 1875,\\nJ\u00c2\u00bb and by Gov. Jerome in July, 1881. He is a member\\nof the Republican party. He has belonged to Lan-\\nhj sing Lodge, No. 33, Grand Ledge Loge, No. 179, and\\nWabon Lodge, No. 305, F. A. M.\\nev. Robert P. Sheldon was one of the\\nmost prominent pioneers of Isabella County,\\nand one of the few that will be longest re-\\nmembered by those whose interest is warm in\\nearly days. He was born in Canada Aug. 27,\\n1806, and his parents were also natives of the\\nDominion. At an early period in his life, however,\\nthe family removed to the State of New York. The\\nfather being in limited circumstances, was not able to\\nafford Robert a liberal education, and the latter\\ngathered up the crumbs of learning as well as he\\ncould, in the face of obstacles smiliar to those that\\nE=r have risen up in the path of many noble, self-made\\nmen. He had no trade, and he worked by the month\\nE3 as a farm laborer most of the years of his youth, at a\\nSV time of life when similarly gifted young men of this\\ngeneration are preparing for life in the high school\\nor college.\\nAt the age of 18 he was married to Miss Amy\\nMarsh, a native of the Empire State. She possessed\\nan intelligent, well-trained mind, and was of great\\nassistance to her husband in improving his scholar-\\nship. Becoming imbued with the idea that he was\\ni divinely called to preach the Gospel, he bought\\nbooks as fast as he could afford them, and improved\\n3 his leisure hours in study. After some years he was\\nlicensed as an exhorter in Ohio, and several years\\nlater he was ordained as a minister. Beginning at\\nBucyrus, in the Buckeye State, he labored in the\\ncause of Christianity for a number of years on both\\nsides of the Ohio River. In the fall of i860 he\\nturned his course northward, and selected Isabella\\nCounty as his home. Here he devoted the remain-\\nder of his life to his chosen calling. He was the\\nfather of Metiiodism in this section, and by unani-\\nmous desire his name, together with that of tlie first\\nPresiding Elder of this Conference, is placed in the\\nmemorial window of the handsome Methodist Epis-\\nf copal church at Mt. Pleasant. On his first arrival\\n^V\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^^-\\nJ3 ^i. @r^:\\nhe bought 80 acres in Coe Township, which he after-\\nwards sold, and he purchased another tract of e([ual\\nsize in Chippewa. He disposed of half this land,\\nand at the time of his death 20 acres were in culti-\\nvation. He remained up to the close of his life faith-\\nful and enthusiastic in his ministry, and nothing\\nordinary would prevent his promptly filling his\\nnumerous appointments, to do which required fre-\\nquent long journeys on foot, over logs and tree-tops\\nand swamps. His health gradually failed, but he\\nmade no pause in his work until about six months\\nprevious to his death. His departure to his final and\\nenduring rest occurred at two o clock in the morning\\nof Oct. 17, 1882.\\nBy his first marriage he had five children, of whom\\nthree survive. Their names are Ansel L., Huldah\\nM. and George N. His wife dying Aug. 20, 1854,\\nhe was again married March 20, 1855, in Wheat-\\nland, Hillsdale Co., Midi., to Mrs. Susanna Mc-\\nDowel, daughter of John and Susanna Kinzie, who\\nwere natives of Switzerland. She was born at Berne,\\nin that rocky republic, and was first married to John\\nMcDowel, in Seneca Co., Ohio, by whom she bore\\ntwo children. Of these. Otto survives. Mr. Mc-\\nDowel died in Canada, at the hands of an assassin.\\nTo Mr. Sheldon s second marriage there were given\\nseven children, of whom the five survivors are named\\nCharles O.. Eugene P., Jesse F., Franklin B. and\\n.Alice R. Two died in infancy.\\nIn Mr. Sheldon s portrait, which appears on a pre-\\nvious page, our readers will recognize one of nature s\\nnoblemen, a man who was as universally beloved and\\nrespected as any pioneer of this county, and one\\nwhose true worth cannot be too highly lauded, or\\nwhose memory cannot be too carefully cherished by\\nthe future generations.\\names Armstrong, farmer on section 6, Ver-\\nnon Township, was born in Peel Co., Ont.,\\nAug. 13, 1844, and is a son of John and\\nMary Ann (Baker) Armstrong, natives of Ire-\\nland and Canada.\\nThe parents were married in Peel Co., Ont.,\\nand came to Michigan in March, 1869, locating in\\nVernon Township, this county, among its first set-\\ntlers. The father was for many years a school-teach-\\n5^ niii^jL^ ^ss^fL\\nJ\\nA\\n1=1\\nT r\\nff\\n/p-\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^;f\u00c2\u00bb-\\nrz^Ps-\\n.i\\nmy=imi\\nT\\nISABELLA COV^JTY.\\n-:^^psr\\nT\\nv\\nk\\ner in Ontario, and taught one district school 14 terms\\nin succession. He died in Vernon, Nov. 12, 1875,\\naged 66 the mother hves with her son, Irvine, and\\nis now in her 62d year. Their family numbered 12,\\nof whom II are alive, and all residents of this State.\\nJames is the eldest.\\nHe lived at home until 16 years old, alternately at-\\ntending school and working on the farm. At that\\nage he commenced to work out, and he was in the\\nemploy of various neighbors until 24 years old. In\\nMay, 1 868, he came to Michigan and secured 95 acres\\non section 6, Vernon. He at once set about making\\na home, clearing his farm and raising grain, which\\nproduct was in steady demand among lumbermen\\nand railroad contractors. He has now 39 acres im-\\nproved, out of the 50 acres which he retains.\\nLosing his health in a measure, from malarious\\ninfluences, he followed the carpenter s trade from\\n1871 to 1874, in which latter year he resumed farm\\nwork.\\nHe was married at Stanton, this state, Nov. 21,\\n1876, to Miss Louise J. Hinds, daughter of Ansel C.\\nand Emily J. (Pepper) Hinds, natives of Pennsylva-\\nnia, and of English descent. Mr. Hinds was by oc-\\ncupation a farmer, and while chopping a tree in\\nMontcalm County, this State, a dead tree near by fell\\nupon his head, producing instant death. Mrs. Hinds\\nnow lives at Stanton. Mrs. Armstrong was born in\\nBradford Co., Pa., Oct. 10, 1858, and came with her\\nparents to Montcalm Co., when five yearsold. She was\\neducated at the public schools of Stanton, and lived\\nin that county until her marriage. Three children\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. A., two of whom are\\nliving. These are Clarence R., born July 9, 1879;\\nand Emily F., born Aug. 30, 1881. Maud was born\\nJan. I, 1878, and died the same day.\\nMrs. A. is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr.\\nArmstrong is politically a Republican, and has for\\nthree years been Justice of the Peace.\\nilliam K. Robbins, merchant, Salt River,\\n^j is a son of Marcus and \\\\my (Robinson)\\nf Robbins, the former a native of Wethers-\\nfield. Conn., and the latter of Rhode Island.\\nThey first settled in Washington Co., N. Y.,\\nivhere he (Marcus) followed the occupation of\\njoiner, and resided until his death. After the latter\\nV\\nI:\\nZ^.\\nevent Mrs. R. went to live with her daughter in the\\nsame county, where she remained until her death.\\nIn this family were ten children, nine daughters and\\none son.\\nWilliam R., the only son, and subject of this\\nbiographical notice, was born in Washington Co., N.\\nY., Aug. 24, 1806, and remained at home until of\\nage, obtaining a common-school education. Then,\\nfor one year, he carried on his father s farm, on\\nshares. Next he learned the carpenter and joiner s\\ntrade, which he prosecuted nearly 40 years. His\\nlast job in that line was the erection of the Baptist\\nchurch at Salt River, striking the first and the last\\nblow in the building of that edifice. From Washing-\\nton Co., N. Y., he moved to Milwaukee Co., Wis.,\\nwhere he worked at his trade one summer. In the\\nfall of 1855 he came to this county and settled on\\n320 acres of wild land, on section 21, Coe Township,\\nwhich he had purchased the preceding spring.\\nAfter residing there five years, he sold the place and\\nbought another 320 acres, on sections i6 and 17 In\\n1874, he sold this and bought si-x acres on section 16,\\nwhere he built a frame house, which he still owns.\\nHe also owns the building which he occupies, and\\ncarries on a flourishing business in general merchan-\\ndise.\\nMr. Robbins has held the office of Supervisor of\\nCoe Township for three terms. Township Clerk three\\nyears. Justice of the Peace two terms, and Constable\\nfor a short time. He was appointed Notary Public\\nsoon after his settlement in this county, which office\\nhe now holds. He was appointed Postmaster\\nunder President Buchanan s administration in the\\nspring of 1856 the first Postmaster in this county\\nand held the office for 14 years, when he resigned.\\nFrom the foregoing date one may observe that Mr.\\nR. is a very early pioneer of Isabella County and as\\na citizen he has been very prominent. During the\\npanic and famine of 1857, he was appointed agent for\\nthe county to solicit aid for the people, and bonds of\\nthe county to the amount of $1,500 were placed in\\nhis hands for disposal. Only one bond, of $500,\\nhowever, could be negotiated, but the proceeds pre-\\nvented the people from starving until their crops\\ncould be harvested. While attending to the above\\nbusiness, Mr. R. bore his own expenses. In religious\\nmatters he is a prominent member of the Baptist\\nChurch, and in political affairs he is a Republican.\\nMr. Robbins was first married in Granville, Wash-\\nV^\u00c2\u00bbf^^-\u00c2\u00ab\\n^^^n B iiiif M=^ ^^e^^f^\\n-\u00c2\u00bbS7^^\u00c2\u00ae\\nt-i^:.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "m\\ni^*~\\nTdm^my^^\\nv^ V:-.*ir-\\n-J\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n367\\nington Co., N. Y., Aug. 28, 1857, to Miss Catherine,\\ndaughter of James and Catherine (Wiley) Grant,\\nwho were of German and Irish ancestry. Mrs. R.\\nwas born in Granville, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1808, and\\ndied June 22, 1847. The children by this\\nmarriage were Cordelia C, James W., Mary E.,\\nSidney, Amy and William R. James W. died\\nin Dover, Del., June 27, 1876. The remainder of\\nthe children are married and settled in life. Mr.\\nRobbins was again married, in Rensselaer County,\\nN. Y., Nov. 10, 1847, to Miss Lydia, daughter of\\nFrancis and Sally (Eggleston) Robinson, natives re-\\nspectively of Rhode Island and New York. She\\ndied Oct. 7, 1870, in Coe Township, and Mr. R.\\nmarried for his third wife (in Hampton, Washington\\nCo., N. Y.), Dec. 26, 1870, Miss Juliette, daughter of\\nThomas Wilson, natives of New York State. She\\nwas born Aug. 14, 1828.\\n^^^Hf heodore Hummel, farmer on section 12\\nJrf^^l Broonifield Township, is a son of Gustav\\nf^M^ and Sophia (Fick) Hummel, natives of\\nW Prussia. The father was born March 8, 1812,\\nand was a shepherd in the old country. He\\ncame to America in the year 1869 and located\\nin Oakland County, this State, where he lived three\\nyears. He then came to Isabella County and settled\\nwhere he now lives, with his son William. His wift\\nwas born March 16, 1812.\\nTheir son Theodore was born Feb. 18, 1841, in\\nPrussia, and lived at home until r4 years of age.\\nHe then worked by the year as a shepherd for differ-\\nent parties, until 1869, when he came with his par-\\nents across the waters. He bought 80 acres where\\nhe at present lives, 50 being now under cultivation.\\nHe was first married in 1865, to Mary Prest, who\\nwas born in 1838 and died in i86g. He was again\\nmarried in ^870, to a sister of his first wife. She\\nwas born in 1844 and died in r877, leaving five\\nchildren, Minnie, born June 18, 187 i Frank, Sept.\\n27, 1872; Emma, April 19, 1874; Margaretta, May\\n27, 1876; William, May 28, 1877 (died in Septem-\\nber following). His present wife, Fredrica (Fowl-\\nman) Hummel, was born in Macomb Co., Mich.,\\nDec. 2, 1855, the daughter of John and Minnie (Ciine)\\nFowlraan, Mr, and Mrs. F. are yet living, in\\nW- )^r^-^ ^t^(^m\\nMacomb County. Three children have been born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Hummel, Eddie, Sept. 20, r878;\\nWilliam, July 28, 1880; and Mary, June 2, 1882.\\nMr. H. is a Republican and has been Assessor of\\nhis school district several terms. He and wife are\\nmembers of the Lutheran Church.\\nK^\\nA\\nif ames C. Caldwell, proprietor of Two Rivers\\nHotel, Deerfield Township, is a son of Moses v\\nand Lucy (Hotchkiss) Caldwell, the former a a^^-\\nnative of Massachusetts and the latter of New\\nYork. After residing a while in the Bay State\\nthey lived seven years in Pennsylvania, 20\\nyears in Massachusetts again, a short period in the\\nKeystone State the second time, and settled finally\\nin Oakland Co., Mich in 1840. He died at the ad-\\nvanced age of 92 years, and she at the age of 86.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Worcester\\nCo., Mass., Aug. 2, 1818, received his education at\\nthe common school, and at the age of 15 went with\\nhis parents to Pennsylvania. In 1840 he came to\\nMichigan and worked a season in Oakland County,\\nthen two years in Macomb County, then purchased\\nand carried on for three years a farm in Oakland\\nCounty, sold, and rented different farms about five\\nyears, then rented a farm for seven years in Clinton\\nCounty, in the meantime purchasing a farm which\\nhe ovv ned but a short time, and in the spring of 1863\\ncame to this county and bought a quarter-section of\\nland in Fremont Township, lived there till the fall of\\n1878, when he sold and bought a farm of 60 acres in\\nDeerfield Township, on section 10. He now has 38\\nacres in a state of good cultivation. In May, 1882\\nhe started the Two Rivers Hotel, which he has since\\nkept, except the summer of 1883, when he was visit-\\ning in Ohio.\\nMr. Caldwell was Siipervisor of Fremont Town-\\nship one year, Township Clerk one year. Township\\nTreasurer one year. County Superintendent of the\\nPoor three years, and has held many other offices, v-\\nIn politics he acts with the Republican party, and in\\nsocial matters he is a member of the Order of Good\\nTemplars.\\nMr. Caldwell was first married in Macomb Co.,\\nMich., May r4, 1843, to Miss Nancy Russell, a na-\\ntive of New York State, who died Aug. 8, T877.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "V\\nT^^^^isr\\n268\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\no\\nm\\nTheir five children were, Roscoe M., Arthur B.,\\nIrene V., Ada A. and Ella May. The eldest was\\nkilled in the battle of Cold Harbor; Ada died when\\none year old. July 28, 1878, Mr. C. married Mrs.\\nHarriet L. Duttler, widow of Peter Duttler and\\ndaughter of Jason Streeter. She died Oct. 16, 1883.\\nFeb. 27, 1884, he married for his present wife Mrs.\\nSarah Griswold, widow of Robert Griswold and\\ndaughter of David and Mary Ann (Thompson)\\nGraves. She has by her first marriage a daughter,\\nFlorence, now the wife of Robert Riley, of Cleveland,\\nOhio.\\narren Wardwell, general farmer and black-\\nsmith, section 5, Lincoln Township, was\\nborn in Ledyard, Cayuga Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n4, I S3 1. His parents, Lemuel and Betsey\\n(Whitmore) Wardwell, were natives of New\\nEngland, of English and Scotch ancestry. Mr.\\nWardwell, Sr., was a farmer, and died in Scipio, Hills-\\ndale Co., Mich., in February, 1859; and the latter is\\nstill living, in Lincoln Township, this county, aged\\n74 years.\\nWarren, the subject of this sketch, lived in his\\nnative county until nine years old, when the family\\nmade a removal to Seneca Co., N. Y. When 17 years\\nold, in 1848, he left home and returned to his native\\ncounty and for a year and a half followed his trade as\\nblacksmith, which he had learned under the superin-\\ntendence of Levi Elmendorff, at Waterloo, Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., serving as an apprentice two years. While\\nin Cayuga County he worked for Hiram Finch, at\\nSpringport. Returning again to Seneca County, he\\nre-engaged himself to Mr. Elmendorff as a jour.\\nAfterward he went to Wayne Co., N. Y., and estab-\\nlished a general blacksmith shop, which he con-\\nducted two years; then he worked as a journeyman\\ntwo years in Lock Berlin, same county. In January,\\n1855, he went to Red Creek, Cayuga County, and\\nworked for a Mr. Toole until September, 1856; then\\nhe followed his trade until next year at Seneca Falls.\\nIn April, 1858, he came to this State and settled at\\nLitchfield. Hillsdale County, where he worked at\\nblacksmithing for Chauncey Calhoun; from 1859 to\\n1 86 1 he carried on a shop of his own and in the\\nfall of the latter year he moved to this county,\\nsquatting on a quarter-section of wild land, on\\nsection 5, and homesteading it in 1863. He was\\nthree weeks making the journey to this county, com-\\ning with three wagon loads of goods. On arriving\\nhere there was no building within two mites of him\\nexcepting a deserted hunter s shanty, in which he\\nlived three weeks, while erecting a cabin on his own\\nplace. The shanty was made of poles and roofed\\nwith bark, and was barely large enough to contain\\nthem and their goods. The township was yet not\\norganized, and the first permanent settlement was\\nthree miles away. It ret[uired five days to go to St.\\nJohn s or Ionia, to secure provisions. He disposed\\nof 80 acres of this place to his brother, to apply on\\nservices rendered in the war, and nearly all the re-\\nmainder is improved and in good farming condition.\\nOf the whole original tract he cleared about a hun-\\ndred acres.\\nDec. 29, 1849, in Wayne Co., N. Y., Mr. Ward-\\nwell married Miss Mary, daughter of Peter and\\nSerena (Scott) McQueen, natives of Wayne Co., N.\\nY., of English, Dutch and Irish ancestry. Mrs. W.\\nwas born also in that county, March 20, 1827. They\\nhave no children, but have an adopted daughter,\\nEstella G., who was born Sept. 6, 1869.\\nMr. W. was Road Commissioner in 1865-6; in\\npolitical matters he is a Republican, and, with his\\nwife, is a member of the Christian Church.\\nIfred J. Doherty. teacher, real-estate and\\ninsurance agent, and present Principal of\\njji^ the public school of Clare, was born in\\nvf)f New York city May i, 1856. His father has\\nbeen a lumberman most of his life, and, with\\nhis wife, now resides in the State of New York.\\nWhen a child, Alfred came with his parents to Defi-\\nance Co., Ohio. There and in Paulding County the\\nfather followed lumbering extensively and profitably\\nfor a number of years, when he moved back to Alle-\\ngany Co., N. Y., where he owns a large farm on the\\nGenesee River.\\nThe subject of this biography was educated in the\\nseminar) at Belfast, N. Y., and later in Bonaventura\\nCollege, where he was graduated in 1876. The fol-\\nlowing year he was married, and for a time afterward\\nhe followed farming. He came to Clare, Michigan,\\ny^\\nA\\n1 r\\nr\\nS", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "m.\\nT2s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^s: ^V nB^IinV r\\n4^^f\u00c2\u00ae^.l:^\\nA\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nin 1878, and has since been identified with the his-\\ntory of that growing village. He owns 40 acres in\\nGrant Township, and has one of the finest and best\\narranged residences in the village, the same costing\\n$3,000. He is a shrewd business man and a com-\\npetent teacher. He has held seme school office ever\\nsince coming to Clare, has been one of the Board of\\nSchool Examiners, and County Superintendent of\\nSchools. He has been a member of the Village\\nCouncil for four years and a Notary Public for some\\ntime. Politically, he is an active and influential\\nRepublican. He is a member of Clare Lodge, No.\\nI. O. O. F., and is Secretary of the same.\\nHis marriage occurred July ii 1877, at Belfast,\\nN. Y., to Miss Alice B. Gleason, daughter of Red-\\nding and Eunice (Scott) Gleason, natives of Vermont\\nand of New England parentage. The father, a\\nfarmer, died in 1866. The mother lives now with\\nher daughter, at Clare. Mrs. Doherty lived with\\nher parents in her native county until her mar-\\nriage. She is the mother of three children, Floyd\\nE., born Feb. 1,1;, 1878; Francis B., March 14, 1880;\\nand Eliza B., March 31, 1883.\\n^^Sf-i^S w h\\nE. Lyon, memlierof the firm of Hopkins\\nLyon, Mt. Pleasant, is a son of David S.\\nand Iva L. (Chase) Lyon and was born\\nin Knox Co., Ohio, March 21, 1841. He was\\nreared on a farm, received a good common-\\nschool education, and also attended the Halcyon\\nAcademy at Hartford, Ohio. He taught school 14\\nterms.\\nIn the fall of 1864 he came to Isabella County\\nand bought 120 acres on section 7, Union Township.\\nHe now owns 200 acres, 125 of which are under cul-\\ntivation. The farm is now under the charge of liis\\nson-in-law, W. R. Hatch. He has lived in this\\ncounty since his first coming, except from 1865 to\\n1869, when he was in the State of Ohio. His three\\nchildren are Wesley C, on the farm Gertie A., wife\\nof W. R. Hatch and Carrie E., at home.\\nIn the spring of 1871 he was elected Supervisor of\\nUnion Township, and in the fall of 1872 he was\\nelected County Clerk, which office he filled five years.\\nDuring this term he assisted in making a set of\\nabstracts of Isabella County. He has had ten years\\nexperience in abstract-making, first in the employ-\\nment of I. E. Arnold, then Arnold Upton, then\\nUpton Hance; which firm, and Brown Seaton,\\nhe succeeded in business. Jan. i, 1883, he formed\\nhis present business connection with Hon. S. W.\\nHopkins, and they now do a large business in real\\nestate, insurance and loans.\\nIt^ftr Sherman, is a son of Jeremia\\n1?^ (Griffith) Denslow, natives of\\nSi^^^^:.\\n;l erome H. Denslow, farmer on section 18,\\nah and Desire\\n-_ofthe State of\\nf New York. Jeremiah Denslow was born in\\nir 1801, and died in Lenawee Co., Mich., Feb. 13,\\n1875. His wife was born in 181 1, and died in\\nthe State of New York, in 1880.\\nTheir son Jerome was born Oct. 4, 1836, in Chau-\\ntauquaCo., N. Y., and at the age of ig left home, C\\nwent to Jamestown, N. Y., and worked in amanufac- s\\ntory for two years. In 1858 he went to Chicago and K^_\\nwas employed by E. Wood in fitting grain crates for\\nuse. Returning to New York, he shortly came to\\nLivingston Co., Mich., where he lived four years.\\nDuring his stay there, Sept. 27, r859, he was mar-\\nried to Miss Asenath Savage, who was born Jan. 9,\\n1834, in Carrollton Township, Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nthe daughter of William and Urina (Sprague) Sav-\\nage, natives of New York. Mr. S. was born in 1806\\nand died in August, 7881, and Mrs. S. was born in\\n1797 and died in 1841.\\nMr. Denslow enlisted in the navy during the late\\nwar, and was on the R. P. Cuyler. His vessel was\\nengaged at Fort Fisher, N. C, and was occupied in\\ncruising along the coast for rebel boats. He was\\ndischarged June 7, 1865, at Norfolk, Va., went on\\nboard the receiving ship Constellation, and return-\\ned to his parents in New York. He soon after re-\\nmoved to Lenawee Co., Mich. In 1877 he came to\\nthis county and located on section 22, Sherman. A\\nyear and a half later, he settled on his present place.\\nHe owns 200 acres, of which 30 are improved.\\nHis family includes eight children, born as follows\\n(ieorge H., Sept. 5, 1859; Frederick L., Sept. 20,\\n1S60; Willard G. and William L., \\\\ug. 8, 1863;\\nMyrtle I., June 5, 1866 Grant H., Oct, 15, 1868;\\nFrank E., May 9, 187 i and Viola E., March 3, 1874.\\nMr. D. was elected Justice of the Peace in 1880,\\nt\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "1))^^^^^\\n-z^l^ssr-\\nv ^DH^Iillr r\\nrrr\\nt^\\ni^ ^^yj\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nand Township Treasurer in 1883. He is the present\\nincumbent of the latter office. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order, Addison Lodge,No. 157, F. A.\\nM., at Addison, Lenawee Co., Mich.\\n1 r\\nimon S. Smith, merchant, Salt River, is a\\nson of Alexander and Susan (Barger) Smith,\\nwho were natives of Greene Co., Pa., and\\nmoved to West Virginia, where the father was\\nkilled by a railroad accident, July 20, 1854.\\nThe mother, since re-married, is now a resi-\\ndent of Parkersburg, W. Va. Their family comprised\\ntwo sons and one daughter.\\nThe eldest son, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Greene Co., Pa., Nov. 8, 1840, educated\\nmostly at a private school, and at the age of 14,\\nwhen his father was killed, he had to commence the\\nbattle of life for himself, first engaging as a clerk in\\na country store for his step-father for a year was\\nnext in the employ of Smith Barger for nearly a\\nyear, and then for a short time in that of Ullom\\nOwen in West Virginia, then for Miles A. Himan,\\nsame State; attended school three months, taught\\nthree months, and then, in April, 1861, he bought a\\nstock of goods and began merchandising on his own\\naccount. He followed this business about nine\\nmonths, and soon afterward purchased a farm in\\nWest Virginia, which he carried on about two years.\\nHe then sold out and moved to the southern part of\\nVirginia and was employed as clerk about ayear. In\\nMarch, 1865, lie formed a partnership with Isaiah\\nLomon, under the firm name of Lomon Smith,\\nwhich continued three years. At the end of the\\nsecond year they built two stores, and at the end\\nof three years they divided their stock, Mr. S. con-\\ntinuing until September, 1868, when he sold out and\\ncame to Isabella County.\\nHere he was first engaged for a year and a half in\\nmeicantile business at Reynolds Mill. In March,\\n(q^ 1870, he removed to Salt River and bought out the\\nI stock of H. Struble Co., but six months afterward\\nhe sold again and went to live on his farm of 107\\nacres, on section 10, Coe Township. Here he re-\\nReynolds farm, of 75 acres, and also the grist-mill\\nconnected with it. In October, 1881, he moved\\n-^-M^X\\nagain to Salt River and bought out the stock of\\ngeneral merchandise of N. W. Struble, where he now\\ncarries on a flourishing business. In 1882 he built\\nan addition to his store and made further improve-\\nments. In April, 1883, he purchased a two-thirds\\ninterest in the Salt River grist-mill, which has a\\ncapacity of 150 bushels of wheat per day. Into this\\nmill he transferred the machinery of the Reynolds\\nmill. It is now owned and managed by (S. S.)\\nSmith (J. B.) Struble.\\nMr.. Smith has held the office of Highway Com-\\nmissioner about two years, and that of School Direc-\\ntor and Moderator. Is a member of the Order of\\nOdd Fellows, and (with his wife) a prominent mem-\\nber of the Disciples Church, being one of the Elders.\\nThey were formerly active members of the Baptist\\nChurch. In the last mentioned he was Clerk and\\nDeacon, and when they built their house of worship\\nat Salt River he was Chairman of the Building Com-\\nmittee. On national issues he is a Republican.\\nMr. Smith was married in Greene Co., Pa., April\\n6, 186 1, to Miss Mary, daughter of William and\\nMaria (Roach) Pettit, natives of the same county,\\nwho removed in 1851 to West Virginia, where they\\nnow reside. Mrs. S. was born in the above county\\nApril 13, 1843. A remarkable coincidence of dates\\nin this family s history deserves mention. Mrs. S.\\nwas born in April, married in April, and all the three\\nchildren were born in April and the same minister\\nthat baptized them into the Church also married\\nthem.\\nester Briggs, Deputy Sheriff of Isabella\\nCounty, proprietor of the Penobscot House\\nand livery man at Blanchard, is a son of\\nOris and Adelia (Fields) Briggs. The father\\nwas born in 181 1, in Steuben Co., N. Y., and\\nthe mother was born in the State of Vermont\\nin 1817. The former engaged in agriculture, moved\\nfrom New York in 1843 to St. Joseph Co., Mich., two\\nyears later to Cass County, 18 years later (1S67) to\\nLenawee County, and in 1873 came to Gratiot County,\\nwhere he died, in Emerson Township, April 22, 1874.\\nThe mother died in 1 881, at the home of a daughter\\nin Lenawee County.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Feb. 5, 1849,\\nA\\nsy\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "m\\nV\\nr\\n-T :t]D^nil^ T-rr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nin St. Joseph Co., Mich., and remained at home until\\n15. At that early age he enlisted in Co. C, Ninth\\nInd. Vol. Inf., and was assigned to the Fourth Army\\nCorps, Army of the Potomac. The regiment wa-,\\nnot in any general engagement, but was in some\\nskirmishes. He was discharged for disability in the\\nfall of 1865, when he returned to his parents, who\\nthen lived in Cass County. One year laterhe went to\\nLenawee County, where he resided until 1881. Next\\nhe lived at St. John s, Clinton County, until 1881,\\nand then for two years at Edniore, after which he\\ncame to Blanchard.\\nHe was married at St. John s, Clinton County, to\\nMiss Josepha, daughter of Levi and Hannah (PuU-\\nfrey) Longwood. Her father was born in Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., in 1800; her mother, in Pennsylvania, in\\n181 1. Her father died in St. John s, May 2, 187S;\\nher mother is yet living, at the same place. Their\\ndaughter, Josepha, was born April 24, 1849, in Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., and was the fourth daughter of a family\\nof seven, five of whom are yet living.\\nMr. Briggs is a member of the L O. O. F. and the\\nG. A. R. He has been a Constable almost constantly\\never since 21 years old, and Marshal of the village\\nof Blancliard for a time. He resigned to accept a\\nposition as Trustee of the village. In the fall of 1 883\\nhe was appointed a Deputy by Thomas Pickard,\\nSheriff of the county.\\nPolitically, Mr. Briggs supports the Republican\\nparty.\\n-^avid Switzer, watch-maker and jeweler at\\nMt. Pleasant, was born Sept. 11, 1840, in\\nJhjijy Elgin Co., Can. His parents, William and\\n^1V Eliza M. (Cowell) Switzer, were both natives\\nof Canada and are still living there.\\nMr. Switzer was reared on his father s farm,\\nand in 1864 went to Fingal to learn his trade. His\\nemployer aftenvards removed to Wardsville, whither\\nhe accompanied him, as he had not completed his\\npreparation for business. In 1871 another move\\nwas made, to Byron, Shiawassee Co., Mich., under\\nthe same circumstances. Not long afterward, Mr.\\nSwitzer succeeded to the business and continued its\\nprosecution at Byron nearly three years. In 1873\\nhe came to Mt. Pleasant, where he remained but a\\nshort time, going thence to Alma, and engaging in\\nbusiness there eleven months after which he again\\ncame to Mt. Pleasant and established himself per-\\nmanently. He is the pioneer resident jeweler and\\nhas been engaged in a prosperous business in his line\\nfrom the first.\\nMr. Switzer was married Oct. 8, 1876, at Mt.\\nPleasant, to Matilda .A. Brown, a native of Canada.\\nOne of two cliildren born of this marriage is living,\\nbut unnamed. Daisy D. was born Feb. 14, 1881,\\nand died Oct. 31, 1882.\\nMrs. Switzer had two children liy a former mar-\\nriage, one of whom, Maisliall H., is living, and one,\\nWillie, is deceased.\\nMr. and Mrs. Switzer are members of the Presby-\\nterian Church, of which Mr. S. is Trustee. He is\\nactive in Sunday-school matters.\\nvxaciZ;\u00c2\u00a9-^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fei^\\n,^%(Umiy\\nliLij-V\\nFf fl if ftines A. Converse, farmer on section 12,\\n^JJ_ \\\\crnon Township, was born in Oneida Co.,\\nX. Y., Nov. I, 1834, is a son of Thomas D.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^iK\u00c2\u00ae)$\u00c2\u00ab^#^\\n^si^^ @7^ tD a\\nand Elisheba (Kirkland) Converse, natives of\\nNew England. He is the elder of two sons,\\nand when 13 months old was taken by his par-\\nents to Jefferson Co., N. Y. Here he lived at home\\nuntil 24 years old, receiving a good education at the\\nBelleville (N. Y.) Union Academy.\\nAt the age mentioned, he left home and engaged\\nas traveling salesman for a New York wholesale es-\\ntablishment. His route extended over various parts\\nof tjie Empire State. In the fall of 1868 he came\\nto Michigan. Spending one year in Shiawassee\\nCounty, he came thence to Isabella and pre-empted\\n80 acres, where he now lives. It was then entirely\\nwild. He had to go to Mt. Pleasant, a distance of\\n15 miles, for mail and marketing. The only work\\nanimals in the township at that time were an Indian\\npony and an ox team. For the first four years of\\nhis residence here he carried on his back all the sup-\\nplies he purchased for home use. There was no\\nwork in his immediate neighborhood, and as money\\nwas scarce and times were hard, he would frequently\\ntake a cake of maple sugar and a loaf of bread and\\ntravel for days in search of employment. He gave\\nwhat time he could to the improvement of his own\\n(5^\\nc\\n1^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-4^^5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aeV#\\nfarm. He has erected necessary farm buildings and\\nbrought under cultivation 45 acres.\\nHe was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 20,\\n1858, to Miss Elina M. Burnham, daughter of Emer-\\nson and Emily (Ellsworth) Burnham, natives of New\\nEngland. She was born in Ellisburg, Jefferson Co.,\\nN. Y., Nov. 7, 1839, and lived at home until her mar-\\nriage, receiving a good common-school education.\\nTwo children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. C:\\nMary E. (Brown), born Aug. 23, 1863, and married\\nSept. 20, 1883; and Julia E., born Dec. 19, 1875.\\nMr. C. is politically a supporter of the Republican\\nparty, and has been Township Clerk of Vernon two\\nyears. He and wife are members of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0homas Judge, farmer and lumberman,\\nsection 1 1, Fremont Township, is a son of\\nWilliam and Catharine (Kelly) Judge,\\n4 y natives of Ireland. His father was born in\\n181 1, came to Canada in 1830, and died in\\n1865, in Topeka, Kansas. His mother was\\nborn in 1818, and is yet living in Topeka, Kansas.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Dec. 15,\\n1829, in Ireland; was six months old when he ac-\\ncompanied his parents across the sea to this country\\nremained at home till he was 23 years of age, assist-\\ning on the farm in 1869 he came from Canada lo\\nthis county, settling on 200 acres of wild land where\\nhe now resides and has 150 acres in a good state of\\nimprovement. In 1882 he erected a fine brick resi-\\ndence, at a cost of $4,000. He has also large barns\\nand other commodious farm buildings, and he owns\\ngood live stock. He has just (March, 1884) com-\\npleted a job in the lumber line, putting 2,000,000\\nfeet on the track of the Mackinaw Division of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad. In regard to national\\n(piestions Mr. Judge is Democratic. He has been\\nSchool Assessor six years and Township Supervisor.\\nAt the age of 23, Mr. J. married Dora Tighe,\\ndaughter of James and Mary Tighe, natives of\\nIreland. Her father was born in 1801, and died in\\n1839, in Ireland and her mother died April 27, 1880,\\nand is buried in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery. In their\\nfamily were seven children, all of whom are deceased\\nexcept two. In Mr. Judge s family 12 children have\\nbeen born, all living, as follows: James B., June 27,\\n1852 Thomas, Nov. 27, 1853 Mary,March 3, 1856;\\nWilliam, Oct., 13, 1857; Catharine, Sept. 15, i860;\\nJohn, Dec. i, 1862; Dora, Dec. 16, 1863; Sarah,\\nNov. 27, 1866; Cliarlie, Feb. 14, 1868; Anna, March\\n16, 1870 Celia, Feb. 22, 1872 and Daniel F., Dec.\\n15, 1876. Four of the above are heads of families.\\nVL,\\nA\\n^{j^-Syrus H. Thompson, jeweler, at Mt. Pleas-\\npla ant, was born May i, 1818, in Newstead,\\nErie Co., N. Y., and is a son of Heath and f\\n^[J Margaret (Anderson) Thompson. He was\\nleft fatherless when a little more than eight\\nyears of age, and his mother became the wife\\nof a man named Samuel Miles, who removed with his\\nfamily to Orwell Township, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.\\nMr. Thompson acquired a good elementary educa-\\ntion at the common schools, which he had attended\\nuntil he was 16 years old. He subsequently entered\\nJefferson Academy, where he studied one term, and\\nwas a student some months afterward at Farmington\\nAcademy. He taught one term after leaving school,\\nand at 18 went to Ashtabula to learn his trade, at\\nwhich he served three years, most of the time at\\nCleveland, Ohio. At the end of the time mentioned,\\nhe went to Ashtabula and opened a shop, where he\\noperated three months, going thence to Marshall,\\nCalhoun Co., Mich. He worked at his trade there a\\nfew months, and in 1839 went to Jackson, where he\\nconducted his business six years. During that time\\nhe purchased a farm in the township of Leoni, adjoin-\\ning the city, and after a brief residence ujMn it he\\nwent to Adrian. A few months later he went to\\nLansing, then in its early days. He bought a lot in\\nthat small city, which was all in timber, cleared it\\nup and erected his dwelling. He located his store\\ntherein and managed his business there until the\\nwinter of 1849-50, when he went to Coldwater and\\nformed a partnership with Henry N. Moore, a rela-\\ntion which existed nearly three years. He next\\nbouglit a two-thirds interest in a large brick store and\\ncontinued in his business alone. In the fall of i860\\nhe exchanged his property for that of a similar char-\\nacter at Marshall, Mich., and continued its manage-\\nment until 1875. In October of that year he came\\nto Mt. Pleasant and established the business in\\nn[|;. JU;i\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "^^yjj^ u/lju^^IcaaJI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "r.\\nerv lln:^llIl^ ^-r\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^K which he is now engaged. His stock comprises a\\nwell selected assortment of clocks, watches, plated\\ngoods and jewelry. His business includes repairing\\nT and engraving. Mr. Thompson owns considerable\\ntown property in Mt. Pleasant.\\nHe was married June 4, 1843, in Leoni Township,\\nJackson County, to Paulina, daughter of Daniel and\\nCatherine (Coon) Maxson. She was born in Ben-\\nnington, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1824. Following is the record\\nof the seven children that have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Thompson: Cynthia Priscilla married first Wil-\\nfe liam H. Wells (of Marshall, now deceased) and is\\ni now the wife of I. E. Wilcox, of Mt. Pleasant; Alice\\nis deceased; Cyrus H. is a jeweler at Marshall;\\nElla G. married William H. Bryan, of Chicago (now\\nPostmaster, express and station agent at Ravens-\\nwood) and died in 1874; Eva is the wife of Samuel\\nA. Foster, of Mt. Pleasant; May V. is the widow\\nof Frank H. Dusenberry; Lizzie, the youngest, is\\ndeceased. The family attend the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\n5\\n1\\nI\\n[ibert C. Vredenburg, general farmer and\\nstock-raiser, section 13, Lincoln Township,\\nwas born in Ingham o., Mich., April 4,\\n1846. His father, George W., was a native of\\nNewark, N. J., of German [larentage, was a\\nI farmer, and died in Jackson Co., Mich., June\\n17, 1863; his mother, Rebecca {/we Williams) Vreden-\\nburg, was a native of New England, of English de-\\nscent, and died in Pennsylvania in 1852.\\nAlbert C, the second son in the above family of\\nfour children, was three years old when his parents\\nmoved from this State to Pennsylvania; they lived\\nsix years in Jefferson County, that State, during which\\ntime his mother died, and he came with his father to\\nJackson Co., Mich., in 1855, settling near the city.\\nHere young Albert received a good education. When\\nhe was 16 years old his father died, and when 18 he\\nthrew himself into the jaws of death for the salvation\\nof his native land, enlisting in Co. G, 29th Mich. Vol.\\nInf, Sept. 9, 1864, commanded by Col. Saylor, of the\\nthe Army of the CJumberland. He was in the battles\\nof Decatur, Ala., November and December, 1864, of\\nMurfreesboro, Tenn., and many others. During\\nhis term of service he was promoted Corixjral, and\\nwas honorably discharged Sept. 20, 1865.\\njy^-f^^^pc\\nHe then made a tour through Wisconsin, came to\\nthis county and purchased a (juarter of section 14,\\nLincoln Township, made some improvements upon it\\nand sold it. Previously, however, he had bought 80\\nacres on sections 13 and 14, to which he has added\\n50 acres by purchase, and the whole 130 acres are\\nin a good state of cultivation. He has three large\\nstock and grain barns, which cost nearly $1,500, and\\nhis large residence cost $1,300.\\nMr. V. is a member of the G. A. R. post at Salt\\nRiver, holding now the office of Surgeon. In his\\ntownship he has been Highway Commissioner, Su-\\npervisor two years, and held other minor offices.\\nWith regard to national questions he votes with the\\nRepublicans.\\nNov. 12, 1866, at Mt. Pleasant, this County, Mr.\\nV. married Miss Martha J., daughter of Benjamin\\nand Eunice (Calkins) Cole, the latter being natives\\nrespectively of New York and Pennsylvania, of Eng-\\nlish ancestry. They were early residents of Lincoln\\nTownship. The father, a farmer, died in June, 1877,\\naged 69; the mother is still living, at the age of 68, at\\nMt. Pleasant. Mrs. V. was born in Ohio, Oct. 8,\\n1849. When she was two years old her parents\\nmoved to Allen Co., Ind., and in 1866 to this State,\\nwhere she has since lived. Mr. and Mrs. V. have\\nfour children, namely: George H., born Nov. 21,\\n1868; Perry H., Aug. 29, 1872; Mary A., Oct.\\n5, 1877 and Fannie M., Sept. 29, 1879.\\nMr. V. s portrait is given in this volume, as that of\\na truly representative agriculturist.\\names Ayling, general farmer and dealer in\\nr blooded sheei), section 6, Lincoln Town-\\nship, is a son of John and Sarah (Trusler)\\nAyling, natives of England, who came to Amer-\\nica in 1856, settling in Freehold, Warren Co.,\\nPa., where they passed the remainder of their\\nlives, the former dying in 1876 and the latter in 1880.\\nJames, the subject of this sketch, was born in\\nSurrey, England, Jan. 15, 1823, was 14 years old\\nwhen the family emigrated to this country; remained\\nat home, working on the farm, until 22 years of age,\\nwhen he was married. In the spring of 1867 he\\nmoved to his i)resent place, then comi)rising but 80\\n(f))\\nn\\nc\\nl\\nC\\nv/\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "IlIi:-^|]Df r\\n-2i^^S^\\n8\u00e2\u0082\u00ac#i\u00c2\u00a9^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nS\\ny\\nacres, to which he has since added by purchase 60\\nacres; and here he has erected, by his own hands, a\\nsmall residence and several good farm buildings.\\nMrs. Ayling is a member of the Church of the\\nUnited Brethren in Christ; Mr. A. is an active and\\ninfluential Republican, has held the oflfices of Super-\\nvisor two and a half terms, Township Treasurer two\\nterms, Justice of the Peace four years and minor\\npublic positions.\\nJan. 19, 1845, in Warren Co., Pa., Mr. Ayling was\\nmarried to Miss Margaret, daughter of William and\\nJane (Cochran) Baker, natives respectively of France\\nand America, who were married in Pennsylvania.\\nMrs. A. was born in the township of Baker (named\\nafter her grandfather, the first settler), Allegheny\\nCo., Pa., May 25, 1828. In this family have been\\nborn the following 11 children: Sarah J., born April\\n23, 1846; Mary A., July 20, 1847; Rensselaer, April\\n12, 1850, died Feb. 19,1872; John W., July i, 1852;\\nElla R., Aug. 25, 1853; Herman J., May 15, 1855;\\nCharles L., March 13, 1858, died Oct. 11, 1867;\\nHenry H., March 13, 1859; Jesse G., Sept. 5, 1861,\\ndied Nov. 20, 1861 Estella M., Oct. 16, 1864;\\nMinnie G., March 17, 1866, died Oct. 5, 1867.\\n\u00c2\u00ab\\\\\u00c2\u00abaaar\u00c2\u00a9^@\u00c2\u00bb\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^3l5wraOT\\ni illiam L. Faunce, farmer, section 10, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Alden and Lucretia\\n(Coburn) Faunce, the former a native of\\nMassachusetts and the latter of New York.\\nThey first settled in Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nwhere he died Mrs. F. is still living.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in the above\\nmentioned county, Feb. 20, 1845, was educated at\\nthe common school, and two terms at an academy\\nat the age of 20 he started out in life for himself, en-\\ngaging in farming most of the time he remained in\\nOhio. In Septen.ber, 1875, he came to this county,\\nand, in company with Lewis Hutton, purchased the\\nReynolds Mill, ran it for 13 months, sold it and\\nbought 40 acres on section 10, Coe Township, to\\nwhich Mr. F. has since added 46 acres. He now\\nhas 57 acres in good cultivation. Mr. Faunce is an\\nesteemed citizen in his community. He was elected\\nTreasurer of Coe Township in April, 1882, and was\\nre-elected in April, 1883; he is also School Assessor.\\nIn politics he is a Republican, and in religion botlK^\\nhe and his wife are members of the Disciples Churchff\\nMr. Faunce was married, in Trumbull Co., Ohio^,\\\\\\nSept. 23, 1875, to Miss Agnes, daughter of Joseph\\nand Ann Young, natives of Scotland. Mrs. F. waSf^\\nborn in I rumbull Co., Ohio, Oct. 23, 1850. Their\\nthree children are Annie L Garfield and an infant.\\n-W-i^ffl^^^^i,^\\nhomas J. Fordyce, resident at Mt. Please\\nant, was born in the village of ClintoiR\\nGreene Co., Pa., Sept. 4, 1834, and is th^\\nson of John W. and Sally (Bane) Fordyce.\\nHis father is a native of Greene County, where\\nhe was born Feb. 13, 18 13, and in early life\\nwas a tailor by profession. He is now a resident in\\nsection 27 of Coe Township, this county, where he\\nowns 40 acres of land. His mother was a native o(\\nWashington Co., Pa., and died in May, 1880, in Co^\\nTownship. /7s\\nMr. Fordyce was reared to the age of 17 years oii=\\nhis father s farm in Pennsylvania, and at that age li^*\\nwent to Preston Co., W. Va., and passed between=i\\nsix and seven years in railroading, about two-third^\\nof that time as superintendent of a construction corpy\\nHe was married while there, .Aug. 22, 1856,10 Eliza^\\nbeth Turner, daughter of Z. C. and Sarah Turner.\\nShe was born Jan. 7, 1835. After his marriage Mr.\\nFordyce engaged with James Kane as foreman in the\\nlumber woods of West Virginia and operated in that\\ncapacity until the spring of 1864, when he engagec\\nas assistant superintendent of the Preston County\\nCandle Gas Coal Company. y\\nHe remained with them until Se|)t. 30, 1865, whMj\\nhe came to Isabella County. He made the route lr\\nstage from St. John s to St. Louis and thence througl\\nthe woods to Coe Township, where he bought 40 acre;\\nof timber land on section 26. On this he resided\\nabout eight years and cleared nearly 30 acres. He\\nsold the place in 1872 and bought 80 acres of land\\non section 11, of Coe Township, .|o acres of whicft^\\nwere improved and under cultivation. The plac^\\nwas in his possession but one year, as he sold it i^\\nthe s|)ring of 1873.\\nIn the fall of 1872 Mr. Fordyce was nominated q^^\\nthe Republican ticket for Sh.erilif, and was elected\\nover Cornelius Bogan by a majority of 273 votes. Ha\\nU=^^\\n;n II Iinv A^ :s^?^c^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "m\\nr t]tl\u00c2\u00a7IIIli^ v^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n277\\nfwas re-elected in 1874, and a year after the expira-\\ntion of his term of office he moved to a farm of 80\\n\u00c2\u00bb,^acres in Chippewa, which had previously come into\\nT his possession by exchange. Sixty acres of the place\\ni^.was under cultivation and he continued to reside on\\nand manage it until Jan. i, 1884. He moved into\\nMt. Pleasant Feb. i, following, and has since con-\\ntinned to reside there. He owns two residences and\\nlots in town, situated on Bennett s Addition. He is a\\na member of the Order of Masonry and belongs to\\n/the fraternity of Odd Fellows. He lias held numer-\\n%ous township and school offices and has officiated as\\n^Constable.\\n|rlando B. Thayer, farmer and blacksmith,\\nresiding on section 22, Vernon Township,\\nwas horn in Binghamton, Broome Co., N.\\nY., June 12, 1846, and is a son of Joel L. and\\nMary B. (Aslicraft) Thayer. His father was\\na native of New York, followed farming and\\n^died in Isabella County, Aug., 6, 1881. His mother,\\n;r^also a native of New York, yet lives in this county.\\n^Of their three children, Orlando was the eldest.\\nThe two others were named Clarence R. and\\nRoddie.\\nHe lived in his native county till he was nine\\nyears old; then four years at Lansing, this State;\\nfive years in Eaton County; and ten years at Mason,\\nIngham County. In March 1876, they came to this\\ny county and located on section 12, Isabella Town-\\n;;i) ship. In March, 1879, Mr. Thayer exchanged the\\n80 acres in Isabella for 80 acres in Vernon, which\\ni is now his home. He has now 30 acres improved\\nand suitable farm buildings.\\nHe was married at Eaton Rapids, Sept. 22, 1869,\\nto Miss Melissa Disenroth, daughter of John and\\nAnna E. (Fearer) Disenroth, natives of Oermany.\\nX. The daughter was also born in the Fatherland,\\nV April 4, 1847, and came with her parents to America\\nA when seven years old. She lived some years in\\nNew York State, and then came to Ingham County,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2y which was her home until her marriage. Mr. and\\nMrs. Thayer have four children living, who were born\\nas follows Delphernia, Sept. 30, 1872 Leroy, Sept.\\n7 23, 1874; J^ewis, Aug. 20, 1876 and Lorenzo, June\\nMa ^A ^[i !i iini\\n10, 1878. Roddie J. was born July 20, 1870, and\\ndied Feb. 15, 188 1.\\nThe parents are members of the Baptist Church.\\nMr. T. is a Re|)ublican and has held various local\\noffices.\\nSk^^I eal Morrison, farmer, section 11, Isabella\\ntE^SiI I o^^ iisliip, was born in the vicinity of\\nJifiS? Montreal, Canada, Feb. 3, 1832. He\\ng^ remained on the parental homestead, assist-\\nIb ing his father in the maintenance of the family,\\nuntil he attained the age of 20 years. On arriving\\nat this point in life he began working in the lumber\\nwoods and continued that vocation for two years.\\nHe then ran logs and lumber on Lake Erie for\\nseveral years, after which he returned to his former\\noccupation in Haldimand Co., Ont., and successfully\\ncontinued the same for a period of seven years.\\nIn 1864, Mr. Morrison came to this State and\\nlocated in Macomb County, and again entered on\\nhis chosen occupation. He continued farming in\\nthat county until the year 1876, when he came to\\nthis county and purchased 80 acres of land, unim-\\nproved and heavily timbered, on section 11, Isabella\\nTownship. He immediately began the improvement\\nof his homestead, determined to make it a pleasant\\nhome and a remunerative investment. He has\\ncleared and improved 75 acres of his land, erected\\nthereon a large stock and grain barn and a good resi-\\ndence, and is content with the accumulation of his\\nown industry.\\nOct. 7, 1857, Mr. Morrison was united in mar-\\nriage, in Ontario, with Miss Sarah Gormley, a native\\nof Ireland, where she was born Aug. 14, 1837. Her\\nmother died when she was three years old, and she\\naccompanied her father to the New World, where, in\\nHaldimand Co., Ont., they located and where she\\nlived until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Morrison are the parents of eight\\nchildren. The living are: Jane, born Aug. 4, 1858;\\nChristina, Sept. 17, i860; William, Oct. 8, 1862;\\nPeter, Oct. 28, 1864; Neal, Jan. 24, 1867; Sarah,\\nApril 2, 1874; and Jane, March 16, 1880.\\nMrs. Morrison is a member of the Roman Catholic\\nChurch, while Mr. M. is a Presbyterian. Politically,\\nhe is a believer in and supporter of the [)rinciples of\\nthe Democratic party.\\nV^\\n9\\ni\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T^^$@ i", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "^278\\nz^^^^^s^-:- cr-7 o n D j v\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nA\\nV\\niH\\n,lvah D. Weston, mason at Dushville, is a\\nsun of William and Lydia (Miner) Westoii,\\nnatives of the Empire State, residents for a\\ntime in Branch Co., Mich., from 1852 lo 1877\\nin Hillsdale County, since which time they\\n1 have resided onanSo-acre tract on section 12,\\nFremont Township. Mr. Weston, the father, was\\nborn Feb. 25, 181 2, and has been a farmer all hislife.\\nMrs. W. was born in 1827. Mr. W. has had 13 chil-\\ndren, four by his present wife.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch, Alvah D.,\\nwas born June 30, 1854, in Hillsdale Co., Mich. At\\n20 years of age, he commenced and served a two\\nyears apprenticeship at the mason s trade, since which\\ntime he has followed that business. In 1877 he\\ncame and settled in Fremont Township, on section\\n13, remaining there a year; was then one year in\\nMecosta County, and then located at Dushville.\\nIn 187,1;, Mr. Weston was married to Miss Nancy,\\ndaugliter of Ashley and Cordelia (Hunt) Wilson.\\nHer mother died in 1870, in Lenawee Co., Mich., and\\nand her father, a farmer, is a resident of Mecosta\\nCounty, where he owns a farm. There are six chil-\\ndren in his family, three sons and three daughters,\\nall heads of families. Mrs. Weston was born March\\nII, 1857, and she and Mr. W. are the parents of three\\nchildren, viz Fred E., born May 17, 1S76; Oren B.,\\nApril 28, 1878; Grace, June 28, 1880.\\nWith reference to political ([uestions Mr. W. is a\\nNational, and religiously both he and his wife be-\\nlong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^^Cohn L. Markley, blacksmith at Vernon\\nWl^ Cliy, was born in Germany, Oct. 24, 1817,\\nand lived in the old country until 35 years\\nof age. He learned his trade of his father,\\nand at the age of 18 went out to work at the\\nsame, traveling over a good part of Germany.\\nHe received a good education in the schools of his\\nnative country. He was married at Frommare, Feb.\\n14, 1849, to Miss Anna M. Appier, who was born in\\nGermany, May 12, 1827. She is the mother of 11\\nchildren, seven sons and four daughters. Six of\\nthe children are living.\\noming to the United States at the age of 35, he\\nfirst located in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. He established\\na large wagon and blacksmith shojj, in which he did\\nan extensive business for nearly twenty years. In\\n1862 he had visited this county and selected 80 acres\\nin Vernon Township; and when the F. P. M. rail-\\nroad was built through his farm, he left Ohio perma-\\nnently, to settle here. He laid out 40 acres in village\\nlots, and named the place Vernon City. At that\\ntime no house was nearer than four miles. His house,\\na large frame one, was made at Flint, already to be\\nput up as soon as hauled on the railroad to his future\\nhome. It was the first plastered house in the county.\\nHe afterwards erected a blacksmith shop, which he\\noperated for a time. This he abandoned, however,\\nto give his time to improving his farm and starting\\nthe village. He is a shrewd business man, and had\\nbeen very successful in his residence in Ohio, but\\nwas opposed by several unfavorable circumstances,\\nof which one was the impossibility of reconciling his\\nwife and children to a life in a new country. He\\nhas given half his property to his wife, but still owns\\n20 acres in village lots. Politically, he is a Democrat.\\nhomas Hannett, real estate and lumbering,\\n^1 Salt River, is the son of John P. and Mary\\ntjlilii^ Hannetl, natives of Lower Canada. They\\nuP^ died in the Dominion the former was drowned\\nin September, 1849, and the latter died in 1854.\\nTheir family consisted of four boys.\\nThe second son, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Canada, Sept. 1 1, 1843. His school privileges\\nbeing limited, his mental force was concentrated upon\\nsuch practical education as he would gain by experi-\\nence and this has been considerable, as he has great\\nenergy and perseverance. He was about six years\\nold when his father died, and at the age of ten he\\nwent to live with a farmer, until he was 17 he was\\nthen apprenticed for three years to learn the black-\\nsmith s trade, but, being very apt, he became profi-\\ncient in a short time, and did not remain as an appren-\\ntice the full term of three years. After working as a\\njourneyman about two years, he started in business\\nfor himself, in Canada, but soon sold out and went to\\nV\\ni\\n^A-Q i^hv^i^\\ne|^^-(,\u00c2\u00bb)", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "m\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-^^^^^\\\\J^\\n*S\\nV\\na\\n.^4^.\\n279\\nIhe oil regions of that dominion, where he was em-\\nployed at his trade, and also engineering, for about\\ntwo years. In 1868 he came and located in New\\nHaven Township, (iratiot County, purchasing a farm\\nand residing upon it about three years, when, about\\n1872, he moved to this county and purchased a farm\\nof 400 acres in Coe Township; after owning this\\nabout five years he sold the whole tract except 80\\nacreson section 13, which he still retains. He also\\nowns 40 acres on section 36, 40 on section i, 160 on\\nsection 12, 27 in Lincoln Township, and property in\\nSalt River. About 70 acres of his land is in cultiva-\\ntion and productive of good croiis.\\nIn the spring of 1881, Mr. Hannett was elected\\nSupervisor of Coe Township, which office he now\\nfills. In politics he is a Democrat, and in social mat-\\nters he is an Odd Fellow and a Good Templar.\\nMr. H. was married, at Maple Rapids, Clinton Co.,\\nMich., Jan. i, 1869, to Caroline A.,daughter of Philip\\nand Mary Burlingame, who was born in Wisconsin,\\nSept. 22, 1849, and died March 29, 1879; their five\\nchildren are, Alice E., Emory H., Ella M., Royal J.\\nand Claude H. Mrs. H. s father is a minister of the\\nUnited Brethren Church, and is located near Reed\\nCity, Mich.\\nitandrew J. Clute, of A. J. Clute Co., lum-\\nber manufacturers, residing on section 23,\\nVernon, was born in Erie Co., Pa., July 14,\\n1847, and is a son of Christopher and Martha\\nC. (McKay) Clute, natives of Pennsylvania\\nand of German descent. The parents now reside in\\nClare. Of their five children, four are sons and one\\na daughter, and Andrew is the eldest.\\nHe liver until 14 years old with his parents in his\\nnative county, then four years in the State of Ohio,\\nand then they came to Midland County, tliis State.\\nHe received a good common-school education under\\nhis father s care, and on setting out for himself\\nworked at lumbering for four years. Thence he\\nwent to Clare, and thence to Sheridan Township,\\nClare County. In 1876 he selected Isabella County\\nas his home, and in partnership with his father-in-\\nlaw, William Turbush, erected a saw-mill on section\\n23, Vernon, which they have since operated. The\\nmill has a daily capacity of 8,000 feet, and the firm\\nhandle annually about 1,000,000 feet of lumber.\\nHe was married in Vernon Township, Dec. 24,\\n1 88 1, to Miss Ernstine Turbush, who was born in\\nIngham County, this State, Oct. 7, 1858. She came\\nvvitli her parents to this county when eight years old,\\nand was educated in the public school at Clare. She\\nbegan teaching at the age of 16, and continued in\\nthat vocation until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs-\\nClute have a son, Christoi)hcr W., born Nov. 14,\\n1882.\\nPolitically, Mr. C. is a staunch Republican.\\noren A. Houghton, M. D., physician and\\nsurgeon, of Blanchard, is a son of Loren\\nand Esther M. (Scott) Houghton. The\\nmother was born in Vermont, March 27, i824\u00c2\u00bb\\nand died April 13, 1855, in Woodland Town-\\nship, Barry Co., Mich. The father was born in\\nNew York State, July 30, 1 823, and adopting the voca-\\ntion of farmer came to Barry County, this State, in\\n1852. Ten years later he moved to Ionia County and\\nlived there until 1883. He then returned to Woodland\\nTownship, where he now resides, at the age of 61.\\nThe subject of this biography was born Jan. 30,\\n1845, in Pittsfield, Lorain Co., Ohio. At the early age\\nof 10, losing his mother by death, he went out in the\\nworld to take care of himself. He lived with his\\ngrandparents until 17 years old, and then commenced\\nworking out for $5 per month. A few months later\\nhe went to Ionia County, where he alternately at-\\ntended school and worked on a farm, until 22. He\\nthen commenced the study of medicine, remaining\\nsix months with Dr. Rawson, of Woodland Center,\\nBarry County. For the next two years he studied\\nwith Drs. Perkey and Merritt, of Charlotte. He then\\ntook a course at Ann Arbor, and was graduated\\nMarch 27, 1872; when he began the practice of med-\\nicine in Ionia County. In the autumn of 1883 he\\nlocated in Blanchajd, whore he is becoming po[)ular\\nand has an enviable practice.\\nIn June, 1873, he married Miss Diana Foster,\\ndaughter of Lorenzo and Cordelia (Dusenberry)\\nFoster. Mr. Foster was born Dec. 25, 1821, in New\\nYork, and Mrs. Foster was born Sept. 9, 1827, in the\\nsame State. They reside in Eaton County, this State-.\\nV\\n0.\\nSi/\\n(i)\\nI\\nml", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "^SiSi^ i^\\nv ^:nD^Dnr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nJ\\n(0\\nTheir daughter was born July 30, 1848, in Eaton Co.,\\nMich., and was the oldest daughter in a family of six\\nchildren, all but one of whom are living. Dr. and\\nMrs. Houghton have had a family of three Earl, born\\nAug. 15, 1875 Edwin, born May 4, 1880; and Edith,\\nborn May 4, 1880, and died Oct. 24, 1880.\\nPolitically, Dr. Houghton is a National.\\n=\u00c2\u00a3S-\\nobert Johnston, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nsection 14, Isabella Township, and one of\\nthe leading and representative men of the\\n}\\\\v ^1 ^^^s born in the vicinity of Ottawa, On-\\ntario, June 23, 1842.\\nAt ten years of age Robert accompanied his\\nparents to Pontiac County, Province of Quebec,\\nwhere they located on a farm. Here the father con-\\nPtinued the occupation of a farmer until his death,\\ni March 20, 1859.\\n1=1 On the death of his father Robert became heir to\\n^150 acres, mostly improved land. He lived with his\\n=tmother until 1865, when he came to this State and\\n^engaged in lumbering in different counties for a\\n^period and then returned to Canada.\\nv^ Mr. Johnston was united in marriage with Miss\\nLorena Le venture, March 12, 1874. She was a\\nnative of Renfrew Co., Can., where she was born\\nNov. 2, 1854. Her mother died when Lorena was\\nin childliood s years and she lived with her father, in\\nher native county, until she attained the age of 16\\nyears, and then accompanied him to Upper Canada,\\niwhere she lived, assisting in the household duties\\nand attending the common schools until her mar-\\nriage.\\nThe husband and wife of this biographical notice\\nare the parents of two children: Clara L., born Feb.\\n2, 1875; and Percy J., born June 15, 1883.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Johnston came to this State\\ntand located in Clare, Clare County, and engaged in\\nthe lumber business, which he continued for some\\nmonths and then moved to Farwell, same county,\\n^and continued in the lumber business for two years.\\ni^At the .expiration of this time, July, 1878, he came to\\n^this county and purchased 120 acres of land, on sec-\\n^tion 14, Isabella Township. He has since added 40\\nTacres to his original purchase and of his entire\\nlanded interest he has no acres in a good state of\\ncultivation.\\nConsidering that at the time Mr. Johnston pur-\\nchased his land it was all in its original state of\\nnature, a wild and unbroken forest, he has certainly\\ndisplayed great energy and perseverance in bringing\\nhis farm to its present state of improvement. He\\nspent three winters of his time lumbering, and his\\nestimable wife accompanied him to the camjj and\\ndid her part to wrest sufficiency from the hand of\\nopportunity.\\nPolitically, Mr. Johnston is a believer in and sup-\\njxjrter of the principles of the Republican party. He\\nis a member of the Episcopal Church, and his wife\\nof the Presbyterian Church, and are respected and\\nesteemid citizens of the township in which they\\nreside.\\nathan S. Parmenter, farmer, section 32,\\nColdwater Township, was born June 12,\\n1809, at Brandon, Rutland Co., Vt. His\\nparents were natives of Massachusetts and\\nare both deceased. Their family included\\nthree sons and four daughters, all of whom lived\\nto mature years.\\nMr. Parmenter remained at liome several years\\nbeyond the period of his majority, and worked as he\\nfound opportunity until he was 28 years of age.\\nWhen he was 32 years old, he purchased 80 acres of\\nimproved land in his native town of Brandon. After\\nconducting the place two years, he sold it, and bought\\na farm in the town of Chittenden, 1 2 miles from the\\nformer. On this he resided two years, when his\\nfather died and he again sold his estate for the pur-\\npose of residing with and caring for his mother on\\nthe family homestead. She lived but two years, and\\nhe again bought a farm in Brandon. The place com-\\nprised 85 acres, and he retained its ownership five\\nyears. He then went to the State of New York and\\nbought a place in the county of Wyoming, in which\\nhe resided 16 years. In i88r he came to Sherman\\nCity, in the township of Coldwater. William W.\\nParmenter, his son, had previously bought 240 acres\\nof land near Sherman City, and Mr. Parmenter of this\\nsketch came here to reside with him. He is a Re-\\npublican in political principle. He was married May\\n*v\\nI\\nV", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "T\\n1 r\\n1=3\\n1=1\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-rr-\\n4J i^f(sV(||\\nig, 1833, to Azubah, daughter of Kenney and Betsey\\n(Walker) Grover. She was born Oct. 30, 1814. Her\\nparents were natives of Vermont and died in Wyo-\\nming Co., N. Y. Their five sons and five daughters\\ngrew to maturity. Following is the record of the\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Parmenter: Wilson A.,\\nborn March 29, 1834; William Wallace, Jan. 18,\\n1837 AnnaL., Dec 6, 1846; Mary A., May 5, 184S;\\nEmma Augusta, Sept. 16, 1852. The third child\\n(unmarried) died in early infancy.\\niffl^illiam Turbush, of the the firm of A. J.\\njjjjj^l Clute Co., manufacturers of lumber, re-\\nsiding on section 23, Vernon Township,\\nU||S was born in Albany Co., N. Y., Aug. 30,\\n41/ 1833- He was the third child and second\\nson of a family of four. He lost his fatherwhen\\n14 years old, but his mother lived until 1882.\\nAt the age of 18 he moved to Wayne County, N.\\nY., and lived there three years, including one season\\nwhich he passed as a sailor on the lakes. Coming\\nto Ingham County, this State, in 1854, he learned\\nand then worked at, the trade of carpenter and joiner,\\nuntil 1S64.\\nIn August of that year, he enlisted in Co. I, ist\\nEng. and Mech., and was assigned to the Army of the\\nCumberland, under Sherman. He fought at Nash-\\nville, Tenn., but being employed mostly in mechan-\\nical work he escaped much actual fighting. Being\\ntaken sick the last of December, 1864, he was sent\\nto the hospital at New York city, and while there he\\nwas transferred to the U. S. Regular Infantry, in\\nwhich he served until June 29, 1865. On that date\\nhe was honorably discharged.\\nHe returned to Michigan byway of Albany, N. Y.,\\nwhere he paid a short visit to the home and friends\\nof his youth. Arriving in Ingham County, he shortly\\nresolved to come to Isabella County. He moved here\\nAug. 12, 1865, and entered the first 160 acres of land\\ntaken in Vernon Township. This was on section 34.\\nHe soon moved into the woods and commenced to\\nimprove his land. He has worked at his trade in\\nMt. Pleasant a ixjrtion of the time, and spent one\\nseason in looking pine land in this and adjoining\\ncounties. He has given a son 80 acres, and of the\\nremainder of his farm he hasunder cultivation 5\\nacres.\\nHe was first married in the spring of 1854, i\\nWayne Co., N. Y., to Miss Clara Wells, who wasborn|\\nin Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., in Dec, 1834. She diedL\\nat her home in Ingham County, this State, in the falN^\\nof i86i, leaving three children, Jesse, Ernest and\\nEllsworth. The first two are n.arried. He was again\\nunited in the bonds of matrimony in Ingham County,\\nin June, 1864, with Mrs. Nancy (Hazelton) Hunt.\\nShe was born in Ontario, Can., April 15, 1832, and\\nwhen six years old came with her parents to Ingharij|\\nCounty. Hy her first marriage to a Mr. Reeves, sh^\\nhad four children, Elizabeth, Francis E., Stella M/\\nand William (deceased). By her subsequent mar-\\nriage toMr. Hunt, she has a son, Elmer D., and of\\nher present marriage there has been born one son,\\nGeorge.\\nMrs. T. is a member of the Baptist Church. Mr.\\nT. is a member of the F. A. M. and the A. O. P. SC\\nIn political matters he is an earnest supporter of Re^\\npublicanism.\\n.sS^-\\nW4\\nm\\nfii\\nichard Goodwin, farmer, section 32, Isa\\nIjclla Tovvnshii), is a son of Richard andl\\\\\\nLaura (Jones) Goodwin, and was born iii4-^\\nthe vicinity of London, Eng., Feb. 28, 1834.\\nThe parents of our suliject are natives ol\\nEngland and Wales respectively, and of Eng-\\nlish and Welsh extraction. The father was a farmer\\nby occupation and emigrated witli his family to the\\nNew World and located in Scio Township, Washtena\\\\\u00c2\u00ab\\nCo., this State. He shortly went to the Empire StatS\\nand died there, in 1858, aged 63 years. The mothef\\ndied two years afterward, in i860, in San Francisco,\\nCal. Richard was but six months old when his par-\\nents came to this country and settled in Washtenaw\\nCounty. When seven years old, he accompanied\\nthem to Waterloo Township, Jackson County, and\\nthree years later went with them to Ann Arbor.\\nAt this age in life Mr. Goodwin launched his life-\\nboat on the sea of events and went forth to figlil\\nthe battles of the cold, unthinking world alone. Hi^\\nroses grew not without thorns, and, going to.Wash^\\ntenaw County again, he went to work as a commore\\nlaborer on the farm, which occupation he continued\\n^^^f^m^MO^\\nd.\\n-*4^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "i^ 6^T^UM^^\\n-#^^(\u00c2\u00aevS\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n/N\\nI\\nyears. He then went to work for a gentleman\\nin Lima Township, where he worked for 21 years, at\\nthe same vocation.\\nFeb. 4, 1858, in Washtenaw County, Mr. Goodwin\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Susan, daughter of\\nSamuel and Catharine (Lacy) Clements, natives of\\nNew Jersey and Maryland, and of Irish and English\\nextraction. They came to Washtenaw County in\\n1826, and were among the first settlers in that local-\\nity, and Susan was the first white child born in Lima\\nTownship, that county, the date or her birth being\\nNov. 24, 1827.\\nMr. and Mrs. Goodwin are the parents of four\\nchildren, two of whom are deceased. The living\\nchildren ure Samuel C, born May 28, 1865 and\\nHenry C, born Feb. 10, 1868. Charles, born Aug.\\n7, 1870, died March 22, 1872. One child died in\\ninfancy.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Goodwin located a farm in\\nLima Township, Washtenaw County, and successful-\\nly prosecuted the occupation he had previously fol-\\nlowed, farming, until the year 1877. In the summer\\nof that year he sold his property in that township\\nand came to this county. He purchased 40 acres\\non section 32, Isabella Township, all unimproved.\\nWhen he first came to the township there was but\\nlittle settlement, and the hand of improvement was\\nhardly visible; and he entered on the task of improv-\\ning his land under the most embarassing circumstan-\\nces. He has succeeded in placing 20 acres of his\\nland in a good state of cultivation.\\nPolitically Mr. Goodwin is a Republican. He is\\nat present Justice of the Peace, and has held that\\nposition for six years. Religiously his wife is a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church;\\nH\\nathaniel W. Struble, merchant, Salt River,\\nis a son of Henry and Rebecca J. (Mur-\\nphy) Struble. (See sketch of Henry Stru-\\nble.) He was born in Williams Co., Ohio,\\nSept. 22, 185 2, received a common-school educa-\\ntion and remained at home with his parents till\\nnearly 24 years of age; came to Isabella County in\\nfall of 1868 and assisted his father in the store until\\nOct. 20, T875, when he bought out his father. He\\nstill owns the place, and is carrying on the mercantile\\nbusiness with fine success. About a year after com-\\nmencing here he formed a partnership with J. B.\\nStruble, which continued about two years, when N. W.\\nStruble bought out his partner s interest. He after-\\nward sold out to Isaiah Lomon and engaged in the\\nreal-estate business about a year, when he purchased\\nthe stock and trade of W. W. J. B. Struble. After\\nprosecuting business here about one year he sold out\\nto S. S. B. Smith, and bought the Lomon stock.\\nIn July, 1883, he sold a half interest in this stock to\\nJ. H. Struble, and the firm is now N. W. J. H.\\nStruble, who do a prosperous business, averaging\\n$20,000 to $30,000 annually.\\nMr. S. is a member of the blue lodge, F. A. M.,\\nand also of the chapter, R. A. M., at Mt. Pleasant;\\nis also a member of the I. O. O. F. In political\\nmatters he belongs to the Republican party.\\nJan. 18, 1879, in Salt Rivet, Mr. Struble married\\nMiss Nettie T., daughter of James B. and Lucy H.\\nAllen, natives of Oakland Co., Mich.\\nMrs. S. was born in Gratiot Co., Mich., May 12,\\n1856. They are the parents of one child, Myrtie\\nPearl, born Nov. 12, 1880.\\noseph M. Bradley, farmer, section 24, Isa-\\nL^HI r bella Township, is a native of this State^\\nand was born in Lapeer County, in March,\\niy 851. His parents were natives of the same\\ncounty in which our subject was born, and\\nwhen Joseph M. was about four years of age,\\ncame to this county and received a tract of land from\\nthe Government, on which ihey resided until their\\ndeath, the demise. of the father occurring July 25,\\n1881, and that of the mother July 15, 1875.\\nJoseph M. Bradley, the subject of our biographical\\nnotice, is the third son of 1 1 children of his parents\\nhousehold, and remained with them until their death,\\nassisting his father on the farm and attending the\\nGovernment schools. Since that time he has become\\npossessed of the entire homestead, and now has 55\\nacres of the same in a good state of cultivation. By\\nstrict integrity and fair dealing with his fellow men,\\ncoui)led with energy and determination, he has at-\\ntained the highest representative position of his race\\nin the township.\\nMr. Bradley was united in marriage. May 15, 1875,\\nV\\n9\\nA\\nsy\\nr\\nJ", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "A^. g7", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "W^rm^^\\n3\\nk\\nt\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nin Isabella Township, this county, to Mrs. Mary Ash-\\nman (tiee Williams), born in Saginaw County, this\\nState, in 1856. Her parents both died in this county.\\nThe husband and wife, subjects of this biography,\\nare the parents of four children, one deceased. The\\nliving are Maria, born Nov. 19, 1876; Matilda J.,\\nFeb. 15, 1 880; and Samuel, Nov. 25, 1882. Christina,\\nborn April 17, 1878, died Nov. 27, 1882. Mrs. Brad-\\nley had one child by a former marriage, Lucy A.,\\nborn April 3, 1874. Both father and mother are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. Bradley, politically, is a believer in and sup-\\nporter of the principles of the Republican party. He\\nhas held the office of Township Treasurer three years,\\nand has been School Director for ten years.\\n\\\\4a2c/\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n|i\u00c2\u00a7|\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -/^^wrzwsv.\\nWf\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a\\n^oraoe O. Bigelow, farmer, section 8, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Chandler B. and\\nAmanda (Wright) Bigelow, natives of Colchester,\\nConn. They settled in Genesee Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere she died. He afterward moved to Mon-\\nroe Co., Mich., in 1851, and died in Dundee,\\nMich., in November, 1872. There were four children\\nin the family.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Bergen,\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., March 17, 1826, and was edu-\\ncated at the common school. At the age of 16 he\\ncommenced to learn the blacksmith s trade, but on\\naccount of impaired health he quit it before he was\\nof age, and attended a three-months term of select\\nschool at Lyons, N. Y. Next he worked at his trade\\nhalf a year at Watertown, Wis., and then for about\\nfive years, on his own account, in Dodge Co., Wis.\\nReturning to Chili, Monroe Co., N. Y., he bought a\\nshop, followed his trade a year, then a year at Dun-\\ndee, Monroe Co., Mich., a year at Blissfield, Lenawee\\nCo., Mich., and then came to Isabella County in June,\\n1856, entering 320 acres on section 3, Coe Town-\\nship. Here he erected a log cabin and began the\\nusual career of a frontiersman to establish a home.\\nBy the year 1869 he had 60 acres improved. He\\nthen sold out and purchased 120 acres of the Mur-\\ntaugh heirs, where he has erected fine farm buildings\\nand has 100 acres in cultivation.\\nEarly in 1864, Mr. Bigelow enlisted in the war,\\nbut on account of physical disability was not ac-\\ncepted. In the spring of i86t, he was chosen\\nSupervisor of Coe Township, and served one\\nyear. In politics, he was formerly a staunch Repub-\\nlican, but now sympathizes rather with the Nation-\\nal party. He has often been urged to accept\\noffice, but as often declined. For three or four\\nyears he was a director of the Gratiot and Isabella\\nInsurance Company.\\nMr. Bigelow was first married, in C hili, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1847, to Miss Adaline S., daugh-\\nter of Zebulon and Sophia (Scribner) Phillips. Her\\nfather, a native of Massachusetts, died in Church-\\nville, Monroe Co., N. Y., Jan. 7, 1883, and her\\nmother died in Chili, N. Y., July 25, 1827. By this\\nmarriage there were two children, Olney B. and\\nFrancis Z. Mrs. B. died Dec. 5, 1852, in Clyman,\\nDodge Co., Wis., and Mr. B. was again married, in\\nRiga, Monroe Co., N. Y., April 6, 1853, to Mary E\\nPhillips, a sister of his former wife. She was born\\nin Riga, Aug. 21, 1823. By this union there were\\nfive children, viz. Adaline A., Frances E., Chandler\\nB., Zebulon E. and Horace O., Jr.\\nIn presenting the portraits of Mr. B. and lady, we\\nfeel assured that all will acknowledge them to be fit\\nexamples of the worthy, substantial, industrious pio-\\nneers who deserve to be retained in lasting remem-\\nbrance by the citizens of Coe Township and Isabella\\nCounty.\\nEenry Trevidiek, a prominent merchant of\\nClare, was born April 3, 1846, in Mt.\\nClemens, Macomb Co., Mich., and at the\\nage of sixteen left home to make his own way\\nin life, going first to Saginaw, where he was for\\nsome time in a planing-mill. He afterwards\\nlearned the drug trade. In February, 187 1, he came\\nto the site of Clare, then occupied by but one build-\\ning, and established the first store, selling drugs, etc.\\nTo reach his place he had to wind around through\\nstumps and logs in a manner that would cause most\\npeople to despair. His first stock was worth $2,500.\\nIn 1876 he added a stock of clothing, boots and\\nshoes, etc., and in 1880 he enlarged his store to meet\\nthe demands of a growing trade. His is now one of\\nthe principal buildings in Clare, being 20 x8o feet in\\nt\\n^llllf\\n_^^\\n^X", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "h\\nsize. He carries a stock worth $5,000, and does an\\nannual business of $10,000.\\nMarch 22, 1873, in Jackson County, he was mar-\\nried to Miss Alice M. Wheaton, who was born in\\nthat county Sept. i, 1853. Four children are now\\nincluded in the family circle, who were born on the\\nfollowing dates Clarence H., Dec. 26, 1875 Claud\\nW., Feb. 12, 1878; Mabel A., May 10, 1881 and\\nRay, March 31, 1883.\\nMrs. T. is a member of the Congregational\\nChurch. Mr. T. is in ix)litical sentiment a Demo-\\ncrat. He has filled the office of Township Treasurer\\nfor two terms, and has been School Assessor.\\naxwell G. Shappee, stock-raiser and\\nfarmer, section 24, Lincoln Township,\\nwas born in the vicinity of Elmira, N. Y.,\\nOct. 24, 1837. His father, Guy Shappee,\\nwas a native of the same county, of French\\ndescent, a farmer, and is still living, at the age\\nof 75, in that county; and his mother, Mary, nee Van\\nGordon, was a native of Chemung Co., N. Y., of\\nGerman descent, and died in her native county,\\nabout 1867.\\nThe subject of this sketch remained at home with\\nhis parents, working on the farm and attending\\nschool, until the breaking out of the war, when, in\\nAugust, 1862, he enlisted in Co. C, 141st N. Y. Vol.\\nInf, Capt. E. G. Baldwin, first of the Army of the\\nPotomac, then, in 1863, of the Cumberland. He\\nparticipated in all the battles from that at Resaca to\\nthe end of Sherman s campaign. At the battle of\\nPeach-Tree Creek, July 20, 1864, he received a gun-\\nshot wound in the right hip. He entered the ranks\\nas a private in the fall of 1862 he was elected 5 th\\nSergeant one year later he was promoted as Orderly\\nSergeant, and in another year he was commissioned\\nFirst Lieutenant. Owing to his capture and parole,\\nhe was detailed for special duty, and it fell to him to\\nbring home the company in which he first enlisted.\\nIn June, 1865, after the close of the war, he was\\nhonorably discharged.\\nReturning immediately to his native home, he was\\nmarried, Dec. 2, 1865, to Mrs. Ardella A. Fancher,\\nnee Hoover, who was born in Crawford Co., Ohio,\\nApril 22, 1843, went to New York when three years\\nold, returned to Ohio when twelve, and later returned\\nto New York again. She was educated in the High\\nSchool at Seneca, Ohio, and followed teaching, in\\nboth common and graded schools in her native State.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. S. resumed control of the home-\\nstead and the care of his mother, who died two years\\nafterward. Maxwell was the second son and third\\nchild in a family of six children, two girls and four\\nboys. His father spent his time among the other\\nchildren.\\nMr. Shappee, the subject of this sketch, became\\nixjssessor of the homestead. This he sold, and\\nbought property in Breesport, same county; a year\\nlater he engaged in the hotel business, which he\\ncontinued until the summer of 1873. He then sold\\nout his interest there and came to Michigan, purchas-\\ning 40 acres of wild land where he now resides. He\\nadded by purchase 20 acres to the original tract, and\\nhe now has 30 acres well improved, with a comfort-\\nable residence and other buildings. He was\\nformerly reduced by hard times from comparative\\nindependence to poverty; but by his pluck and good\\njudgment he has once more made for himself and\\nfamily a good home. He has held the office of\\nJustice of the Peace, Township Treasurer two years,\\nand the school offices of his district. With respect\\nto national questions he takes Republican views, and\\nin religion he and his wife are members of the M. E.\\nChurch.\\nif\u00c2\u00aeiK illiam B. Forbes, farmer, section 22, Cold-\\npip^^^j, water Township, was born June 3, 1839,\\nJl^(~i in Niagara Co., N. Y., and is the son of\\nS Leander J. and Nancy (Hudson) Forbes. His\\nfather was born in Erie Co., N. Y. and is still\\nliving, in Clinton Co., Mich. The mother was\\nborn in Saratoga Co., N. Y., and died in Clinton Co.,\\nMich, about 1868. Their family included, one daugh-\\nter and seven sons. The sister was the eldest.\\nMr. Foster was the third child of his parents. He\\nspent the first 14 years of his life in liis native county,\\nand remained under the home roof during his minor-\\nity, except two months, during which he was occu-\\npied as a farm laborer in Oakland County, and one\\nfarming season, when he managed a rented farm in\\nLivingston County. On the 14th of October, i86i,\\nV^\\ni\\nf?", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "^Je^tl\\nris^ ^s: 6V4-^D D^ D tlr: tf^^t^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nMi\\nf\\nA\\nV\\nI\\nhe enlisted in Co. A, Tenth Mich. Inf. His com-\\nmand was assigned to the Army of the Mississippi\\nand connected with the 14th Corps. In the fall of\\n1862 the regiment was assigned to the Army of the\\nCumberland, and was under Sherman in his historic\\nmarch to Atlanta and the sea. He was mustered out\\nof the army service Feb. 6, 1865, after a long and\\narduous connection with the military service of\\nthe United States. On receiving his discharge he\\ncame back to Clinton County and bought a thresher,\\nwhich he managed one season. In June, 1866, he\\nentered a claim of 80 acres of land, where he has\\nsince resided. He has cleared and improved 50\\nacres, and has placed his farm in a fine agricultural\\ncondition. He is a man of sterling traits of charac-\\nter, sjx)tless repute and acknowledged ability.\\nHe was married April 13, 1866, to Mary A. Ham-\\nmond, daughter of Carmi and Mary A. (Willett)\\nHammond. She was born July 20, 1846, in Oak-\\nland County. Her father was a native of Vermont\\nand died in the township of Coldwater. Her mother\\nwas born in New York, and died in Clinton Co.,\\nMich. The nine children of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes\\nwere born as follows Isolina M., Nov. 1 8, 1 867 L J,\\nFeb. 16, 1868 (died Nov. 11, 1880); L V, April 30,\\n1869; \\\\Vm. H., July 28, 187 i; Lizzie E., Jan. 24. 1873\\nAlfred J., July 16, 1875 (died Nov. 8, i88o); Nora\\nA., Sept. 2, 1876; Effie M., April 2, 1881; Myrtie,\\nMarch 26, 1883. Mrs. Forbes is one of ten children\\nsix sons and four daughters born to her parents.\\nMr. Forbes is a Democrat in political connection.\\nHe has held the office of Supervisor of his township\\nthree terms, has been Treasurer seven years and\\nHighway Commissioner two years.\\nv. WS\\ng trajit ewis Stringer, farmer, section 9, Lincoln\\n;l Ls^ji Township, was born in Norfolk Co., Ont.,\\ny.v i/T March 3, 1843, of American ancestry ex-\\nfiKy tending back into Scotland and Germany.\\nA His mother died in 1877 his father is still liv-\\ning, in that dominion, having been in earlier life\\na farmer.\\nYoung Lewis was 18 years old when he set out\\nfor Michigan, to work as a common laborer in the\\nlumber woods. In February, 1868, he settled upon\\n80 acres where he still resides, and has improved\\n40 acres, erected a fine barn, etc. This place was\\nan unbroken forest when he came.\\nIn political matters Mr. Stringer is counted among\\nthe Republicans. In his township, he has held 5he\\noffice of Drain Commissioner and School Assessor\\ntwo terms.\\nHe was first married in his native county in\\nOntario, Jan. 7, 1867, to Miss Ellen V. Ryersee,\\nwho was born in the same county, Dec. 12, 1840,\\nand died at her home in this county, July 30, 1880.\\nShe had two children. Dexter D. and Ada A. Jan.\\n29, 1882, Mr. S. again married, this time Mrs.\\nMary S. Austin, /it-e Banister, a native of Woodhouse\\nTownship, Norfolk Co., Ont., where she was born\\nMarch 29, 1846, and came to this county in 1882.\\nShe is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.\\nH ^-^i-ife t\\nlark H. Sutherland, merchant at Clare,\\n^^tj was born in Deerfield Township, Living-\\nston Co., Mich., Sept. g, 1852. When he\\n^[[t was only two years old, his father, a black-\\nsmith, removed to Genesee County; and here\\nClark lived with his father until 1870. Go-\\ning in that year to Ithaca, he was for one year em-\\nployed as clerk in the store of John Jeffry. Next\\nhe was engaged as salesman for the Monroe (Mich.)\\nNursery, and was on the road for three years. In\\nthe spring of 1874 he came to Clare County and\\npurchased 40 acres of wild land in Hayes Township.\\nHere he farmed for 18 months, after which he worked\\na short time in a saw-mill.\\nIn the fall of 1875 he came to Clare and with his\\nfather started a blacksmith shop. He continued in\\nthis work until July, 1876, when he began to read\\nlaw with E. D. ^Vheaton, an attorney of Clare. He\\nstudied until January following, when he assumed\\nthe duties of the double office of County Clerk and\\nRegister of Deeds, to which he had been elected.\\nHe served the county with credit for three terms, or\\nsix years. Immediately after the expiration of his\\nofficial life, he established a hardware store at Clare,\\nin company with Henry Trevidick, with a stock\\nworth $3,000. They do an annual liusiness of\\n$10,000.\\nHe was married at hire, May 6, 1877, to Miss\\nRose B. Alger, a native of Ontario, Can She was\\nf\\nA\\nc-^:\\n1-^^^-\\nATA", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "m\\n(b\\n1\\nI\\n290\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^^5f\u00c2\u00ae\\\\\u00c2\u00ab\\nborn July 25, 1858, and came to this county when\\nquite young. Her three children are all living:\\nOthoM.,born March 21, 1878; Roy L.,June 6, 1880;\\nand Edwin C, March 3, 1882. Mrs. Sutherland is\\na member of the Congregational Church. Mr. S. is\\na member of Farwell Lodge, No. 335, F. A. M.,\\nand Harrison Lodge, No. 331, L O. O. F. He is now\\nPresident of the Village Council of Clare. In politi-\\ncal affiliation he is a Democrat.\\nlornelius Bogan, merchant and Postmaster\\nat Calkinsville, Isabella Township, was\\nborn in County Tyrone, Ireland, Dec. 4, 1833.\\nWhen 13 years of age he was apprenticed by\\nhis father to a flax dresser, and remained at\\nthat vocation for three years, until he was 16.\\nOn arriving at that age, he joined the English regular\\narmy and served with it four years. During that\\ntime he was engaged in the Caffre war. At the\\nexpiration of four years he left the service, his term\\nof enlistment having expired, and came to this\\ncountry. He arrived in the New World April 7,\\n1852, and came almost direct to Osceola Township,\\nLivingston County, this State. Here he followed the\\noccupation of a farmer for three years and then went\\nto Wayne County, where he was engaged in farming\\nand burning charcoal until the year 1861. That\\nyear he moved to Washtenaw County, and was there\\noccupied in job ditching until the breaking out of\\nthe late war.\\nNo sooner had the news flashed along the wires\\nthat Sumter had been fired on, and a call was\\nmade for strong hands and loyal hearts to battle for\\nthe perpetuity of the Nation s flag, than Mr. Bogan\\noffered his services. He enlisted in Co. E., Seventh\\nMich. Vol. Cav., and was assigned with his company\\nto the Army of the Potomac. After his discharge, in\\n1862, he joined the construction corps and was\\nengaged in East Tennessee and Georgia, until the\\nclose of the war.\\nAfter the war Mr. Bogan came to Washtenaw\\nCounty, this State, where he remained until the fall\\nof the same year and then came to this county and\\npurchased 200 acres of land in Vernon Township.\\nHe entered on the task of improving and cultivating\\nthis land. He improved 50 acres of it and erected\\nthereon a good residence, and then sold it and went\\nto Calkinsville. At that place he engaged in the\\nmercantile business, and has continued the same to\\nthe present time.\\nMr. Bogan was one of the first settlers of Vernon\\nTownship. He helped to organize the same and was\\nelected the first Township Clerk, which office he held\\nfor two years. He was afterward elected Supervisor\\nand held that position for five terms. He also held\\nall the minor offices of the township and gave general\\nsatisfaction in each.\\nMr. Bogan was first married at Manchester, Eng.,\\nAug. 13, 185 I, to Miss Ellen Farrell, a native of Ire-\\nland, where she was born about the year 1833. She\\nwas the mother of seven children to Mr. Bogan, five\\nof whom are living: Edward, born Nov. 21, 1853;\\nCornelius, May 6, 1856; Margaret, Dec. 8, 1858;\\nMary, June 5, 1865; and Lydia Nov. 7, 1867. The\\ndeceased are: Ellen, born July, 31, 1861, died July\\n27, 1866; and John, born Aug. 5, 1863, died July\\n25, 1868.\\nMrs. Bogan departed this life at her home in Calk-\\ninsville, May 23, 1880, leaving a host of friends and\\nrelatives to mourn her loss. She was a good wife, a\\nkind and a loving mother.\\nIn April, 1881, in Saginaw, Mr. Bogan was a sec-\\nond time married, choosing for his life partner Mrs.\\nMercy A. Miller {nee Curtis.) She is a native of\\nOntario, Can., where she was born in 1858. She is\\nthe mother of two children by her former husband\\n(B. Curtiss), Jeannette and Frank.\\nMr. Bogan is a Democrat in politics, and has held\\nthe office of Justice of the Peace and Notary Public\\nfor a considerable length of time. He is a member\\nof the Order of Masonry, Lodge No. 305, at Mt.\\nPleasant, and is an esteemed and respected citizen\\nof his township.\\nr^\\n4\\n-i ^^A,^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|^S\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V^/^-5-\\neorge B. Alger, farmer on section 15, Ver-\\nnon Township, was born in Northumber-\\nland Co., Can., June 11, 1847, and lived in\\nhis native county on his father s farm until\\n16 years old, when he went to Houston Co.,\\nMinn. After a time he returned to Canada\\nand spent two years there, when he came to St.\\nClair, this State, and with a brother enlisted in the\\nr\\ns\\n5$\u00c2\u00a7^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\nJS!^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m i]d;i\\n-f^^ ^f^^M:", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "m\\nr^^ (o\\\\m r: n^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^5f\u00c2\u00aev||\\nV\\ni.\\nJ\\n291\\narmy, enrolling in Co. H, ist Conn. Heavy Art. He\\nwas at the storming of the gun-boats on the James\\nRiver, and was also present at Lee s surrender. He\\nwas honorably discharged Oct. 10, 1865.\\nReturning to St. Clair County in 1867, he and his\\nfather and a brother came to this county, locating on\\n380 acres of land on section 15, Vernon Township.\\nThe two sons afterwards removed to Kansas aud for\\ntwo months carried on farming in Osborne County.\\nThence they went to Colorado, and then returned\\nto Isabella County. He bought 80 acres on section\\n2, and in 1875, selling this, he bought his father s\\nhomestead of 80 acres. He has since added greatly\\nto the value of the place by making improvements.\\nHe was married March 25, 1875, in St. Clair\\nCounty, to Miss Eva Ledsworth, who was born in\\nOntario in 1855, and died at her home in Clare, April\\n5, 1877, leaving one daughter, Cora, born June 16,\\n1876. He was again married, in Clare, March 18,\\n1880, to Miss Maggie Murdock, born in New Bruns-\\nwick in i860. She died in Vernon Township in\\nMarch, 1881, leaving a son, George, born March i,\\n1 88 1. He married his present wife April 18, 1882,\\nbeing united with Miss Ann Jane Greenaway, who\\nwas born Jan. g, 1852, in Ontario, and came to this\\nState in the spring of 1881. She has had one child,\\nMorley, born March 22, 1883, and died Dec. 6, 1883.\\nMr. A. is a member of Clare Lodge, No. 333, L O.\\nO. F He is politically a Democrat, and has held\\nthe office of Township Clerk for two years, being the\\npresent incumbent.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^Si\\n^amuel C. CoUey, farmer, section 34, Cold-\\nwater Township, was born Nov. 26, 1841,\\nin China, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and is the\\nson of Charles and Polly (Chase) Colley.\\nThey were both natives of the State of New\\nYork. His mother died in August, 1841. His\\nfather was twice married, and lives in Cattaraugus\\nCo., N. Y. Tiie issue of the first marriage was two\\nsons, both now living in Isabella County. Five\\nchildren were born of the second marriage, three of\\nwhom are deceased.\\nMr. Colley became the master of iiis own fortunes\\nat the age of 20 years, and passed the first summer\\nthereafter as a farm laborer, working by the month.\\nThe civil war broke out about the time he engaged\\nin his opening struggle with independent life, and, as\\nsoon as his summer s labors drew to a termination,\\nhe resolved to enter the military service of the United\\nStates. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the 78th\\nN. Y. Vol. Inf, and in 1863 his regiment waston-\\nsolidated with the i02d N. Y. Inf. The command\\nwas assigned to the 12th Corps in the Army of the\\nPotomac. Mr. Colley was wounded twice at the\\nbattle of Chancellorsville, one bullet passing through\\nthe right lung and another striking him under his left\\narm. Both bullets passed through to the shoulder\\nblade. He lay on the field until the third day after\\nhe was wounded, when he was taken prisoner, and\\nwas placed in a field hospital. He was iiaroled two\\nweeks later, and went to Acquia Creek hospital, go-\\ning thence a short lime after to the Chestnut Hill\\nhospital. He was next transferred to the Convales-\\ncent Hospital in Virginia, and as soon as sufficiently\\nrecovered he joined his command at Raccoon Moun-\\ntain. The regiment proceeded to Stevenson, Ala.,\\nwhere its main body re-enlisted. The surgeon re-\\njected Mr. Colley, and he was mustered out Oct. 31,\\n1864, at Atlanta, Ga.\\nImmediately after his discharge he came to Barry\\nCo., Mich., and bought 40 acres of unimproved land,\\nwliere he entered upon the work of the pioneer.\\nHe resided there nearly two years, when he sold out\\nand entered a claim of 80 acres of land in Coldwater\\nTownship. The tract was wholly unimproved, and\\nthe pioneer experiences were as severe and full of\\nprivadon as are in the records of others that have\\nbeen transcribed a countless number of times. Mr.\\nColley s arrival in the township was preceded by\\nbut one individual, Harry Brubaker, but he did not\\nbring his family until after Mr. Colley came. Prices\\nof provisions at the points where they were to be ob-\\ntained were fabulous. Pork was 30 cents a pound,\\nand flour sold at $22 per barrel. The only means\\nof locomotion were furnished by ox teams, and the\\nsettlers were obliged to obtain all their su]ii)lies fronr\\nMt. Pleasant and Millbrook, traveling thither with\\noxen and camping out over night in the woods. One\\nof his first crops was millet, which he sold for $40\\nper ton, and bought potatoes for $2 a bushel. Dur-\\ning the first winter after their arrival they sold a\\npiece of land in the southern part of the State. The\\nnearest official by whom the papers could be made\\nout lived at Millbrook, 18 miles distant. The ox\\nC^:\\nSt/\\n^y^ s^^gJJKl\\n4^^$(\u00c2\u00ae (H", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "292\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nteam had been sent away to be kept through the win-\\nter, as they had no feed. Mr. and Mrs. Colley put\\ntheir baby in a hand-sled and walked to Millbrook,\\nin order to conclude their business engagement. It\\nwas midwinter and the journey was most wearisome.\\nMrs. Colley became so fatigued that she sat down on\\nthe sled with her little child in her arms, and her\\nhusband drew the double burden to enable her to\\nrecover her strength and obtain a little rest.\\nMr. Colley is a Republican in political faith and\\naction, and has been prominent in the affairs relating\\nto the progress of the township since he became a\\nresident. He has served two terms as Justice of the\\nPeace and one term as Township Treasurer, in which\\noffice he is now serving.\\nMr. Colley was married July 25, 1865, to Lucia M.\\nHarper. She is a daughter of Benjamin F. and\\nDelilah P. (Chase) Harper, and was born Dec. 10,\\n1845. Mr. Harper s family included 13 children, nine\\nof whom are living. Both parents are still alive and\\nreside in Isabella County in the near vicinity of their\\ndaughter. The record of the children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Colley is as follows Charles F., born Aug.\\n7, 1866; Lloyd Clayton, July 26, 187 i Guy G., Nov.\\n5, 1875; Walter Eugene, Jan. 13, 1882; Eva, Aug.\\n5, 1876 (died March 6, 1877); Iva, Feb. 7, 1878\\n(died Aprils, 1878); Lloyd David, Sept. 19, 1868\\n(died Aug. 5, 187 1); Myron, July 14, 1879 (died\\nSept. 16, 1879).\\ny^^5^; illiam Ross, general merchant at Clare,\\n^jli^^ilil was born in the town of Mentz, N. Y.,\\njl^iP^^ Dec. 9, i84r, and lived in his native place\\nuntil 1 86 1, with his parents. His father,\\nHon. Giles Ross, came to this State and\\nlocated in Livingston County, where he still re-\\nsides, at the advanced age of 70. He has held\\nvarious local offices, and has been Representative in\\nthe Legislature two terms. His wife, A. Melvina\\n(Forshee) Ross, is also living.\\nAt the age of 1 3, the subject of this biography en-\\ntered Auburn Academy, and took a course of five\\nyears, academic and collegiate. He lived with his\\nparents on the home farm until 1872, when he came\\nto Clare as State Road Superintendent, his father\\nbeing a contractor. At that time the main street\\nhad only been logged out; wolves and deer were\\nplentiful in the woods around, and were often seen\\nin the town and there were but three mercantile\\nestablishments. His brother owned one of these,\\na general store, and here he worked while he erected\\na building for himself He often worked at night.\\nHe started first a flour and feed store, and three\\nyears later commenced the sale of general merchan-\\ndise, on Main Street. He has done an annual busi-\\nness of $22,000. He owns a fine frame residence,\\nand has in various ways contributed towards the\\nbuilding up of his town.\\nHe vvas married June i, 1865, in Hartland, Living-\\nston Co., Mich., to Miss Laurie A. Smith, who was\\nborn in that county about September, 1840. She re-\\nceived a good education, finishing at the State Normal\\nSchool at Ypsilanti, and followed teaching as an oc-\\ncupation until her marriage. The following chil-\\ndren born to Mr. and Mrs. Ross are living: Junius,\\nDerward, Giles and Charles (twinsj and Maud.\\nWillie and Maud are the names of two who died.\\nMrs. R. is a memberof the Congregational Church.\\nMr. R. is politically independent, and was the first\\nTrustee of the village.\\ni\\nhomas J. Root, fiirmer on section 29, Union\\nTownship, owning 100 acres on the eastern\\npart of the northeast quarter of section 29,\\nis a son of Collins and Hannah (Parker) Root,\\nand was born in Ashtabula Co., Ohio, May 29,\\n1839. He was reared on his father s farm and\\nfollowed agriculture in Ohio until December, 1870,\\nwhen he came to Union Township, this county, and\\nbought his ])resent farm, ten acres of which were\\nthen cleared. He now has a fine farm, with 80 acres\\nunder cultivation, a valuable orchard, substantial\\nbarn and other improvements.\\nHe intends to make a specially of fine shee|), and\\nhas already 79 head, including 25 merinos. He takes\\nan interest in horse-flesh also, and owns five good\\ncolts, besides a fine stallion sired by Henry Clay, Jr.\\nAt the Mt. Pleasant fair of 1883, he took two prizes\\nfor a span of roadsters, one aged two years and the\\nother 13 years. At St. Louis, he took first prize for\\nthe two-year old as a roadster, and a second prize\\nfor his stallion.\\nA\\nn\\n.^3!!l;gg;\u00c2\u00ab3^\\n^n!i:^in;\\n\u00c2\u00a31^.\\nio^-\\n4^^^((^J^}", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "1^\\ni; 5\u00c2\u00abv^tf**-\\n-^if^ crv C iiii^n[i^- r\\n4^^f\u00c2\u00aeV^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nA\\n5\\n293\\nHe was married in Andover Township, Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio, March 7, 1864, to Miss Martha C. Butler,\\ndaughter of George and Ruth E. (Cochran) Butler.\\nShe was born in the same locality where she lived\\nuntil marriage, April 21, 1840. Of seven children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Root, all are living but one.\\nLena E. was born in Andover, June 26, 1865 Lem-\\nuel J., .Vpril 10, 1868; Gertie, in Union Township,\\nthis county, April 5, 1870; Clinton L., July 29, 1874;\\nNina P., July 27, 1873; Claudie E., April 4, 1878;\\nBessie, and an infant which died unnamed, Aug.\\nII. 1882.\\nMr. R. and wife are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. He has been Highway Commis-\\nsioner for two years, and is the present incumbent.\\nHe enlisted Jan. 10, 1861, at Meadville, Pa., in\\nCo. I, Tenth Pa. Vol. Inf., as a private under Capt.\\nAyer. He enlisted for three years or the war, but\\nwas taken with erysipelas and fever at White-House\\nLanding, in front of Richmond, and was discharged\\nat Newark, N. J., Dec, 13, 1862, on account or disa-\\nbility. June 18, 1864, at Galena, 111., he again enlisted,\\nin Co. C, 140th 111. Vol. Inf. He held the appoint-\\nment of Third Sergeant, and served six months,\\nfighting in a number of skirmishes with the guerrillas\\nin Missouri, Tennessee and Mississippi. He was\\nfinally discharged at Chicago, Oct. 27, 1864.\\n^tsJiSfS^Sr\\n4^f\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00abra?[ v\\n.ames M. O Brien, farmer on section 22,\\nVernon Township, was born in Ireland, in\\nDecember, 1827, and at the age of 15 came\\nwith his sister to New Brunswick, where he\\nyi lived for five years. Thence he went to the\\nState of Maine, and three years later he came\\nto Ontario, where he operated a saw-mill until\\n1865. In the spring of that year he came to Sagi-\\nnaw, and in March, 1867, he settled on 80 acres of\\nwild land in this county. Here they had many\\nthrilling pioneer experiences and suffered many pri-\\nvations incident to a life in a new country. Deer,\\nfoxes, bears, wolves and other animals were often near\\nthe house. Supplies could not be i)urchased nearer\\nthan 12 miles away, and extortionate prices were\\ncharged for the necessiries of life. Meat frequently\\nsold at 25 cents per pound. Mr. O Brien has now\\nimjiroved about half his farm, which includes a fine\\norchard, six acres in extent.\\nIn December, 1846, at St. John s, N. U., he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Catherine Sullivan, who\\nwas born in that city March 2, 1833. Nine children\\nhave been added to the household, seven of whom\\nare now living. Their record is as follows Bar-\\ntholomew, born Aug. 12, 1847 Simon, Aug. 3, 1853;\\nAnna, Jan. 17, 1856; Frank, May 5, 1857; Mary,\\nApril I, 1859; Irwin, May 11, 1S65 Margaret, July\\n1, 1869. The deceased were Catherine, born March\\n2, 1851, and died Feb. 17, 1868; and James, born\\nin January, 1855, and died Aug. 19, 1877.\\nMr. O Brien is politically a Democrat. He has\\nheld various local offices in his townshii).\\nt\\nhineas J. Jakeway, carpenter and joiner,\\n___.K- section 6, Lincoln Township, was born on\\nf^ the site of Saratoga, N. Y., May 4, 1812,\\n5 when but a few log huts comprised the build-\\nings of the place. When 14 years of age he\\nwas apprenticed to Chauncey Kidney, of Saratoga, to\\nlearn his trade; in 1828 he went with Mr. K. to\\nRochester, N. Y., remaining with him in his employ-\\nment at 2 1 he was made foreman, with the promise\\nthat, if he remained faithful, he should come into\\npossession of all his master s property at his death,\\nwhich provision was carried out, the property amount-\\ning to $5,000. After the deatli of Mr. Kidney, Mr.\\nJakeway continued his trade in Buffalo, N. Y.\\nJuly 4, 1832, at Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., he\\nmarried Eui)hemia Kerr, a native of Newark, N. J.\\nThe following year he moved to Calhoun Co., Mich.,\\nand completed some mills and bridges which had\\nbeen contracted for previous to Mr. Kidney s death.\\nThen he did some work in Branch County, while\\nmaking his home in Calhoun County, in which latter\\nplace his wife died, in 1835, leaving two children,\\nCalvin and Cynlhia, both of whom now reside in\\nWyoming Co., N. Y. In 1840 he built his last flour-\\ning mill, the first erected in Saginaw City, Mich. He\\nthen was in Buffalo, N. Y., until 1851, when he came\\nto Detroit Mich., and built the residence of the noted\\nmillionaire, Capt. E. B. Ward.\\nNext, he moved to Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nwhere, Oct. 10, 1858, for his second wife, he married\\nA\\n1\\ni\\nV)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "-jcj^^^^^sr\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-2\u00c2\u00bb3^ ^^t ^SV^\\n1\\nf\\nt\\nMrs. Harriet E. Chapman, nee Edwards, who was\\nborn in Covington, Genesee Co., N. Y., Dec. i6, 1827,\\nresided in Ohio from 1840 to 1854, and since that\\ntime in this State. By her first marriage her children\\nwere, Adelia, Henrietta J., Martha A., Seldon and\\nJohn, the second and third of whom are married\\nand reside in Lincoln Township, this county, and the\\ntwo latter are deceased. By the present marriage\\nthe children are Miles and Fred J.\\nJuly 4, 1 86 1, Mr. Jakeway enlisted in Co. A, First\\nMich. Vol. Inf in the Army of the Potomac, and\\nwas taken prisoner in July, 1862, during the seven-\\ndays battle at Gaines Mill. After a confinement in\\nLibby prison for five weeks, he was exchanged, and\\nhe was finally discharged at the hospital at Wash-\\nington, D. C, by Dr. Starr, in the fall of 1862. In\\nDecember, 1863, he re-enlisted, in the Sixth Heavy\\nArtillery, in the Department of the Gulf, under Gen.\\nBanks. On his discharge, Sept. 5, 1865, he went to\\nAnn Arbor, Mich.\\nIn February, r866, he came to this county and\\nbought 40 acres where he still resides. He has con-\\ntinued to work at his trade, having built most of the\\nhouses in Ml. Pleasant up to 1875. In 1874, his leg\\nwas mashed, in the erection of J. Q. A. Johnson s\\nblock. He erected the first self-supporting bridge\\nacross the Chippewa. Most of his land is improved,\\nby his sons.\\nIn regard to national issues Mr. Jakeway votes\\nwith the Democratic party.\\n^^^Eenry H. Graves, attorney at Mt. Pleasant,\\nI was born Jan. 12, 1847, in Warsaw, Ky.\\nfil,te# He is a son of Lorenzo and Virginia(Hamp-\\nton) Graves. His father was an attorney and\\ndied Feb. 13, 1873, at Warsaw. The mother\\nis a native of Kentucky and resides at Mt.\\nPleasant with her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Westlake.\\nOn the breaking out of the Southern insurrection the\\nfamily removed to Cincinnati, as they were not in\\nsympathy with the rebellion. Two daughters, now\\nMrs. J. W. Long and Mrs. John B. Doughty, were\\nplaced at school in the Oxford Female College, at\\nOxford, Ohio, and Mrs. Westlake at a preparatory\\nschool. Mr. Graves, of this sketch, only son, Wiis\\nsent to the Miami University at Oxford. After the\\nwar the family returned to Warsaw, where they re-\\nsided until the death of the father, when, in 1873,\\nthey removed to Mt. Pleasant.\\nMr. Graves read for his profession with his father\\nand became thoroughly familiar with office work\\nunder his direction. Later, he entered the Law De-\\npartment of Louisville University, where he prad-\\nuated in 1869. He was admitted to practice Feb. 8,\\n18615, when but 18 years of age, and prosecuted the\\nbusiness of an active attorney until he received his\\ndegree. In the same fall he came to Detroit and en-\\ntered the office of his brother-in-law, J. W. Long, then\\nIndian agent. In 187 1 he came to Mt. Pleasant\\nand opened an office for the practice of his profession,\\ncombining this with dealings in real estate. He was\\nassociated with S. J. Scott in the practice of law from\\n1873 to 1876, and from that date until June, 1882,\\npursued his duties singly. He then became associa-\\nted with Cyrus E. Russell, which relation existed un-\\ntil March 4, 1884, when his partner withdrew.\\nMr. Graves has seen much public service in the\\naffairs of his county. He was appointed Supervisor\\nof Isabella Township in November, 187 i, to fill an\\nunexpired term. He was also Highway Commissioner\\nof that township one term. In 187 2 he was appointed\\nProsecuting Attorney of Isabella County, to fill the\\nvacancy caused by the death of Albert Fox, and dis-\\ncharged the duties of the position until Jan. i, 1874.\\nIn 1876, and also in 1878, he was the candidate on\\nthe Democratic ticket, in opfxisition to S. W. Hopkins,\\nfor the position of Representative in the Legislature\\nof Michigan. He was appointed Village Attorney in\\n1S83, and re-appointed in 1884. In 1880 he was ap-\\npointed Chief of the Fire Department, which posi-\\ntion he ha? filled continually to the present time.\\nHe was editor and proprietor of the Isabella Times\\nduring the years 1877-8, and sold his journalistic in-\\nterests to Major Long. He managed the paper in\\nthe interests of the National Greenback party, and\\nits later proprietor has converted the sheet into a Re-\\npublican journal.\\nMr. Graves is a member of the Masonic fraternity\\nand belongs to Wabon Lodge, No. 305, at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, and St. Louis (Gratiot Co.) Chapter, No. 87. He\\nowns his residence at Mt. Pleasant and about 100 lots\\nin the village of Longwood, north of the former\\nplace; also eight acres on section 15, of Union Town-\\nship, which he designs converting into a vineyard.\\nY.\\nU\\n9\\nV\\n^i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "(j^cyuA^. q/ a^^i^^i-y^-^^-t^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "I\\n1\\nIf\\nV\\nISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\n297\\nHe is connected with a company that owns 1,200\\nacres of land in the counties of Leelanaw and Ein-\\nmett.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Graves with LuUi B. Robin-\\nson occurred April 18, 187 1, in Warsaw, Ky. She\\nwas born in that city and is the daughter of Frank\\nS. and Martha P. Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Graves\\nhave had six children, two of whom are deceased.\\nTheir births occurred as follows: James R., April\\n18, 1872; Henry, Jan. 12, 1874, and died Nov. 30,\\n1876; Lulu, Aug. 18,1876; and died Oct. 14,1883;\\nArchibald, June 17, 1878; Thurman, Dec. 3, 1880;\\nNellie, March 22, 1883.\\n(5^\\nSi\\nenry Struble, retired merchant, Salt River\\nis a son of John W. and Sarah (Laycock)\\nStruble, who were natives of New Jersey,\\nand settled first in Morrow Co., Ohio, where the\\nformer died, about 1834. The latter afterwnrd\\nI removed to Fulton Co., Ohio, and in i86r died\\nat the residence of her son Henry, in Williams\\nCounty, that State. Their family comprised seven\\nchildren.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Morrow Co.,\\nOhio, Nov. i8, 1824, and when ten years of age his\\nfather died; he remained at home with his mother\\nuntil of age, working for the support of his mother\\nand the younger members of the family much of his\\ntime until 16 years of age. In the meantime he\\nlearned the tanner s trade, and when of age he em-\\nbarked in the business with his brother William, in\\nMorrow County, and also in Williams County. The\\npartnership continued about seven years; Henry\\nthen carried on the business alone for about five\\nyears, when, on account of failing health, he aban-\\ndoned the vocation and engaged in the butcher s\\nbusiness for about four years. He then entered the\\nmercantile trade, first in Fulton County and after-\\nwards in Williams Co., Ohio. In three or four years\\nhe sold out and returned to butchering for about\\ntwo years.\\nIn June, 1868, Mr. Struble came to this county and\\nembarked in mercantile business at Salt River, and,\\nalthough he met with many heavy losses, he prose-\\ncuted a flourishing trade imtil 1874, when he sold out\\nto his son, N. W. Struble, and purchased a farm of\\n40 acres in Chippewa Township, managed it about\\ntwo years, sold, and moved to Salt River, where he\\nhas since resided. He was once elected Highway\\nCommissioner for a term of three years, but, on\\naccount of business, he resigned after one year. He\\nhas oflen been urged to accept various public trusts,\\nbut has generally refused such positions, never aspir-\\ning to office. In national affairs he acts decidedly\\nwith the Republican party. He is a charter member\\nof the blue lodge of Freemasons at Salt River, also\\nof the Royal Arch Chai)ters at Mt. Pleasant and St.\\nLouis, and of the Salt River Lodge of Odd Fellows.\\nMr. Struble was first married, in Fulton Co., Ohio,\\nto Miss Rebecca J., daughter of Barrett and Guthrie\\nMurphy, who were natives of New England. Mrs.\\nS. was born in Richland Co., Ohio.\\nIn this family were born three children, namely\\nNathaniel W., Rebecca J. and Sarah L., the latter\\ndying when 18 months old. Mrs. S. died in Fulton\\nCo., Ohio, and Mr. S. was again married, in the same\\ncounty, to Eliza, daughter of James H. Wickham.\\nShe was born in England. By this marriage, there\\nare four children, viz. Catherine M., Jason H.,\\nAlbert and Kenneth.\\neter Sanford, general farmer, section 3,\\nLincoln Township, was born near Mount\\n.,|,|l!^i\u00c2\u00ab--^ Morris, Livingston Co., N. Y., Nov. 27,\\nj: 1831. Excepting a few years spent in Canada\\n.jljil and Michigan, he remained at home with his\\nparents until 30 years old. Being the eldest\\nof seven children, three boys and four girls, he had\\nin a great measure to care for them and a widowed\\nmother.\\nHe was married in 1855, to Miss Rlioda Ann\\nCampbell, a native of New York, who died at her\\nhome in Allegany Co., N. Y., seven years afterward.\\nSlie had one child, Melvin, who was born May 27,\\n1857. Two years after her death, Mr. S. came to\\nMichigan and located a quarter of section 3, Lincoln\\nTownship. Aug. 22, 1865, he was again married, in\\nC oe Township, this county, to Miss Sarah E., daugh-\\nter of Isaac E. and Margaret (Withum) Hunt, natives\\nof Ohio, where Mrs. S. was born, in Bennington,\\nMorrow County, June 22, 1845. When 16 years of\\n@7H D !1 ^Mt^y^ ^\u00c2\u00a73^^\\n4^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "(S)$^#^\\n~^iiif%^fi^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nage she came to this State, and devoted some years\\nto teaching. She is a member of the Free Methodist\\nX^ Church. Their children are, Minnie M., born Feb.\\nI 15, 1867; Hattie E., April 14, 1873; and Floyd I.,\\n(5; Sept. 6, 1 88 1.\\nMr. Sanford has disposed of half his original pur-\\nchase, and improved 50 acres; has held the school\\noflfices of his township, and in politics is a decided\\nRepublican.\\nMr. Sanford s portrait is given on a previous page.\\n1=3\\nHh i^li^i^ Horning, farmer on section 36,\\n^l i^^l lr Vernon Township, was born in Jefterson\\nCo., Pa., Nov. 14, 1848, and went with his\\nparents when six years old to New York\\nState three years later, to Lorain Co., Ohio;\\nand in 1866 to this county, locating on the town-\\nship and section above mentioned. In 1874\\nhe purchased 40 acres of land, all wild, and of this\\ntract three-fourths is now cleared and under cultiva-\\ntion; and he has also erected good farm buildings.\\nJan. I, 1876, in this county, he was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Angic Matthews, who was born in\\nRichland Co., Ohio, Nov. 8, 1857, and came to\\nIsabella in 1874. Two children have been born:\\nQuincy E., Jan. 27, 1877; d Myrtic M., Nov. 27,\\n1879.\\nIn political faith, Mr. H. is a zealous Republican.\\names Kinney, farmer, section 3, Isabella\\ni^ Township, was born in St. Nicholas, Prov.\\nince of Quebec, Canada, June 7, 1856.\\nWhile quite young he accompanied his parents\\nto Cornwall, Ont., and there lived for seven\\nyears. From Cornwall the family moved to\\nDickinson s Landing, Stormont Co., Can., taking\\nJames with them. He lived with his p.irents in this\\ncounty, assisting his father in the maintenance of\\nthe family and receiving the advantages of the com-\\nmon schools, until he attained the age of 16 years.\\nOn arriving at this age, Mr. Kinney left the parental\\nhome and engaged to learn the art of cooking, which\\nhe readily actpiired and followed, being engaged as\\ncook in lumber camps a number of years.\\nIn the fall of 1874, Mr. Kinney came to this coun-\\nty and purchased 1 20 acres of land on sections 3\\nand 10, Isabella Township. He did not settle on\\nthis land until the spring of 1881, when he located\\non 40 acres of the original 120 he had purchased.\\nHe has cleared and improved 36 acres of the 40 and\\nthe remaining 84 acres is heavily timbered.\\nOn the 14th of November, 1881, Mr. Kinney was\\nunited in marriage at Mt. Pleasant, this county, with\\nMiss Mary, daughter of James and Alice (McHaney)\\nFitzgerald, natives of Ireland. Her father died in\\nEvart, Osceola Co., this State, and her mother lives in\\nDeerfield Township, this county. Mary was born in\\nOntario, March 11, 1863, and came to this county\\nwith her parents, where she has constantly resided\\nsince 1878. The husband and wife are the parents\\nof two children Frederick J., born Aug. i, 1882;\\nand Ellen L., born Dec. 23, 1883 They are both\\nmembers of the Roman Catholic Church, and have\\nbeen connected with the same from childhood. Po-\\nliticall) Mr. Kinney is a Democrat.\\nit, *a ;mos r. Albright, farmer, section 24, Gil-\\n}j fi ifi ii nioreTownship, wasborn May 15, 1801, in\\nJ-Ijfc^ Seneca, N. Y. His parents were natives of\\nilf Germany and the son is the sole survivor of\\na large family. While he was a babe, his parents\\n1 removed to Genesee Co. N. Y., where he re-\\nmained a resident until he was 31 years old.\\nIn 1832 Mr. Albright went to Ross Co., Ohio, where\\nhe resided four years. While there he buried his\\nfirst wife, two children, mother and brother. He\\nwas a miller and millwright by trade, and he built\\nand owned several mills in Michigan. He went to\\nOakland Co., Mich., in 1836, where he remained un-\\ntil 1838. His next remove was to Livingston County,\\nthis State. He built there a flouring mill, which\\nproved an unfortunate investment, and, not long af-\\nter his property passed out of his hands he went to\\nDavisonville, Oakland Co. .where he remained two\\nyears, going thence to Northville, Mich. While liv-\\ning there he buried his second wife. He made an-\\nother remove to Milford, where he built a flouring\\nmill. He next went to Linden, Genesee Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he spent a year occupied in building a grist-\\nmill. In 1864 he became Superintendent of the\\nV\\nA\\n4\\n1^\\nr?\\n-si^^\\nfc\\ni\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "M:^r^)^m^\\n-as^^^\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nri^^ 4^^5( \u00c2\u00aeV(^\\n(A\\nA\\nI\\n299\\nGovernment mills at Indian Village in Isabella\\nCounty, which furnished the milling supplies for the\\nIndians. He operated in that capacity until 1870,\\nwhen he entered a homestead claim of 80 acres and\\nhas since devoted his attention to farming.\\nMr. Albright was married in 1822 to Olive Wheeler,\\nby whom he had six children. Three of these met\\nwith death by accident, one by scalding, one by\\ndrowning and one by laudanum poisoning. His sec-\\nond marriage, to Miss Marietta Blackman, occurred\\nin 1837. The issue of this union was four children,\\nthe youngest of whom lost his life in the battle of the\\nWilderness. The third marriage of Mr. Albright oc-\\ncurred in 1846, and his wife Lore him seven children.\\nHe is a Baptist in religious connection and a zealous\\nRepublican in politics. One of the most prominent\\npositions of his life was that of member of the con-\\nvention at Jackson, Mich., when the Republican\\nparty was organized. He has held several local offi-\\ncial positions.\\ni^ L than Button, farmer, section 9, Ueerfield\\n*llt) Township, IS a son of Ethan and Lois\\n(Beels) Button, the former a native of St.\\nj|f^ Lawrence Co., N. Y., and the latter of Connec-\\nticut. They first settled in Oswego Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere the former died, May 26, 1862 The\\nwidow afterward came to this county, and died Aug.\\n2, 1879, at the residence of her son Ethan, in Deer-\\nfield Township. In this family were 14 children,\\nseven of whom grew up, si.x sons and one daughter.\\nTiie subject of this sketch was the 13th in the\\nabove mentioned family. He was born in Oswego\\nCo., Jan. 22, 1843, educated at the common school,\\nand at 15 years of age was employed on the Erie\\nCanal, where he continued for 15 seasons. He then\\nsettled on a farm in Oswego County, which he had\\npurchased some time previously, and which he car-\\nried on for two seasons, and then exchanged it, in\\n1878, for a quarter of section 9, Deerfield Township,\\nthis county, where he resides. He has since bought\\nand sold different tracts of land, but he still owns\\n160 acres, 22 of which is subdued to cultivation.\\nIn Oswego Co., N. Y., Jan. 8, 1865, Mr. Button\\nmarried Miss Eunice, daughter of Lorenzo and An-\\nnette (Porter) Bartlett, natives of that county, where\\nthey still reside. Mrs. B. was born in the same\\ncounty, May 30, 1847. The children of Mr. and\\nMrs. B. are: George L., Annie E., James E., Ida\\nMay and Harvey R. One died in infancy. I lie par-\\nents are of the Methodist persuasion, and in politics\\nMr. B. is a Republican.\\n;ra*P illiam W. Cox, of the firm of W. W. Cox\\njM^;, Co., druggists at Mt. Pleasant, was born\\n^i\u00c2\u00bbv_i April 12, iSci, in Princess Anne Co.,\\nvkSn Va and is the son of Isaac and Virginia\\nJ4^ (Williamson) Cox. His father was born in\\nX, Albany Co., N. Y., Sept. 4, 182 i, and was a physi-\\ncian by profession, graduating in 1848, at the Wood-\\nstock (Vt.) Medical College. He died Jan. 23, 1865,\\nin the city of Philadeljihia. His mother was born\\nNov. 12, 1830, in Norfolk Co., Va., and is now living\\nin Berkeley, in that county.\\nWhen he was. less than two years old the parents ot\\nMr. Cox went to Southampton Co., Va. He attended\\ncommon schools until he was about 14 years old,\\nwhen he came to Michigan and entered the drug\\nstore of his uncle, Dr. W. G. Cox, at Ypsilanti. He\\nremained there five years, meanwhile attending the\\nDepartment of Pharmacy at the University of Michi-\\ngan, one term. About 1872 he opened a drug store\\nin Detroit, which he continued to manage 18 months.\\nHe went thence to Howard City, Montcalm County,\\nwhere he was similarly engaged two years, after\\nwhich he went to Norfolk, Va., and was employed in\\nthat city four years as a clerk. In April, 1879, he\\nentered the naval service of the United States, en-\\nlisting at Norfolk for special duty as first-class aix)the-\\ncary. He officiated in that capacity three years, and\\ncame thence to Milan, Monroe Co., Michigan, where\\nhe opened a drug store. He continued in business\\nthere eight months, when he returned to Norfolk and\\nspent two years as a clerk. In February, 1884, he\\nopened his present business at Mt. Pleasant, where\\nhe is now meeting with satisfactory success. Mr.\\nCox is a member of the Order of Knights of Pythias,\\nthe American Legion of Honor, Chosen Friends and\\nKnights of Maccabees.\\nHis marriage to Mary E. Winnigder took i)lace in\\nBerkeley, Va., Oct. 16, 1879. She was born May 17,\\n1859, in Portsmouth, Va., and is ihedaughter of Jacob\\nil\\njzi^\\nA ^D!]^nnr\\n-4^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2^^ 6V ^^I1 tl n Dn V^e\u00c2\u00ab :J^^\\n4^^f\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nand Virginia (Smith) Winnigder. Tiie children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Cox were born as follows: Clarence B., in\\nPortsmouth, Va., Nov. i8, 1880, and William G.,\\nNov. 9, 1883, in Berkeley, Va.\\n2\\nV\\neorge E. Dixon, farmer on section 8, Den-\\nver Township, is a son of Joseph and Eliz-\\np{ abeth (Summons) Dixon, natives of Ireland,\\nwho emigrated to Quebec in 1843 and lived\\nthere till their death. He was born in Quebec,\\nJune 23, 1847, and when quite young went to live\\nwith an uncle in Petersboro Co., C. W., where he\\nremained three years. He came to Saginaw in 1865\\nand was employed in a saw-mill about three years.\\nHe then spent a year in Manitoba, and returning to\\nSaginaw was employed on the river handling logs\\nmost of the time until January, 1882. He then came\\nto Isabella County and settled on 80 acres of wild\\nland in Denver Township, which he had bought the\\nyear previous. He built a good log house and other\\nbuildings, and now has 25 acres cleared.\\nHe was married in Saginaw City, Nov. 25, 1875,\\nto Miss Mary A., daughter of Richard and Mary\\n(Raggart) Pearson, natives of Ireland. She was\\nborn in Canada, Sept. 25, 1851, and is the mother of\\none son, George E.\\nMr. Dixon is politically a Reiniblican. He and\\nwife are members of the Episcopal Church.\\neorge B. Horning, farmer and carpenter,\\nresiding on section 36, Vernon Township,\\nwas born in C)swego Co., N. Y., March 20,\\n1S46, and is a son of Adam N. and Mary A.\\n(Waldon) Horning, natives of New York, and\\nof German-English descent. Mr. Horning,\\nSr., was by occupation a farmer, moved when George\\nwas very young to Lorain Co., Ohio, and after several\\nother moves died, in Texas, in 1880. His wife died\\nin this county, in 1872.\\nThe subject of this biography lived with his par-\\nents, attending the school and growing up after the\\nmanner of most farmers sons until 18 years of age.\\nHe then followed the lakes as a sailor for about\\nK-V\u00c2\u00ae)5\u00c2\u00ab^#\\nCi^\\nseven years. He was on the Black Swan when\\nshe sunk near Cleveland, in 1862, and escaped un-\\nhurt with the rest of the crew. The succeeding three\\nyears he was employed in a vineyard on the banks of\\nLake Erie; and in August, 1865, he selected this\\ncounty as his permanent home. The following year\\nhe bought 40 acres on section 13, Vernon. This he\\ndid not occupy but he afterwards bought 40 acres\\non section 36, where he has since resided, and has\\nimproved the whole tract.\\nHe was married Aug. 19, 1870, in Vernon Town-\\nship, this county, to Catherine Curtis, daughter of\\nHenry and Margaret (Miller) Curtis, natives of\\nOntario, Can., where the daughter also was born,\\nOct. 10, 1853. Losing her father when two years\\nold, she lived with her mother until her marriage,\\ncoming to this State when 1 1 years old. Three chil-\\ndren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. H., only one of\\nwhom is living. Irvin VV. was born March 21, 1876\\nand Myrtle A. was born Oct. 25, 1879.\\nMr. H. is a member of Clare Lodge, No. 333, 1. O.\\nO. F., and is politically an earnest Republican. He\\nhas been School Inspector, Highway Commissioner\\ntwo terms and Justice of the Peace. This last office\\nhe has held four years.\\nhomas McGuire, farmer, section ir, Gil-\\nmore Township, was born March 10, 1844,\\nin Canada. His parents, Charles and Re-\\nbecca (Boyd) McGuire, are natives of Ireland\\nand reside in Ontario, Can. Mr. McGuire re-\\nsided with his parents until he was of age, and\\nwhen he began his struggle in life on his own respon-\\nsibility, he engaged in lumbering, in which he was in-\\nterested five years. At the expiration of that time,\\nhe removed to Saginaw, where he was engaged in\\nsimilar business ten years. About 1873 he purchased\\n80 acres of land in Isabella County, of which he took\\npossession Oct. 13, 1870. At the time he located\\nupon it, it was wholly unimproved, but diligent and\\npersistent labor has placed 55 acres in creditable\\nfarming condition. Mr. McGuire is a Democrat in\\npolitical connection.\\nHis marriage to Sarah McKnight occurred Sept.\\nVr,\\nC\\n}n%iw", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "w\\nf^#^\\nr^m^\\nISABELLA COlfNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2zz^^^\\n^^m^^\\n301\\n4\\nV\\n24, 1878. She was born April 10, 1858, and is the\\ndaughter of Samuel and Mary (Mills) McKnight.\\nRobert B., only child, was born Nov. 12, 1879.\\newis C. Hawkins, farmer on section 7,\\nDenver Township, is a son of Jacob and\\nMargaret Hawkins, natives of Steuben and\\n|j Dutchess Cos., N. Y. His father died in Wayne\\nCo., Mich., Oct. 15, 1861, and his mother yet\\nsurvives.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wayne Co.,\\nMich., Oct. 14, 1835. He attended the common\\nschools in his youth and lived in his native county\\nuntil 26 years old, employed in farming. He after-\\nwards removed to Ingham County, where he worked\\nat different occupations nearly 17 years. He then\\nlived a short time in Kent County, and in November,\\n1876, he came to Isabella County and bought 80\\nacres where he has since lived. He has about 35\\nacres improved.\\nHe was married in Ingham County, Mich., Oct.\\n13, 186 1, to Emily, daughter of Alexander and Emily\\n(Bailey) Moore, he a native of Ireland and she of\\nthe State of New York. Mrs. Hawkins was born in\\nSchuyler Co., N. Y., Feb. 14, 1846, and is the mother\\nof one son, Claud L., born March 4, 1878.\\nMr. H. has been Township Treasurer two years.\\nJustice of the Peace four years, Supervisor three\\nyears, and has held various school offices. He is\\nthe present Supervisor of Denver. He enlisted\\nAug. 7, 1862, in the 24th Mich. Vol. Inf., and served\\ntill Dec. 31, of the same year. He was honorably\\ndischarged for disability.\\nOfhomas Phillips, farmer, section 3, Deer-\\nfield Townsliip, was born in Ontario, Can.,\\nOct. 3, 1834; his father, Matthew Phillips,\\nwas a native of Pennsylvania, and died when\\nhe (Thomas) was a year and a half old. The\\nlatter was adopted by William Cosgrove, of\\nWest Gillensbury, Ontario, Can., and lived with him\\nuntil 15 years old. The next four years he worked\\nby the month, after which he cuUivated a rented\\nfarm for five years. He then was employed l)y the\\nAt2c^i?.,. -^^f:. ^A \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i H\\nmonth for six years, after which, in his 31st year, he\\nmoved to Michigan, arriving in West Bay City May\\n3, 1S65, where lie resided five years, and in South\\nBay City, nearly five years in 1874 he came to this\\ncounty, where, on section 3, he has since resided as\\na farmer, except one year at Bay City. When he\\nmade his present location the only white men within\\nsix miles were two lumbermen so that he is truly a\\npioneer.\\nSept. 27, 1853, Mr. Phillips married Miss Jane\\nAlexander, who was born in Ontario, Can., Nov. 12,\\n1S36. Eight children have been born in this family,\\nsix sons and two daughters, namely: Joseph, William\\nHenry, Thomas Albert, Frankie and Annie, living;\\nMary Jane died March 27, 1865 Edmond Eddie\\nin March, 1872 an infant died at birth.\\nif#|jk illiani I. Simmons, general farmer, section\\n^.wUl) [jj Lincoln Township, was born in Novi,\\njj_\u00c2\u00bbY~i Oakland Co., Mich., May 22, 185:. His\\nv^K. father, Richmond C, was born in Wayne\\nCounty, Mich., of New England ancestry\\nand has ever been identified with the agricul-\\ntural interests of Wayne and Oakland Counties is\\none of the most prominent farmers of his county.\\nHis grandparents were people of unusual force of\\ncharacter, and possessed a large amount of property\\nin Wayne County, this State. His mother, Hiildah\\n(iiee Power) Simmons, is a native of the Empire\\nState, of New England ancestry, and is still living, in\\nOakland Co., Mich.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the eldest of four\\nchildren, three sons and one daughter; lived with\\nhis parents until 30 years of age; was educated at\\nthe Northville union school, at Ypsilanti, Pontiac and\\nAnn Arbor. During the summer he worked on his\\nfather s farm until he was 20 years of age, when he\\nbegan teaching in the public schools. He graduated\\nat the State Normal School at Ypsilanti in 1872, and\\nuntil 1882 he alternated between teaching and at-\\ntending college. His last school was in the district\\nwhere he now lives. He has had two union schools,\\nnamely, at Farmington, Oakland Co., Mich., and at\\nPewanio, Ionia County. He is a member of the\\nPresbyterian Church, and in politics is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nSept. 8, 1880, in Plymouth Township, Wayne Co.,\\n9\\n1", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni\\n5\\nISC\\nMich., Mr. Simmons was married to Miss Hattie E.,\\ndaughter of John and Sarah (Gumming) Shoesmith,\\nnatives respectively of England and Canada, and of\\nEnglish ancestry, who now reside in Ingham Coun-\\nty, this State. Mrs. S. was born at Almont, Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., Jan. i, 1857, where she lived until six\\nyears old, and then went to Wayne County, where\\nshe grew up and was educated. She is a member of\\nthe Regular Baptist Church. Mr. and Mrs. S. have\\none child, Floy L., born May 2, 1882.\\nfames Reed is a farmer of Wise Township, re-\\n\\\\\\\\t siding on section 16. He is a native of the\\nDominion of Canada, where he was born\\nin October, 1842. His parents, James and\\nMargaret (Erwin) Reed, were born in Ireland\\nand emigrated to Canada, where the father\\ndied, in 1842. The mother still survives\\nMr. Reed remained in his native province of\\nLower Canada until 14 years old, and then in Upper\\nCanada until 7866, when he came to St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., and resided there 12 years, on a farm of 40\\nacres which he owned. In November, 1877, he sold\\nhis property and came to Isabella County. He re-\\nsided some time at Loomis, but eventually bought a\\nfarm in Denver Township. On this he pursued\\nagriculture about four years, when he bought 120\\nacres of improved and in Wise Township. He has\\ncleared about 18 acres. In politics Mr. Reed is a\\nRepublican.\\nHe was married March 25, 1864, in the county of\\nVictoria, Can., to Sarah A. Hook. They have had\\nten children, eight living. Robert E., William J.,\\nCharles W., Margaret J., James H., Almina M.,\\nAlbert Allen and Alice Ann. The two last named\\nare twins. Mary R. and an infant are deceased.\\nieholas Phillips, farmer, section 36, Gil-\\nls more Township, was born Aug. 25, 1834,\\nin West Kent, England, and is the son of\\nW \\\\y Jos^l l d Mary (Johnson) Phillips, both of\\n0^ whom were natives of England, The mother\\ndied Dec. 25, 1881.\\nMr. Phillips emigrated to this country in Novum-\\nbar, 1855, and he first took up his residence at\\nMarshall, Mich., where he spent six months farming-\\nand chopping. At the expiration of that time he\\nwent to Detroit and worked for a butcher seven\\nmonths. In January, 1866, he purchased 80 acres of\\nland in Isabella County, whither he removed his\\nfamily Oct. i, 1868. Not long afterward he entered\\na claim of 80 acres under the provisions of the Home-\\nstead Act near the land he purchased and where he\\nhas since resided. He is one of the earliest settlers\\nof Gilmore Township, and has held various town-\\nship offices.\\nMr. Phillips was married July 5, 1S61, to Cynthia\\nJane, daughter of Isaac P. Terry. She was born\\nNov. 28, 1844. Following is the record of the six\\nchildren born of this union Mary E. was born Oct.\\nI, 1864; George Edwin, May 14, 1866; Emma Ger-\\ntrude, born April 26, 1868; Francis Warren, June\\n24, 1874 Joseph Henry was born Nov. 7, 1862, and\\ndied May i, 1877. Thomas A. was born May 14,\\n1866, and died June 25, 1870.\\neorge M. Quick, carpenter and lumberman,\\nI resident at Loomis, was born April 23, 1839,\\nviv Canada, and is a son of James and\\nSarah J. (Loranay) Quick. His parents were\\nnatives of Pennsylvania.\\nThe first 20 years of the life of Mr. Quick\\nwere passed in his native place, and during that period\\nhe attended school, worked at farming and was also\\noccupied in lumbering. At the age mentioned he went\\nto the city of New York, where he remained about\\nthree months, and at the end of that time he came\\nto Saginaw County, Mich. He spent three years there\\nin lumbering, and in 1863 he went to Kentucky and\\nother Southern States in the employ of the United\\nStates Government, and worked as a carpenter about\\ntwo years, when he returned to Saginaw County and\\nfor a few months followed his trade there. He went\\nthence to Grand Haven, Ottawa County, where he\\nremained until 1869. In that year he again returned\\nto Saginaw County. In the spring of 187 i he came\\nto Isabella County and located at Loomis, where he\\nhas since resided with the exception of 1 8 months,\\nwhich he spent in Saginaw County and the northern\\ncounties of Michigan. Since he became a resident\\nA\\n5\\ns:/\\nf\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "i^)^/^l\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r:r-7\\n^nn^iiny\\nT\\nsas^^^sT\\ni\\nA\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nZ\u00c2\u00b0Z\\nJ,\\nof Loomis he has been occupied as a carpenter and\\nlumberman.\\nMr. ()uick belongs to the Democratic i)arty in pol-\\nitics. He has been prominent in public life and\\nwas first elected Supervisor of Wise Township in the\\nspring of 1873. He served one year, and in the\\nspring of 1876 was re-elected and continued in the\\nincumbency of that office until the spring of 1S81.\\nHe has been Higliway Commissioner two years, Jus-\\ntice of the Peace two years, and in 1876 was ap-\\npointed Notary Public, which position he still holds.\\nHe is a member of tlie Masonic Order and belongs\\nto VVaubon Lodge, No. 305, at Loomis.\\nHe vas married March 10, 1865, in East Saginaw,\\nto Abby A., daughter of Russell and Loretta (Fan-\\ncher) Lytle. The parents were natives of the State\\nof New York, and the daughter was born Jan. 14,\\n1848, in Shiawassee Co., Mich. Of five children born\\nto them three are living, Effie M., Charles M. and\\nElla L. Martha J. and Vida are deceased.\\names ]j. Bush, farmer and proprietor of the\\nHalf-Way House, between Clare and\\n)unt Pleasant, at present residing on\\nsection 10, Isabella Township, was born in\\nPetersboro Co., Ont., June 25, 1837. He is\\nthe oldest of a family of nine children, and\\nwas reared on the farm, assisting his father in the\\nmaintenance of the family. He remained under the\\nparental roof-tree until he attained the age of man-\\nhood, when he engaged on a steamboat and soon\\nbecame a pilot on a Rice Lake boat, which position\\nhe held for ten years.\\nAmong the reminiscences of his life during his\\nvocation as a pilot, he relates that on one occasion a\\nlady passenger missed her footing and fell into the\\nlake, and he, being a good swimmer, jumped in and\\nrescued her from a watery grave. On another occa-\\nsion, having from boyhood turned his attention to\\nmusic and become proficient in the use of the violin,\\nwhile a large dance was in progress, he began play-\\ning on his violin in the immediate neighborhood, and\\nsoon the hall was vacated, and the dancers stood\\nlistening to the sweet music of our subject s skillful\\nperformance rather than keep time to that of a first-\\nclass string band which was playing for them.\\nThree years after the death of his father, Mr. Bush\\nbrought his mother, brothers and sisters to this State\\nand located in Midland County. At this time he\\nbecame proprietor of the Half- Way House between\\nMidland City and Mt. Pleasant, and for si.x years\\nsuccessfully conducted the same. At the expiration\\nof that time he went to Clare, Clare County, and es-\\ntablished the first hotel ever built in that place. At\\nthis period in the life of Mr. Bush he received a very\\nsevere injury, which was undoubtedly the cause of\\nhis mother s death and came very near costing him\\nhis life. He was at Mt. Pleasant, and while there\\nand engaged in moving a house, a beam struck him,\\nbreaking his jaw and also his shoulder. Few men\\ncould have received the injury he did and recover,\\nand to his hardihood and iron constitution he is in-\\ndebted for his life.\\nIn December, 1873, he came to tiiis county and\\nlocated on section 10, Isabella Township, and en-\\ntered at once on the laborious task of improving his\\nland. The purchase he made was all wild land a\\nforest and with his usual energy and perseverance\\nhe entered on the arduous though pleasant task of\\nclearing and improving it, determined to make a\\npermanent home for himself and family.\\nMr. Bush was united in marriage at Sidney, Ont.,\\nDec. 23, 1873, to Miss Nancy J. Hanna, a native of\\nthe same county in which Mr. B. was born, and of\\nScotch extraction. She was born Aug. 5, 1839, and\\nlived with her parents until the date of her marriage.\\nMrs. Bush is the mother of five children born to her\\nhusband. The living are Jerry T., born Nov. 25,\\n1873; and Emily J., Sept. 28, 1882. Mary J., James\\nH. and Hattie M. are deceased. The husband and\\nwife are members of the Presbyterian and Methodist\\nEpiscopal Churches respectively, and in ])olitics Mr.\\nB. is a Republican.\\ni5-i5^^i\u00c2\u00a32i50^0\u00c2\u00a3^;t^i,,f^\\nl^jharles W. Robir.son, fujner and mer-\\n-117 chant, section 2^, Rolland Townshii), is a\\np lP son of Barton C. and Henrietta (Ransford)\\nVI, Robinson, natives of Ohio. His father, an\\njV agriculturist, emigrated to Gilead, Branch Co.,\\nMich., and afterward to Calhoun County,\\nwhere he now resides, in the city of Marshall, en-\\ngaged in gardening for the city. His mother died in\\n1S59, in Blanch County.\\ni\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "v ^WmUr r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nMr. R. was born Aug. 22, 1852, in the last named\\ncounty; was nine years old when the family returned\\nto Calhoun County; was in Iowa two years; then in\\nBranch County a year; then worked on a farm in\\nSt. Joseph County four years, and finally came to\\nthis county, setding on 80 acres of section 23, where\\nhe now resides but half of ihis he has since sold.\\nPolitically, Mr. R. is a Republican, and he has\\nheld the official position of Cons able.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Robinson married Elizabeth Kreigh-\\nbaum, who was born May 25, 1858, a daughter of\\nGeorge and Caroline (Dougherty) Kreighbaum,\\nnatives of Ohio. Her mother died in 1876, in this\\ncounty; her father, who has been a farmer and a\\ncarpenter, is still living with this family. Mr. and\\nMrs. R. have three children, namely Charles H.,\\nborn March 29, 1877 George F., May 28, 1879; and\\nBarton, July 7, 1881.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aeaeriSiC-\\n.^Qfumn^\\nonas C. Cope, farmer on section 9, Vernon\\nTownship, was born in Brant Co., Ont.,\\nFeb. 7, 1831 and is the son of David and\\nAmanda (Patrick) Cope, natives of Canada and\\nr New York. The parents are yet living in Brant\\nCounty, aged respectively 85 and 83. They\\nhave reared six children, -Melinda M., Frances L.,\\nCharlotte C, Ransom M., Jonas C. and Lewis C.\\nAll are living and reside in Ontario, with the excep-\\ntion of Ransom M., who served four years in the\\narmy and now lives in Nebraska, and Jonas C, the\\nsubject of this sketch. The father of the family is\\nworth about $15,000, and his sons are well-to-do\\nfarmers.\\nThe subject of this sketch attended school and\\nworked on his father s farm until 16 years old, when\\nhe apprenticed himself to Messrs. Fisher McQues-\\ntion, of Hamilton, Ont., to learn the trade of molder.\\nAfter serving his time (four years), he came to this\\nState, first locating at Romeo, Macomb County.\\nHere, for some five years, he worked at carpentry,\\nwhich he had learned without special preparation.\\nReturning to Ontario, he lived nine years more in\\nhis native country, working at the same trade. In\\nApril, 1869, he came to Ovid, Clinton County, and\\nfor the next four years he carried on farming. In the\\nfall of 1873 he came to this county and settled on\\n160 acres, the northeast (juarter of section g, Vernon\\nTownship. This farm, covered with an unbroken\\nforest, he had purchased in 1869. By industry and\\nperseverance, he has redeemed a large portion of his\\nfarm to a condition of usefulness, has erected good\\nbuildings, and is now beginning to reap the rewards\\nof his labor.\\nHe was married in Romeo, Macomb Co., Mich.,\\nJan. I, 1856, to Miss Orpha Beagle, who was born\\nin that county .April 19, 1837. Her parents, Charles\\nB. and Salomi (Inman) Beagle, were natives of New\\nEngland, followed farming, and died in this State,\\nthe mother in 1839 and the father in 1878. Mrs.\\nCope lived with her fatherand step-mother unul mar-\\nriage, receiving a good English education. Follow-\\ning is the record of the children of this marriage:\\nRoselta M. E., born June 4, 1858; Chades D. M.,\\nDec. 29, 1859; Ella A., May 4, 1865; Lewis Frank-\\nlin, Nov. 21, 1866: Ransom M. W., Dec. 31, 1870;\\nand Cora E., Nov. 30, 187 i. The two deceased are\\na child which died in infancy and George A., born\\nNov. 21, 1861, and died Oct 22, 1863. Rosetta M.\\nE. was married Jan. i, 1878, to John A. Allen, a\\nfarmer of Vernon Township. Charles D. M. is em-\\nployed in a mill at Mt. Pleasant. The otiiers are at\\nhome.\\nMr. and Mrs. C. aic members of the Free Method-\\nist Church, with which denomination he has been\\nlong connected. He filled the pulpit for ten years.\\nHf is politically an Andrew Jackson Democrat.\\nBeing no office-seeker, he has invariably declined\\nthe positions of trust and honor which have been ten-\\ndered him.\\nIjfimothy Dingman, farmer, secliun 26, Isa-\\nbella Township, was born in Lexington,\\nCo., Ont., June 15, 1834. His parents\\ndied when Timothy was only two years old\\nand he went to live with his uncle in North-\\numberland County. He remained with his\\nuncle, working on the farm and a portion of the time\\nattending the common schools, until he attained the\\nage of 14 years. On arriving at this age, Mr. Ding-\\nman went to work in tlie lumber woods, which voca-\\ntion he continued until 26 years of age. He then\\nDi-^A-^r 4^^^\\nV.\\n^5\\n1\\nV)\\nI:", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "y^h^,/fj^^^z^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "CO\\nA\\n1\\n4\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nwent to Clearfield Co., Pa., and there engaged in the\\nsame occupation for one year, when he went to\\nNiagara Falls and ran a saw-mill for five years.\\nOn leaving Niagara Falls, Mr. Dingnian came to\\nthis State and settled in Ovid, Clinton County. Five\\nyears later, in 1S73, he came to this county and after\\na year at Mt. Pleasant, rented the poor farm, which\\nhe cultivated for three years with a moderate degree\\nof success. Leaving that farm, he moved to Isabella\\nTownship. He had purchased 40 acres on section 26,\\nin 1873, and in 1874 purchased 40 acres on section\\n22, that township, and it was on this land he moved\\nand began the arduous task of improving it. The\\nland was heavily limbered, a perfect forest and yet,\\nhaving a firm faith in the future development of the\\ncounty and the neighborhood, the enormous amount\\nof labor necessary to clear and improve it did not\\ndaunt him. He has battled against obstacles and\\ntrials, and now has 40 acres of his land under a good\\nstate of cultivation. He has met with considerable\\ndisaster, his house, which cost him $1,000, having\\nbeen destroyed by fire May 23, 1883, with almost all\\nhis household goods; and yet he never gave way to\\ndespair, but went manfully to work and soon had the\\nburnt structure replaced. His energy and persever-\\nance, coupled with integrity and fair dealing, has\\ngiven him a prominence in his township, and his\\nprosperity in the face of adversity has demonstrated\\nhis right to be denominated one of the progressive\\nfarmers of the township.\\nMr. Dingman was united in marriage, May 7,\\n1865, with Miss Maggie J. McKnight, a native of\\nIreland, where she was born Oct. 15, 1846. When\\nsix years of age her father emigrated to Canada.\\nMrs. Dingman, though young when she crossed the\\nwaters, remembers well the seven-weeks voyage. A\\nterrible storm arose and daylight was almost dark-\\nened by the overhanging clouds, when the vessel\\nbecame disabled by losing her main-mast, bulwarks\\nand cook s cabin. The storm came on with all its\\nfury, and the Captain said One more wave and we\\nshall all be lost! The passengers fell on their knees,\\nand then, in the center of the mighty ocean and in\\nthe midst of the raging elements, oflfered their united\\nprayers to the Ruler of the Universe for deliverance.\\nTheir prayers were heard, and the disabled vessel,\\nwith its thankful passengers, landed safely at its\\ndestination.\\nMrs. Dingman remained with her father in Canada\\nuntil 17 years of age, when she went to Niagara Falls.\\nOn arrival at that place she engaged to learn the\\nprofession of dress-maker. She acquired the knowl-\\nedge of that art and followed the same for 16 years.\\nIn 1868 they returned to Canada, but did not remain\\nlong, believing they could do better in the States;\\nand the following year, 1869, they moved to this\\nState and settled at Ovid, Clinton County.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of three\\nchildren, born and named as follows: Ida K., April\\n13, 1867; Lorena E. M., April 23, 1869; Harry J.,\\nAug. 12, 1875. The father and mother are both\\nconnected with the Presbyterian Church, and are s)^\\nrespected and esteemed citizens of their township.\\nMr. Dingman, politically, is a Democrat. He has\\nbeen honored with the district offices of his township,\\nand is prominent for the stand he lakes in the advo-\\ncacy of temperance. He is a member of the I. O.\\nO. F. Lodge, No. 97, Ovid, Mich.\\ni\\n(f i! IJji illiarn H. Whitaker, Justice of the Peace Aji?\\n_!^J^Sg in Broomfield Township, and farmer on\\n?jp section 23, is a son of William and Lepha\\n(Morrison) Whilaker, natives of New York.\\nO;\\ns^^^^^^l-\\nThe father was born in Hamilton County,\\nApril 26, 1804, came to Michigan in 1854, and\\nis now living in the State of Indiana. His wife was\\nborn in 1802, and died in Branch County, this\\nState, in 1866.\\nTheir son William was born June 24, 1833, in\\nHamilton Co., N. Y., and attended school until 16\\nyears old. He then came at that age to Branch\\nCo., Mich., and worked by the month one year. He\\nthen shipped on board the barque Samuel Thomas, on\\nwhich he sailed six years. During this time he visit-\\ned Africa, the Western Islands, West Indies, and Cape\\nVerde Islands, and landed at New Mattipoisett,\\nMass., in Sept., 1851, after a three years trip. Re-\\nshipping on the same vessel, they visited nearly the\\nsame places, and went on a whaling expedition, cap-\\nluring a great number of those animals. After a trip i\\nof three years and four days, he landed once more at i\\nthe same place. He then shipi)ed at New Bedford\\nas second mate of the Oliver Crocker, also a whaler.\\nThis voyage lasted four years and nine days, and (y)\\ntook them through the Indian Ocean, China Sea, to", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "Sfe^^\u00c2\u00ae^^^^\\nI\\nT\\nJ\\nV\\nA\\nNew Zealand and Australia. He came to this county\\nin 1879.\\nHe was married in the State of New York, Feb. 14,\\n1859, to Miss Mary Steele, who was born April i,\\n1843, in Fulton Co., N. Y., the daughter of Simon\\nand Amy (Van Wart) Steele, natives of New York.\\nMr. S. was born in 1805, and died in 1877. Mrs. S.\\nwas born in 1806 and died in 1865. Mr. and Mrs.\\nWhitaker have three daughters, Mary B., born June\\n26, 1861 Lydia M., Nov. 18, 1862 andHattie, born\\nMarch 15, 1876.\\nMr. Whitaker has held the office of Justice of the\\nPeace, and is now Drain Commissioner, to which\\noffice he was elected in the year 1882. He is a Re-\\npublican, and a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1864\\nhe enlisted in the Union Army, and was assigned to\\nthe navy, on board the monitor Mahopac. This\\nvessel was engaged at the battle of Fort Fisher, N. C.\\nHe was discharged at City Point, Va., Nov. 26,\\n1864, for disability caused in the line of duty.\\nWe take pleasure in adding Mr. Whitaker s por-\\ntrait to the art gallery of this Album, as that of an\\nexemplary citizen of Isabella County.\\nohn A. Wolfe, farmer on section 2, Broom-\\nafield, is a son of Eli and Nancy (.*\\\\llen)\\nWolfe, natives of New Jersey and Pennsyl-\\nvania. The parents were born respectively in\\n^L 1806 and 1 8 14, and mad their home in New\\nJersey, where the father died in 1S76, and\\nwhere the mother yet lives.\\nMr. Wolfe was born May 10, 1834, in Warren Co.,\\nN. J., and lived at home until 23 years old. He was\\nat that age, Aug. 30, 1856, married to Miss Harriet\\nGarrison, who was born July 11, 1839, in Sussex Co.,\\nN. J., the daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Brush)\\nGarrison, natives of New Jersey, .\\\\fter marriage,\\nMr. W. lived in his native slate until 1867, then was\\nseven years in Ionia County, this State, and then\\nmoved on his present 80 acres, of which 40 are im-\\nproved.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wolfe have two children, Matilda\\nA., born May 17, 1858, and Eli E.,born Oct. 29, 1863.\\nMr. W. is politically a Republican. He has been\\nHighway Commissioner, Superintendent of Schools\\nand Justice of the Peace. His wife is a member\\nof the United Brethren Church.\\names Ostrander, Postmaster and general\\nmerchant at Loomis, Wise Township, was\\nborn May 13, 1821, in Elgin Co., Ont., and\\nis the son of William and Sarah (Ryckman)\\nOstrander, both of whom are natives of Can-\\nada. The father died July 24, 1875; the\\nmother is still a resident of the Dominion.\\nMr. Ostrander passed the period of his minority in\\nthe fulfillment of his filial duties, aiding his parents\\nin the support of their family and working on his\\nfather s farm. On reaching the age of 21 years he\\nundertook the management of his grandfather s farm,\\nwhich he continued two years. His next enterprise\\nwas as a peddler of tinware and agricultural imple-\\nments, in which he was engaged five years. Mean-\\nwhile, he bought 100 acres of land in Howard Town-\\nship, Canada, on which he commenced operations as\\na pioneer, building a log house and entering vigor-\\nously into the work of clearing and improving his\\nland. He remained on the place about eight years\\nand had placed about 30 acres under improvements\\nwhen he sold his farm, for $1,400, wliich he invested\\nin 200 acres in the same town. He occupied this\\nplace until 1862.\\nIn i860 he opened a daily stage route from\\nThamesville to Ridgetownand Morpeth. He opened\\nbusiness as a general merchant at Ostrander ]X)st-\\noffice, where he was appointed Postmaster. He con-\\ntinued his operations three years, but, meeting with\\nadverse fortune, he found himself under the neces-\\nsity of arranging for a different line of business, and\\nhe sold his stock. In 1864, he came to the city of\\nDetroit, where he remained through the winter.\\nDuring tliat time he encountered further disaster in\\nthe form of severe illness, which dissipated his entire\\nmeans. In the spring of 1865 he came to Saginaw\\nCity and kept a boarding house one year. The en-\\nterprise did not prove an encouraging success, and\\nhe rented a small tract of land near Saginaw and\\ncommenced gardening. The season was unfavorable\\nand he gave up that business. He was again afflict-\\ned with illness during the winter of 1873, and in the\\nspring following he employed himself a short time in\\nthe sale of fish at Saginaw, by which means he ob-\\ntained something of a start and soon afterward se-\\nA\\n\\\\i/\\n-.ff^\\n^T^ ^D!lsna^t A^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "m\\nr4^llll^:llllv\\n^v\\n1=1\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n309\\ncured a situation as a peddler of tinware, in which\\nhe was engaged three years. In 1876 the Saginaw\\ncapitahst and lumberman, Amrai W. Wright, engaged\\nhim to take charge of the business owned by him at\\nLoomis and managed under the firm style of Wells,\\nStone Co. He operated in that capacity two win-\\nters. In 1878 he rented a small building at Loomis\\nand began business for himself. He gradually ex-\\ntended his field as his relations multiplied and wid-\\nened, and he is now doing a good business. In 1881\\nhe received his appointment as Postmaster from\\nPresident Arthur. In political affiliation Mr. Os-\\ntrander is a Republican. He belongs to the Order\\nof Good Templars, and is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder, Farweil Lodge, No. 335.\\nHe was married Dec. 10, 1859, at Orford, Canada,\\nto Sarah, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Webb) Gos-\\nnell, both of whom were natives of Ireland, where\\nMrs. Ostrander was born, May 20, 1830. Ten chil-\\ndren, born to Mr. and Mrs. Ostrander, were named\\nas follows: Rachel, Mary, William L., George H.,\\nSarah E., Eliza A., James H., Frances C, Ellen J.\\nand Ida A. George and Ida are deceased. All are\\nmarried except Ellen J., and all are sober, industri-\\nous and happily surrounded.\\n5-\\nI\\ntenry E. Ward, farmer, section 5, Deerfield\\nTownship, is a son of Charles L. and Emily\\n(Parmelee) Ward, natives of Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y.; she died in September, 1S54, and he af-\\nterward moved to Hillsdale Co., Mich., where\\nhe still resides. They have two daughters and\\ntwo sons.\\nThe eldest son, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 185 1;\\nwhen about six years of age his father came to Mich-\\nigan, where he remained at home with him until about\\n30 years old, the last nine years of which time he\\nworked his father s farm on shares. In the spring of\\n1 88 1, he came to this county and bought 80 acres of\\npartly improved land in Deerfield Township, where\\nhe now resides and has about 33 acres under culti-\\nvation. He is an exemplary farmer and citizen, a\\nman of sterling principle, and in politics is inde-\\npendent.\\nHe was first married in Hillsdale Co., Mich., Nov.\\n26, 1876, to Miss Susie L.; daughter of Edwin and\\nElizabeth Dunn, who died the 7lh of the following\\nSeptember; and Sept. 27, 1880, in the same county,\\nMr. Ward married Miss Clara R., daughter of Lewis\\nand Rosanna (Brower) Hagcr, the former a native of\\nGermany and the latter of Switzerland. Mrs. W.\\nwas born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 26, 1859. By\\nthis marriage there are two children, Lewis M. and\\nEthel M.\\nK^\\n-T^\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acS-\\noderick Campbell, farmer, section 2, Gil-\\nmore Township, was born March i, 1828,\\non Tiree Island, on the west coast of Scot-\\nland. His parents, Daniel and Njincy (Mc-\\nDonald) Campbell, were born, reared and\\nlived nearly their entire lives in the Scottish\\nHighlands.\\nMr. Campbell left Scotland in July, 1845, and land-\\ned at Halifax, N. S. He went to Sidney, Cape Bre-\\nton Island, where he remained three years, working\\none year as a farm laborer, and the two years fol-\\nlowing, in ferrying by the month. He came thence\\nto Boston, Mass., and went to Springfield in that\\nState, where he stayed less than a year. He then\\nmoved to Wayne Co., N. Y., and engaged in farming\\nat I per month. Two years after, he emigrated to\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich., and worked on a farm three\\nyears, at $144 a year. At the expiration of that time\\nhe commenced to work land on shares, and he spent\\nabout eight years as a farm assistant and renter. In\\n1867 he purchased 40 acres in the town of Augusta,\\nWashtenaw County, for which he paid $600. On his\\narrival in Washtenaw County he had but 50 cents in\\nmoney and a few household articles, which collec-\\ntion did not include a stove. In the upper part of the\\nfirst house they lived in, Mrs. Campbell found an old\\nbaker which she scoured bright and made serviceable\\nfor six months. The farm purchased by Mr. Camp-\\nbell was in an unbroken state of wildness, and he\\nsold it 14 years later for $1,700. In February, 1882,\\nhe purchased a farm of 160 acres of partly improved\\nland in Isabella County, for which he paid $1,000\\ncash. On this he is expending his strength and ener-\\ngy with all the effectiveness of good judgment and\\nlaudable purpose.\\nMr. Campbell was married June 4, 1846, to Mary\\nr\\nf^^f^\\nu^uil.\\nmmM\\na.\\n.^^s^^^\\n-^^JflXM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "Jane, daughter of Herman and Mary (Thompson)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20 Calhoun. She was born June 25, 1824, in Nassau,\\n^v5\u00c2\u00bb Rensselaer Co., N. Y. The following is the record\\ny of the six children born of this marriage Josephine,\\n(Suborn Aug. 6, 184-; John C, April 24, 1852; Mary\\nAnn, Aug. 19, 1855 (died July 10, 1861); Eliza Jane,\\nJuly 26, 1858 (died July 16, i86i);Mar)^ E., Oct. 11,\\n1861 Benj. H., June 18, 1864.\\nenry Adams, farmer and shoemaker, re-\\nwi siding on section 35, Isabella Township,\\nwas born in Hesse, Germany, Sept. 29, 1840.\\nWhen six years of age he was brought to the\\nNew World by his brothers and sisters, the\\nparents having both deceased. They first located in\\nErie, Pa., and three years later moved to Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio. When 15 years of age, our subject ap-\\nprenticed himself to a Mr. Nehemiah Phillips, for\\nfour years, to learn the shoemaker s trade, and con-\\ntinued in that vocation until the expiration of his ap-\\nJ^; prenticeship, working the last year as a jour. He\\nthen came to Alma, Gratiot County, this State, and\\nengaged with Mr. James Gargett.\\nS During the civil war, Mr. Adams enlisted in Co.\\nI( -s A, Eighth Mich. Vol. Inf., Feb. 25, 1864, commanded\\nby Col. Ely, of Gratiot County. The company was\\nassigned to the Army of the Potomac. He partici-\\npated in the battle of the Wilderness (six days) and\\nall the battles in which his company was engaged up\\nto the time of the battle of Petersburg. During the\\nlatter named action he was taken sick and sent to the\\nhospital at Philadelphia, where he remained until\\nthe close of the war; and he was honorably dis-\\ncharged May 5, 1 865 He was several times wounded\\nbut received no injury of a serious nature. At the\\ntime the war opened, Mr. Adams was not a citizen\\nof the United Stales, never having taken out his pa-\\npers, and he took tliem out mainly for the purpose of\\njoining the army.\\nI After his discharge, in 1865, he came to Alma, this\\nState, and in the fall of that year went to Mt. Pleas-\\nt^ ant and worked at his trade for Mr. L. Bently for one\\nfgjr year. He then worked for himself, at Alma, and\\nirS continued to carry on his trade at that place until\\nthe summer of 1874, when he dis|)osed of his village\\n7 property by trading the same for 70 acres of wild\\nland on section 35, Isabella Township, this county.\\nHe immediately n.oved on his newly acquired land\\nand entered on the task of improving it, and now has\\n55 acres under a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Adams was first married in Alma, Sept. 17,\\n1863, to Miss Hannah S. Rogers, a native of Ohio,\\nwhere she was born June 22, 1844. She bore to Mr.\\nAdams three children: George, born Feb. 27, 1866;\\nFrank W., born Aug. 14, 1868; and William H.,\\nborn April 12, 1873. Mrs. Adams died at her home\\nin Isabella Township, of a congestive chill lasting one\\nhour, April 27, 1876, mourned as a loving wife, kind\\nmother and generous friend.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. Adams occurred Sept.\\nII, 1876, at St. Louis, and the lady of his choice was\\nMiss Augusta Buchholz. She is a native of no\\ncountry, being born on the bosom of the waves\\nwhile her parents were en route from Germany to\\nthis country, Aug. 21, 1855. She has borne her hus-\\nband two children: Minnie, Oct. 23, 1S77; and\\nCharles, Oct. 27, 1883.\\nPolirically, Mr. Adams is a believer in and sup-\\nporter of the principles of the Republican party. He\\nhas held the position of Director of his school dis-\\ntrict, and is a progressive citizen of his township.\\nrrin Moody, farmer on section 24 RoUand\\n|ft is a son of Israel and Abigail (Tubbs)\\nV^\\nA\\nc-\\nV\\nMoody, natives of New Hampshire and\\nSouth Carolina. The father was first a resi-\\ndent of New Hampshire, but moved to Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., where he died in 181 9. His wife\\ndied in the same county.\\nThe subject of this biography was born July 22,\\n1814, in the State of New Hampshire, and lived at\\nhome until 18 years old. Coming to Michigan, he\\nlived in Washtenaw County three years, then in\\nLivingston County three years, and then settled in\\nEaton County, where he resided 40 years. He came\\nto this county in 1880, locating on 80 acres on sec-\\ntion 24, RoUand, where he has now 24 acres in a\\ngood state of cultivation.\\nHe was married in 1835, to Desire Carr, who was\\nborn June 25, 1816, the daughter of Nathaniel and\\nEsther (Conger) Carr, natives of New York, where\\nthe father died Nov. 21, 1865, and the mother in\\n1^\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "I\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^^^\\\\l^\\n3\\n1\\n/N\\nr\\nV\\nI846. Mr. and Mrs. Moody have had nine children,\\nwhose record is as follows William H., born May\\n13, 1838; Sylvester, born \\\\iig. 7, 1840; Edward\\nW., born July 14, 1842, and died Dec. 2, 1883;\\nEsther A., born Jan. 27, 1845 Israel VV., born March\\n14,1848; Augustus E. and Augusta, born Nov. 21,\\n1850; George L., born Jan. 30, 1856; Ellen J., born\\nMay 27, 1858, and died Nov. 21, 1858.\\nMr. Moody is politically a life-long Democrat.\\nfjlK}|; eter J. Marthey, merchant at Leaton, Den-\\nl E^ IJ; ver Township, is a son of Peter E. and\\nJliU^ Margaret (Jennelte) Marthey, natives of\\nJipj^ France. The parents emigrated to America\\n7,J\\\\ in an early day, married and settled in Holmes\\nCo., Ohio, where she died, July 3, 1872. He sur-\\nvives.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Holmes\\nCo., Ohio, Sept. 30, 1851, and lived in his native\\ncounty until the spring of 1882, engaged in farming.\\nHe then came to Isabella County and bought 77\\nacres of wild land in Denver Township, where he\\nnow resides. He has 48 acres improved. In June,\\n1883, he bought out the stock of goods at Leaton,\\nthen owned by W. A. Chatterton and he now car-\\nries on that business.\\nHe was married in Holmes Co., Ohio, Nov. 22,\\n1877, to Josephine C, daughter of Joseph and Mary\\nTrahan, natives of France. She was born in St.\\nLouis, Mo., Oct. 6, 1854, and is the mother of three\\nchildren Edward E., Angela M. and Francis C.\\nMr. Marthey is politically a Democrat. He and\\nwife are members of the Roman Catholic Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\/y^ J-\\nf -^avid W. Brooks, farmer, section 34, Cold-\\nwater Township, was born Aug. 20, 1834,\\nin Sumpter Township, Wayne Co., Mich.\\nf^ His parents, David and Susannah W. (Allen)\\nj^ Brooks, were nativesrespectively of Vermont and\\nNew Jersey, and died in Wayne Co., Mich.\\nTheir family comprised nine children.\\nMr. Brooks is the youngest child of his parents and\\nremained with them until their deaths, caring for\\nthem in every filial manner and securing to them the\\nease and freedom from responsibility which was the\\njust reward of their laborious and well-directed lives.\\nIn return for this devotion Mr. Brooks received from\\nhis parents the deed of the home farm. In 1865, soon\\nafter the decease of his father, Mr. Brooks sold the\\nhomestead and bought a farm in Van Buren Town-\\nship, Wayne County, where he resided until 1873,\\nwhen he bought the place which is at present his\\nhomestead, consisting then of 80 acres of land in a\\nwholly unimproved state. The place now includes\\n45 acres of improved and cultivated land. Mr. Brooks\\nis a Republican in political sentiment, and has held\\nthe office of Justice of the Peace one term and has\\nacted one year as Supervisor.\\nHe was married May 4, 1856, in Van Buren Town-\\nship, Wayne County, to Miss Elsie M. Carpenter.\\nShe was born May 4, 1837, and is the daughter of\\nJohn and Lucy (Bennett) Carpenter. Her father\\ndied in November, 1874, and her mother is still liv-\\ning, in Belleville, Wayne Co., Mich. The record of\\nthe children of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks is as follows\\nJ. Elmer, born Dec. 7, 1858; Leone W., Feb. i, 1862\\nFlorence, Oct. 8, 1863 (died Oct. 27, 1867); Freder-\\nick C, April 6, 1869; Eva, March 2, 1874.\\ni\u00c2\u00a3fi Mi\\n-^.SWTZrTilv\\neorge W. Stine, farmer on section 26, Ver-\\n.____\u00e2\u0080\u009e non Township, is a son of David and Di-\\nMj^-XR (Cordrey) Stine, of German descent,\\nv^ and natives of Pennsylvania. The father was\\nin early life a weaver, and then a farmer, and\\ndied in 1842, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. The\\nmother lives in the same county, at the extreme age\\nof 96.\\nTheir son George was the third child and first\\nson in a family of eight, four sons and four daugh-\\nters. He was born in Harrison Co., Ohio, May 30,\\n1830, and was taken to Tuscarawas County, same\\nState, by his parents when two years old. At the\\nage of 16 he commenced work as a common laborer,\\nletting his pay go toward the support of his widowed\\nmother and her dependent family. Being given his\\nliberty at the age of 21, he worked on the Ohio River,\\nand in the mines until the call for volunteer soldiers\\nmade by President Lincoln flashed over the wires\\nand quickened the ardor of all patriots.\\n9\\nrk)\\n-f^^f\u00c2\u00ae\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "z^^ V ^WSU^^\\n^^^fsVM\\n312\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni\\n6\\nHe enlisted Aug 17, 1861, in Co. I, 20th Ohio Vol.\\nInf., and was assigned to the Army of the Potomac.\\nHe fought at the second Bull Run, Fredericksburg,\\nSouth Mountain, Antietam, Vicksburg, Mission Ridge\\nand all the battles involving the 15th Corps, and also\\nin numerous skirmishes. He escaped unhurt except\\nby a bruise from a piece of bursted shell, which dis-\\nabled him for a few days, and he was honorably dis-\\ncharged June 5, 1S65, being in the service nearly\\nfour years.\\nHe came direct from the army to this county, and\\nsecured 80 acres of land, of which 55 are now improv-\\ned. He was married March 1 1, 1850, in Tuscarawas\\nCo., Ohio, to Miss Mary Render, who was born in\\nEngland, July 15, 1825. Her father, Francis Render,\\ndied in Ohio in 1875. Her mother, Elizabeth (Sut-\\ntle) Render, died in the same State, in 1854. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Stine have six children, Ann, Francis,\\nDiana, Thomas, Rose and George. One, William,\\nis deceased. The parents are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. Mr. S. is a member of\\nClare Lodge, No. 333, I.O. O. F. He is politically a\\nsupporter of the Republican party has been High-\\nway Commissioner three years and is now School\\nAssessor.\\n!^rank D. Pierce, farmer on section 6, Rol-\\nj land Township, is a son of Leroy and\\niv Cynthia (Husted) Pierce. The father was\\niffe born in Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., in\\n3^ 1827, and has been a carpenter and farmer.\\n4 The mother was born in Oxford, N. Y., in\\n1828. They moved to Pennsylvania, then to Illinois,\\nwheie they lived two and a half years then to New\\nYork State and finally seven years later to Tioga\\nCo., Pa., where they now live.\\nTheir son Frank was born Dec. 9, 1856, in Tioga\\nCo., Pa., and lived with his parents until 19 years\\nold, when he came to this State and county and lo-\\ncated on 220 acres on section 6, Rolland Township.\\nHe has now 170 acres well improved and good farm\\nbuildings.\\nHe was married Dec. 26, 1880, to Miss Jennie\\nSeely, who was born in 1855, in Tioga Co., Pa., the\\ndaughter of Lewis and Mary (Burr) Seely. Mr.\\nSeely was born in New York in 1829, and has fol-\\nlowed farming in Tioga Co., Pa., up to the present\\ntime. Mrs. Seely was born in Penny slvania in 1843.\\nThey had eight children, six of whom are now liv- Z^;.\\nIn political sentiment, Mr. P. is a Rep\\\\iblican.\\nared H. Doughty, of the firm of Doughty\\nBros., hardware merchants atMt. Pleasant,\\nwas born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 25,\\n1839. His parents, George W. and Emeline\\n(Storm) Doughty, removed to Van Buren Co.,\\nMich., in 1842, where his father bought a farm,\\nincluding 200 acres of land.\\nMr. Doughty passed the years of his minority at\\nhome, working as his father s assistant on the farm\\nduring the warmer portion of the year, and attending\\nschool winters. On attaining the period of his legal\\nfreedom, he went to Lane, Ogle Co., 111., and there\\nengaged in acipiiring a preliminary knowledge of the\\ntinner s trade. He remained thus occupied one\\nyear, when he returned to Michigan and finished the\\nacquisition of his trade with Parsons Wood, of\\nKalamazoo. He remained with them over three\\nyears and then, associated with his brother George,\\nopened a hardware establishment at Paw Paw. The\\nrelation was brought to a close by his brother s being\\ndrafted in 1865, when Mr. Doughty sold out. He\\nremained in Paw Paw two years longer, and went\\nthence to South Haven.\\nHis stay at that place was brief, and in the fall\\nof 1869 he came to Mt. Pleasant with his brother,\\nWilkinson Doughty, driving to this place from Big\\nRapids with a horse and carriage. The trip oc-\\ncupied two days. They found a small village with\\nno tin shop or hardware establishment of any kind.\\nThey at once founded a general hardware business,\\nand continued its management until Sept. i, 1877.\\nIn 1876 they erected a brick block on the corner of\\nMain Street and Broadway, two stories in height and\\n48 X 77 feet in dimensions. At the date named, the\\nbrothers dissolved partnership, each establishing him-\\nself in business in one-half of the new building. Mr.\\nDoughty, subject of this sketch, associated his brother\\nFrank with him in a general hardware business, in\\nthe corner store, where they operated until January,\\n1884. In the summer of 1883 they erected a fine\\nft\\nA\\nC\\n1^\\nr\\ni\\nmm\\\\iit\\nA^a.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "I\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nI\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a023 4e)^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nr^ :^ftP^ 4^^5(^x|i\\n3\u00c2\u00bb3\\nI\\nbrick block 32 X 77 feet and three stories in height\\nabove the basement of which they took possession\\nat the date mentioned They rent iheir former quar-\\nters. Their stock is estimated at a value of $S,ouo,\\nand includes stoves, agricultural implements, sash,\\ndoors, etc., and they manufacture tin and sheet iron.\\nTheir business is thriving and requires the aid of\\nfour assistants. Their rooms for the manufacture of\\nall kinds of tinware are above their general sales-\\nroom, and a shop for reparing^ is connected there-\\nwith. Mr. Doughty is the owner of his residence\\nand grounds. He has been a member of the Town\\nCouncil one year.\\nHe was married Sept. 29, i86g, in Mattawan, Van\\nBuren Co., Mich., to Julia Sutton, daughter of Alden\\nand Isabel Sutton. Nettie B. and Glenn H. are the\\nnames of the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Doughty.\\nThey were born June 5, 1874, and Oct. 21, 1883, re-\\nspectively. The parents are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church.\\nS *H^S\\nSlsfe^\\n14\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\n|i ylvester C. Hammond, farmer, section 26,\\nColdwater Township, was born in Essex,\\nf^^ Clinton Co., Mich., Dec. 7, 1854. He is a\\nson of Carmi and Mary A. (Willett) Ham-\\nmond, both of whom are deceased. His father\\nwas born May 3, 1807, in Vermont, and died\\nJuly 9, 1883, at the residence of his son in Coldwater.\\nHis mother died Feb. 20, 1876.\\nMr. Hammond grew up under the care and guid-\\nance of his father until he was of age. A short time\\nprevious to obtaining his majority he began to learn\\nthe carpenter s trade in Clinton County, which he\\ncompleted after he was 21 years old. He is a natural\\nmechanic, with an aptitude for tools and little taste\\nfor farm labor. He owns 80 acres of land and has\\n25 acres cleared and improved. He first came to\\nIsabella County in the fall of 1866, returning in a few\\nweeks to his home. He decided on establishing a\\npermanent residence in the county, and in the fall of\\n1875 he bought his farm in the township of t old-\\nwater.\\nHe was married March 5, 1876, to Jennie F.\\ndaughter of Martin M. and Harriet Isabella (Van-\\ntine) Ryerson. (See sketch of M. M. Ryerson.)\\nShe was born Oct. 11, 1859, in Huron Co., Ohio.\\nFollowing is the record of the five children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Hammond: Orton Claud, born Jan.\\nII, 1877; Orville .Sylvester, Aug. 4, 1878; Mary\\nBelle, March 19, 1880; Evalena, May 5, 1881. A\\nchild, yet unnamed, was born Sept. 8, 1883.\\n-i ^^Sp-i^S vv\\ni^C M/ .aniel Wallace, farmer, section 74, Isabella\\nHiaMaliL Township, was born in Perth Co., Ont.,\\nMay 1, 1837. The parents of Daniel were\\n^Jiy Timothy and Maria (Parker) Wallace. His\\nfather was a native of Malone, N. Y., of\\nScotch extraction, and by occupation a fanner.\\nHe died in Washtenaw County, this State, June 9,\\n1877, aged 71 years. His mother was a native of\\nGenesee Co., N. Y., and of Pennsylvania-Dutch ex-\\ntraction. She is the mother of 11 children, five sons\\nand four daughters living, and one son and one\\ndaughter deceased, and is still living, in the vicinity\\nof Ann Arbor, this State.\\nDaniel is the oldest of the 1 1 children, and re-\\nmained under the parental roof-tree until he attained\\nthe age of 23 years. He assisted on the farm and in\\nthe maintenance of the family, receiving the advan-\\ntages afforded by the common schools of the county,\\nand developed into manhood.\\nJuly 5, 1857, Mr. Wallace was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Amy J. Brundage, daughter of Stephen\\nand Sarah Ann (Arnold) Brundage. They were na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania and Rhode Island, of New\\nEngland parentage, and the father was a f;irnier by\\noccupation. He died in Ontario, April 25, 1846, and\\nthe mother died in tiie same place. Amy J. was\\nborn in Ontario, Sept. 26, 1837. Her father died\\nwhen she was nine years old, and she lived with her\\nmother, assisting in the household duties and the\\nmaintenance of the family, and attending the com-\\nmon schools, until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wallace are the parents of nine chil-\\ndren, all living and born and named as follows:\\nWilliam M., Sept. 15, 1858; Daniel E., Nov. 28^\\ni860; Ann J., Oct. 3, 1862; Edward, Jan. 9, 1865;\\nCharles T., Feb. 4, 1867 Nellie M., Sept. 2, 1869;\\nAmy A., Feb. 14, 1872; Alice M., Jan. 17, 1875;\\nFrank A., Dec. 15, 1877.\\nThree years after his marriage, Mr. Wallace moved\\nto Iowa and there followed the occupation of farm-\\ns\\n:^tltlv ^i^^^\u00c2\u00a5^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-4?^((\u00c2\u00aeA^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "sii/\\\\s B sr\\n4^DD^IiD^\\n\u00c2\u00aevii\\nI\\nfO\\n5$\\n314\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ning until 1861, when he came to Washtenaw County,\\nthis State, where he followed the same vocation, en-\\ngaged a portion of the time in running a threshing-\\nmachine, for 1 8 years. He has threshed 67,000\\nbushels of wheat, besides oats and barley, in one\\nseason. His next move was to Livingston County,\\nthis State, where he remained, engaged in farming,\\nfor three years.\\nIn March, 1876, he came to this county and\\nbought 80 acres of land in Isabella Township. The\\ntownship was at this time an Indian reserve, and\\nthe Indians proved to be very friendly to the settlers.\\nMr. W., from the first, gained their confidence, and\\nby fair and honest treatment always retained it.\\nTo his original purchase Mr. W. has added 80\\nacres, and of his entire area of land he has 1 10 acres\\nin a good state of cultivation. The improvement\\nwas mostly accomplished through his own energetic\\nlabors. He has erected a fine barn on his farm, the\\nmaterial costing him $600, the labor being performed\\nexclusively by himself.\\nReligiously, the father and mother are strict moral-\\nists, and take considerable care in the cultivation of\\nthe minds of their children in that direction.\\nPolitically, Mr. W. is a believer in and supporter\\nof the principles and doctrines of the Repubhcan\\nparty. He has held the minor offices of the town-\\nship, and has often been solicited to accept the high-\\nest office in the gift of his townsmen. He is also a\\nstrong temperance man, and holds a [xisition in the\\nesteem and respect of the citizens of his township not\\nundeserved, but as a reward of past acts of integrity\\nand honest and fair dealing.\\ndward Dubois, general farmer and stock-\\nraiser, section 12, Lincoln Townsliip, was\\nborn in the anton of Berne, Switzerland;\\nwas only one year old when his mother died\\nand three years old when his father died, and\\nthereafter until he was six he lived with his\\ngrandparents, and then until 16 with an unci;.\\nHe then worked at the butcher s trade four years,\\ntwo years for his grand uncle, and then came to\\nAmerica, alone, locating as a farm laborer in Wayne\\nCo., Ohio.\\nAt Mt. Eaton, that county, March 22, 1855, he\\nmarried Miss Mary Burkhardt, who also was born in\\nBerne, Switzerland, Nov. 2, 1832, educated there and P-.\\nemigrated to .\\\\merica in her 22d year, leaving par-\\nents and friends. The children of Mr. and Mrs. D.\\nhave been 12 in number, three of whom are deceased, v^\\nnamely Edward, born Jan. 6, 1856 Fred, May 1 1,\\n1862 Emma, Feb. 29, 1864 Albert and Alice (twins),\\nApril 20, 1866; Celia, June 8, 1868; Mary, March\\n29, 1870; Ellen E., June 10, 1873; Carrie, June 8,\\n1875 tlie deceased are, Mary, born Aug. 6, 1857,\\ndied Sept. 7, 1861 Anna E., born Jan. 13, 1859,\\ndied Sept. 7, 1861 Lena, born Aug. 21, i860, died\\nNov. 29, 1 861.\\nAfter they were married, Mr. and Mrs. D. worked\\nout until the next fall. In the spring of 1856, they\\nbought 40 acres in Wayne Co., Ohio, resided upon it\\nuntil 1864, and then came to this State and purchased\\na quarter of section 12, Lincoln Township, where he\\nnow resides. Only a small portion was then im-\\nproved. Mr. Dubois has now no acres in a state of\\ngood cultivation, a good stock and grain barn, and a X\\nresidence lately erected, at a cost of nearly $2,000.\\nHe has proven himself an industrious and judicious\\nfarmer and a worthy citizen. Is a member of the\\nFarmers Club of Coe Township, is a Democrat, and\\nhe and wife are both connected with the Dutch Re- v^\\nformed Church.\\nIj?^ tephen Hart, farmer on section 18, Denver\\n1^ Township, is a son of Stephen and Ann\\n(Stephens) Hart, natives of England. The\\nfather died in that country about 1843, and i\\nthe mother, emigrating to Canada, survived till\\nabout 1870.\\nThe subject of this record was born in England,\\nin December, 1837, and was five years and a half old\\nwhen he crossed the waters with his mother to Can-\\nada. He lived with her until 1872, then came to\\nClare County, this State, where lie was employed at\\nteaming and in the woods until the spring of 1880.\\nHe then came to Isabella County and bought 40\\nacres of wild land on section 18, Denver Township.\\nThis has since been his home, and he has now about ^^f\\n30 acres in cultivation. 5*^\\nHe was married in Canada, Oct. 30, 1859,10 Mar- \\\\J\\ngaret, daughter of Duncan and Mary (McKinnon)\\n!f^\\n-VC^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "^/3z^Z^t^a", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "(P (ycJyt-Z^l^iy^^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\n-^t-?*!^^\\nt\\n-J\\n1\\nMcMullen, natives of Scotland. She was born in\\nCanada in July, 1S37. Often children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hart, the following seven survive: Stephen,\\nHugh, John, Allen, Annie, Samuel and Thomas.\\nThe three deceased were named Margaret, Mary and\\nMaria.\\nPolitically, Mr. Hart is a Republican.\\neorge A. Ferris, farmer, section 36, Union\\nTownship, was born Nov. 18, 1835, in\\nBroome Co., N. Y., and is a son of Albert\\nG. and Betsey (Conkling) Ferris. He was\\nreared on a farm, and in 1855 his family came\\nto Saginaw. Not long after their arrival Mr.\\nFerris set out with A. M. Merrill, Jolin M. Hursh\\nand five Indians for a tract of land in Union Town-\\nship, including the whole of section 32, and owned\\nby Mr. Merrill. The Indians were employed to carry\\nprovisions and every man in the procession had a\\nload. The red men carried 125 pounds each, Mr.\\nHursh had a load of 120 pounds of pork and Mr.\\nFerris, then about 20 years old, had a burden of 75\\npounds weight. Mr. Merrill carried a iX)nderous\\nbundle of leather done up in a woolen blanket, un-\\nder which he staggered and groaned to such an e.xtent\\nthat his companions forgot their own burdens in sym-\\npathy for his sufferings. At their journey s end the\\nbundle was investigated and weighed, and exhibited\\nonly 15 pounds avoirdupois! The party carried their\\nloads from Midland, 25 miles through the woods,\\nconsuming two days in the trip, traversing a trackless\\nroute to Chippewa Township, and cutting their way.\\nThey camped there five weeks and then cut a road\\nthrough to the claim of Mr. Merrill in Union Town-\\nship, driving an ox team. Mr. Ferris returned sev-\\neral times to his father s home in Saginaw ounty,\\ntwo miles northwest of the city of Saginaw. He\\nwas employed by I. E. Arnold, of Isabella C ounty,\\nin the building of four Indian shed-houses. His\\nfather superintended their construction.\\nIn October, 1862, Mr. Ferris squatted on 160\\nacres of land, where he has since resided and when\\nthe property came into market he entered his claim\\naccording to the regulations of the Homestead Act.\\nOn taking possession, he cleared a small patch and\\nerected a log house, which is now a part of his dwell\\ns\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^t| 5\u00c2\u00bb\\nQj^ mm\\ning. He was engaged in the labor of a carpenter\\nduring the first five years of his residence and spent\\nseveral winters in lumbering, meanwhile improving\\nhis farm. He has 95 acres cleared and cultivated\\nland, well supplied with orchards, etc. He is a Re-\\npublican in political sentiment has been Drain Com-\\nmissioner four years and Road Commissioner 12\\nyears.\\nMr. Ferris was married March 8, 1862, in Union\\nTownship, to Susan, daughter of George and Sophia\\n(Bidler) Miser. She was born March 4, 1835, in\\nWayne Co., Ohio. The four children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Ferris were born on the homestead as follows\\nLaura A., Feb. 13, 1863; Eli L., Aug. 29, 1864;\\nGeorge I., Oct. 15, 1865 Nettie, April 22, 1870.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Ferris came to Michigan from\\nOhio about 1858 and settled two miles northwest of\\nthe village of Salt River in Coe Township, where her\\nfather had previously purchased 160 acres of land.\\nHe lived on the homestead during the remainder of\\nhis life.\\nA. Brubaker, farmer, section 30, Gilmore\\nTownship, was born July 8, 1834, in Wayne\\nCo., Ohio, and is the son of George and\\nElizabeth (Buikett) Brubaker. The parents were\\nboth natives of Pennsylvania, and the father is\\ndeceased. The mother is living in Ohio. The\\nyear after he attained his majority, Mr. Brubaker\\nwent to California and remained there between three\\nand four years employed as a miner.\\nHe returned to Ohio, and from 1859 to 1866 was\\nengaged in farming and operating a thrashing-ma-\\nchine. In the year last named he came to Coldwater\\nTownship, Isabella County, when that section of\\nMichigan contained within its limits not a vestige of\\ncultivation nearer than Millbrook. Mr. Brubaker en-\\ntered a homestead claim of 80 acres in the township\\nof Coldwater, where he was the first white resident.\\nHe built a board shanty and the condition of the\\ncountry may be estimated from the fact that one night,\\nas he lay asleep on the floor of his abode, his dog\\nsprung across his face, having been driven in by a\\nwolf! When he raised his log house, he went 13\\nmiles and hired 13 men to aid him, to whom he paid\\n$1.50 per day for three days work. His house was\\nthe shelter and home of many of the first settlers as\\nc\\n(I", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "f^\\nI^S/^^))^^\\n-:2i%;^ K o V\\nDO :ilIl\\nij Nis,^^^ sr\\n320\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\n1^\\nthey came into the township, and he extended all the\\naid, sympathy and encouragement in his power to\\nthem, while they were preparing shelter and making\\nready for citizenship. Sometimes three or four fami-\\nlies were under his roof at the same time, and at one\\nperiod 21 children inhabited his home for several\\ndays.\\nMr. Colley (see sketch) was three miles distant,\\nand Mr. Summerton resided about a mile away.\\nThese were the nearest neighbors. The next in\\nproximity were located at a distance of 12 miles.\\nThe first boarding-house at Farwell, Clare County,\\nwas kept by Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker in 1870. The\\nfirst meal was cooked over a log heap, and the table\\nwas set in a railroad shanty. The meal was eaten by\\nthe light of a torch held by Mr. Brubaker. The\\nvalue of that gentleman as a pioneer settler of Isa-\\nbella County can be ascertained from the sketches of\\nseveral of the early settlers in Coldwater Township,\\neach of whom pays grateful tribute to his sympathy\\nand rare abilities, as he was for some time the facto-\\ntum of the township in emergencies, when timely aid\\nand advice were imperative. There was no physi-\\ncian nearer than Mt. Pleasant, and Mr. Brubaker\\nwas supplied with medical books, a stock of medi-\\ncines and a clear head and sound judgment, which\\nobtained their full value in the straits in which his\\nneighbors sometimes found themselves.\\nHe resided on his place in Coldwater Township 1 2\\nyears, when he sold out and purchased 280 acres in\\nGilmore. Of this tract about 100 acres are under\\nfirst-class improvements and in a state of progressive\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married May i, 1859, at Indian Diggings,\\nCalifornia, to Elizabeth E. Gilbert, daughter of J.\\nW. and Abigail (Bradley) Gilbert. The parents are\\ndeceased they died at Plymouth, California, on the\\nsame day, their deaths occurring about six hours\\napart. Mrs. Brubaker was born May 7, 1844, in\\nShiawassee Co., Mich. Of nine children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Brubaker, six survive. The record is\\nas follows Orel G. was born April 8, i86o; William\\nB., March 21, 1862 AbbieC.,Feb. 24, 1864; Charles\\nL., July 14, 1869; Harry, July 8, 1875; George O.,\\nMay 28, 1879; Gary R. was born Dec. 13, 1881, and\\ndied Feb. 16, 1883 Mary L. was born April 9, 1866,\\nsnd died Aug. 23, of the same year. Another child\\ndied in infancy.\\n|\\\\\u00c2\u00ae)fe- K--\\nAs the subject of the foregoing record is one of the\\nmost prominent pioneers of Isabella County, we give\\nin this volume a portrait both of himself and his\\nestimable wife.\\njichael McGihon, farmer on section 32,\\nNottawa Township, is a son of Robert\\nand Margaret (Morgan) McGihon, natives\\nof Ireland, both whom died in Canada. He\\nwas born in Wellington, Can., July 20, 1836, and\\nmade his home with his parents for some years\\nafter he was of age. He learned the carpenter s\\ntrade soon after attaining his majority, but he has\\nworked more at farming than at carpentry. Leaving\\nhome, he came to Detroit and spent four years in the\\nlumber woods. He bought his present farm of 160\\nacres in this county in 1869. He has since sold 40\\nacres, and of the remainder 65 acres are improved.\\nHe was married Jan. 11, 1872, to Miss Sarah Ben-\\nnett, daughter of James J. and Priscilla (Margeson)\\nBennett. Mrs. McGihon was born Oct. 25, 1859,\\nand is the mother of seven children, five living\\nRobert James, born Oct. 2, 1873; John Thomas,\\nDec. 2, 1875 William Francis, Dec. 8, 1877 George,\\nJuly 19, 1879, and David, May 22, 1882.\\nMr. McG. was the first white settler in Nottawa\\nTownsliip, and was its first Supervisor. At the time\\nit was organized there were five white and 28 Indian\\nvoters within its limits. He has held also the offices\\nof Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk.\\n-4-ww^Sp-\\n-^DIi:\\nsl^a^^yron Winters, of the firm of Rowlader\\nj^^ip Winters, general merchants at Blanchard,\\nS^*^ is a son of William and Susan (Brown)\\n|l Winters, natives of Canada and New York.\\nThe mother was born in 1829, and died in\\n1877 in Lincoln Township, this county. The\\nfather was born in 1826 in the State of New York,\\nwent with his parents to Canada, and in 1862 came\\nto this State and county [and settled in Fremont\\nTownship, where he died, in 1863.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Aug. 5, 1853,\\nin Canada, and came to Michigan with his parents,\\nA\\nC\\n-v", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "4^\\n1=3\\n1=3\\nV\\nJ\\n(c^\\nISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\n32 1\\nat whose home he remained until 23 years old. He\\nwas then married to Maggie Rowlader, who was\\nborn in 1856, in Barry Co., Mich., and is the\\ndaughter of John and Mary A. (Wooley) Rowlader.\\nThe father was engaged in farming and in sawing\\nlumber until 1884, when he bought an interest with\\nhis son-in-law at Blanchard.\\nMr. and Mrs. Winters are the parents of two chil-\\ndren living: Zenith, born Jan. i. 1877 and Jay,\\nborn Nov. 14, 1878. A son, Johnnie, was born Feb.\\n2, 1881, and died Dec. 28, 1881. Mr. W. is a mem-\\nber of the I. O. O. F. and is politically a Republican.\\nallaoe M. Van Decar, farmer on section 22,\\nI^^Mi Nottawa, is a son of Cornelius F. and Lucy\\njte??^ (Bailey) Van Decar. The father was born\\nV in Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., near the\\nMohawk River, and died at the same place\\nJune 15, 1852. The motherwas born in Delhi,\\nDelaware Co., N. Y., and is now living at Ballston\\nSpa, Saratoga Co., N. Y.\\nTheir son Wallace was born in Waterford, Sara-\\ntoga Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1844, and resided with his\\nparents until 24 years of age, when he was married\\nand went to keeping house at Green Island, Albany\\nCo., N. Y. Here he was employed as a machinist. He\\nserved his apprenticeship with Elias Ander, manu-\\nfacturer of the Button Steam Fire Engine, for whom\\nhe worked four years. He was for five years at\\nTroy, following his trade; then two years at Lansing-\\nburg then a year and eight months at Canajoharie.\\nThence he went to Ilion, and thence to Troy, and\\nfor over one year had charge of the machine shop of\\nS. H. Brown. From there he went to Herkimer, and\\nNov. 5, 1879, he made his last move, coming to Isa-\\nbella County, where he has since been engaged in\\nfarming and lumbering. He is buying logs and pre-\\nparing to erect a saw and planing mill. He enlisted\\nin the Union army in January, 1864, and served until\\nAug. 21, 1865.\\nHe was first married July 4, 1867, to Miss Jennie\\nE., daughter of James and Elizabeth (Van Antrop)\\nGosline. She was born Aug. 12, 1848, and died Dec.\\n8, 1876, having been the mother of four children\\nJoshua B.,born Nov. 4, i86g, at Green Island, N. Y.,\\nand died at the same place, Dec. 29, 1869; George\\nWallace, born Nov. 17, 1870 at Green Island, and\\ndied at the same place, April 27, 1871; James W.,\\nborn Aug. 28, 1872, in Waterford, N. Y., and died\\nMarch 26, 1873, at Canajoharie, N. Y. Jennie L.,\\nborn July 10, 1875, at Ilion, N. Y., and died Nov. 5,\\n1882, at Van Decar.\\nMr. Van Decar s second marriage occurred June 3,\\n1877, to Miss Carrie A. Vanderpool, daughter of Sam-\\nuel Smith and Henrietta (Gould) Vanderpool. Of this\\nmarriage three children have been born: Bennett\\nT., born April 28, 1878, in Herkimer, N. Y. Evalina,\\nborn March 29, 1880, at Van Decar, and died at the\\nsame place, Nov. 19, 1882; Edward M., born May\\n27, 1883, at Van Decar.\\nMr. Van D. is a Presbyterian in religious faith,\\nand his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nI\\nr\\n(i\\nilbert Johnson, farmer, sections 31 and 6,\\nColdwater Township, and merchant at\\nSherman City, was born July 31, 1845.\\nHe is a son of Amos Stanton and Eliza (Gil-\\nbert) Johnson. His mother is still living, in\\nWyoming Co., N. Y. His father died when he \\\\y\\nwas three years old, and he went to live with his\\ngrandparents, with whom he remained until he was\\n17 years of age, when he began his single-handed\\ncontest in life. In the spring of 1870 he came to\\nEast Saginaw, Mich., where he engaged in lumbering\\nabout seven years. He spent the winter in the woods,\\nand during the summers he looked for pine woods\\nfor lumbering. In 1880 he purchased a half interest\\nin his brother s store at Sherman City, and they pass-\\ned two years lumbering, in company.\\nMr. Johnson is enjoying the run of a fine mercan-\\ntile business at Sherman City, and owns 240 acres\\nof land, with nearly 100 acres under good improve-\\nments and well cultivated. He takes great pride in\\nhis agricultural operations, and devotes much atten-\\ntion to the improvement of his farm. He was mar-\\nried Dec. 10, 1872, to Clara, daughter of Joseph and\\nLucy A. (Lamson) Dotson. Her father was born in\\nNovember, 1820, and her mother Nov. 28, 1821.\\nBoth parents are living at West Bay City, Mich.\\nTheir family included three sons and threedaughters:\\nAlexander D. and Orbison S. are twins Charles H.\\ndied Nov. 17, 1880; Alice A. died Nov. 30, 1873 J\\nr\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "Rose N. is the wife of Henry B. Allen, of Chicago.\\nMr. Johnson had three brothers, two of whom died in\\niT:\u00c2\u00bb the army. Amos Johnson, sole surviving brother, re-\\nT sides in the county and village of Mecosta. Mr.\\nJohnson s household includes an adopted child,--Mat-\\ntie M., born July 4, 1876.\\nN. Boyden, farmer, section 15,\\nC Deerfield Township, is a son of Francis E.\\nand Jerusha (Redman) Boyden, the former\\na native of Vermont and the latter of Massa-\\nchusetts. The latter died in February, 1867,\\nand the former Feb. 9, 1884.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice, the young-\\nest of eight children in the above family, was born\\nDec. 12, 1842, in Lapeer Co., Mich., and came to\\nthis county in March, i860. He has a tract of 120\\nacres, 65 of which are under cultivation.\\nFeb. 22, 1870, at Ovid, Clinton County, Mr. Boy-\\nden was married to Miss Lacy Groesbeck, daughter\\nof Henry and Rebecca (Fonda) Groesbeck. She\\nhas by a former marriage a son, Harry A., born Dec.\\n25, 1864.\\nThey are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, and in political matters Mr. B. is independent\\nbut inclines to the Democratic party.\\n,0\\nV\\nh\\nohn M. Ford, farmer, section 26, Gilmore\\nTownship, was born in Independence, Alle-\\ngany Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1845, d is the\\nson of Levi and Susan (Herrick) Ford. The\\nparents were natives of the State of New York,\\nand the mother survives. The father started\\nfor Calfornia about 1850, and was never heard from.\\nMr. Ford remained on his father s farm until he\\nwas 16 years of age, when he entered the military\\nservice of the United States. He enlisted in the\\n85th N. Y. Vol. Inf and was mustered out about a\\nyear later, because of disability. His regiment was\\nassigned to the Army of the Potomac and he partic-\\nipated in all the battles in which McClellan s forces\\nwere engaged, until the time of the engagement at\\nFair Oaks, when he was sent to Douglas Hospital,\\nWashington, where he remained two months, after\\nwhich he was discharged on a surgeon s certificate\\nof disability.\\nOn being discharged he returned to Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., and spent a year working by the month when\\nhe and his parents came to Allegan Co., Mich. He\\npassed the ne.xt two years working alternately in a\\nsaw-mill and on a farm. He then sold his farm and\\nentered a homestead claim of 160 acres in Mason\\nCo., Mich. He also engaged in lumbering and re-\\nmained there about eight years, when he came to\\nIsabella County, reaching here in the spring of 1881.\\nHe located on a farm he had bought six months be-\\nfore. Mr. Ford is a Democrat and a member of the\\nMasonic Order. He has been Highway Commis-\\nsioner one term and held the various school offices\\nof his District.\\nHe was married Nov. 12, 1865, to Lucy, daughter\\nof David and Emily (Jones) Allen, both of whom\\nare still living. She was born in the State of New\\nYork, in 1848. The six children born of this mar-\\nriage have been named Emma (deceased), Levi,\\nDavid (deceased), Delia, Elmer and John.\\nAeaae/\u00c2\u00a9^\\nK4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S)^aOT\u00c2\u00bbv.\\nV^\\niram Barrett, farmer on section 30, Denver\\nTownship, is a son of Hiram and Mary\\n(Fox) Barrett, natives of the State of New\\nYork. The parents removed to Ohio in 1836\\nto Oakland Co., Mich., in 1S41, to Washtenaw\\nCounty three years later, and still laterto Mont-\\ncalm County, where they died. His departure took\\nplace Dec. 17, 1867, and hers Jan. 23, 1S75.\\nTheir fifth son, Hiram, was born in Orleans Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 4, 1831, and was ten years old when the\\nfamily removed to this State. He left home at the\\nage of 18, and two years later took up the trade of\\ncarpenter and joiner, which he followed seven years.\\nHe then engaged in farming in Montcalm County,\\nwhere he lived 21 years. He sold out in March,\\n1880, came to Isabella County and purchased 80\\nacres, nearly all wild land, where he now lives. He\\nhas 35 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Washtenaw Co., Mich., Sept. 2,\\n1856, to Miss Mary M., daughter of Abraham and\\nBarbara M. (Haner) Vanderpool, natives of Herki-\\nmer Co., N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderpool left the\\nEmpire State in 1855, and came to Monroe County,\\ni\\nh\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "T^k\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ST\\nrC IlIl\u00c2\u00a7.Illl^\\n5^=\\nY\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^m\\\\W^\\n323\\nthis State, soon after removing to Washtenaw County.\\nTwo years later they removed to Wayne County,\\nwhere they now reside. Their eldest daughter, Mrs.\\nBarrett, was born in Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y., Oct.\\n12, 1834. Cora and Ida are the names of the two\\ndaughters that have been born to Mr. and Mrs. B.\\nIda died May 15, 1874, aged 14.\\nMr. B. is politically a Republican. He and wife\\nare members of the Baptist Church.\\nC. Caldwell, farmer, section 9, Deerfield\\nTownship, was born in Clayton Co., Iowa,\\nOct. 8, 1856; his father, Harris H., was\\nnative of Massachusetts, and his mother,\\nLouisa, nee Boyden, was born Oct. 10, 1837.\\nIn this family were three children the eldest\\ndied in infancy Herbert C. and Alice.\\nThe subject of this sketch came to this county\\nwith his parents when quite young, and has lived in\\nIsabella most of the time since. He was married\\nAug. 6, 1882, to Miss Mary J., daughter of Samuel\\nP. Roberts, the latter of whom was born Oct. 31,\\n1832, in England, and emigrated to this country with\\nhis parents when he was only six months old. Her\\nmother, Jane, \u00c2\u00abdv Dugan, was born Dec. r3, 1838. In\\nthat family were eight children, the youngest of whom\\ndied in infancy. Mrs. Caldwell was born in Perry\\nCo., Ohio, Sept. 10, 1858, and is the eldest of her\\nfather s family who are living.\\nMr. C. has 40 acres of land, on section 9, 235^\\nacres of which are improved. In politics he is a Re-\\npublican, but as to religious matters he is not a mem-\\nber of any Church. Mrs. C. is a member of the\\nDisciples Church. Mr. and Mrs. C. have a son,\\nWilliam H., born. May, 31, 1883.\\n-^-v^^i\\nj A ^tT. I\\n^?5-?i-\\nfames H. Lloyd, farmer on section 30, Den-\\nver Township, is a son of Benjamin and\\nKeturah (Peterson) Lloyd, natives of Penn-\\nsylvania and New Jersey. The parents settled\\nin Mahoning Co., Ohio, where the father died,\\nin September, 1879. The mother survives.\\nThe subject of this biographical outline was born\\nin Mahoning Co., Ohio, March 23, 1854, and received\\na limited education in the common schools. He was\\nengaged in farming in his native county until the\\nspring of 1882, when he came to Isabella County and\\nbought 72 acres of partly improved land on section\\n30, Denver Township. He has now 60 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Columbiana Co., Ohio, Jan. 23,\\n1879, toMary, daughter of John S. and Mary (Reahm)\\nRukenbrod, natives, the one of Germany, the other\\nof Pennsylvania. The father died in Carroll Co.,\\nOhio, Sept. 5, 1856, and his widow now lives in this\\ncounty. Mrs. L. was born in Carroll Co., Ohio, April\\nIT, 1854. She is a member of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church. Politically, Mr. I,, is a Republican.\\nohn Hyslop, farmer on section 10, Nottawa\\nTownship, is a son of Robert and Mar-\\ngaret (Marshall) Hyslop, natives of Scot-\\nland. The parents died but si.x weeks apart,\\nin the year 1873, at Coldwater Lake, Isabella\\nCounty.\\nThe subject of this record was born in the town of\\nForres, Scotland, June 5, 1838, and lived with his\\nparents until his marriage, in August, 1855, to Mar-\\ngaret Bain, daughter of Alexander and Margery\\n(Nory) Bain. She was born May 24, 1838, in Forres,\\nScotland. The young couple at once emigrated to\\nAmerica. Landing at New York, they proceeded to\\nBeamsville, Can., where they lived about two years\\non a rented farm. Removing then to Bothwell, Can.,\\nMr. H. purchased a farm of 50 acres, where they\\nlived seven years. At the expiration of that time\\nthey removed to Teeswater, Can., and purchased a\\nfarm of 100 acres. Two years later they came to\\nRidgeway, Mich., and worked a rented farm for seven\\nyears. Their next move was to Coldwater Lake, this\\ncounty, where they purchased 40 acres and lived five\\nor six years, when they settled on their present home-\\nstead of 40 acres. He follows farming in the sum-\\nmers and lumbering in the winters.\\nNine children have been added to the household,\\nand seven are yet living, though mostly in homes of\\ntheir own. Following is the record Margery M.\\nwas born Oct. 16, 1856, in Beamsville, Can., and\\nmarried David Ford in 1873; Margeret was born June\\n3, 1858, in Bothwell, Can., and married Eugene Nich-\\nc^:\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "ols Dec. 25, 1883; Jessie was born Feb. 25, i860, in\\nBothwell, Can., and married Fred Speck in 1878;\\nRobert A. was born Dec. 6, 1862, in Teeswater, Can.;\\nOrpha O Dail was born Aug. 30, 1864, in Ridgeway,\\nMich., was married to David West in 1879, and died\\nin 1880; Eliza M. was born Aug. 20, 1866, in Ridge-\\nway, Mich.; Alice J. was born March 31, 1868, in\\nRidgeway, Mich., and died April 29, 1869; Ellen\\nLorinda was born June 5, 1874, at Coldwater Lake,\\nthis county; and Estella was born Feb. 5, 187 1, in\\nRidgeway, Mich.\\nMr. Hyslop helped organize the first school district\\nin Nottawa Township, and was its first Director,\\nholding the office two terms. He is ix)lilicaily a\\nDemocrat.\\nAaejec/S^-w\u00e2\u0080\u0094 {\u00c2\u00a71\\ng^-^w^-a/ZfaOTw\\nI^Stenry C. Dodge, farmer on section 20, Ver-\\n5:|j^^4.* on Township, was born in the vicinity of\\n(1\u00c2\u00bb Utica, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1836. His father died\\nwhen he, Henry, was nine years old, and his\\nmother removed three years later to the north-\\nern part of New York, where he was apprenticed\\nto the shoemaker s trade. This calling, and other\\nmercantile pursuits, he followed in Jefferson County\\nfor nearly 20 years. During this time he was Post-\\nmaster at Millen s Bay, in Cape Vincent Township.\\nIn the month of September, 1864, he enlisted in\\nthe i68th New York Vol. Inf., and was assigned to\\nthe Army of the Potomac. He was after a short time\\ntransferred to the Pioneer Corps, under Gen. Griffin.\\nHe was at the capture of Petersburg, being in one of\\nthe first companies which entered that long besieged\\ncity, and was honorably discharged in July, 1865.\\nDuring the service he was run over by a wagon\\nwhich crippled him for many years.\\nReturning to Jefferson Co., N. Y., he shortly dis-\\nposed of his property there, and went to Ontario,\\nCanada, where he was engaged in agriculture for a\\nyear. Then for three years he managed a hotel at\\nGananoque, Frontenac Co., Can. At the expiration\\nof this time (in 1873) he came to Isabella County\\nand purchased 80 acres on section 20, Vernon Town-\\nship, where he has since made his home. He was at\\nthe time of his first settlement surrounded by the\\nnatural forest, and his nearest neighbor was miles\\naway. He has improved a large portion of his farm,\\nand has also erected suitable dwellings.\\nHe was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Nov. 28,\\n1846, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Silas and\\nMartha (Van Cura) Mosher. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher\\nwere of English-German descent, followed farming\\nand died in the State of New York. Mrs. Dorlge,\\ntheii daughter, was born in Prescott, Ontario, Nov.\\n5, 1823, and when a young girl went with her parents\\nto the county where she was married. Mr. and\\nMrs. Dodge have had ir children, four of whom\\nare not living. The survivors are Alwilda E., born\\nNov. 12, 1847; Lois Georgianna, July 4, 1849; Delia\\nC, Aug. 4, 1851; Frances C, Feb. 6, 1855; Orsa\\nJane, March 8, 1859; Carrie E., March 14, 1865;\\nWillie F., Aug. 27, 1867. The deceased were born\\nand died as follows: Martha A., born Sept. 8, 1853,\\nand died Dec. 11, 1877 Dulcin H., born March 15,\\n1857, and died Oct. 9, 1866; Ambro, bom June 30,\\n1869, and was drowned May 17, 1864; Nettie E.,\\nborn Sept. 19, 1863, and died Nov. 20, 1866.\\nMr. D. is in political sentiment a Republican. He\\nhas been Justice of the Peace and Notary Public,\\nand is now School Director.\\nv^\\nm\\nf^^\\nV\\n^iia\\nLoomis,\\n2, 1826\\names A. Burwash, merchant at\\naWf, Wise Township, was born March\\nin the county of Argenteuil, Quebec, and\\nis the son of Stephen and Sarah (Flint) Bur-\\nwash. His parents were born in Vermont, of\\nWelsh ancestry. They resided in the Green\\nMountain State a short time after marriage, and re-\\nmoved to Canada. They settled about 45 miles north-\\nwest of Montreal, where they engaged in farming and\\nremained during the last years of their lives. They\\nhad seven sons and three daughters.\\nMr. Burwash was the si.xth son of his parents, and\\nremained at home until he was 1 1 years old, when\\nhe obtained a position as clerk in a country store, in\\nhis native province, where he was employed until he\\nreached his majority. During the last five years he\\nwas head salesman and book-keeper of the establish-\\nment. He went to the county of Granville, in Upper\\nCanada, where he embarked in mercantile affairs in\\n/s\\nr\\n^^mj^^.^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "J\\nJ\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^ivi^\\n325\\nhis own interest, and conducted his business at that\\npoint with gratifying results. At the end of five years\\nhe removed his stock to Lanark County, purchased\\nproperty and continued to operate as a tradesman.\\nHis business did not prove satisfactory, and at the\\nend of two years he closed out his stock and went\\nto St. Andrews, situated near the Ottawa River, where\\nhe entered into partnership with his brother Stephen,\\nand again sought prosperity in the sea of trade. He\\nsold his claim to his brother at the end of a year and\\nengaged in a publishing enterprise at Goderich, Can.\\nHe conducted that three years with success, when he\\nsold out and went to Southampton, Ont., where he\\nformed an association with the mercantile firm of\\nVan Every Rvmiball, under the style of J. A. Bur-\\nwash Co. Their connection closed at the end of\\nthree years. Mr. Burwash interested himself in the\\ngrain commission business and met with success. He\\nconducted that line of business seven years.\\nIn February, 1872, he came to Loomis and en-\\ngaged as book-keeper with the lumbering and mer-\\ncantile firm of Wise Loomis, also acting as man-\\nager. In the fall of that year he erected the building\\nin which his business is at present established, and\\nwhich was occupied by the firm in whose interests he\\nwas employed, until the death of Geo. W. Wise, the\\nsenior partner, in December, 1879. On the occur-\\nrence of that event the entire stock of goods of the\\nfirm of Wise Loomis passed by purchase into the\\npossession of James K. Durling, who retained Mr.\\nBurwash as salesman. He remained in his employ\\none year, when he interested himself in a general\\ncommission business. This continued about a year,\\nand in the fall of 1882 he purchased the stock of Mr.\\nDurling, establishing his business under the firm style\\nof J. A. Burwash Co. He has continued in trade\\nwith satisfactory results, his business interests repre-\\nsenting yearly about $10,000.\\nIn addition to his private duties he has been active\\nin public capacities, serving as School Trustee\\nand Notary Public, and is at present officiating as\\nTreasurer of the Township. He is a member of St.\\nLawrence (Can.) Lodge, No. 131, F. A. M., and\\nalso of Loomis Lodge, No. 1772, K. of H.\\nHe is a communicant in the Church of England,\\nand is independent in political faith.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Burwash took place at\\nSt. Andrews, Can., to Mary Beattie, a native of that\\nplace. She became the mother of nine childeren, six\\nof whom attained maturity, Mary, Eliza M., Annie\\nBelle, Kate, Sarah and John. Their mother died and\\nMr. Burwash was again married, to Catherine Mc-\\nNeill, who was born in Scotland. Five children were\\nborn of this marriage, two of whom, Frank M. and\\nStephen, survive. Mrs. Burwash is a member of the\\nBaptist Church.\\n^fWw^ illiam M. Peterson, farmer, section 18,\\nDeerfield Township, is a son of Peter and\\nj:^/;; Deborah (Moslander) Peterson, natives of\\nIc^ New Jersey. They died in Indiana, within\\nnine days of each other, in 1849. William\\nJ M. was born near West Creek, Cape May Co.,\\nN. J., May 6, 1823,\\nHe accompanied his parents, when 12 years of\\nage, to Columbiana Co., Ohio, and there remained,\\nS\\n:i\\nassisting on the farm and attending the common\\nschools for three years. He then accompanied them\\nto Stark County, same State, and again engaged with\\nhis father in the vocation of farming, at which place\\nhe remained for r2 years. His next move was to\\nTuscarawas Co., Ohio, and, after following his occu-\\npation in that county for eight years, he moved to\\nKosciusko Co., Ind., and farmed for ten years. Sept.\\n3, 1865, he and his family came to this county and\\nsettled on the northeast cjuarter of section 34, Rolland\\nTownship. He lived there for ten years, until 1875,\\nwhen he moved on his present farm on section 18,\\nDeerfield Township. His farm consists of 200 acres,\\n80 of which are in a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Peterson was united in marriage, Aug. 9, 1846,\\nto Mary Ann, daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Tom)\\nRichardson, natives of Germany and Pennsylvania\\nrespectively. Her father died in 1834 and her mo-\\nther in 1846. Mrs. Peterson was born April 15,\\n1828, in Stark Co., Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson\\nare the parents of ten children, all living but one,\\nnamely. Orlando, born Sept. 19, 1848; Angelina,\\nMay 24, 1850; Geo. W., July 25, 1854; James R.,\\nJan. I, 1857; Alice L., Jan. 14, 1859; Lucinda,\\nMarch 17, 1861 Wm. Henry, April 13, 1863; Jo-\\nsephine, June 29, 1865, John M., Nov. 11, 1867;\\nMary, March 14, 1852, died Oct. 21, 1880.\\nMr. Peterson was a soldier in tiie late war, enlist-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "326\\n-^^V^DD ^liDf^v-^ 4^^^K ^vf\u00c2\u00a7\\nI\\n(L\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nI\\ning in the S7th Ind. Vol. Inf., and participated in\\nthe battles of LaVergne, Stone River and Hoover s\\nGap, and was mustered out of service in August,\\n1863.\\nMr. Peterson has held the position of Supervisor\\nof his township for eight years since coming to the\\ncounty. He is a member of the Masonic Lodge at\\nMt. Pleasant, and he and his wife are both members\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nPolitically, Mr. P. is a Republican. He is a repre-\\nsentative man of the township, and an honored and\\nrespected citizen.\\nlahlon H. Malcomb, farmer, section 10,\\nGilmore Township, was born Dec. 20,\\n-iWiSir^ 1842, in Mill Township, Grant Co., Ind.,\\nyl^^ and is the son of Samuel and Beulah Mal-\\ncomb. The parents were both natives of Indi-\\nana; the mother died in Grant Co., Ind., and\\nthe father in Osceola Co., Kansas.\\nAt the age of 18 years Mr. Malcomb entered the\\nmilitary service of the United States. He enlisted\\nSept. 5, i86i,in the 34th Ind. Vol. Inf, and was\\nmustered out Oct. 20, 1864, at Auburn, N. Y. He\\nwas in the engagement at Port Gibson and Champion\\nHill, and was in the skirmish at New Madrid, Mo.,\\nand at Jackson, Miss. At the latterhe was wounded\\nin the left arm and passed nearly a year in the hos-\\npital. On his discharge from the sick list he was as-\\nsigned to the 19th Regiment, V. R. C, in the In-\\nvalid Corps. When he was discharged from .the\\nservice he returned home and assisted his father\\nabout one year, and in October, 1865, came to Isa-\\nbella Co., Mich., where he homesteaded 80 acres of\\nland on section 2, which he afterwards sold and\\nbought 80 acres on section 14, and also 40 acres on\\nthe section on which he resides. This latter tract\\nhe purchased with $100 which he received from the\\nU. S. Government.\\nMr. Malcomb was married Sept. 11, 1866, at Mt.\\nPleasant, to Rachel M., daughter of William and\\nSarah Phipps. She was born Nov. 10, 1848, and\\ndied Dec. 27, 1879. Six children born of this mar-\\nriage are recorded as follows William Jasper, born\\nFeb. 2, 1868, died July 26, 1870; Florence Louisa,\\nJuly 13, 1869, died July 30, 1870; Reuben Uriah,\\n^amuel C. Zeiter, lumberman, resident at\\nLoomis, Wise Township, was born May 11,\\n1^^^ 1843, in Erie Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nJoseph and Sophia (Schafer) Zeiter, were na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania and resided in that State\\na short time after their maraiage, when they\\nremoved to the State of New York. In 1855, they\\ncame to Genesee Co., Mich., and eight years later\\nbecame residents of Gratiot County, where they now\\nreside.\\nMr. Zeiter was a boy of 11 years when his parents\\ncame to Michigan, and he remained at home, assist-\\ning his father, until he was rg years of age, when he\\nentered the military service of the United States.\\nHe enlisted Aug 11, 1862, in the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf.\\nHe was in the service three years, and received an\\nhonorable discharge at Salisbur) N. C. He was on\\ncontinual duty during the entire period as private,\\nCorporal and Sergeant, and received two slight injur-\\nMarch 6, 1870, and died Aug. 2, 1870; John Wesley,\\nSept. 5, 1872; Mary Amanda, Dec. 15, 1874;\\nMartha Eunice, May 10, 1878. The second mar-\\nriage of Mr. Malcomb occurred Nov. 7, i88o, to Mrs.\\nSusan A. (Powell) Bugbee. She was born May 31, v^\\n1845, in Perry Co., Ohio. They have a twin son\\nand daughter, Arthur and Artie, born July 19, 1882,\\nand a daughter, Ive, born April 24, 1884. Mrs.\\nMalcomb has been married three times. Her first\\nhusband was George W. Blackstone, to whom she\\nwas married in Perry Co., Ohio. They emigrated\\nthence to Kansas, where the husband died, Aug. 17,\\n1866, one year after removal there. One child,\\nJames Orlando, was born June 14, 1866, and died\\nOct. 2, following. She was a second time married\\nFeb. 22, 1874, to G. E. Bugbee, who died May 18,\\n1879. Of the second marriage three children were\\nborn, whose record is as follows Elinora, born\\nDec. 18, 187s, and died March 8, 1876; Eli was\\nborn Oct. 29, 1876; Freddie, born Aug. 30, 1878,\\nand died in October, 1878. Their parents are mem-\\nbers of the Baptist Church. Mr. Malcomb is a\\nRepublican in political sentiment and has served\\ntwo terms as Highway Commissioner. He owns 120\\nacres of land and has 20 acres improved. Mrs.\\nMalcomb owns 40 acres in Coldwater.\\n9\\n1\\nWlM^/^^ ^7^nii^iitifi A:^^ ^^fi^m M^\\nWi", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "OJftc^ ^.rz^OLciL^-^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "m\\n-^^K ^v 4ii n^ n n^^r\\nro\\nA\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nies. While on picket before Atlanta he was hit in\\nthe head by a spent ball, and at the charge at Resaca\\nhe was slightly wounded in the right shoulder, but in\\nneither instance was he incapacitated for duty.\\nOn receiving iiis discharge he returned to Gratiot\\nCounty, and soon after became interested in lumber-\\ning, which has occupied his attention since that pe-\\nriod. He settled at Loomis, Isabella County, in\\nOctober, 1882. He formed a partnership with J. T.\\nHorning, of Flint, and the firm are extensively inter-\\nested in lumbering. They own and operate a saw and\\nshingle mill and employ a working force of 60 men\\nduring the winter season, and about 16 through the\\nremainder of the year. Their mill has a producing\\ncapacity of 25,000 feet of lumber daily. Mr. Zeiter\\nis a Republican in political principle.\\nHe was married Jan. 10, 1868, in Gratiot Co.,\\nMich., to Annie J., daughter of Robert and Lucy\\n(Shatton) Webb. She was born Sept. 5, 1850, in\\nNorfolk Co., Can., and is of English parentage.\\nFrankie A., only child, was born June i6, 187 1.\\nMrs. Zeiter is a member of the Baptist Church.\\nelson Wellman, farmer, section 26, Gil-\\nmore Township, was born June 3, 1837, in\\nWayne Co., N. Y., and is a son of Eli and\\nHarriet (Fowls) Wellman. They were natives\\nof Vermont, and both died in Barry Co., Mich,\\nthe demise of the father occurring in July, 1872,\\nand that of the mother Dec. 28, 1881.\\nMr. Wellman accompanied his parents to Barry\\nCo., Mich., when he was 19 years old. His father\\npurchased a farm and he worked as a farm assistant\\nby the month. In i860 he purchased a farm of his\\nfather in Barry County, and he has owned three oth-\\ners of 40 acres each at different times. He disposed\\nof his Barry County property in March, 1879, and\\nsoon after purchased 80 acres of land in Isabella\\nCounty, under partial improvements. He is a Re-\\npublican in political sentiments, and is now a Justice\\nof the Peace.\\nMr. Wellman was married July 6, 1859,10 Caroline,\\ndaughter of John and Zilphia (Crippin) Duffey. She\\nwas born April ?6, 1842, and is the mother of six\\nchildren, whose record is as follows Belle was born\\nJune 19, i860; Efifie, Aug. 20, 1862; Charles W.,\\nAug. I, 1864; Violet, Feb. 7, 1877; Alta V., Aug.\\n28, 1879; Clyde, Nov. 14, 1883.\\nMr. Wellman became a soldier of the United\\nStates during the civil war, enlisting April 23, 1862,\\nin the 23d Mich. Inf and was assigned to Mulligan s\\nBrigade. He was mustered out June 23 following,\\nat Camp Douglas, Chicago, on account of disability.\\n-^taaa^S^-^\u00e2\u0080\u0094fel\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^.sywjrav\\nU Ifred C. Rowlader, farmer and teacher, sec-\\n_ lion 15, Lincoln Township, was born in\\nWoodland Township, Barry Co., Mich.,\\nApril 21, 1856. His father, Washington Row-\\nlader, was a native of New York State, is\\nfarmer by occupation, and is still a resident of\\nBarry County; his mother, Permelia (Myers) Rowla-\\nder, was a native of Pennsylvania, of German ances-\\ntry, and died at her home in Barry County, in 1865.\\nAlfred, the subject of this biographical notice, lived\\nwith his parents in his native place until 22 years of\\nage. Having received a good common-school edu-\\ncation, he began teaching at the age of 19, in Ionia\\nCounty, and taught four terms of school. In the\\nspring of 1878 he came to this county and ])urchased\\n80 acres of land, owned previously by Nelson Ives,\\non section 15, where he now resides. After spending\\none year on the place, and boarding, he returned to\\nBarry County and married Miss Cora J., daughter of\\nIsrael and Elizabeth (Smith) Cooper, natives of New\\nYork, of New England ancestry and of German ex-\\ntraction. They both died in Barry County, he in 1864\\nand she in 1867, aged respectively 57 and 42. Mrs.\\nR. was born in Woodland Township above mentioned,\\nMarch 26, 1858. Being young when her parents\\ndied, she qualified herself with a good education,\\nand began leaching at the age of 16, and followed\\nthis profession and that of music until she was mar-\\nried. The young couple immediately settled at their\\nnew home in this county, where they have since lived\\nand prospered. Their children now are, Bessie P.,\\nborn Jan. 5, 1880; Inez L., June 22, 1881 and\\nAlfred W., March 10, 1883.\\nMr. R. is a skillful farmer, although young, having\\nnow about 60 acres in a good state of cultivation, with\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^Miy^ H\\n,f(^\\ns", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "^l/\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n330\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^^\\nS-f comfortable residence, barn, etc. He has held the\\ni|] office of Township Clerk, and is now Supervisor,\\nbeing elected to the latter office in April, 1883. On\\nnational affairs he is counted in the Republican\\nparty.\\nV\\n/?S\\nv\\nI\\nThe portrait of Mr. Rowlader, on a preceding\\npage, is an addition to our collection of which the\\ncitizens of Isabella County will certainly feel proud.\\nfames C. Hammond, farmer, section 26,\\nColdwater Township, was born Jan. 30,\\n1857, near St. John s, Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nand is the son of Carmi and Marj A. (Willett)\\nHammond. His parents were born respect-\\nively in Vermont and New York. They came\\nto Coldwater Township, Isabella County, in the\\nspring of 1876, where his father bought 160 acres of\\nland. His mothei died in Clinton County, Feb. 21,\\n1876, and the demise of his father occurred in Cold-\\nwater Township, July 9, 1883.\\nMr. Hammond remained at home with his parents\\nuntil he was of age. He was married July 3, 1876,\\nto Mary M., daughter of G. W. and Esther Brown.\\nShe was born Oct. 24, 1856. Following is the record\\nof the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hammond\\nWillett, April 29, 1877; Esther Ann, Nov. 3, 1879;\\nAlma Grace, Sept. 20, 1882.\\nMr. Hammond is a Republican in political senti-\\nment.\\nobert Pearson, farmer on section 18, Den-\\n_^ ver Township, is a son of Richard and\\nAf lr^ (Ryan) Pearson, natives of Ireland.\\nIK^ The father emigrated to Canada in 1838, and\\nmarried and settled in the Dominion, where\\nstill lives.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in the\\ncounty of Holton, Can., April 8, 1842. He received\\nan elementary English educaton, and at 15 years of\\nage went out to work. He was employed for one\\nman, driving a team, for six years and nine months.\\nAt the expiration of that time he left Canada and\\ncame to Detroit, Mich., where he was employed by\\nthe Government as a teamster for seven months.\\nThen for three summers he followed the lakes\\nsailor. During the last season he met with a dis\\ntressing accident, breaking his right leg, in conse-\\nquence of which he was laid up one year. He then\\ncame to Saginaw and worked a winter in the woods,\\ndriving logs in the spring ensuing. He was employed\\nfor four summers by the Tittabawassee Boom Com-\\npany, and until 1875 he was engaged in lumbering,\\nlogging or some kindred business. At that time he\\ncame to Isabella County and bought 80 acres in Den-\\nver Township, where he now has 65 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Georgetown, Holton Co., Can.,\\nMay 6, 1869, to Mary A., daughter of Robert and Jane\\n(Shaw) McCoimick, natives of Ireland. Mrs. P. was\\nalso born in Ireland. April 6, 1847. She and her\\nhnsband have three children, Jennie, Ella M. and\\nRobert.\\nMr. P. has held the office of Supervisor of Denver\\nTownship two years. Justice of the Peace four years,\\nSchool Moderator five years. Township Treasurer\\ntwo years, and is at the present time Treasurer and\\nDeputy Sheriff. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.,\\nand is politically a Republican.\\n.4^= ^*^V\\n^i^^to oseph A. Graham, farmer and County Sur-\\nlii^^lEr veyor, residing on section i5,IsabellaTown-\\nT-jS^^ ship, was I)orn Jan. 23, iS38,andis the son\\ntM. Andrew and Maria (Shaw) Graham, natives\\n^|F of Ireland, and of pure Irish extraction. The\\nparents are both deceased, the father dying near\\nToronto, Can., in 1881, aged 70 years, and the moth-\\ner in the same place in 1S75.\\nJoseph lived with his parents, assisting the father\\nin the maintenance of the family and attending the\\ncommon schools, until he attained the age of 24\\nyears. During this time he spent two years attending\\ncommercial college at Buffalo, N. Y. He completed\\nhis course there in 1856, and then entered on the\\nprofession of teaching, which he followed seven con-\\nsecutive years in his native county.\\nIn 1874 Mr. Graham purchased So acres of land\\nin this county, and the following year (1875) arrived\\nhere and at once began its improvement. The land\\nwas all heavily timbered, and the hand of improve-\\nment in his neighborhood was hardly visible. He\\nA\\n^i\\nc\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-J\\nir-.\u00c2\u00a3:45^B\\n^Da^Dni ^r9-\\n\u00c2\u00ab^^5$@y^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "-:2i^^ 6^V ^Iltl^Hll r-e^ :2J^i^\\nA\\n1=3\\nI\\nISABELLA CO UN-TV.\\nnevertheless was firm in the belief that the near\\nfuture would witness a wonderful development in\\nthe county, and, armed with this faith and energy, he\\nbegan to clear and prepare his land for a future and\\npermanent abode for himself and family. He subse-\\nquently added 40 acres to his original purchase, and\\nof his entire landed interest he now has 80 acres un-\\nder first-class improvement, and on it is a fine orchard\\nof 200 trees. He has erected a large stock and grain\\nbarn on his farm, at a cost of $900, and also built a\\ncommodious and comfortable residence, and is, with\\nhis family, enjoying the fruits of his own energetic\\nlabors. Jan. 30, 1862, Mr. Graham was united in\\nmarriage at Toronto, Can., to Miss Mary A., daughter\\nof Hugh and Catharine (Cook) Graham, natives of\\nNew York and Connecticut, and of North Ireland\\nparentage. She was born in the vicinity of Toronto,\\nCan., Oct. 18,1838.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of three\\nchildren: Hugh A., born Jan. 28, 1863; Frederick,\\nborn April 18, 1865; Catharine E., born Dec. 14,\\n1866, died Nov. 7, 1881.\\nMr. and Mrs. Graham are members of long stand-\\ning in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. G. is a\\nmemberof the Masonic Order, Lodge No. 305, at Mt.\\nPleasant. He is the present County Surveyor and\\nhas held the position for four years. Politically, he is a\\nRepublican, and has creditably held the offices of his\\ntownship and school district.\\n^harles W. Gaumer, farmer, section 10,\\njlf^^^ Coldwater Township, was born April 17,\\nJg 1852, in New Jersey. His parents, Isaac and\\nJC; Mary (Metz) Gaumer, were natives respect-\\nM^ ively of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In\\n1855 they came to Michigan, and rented a\\nfarm in Rochester, in Oakland County. Ten years\\nlater, they rented a place in the vicinity of St. John s,\\nClinton County, where they remained five years,\\nwhen they came to Coldwater, Isabella County. The\\nfather died April 13, 1879, at the residence of his\\nson; his mother is still living and is cared for by her\\ndaughter, Mrs. Jesse E. Forbes, of this township.\\nMr. Gaumer was under the control of his parents\\nduring his minority, and in 1881 he became the pro-\\n7^^ prietor by purchase of 80 acres of unimproved land.\\nHe has converted about 38 acres from the condition\\nin which it was placed by nature, and has a valuable\\nand profitable farm. Mr. Gaumer belongs to the\\nRepublican party in political sentiment.\\nHe was married Sept. 10, 1879, to Florence A.,\\ndaughter of Jacob and Eliza (Shoemaker) Isanhart,\\nboth of whom were natives of Ohio. Her mother\\ndied in November, 1876, in Sheridan Township,\\nMecosta County. Eula, only child, was born Nov.\\n18, i88q.\\n^5\\nV\\ni^^\\n-K^\\neter Conley, farmer, section 23, Coldwater\\n.aa^n- Township, was born June 24, 1833, in\\nj|\u00c2\u00a9^ County Tyrone, Ireland. His parents were\\njijj both natives of the Emerald Isle, and emi-\\nJlf. grated to the New World in August, 1849.\\nHis father bought 200 acres of land in Sheffield,\\nCanada.\\nMr. Conley remained with his parents, and in the\\nDominion, until 1852, when he went to Charlotte,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., where, and at Clarkson and\\nBrockport in the same county, he remained three\\nyears. In 1855 he returned to Canada, where, in\\ncompany with his father, he purchased 200 acres of\\nland. After a few years, they divided the estate and\\nMr. Conley sold his half. During his residence in\\nCanada, he had been engaged alternately in Mich-\\nigan and Canada, working as a lumberman and on\\nthe Ionia Houghton Lake State Road, working in\\nthe interest of E. Hall. In July, 1871, he sold his\\nproperty in Canada. Three years previous, in March,\\n1868, he made a homestead claim in Michigan and\\nreturned to the Dominion. Through the species of 1\\nchicanery known as jumping, which has wrought\\nso much miscliief and against which struggling set-\\ntlers have been so powerless in the whole history of\\nMichigan, Mr. Conley lost his claim, and, on coming\\nto Michigan to make a permanent settlement, he\\nbought 80 acres of land of the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette Railroad Company, which he yet owns, and to\\nwhich he has since added 80 acres by purchase. Of\\nthis he has cleared and improved all but 60 acres.\\nMr. C. is a Democrat in political faith.\\nHe was married June i8, 1873, to Mary Helen,\\ndaughter of Jackson and Louisa (Wilson) Alexander.\\nShe was born in Minnesota in 1857. The children\\n:m^j^\\nC-0.\\n/O", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "^Da KDD. r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-4^^5f\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Conley are three in number and\\nwere born as follows: Richard Arthur, April i6, 1875;\\nFrederick Henry, July 23, 1877; Owen Thomas, Sept.\\n27, 1880. Two children died in infancy.\\ni^ohn Miller, farmer, section 16, Deerfield\\n1^- Township, is a son of William and Rosan-\\nna Miller, both natives of Ireland, who\\ncame to Canada in 1830, the former dying\\nthere the same year and the mother in 1854.\\nJohn lived there until 1868, when he moved to\\nIowa, and ten years afterward he came to this county,\\npurchasing 80 acres from the State and his sons buy-\\ning 240 acres of land from Brown Goodale. He\\nhas 100 acres under good cultivation.\\nMr. Miller was born Sept. 15, 1828, in Ireland;\\nwas married April i, 1853, to Miss Mary Kating,\\ndaughther of Nicholas and Julia Kating. (Her\\nfather died Aug. ig, 1877.) Mr. and Mrs. Mil-\\nler have had 12 children, 11 of whom are living,\\nnamely: William, born Jan. 19, 1854; Rosanna,\\nMarch 18, 1855; James, June 7, 1857; John, Feb.\\n24, 1859; Ella, Feb. 17, 1861 Stephen, Jan. 13,\\n1863; Thomas, Dec. 28, 1864; Mary, Dec. 21,\\n1856; Sarah, Aug. 15, i86g, Elizabeth, Aug. 2, 1873;\\nJulia, June 2, 1875; Eliza, Nov. 9, 1870; died Aug.\\n19, 1872.\\nMrs. Miller is a member of the Catholic Church.\\nfhomas W. Bobinson, farmer, section 8,\\nWise Township, was born Feb. 13, 1839, in\\nCanada. His parents, John and Margery\\n(Montcreaf) Robinson, were natives of the\\nState of New York.\\nMr. Robinson came to Saginaw when he was\\neight years of age, where he remained four years. In\\n185 1 he went to Iowa, where he continued to reside\\nuntil he was 23 years old, and was chiefly engaged\\nin teaming. At the age named he returned to Can-\\nada and became interested in mercantile business at\\nHastings, in the county of Peterborough. In 187 i\\nhe came to Saginaw and engaged as a check clerk in\\nthe employment of the Flint Pere Marquette Rail-\\nroad Company. In the fall of 1873 he located at\\nJI V^)^^^- ^^-^^n a no v\\nLoomis, and since that time has been chiefly inter-\\nested in lumbering. In 1880 he bought 80 acres of\\nwild land on section 8, in which he settled in the\\nspring of 1882. Of this he has cleared and improved\\n35 acres. Mr. Robinson is a Republican in political\\nsentiment and has officiated eight years as a Justice\\nof the Peace, as School Director three years, and\\ntwo years as Notary Public. He is a member of the\\nOrder of Masonry and belongs to Lodge No. 1772,\\nKnights of Honor, at Loomis.\\nHe was married Feb. 25, 1861, at Norwood, Ont.,\\nto Eliza Weston, a native of England, where she was\\nborn Feb. 22, 1845. Of seven children born of this\\nmarriage three are deceased, Maud, Ray and Eliza.\\nGeorge W., John S., Thomas B. and Violet A. are\\nliving. The mother died Jan. 18, 1876, at Loomis.\\n^-j\u00e2\u0080\u0094 s a-s$ aaw\u00c2\u00ae-\u00c2\u00b0 i\\nanson Wing, farmer on section 34, Vernon\\nTownship, was born in Haldimand Co., Ont.,\\nMay 30, 1839; and is the son of John and\\nAlmira (Randall) Wing. The parents were\\nnatives of Vermont, of New England descent,\\nand their family included two daughters and\\nfive sons, Lanson being the youngest. Both parents\\ndied in Ontario, the mother when the subject of this\\nsketch was very young.\\nFor a short time after his mother s death, he was\\nunder the charge of his father and then, with a\\na brother and sister, he was sent to live with a man\\nnamed George Brown, where he remained over ten\\nyears. He then went to live with a sister, and for\\nsome time alternately worked on the farm and at-\\ntended school. He came to this State in 1859, and\\nlocated at Port Huron, where he followed the trade\\nof carpentry. This he had learned when a boy. In\\nthe summer of 1863 he removed to Saginaw, and in\\nthe fall of 1865 he came to this county. He re-\\nmained a year at Mt. Pleasant, during which time\\nhe worked on the first church edifice in that village,\\nfor the Methodists, at that time under the charge of\\nElder Bradley. He ]then obtained 80 acres where\\nhe now lives. His was the tenth family to locate in\\nVernon, and that season (1866) was the first when\\nany logging was done in that township. He has im-\\nproved most of his land, and erected the usual farm\\nbuildings.\\nHe was married in Ontario, May 25, i860, to Miss\\nA\\nG\\n5\\n2-^.\\n_^^T^^rr_\\nsJAy^\\nX^ f L;\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00ab^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "rf^\\nT^f^^-^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n333\\nf\\nAX\\nAnna Flanagan, daughter of James and Anna\\n(Goslin) Flanagan. The parents and daughter were\\nnatives of Ireland, where the latter was born, Nov.\\n14, 1845. When she was three years old, her\\nparents settled in Ontario, where she lived until her\\nmarriage. She is the mother of 1 1 children, nine of\\nwhom survived. Following was the record Hattie\\nA., born March 15, 1863; John A., April 20, 1867;\\nAnna, March 19, 1869; Lanson, April 17, 1873;\\nLevi F., Feb. 6, 1877; Ellen, Feb. i, 1879; Freddie\\nand Josephine, Sept. 20, 1881; Thomas, March 6,\\n1884. Edwin H. was born March 30, 1861, and\\ndied Aug. 18, 1873. Mary was born Feb. 8, 1875,\\nand died March 6, 1875.\\nMr. Wing belongs to Clare Lodge, No. 333, I. O.\\nO. F. He has been Township Treasurer, and is\\nnow Justice of the Peace and School Director. He\\nsupports the Democratic party.\\nobias P. Horning, manufacturer of lumber\\nand shingles, residing at Clare, was born in\\nAmherst Township, Erie Co., N. Y., March\\n28, 1843, and lived with his parents until\\nlegally of age, alternately attending school and\\nworking on the farm. He then came to this\\nState and located in Richfield, Genesee County,\\nwhere he was engaged in a saw-mill. He was a\\nnatural machinist and engineer, and without any\\nspecial training undertook to run the engine, in\\nwhich he was successful. After a year at the engine\\nhe exchanged his work for that of head sawyer and\\nfiler. In 1865 he went to East Saginaw, where he\\nwas employed principally as a filer. In the fall of\\nthe same year he returned to Genesee County, where\\nhe was married and two years later he came to Isa-\\nbella County and located on section 21, Vernon\\nTownship, where he and his brother bought 640\\nacres of pine land. Two years afterwards he re-\\nmoved to Clare and engaged in the manufacture of\\nlumber and shingles, which is his present occupation.\\nIn 1878 he erected a grist-mill in connection with his\\nsaw-mill; but finding it unprofitable he exchanged\\nit after three years for an 80-acre farm in Vernon\\nTownship. His present saw-mill ha? a capacity for\\ncutting 15,000 feet of lumber and 30,000 shingles\\ndaily. He owns also a fine residence.\\nHe was married in Genesee County, this State,\\nOct. 2, 1867, to Miss Amelia Reece, a native of that\\ncounty. Guy R. and Ray R. are the two sons born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. H.\\nMr. Horning is politically a National. He was\\nfor two years Township Treasurer, and has been also\\nvillage President, and has been village Trustee sev-\\neral years. He is at present Chief Engineer of the\\nFire Department of Clare.\\n^SSHSSSS\\nti^rt-^s-\\n9\\nbFFSiiiJ^lli^\u00e2\u0084\u00a2 E. Hanne, farmer, section o, Deer-\\n{3 field Township, is a son of John and\\nVl^O Catherine Hanne, both of German ancestry.\\n(His mother died Sept. 18, 1882.)\\nHe was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Feb. 8,\\n550; lived in the Empire State until 1870,\\nwhen the family moved to Ohio; a year and a half\\nafterward he went to Kings City Township, McPher-\\nson Co., Kan., and 1 1 years subsequent to that he\\ncame to this county, purchasing 120 acres of land,\\nwhere he now has 13 acres well subdued to cultiva-\\ntion.\\nJune 12, 1875, he married Miss Charity, daughter\\nof Henry H. and Mary E. (Lauderdale) Stewart.\\nHer father died about three years ago, and her\\nmother is still living, in Fulton Co., Ohio. To Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hanne have been born five children,\\nnamely. Homer E., Florence S., William Howard,\\nliving, and two who died in infancy.\\nWith regard to political issues, Mr. Hanne votes\\nwith the Republicans.\\n^j^^rames Campbell, farmer, section 17, Coe\\n1i^^i|r Township, is a son of John and Maria\\nIgy .v (Tusten) Campbell, the former a native of W\\nm\u00c2\u00a3 d d the latter of Pennsylvania, who\\nIt passed their lives in Chester Co., Pa., she dy-\\ning in 1837 and he in 1859. They had seven\\nchildren.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in the above\\ncounty May i, 1830, was reared on a farm and edu-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "i^^r\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\ni^\\nrrr^\\nM M^ i^-\\nj::^.\\n334^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n6\\ncated at the common school. When of age he came\\nto Jackson County, this State, where for two years he\\nworked on a farm by the month. In October, 1854,\\nhe came to this county and entered 240 acres of land\\nin Coe Township. He has since disposed of all but\\nno acres, and he now has 90 acres in good cultiva-\\ntion, with a good residence and Sne farm buildings.\\nHe was a pioneer, commencing with a log cabin in\\nthe wilderness, and has prospered as an industrious,\\neconomical husbandman, having now the essentials\\nof a comfortable home. He has been Pathmaster\\nfor several years, and is at -present School Director,\\nwhich office he has held for 15 years. In national\\npolitics he is a Democrat, and in religion he, as well\\nas wife, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nIn September, 1864, he enlisted in the 15th Mich.\\nInf and served about nine months, receiving an\\nhonorable discharge at Washington, D. C. During\\nhis military experience he received no wound and\\nmet with no serious accident.\\nMr. Campbell was married, in Jackson Co., Mich.,\\nJan. 18, 1855, to Euphemia, daughter of John and\\nRachel (Bloat) Neely, who were natives of New York\\nState. Mrs. C. was born in Manchester, Mich., May\\n17, 1834. The children born in this family are, Isa-\\nbella, Rachel A., Nettie, George B., Ada and Ella,\\nbesides Hattie and Charlie, deceased.\\nharles Bobbins, farmer, sec. 14, Gilmore\\n3(1 Township, was born April 23, 1847, in\\nMontcalm Co., Mich., and is the son of\\nNoah and Eliza (White) Robbins. His father\\nis deceased and his mother is living, in the\\nsouth part of Isabella County.\\nWhen Mr. Robbins became of age, he entered his\\nfirst papers to a homestead claim of 40 acres of land\\nwhere he now lives. The entry was made in 1868\\nand his patent was granted him in 1873. H!e has\\nplaced his entire farm under cultivation. He is a\\nRepublican in political connection. He has been\\ntwice married. His union with Keziah, daughter of\\nWilliam and Sarah Phipi)S, occurred June 6, 1872.\\nShe was born Feb. 26, 1839, and died Dec. 9, 1879.\\nFollowing is the record of the children born of this\\nmarriage: Albert P., born Aug. 9, 1873, died Dec.\\n13, 1879; Alfred S., born July 10, 1875, died Dec.\\n30, 1879; James was born Sept. 12, 1878, and died\\nsoon after birth. Lucy K. was born Dec. 2, 1879, and\\ndied nine days later. Three children died within\\n22 days and the household was desolated with the\\nexception of the father. He was a second time mar-\\nried March 17, 1881, to Nancy A., daughter of George\\nW. and Esther Jane (Powell) Brown. She was born\\nNov. 18, 18153. The two children now included\\nin the fanaily circle were born as follows: Melinda,\\nJan. 28, 1882, and George W., born Feb. 22, 1884.\\nE\\nvv^Sf-\\nhomas Carroll, farmer and present Super-,\\nvisor of Isabella Township, residing on\\nsection 1 1, was born in Ireland, March 15,\\n847.\\nThe parents of Mr. Carroll, Patrick and Mar-\\ngaret (Kelley) Carroll, were natives of the\\nEmerald Isle, and of pure Irish blood. The father\\nwas a farmer by occupation and followed his calling\\nin his native country, and there died, about the year\\n1848. The mother also died in the same country,\\nabout the same year, within a week of the demise of\\nthe father, and when Thomas was only one year old.\\nSoon after the death of his parents, Thomas was\\nbrought by his relatives to this country. They lo-\\ncated in Seneca Co., N. Y., and a few years after\\ntheir settlement, Thomas was adopted by a Mr. John\\nD. King, a farmer of that county. He lived with Mr.\\nKing, working on the farm and attending the com-\\nmon schools until 187 1, when he came to this State\\nand settled in Branch County. Here he worked a\\nfarm on shares in the county of Coldwater, and\\nthen went to Bay City, where he worked for a Mr.\\nH. O. Fisher, an extensive lumberman of that place.\\nSix years later, in 1875, Mr. Carroll came to this\\ncounty and purchased 40 acres of land on section 11,\\nIsabella Township. The land was heavily timbered,\\nand by honest industry and energetic effort he haj,\\nunaided, placed 30 acres of it in a good state of\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Carroll was united in marriage, in Clare, April\\n5, 1875, to Miss Udella, daughter of John S. and\\nMargaret (Weaver) Skinner, natives of New York\\nand residents of Michigan almost all their lives, in\\n9\\nA\\n3=1\\nT\\ni.\\nn\\n4^\\nX i a(K\\n\u00c2\u00abiin:-!?iiii-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "r\\n/N\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^Sf^i\\n4^^( ^-l\u00c2\u00ae\\n335\\nwhich State ihey both died, the father in Hillsdale\\nand the mother in Branch County. Udella was born\\nin Branch County, Sept. i6, 1858. Her father dying\\nwhen she was 14 years of age, she was thrown upon\\nthe mercies of an unthinking world and compelled\\nto earn her own livelihood. She engaged as a do-\\nmestic, and in that capacity battled against pride and\\nearned her own living until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Carroll are the parents of three chil-\\ndren John D. K., born July 25, 1876; Genoa S.,\\nJuly 27, 1878; and Thomas F., May 13, 1883.\\nPolitically, Mr. Carroll is a liberal Democrat. He\\nhas held the office of Township Clerk for three terms\\nand Supervisor for five years; and is an esteemed\\nand respected citizen of his township.\\nj|l!J^rank H. Tyler, M. D., homeopathic physi-\\ncian and surgeon at Mt. Pleasant, was\\nborn Aug. 28, 1855, in St. Joseph Co.,\\nMich., on a farm eight miles north of Sturgis.\\nHe is a son of Ansel and Harriet (Foote)\\nTyler, the former a native of Onondaga Co.,\\nN. Y., and a farmer all his life, until the past few\\nyears, which he has devoted to his lumber interests\\nat Sturgis. The mother was born in Genesee Co.,\\nN. Y., and is still living at Sturgis. The parents\\nboth came to Michigan with their respective families\\nabout 1833 or 1834. Three children were born to\\nthem. Dr. Tyler is the eldest; Minnie M. is Pre-\\nceptress of the High School at Sturgis; Justin R. is\\nthe youngest.\\nDr. Tyler was reared as a farmer s son, alternating\\nthe labors of the summers with winter study, until he\\nwas 16 years old, when he went to Evanston and\\nentered the Northwestern University, where he\\nstudied two years. He went thence to the State\\nNormal School of Michigan at Ypsilanti. Leaving\\nthere, he became a teacher and passed two years in\\nthat capacity at Nottawa, after which he began read-\\ning for his profession in the office of Dr. W. E. Clark,\\nof Three Rivers. In the fall of 1878 he entered the\\nMedical Department of the University of Michigan,\\nwhere he was graduated in the spring of 1880, at the\\nHomeopathic College. He passed a year as As-\\nsistant to Dr. Franklin, Professor of Surgery in the\\nCollege named, and afterwards opened an office at\\nSturgis, where he remained until he established his\\nown business at Mt. Pleasant in September, 1 883.\\nHis practice is popular and extending gradually and\\npermanently in the village and surrounding county.\\nHe has the county appointment of Physician for his\\ndistrict, which comprises the townships of Union,\\nDeerfield, Isabella and Nottawa.\\ni\\n^^Si~i^\\ns:/\\nheodore Hengesbach, farmer, section 3,\\nDeerfield Township, is a son of William\\nand Catherine (VVeber) Hengesbach, who\\nwere natives of Germany, and was born in\\nClinton Co., Mich., Sept. r4, r846, and was\\neducated at the common school. At the age\\nof r5 he began to learn the trade of shoemaker,\\nwhich he followed until 1880. In March, 1S80, he\\ncame to Isaljella County and settled on a half of\\nsection 3, Deerfield Township, which he had pur-\\nchased the previous fall. He has since disposed of\\n200 acres, and has about 35 of the remainder under\\ngood cultivation. In the summer of 1883 he built\\na modern residence, which will compare favorably\\nwith any in the township.\\nAug. 29, 1870, in Clinton Co., Mich., Mr. H. was\\nmarried to Miss Anna, daughter of John J. and Cath-\\nerine (Miller) Schafer, who were natives of Germany.\\nMrs. H. was born in the above county, Aug. 15, 1854.\\nThe children in this family now are, Tracey, William,\\nEda C. and I^awrence G. Catherine, AUie and an\\ninfant are deceased. The parents are members of\\nthe German Catholic Church, and Mr. H. in political\\nviews is independent.\\nterling A. Hursh is a farmer on section 17\\nof Wise Township, and was born in Clyde,\\ni?^^ Wayne Co., N. Y., May 25, 1849. His\\nparents, John M. and Elizabeth (Brown)\\nHursh, were born respectively in Steuben and\\nChenango Cos., N. Y. Later in life they came\\nto Michigan and settled in Isabella County. The\\nfather died in November, 1877, in Loomis. The\\nmother is a resident of Mt. Pleasant.\\nMr. Hursh accom[)anied his parents to the Penin-\\nsular State when but seven years of age. He passed\\nthe years of his life previously to the age of 20 years", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "i\\\\i jr^tS^\\n^ii^\\nIlll^IlDr\\n^\u00c2\u00a71\\n1\\nt\\n336\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n5s!syi*tsr\\nin attendance at the common schools and engaged\\nin farming. At the age named he became salesman\\nin a store at Mt. Pleasant, where he remained a year,\\nafter which he worked some time in the woods. In\\nthe fall of 187 I he opened a country store at Loomis,\\nin partnership with his father, and continued its\\nmanagement until the summer of 1875, when he\\nwent to Fentonville, Genesee Co., Mich., where he\\nengaged 18 months in the hotel business, after which\\nhe sold trees about six months. In the spring of\\n1877 he returned to Loomis, and was engaged in the\\nwoods chiefly until 1881, when he bought 120 acres\\nof wild land on sections 17 and 18 of Wise Town-\\nship. On this he has since lived and pushed the\\nwork of clearing and improving. He has placed 30\\nacres under improvements, and has it all in tillage.\\nIn politics Mr. Hursh is a Republican, and has been\\nactive in the public welfare of Wise Township since\\nits organization. He held the position of Township\\nTreasurer one year.\\nHe was married at Loomis, Dec. 25, 1873, to Alice\\nG., daughter of James and Charlotte (Bailey) Tubbs.\\n(See sketch of James Tubbs.) She was born June\\n21, 1853, in Grand Blanc, Genesee Co., Mich. Of\\nthis marriage four children have been born, one of\\nwhom survives, James. Eddie L. died when\\nthree years old and two children died in infancy.\\nff\u00c2\u00a7(Ji!illiam Horan, lumbeunan, section 16,\\nDenver Township, is a son of Michael\\nand Rosanna (Donahue) Horan, natives\\nl of Ireland. The parents came from the\\nEmerald Isle when quite young, and were\\nmarried and settled in the Dominion of Canada,\\nwhere he died, in September, 1881. She survives.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Canada,\\nFeb. 26, 1850, and lived in the Dominion until 20\\nyears old, engaged in farming. He then went South,\\nwhere he spent two years in different places. He\\nthen lived a year and a half at Marquette, Michigan,\\nand in 1875 came to this county and bought 80 acres\\nin Vernon Township, which he still cultivates. He\\nhas 60 acres nicely improved. In the fall of 1883 he\\nremoved to Denver Township and bought a saw-mill,\\nwhich has a capacity of 12,000 feet daily, and em-\\nploys seven men.\\nWiNi^^^^\\nr\\nMtin:^tlIli\\n-V:;\\nHe was married at Mt. Pleasant, May 31, 1876,10\\nMargaret, daughter of Cornelius and Ellen Bogan,\\nnatives of Ireland. Mrs. Horan was born in Wash-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., Dec. 8, 1858, and is the mother of\\nfour children, Rose E., Vincent L., Mary, and one V\\nyet unnamed.\\nMr. H. has been School Inspector in Vernon\\nTownship two years, and is politically a supporter of\\nthe Democratic party.\\nohn Kinney, resident in Clyde Township,\\nSt. Clair Co., Mich., was born Oct. 13, 1837,\\nin the township where he now lives. He\\nis a so\\\\i of Arnold and Laura M. (Babcock)\\nKinney. The father was born in 1804, in the\\nState of New York and spent his life in agri-\\nculture and lumbering. He came to Clyde Town-\\nship in 1828, and was among the first of the pioneer\\nsettlers of that section of Michigan. His wife fol-\\nlo5ved him in 1830. She was born in Bath, Steuben\\nCo., N. v., in i8ro and died in Clyde, March 9,\\n1849. Their family comprised seven children, as\\nfollows Daniel, a carpenter at Grand Rapids;\\nGeorge, who died in infancy John, of this sketch\\nCharles, deceased Francis, living on the home-\\nstead in Clyde Township; Chester, a resident of Port\\nHuron, Mich.; Laura, deceased. She married Wil-\\nliam Gardner, a farmer of Clyde Township. Two\\nchildren survive her. Mr. Arnold Kinney died Dec.\\n8, 1872.\\nMr. Kinney, of this sketch, was reared on his fa-\\nther s farm and trained to the same pursuits. At\\nthe age of 12 years he became a valuable assistant in\\nthe lumber interests of his father, commencing his\\ncareer as a lumberman by driving the teams in the\\nwoods, and pursuing the business on their own ex-\\ntensive tracts of timber land. He began life on his\\nown responsibility when he was 20 years old and\\nspent the winters of 1860-1 and 1861-2 in lumber-\\ning in his native township. In the fall of 1863 he\\ncame to Mt. Pleasant, where his father had, in 1854,\\nbought 320 acres of land, and on this he spent two\\nwinters securing the lumber in part. The land is\\nnow included in the east part of Mt. Pleasant, with-\\nin the village corporation. In 1865 he returned to\\nhis home in Clyde Township, which he purchased in\\n(5\\nI\\nI,", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "cxI.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "v\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n;i^^isr\\n4^^^(\u00c2\u00aevS\\n339\\n1858. It included 1 10 acres of land and was partly\\nimproved. He sold the place about the year 1867,\\nand a year later purchased 160 acres on section four,\\nin the same township, in which he has since resided.\\nIt had been improved to a limited extent. It is now\\nin a state of advanced improvement and under the\\nbest type of cultivation, with 100 acres in tillage and\\nsupplied with creditable and valuable farm fixtures.\\nThe buildings are of the best order and the or-\\nchards contain fine assortments of fruit. He is the\\nproprietor of two farms situated respectively at Clyde\\nCenter and on section 22 in the same township. The\\nfirst contains 130 acres, with 40 acres cleared, on which\\nis located the Custer House, under the control of\\nJerry Dorsey. The second has 160 acres, with 40\\nacres under culture. He also owns 40 acres of land\\nadjoining Mt. Pleasant village and 100 lots within\\nthe corporation and situated on Kinney s Addition.\\nHe holds, besides, a half interest in lands in Wise\\nTownship, which includes a claim of 1,000 acres of\\nwild land.\\nMr. Kinney is at present pushing his lumber in-\\nterests in Cummings Township, Oscoda County,\\nwhere he was similariy engaged in 1883. He em-\\nploys a working force which includes about a score\\nof assistants.\\nHe is intimately connected with the history of the\\nvillage of Mt. Pleasant. He opened the first regu-\\nlar bona-fide store in 1864, by buying a stock of\\ngoods of Henry Dunton, who was selling them from\\nhis house. John Carter constructed a building,\\nwhich Mr. Kinney rented and utilized as a store.\\nHe continued the management of the enterprise\\nfrom the spring of 1864 until the spring of 1865,\\nhauling his goods from Saginaw with a four-ox team.\\nHe became Postmaster Jan. i, 1864, and officiated\\nin that capacity until Marcli i, 1865: When he as-\\nsumed the position, the office had just been removed\\nfrom a point two miles south of Mt. Pleasant, on\\nBlunt.\\nMr. Kinney belongs to the National Greenback\\nparty in ]..olitical affiliation. He served as Town-\\nship Treasurer of Clyde in the years of 1874-5-6\\nand lias officiated in most of the local school offices.\\nHe has taken an active and sul)stantial interest in the\\neducational affairs of his native township. He was\\nnominated in 1878 for County Treasurer on the Na-\\ntional ticket and again in 1880, but failed to secure\\nthe election in both instances. In 1881 (spring) he\\nwas nominated for Congressman, to fill the vacancy\\ncreated by the resignation of O. D. Conger, running\\nagainst Cyrenus B. Black, Democratic nominee, and\\nJohn T. Rich, Republican candidate. His party\\nclaimed the election through mistake by the op[)o-\\nsition, but he made no effort to secure the position.\\nIn 1882 he was nominated for Representative on the\\nFusion ticket and made the canvass against Edward\\nVincent. He refused to have his name used, but he\\nwas ])laced in nomination despite his protest, and\\nmaking no special effort, he was defeated Ijy only\\nabout 100 votes.\\nMr. Kinney was married July 31, 1858, in Clyde,\\nto Margaret W. Atkins. She was born Sept. 14, 1838,\\nin Glasgow, Scodand. The five children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Kinney were born as follows Arnold, July, 3,\\ni860; Nettie, Nov. 10, 1862; Laura, April 22, 1865\\nBertha L., Sept. 9, 1867 Marion, Feb. 12, 1872.\\nMsM.\\nIv^ Letson, farmer, blacksmith and mer-\\nJi^ffllC chant, section 22, Coldwater Township,\\nfe was born July 8, 1842, near Norwalk,\\nj jv;, Huron Co., Ohio. He is a son of Freeborn\\nand Esther (Rounds) Letson. His father was\\nI born in Rhode Island. His mother was a\\nnative of New York. Both parents died in Cold-\\nwater, Branch Co., Mich. They emigrated to St.\\nJoseph Co., Mich., in 1855, where the fatlier pur-\\nchased an improved farm.\\nMr. Letson found himself the master of his own\\nfortunes at the age of 18, and went to work in an ax\\nfactory, where he spent two years. He then engaged\\nas a farm assistant, working by the month for two\\nyears, when he bought 20 acres of land about two\\nmiles from the city of Coldwater, in Branch Co.,\\nMich. The entire tract was in timber, which he\\nconverted into fuel and sold in the city. When this\\nwas accomplished he went to Houghton Lake, and,\\nin company with a partner, Frank Sixbey, spent five\\nmonths in trapping and hunting, taking bear, marten,\\nbeaver, otter, fishers and wolves. At the close of\\nthe season, they took an Indian canoe and carried\\ntheir furs to Muskegon, 300 miles distant. Their\\nlabors netted them $i;oo each, but were attended\\nC);\\n5\\n4\\n^s^hi\\nWM^^^. ^^^S^\\n^^^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abl\\nt\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "340\\nISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\nS^S^\\nh\\nV\\nJ\\ni\\nwith some inconveniences and privations, the sever-\\nest of which was their entire removal from the society\\nof white men.\\nMr. Letson ne.xt spent a summer in the West, visit-\\ning Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas,\\nafter which he spent two or three months in Fulton\\nCo., Ohio. He then came to White Pigeon, Mich.,\\nwhere he rented a farm for two years, after which he\\ncame to Isabella Co., Mich. During his stay at the\\nformer place, he enlisted, Aug. 29, 1864, in the 14th\\nMichigan Battery. The command was assigned to\\nthe 2 2d Army Corps under Gen. Hitchcock. They\\nwere first sent to Nashville, Tenn., where they re-\\nmained two months, after which the battery was\\nstationed at Fort Greble on the Potomac to guard\\nthe National Capital. Mr. Letson was mustered out\\nJuly I, 1865, and came to Isabella County in 1866,\\nreaching Mt. Pleasant on the 17th of June. On the\\nday following, he took possession of the farm on\\nwhich he has since lived. He remained three days,\\nclearing out underbrush, driving stakes for his house\\nand cutting timber. He then went back to some old\\ncabins on the Chippewa River, known as Ward s shan-\\nties. Soon after he starled for St. John s, Clinton\\nCounty, going thence to Ionia to the land office,\\nwhere he made the first entry on his land, homestead-\\ning 80 acres. He bought of the State 80 acres in\\naddition, and to this he has since added 40 acres\\nmore. His farm now includes 140 acres of cleared\\nland. Mr. Letson is one of the first settlers in Cold-\\nwater Townsliip, and has been one of its most valu-\\nable and substantial citizens.\\nHe was married Feb. 27, r866, to Anna Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Carmi and Mary Ann (Willett) Hammond.\\nShe was born Dec. 7, 1848, in Clinton Co., Mich.\\nHer mother died Feb. 21, 1876, near St. John s, Clin-\\nton Countv, and her father died July 9, 1883, in\\nColdwater, at tlie residence of her son, Cornelius\\nHammond. Following is the record of the eleven\\nchildren that have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Let-\\nson Orrin D., born Dec. 7, 1866 (died May 15,\\n1875); Oliver A., Aug. 21, 1868 (died May 13, 1875);\\nBurt M., Sept. it, 1869; Mjrtie B., Sept ii, 1869\\n(died May 20, 1875); Mary S., Oct. 13, 1871 (died\\nJuly 28, 1872); Mira, Oct. 13, 1871 (died Oct. 31,\\nfollowing); Nonia, born Oct. 13, 1871 (died the day\\nof her birth); Loren S., Jan. 6, 1875 (died May 25,\\n1875); Cora B., Dec. 16, 1876; Hamilton L., March\\n30, 1880; Tena, April 16, 1882.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Letson will doubtless be wel-\\ncomed in the gallery of this Albu.vi by the public\\nand accordingly it appears, on the page facing the\\ncommencement of this sketch.\\nj^i;fer(iJl ohn Block, farmer on section 36, Nottawa,\\nyli^^C a son of Frederick and Mary (Florep)\\n|iv? Block, and of German descent. The father\\n-f^ died in Mecklenburg, Germany, and the mother\\n%F in Mt. Pleasant, this county.\\nI He was born Jan. 18, 1836, in Mecklenburg,\\nGermany, and, residing with his parents until of age,\\nhe then came to the United States. He was first\\nemployed for six months in a stone quarry in Buffalo,\\nN, Y. He then worked on farms by the month until\\nthe breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the\\n78th N. Y. Vol. Inf. He participated in the battles\\nof the Shenandoah Valley, under Gen. Banks, Win-\\nchester, Cedar Creek, Cross Keys, Chancellorsvillej\\nCedar Mountain, second Bull Run, Gettysburg and\\nAntietam. At Gettysburg he was wounded in the\\nthird day s fight, a piece of a shell breaking his left\\nfoot. He was in field hospital seven days, and then\\ntransferred to the hospital at Bedloe s Island, N. Y.,\\nwhere he remained until the corps was transferred to\\nthe Western Department under Hooker. He rejoined\\nhis command at Alexandria; was in the engagements\\nof Missionary Ridge and Sherman s march to the\\nsea, and at Chattanooga. He marched under Sher-\\nman until the surrender of Gen. Johnston. His regi-\\nment was the first to enter Atlanta and the first in\\nSavannah.\\nHe was mustered out at Alexandria, Va., then\\nlived in Erie Co., N. Y., one year, engaged in farm-\\ning. Coming to Livingston County, this State, he\\nbought a farm of 62 acres, and there lived for four\\nyears. March i, 1870, he arrived in Isabella County.\\nHere he first followed teaming for six months. He\\nrented 40 acres of land, but owing to ill health he\\nabandoned for a lime the idea of farming, and went\\ninto the restaurant business. He erected a suitable\\nbuilding at Mt. Pleasant, and sold liquor and refresh-\\nments for a year. Selling out, he bought a farm 01\\n160 acres in Union Township, which he cultivated\\nfive years. He then exchanged for his present faim\\nof 80 acres, 65 of which are improved.\\ny^\\nC\\n4^^f ^i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^VC I\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^^C^\\n4^^f(\u00c2\u00aeV^\\n341\\nV\\nJ\\nHe was married Sept. 23, 1865, in Amherst, Erie\\nCo., N. Y., to Catherine Gardner, daughter of Charles\\nand Sophia (Wetherhold) Gardner. She was horn\\nJuly 17, 1S46. Three children have been added to\\nthe family circle: Henry Charles, born in Amherst,\\nErie Co., N. Y., July 15, 1866; Frederick Emery,\\nborn in Livingston Co., Mich., July 11, 1868; and\\nAnna Catherine, born in Mt. Pleasant, this county,\\nApril 14, 1870.\\nMr. B. is politically independent, but has hereto-\\nfore been a Democrat.\\nk\u00c2\u00a7,[^ nios D. Mattison, retired farmer, residing\\non section 9, Lincoln Township, was born\\n,:r,| v-j2/ in Monroe Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, 18 19. His\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2isA father, Michael, was a native of that State, of\\nEnglish parentage and a farmer by occupation,\\nand is yet living, at the venerable age of 91\\nyears, in Genesee County, this state. His mother,\\nMartha (Arnold) Mattison, was a native of New\\nEngland and a grandchild of Capt. Stephen Arnold,\\nof Revolutionary fame. She died in 1871, in Lig-\\nham County, this State, aged 75 years.\\nIn 1832 Mr. M. accoinpanied his parents from\\nNew York to Livingston County, this State, and they\\nwere among the first settlers in Green Oak Township,\\nthat county. The parents remained in Livingston\\nCounty until 1840, when they removed to Ingham\\nCounty, and were also among the first settleis in that\\ncounty. They experienced all the trials of the pio-\\nneer s life and battled against the vicissitudes of the\\nsame with earnest determination.\\nAmos D. remained under the parental roof-tree,\\nin Livingston and Ingham Counties, assisting the\\nstruggling family in the improvement of their home,\\nand developed into manhood.\\nOne year after his parents removed to Ingham\\nCounty, Mr. M. embarked in the flouring-mill busi-\\nness, which he followed with success until 1865. He\\nthen came to this county and purchased 220 acres of\\nland on section 9, Lincoln Township. He subse-\\n(juently dis])osed of 100 acres and has placed 85\\nacres of the remainder under good cultivation.\\nMr. Mattison was united in marriage, Aug. 30,\\n1855, to Miss Abbie E Stokes, daughter of Isaiah\\nM. and Elizabeth (Stranahan) Stokes, natives of\\nEngland and New York respectively. They are\\nboth deceased, the father dying in Minnesota and\\nthe liiother in Ohio.\\nAbbie E. was born in Clinton Co., N. Y., June 10,\\n1827. She accompanied her parents to Ohio when\\n12 years of age, and when 26 years old came to this\\nState. Her education was received in Nelson Col-\\nlege, Portage Co., Ohio. At the age of 15 years Mrs.\\nM. entered on the profession of a teacher and con-\\ntinued the same with credit and success until 1873.\\nShe taught the first school in District No. 6, Lincoln\\nTownship.\\nMr. and Mrs. M. are the parents of two children:\\nEllen A., who was born A])ril 13, 1857, died Feb.\\n19, 1883, at her home in Lincoln Township. She\\nwas married in this county, Nov. 24, 1873, to Samuel\\nD. Kyser, born July 29, 1847, in Ohio. He came to\\nthis State in 1866. They are the parents of two\\nchildren, Jenny S., born Jan. 28, 1874, and Forest\\nD., born Nov. 17, 1876.\\nKatie S. Mattison, second daughter of Mr. and\\nMrs. M., was born Oct. 6, i86i, and now is at home.\\nShe is a teacher by profession, having entered on the\\nsame at the age of 15 years.\\nMr. Mattison, politically, is a staunch Democrat.\\nHe has held the office of Supervisor and other minor\\noffices in the township.\\n4i K^[ rs. Celia W. Taylor, M. D., physician and\\nE^ li\u00c2\u00a3i druggist at Loomis, Wise Township, was\\nfii^;^ born atNorthbridge, Mass., July 17, 1856.\\njh^ She is the daugliter of Paul W. and Miriam\\njT S. (Coon) Williams. Her parents were natives\\nI respectively of Massachusetts and Connecticut\\nand her father died Feb. 5, 1884. Her mother is\\nstill living, with her.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Taylor came to Michigan when\\nshe was quite young, and she received her early ed-\\nucation mostly at East Saginaw. In 1878 she be-\\ncame a student at the University of Michigan at Ann\\nArbor, and was graduated in the Medical Depart-\\nment, July I, 1880. She had read medicine to some\\nextent, but had been obliged to suspend assiduous\\nattention to it from a threatened disease of the e\\\\es.\\ni\\ne\\nA\\nH", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "V^!lltl^IlD^\\nT\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n2)\\na\\nr\\nIn 1876 she resumed her studies in that direction,\\nreading under the directions of several different phy-\\nsicians. After graduation, she at once entered uix)n\\nIjer practice. She lived five months at Fentonville,\\nGenesee Co., Mich., and, with that exception, she has\\ncontinued in her profession at Loomis to the present\\ntime. In the spring of 1883 she bought a stock of\\ndrugs and has a considerable business in that line,\\nin addition to the duties of her profession. In Jan-\\nuary, 1883, she was appointed District Physician, and\\nshe is the present Physician of the Board of Health\\nat Loomis. Slie is widely known as a skillful and\\nsuccessful practitioner, and has a large and increasing\\npractice.\\neorge E. Dawson, of the firm of Feighner\\nDawson, merchants at Clare, was born\\nin Genesee Co., N. Y., March 14, 1853.\\nFour years later the family came to Ingham\\nCounty, this State, where he lived until 17\\nyears old, attending school mos\\\\ of the time.\\nAt that time he came to Isabella County, where he\\nworked in the lumber woods for 1 1 years. In the\\nspring of 1880 he made his present location at Clare,\\nwhere he is doing a growing business, now of $10,000\\nannually, in the sale of meats.\\nHe was married April 17, 1882, in Barry County,\\nthis State, to Miss Carrie Jones, a native of that\\ncounty. One child, Ora, has been added to the fam-\\nily circle, born Nov. 12, 1883. Politically, Mr. Daw-\\nson is a Democrat.\\nK*af eorge C. Faulkner, dealer in general hard-\\nware, etc., at Mt. Pleasant, was born Oct.\\n19, 1854, in Toronto, Can. His parents,\\nIsaiah and Mary (Clark) Faulkner, belonged\\nto the agricultural class in the Dominion of\\nCanada. His father was a native of Ireland\\nand emigrated to America when he was but a lad.\\nIn 1859 he removed with his family to Lockport, N.\\nY., where he resided a year and went thence to Nor-\\nri walk, Ohio. A year later he made another move, to\\nBellevue in the Buckeye State. After a residence\\n7 there of four years, he went to Hillsdale, Mich., and\\nt\\nI\\nafter a short stay proceeded to Hudson, Lenawee\\nCounty, where he remained during the last years of\\nhis life. The mother also died in Hudson.\\nWhen Mr. Faulkner was 20 years old he deter-\\nmined to change his vocation, and turn his attention\\nfrom farming to other business. He accordingly\\nwent to Adrian, when he entered the tin shop of R.\\nL. Bate, and passed three years in learning the trade.\\nHe came to Mt. Plea-.ant July 21, 1876, where he\\noperated four years in the tin siiop of L. N. Smith.\\nIn 18S0 he established himself in tlie business in\\nwhich he is now engaged, associated with Frank\\nPatterson, under the firm style of Faulkner Patter-\\nson. The relation continued 18 months, since which\\nMr. Faulkner has done business singly. He changed\\nhis location June i, 1881, removing to the building\\nhe has since occupied. His stock is estimated at\\n$5,000 in value and comprises general hardware,\\nstoves, tinware, paints, oils, glass, steel goods, etc. A\\nrepair shop is connected with his establishment and\\nhe is doing a good job business. His trade requires\\nthe aid of two assistants. He built in 1882 a fine\\nresidence, the ground of which include two lots.\\nMr.* Faulkner was married at Ovid, Clinton Co.,\\nMich., June 6, 1882, to Annie Denison. She was\\nborn June 26, 1861, near that place, and is the\\ndaughter of Jared and Fannie Denison. Fannie,\\nonly child, was born June 10, 1883, at Mt. Pleasant.\\nSi/\\nKffiabesley Ellis, farmer, section 31, Cold water\\n9 Townsliip, was born Jan. 11, 1833, in Pike,\\nI^K^P Wyoming Co., N. Y. He is a son of John\\nand Lany (Helmer) Ellis. His father was\\nborn Aug. 22, 1808, and died Oct. 19, 1867\\nhis mother was born Feb. 3, 18 10, and died\\nMarch 22, 1881.\\nOn leaving home wlien he attained his majority, Mr.\\nEllis became a farm assistant, working by the month\\nfor five years in the same employment. He enlisted\\nMay 15, 1861, in Co. F, 33d N. Y. Vol. Inf., and was\\nmustered out June 22, 1863. He re-enlisted in\\nSeptember. 1864, in the 25th N. Y. Independent\\nBattery. He was in the battles of Lee s Mills, VVil-\\nliamsburg, Mech.micsville, White Oak Swamp, Mal-\\nvern Hill, .\\\\iUietam, Fredericksburg (first and second)\\nand South Mountain. During his period of enlistment\\nr\\nt?i^\\n5^ni]f\\nA-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "TZjfer^\\nV\\n.rti^ ilti :iinv T\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-TH.\\n343\\nhe was slightly ill and was sent to the general hospi-\\ntal, when he ran away, and, after two days travel\\nand two nights camping out, he caught up with his\\nregiment. The date of this escapade was when\\nBurnside took command after the battle of Antietam,\\nsubsequent to crossing the Potomac. The battery\\ndid garrison duty at Brashear City and at New\\nOrleans, but was in no active engagements.\\nOn his return to his home in Wyoming County\\nafter he was discharged, he engaged in farming in\\nconnection with his brother, on a farm which they\\nI owned together. A year later he sold out to his\\n;a brother and came to Stanton, Montcalm Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he remained two years at work in shingle and\\nsaw mills. March r, 1879, he came to Isabella\\nCounty and wrote to his brother Frank, who joined\\nhim here, and together they bought 120 acres of land\\non which they have since resided. Mr. Ellis owns\\n80 acres of the original tract, and has 50 acres im-\\nproved. He is a Republican in politics and has\\nserved one year as Supervisor of Sherman Town-\\nship.\\nMr. Ellis was first married Dec. 24, 1866, to Jean-\\nnette Phelps, of Wyoming Co., N. Y. Mr. Ellis was\\na second time married Nov. 19, 1878, to Arvilla,\\ndaughter of Obadiah and Abigail (Fay) Russell.\\nThere have been no children by either marriage.\\n%^m^\\nobert Neelands, farmer on section 11, Not-\\ntawa Township, is a son of Andrew and\\nJane (Howey) Neelands, both natives of\\nV\\\\wf Ireland. The father now lives in Canada,\\nwhere the mother died, in December, 1864.\\nTheir son Robert was born in Ontario, Can.,\\nDec. 4, 1855, and lived with his parents on the farm\\nuntil he came to man s estate. He then, at the age\\nof 22, came to this county, about the first of April,\\n1878. For the ensuing year and a half, he worked\\nby the month at farming, and then he passed a winter\\nin Canada, and then he located permanently in Isa-\\nbella County. He worked by the month for three\\nyears more, and then settled on his farm of 40 acres,\\npurchased in the fall of 1 880. He has 25 acres\\nimproved.\\nV*) He was married Dec. 20, 1882, to Annis M. Har-\\n7\u00c2\u00bb risoii, daughter of John D. and Almira R. (Frazier)\\nHarrison. The parents are of English and Canadian\\nancestry, respectively, and are residents of Isabella\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. N. are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. He is in political sentiment\\na Republican, and has been School Treasurer of his\\ndistrict.\\nj^onathan Tanner, farmer, section 32, Cold-\\nwater Township, was born SepL 27, 1841\\nin Ontario, Canada, and is the son of James\\nand Sarah (Sumner) Tanner. His parents are\\nnatives of England, and are both living in\\nColdwater Township. Their family includes\\n13 children, three daughters and ten sons.\\nMr. Tanner was bound out by his parents when\\nhe was seven years old, but ran away before the ter-\\nmination of the first year of his indenture, because\\nof ill usage. He spent the period of his minority in\\nworking out by the day, month or year, and when he\\nwas 21 years -of age he rented a farm, which he man-\\naged two years, after which he again became a day\\nlaborer, and was thus employed two years, except\\nwhen his daily time and strength were absorbed by\\nthe ague, which he had in one of its severest forms\\nIn i866 he came to Isabella County and entered a\\nhomestead claim of 80 acres, on which he has since\\nresided. He has since increased his landed posses-\\nsions by the purchase of 40 acres additional.\\nThe experiences of the family in the early dajs of\\ntheir settlement were those common to all the pio-\\nneers of this section, but now and then an incident\\noccurred which was out of the common order of\\nthings. The family of Mr. Tanner occupied a shanty,\\nand at the time referred to, it was also occupied by a\\nneighbor, pending the erection of her home. Mr.\\nTanner was felling a tree in the vicinity. The wind\\nwas blowing hard and caused the tree to take an un-\\nexpected direction toward the shanty. He called to\\nhis wife to fly with the children. She caught up one\\nchild and the other woman seized two others and\\nran. The tree fell and Mrs. Tanner was caught be-\\ntween the branches. She was slightly injured in the\\nshoulder and the child was so much hurt that he lay\\nunconscious three da s and three nights. There was\\nno physician nearer than Mt. Pleasant, and Mr. Tan-\\nner ran to the home of a neighbor James Johnson\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ne\\nA\\n^Ddr^V^-\\n(o-\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2!ii%^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nm^\\nIf)\\nI\\nf\\nwho hastened to Mr. Brubaker, three and a half\\nmiles distant, the latter having a set of medical books\\nand an assortment of medicines. The child showed\\nno signs of life for two hours, and medicine was\\nforced through his clinched teeth. He was ill for a\\nyear, but finally recovered.\\nMr. Tanner is independent in political faith and\\naction. He has served four years as Highway Com-\\nmissioner, and one year as Constable.\\nHe was married Jan. 15, 1863, to Mary Ann,\\ndaughter of John and Charlotte (Edwards) Boughen.\\nThe father died in Canada in 1872, and the mother\\nresides at Mt. Pleasant. Both were English by birth.\\nMrs. Tanner is one of ten children born to her par-\\nents, two sons and eight daughters. The record of\\nthe children of Mr. and Mrs. Tanner is as follows:\\nErnest Albert was born Feb. 21, 1866; William\\nJames, Feb. 16, 1864 (died Oct. 3, 1865); Minnie\\nJane, July 15, 1869; Anna Maria, June 22, 1872;\\nMelvin Jolin, May 28, 1875; Chadotte Laura, Feb.\\n16, 1877; Martha Augusta, March 29, 1879; Elmer,\\nMarch 15, 1881 (died April 3, 1881).\\n-4- ^.4=4 is-^\\nlllndrew J. Miller, farmer on section 7, Pol-\\nland Township, is a son of Barnett and\\nMargaret (Nusebaum) Miller. His father was\\nborn in the year 1834, in Tuscarawas Co.,\\nOhio; his mother was born in Ohio in 1836\\nand died in November, t866. Mr. Miller, sen-\\nior, was a farmer in Ohio until i860, when he re-\\nmoved to Indiana. After a time hereturr.ed to Ohio,\\nand now resides in Defiance County. He had by his\\nfirst marriage nine children, and by his second three.\\nI he subject of this biography was born Nov. 24,\\n1851, in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, and lived with his\\nparents until 15 years old. Losing his mother at\\nthat age, he went out to battle with the world and\\nworked by the month for three years. He then came\\nto Micliigan and worked for three winters. In the\\nspring of 1874 he came to Isabella County, was mar-\\nried and located on a farm of J i g}4 acres. He has\\n60 acres nicely improved.\\nHis wife s maiden name was Libbie Pratt. She\\nwas born Aug. 1, 1858, in Montcalm Co., Mich. Her\\nparents, Nathan and Charlotte Pratt, followed farm-\\ning. The father was a soldier for the Union in the\\nlate war, fell at Chattanooga and is buried in the\\nNational Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Miller are the par-\\nents of two children, Lawrence B., born May 17,\\n1874, and Alice E., born Nov. 24, 1881. The par-\\nents are members of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.\\nMr. Miller has been Moderator of his school district\\ntwo terms. Politically, he is a Democrat.\\nesse H. Jordan, farmer on section 30, Den-\\nf ver Township, is a son of William and\\nMary (Garlock) Jordan. His parents were\\nborn, married and for a time afterwards lived in\\n1^ Cherry Valley, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. They\\nmoved thence to Schuyler County, where the\\nfather died. The mother afterwards removed to\\nAllegany Co., N. Y., her present home. Their family\\nof eight were named Julia, Catherine, William, Lu-\\ncinda, Jesse H., Andrew, Charles A. and Norman.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Schuyler\\nCo., N. Y., Nov. 9, 1826, and alternately attended\\nschool and worked on his father s farm. Leaving the\\npaternal roof at the age of 20, he worked out fur\\nthree years, af er which he bought a farm of 50 acres\\nin Schuyler County, which he carried on for three\\nyears. He continued at farming until the spring of\\n1865, when he came to Ionia Couilty and bought 80\\nacres of partly improved land. A year later he sold,\\nand bought another farm in the same county, which,\\nafter seven years, he traded for an So-acre farm in\\nClinton County. He lived there three years, when,\\ndisposing of his Clinton County property, he came, in\\nNovember, 1878, to Isabella County and bought 160\\nacres of wild land in Denver Township, where he has\\nsince lived. He has disposed of half his land, and\\nof the remainder 70 acres are improved. Soon after\\nsettling in this county, he built a good farm house,\\nwhich he now occupies.\\nHe was first married in Yates o., N. Y., Dec. 27,\\n1848, to Matilda, daughter of James A. Swarthout.\\nThe father was a native of New York State, and the\\ndaughter was born in Yates County, Oct. 9, 1829.\\nOf this marriage five children were born, James\\n(died when four years old), Alice H., Charles M.\\n(died Sept. g, 1880), Wellington A. and Franklin O.\\nHis wife died in Denver Township, this county, Sept.\\n12, 1880, and he was again married, March 14, 1881,\\nJ\\nA\\nC\\nc\\n.A.\\n4*^5f\u00c2\u00aeA;\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "4\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rv\\nmi^iiii^\\nV\\ni\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^5(\u00c2\u00a9V^\\n34S\\nto Sophia R., daughter of Conrad and Elsie G.\\n(Reeves) Young, and widow of E. G. Battles, who\\ndied Dec. 23, 1873, leaving three children, Ida (i.,\\nElsie A and Minnie N. The first and last of these\\nthree are deceased. Mrs. Jordan was born in Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., Aug 4, 1839.\\nMr. J. has been Township Treasurer two years.\\nJustice of the Peace four years, and in the fall of\\n1883 was elected Coroner, which office he now holds.\\nHe is also Deacon of the Baptist Church, which was\\norganized in Denver Township in May, 1879. Mrs.\\nJ. is a member of the Methodist Episco[)al Church.\\nMr. Jordan votes the Republican ticket.\\nsff^Jipenjainin A. Cohoon, farmer on section 19,\\ns Coe Township, is a son of Lidick and\\nMartha (Pickard) Cohoon, natives of the\\nState of New York. The parents came to\\nJackson Co., Mich., in 1847, where she died.\\nHe remained there until the spring of 1861\\nand then came to Isabella County, where he now\\nresides.\\nThe subject of this narrative was born in Onon-\\ndaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1837, and was 10 years old\\nwhen his parents came to Michigan. Remaining with\\nhis father until 23 years of age, he then worked at lum-\\nbering on the Muskegon River for eight months. Sept.\\n9, 1861, he enlisted in the Eighth Mich. Vol. Inf,\\nand served until June 13, 1866, at which time he\\nwas discharged. He was captured at the battle of\\nSecession ville, on James Island, June 16, 1862, and\\nwas kept a prisoner for four months. He was again\\ntaken, Aug. 6, 1864, at the battle of the Wilderness,\\nand he was not released until March i, 1865. Dur-\\ning his first incarceration, he was for a few days in\\nthe Libby, but spent most of the time at Columbia,\\nS. C. The second time, he was at Danville, Va.,\\nAndersonville, Ga. (five months) and Florence, S. C.\\nReturning from the service, he settled in 1867 on\\n80 acres on section 19, Coe Township, which he had\\nbought the year previous, and on which he now re-\\nsides, with about 45 acres under cultivation. He\\nwas married in Jackson County, June 17, 1867, to\\nEudora, daughter of William and Lydia (Page) Gal-\\nlap, natives of the State of New York. Mrs. C. was\\nborn in Jackson County, Dec. 29, 1842, and has been\\nthe mother of eight children, six of whom survive:\\nLeonora, Ransom M., Lillian E., Mabel, Henrietta\\nL. and Cora E. The other two died in infancy.\\nMr. C. has been School Director for two years and\\nPathniaster. He is a member of Ralph Ely Post,\\nNo. 150, G. A. R., and is politically a Republican.\\n^f Mlljharles B. Shaver, Superintendent for A.\\n1\u00c2\u00a3 B. Long Son, at Blancliard, is a son of\\nJohn and Mary (Rose) Shaver, natives re-\\nspectively of New York and Delaware. His\\nfather was born in Delaware Co., N. Y., in\\n1826, and has followed lumbering most of his\\nlife. His mother was born in 183 1. They came to\\nthis State in 1870, locating in Emerson Township,\\nGratiot County. They afterwards removed to St.\\nLouis, where they yet reside.\\nTheir son Charles was born .Aug. 7, 1855, in Steu-\\nben Co., N. Y., and lived with his parents until 16\\nyears old, when he commenced work in a mill in\\nGratiot County. He was afterwards for a time in the\\nemploy of Whitney Stinchfield, as a foreman. He\\nthen came to Blanchard for A. B. Long Son, of\\nGrand Rapids.\\nHe was married Dec. 6, 1883, to Miss Lena A.\\nRoberts, who was born May 2, 1864, the daughter of\\n\\\\i. D. and Ora A. (Pierson) Roberts. The parents\\nwere born in Bangor, Me., in 1822 and 1836, re-\\nspectively. The father has followed lumbering much\\nof his life and now lives in Mecosta County. Mrs.\\nShaver is the third daughter in a family of two sons\\nand three daughters, all of whom are now living.\\nPolitically, Mr. S. is a Republican.\\ni\\nA A\\n=ES-\\n?M eorge Miller, farmer on section 9, Coe\\n^^1^ Township, residing at Salt River, was born\\n_Jt in Ontario Co., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1816. His\\nfather, a lawyer, died when George was about\\nsix months old. His mother married again,\\nand lived at Port Huron until her death. He\\nwas the only child of his father, and was bound out\\nto a man by the name of Robert Purchase, in his\\nnative county. It was agreed that he should have\\nhis board, clothes and schooling, and $100 when he\\n0)\\n^^^^f\\ny^\\n-^^i?^\\n^im^^^j^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a97^^C\u00c2\u00a3#^\\n^iJ^ixB-\\nr -r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2rTiariiSr\\n1=3\\nISABELLA COUNTY\\nshould become of age which contract was faithfully\\nperformed.\\nHe then came to Micliigan and lived for several\\nyears in Lenawee and Hillsdale Counties, buying his\\nfirst farm in the latter for $1.25 per acre. He came\\nto Isabella County in 1854 and bought 320 acres of\\nGovernment land at 50 cents per acre, and has since\\nresided in this county. He now owns 160 acres of\\nland, including village property, 100 acres being\\nnicely improved. He built the first steam mill m this\\ncounty, selling the same afterwards for $5,000.\\nHe was married in Ionia Co., Mich., in October,\\n1854, to Mary, daughter of Peter and Margaret Chaf-\\nfin, natives of the State of New York. Mrs. Miller\\nwas also born in the Empire State, 1834. She and\\nher husband have been the parents of nine children,\\neight of whom survive: Wm. O., James W., Flora,\\nEmeline, Margaret C. (died in April, 1883), Betsey,\\nJosephine, Blanch and Katie.\\nMr. M. was one of the first School Inspectors of his\\ntownship. He has since invariably declined officesi\\non account of the demands of his private business.\\nPolitically, he supports the Democratic party. He\\nand his sons keep some fine blooded stock, and own\\nthe well-known stallion Sunburst.\\nAbout 1859, during the hard times, Mr. M. bor-\\nrowed a large sum of money at Saginaw, paying 25\\nper cent interest, by means of which many were\\nkept from suffering. He employed deserving men to\\nwork for him, paying them in provisions, which he\\nbought with tiie borrowed money, and making no\\nprofit on the cost of the same.\\nT,C|\u00e2\u0080\u009e dwin S. Crowley, farmer on section 32,\\nUnion Township, is a son of Lyman and\\nhSi Clarissa (Crook) Crowley, and was born\\n^S, near Wales, Erie Co., N. Y., Oct. 22, 1837. He\\nlived on his father s farm until 19 years of age,\\nand then learned the carpenter s trade, at which\\nhe worked a portion of the time for ten years.\\nIn the s[)ring of 1859 he went to Black Hawk Co.,\\nIowa, where he followed his trade and also worked a\\nfarm of 40 acres, which he purchased. He was there\\nmarried, March 16, 1864, to Miss Leah French, a na-\\n^i) live of England. She died Feb. 28, 1865, leaving a\\nV, son, Orrie, born the same day. He came to Union\\nA L ^^^tld;\\nTownship, this county, in September, 1866, and\\nbought 80 acres where Charles Stirling now resides.\\nAfter clearing about 55 acres and making other im-\\nprovements, he sold this place and purchased what\\nis now known as the Bamborough farm, 100 acres.\\nHere he lived a year and then went to Fayette Co.,\\nIowa, where he followed his trade somewhat more\\nthan a year. He then moved on his present farm,\\nin October, 1875. He has 80 acres on section 22\\nand 20 acres on 23, all under cultivation, 50 acres\\nbeing cleared by his own efforts. His farm is pleas-\\nantly located, being but a mile from the county seat,\\nand is one of the finest places in Union Township,\\nhaving a good orchard, a fine residence, two sub-\\nstantial barns, and other improvements to correspond.\\nHe was a second time married, in Lincoln Town-\\nship, this county, Oct. 22, 1868, to Miss Emily Cas-\\nwell, who was born near Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 12,\\n1849, is daughter of David and Rosina Caswell.\\nFive children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. C,\\nas follows: Lettie was born Oct. 22, 1869, and died\\nJuly 30, 187 I Ernest was born May 21, 1872; Le-\\nland, April 8, 1877 Myrtie, Dec. 8, 1880; Vernon,\\nJuly 15; 1S83.\\nbella Township, was born in St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., April 18, 1852, and is a son of Nicholas\\nand Sophia (Rivers) Raymond, natives of\\nFrance, and of a pure French family. The senior\\nRaymond was by occupation a blacksmith, and died\\nin St. Clair Co., Mich., in June, 1854, when Joseph\\nwas but two years old. The mother is still residing\\nin that county, at the age of 79.\\nThe subject of this biography was reared under\\nthe care of his mother and step-father (David Moore),\\nremaining with them until 18 years old, and received\\na good English education in the common schools.\\nLeaving home at the date mentioned, he was engaged\\nin the lumber woods of Midland County till the fall of\\n1878, when he selected Isabella County as his home.\\nThe following spring he purchased 40 acres on section\\n16, Denver Township, and subsequent investments\\ngave him a total of 1,280 acres of heavily timbered\\nland. He has continued in the business of lumber-\\nI I\\nF- r\\nlitoseph D. Eaymond, a promment farmer\\nand lumberinan, residing on section 13, Isa-\\n^^V?^^-\\nh\\n^-n^^\\n4i3: ^V\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": ".^^y^t^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "r^\\na^U/U^^f\u00e2\u0080\u0094 cz/ry^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tf**\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-^^^m\\n351\\ning to the present time; and it will give an idea of the\\nextent of his 0[)erations to state that he has put in\\nthis season (1SS3-4) upwards of 3,000,000 feet of\\nlogs. In i88j he purchased 140 acres of well im-\\nproved land on section T3, Isabella, where is his\\npresent home. Sept. 28, 1880, at Mount Pleasant,\\nhe was united in marriage to Miss Emily McLachlin,\\ndaugliter of John and Catherine McLachlin, natives\\nof Scotland. Mr. McL. came to this country when\\nquite young and is now a farmer in Isabella Township,\\nthis county. Mrs. Raymond was born in St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., Oct. I, 1861, and came in 1872 to this county,\\nwhere she has received most of her education. To\\nMr. and Mrs. R. have been given two children:\\nEunice E., born Aug. 5, 18S2; and Daniel J., born\\nDec. 26, 1883.\\nIn political faith, Mr. Raymond is an active sup-\\nporter of the Republican party. He and wife adhere\\nto the tenets of the Presbyterian Church.\\n||i ufus F. Glass, farmer, section 24, Gilmore\\nTownship, was born Nov. 2, 1S19, in Le-\\nroy, Genesee Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nRufus and Nabby (Webb) Glass, were natives\\nof Connecticut and died in Genesee County.\\nMr. Glass received the training of a farmer s\\nson, and remained under the guidance of his father\\nuntil he was of age. He then acquired the details\\nof the builder s trade, which he followed 25 years.\\nHe lived a portion of that period in his native county\\nand in 1841 came to Michigan. He purchased 80\\nacres of land in White Lake, Oakland County, of\\nwhich he retained the proprietorship five years. He\\ndisposed of the property by sale and bought 80 acres\\nnear Howell, Livingston County. He owned and\\nmanaged this i8 years, and in December, 1867, came\\nto Isabella County, where he has since resided and\\nowns 160 acres of land, with 60 acres under improve-\\nments. He was elected the first Justice of the Peace\\nof the township and held tlie position 12 years. He\\nwas also the first Supervisor in the township, and\\nserved in that capacity four terms. He was the first\\nSuperintendent of Schools under tVie township law\\nand is now County Superintendent of the Poor. In\\n1880 he was Census Enumerator of two towns in\\nIsabella County and is now School Inspector, a\\nposition he has held several terms. Mr. Glass is a\\nRepublican in political views.\\nIn 1872 he had an unusual experience, which\\nmerits record. He set out from Mt. Pleasant with\\nan ox team and wagon and found the bridge over\\nthe Chippewa River had been washed away by the\\nhigh water. He was informed by parties in the\\nneighborhood that fording was practicable, and he\\nmade the attempt. He was hardly into the water\\nbefore he found himself floating down stream in his\\nwagon box, and the oxen swimming in the direction\\nfrom which they came. On reaching some float-\\nwood, Mr. Glass jumped upon it and made his way\\nto land on the same side of the river he had left,\\nwhile the box moored itself on the opposite side.\\nHe paid a man a half a dollar to swim across and at-\\ntach a rope to the recreant box, by which means Mr.\\nGlass obtained possession of his property once more.\\nHe was first married May 7, 1844, to Harriet C,\\ndaughter of Nathan and Susan (Higbee) Rasco.\\nShe was born May 18, 1822, in Orange Co., N. Y.\\nThe record of the children born of this marriage is\\nas follows: Herbert, June 2, 1845; Caroline Rosa-\\nmond, Oct. 16, 1846; Egbert, July ig, 1848; an un-\\nnamed infant child was born Jan. 15, 1851, and died\\nseven days later. The mother died soon after. The\\nmarriage of Mr. Glass to Harriet Ann, daughter of\\nSolomon and Susan (Chambers) Gould, occurred\\nApril II, 1852. She was born Feb. 26, 1831. Of\\nfive children born of this marriage three are livfng.\\nThe record is as follows: Algernon Sidney, born\\nApril 26, 1853; Clarissa, April 29,1855; Florence,\\nNov. 21 1858. Hampden was born Sept. 5, 1857,\\nand died Sept. 30 following. Rufus was born Dec.\\n25, i860, and died March 22, 1875.\\nAmid the worthy constellation of protraits in the\\nAlbum of Isabella County, we are proud to place\\nthose of Mr. and Mrs. Glass.\\nSicero Kimball, of the firm of Kimball\\ni^_j|3 Bros., wholesale and retail marketmen at\\nfj ip Mt. Pleasant, was born Oct 10, 1844, in Erie\\nCo., N. Y. He is the son of Samuel and\\nm Caroline (Parker) Kimball, who reared their\\nnine children on a farm.\\nMr. Kimball came to Mt. Pleasant in the spring ot\\nV\\nA\\nry\\nf\\n%m\\n^-X-:\\n-is", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "t\\n72?^ ST\\no\\n352\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n1869 and worked one suminer as farm assistant with\\nWallace Preston. In the following fall he opened a\\nshop on Broadway, where he followed his present\\nbusiness for four years. The shop was destroyed by\\nfire in 1875, entailing a loss of $2,000. The spring\\nof the same year, a livery barn belonging to him\\nburnt, causing a loss of $500. He then started a\\nlivery stable and stage line from Mt. Pleasant to St.\\nLouis, which he conducted one year. He managed\\nthe same business between Clare and Mt. Pleasant\\nthe year following. In January, 1877, he formed a\\npartnership with his brother Adelbert, bought the\\nsite where they are now established and erected the\\nbuilding they occupy. Their stock includes all\\nvarieties of articles common to similar establish-\\nments, comprising also fish and game, and they are\\ntransacting a thriving business. The present busi-\\nness of the Messrs. Kimball requires three assistants.\\nMr. Kimball was married Jan. 4, 1870, at Mt.\\nPleasant, to Adelle, daughter of Saxton Jackson.\\nShe was born in Holland, Erie Co., N. Y. Lelah B.,\\nborn Oct. 2, 1873, and Bessie M., born May 1, 1875,\\nare the children now included in the family circle.\\nMr. Kimball belongs to Wabon Lodge, No. 305, at\\nMt. Pleasant. He has served several years as Under-\\nSheriff and two years as Village Marshal.\\nj-VW^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 f-\\nobert Ei vin, farmer, section 2, Nottawa\\nTownship, is a son of Samuel and Eliza\\nI\\nm\\nJj^-^ (Synnott) Ervin, natives of Ireland. The\\nyisLj father emigrated to this country when seven\\nyears of age, and the mother when she was 16\\nyears old, and they are both still living.\\nRobert was born in Gray Co., Can., Sept. 2, 1855.\\nHe remained under the parental roof-tree in Canada,\\nassisting his father in the maintenance of the family,\\nuntil he attained the age of 14, in 1869, when he ac-\\ncompanied his parents to this State, and settled with\\nthem in Sanilac County. He remained in that\\ncounty for two years, and then moved to Midland\\nCounty, and variously occupied his time for five\\nyears, when he came to this county. He arrived in\\nMarch, 1877, and worked at various occupations for\\nthree years, until the spring of iS8i,when he moved\\nupon his present farm, where he has since lived.\\nMr. Ervin was united in marriage with Miss Clista,\\ndaughter of Joseph and Abigail (Green) Boucher, July\\n8, 1878. Her mother died March 27, 1875, and her\\nfather is still living.\\nMrs. E. was born Sept. 26, i860, in BrantCo.,Can.\\nThe husband and wife have been blessed with two\\nchildren, born and named as follows Samuel Joseph,\\nAug. 9, 1880; and Abigail R., March 25, 1882.\\nPolitically, Mr. E. is an adherent to and a believer\\nin the principles of the Republican party. He has\\nheld the official position of School Director and Path\\nMaster. His farm consists of 40 acres on section 2,\\nNottawa Township, and he has some 1 2 acres of the\\nsame in a good state of cultivation.\\n-wuec/\u00c2\u00ae^-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^rtwiriv\\nVS\\n^{Sgfcharles W. Gardner, farmer, residing at\\ngJwf^S Sherman City, was born July 25, 1847,\\n1j and is a son of John H. and Isabella D. (Gra-\\nf|^ ham) Gardner. His mother died when he\\nj was 10 years old, and he grew up under the\\ncare of his father and grandfather, learning the trade\\nof blacksmith of the one and that of boiler-maker of\\nthe other.\\nHe was but 14 years of age when the civil war\\nbroke out, and two years later he became a soldier.\\nHe enlisted Nov. r, 1863, in Co. M, Sixth Ohio Vol.\\nCav., and was mustered out June 24, 1865, at Peters-\\nburg, Va. He was under Gen. Grant from the time\\nhe took command of the Army of the Potomac until\\nthe surrender of Gen. Lee. He took part in the\\nbattles of Leed s Farm, second action at Malvern\\nHill, Weldon Railroad, Boyd s Plank Road, Hatcher s\\nRun (first and second), Hicksford, Dinwiddie Court-\\nHouse, Five Forks, etc. He participated in 17\\ngeneral engagements, besides being in numberless\\nskirmishes.\\nAfter leaving the United States service, lie engaged\\nin farming and attending school. After studying\\nabout five months at New Harrisburg, Ohio, he en-\\ngaged in teaching one term, after which he spent\\nsome time in the pursuit of the trades he had ac-\\nquired. His next engagement was as a farmer, and\\nhe spent three years in agriculture, managing the\\nfarm of his father-in-law. In 1877 he came to Isa-\\nbella County, and on the 15th day of December he\\nc\\nr-\\n!i]!]^iini^ A\\n^f^^mj^^.\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "t\\ni, v*\\n4\\nV\\nJ\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^v ^Mmh T\\nISABELLA COUNT\\\\.\\n4^^f(^^^ii\\n353\\nsettled on 80 acres of land in Sherman Township,\\nwhich he had purchased April r, 1870. Since April\\nI, 1884, he has made his home in Sherman City.\\nHe has 20 acres improved and supplied with farm\\nbuildings, an orchard, etc. He has been engaged in\\nteaching and preaching, since he came to this county,\\nand is at present laboring in the interests of the Dis-\\nciples Church. He has been Superintendent of the\\nPoor of Isabella County one year. Clerk of Sherman\\nTownship four years, and has served during the last\\nyear as Inspector of Schools. In 1882 he was nomi-\\nnated for Register of Deeds, but was defeated by 69\\nvotes. Mr. G. is a Republican, and in 1880 took the\\ncensus of the townships of Sherman, Noltavva and\\nIsabella.\\nMr. Gardner was married Sept. i, 1869, to Jeru-\\nsha Maggie, daughter of John and Margaret (Wiley)\\nMcGavram, residents of Columbiana Co., Ohio. She\\nwas born Aug. 23, 1849, Carroll Co., Ohio. Three\\nchildren were born as follows to Mr. and Mrs. Gard-\\nner, on the homestead in Ohio: Maggie Belle, Oct.\\n14, 1870; John F., May24, 1S74; Mary W., Oct.\\n30, 1876.\\n\u00c2\u00abeefir\u00c2\u00ae^-\u00c2\u00ab-^^^i^^|||^\u00c2\u00bb-^^WJ32rav.\\n^jolumbus Coles, farmer, section 11, Deer-\\nfield Township, is a son of Horace and\\nLaura (Miller) Coles, natives of Massa-\\nchusetts his mother died April 16, 1858,\\nand his father Oct. 15, 1882. He was born\\nin Williamsburg, Hampshire Co., Mass., April\\n26, 1828. When he was 11 years of age the family\\nsettled in Bainljridge, Ohio, where he lived with his\\nparents until he was 26 years of age, when lie moved\\nto the town of Almena, Van Buren Co, Mich.; but\\nten years afterward he returned to Ohio, locating in\\nSolon, Cuyahoga County; and nine years after that\\nhe moved to this county, where he has sinci resided,\\narriving March 29, 1878. He bought 80 acres of\\nwild land, and at this place he is making a home for\\nhimself and family, having now 15 acres imi^roved.\\nHe is a Freemason (now deniitted), a Republican,\\nand, with his wife, is a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nMarch 22, 1855, Mr. Coles married Miss Ann,\\ndaughter of Obed Stevens. By this marriage there\\nwere four children, viz.: Laurie A., born Aug. 22,\\n1856; Arthur Orsemus, April. 28, 1859; Lyman Mil-\\nler, June 25, i860; Albert Eugene, March 25, 1863,\\nall living. She died June 4, 1863, at Almena, Mich.,\\nand Mr. C. again married, Oct. 12, 1866, to Mrs.\\nMary C. Barker, nee Ballard. She was born Feb. 13,\\n1837, in Springfield Township, Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nand Oct. 16, 1857, married Franklin Barker, who\\nwas wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and in\\nconsequence of the wound died, Nov. 6, 1864, at\\nChattanooga. By her first marriage she had one\\nchild, Clara A., born Feb. 4, 1858, and is now the\\nwife of Wm. E. Redfield. By the present marriage\\nMr. and Mrs. Coles have one child, Eddie E., born\\nSept. I, 1867.\\n(j ranklin W. Ellis, farmer, section 31, Cold\\n1-iBi i .1 water Township, was born Feb. 11, i\\ngp? in Pike, Wyoming Co., N. Y., and is the\\ny^ son of John and Lany (Helmer) Ellis. His\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^h^ father was born Aug. 22, 1808, in Connecticut,\\nand died Oct. 19, 1867. Tlie mother was\\nborn Feb. 3, 18 10, in Schoharie Co., N. Y., and died\\nMarch 22, 1881.\\nMr. Ellis was a little more than 17 years old when\\narmed rebellion stirred the nation to its uttermost,\\nand he enlisted May 15, 1861, in Co. F, 33d N. Y.\\nVol. Inf He was mustered out June 22, 1863, and\\nre-enlisted in September, 1864, in the 25 th New York\\nIndependent Battery. Among the battles in which\\nhe participated were Lee s Mills, Williamsburg, Me-\\nchanicsville, White-Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, An-\\ntietam and Fredericksburg. On receiving his dis-\\ncharge, Mr. Ellis engaged as a miller at Pike until\\nthe death of his fatjier, when he went upon the home\\nfarm. In 1868 he sold out, and in March, 1869,\\ncame to Stanton, Mich. Tiiere he rented a house\\nand left the family while lie proceeded to Sherman\\nCity and bought 120 acres of land of the Flint\\nPere Marquette Railroad Comi)any. He removed\\nthe family hither in .August, 1869. He has 40 acres\\nof land improved, and owns 440 acres in Mecosta\\nCounty.\\nMr. Ellis was married Jan. 4, 1873, to Mary A.,\\ndaughter of Jesse and (Price) Bright. She was\\nborn June 26, 1854, in Darke Co., Ohio. Her mother\\ndied when she was young her father was born in\\nn\\n844, ^j)\\nc", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "354\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n1809, and is living in Mecosta County. Two chil-\\nA dren have been born by this marriage Vernon,\\nApril 7, 1874 (died Feb. 17, 1875), Ira J., Aug. 24,\\nf 1876.\\nflared K. Palmer, farmer on section 15, Not-\\ntowa Township, is a son of George and\\n/N\\n5\\nV\\n9^\\nElizabeth (Key) Palmer, natives of Eng-\\nland. The father died March 29, 1883; and\\n3^ the mother is now living in Plymouth, Wayne\\nCo., Mich.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Plym-\\nouth, Wayne County, this State, Sept. i, 1857, and\\nlived on the farm with his parents until he arrived at\\nman s estate. Attaining his majority, he commenced\\nworking on a farm by the month, which occupation\\nhe followed for four years. March 28, 1882, he ar-\\nrived in Isabella County, which he has since made\\nhis home. Dec. 15, 1879, he had purchased his farm\\nof 80 acres and now, in two years, he has made a\\nnumber of valuable improvements, such as building\\na good frame house and stable, and has 20 acres\\ncleared.\\nHe was married Dec. 14, 1881, at Plymouth, to\\nMiss Julia A. Perin, daughter of Jesse and Emily A.\\n(Power) Perin. To them one daughter, Katie A., was\\nborn Jan. 29, 1884.\\nMr. Palmer is politically a Republican. He is\\nnow Drain Commissioner of his township.\\nrinee H. Robbins, farmer on sectioris 22\\n,,\u00e2\u0080\u00a2,5^5\u00e2\u0084\u00a2!^ and 23, Gilmore, and mill owner in Clare\\ntl l^ County, was born May 20, 1829, at Yar-\\n11^ mouth, N. S. His parents, Rufus and Leiitia\\nJf^ (Wyii.an) Robbins, were natives of Nova Sco-\\ntia. The father was born May 21, 1792, and died\\nAug. 7, 1867 her mother died in 1873, her exact age\\nbeing unknown.\\nThe father was captain of a vessel, and when the\\nson attained his majority he shipped as a seaman in\\nthe same boat. He followed the sea as a vocation\\nfor 22 years, rising to the positions of mate and\\ncaptain.\\nAfter spending si\\\\ months in Worcester Mass., he\\ncame to Michigan and first located at Alma, Gratiot\\nCounty, where he remained about a year and a half,\\nand in 187 i settled in Isabella County, July i, 1871,\\nhe took possession of 200 acres of land in Gilmore\\nTownship, which he had previously purchased. Of\\nthis tract, which was in an entirely original condition,\\nhe has improved 120 acres. In the fall of 1883 he\\nremoved his residence to a point in Clare County\\nnear Harrison s Junction, formerly known as Hinck-\\nley s Mills, where he has since been engaged in the\\nmanufacture of lumber and shingles.\\nHe was married Dec. 19, 185 1, to Isabella B.,\\ndaughter of Robert and Mary A. (Bulwer) Purdy.\\nShe was born June 6, 1830. The children now com-\\nprised in the household of Mr. Robbins were born as\\nfollows Eliza E., April 5, 1852 Robert W., March\\n19, 1854; Althea B., Oct. 31, 1856; Catherine A.,\\nSept. II, 1858; Eva, Sept. 24, i860; Mary Letitia,\\nNov. 16, 1863; Henry, March 25, 1866; Rufus,\\nNov. 16, 1855 (died Jan. 3, 1856); Gracie, May\\n27. 1875 (died June 23, 1875).\\neorge H. Hersey, a prominent farmer and\\nbreeder of stock, resident on section 181,\\nWise Township, was born Sept. 8, 1853,\\nin Lapeer Co., Mich. His parents, Julius B.\\nand Sarah E. (Pridden) Hersey, were natives\\nrespectively of Michigan and England. They\\nsettled in Dryden, Lapeer County, where the father\\nis still living. The mother died about Jan. 3, 1872.\\nTheir family included the following named children\\nAmelia E. (deceased), John P., Alelia E., Geo. H.,\\nFremont D., Victor C, Vorilla S. and Annie A.\\nMr. Hersey jjassed the years of his early boyhood\\nat school, and at the age of 13 found himself with\\nthe problem of making his way in the world on his\\nhands for solution. He passed the following six\\nyears as a farm assistant, working by the month as\\nhe found satisfactory positions, with the exception\\nof one winter which he spent in lumbering, and a\\nsummer season which he devoted to labor in a saw-\\nmill. In the spring of 1875 he bought 40 acres of\\nunimproved land in Wise Township. He built a log\\nhouse for temporary purposes, and gave his attention\\nto the work of placing his proi)erty in creditable (^J\\nfaming condition. He has increased his farm to 80\\n/i\\nn\\nS", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^zJ^^^rvsr\\nf\\nj^j\\nV\\nCI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nT^\\n:2^s^^J^^s^\\n-^^m^^i\\n3SS\\nacres by further purchase, and has 62 acres of the\\nentire tract under culture. He has increased the at-\\ntractiveness and value of his place by the erection\\nof one of the finest barns in Isabella County, second\\nto none for convenience and completeness. It is 30\\nby 50 feet in dimensions. He keeps on an average\\n17 head of cattle, 20 sheep, a yoke of oxen and two\\nhorses. In political faith Mr. Hersey is a Republi-\\ncan, and he has held the offices of School Moderator\\nand School Treasurer, which latter office he now\\nfills.\\nMr. Kersey s marriage to Mary A. Jacobs occurred\\nat Romeo, Macomb Co., Mich., April 24, 1873. She\\nwas born in Hammond, St. Lawrence o., N. Y.,\\nAug. 24, 1855, and is the daughter of Richard and\\nBetsey (Hammond) Jacobs. Her parents were born\\nrespectively in Ireland and in St. Lawrence Co. N.\\nY. They settled after marriage in the latter place,\\nand later in life removed to Lapeer Co., Mich., and\\nare still resident there. James H., only child of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Hersey, was born March 10, 1876, at Mt.\\nPleasant.\\n=E\\n5i;^r[|i ohn A. Drew, farmer, section 8, Deerfield\\nIj^^L- Township, is a son of Orrin and Julia A.\\nIvp (Meeker) Drew, natives of Vermont, both\\nof whom finally located in Shiawassee Co.,\\n]t Mich., where they died.\\nHe was born Feb. 18, 1833, and in October,\\nr838, the family moved to Lapeer Co., Mich. He\\nlived with them until 1856; then lived in Shiawassee\\nCounty until 1869, and since then in this county.\\nHe first bought a farm of 80 acres, which he occu-\\npied until 1879, when he sold it and purchased his\\npresent place of 80 acres.\\nDec. 26, r859, in Shiawassee County, Mr. Drew\\nmarried Miss Mary A., daughter of David J. and\\nMary (Sickner) Tower, the former a native of Ver-\\nmont and the latter of the State of New York. Mr.\\nand Mrs. D. have had 11 children, seven of whom\\nare living, namely John O., J T, Mary E., Peter\\nJames, Joseph Henry, William A. and Laura Ann.\\nDavid J. died June 26, r86j. Clayton A., March\\n14, 1859; Anna Estelle, Jan. 19, 1874; and Colonel\\nBenjamin, June 26, 1876. J T was married April\\n21, 1884, to Lillian Lawrence, and lives in Deer-\\nfield Township.\\nAug. 27, 1864, Mr. Drew enlisted, in Shiawassee\\nCounty, in the 29th Micii. Vol. Inf went to Ten-\\nnessee and Alabama under Gen. Thomas, and partici-\\npated in the battle at Decatur, Ala., and in several\\nskirmishes. He was mustered out June 27, 1865,\\non account of disability. Is now receiving a pension\\nof $12 a month.\\nIn regard to political issues Mr. Drew votes with\\nthe Republican party.\\nAtfijZC?\u00c2\u00a9-^^\\n^g ^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 M^^i/ZIOTiV.\\nr/i]iitesse Perin, farmer on section 15, Nottawa\\nMm.-- Township, is a son of Pheroras I. and Di-\\nana (Phillips) Perin, both of whom were\\nborn in the Stale of New York and are now de-\\nceased. He was born in Perington Township\\nOntario Co., N. Y., Sept. 28, 1821, and June i,\\nthe year following, the family arrived at Detroit, on\\ntheir way to a new home in the Peninsular State, which\\nwas then, however, a Territory.\\nThey located in Oakland Co., Mich., and Jesse was\\nthere reared and educated. He lived with his parents\\nuntil 2 1 years old and in and about the old home for\\nfour or five years more. He then went to the city of\\nDetroit, where he was connected with the milk busi-\\nness for five years. His next move was to Plymouth,\\nWayne Co., Mich., where he rented a farm and work-\\ned it about two years. Returning to Detroit, he fol-\\nlowed the milk business again there for a year and a\\nhalf, and then went to Rochester, Oakland County\\nwhere his wife engaged in the millinery business, and\\nhe was employed as a huckster. Here he lost his\\nwife by deatii, March 17, 1863.\\nGoing next to Milwaukee, Wis., lie took hischildren\\nto a sister to be cared for, and followed the telegrai)h\\nbusiness for five years. He then removed to Dear-\\nborn, Wayne Co., Mich., and followed for one year\\nthe manufacture of lumber and Hour. Al the expira-\\ntion of that time he exchanged for mills in Farming-\\nton, Oakland Co., Mich remaining in the business\\nfour years more, in the meantime erecting a saw-mill.\\nThe mills at Dearborn coming in;o his possession by\\nnon-payment, he returned to that place fortwoyears.\\nSelling out at the end of that period, he removed\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "356\\n(b\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n*t?^^f(svi\\nonce more to Plymouth Township, where he lived on\\na rented farm for five years.\\nHe made his last move Aug. 14, 18S2, to Isabella\\nCounty. He bought a saw-mill at Van Decar, known\\nas the Luke Rathbun Mill, which he ran until the\\nwinter of 1883-4, when he sold to Mr. Van Decar.\\nHe is nowlivingon his farm of 40 acres, where he\\nha.; built a comfortable frame house and barn. He\\nis at present Justice of the Peace.\\nHe was married in 1846, to Emily A. Power, who\\nwas born in 1823 and died in Oakland County, this\\nSlate, in 1863. She was the mother of four children,\\nof whom one daughter, Julia A., survives. She was\\nborn Feb. 17, 1859. He was a second time married\\nSept. 19,1867, to Mary E. Phillips, daughter of Jere-\\nmiali and Nancy (Fifield) Phillips, both of whom are\\ndead. Of this marriage was born a daughter, Lotta\\nA., March 22, 1869.\\ny\\nrs\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f oseph Miser, farmer on section 5, Coe\\nv,||, Township, is a son of George and Sophia\\n=v-;^i4 (Beidler) Miser, natives of Maryland and\\nPennsylvania. The parents first settled in\\nHolmes Co Ohio, and afterward came to this\\ncounty and settled in Coe Township, on section\\n5, where he died, Aug. 12, 1866. She survives, and\\nher home is with Mr. Miser. Their family included\\nthree sons and five daughters, Joseph being the eld-\\nest son.\\nHe was born in Holmes Co., Ohio, Jan. 28, 1831,\\nand passed his minority in Holmes, Wayne and Tus-\\ncarawas Counties, attending the district schools and\\nassisting his father on the farm. He then learned\\nthe carpenter s trade, which he now follows, in con-\\nnection with the pursuit of agriculture. In April,\\n1858, he came to Isabella County, and one year later\\nhe bought 40 acres on section 7, Coe Township. He\\nnow owns 80 acres, of which 65 are highly improved.\\nHe was married in Tuscarawas Co Ohio, Nov. 30,\\n1854, to Wealthy A., daughter of John Minard.\\nParents and daughter were natives of Pennsylvania,\\nwhere Mrs. Miser was born, June 20, 1836. To this\\nmarriage, si.x children have been born Sevilla J.\\n(died when ten months old), Lcander O., Frances\\nElla, Ida M., Joseph E. and William I).\\nMr. M. has been Constable of Coe Township one\\nyear, and Highway Commissioner one year. He was\\nelected the second Sheriff of the county in the fall of\\ni860, and served two years. He is a member of the\\nI. O. O. F., and supports the Republican party.\\nHe enlisted Sept. 28, 1863, in the First Mich.\\nEng. and Mech., and served until Oct. 6, 1865. He\\nwas captured at one time by guerrillas, but was\\nliberated after a short time.\\nVv.\\nA\\nC\\nilliam W. Parmenter, farmer section 32,\\nColdwater Township, was born Jan. 18, f,\\nJM^ K ^37 Brandon, Rutland Co., Vt., and\\nj} is the son of Nathan and Azubah (Grover)\\nParmenter. (See sketch of N. S. Parmenter.)\\nAt the age of 16 years, Mr. Parmenter com-\\nmenced his unaided struggle with life. He had ac-\\nquired the carpenter s trade, and at the time named\\nhe made a tour of observation through the Western\\nStates, and after traversing through 13 of them he\\nwent back to Vermont and stayed two years. He\\nwas married Oct. 8, 1859, to Emily Wood. In 1861\\nMr. Parmenter settled at Waverly, Bremer Co., Iowa,\\nand engaged in farming on the estate of his father-in-\\nlaw. The civil war was in progress, and the history\\nof the Hawkeye State during the course of the rebell-\\nion is well and widely known. The enthusiasm of\\nthe period was universal and a large percentage of\\nthe best element of the State hastened, in the early\\ndays of the war, to enroll under the standard of the\\nUnited States Government. Mr. Parmenter enlisted\\nAug. 22, 1862, in the 14th Iowa Vol. Inf, and was\\nmade First Sergeant of Co. B. His regiment was as-\\nsigned to the Army of the Mississippi and was in\\nthe service along the course of the river. He was in\\nthe Red River Expedition under Gen. Banks, and was\\nin Sherman s raid from Vicksburg to Meridian. He\\njjarticipated in the battle at Jackson, Miss., and was\\nat the taking of Fort Derusey under J. Smith. At\\nthe fight at Pleasant Hill in Louisiana, he was wound-\\ned twice, a spent minie ball striking him on the left\\narm, and soon after he was struck on the shoulder by\\na spent cannon ball. He was sent to the U. S. bar-\\nracks hospital at New Orleans, where he remained\\nthree weeks, and was sent thence to Memphis,\\nTenn. Four weeks later he received a furlough of\\n60 days, which he spent at his home in Iowa. He\\nfQ\\n^=^^^II!]^IIl]i-\\nA^-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "m\\n7\\nBfr\u00c2\u00bb\\n4 %jr\\\\Si^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a04^-.\\nJ\\n0\\nS/\\nrejoined his regiment at Holly Springs, Miss., and\\nparticipated inthe pursuit of Gen. Forrest in the Ox-\\nford raid. The command fell back to Memphis, and\\nl)roceeded to Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Three com-\\npanies of tlie 14th Iowa accompanied Gen. Ewing to\\nPilot Knob, as body guard. During the last days of\\nSeptember, 1864, trouble commenced at fronton, and\\nthe rebels under Gen. Price, not long afterward sur-\\nrounded Fort Davidson and Pilot Knob. The fort\\nwas evacuated the same night, and the fleeing Union-\\nists were pursued by the enemy through the Ozark\\nMountains. They reached Leesburg, where a skir-\\nmish ensued reinforcements arrived, and the rebels\\nwere repulsed. The regiment was mustered out at\\nDavenjjort, Iowa, Nov. 22, 1864.\\nMr. Parmenter returned to Vermont, took his par-\\nents and went to Wyoming Co., N. Y., where he re-\\nmained three years. He was engaged in hotel busi-\\nness, in working at his trade, and finally purchased a\\nboat, which he ran for a time on the Genesee Canal.\\nHe sold the latter, and on the 20th day of August\\n1867, he started for Michigan. He stopped at Stan-\\nton, Montcalm County, where he worked at his trade\\nthree months, and then, in company with A. S. John-\\nson, came to Sherman City. He worked for a time as\\nclerk for Mr. Johnson, when he bought 80 acres of\\nland, and entered a claim of 80 acres under the\\nregulations of the Homestead Act. To this he has\\nsince added 80 acres by purchase, and has been chiefly\\nengaged in lumbering winters. He has cleared 20\\nacres for his farm. He engaged some years in the\\nhotel business, but is now giving his entire attention\\nto farming, and his parents are keeping his house.\\nHe is a Democrat in political faith.\\n=K-\\nll scar Green, farmer on section 5, Rolland\\nTownship, is a son of Abraham and Eva\\nGreen, both of whom were born and died\\nin the State of Pennsylvania. Tliey followed\\nfarming.\\nTheir son Oscar was born in Clearfield Co.,\\nPa in 1856, and was orphaned at the tender age of\\nten. He then went to Meadville, Pa., and engaged\\nin farm work. He came to this State in the spring\\nof 1876, and lived a year in Grand Rapids. Coming\\nthen to this county, he located on 80 acres on section\\n5, Rolland, where he now has 50 acres finely im-\\nproved.\\nHe was married June 14, 1877, to Susan Cum-\\nniings, who was born July 30, 1859, in Hocking Co.,\\nOhio. She is the daughter of William and Harriet\\nCummings, natives of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Green\\nare the parents of two children, Philip H., born\\nJan. 12, 1878; and EvaG., born April 14, 1880.\\nMrs. G. is a Wesleyan Methodist. In political\\nsentiment, Mr. G. is a Republican.\\n5-\u00c2\u00ab4 4##!\u00c2\u00bb-f^\\nj^il^^ff esse J. Struble, M. D., residing at Salt\\n|^31 River, was born in Knox Co., Ohio, March\\nll^ 8, t83o, and is the son of John W. and\\n-di, Sarah (Laycock) Struble, natives of Essex Co.,\\nir N. J. The parents finally settled in Knox Co.,\\nOhio, where they carried on farming until their\\ndeath. He departed this life Aug. 27, 1835, and she\\nJan. 23, 1863. Their family numbered seven and\\nwere named as follows: Daniel S., William W.,\\nHenry, John W., Jesse J., Lewis A. and Jacob P.\\nThe subject of this biography was the fifth son,\\nand was five years old when his father died. He\\ncontinued to live with his mother until ii years old,\\nand was at that early age expected to make his own\\nway in life. He was variously employed for the en-\\nsuing six years, managing generally by diligence and\\nperseverance to attend school in the winter seasons.\\nFrom 17 to 20 he worked out and took proceeds of his\\nlabor to pay his board, that he might later on be en-\\nabled to study farther. At 20 he began to read\\nmedicine, and for the next five years he prosecuted\\nhis studies, in the face of many difficulties. He was\\nkindly aided, however, by several physicians, who\\ndid all in their power to facilitate his progress. At\\nthe age of 25 he began to practice his chosen profes-\\nsion, in Primrose, Williams Co., Ohio, where he\\nresided about eight years, meeting with gratifying\\nsuccess. Persuaded by friends in this county, he\\nreluctantly left Primrose in the spring of 1867, and\\nadoi)ted Isabella County as his future home. Here\\nhe has since resided, and has built up an enviable\\nreputation as an efficient and skillful jihysician.\\nHe was married in Sandusky C^o., O., Dec. 12, \u00c2\u00bb85o,\\nto Miss Harriet F., daughter of Walter F. and Mary\\nE. (Foster) Osborne, natives respectively of New\\ni; v^ ^^c ^1^\\ny^\\n9\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "(*^)^^ii^t^\\nr^ ^i^^ crTrC:DD^DD? r\\n~^^f%^if^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n0\\nJ\\nV\\ns\\nYork State and Pennsylvania. The parents made\\ntheir home in Black Rock, N. Y., but the father, be-\\ning a superintendent on the Erie Canal, spent much\\nof his time in the city of Albany. He died Nov. 26,\\n1842, and his wife now resides in Sandusky Co.,\\nOhio. Mrs. Struble was born in the State of New\\nYork, April 23, 1829. She and her husband have\\nbeen the parents of seven children, five of-Tvliom sur-\\nvive: Allen T,. Harriet E., Clarence E., Clark E.\\nand Jay J. Mary E. and Florence R. are deceased.\\nDr. Struble is a member of Salt River Lodge, No.\\n288, F. A. M., and is politically a Reiiublican.\\n\u00c2\u00abe-\\nD. Estee, proprietor of the Exchange Hotel\\nat Mt. Pleasant, was born March 18, 1850,\\npl^^ in Chautauqua Co., N. Y. He is a son of\\n(j Perry H. (see sketch) and Carrie (Dole) Estee,\\ni^ and when he was five years old his parents re-\\nmoved to Michigan, where his father bought\\n160 acres of land, in Coe Township, Isabella County,\\nunder the Graduation \\\\ct, for which he paid 50 cents\\nan acre.\\nMr. Estee grew to nuilare years on his father s\\nfarm and aided materially in its improvement and\\ncultivation daring the years of his minority. He be-\\ncame the proprietor in his own right of 51 acres of\\nland on section 18, adjoining the homestead of his\\nfather. It is in a finely cultivated condition, and has\\nbeen brought by his own labor and efforts from its\\noriginal natural state. It is supplied with a good\\nhouse, barns, and other outbuildings, besides having\\nvaluable and well-selected orchards. It is accredited\\none of the best farms in the township according to its\\nsize.\\nMr. Estee was married in Erie Co., Pa., while on\\na visit to relatives, to Sarah A., daughter of Orlando\\nand Lorinda Miller. She was born in the county\\nwhere she was married. Mr. and Mrs. Estee have\\nan adopted son Claude born in Coe Township,\\nMarch 18, 1879.\\nMr. Estee rented the Exchange Hotel in 1883,\\ntaking possession Sept. 18. He has been actively\\ninterested in local politics and school matters. He\\nwas Deputy Sheriff two years under F. W. Swarts,\\nand filled the same office two years with Cliarles M.\\nBrooks In the fall of 1883 he was the Republican\\nnominee for Sheriff and made the campaign against\\nThomas Pickard, Democrat, who was elected. Mr.\\nEstee ran in advance of iiis ticket on the home vote\\nand in the townships adjoining. He is a member ot\\nthe Odd Fellows fraternity and belongs to Coe Lodge,\\nNo. 239.\\n|Lletcher M. Tubbs is a farmer of Wise\\nf\\n1^1 L Township, resident on section 17, and was\\nborn Aug. 25, 1838, in Chemung Co., N.\\ni^ Y. He is the son of James and Charlotte\\njl^ (Bailey) Tubbs, whose sketch may be found\\nelsewhere. His parents came to Michigan in\\n1843, and he continued to reside at home mainly\\nuntil 1874. In the fall of 1872 he accompanied his\\nfamily to Isabella County, and for the next three\\nyears he acted as his father s assistant in a hotel at\\nliOomis. In 1875 he bought 120 acres of wild land\\non section 17, in Wise Township, where lie has since\\nresided, with the exception of three years which were\\npassed in Genesee County.\\nIn political connection Mr. Tubbs is a Republican.\\nHe is a member of the Knights of Honor, and be\\nlongs to Lodge 1772, at Loomis. He was the\\npioneer agriculturist of Wise Township, and raised\\nthe first crop of wheat and oats within its limits, and\\nbuilt the first frame house and barn outside the cor\\nporation of Loomis.\\nMr. Tubbs was married in Holly, Oakland Co\\nMich., Oct. 22, i860, to Louisa Van Valkenburg, a\\nnative of Genesee Co., Mich.\\n^^E dward Drum, fanner on section 9, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of John and Ruth\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iX^ (Bennett) Drum, natives of the State of\\nNew York. The parents settled ni Franklm\\nCo., N. Y., where they lived till their death.\\nThe subject of this narrative was born in Frank-\\nlin County, July 15, 18 19, and remained at home\\nuntil 21 years old, attending school and assisting his\\nfather on the farm. At the age of 23, he bought a\\nfarm in liis native county, on which he lived seven\\nyears. Selling out, he rented for two years, and then\\nhe bought a farm in St. Lawrence County, same\\ny^\\nA\\nV\\n-v\\nI\\n(t)", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "z^^^^r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nf\\n(h\\n4\\nState. There he li\\\\s8d until December, 1864, when\\nhe sold, came to Isabella County and bought 157\\nacres of wild land in Coe Township. He retains 67\\nacres, of which 50 are under the plow.\\nHe was married in the county of his birth, April 7,\\ni8.|3, to Jane M., daughter of Jacob and Margaret\\n(Grant) HoUenbeck, natives respectively of New York\\nand Canada. Mrs. Drum was born in Dundee, L. C,\\nDec. 26, 1823. She and her husband have had six\\nchildren, three of whom are deceased. The living\\nare David, Ruth and John H. The dead are Har-\\nriet, Luella and an infant.\\nMr. D. has been Pathmaster about five years.\\nPolitically, he supports the principles of the Repub-\\nlican party. He and wife are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094J l3-\\njaniel J. Hopkins, farmer, section 28, Nct-\\ntawa Township, was born in West Green-\\nwich, Center Co., R. I., Sept. 6, 1855.\\n^cT His father, Arnold Hopkins, is a native of\\nConnecticut, and his mother, Almira (Billing-\\nington) Hopkins, of Rhode Island.\\nThe parents remained in Rhode Island until\\nDaniel was 14 or 15 years of age, when they moved,\\nabout 1870, to New York State, and located in Liv-\\ningston County. Here the subject of this sketch\\nlived about six months, when he left home to battle\\nagainst the trials so often encountered in the onward\\nmarch of progress. Without aid or assistance, and\\naccompanied only by his aniljition and determination,\\nhe launched his life-boat on the sea of the world,\\nand went to Castile, Wyoming Co., N. Y. He there\\nfollowed the occupation of farming, working from\\nfarm to farm by the month for a period of about five\\nyears, and then, March 8, 1875, came to this State\\nand located at Portland, Ionia County.\\nIn June, 1877, Mr. Hopkins purchased 40 acres of\\nland in this county, and in October of the following\\nyear he came and located on the same, and now has\\n28 acres of the farm in a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Hopkins was united in marriage, March 2,\\n1874, at Portageville, Wyoming Co., N. Y., to Eliza-\\nbeth Campbell, daughter of Daniel and Lucy (Dana)\\nCampbell, the former of whom is living in New York\\nState, and the latter died in 1873. She was born\\nJuly 17, 1854.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hopkins are the parents of three\\nchildren, born and named as follows: Minnie Allen,\\nSept. 20, 1875; Carrie May, July 23, 1878; Arthur\\nAdelbert, Nov. 11, 1882.\\nPolitically, Mr. H. is an adherent to and believer\\nin the doctrines and principles of the Democratic\\nparty.\\nilliam Broomfleld, farmer and lumber-\\nman on section\\n2)\\n(i r-, t)orn in Ontario, Can.,\\n1, Broomfleld Township,\\nf^ w...^rio. Can., Oct. z, 1832,\\nand is a son of Neil and Catherine (Mc-\\nLevin) Broomfleld, natives of Argyleshire,\\nScotland. The parents came to America and\\nsettled in Canada in 1831.\\nMr. Broomfleld acquired a limited education in\\nthe schools of his native locality, and by experience\\nand observation has gained a practical education of\\nunusual value. In 1849 he went to Lockport,\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., and he was there employed some\\ntime in a shingle mill. Thence he went to Hamil-\\nton, Ont., and engaged in the manufacture of shin-\\ngles. After some months he made a prospecting trip\\nthrough Western Canada, and in the spring of 1853\\nhe came to Sanilac, where he continued in the busi-\\nness of shingle-making. He was there three years,\\nand in the spring of 1856 he journeyed through the\\nwestern country. He visited his home in Ontario,\\nand remained until i86r, when he came to what is\\nnow Broomfleld and settled on his present place.\\nHe held his land only by right of squatter sover-\\neignty, as the Homestead Act was not then in ex-\\nistence. He kept himself posted, however, as to\\nmatters affecting the interests of the class of land-\\nholders to which he belonged, and on the passage of\\nthe .above mentioned measure by Congress, he en-\\ntered the first claim under its provisions in Isabella\\nCounty, in May, 1864.\\nHis landed estate now includes 460 acres, of which\\n260 are under improvement. All his buildings are\\nfirst-class, and his beautiful residence cost him\\n$2,500. In politics, Mr. Broomfleld is a Republican.\\nHe has been State Road Commissioner by appoint-\\nment, and has held the office of Supervisor for ten\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-I\\nI\\nKy", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "years. He is a member of the Order of Masonry.\\nHs was married in Ontario, in April, 1859, to Miss\\nEllen J., daughter of Marshall and Mary (Jackson)\\nMacklin. She died Oct. 31, 1868, of typhoid fever,\\nleaving three children: Ida, born March 1, i860;\\nNellie, March 15, 1861; and Marshall, June 17,\\n1863. His second marriage occurred in Ontario,\\nCan., March 17, 1870, to Elizabeth, daughter of Mal-\\ncolm and Agnes (Cameron) Malloy, natives respect-\\nively of Scotland and Canada. Mrs. Broomfield\\nwas born April 1 1, 1840. Three of six children born\\nof this marriage are living: Catherine, April i, 1871\\nNeil, Jan. 14, 1873; and Archibald, July 3, 1875.\\nA portrait of Mr. Broomfield is given in this work,\\nappearing on a page in proximity.\\ns\\n1\\nijnM\\n^?5-S^\\nfiehard Hoy, farmer on section 16, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Patrick and Cathe-\\nrine (Pentleton) Hoy, natives of Meath Co.,\\n)x^ Ireland. The parents came to the United\\nStates in 1827, and settled first in Vermont,\\nand later in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., where\\nthey lived until their death. He departed this life\\nin May, 1857, and she, Feb. 28, 1857. Their family\\nincluded seven sons and four daughters, Richard\\nbeing the youngest son.\\nHe was born in Ireland, March 8, 1S27, and was\\nbrought in infancy by his parents to this country. At\\nthe age of seven, he was taken by his sister Margaret,\\nwith whom he lived two years, and he then lived for\\nseven years on a farm with a man by the name of\\nJenison. Next, for one year he was employed in a\\nwoolen mill at Ogdensburg, N. Y. He then went to\\nBurlington, Vermont, and was employed in a mill\\nfrom 1846 to i860, at the expiration of wiiich time he\\ntook a trip through the New England States, visiting\\ndifferent mills. His next enterprise was a grocery at\\nWinooski Falls, Vermont, which lie conducted one\\nyear. Selling out, he removed to Clinton Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he was employed in a mill about one year. In\\n1852, he went to California, in search of gold and\\nhealth, remaining on the Pacific slope until Novem-\\nber, 1855. He then returned to the East, arriving in\\nIsabella County the following month, and taking up\\n120 acres on section 16, Coe Township. He built a\\nlog house and frame barn and shed, and continued\\nto improve his place until 1864, when he sold and re-\\nmoved to Vermont. There he bought a farm on\\nwhich he remained one year; and again selling out,\\nhe returned to Isabella County and settled on 80\\nacres on section 7, Coe Township, which he had pre-\\nviously purchased. Here he erected good buildings,\\nand improved about 65 acres, residing on the place\\nuntil February, 1882, when he sold again, and bought\\n40 acres on section 16, where he now resides. He\\nhas 30 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was first married in the State of Vermont, Oct.\\n8, 1849, to Louisa Gleason, a native of Waterbury,\\nVermont. They had one daughter, Louisa C, who\\ndied Oct. 10, 1878, nearly 28 years old. His first\\nwife dying Nov. 11, 1850, he was again married, in\\nWaterbury, July 12, 1856, to Cornelia V., daughter of\\nDaniel and Betsey (Williams) Woodward, natives of\\nVermont. Mrs. Hoy was born in Vermont, July 9,\\n1832. To this union have been born four children\\nAnnie A., Mary C, Fred R. and Frank P.\\nMr. Hoy has been Township Clerk two years. Su-\\npervisor two years and School Inspector several terms.\\nHe has also served the county with credit. He was\\nelected the first County Treasurer of Isabella County,\\nserving one term. He held the office of Probate\\nJudge four years, and was also Superintendent of the\\nPoor for two terms. Politically he is a supporter of\\nDemocratic principles, and he is a member of the\\nMasonic Order.\\nr T-^ \\\\hauncey Kyes, farmer on section 6, Coe\\nt LLid Township, is a son of James and Cas-\\npjL/ sandana (Williams) Kyes, natives of New\\n^fe York and Vermont. The i)arents first settled\\nV in Royalton, Genesee Co., N. Y. In 1830\\nj they came to Calhoun Co., Mich., where they\\ndied, she in the summer of 187 i and he Jan. 16, 1876.\\nTheir family comprised five sons and four daughters,\\nChauncey being the eldest son.\\nHe was born while his parents resided at Royalton,\\nApril 8, 1823, and was seven years old when the\\nfamily removed to Michigan. His father being in\\nmeager circumstances, and having a large family,\\nChauncey was early expected to contribute to his\\nown maintenance. At the tender age of eight, he\\nbegan to drive cattle and perform such other light\\nwork as he could get to do. At 15, he commenced\\nI\\nA\\nf\\nxxy", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "^K/^\u00c2\u00ae))C^(|\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^V -:llD: ^;ilil^J v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2i ^^-CL^\\nI\\nf\\nISABELLA COUNTT\\nm\\nV\\ns\\nJ\\n363\\nworking by the month for others, often visiting his\\nparents in the meantime. When 2 1 years old, he\\nentered the employ of the Michigan entral Rail-\\nroad, with which he remained for three years. He\\nbought 40 acres of land in Calhoun County, on\\nwhich his father settled, and retained it five years,\\nwhen he gave it to his father. He then bought a\\nfarm in Jackson County, which he worked for three\\nyears, and then sold, being unfortunate in his health.\\nIn the fall of 1856 he came to Isabella County, bought\\n40 acres on section 6, Coe Township, to which pur-\\nchase he soon added 40 acres more. He at once built\\na log house and set about making for himself a\\nhome. At the present time he has 50 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nHe was first married in Jackson Co., Mich., Oct.\\n14, 1844, to Huldal) Wright, a native of New York.\\nMrs. K. died April 20, r864, having been the mother\\nof three children, Marvin H., Warren M. and Ida\\nL., all of whom are deceased. Mr. K. was again\\nmarried in Chippewa Township, this county, Feb. 3,\\n1870, to Catherine Jane Oathout, a native of New\\nYork. She died June 15, 1879, and Dec. 23, 1882,\\nhe married for his present wife Alta L., daughter of\\nHenry D. and Margaret E. (Mudge) Rice, natives\\nof Vermont and Michigan, respectively. Mrs. K.\\nwas born in Leslie, Ingham Co., Mich., July iS,\\n1864.\\nMr. Kyes has been Constable one year. Highway\\nCommissioner five years, and politically supports the\\nRepublican party.\\nsSj I,, I,.,,\\n1 ^r ohn L. Nichols, farmer, section 22, Not-\\njiit^^ L i^ i-^va Township, is a son of William H. and\\nSophia L). (Otto) Nichols. The father was\\nX-^L ^o Columbia Co., N. Y., of Holland par-\\nW entage, and died in Wayne Co., N. Y., in\\nI 1882 and the latter was of the people known\\nas Pennsylvania Germans, was born in New York\\nState, and died in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1878.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Clyde,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., June 4, 1852, and lived with his\\nparents until he attained his majority. He came to\\nIsabella Township, this county, in the fall of 1876,\\nand for two years taught school in the Government s\\nIndian school at Nipissing. In the fall of 1879, he\\ne\\ntook up his residence on his present farm of 40 acres\\npurchased in the summer of 1877. He has about\\neight acres improved. In 1883 he purchased 40\\nacres more in partnership with his brother.\\nHe was married March 5, 1872, at Rose Valley,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., to Miss Anna M. Stewart, daugh-\\nter of John and Jane (Graham) Stewart, natives re-\\nspectively of Canada and Ireland. Both parents are\\nnow living. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols have four chil-\\ndren of their own: Fritz G., born Sept. 24, 1873;\\nRoy Eugene, June 2, 1878; Patience, Feb. 8, 1880;\\nand Hope Eunice, April 7, 1883; and one adopted\\ndaughter, Cora Ellen Si.xbury, born Sei)t. 8, 187 i.\\newis Richards, farmer, section 36, Gilmore\\nTownship, was born Oct. 4, r844, in Green r\\nBay, Wis., and is the son of Julian and\\nb1(j Margaret (Satemaux) Richards, natives of Wis-\\nconsin.\\nAt the early age of eight years Mr. Rich-\\nards commenced life on his own responsibility. He\\nbecame a clerk in a store at Fort Howard, Brown Co.,\\nWis., and remained in that business until he was 15\\nyears old, when he went to the Upper Peninsula of\\nMichigan, and was employed in a blast furnace in\\nthe Lake Superior region three years, engaged in\\nmelting iron. While there the civil war broke out\\nand he became a soldier. He enlisted Aug. 2, 1862,\\nin the 23d Mich. Vol. Inf, and was mustered out in\\nFebruary, 1863, on account of physical inability. His\\ncommand was attached to the Western Division of\\nthe army and Mr. Richards was in very little active\\nservice. On receiving his discharge he went to Ypsi-\\nlanti, Washtenaw County, where he worked two years\\nby the month as a farm laborer. He spent the sub-\\nsequent five years working by the day.\\nIn the fall of 1868 he came to Isabella County\\nand settled upon a tract of land he had purchased\\nin 1866. It comprised 80 acres of land, and 40\\nacres are now under advanced improvement. Mr.\\nRichards has spent 1 1 years on his farm and three\\nyears in the south of Michigan, variously occupied.\\nHe was married July 4, 1868, to Sarah Matilda,\\ndaughter of John A. and Betsey E. (Sones) Harriott.\\nShe was born Oct. 27, 1856. Five of eight children", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 cmm\\\\i- r\\n364\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n5s\\nI\\nf\\n1^\\nV\\n-c^\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Richards are living. Their\\nrecord is as follows: Eva Estella, born Sept. 10,\\n1876; Lulia O., March 30, 1878 Catherine O., July\\n2, 1879; John A., April 25, 1881; Ernest J., July\\n23, 1883; Isabella was born April 24, 1870, and died\\nMay 18, 1873; Mary E., bqrn Sept. 4, 1874, died\\nFeb. 4, 1875 Nellie Belle, born Jan. 13, 1875, died\\nMarch 13, 1876.\\nMr. Richards was the first Township Treasurer of\\nGilmore and has been School Moderator. He is in-\\ndependent in local politics and affiliates with the\\nRepublican party on public matters. He has been a\\nlocal preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nduring the last three years.\\nilliam. Miles, farmer on section 34, Chip-\\npewa Township, is a son of David and\\n%P Ellen (Marooney) Miles, natives, he of Ire-\\nland and she of the State of Michigan,\\nthough of Irish parentage. The parents settled\\nfirst in Redford, Wayne Co., Mich., where they\\nlived till the mother s death, Aug. 15, 1847. The\\nfather owned a valuable tract of land near Detroit,\\nbut after his wife s death he became discouraged and\\nled a sort of roving life. Losing his property and\\nhis friends, he died, in Livingston Co., Mich., about\\n1873. Their four children were named John, Daniel,\\nWilliam and Bridget.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Wayne\\nCo., Mich., Aug. 15, 1844, and was three years old\\nwhen his mother died. The children were kept to-\\ngether about five years, when William went to De-\\ntroit to live with his grandfather, with whom he had\\na good home until able to care for himself At the\\nage of 12 or 13 he went to work for a farmer at $3\\nper month. He labored three months, but receiving\\nno wages he left the place with only three cents in\\nhis pocket, with which, boy-like, he bought a fish-\\nhook and line. Going to Livingston Co., Mich., he\\nworked out by the month four and a half years, four\\nyears with one man. During this time he had the\\nprivilege of attending school during the winter sea-\\nsons.\\nIn October, 1862, he came to this county and was\\noccupied in hunting until the following spring and\\nthen worked the ensuing summer in Livingston Coun-\\nty. Returning to Isabella County, he was employed\\nfrom 1863 to 1867 in the woods and in farming. In\\nDecember of the latter year he bought 80 acres of\\nwild land on section 34, where he has since resided.\\nHe has under cultivation 40 acres. Besides his farm,\\nhe now owns in this county 107 acres, mostly pine.\\nHe was first married in Coe Township, this county,\\nOct. 23, 1864, to Laura A., daughter of Jacob and\\nEliza E. (Liddle) Middaugh, natives of the Slate of\\nNew York. Mrs. Miles was born in Eaton Co.,\\nMich., Oct. 18, 1845, and bore to her husband four\\nchildren, named Florence M., Charlie I., John G.\\nand Winona V. His wife dying Oct. 18, 1881, Mr.\\nMiles was again married, at Salt River, this county,\\nDec. 2, 1882, to Addie, daughter of Peter and Isa-\\nbella (Donald) Hollenbeck, natives of Canada and\\nScotland. Mrs. Miles was born in Canada, March\\n24, 1 86 1.\\nHe has held the office of Highway Commissioner\\ntwo years. Politically, he has always supported the\\nRepublican party, casting his first vole for Abraham\\nLincoln. He and wife belong to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\neorge W. Ruthruff, farmer on section 31,\\nBroomfield Township, is a son of David\\nand Nancy (Trayer) Ruthruff, natives of\\nPennsylvania. The father was born in 1799,\\nand died in 1858, in Branch Co., Mich. The\\nmother was born in 1805, and died in 187 i,\\nwhile living wiili a daughter in St. Joseph Co., Mich.\\nThe subject of this outline was born Oct. 2, 1834,\\nin Niagara Co., N. Y., and lived at home until of age,\\nreceiving a little schooling. Attaining his majority\\nhe left home and worked on a farm by the job. In\\n1858, in Branch Co., Mich., he married Miss Ann\\nE., daughter of Michael and Ann E. (Cooper) Blass,\\nnatives of New York. Mrs. R. was the second\\ndaughter of a family of five children, four of whom\\nare yet living, and was born June 16, 1842.\\nEleven years after his marriage, Mr. R. went to\\nthe State of Nebraska, where he lived two years.\\nHe then lived in Branch County, this State, until\\n1868, when he came to this county and located on\\n80 acres on section 31, Br -mfield. He has now 45\\ny^\\nV\\n^y.\\nn\\n-^4^^\\nmM]\\\\^y^\\nM", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "m^r^^m^\\nT\\ni^\\\\\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^2i^iS(t t:r\\n\u00c2\u00bbty^5f\\nI\\nA\\ni\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nJ\\nV\\nf^\\ni\\nacres in a creditable state of improvement. In 1881\\nhe erected his substantial barn. He is intending\\nsoon to erect a new dwelling.\\nThe family circle inckides five children, three sons\\nand two daughters, born as follows: Mary R.,\\nMarch 14,1859; Elmer M., Jan. 10, 1862; Nellie\\nM., July 18, 1868; Clarence E., Nov. 6, 1874; and\\nUriah J., April 25, 1877.\\nPolitically, Mr. R. is a supporter of the Demo-\\ncratic party. He was elected Highway Commis-\\nsioner in 1880 and 1 88 1.\\n?rrin E. Ford (deceased) was a farmer, re-\\nsided on section 13, Fremont Township,\\nand was born July 22, 1832, in North\\nMadison, Lake Co., Ohio. His parents were\\nDexter and Lucy (McKinstry) Ford. The\\nfather was born Sept. 13, 1805, in Massa-\\nchusetts, and was a machinist by occupation. The\\nmother was born in the same State, Jan. 12, 1803.\\nThe parents lived in Lake Co., Ohio, and there\\nreared a family of three children, Clorinda R., Orrin\\nE. and Reuben D. The father died in Lake Co.,\\nOhio, and the mother died in Hillsdale Co., Mich.,\\nin 1855.\\nOrrin E. Ford, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, was reared under the parental roof-tree and\\nreceived the advantages afforded by the common\\nschools. He remained with his parents until the\\nbreaking out of the late civil war, when he enlisted\\nin Co. B, First Mich. Vol. Lif whicli was assigned\\nto the Army of the Potomac. He participated in\\nthe seven-days battle before Richmond (commonly\\nknown as the battle of the Wilderness), and was there\\nwounded by having two fingers shot off. He was\\nthen sent to Washington, and, becoming indisposed,\\nwas sent 10 tiie hosintai. He remained in the latter\\nplace for some time, when he was sent to Philadel-\\nphia, where he remained for six months, and was\\nthen discharged on account of disability, having con-\\ntracted a chronic disease.\\nAfter his discharge, Mr. Ford came to this State\\nand lived with his family in Hillsdale County, for\\ntwo years. He then moved to this county and located\\non section 24, Fremont Township. He entered on\\nthe task of improving his land, determined to make\\nit a permanent home for himself and family, and after\\nlaboring for 18 months on the farm passed to the\\nland beyond the grave, his death occurring Aug. 29,\\n1869.\\nMr. Ford was united in marriage with Miss Mary\\nE. Pease, Dec. 31, 1855. She is a daughter of Henry\\nand Nancy (Scott) Pease, natives of New York, and\\nwas born in Washtenaw County, this State, May 5,\\n1837. The father was born Oct 6, 1805, and died\\nNov. 22, 1875, in Isabella County, this State, and the\\nmother was born in Wayne Co., N. Y., in 18 12. They\\nwere father and mother of six children, one boy and\\nfive girls, and only one of each sex survives.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ford are the parents of three chil-\\ndren, all girls, namely: Josephine C. A., born Dec.\\nI, 1858, in Hillsdale County, this State, and is the\\nwife of Henry L. Brainard; Jennie J. A., born Feb.\\n10, 1861, in Woodbridge, Hillsdale County, and is\\nthe wife of Stephen Moody; Lucy C. S. was born\\nFeb. I, 1866, in this county. The father was a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church while living,\\nand the mother is and has been a member of and an\\nactive worker in the same Church for a number of\\nyears.\\nV^\\nc^:\\ni^V^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac;^#\\neorge W. Cole, general farmer, section 10,\\nLincoln Township, was born in St. Law-\\nrence Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1842. His\\nparents, Benjamin and Eunice (Calkins) Cole,\\nwere natives respectively of New York and\\nPennsylvania, of English ancestry. His\\nfather was a farmer and died in this county, in June,\\n1876, and his mother is still living, in Union Town-\\nship. This family moved first to Ohio, and four\\nyears later to Allen Co., Ind., where for 12 years\\nyoung George worked with his father on the farm\\nand attended school. In August, 1866, they moved\\nto the present homestead, then an unbroken wilder-\\nness. They took possession of a quarter of section i o.\\nSubsequently, Mr. George W. Cole bought half of\\nthis of his father, of which he now has 70 acres in a\\nhigh state of cultivation he also has erected several\\ngood farm buildings, and made other improvements.\\nPolitically, Mr. C. is a staunch Republican. He j\\nhas held the office of Township Clerk, Commissioner _.\\nc", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "5iii*^^*sr\\n368\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nf\\n-j\\nof Highways, and other offices. In religion, he, as\\nwell as his wife, is a Seventh-Day Adventist.\\nAug. 12, 1866, in Allen Co., Ind., Mr. Cole mar-\\nried Miss Rebecca J., daughter of Samuel A. and\\nMargaret (Burrell) Walters, natives of Ohio, where\\nalso Mr. C. was born, April 23, 1849, in Crawford\\nCounty. She was two years old when the family\\nmoved to Allen Co., Ind., where she grew up and\\nwas educated. Mr. and Mrs. C. are the parents of\\nsix children, all of whom are living, namely\\nHarriet A., born July 3, 1868; Warner S., Dec. 13,\\n1870; Rosetta M., July 23, 1873; Vernon D., Feb.\\n12, 1874; Joseph W., Sept. 15, 1879; and ElmerM.,\\nApril 23, 1883.\\nMr. Cole s jrortrait appears on a preceding page.\\n\u00c2\u00a3l k^?a|:t evi B. Van Decar, a prominent farmer, mer-\\nLHit cliant and mill owner, residing on section\\nI liSTr 14. Nottawa Township, is a son of Funda\\n6lG^ and Lucy (Bailey) Van Decar, natives of the\\nA State of New Vork. The father has been dead\\n29 years, and the mother lives at Ballston Spa,\\nNew York.\\nThe subject of this notice was born Sept. 12, 1848,\\nat Waterford, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and received an\\nelementary education in the district schools. Grow-\\ning up, he learned the brick-mason s trade, after\\nwhich he removed to Macomb Co., Mich., in the\\nyear 1868. He subsequently worked at his trade at\\nRomeo, Imlay City, Oxford and Lapeer, and in 1879\\ncame to Isabella County. While living at Imlay, the\\nfamily lost their dwelling house and contents by fire,\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u0094which calamity was repeated three years later at\\nOxford.\\nArriving in this county, he purchased 120 acres of\\nland in Nottawa Township, to which farm 80 acres\\nhave since been added. About half his farm (100\\nacres) is under cultivation. He is now a general\\nmerchant and lumberman, as well as farmer, and in\\nhis store is the postoffice of Van Decar. He has a\\nsaw-mill, in which he first used a threshing-machine\\npower; but his business having greatly enlarged, he\\nhas increased the capacity of his mill by putting in\\nlarger power. The village of Van Decar Iras been\\nstarted four years. He has strong hopes that the\\nK^\\nToledo Ann Arbor Railroad will pass through the\\nplace.\\nWhen Mr. Van D. first came to his present farm\\nhe built a log stable, in which he lived two months\\nthen built a log house on the site of his present store.\\nHe opened his mercantile business with a $75 stock\\nin a lintel in the back part of his house, and his wife\\nattended the store while he cleared the land. He\\nhauled the goods from Mt. Pleasant, with a pair of\\nIndian ponies hitched to the hind wheels of a lum-\\nber wagon, taking 450 pounds at a load. The roads\\nwere so muddy that he had to unload five times be-\\ntween Mt. Pleasant and his destination. For the\\nfirst few years his trade was principally with the In-\\ndians, bartering goods for furs.\\nMr. Van Decar tells that an Indian woman died\\non his place, of consumption, and describes the\\nunique funeral. He furnished the boards for the\\ncoffin, which the woman s husband constructed in a\\nrude fashion. The corpse was drawn in a wagon by\\noxen, the Indian husband driving! One child rode\\non one of the oxen, and another rode on the coffin!\\nThe burying took place in an Indian cemetery two\\nmiles north of Mr. Van D. s corners, and lies on Mr.\\nFrisbee s land.\\nHis Indian neighbors practiced many peculiar cus-\\ntoms, one of which was that of holding war dances at\\ncorn-planting time, and also when the corn was large\\nenough to roast, and again when it was harvested.\\nThey had a long tent, with curtains around the sides,\\nbut open above. They built a fire in the middle of\\nthe tent, and around this tent they danced. A box\\nof tobacco was placed on either end, and the dancers\\nwould smoke when tired of the exercise. The dance\\nwould continue 24 hours, or as long as the whisky\\nlasted.\\nSept. 24. 1 88 1 (Sunday night), about niidnight,\\nMr. Van Decar s house was destroyed by fire. He\\nhimself was sick at the time. His wife was aroused\\nfirst, by hearing something burst in the store. Look-\\ning in, she saw it was all ablaze, although the roof\\nhad not yet fallen in. She wished to enter and save a iv\\npart at least of the burning merchandise, but he held\\nher back. A hired girl and a hired man who slept ^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2_\\nabove were so stupefied with the smoke that they were\\nawakened with great difficulty. The youngest child\\nhad a narrow escape. Mrs. Van Decar had scarcely\\nhanded him to Mr. Van D. when a large brand of\\nr^:Diir", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nt^-7\\n:I\\nfire fell uixin the bed where he had just lain They\\nhad an insurance of ^Soo, and their net loss was\\n$2,180.\\nIn May, 1882, Mr. Van D. drew up a petition for\\na postoffice, and forwarded the same to Washington.\\nThe Postmaster-General replied that if he would es-\\ntablish a route the Government would let a contract\\nfor the same. Mr. Van Uecar carried the mail twice\\na week to Mt. Pleasant for six months, and Mr.\\nSchubauck did the same for three months, free of e.K\\npenses. The Government did as promised.\\nHe was married Feb. 15, 1871, to Nancy H.,\\nyoungest daughter of Erastus Day, of Armada\\nTownship, Macomb County. She was born Sept.\\nI, 1851. Two sons have been added to the family\\ncircle: Harry D., born June 12, 1872, in Lapeer\\nCounty, and Frank, born at O.xford, May 18, 1879.\\nMr. Van Decar is politically a Republican. He\\nhas been Township Clerk one term. Both he and\\nwife are members of the Baptist Church.\\n||.|3harles Barden, farmer on section 14, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of William and Sopliia\\n(Norton) Barden. The parents lived first\\nin New York State, then in Cuyahoga Co.,\\nOhio, next in Jackson County, this Statu,\\nand finally in Ingham County, where tliey\\nTheir son diaries was horn in Ohio, July 18, 1830,\\nand was four years old when the family removed to\\nthis State. Leaving home at the age of 17, he worked\\nout by the month at farming until 20 years old, and\\nthen bought a farm in Ingham County, which lie-\\nworked until the fall of 1862. He then sold his\\nIngham County property, and came to Isabella\\nCounty and bought 80 acres of wild land on sec-\\n13, Coe Township. He afterward exchanged this\\nfor another 80 acres on the same section, and bought\\n40 acres on section 14, where he now resides. He\\nhas now 70 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Ingham County, Oct. 29, 1849,\\nto Jeannette, daughter of Hiram and Mary (Gerard)\\nAustin, natives of the State of New York. She was\\nborn in Jackson County, this State, April 23, 1833,\\nand is the mother of two children, Lavant P. and\\nNora S.\\nMr. B. has been School Assessor of his district for\\n19 consecutive years. Politically, he votes with and\\nworks for tlie Republican party. His wife is a mem-\\nber of the Disciples Church.\\n{fffiCIKilliam Swanston, farmer, section 7, Wise\\n-^^f lownship, was born March 15, 1851, in\\nii f-^ Glasgow, Scotland. His parents, John\\nand Elizabeth (Beck) Swanston, were also\\nIvi) natives of the capital city of Scotland, and\\nemigrated with their family to Canada, where\\ntlie mother died and where the father still resides.\\nMr. Swanston has been a resident of the United\\nStates since he was one year old. He continued to\\nreside at home until the age of 20 years, when he\\ncame to Detroit. He remained there a year, and in\\n1872 came to Isabella County, and has since been\\nengaged in farming and lumbering. His estate com-\\nprises 200 acres in Wise Township and 80 acres in\\nVernon Township, and he has 109 acres cleared and\\notherwise improved. In political sentiment Mr.\\nSwanston is a Republican.\\nHe was married Oct. 21, 1876, in Canada, to\\nAnnie Wilson, who was born in the Dominion, April\\n24, 1859. James A. and John A. are the names of\\ntheir two children. Mrs. Swanston is a member of\\nthe Presbyterian Church.\\n-j;i j\\noseph B. Fox, farmer, section 8, Fremont\\nJ[ Township, is a son of William and Ellen\\n(lice Bird) Fox. The father is a native of\\nEngland and was there born May i, 1795, and\\nthe mother was born on the Emerald Isle, in\\n1821. The father followed the occupation of a\\nfarmer in his native country, and emigrated to the\\nNew World in the year 1829. He landed at New\\nYork city and from there moved to Hastings Co.,\\nCan., where he now resides, aged 87, and the mother\\n63 years.\\nJoseph B. Fox, the subject of our biographical\\nnotice, was born in Hastings Co., Can., Dec. 23,\\n1842. He was reared on the farm, assisting his fa-\\nther and receiving the advantages afforded by the\\ncommon schools of the country, until he attained the\\nage of 16 years. On arrival at this age in life, he\\nc^\\nto)\\nVlD$^\\nJ;\\nnii:^iiD^\\nj:^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\nTi^^^\\n4^^\\niii^\\nv\\ns\\nlaunched his life-boat on the sea of events and went\\nforth to battle against the trials of life alone. He\\nworked as a common laborer, for a gentleman in the\\nneighborhood for i6 months, at $8 per month, and\\nafterward followed various occupations until 1865;\\nand during that year he came to this county and\\nstopped at an old lumber camp, the property of a\\nMr. Whitney, of Detroit. He worked at this camp\\nduring the winters and in the summers worked on\\na farm in the neighborhood. In 1870 he purchased\\n82 acres of land on section 8, Fremont Township,\\nthis county. There were ten acres of this land im-\\nproved at the time of purchase, and at the present\\ntime Mr. Fox has 65 acres of his farm in a good\\nstate of cultivation. He built a large barn on the\\nland in 1875 and the following year erected a fine\\nhouse. His accumulations are but the reward of\\nhonest, energetic labor, and his success entitles him\\nto a [X)sition among the progressive farmers of his\\ntownship.\\nMr. Fox was wedded to the lady of his choice,\\nMiss Jane Bushel, April 17, 187 i. She was bo^n in\\nHastings Co., Can., in 1847, and was the daughter\\nof William and Mary (Bird) Bushel, natives of Ire-\\nland. The falher died some 25 years ago, and the\\nmother is still residing in Hastings County.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of five\\nchildren, namely Martha E., born Dec. 3, 1872;\\nMary E., born April 8, 1875 William W., born Oct.\\n12, 1877: Effie J., born May 12, 1879; Minnie E.,\\nborn Jan. 22, 1882.\\nPolitically, Mr. Fox is a believer in and supporter of\\nthe principles of the Republican party. Socially, he\\nis a member f the Masonic Order, Lodge No. 257,\\nElm Hall.\\ni^ (IK ellington Irish, farmer on section 7, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Smith and Ann E.\\n(Rice) Irish, natives of New Yoik State\\nand Connecticut. The parents settled in Gen-\\nesee Co., Mich., and afterwards in Shiawassee\\nCounty. Thence they returned to New York,\\nwhere she died. May 15, 1862. He is spending his\\nlast years with his son Wellington, in this county.\\nThe sui)ject of this notice was born in Genesee\\nCounty, this State, June 20, 1848, and remained with\\nhis parents until 15 years old. He was then employ-\\ned by the month on farms in New York and Michigan\\nuntil 1874. He came to Isabella County in March,\\n1875, and bought 40 acres of land on section 7, Coe\\nTownship, where he has since resided. He has now\\nnearly all his land under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Livingston Co., Mich., Nov. 25,\\n1874, to Josephine, daughter of Robert and Annis\\n(Hunt) Bullis, natives of the State of New York.\\nMrs. Irish was born in Livingston Co., Mich., May\\n27, 1852. She and her husband have had two chil-\\ndren, of whom one died in infancy. Roy C. was born\\nApril 17, 1882. Mr. Irish is a member of the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity, and is a supporter of the Republican\\nparty.\\nohn A. Harris, cashier in the banking house\\njp of Brown, Harris Co., at Mt. Pleasant,\\nll ^r -was born Sept. 23, 1842, in London, Eng-\\nland. He is the son of William and Sarah\\n(Heath) Harris, and his parents were born re-\\nspectively in Cornwall and London. His father\\nwas a provision merchant in the city of London some\\nyears, and in 1852 came to America with his family,\\nconsisting of his wife and five children. He settled\\nin Montcalm Township, Montcalm Co., Mich., where\\nhe bought 40 acres of land, and there resided until the\\nspring of 1854, when he died. His family made that\\ntheir home until 1866. The farm was all improved\\nand in the best possible agricultural condition, when\\nthey moved to a farm they purchased in the north\\npart of the township, which contained 200 acres of\\nland. The father died in the city of New York, hav-\\ning left home on business. William E. Harris, eld-\\nest child, and Henry G. Harris, fourth in order of\\nbirth, are both millers at Mt. Pleasant. Sarah A.,\\nthird child, is now Mrs. Warner Churchill. Charlotte\\nM. (Mrs. Lorenzo Kent) is the youngest born of\\nthe family. The husbands are both millers at Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nMr. Harris is the second child of his parents and\\nremained with them until 1872, when he came to\\nMt. Pleasant, and, in company with his elder brother,\\nbuilt the Mt. Pleasant flouring mills, which are still\\nunder their control. They do merchant and custom\\nwork, and their mill has a manufacturing capacity of\\nA\\nc^:\\nV\\nr^\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00ac)^^m^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K^^\\n-^mM]\\\\^\\nJ:Si^:f:L.\\n-^^^5f\u00c2\u00aeA\\n\u00c2\u00bb4", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^loo barrels of flour daily. They are also engaged\\nin heavy transactions in grain and ship to various\\npoints. The banking house of Brown, Harris Co.\\nwas organized and commenced operations Jan. 12,\\n1883, and in March of the same year, Mr. Harris\\nwithdrew from active supervision of his milling in-\\nterests to assume the position of cashier, and has con-\\ntinued to discharge the duties of that office. The\\nbusiness of the house is similar in character to like\\ninstitutions, and is thriving and prosperous.\\nMr. Harris owns his residence and a half-interest\\nin 30 acres of land attached to the mill. His mar-\\nriage to Catherine Holmden occurred May 31, 1872,\\nat Greenville, Montcalm County. She was born in\\nGrand Rapids, and is the daughter of George and\\nHester Holmden. Cassius A., Hester, Edwin O.\\nand John Glenn are the names of the four children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Harris.\\n!?on. Samuel W. Hopkins, of Mt. Pleasant,\\nS\u00c2\u00bb is a son of Samuel and Freelove Burlingame\\n(Arnold) Hopkins. The father was born in\\nCoventry, R. I., Jan. 10, 1803, the son of Rufus\\nI and Amy (Shippee) Hopkins. Rufus Hopkins\\nwas the sou of Esquire Samuel and Phebe (Case)\\nHopkins. Esquire Samuel Hopkins father was Judge\\nSamuel Hopkins, who was the son of Joseph Hop-\\nkins. The last named married a daughter of Edward\\nWhalley, one of the regicide judges who fled from\\nEngland upon the restoration of Charles II. Judge\\nWhalley lived and is buried upon Hopkins Hill, West\\nGreenwich, R. I. It is from this ancestor that the\\nsubject of this biography takes his middle name,\\nspelling it with but one 1, however. Most of the\\nHopkins family have been engaged in the great\\nindustry of Rhode Island, cotton manufacturing.\\nMrs. Freelove Burlingame (Arnold) Hopkins was\\nborn in Warwick, R. I., Jan. 15, 1807, the daughter\\nof Elijah and Sally (Gorton) Arnold. She was an\\nonly daughter, and had three brothers. Elijah\\n.\\\\rnold was the 17th child of James and Freelove\\n(Burlingame) Arnold, and James Arnold was the son\\nof Thomas Arnold, who bought a square mile of\\nland in Warwick, R. I., and divided it into six farms.\\nThe mother of the subject of this sketch was born\\non the middle one of these (on Cowesett road), known\\nas Arnold s Square.\\nMrs. Sally (Gorton) .\\\\rnold, Mr. Hopkins maternal\\ngrandmother, was the daughter of William and Sally\\n(Whitford) Gorton. William Gorton was the son of\\nDr. Samuel Gorton, whose father was Samuel Gorton.\\nThis ancestor came to Massachusetts from England,\\nand was called a heretic iiy the Puritans, who drove\\nhim from their colony. He bought a home of the\\nIndians in Rhode Island and named it Patuxet.\\nHe lived to be a centenarian.\\nSamuel Hopkins, the father of Samuel W. Hop-\\nkins, lived in the towns of Coventry, West Green-\\nwich and Exeter, R. I., until 1857, extensively engaged\\nin the manufacture of cotton goods. He built several\\nmills, and was a prominent man in his section of the\\ncountry. The great financial panic of r857, which\\nengulfed so many thousands in the vortex of ruin\\nand which affected to some degree every business\\nman in the United States, was the end of his active\\nbusiness career. He had been a very energetic,\\nshrewd man, of sanguine disposition and buoyant\\nspirits, but this failure seemed to break his strength\\nof mind. With the remnant of his means he bought\\n80 acres of land in Coventry, Conn., where he lived\\na retired life until his death, Feb. 19, 1875. His\\nfamily included nine children, seven sons and two\\ndaughters. Seven of the nine lived to adult age.\\nSamuel Whaley Hopkins, the youngest of the\\nfamily, was born April i, 1845, in Exeter, R. I., where\\nhe lived until the age i years. He was very preco-\\ncious, being able to read and spell when but three\\nyears of age. He attended the district school in Exeter\\nfor some time before leaving that town. In 1856 the\\nfamily moved to Coventry, Conn. Here he studied\\nin the district school and also received private in-\\nstruction from a Miss Mary K. Hutchinson.\\nAt the age of 15 he attended the Ellington Acad-\\nemy, and the following year the academy at Man-\\nchester. The ensuing winter he taught at Andover,\\nthen he sj)ent the summer at home on the farm, and\\nthe next winter he taught at Willimantic, Conn.\\nAfter another summer at home he was for a month\\nor so at Charleston, S. C, selling boots and shoes for\\na brother, then went to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend\\nthe Bryant Stratton Business College. Soon after\\nhis arrival, Mr. Felton, resident Principal of the\\nBryant Stratton school, and a Mr. Bigelow, estab-\\nV$J\\nr^\\nA\\nII\\ni\\n^C^D!i^:Dt];i", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "376\\n^1^ lished the Union Business College, from which Mr.\\nii) Hopkins was graduated in the spring (1865).\\nHe was at home the summer of that year, sold\\ni books in the fall, and taught school near home in the\\nwinter. The ensuing two years were spent partly at\\nhome and partly in selling books for Gurdon Bill\\nand Henry Bill, publishers. In the fall of 1868 he\\ntaught a select school at Andover. He taught at\\nLittle Falls, N. J., the next two years. Daring\\nthe summer season he read law with Benezeret\\nH. Bill, of Rockville, Conn. In the summer of 1870\\nhe studied law at home, and in the fall he entered\\nthe Law Department of the Michigan University.\\nHe took a two years course at that institution, study-\\ning in the summer of 1871 with Hon. John M. H;ill,\\nof Willimantic, Conn.\\nHe was graduated in March, 1872, and then vis-\\nited at home for a few weeks, after which he located\\ntemporarily at Grand Rapids, this State. There he\\nwas admitted to the Bar, but he was principally occu-\\npied in settling the estate of a Mr. Gardner. While\\nat Clare, Clare County, making collections for the\\nestate, he met the Hon. I. A. Fancher, of Mt. Pleas-\\nant, who induced him to make Isabella County his\\nfuture home. These two gentlemen were partners in\\nthe practice of law for three years. Mr. Hopkins\\nwas then for two years connected with Michael Dev-\\neraux. Commencing with Jan. i, 1875, his partner\\nwas, for nearly two years. Wade B. Smith. He then\\nassociated with himself Free Estee, who had formerly\\nstudied law with him. Mr. H. s health having\\nfailed, principally from mental overwork in the Leg-\\nislature, his business was looked after almost entirely\\nby his partners, first Mr. Smith, then Mr. Estee. He\\nspent two summers at Higgins Lake, Roscommon\\nCounty, and in the winter of 1881-2 visited his\\nmother at Coventry, Conn., where he remained for\\nsix months.\\nThe first of January, 1883, he formed his present\\nbusiness com ecfion with Daniel E. Lyon. They do\\nan extensive business in real estate, insurance and\\nloans. In 1883 they loaned over $100,000. They\\nrepresent 1 1 sound insurance companies, and do the\\nlargest business in that line in the county.\\nMr. Hopkins is politically a staunch Republican.\\nHe has always taken a deep interest in politics, and\\nhe has been and still is of great influence. He has\\nserved his community in numerous official positions,\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\nf\\nv^\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\\u00c2\u00ae))^$^i- e^-^D 3 m^-y^\\nwith credit to himself and satisfaction to his constit-\\nuents. While in Coventry, Conn., he was, at the age\\nof 22, elected a member of the Schojl Board, on\\nboth tickets, De.iiocratic and Republican. He served\\nthree years. In the early part of 1873 he was ap-\\npointed Clerk of Union Township, this county, to fill\\na vacancy, and the same spring he was elected to\\nto that position. He was twice re-elected Clerk, and\\nhe also served seven years as Justice of the Peace.\\nHe also officiated a year or so as Deputy Township\\nClerk, while holding the latter office. He was for\\none term Superintendent of Schools at Mt. Pleasant,\\nand for three years Chairman of the Board of School\\nTrustees. He was the first Village .Attorney of Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nIn 1875-6 he served the county as Prosecuting\\n.Attorney. During his term he literally reformed the\\nvillage of Loomis, which had become infested with\\ncriminals and law-breakers. He was also instru-\\nmental in breaking up an organization known as the\\nKnights of Agriculture, which had been formed for ^L\\nproper purposes but which had drifted into the\\nmanagement of bad men. He also defended the\\ncounty against an injunction brought by the authori-\\nties of Vernon Township (to which Clare county had\\nbeen attached) in a matter involving a large sum of\\ntax money. He afterwards, in the Legislature, de-\\nfended the county in a similar case against the\\ncounties of Mecosta and Midland, to each of which\\na moiety of Isabella County was formerly attached\\nfor municipal purposes. This matter brought on a\\nhard-fought struggle of four weeks in the Legisla-\\nture, and at every step Mr. Hopkins won.\\nHe was elected to the Legislature first in the fall\\nof 1876, running against Henry H. Graves, and took\\nhis seat in January following. He was a member of /j\\nthe Committees on Judiciary. Public Lands and Liquor\\nTraffic. During this session he introduced a bill\\nmaking libel a crime. This measure passed the\\nHouse, but was killed in the Senate. In the fall of\\n1878 he was re-elected to the House, taking his seat\\nin January, 1879. He was at this time a member of ^1\\nthe C omniittee on Judiciary, and Chairman (though J\\nyoungest member) of the most important committee i-\\nof the session Special Joint Committee on Taxa- (i\\\\\\ntion. In this he was associated with Messrs. Hall, s^\\nStanchfield, Ferguson and Kuhn, of the House, and (V\\nthree of the ablest members of the Senate, J. W,\\nc\\nc\\n-^4^m^j^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "IB-/^i\\nI\\nf\\n.-C\\nISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\nZ^-Qi/^^\\nJ\\nV\\nf\\ni\\nCliilds, of Washtenaw, James W. Cochrane, of Mid-\\nland, and George A. Farr, of Ottawa. They pre-\\npared and introduced a bill reorganizing the tax\\nsystem of the State. This bill passed the House, but\\nwas lost in the Senate. The next year a commis-\\nsion was appointed by the Governor, which carried\\ninto effect the provisions of the law now in force,\\nwhich are much like those in Mr. Hopkins bill.\\nMr. Hopkins would have been sent to the Senate,\\nbut the failure of his health forbade his acceptance.\\nHe has been for the last six years Chairman of the\\nRepublican County Committee, and this position he\\nnow fills. In the fall of 1882 he was unanimously\\nnominated for the office of Prosecuting Attorney.\\nNot desiring this position, he made no canvass, and\\nhis opponent, Charles T. Russell, was elected. In\\n1877 he was nominated for President of the Village.\\nMr. Hopkins platted an addition to Mt. Pleasant\\nin 1874, on the south, known as Hopkins Addi-\\ntion.\\nHe was married at Jerusalem, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1873,\\nto Miss Margaretta, eldest daughter of Rev. Dr.\\nEdwin Vedder and Ida (Williams) Vedder. Dr. V.\\nis a native of Schenectady, N. Y., and his wife, of\\nNew Jersey, and both live at Jerusalem, Albany Co.,\\nN. Y. Mrs. Hopkins was born Feb. i, 1846, at Lit-\\ntle Falls, N. J., and lived successively at that place,\\nBerne, Middleburg, Gallupville, Schoharie and New\\nScotland. All these places but the first are in the\\nState of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins have\\nhad one son, Herbert Vedder, born at Mt. Pleasant,\\nAug. 21, 1876, and died at Jerusalem, N. Y., Aug. 4,\\n1877. Mrs. H. is a Presbyterian, and Mr. H. is a\\nmember of the Unitarian Society, of which he has\\nbeen for two years Vice-President. In 1884, Mr.\\nHopkins was chosen Alternate to the Chicago Con-\\nvention that nominated Blaine and Logan.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are pre-\\nsented on other pages of tiiis work.\\n\u00c2\u00abv iram T. Hall, farmer on section 9, Coe Town-\\nlip, is a son of Tlioinas and Annie (Ral-\\niiiii) Hall, natives of the United States and\\nIreland respectively. The parents settled in\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., afterwards removing to On-\\ntario County, where they died, he Dec. 6, 1857,\\nand she Nov. 7, 1866, nearly nine years afterward.\\n377^\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., May 11, 181 7, and was quite young when\\nhis parents removed to Ontario County. He received\\na common English education, and assisted largely\\nin the support of his parents, especially in their de-\\nclining years. He remained in Ontario County till\\nabout 1867, and then lived for two years in the State\\nof Wisconsin. In February, 1870, he came to Isa-\\nbella County and bought 53 acres of land in Coe\\nTownship, where he has since resided, having now\\n26 acres improved.\\nHe was married at Richmond, Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 9, 1852, to Ellis, daughter of Thomas and Jane\\n(Skeldon) Todd, natives of England and Canada.\\nMrs. Hall was born in Canada, April 4, 1834. She\\nand her husband have had born to them a family of\\nnine: Mary A., Aug. i, 1853; Carrie J., Oct. 31\\n1855 (died April 16, 1874, at the age af 18); Olive\\nE., May 18, 1858; Phebe E., May 14, i860; Emma\\nJ., Oct. 30, 1862 Ella A. and Nellie I. (twins), March\\n18, 1865 William T., May 21, 1867 Lillie E., May\\n12, 1870.\\nPolitically, Mr. H. is a Democrat.\\nt\\ne\\nc;\\n4^\\nV\\nasi;.?\\n^mr^.\\nT l fed^enry Burr, farmer and stock-raiser, section\\n-^yyl: y^, Lincoln Township, and one of the lead-\\ny^^ ing and representative men of the county,\\n(h was born in Plymouth, Wayne County, this State,\\ni Aug. 31, 1837. The parents of Mr. Burr were\\nI Ambrose and Mary (Jones) Burr, natives of\\nConnecticut and of English and Welsh descent. The\\nfather claimed a close connection to the (Quakers\\nwho settled in New England. He was a farmer and\\ndrover in the New England States and came from\\nthere to this State and located in Wayne County\\nwhen the same was but little settled and the hand of\\nimprovement was hardly visible. He now makes his\\nhome with our subject, aged 79 years. His mother\\ndied in this county Jan. 15, 1876.\\nHenry lived at home in his native county until he\\nwas 18 years of age. He was engaged in assisting (S)\\nhis father on the farm and received the advantages i\\nafforded by the common schools. On arriving at that\\nage he went to work by the month, whicii he continued (I-.\\nfor two years, and until the breaking out of the late\\nwar. He then enlisted in Co. H, First Mich. Cav., (w:^\\nCol. Broadhead, and was assigned to the Army", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "m\\nWfi\\n^a a y m^-^r^ \u00e2\u0082\u00acJ-^\\n378\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ny! of the Potomac. He participated in three general\\niiij) engagements, namely second battle of Bull Run\\nc\u00c2\u00bb (Aug. 30, 1862), Gettysburg (July i, 2, 3, 1863) and\\nWinchester, Va. (Sept. 19, 1864). He also partici-\\npated in many other smaller battles and skirmishes,\\nin which his company was engaged. At the battle of\\nGettsyburg he was wounded by a ball crushing the\\njoint of the index finger of the left hand. He was\\npromoted Commissary Sergeant early in 1863, and\\nDec. 31, 1863, he re-enlisted.\\nAt Winchester he was again wounded, tjiis time by\\na gunshot breaking the arm above the wrist. He was\\nfinally discharged for disability, at St. Louis, Mo.,\\nJune 15, 1865.\\nAfter his discharge from the service Mr. Burr came\\nto this State, and Feb. 19, 1866, in Washtenaw\\nCounty, he was united in marriage to Miss Alice D.,\\ndaughter of William A. and Elizabeth (Skidmore)\\nJones, natives of Genesee Co., N. Y., and of Welsh\\nparentage. Alice D. was born in Dexter, Washtenaw\\nCounty, this State, Feb. 8, 1842. She lived under\\nthe parental roof-tree, assisting her mother until the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0=3 latter s death in her household duties, and attending\\nthe common schools of the county, until her marriage\\nto Mr. Burr. Her mother died when she was 15\\nyears of age, and she kept house for her father, im-\\nproving her leisure moments with study. Her edu-\\ncation was not neglected, and her refinement is\\nindicative of what energy and determination may\\naccomplish.\\nMr. and Mrs. Burr are the parents of four children,\\none of whom is deceased. The living are. Amy H.,\\nborn Sept. 13, i868; Elmer W., Feb. 8, 1873; Cora\\nC, Aug. 19, 1880 Edith M., born April 9, 1867, and\\ndied April 29, 187 i.\\nOne year after marriage Mr. Burr moved to Jack-\\nson County, this State, where he remained for two\\nyears and then removed to Pontiac, Oakland Co.,\\nwhere he engaged in the dairy business. While in\\nthis he milked 44 cows and supplied more than 160\\nfamilies with milk.\\nIn the winter of 1869 Mr. Burr removed to this\\ncounty and purchased 80 acres of heavily timbered\\nland, on section 30, Lincoln Township. He ex-\\nperienced the obstacles and trials of the early \\\\no-\\nneer, but with a firm faith in the future development\\nof the county and an abundance of determination,\\nhe overcame them all and lias at the present time 70\\nacres of his land in a good state of cultivation. He\\ni\\nhas lately erected a residence on the farm, costing\\nhim $2,200, and his hearthstone is surrounded with\\npeace, plenty and happiness. Mrs. Burr is connected\\nwith the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nPolitically, Mr. Burr is inclined to the principles\\nand doctrines of the Republican party. He held the\\noffice of Supervisor in 1879, also Justice of the Peace\\nand other minor offices of his township.\\n^^f\\\\^m^\\nilliam B. Bowen, farmer on section 16,\\nCoe Township, is a son of James and Jane\\nJi^ (Westfall) Bowen, natives of Rhode Island\\nand New Jersey. The parents settled in\\nBradford Co., Pa., and afterwards removed to\\nOswego, N. Y., where he died. She died in\\nCoe Township, Aug. 15, 1879, at the advanced age\\nof 88.\\nTheir family comprises 1 1 children. William B.,\\nthe eldest son, was born in Bradford Co., Pa., June\\n28,1815. He received a rudimentary English edu-\\ncation in the common schools, and at the age of 16\\nwent out to work by the month, which he did until\\nhe was 25 years old. He then rented a farm in\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., for two years, and then another\\nfarm in the same county for one year, when he came\\nto Columbus, Ohio, and was for a year overseer in a\\nmill. In 1843 he came to Lenawee Co., Mich., and\\nbought a farm, which he worked a year and then\\nsold. He built a house in Adrian, in which he lived\\nfour years, his occupation being teaming and lumber-\\ning. He afterwards bought and sold several farms\\nin that county. In October, 1854, he came to Isa-\\nbella County and took up 80 acres of Government\\nland on section 9, Coe Township. He built a log\\nhouse, and returned to Lenawee County for his\\nfamily, who came on in February of the following\\nyear. After four years residence, he removed East\\nwith his family, with the purpose of educnting his\\nchildren, and lived 12 years in Tioga Co., Pa., en-\\ngaged in lumbering and in mercantile pursuits. He\\nsold his Isabella farm in i860. In 1870, he returned\\nto tills county and bought 40 acres on section 16,\\nwhere he now resides. Nearly all of this farm is\\nnow under cultivation.\\nDec. 2, 1840, in Monroe Co., N. Y., he was united\\nin marriage with Sarah H., daughter of Elisha and\\nr\\n(t\\n^[ia :i]tii", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "-as^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nZ^^^ST\\nf\\nT\\n6\\nRosina (Lawrence) Stewart, natives of Rensselaer\\nCo., N. Y. She was born in Sweden, Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y., Dec. 7, 1818. Of their six children, only two\\nsurvive, Eugene S. and Rosina J. The deceased\\nare Alice C, Emma R., Delphine and Emeline R.\\nMr. B. was the first Supervisor of Coe Township,\\nto which office he was elected in the spring of 1857.\\nHe has been Highway Commissioner three years.\\nDrain Commissioner three years and a school officer\\ntwo years. He is a Good Templar, and a strong\\ntemperance man. He is a Republican, and with his\\nwife belongs to the Baptist Church. Of this religious\\nsociety, he has been for 16 years Deacon, and is\\nnow Clerk and I reasurer.\\nm.\\nJ,,arvey J. Koons is a farmer on section 22,\\nt ss\u00c2\u00bb/-.\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb Deerfield Township. His father, George\\n^1^*^ Koons, was a native of Pennsylvania, and\\ndied in April, 1853. His mother, Chloe (Wei-\\nmer) Koons, also a native of the Keystone State,\\nI is still living, in Athens, Athens Co., Ohio.\\nIn the last named county, Dover Township, Har-\\nvey J. was born. When 23 years of age, he came\\nwith his mother and step-father to this county, arriv-\\ning May 29, 1864, and settling on his present farm,\\nwhere he has lived ever since, with the exception of\\nabout six years in Saginaw and Ohio. He once ex-\\nchanged the farm for a house and lot in Ovid, Clin-\\nton County, this State, but shortly afterward ex-\\nchanged again, taking possession of his present jilace\\na second time.\\nMarch 23, i858, on the Mission Farm, by\\nFather Sheldon (a missionary to the Indians), Mr.\\nKoons was married to Mrs. Louisa, widow of Harris\\nH. Caldwell, and the children since born to them\\nare: Frank Ami, born Jan. 12, 1869; and Lucy Lil-\\nlian, Aug. 23, 1875. Mrs. K., whose maiden name\\nwas Boyden, was born Oct. 10, 1836, in Macomb\\nCo., Mich., and when four or five years old moved\\nwith her parents to Dryden, Michigan, where, 10 or\\n12 years afterward, June 18, 1854, she was married,\\nand moved to Volga City, Clayton Co., Iowa. Eight\\nyears afterward they moved to Maple Rapids, Mich.,\\nand one year later moved to this county, homestead-\\ning a quarter section of land in the township of Lin-\\ncoln. Mr. Caldwell commenced working for I. E.\\nArnold, and during the ensuing winter was drowned\\nin the Chippewa River, near the Bradley bridge.\\nHis children were, Herbert C, born Oct. 8, 1856,\\nand Alice J., Aug. i, 1859.\\nOn the preceding page is a portrait of Mr. Koons,\\nas that of a representative citizen of Isabella County.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nDSSSlM^r\\n^^ifUtm^\\n\\\\P.\\nc\\n[nthony McKay, farmer and stock-raiser,\\nXs, section ig, Lincoln Township, was born in t^-\\nNorthumberland Co., N. B., on the Mira- fj\\nmichi River, Nov. 22, 1822.\\nThe parents of Mr. McKay were Donald\\nand Zilpha (Rogers) McKay, natives of New\\nBrunswick and of Scotch e.xtraction. Mr. McKay s\\npaternal grandfather was a member of the 74th\\nHighlanders, a regiment the members of which, after\\nserving against the rebellious colonies, settled in\\nNew Brunswick, on land given them by the king.\\nDonald McKay s occupation was that of a lumber-\\nman, and he continued to follow the same in his\\nnative country until the time of his death. The\\nmother is supposed to be still living, in California.\\nAnthony lived at home, in New Brunswick, assist-\\ning his father in the maintenance of the family and\\nattending, as time would permit, the common school,\\nuntil he attained the age of 17 years. He spent the\\ngreater portion of his time until he had attained the\\nage stated in log-driving on the St. John s River,\\nand has driven them 300 miles. When 17 years of\\nage he left home and engaged in the same occupation\\nin Maine. He continued this in Maine for a period\\nof 17 years, and during that time worked for the well\\nknown lumberman, E. G. Dunn, of that State, a o\\\\-\\ntion of the time as manager of their drive.\\nIn the fall of 1857, Mr. McKay came to this State\\nand located in Gladwin County. While there he\\nengaged himself to Newell Barnard Co., lum-\\nbermen, eight miles above the mouth of the Tobacco\\nRiver, and was in their employ until 1859, when he\\nwent to Gratiot County and worked for Joshua Dunn,\\nof Seville Township. He afterward bought a tract\\nof 300 acres of land in that county, and in the year\\n1874 exchanged the same tor 80 acres in this county,\\nLincoln Township, section 19. To this he has added\\n80 acres by purchase, and of the 160 he has 65 acres\\ni^^-e^\u00c2\u00ae\\n^!1!1^I\\n\u00c2\u00ab4^^5f(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "5^t#\\nr tlti:^Ill|vi v\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nr\\nI\\nill a good state of cultivation. He has erected a\\ngood residence and substantial barn on his land,\\nand has met witli signal success in his agricultural\\naffairs.\\nMr. McKay was united in marriage in July, 1868,\\nin Gratiot Co., this State, to Miss L. Cranfield, a\\nnative of the State of New York, where she was born\\nNov. I, 1840. She is a member of the United\\nBrethren Church. Mr. and Mrs.- M. have two ad-\\nopted children, named Lydia and Phineas respect-\\nively. In politics Mr. B. is a supporter of and\\nbeliever in the principles of the Republican party.\\n-J3\\n7~T\\nei-\\n||o.dward E. Alvord, farmer on section 28,\\nCoe Townshi|), is a son of Justus\\nand Hannah (Thorpe) Alvord, natives of\\nthe State of Massachusetts. The parents re-\\nmoved from the Bay State to New York, and\\nlater settled in Williams Co., Ohio, where he\\ndied, Sept. 9, 1868, and she July 31, 187 1.\\nTheir eight children were named Mary, Hiram B.,\\nDavid H., Justus H., Edward E., Nathan Eli L.\\nand Henry D.\\nThe subject of this notice, the fourth son, was born\\nin Allegany Co., N. Y., April 18, 1831, and was 11\\nyears old when his parents removed to Ohio. He\\nlived at home until 22 years old, then worked out by\\nthe month one year, and then for two years followed\\ndifferent occupations. Ne.\\\\t, he bought a farm in\\nHillsdale County, where he lived four years. Rent-\\ning it for two years, he then returned to Williams\\nCounty and carried on his father s farm. He then\\nlived on his own farm a year and a half, when he\\nsold, went to Iowa and bought 320 acres of wild\\nland in Linn County. After two years residence in\\nthe Hawkeye State, he returned to this State and\\nbought 80 acres in Pine River Township, Gratiot\\nCounty. He lived there 18 months, and in the\\nspring of 1869 sold and removed to Salt River, this\\ncounty. Forming a i)artnership with Henry Struble,\\nhe opened a general provision store.\\nAfter eight months, he bought out Mr. Struble, and\\nconducted the business alone for a year. Disposing\\nthen of his business, he was for four years engaged\\nin various pursuits, principally jobbing. He soon\\nafter bought 160 acres of wild land on section 28,\\nCoe, but continued to reside at Salt River, on account\\nof educational advantages, until July, 1880. He then\\nmoved on his farm, where he has since made his\\nhome. He has now 46 acres in a highly satisfactory\\nstate of cultivation.\\nHe was married in Medina, Lenawee Co., Midi.,\\nFeb. 29, 1856, to Belinda, daughter of Jabez and\\nKeziah (Birkhinie) Jones, natives respectively of Vir-\\nginia and Pennyslvania. She was born in Ross Co.,\\nOhio, March 16, 1832. Seven children have been\\nadded to the household, of whom the following five\\nsurvive Henry D., Hannah K., Mary C, Sarah\\nJ. and Ella M. Abraham L. and Edward S. are\\ndeceased.\\nMr. and Mrs. Alvord are members of the Univer-\\nsalis! Church. Politically, he has heretofore been a\\nRepublican, liut he now supports the National party.\\nI\\nf\\nA\\nc^:\\nackson Alexander, farmer, section 26,\\nColdwater Township, was born July 4,\\n[827, in Washington Co., Pa., and is the V/\\nson of John and Mary (Harden) Alexander,\\n^r both of whom were natives of the Keystone\\nI State. The father was born in March, 1797,\\nand died April 27, 1881. The motlier was born Nov.\\n30, 1800, and died Jan 19, 1884. In 1829, the par-\\nents removed to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where the fa-\\nther purchased a limbered tract, which he put in dm\\nagricultural condition, with the aid of his son, whose V\\nlabors were necessary to that work, and the main-\\ntenance of the family from a very early age.\\nAt 18 years of age, Mr. Alexander became his own\\nmaster, and he went to Stark Co.. Ohio, where he\\nspent three years as a farm laborer. In 1854 he\\nwent to Elkhart Co., Ind., wheie he engaged in job\\nwork, both laborious and profitable. He was married\\nMay 15, 1856, to Louisa, daughter of John T. and\\nNancy (Carpenter) Wilson. Her parents were natives f\\nof Ohio, where they passed their entire lives. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Alexander soon after their marriage set (iy\\nout for Fillmore Co., Minn., with the purpose of es- v\\ntablishinga iiome on the prairies, but the country not\\nmeeting their expectation they returned to Elkhart,\\nh\\nm\\\\\\nH V^\\nr??-\\n-f^^5f\u00c2\u00aeAi^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": ":i^S/^\u00c2\u00ae^$^^i\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nT^-T-\\nmm\\\\\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-Zi^^\\ni\\nInd., where they passed the ensuing three years in\\nfarming.\\nMr. Alexander liecaiiie a soldier in tlie second\\nyear of the civil war, enlisting Aug. lo, 1862, in Co.\\nG., 74th Ind. Vol. Inf. The regiment was assigned\\nto the Army of the Cumberland, and was in action in\\nmost of tlie battles and ^kirjiiishes from Chattanooga\\nto the surrender of Joe Johnston. The principal en-\\ngagements were at Perryville, Tullahoma, Chickamau-\\nga. Peach-tree Creek, Jonesboro and Kenesaw Moun-\\ntain. Mr. Alexander received two wounds during\\nthe first day s fight at Chickamauga; one in the neck\\nfrom a stray shot in a flank movement by the rebels,\\nearly in the day, and a second, about four in the af-\\nternoon, in the right arm above the elbow. He was\\nmustered out of the service June 21, 1865, and re-\\nturned home.\\nHe spent a year on a rented farm, and the last days\\nof October, 1866, came to Isabella Co., Mich. He at\\nonce entered the first papers on the property which has\\nsince been his home, and in May, 1867, he returned\\nand built his house. In September following, he\\ncame hither with his wife and three children.\\nThe journey from Elkhart with a team was a mem-\\norable one and characteristic of the variety of in-\\ncidents in pioneer life. The distance traversed was\\n200 miles. They made the route without mishap\\nuntil near Schafer s tavern, 27 miles north of Ionia, at\\nthe edge of a piece of pine woods, 17 miles in extent,\\nwhich they reached one day about noon. They\\ncooked their dinner, and hoped to get through the\\nwoods before dark. There was no road only a blazed\\ntree now and then marked the route which wound\\nin every possible direction to avoid trees. At dark\\nthey had traversed but half the distance, and they\\nencamped on the bank of the Pine River. After\\nbreakfast, they set out, but had gone only half a mile\\nwhen one of the hind wheels of the wagon dished\\ninwards and forced five spokes out of the felloe. A\\nman passed them soon after, and with his aid Mr.\\nAlexander bound staves on the wheel rim and started\\non. The wheel soon gave out again, and Mr. A. cut\\na sapling and bound the larger end to the front axle.\\nOn this he rested the hind axle while the bush end of\\nthe sapling dragged on the ground. This failed to\\nwork well, and the draught upon his team being too\\ngreat he concluded to leave his family and seek as-\\nsistance. He walked seven miles to the house of a\\nMr. Garnett, where he could obtain a wagon but no\\nteam. So he returned for his team, hoping to be\\nback with the wagon to his family before dark. He\\nstarted back, but in the night, which overtook him\\nbefore he had made much progress, his team stopped,\\nand Mr. Alexander found a fallen pine obstructed\\nthe route. Further progress was impossible and he\\nsat in the wagon all night, his thoughts busy with his\\nwife and children six miles away, whom he knew to\\nbe in mortal terror of bears and Indians. The first\\nstreak of light found him on the way to his family,\\nwhom lie found in safely, and his wife engaged in\\ncooking the morning meal. They had suffered much\\nfrom terror during the early part of the night, but fa-\\ntigue overruled fear and, commending herself and\\nher sleeping children to Him who was her only stay,\\nthe wife and mother at last fell asleep. They moved\\nforward to Mr. Garnett s, where Mr. Alexander spent\\ntwo days in labor, to pay for the use of the wagon to\\nconvey them to their destination.\\nTheir claim was located near that of Mr. H. A\\nBrubaker, where they hoped to obtain shelter, until a\\nroof could lie put on their own house. They reached\\nMr. Brubaker s about 10 o clock at night, received a\\ncordial welcome, and, after a substantial supper, re-\\ntired to the bed of their huts. The kindness and en-\\ncouragement they met with were a great relief, and\\nlifted a heavy burden from their hearts. Mr. Alex-\\nander returned the rented wagon and took his own\\nto Millbrook for repairs. He set out for Elkhart for\\nanother load of goods, which he obtained, and when\\nwithin five miles of his home, on his return, the oth-\\ner hind wheel gave out. He left his load, obtained a\\nwagon from Mr. Brubaker, and, in company with his\\nwife, went back for his goods, which he found all\\nthere save a dish of wagon grease. They loaded up\\nand started back, but had gone but half a mile when\\nthe wagon tipped over. Darkness set in before they\\nwere ready to move on again, and Mr. Alexander\\ntook the lead, while his wife drove the team. Half a\\nmile from home they were met by Mr. Brubaker with\\na lantern and a basket of lunch. This permanent re-\\ncord of kindness received from their friend but poorly\\nexpresses their sense of an indebtedness which was\\nits own reward. In a few days the family of Mr. Al-\\nexander were under the shelter of their own roof and\\nentered ujwn their struggle in the wilderness.\\nDuring the first year of his residence in Isabella\\nV^\\n1\\n0)\\nt\\n!;^V\u00c2\u00ae)5^#\\nX 7:_", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "^iif%ir^\u00c2\u00abi^\\nTC^DD:$:iiO v-T- :2^U^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0h\\nM\\nCounty, Mr. Alexander paid $34.50 for a barrel of\\npork, while the next year he could buy fresh pork for\\n$1 1 a hundred for flour he paid the first year $18 a\\nbarrel, for seed potatoes $1.50 a bushel, and for\\nwheat, $2.50 a bushel.\\nFollowing is the record of the children, eight in\\nnumber, born to Mr. and Mrs. Alexander: Mary\\nKllen, Aug. 10, 1857, at Fillmore, Minn.; Hattie\\nMargaretta, May 10, 1 860 Frances Elizabeth, Oct. 4,\\n1862; Lulu Lorenia, March 9, 1867 (died the day\\nfollowing). The three last named children were born\\nin Elkhart, Ind.; Alice Carrie was liorn Feb. 6, 187 i\\nJessie Blanche, June 15, 1874; Amy Adell, July 22,\\n1876; Harvey Maynard, Dec. 29, 1879 (died Jan, 7,\\n1880). These four were born in Coldwater Town-\\nship.\\ni saac B. Christie, lumber inspector, resident\\nat Mt. Pleasant, was born Dec. 16, 1844, in\\nKemptville, Can., and is a son of Robert\\nand Maria (Boyd) Christie. His father had\\nextensive lumber interests in Canada, and was\\na heavy manufacturer in the Dominion. He\\nis still interested in the same business in the North-\\nwest, and in addition to his lumber traffic lie is also\\na principal stockholder in a banking house at Duluth\\nand in one in Manitoba.\\nMr. Christie s first venture was when he was 14\\nyears old, when he went to Buffalo and engaged as a\\nbook-keeper in the grocery house of Beebe Bros.,\\nwhere he remained about 18 months. He was a\\nprecocious scholar and completed a course of study\\nin the Normal School at Toronto and graduated\\nat Bates Commercial College in the same city.\\nAfter leaving Buffalo he traveled to different portions\\nof the country and has visited nearly every section of\\nthe United States. He engaged as Principal of the\\nListowel, Ont., school, where he officiated six years.\\nOn the termination of his duties there he came to\\nSaginaw and commenced business as a lumber in-\\nspector, with which business he was wholly familiar\\nfrom his early associations with his father s transac-\\ntions in lumber. He has continued the pursuit of\\ninspector and scaler and issues his business card as:\\nI. B. Christie, Lumber Inspector. Trespasses\\ncarefully computed and timber estimated. Office,\\nwith Leaton Upton, Mt. Pleasant. He is the\\nonly inspector in Isabella County and has his cre-\\ndentials from the Saginaw Inspecting Company.\\nHe is ranked among the best of his profession in the\\nSaginaw Valley.\\nhomas Parrish, farnieron section 12, Broom-\\nTownship, is a son of Harrison and Mar-\\ngaret (Smith) Parrish, natives of the Stale\\nof New York. His mother was born in 182 i\\nand died in 1854. His father is living and oc-\\ncupied as a drayman in Bay City.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Aug. 9, 1845,\\nin Livingston Co., N. Y., and is the only one living\\nof his father s three children. He came to this\\ncounty in 187 i, and located 40 acres on section 12,\\nBroomfield, after working for a time in various lum-\\nber camps. He was married Oct. 10, 1882, to Miss\\nEunice Millard, daughter of Hiram and Cornelia\\nMillard, the former of whom is deceased, and the\\nlatter lives in Canada. Mr. P. has by a former mar-\\nriage one son, James, born June 9, 1868, in Wayne\\nCo., Mich. Mr. P. has been Pathmaster in his dis-\\ntrict; and is politically a Democrat.\\nA\\n^-V ?)K;h--\\n-iV??#^-\\nc\\nr ohn Delo, farmer, section 19, Fremont\\nir Township, was born in Germany, on\\nThanksgiving Day, 18 17. His parents,\\nFrederick and Christina Delo, were natives of\\nGermany, where they both died. The son\\ncame to this country in 1852 and landed at\\nQuebec, Can. From Quebec he went to Hamilton,\\nHamilton Co., Can., and was there engaged in work-\\ning on the Great Western Railroad for a time, when\\nhe crossed the Niagara and was occupied in labor at\\nvarious things for some time and was there taken\\nsick. His means having been exhausted, he was\\nsent to the poor house. He remained there for a\\nmonth and, on recovery, crossed the river into Can- i\\nada and engaged in cutting cord wood and splitting \u00c2\u00absj\\nrails. He remained in Canada, variously occupied,\\nuntil 1 86 1, when he came to this State and county\\nand located on an 80-acre tract of land. He had\\ngreat faith in the future development of this county\\nfF-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "^^W\\n.^.J^\\nA/nfJd", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "^h/^^^^^\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-i^^jf^^ii\\n387\\n/S\\nand threw all his energy into clearing and improving\\nhis land. Subsequently he added, by purchase, 40\\nacres to his original tract, and now has about 100\\nacres in a good state of cultivation. In 187 6 he built\\nhimself a large barn, and in 1879 erected a residence\\non his land which cost him $2,000. That honest\\neffort brings reward, one can see in the prosperity\\nattained by the subject of this notice. From want\\nand penury he has attained a plenty, and, sitting\\naround the hearthstone of content, he smiles at the\\ntrials of the past.\\nMr. Delo was first wedded in Germany, where his\\nwife died, leaving hini two children, Fred and Charlie.\\nHe was again married, the lady of his choice being a\\nMiss Caroline Hire, to whom he was married in\\n1854, and by whom he has had eight children,\\nnamely John, Minnie, Mary, William, Caroline\\n(deceased), Hettie, Emma and Asa.\\nThe father and mother are both members of the\\nMethodist Church. Politically, Mr. Delo is a Re-\\npublican.\\n^ichael Roberts, farmer on section 10,\\nCoe Township, is a son of Joseph and\\nMary (Toomey) Roberts, natives of Ire-\\nland. The parents came from the Emerald\\nIsle to Quebec, Can., and later to Detroit.\\nAfter a short stay in that city and in Windsor)\\nthey went to Oakland Co., Mich., where they resided\\ntwo years. In the fall of 1855 they came to Isa-\\nbella County and settled in Coe Township, where\\nthey lived until their death. .She departed lliis lifu\\nin November, 1865, and he in March, 1S67. Their\\nfamily numbered seven, and Micliael was the\\nyoungest.\\nHe was born in Ireland, Jan. 6, 1846, and was\\nabout five years old when his parents came to Can-\\nada, and nine years old when they settled in this\\ncounty. He lived with his parents until their death,\\nand inherited the farm of 160 acres on section 10,\\non which he now lives, with 100 acres under good\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Hubbardston, Mich., Feb. 23,\\n1868, to atherine, daughter of Michael and Susanna\\n(Hines) Leslrange, natives of Ireland. Mrs. R. was\\nborn in Monroe Co., N. Y., April 30, 1851, and is\\nthe mother of four children, Joseph W., Michael,\\nSusanna and Agnes.\\nMr. R. is a Democrat, and, with his wife, is a\\nmember of the Catholic Church.\\nV\\n1/\\nik MI,;^ eorge W. De Puy, farmer on section 7,\\nis Union, is a son of Elias and Judith\\n(Brookins) De Puy, both of whom were born\\nin the State of New York, and died in Mont-\\ncalm Co., Mich. He v/as born in Lysander,\\nOnondaga Co., N. Y., Nov. 2, 1830, and lived\\nwith his parents until 27 years old.\\nOn attaining his legal majority, he formed a part-\\nnership with his father, under the name of E. De\\nPuy Co. Their business was farming, and running\\na saw and grist mill. In the spring of 1S58 he came\\nto Ionia Co., Mich., and rented a farm, on which he\\nlived until the winter of 1860-1. He then went to\\nCalifornia by way of New York and Panama. He\\nhad a very rough passage, and was 22 days in mak-\\ning the trip from New York to San Francisco. The\\nfirst summer after his arrival he worked at farming\\nnear Sacramento, and the ensuing winter he was in a\\nquartz mill. The ne.xt summer he was employed at\\nfarming near Virginia City. He worked nine months\\nfor the Ophir Mining Company; then a year in Dum\\nCoover s gold canyon; and then a year and a half\\nin a quartz mill a mile and a half from Carsor. City.\\nReturning to the Peninsular State, in 1864, he\\nbought a farm of 80 acres in Ionia County. After a\\ntime he came to Bloomer Township, Montcalm\\nCounty, and bought i6o acres, 40 of which were\\nimproved. On this place he remained until 1874,\\nwhen he exchanged for his present farm of 240 acres,\\n130 of which are improved. Politically, Mr. De Puy\\nis a Republican.\\nHe was married Feb. 18, 1857, to Miss Louisa L.,\\ndaugliter of John W. and Catherine (Appleton)\\nDickerson. The latter is yet living, but the former\\ndied April 5, 1865. Of four children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. De Puy, two are living, and two deceased.\\nAnna L. was born Jan. 23, 1857, in Bridgewater\\nTownship, Williams Co., Ohio; Ida Jane was born\\nOct. 8, 1858, died in the same county, December S,\\n1859, and is buried in Muir; Elmer Ellsworth was\\nborn July 22, 1865; Burton C. was born Aug 29,\\nM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "m\\n388\\nISABELLA\\n1868, and died Aug. 29, 1869,111 Bloomer Township,\\nM Montcalm County.\\nMr. De Puy s portrait, as that of a representative\\nof the substantial farmers of Union Township and\\nIsabella County, is a valuable addition to the picto-\\nrial galaxy of this Album.\\nrving E. Arnold, a pioneer settler of Isa-\\nbella County, now resident at Salida, CoL,\\nwas born March 19, 1835, in Herkimer Co.,\\nN. Y., and is the son of Dexter and Olive (Kim-\\nball) Arnold. The same year, 183^, his father\\nand family removed to Ionia County and lo-\\ncated on the present site of Ionia. In 1857 Mr. Ir-\\nving Arnold settled in Isabella County. Soon after,\\nhe contracted with the Government to build five\\nschool-houses and two churches for the use of the\\nIndians in this county. This contract was carried\\nout with difficulty, as nails, sash, doors, glass, etc.,\\nwere brought up the Saginaw River in an Indian\\ncanoe.\\nIn 1859 he located in Union Township, this coun-\\nty, where he bought 40 acres of land on section 15,\\nwhich was then in the depths of the forest. He built\\na frame house, which is still in being and was the\\nsecond erected on the site of the village of Mt. Pleas-\\nant. He cleared 20 acres of his farm and remained\\na resident upon it until 1863.\\nHe was married in May, i860, to Adelaide M.\\nFerris. Dexter F. Arnold, only issue of this mar-\\nriage, was born April 15, T862, and was the first\\nchild born in the village of Mt. Pleasant. (See\\nsketch of Dexter F. Arnold.) The mother died in\\nMay following. Mr. Arnold was again married Aug.\\n19, 1863, to Susan E. Foy. Of the second marriage\\nthree children were born, one of whom, Walter D.,\\nis deceased. Nellie H. and Kinnie are, respectively,\\nthe oldest and youngest in order of birth.\\nMr. Arnold went to Isabella City in 1S64, where\\nhe spent a few years operating in lumber. In 1867\\nhe returned to Mt. Pleasant. In 1870 he was ap-\\npointed County Surveyor to fill a vacancy, and the\\nsame fall he was elected to that office, which he held\\ntwo years, operating quite extensively in lumber. In\\n1872-3 he opened an abstract office and combined\\noperations in real estate with lumbering. During\\nf\\neight years he was in partnership with H. Rich and\\nW. D. Arnold, of Ionia, in real-estate business. In\\n1878 he formed an association with A. B. Uplon in\\nthe same line, which relation existed about 18 months.\\nHe removed to Colorado in 1882.\\nMr. Arnold was intimately associated with the de-\\nvelopment of the county and city from the date of\\nhis becoming a resident of Isabella County. He was\\nelected the first County Clerk after the organization of\\nthe county, and served a term as Register of Deeds,\\nwhen the duties of that position were a part of those\\nof the former office. He was the first Supervisor of\\nIsabella Township, and at that time the county\\ncontained but three organized townshi])s three Su-\\npervisors then constituted the Board. In 1868 he\\nreceived the nomination for Representative, on the\\nDemocratic ticket but that party, being in the mi-\\nnority, was defeated. He was Supervisor of Union\\nTownship eight years, and served from 1870 to 1872\\nas County Surveyor. He interested himself in every\\nproject of substantial benefit to the general public,\\nand threw the weight of his influence into every\\nenterprise that afTorded reasonable prospects of ad-\\nvantage to the county and its inhabitants. Through\\nhis efforts mainly, the court-house was built, in r876-7,\\nand he served as chairman of the buildingcommittee.\\nHe assisted in making the first survey of the village\\nof Mt. Pleasant, while a resident there. He was\\nprominent and active in the interests of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church and officiated as Superintend-\\nent of the Sunday-school, eight years. In 18S0 he\\nwas elected President of the village of Mt. Pleasjint,\\nwhich he held one year. He was also a member of\\nthe Order of Masonry at Mt. Pleasant.\\nhitney H. Cowles, farmer, section 16,\\nDcerfield Township, is a son of Horace\\ns^i^ and Laura (Miller) Cowles, natives of\\nMassachusetts. In this family were six\\nchildren.\\nI he subject of this sketch was born June 20,\\n1847, in Hainbridge, Geauga Co., Ohio, and remained\\non the old homestead until 1878, when he came with\\nthe family to this county and bought a tract of 80\\nacres, where he now has 30 acres well subdued to\\ncultivation, two acres in young orchard, a good frame\\nC\\nc\\n/s\\nSi/\\nh\\n-^4^-\\n^mm\\\\i\\n.^i^s^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00ab*V^s\\n.5^?^-.^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "V\\ne*\\nJ\\n1\\n-~\u00c2\u00bb!?JS\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwi^ 0-7S; U li .i^ U U ^r-^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i^^ C:\\n389\\n2\\n1=1\\nI\\ni\\nhouse, barn, etc. He is one of the substantial farm-\\ners of this part of the country. Mr. Cowles farm\\nis known as Maple Farm. He has a sugar grove of\\n775 trees, and uses the latest processes in the manu-\\nfacture of the purest maple sugar. He has marketed\\n2,000 pounds in one season. His place is known far\\nand wide, and is visited by people from every direc-\\ntion during the sugar-making season.\\nOct. 17, 1867, at Chagrin Falls, Cuyahoga Co.,\\nOhio, Mr. Cowles married Miss Alvira M., a daugli-\\nter of John and So|)hronia (Harris) Manchester, na-\\ntives of Rhode Island and New York. The former,\\nwhose father was a soldier in the- Revolution, fought\\nin the war of 1812, and contributed four sons to his\\ncountry s service in the late rebellion. He served in\\nthe 30th U. S. I., and is one of the very few veterans\\nof the second war with Great Britain who yet survive.\\nHe is 88 years old, is hale and hearty, and can jump\\nup in the air and strike his feet together twice as well\\nas any agile farmer s son. He served under Gen.\\nWade Hampton (grandfather of the present Senator\\nfrom South Carolina), fought in the campaigns on the\\nborder of Canada, and participated in seven battles.\\nHe now lives at Mantua, Portage Co., Ohio. In\\nhis family were ten children, eight of whom are liv-\\ning. Alvira M. was born Aug. 6, 1846, in Auburn,\\nGeauga Co.. Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Cowles have\\nbeen born five children, four of whom are living,\\nnamely: Linnie A., Jan. 23, 1869; John H., May\\nII, 187 1 Bert E., Dec. 20, 1877; and Roy M.,\\nMay 3, 1880. Ray E., born Aug. 10, 1875, died\\nAug. 9, 1878. The parents are members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. C. in politics\\nis a Republican.\\n^j^^^oseph Higgins, farmer on section 35, Coe\\nIj^^fj- Township, is a son of Isaac and Phebe\\n|K;t^^ (Pope) Higgins, natives of Pennsylvania\\nf ,2 and New Jersey. They settled in Greene Co.,\\n^r Pa., where they lived until their death. There\\ni were eight children in the family, Joseph being\\nthe second son.\\nHe was born in Greene Co., Pa., March 29, 1829,\\nand lived at home until 21 years of age. He con-\\ntinued to live in his native county until he came to\\nthis county, in the fall of 1865. He bought 80 acres\\nof land in Coe Township, where he now resides. He\\nhas since added 37 acres to his farm, and now has\\n40 acres under the plow.\\nHe was married in the county of his nativity,\\nDec. 16, 1851;, to Rhoda, daughter of James and\\nHannah (Wilson) Fry, natives of Pennsylvania. She\\nwas born in Washington Co., Pa, April 20, 1833, and\\nis the mother of six children, Isasc N., James L.,\\nJohn H., Eliza B., Phebe H. and Samantha J.\\nMr. H. votes the Democratic ticket, and with his\\nwife belongs to the United Brethren Church.\\nevi B. Quick, farmer on section 31, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Ralph and Calista\\nV.i^ ^ti r (Treat) Quick, natives respectively of Bucks\\nCo., Pa., and Seneca Co., N. Y, The parents\\nfirst settled in Oakland Co., Mich., and in 1871\\nremoved to (iratiot County. The mother died\\nin Sumner Township, that county, in March, 1882.\\nTheir family numbered 12, named as follows. Mary\\nE., Nancy S., Charles, Levi B., EUinor, Corrilla,\\nGustavus, Edwin O., Frances, Walter, George S. and\\nLucy J.\\nThe subject of this sketch, the second son, was\\nbom in Lyon, Oakland Co., Mich., April 7, 1839. He\\nreceived an elementary English education and lived\\nat home until he attained his majority. He then\\nworked out by the month for two years.\\nHe enlisted Aug 9, 1862, in the 22d Mich. Vol.\\nInf., and served nearly three years. He was under\\nfire often, and was in the terrible battle of Chicka-\\nmauga, where his regiment was all cut to pieces. He\\nreceived a severe wound by a minie-ball in the\\nright side and was confined to the hospital for six\\nmonths. He was honorably discharged at Detroit,\\nMich., after which he returned to Oakland County,\\nwhere he engaged in farming until 1869. He then\\ncame to Gratiot County and bought 80 acres in Pine\\nRiver Township. In 1877 he exchanged for 120\\nacres in Coe Township, this county, where he has\\nsince resided. He has now 80 acres, including 70\\nacres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Oakland County, Jan. 2, 1868,\\nto Roxie J., daughter of George and Ann E. (Plow-\\nman) Fawcett, natives respectively of Ireland and\\nOrange Co., N. Y. She was born in Lyon, Oakland\\ny\\nSyt^A\\nJ^..^\\nim%m ^^^^s^\\n4", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "If\\nl^llll^ r-\\n390\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n5\\nI\\nCo., Mich., March 31, 1844 By this marriage there\\nhave been two children, one of whom died in infancy.\\nGeorge R. was born Jan. 3, 1869.\\nMr. Q. was Township Superintendent of Schools\\nfor two years. Politically, he supix)rts the Republi-\\ncan party. He and wife are members ol the Presby-\\nterian Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^|Si B illiam F. Bollman, farmer on section 6,\\nllf Union, was born in Amherst, Erie Co.\\np N. Y., April 10, 1853, and is the son of\\nErnest and Augusta (Weslfall) Bollman. The\\nparents were both natives of Germany, and\\ndied in Amherst, Erie Co., N. Y., the father Dec.\\n25, 1866; and the mother Oct. 12, 1875.\\nTheir son William lived at home until 16 years\\nold, and then commenced the struggle of life alone.\\nHe worked on a farm in the summer, and in the\\nwinter went to school, working for his board. He\\nbought 40 acres adjoining his mother s place, and\\nworked both farms until her death. Selling out, he\\nthen visited Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,\\nthree months in each State. Returning to New York\\nState, he worked a year, and then came to Isabella\\nCounty and bought his present farm of 100 acres.\\nHe has about 40 acres improved.\\nHe was married Dec. 26, 1878, to Miss Mary S.\\nClare, daughter of Frank and Sophia (Raime) Clare.\\nMr. and Mrs. C. are both residents of Isabella Town-\\nship, this county. Mrs. Bollman was born Oct. 14,\\ni860, and is the mother of two children, Frank E.,\\nborn Sept. 10, 1879, and Louisa S., March 27, 1883.\\nMr. B. is a Republican, and a member of the\\nLutheran Church. His wife is a Catholic.\\narren W. Parsell, farmer, section 17, Wise\\nTownship, was born July 9, 1827, in Day-\\nRHS^^ ton, Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. His parents,\\n5^ John and Huldah (Babcock) Parsell, were\\nboth natives of the State of New York.\\nMr. Parsell resided in the State of his nativ-\\nity until 1865, and was engaged in farming. In\\nthe spring of that year he bought a f;irm in Tuscola\\nCo., Mich., on which he lived eight years. In 1872\\nhe sold that place and purchased another in the same\\ncounty, which he managed a year and then he sold\\nagain. In November, 1873, he bought 40 acres of\\nland ill Wise Township, which he has since increased\\nto 80 acres, and now has 30 acres under cultivation.\\nHe wis the third in order of settlement in the Town-\\nship of Wise, and built the third house outside the\\nlimits of Loomis. He is a Democrat in political\\nfaith, and has held the office of Highway Commis-\\nsioner one year. In the spring of 1882 he was elected\\nJustice of the Peace and still discharges the duties\\nof that office.\\nMr. Parsell s marriage to Lydia F. Wells occurred\\nJan. 5, 1859, in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y. She was\\nborn in that county, Nov. 29, 1837. Of their union\\nthree children have been born: Huldah A., Worden\\nD. and Walter W. The latter died when a few\\nmonths more than nine years of age.\\nS.\u00c2\u00abH^\u00c2\u00ab\\nease I. Richmond, farmer on section t,2 i\\nChippewa Township, is a son of Cyrus C.\\nand Mary (Alley) Richmond, of American\\nand Dutch parentage. The parents settled\\nfirst in Canada, and in 1866 came to this coun-\\nty and settled in Chippewa Township, their\\npresent home. Their family numbered nine, six sons\\nand three daughters.\\nThe subject of this record was born in Canada,\\nMay 29, 1831, and received the elements of an Eng-\\nlish education in the common schools. When about\\n20 years old he left home and worked a farm on\\nshares for two years. He then bought a farm in Can-\\nada, where he lived until he came to Michigan, buy-\\ning and selling several farms. In March, 1877, he\\ncame to this county and bought 100 acres in Chippe-\\nwa Township, where he has since resided. He has\\nbuilt substantial barns and a good farm house on his\\nplace, and has 85 acres improved.\\nHe was married in Northumberland Co., Can., Feb.\\n28, 1856, to Miss Lydia E., daughter of James and\\nJemimah (Ball) Lowe, who were natives respectively\\nof Canada and Nova Scotia. The father was a par-\\nticijjant in the famous battle of Waterloo. Both he\\nand wife died in Canada; the latter in August, 1842,\\nand the former in January, 1861. Mrs. Richmond\\nI\\n|g\\\\\u00c2\u00a95\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bbl\u00c2\u00ab Si^S\\nIS\\nmm/%", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "/^Z--^^^^-*^-^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "cJ^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a07\\n-^llll}$:i]ll\\nV\\n:2i--4;\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n395\\nt\\n1\\n1=1\\ni=z\\nt\\nwas born in Prince Edward Co., Can., Jan. 19, 1839,\\nand she and her husband have been the parents of\\nfive children, three of whom survive: George B.,Es-\\ntella L. and Mary M. .Samuel M. and Isabella N.\\nare deceased.\\nMr. Richmond has held the office of Highway\\nCommissioner for two years, and that of School As-\\nsessor seven years. Politically he is a Republican.\\nJ-\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nifames S. Graham, farmer and Supervisor\\n^jm: of Isabella Township, residing on section\\n22, was born in the County of Peel, Ont.,\\nMay 22, 1850. His parents were Hugh and\\nY Catharine (Cook) Graham, natives of New York\\ni and Connecticut, respectively, and of Irish-\\nScotch attraction. The father was a farmer by oc-\\ncupation and followed that vocation in Peel Co.,\\nOnt., where he died, in 1853. His mother is still\\nliving, at the advanced age of 68 years, in Isabella\\nTownship.\\nWhen James S. was three years of age he was left\\na half orphan by his father s death, he having been\\nthrown from a buggy by the horse becoming fright-\\nened and running away. He lived with his mother\\nand brothers in his native county, doing his share\\ntoward the maintenance of his family and attending\\nthe common schools, until he attained the age of 22\\nyears.\\nIn the fall of 1S73 Mr. Graham came to this county\\nand settled in Isabella Townshii), on So acres of wild\\nland on section 16, which he had purchased the\\nspring before his coming. He located on this land\\nand at once began to improve it, but soon sold, and\\nengaged in the mercantile business at Calkinsville.\\nThe capital required to manage this business was\\nsome $5,000, and he conducted the same with a\\nmoderate degree of success for two years. In 1877\\nhe sold out his mercantile business, and purchased\\n1 60 acres on land on section 23, where he lived until\\nApril, 1 88 1, when he sold the same and purcliased\\n40 acres on section 22, and 40 acres on section 15,\\nsame township. He has 50 acres of the 80 under a\\ngood state of cultivation, and is acknowledged as one\\nof the progressive farmers of the township.\\nMr. Graham was united in marriage with the lady\\nof his choice, Miss Margaret I. Johnson, in Peel Co.,\\nOnt., Dec. 28, 187 1. She is a native of Ontario,\\nborn in Peel Co., that Province, April 14, 1848, and\\nthere lived, under the piotecting care of her parents,\\nuntil her marriage. The husband and wife are the\\nparents of eight children, namely William M.,\\nborn Oct. 5, 1872; Edgar O., Aug. 23, 1879 Godfrey\\nE., Sept. I, 1880; Gracie L., June 7, 1882, and\\nVictor S., Jan. 30, 1884. Oscar A., born Dec. i,\\n1873, died April i, 1875, and Gertrude L., born\\nMarch 3, 1877, died Nov. 2, 1881.\\nPolitically, Mr. Graham is a believer in and sup-\\nporter of the principles of the Democratic party. He\\nhas held the position of Township Clerk, Township\\nTreasurer, and is now Supervisor of Isabella Town-\\nship.\\n-xtazfi/\u00c2\u00a9^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^\u00c2\u00a9l-a^OTJriv\\n9\\n^||K!=^JfSS \u00c2\u00abV\\nj^a.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i^m^M^y^\\newis Grant, superintendent of Edmund\\nviiJlK- Hall s lumbering interests in Broomfield\\nTownship, is a son of Archibald and Cather-\\nne (Lord) Grant. His father was born in 1814\\nin Evonshire, Scotland, and died in 1877, in\\nCanada. His mother was born in i8rg, in Ire-\\nland, and died in 1879, in Canada.\\nTheir son, Lewis Grant, was born Marcli 15, 1840,\\nin Scotland, and lived with his parents until 22 years\\nof age. Coming to America with them, he worked\\nfirst for two years in the lumber woods of Minnesota.\\nNext he was engaged on a farm in the State of New\\nYork for two years; and then, coming to Michigan,\\nhe engaged with Mr. Edmund Hall, his present em-\\nployer, working the first year as a common laborer.\\nThe succeeding three years he was a foreman, and\\nafter that he became superintendent of all Mr. Hall s\\nlumbering operations in Broomfield Township.\\nHe was married in 1875 to Miss Ida Eldred, who\\nwas born Sept. 24, 1854, in Hillsdale County, this\\nState, and daughter of Judson and Mary (Dopp) El-\\ndred. Mr. E. was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., in 182 1,\\nand is now a farmer in Broomfield, of which town-\\nship he was one of the early settlers. Mrs. E. was\\nborn in the State of Ohio, in 1832.\\nMr. (Jrant is politically a su[)portL r of tlie Repub-\\nlican party.\\nAs one of the representative business men ot Isa-\\nbella County, and a gentleman worthy the esteem and\\nt\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "J SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\nhonor of his fellow citizens, we place Mr. Grant s\\nportrait in this volume. .\\\\s a fitting companion pic-\\nture to Mr. Grant s, we place beside it that of his\\nwife.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00ab2jec/\u00c2\u00a9^*\\nk4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 j^^^iOOTa\\nHis G. Faunce, farmer on section 21, Coe\\nTownship, is the son of Alden and Lucre-\\nlia (Coburn) Faunce, natives of Massachu-\\nsetts and New York. The parents settled in\\nTrumbull Co., Ohio, where he died, Feb. 22,\\n1863. The mother yet survives. Their fam-\\nily consisted of eight children, six sons and two\\ndaughters, of whom Ellis G. is the sixth.\\nHe was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Oct. i, 1846,\\nand received a rudimentary English education, liv-\\ning at home until 1865. The following three years\\nwere spent in Michigan and Ohio, and in 1868 he\\nbought a farm of 80 acres in Monroe Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he lived seven years. He then sold, and for\\na year and a half was employed in a grist-mill in Al-\\nlen Co., Ohio. In the spring of 1877 he came to Isa-\\nbella County and bought 40 acres on section 21, Coe\\nTownship. He has since added 40 acres, and has\\nunder cultivation 42 acres.\\nHe was married in his native county, Nov. 26, 1868,\\nto Syrion L., daughter of Orrin R. and Louisa (King)\\nGates, natives of Vermont and Ohio. To this union\\nthree children have been born, Eva E., Orrin L. and\\nLeila B.\\nMr. F. is a Republican, and with his wife belongs\\nto the Christian Church.\\nftai^.hancy C. Dickerson, farmer and miller,\\nSiyOtC section 13, Deerfield Township, is a son of\\n2!ite?^ John W. and Catharine Jane (Appleman)\\nDickerson his father, a native of Pennsylva-\\nnia, died April 5, 1865, and his mother, a na-\\ntive of New Jersey, is still living.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born June i, 1841,\\nin Lorain Co., Ohio was in Wisconsin from about 9\\nto 1 2 years of age in Lorain Co., Ohio, for five years\\nin Hillsdale Co., Mich., one year; next, Bowne\\nTownship, Kent County, nearly a year; then Ionia\\nCounty, five years then California three years, where\\nhe was in the mines, and a part of the time engaged\\nin engineering; in Ionia County ten years and then\\ncame to Isabella County, Aug. 20, 1877, pur-\\nchasing a quarter of section 13, where he now resides.\\nIt was then wholly unimproved, but he has cleared\\nten acres and sold 80. In connection with the place\\nis a good mill site. He built the first saw, grist and\\nshingle mills in Deerfield Township. The saw is an\\nupright, and the grist-mill has two run of buhrs.\\nMr Dickerson was married Jan. i, 1865, at Ionia,\\nto Miss Hannah Christina, daughter of Oliver and\\nLydia (Brazee) Decker. They have no children.\\nMr. Decker is in political sentiment a Republican.\\n^3^\\nA i\\n\u00c2\u00a3k-\\nC. Payne, physician, section 28, Nottawa\\nTownship, is a son of Barton and Maria\\n(Cronk) Payne, natives of Ontario Co., N.\\nY. His father and mother are both deceased,\\nthe former dying April 10, 1862, and the latter\\nJuly 7, 1877.\\nDr. Payne is a native of this Slate, and was born\\nin Salem Township, Washtenaw Co., Feb. 17, 1848.\\nHe spent his childhood years until he attained the\\nage of eight, in his native county, when his parents\\nmoved to Ypsilanti, where they lived for two years\\nand then moved to Shiawassee County. The family\\nremained at the latter place 18 years, during which\\ntime young Payne assisted on the farm and attended\\nthe common schools and developed into manhood.\\nFrom Shiawassee County Dr. Payne removed to\\nEagle, Clinton County, remained five years and\\nfour months, and then went to Westphalia, same\\ncounty, and variously occupied his time for two\\nyears.\\nThe Doctor came to this county March 17, 1883,\\nlocated on section 28, Nottawa Township, and en-\\ntered upon the practice of medicine, a profession he\\nhad selected and mastered at an earlier day. He\\nhas continuously followed the practice of his profes-\\nsion, having located his office at Beal City, Nottawa\\nTownship, ever since commg to the county, and has\\nmet with signal success.\\nDr. Payne was united in marriage, Dec. 25, 187 i,\\nwith Miss Frances, daughter of Mary E. McCrum,\\nf\\nK^\\nI\\nTr^JfC\\nA\\n^dd :iid;\\n.^^i=^\\n*^4.^\\nm", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "T^i^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aj^SoAx\\ny:\\nV\\nwho was born Sept. 2, 1855, in Livingston Co, this\\nW State and their union has been blessed by one\\nt:: child, Minnie, born Oct. 29, 1873.\\nI Dr Payne is a member of the Masonic Lodge at\\nWacousta, Clinton Co., this State. In politics he is\\nY^ adherent of the tenets of the Democratic party.\\nMrs. Payne is a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\n#M#\\ndward Delaney, molder, residing on sec-\\ntion 22, Coldwater Township, was born\\nSept. 29, 1837, in the city of Rochester,\\nN. Y. His parents, William and Mary (Fagan)\\nDelaney, were natives of Ireland. The decease\\nof his father occurred at Rochester, and his\\nmother died in Prince Edward Co., Ont.\\nMr. Delaney is the eldest of six children born to\\nhis parents, and he lived at home until he was 18\\nyears old, when he went to learn the molder s trade,\\nand in his journeyman days he went to Adrian,\\nMich., where he found employ in the car^shops, re-\\nmaining there most of the time until r86i, when he\\nenlisted in the military service of the LTnited States.\\nHe became a soldier during the first months of the\\nwar, enlisting in Co. B, 47th Ohio Vol. Inf. The\\nentire company were Michigan men with one excep-\\ntion, who was from Cincinnati. The regiment was\\nassigned to the 15 th Army Corps, of which General\\nSherman was in command. It was afterwards under\\nGen. Logan, and Mr. Delaney participated in the\\nbattles of Vicksburg and Charleston (W. Va.), be-\\nsides taking part in numberless skimiishes. He\\nreceived a wound in the left arm while on picket\\nduty near Ripley, W. Va., in September, 1862. He\\nwas again wounded at Vicksburg, May 18, 1863, re-\\nceiving a charge of buckshot in the left ankle, which\\nis still where the rebels planted it. The regiment\\nveteranized at Cleveland, Tenn., and was mustered\\nout of service Aug. 1 1, 1865, at Little Rock, Ark.\\nOn receiving his discharge he returned to Fulton\\nCo., Ohio, and soon afterward came to Gratiot Co.,\\nMich., and resided two years in the village of St.\\nLouis. In 1867 he filed a homestead claim of 80\\nacres of land in Coldwater Township, to which he\\nremoved with his family the year following. He has\\nplaced 35 acres under improvements. He is a Re-\\npublican in political sentiments and has held the\\noffice of School Director.\\nHe married Oct. 2, 1864, Viola A., daughter of\\nWilliam F. and Lozina (Decker) Baker. She was\\nborn July 23, 1843. Her father died Oct. 30, 1876,\\nand is buried on Mr. Delaney s farm. The mother\\nis living with her daughter. Two children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Delaney are living: Edward, born Aug.\\n7, 1880, and Edna Alba, born April 9, 1883. William\\nB. w3ls born May i, 1876, and died the same day.\\nViola Edwina was born July 19, 1877, and died on\\nthe day of her birth.\\nThe farm of Mr. Delaney contains a boiling spring,\\nwhich is the object of much curiosity, and around\\nwhich cluster strange Indian and other traditions.\\nIt is an object of great veneration among the red\\nmen, who believe it the ancient burial place of their\\nchiefs; and several individuals claim that in its im-\\nmediate vicinity a large sum of money was buried\\nduring the second war with great Britain. The issue\\nof water averages 500 gallons per minute. Mr. De-\\nlaney s place was the first that was homesteaded\\nnorth of the Indian reserve. Copper has been found\\nin the springs on the farm, and will some day prove\\na source of profit.\\nfjf 8pa^-.ornelius Wolfgang, farmer, section 12,\\n^^1^ Fremont Township, is a son of Samuel\\nJil^ and Mary (Baker) Wolfgang, natives of\\n$ih York Co., Pa. The former, a weaver b vc a_\\ntion, moved to Ohio in 1834, locating in\\nChampaign County; five years afterward he\\nmoved to Clark County, that State; in 1854 he\\nmoved to De Kalb Co., Ind., and finally to Goshen,\\nElkhart County, where he died, in September, 1882.\\nHis wife had died in 1855, in De Kalb Co., Ind.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Champaign\\nCo., Ohio, May 24, 1834; his parents being in very\\nstraitened circumstances, he was placed out at the\\ntender age of six years to be brought up by other\\npeople; consequently he was kept at hard work.\\nFrom the time he became of age until he was mar-\\nried he was engaged in various pursuits in Indiana.\\nIn 1 86 1 he married Miss Caroline Hood, who was\\nborn Dec. 24, 1834, in Stark Co., Ohio. Her parents,\\nJohn and Susan (Hartman) Hood, were natives of\\nPennsylvania, the former a shoemaker by trade. In\\nC^\\ni\\nll^jj ^pr^\\n.c:^-^\\n^n!ir^^iinft A^-\\n.C2V?%^\\nM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "m^\\n4^\\n398\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nQ^\\nI\\nffll\\n1832 they settled in Stark Co., Ohio, and afterward\\nin De Kalb Co., Ind where they died about the\\nyear 1856.\\nMr. Wolfgang came to this county in 1861, settling\\nupon 148 acres where he now resides, and where he\\nhas 100 acres well improved, a large barn, comforta-\\nble residence, etc. He has been Treasurer of his\\ntownship and Constable, and has held the school\\noffices of his district. He belongs to the Lutheran\\nChurch, and in political matters he votes for the\\nbest men.\\n-The children of the family of Mr. Wolfgang are:\\nFrank, born Nov. 8, 1858; John, Jan. 26, 1861\\nSeright, Jan. 16, 1863, died in 1865 Susan, June 26,\\n1865; and Eddie S., Dec. 2, 1867. The first two\\nwere born in De Kalb Co., Ind., and the last two in\\nthis county.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^S^*^\\nEcarding Kellogg, farmer, section 30, Lincoln\\nTownship, was born in St. Lawrence Co.,\\nN. Y., May 17, 1S46. The parents of\\nHarding were Shiverick and Maria (Clark)\\nKellogg, natives of Vermont and New Hamp-\\nshire, of English descent and of New England\\nparentage. The father followed the occupation of a\\ncarder and cloth-dresser in his native State, and re-\\nmoved to Ionia Co., this State, in 1849, and there fol-\\nlowed the occupation of farming. He was one\\namong the first to settle in Ionia County. While on\\na visit to the home of our subject in this county, his\\nfather died, the date being Nov. 14, 1881. His\\nmother died April 15, 1884, aged 63 years.\\nWhen three years of age, the subject of our bio-\\ngraphical notice was brought to Ionia County by his\\nparents and lived there until he attained the age of\\nmanhood. He was the oldest of the children of his\\nparent s family and grew up among the pioneer set-\\ntlers of Ionia County. He assisted his father on the\\nfarm and attended the common and village schools\\nuntil he attained his majority, when he engaged to\\nhim at a stated salary to work on the farm.\\nMr. Kellogg was united in marriage June 21, 1867,\\nwith Miss Eliza, daughter of Thomas and Ellen\\n(Horsburgh) Conner, natives of Canada and Scot-\\nland respectively and of English and Scotcli extrac-\\ntion. Eliza was born in Brant Township, Brant Co.,\\nOntario, March 13, 1846. She lived in her native\\ncounty until she attained the age of ten years, when\\nshe accompanied her parents to Ionia County, this\\nState, where she lived assisting in the labors of the\\nhousehold and attending the common schools until\\nthe date of her marriage.\\nShortly after marriage Mr. Kellogg moved on a\\npart of the old homestead, and cultivated the same\\nuntil the spring of 1879, when he came to this\\ncounty and purchased 80 acres of land on section 30,\\nLincoln Township. He has added So acres to his\\noriginal purchase and of the 160 he now has 100\\nacres in a good state of cultivation. He is classed\\nas one of the progressive farmers of the county, and\\nhas met with signal success in his vocation. Recently\\nhe erected a large stock and grain barn on his place,\\nwhich cost him $1,000.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kellogg are the parents of four chil-\\ndren, one of whom is deceased. The living are:\\nChester A., born Nov. 26, 1872; Lea, June i, 1874,\\nand Neal, May 21, 1876. Politically, Mr. K. is a\\nRepublican. He has held the various offices of his\\nschool district, and at the present time is School\\nInspector of the same.\\ni -A.\\n|J|* Milexander Cameron, farmer, section i7,Isa-\\nIjf^^S^ bella Township, was born in Middlesex\\nJj|nS Co., Ont., Oct. 10, 1829. He was reared on\\n.!s.r the farm and lived under tlie parental roof-tree,\\ni assisting in the nuintenance of the family and\\nattending the common schools until he arrived at\\nmanhood s age.\\nThe parents of our subject were of Scotch and\\nWelsh extraction, and the father followed the occu-\\npation of farmer in Canada, and there died, at the\\nage of 75 years. The mother is still living, in the\\nStale of Iowa.\\nOn arriving at the age of manhood, Sept. 19, 1850,\\nMr. Cameron was united in marriage, in his n;ttive\\ncounty, with Miss Sarah Ward, a native of the same\\ncounty in which our subject was born, and where she\\nwas born, March 8, 1833. She lived with her par-\\nents until her marriage, assisting her mother in her\\nhousehold labors and receiving the advantages af-\\nv^\\n/N\\nca:\\nr\\nI\\n^^0-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e-=^^ii!i^nnr A^ ^^s^-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "/^^^^^z^^ jiLj^Y^ ^.ir t^^^f-t.^kr^^Z^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "i\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n#^ff^^||\\n401\\nf\\n1=1\\n1=1\\nforded by the common schools of her neighborhood.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Cameron at once entered\\non the occupation he had followed all his life, and\\ncontinued tliat vocation in liis native county, culti-\\nvating 100 acres of land, until the year 1872, when\\nhe went to Lambton Co., Can., and there farmed\\n200 acres for six years. He then sold out and came\\nto this county. On his arrival he purchased 160\\nacres of land, on sections 8 and 17, and began the\\ntask of improving it. He believed the county was\\nsure to develop into a wealthy community and he\\nthrew all his energy into the clearing and improving\\nof his land, determined to establish a permanent\\nhome for himself and family. He at present has 81;\\nacies of his original purchase under a good state of\\ncultivation has erected a large stock and grain barn,\\nat a considerable expense, the same being 36 x 66\\nfeet in size, and has other comfortable and necessary\\nbuildings.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cameron are the parents of 12\\nchildren, one of whom is deceased. The living are:\\nSamuel T., Calvin W. (married), Margaret (married),\\nCatharine E., Alexander, Sarah J. (married), Jessie,\\nMary E., Athelinda, William, Elizabeth and Albert.\\nJohn E., born May 15, r86o, died March 25, 1881.\\nThe husband is a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, of which he is Elder. Politically he is a\\nRepublican.\\nohn Q. A. Johnson, farmer on section 30,\\nUnion Townsliip, was born in Vienna,\\nOneida Co., N. Y., Feb. 3, 1826, and is a\\nson of William W. and Nancy (Whittaker)\\nJohnson Tlie parents were born in Williams-\\ntown Township, Berkshire Co., Mass., and\\ntheir marriage and the births of their first three chil-\\ndren occurred in that township. They were of old\\nNew England stock, and descended from the Batons,\\na family well known in Connecticut and the rest of\\nNew England. The father died in Oneida Co., N.\\nY., May 27, 1830, aged 44 years, six months. The\\nmother died at Grand Rapids, this State, Nov. 27,\\n1 88 1, at the age of 93 years and five months. She\\nwas of a very long-lived family. Among the instan-\\nces of longevity that might be mentioned are these\\nher father lived to be 98, a brother 96, four sisters\\nVS\\nover 90, and others to nearly 90. The family of\\nWilliam W. Johnson included a daughter and eight\\nsons, three of the latter being now dead. John was\\nthe eighth child and seventh son.\\nHe lived at home until 18, receiving a common-\\nschool education. At that age became to Michigan,\\nlocating first at Dundee, Monroe County, and engag-\\ning in agriculture. He was soon after married.\\nAfter four years he removed to Barry County, where\\nhe farmed for seven years. In June, 1855, he came\\nto Isabella and located on section 22, Coe Township.\\nHe was one of the first 12 settlers of the county, and\\nthe seventh settler in Coe. This was three years be-\\nfore Isabella County was organized. The first house\\nhe constructed did not contain a sawed board, was\\ncovered with elm bark, and had a puncheon floor.\\nThe house was raised by all the neighbors within sev-\\neral miles, and the dinner for the occasion was brouglit\\nthem in a basket a distance of eight miles. All their\\nsupplies were purchased at high prices in St. Louis.\\nAug. 21, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, Eighth Mich.\\nVol. Inf., and was assigned to the Army of the Car-\\nolinas. After serving nine months he was taken sick\\nand confined to the hospital for tiiree months. He\\nwas discharged for disability, Sept. 18, 1862. Re-\\nturning home, he located in Union Township, in\\nJanuary following. Here he had once more to live\\nthe life of a pioneer. He cut a road a mile and a\\nhalf to reach his farm. The cabin in which he first\\nlived still stands as a reminder of first things. He\\nwas the first settler on his section. Of his 160 acres,\\n65 are improved. He has a very fine fruit orchard,\\nfour acres in extent, and his fruit always takes the\\nlead in county fairs.\\nPolitically, Mr. J. is a staunch Republican. He\\nwas elected Sheriff in 1863, and held the office two\\nyears. In 1876 he was elected Probate Judge,\\nwhich position he filled four years. He has also held\\nthe minor offices of his township.\\nHe was married Feb. 17, 1844, in Monroe Co.,\\nMich., to Miss Margaret Sutherland, daughter of Eli\\nand Thankful (Russell) Sutherland, natives of Orange\\nand Westchester Cos., N. Y., and of English-Scotch\\nand German-Irish ancestry. The mother died in\\nLenawee Co., Mich., in r88i. The father is living\\nin that county, at the age of 85. He has lost the\\nsight of one eye. Mrs. Johnson was born in Hector, (\u00c2\u00abm\\nRensselaer Co., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1825, and came with\\nf\\n9\\nEH", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "^^rm^^\\nt\\nf\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nrj ^gis^^\\nm.\\n4\\nCq^\\nher parents to Monroe County, this State, when 17\\nyears old. Ten children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. J., two of whom are not living. The record is\\nas follows: Mary A., born Nov. 2, 1844 Louisa A.,\\nMarch 24, 1846; Warren J., Nov. 6, 1849; De Witt\\nS., March 3, 1852 Jared R., Sept. 15, 1854: Harty\\nJ., Jan. 29, 1858; Elma E., Aug. 13, 1863; and\\nMinnie E., Sept. 17, 1865. The deceased were Wel-\\ncome, born Feb. 15, 1848, and died Oct. 18, 1851;\\nand Lucy T., born Jan. 20, i86o, and died July 21,\\n186 1. Those living are all married and residents of\\nthis county. One son is interested in saw-mills, one\\nis a merchant and five are farmers.\\nWe take great pleasure in presenting the portrait\\nof Mr. Johnson in this Album, upon a page in prox-\\nimity to this sketch.\\njiiohn P. Lyons, farmer, residing on section\\n10, Fremont Township, is a son of James\\nand Mary J. (Little) Lyons, natives of the\\nEmerald Isle, where the father was born May\\n16, 1791, and the mother Oct. 27, 1798. The\\nlatter came to this country in 18 16 and the\\nfather in 1817, both landing in New York city.\\nThey were united in marriage in Pittsburg, Pa.,\\nMarch 16, i8ig. Soon after their marriage they\\nmoved to Rocky Fort, Licking Co., Ohio, and located\\non a farm, where, Nov. 6, 1867, the father died.\\nThe mother is still living on the old homestead, at\\nthe venerable age of 86 years, and is yet hale and\\nhearty. The father and mother were the parents of\\neight children, six boys and two girls. Two of the\\nbrothers are deceased. William, the oldest, Hves near\\nDunlap, in Monona Co., Iowa. James lives on the\\nold homestead, with his mother, in Licking Co., Ohio.\\nSamuel was killed while walking on the railroad\\ntrack. Isabella lives in Perry Co., Ohio. Sarah\\nlives in Licking County. Andrew J. lives in Rooks\\nCo., Kan. David M. died on the old homestead\\nand John P., our subject, resides on section 10, Fre-\\n4 mont Township, this county.\\ny^ Mr. Lyons, the subject of this biographical notice,\\nwas born March 18, 1833, in Licking Co., Ohio. He\\ntr\\\\ remained at home assisting in the maintenance of\\nthe family and attending the common schools of his\\ndistrict until he attained the age of 21 years. His\\ndesire was to become proficient in teaching, and\\nprior to his majority he had so closely confined him-\\nself to study that on reaching that age he was\\nthoroughly competent to enter on the practice of the\\nprofession. He continued to follow that for a period\\nof 20 years, and was the recipient of many encomi-\\nums for his ability and system of teaching.\\nFeb. 8, 1866, Mr. Lyons was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Manilla White, who was born Sept. 8,\\n1835, in Guernsey Co., Ohio. She was a daughter\\nof John and Hannah (Guthrie) White, natives of the\\nKey-stone State, where her father was born in 1798\\nand her mother in 1803. Her father was an agricul-\\nturist by vocation and died in May, 1874. Her\\nmother is yet living, and resides in Muskingum Co.,\\nOhio.\\nMr. Lyons came from Ohio to this State, Oct. 25,\\n1 88 1, and located on 160 acres of land on section 10,\\nFremont Township. He at once settled on his land\\nand began its improvement, determining to make it\\nhis permanent home, and at present has a goodly\\nportion of the same in a fine state of cultivation,\\nand substantial buildings erected thereon.\\nMr. and Mrs. Lyons are the parents of four chil-\\ndren James W., born Oct. i, 1868 Wm. H., born\\nJan. 6, 1873; John C, born April 30, 1874, and\\nJunietta M., born Jan. 10, 1876. Politically, Mr.\\nLyons is a Democrat, and is at present Justice of the\\nPeace of his township. Socially, he and wife are\\nmembers of the Presbyterian Church, of which he\\nhas been a Ruling Elder for 12 years. He is also\\nSchool Inspector, and occupies a prominent and re-\\nspected position in his township.\\n|(|imF ^^l iles Sehofield, farmer, section 26, Gilmore\\nIjf^i^^^, Township, was born March 16, 1844, and\\nflll*^? is the son of James and Mary (Drenner)\\n^j^^ Sehofield. His parents were natives of\\nV England and came to Amerca in 1840. The\\nI father died in Nashville, Tenn., the mother re-\\nsides with her son.\\nMr. Sehofield remained with his parents until he\\nwas 23 years of age, obtaining his education and\\nworking with his father as a stone mason. In 1867\\nhe came to Isabella County and settled upon the\\nfarm on which he has since resided. The township\\nr\\nr\\ns\\n^D!l :Dt]i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "MV^:*^\\ni\\nh\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^t^C \u00c2\u00ae^4H)\\n403\\ne\\nV\\nwas in a comparatively unbroken state of nature and\\nbut few permanent settlers were located. The fam-\\nily of Fordyce Leonard had been residents for about\\nthree months, and Mrs. Schofield was the first white\\nwoman they had seen. The settlers were obliged to\\ngo to Mt. Pleasant for all supplies, and it was the\\nnearest postoffice. Salt River, 30 miles distant, had\\nthe only grist-mill in this section, and consequently\\nthe staff of life was sometimes difficult to secure. .At\\none time, during the second autumn after Mr. Scho-\\nfield s settlement, his family were two weeks without\\nbread, and for some time subsequent to their locating\\ntheir neighbors were two miles away. The home-\\nstead includes 80 acres, 40 acres of which are im-\\nproved.\\nMr. Scliofield is a Republican in political affilia-\\ntion and has been Justice of the Peace and Town-\\nship Treasurer three years has also served several\\nyears in the various school offices. He and his wife\\nare members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe was married Sept. 6, 1867, to Mary Ann,\\ndaughter of Chades C. and Fannie D. (Martm)\\nThompson, and was born July 28, 1847, in Tyler\\nCo., W. Va. Six children have been born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Schofield, five of whom are living: Sarah F.,\\nborn July 29, 1868; Ida V., born Sept. 18, 1869;\\nOrlando C born Feb. 20, 1871; Ira O., born Nov.\\n9, 1874; Rupert R., born May 9, 1877. James\\nEverett, born Nov. 27, 1872, died Aug. 29, 1873.\\nI\\nIf homas E. Eraser, farmer, section 22, Isa-\\nbella Township, was born in Northumber-\\nr^ land Co., Ont., Feb. 28, 1850. He was\\n/tmS reared on a farm in his native county, and at\\nthe age of 15 years began working in the lum-\\nber woods of the same county. He continued\\nthat vocation until the year 1872, when he came to\\nthis State and located in Midland ounty. There\\nhe was variously occupied for one year and then\\ncame to this county and in July, 1873, he purchased\\n40 acres of unimproved land on section 22, Isabella\\nTownship, where he is at present residing.\\nWhen Mr. Fraser first came to that township, but\\nfew families were there, and the hand of improve-\\nment was hardly visible, and he may be said to have\\npassed almost the entire period of pioneer life in Isa-\\nbella Township. He engaged in the lumber woods\\nuntil 1878, when he entered on the occupation he\\nhad followed in boyhood, farming. He has added\\n40 acres, by purchase, to his original tract of land,\\nand of his present landed possessions he has 65 acres\\nunder a high degree of cultivation, with comfortable\\nand commodious frame buildings erected thereon.\\nHe was united in marriage, Jan. 23, 1882, at Mt.\\nPleasant, with Miss Hannah M. Stoyle, a native of\\nHastings Co., Ont., where she was born Jan. 20,\\n1850. She removed to Toledo, Ohio, in 1868. and\\nat that place she lived until 1881, when she came to\\nMt. Pleasant, and there lived until her marriage.\\nThe husband and wife are parents of one child,\\nGeorge H., born Nov. 21, 1882. Mrs. Fraser is a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. F. is a\\nmember of the Ordfr of Orangemen of Seymour\\nTownship, Northumberland Co., Ont., and in ix)litics\\nis a Republican.\\ni.\\noseph F. Gachter, farmer, section 22, Not-\\nt iwa Township, is a son of Joseph F. Gach-\\nter, a native of France. Joseph F., Sr.,\\nemigrated to the United States in 1837, and\\njf four years later, in 1841, returned to his native\\nland for his family. He returned with them\\nthe same year and landed at Castle Garden, New\\nYork city, Aug. 10, of that year. He afterward, in\\nSeptember of the same year, removed to and settled\\nin Stark Co., Ohio, where his father and mother died,\\nthe former in March, 1881, and latter May 24, 1845.\\nJoseph F., Jr., the subject of our biography, was\\nborn in St. Germain, Canton de Fontaine, Depart-\\nment of the Upper Rhine, France, Feb. 28, 1830.\\nA year after the death of his mother, in March,\\n1846, Mr. Gachter left Stark County and went to\\nWheeling, Va., where he was variously occupied for\\nsome 18 months, and then removed to Cincinnati, in\\nwhich place he remained about three months. His\\nnext move was to New Orleans, where he occupied\\nhis time in boating on the Mississippi and its tribu-\\ntaries for two years.\\nAs the electric wires flashed from State to State\\nthe terrible news of the bombardment of Sumter and\\nwar known to be inevitable, the heart of Mr. Gachter\\nbeat in unison with the cause of justice, and he\\n5,-*i\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb\\nA Dr^ nD;\\n1^^^5(", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "s\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rf^*\\nr^^Ti^arX\\nTT-T-\\ntlll^llD^\\nr^\\niOj\\n404\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ny i\\nX\\nleft the South and went to Pittsburg to join the North-\\nern Army.\\nHe enlisted in Co. A, issth Pa. Vol. Inf., in July,\\n1862, participated in the battle of Antietam, afier\\nwhich he was detailed as a member of the medical\\ncorjis. He ruptured himself at the battle of Antietam\\nand was discliarged. He also participated in the bat-\\ntles of Fredericksburg and South Mountain, previous\\nto his discharge.\\nMr. Gachter was united in marriage, Sept. 2, 1862,\\nto Miss Margaret Ann Gerstner. Her parents were\\nnatives of Bavaria, Germany. Her mother died\\nduring the voyage to the United States, and was\\nburied in the waters of the deep her father is still\\nliving.\\nMr. and Mrs. Gachter have been blessed with\\neight children, namely Joseph G., born March 12,\\n1864, at Columbia, Lancaster Co., Pa.; Frank, April\\n25, 1866, at St. John s, Mich.; Catherine, Oct. 22,\\nt868, at St. John s; Emma, May 26, 187 i, in Bing-\\nham Township, Clinton Co., this State Wm. H.,\\nApril 25, 1874, in Bingham; Robert, A.pril 4, 1878,\\nin Bingham; Edward, Aug. 1880, in Bingham;\\nand Margaret \\\\nn, March 4, 1883, in Nottawa Town-\\nship, this county.\\nMr. Gachter came to this county June r5, 1882,\\nwith his family and purchased a farm of 80 acres in\\nNottawa Township, 24 of which he has in a good\\nstate of cultivation.\\nPolitically, Mr. G. is an adherent to and supporter\\nof the principles and doctrines of the Republican\\nparty, and has been honored by numerous offices of\\ntrust and responsibility, among which were Drain\\nCommissioner, School Inspector and Director (in\\nClinton County), and is now acting Supervisor of\\nNottawa Township, this county.\\nirw^l\\nl|ffl|[t N. Gulick, farmer, section 36, Deerfield,\\nI^SIp Township, is a son of Henry and Ann\\n(Dean) Gulick, natives of New Jersey, and\\nboth still living, in Union Township, this county\\nThe subject of this sketch was born Oct. 22,\\n1848, in Wyandot Co., Ohio; lived in Seneca\\nCo., Ohio, eight years; in Ionia Co., Mich., three\\nyears; then, in October, 1859, he came to this county,\\nwhere he has since lived, except one summer in\\nKansas. He bought t2o acres of wild land, of\\nvvliich he has since improved 28 acres. On this\\nfarm he has resided from Dec. 14, 188 1, to the pres-\\nent time. Previously he was on a rented farm for\\nfive years\\nWith respect to national policy, Mr, G. acts with\\nthe Republican party.\\nAug. 24, 1873, Mr. Gulick was married to Miss\\nSusan M., daughter of Henry and Ann (Gibson)\\nBates. They now have three children, viz.: Claudie\\nMay, born Feb. 10, 1877 Gertie Mabel, Oct. 14,\\n1879; and Dessie Dean, March 20, i88d. Mr.\\nBates had 12 children, and he died Sept. 14, 1879.\\nIn Mr. Henry Gulick s family were 11 children.\\n^mislIIlV eorge W. Brown, farmer, section 4, Cold-\\nwater Township, was born Aug. 23, 1829,\\nin Morgan Co., Ohio. His parents, John\\nand Mary (Spillman) Brown, were natives of\\nVirginia, and his father was for many years a\\npensioner of the Revolutionary War. On his\\ndeath, when the son was about six years old, the\\npension reverted to the mother, who continued the\\nrecipient of its benefits until her death in the au-\\ntumn of 1868. She lacked three days of being 93\\nyears old.\\nMr. Brown was the second child, in order of birth,\\nof five children born to his parents; and a year after\\nhis father s death he went to live with a man named\\nJoseph McDonald, with whom he was engaged until\\nhe was 25 years old. On reaching his majority he\\nrented land of Mr. McDonald, which he worked on\\nshares. He continued to pursue farming on the estate\\nof his foster-father several years, when he removed to\\nanother farm five miles distant, which he rented until\\nthe outbreak of the Southern rebellion, when he en-\\nlisted.\\nHe enrolled in tlie United States service Aug. 3.\\n1861, and was nnistered out Sept. 17, 1864, on the\\nexpiration of his term of enlistu.ent. He belonged\\nto Co. A, 31st Ohio Vol. Inf his regiment being as-\\nsigned to the First Brigade, Third Division and 14th\\nCorps of the Army of the Cumberland. The first\\nengagement of any importance in which Mr. Brown\\nl)articipated was at Mill Spring, Ky., and afterwards\\nat Stone River, Mission Ridge and at Lookout Moun-\\nV^\\nA\\nc^:\\ntt\\n^^D!i: ^:iiai1 -^r^\\n-^^^^^^(^i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "J^f^\\n^^c^^.-fm. c\u00c2\u00a3UMu", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "-cr\\nT^\\\\\\nlv\\nV\\nri^c\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni=a\\nA\\nMi2\\ntain. He received a flesh wor.nd in the right anm in\\nthe engagement at Mission Ridge, and also received\\na slight bayonet scratch in his side. At the battle\\nof Chickamaiiga, his haversack, canteen and knap-\\nsack were shot away, and he received injuries which\\nconsigned him to the hospital at Nashville, Tenn.,\\nwhere he remained until he was mustered out of ser-\\nvice. He received his discharge at Atlanta, Ga., and\\nreturned to his family in Athens Co., Ohio.\\nFor a few months he was variously employed, and\\non the 8th of March, 1865, he came to Barry Co.,\\nMich., and bought 40 acres of unimproved land,\\nwhich he sold in the spring of 1871, and in the fall\\nof the same year he entered a homestead claim of 80\\nacres of land in this township, which he has since\\noccupied, and has cleared 40 acres. He has deeded\\n40 acres of land to his son.\\nHe was married in 1S51, to Esther Jane, daughter\\nof Empson and Mary (Latta) Powell. Mrs. Brown\\nwas born Dec. 4, 1828, in Columbiana Co., Ohio.\\nHer parents died in Athens County, in the Buckeye\\nState. They had four sons and four daughters, all\\nof whom lived to mature life. Five of six children\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Brown are now living: Nancy\\nA. was born Nov. 18, 1853; Mary M., Sept. 24, 1855;\\nEmpson C, Feb. 12, 1661 Minerva J., Oct. 5, 1S63,\\ndied Dec. 8, 188 1. All these were born in Athens\\nCo., Ohio, except Minerva, who was liorn in Franklin\\nCounty, that State. Jerdeena was born Nov. 8, 1865,\\nin Barry Co., Mich. James William was born Aug.\\n28, 1867. Tlie parents are members of the Dis-\\nciples Church. Mr. Brown is a Republican in polit-\\nical connections.\\n-tephen P. Murtha, farmer on section 8, Coe\\nTownship, was born in Portland, Ionia\\nCounty, Aug. 6, 1846, and is the son of\\nPatrick and Ann (Hoy) Muriha, natives of Ire-\\nland. The parents were married in this coun-\\ntry, having crossed tlie waters when quite\\nyoung, and settled in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. They\\nafterward lived 12 years in Ionia Co., Mich., farming,\\nand in February, 1855, the family came to Coe Town-\\nship, this county, where they died, she Nov. 13, 1875,\\nand he March 30, 1878.\\nThe subject of this notice received a rudimentary\\neducation in the common schools, and remained with\\nhis parents until their death. He now resides on\\na homestead, and owns 80 acres, 50 of which are\\nunder intelligent cultivation.\\nHe was married in Coe Township, Dec. 9, 1877,\\nto Catherine, daughter of Henry and Catherine (Wol-\\nbaugh) Gruher, natives of Pennsylvania, who came\\nto this county in the spring of 1877. Mr. and Mrs.\\nM. have had three children, one of whom died in in-\\nfancy. The surviving are Nellie and Sarah M.\\nMr M. is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is po-\\nlitically a warm supporter of Democratic principles.\\n,ason B. Dibble, farmer, section 24, Notta-\\nwa Township, and one ol the leading and\\nrepresentative citizens of the county, is a\\nson of Asel B. and Judith [iice Tower) Dib-\\nble, natives of the State of Connecticut. They\\nmoved at an early date to New York, in which\\nState the mother died in 1858. The father is still liv-\\ning, at the advanced age of 85 years, in Parma, Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Dibble, Jr., the subject of this biograjjhy, was\\nborn in Maryland Township, Otsego Co., N. Y., 12\\nmiles from Cooperstown. His father moved from\\nthat place when our subject was only five years of\\nage and settled in Cattaraugus County, and iived at\\nFreedom, that county, until 1865. In December of\\nthat year, he moved to this State and settled at Muir,\\nIonia County, to which place he brought his family\\nin the following year. He lived at Muir si.x years,\\nand while residing there was extensively engaged in\\nlumbering, and, in company with Messrs. Fox Arm-\\nstrong, purchased 2,316 acres of pine lands. His\\nnext move was to White Co., Tenn., near Sparta,\\nwhere he purcliased 513 acres of land within six\\nmiles of that place. His intention was to make a\\nhome on this land, but he became dissatisfied with\\nthat country and remained there only a few months,\\nand then removed to Elkhart Co., Ind., and purchas-\\ned a fiirm of 140 acres. He lived on this farm for\\nabout 1 1 months, then came to this county and pur-\\nchased a large farm, and is now tlic owner of about\\n1,000 acres.\\nThe subject of our sketch, Mr. Dibble, moved on\\nhis father s farm April 30, 1875, and has improved\\n9\\nt\\nif!\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^sjsj^^ri\\n..ijA,\\n^iir^:DD; v^ ^3^\\n-^^-^^f\u00c2\u00aey^ii", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "COUNTY.\\nISABELLA\\nV\\nJ\\nabout 350 acres. He has four barns on the place\\nand a good commodious residence.\\nMr. D. was united in marriage, Feb. 15, 1846, in\\nCattaraugus Co., N. Y., with Miss Mary H., daugh-\\nter of W. G. and Eleanor {tiec Childs) Fisk, who was\\nborn Aug. 8, 1826, in Walworth, Wayne Co., N. Y.\\nHer father and mother were both natives of Vermont,\\nand both died in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y.,in 185 i.\\nMr. and Mrs. D. have one daughter, Elizabeth\\nAnn, born June 26, 185 1. She is now the wife of\\nJohn A. Bamborough, living near Mt. Pleasant. They\\nhave three children the oldest died in infancy and\\nthe remaining two are Mason A., born June 22, 1874,\\nand Thomas, born Aug. 23, 1876.\\nMr. Dibble was formerly a member of the Close-\\nCommunion Baptist, and Mrs. D. of the Free-Will\\nBaptist, Church. He is politically an ardent Repub-\\nlican, and, though not an office-seeker, has held va-\\nrious local positions of trust. We are pleased to place\\nthe portrait of Mr. Dibble in this Album, which will\\npreserve permanently tha features of a worthy and\\nrepresentative citizen.\\neorge A. Ruse, farmer on section 32, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Aaron and Elizabeth\\n(Shedenhelm) Ruse, natives of Ohio and\\nMaryland. The parents first settled in Seneca\\nCo., Ohio, where the father died, in December,\\n1864. The mother came to Michigan, and\\nthree years later returned to Seneca County, where\\nshe died, in August, 1876, Their family consisted\\nof three sons and three daughters, George being the\\nyoungest of the six.\\nHe was born in Seneca Ct)., Ohio, June 22, 18415,\\nand received a common English education. He\\nhired out by the month at the age of i 2, and alter-\\nnated that with attending school until 18 years old.\\nAdopting the vocation of agriculture, he came, in\\nFebruary, 1869, to this county and bought 40 acres\\non section 33, Coe Township. Selling this, lie re-\\nturned to Seneca Co., Ohio, and bought 80 acres,\\nwhich he worked for five years. He sold out once\\nmore, and came again to Isabella, buying 80 acres\\non section 32, Coe, where he now resides. He has\\nSS acres under cultivation.\\nHe was first married in the county of his nativity,\\nto Martha, daughter of Samuel and Mary King. She\\nwas also a native of Seneca County. They had one\\nchild, which died about five months old. Mrs. R.\\ndying, he was again married, in Seneca County, to\\nEliza, daughter of John and Margaret (Miller) Ruch,\\nand widow of John Woodmansee, who died Nov. 11,\\n1868. She had by the first marriage three children,\\nWilliam L., Cora B. and Margaret C, the first of\\nwhom died in infancy. To Mr. and Mrs. Ruse have\\nbeen born three children, John A., Letta M. and\\nIrena F. John A. died when two years old.\\nPolitically, Mr. R. is a Republican. He and wife\\nare members of the United Brethren Church.\\nesse H. Wood, farmer, section 34, Gilmore\\nTownship, was born Dec. 12, 1838, in\\nGreene Co., Pa., and is the son of William\\nand Hannah (Hartley) Wood. His parents\\nboth died in Isabella County. Mr. Wood re-\\nmained under the home roof until he was of\\nage, when he was married, and rented a farm in his\\nnative county, on which he lived five years. In\\nB ebruary, 1864, he enlisted in the First W. Va.\\nCavalry, and remained in the service until the close\\nof the war, receiving his discharge in the latter part\\nof July, 1865. At the first engagement in wliich he\\nwas under fire, he was under Gen. Averill, near\\nWinchester, in the Valley of the Shenandoah. He\\nwas also at the famous battle of Winchester. His\\ncommand was attached to the corps of Gen. Custer,\\nand later of Gen. Sheridan, and in the spring of 1865\\nwas assigned to the Army of the Potomac, where the\\nregiment was in action at Five Forks, and was pres-\\nent at the surrender of Gen. Lee.\\nHis marriage to Martha J., dauglittr of David and\\nSarah (Boler) Leonard, took place Aug. 25, 1858.\\nMrs. Wood was born July 26, 1842, and the five sons\\nand two daughters she has borne are all living. They\\nwere born in the following order Thomas T., Nov.\\n17, i860; Hiram L., Oct. 29, 1863; William W., Jan.\\n17, 1867; Hannah L., Oct. 7, 1869; James Edward,\\nJuly 21, 1872; Henry H., Sept. 13, 1875; Mary\\nEffie, Dec. 24, 188 1.\\nMr. Wood is one of the earliest settlers of the\\ntownship in which he resides, locating upon his land\\nat the same time with Rufus F. Glass, Nicholas\\nX\\nV\\nC\\nim\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^y^^^t\\ni; A^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "^N^ima\\n1=3\\n1=3\\nE\\nI\\nPhillips and Asa Leonard. He has served one term\\nas Supervisor and seven terms as Township Clerk.\\nDuring the 12 years in which he has been resident\\nhe has been engaged in the duties pertaining to the\\nvarious school offices. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are both\\nmembers of the Disciples Church.\\niSiharles E. Coon, farmer on section 12, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Simeon B. and Clar-\\nissa (Sanford) Coon, the former a native of\\nLodi, Dutchess Co., N. Y., and the latter of\\nWayne, Steuben Co., N. Y. The parents lived\\nin the last mentioned place until 1844, when\\nthey came to Portland, Ionia County, this State.\\nThere were at that date few white settlers, and the\\nnumerous Indians roamed freely through their native\\nforests. He died in that place Dec. 19, 1862, and\\nshe followed him Aug. 2, 1873. Their family includ-\\ned four sons and three daughters, the following six of\\nwhom grew to be adults: Charles E., Mary A., Annis,\\nCatherine, Simeon and Fred.\\nThe subject of this sketch, the eldest of the family,\\nwas born in Wayne, Steuben Co., N. Y., Nov. 4, 1S34,\\nand was ten years old when his parents came to Ionia\\nCounty, this State. During his boyhood he had\\nmany interesting experiences with the Chippewa In-\\ndians. At one time an Indian offered him 16 silver\\ndollars for one pint of whisky, which young Coon de-\\nclined to accept. He received the elements of an\\nEnglish education at the common schools of his\\nneighborhood, and assisted his father on the farm as\\nhe grew to man s estate, until he was 27 years old.\\nHe then bought a 40-acre farm in Sebewa, Ionia\\nCounty, which he worked, in connection with other\\npursuits for three years. Disposing of his Ionia Coun-\\nty interests, he came, in April, 1865, to Isabella\\nCounty and bought 200 acres of wild land in Coe\\nTownship, on which he built a house and barn and\\nset about clearing a farm. The result shows the re-\\nward of industry and intelligence. He has 125 acres\\nin a state of high cultivation, and [irogress is seen in\\nevery quarter.\\nHe was married at Watertown, Clinton Co., Mich.,\\nAug. 28, 1863, to Temperance, daughter of Peter and\\nJane (Hazelton) Allen, natives of New Jersey and\\nNew York, in which latter State Mrs. Coon was also\\nborn. Eight children have been added to the house-\\nhold, five of whom survive: Clarissa S., Charles A.,\\nJames E., Frank and Annis F. Frederick B., Lucy\\nJ. and Haryey L. died in infancy.\\nMrs. C. is a member of the Baptist Church, while V^\\nhe inclines to the Universalist faith. In politics he\\nhas been a Republican, but now adheres to the tenets\\nof the National party. He is a free-trader.\\nMr. C. visited New York in June, 1878, and pur-\\nchased the well known stallion Bashaw, Junior\\n(sired by Greene s Bashaw which has had a fa-\\nmous record. He once trotted a mile in 2:32, after\\ntrotting ten heats. He was at one time purchased by\\nMiss I,. A. Gould (127 W. 41st Street, New York\\ncity), for $9,000. He is now in Aberdeen, Dak., in the\\npossession of Levi Reid. He is the sire of some\\nvery fine horses in this county.\\niei-~ ^~if^-t^(Si i\\nc\\nfeugh Graham, farmer, section 15, Isabella\\nI Township, is a native of Canada, where, in\\nPeel Co., Ont., he was born March 15^\\n1844. The father of Mr. Graham died when\\nhe, the son, was nine years old, and he lived\\nwith his mother, attending the common schools\\nand aiding in her support, until he attained the age\\nof 22 years. On arriving at this age he went to\\nYork Co., Can., and worked in the machine shop of\\nMr. John Abel, located at Woodbridge. He con-\\ntinued in that vocation for four years and then re-\\nturned to Peel County. After remaining in that\\ncounty for a short period he came to this county and\\npurchased 60 acres of wild land, on section 15, Isa-\\nbella Township. This was in the fall of 1874, and\\nthe hand of improvement was hardly visible in the\\nportion of the township in which he located. But 11\\nacres on his place had been cliopped. He nevertheless\\nhad faith in the future development of the county,\\nand with a firm determination to establish a perma-\\nnent home for himself and family, he threw all his x|S\\nenergy mto the laborious though pleasant task of f\\nmaking a home and of his original purchase of 60\\nacres, 45 acres are at the present time well im-\\nproved and he has erected thereon a stock and\\ngrain barn, together with other necessay buildings.\\nMr. (iraham was united in marriage Dec. 6, 1866,\\nin York Co., Ont., to Miss Elizabeth Baldwin. She", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "i|^i^\u00c2\u00ae:^^t\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nwas born in Peel Co., Ont., Jan. 6, 1846, and is of\\nEnglish extraction. When ten years of age her par-\\nents moved to York County, where Elizabeth was\\nreared and educated in the common schools, and\\nwhere she lived until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Graham have been the parents of\\nthree children, one of whom is deceased. The liv-\\ning are Hugh W., born March 29, 1869; and Emily\\nC, March 5, 1878. Laura, born April 30, 1870, died\\nNov. 8, 1 88 1. The father and mother are both\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.\\nG., politically, is a Democrat. He has held the office\\nof Townsliip Clerk and Deputy Sheriff, and is a re-\\nspected and esteemed citizen of his township.\\n^3=\\nohn Morrison, farmer on section 20, Chip-\\npewa Township, is a son of David and\\nCynthia (Dodge) Morrison, he a native of\\nNew York, and she of New England. They set-\\ntled in Schenectady Co., N. Y., where he died\\nMay 6, 1838, and he Feb. 20, 1855. Their\\nfamily numbered eight, John being the youngest.\\nHe was born in Schenectady Co., N. Y., May 6,\\n1833, and remained with his parents until of age, al-\\nternately working on the farm and attending school.\\nHe attended both the common schools and a select\\nschool at Schenectady, .\\\\ttaining the age of legal\\nfreedom, he worked out by the month from March to\\nFebruary, and returned home five days before his fa-\\nther s death. The latter had a life lease of his farm\\nand had become badly involved by going security on\\nnotes, etc. John was appointed administrator of the\\nestate, the duties pertaining to which office occupied\\nhim for a year and a half, during which time he car-\\nried on the farm. He then worked out for a year,\\nand in March, 1858, came to Michigan, where he\\nworked one season at carpentering, in Lenawee Coun-\\nty. In the fall of 1858 he rented a farm, but after\\nputting in a crop of wheat he returned to Schnecta-\\ndy Co., N. Y., for the winter. The following spring\\nhe came with his family to Lenawee County; and af-\\nter seven years renting he bought a farm in Seneca,\\nthat county. There he lived until May, 1882, when\\nhe left his farm in charge of his son, and came to tliis\\ncounty, arriving on the 15th of that month. He\\nbought 280 acres in Chippewa Township, where he\\nhas since resided, having at present 120 acres under\\nthe plow.\\nHe was married in Schenectady Co., N. Y., March\\n20, 1856, to Miss Alexina, daughter of John and Mary\\nW. (Crossfield) Young, natives of Schenectady and\\nSchoharie Counties. The parents settled in the form-\\ner county, where the father died, in July, 1883. The\\nmother survives. Mrs. Morrison was born in Duanes-\\nburg, Schenectady County, April 28, 1833, and is the\\nmother of three children: Wallwin J., born Feb. 5,\\n1858; Ervvin D., Nov. 30, 1859; and Henry W., Dec.\\n22, 1861.\\nMr. and Mrs. M. are prominent members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, of which he has been\\nclass-leader four years, Steward 1 1 years and Super-\\nintendent of the Sunday-school five years. Mr. M.\\nsupports the Republican party, but is a strong tem-\\nperance man and prohibitionist. He is now Deputy\\nTownship Clerk, Health Officer and School Inspec-\\ntor.\\n^[t afayette Oathout, farmer on section 19,\\ni^ltf- Chi|)pewa, is a son of Sands and Lurancy\\n(Stewart) Oathout, natives of Chemung and\\nMadison Cos., N. Y. The father died Oct. 23,\\n1882; the mother is a resident of this county,\\naged 74. Their family comprised four sons and\\nfour daughters, Lafayette being the youngest of the\\nchildren.\\nHe was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Oct. 21, 185 i,\\nand at the age of 13 came with his parents to Isa-\\nbella County. In the fall of 1874 he bought 40 acres\\nin Chippewa Township, where he has since resided.\\nHe has added 40 acres to his first 40, and now has\\n60 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Chippewa Township, Dec. 10,\\n1876, to Miss Ella, daughter of Joel and Henrietta\\n(Claywell) Thatcher, natives of Vermont and Penn-\\nsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher came to Gratiot\\nCounty, this State, about 1858, and six years later\\nsettled in Lincoln Township, this county, where they\\nnow reside. Mrs. Oathout was born in Gratiot\\nCounty, June i, 1859. She and her husband are the\\nl)arents of three daughters, Florence A., Grace M.\\naud Helen J. Politically, Mr. O. is a Republican.\\nv\\nC\\ny^^\\nc\\nv\\n-v^.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "A/, J^^i-t^/Ui^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": ",i%S\u00c2\u00bb\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^f^-||\\n1\\nV\\n413\\nMr. O. s mother has been a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church since 18 years of age.\\nMr. Oathout s older brother, EHiot D., was a mem-\\nber of Co. K, Eiglith Mich. Vol. Inf., was taken a\\nprisoner of war by Forrest s men, and starved to\\ndeath at Andersonville.\\n^.E\\n^Jiarles W. Richardson, of the firm of\\nAUyn Co., dealers in dry goods, gro-\\nceries, etc., Dnshville, was a son of Asa\\nfe P. and Jane (Staples) Richardson. The fa-\\nthei was born in the State of Vermont, April\\n29 1797- He followed the occnjiation of\\nfarming and lumbering, in the State of Maine, win-\\nters, and occupied his time summers in exploring\\nland in that State. Living there until 1851, he\\nmoved to Ohio and located on a farm in Lorain\\nCounty. He lived there for two years and then\\nmoved to Wood County, same State, where he fol-\\nlowed the same vocation for seven or eight years.\\nIn 1870 he came to this county and located, with his\\nson, on section 19, Fremont Township. He after-\\nward lived with his children until his death, March\\n30, 1879. The mother was born in the State of\\nMain fe, June 25, 1806, and is yet living, with her son,\\nat the advanced age of 77 years. They were the\\nparents of 12 children, four of whom are living in\\nOhio and eight in this State.\\nCharles W., the subject of this biographical notice,\\nwas born Dec. 3, 1845, in Franklin o., Maine. He\\nremained under his parental care, attending the com-\\nmon schools and assisting his father on the farm,\\nuntil he attained the age of 18 years. On reaching\\nthis age in life he enlisted in Co. O, loth Ohio Vol.\\nCav. His command was under Kilpatrick and did\\ngallant service for the Union. He partici[)ated in\\nall the battles in which his comi)any was engaged,\\nprominent amcng them being Ringgold and Resaca.\\nThe company participated in many minor engage-\\nments and skirmishes and Mr. R. passed through\\nthem all without receiving any serious wounds. His\\nregiment was finally discharged at Lexington, N. C,\\nAug. 24, 1865, and he returned to Ihe home of his\\nparents in Wood Co., Ohio. During that year he was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Eliza, daughter of Theo-\\ndore and Catharine Inman. Her father was born in\\nNew Jersey, in 1831, and her mother in Buffalo, N.\\nY., in 1834. The daughter was born Feb. i, 1853,\\nill Sandusky Co., Ohio.\\nMr. Richardson came to this county in 1870 and\\nlocated on 40 acres of wild land. He has since in-\\ncreased his acreage to 200, and, disposing of a por-\\ntion, now owns 1 20 acres, a goodly portion of which\\nis in a fine state of cultivation. He has also a half\\ninterest in a store at Dushville, and a half interest\\nin a branch store at Two Rivers.\\nWhen Mr. Richardson first came to this county he\\nwas scarcely worth $25, all told, and yet by con-\\ntinual and laborious e.xertion he has secured a com-\\npetency, and around his hearthstone content sits in\\nthe lap of plenty. He and his wife are the parents\\nof five children, four girls and one boy, namely\\nFannie M., Mary E., Lura B., Alta M. and Orrin H.\\nMr. Richardson politically is a believer in and\\nsupporter of the principles of the Republican party.\\nHe has held several offices of trust in the township\\nand school district in which he lives, and is a re-\\nspected and esteemed citizen thereof.\\nI\\nK-\\nV/\\nt^^i\\nUMW^^\\neorge H. Sanford, general farmer, section\\n17, Lincoln Township, was horn in Portage\\nTownship, Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. i,\\ny^ 1832; was three years of age when the family\\ncame to this state and settled in Liberty Town-\\nship, Jackson County, on a farm, in pioneer\\ntimes. Here the subject of this sketch grew toman-\\nhood, as a farmer.\\nApril 14, 1853, he married Miss Elizabeth R.\\nBegel, who was born in Howard Township, Steuben\\nCo., N. Y., Dec. 25, 1832. When she was two years\\nold her people moved to Hanover Township, Jackson\\nC o., Mich., where she lived until her marriage, re-\\nceiving a common-school education, and teaching\\nschool from the age of 16 to 20, the time of her mar-\\nriage. The children of Mr. and Mrs. S. are, Clar-\\nence F., born Oct. 24, 1854; Herbert A., March 18, G\\ni860; and Fred C, June 11, 1864. The eldest, a I\\ndeaf mute, graduated at the Asylum for the Deaf\\nand Dumb at Flint, Mich., June 30, 1S70. Theother\\ntwo are students at Hillsdale (Mich.) College, con-\\ntemi)lating graduation at the State University at Ann\\nArbor after completing their course at Hillsdale.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "X-N^^)^^^\\n414\\n5\\n(q^\\ni\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nA year after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Sanford\\nlocated-on a farm of 150 acres in Moscow Township,\\nHillsdale County, a farm given him by his fatiier;\\nand four years afterward they returned to Jackson\\nCounty, and eight years still later they moved to\\nFlint, in order to give their son an education at the\\nState institution there. While residing in that city,\\nMr. Sanford was engaged in iuburance, real estate,\\nlumber and lending money. In the spring of 1 870 he\\ncame to this county and located 400 acres of timber\\nland, on sections 16, 17 and 20, Lincoln Township.\\nHe then owned also 1,000 acres of pine land in other\\nparts of the State. His land property at present com-\\nprises 440 acres at his homestead, 280 of pine land in\\nSheridan Township, Clare Co., Mich., and 40 in an-\\nother part of the same county. Of his homestead,\\n200 acres are well improved.\\nMr. Sanford is a reliable and leading Democrat,\\nhas held the office of Township Clerk one year, and\\nother offices.\\nIn presenting Mr. Sanford s likeness on a previous\\npage, we record permanently the features of a sub-\\nstantial farmer and a worthy citizen.\\ni^exter F. Arnold, resident at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, was born April 15, 1862, in the village\\nwhere he has grown to manhood. He is\\n*j^ the son of Irving E. and Adelaide (Ferris)\\nW Arnold, and was the first child born within the\\npresent limits of Mt. Pleasant. (See sketch of\\nIrving E. Arnold.)\\nMr. Arnold secured all the advantages of the com-\\nmon schools of his native place, and at 17 was\\nplaced in the High School at Saginaw City, where he\\nwas a piipil 18 months. On his return to his native\\nplace he entered the abstract office of W. N. Brown,\\nbecoming silent partner. He remained in that con-\\nnection until the spring of 1882, when he formed a\\npartnership, with Fred Russell in the transaction of\\ninsurance business. The firm sold their business\\nduring the following winter to Hopkins Lyon, and\\nMr. Arnold taugiit scliool one term at Sherman City.\\nHe engaged in the same business the same length of\\ntime, in district No. 5, in Coldwater Township, in the\\nvicinity of Sherman City. His next engagement\\nwas in the office of Hopkins Lyon, where he re-\\nmyv^\\nmained in active duty until September, 1883. His\\npresent position is with W. I. Cutler, in his real-estate\\nand abstract business. Politically, Mr. Arnold is a\\nDemocrat. He is the present Clerk of the village of\\nMt. Pleasant, having been elected in the spring of\\nA42J2cr\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n^4^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 v-\u00c2\u00ae|-3izra?wv.\\n^i ansom Kyes, farmer on section 6, Coe\\n^_ Township, is a son of James and Cassan-\\n\\\\M^^ dana (Williams) Kyes (see sketch of\\nA^\\\\ Chauncey Kyes), and was born in Livings-\\nton Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1827. He was but\\nthree years old when the family came to the\\nPeninsular State, and he lived with his parents un-\\ntil 18 years of age. He received a rudimentary\\nEnglish education, and was for one season employed\\nas fireman on a lake steamer. During the two years\\nfollowing, he was engaged in a hotel at Parma, Tack-\\nson Co., Mich. He rented a farm for two years in\\nCalhoun County, at the expiration of which time he\\nbought a small farm in the same county. Three\\nyears later, he sold, and in April, 1855, he came to\\nIsabella County and purchased 200 acres in Coe\\nTownship. On this, his present residence, he settled\\nwith his family the following May, and his home has\\nbeen there continuously except fivQ years, when he\\nlived at Mt. Pleasant, as Sheriff of the county. He\\nnow owns 180 acres of land, of which 150 are in an\\nadvanced state of cultivation.\\nAug. 12, 1849, in Jackson Co., Mich., he was\\nunited in marriage with Harriet, daughter of Ezekiel\\nand Margaret (Gillett) Livingston, natives of the\\nState of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Livingston\\nmoved to Michigan in an early day, settling in Jack-\\nson County, where he died, in August, 1844. She\\nafterwards removed to Gratiot County, and died in\\nJanuary, 1863. Mrs. Kyes was born in Schoharie\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 14, 1827, and she and her husband\\nhave been the parents of seven children, three of\\nwhom survive, Benj. F-., Douglass L. and L D.\\nThe four deceased are Charles, Josephine, Lillie Dell\\nand Hattie.\\nMr. K. was elected Sheriff of Isabella County in\\n1866, and held the office four years. He has also\\nbeen Constable and Road Commissioner, and has\\nS\\nr\\nwm^o^\\nj^aJ^^iy:;^\\n,\u00c2\u00ab4i,;3i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": ";^w^\\nmi\\n\u00c2\u00ae)$\u00c2\u00ab^t#*\\nV\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-^^^.h^^sr\\n415\\nheld the various school offices of his district. Politi-\\ncally he sup|)orts the National party.\\nIn September, 1864, he enlisted in the loth Mich.\\nCav., and served till the close of the war, when he\\nwas honorably discharged at Knoxville, Tenn. He\\nfought at Strawberry Plain, Tenn., Henry Court-\\nHouse and High Point, N. C, and in numerous\\nskirmishes.\\neorge Murtha, farmer on section 9, Coe\\nTownshi|), was born in Ionia Co., Mich.,\\nJan. 20, 1S49, and is the son of Patrick and\\nAnn (Hoy) Murtha, natives of Ireland. (See\\nsketch of S. P. Murtha.) He received a com-\\nmon-school education, coming to this county\\nwith his parents when seven years old. He has re-\\nsided in Coe Township, and owns 40 acres of land, 28\\nof which are under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Chippewa Township, this\\ncounty, July i, 1876, to Maria, daughter of Heniy\\nand Eliza (VVickhani) Struble, natives of Coe Town-\\nship. Mrs. Murtha was born in Williams Co., Ohio,\\nNov. 14, 1858, and is the mother of tliree children,\\nMabel N., Winnifred and Leslie.\\nPolitically, Mr. M. is a worker in the ranks of the\\nDemocratic party.\\n^olomon Wolfe, farmer on section 34, Chip-\\npewa Tp., is a son of Henry and Susanna\\n(Bigley) Wolfe, natives of Pennsylvania,\\nwhere the father died, Feb. 27, 1862. The\\nmother resides in Gratiot Co., Mich. Solomon\\nwas born in Clarion Co., Pa., Nov. 17, 1837, and\\nreceived but little schooling. He has a good practi-\\ncal education, gained by observation and exi)erience.\\nHe lived at home until 32 years of age, with the ex-\\nception of the time spent in the army.\\nHe enlisted Aug. 7, 1861, in the Eighth Mich. Vol.\\nInf., and served till October, 1862. He was present\\nat the capture of Fort Pulaski, Seabrook Ferry and\\nJames Island. At the last named engagement his\\nskull was fractured by a rifle shot, and the same day\\nhis left leg was broken just above the knee by a\\nminie ball, which was never extracted. In conse-\\nquence of these wounds he was honorably discharged.\\nReturning then to Gratiot County, this State, in\\n1867 he bought 80 acres in Chippewa Township,\\nwhere he now has 35 acres improved.\\nHe was married in Pine River, Gratiot County,\\nJune 17, 1868, to Julia A., daughter of Amos and\\nMatilda Johnson, natives of Nova Scotia. Mr. John-\\nson resides now in Gratiot County, but Mrs. J. is de-\\nceased. Mrs. Wolfe was born in Canada. To her\\nand her husband seven children have been born\\nMary E., Frederick W., Ximonia R., Foster W., Fan-\\ncier W., Nina R. and Martha L.\\nMr. Wolfe is a Republican, is a member of Ralph\\nEly Post, G. A. R., and belongs to the F. A. M.\\nr^^||= illiam E. Ward, of the firm of C. A. W.\\nK. Ward, general merchants at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, was born Sept. 15, 1849, in Clyde,\\nWayne Co., N. Y. His parents, Chester A.\\nand Caroline D. (Young) Ward, removed to\\nthe city of New York when he was but a boy,\\nwhere they resided about five years. They after-\\nwards came, in 1858, to Burr Oak, St. Joseph Co,\\nMich., and remained until the fall of 1867. The son\\nspent his boyhood years in attending school, and at\\n13 years of age began to aid his father as a clerk in\\nhis store, where he was thus occupied about two\\nyears. His next engagement was in the postoffice\\nand express office, where he was employed over a\\nyear. He spent some years operating as a clerk for\\nvarious persons, and in the fall of 1867 he went to\\nSt. Francis Co., Mo., as clerk in the store of a New\\nYork mining company, who were interested in the\\nSt. Joseph lead mines in that county. He served as\\na salesman in their store about a year, when he took\\ncharge of a gang of men who were employed in the\\nsieving department, engaged in separating the\\nmetal from the ore. This engagement lasted about\\na year, when he returned to Burr Oak, and went\\nthence soon after to Branch County, where he en-\\ngaged as a clerk at Coldwater. He returned a year\\nlater to Burr Oak and not long after proceeded to\\nCleveland, Ohio. He found employ in the dry and\\nfancy goods store of Hower Higbee of that city,\\nwhere he operated several months. He went thence\\n\\\\y\\nm\\n-si-ih.\\nA ^^n!]^:Dn^1 A^9\\n-^7^=^(^\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "t\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-li^ir^^\\nr^=^\\n416\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(o\\\\\\nto Hamilton, Can., where he spent 14 months in busi-\\nness for himself. His next remove was to Stanton,\\nMontcalm County, this State, where he again engaged\\nas a salesman and operated in that capacity between\\ntwo and three years. He turned his attention next\\nto the business of a lumber inspector and scaler, in\\nwhich he was occupied two years. In 1879 he went\\nto Blanchard, Isabella County, and associated with\\nhis father in the management of a grocery and pro-\\nvision store. In June, 1880, they came to Mt.\\nPleasant, and, in company with Christopher Chrysler,\\nopened the business in which he and his father are\\nnow engaged. Mr. Chrysler terminated his connec-\\ntion with the concern after about four months, when\\nthe firm style became C. A. W. E. Ward. Their\\nbusiness, though of recent establishment, is already\\nthriving and popular.\\ni-W-i^-J-\\njErtin A. Tombs, farmer, section 16, Cold-\\nwater Township, was born Jan. 2, 1S28,\\nin Genesee Co., N. Y., and is the son of\\nWilliam and Alta (Smith) Tombs. In 1846\\nthe family removed to Michigan and resided\\nfour years in Hillsdale County. In 1850 they\\nwent to De Kalb Co., 111., and later to Kendall\\nCounty, in that State, where the mother died, in\\n18S0. The father lives in Kane Co., 111., and, asso-\\nciated with one of his sons, is managing a grist-\\nmill, which he purchased soon after the death of his\\nwife.\\nMr. Tombs was an inmate of his father s home\\nuntil the removal of the family to De Kalb County,\\nwhere he became the piaprietor of 80 acres of land,\\nacquiring 40 acres by purchase and 40 acres by gift\\nfrom his father. He sold his property two years\\nlater, and in 1852 he went to California, where he\\nspent two years in mining and lumbering. He was\\naccompanied to the Golden State by tiiree brothers\\nand made the journey thither by the overland route.\\nHe worked by the month in a saw-mill, for the stipu-\\nlated sum of $100 per month, but his emi)loyer\\nfailed and he lost his arrearage of wages, amounting\\nto $1,500. He returned to Illinois and purchased 40\\nacres of land in Kendall County, where his father\\nthen resided. He occupied the place a year, sold\\nout and went to Bremer Co., Iowa, where he bought\\n80 acres of farming land, entered a homestead claim\\nof 80 acres and bought 40 acres additional of timber\\nland. Two years later, he again sold out and made\\nanother overland journey to California, taking with\\nhiin his wife and three children. He bought a farm\\nof 320 acres of land, and, after carrying on agricul-\\nture for five years, he again sold out and came to\\nHillsdale Co., Mic)i. He remained there about two\\nmonths and came to St. John s, Clinton Co., Mich.\\nHis wife and one daughter then returned to Califor-\\nnia, while his son and himself, in May, 1S70, came to\\nIsabella County and purchased 160 acres of unim-\\nproved land. On this property he has since resided,\\nwith the exception of the time consumed in making\\ntwo trips to California, by rail. Mr. Tombs is a Re-\\npublican in political faith and has been Highway\\nCommissioner three terms, and served as Treasurer\\nof his school district.\\nHe was married in October, 1850, toMary Thomas.\\nShe was born in 1831, and is the daughter of William\\nand Mary Thomas. Four children have been born\\nof their marriage, as follows; Theodore A., May 12,\\n1848; Louisa, Nov. 2, t849; Mary, Sept. 24, 1851\\nDora, Nov. 3, 1855, died Aug. 22, 1856.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\ta\u00c2\u00a3S/^^r\\n-/^^J/Zrjrjrjv.\\nilliam H. Bowen, lumberman, resident on\\nsection 6, Wise Township, was born July\\n26, 1827, in Montgomery Co., N. Y. His\\nij^-i^ parents, Nicholas and Nancy Bowen, were\\nnatives of Montgomery Co., N. Y and died\\nin Onondaga County, in the Empire State.\\nMr. Bowen obtained his education at the common\\nschools and remained at home until 28 years of\\nage, spending his time in farming and running a\\nthresher. After that period he was variously occupied\\nuntil 1861, when he engaged exclusively in farming.\\nIn 1869 he came to Clinton Co., Mich., and built a\\nthreshing-machine, which he has since continued to\\nmanage, in connection with lumbering. He came to\\nIsabella County in the spring of 1883 and bought 20\\nacres of land, which was chiefly in timber. He\\nerected thereon a saw-mill, with a producing capacity\\nof 10,000 feet of lumber daily. Politically, he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nMr. Bowen was married March 2, 1855, in Onon-\\nV^\\n4\\na.\\n^\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^m^\\n-^^D!l:^DI]r A\\nJ\\nm\\nv-?^:", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "r.\\nff\\nZ2risij^Sr\\nr\\n.i v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr-TV.HHo*\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Z^ijarCiK\\n(i)\\ndaga Co., N. Y., to Lucy A. Marvin. She was born\\nin that county, and is the daughter of Robert D.\\nMarvin. Her parents were both natives of the Em-\\npire State. Ida M-, Willard B., George A., Hattie\\nJ and Jennie are the names of the five children born\\nSr to Mr. and Mrs. Bowen.\\nf :a^\\nmSi p\\\\)i5. avid Looniis, farmer, section\\nLiiicobi\\nTownship, was born in Waterford Town-\\nship, Erie Co., Pa., Dec. 14, 1834.\\nThe father of Mr. Loomis, David D., was\\na native of New York, of New England parent-\\ni age and English extraction. He was a descend-\\nant of the old Puritan fathers who left their native\\ncountry to seek a home free from persecution. He\\nfollowed the occupation of a farmer in New York un-\\ntil 1838, when he brought his family to this State and\\nsettled in Oakland County. They finally came to\\nthis county and the father died here, in Union\\nTownship, Sept. 16, 1881. David s mother, Sarah\\n(DeCamp) Loomis, was a native of Pennsylvania, of\\nSpanish and Irish descent, and died shortly after the\\nfamily s arrival in Oakland County, about the year\\nm\\nDavid was only four years of age when his parents\\ncame to this State, and consequently has spent the\\ngreater portion of his life here. He remained with\\nhis father until he attained the age of 16 years,\\nwhen, with his father s consent, he launched his life-\\nboat on the sea of fortune and went forth to battle\\nagainst the obstacles strewn along the pathway of\\nprosperity. He worked as a common laborer on the\\nneighboring farms until 1861.\\nNov. 9, 1861, he responded to the Nation s call\\nfor loyal hearts and strong arms to battle for the per-\\npetuity of her dishonored and insulted flag, and\\nenlisted in Co. K., 14th Mich. Vol. Inf., which was\\nassigned to the Army of the Cumberland and under\\ncommand of Gen. Rosecrans. He participated in\\nthree active engagements Stone River, Lavergne\\nand Nashville and several skirmishes. He escaped\\nuninjured, but, becoming indisposed, he was sent to\\nthe hospital at Nashville, Tenn., and received an\\nhonorable discharge on surgeon s certificate of dis-\\nability, April 16, 1863. He returned to this State\\nand again entered on the vocation of a farmer.\\nMr. Loomis was united in marriage Oct. 6, 1864,\\nin Clinton County, this State, to Miss Lucy M.\\nSutliff, a native of this State, where she was born\\nOct. 30, 1 84 1, in Hillsdale County.\\nMr. and Mrs. Loomis are the parents of 12 chil-\\ndren. The living are: Lizzie F., Emma, Nellie,\\nNettie, Mary A., Hattie, Sarah D. and Lucy E.\\nThe deceased are Emi, Amelia, Jessie and Ar-\\nthur Garfield.\\nFour years after marriage Mr. Loomis brought his\\nfamily lo this county and settled on 160 acres of\\nwild land on section i, Lincoln Township, which he\\n.had purchased. He afterwards exchanged this land\\nfor 47 acres on the same section and 40 acres on\\nsection 36, Union Township. Of the 87 acres on\\nwhich he is at present living, 75 acres are cleared\\nand improved. Both husband and wife are identi-\\nfied with the First Congregational Church of Victor,\\nClinton County.\\nMr. Loomis has held the school offices of his dis-\\ntrict, and in politics is an ardent supporter of the\\nprinciples of the Republican party.\\nVS^\\n^ll^ eorge Atkin, iurmer on section 6, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of William and Helen\\n(Bacon) Atkin, natives of England, where\\nthey passed all their lives. Their family inclu\\nded six sons and six daughters, George being\\nthe fourth son.\\nHe was born in England, May 16, 1820. He was\\neducated in his native country, and remained a resi-\\ndent of Albion s Isle until 27 years old, learning the\\ntrade of lace-making. May 21, 1847, he sailed for\\nthe Great Republic, arriving the following month.\\nHe located at Sackett s Harbor, N. Y., and for the\\nfirst season worked by the month at farming. He\\nthen worked a farm on shares for one season, after\\nwhich he bought a farm of 24 acres, and worked it\\nuntil 1855, when he sold. In April of that year he\\ncame West in search of a home, and located 125 fo)\\nacres on section 6, Coe Township, under the Gradu-\\nation Act. He at once erected a log house and be- j^\\ngan to improve his land; but, his means being limi-\\nted, he was obliged to work out much of the time of\\nthe first year that he wished to devote to clearing his fc^\\nown farm. As an additional means for raising money,\\nJ=iU^\\n^ll !1 WO^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "Z^i: ^sipi^~\\nmmm T\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n#^f\\nhe sold 40 acres. By untiring industry and persever-\\n1^ ance, and the assistance of a faithful and loving wife,\\nhe has been able to clear 45 acres, which area is now\\nI in an advanced state of cultivation.\\nHe was married in England, in May, 1843, to\\nSophia, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Wallace)\\nHodson, natives of England. Mrs. Atkin was born\\nin England, March 18, 1818, and is the mother of\\nseven children, four of whom survive, Joseph, Wil-\\nliam, Caroline E. and Susan E. The deceased are\\nSarah H., George and an infant.\\nMr. Atkin has been Justice of the Peace two years,\\nPostmaster three years, Tax Collector nine successive\\nyears, and has held all the offices in his school dis-\\ntrict. He is politically an ardent Republican. He\\nbelongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of\\nEngland.\\nV\\neorge W. Howorth, farmer on section 2i_\\nChippewa Township, is a son of Peter and\\nMary (Fay) Howorth, natives of England\\nand New York State. The mother died in 1842.\\nGeorge was born in Wyoming C o., N. Y., April\\nI, 1826, and lived in the State of New York\\ntill aboujt 25 years old, when he went to Erie Co.,\\nPa. Two years later he came to Jackson County,\\nthis State, where he remained 18 months. In Janu-\\nary, 1856, he came to Isabella County and bought\\n1 60 acres in Chippewa Township. He has since dis-\\nposed of 60 acres and has 50 acres nicely improved.\\nHe was first married in Erie Co., Pa., April 4,\\n1847, to Sophronia A. Godfrey, a native of New\\nYork State. Five of their seven children are living\\nHelen M., Delavan G., Mary A., Julia R. and Melvin\\nL.; and two are deceased: Henry H. and Darwin\\nL. His wife dying May 30, 1878, Mr. Howorth was\\nagain married, in November, 1878, to Amaretta,\\ndaughter of William D. and Deborah (Carrier) Kim-\\nball, and widow of John B. Waite. She was born in\\nDelaware Co., N. Y., March 12, 1839, and she and\\nMr. H. have one son, Claud W.\\nMr. H. has been Township Clerk, Highway Com-\\nmissioner, Justice of the Peace, Notary Public, County\\nSuperintendent of the Poor, etc. He was in February,\\n1882, appointed Postmaster of Alembic, which office\\nhe now holds. Politically, he is a Republican. He\\nand wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n8K|-|3linton B. Twomley, carpenter and joiner,\\nresident at Mt. Pleasant, was born Feb.\\n16, 1846, in Newstead, Erie Co., N. Y. He is\\na son of James C. H. and Miranda C. (Miller)\\nTwomley. His father was a farmer and re-\\nmoved when his son was but three years of\\nage to Cattaraugus County.\\nMr. Twomley received a good education and was\\ntrained to the calling of agriculture, which he fol-\\nlowed until he was 21 years old, when he learned the\\ncarpenter s trade. In 1867, he came to Jonesville,\\nHillsdale Co., Mich., and remained there until the\\nfall of 1873, when he transferred his residence to\\nOrange Township, Ionia County. He spent one\\nyear on a farm, and came to Mt. Pleasant, where he\\nhas worked as a builder and contractor and spent\\nthe winter season in teaching. He has taught seven\\nterms of school in Isabella County. He taught in\\nthe winter of 1883-4 in Lincoln Township.\\nMr. Twomley was married in Danby Township,\\nIonia County, .^pril 4, 1872, to Mary, daughter of\\nJesse and Sarah Wellfare. She was born Sept. ig,\\n1852, in Tekonsha, Calhoun Co., Mich. The family\\nincludes one child, Ethel I., born Jan. 12, 1881,\\nat Mt. Pleasant.\\n-g^^XO u.\\n^^Itndrew J. O Boyle, farmer on section 33,\\nCoe Township, was born in New York\\nState, July 4, 1854. and is thesonof John\\n5l!M and Mary (Connolly) O Boyle, natives of Ire-\\nland. At the age of 19, he was employed as\\nI a brakeman on the Canada Southern Railroad,\\nfor about one year. He was afterward, for about a\\nyear and a half, in th; employ of the Baltimore\\nOhio Railroad Company. He came to Isabella\\nCounty in 1874, and bought 40 acres in Coe Town-\\nship, on which he settled three years later.\\nHe was married in Gratiot Co., this State, in March,\\ne\\nA\\n(^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\\u00c2\u00ae))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac$i#-\\n-^Si-A?!*^\\n.Li.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-tiii:^:tlti;^ g\\n-4^^^fi^i:^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "T^J^ay^^Sr\\n^nn^iiD^^\\nV\\n2\\nTTT^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nZifsS^^sr\\n?r, to Jennie, daughter of Thomas and Amanda\\nGallaglier, residents of Gratiot County, where tlie\\ndaughter was born Jan. 27, 1S56. Mr. O Boyle is a\\nCathohc, while his wife belongs to the Methodist\\nChurch. Politically, he votes the Democratic ticket.\\n^i,flWv Frederick Speck, farmer, section 27,\\n^jsr-jsfi Nottawa Township, is a son of Jacob\\n||g Speck, a native of Prussia who landed at\\nA? Quebec, Canada, June 12, 1863; lived in New\\nHamburg three years, then at Wyandotte,\\nWayne Co., Mich., 1866-74, working most of the\\ntime at the molder s trade and the rest of the time at\\nfarming then was a farm laborer in Clinton County\\na year, and finally settled in this county.\\nFrederick was born in Holstein, Prussia, Jan. 4,\\n1846; April 19, 1878, he married Miss Jessie,\\ndaughter of John and Maggie (Bain) Hyslop, natives\\nof Scotland and still living, in Nottawa Township.\\nMr. S. has no children. He owns 80 acres of land\\nwhere he now resides, having 30 acres in cultivation\\nand prospering as a farmer. With regard to na-\\ntional issues he acts with the Democratic party is\\nnow School Assessor, and has been Supervisor one\\nyear. Mrs. S. is a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\nH /v^^S-2^S-vi }r^\\neorge Bleseh farmer, section 22, Coldwaler\\nTownship, was born Dec. 20, 1846, in the\\nc) township of Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ont.,\\nvK and is the son of Michael and Margaret\\n(Meckler) Bleseh. The parents were both\\nborn in the vicinity of Elsass, Germany, and\\ndied in Waterloo Co., Can.\\nMr. Bleseh was four years of age when his father\\ndied and left his mother with two sons. She married\\nagain and her son remained in the Aimily until he\\nwas 12 years old, when he became a clerk in a store\\nand afterwards was an assistant in a hotel. After\\nreaching the period of his legal freedom, he attended\\nthe College of St. Jerome, and acquired a fair educa-\\ntion, after which he came to Michigan. He was for\\nthree years engaged in the lumber business for Edwin\\nHall. In 1871 he came to Coldwater and home-\\nsteaded his place, entering his claim on the 14th day\\nof November. He resided on it at intervals of six\\nmonths, and in the fall of the succeeding year he\\nreturned to Canada, where he was married, Oct. i,\\n1872, to Mary Ann, daughter of Wendell and Cath-\\nerine (Hass) Biek. She was born June 25, 1854, in\\nPrussia, and when she was seven weeks old her par-\\nents emigrated to Canada, where her father worked\\na few years at his trade, and then bought a farm.\\nThey are now passing their declining years in Hawks-\\nville. Can.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bleseh have had six children Joseph\\nWilliam was born Aug. 20, 1873; George S., June\\n20, 1875; Bertha Amelia, March 13, 1877 Ida Ma-\\ntilda, May 6, 1S80; Mary Norma, April 19, 1882;\\nAllan Louis, April 16, 1884. The parents are mem-\\nbers of the Catholic Church. Mr. Bleseh is a Re-\\npublican, and has held various local offices. He\\nnow owns 160 acres of land, having added 80 acres\\nto his original purchase. Of this, 65 acres are in\\ntillasie.\\nva\\nc^:\\nK||Sj||enjamin P. Mount, farmer section 34,\\n^iifeiSJ^ Gilmore Township, was born May 18,\\n^fi^ 1832, in Middlesex Co., N.J. His par-\\nents, William and Lydia (Pierce) Mount,\\nwere natives of the State of New Jersey\\nand are both deceased.\\nAt the age of 17 years Mr. Mount became the\\narbiter of his own fortunes. His first move was to\\nproceed to the city of New York, where he learned\\nthe variety of business known as spar-making, which\\nhe pursued 13 years. In 1862 he settled in Jackson\\nCo., Mich., where he bought a farm. Three years\\nlater he went to Livingston Co., III., where he be-\\ncame the proprietor of a second farm and there re-\\nsided eight years. At the expiration of that time,\\nhe sold his i)ro|)erty in the Prairie State and returned\\nto Jackson Co., Mich., where he again became the\\nowner of ji farm, which he cultivated until 1879. In\\nthat year he removed his family and interests to Isa-\\nbella Co., Mich., where he owns and resides upon 80\\nacres of land in Gilmore Township, and has 55 acres\\nV/\\n-^m^ ii-:^ ;[j!]^[|||; A^ -f^^^?^( li\\nmi", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "^^m^\\n420\\nf\\n(h\\nV\\n(c\\\\\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nunder good improvement. About 30 acres were un-\\nder culture at the date of purchase. In 1881 he was\\nmade Township Treasurer by appointment.\\nMr. Mount was the first time married in April,\\n1856, to Adeline E., daughter of George and Fran-\\nces Deborah (Field) King. She was born Nov. 16,\\n183S, and died Aug. 3, 1874. Following is the record\\nof the children which constituted the issue of this\\nmarriage: George W., born June 23, 1858, died\\nAug. 25, r86o; Susan Frances, born June 25, i860;\\nMary E., June 17, 1863; Julia E., born Jan. 6, 1868,\\ndied Dec. 4, 1871; Caroline, Feb. 26, 1871. Mr.\\nMount was a second time married Nov. 6, 1877, to\\nHuldah J., daughter of Norman and Sarah D. (Day-\\nton) Collins. She was born Aug. 26, 1844. Of\\nthree children born of this marriage one survives.\\nFollowing is the record William R. was born Jan.\\n16, 1878, and died Jan. 21, 1883; Sarah A. was\\nborn Aug. 16, r88o, and died Sept. 28, 1881\\nVerenea J., was born May 21, 1883.\\ni illiam H. Elden, of the firm of Elden\\nWhite, dealers in jewelry, sewing-machines,\\np stationery, etc., at Clare, was born in Gen-\\nesee County, this State, July 18, 1850; and\\nlived with his mother (his father dying when\\ni, William, was five years old) until 1 2 years of\\nage, attending school and assisting on the farm,\\nwhich was the support of his widowed mother. He\\nwas the third of a family of six, three sons and\\nthree daughters.\\nFrom 12 to 20 he worked out in the summer and\\nattended school in the winter. At 20 he went to\\nSaginaw and bought 40 acres of improved land, which\\nhe cultivated for two years. His next move was to\\nMidland, where he was apprenticed to learn the\\njeweler s trade under George W. Abbey. Serving his\\ntime of two years, he married and came with his wife\\nto Clare, where he established a jewelry store with a\\nsmall stock. This has been enlarged to meet the\\ndemands of an increased patronage, and he and his\\npartner (received Oct. 15, 1883) now have a stock\\nworth $z,ooo, with an annual trade worth $8,000.\\nV^\\nHe owns their business building, and three improved\\nlots in the village.\\nHis marriage occurred at Saginaw, Nov. 18, 1873,\\nto Miss Mary Steckert, who was born April 28, 1855,\\nin Saginaw County. Their two children are Edna\\nS., born April 28, 1874, and Ethel, born Nov. 12,\\n1879-\\nMr. and Mrs. E. are members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church, of which Mr. E. is clerk. He has\\nbeen Justice of the Peace and has served as Town-\\nship Clerk one year and Village Treasurertwo years.\\nHe is a member of the A. O. U. W. and is politically\\na Republican.\\nI^ _ amuel Earl, farmer, section 14, Lincoln\\nkM!i\\\\ Township, is a native of the State of Ohio,\\n^K where, in Colun)bia County, he was born\\nl\\\\^ Jan. 4, 1 83 1. His parents, Daniel and Eliz-\\nabeth (Little) Earl, were natives of the same\\nState and County in which Samuel was born,\\nand were of English and German descent. The fa-\\nther was a blacksmith by trade, and during the latter\\ndays of his life turned his attention to farming.\\nBoth parents are deceased, the father dying Nov. 19, Z\\n1883, aged nearly 82 years, and the mother in 1868,\\naged 65 years.\\nSamuel worked on the parental homestead and\\naided the father in the maintenance of the family\\nuntil he attained the age of maturity. On arriv-\\ning at this age, he went forth to plant his roses on\\nthe hill of difficulty. They grew not without thorns,\\nand he engaged as a common laborer on the farms\\nin the county where his parents had moved. He\\nfollowed this vocation until the event of his marriage\\nwith Miss Mary A. Putman, which occurred in that\\ncounty March 15, 1S55. She was the daughter ot\\nMichael and Elizabeth (Bates) Putman, natives of\\nPennsylvania and Connecticut, and of German and\\nEnglish extraction, and was born in Wyandot Co.,\\nOhio, April 29, 1839.\\nOne year after their marriage Mr. Earl rented a 1\\nfarm, which he successfully cultivated for a short\\nperiod, and then purchased a home of his own,\\nconsisting of 40 acres and situated in Sandusky,\\nCo., Ohio. He lived on this homestead until 1876^\\nwiien he sold it and moved to Rising Sun, Ohio, for\\nC\\n\u00c2\u00bbe/\\n|^V\u00c2\u00ae))^#-\\n.c^^\\n^D!l^tIlli\\n^^Jf\u00c2\u00ae/", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "^auo^^^Z/", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n425\\nJ\\nV\\nthree years, or until 1879. In tiie spring of that\\nyear -he came to this State, and purchased 120\\nacres of land on section 14, Lincoln Townshi]), tliis\\ncounty, where he at present resides.\\nMr. and Mrs. Earl are the parents of six children,\\nviz Leroy, horn Oct. 30, 1856, married Miss Lydia\\nHill and now resides at Rising Sun, Ohio; Alpheus\\nJefferson, born June 15, 1859, married Miss Sophia\\nStahl and resides in Sandusky Co., Ohio Jacob, born\\nDec. 12,1868; Dorsey, born June 10, i874;Truby,\\nborn Dec. 28, 1S77 Nettie, born July 16, i S66, died\\nMarch 17, 1869.\\nMr. Earl is a member of no Church, but believes\\nin the Golden Rule. Politically, he is a believer\\nin and su[)i)orter of the principles of the Democratic\\nparty.\\non. Samuel W. Hopkins, of Mt. Pleasant,\\nis a son of Samuel and Freelove Burlingame\\n*5^ (Arnold) Hopkins. The father was born in\\nCoventry, R. I., Jan. 10, 1803, the son of Rufus\\nI and Amy (Shippee) Hopkins. Rufus Hopkins\\nwas the son of Esquire Samuel and Phcbe (Case)\\nHopkins. Esquire Samuel Hopkins father was Judge\\nSamuel Hopkins, who was the son of Joseph Hop-\\nkins. The last named married a daughter of Edward\\nWhallcy, one of the regicide judges who fled from\\nEngland upon the restoration of Charles II. Judge\\nWhalley lived and is buried upon Hopkins Hill, West\\nGreenwich, R. I. It is from this ancestor that the\\nsubject of this biography takes his middle name,\\nsi)elling it with but one 1, however. Most of the\\nHopkins family have been engaged in the great\\nindustry of Rhode Island, cotton manufacturing.\\nMrs. Freelove Burlingame (Arnold) Hopkins was\\nIwrn in Warwick, R. I., Jan. 15, 1807, the daughter\\nof Elijah and Sally (Gorton) Arnold. She was an\\nonly daughter, and had three brothers. Elijah\\nArnold was the 17th child of James and Freelove\\n(Burlingame) Arnold, and James Arnold was the son\\nof Thomas Arnold, who bought a square mile of\\nland in Warwick, R. I., and divided it into six farms.\\nThe mother of the subject of this sketch was i)orn\\non tlie middle one of these (on Cowesett road), known\\nas Arnold s Square.\\nMrs. Sally (Gorton) .\\\\rnold, Mr. Hopkins maternal\\n^KV5 )\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00a71#\\ngrandmother, was. the daughter of William and Sally\\n(Whitford) Gorton. William Gorton was the son of\\nDr. Samuel Gorton, whose father was Samuel Gorton.\\nThis ancestor came to Massachusetts from England,\\nand was called a heretic by the Puritans, who drove\\nhim from their colony. He bought a home of the\\nIndians in Rhode Island and named it Patu.\\\\et.\\nHe lived to be a centenarian.\\nSamuel Hopkins, the father of Samuel W. Hop-\\nkins, lived in the towns of Coventry, West Green-\\nwich and Exeter, R. I., until 1857, extensively engaged\\nin the manufacture of cotton goods. He built several\\nmills, and was a prominent man in his section of the\\ncountry. The great financial panic of 1857, which\\nengulfed so many thousands in the vortex of ruin\\nand which affected 10 some degree every business\\nman in the United States, was the end of his active\\nbusiness career. He had been a very energetic\\nman, of sanguine disiX)sition and buoyant spirits,\\nbut this failure seemed to break his strength of\\nmind. With the remnant of his means he bought\\n80 acres of land in Coventry, Conn., where he lived\\na retired life until his death, Feb. 19, 1875. His\\nfamily included nine children, seven sons and two\\ndaughters. Seven of the nine lived to adult age.\\nSamuel Whaley Hopkins, the youngest of the\\nfamily, was born April i, 1845, in Exeter, R. I., where\\nhe lived until the age 1 1 years. He was very preco-\\ncious, being able to read and spell when but three\\nyears of age. He attended the district school in Exeter\\nfor a time before leaving that town. In 1856 the\\nfamily moved to Coventry, Conn. Here he studied\\nin the district school and also received private in-\\nstruction from Miss Mary K. Hutchinson.\\nAt the age ot 15 he attended the Ellington Acad-\\nemy, and the following year the academy at Man-\\nchester. The ensuing winter he taught at Andover,\\nthen he spent the summer at home on the farm, and\\nthe next winter he taught at Willimantic, Conn.\\nAfter another summer at home he was for a month\\nor so at Charleston, S. C, selling boots and shoes for\\na brother, then went to Cleveland, Ohio, to attend\\nthe Bryant Stratton Business College. Soon after\\nhis arrival, Mr. Felton, resident Principal of the\\nBryant Stratton sc hool, and a Mr. Bigelow, estab-\\nlished the Union Business College, from which Mr.\\nHoi)kins was graduated in the spring (1865).\\nHe was at home the summer of that year, sold\\nm\\nC\\ns.y\\n^My-\\ns^^^.\\nN:\\nr\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "4^6\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-^^^^^(^j\\\\\\nU\\nC\\nbooks in the fall, and taught school near home in the\\nI) winter. The ensuing two years were spent ]mrtly at\\n.*.T\u00c2\u00bb home and partly in selling Ijooks for Gurdon Bill\\nand Henry Bill, publishers. In the fall of 1868 he\\ntaught a select school at Andover. He taught at\\nLittle Falls, N. J., the next two years. Daring\\nthe summer season he read law with Benezeret\\nH. Bill, of Rockville, Conn. In the summer of rSyo\\nhe studied law at home, and in the fall he entered\\nthe Law Department of the Michigan University.\\nf He took a two years course at that institution, study-\\n.3 ing in the summer of 1871 with Hon. John M. H;ill,\\nof Willimantic, Conn.\\nHe was graduated in March, 1872, and then vis-\\nited at home for a few weeks, after which he located\\ntemporarily at Grand Rapids, this State. There he\\nwas admitted to the Bar, but he was principally occu-\\npied in settling the estate of a Mr. Gardner. While\\nA at Clare, Clare County, making collections for the\\nestate, he met the Hon. I. A. Fancher, of Mt. Pleas-\\nant, who induced him to make Isabella County his\\nfuture home. These two gentlemen were partners in\\nthe practice of law for three years. Mr. Hopkins\\nwas then for two years connected with Michael Dcv-\\nir? eraux. Commencing with Jan. i, 1875, his partner\\nY was, for nearly two years. Wade B. Smith. He then\\nassociated with himself Free Estee, whohad formerly\\nstudied law with him. Mr. H. s health having\\nfailed, his business was looked after almost entirely\\nby his partners, first Mr. Smith, then Mr. Estee. He\\nspent two summers at Higgins Lake, Roscommon\\nCounty, and in the winter of 1881-2 visited his\\nmother at Coventry, Conn., where lie remained for\\nsix months.\\nThe first of January, 1883, he formed his present\\nbusiness com ection with Daniel E. Lyon. Tliey do\\nan extensive business in real estate, insurance and\\nloans. In 1883 they loaned over $100,000. They\\nrepresent 11 sound insurance companies, and do the\\nlargest business in that line in the county. He is\\na director in llie banking house of Brown, Harris\\nCo.\\nMr. Hopkins is politically a staunch Republican.\\nHe has always taken a deep interest in politics, and\\nhe has been and still is of great influence. He has\\nserved his community in numerous official jxjsitions,\\nwith credit to himself and satisfaction to his constit-\\nuents. While in Coventry, Conn., he was, at the age\\nI\\nof 22, elected a member of the School Board, on\\nboth tickets, Ddnocratic and Republican. He served\\nthree years. In the early part of 1S73 he was ap-\\npointed Clerk of Union Township, this county, to fill\\na vacancy, and the same spring he was elected to\\nthat position. He was twice re-elected Clerk, and\\nhe also served seven years as Justice of the Peace.\\nHe also officiated a year or so as Deputy Township\\nClerk, while holding the latter office. He was for\\none term Superintendent of Schools at Mt. Pleasant,\\nand for three years Chairman of the Board of School\\nTrustees. He was the first Village Attorney of Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nIn 1875-6 he served the county as Prosecuting\\nAttorney. During his term he literally reformed the\\nvillage of I^omis, which had become infested with\\ncriminals and law-breakers. He was also instru-\\nmental in breaking up an organization known as the\\nKnights of Agriculture, which had been formed for\\nproper purposes but which had drifted into the\\nmanagement of bad men. He also defended the\\ncounty against an injunction brought by the authori-\\nties of Vernon Township (to which Clare county had\\nbeen attached) in a matter involving a large sum of\\ntax money. He afterwards, in the Legislature, de-\\nfended the county in a similar case against the\\ncounties of Mecosta and Midland, to each of which\\na moiety of Isabella County was formerly attached\\nfor municii)al purposes. This matter brought on a\\nhard-fought struggle of four weeks in the Legisla-\\nture, and at every step Mr. Hopkins won.\\nHe was elected to the Legislature first in the fall\\nof 1876, running against Henry H. Graves, and look\\nhis seat in January following. He was a member of\\nthe Committees on Judiciary, Public Lands and Liquor\\nTraffic. During this session he introduced a bill\\nmaking libel a crime. This measure passed the\\nHouse, but was killed in the Senate. In the fall of\\n1878 he was re-elected to the House, taking his seat\\nin January, 1879. He was at this time a member of\\nthe (Committee on Judiciary, and Chairman (though\\nyoungest member) of the most important committee\\nof the session Special Joint Committee on Taxa-\\ntion. In this he was associated with Messrs. Hall,\\nStanchfield, Ferguson and Kuhn, of the House, and\\nthree of the ablest members of the Senate, J. W.\\nCiiilds, of Washtenaw, James W. Cochrane, of Mid-\\nland, and George A. Farr, of Ottawa. They pre-\\nv/\\n^^V\u00c2\u00ae M\u00c2\u00a7^\\nr\\n_:5^;^?^;{^l_\\n-^^^o a r^ nii;\\nw", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i^\\ni\\n1\\nI=Z\\nI\\n(h\\npared and introduced a bill reorganizing the tax\\nsystem of the State. This bill passed the House, but\\nwas lost in the Senate. The next year a commis-\\nsion was apix)inted by the Governor, which carried\\ninto effect the provisions of the law now in force,\\nwhich are much like those in Mr. Hopkins bill. He\\nhas been for the last six years Chairman of the\\nRepublican County Committee, which position he\\nnow fills. In the fall of 1882 he was unanimously\\nnominated for the office of Prosecuting Attorney.\\nNot desiring this iX)sition, he made no canvass, and\\nhis opponent, Charles T. Russell, was elected. In\\n1877 he was nominated for President of the Village.\\nMr. Hopkins platted an addition to Mt. Pleasant\\nin 1874, on the south, known as Hopkins Addi-\\ntion.\\nHe was married at Jerusalem, N. Y Dec. 10, 1873,\\nto Miss Margaretta, eldest daughter of Rev. Dr.\\nEdwin Vedder and Ida (Williamson) Vedder. Dr. V.\\nis a native of Schenectady, N Y., and his wife, of\\nNew Jersey, and both live at Jerusalem, Albany Co.,\\nN. Y. Mrs. Hopkins was born Feb. i, 1846, at Lit-\\ntle Falls, N. J., and lived successively at that place,\\nBerne, Middleburg, Gallupville, Schoharie and New\\nScotland. All these places but the first are in the\\nState of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins have\\nhad one son, Herbert Vedder, born at Mt. Pleasant,\\nAug. 21, 1876, and died at Jerusalem, N. Y., Aug. 4,\\n1877. Mrs. H. is a Presbyterian, and Mr. H. is a\\nmember of the Unitarian Society, of which be has\\nbeen for two years Vice-President. In 1884, Mr.\\nHopkins was chosen Alternate to the Chicago Con-\\nvention that nominated Blaine and Logan.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins are pre-\\nsented on other pages of this work.\\n^4- 5-\\n^mWyl hydelous F. Bennett, farmer, section 32,\\n|;Km^; Nottawa Township, is a son of J. J. and\\nt^i-l^ Priscilla (Margeson) Bennett, natives of\\nNew York State, the former born Jan. 26,\\n/i|- 1821, and the latter Dec. 26, 1830; both are\\nstill living.\\nl he subject of this sketch was born Sept. 12, 1852,\\nlived with his parents until of age, when he pur-\\nchased an unimproved 80-acre tract and settled\\nuix)n it, where he now resides. The place is in\\ngood condition. He has been Township Treasurer\\ntwo years and Supervisor two years. In ixjlitical mat-\\nters he is a Democrat, and in religion both he and\\nhis wife are Second Adventists.\\nApril 21, 1875, Mr. Bennett was married to Miss\\nNancy Jane, daugliter of Silas Prothero. Her parents\\nare both living, in this neighborhood. Mr. and Mrs.\\nB. have no children.\\nV^\\n^-0-\\nE^ra^ rancis Bone, farmer, section 20, Coldwater\\nEMlh Township, was born in 1845, in County\\n(4^^ Antrim, Ireland. His parents, Patrick and\\nMary (McCali) Bone, were natives of the land\\n-^f^^ of the harp and shamrock, and about 1850\\ni emigrated to the New World. They settled\\nnear Geneva, Seneca Co., N. Y., where they resided\\nabout four years, then they removed to Wayne Co.,\\nMich., where the father bought 30 acres of land.\\nTheir family included three children, all of whom are\\nliving. Their father died Aug. 7, 1862, in Browns- /k^\\ntown, Wayne Co., Mich. The demise of the mother ii\\noccurred Feb. 5, 1876.\\nMr. Bone was the first son of his parents, with\\nwhom he remained until the year in which the notes\\nof civil war in America lung like the blast of a tem-\\npest round the whole world. He became a soldier,\\nenlisting Oct. 29, 1862. He was enrolled in the 27th\\nMich. Vol. Inf., which was assigned to the Ninth\\nArmy Corps and attached to the armies of the East\\nand of the West. He was in all the battles and\\nskirmishes in which his regiment was engaged until\\nhe was wounded, at the battle of Spottsylvania, by a\\nminie ball in the left shoulder. Thereuixin he was\\nfirst sent to Fredericksburg, and then to the hospital c-\\nat Washington, where he remained until sufficiently\\nrecovered to return home. He was discharged Nov.\\n9, 1864.\\nHe then came to Wayne Co., Mich., where he en-\\ntered the employment of a farmer, but his strength\\nwas not sufficiently recuperated for labor, and he\\ncame to Isabella County about Nov. i, 1S65. He\\nwas in the employ of E. Hall about three years, and\\ntoward the end of that lime he entered a homestead\\nclaim of 80 acres, which he proved in the course of f;\\nfive years and obtained his patent. He has improved\\nabout 60 acres. Mr. Bone was formerly a member gN\\nof the Catholic Church. He holds the position of\\nm\\nA^^\\n^;n!|^ll||; z,;g", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae7^X^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni-?t J^\\n(bf\\n5\\ni\\nMajor, or Vice Commander, in J. Bowley Post, No.\\n77, G. A. R., at Sherman.\\nHe was married March 20, 1876, to Minerva,\\ndaughter of Empson and Mary (Lalta) Powell. She\\nwas born Oct. 6, 1848, in Perry Co., Ohio. Her\\nparents both died in Athens Co., Ohio. They had\\n14 children, of whom Mrs. Bone is the youngest\\nShe is the mother of four children, born in the fol-\\nlowing order: Patrick, Dec. 12, 1876; Empson,\\nMay 6, 1879; Mary Elizabeth, Oct. 6, 1881 John\\nFrancis, Jan. 7, 1884.\\njaniei Burdick, farmer and stock-raiser, re-\\nsiding on section 16, Lincoln Township,\\nk^P was born in Williams Co., Ohio, July 25,\\n1838.\\nHis parents were Lewis and Rachel (Cook)\\nBurdick; the father a native of Massachusetts,\\nthe mother of New York, and both of New England\\nancestry. The father followed the occupation of\\nfarming and spent the major portion of his life in\\nOhio engaged in that vocation. He died in Living-\\nston Co., Mo., Aug. 15, 1873, aged 64 years. The\\nmother departed this life in April, 1849, in Williams\\nCo., Ohio, aged 36 years.\\nDaniel Burdick was the sixth child of a family of\\nten children, nine of whom were girls. When he at-\\ntained the age of 22 years he apprenticed himself to\\nhis brother-in-law to learn the shoemaker s trade.\\nHe continued at this trade until the breaking out of\\nthe late war.\\nWhen the news flashed over tlie wire that Sumter\\nhad been bombarded with rebel shell, and the call\\nwent forth for the sons of liberty to rally round their\\nimjjeriled flag, our subject was among the first to\\nrespond. He enlisted in Co. D, 38th Ohio Vol. Inf.,\\nAug. 15, 1861, and his regiment was assigned to the\\n3d Division, r4th Corps, of the Army of the Cumber-\\nland, commanded by Gens. Sherman, Rosecrans and\\nThomas. He was in numerous engagements, promi-\\nnent among them being Mill Spring, Shiloh and De-\\ncatur. At the latter battle he was taken prisoner, was\\nparoled and finally, in 1863, was exchanged and re-\\nturned to his regiment. He accompanied the\\nregiment in its march to Atlanta and participated in\\nall its engagements: was discharged Sept. 25, 1864.\\nMr. B. passed through the battles in which his\\nregiment was engaged without receiving any serious\\nwoimds, but in one of the engagements a ball passed\\nthrough his hat and cleanly shaved the hair from\\nhis head.\\nAfter his discharge from the service Mr. B. fol-\\nlowed his trade for a short period, and then came to\\nthis State. He arrived here in 1865 and purchased\\n80 acres of land on section 16, Lincoln Township,\\nwhere he is at preseiit residing. At the time he\\ncame to Lincoln Township, the hand of improve-\\nment was hardly visible, and he entered on the task\\nof clearing and improving his land amid numerous\\nditficulties. He was compelled to cut a road one\\nand a half miles through the dense woods to his\\nland, but withstood all the trials and now has 160\\nacres, of which 70 are in a good state of cultivation,\\na comfortable residence and two commodious stock\\nand grain barns.\\nMr. Burdick was united in marriage, Nov. 28,\\n1862, in Delaware Co., Ohio, with Miss Mary Hack-\\nett, a native of Jamestown, Ontario, where she was\\nborn Aug. 15, 1847. came to the States with\\nher father in 1850, her mother having died, in Can-\\nada, in 1848. Her father located in Cleveland, Ohio,\\nwhere he remained for about 12 years, following his\\ntrade of wagon-making. While in Cleveland, Mrs.\\nBurdick attended the public schools, and from that\\nplace accompanied her father to Columbus, and\\nthence to Delaware County, same State, where she\\nremained until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. are the parents of six children\\nOrion L., born Oct. 15, i86s Elmer E., born March\\n26, 1867, died Jan. rg, t874; Ernest E., born Feb.\\n22, 1869; Theron D., born May 28, 1872; R. Idella,\\nborn Sept. 28, 1873; Gracie ^L, born Oct. 26, 1875.\\nPolitically, Mr. B. is an adherent to and believer\\nin the principles of the Rei)ublican ^a.xKy, and has\\nheld the minor offices of his township.\\n^i dison S. Hipkins, druggist at Blanchard, is\\na son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Loup)\\nHipkins, natives of Pennsylvania. The\\n^|S! father was born March 14, 181 r, was a drug-\\ngist by occupation, and died in 1867, in Gilboa,\\nj Ohio. The mother was born Oct. 25, 1825,\\nand is yet living at Gilboa.\\n^V5^\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nj^\\n^^*^l? Sc^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "gly\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^(sQo^^r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nrr- :2J^5sr\\n-^^i^\\nk\\nA\\nV\\ns\\ne\\nV\\nThe subject of this sketch was born at Gilboa, Put-\\nnam Co., Ohio, April 14, 185 i, and remained at home\\nuntil 16 years of age, when he became a drug clerk.\\nIn 187 I he entered the pharmacy institution at 45,\\nBleeker Street, Utica, where he remained until 1874.\\nReturning to Gilboa, he entered the drug establish-\\nment of McClure iMathias. Mr. Mc Clure subse-\\nquently bought his partner s interest, and after a time\\nhe sold to Harmans Son. A short time after this\\nlast change, Mr. Hipkins went to Bairdstown, Wood\\nCounty, and bought a stock of drugs of Cattor Bros.\\nAfter two years there, he sold to one Getman, and\\ncame to Michigan. He clerked for George Finch for\\na while, and in 1881 came to Blanchard, where he\\nhas since conducted a profitable business.\\nNov. 7, 1877, he was joined in wedlock with Miss\\nAnna Phillips, daughter of Miles and Sarah (Redson)\\nPhillips. She was born Jan. 7, 1855, the second\\ndaughter in her father s family. One son has been\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. H., named Edison Maxwell,\\nJan. 5, 1884.\\nIn political sentiment, Mr. Hipkins is a Democrat.\\n--f^\\nacob P. Yuncker, farmer, section 27, Notta-\\nwa Township, is a son of Hubert and Bar-\\nbara Yuncker, natives of France. Mr. Y.,\\nSr., emigrated to America in June, 1847, settling\\n^l in Erie Co., N. Y., with his parents; when lie\\nwas 18 years of age the family moved to Alden,\\nsame county. By occupation he, as well as his\\nfather, was a boot and siioe maker, for some years in\\nthe early part of his life. His father died in Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., and his mother in Clinton Co., Mich.\\nJacob P. was born Dec. 23, 1837. Jan. 9, 1866,\\nhe was married to Margaret Pohl, a daughter of\\nNicholas and Ann C. (Maurer) Pohl, both of German\\ndescent, the latter deceased and the former still living,\\nin Clinton County. Mrs. Yuncker was born in West-\\nphalia, that county, Nov. 21, 1843. Of the ten chil-\\ndren born in this household, nine are living,--si.K sons\\nand three daughters. Their names are Mary, Rosa,\\nHenry, Joseph, Louisa, Louis, John, Arthur and Ed-\\nward.\\nIn political affairs Mr. Y. is independent; has\\nbeen Supervisor in Clinton County four years. High-\\nway Commissioner in Nottawa Township, this county,\\ntwo years, and School Director, which last jiosition\\nhe now holds. Mr. and Mrs. Yuncker are members\\nof the Catholic Church.\\n-isACCr\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00ae^\\n%k4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 -@fSWiJ\\nteamuel Craft, farmer, section 7, Deerfield\\nTownship, is a son of Ridgeway and Es-\\nther (Bailey) Craft, the former a native of\\nPennsylvania and the latter of Virginia, of\\nGerman and English ancestry. They settled\\nin Washington Co., Ohio, where they lived\\nuntil they came to Michigan, in 1836, settling in\\nLenawee County there they lived one year,- and\\nthen they passed the remainder of their days in\\nBranch County, he dying Jan. 1, 1863, and she,\\nAug. 13, 1878. Their family comprised seven chil-\\ndren, five daughters and two sons.\\nSamuel, the youngest of the family, was born in\\nWashington Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1832; when nearly\\nfour years old the family moved to Michigan, settling\\nin Branch County, where he grew up and was edu-\\ncated. He had sole charge of his father, who was a\\ncripple the last 17 years of his life.\\nIn 1865, Mr. Craft moved to Greenville, Mont-\\ncalm County, invested in town property and resided\\nthere about 14 years; he then sold out and came to\\nIsabella County, and bought 120 acres of wild land,\\nin Deerfield Township, where he now lives. At\\npresent he owns 320 acres in this county, about 25\\nof which is under the plow. Mr. C. has taken great\\ninterest in the agricultural affairs of the county. He\\nwas the first Vice-President of the Agricultural So-\\nciety for Deerfield Township for three years; he\\ndrafted the constitution and by-laws of the society,\\nhas served on the important committees, is now\\nChairman of the Executive Committee, and for each\\nyear has been General Superintendent. In April,\\n1S79, he was elected Supervisor of Deerfield Town-\\nship, since which lime he has served continuously in\\nthat office. He has also held the office of Justice of\\nthe Peace four years. School Inspector four years and\\nhas been Sanitary Adviser since 1879. In politics he\\nis in sympathy with the Democratic party, but\\nreserves the right to scratch the ticket.\\nMay I, 1859, in Branch Co., Mich., Mr. Craft was\\nc^:\\n0)\\nf^ASi^^^ ^^^iimsilll JA^\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "-:2 Sj: a J^74;DllgliD;\\n(Oj\\n432\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-^^C^^\\n^4^t^5f5;vi\\nmarried to Jeannette, daughter of Charles W. and\\nJemima (Westfall) Lawrence, natives of New York\\nState who moved to Branch County, this State, about\\n1850, wht?re they lived until death; she died July 14,\\n1850, and he, April 2, 1861. Mrs. C. was born in\\nRochester, N. Y., June 9, 1841. The children born\\nof this marriage are: Burt W., Florence J. and R S.\\nWe are happy to place Mr. Craft s iwrtrait in this\\nAlbum, as that of a representative citizen of Isabella\\nCounty. It will be found on page 430.\\nfohn C. Eockafellow, Postmaster of Clare,\\nfe- and Supervisor of Grant Township, Clare\\nCounty, was born in Alexander Township\\nHunterdon Co., N. J., March 11, 1826. His\\nfather, a native of New Jersey and of German\\ndescent, was at first by occupation a black-\\nsmith. He moved from New Jersey to New York,\\nwhere he lived ten years, and came to Genesee\\nCounty, this State, in 1836. He was one of four that\\nwere the first settlers in what is now Atlas village,\\nthat county. He has been during much of his life a\\nfarmer, but is now retired from active life, being of\\nthe advanced age of 81. He resides still in Genesee\\nCounty. Mrs. Rockafellow (Catherine Thatcher)\\nwas a native of New Jersey, of Scotch extraction, and\\ndied in tliis State in March, 1880, at the age of 73.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was the\\nsecond son and child of a family of 12, of whom i r\\ngrew to be adults. Seven still survive. He was but\\na few months old when his parents removed to New\\nYork, settling in Richmond, Ontario County. Two\\nyears later the family removed to Brocksgrove, Liv-\\ningston County, where they lived eight years. Here\\nJohn spent some time at school. When he was ten\\nyears old, his parents joined the army of emigrants\\nbound for the rich and unoccupied West, and settled\\nin Genesee County, this State, amidst the forest, the\\nherds of deer and packs of wolves. Being in a per-\\nfectly new country, John was thrown on his own re-\\nsources for gaining an education, but he did the best\\nhe could under the circumstances. His parents were\\nPresbyterians, and were very careful with his moral\\ntraining. Much of the time before he was 21, he\\nworked in his father s blacksmith shop. During\\nthose pioneer days, the family often were pinched for\\nthe necessaries of life. They were obliged to go 50\\nmiles, to Detroit, for provisions.\\nAttaining his majority, he chose farming as his pro-\\nfession, and commenced as a common laborer for the\\nneighboring farmers. In 1854 he formed a partner-\\nship with his brother. In i860 he settled on a farm\\nhe had purchased, and there lived until 1866, when\\nhe moved to Atlas, same county. The following year\\nhe established a store for the sale of general mer-\\nchandise, which he kept until the spring of 1873. At\\nthat date he came to Clare, Clare County, and en-\\ngaged in similar business. At that time the streets\\nof what is now a flourishing village were filled with\\nstumps, and the surrounding country was a dense\\nforest. He continued in mercantile life until Nov.\\n4, 1883, when he suffered an almost total loss ($8,000)\\nby fire. He carried but a light amount of insurance.\\nHe was married Feb. 14, i860, in Atlas Township,\\nGenesee County, to Miss Julia M. Wilder, daughter\\nof E. S. and Silva (Gilkie) Wilder, natives of Ver-\\nmont and New York. Both parents died in this\\nState a few years ago, having followed farming up to\\ntheir death. Mrs. Rockafellow was born in Gaines\\nTownship, Orleans Co., N. Y., Nov. 5, 1840, came to\\nMichigan in 1856, and lived in Genesee County until\\nher marriage. Of this union six children have been\\nborn, four of whom are not living. The surviving\\nare: Arthur H., born Dec. 17, 1864; and Carrie L.,\\nborn June 27, 187 1. The deceased are: John E.,\\nborn Dec. 5, i860, anddied Dec. 3, 1863; Baby,\\nborn in 1862, and died in infancy; Carrie B., born\\nDec. 24, 1869, and died Jan. 6, 1870; and Daisy,\\nborn June 7, 1881, and died Aug. 16, 1SS2. Mrs.\\nRockafellow is a prominent member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, of which she was one of the prin-\\ncipal organizers in the village of Clare.\\nMr. R. is a charter member of Farwell Lodge, No.\\n335, F. A. M., also of Clare Lodge, No. 333, I. O.\\nO. F., and is a charter member of the Encampment\\nin the I. O. O. F. He holds the office of Treasurer in\\nthe former body. As a business man, a citizen and\\nan official, Mr. R. has made a creditable record. He\\nhas been Postmaster of Clare ever since 1874. He\\nhas filled almost every township ofifice and is now\\nSupervisor of Grant. He has been County Treasurer\\nfor six years, receiving on his first election all but\\nfour votes in the county. He has been a member of\\nthe Village Council for two years, and is now Treas-\\n^5\\nc-\\nV\\nr\\n^e^ci^.\\nJ^\\nnti:^iiD;- A\\n,^^^j ^\\\\d_", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "i e ^fi*\\nTZjW^ Sr\\nT\\n:|]D :iinr.\\nv\\nT^JNii- -ix\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(h\\nO\\nurer of Clare Village. He was for two terms Assist-\\nant Sergeant-at-Arms of the State Senate, and for one\\nterm Sergeant-at-Arms. Politically, he is a staunch\\nI and influential Reiiublican, as are all of his father s\\nfamily. In 1 868, his father and five sons went to the\\npolls together and cast their votes for U. S. Grant.\\nMr. R. s wide ex[jerience and varied talents fit him\\nfor almost any position, and render him in every\\nsense a representative citizen. It is such men as he\\nthat are so rapidly developing the wilds of Northern\\nMichigan, planting civilization and wealth where for\\nuntold ages have been barbarism and waste.\\n--^mmm^B^\\nlyT^lifli^ illiam Lansing, farmer, section 8, Wise\\nr Township, was born Feb. i8. 1832, in\\nLennox Co., Ont., and is the son of William\\nand Catherine (Sprung) Lansing. The father\\nwas born in Montgomery Co., N. Y-.,and Hie\\nmother was a native of Prince Edward Co.,\\nCan. The former died in February, 1867, in Cana-\\nda. The latter has reached the age of 84 years and\\nis totally blind.\\nMr. Lansing came to Isabella County in 1877,\\nhaving spent the years of his previous life in Canada,\\nwith the exception of one year which he spent in\\nMissouri, and six months in the State of New York.\\nIn boyhood he attended the common schools, and on\\nentering active life he became a farmer. In the fall\\nof 1877, he bought 80 acres of land in its natural\\ncondition in Wise Township. He has since added\\n80 acres by purchase to his estate, and has 60 acres\\ncleared and in tillage. Mr. Lansing is a member of\\nthe Republican party in political affiliation, and has\\nbeen quite prominent in public life. He has held\\nthe office of Highway Commissioner one year, and\\nin the spring of 1882 was elected Justice of the Peace,\\nof which office he is the present incumbent.\\nHe was married Oct. 8, 1855, in Hastings o.,\\nCanada, to Minerva J., daughter of John and Marga-\\nret (Spears) Hart. The parents were natives respect-\\nively of Vermont and Canada. The mother died in\\nthe Dominion, May 21, 1861, and the father May 19,\\n1863. Mrs. Lansing was born in Hastings Co., Can.,\\nDec. 25, 1840. Seven children have been born of\\nher marriage: Margaret, Catherine, John W., Hen-\\nry S., Wiliiam J., Annie L. and Minnie M. W. The\\nparents are memi)ers of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\n-13=\\n!]\u00c2\u00a7f annibal Gaskill, farmer on section 30, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of William and Lydia\\n(Brown) Gaskill, natives of New England;\\nand was born in Lockiwrt, N. July 31, 1824.\\nHe remained at home until 19 years of age, at-\\ntending school and assisting his father on the\\nfarm. He attended one term at the Wilson Colle-\\ngiate Institute, at Wilson, Niagara Co., N. Y. Since\\nthen, he has taught 28 nearly consecutive winters,\\nworking out by the day during the summer season.\\nHe has devoted all his leisure moments to study,\\nespecially history, both sacred and profane. He is\\na close Biblical student, but is liberal in his reason-\\ning and interpretations. He spent one winter in\\nMmnesota, teaching and farming. He first can.e to\\nMichigan in the spring of 1845, but remained only a\\nfew months in Clinton County. In September, 1854,\\nhe settled in that county, buying a farm of 40 acres.\\nIn 1878, he traded this for 80 acres in Isabella\\nCounty, where he has since resided. He has 18\\nacres under cultivation.\\nHe was first n^arried in Niagara Co., N. Y., March\\n25, 1858, to Rachel A. Clark, a native of that county.\\nOne daughter, Mary F., was born to them. Mrs. G.\\ndied July 19, i860, and he was again married, in\\n1865, to Anna Jeffrey, a native of Michigan. Mr.\\nG. is ixslitically a Democrat. In religious belief he\\nis a Universalist.\\n##-H^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2MAAji-\\nK aeob L. Fordyoe, farmer, section 34, Gil-\\nWAh^ more Township, was born Ai)ril 2, (828, in\\nGreene Co., Pa. His parents, Arciiibald\\nG. and Nancy (Leonard) Fordyce, were both\\nnatives of Pennsylvania, where the father is\\nstill living. The mother died in 1847.\\nMr. Fordyce studied medicine in his earlier years,\\nand at 25 years of age went to West Virginia and\\ncommenced its practice, to which he devoted 12\\nV^\\nA\\nc^:\\n*0\\n-c^.^\\nI\\n\u00c2\u00bbA^.\\n-^Hf^^;/!^^\\nis^ii", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^434\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-4^^((s^^S\\nb\\nI\\nV\\nyears at Little s Mills, Tyler County. March 28,\\n1865, he came to Isabella County and located on 120\\nacres of laiid in Coe Township. In 187 i he disposed\\nof the place by sale and purchased 160 acres in Gil-\\nmore Township, with a small tract of 1 2 acres cleared.\\nHe has since sold 80 acres, and retains but one-half\\nhis original acreage. On this he has good and suit-\\nable farm buildings. He served as Supervisor of\\nCoe Township two terms, and has filled the same\\nposition four terms in Gilmore. He is a Republican\\nin political affiliation.\\nHe was married Jan. 6, 1853, in Greene Co., Pa.,\\nto Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rachel (Wood)\\nJacobs. She was born March 31, 1834. Following\\nis the record of the nine children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Fordyce, four of whom are deceased: Lakins\\nwas born Jan. 5, 1854; Clarinda, .\\\\pril 29, 1859;\\nEli, Aug. 25, 1861 Silas, Dec. 17, 1865; Horace,\\nFeb. 2, 187 I William was born Nov. 8, 1855 (died\\nSept. 21, 1863, of diphtheria): Jarret, born Oct. 4,\\n1857 (drowned July 17, 1861); an unnamed child\\ndied of measles March 2, 1863, who was born Feb.\\n24, of the same year; John Linza, born Feb. i, 186S\\n(died Feb. r, 1884, of malignant erysipelas).\\nThe parents are zealous members of the Disci-\\nples Church.\\nesley J. Winter, farmer, section 36, Deer-\\nfield Township, was l)orn Dec. 30, 1840,\\n,r in Norfolk, Canada Wesl. His father,\\njkS5} VVilliam Winter, was also a native of the\\niaP Dominion, aiid died in 1882. Of the 13\\nt I children in his family, eight are now living.\\nWhen 23 years of age, Wesley came to this\\ncounty, and for the first few years worked in lumber\\ncamps. In 1873 he purchased 40 acres of land, to\\nwhich he has since added by purchase 40 acres more.\\nHere he has improved 45 acres, and has the am-\\nbition to continue until he has completed a good\\nhome.\\nJune 16, 1867, in Union Township, this county,\\nMr. Winter was married to Mrs. Helen J., daughter\\nof John M. Hursh, the first settler in that township,\\nwho died Nov. 27, 1877 her mother is still living,\\nin Mt. Pleasant. Mr. W. is a native of New Jersey.\\nIn this family have been born eight children, seven\\nof whom are now living, namely: John Wesley,\\nborn Sept. 6, 1868; Richard Asa, Dec. 5, 1870;\\nSterling Asa, July 23, 1873; Hugh Oliver, Nov. 28,\\n1875 Helen Elizabeth, March 4, 1877 Paul Emer-\\nson, Oct. 3, 1880 Esther Mabel, May 20, 1883 and\\nCharles Ernest, born Dec. 22, 1878, died April 14,\\n1880.\\nMr. Winter has been Commissioner of Highways\\ntwo terms (first in the township), Moderator three\\nand School Assessor five years,\\n/:|t^\u00c2\u00a7M( ndrew Jackson, farmer on section 21, Coe\\n-^^iM-Sti Township, is a son of Toseph B. and Han-\\ntsT (Hagerman) Jackson, natives of the\\n.?i!te State of New York. The parents lived in the\\nEmpire State until the mother s death, in 1833.\\n1 He afterwards came to Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he died about 1863.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Seneca\\nCo., N. Y., March 4, 1823, and at the age of 10 mov-\\ned with his parents to Genesee County, same State.\\nFour years later he came with his father to the Pen-\\ninsular State. In 1857 he came to East Saginaw,\\nwhere he followed teaming 13 years. Next, he lived\\nfour years in Pontiac, and in December, 1874, he\\ncame lo Isabella County and bought 40 acres in Coe\\nTownship, where he now resides, with about 29 acres\\ncultivated.\\nHe was first married in Livingston Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 3, 1846, to Rosanna McLaughlin, who was born\\nin the State of New York, Aug. 12, 1825. To this\\nmarriage have been born seven children, four of\\nwhom survive Mary, Jennie, Theodore and Fan-\\nnie. The deceased are Dillis D. (drowned in Sagi-\\nnaw River Jan. 28, 1870), Charles and Ellen. Mrs. J.\\ndying May 22, 1869, Mr. J. was again married, in\\nSaginaw, Mich., Jan. 6, 1870, to Esther E., daughter\\nof Samuel and Angeline (Newcomb) IJishop, and\\nwidow of A. G. Lipscomb, who died in 1870. She\\nwas born in New Brunswick, March 4, 1824, and has\\nsix children by her first marriage Sarah A., Rinaldo\\nD., Amanda E., Ryerson .,Theresa V. and Araman-\\ntha M.\\nMr. and Mrs. J. are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. Politically, Mr. Jackson votes\\nthe Democratic ticket.\\nV\\ny-\\nr\\n-^m ^mo^.\\n-Sy?*^\\n*i^^5f(\u00c2\u00aey^^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f}9 *h\\n-W (^^J^^cy^^^^-^^^\\n^i^\\no/f", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "^f^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^t^^jf\\n1\\neorge House, fanner, section 4, Isabella\\nTownship, is a native of England, where,\\nin Somersetshire, he was born Dec. 11, 1828.\\nThe parents of our subject were William and\\nSarah (Stower) House, natives of England and\\nof pure English extraction. His father fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a baker in that country and\\nthere died. His mother also died in her native\\ncountry, in January, 1864.\\nGeorge was only ten years of age when his father\\ndied, and remained under the care of his mother until\\nhe attained the age of 16 years. At this age he en-\\ntered the mercantile business, which ho, continued,\\nwith a moderate degree of success, until he attained\\nthe age of 24 years, living by himself and keeping\\nbach.\\nMay 6, 1852, in his native county, Mr. House was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Chancellor, a\\ndaughter of William and Maiy (Stower) Chancellor,\\nnatives of England, of pure English ancestry, and\\nboth died in their native country. Elizabeth was\\nborn in Walton, Somersetshire, Eng., Jan. 29, 1836,\\nand lived at home in her native town until her mar-\\nriage, as stated. She received the advantages afforded\\nby the common schools of her native country, and ac-\\nquired a good English education.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. House followed the occu-\\npation of fiirming in Somersetshire, Eng., and con-\\ntinued that vocation with a fair degree of success\\nuntil 1869. In the spring of that year he came to\\nthe New World and located in Wellington Co., Can.\\nHe remained there for a period of one year, when he\\nremoved to York Co., Ont., and there followed the\\nvocation of farming for five years.\\nMr. House, at the expiration of the time stated,\\ncame to Monroe County, this State, and purchased\\n265 acres of land in that county, and entered on the\\nlaborious though pleasant task of improving it. He\\nfarmed this land until the year 1879, and then sold\\nit and came to this county and purchased 160 acres\\non section 4, Isabella Township. He brought his\\nfamily, consisting of himself and wife and ten chil-\\ndren, and settled on his newly purchased land and\\nbegan the improvement of a home in the then wilder-\\nness. There were only three acres of this land from\\nwhich the trees had been chopped, and yet with such\\na combined determination did they one and all enter\\non the task of clearing and improving the homestead\\nthat to-day 90 of the 160 acres are in a good state 01\\ncultivation.\\nMr. and Mrs. House are the parents of ten chil-\\ndren, born and named as follows Alexander J. G.,\\nborn in England, May 15, 1859; Sarah A. S., born in\\nEngland, Dec. 28, i860; James George, born in\\nEngland, Aug. 12, 1862: Henry George, born in\\nEngland, June 8, 1864; Ferdinand George, born in\\nEngland, May 6, 1866; Mary C, born in England,\\nFeb. 29, 1868; Eustace George, born in Canada,\\nJune 9, 1869; Elizabeth M., born in Canada, Feb. 7,\\n1872; Emily A., born in Canada; and George, born\\nin Monroe Co., Mich., July 6, 1876. The father and\\nmother are both members of the Close-Communion\\nBaptist Church, and eight of their children are of the\\nsame belief. Mr. H. has occupied the position of\\nDeacon in the Church for considerable time.\\nMr. House politically is a supporter of and believer\\nin the principles of the Republican party, and has\\nheld minor offices in his township. He is one of the\\nrepresentative and progressive men of his township\\nand has met with signal success in his vocation.\\nHis family are all industrious, energetic and hard-\\nworking, and true representatives of the progressive\\nelement of the county.\\n-43=\\n=es-\\nT^r\\njark P. Tasquelle, M. D., physician and\\nsurgeon at Mt. Pleasant, was born Oct.\\nf^^^ 18, 1840, in Detroit. He is a son of the\\nwell-known Louis J. Fasquelle, late Pro-\\nfessor of Modern Languages in the University\\nof Michigan. Professor Fasquelle was born in\\n(iuinnes, France, in i8o8. He was thoroughly edu-\\ncated and studied medicine, but never became a\\npractitioner. He went to England, where he was\\nengaged in teaching, and in 1833 he came to\\nAmerica. He settled in Detroit for a short time,\\ngoing thence to the vicinity of Pinckney, Livingston\\nCo., Mich., where he purchased a large tract of land,\\ncomprising nearly 1,000 acres. He remained there\\nuntil 1846, when he accepted the Chair of Modern\\nLanguages in the University at Ann Arbor, which\\nhe continued to hold until his death, which occurred\\nX\\nJo\\nc\\nlr ^^T^\\n^a^m", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "jrf-\\n438\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-#^C(^-(#\\nm\\na\\nI\\npi\\nOct. I, 1862. Professor Fasquelle was married in\\nEngland to Grace Whiddon, a native of Barnstable,\\nwhere she was born in 1810. She died at Ann\\nArbor, in March, 1876.\\nThe family of Professor Fasquelle included four\\nchildren Louis W., a physician at St. John s, Clin-\\nton Co., Mich.; Caroline M., the wife of Alfred\\nHennequin, Assistant Professor of French at the\\nUniversity of Michigan and Frances E., a resident\\nof Ann Arbor.\\nProfessor Fasquelle attained permanent distinction\\nthrough his series of French text books which have\\nbeen standard works for more than 30 years, and\\ntheir excellence is fully attested by the fact that they\\nare still in use in many leading educational institu-\\ntions, notwithstanding modern innovations. He was\\ntechnically conversant with 72 languages and dia-\\nlects. Fasquelle s French Course was published\\nin 1850, followed successively by Telemaque,\\nNapoleon, Racine, Colloquial French Reader,\\nJuvenile Grammar and the The Key to the\\nFrench (bourse. His works were published by\\nNewman Ivison, and afterwards by the successors\\nto that house. Professor Fasquelle was buried in\\nForest Hill Cemetery at Ann Arbor. No finer\\ntribute to the merits of his methods of instruction\\ncould be offered than that afforded by the adoption of\\nthe French Course in the training of the primary\\nclasses in the Chautauijua School of Languages, a\\nmovement which establishes their value beyond\\ncavil.\\nDr. Fasquelle, the subject of this biography, vvas\\neducated at Ann Arbor, matriculating at the Uni-\\nversity in 1856, and completed his studies in the\\nclassical course in i860. In 1862 the second\\ndegree Master of Arts was conferred upon him.\\nDuring the year 1861-2 he studied in the Medical\\nDepartment of the same institution. Meanwhile he\\npurchased 160 acres of land in Lodi, in Washte-\\nnaw County, where he resided until the spring of\\n1866. He sold his farm and came to St. John s,\\nClinton County, and established a shoe store under\\nthe firm style of Fasquelle Wells. The partner-\\nship soon terminated, and Mr. Fasquelle operated\\nsingly until the summer of 1869, when he returned\\nto Ann Arbor. In the fall of 1870 he resumed study\\nin the Medical Department of the University, where\\nhe was graduated in the spring of 1872. He opened\\nan office in the city of Ann Arbor, where he practiced\\nhis profession a few months. On the first of Jan-\\nuary, 1873, he came to Mt. Pleasant and established\\nhimself in practice in company with Dr. Miller.\\nFour months later he opened an office independ-\\nently and has continued to conduct the business of\\nhis profession with steady and growing success, his\\nfield of operation including a large portion of Isabella\\nand adjoining counties. Dr. Fasquelle is a member\\nof the State Medical Society of Michigan and belongs\\nto the National Health Association.\\nHe was married March 21, 1863, in Ann Arbor, to\\nJulia F., daughter of Seth and Amelia Smith. She\\nwas born Feb. 8, i84r, in Connecticut. Grace A.,\\nonly child, was born May 17, 1869, at St. John s,\\nClinton County.\\nIn presenting the portrait of Dr. Fasquelle, the\\npublishers of this work take more than ordinary\\nsatisfaction. He is a worthy son of an honorable\\nsire, one whose best work is a part of the peerless\\neducational history of Michigan. The private and\\nprofessional record of him who represents a name\\nwhich the world of learning delights to honor, is such\\nas to reflect luster on these pages.\\n5^\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n-5*^^^\\n-K^^I\\n^(|KS3yreiius Kinter, retired farmer, living on\\ng,hjBs=g^ section II, Lincoln Township^ and one of\\n%|ii^ the representative self-made men of the coun-\\nfjif ty, was born in Genesee Co., N. Y., March 16\\nf 1812.\\nThe parents of Cyrenus, Barney and Orril (Thomp-\\nson) Kinter, were of German and Connecticut parent-\\nage. The father was killed in the battle at Black\\nRock in the war of 181 2, and the mother died the\\nyear previous.\\nAt the time of the death of his father, Cyrenus\\nwas but two or three years old, and was the eldest of\\ntwo children, brothers. Thus, at an early age he\\nwas bereft of father and mother, and thrown on the\\ncharity of foster parents. His foster father was a\\nMr. Peter Powers, and our subject remained in his\\nfamily until he attained the age of 25 years. Mr.\\nPowers died when our subject was 1 6 years of age,\\nand Mr. K., being obliged to work toward the supixjrt\\nof the family, was debarred from seizing the opiX)rtu-\\nnities afforded by the common schools, and only ob-\\nc\\nSi,", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "l^gss-\\nTsf^^^^^isr\\n-r ;iliil^:ijils v\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(h\\nV\\ntained such education as his leisure moments enabled\\nhim.\\nWhen Mr. Kinter left the Powers home he came\\ndirect to this State and settled on a piece of land in\\nEaton County, which he had purchased in 1S36. He\\nlived on this land about 20 years and improved 60\\nacres of the 130-acre tract. Hope brought him to\\nthe State, Faith kept him here, and earnest Effort,\\ntlie mother of success crowned his labors but his\\nroses planted in the establishing of his home in\\ntills then wilderness, grew not without thorns. He\\nexperienced all the trials and difficulties of the early\\npioneer and yet, being endowed with that energy and\\nperseverance which are so essential to success, he\\nconcpiered them all, and looking from the present to\\nthe past he contemplates the pleasure and happiness\\nwhich honest effort has accomplished.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Kinter came to this county, and made\\nan exchange of his property in Eaton County, for 320\\nacres on section 8, Coe Township. This trade was\\nmade with Mr. Eben Stewart, and before the organ-\\nization of the county, and while it was in its wild\\nstate. At this lime Coe Township embraced the en-\\ntire county. This was just prior to his establishing\\nthe Indian Mills neai the present city of Mt. Pleas-\\nant, ard he usually went to St. John s and other dis-\\ntant towns for his supplies.\\nMr. K. entered upon the improvement of this land,\\nand, although clouds of difficulty obscured his star of\\nprosperity, he relied on his faith and brought all his\\nenergy to bear upon his enterprises, and nobly fought\\n;he vicissitudes which accompanied him and sits to-\\nday in the sunshine of happiness and plenty.\\nMr. K. gave one of his sons 80 acres of land and\\naniitlier 120 acres, equalizing the difference with a\\nmoneyed consideration.\\nIn 1882 Mr. Kinter sold the remaining 120 acres\\nin Coe Township to liis youngest son, and purchased\\n40 acres on section 11, Lincoln Township, on which\\nhe and the sharer of his toils and trials in the past\\nhave settled for a life-time in the enjoyment of the\\ncomforts surrounding them.\\nMr. Kinter was united in marriage, April 11, 1839,\\nwith Miss Jane Lee. She was born near Chenoa,\\nMcLean Co., 111., Dec. i, 1819. Her parents were\\nHenry and Betsy (Meech) Lee, natives of New York\\nand of Iris!) descent. The father was a farmer by\\noccupation and moved into Illinois [trior to its being\\n1\\nadmitted as a State, and settled near Chenoa, in\\nMcLean County. Here Mrs. K. was reared and\\neducated. Her palace school-room had mother\\nearth for a floor, and the open door for a window.\\nThe scholars studied their lessons on the loud plan,\\nand the louder they studied the more they were sup-\\nposed to learn. When she was 18 years of age, her\\nparents came to this State and settled in Ingham\\nCounty, and they were the third family to settle in\\nthe county. Mrs. Kinter slife has been spent in true\\npioneer style. She was born in the pioneer days of\\nMcLean Co., 111., and spent her girlhood among the\\nfirst settlers of that county. Coming to Ingham Co.,\\nthis State, she spent her womanhood among its ear-\\nly pioneers and even now, while enjoying the com-\\nforts of plenty, shelooks back u]jon the past with many\\npleasant recollections.\\nMr. and Mrs. K. are the father and mother of three\\nchildren: William H., born Nov. 21, 1842, married\\nEmily White, and is the present proprietor of the hotel\\nat Salt River; James M., born Aug. i, 1844, married\\nMiss Clara McFarren, and now resides in Coe Town-\\nship, this county; Mary J., born Nov. 9, 1841, died\\nFeb. I r, 1865.\\nMrs. K. is identified witli the Regular Baptist\\nChurch.\\nMr. K. is a Republican in politics, and has been\\nhonored with the office of Highway Commissioner,\\nJustice of the Peace, and other minor offices of his\\nTownsliip.\\nohn Yarnell, farmer on section 22, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth\\n(Schneider) Yarnell, natives of Pennsyl-\\nvania, and was born in the Keystone State,\\nApril 22, 1832. He received an elementary\\neducation in private schools, and at the age of\\n17 engaged to learn the carpenter and joiner s trade,\\nat which he has since worked, in connection with\\nfarming. He has built 58 barns and 20 houses. /f^\\nHe remained in Pennsylvania until the spring of\\n1876, when he came to Isabella County, and bought J\\n40 acres in Coe Townshij). He has of this 30 acres m\\nimproved.\\nHe was niaiiied m Crawford Co., Pa., March 2,\\n1853. to Sarah, daugliter of George and Margaret\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "PI\\n-c^nii:^!\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(9,\\n(Helmholtz) HoUabaugh, natives of Pennsylvania.\\n/W Mrs. Y. was born in the Keystone State, in February,\\n1834. She and her husband have had nine children,\\nseven of whom survive: Mary A., William H., Mar-\\ngaret J., George W., Ellen, Emma E. and Ida R.\\nThe two otliers died in infancy.\\nMr. Y. is politically a National. He and wife are\\nmembers of the United Brethren Church.\\n^iip/pf^il ichael Dalton, farmer on section 13, Ver-\\nT J non Township, was born in Ireland, in\\n5\\nI\\nAugust, 1845, and lost his father when\\nthree years old. Five years later he came\\nto America with his mother. For ten years he\\nlived in Ontario, and then, having become an\\norphan, he went to Pennsylvania. He worked in the\\nmines and woods in McKean and Elk Counties one\\nyear, and was then employed for five years in the\\nwoods of Minnesota. Next, he followed farming for six\\nyears in the Red River Valley. In December, 1878,\\nhe came to Michigan and bought 160 acres on sec-\\ntion 13, Vernon, partly improved.\\nHe was married Jan 7, 1874, to Miss Catherine\\ni urkill, who was born in Ontario, in March, 1856.\\nShe is the mother of five children, as follows John\\nH., born April 22, 1875 James E., Jan. 29, r877 5\\nFrank D., June 4, 1879; Edwin M., Nov. 22, 1883;\\nand one which died in infancy.\\nMr. Dalton is a Republican, and is present School\\nTreasurer. He and wife are Catholics.\\ng VVx^\\nilliam H. Wonch, farmer on section 9, Coe\\nTownshii), is a son of Francis and Catha-\\nrine (Campbell) Wonch. The father was\\nborn in St. Catharine s, Canada, and the mo-\\nther was also a native of Canada. They re-\\nsided in that Dominion until her death, which\\noccurred Aug. 2, i860. The father then came to\\nSanilac County, this State, and thence to Isabella\\nCounty, where lie lived lo years. He then went to\\nSaginaw, where he died, in 1882. Their family com-\\nprised four sons and five daughters, William H. be-\\ning the eldest one of the nine.\\nHe was born at St. Charles, Can., July 30, 1833,\\nand resided in Canada until 21, attending the district\\nschool and working on the farm. In the fall of 1854\\nhe came to this county and took up 200 acres of\\nGovernment land on sections 21 and 22, Coe Town-\\nship. This land he did not occujjy, however, and\\neight years later he sold it. He returned to Canada\\nsoon after his first visit to Isabella County, but not\\npermanently. He soon came once more to this\\ncounty, and bought 80 acres on section 13, to wliich\\nhe has since added 80 acres on section 9. He has\\nin all 80 acres improved.\\nHe was married in Canada, July 2, [860, to\\nMelinda, daughter of Robert and Christine (Wago-\\nner) Nutt, natives of America and Germany respect-\\nively. Mr. and Mrs. Nutt lived several years after\\ntheir marriage in the State of New York, and then\\nremoved to East Missouri, Oxford Co., where they\\nlived until their death. He died July 13, 1865, and\\nshe Nov. 22, 1873. Mrs. Wonch was born in Can-\\nada, Aug. 23, 1837. Eight children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. W. survive: Robert H., William A., Anna M.,\\nFrancis B Alice M., Luman L., George W. and\\nHoward E.\\nThe parents are members of the Methodist E])is-\\ncopal hurch. Mr. W. is iioliticallv a Republican.\\n-veaaa^B^^\\nK^\u00c2\u00bb^/S^^S1 ^OT V\u00e2\u0096\u00ba\\nv|)\\nA\\n4\\nK^\\n-y^,^^\\nqP r f. rJ^ If\\nl^.on. John W. Hance, Senator from the 24th\\nDistrict of Michigan, was born Aug. 2, 1848,\\nat Marengo, Morrow Co., Ohio. His paternal\\nancestors were German (Quakers, who settled at\\nan early period of the history of America in New\\nJersey. His fatiier, Adam Hance, was born in\\nKnox Co., Oliio, in February, :8 there attained to\\nman s estate and married Mary A. Morrison. She is\\na native of the Buckeye State and descended from\\nWelsh ancestors. Five sons and a dauglitcr (now de-\\nceased) constituted the issue of this union. In 1863\\nthe family removed to Michigan and settled in Isa-\\nbella County, where they became identified with the\\nagricultural element. The sons are all practical\\nfarmers and landholders in this county.\\nMr. Hance is the third son of his parents. He\\nhad fair educational advantages in his native State\\nand develo[)ed rapidly, in early youth, in mental\\nnn; ^-ip^ ^s^^^^\\ne\\nc", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "Tllt^i^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "5\\nV\\nrzfi.\\nxW^T\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ngrowth. He grew up under the influences of the\\nperiod of storm and stress which preceded the\\ncivil war. Morrow County lay in the direct route of\\nthe refugees from Southern bondage, and the father\\nand grandfather of Mr. Hance were agents of one of\\nthe stations of the Underground Railroad. That\\nscene in Uncle Tom s Ca uin which portrays with\\ninimitable power the depth of feeling and hatred of\\noppression in the breasts of those who lent every as-\\nsistance to the fleeing victims of the slave element,\\nwas a daily repetition under his observation, and im-\\nbued him witli the earnestness of purpose and de-\\ncision of character which are his predominating\\ntraits. He passed the years of his minority in the\\ndischarge of the duties pertaining to his nonage, and\\nat the expiration of that period engaged in teaching,\\nwhich vocation he followed six years. The char-\\nacter of the work he performed in the sparsely peo-\\npled districts where he labored, made his value\\nknown to the leading men of Isabella County, and to\\nhis faithful and laborious as well as able efforts, he\\nowes the position to which he attained in the early\\nyears of his manhood. In January, 1875, he entered\\nupon the duties of Deputy County Clerk and Register\\nof Deeds, to which position he had been appointed\\nby Joel C. Graves, who had been elected to that\\ntwo-fold office in the fall of 1874. The circum-\\nstances of the appointment of Mr. Hance [lossess a\\ncurious interest. He made a visit to Mt. Pleasant\\nprevious to the commencement of another term of\\nschool, for which he had engaged. Chance threw\\nhim in the way of Mr. Graves, to whom he was in-\\ntroduced by a mutual friend. Mr. Graves remarked\\nI am glad to see you, and I am reminded that I\\nhad a singular dream last night, in which I was ofli-\\nciating in the duties of the office to which I have\\nbeen elected, with you as my deputy and I propose\\nto make it reality, by tendering you the appoint-\\nment. Mr. Hance accepted the offer and hastened\\nto release himself from his engagement. In 1876 he\\nwas elected to succeed Mr. Graves, who removed to\\nUrownsville, Col., and in 1878 was again elected.\\nIn the fall of 1882 he was placed in nomina .ion\\non the Republican ticket for Senator from this Dis-\\ntrict, which includes Isabella, Gratiot, Midland and\\nClare ounties. He made a most gratifying run, re-\\nceiving a majority of 700 votes over the Fusion can-\\ndidate. He did effective service in behalf of local\\nand general interests, and was Chaiiman of Com-\\nmittee on State Public School. He was also mem-\\nber of Committees on Canals and River and Harbor\\nImprovements, on Banks and Incorporations, and on\\nFederal Relations. Among the important bills intro-\\nduced by Mr. Hance was that which constituted the\\noffice of State Agent for the Public School at Cold-\\nwater, a measure whose practical benefit has already\\nproven the wisdom of its instigators.\\nOn his removal to Mt. Pleasant Mr. Hance in-\\nterested himself in transactions in real-estate and in\\nlumber traffic, continuing the management of his farm\\nof 160 acres of land, adjoining the village. He has\\ncontinued liis operations in those avenues until he\\nhas largely extended his connections and scope, and\\nis one of the substantial and prominent business\\nmen of the county. Associated with Mr. Devereaux,\\nin 1883 he built one of the largest and finest brick\\nblocks in Mt. Pleasant. It is 45 x go feet in size, two\\nstories above the basement, and is utilized as stores\\nand offices. He is one of the stockholders in the\\nbanking; house of Brown, Harris Co., at Mt. Pleasant.\\nohn B. Walton (deceased), late farmer on\\nsection 4, Coe Township, was born in Ma-\\ncomb Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1833. Losing\\nhis mother when ipiite young, he remained\\n^L with his father six years longer, and then for\\nten years he worked at farming by the month.\\nIn the fall of 1855 he came to Isabella County and\\ntook up r6o acres under the Graduation Act. He\\nbuilt a log shanty and began clearing his land.\\nkeeping bach for three years.\\nHe was married Jan. ro, 1858, to Miss Artemisia,\\ndaughter of Frederick and Anna (Watkins) Blount,\\nnatives of the State of New York. Mrs. VValtoir was\\nborn in Troy, Oakland Co., Mich., Dec. 3r, 1834,\\nand is the mother of six children, as follows Mina,\\nborn Sept. r6, i860 (wife of Miles Abbott, and mother\\nof one child, Hazel, born Jan. 23, 1884); Fred, April\\n8, r862 (married to Lillian Vining, and father of one\\ndaughter, Mina, born June 12, 1882); Perry, July\\n26, 1866; Charles, Dec. 15, r868; Frank, June 2,\\n1874: Willard, July 15, 1878.\\nMr. W. disposed of 80 acres of his farm, and at\\nC\\nc^:\\n^^\\\\m^^\\n^^^^^nn^nti^D-^ ^s^^^^p^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "T2i^^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r=r 7 ^M\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\nt\\nthe time of his death, June 15, 1879, the entire 80\\nacres remaining had been reduced to a system of\\nscientific tillage. He was a man who stood excep-\\nI tionally high in his community. He was for three\\nyears Road Commissioner.\\nWe take pleasure in presenting Mr. Walton s por-\\ntrait to our readers, on a previous page.\\nSeott Partridge, cashier in the banking\\nj ii a^fl liy house of Hicks, Bennett Co., at Mt.\\nIip^^ Pleasant, was born Oct. 6, 1851, in Pratts-\\nOTiv burg Township, Steuben Co N. Y. His fa-\\n^ther, I). Scott Partridge, M. D., was a graduate of\\ni Geneva (N. Y.) College, and a physician of marked\\nability, with every promise of a successful career in\\nills practice; but his death, almost at the beginning of\\nItis life of active usefulness, alike put an end to his\\nprospects and the hopes of his friends. He died\\nJuly 22, 1851, aged 24 years. The mother, Fanny\\n(Weld) Partridge, was next to the youngest in the order\\nof birth in a family of 14 children. She is a native\\nof Steuben Co., N. Y., and resides at Blood s, a vil-\\nage in that county situated on the Rochester Divis-\\nion ofthe Erie Railroad.\\nThe ancestral line of the Partridge family is of un-\\nmixed British origin. Burke states that the first of\\nthe name was Robert Partridge, the Norman, a man\\nof valor who received the borough of Maiden for his\\nservices in the war between Matilda and Stephen of\\nHlois, in 1837. William Partridge, the earliest ances-\\ntor who settled on this continent, came from Ber-\\nwick-on-the-Tweed, Scotland, and settled in Hartford,\\nConn., about 1636, going later on, with a pioneer col-\\nony, to Hadley, Mass., from whom conies the direct\\nline of descent. He was the progenitor of a pos-\\nterity that in every generation sustained the honor of\\nthe [latronymic and with one or two exceptions reach-\\ned distinction. They intermarried with the Dudleys,\\nCottons, Haynes and Wylys, families of New Eng-\\nland, whose connection with the settlement of that\\nsection is inseparable from its history, and whose de-\\ns( eiidants located in Massachusetts, going thence to\\nVermont, where the earliest traceable lineal descend-\\nant of the family referred to in this sketch, Joseph\\nPartridge, was born, Oct. 18, 1763, the year made\\nmemorable by the administration of the beach real\\nin the settlement of the arbitrary claims of the State\\nof New York. Jonas B. Partridge, son of Joseph,\\nwas born Nov. 25, 1795, in the Green Mountain State.\\nDr. D. Scott Partridge was born in 1827, in Pratts-\\nburg, N. Y., and died as slated, two and one half\\nmonths before the birth of his son.\\nMr. Partridge, of this sketch, attended the common\\nschools of his native county until he was 13 years\\nold, when he came to Marshall, Calhoun Co., Mich.,\\nmaking the trip alone. He entered the High School\\nthere, where he studied one year. He returned to\\nhis native State and became a student at the Naples\\nAcademy, where he remained a pupil about 18\\nmonths. On leaving that institution, he went to Pough-\\nkeepsie and entered upon a course of commercial\\nstudy in Eastman s Business College, where he was\\ngraduated April 2, 1868. He returned to his native\\ncounty and passed the next two years in varied em-\\nployment. In October, 1870, he began to read law\\nunder the instructions of Butler Parkhill, attorneys\\nat Liberty, Steuben County. He was admitted to\\npractice in the State Courts of New York in the Su-\\npreme Court at Syracuse on the 8th day of Januarj\\n1874. He first engaged in practice with his former\\npreceptors, and in the spring of 187 4 opened an office\\nindependently at Hornellsville, where he remained\\nuntil December of the same year, when he came to\\n.Mt. Pleasant. He arrived on the 30th day of the\\nmonth and at once established his business, which he\\ncontinued to manage alone until April 1, 1878. He\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace in k\\\\)X 1875, and\\nhas held the incumbency ever since. On the first of\\nApril, 1878, he formed a partnership with the Hon.\\nI. A. Fancher and Peter F. Dodds, firm style Fancher,\\nDodds Partridge. This firm, after carrying on the\\nheaviest and most successful law business in the\\ncounty for 18 months, terminated by mutual consent,\\nand Mr. Partridge operated singly until the first of\\nApril, 1882, at which date he became associated with\\nWilliam I. Cutler, in the management of a real-estate,\\nloan and collection office, under the firm name of\\nPartridge Cutler. This relation was in existence\\nuntil Dec. 1, 1883. On the 9th of January, 1884, he\\nassuiT.ed the duties of his present ixjsition.\\nOn his accession thereto he received the following\\ntestimonials from the local press at Mt. Pleasant,\\npublished in January, 1884:\\nD. Scott Partridge is now the cashier of Hicks,\\nI\\nV^\\nI\\nI\\nj^_^\\nm^M\\nh^j^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "?t^\\nH. v-^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nT\\nh\\nV\\nV\\nBennett Cos bank. He is in every way capable of\\nfilling the iwsition, and will make a popular cashier.\\nThe pleasant countenance of D. Scott Partridge,\\nEsq., is now to be seen in Hicks, Bennett Co s bank\\nas cashier. We think the bank made a wise choice\\nin selecting Mr. Partridge. His business ability is\\ngood, integrity unquestioned, and he is respected by\\nevery one.\\nMr. Partridge is an adherentof the [irinciplesof the\\nDemocratic element in his political affiliations. He\\nhas been prominently identified with local politics,\\nhaving served his party as delegate to county and\\nState conventions, and in 1878 was placed in nomi-\\nnation for Representative. He has also held the\\noffice of County Superintendent of the Poor, and been\\nthe incumbent of other local positions by appointment.\\nIn 1878-9 he discharged the duties of Village Clerk\\nof Ml. Pleasant. He is prominent in Masonic cir-\\ncles, and is serving his sixth term as Master of Wabon\\nLodge, No, 305, at Mt. Pleasant. On his last re-elec-\\ntion, Dec. I 2, 1 8S3, the Northwestern Tribune pub-\\nlished the following: At the annual election of offi-\\ncers of Wabon Lodge, No. 305, F. A. M., a large\\nnumber of the brethren were present, and D. Scott\\nPartridge was re-elected Master, after which he was\\npresented with a beautiful silver water service. Bro.\\nS. C. Brown made the presentation speech, which by\\nrequest is herewith published. The presentation was\\na complete surprise to the Master.\\nWorthy Brother: I have been accorded the dis-\\ntinguished honor, by the brethren of Wabon Loflge, of\\npresenting to you a token, not only of their respect for\\nyour personal character and gentlemanly courtesy\\ntoward your brethren of the craft, but of their appre-\\nciation of your valuable services during the six years\\nyou have presided in the East. They have not\\nfailed to recognize the fact that your administra-\\ntion during all these years has made a very\\nmarked improvement in the affairs of the lodge.\\nThey remember that when you assumed supreme\\ncommand, the lodge was not only financially\\nembarrassed, but in many other respects was incum-\\nbered with a heavy debt that had Ijeen steadily\\naccumulating, and no proper effort being made for its\\nliquidation. My brother, I trust that you\\nwill not consider that I am indulging in fulsome (lat-\\ntery when I make the statement that under your mas-\\nter hand the debts of the lodge have all been paid,\\nnew furniture bought, a splendid lodge room provid-\\ned and money in the treasury. Appreciating, there-\\nfore, your honesty of purpose and purity of character,\\nand your strict integrity in the discharge of the ardu-\\nous duties of your office, the brothers of this lodge\\nhave delegated to me the pleasing task of presenting\\nto you this silver set. Its sterling purity will remind\\nyou that your brothers present it to you as an emblem\\nof the purity of purpose which has marked every offi-\\ncial act of yours while you have presided in the\\nEast.\\nMr. Partridge also belongs to Mt. Pleasant Chapter,\\nNo. Ill, Royal Arch Masons, which he was largely\\ninstrumental in organizing, and to St. Bernard Com-\\nmandery. Knights Templar, No. 16, stationed at\\nEast Saginaw. He made the pilgrimage to San\\nFrancisco, in August, 1883, in connection with the\\nMichigan Grand Commandery, on the occasion of the\\nholding of the 22d Triennial Conclave of the Grand\\nEncampment of the United States.\\nHis residence is a fine building, with tasteful\\ngrounds, including six lots. He owns besides, about\\nthree acres within the corporation, which was platted\\nin 1880 under the name of Partridge s Addition.\\nHe also owns building lots in other parts of the vil-\\nlage, six acres of valuable land joining the village, be-\\nsides valuable farm lands in the county.\\nHe was married June 28, 1876, at Avoca, Steuben\\nCo., N. Y., to Mary E., daughter of Albert T. and\\nElizabeth Parkhill. She was born Nov. 18, 1856, at\\nHoward, Steuben Co., N. Y. Fannie, only child,\\nwas born Sept. 11, 1877,31 Pleasant.\\nMr. Partridge is a gentleman of active, ambitious\\ntemperament, keenly alive to all the laudable enter-\\nprises common to the young men of his generation.\\nHe has been in the past zealously interested in the\\nscience of music, and when but 19 years of age or-\\nganized a band at Cohocton, N. Y., of which he was\\nmusical conductor two years. During his residence at\\nHornellsville, he was the leader of the band at that\\nplace. He also organized and obtained the equip-\\nments of the Opera House Band at Mt. Pleasant, in\\n1881, of which he was the instructor and leader. He\\nhas been interested in the game of base ball at Mt.\\nPleasant, and has been the chief of every cl.;b\\norganized at this place until 18S3, when his health\\nprevented his joining the company. He is a stockhold-\\ner in the Mt. Pleasant Driving Park, and was its first\\nPresident. He was subsequently re-elected to the\\nsame position.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": ":2 ^iii? Kr\\nf\\n1\\nf\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nThe career of Mr. Partridge has been marked from\\nfirst to last with the element that has become the true\\ntype of American character, a laudable ambition\\nto make the most of an opixirtunity and wrest from\\ncircumstances their best possibilities.\\nThomas W. Walton, lilacksmith, resident on\\nsection 5, Wise Township, was born Jan.\\n17, 1857, in Canada. His parents, Thomp-\\ny^ son and Mary (Elgie) Walton, were natives of\\nEngland and emigrated to Canada, where the\\nmother died, at the age of 73. The father died\\nat Loomis, this county, aged 82.\\nMr. Walton attended the common schools of the\\nDominion until he was 17 years old, when he was\\na[)prenticed for three years to learn the trade of a\\nblacksmith. He came to Midland County in 1876\\nand was in liis brother s employ two years, working as\\na blacksmith. He was similarly employed at Cole-\\nman for two years, and in 1877 came to Isabella\\nCounty and bought out a shop in Loomis, where he\\noperated five years. In 1883 he took possession of\\n140 acres of land on section 5 and 6, of which he\\nhad become the owner some time previous. On this\\nhe has since continued to reside and combines the\\ncallings of blacksmith and agriculturist. He is a\\nRepublican in political principles and has officiated\\ntwo years as Township Treasurer, one year as High-\\nway Commissioner, and was Deputy Sheriff iS\\nmonths.\\nMr. Walton s marriage with Minerva Baker oc-\\ncurred June 6, 1877. Her parents, August and\\nMary Baker, were natives of Germany. Mrs. Wal-\\nton was born in Canada. She and her husband are\\nboth members of the Presbyterian Church.\\n^ohn C. liieaton, attorney at law, Mt. Pleas-\\nant, was born Oct. 18, 1848, in Port Rowan,\\nOnt. He is a son of John T. and Eliz-\\nabeth (White) Leaton. His father was for\\nmany years extensively engaged in lumbering\\nin Canada and Michigan, and is yet doing a\\nlarge business in the same line in Mississippi, but\\nresides in Memphis, Tenn.\\nMr. Leaton, our subject, was placed in St. Mary s\\nCollege, in Montreal, at the age of 12 years, in which\\ninstitution he remained until 18 years of age. The\\nfive-years course of study gave him a thorough\\nclassical education. His parents moved to Saginaw\\nin 1855, and John C. entered the law office of Messrs.\\nWebber Smith, under whose efficient tutelage he\\nrapidly advanced in legal knowledge. After three\\nyears spent with this firm, he entered the Law De-\\npartment of the University of Michigan, at Ann\\nArbor, at which institution he was graduated with\\nhonor, after taking a six-months course. Graduating\\nin the spring of 1870, he returned to Saginaw and\\nentered the office of Gaylord Hanchett, attorneys,\\nwhere he remained one year. In 187 i, he opened a\\nlaw office in the village of Mt. Pleasant, and also\\nengaged in buying and selling real estate.\\nTo say that Mr. Leaton has been very successful\\nin business only partially expresses what the term\\nreally means, for his successes have been the basis of\\nmuch of the enterprise and improvement which\\ncharacterize this prosperous village. His connection\\nwith many prominent cases before the Courts of this\\ncounty and elsewhere have given him a fine reputa-\\ntion as a lawyer, which is second to none among the\\nmembers of the Isabella County Bar. He has served\\na number of terms in an official capacity in this vil-\\nlage, and was President of the Board in 1877. The\\nmanagement of the Flint Pere Marcjuette Railroad\\nhave recognized in him an efficient attorney, having\\nsecured his services in several important suits; and\\nhe is their attorney at present. He was one of the\\nmembers organizing Brown, Harris Go s Bank, and\\nis now largely interested in the general banking busi-\\nness of that company. He is also the senior mem-\\nber of the firm of Leaton Upton, lumber dealers,\\nwho own the large mill formerly operated by Messrs.\\nPickard Upton, which does the principal manu-\\nfacturing business of this place. Forty men are em-\\n|)loyed by the firm, and the manufacturing capacity\\nof their mill is 55,000 feet per diem.\\nThe firm of Brown Leaton also own 30,000\\nacres of valuable timber lands in the county, and\\nseveral mills are running on these lands in their in-\\nterest. Messrs. Brown Leaton are the owners of\\n400 acres of fine farming land tmder cultivation; also\\na brick-yard near Mt. Pleasant, as well as a sixth in-\\nterest in Bennett s Addition. Everything which Mr.\\nY\\nW\\nV\\nV\\nc\\ni\\n|a^\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T^^^nti^^titiv-)-^-^^^\\n-*^ji.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "-wsi^ssat-:\\nc^-i^^-^-^ ^^p^-ea^i^-z^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "-X^^ Cv- 3L cJ^-^^v^.e-^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "tf^*\\n(h\\n/s\\ns\\nE\\ns\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^rrK^X\\n-4?^\u00c2\u00a75((\u00c2\u00aeV^M\\n45\\nLeaton lias engaged in has been successful in a busi-\\nness point of view, and he ranks high in the estima-\\ntion of the community, as a careful and iiijright man,\\nwhose prosperity is equaled only by his liberality\\nand energy in promoting tho public good.\\nHis marriage to Stella L. Gaylord, of Saginaw, oc-\\ncurred Dec. 5, 1878. They are llie parents of two\\nvery interesting children both daughters Helen\\nwas born May 29, 1880, and Juanna, Oct. i, 1883.\\nMrs. Leaton was born in Geneva, Ohio, her parents\\nbeing Harvey and Stella (Atkins) Gaylord.\\n^(1 ohn Fraser, retired farmer and one of the\\n\\\\T-ih c.uliest settlers in Isabella County, residing\\nat Mt. Pleasant, was born Aug. 16, 18 19,\\nin Watertown, Jefferson Co., N. Y. His parents\\nwere Adkins and Mary (Richmond) Fraser, and\\nwere natives respectively of Massachusetts and\\nRhode Island. The mother was born in 1783 and\\ndied in 1867, in Michigan, aged 84 years. Tlie father\\nwas one year older .ind died in 1853, in tjie State of\\nNew York.\\nMr. Fraser was brought up on a farm and received\\na common school education. He left home at the\\nage of 20 years to begin life on his own responsi-\\nbility. His first venture of any importance was in\\nthe matrimonial line. He was married Dec. 31, 1841,\\nat Watertown, N. Y, to Sylvia Ferris. She was born\\nin 1822, in Permelia Township, Jefferson County,\\nand is tiie daughter of Alexander and Rebecca Fer-\\nris. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser have had six cliildren, as\\nfollows: Julia (deceased) was the wife of Franklin\\nCushway, a printer, now resident at Saginaw City\\nElizabeth, deceased; Lepha is the wife of \\\\Vm. H.\\nSaxon, owner of the stage route from Gladwin to\\nLoomis; Richmond is managing the family homestead\\nin Chippewa Township Mary, wife of John Doods,\\nis also residing there; Franklin was killed on the\\nfarm by a stroke of lightning, in 187 i; Ella is tlie\\nwife of Stephen Potter, and resides witli her father at\\nMt. Pleasant.\\nSoon after marriage, Mr. Fraser bought 58 acres of\\nland in Hounsfield Township, Jefferson County, and\\nafterwards increased his real estate by the purchase\\nof 48 acres adjoining, the entire acreage constituting\\na desirable and valuable farm. He sold the property\\nin the fall of 1856 and came to Isabella County with\\nhis family, consisting of his wife and six children,\\nand his household effects and provisions. Tlie jour-\\nney to Saginaw from Jefferson County was made by\\nwater. Mr. Fraser bought a team at Saginaw and\\nhired three others to convey his family and goods to\\ntheir destination. They were obliged to cut the road\\nthey traversed for a distance of 50 miles. He had\\npreviously obtained a claim of 320 acres in Chip-\\npewa Township, on section 31. At the date of the\\npurchase it was all dense forest, but is now in emi-\\nnently creditable and valuable condition. It com-\\nprises 320 acres of land in a finely improved state,\\nwith two sets of farm buildings. The orchards con-\\ntain the best assortments of fruit, and altogether the\\nplace is one of the finest types of the advancement\\nof agriculture in Isabella County within the last 30\\nyears.\\nWhen Mr. Fraser settled in Chippewa, the town-\\nship contained but five other families. He cleared\\na small patch of ground and prepared to erect\\nlog buildings. The entire white male population of\\ntwo townships, including eleven men, came to the\\nI rising. Mr. Fraser built the first frame barn in the\\ncounty, in the spring of 1857. There was no saw-mill\\nin the county, and the braces and girths were hewed\\nwith the broad-ax. The boards in the doors and floors\\nof his house were hewn in the same manner. The log\\nhouse of his first building is still standing on the\\nplace. The products of the farm found ready mar-\\nket among the lumbermen, and everything com-\\nmanded prices which to-day seem fabulous. Mr.\\nFraser has sold hay for $80 per ton, corn at $1.50\\nper bushel, and wheat at $250. The nearest milling\\npoint was Matherton, on Fish Creek, in Ionia County,\\n50 miles distant. The thoroughfares were mostly\\ntrails, or the poorest roads, and a grist of about\\n20 bushels of grain cost a week s travel under the\\nmost periilexing circumstances. Provisions were\\nbrought from Saginaw in canoes on the river. The\\nfirst marriage in Isabella County took place in 1858\\nor 1859, in Coe Township.\\nMr. David Foutch married a daughter of William\\nBowing. The ceremony was performed in the ab-\\nsence of the bride s jiarents, and the Justice of the\\nPeace, Willard Stewart, received a coon-skin for his\\nfee. Witiiin Mr. Eraser s memory, the condition of\\nthe country and the trails from the effects of rain\\nand other causes made travel impossible, and star-\\nI\\nC- K\\n^^i^ii^\\n-^WM^^ ^r^\\n-4^^^^-\\nr^\\ni!0!4;^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "r 45\\n1^\\n2^ vation seemed inevitable. At one time, when he had\\n$i,ooo in gold in his house, he was obliged to shave\\ncorn from the ear with a jack plane in order to obtain\\nfood and grinding corn and wheat in coffee-mills\\nwas a common affair. A volume could be filled with\\nsuch detail within his own experience.\\nIn the earlier years of his residence in Isabella\\nCounty he practiced law and conducted numerous\\nlocal cases arising from the emergencies of the times.\\nHe was elected the first Prosecuting Attorney of\\nIsabella County, but did not qualify for the office,\\nhis farm requiring his undivided attention. He\\nserved one term as Justice of the Peace, with great\\nreluctance. He retired to Mt. Pleasant in 1879,\\nwhere he owns a house and lot on Franklin Street.\\nHe is a Democrat in his political connections.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Fraser appear on\\nother pages.\\nJ illiam Adams, farmer on section 4, Coe\\n^:aJl lf., Township, is a son of William and Martha\\n^JI^J/ (Cunningham) Adams, natives of Ireland.\\nj r^V The parents emigrated to Canada in 1836,\\nJXK and afterwards removed to Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich., where he died. The mother died in\\nthe State of Illinois, at a later period. Their family\\nconsisted of three sons and one daughter, William be-\\ning the youngest son.\\nHe was born in Ireland, Aug. 4, 1818, and when 18\\nyears old, left the Emerald Isle with his parents for\\nAmerica. He lived with them until 27 years old.\\nGoing to Vermont, he was for two years employed\\non a railroad, and then he returned to Hillsdale\\nCounty, this State, to engage in agriculture. In No-\\nvember, 1857, he came to Isabella County, and lo-\\ncated on 160 acres in Cue Township, which he had\\npurchased three years previous, and where he has\\nsince resided.\\nHe was married in Canada, May 6, 1S45, to Mary,\\ndaughter of Robert and Ann (Leach) Sheph rd, na-\\ntives of England. Mrs. Adams was also born in\\nEngland, Sept. 22, 1824. She and her husband\\nhave been the parents of nine children, five of\\nwhom survive: Mary A., William E., Oliver H., John\\nF. and Wellsley VV. The deceased children are\\nMatilda J., Eliza D., Lydia E. and David R. Mr, A.\\nISABELLA COUNT\\\\\\nfSE\\n^Tf\\n?Ay.\\n^S^^-i.\\n^A ^I\\ny^i\\nwas Ta.x Collector of his township three years, and\\nTownship Treasurer three years. Politically, he is\\nstrictly independent. He and wife are liberal in their\\nreligious views, but incline toward the Baptist faith.\\n-*^#a^\u00c2\u00ab^\\n^F^ll eorge Abram Dusenbury, banker and\\ni ksJf jL express agent, Mt. Pleasant, was born Feb.\\n_^.,^4 21, 1845, at Marshall, Calhoun Co., Mich.\\nif He is the son of John and Elizabeth (Butler)\\nDusenbury, natives of Broome Co., N. Y. The\\nfather was born in 1815, and grew to manhood\\nin the place of his nativity, where he engaged in\\nmercantile pursuits, and in 1836, after his marriage,\\nremoved to Marshall, Mich. He prosecuted the\\nbusiness of a merchant in that city until his death,\\nwhich occurred May 18, 1857. His remote ances-\\ntors were Hollanders. George s mother came of Eng-\\nlish parentage, and now resides with her children at\\nMt. Pleasant. Five sons and three daughters were\\nin the above family, four of whom are living. They\\nwere born ir. the following order: Frank, Kate,\\nEllen, Harper, George, Edgar, William and Emily.\\nThe oldest son was a Paymaster in the United\\nStates Navy, during the progress of the civil war,\\nand is now deceased.\\nMr. Dusenbury received a common-school educa-\\ntion, at Marshall, and, at the age of 16 years, went to\\nKalamazoo, Mich., where he became accountant in\\nthe employment of E. B. Walbridge, a miller and\\ngrain merchant of that city, where he continued\\nnearly a year. He obtained a situation in the joint\\noffices of the United States and American Express\\nCompanies at Bloomington, 111., where he operated a\\nyear, and was called thence to the office of the\\nAmerican at Chicago, where he officiated four years\\nas corresponding clerk. In 1866 he went to Cincin-\\nnati, and was there interested in the organization and\\nestablishment of the City Express Company. At the\\nend of a year he sold out and went to the city of\\nNew York, where he again entered the employ of the\\nAmerican, and continued his connection with their\\ninterests until the fall of 1876, when he came to\\nMichigan. He located at Homer, Calhoun County,\\nand associated himself in commercial business with\\nC. J. Murray, under the firm style of Murray\\nC\\nr\\nJSi^^:~", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "?2C3?ia=\u00c2\u00ab,\\nT2^v\u00e2\u0080\u0094 6v nIl:^:no^\\nA\\nV\\ny\\nR\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n.^./-X--^ _\\nA^^^\\ni^t^fsvii\\n453\\nDusenbiiry. The relation existed until the spring\\nof 1880.\\nThe deatli of his brother Frank, which took place\\nat Mt. Pleasant in January, 1880, summoned Mr.\\nDusenbury hither. His widowed mother and sister\\nhad moved here a year previous, and he deemed it\\nexpedient to locate here, as the circumstances of the\\nfamily reipiired his personal attention and he ac-\\ncordingly sold his business at Homer to his partner,\\nand transferred his interests and family to Mt. Pleas-\\nant. His first business transactions were in the line\\nof financial operations, in real estate and other loans.\\nIn 1881, associated with his brother William, he es-\\ntablished his present business, which includes the\\noperations common to private banking institutions,\\nand also lending on real estate. Mr. Dusenbury is\\nidentified with the solid business interests of Mt.\\nPleasant, and is the possessor of considerable real\\nestate in the village where he lives and in Isabella\\nCounty. He built his residence in 1881, and in the\\nwinter of 1884 the Dusenbury Brothers erected a\\nbusiness block at Gladwin, in the county of the same\\nname, where, in company with J. M. Shaffer, they\\nestablished a trade in general merchandise. Early in\\n1884 they disposed of their share of the stock and\\nretained ownership of the real estate.\\nMr. Dusenbury was married June 24, 1875, at\\nEvanston, 111., to Ida S., daughter of Theodore and\\nJane (Stebbins) Perry. She was born Dec. 14, 1850,\\nat Lacon, 111., where her father was a merchant for a\\nscore of years. Her mother is deceased. Three of\\nfour children born of this marriage are yet living.\\nBessie was born Aug. 27, 1876; Allan T., Jan. 6,\\n1878, and Ross Butler, Nov. 10, 1879. Adele was\\nborn June 3, 1881, and died Aug. 27, 1882.\\ndward C. Ney, farmer on section 36, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of John and Rebecca\\niW*^ Ney, natives of Connecticut. The mother\\ndied in Van Buren, Onondaga Co., N. Y., and\\nthe father died in DeVVitt, same county. Tiie\\nsubject of this notice was born in the State of\\nConnecticut, Sept. 5, 1816, and was four years old\\nwhen his parents left Connecticut to live in New\\nYork.\\nHe remained in that State until 1840, and then\\ncame to Lapeer Co., Mich., and lived until May,\\n1880, when he made his last move, coming to Isabella\\nCounty and buying 60 acres in Coe Township, where\\nis his present home. He has about 30 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Lapeer County, Aug. 8, 1840,\\nto Rebecca Robison, who was born in the State of\\nNew York, July 5, 18 17. Of this marriage there have\\nbeen born eight children, Ellen R., Tacy, Sarah,\\nEdward, Cynthia, William and (Jeorge. One died\\nin infancy.\\nMrs. N. is in religious belief an Adventist. Mr. N.\\nis politically a warm Democrat.\\ni;;^dgar W. Allen, farmer, section 17, Wise\\nTownship, was born in Ohio, Mar. 13, 1848.\\nHis parents, Samuel and Nancy A. (Doug-\\ne\\nV/\\nA :ag^\\nijk lass) Allen, were natives of Vermont and Con-\\nnecticut respectively. They made their first lo-\\ncation after marriage in Northern New York, and\\nafterwards in Ohio, where they passed many years in ft/\\ndifferent localities. They came later in life to Gen-\\nesee Co., Mich., where they remained about seven\\nyears. At the expiration of that time they removed\\nto Tuscola County, where the father died, July 31,\\n1868. The mother is an inmate of the home of her\\ndaughter in Fulton Co., Ohio, and is 86 years of age.\\nMr. Allen is the only son of his parents, and ac-\\nquired his education in the common schools of his\\nnative State previous to his reaching the age of 16\\nyears. At that period he came to Michigan. His\\nfather had met with financial difficulties, and the\\nson became the main dependence of his parents, to\\nwhom he proved dutiful and loyal, repaying them\\nwith large interest the kind care he had received from\\nthem. At the death of his father, his mother return-\\ned to Ohio, where she now lives.\\nIn the spring of 187 i, Mr. Allen came to Saginaw,\\nMich., where he interested himself in various occu-\\npations for two years. In the fall of 1873 he came to\\nIsabella County and bought the property on which\\nhe has since resided and labored. His land includes\\n80 acres, with 30 cleared and cultivated. He was\\none of the pioneers of Wise Township, and has\\ntaken an active interest in all matters pertaining to\\nhis duties as a citizen. He is of the Republican\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "X V,^\\nISABELLA COUNTY\\n4^t^(^ i\\nT\\nJ\\nC\\nfaith, and has officiated in most of the important lo-\\ncal offices. In August, 1883, he was appointed\\nSupervisor to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation\\nof James McLeod, of which office he is still the incum-\\nbent, having been re elected in the spring of 1884.\\nHe lias served as Highway Commissioner a year, and\\nhas held the various school offices, among them School\\nInspector.\\nMr. Allen was married in Genesee Co., Mich., Sept.\\n9, 1862, to Minerva A., daughter of Eden B. and\\nMinerva (Bacon) Parker. She was born Aug. 25,\\n1846, in Livingston Co., N. Y. Her parents are\\nnatives of Vermont. Maud M., Ruth S., Ralph C.\\nand Clyde O. are the names of the children now in-\\ncluded in the household of Mr. Allen.\\nV\\nrank Williams, farmer on section 35, Coe\\nJ Township, is a son of William R. and Bet-\\n5^ sey (Gibbs) Williams (see sketch of W.\\nM. Williams) and was born in St. Lawrence\\nCo., N. Y., June 18, 1852. He was three\\nyears old when his parents came to Ingham\\nCounty, and eight years old when the family settled\\nin this county. He has since followed farming and\\nworking in the woods, and now resides on the home-\\nstead his father owned.\\nHe was married in Coe Township, Sept. 26, 1877,\\nto Delilah A., daughter of Anson and Eliza (Turner)\\nDavenport, residents of Coe Township. Mrs. W.\\nwas born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Jan. 27, 1859, and\\nis the mother of a daughter, Minnie B born May\\n28, 1878.\\nPolitically, Mr. W. is a Repuljlican.\\n-\\\\ei2\u00c2\u00a3fir\u00c2\u00a9ig^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fe\\names O Connor, farmer on section 18, Vcr-\\nnon Township, was born in the city of De-\\ntroit, Dec. 25, 1849, the son of Michael\\nO Connor, who was a native of Ireland. Losing\\nhis parents when seven years old, he lived with\\nan uncle until 14, receiving a fair common\\nEnglish education. He then commenced to earn his\\nown livelihood.\\nFeb. 4, 1864, wliile in his 15th year, he cnlislcd in\\nCo. F, 17th Mich. Vol. Inf and during his service\\nhe was engaged in seven battles, among which were\\nthe Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court-House and Cold\\nHarbor. He was wounded at the last named place,\\nand after nearly a year s confinement in the hospital,\\nwas honorably discharged July 18, 1865.\\nReturning to Flint, Mich., he was employed as a\\nshingle packer and afterwards as a sawyer, in a\\nshingle-mill, for four years. He then became a saw\\nfiler, and was thus occupied until 1872, four years of\\nthe time being in the employ of Gov. Begole. In\\nthe year named he came to this county, and engaged\\nas filer for Wilson Bros., of Vernon Township. In\\n1881 he settled on 80 acres on section 18, which he\\nhad purchased in 1875. He has improved half of\\nthis tract.\\nJune 20, 1872, was the date of his marriage to\\nMiss Amanda M. Brooks. She was born in Tuscola\\nCounty, Aug. lo, 1857, and is the mother of two\\nchildren, one of whom is dead. Charles was born\\nNov. 12, 1873. Willie was born Nov. 2, 1881, and\\ndied Sept. 22, 1881.\\nMr. O. is a member of the I. O. O. F. He is in\\npolitics a Democrat, and is Township Treasurer, hav-\\ning been elected in 1883.\\nj ev. John R. Robinson, preacher and mis-\\nsionary on the Petosky Indian circuit and\\nresident in the township of Isabella, Isa-\\nbella County, is the only child of Rix\\nRobinson, the first white settler in Kent Co.,\\nMich.\\nRix Robinson came to the Grand River Valley in\\n1821, in the interests of the American FurCompany.\\nHe was a man of remarkable character, who com-\\nmanded the respect of the savages among whom he\\nspent his life and from whose history he is insepara-\\nble, l)y the nature of his relations with them. In\\nSeptember folloiving his arrival in Kent County, he\\nmarried Mis-so quot-o- iuay, a woman of the Mack-\\ninaw Indians. She became the mother of one child,\\nJohn R., who was born March 5, 1826. She\\ndied of consumption about the year 1848, in Ottawa\\nCo., Mich. Rix Robinson died at Ada, Kent Co.,\\nMich., in 1S74.\\nvfc)\\n/s\\nC\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "I,,.;f-\\n.:^/c^if ^^cyi^^ ^^i i^^t^^^t-^V^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-:2j ^-isr\\n4^^j(^V^\\nT\\n6\\nY\\nI\\nC\\n457\\nJohn R. Robinson received the best educational\\nadvantages of the sections wliere his father had busi-\\nness interests. He was sent to an infant school on\\nthe island of Mackinaw, taught by Mrs. Sarah C.\\nOwens, and later to the school at Flat River, now\\nLowell, in Kent County, taught by Caroline Beard,\\nwho was married to Caleb Page. Later on he was\\nsent to Grand Rapids to complete his period of study.\\nOn reaching manhood he became manager of his\\nfather s large estate, and during the winter seasons\\nJ engaged in buying furs for Nelson Robertson, for the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J Fort Wayne Company, Louis Canipau and A. Rob-\\nj erts Son, of Grand Rapids. He was afterwards in-\\nterested in the construction of the Detroit Milwau-\\nkee Railroad, and superintended the building of six\\nmiles of the track near Spring Lake and in the\\nvicinity of Ionia, this enterprise occupying two years.\\nOn its termination he engaged as an Indian trader\\nin Oceana County at Pentwater and Elbridge, in\\nwhich he continued three years. During the past\\n2o years he has been engaged to some extent in the\\nsame variety of traffic at various points in Michigan.\\nHe has acted all his life as Indian interpreter, hav-\\ning learned from childhood both the English lan-\\nguage and the Indian dialects.\\nIn the years 1862 and 3 he assisted in raising a\\ncompany of military recruits, and intended entering\\nthe service of the United Slates under a Lieutenant s\\ncommission, but his father interfered, as he was an\\nonly son. Still he continued to do valuable service\\nas a recruiting officer, and received the enlistment of\\na considerable number of whites and Indians.\\nWhile at Pentwater he was converted to the Chris-\\ntian religion, through the efforts of the Revs. Lee and\\nBoynton, revival preachers of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and from tiie period of his conversion\\nwas a changed man. The license of the life he lived,\\nand the opportunities afforded him by unlimited re-\\nsources of money, etc., derived from his father s\\nimmense property, had subjected him to deleterious\\ninfluences and he ran a career of dissipation, of whose\\ncharacter he was scarcely conscious until its enor-\\nmity was brought to his comprehension by the efforts\\nof the Methodist missionaries. Within a year after\\nhis conversion he was licensed a local preacher, and\\nhas since done valiant service among the people with\\nwhom he is connected by blood.\\nHe was married March 15, 1846, to Lucy A.,\\ndaughter of Solomon and Clementina (Granger)\\nWithey. She was born in 1829, in St. Alban s, Vt.,\\nand by her marriage became the mother of five chil-\\ndren, liorn as follows: Harriet E., Feb. 13, 1849;\\nAndrew J., Aug. 17, 185T, died Aug. 27, 1852;\\nCharity C.,June 13, 1853, died Aug. 24, 1866; Den-\\nnis W., Feb. 8, 1856, died Aug. 25, 1856; James B.,\\nSept. 29, 1857, died Feb. i, 1879.\\nMrs. Robinson passed many years of her life as a\\nteacher among the people to whom she became al-\\nlied through her marriage. At the time of her death\\nshe was teaching at the Sheldon school-house near\\nNipissing. She died in the religious harness, and is\\nsucceeded in her labors by her sole surviving child,\\nHarriet E. Robinson, who is following worthily in the\\nwork of her sainted mother.\\n-taasiQ/^^^\\n^\u00c2\u00a9fS Zizrzriv\\nV^\\nfeenry Woodin, farmer and mill owner on\\n^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094.jJs section 28, Sherman, is a son of Henry and\\nxi^ Lydia (Earl) Woodin, natives of New York.\\nHenry Woodin, Sr., was a farmer, and died in his\\nnative State. His son Henry was born Nov.\\n6, 1S27, in Monroe o., N. Y., and lived at home\\nuntil 19 years of age, receiving a good elementary\\nEnglish education in the common schools. After\\nleaving the parental roof he was employed in various\\ngrist-mills until 1853, when he came to Saginaw, this\\nSlate. He then worked at farming and lumbering\\nuntil 1869, when he came to this county, selected a\\nmill-site on (Chippewa River, and erected a grist and\\nsaw mill, which he has operated ever since. He\\nowns at the present time 1,050 acres of land, includ-\\ning 1 20 acres of winter wheat. He has in all 200\\nacres improved, and good farm buildings.\\nHe was married in 1838, to Miss Sarah B. Rose,\\nwho was born Sept. 10, 1825, in Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nthe daughter of William and Anna (Barber) Rose, of\\nNew York Slate. Three children have been born to\\nMr. and Mrs. W. George E. was born Aug. 11,\\n1848, and was accidentally killed in iiis father s saw-\\nmill, in 1878: Anna A., was born July 12, 1850 and\\nLouella E., Aug. 10, i860.\\nIn |iolitical faith, Mr. Woodin is a Democrat. He\\nwas elected Supervisor in 1871, and held the office\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "4S8\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ZiS^^\\n.-A\\nfsix consecutive years; and in 1883 and 1884 he was\\nagain chosen to the same position. He is a member\\nof the Masonic Order.\\nI The portrait of Mr. Woodin is given in tliis work, as\\nthat of a worthy and representative citizen of Isabella\\nCounty.\\nO\\n41^ nett Hou:\\nSt. John s, Cli\\nM^ rederiek A. Stebbins, of the firm of F.\\nA. Stebbins Co., proprietors of the Ben-\\nse at Mt. Pleasant, was born at\\nJohn s, Clinton Co., Mich., March 7, 1859.\\nl^ He is the son of Wolcott L. and Lucinda\\ni (Francisco) Stebbins, residents 01 St. Louis,\\nGratiot Co., Mich. Their family comprise eight chil-\\ndren, Edgar, Arthur, Clara, Fred, Orville, Minnie,\\nBessie and Mynie. Clara, the eldest daughter, is\\nnpw Mrs. John Hughs, of St. Louis.\\nMr. Stebbins spent his boyhood and youth in ob-\\ntaining his education, and at the age of 17 decided\\nto learn the business of harness-maker, and spent\\n^t^ some time in acquiring its details, in a sliop at St.\\nLouis. After completing his knowledge of the voca-\\n^y tion he attended school one year. Afterward he\\nformed a partnership with his brother, A. M. Steb-\\n-s bins, in the business of harness-making. The rela-\\ntion existed two years, when he purchased the interest\\nof his brother and continued its managen.ent singly\\nfor some time, when he interested himself in the\\njewelry business, which he prosecuted three years in\\nIthaca, Gratiot County.\\nHe was married Aug. 30, 1879, at St. Louis, to\\nCora A. Richardson. She was born June 2, 1862, in\\nLyons, Fulton Co., Ohio, and is the eldest child of\\nM. D. and Roby L- (Worden) Richardson. (See\\nsketch of M. D. Richardson.) Louie R. eldest\\nchild of this marriage, was born July 11, 1880, at St.\\nLouis, and died in that place Dec. 24, 1880. Pearl\\nT. was born March 29, 1882, at Ithaca, Gratiot\\nCounty.\\nAfter his marriage Mr. Stebbins purchased the fix-\\ni tares of the Fox (Retan) House at Ithaca, which he,\\nf associated with his father in-law, opened for the ac-\\ncommodation of the public, and they continued its\\nmanagement until the first of May, 1S83. At that\\nf\u00c2\u00ae date they came to Mt. Pleasant and took [Msssession\\n7* of the Bennett House, a new hotel built by Come-\\nlius Bennett, whose name it bears. It is a finely\\nconstructed building, fronting on Broadway, three\\nstories in height above the basement, and is 118 by\\n60 feet in dimensions. It is one one of the most\\npopular and best managed hotels in Northern Michi-\\ngan, holding a large and constantly increasing pat-\\nronage. It is supplied with first-class modern fixtures,\\nhas fine, convenient sample rooms, billiard hall, etc.\\nMessrs. Stebbins Richardson own, as auxiliary to\\nthe hotel, a farm of 20 acres in Union Township, sit-\\nuated three-fourths of a mile east of the village of\\nMt. Pleasant, which they have placed in the best\\norder of cultivation, and design to supply the hotel\\nwhich they manage with the table commodities of\\nthe best character, securing fresh eggs, dairy products\\nand vegetables, thus promoting the comfort and well-\\nbeing of their patrons.\\n1^0 ffl ndrew r. Childs, farmer on section 29, Coe\\nj j^| Township, is a son of John and Mary\\n%i^^ (Craig) Childs, natives of New York and\\nMaine. The parents came to Michigan and\\nsettled in Monroe County, afterwards reniov-\\ning to Jackson County, where they died. Their\\nfamily of children numbered nine, six of whom grew\\nto be adults. Andrew, the fifth, was born in Wash-\\ntenaw County, Jan. 30, 1833, and remained at home\\ntill 22 years old, attending the common schools and\\nassisting his father on the farm.\\nHe came to Isabella County in February, 1853,\\nand is truly a pioneer. He bought 160 acres on sec-\\ntion 29, Coe Township, where he has continuously\\nresided. He has about 125 acres improved and in\\na state of scientific cultivation.\\nHe was first married in Jackson County, this State,\\nNov. 22, 1852, to Sarah Bunce. She died March 12,\\n1865, leaving four children, Clarissa A., Eliza J.,\\nDarwin and Orlando. Eliza J. died May 28, 1879,\\naged nearly 21, having married Merritt I-eonard, of\\nCoe Township. Mr. C. was again married, in Isa-\\nbella County, April 20, 1865, to Susan E daughter\\nof Daniel and Eliza (Waters) Casey, and widow of\\nAlden S. Davis, who was killed in the battle of Cold\\nHarbor, June 3, 1864. Mrs. Childs was born in Gen-\\nesee Co., N. Y., Nov. 30, 1834. She had by the first\\nJ\\nA\\nc^:\\n(p^\\nI\\nr A^.\\n-^fri^r^f^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nr^^\\nV\\n4\\nmarriage a son, Frank, and by her second, two chiU\\ni dren, Jessa and Raldon.\\nMr. C. has held the different school offices, and\\nr has also been Pathmaster. He is a Kepuhlicaii, a\\nFreemason, and, with his wife, a member of ilie\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nrthur N. Ward, teacher in District No. 6,\\nIsabella Township, residing at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, is a son of Nathaniel and Emily\\nEverest) Ward, natives of Vermont and New\\nYork, respectively, and both of New England\\n[jarentage. The father was a teacher and surveyor\\nby occupation and died in 1863. The mother is still\\nliving, and is a resident of Chippewa Township, this\\ncounty.\\nArthur N. was born in Ionia County, this .State,\\nJan. I, 1S62. Four years later he came witli his\\nmother and step-father to this county. They settled\\nin Chippewa Township and entered on the arduous\\nthough pleasant task of improving their land. When\\nthey first came to the township, but few families had\\nsettled in it and the land they procured was a dense\\nforest. With true pioneer grit they entered on the\\ntask of improvemeit, and, supported by faith in the\\nfuture development of the country and an abundance\\nof energy, they overcame all obstacles.\\nArthur lived on llie old homestead, assisted the\\nfather on the farm, and attended the public and com-\\nmon schools until he attained the age of 15 years.\\nOn arriving at this age he began teaching in the\\npublic schools of this county. He continued to teach\\nwinters, and during the spring and summer attended\\nthe union school at Mt. Pleasant, the more thor-\\noughly to educate himself for his profession. Though\\na young man, he has attained that perfection and\\nsystem in his profession whii h calls forth many en-\\ncomiums from the citizens in whose district he has\\ntaught.\\nMr. Ward was iniited in marriage, Sept. 3, 1882,\\nwith Miss Minnie, daughter of Charles and Sophro-\\nnia (Landon) Taylor, natives of England and Can-\\nada respectively. The father, by occupation, was a\\nfarmer and is at present living in Chippewa Town-\\nship, this county. Minnie was born Jan. 4, 1862, in\\nChipjiewa i ownship. She was reared and grew to\\nwomanhood under the parental roof, and the mem-\\nories of the old homestead, with its trials and cares,\\nits joys and pleasures, are fondly cherished by her\\nyet. Her education was acquired at the old log-\\ncabin schools of her county and the schools at Mt.\\nPleasant; and at the age of 15 she entered upon the\\nprofession of teaching, which she continued with\\ncredit and success until the date of her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Ward are the parents of one child,\\nan infant, born May 12, 1883. Politically, Mr. Ward\\nis a staunch supporter of and believer in the prin-\\nciples of the Republican party.\\nM. Brooks, farmer, section 14\\n^llfH-i^harles\\n^1(^7^3^ Union Township, and ex-Sheriff of Isa-\\n^jg^ bella County, was born Sept. 5, 1840, in\\nfjl? Clinton, Seneca Co., Ohio. His father, James\\nI M. Brooks, was born June 14, i8ii,in Cayuga\\nCo., N. Y., and married Nancy Myers. The mother\\nwas born Oct. 6, 1810, in Fairfield Co., Ohio. Her\\nfamily was of German origin and settled in Virginia.\\nMr. Brooks, senior, removed his family to Iowa City,\\nIowa, in the fall of 1849, returning thence in the\\nspring of 1850 to the township of Rives, in Jack-\\nson Co., Mich. They settled on a farm of 162.64\\nacres, where they reared their children, giving them\\nthe education of the common schools. The father\\ndied on the homestead June 12, 1865. Thedeatiiot\\nthe mother occurred June 23, 1861.\\nMr. Brooks was engaged in agriculture until his\\nmarriage, which took place in 1868, and soon after\\nthat event he went to Everett, Cass Co., Mo., where\\nhe opened a general store and continued its manage-\\nment about seven months, when he exchanged his\\nstock for 40 acres of land in Bates Co., Mo. He\\ntook possession of the place, and a short time after-\\nwards discovered that his title was defective. He\\nreturned to Everett, where he opened a general store,\\nin company with Jefferson Willhite. Six months\\nlater, the firm style became Brooks Wilson by a\\nchange in the junior partnership. This relation ex-\\nisted about a year, when Mr. Brooks disposed of his\\ninterest and returned to Jackson County, to take\\ncharge of the home estate. He continued to man-\\nage the property about a year and a half. On the\\nfirst of March, 1873, he came to Isabella County and\\nI\\nSJ^\\nc)\\nmyymm^--\\n-55:^^^\\n.l:^^\\nm\\nls A\\nSfir.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "(O,\\n5\\nbought 80 acres of timber land on section 23, in\\nUnion Township, where he resided till March, 1884,\\nwhen he sold the estate. He removed to a farm of\\n40 acres, which he owns on section 14, and which\\nhe is vigorously engaged in placing in first-class farm-\\ning condition, and proposes to erect thereon a fine\\nhouse and suitable buildings. He also owns three\\nbuilding lots in the village.\\nMr. Brooks has been continuously in public office\\nfor the last decade. He served as Township Treas-\\nurer during the years 1874-5-6-7, and in 1878 dis-\\ncharged the duties of Supervisor. In the autumn of\\nthat year he was nominated for Sheriff on the Demo-\\ncratic and Fusion tickets, and made a successful run\\nagainst Thomas J. Fordyce, Republican nominee,\\nand Tunis W. Swartz, whose name appeared on the\\nIndependent ticket. Mr. Brooks received a majority\\nof 24 votes. In the fall of 1880 he achieved another\\ntriumph, being re-elected to the same position by 150\\nWiajority. He returned to his farm in January, 1882,\\nand was elected Supervisor, which position he is now\\noccupying. During the year 1881-2 he was engaged,\\nin addition to the business of his office, in selling\\nagricultural implements, in company with Messrs.\\nHance Upton. The firm style was Charles M.\\nBrooks Co., and the business was located on Broad-\\nway, nearly opposite the Bennett House at Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nMr. Brooks was married June 18, 1868, in Colum-\\nbus Grove, Futnam o., Ohio, to Mary A. Mc Clure.\\nShe was born Dec. 15, 1843, in Putnam County,\\nand is a daughter of Andrew and Mary A. McClure.\\nStratton D., only child, was born Sept. 10, 1869, in\\nBates Co., Mo.\\nI^nson Davenport, farmer on section 26, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Hezekiah and Nellie\\nS- ja* (English) Davenport, natives respectively\\nof Rensselaer Co., N. Y., and Tioga Co., Pa.\\nThe parents first settled in Tompkins Co., N.\\nY., and afterwards removed to Onondaga\\nCounty, same State, where they lived two years.\\nThey then returned to Tompkins County, where they\\ndied, he in October, 1848, and she in April, 1851.\\nTheir family included eight sons and three daughters,\\nAnson being the fifth son.\\nHe was born in Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 7, 1835, and received a common-school educa-\\ntion and assisted on his father s farm until 15 years\\nold, when he was for two years employed at gun-\\nsmithing. He was next employed on the Erie Canal,\\nand then worked for a short time in a hotel. In the\\nfall of 1851 he came with his oldest brother, Ben-\\njamin, to the Peninsular State, and lived for one\\nyear in Parma, Jackson County. He then lived al-\\nternately in New York and Michigan until the fall of\\n1866, when he bought a farm in Montcalm County,\\non which he lived two years. His next venture was\\nto build a hotel at Carson City, same county, which\\nhe operated one year. Disposing of his hotel, he\\nbought a farm in Ingham County, which he worked\\nfive years. He then lived one year ni Gratiot\\nCounty, and in January, 1875, he came to this county\\nand bought 80 acres in Coe Township, where he has\\nsince resided. He has disposed of 40 acres, and\\none-half the remainder is under the plow.\\nHe was married in Dryden, Tompkins Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 7, 1856, to Eliza, daughter of Alanson and\\nSarah (Weeks) Turner, natives of New York. She\\nwas born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., July 27,\\n1840. Of this marriage one daughter has been\\nborn, Delilah A., the wife of Frank Williams. Politi-\\ncally, Mr. D., is strictly independent.\\nohn A. Schafer, farmer, section 14, Notta-\\nwa Township, was the son of Mathias and\\nCatharine (\u00c2\u00ab(V Schueller) Schafer, natives\\nof Germany. The father died Sept. 2, 1874,\\n^r and the mother is still living, in Dallas Town-\\nship, C linton County, this State.\\nMr. Schafer, Jr., the subject of our sketcli, was\\nborn in Prussia, July 31, 1848. He emigiated with\\nhis parents to America and settled at Westjjhalia,\\nClinton County, this State, July 10, 1854.\\nComing, as he did, to Clinton County at an early\\nday, he experienced all the trials of tiie early pioneer\\nand successfully battled against and overcame them.\\nHe remained in that county unlil 1880, when, on the\\n3d day of June, he came to this county with his\\nfaniily. He had previously, Jan. 27, 1880, purchased\\na farm of 80 acres, on which he moved and entered\\non the pleasant though laborious task of improving it.\\nI Vb. 26, the same year, Mr. S. purchased 40 acres\\nI\\nI\\n1\\n(V\\nr^\\n,.sy?%^.\\n-K ^D n ti :2%p#^\\n445^:^11", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "^yri-\\n?-1^ d^^^\\nT", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "-2f^^t\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rv v\\nA\\nb^?^r^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n463 -L\\n4\\nmore, making the aggregate of his landed possessions\\n120 acres. Of this, he has improved 50 acres, and\\nhas erected thereon a commodious residence and a\\ngood barn.\\nMr. Schafer was united in marriage, Nov. 4, 1873,\\nY Westphalia, Clinton County, to Miss Katrina,\\ndaughter of Peter Smith. Her father and mother are\\nboth deceased, the former dying Nov. 6, 1S69, and\\nthe mother Dec. 18, 1859. Mrs. Schafer was born\\nMarch 7, 1S50, in Westpiialia. To their union four\\nchildren were born, three of whom are living: John\\nP., born Dec. 29, 1874; Anna M., born Nov. 20,\\n1879; and Frank, born July 27, 1882. Josejjh was\\nborn Sept. 15, 1877, and died May 4, 1882.\\nMr. Schafer is now holding the office of Township\\nAssessor, and in politics affiliates with the Demo-\\ncratic party. He and Mrs. S. are both members of\\nthe Roman Catholic Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^1 ^tg!=\\nCrego, farmer, stock-raiser and\\nresiding on section 30, Lincoln\\nTownship, was born in Liberty, Jackson\\nCo., this State, Aug. 8, 1858.\\nThe father of our subject, Richard J. Crego,\\nwas a native of Erie Co., N. Y., of English and\\n(German e.xtraction, and came to this State in the\\nyear 1835 and settled in Jackson County. When he\\ncame to that county it was but little settled and he\\nmay be considered one of the pioneers. He located\\non a farm in the township of Liberty about ten miles\\nsouth of Jackson, and cast his lot with those of many\\nothers of Michigan s early pioneers. Jackson at that\\ntime was but a small village, consisting of a few log\\nhuts, and in many parts of the county the hand of\\nimprovement could not be seen at all. Possessing\\ngreat faith in the future development of the county\\nand an abundance of energy and perseverance, he\\nset to work to clear and improve his land, and before\\nhis death he succeeded in placing his second farm in\\nhigh cultivation, and erecting thereon a fine resi-\\ndence. He was a man of good education and was\\ngreatly honored and respected by the citizens of the\\ncounty. He was Representative in the State Legisla-\\nture during the entire administration of Gov. Blair\\nand in the Senate during Gov. Crapo s term.\\nFrank C. Crego, the subject of this biographical\\n(c\\\\\\nI\\nnotice, left the farm in Liberty \\\\x\\\\x x\\\\ which he was\\nborn and moved with his parents to the town of Co-\\nlumbia, near Brooklyn, when seven years old. He\\nlived on the farm, attending school at Brooklyn,\\nNapoleon and Jackson, and spent a portion of his\\ntime on the farm, where idleness was not permitted, y\\nand acquired a good practical knowledge of agricul-\\nture. At the age of 16 years the father of our\\nsubject died, and (his mother having previously died)\\nFrank was sent by his uncle to Hillsdale College,\\nat Hillsdale. He remained at that school for two\\nand one-half years, and then went to the home of\\nof his uncle and there remained until lie had at-\\ntained the age of manhood.\\nWhen 22 years old Mr. Crego came to this county\\nand purchased 80 acres of partly improved land.\\nThis was the summer of 1878, and Mr. Crego has\\nspent his time and means since then in the improve-\\nment of that land and his stock interests. He is a\\nbreeder of swine and sheep, and prides himself, as\\njustly he may, on his success in that line. His speci-\\nalty in swine is the Thoroughbred Chester Whites,\\nand in sheep the American Merino. He has at-\\ntended several exhibitions of stock, almost all the\\ncounty fairs and the Northeastern District fair at\\nSaginaw, with his stock, and has always succeeded\\nin obtaining the blue ribbon, or first premium.\\nAt Saginaw Mr. Crego was awarded five first pre-\\nmiums on his Chester Whites, and also second\\npremium. He competes with the best breeders in\\nthe State in his line, and has always succeeded in\\ncapturing the prize.\\nMr. Crego was united in marriage, iShirch 13, 1879,\\nwith Miss Caroline McGregor. She was a daughter\\nof Hamilton and Eliza (Hazlett) McGregor, natives\\nof New York, and of Scotch and English e.\\\\traction.\\nThey are at jjresent residents of Fremont Township,\\nthis county. Caroline was born in Ontario Co., N.\\nY., Aug. 12, 1857. She came to this State when 12\\nyears of age, and has since lived in Hillsdale and\\nIsabella Counties. She acijuired a good education\\nat the common and public schools and taught two\\nterms previous to her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Crego are the parents of one child,\\nIda A., born June 21, i88r. Mr. C. at present is\\nChairman of the Board of School Inspectors and\\nHighway Commissioner for his township, as well as\\na member of the Executive Board of the County\\nc^:\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^nM ^r^\\n^mmj^m", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "m\\nw\\ni:^\\nm ^u^ v-^\\n464\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni%l\\ni^-\\n^y At;ricuUural Society and General Sui)erintendent for\\nf,\\\\ this year. In politics he affiliates with the Repub-\\nlican party.\\nXThe portrait of Mr. Oego, on a preceding paj^e,\\nwill be considered a necessary addition to our collec-\\ntion in this work.\\nCames Wilsey (deceased), late farmer on\\nsection 17, Coe Township, was born in\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., Nov. 22, 1811, and\\nwas a son of Conrad and Polly Wilsey, natives\\nof the State of New York. He lived in the\\nEmpire State until 1845, then came to Jackson\\nCounty, this State, and rented different farms for\\nabout nine years, in Jackson and Washtenaw Coun-\\nties. In October, 1854, he came to Isabella County\\nand took up 160 acres under the Graduation Act.\\nHe at once began to clear the same, and at the time\\nof his death had about 40 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Jackson Co., Mich., to Lydia,\\ndaughter of John and Mary (Craig) Childs. (Sec\\nsketch of A. F. Childs.) Mrs. Wilsey was born in\\nMedina, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1S21. .\\\\mos, Hoffman\\nand Lester are the three children added to the family\\ncircle.\\nMr. Wilsey was a prominent and popular man.\\nHe was Probate Judge of this county two terms.\\nSupervisor of Coe Township two years, and Highway\\nCommissioner four years. He was an ardent Demo-\\ncrat in his political views. He belonged to the Dis-\\nciples Church, to which organization Mrs. \\\\V. also\\nadheres.\\nharles P. Jeflfords, of the firm of Jeffords\\n!ll^=^| Whitney, manufacturers of sash, doors\\n(ind blinds, all kinds of building material and\\n^\u00c2\u00a3t novelties, Mt. Pleasant, was born in Niagara\\nn\\\\ Co., N. Y., Sept. 27, 1845, s son of\\nHorace and Clarissa (Partridge) Jeffords.\\nHe was reared on his father s farm, attending\\nschool winters; and when less than 17 years old,\\nAug. 21, 1862, he enlisted as a private in Battery M,\\nFirst N. Y. Light .Art. He served until June 23,\\n1865. Besides skirmishes, he fought in about 15\\nregular engagements, among them being Chancellors-\\nville, Antietam and Gettysburg. In the fall of 1863\\nhe was transferred to the Southwestern Army, and\\nfought at Lookout Mountain, Resaca, Peach-tree\\nCreek, Atlanta, Savannah and other places with\\nSherman s army. He was taken prisoner at Fayette-\\nville, N. C, and sent to the Libby at Richmond, Va.\\nThence, after 30 days, he was paroled, and he then\\nwent home on t,o days furlough. Rejoining his\\nbattery at Washington, he was soon after discharged\\nat Rochester, N. Y.\\nReturning home, he engaged in farming. He was\\nmarried in Porter Township, Niagara Co., N. Y., Nov.\\n5, 1866, to Miss Stella L. Baker, daughter of Warren\\nand Rosalinda Baker. Of this marriage three chil-\\ndren were born, in Porter Township, Rosa E., Sept.\\n2, 1867; Sarah, Oct. 5, 1870; and Helen C.\\nMr. J. had a fine farm of 60 acres, highly improved,\\nin Niagara County, which he sold for $100 per acre.\\nIn November, 1879,116 came to Mt. Pleasant and\\nentered upon his present business, in company with\\nC. C. Whitney. They have recently built a new mill,\\n60 X 60 feet, two stories and a basement, on Mill\\nStreet, at the foot of Michigan Street. They employ\\nusually about 15 men, and in the building season\\nthey employ from 12 to 15 more, they being exten-\\nsively engaged in contracting and building. They\\nhave a large yard at their mill, and do both a whole-\\nsale and retail business. Their mill has a capacity\\nfor finishing 50,000 feet of lumber per day.\\nheodore A. Tombs, farmer, section 16,\\nColdwatcr Township, was born May 12,\\n1848, in Kendall Co., 111., and is a son of\\nMartin A. and Mary (Thomas) Tombs. (See\\nsketch of Martin A. Tombs.)\\nMr. Tombs remained under the guidance of\\nhis father until he was of age. The family had\\nsettled in Coldwater Township in 1868, and on at-\\ntaining his majority he bought 160 acres of school\\nland on section 16, in which he has since resided as\\na farmer. In political faith he is a Republican and\\nhas been Highway Commissioner one term. He is\\nnow Director of hirs school district.\\nMr. Tombs was married March\\nV^\\n1S70, to Jennie\\nSly\\nc\\nI\\n--ii!i:- :nii\\n-^^\u00e2\u0082\u00acS^\\n.3", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "||k/^\u00c2\u00ae^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^#-\\n^^ia7- -Sr\\nISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\n^1^ A., daugliter of Daniel and Alniira A. (Munson) Ride-\\nnour. She was born Oct. 12, 1852, in Brighton\\nTownship, Clinton Co., Mich. Ada Almira, born\\nSept. 17, 1873, and Minnie Alta, born March 22,\\n1878, are the children now included in the family\\ncircle.\\nffp^^eter Gruber, farmer at Salt River, Coe\\n5 E^ Township, is a son of John and Catherine\\nm\\nA-^j and was born in Northampton Co., Pa., Dec.\\n)i^ followed farming in that county\\n1 till the spring of 1867, when he came to Isa-\\nbella County and bought 160 acres in Coe Township.\\nHe has since disposed of 40 acres, and has now\\nabout 45 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Clarion Co., Pa., June 27, 183S,\\nto Lydia Machnay, and has had five children, Cathe-\\nrine, John E., Fietta, Mary E. and Jacob M. Mrs.\\nG. died March 11, 1853.\\nPolitically, Mr. Gruber is a Democrat.\\n-fe-^\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nft;ames Swindlehurst, farmer, section 26,\\nJ^^Si! Isabella Township, is a native of Canada,\\nli :3 where, hi Peterborough Co., Ont., he was\\nborn July 10, 1851. He lived on the paren-\\n^r tal homestead, assisting in the maintenance of\\nthe family and attending the common schools,\\nuntil he reached the age of manhood, in 1872. On\\narriving at that age, Mr. S. came to this State and\\nlocated at Evart, Osceola Co., where he remained\\nfor a short time, and then came to this county. He\\npurchased 80 acres of unimproved land in Isabella\\nTownship, on section 26, and entered on the labo-\\nrious though pleasant task of improving the same.\\nHis purchase consisted all of wild land, and yet so\\nstrong was his faith in the future development of the\\nc;ounty, that he threw all his energy into the work of\\nclearing and imjiroving his land and establishing a\\nhome for self and family, and now has 60 acres of his\\nfarm in a good state of cultivation. His neat resi-\\ndence was built in 1876, and his commodious barn\\nwas erected in 1874.\\nMr. Swindlehurst was united in marriage, June, 7,\\nt\\ng* j?\u00c2\u00bb-\\n1877, to Miss Hester A., daughter of Henry and\\nBellmira (Manning) Yuger, natives of Ontario, Can.,\\nwhere, in Middlesex County, Hester was born July\\n8, i860. When 17 years of age, she came to this\\ncounty and he resided until her marriage.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of four\\nchildren, namely: Alice B., born April 5, 1879;\\nThomas, Aug. 25, 1880; James, Jan. 29, 1882, and\\nWilliam, Nov. 9, 1883. Politically, Mr. S. is a Re-\\npublican and he and wife both incline toward the\\ndoctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n-fcj;( \u00c2\u00abN?jharIes K. Mitchell, farmer, section 11,\\ni l ite^ Nottawa Township, is a son of Charles K.\\n^i^ and Harriet W. {lu-c Peabody) Mitchell, the\\nfill? former a native of Massachusetts, and the\\nr latter of New Hampshire. The father died\\nSept. 12, 1869, and the mother is still living, in\\nMontcalm County, this State.\\nThe subject of our biography was born in Merri-\\nmac, Hillsborough Co., N. H., Sept. 22, 1832. He\\nlived under the parental roof-tree, assisting in the\\nmaintenance of the family until he attained the age\\nof 18 years, when he went forth amid the trials and\\ntroubles of life to battle against vicissitude alone.\\nHe first went to Lorain Co., Ohio, where he remained\\ntwo years, and then removed to Monroe County, this\\nState. He remained in the latter county about six\\nmonths, and then went to Ionia, Ionia County, at\\nwhich place he was variously occupied for about one\\nyear. He then removed to Montcalm County, where\\nhe followed farming and lumbering until 1861. He\\nwas for a short time in Monroe Co., Mich., and then\\nwent to Wood Co., Ohio, where he enlisted in the\\nUnited States service the following year. He re-\\nturned to Monroe County after his military service,\\nand managed a store for six months. Removing to\\nLucas Co., Ohio, he was similarly engaged for two\\nyears. He lived the next four years in Montcalm\\nCounty; then a little over four years in Iowa; and\\nFeb. 13, 1 87 8, he located where since has been his\\nhome.\\nMr. Mitchell was united in marriage Sept. 22,\\n1858, near Greenville, Montcalm County, with Miss\\nPamelia, daughter of Shubael and Clara (Hills)\\nConant, both natives of Connecticut. The former is\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "466\\nISABELLA\\nm\\nif\\nliving in Montcalm County, this State, five miles\\nfrom Greenville, and the mother died Sept. 17, 1880.\\nMrs. Mitchell was born Jan. i, 1838, and is the\\nT mother of five children born to her husband, as fol-\\nlows: Charles S., March 21, 1861 Clara E., Nov. 4,\\n1866; George C, Sept. 14, 1869; Letta A., April 29,\\n1878; Willie A., July 4, 1880.\\nMr. Mitchell was a soldier in the late war, enlist-\\ning Aug. 2, 1862, at Tontogany, Wood Co., Ohio, in\\nthe 1 8th U. S. Inf., and served for two years, seven\\nmonths and seven days. He participated in the\\nbattles in which Gen. Sherman s army engaged dur-\\ning its march from Chattanooga to Atlanta. He was\\nin Gen. Thomas corps, and at the battle of Altanta,\\nGa., Aug. 7, 1864, was wounded in the arm by a\\nshell, that broke the bone and necessitated the ampu-\\ntation of the arm, which was done on the 15 th of the\\nsame month the battle was fought. He received his\\ndischarge March 9, 1865, in consequence of his dis-\\nability.\\n/7S Mr. Mitchell has a fine farm of 120 acres on sec-\\ni=i tion II, Nottawa Township, 40 acres of which arc\\nwell improved. Politically, he is an adherent of the\\n=3 principles of the Democratic party, and lias held the\\noffice of School Director of his district.\\nCOUNTY.\\ni=\\n-Lj\\n_i__A-\\nSS-\\nill ev. James J. McCarthy, resident Priest of\\nthe Parish of St. Charles, at Mt. Pleasant,\\ni\\\\^^ was born Dec. 28, 1854, at Pittsburg, Pa., and\\n*o is the son of John and Rese (Tracey) Mc-\\nCarthy. He was educated in the common\\nschools until he was 16 years old, when he\\nwas placed at St. Michael s Seminary, near Pittsburg,\\nto begin his preparation for the priesthood. He\\nstudied there six years, and went thence to St. Vin-\\ncent s Seminary, in Westmoreland Co., Pa., where he\\nwas a student tliree years. He received tonsure and\\nminor orders, also sub-deaconship from the Bishop at\\nthe cathedral in Pittsburg, and afterwards was or-\\n4 dained deacon, and received priest s orders at Sand-\\n^F wich College, Ontario.\\nfv In September, 1879, he came to Mt. Pleasant to\\nassume charge of the parish in which he has since\\nofficiated, including now about 150 families. He is\\nr the first permanent priest established over the Church\\nat this point, and his field of labors extends over a\\nconsiderable territory, including a Church in Seville,\\nGratiot County, comprising about 50 families, a mis-\\nsion at St. Louis of 25 families, one in Nottawa\\nTownship, of 45 families, and a station in the town-\\nship of Vernon, where the membership comprises\\nabout 40 families. At Mt. Pleasant, Nottawa and\\nSt. Louis there are fine church edifices. That in\\nNottawa was erected in the summer of 1883, and\\nthat at St. Louis was purchased in the same season.\\nThe multifarious labors of Father McCarthy crowd\\nhis time and make heavy draught upon his strength\\nand endurance, while his charges are rapidly growing\\nin membership, especially at Mt. Pleasant, where the\\nbuilding of a fine, large brick church is contemplated.\\nartin M. Ryerson, farmer, section 24,\\nColdwater Township, was born May 5,\\n1833, in Sussex Co., N. J., and is the son\\nof Peter and Elizabeth (Farber) Ryerson.\\nHis parents were natives of the same State, and\\nthere they spent their lives. The mother died\\nin 1847, and the father married again three years\\nlater.\\nMr. Ryerson was under the care and guidance of\\nhis father until he was 17 years of age, when he went\\nto learn the carpenter s trade with his brother. The\\nlatter removed in 1850 to Huron Co., Ohio, accom-\\npanied by his brother, George. He completed his\\napprenticeship, and just previous to his attaining the\\nage of 21 years, he began the pursuit of his trade in\\nhis own behalf, which he followed until the outbreak\\nof the rebellion. The issues of the contest engaged\\nhis interest, and awakened his patriotism, and he re-\\nsolved to enroll himself among the defenders of his\\ncountry s flag. He enlisted July 2, 1863, in Co. H,\\n88th Ohio Inf., and was mustered out July 3, 1865.\\nThe command was assigned to the department of the\\nOhio in the Western Army, the regimental head-\\ni|uarters being at Columbus and Cincinnati, where it\\nwas on provost and guard duty during the entire\\nperiod of Mr. Ryerson s service.\\nIn October, after receiving his discharge, he came\\nto Lenawee Co., Mich., where he purchased 40 acres\\nof land jialf a mile from the village of Addison, where\\nhe worked two years at his trade and carried on agri-\\nv9\\nc-o:\\nV\\nc", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "TflA cy^ ^/^//fe^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "eVC Illl ^OIlf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2S(s^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\nculture. In 1867 he came to Coldwater Township,\\nwhere he established a homestead claim of 80 acres\\non section 26. He remained about seven years on\\nthat property, sold out and purchased 80 acres on\\nsection 30, Gilmore, which is now the property of Mr.\\nBrubaker, to whom he sold the place a year later.\\nHe then rented a farm of his son-in-law, which he\\nmanaged two years. In 1878 he rented 80 acres of\\nland on section 24, Coldwater, leasing the same for\\nfive years. At the expiration of four years, in the\\nfall of 1882, he bought the place, of which 35 acres\\nare now improved. He served as Township Treas-\\nurer three terms from the organization of the town-\\nship.\\nMr. Ryerson was married Dec. 21, 1852, to Har-\\nriet Isabella Vantine. She was born July 17, 1834,\\nin Huron Co., Ohio, and is the daughter of Charles\\nand Mindwell (Hurlbert) Vantine. Her mother died\\nOct. 22, 1867, in Lenawee Co., Mich. Five of the\\nchildren born of the marriage of Mr. Ryerson are\\nliving; five are deceased. The following is their\\nrecord: Ann Elizabeth, born May 9, 1854, married\\nHanford Roberts, Sept. 4, 1872, and died Sept. 2,\\n1877; Charles Melville, born Sept. 24, 1855, died\\nMarch 10, 1859; Mina Isabella, born Jan. 10, 1858,\\ndied Sept. 13, 1861; Frances Jane, born Oct. 11,\\n1859, married Sylvester Hammond March 6, 1876;\\nElsie May, born July 4, 1861, married Andrew Hill,\\nNov. 30, 1879; Florence A., born May 3, 1863, mar-\\nried Charles E. Wilcox, July 14, 1880; Mary Belle,\\nborn June 18, 1866, died Feb. 12, 1867; Willie A.,\\nborn Jan. 2, 1868, died July 15, 1875; Milo Elmer,\\nMay 13, 1870; Clara Helen, July 6, 1872.\\n(^d flli^ illiam T. Whitney, of the firm of Russell\\nWhitney, at Mt. Pleasant, and County\\nSu[)erintendent of the Poor, was born Dec.\\n17, 1838, in Hopewell Township, Ontario\\nCo., N. Y. He is a son of Benjamin and\\nI Caroline (Hall) Whitney, who were born re-\\nspectively in Vermont and New York. His father\\nwas a blacksmith by trade, and later in life became\\na farmer, which calling he pursued until his death,\\nwhich occurred in the State of New York. The\\nmother resides at Salt River in Isabella County.\\nMr. Whitney was brouglit up on his father s farm.\\nrr^,\\ni:\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n^D!i:^:\\nand in 1858 he and his uncle, John F. Hall, bought\\na saw-mill in Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y. After\\ncontinuing the management of this two years, they\\nsold out and Mr. Whitney went to Mason Co., 111.,\\nwhere he operated six months as a farm assistant.\\nAfterwards he went to Cambria Township, Hillsdale\\nCo., Mich., and engaged as a builder until the second\\ncall for troops in the war of the Rebellion. He en-\\nlisted Aug. 6, 1862, in Co. D, i8th Mich Vol. Inf.,\\nCapt. C. B. Van Valer. Mr. Whitney served with\\nhis regiment in all the service for which it was de-\\ntailed and was iii action in several skirmishes. He\\nwas in the detachment which left Decatur Sept. 24,\\n1864, to reinforce the garrison at Athens. The com-\\nmand included 231 officers and men. When within\\ntwo miles of Athens they were attacked by a reiiel\\nforce under Gen. Forrest, and, after five hours des-\\nperate fighting and pushing toward the fortifications at\\nAthens, they surrendered, as the fort was in the pos-\\nsession of the rebels. A few of the command escaped,\\nthe remainder were captured, killed or wounded.\\nMr. Whitney was among the latter and received four\\ngunshot wounds, in his right leg, abdomen, right\\nfore-arm and left lower leg. He was wholly disabled\\nand was finally discharged from Harper s Hospital,\\nDetroit, May 2, 1865, when he returned to Hillsdale\\nCounty.\\nIn the spring of 1866 Mr. Whitney came to Mt.\\nPleasant, where, in company with his brother, C. C.\\nWhitney, he engaged as a builder until 1870. After\\nthat date he was variously occupied. He was the\\nproprietor of the Whitney Exchange Hotel in 1882-3\\nand has since operated in insurance and other light\\nbusiness. In January, 1884, he formed his present\\nassociation with F. Russell, and the firm are trans-\\nacting insurance business. Mr. Whitney has never\\nrecovered from the severity of his injuries received\\nin his country s service. Besides the duties of his\\nofficial trust as Superintendent of the Poor, he his\\ndischarging the obligations of the offices of Secre-\\ntary of the Village Hoard, Village Clerk, and Clerk of\\nUnion Township. He was Township Treasurer in\\n1879-80. He is a member of Lodge No. 217,1. O.\\nO. F., at Mt. Pleasant, and belongs to Wabon\\nLodge, No. 305, Chapter No. iii,R. A. M., and\\nmember of Wabon Post, No. 250, G. R.\\nTlie marriage of Mr. Wiiitney wiili Selinda M.\\nFry occurred Sept. 2, 185S, at Farmington, Ontario\\nV^\\nr\\n1=3\\n4\\nfo^-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nt\\nCo., N. Y. She was born Jan. 17, 1841, in Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., and is a daughter of Obadiah and Luna\\nFry. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nWhitney, three of whom are deceased Isabel, Hiram\\nB. and Walter. William B. is a printer in Coburg,\\nCan. Irving E. and Walhice remain with tlieir par-\\neiits.\\nThe portrait of Mr. U liitney is presented on\\nanother page. It will prove a substantial addition to\\nthe collection of portraits of representative men in\\nIsabella County.\\nJ\\nV\\nr^\\nzra P. Plowman, farmer on section 32, Coe\\n^^jij Township, is a son of William T. and\\nMary A. (Potts) Plowman, natives of the\\nState of New York, and was born in Oakland\\nCo., Mich., Oct. 15, 1834. At the age of seven,\\nhe went with his parents to Clinton County,\\nwhere he developed into manhood, securing a limited\\nEnglish education.\\nIn the fall of 1S54 he came to this county and\\nbought 160 acres in Coe Township, where he now re-\\nsides. He has since sold 40 acres, and of the re-\\nmainder 90 acres are under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Gratiot County, March 3, 1857,\\nto Barbara L., daughter of Joseph and Martha (Mc-\\nKee) Brady, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. P. was\\nborn in Wyandot Co., Ohio, May 20, 1840, and\\ncame to this county with her parents in 1855. Hav-\\ning no family of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Plowman\\nhave cared for and reared three children,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 William\\nSmall, Salem V.. Richardson and Louisa M. Gifford.\\nMr. P. has held the office of Highway Commissioner\\nseveral terms. Politically, he is independent, but he\\ngenerally supports the Rei)ulilican party.\\n|Fk jJ ||b illiam H. Gaumer, farmer, section 22,\\n4^^^^ Coldwater Township, was born May 15,\\nm SSr ^5\u00c2\u00b0 State of Pennsylvania, county of\\nLehigh. His parents, Isaac and Mary D.\\n(Mctz) Gaumer, were born respectively in Penn-\\nsylvania and New Jersey. They came to Mich-\\nigan in April, 1855, and settled in Oakland County,\\nwhere the father was a renter until 1865, when he\\nremoved his family and interests to St. John s, Clin-\\nton Co., Mich., and rented farms in that vicinity\\nuntil 1869.\\nIn that year, Mr. Gaumer came to Isabella County\\nand entered a homestead claim of 80 acres in the\\ntownship of Coldwater, which he made his residence\\nand lived upon about six years, when he exchanged\\nfarms with his father, who owned 80 acres on section\\n22. On this he resided about eight years, when he\\nsold out and about a year afterward he bought 18\\nacres on section 22, where he has since lived. In\\nthe year 1877, Mr. Gaumer went to Denver, setting\\nout on the first day of January. He returned July\\n28, 1877, and, during his absence, was engaged in\\ncarpentry at Ballarat and Jamestown, excepting a\\nfew days, when he was employed in the Smuggler\\nmine at Ballarat.\\nMr. Gaumer was married June 19, 1873, to So-\\nphronia A., daughter of William F. and Lozina\\n(Decker) Baker. She was born Aug. 30, 1853. Four\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gaumer,\\nas follows: Edna A., Sept. 7, 1875; Mattie S., May\\n3, 1877 (died Feb. 21, 1883); Charles E., March 18,\\n1880; William T., Sept. 30, 1883.\\nMr. Gaumer is a Republican in political faith. His\\nfather died April 13, 1879, in Coldwater Township,\\nand his mother resides with her daughter, Mrs. Jesse\\nE. Forbes.\\names Tubbs, proprietor of the Loomis\\nHouse, at IvOomis (Wise Township), was\\nborn in Chemung Co., N. Y., March 22,\\n181 2. His parents, Lebbeus and Hannah\\n(Matthews) Tubbs, were natives of Orange Co.,\\nN. Y. After their marriage they settled in\\nChemung Co., N. Y., where they passed the remain-\\ning portion of their lives. The father died July 29,\\n1843; the mother died about 1853.\\nMr. Tubbs has been an agriculturist during the\\ngreater part of his active life. He was a resident of\\nhis native county until he was 32 years of age. In\\nMay, 1S44, he settled in Oakland Co., Midi., where he\\nrented different farms for a period of four years, after\\nwhich he removed to Genesee Co., Mich., and set-\\ntled upon 160 acres of wild land. He spent 16 years\\nI\\nA\\nc\\nK", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "il\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27 ^llll^llllv\\nTTT-\\nV\\ni\\nV\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nZ^^^\\nin its improvement, and at the end of that time sold\\nout and made another transfer to Oakland County.\\nHe bought 240 acres of land in the township of\\nHighland, and resided thereon until the spring of\\n1869, when he again disposed of his property and\\nremoved to Fentonville, Genesee Co., Mich. He was\\nin impaired health, and he spent one year in that\\nvillage in comparative idleness to regain health and\\nstrength. In the spring of 1871, he purchased a\\nhotel in Holly, Oakland County, which he retained\\nand managed nearly two years. He again sold out,\\nand in the fall of 1873 he came to Isabella County\\nand became the proprietor of the hotel which he is\\nnow conducting, and which is the most prominent\\npublic house in Looniis. In regard to national affairs,\\nhe is a Democrat, and cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor Andrew Jackson.\\nMr. Tubbs was first married in his native county,\\nin December, 1833, to Charlotte Bailey, a native of\\nthe same county. She bore him four children\\nRobert B Melinda, Fletcher and Alice G. The\\nsecond named died when she was 24 years old. The\\nmother died A])ril 17, 1865, in Oakland County. Mr.\\nTubbs was again married, in the last named county,\\nAug. 8, 1866, to Jeannette Maxwell. She was born\\nJan. ri, 1834, of Scotch ancestry. Mrs. Tubbs is a\\nlady of more than ordinary educational attainments,\\nand was a successful and popular teacher of Oakland\\nCounty, where she taught 17 terms of school.\\n^f K3.^-,harles T. Russell, Prosecuting Attorney of\\nt)l|^a|i^ Isabella County, was born May 17, 1853,\\nilj^ in Grand Ledge, Eaton Co., Mich. John\\nwfe W. Russell, his father, was born Aug. 24, 181 9,\\ny^ in Oneida Co., N. Y., of English ancestry. He\\nwas married in 1 841, to Sophronia L. Camp-\\nbell, a native of Canandaigua Co., N. Y., where she\\nwas born in 1820, of Scotch [larenlage. Their fam-\\nily included seven sons, two of whom became soldiers\\nfor the Union. Edwin O. and James Franklin, the\\ntwo eldest, enlisted in the Seventh Mich. Cav. The\\nlatter died May 10, 1865, of disease contracted in\\nthe army. He was 19 years old, and passed througli\\nmuch arduous service under Gen. Sheridan in the\\nvalley of the Shenandoah and elsewhere. John VV.\\nRussell was, in point of fact, the founder of Grand\\nLedge, where he settled about the year 1844. Among\\nhis first acts was the erection of a saw-mill, and he\\nbuilt the first dam across Grand River. He has\\nalways been a man of activity and enterprise, and\\nidentified with the progress of the place. He owns\\na valuable estate of 280 acres near Grand Ledge,\\nwhere he resides; and he is 66 years old. Calvin C,\\nOliver E., J. Newton and Fred are the names of his\\nother sons.\\nMr. C. T. Russell is the sixth son of his par-\\nents. He was a student in the district scliools, and\\nafterwards studied at the High School in Grand\\nLedge. He decided on the profession of law for his\\nvocation in life, and on leaving school he engaged in\\nteaching winters and reading law summers. He\\npassed three years in this manner, and was admitted\\nto practice in the State Courts of Michigan, at Char-\\nlotte, Eaton County, Oct. 15, 1877. He came to Mt.\\nPleasant, where he opened his office for practice,\\nApril 25, 1878.\\nHe has met with gratifying success, and has at-\\ntained some notoriety through his connection with y^\\nnoted cases, among which was the trial of Joseph\\nBucher, at Harrison, Clare County, for murder, in\\nwhich case he was associated with H. H. Graves.\\nThe following journalistic comments on the man-\\nagement and outcome of this celebrated trial, will\\npresent a better exhibit of the forensic abilities of\\nMr. Russell than later records can do, as they were\\ncotemporary and the public interest in the case was\\nat the time intense.\\nThe Mt. Pleasant Tribune said Chas. T. Rus-\\nsell, as counsel for the defense in the case of People\\nvs. Bucher, made one of the most eloquent argu-\\nments to which we have ever listened. He is a law-\\nyer of rare promise, and we predict for him a brilliant\\nfuture.\\nSaginaw Courier Mr. Charles Russell, one of the\\ndefendant s counsel, argued the law points lo Judge\\nHart, in which he showed great fiimiliarity with his\\nsubject. His brief was very exhaustive, exhibiting\\nextensive research among voluminous legal matter.\\nIf the defendant is not acquitted, it will not be the\\nfault of his counsel, who have not left a stone un-\\nturned that would work to the defendant s benefit.\\nMr. Russell is a young man, and though not long in\\npractice, is fast climbing to the top round of the lad-\\nof the Bar of Isabella County.\\nOther notes: They secured for their client a dis-\\nV)\\nt\\nf^^\\n.^^i^^\\nm\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.r ^yr^\\n-^s^:^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "#t^f1^\\n472\\n(Oj\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(J^\\nagreementof the jury, and he was never convicted.\\nMr. Russell s argument to the jury was a striking\\nexhibit of his character as a man. His position was\\nthat of a defender of the general principle of human\\nrights, and that every accused person is presumably\\ninnocent until conclusively proved guilty; and he\\nargued with distinguished ability on the essentials\\nto crime and the necessity of integrity in the evi-\\ndence where so great a iiuestion as human liberty is\\ninvolved.\\nIn 1880, Mr. Russell was appointed Village Attor-\\nney, and in 1881 accepted the position of Village\\nPresident. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\non the Democratic ticket by a majority of 267 votes,\\na most flattering result, as the district is strongly\\nRepublican. The vote on the village ticket of Mt.\\nPleasant was Republican, and Mr. Russell was the\\nonly successful nominee on the Democratic ticket.\\nHe has been the incumbent of numerous minor\\nofficial positions. He is a member of the Order of\\nOdd Fellows at Mt. Pleasant.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Russell to Nettie M. White\\noccurred March 22, 1882, at Burlington, Vt. She was\\nborn at Duxbury, Vt., March 8, 1853, and is a\\ndaughter of Walter H. and Lestina White. One\\nchild\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Ruby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell,\\nFeb. 10, 1883. Mr. White was born in Vermont,\\nMarch 8, 1823, and has been a prominent farmer\\nand active politician of Chittenden County many\\nyears. He was a member of the Assembly of the\\nGreen Mountain State in the years 1878-9. His\\nwife was born in Duxbury, Vt., March 31, 1S33.\\nCerritt Leonard (deceased), farmer on\\nsection 22, Coc Township, was born in\\nT^ Greene Co., Pa., Aug. 21, 181 8, and was\\nij^ \\\\\\\\X^ the son of Lot and Elizabeth Leonard, na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania. He practiced his pro-\\nfession (medicine) in the Keystone State until\\nDecember, 1869, when he came with his family to\\nIsabella County and bought 120 acres in Coe Town-\\nship, on which he resided until his death, which oc-\\ncurred Jan. 18, 1871.\\nHe was married in Washington Co., Pa., May i,\\n185 1, to Jane, daughter of William and Martha\\n(Clark) Dickerson, natives of Pennsylvania. Mrs.\\nL. was born in Washington, Pa., May 25, 1826. To\\nthis marriage six children were born, four of whom\\nsurvive: William D., Orlando A., Leroy B. and\\nLizzie M. Lot L. and an infant are deceased.\\n\u00c2\u00abv\\nV\\nIbert A. Shaver, dealer in furniture, under-\\ntaker, and Treasurer of Clare County, re-\\nsides at Clare, near the Isabella County line.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jiaT He was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., Sept. 17,\\nif 1840, the sou of Lewis and Sarah (Chapman)\\nShaver, natives of New England and of Eng-\\nlish-German descent. The father died in Gratiot\\nCounty, this State, in 1879; the mother resides with\\nMr. Shaver at Clare.\\nThe subject of this sketch came with his parents\\nto Emerson Township, Gratiot Co., Mich., in 1856,\\nand lived there until Sept. 13, 1862. On that date\\nhe enlisted in Co. D, 26th Mich. Vol. Inf and his\\ncommand was assigned to the Army of the Potomac,\\nunder Gen. Hancock. On the last day s fight in the\\nWilderness he was wounded in the left hip by a\\nminie-ball. He also fought at Petersburg and on\\nthe South-Side Railroad, of Virginia, where he was C\\nagain wounded, a bullet passing through the liver\\nand kidney. At the time he received this second\\nwound he was color-bearer of his regiment. From\\nthese two injuries he was in hospital 13 months.\\nHe was discharged July 24, 1865, after an honorable\\nservice of about three years.\\nReturning to Gratiot County, he lived at home two\\nyears, during which time he was married to Ellen\\nMuscott, a native of Gratiot County, where she was\\nborn April 9, 1849. After marriage, he resided on a\\nfarm in Gratiot County until 187 i, when he came to\\nClare. Here he worked at carpentry, which trade\\nhe had learned after leaving the army. He built the\\nfirst house in Clare, camping out under a large elm\\ntree while at work on the same. In August, 1879,\\nhe entered upon his present business with a stock of\\nii!ii,2oo, which is now increased to $5,000. He does\\nan annual business of $6,000.\\nMr. S. is Trustee of the Congregational Church,\\nof which he and wife are active members. He has\\nP\\nm:^\\n^2!if/\\\\%^Lm\\n^l\\nH\\nA-c^\\nJSs^\\ntyst:2", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "^cJ,\\nU^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "T2^ Jrvi\\nT\\nh v\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Xi^C\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n*^5\\n-S\\nV\\nbeen School Assessor, and for six years Treasurer.\\nIn 1879 he was Supervisor, and the following year\\nhe was elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nnow holds. In politics, he is a staunch Republican.\\nWfnW i^li^ Brown, attorney, banker, and\\nM l^Jq i lumberman, residing at Mt. Pleasant, was\\nJ^^r^ born in the city of New York, June 24,\\nJJ$^^ 1849. His parents, James and Sarah (Wales)\\nI3J Brown, belong to the race known and com-\\nl, prehended distinctively as Scotch-Irish. The\\nfather was connected with lumbering interests in the\\nmetropolis of the Empire State, and about the year\\n1852 removed his family and interests to Zilwaukee,\\nSaginaw Co., Mich. Two years later they went to a\\nfarm in Richland Township, where the family now\\nreside.\\nMr. Brown s mother is one of that class of women\\nwhom no pen can adequately portray to whom\\nmotlierhood brings a sense of responsibility which\\ncan never be obliterated; whose duties can never be\\nwholly discharged while life continues, and whose\\nbest praise is that her children arise up and call\\nher blessed. Reverses might hamper choice in the\\nmethod of the training of her sons in such a mother,\\nbut her purpose to guide them in proper avenues\\ncould be affected by no circumstances, and she\\nmolded them from their earliest years by her quiet\\nbut inflexible personal influence. She felt that, in\\nthis country, the empire of mind must be the only\\nobject worthy of aspiration, and she sacrificed every-\\nthing to obtain for her children the opportunities and\\nadvantages she herself was powerless to supply.\\nThe son, who is the subject of this sketch, was,\\neven in his early boyhood, a boy with a purpose.\\nAlthough so young, he had developed an eager taste\\nfor knowledge which to the observant, vigilant moth-\\ner seemed certain to lead him to the results she so\\nearnestly desired for him and when the family left\\nSaginaw he became the protege of the Hon. Aniasa\\nRust, of Saginaw, from whom and his family he re-\\nceived the kindest aid and encouragement. He paid\\nhis way by manual labor in the intervals of school,\\nand made marked progress. He obtained odd jobs\\nof employment and saved his earnings until he ac-\\nquired a sufficient sum to defray his expenses while\\nattending the High School in the city of Saginaw,\\nwhere he was a pupil one year, during which he\\nmastered every branch of study taught in the school\\nand passed a most creditable examination before he\\nhad attained the age of i 2 years.\\nYoung as he was, his active mind had been thor-\\noughly aroused by the events which preceded the ad-\\nvent of civil war and when matters culminated in\\nthe assault on Fort Sumter he sought with eagerness\\nan avenue where he could e.xert his small strength\\nand effort in behalf of the Republic. He became a\\ndrummer boy and continued to serve in that capacity\\nthroughout the entire course of the contest. He en-\\nrolled Oct. 16, 1861, in Saginaw City, in Co. B, Mich.\\nVol. Inf under Capt. Charles H. Richmond. He\\nwas under fire through most of the prominent en-\\ngagements in whicli his regiment was involved.\\nPerhaps the most remarkable fact in the career of\\nMr. Brown was the indomitable purpose of his boy-\\nhood, to which he adhered without change or shadow\\nof turning. The incidents and events of camp life,\\nfilled with thrilling novelty and calculated to interest\\nand absorb a keen, ambitious mind, never caused\\nhim to waver in the pursuit of knowledge, to which\\nhe devoted every leisure moment and which instiga-\\nted in him a frugality which resulted in the saving of\\nevery dollar of his earnings. At the termination of\\nthe war he had accumulated sufficient money to en-\\nable him to obtain a university education, to which\\nhe had looked forward as the acme of his youthful\\nambitions and aspirations. He matriculated at an\\neducational institution at Rochester and was gradu-\\nated there with all the honors for which he had so\\nassiduously labored and so laudably craved with all\\nthe desire of a strong, young soul, full of the aspira-\\ntions of a noble nature, guided by a judgment and\\nfirmness of character which would have graced men\\nof maturity and experience. His constant and unre-\\nmitting efforts resulted in the temporary loss of his\\nsight, and he came back to Detroit in darkness, under\\nthe care of a personal friend. Rest and the best\\nmedical skill proved effective, and one of his first\\nefforts after his recovery consisted in making an ex-\\ntended tour through the northern portion of Mich-\\nigan, in company with the friend and patron of his\\nboyhood. The route included Isabella County, then\\nin an unbroken state of nature, which he traversed\\nand observed with interest without even an intuition\\nV\\ni\\nc\\nt^^Si\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0e^^e^\\ni^nD\\nf^^^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "476\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(b\\ni\\nthat it would constitute the scene of the efforts of his\\nlater years.\\nOn his return to Saginaw he entered the employ of\\nthe Hon. D. H. Jerome as book-keeper, a position\\nwhich he filled with such marked ability and integrity\\nas to secure the entire respect and confidence of the\\ndistinguished gentleman in whose interests he acted.\\nHe refused a liberal offer for further services in a\\nposition of advancement to attend the University of\\nMichigan at Ann Arbor. He had lost a large pro-\\nportion of the money he had saved for his education,\\nthrough the misfortunes of a friend to whom he had\\nmade a temporary loan; but, instead of yielding to\\nthe weight of the disaster, he found in it only the in-\\ncentive to greater effort. He endured absolute pen-\\nury during his collegiate course, and through the\\nclosing days subsisted on the most meager fare. He\\nwas graduated with honor and soon after entered the\\noffice of the Attorney General of Michigan, the Hon.\\nDwight May, at Kalamazoo, being specially recom-\\nmended by the University faculty for the [wsition.\\nThe quality of his services may be readily estimated\\nby the fact that he was soon entrusted with the most\\nimportant business pertaining to the office, even to\\nthe preparation and argument of State cases in the\\nSupreme Court, and that he received special official\\ncommendation from the Attorney General.\\nOn the termination of his connection with the\\noffice of the Attorney General, Mr. Brown returned\\nto Saginaw and began his career as an attorney, de-\\nvoting himself especially to a class of cases for which\\nhis character and peculiar abilities eminently fitted\\nhim, and of which the state of affairs in Isabella\\nCounty were in extreme need. The interests of the\\nnon-resident land-holders were in the utinost peril\\nfrom the manipulations of a variety of rascals, whom\\nFederal institutions seem powerless to eradicate, and\\nwhose business is the direct outcrop of the mal-\\nfeasance in office which has left indelible stains\\nupon the escutcheon of the Republic. To the honest\\nefforts and clear-sightedness of Mr. Brown, is Isa-\\nbella County indebted more than to any other one\\nindividual for the peerless condition of her municipal\\naffairs.\\nIn 1872 he established his legal practice at Mt.\\nPleasant. In 1873 he was compelled by the colossal\\nproportions of his office business to divide its labors,\\nand he associated with himself John C. Leaton, un-\\nder the style of Brown Leaton, one of the most\\nprominent legal relations of this section of Michigan\\nand well-known from its connection with imjiortant\\nlocal litigation.\\nMr. Brown has achieved signal success as a busi-\\nness man, and has displayed the same acumen in his\\ninvestments as in his other efforts through life. He\\nis the owner of several thousand acres of land rated\\namong the most valuable in Isabella County. He\\nhas made his purchases from some of the most prom-\\ninent lumber firms in Northern Michigan and has ac-\\ncomplished substantial results in lumbering opera-\\ntions in his own behalf.\\nIn the local interests of his township, village and\\ncounty, Mr. Brown has been and is an invaluable\\nfactor. He operates on the basis of a truly wise man,\\nwho recognizes the fact that the furtherance of gen-\\neral interests pays largest to the promoter, while his\\nunselfishness and disinterestedness are unmistakably\\nset forth. He has invariably shown himself ready to\\naid substantially in every project that seemed to hold\\na promise for his own or future generations. He has\\nnever held his lands as a monopolist, but has made\\na practice of offering the most liberal terms to actual\\nsettlers and affording means of improvement. His\\nmoral attitude is unblemished, and in his religious\\nconnections he is most consistent and tolerant. He\\nis a communicant of the Church of England, and one\\nof the most substantial testimonials to his liberality\\nand genuine Christian purpose is the elegant church\\nof the denomination in which he was born and bred\\nnear his residence at Mt. Pleasant, in the erection\\nand equipment of which he and his wife were chiefly\\ninstrumental. The inside of the beautiful building\\nis designed after a model on the estate of the Duke\\nof Devonshire, and is very elaborate without the least\\nattempt at ostentation.-\\nIn 1878 the only daughter of Gen. Dwight May\\nbecame the wife of Mr. Brown, and they celebrated\\ntheir marriage by an extended continental tour.\\nMrs. Btown is in every sense the counterpart of her\\nhusband. Cultured, well-bred, possessed of graces\\nand gifts of nature granted to few, she sheds the\\nluster of a perfect womanhood over the elegancies of\\nthe circumstances which surround her. In her social\\nrelations she is gracious and genial; in her domestic\\nlife she shines as nowhere else and a^ an earnest\\nChristian lady solicitous for the well-being of those\\nV^\\nA\\nC\\nT\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2K-^D!] :dd;", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "T2i?^ir^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^m^m^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n477\\naround her, she has no superior and few peers.\\nAmong other local matters with which her name and\\ninfluence are inseparably associated is tlie public\\nlibrary at Mt. Pleasant, of wliich she was for a long\\ntime the chief official.\\nThe home of Mr. Brown is that of a gentleman of\\ncultured taste and unaffected intelligence. Art and\\nliterature have contributed to its adornment and\\nvalue, and the mementoes of the foreign travels of\\nMr. Brown and his accomplished wife are everywhere\\nvisible. The collection of pictures is uniijue in this\\nI section, in rarity and notoriety the private library\\ncontains a large and choice selection from the best\\nauthors, and the law library of Mr. Brown is the most\\nextensive in Northern Michigan.\\nThe exact attitude of a man to his generation and his\\ninfluence in the community to which he belongs can\\nbe justly estimated from the stand-point of no other\\nman s prejudice or favor. Opinions differ as educa-\\ntion molds mentality, and experience teaches the bio-\\ngrapher to portray character from the standard of\\nmotive and achievement. Opportunity may serve\\nlargely in what one accomplishes, but the underlying\\nfact that a greater ability is necessary to the just com-\\nprehension and value of op[)ortunity is left out of\\nconsideration. If a man takes advantage of a chance\\nthat opens before him, he is comparatively insignifi-\\ncant in view of the opportunity being afforded. Ob-\\njects and sound are vain without the complements of\\nsight and hearing; but the comparative significance\\nis quite apparent, and the scope of the one unlimited\\nwhile the other is in a sense but the result of acci-\\ndent. The responsibility lies with those who fail to\\ntake advantage of the tide and move on to disaster,\\nwhile they who accept the flow at the opportune mo-\\nment, win its advantages and seem but the children\\nof prosperity. The fact that others fail, in no sense\\ndetracts from the merits of those who win. The re-\\nlations of Mr. Brown to Isabella County are such as\\nto render him prominent in his generation. His\\nbenefactions to the community of which he is a mem-\\nber are numberless, and in the majority of them he\\nis simply wise and provident. He exercises the ut-\\nmost discrimination and guides his operations with the\\nview of benefiting the greatest possible number. He\\nprefers to act untrammeled, and persistently refuses\\noffice, althougli repeatedly solicited to lend his name\\nfor positions which in themselves reflect honor upon\\nthe incumbent.\\n-^m^.\\nHe was nominated Sept. 7, 1882, to represent the\\n24th Senatorial District of Michigan, comprising the\\ncounties of Isabella, Midland, Clare and Gratiot, but\\ndeclined. The election was secure, as the Republi-\\ncan majority in the district was very large. Jan. i,\\n1883, the bank of Brown, Harris Co., was organ-\\nized, and the institution has since operated in the\\nfinancial avenues common to similar establishments\\nwith satisfactory results. Mr. Brown was elected the\\nVice-President and one of the Directors of the\\nLansing, Alma, Mt. Pleasant Northern Railroad,\\nand is a member of its Executive Committee. He\\nreceived election Feb. 5, subsequent to the incorpora-\\ntion of the road. The portrait of Mr. Brown appears\\non page 474.\\ng^Iijah Moore (deceased), late resident of\\nCoe Township, was born in Chautauiiua\\n-f^^ Co., N. Y., Jan. 27. i8r7, and is a son of\\ni!vL Elijah and Jane (Cazar) Moore, natives of Mas-\\nsachusetts, and of Puritan ancestry. The par-\\nJ ents were married in the Bay State, and\\njourneyed on horseback ficm Massachusetts to\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., where they lived until their\\ndeath, he dying Nov. ro, 1840, and she May 26,\\n1862. They reared seven children out of nine born\\nto them Rebecca, John, Isaac, Catherine, Elsie,\\nWalter, Elijah, Eben and Jane.\\nThe subject of this record was the fourth son. He\\nattended the common schools of his neighborhood\\nuntil n years old, and afterwards attended the acad-\\nemy at Mayville, in his native county, until 22\\nyears old. With this efficient preparation, he taught\\nschool with gratifying success for eight years at Nor-\\nwalk, Ohio, three years at Amherst, Ohio, and also\\nat other places, in all 52 terms. He was prominent\\nin public affairs when he lived in New York and\\nOhio, and held many offices. He was engaged at\\nvarious times in lecturing, and being possessed of a\\nmagnetic temperament, he always had complete con-\\ntrol of his audience. He was the owner of a fine\\nfarm of 250 acres in Chautauqua County, which he\\nsold in February, 1864, and came to Isabella County.\\nHe first bought 80 acres in what is now Salt River.\\nHe selected this land with the sole idea of founding\\na village, in which he succeeded. He also owned\\nc-o:", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "I\\n(51\\n5\\nV\\nS^\\n1 60 acres in different parts of the township of Coe.\\nHe was of a genial, hospitable disixjsition, and, with\\na desire to form the acquaintance of all the new\\ncomers in the neighborhood, he opened a hotel in a\\nlog house at Salt River, of the commodious dimen-\\nsions of 18 X 20 feet. This was often filled to over-\\nflowing with travelers. He afterwards put ui) a\\ngood house on the corner where a hotel is now kept\\nby W. H. Kinter, and had an extensive patronage.\\nHe kept a strictly temperance house.\\nHe platted what is now Salt River in September,\\n1866.\\nHe was married in Cliautau(iua Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n12, 1839, to Samantha, daughter of Robert and Betsy\\n(Crane) Wilkins, natives of Maine. She was born in\\nStockton, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., June 4, 181 9, and\\nbecame the mother of three daughters: Wealthy\\nM., Betsey and Alice. The first named is now the\\nwife of J. J. Upton, and the other two are deceased.\\nMr. Moore died at Salt River, Dec. 28, 1872, after\\na prosperous and useful life. His wife followed him\\nfrom this world of care May 2, 1880. He was a\\nmember of the Baptist Church, but was liberal in\\nhis views. Politically, he was a Democrat.\\nW^i\\ni#^a, jjQQQjj Q Brown, editor and proprietor of\\nthe A^orthwestern Tribune, published at\\nMt. Pleasant, was born in Clay Township,\\nKnox Co., Ohio, May i, 1825. He removed\\nwith his parents, when he was 12 years old, to\\nMarion Co., Ohio, where he resided until 1845.\\nDuring this time he was educated as a physician and\\nbegan the practice of his profession at Locke, Knox\\nCo., Ohio, in the year 1845. He removed in 1852\\nto Williams County in the Buckeye State, where he\\npursued his chosen vocation until 1864, when he en-\\nlisted as a soldier in the war for the Union. He was\\nin the service but a short time and was mustered out\\nFeb. I, 1864, on account of disability.\\nIn 1867, Mr. Brown was elected Journal Clerk of\\nthe Ohio House of Representatives. In the following\\nyear he removed to Gull Prairie, Isabella Co., Mich.\\nWhile a resident there he was elected Justice of the\\nPeace and continued to hold the incumbency of the\\nposition eleven successive years. He has served\\ntwo years as Cirouit-Court C omniissioner of Isabella\\nCounty, and in 1879 he was elected Clerk of the\\nJoint Committee on Taxation of the Legislature of\\nMichigan. During the same year he commenced\\nthe publication of the Northwesfeiti Tribune at Salt\\nRiver, and in March, 1881, he removed his interests\\nto Mt. Pleasant, where he is now engaged in prose-\\ncuting his journalistic enterprise.\\n(5;U raneis M. Hopkins, farmer, section 3, Deer-\\nj H|,?, field Township, is a son of Allen and Deli-\\ngp5 lah (Hodges) Hopkins, natives of the State\\n^j^ of New Jersey, who moved to this State and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^l settled in Ionia County in 1832, where our sub-\\ni ject was born March 24, 1854.\\nFrancis M. remained under the parental roof-tree,\\nassisting his father on the farm and attending the\\ncommon schools until he attained the age of man-\\nhood. He then went to Montcalm County and\\nremained 14 years, engaged in farming, and then\\nreturned to Ionia County. In the spring of 1880, Mr.\\nH. came to this county and settled on his present\\nfarm of 50 acres, 35 of which are in a good state of\\ncultivation. Mr. Hopkins was united in marriage,\\nAug. 21, 1870, with Barbara, daughter of George and\\nIsabella (Dawalt) Myers. The father is deceased\\nand the mother is still living, in Steuben Co., Ind.\\nMrs. Hopkins was born in Williams Co.,C)liio, March\\n20, 185 1.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hopkins are the parents of six chil-\\ndren, all of whom are living, and were born as follows\\nWm. W., Oct. 24, 1871; Jennie, Nov. i, 1873; Min-\\nnie, Aug. 30, 1875 Elmer E., Feb. 20, 1878; Mary\\nA., Jan. 19, 1881, and Frederick C, May 20, 1883.\\nMr. H. is an esteemed and respected citizen of his\\ntownship, and has held the offices of Township Col-\\nlector and Path Master, and several school offices.\\nebster T. Ross, farmer on section 23, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Wilbur and Rachel\\nj|^^ n C^ ^O K.OSS, natives of the State of New\\nS^ York, and was born in Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nNov. 13, 1827. When he was nine years\\nold, he removed with his parents to Lenawee\\nCounty, this State. There he lived until 1846, when\\nhe returned and spent 10 years in Ontario Co., N. 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Y., Nov. io\\n1850, to Eliza, daughter of James and Mary (Tower)\\nEddy, natives of the State of Vermont. She was\\nborn in Chili, iVIonroe Co., Mich., May 22, 1831.\\nFour children have blessed their marriage William\\nVV., Charles A., George E. and Mary E.\\nI Mr. Ross has been Township Superintendent of\\na Schools two years. Drain Commissioner two years,\\nSchool Inspector one year. School Assessor one year,\\nand School Director 12 years. He is an educational\\nman, and has taught school in Isabella, Gratiot and\\nMidland Counties 60 months. He is a Freemason,\\nand is politically a Republican.\\nVLQSi^(^^r\\n^^%(mi!t\\\\^\\nV\\nt\\n^JF^^g^dwin Eussell, farmer on section 19, Vernon\\nij g^Mj lj Township, is a son of Richard and Mary\\n5?x^y^ Ann (Walker) Russell. The parents were\\ntic natives of England, emigrated in 1855, and\\nI now reside in Simcoe Co., Can. The subject\\nj of tliis notice was born in Somersetshire, Eng.,\\nJan. 15, 1 841, and lived with his parents until 23\\nyears old. He came with them to America in 1848,\\nlanding at New York. He went thence to Quebec,\\nand tlien to Toronto. For four years he lived four\\nmiles from the latter city. He then moved about 100\\nmiles north of Toronto, to a place called Medonla,\\nwhere he lived 1 1 years. In 1864 he came to Sag-\\ninaw, this Slate, where he remained 15 years, engag-\\ned in lumbering and milling. In 1879 he removed to\\nIsabella County, where he had purchased liis present\\nfarm 01573 acres al)out 1868. He has industriously\\ncut off the pine and improved for cultivation about\\n250 acres. He built a fine house in 1882, and a barn\\nin i88t, at a cost of perhaps $7,000.\\nHe was married June 6, 1873, to Emily Love,\\ndaughter of Jacob and Anna (Root) Love. The par-\\nents are now residents of Tioga Co., Pa. Mrs. Rus-\\nsell was born July 10, 1841, in Lycoming Co., Pa., and\\nis the mother of the following three children Mary\\nAnn, born in Saginaw June 16, 1875; Edwin Lovell,\\nborn in Saginaw, June 4, 1877; and Joseph Adrian,\\nborn in Vernon Townsiiip, Oct. 21, 1880.\\nMr. Russell is in political affiliation a Republican.\\nHe has been Highway Commissioner one year, and\\nis a highly esteemed citizen of Vernon Township and\\nIsabella County.\\nWe take great pleasure in presenting the portraits\\nof both Mr. and Mrs. Russell in this Ai.iiUM, on pre-\\nceding pages.\\n4#\\ni\\n7it ^-rf\\nlil P fAf arvin D. Richardson, of the firm of F.\\ny rjJl J A. Stebbins Co., proprietors of the Ben-\\n1|^ nett House, Mt. Pleasant, is the son of\\n^WA Elias and Lucinda (Doud) Richardson, and\\nwas born m Royalton, Fulton Co., Ohio, June\\nI.I, 1838. Elias Richardson was born July 3,\\n1821, in Royalton, Niagara Co., N. Y. In 1836, in\\ncompany with five brothers and two brothers-in-law,\\nThomas, Butler, Hiram, Elisha and Martin Rich-\\nardson, and George Welsh and A. H. Henderson,\\nhe came to Ohio. They left Niagara County and\\ncame to the city of Detroit by water. They set out\\nthence for Lucas Co., Ohio, where they settled, each\\none entering a claim of 160 acres of land. They\\nestablished a township, which they named Royalton,\\nin memory of that they left, and which is now in\\nFulton County, then attached to Lucas County.\\nHiram Richardson is the only one of the brothers\\nwho is deceased, and all are living on the land of\\nwhich they were the original proprietors.\\nThe father of Mr. Richardson is the third son and\\nfourth ciiild of his parents. His wife is a native of\\nthe village of Cortland, N. Y., and was born Sept. 2,\\n1814. Their marriage occurred in Niagara Co.. N.\\nY. Their children were Melissa and Minerva\\n(twins), who were born May 26, 1836. The first\\nnamed died on the day of birth tlie second died\\nJune 9, following. Martin and Marvin (twins) were\\nborn June 14, 1838. Martin died \\\\ug. 19, 1838.\\nMinerva A. was born April 5, 1840, and is the wife\\nof T. G. Richardson, of Lyons, Ohio; Lovinia was\\nborn June 7, 1844, and died July 2^ of the same\\nyear.\\nMr. Richardson passed the years of his minority\\nassisting his father in improving his farm, and when\\nhe reached the age of 21 years he went to Lyons,\\n^K!i:^m^\\n.S!i 5N!3^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^fy^^Jf^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v C ^llli:^nii v\\n484\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nOhio, where he purchased the mercantile interests of\\nJenks Morey. He managed its affairs alone about\\nsix months, when he formed a partnership with James\\nI Herrick. At the expiration of a year he sold out and\\nreturned to 80 acres of land deeded to him by his\\nfather when he attained liis majority. He was mar-\\nried while in Lyons, at Sylvania, Lucas, Co., O., Sept.\\n3, 1858, to Roby L, daughter of Sullivan and Fidelia\\n(Worden) Johnson. Mrs. Richardson was born in\\nLake Co., Ohio, July 25, 1841. Her father was born\\nJuly I, 1814, in the town of Lunenburg, Essex Co.,\\nVt. Her mother is a native of Manlius, Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., and was born April 2, 1818. The record\\nof the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Richardson is\\nas follows Lillie, born Sept. 2, i860, died March\\n14, 1 86 1 Cora A. (Mrs. F. A. Stebbins: see sketch)\\nwas born June 2, 1862; Bettie L., March 13, 1866;\\nMinerva P., Aug. 23, 1870, and Reedie E., Tan. 26,\\nD 1878-\\nMr. Richardson continued on the farm two years,\\n^N went he went to Lyons, Ohio, and bought the Ex-\\nchange Hotel, whicli he managed 18 months. At\\nthe expiration of that lime, he sold the hotel property\\nand again embarked in mercantile business, asso-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^C ciated with George W. Edson. The connection ex-\\nisted two years, wlien Mr. Richardson became sole\\nproprietor by purchase, and continued to conduct his\\ngeneral mercantile interests eight years at tliat point,\\nwhen he went to Morenci, Lenawee Co., Mich., and,\\nin company with William Miner, established a large\\nstore, and also conducted a series of 14 cheese fac-\\ntories and creameries, located at different points in\\nSouthern Michigan and Northern Ohio. The man-\\nagement of their mercantile connections required the\\nassistance of 12 clerks, and they finished daily for\\nmarket about 300 cheeses. In 1872 Mr. Miner\\nfailed, and the entire concern was in the liands of\\nMr. Richardson, who operated alone until 1873,\\nwhen the financial crisis wliich convulsed the busi-\\nness world caused a shrinkage of values in his\\npossession to the amount of $30,000. Disaster\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05 followed financial stringency, and in 1876 he relin-\\n1, quished his business. In 1877 he came to St. Louis\\nfand bought the Commercial Hotel, in company with\\nS. R. Dewey. He took jjossession of the Leonard\\nHouse, in that village, which he occupied and con-\\nf\u00c2\u00ae ducted for the accommodation of the traveling pub-\\nlic six months, while the Commercial was being\\n?yv\u00c2\u00ae 5\u00c2\u00ab^*i- ;5^^3jr^ ^^^^n !i\\nput in thorough repair. The house was opened Jan.\\nI, 1878, and Mr. Richardson continued its manage-\\nment three and a half years, when he sold and went\\nto Detroit, and, in company with Wheeler Merrill,\\nengaged for a short time in the perfumery business.\\nLi 1 88 1 he went to Ithaca, and in company with his\\nson-in-law, F. A. Stebbins, leased the Fox (now Re-\\ntan) House. Later the firm leased the Clarendon\\nHouse at Ionia, and Mr. Richardson went thither,\\nand managed its affairs about two months, when, in\\nconsequence of unforeseen circumstances, he relin-\\nquished his claim and returned to Ithaca. Messrs.\\nStebbins Richardson came to Mt. Pleasant in May,\\n1883, and on the i8th of June following they opened\\nthe Bennett House. It is the leading house in the\\npluckiest municipality in Northern Michigan, and is\\nmanaged in a manner that has secured for it a\\nwide-spread, constant and increasing patronage. It\\npossesses every appointment and facility of modern\\nhotels and secures to its guests home-like and whole-\\nsome accommodations of a first-class order. The\\nproprietors are eminently fitted for their business\\nin temperament and character, are genial, affable\\ngentlemen, giving every attention to the comfort of\\ntheir patrons, and are business men of more than\\nordinary abilities.\\nMr. Richardson secured a good education in his\\nyouth and taught several terms of school during his\\nminority. During the civil war he enlisted in the\\nNational Guards, enrolling in the 130th Regt.\\nOhio Vol., Col. C. Phillips. He was in Company\\nD, under Capt. L. J. Carroll. His term of service\\ncontinued 100 days, and his regiment received official\\nacknowledgment from President Lincoln for merit-\\norious services in the Army of the Potomac.\\nohn J. Grimm, farmer, section 34, Gilmore\\nr- Township, was born F eb. 13, 1826, in\\nGreene Co., Pa., and is the son of Chris-\\ntopher and Sarah (Parker) Grimm. His father\\nwas of German birth and his mother was a\\nnative of New Jersey both died in Greene\\na.\\nAfter lie was 20 years of age Mr. Grimm served\\nan apprenticeship of 18 months, learning the trade of\\nshoemaking, to which he devoted several years. He\\nV^\\ng\\nS\\nfo)\\nm\\nnt A^-\\n-^^^J-M\\nW^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "^v/^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\\\\y/^\\nJ\\nS\\n4\\nbegan his work in that line in his native county and\\npursued the same vocation in West Virginia. In the\\nfall of 1865 he purchased 40 acres of land in Coe\\nTownship, Isabella County. It was in a wholly wild\\ncondition, and lie took possession of it with his fam-\\nily Feb. 28, 1866. In the spring of 1879 he ex-\\nchanged his 40 in Coe Township for 160 acres in\\nthe township of Gilmore, on which he has since car-\\nried on the work of clearing, improving and culti-\\nvating.\\nHe was married (;)ct. 29, 1854, in liis native county,\\ng to Elizabeth, daughter of Martin and Nancy (Martin)\\nFox. The grandsires of Mrs. Grimm were both sol-\\ndiers of the war of the Revolution. Her parents are\\nliving near Morgantown, VV. Va., aged respectively\\n94 and 88 years. Five of six children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Grimm are living. Following is the rec-\\nord Oscar M., born Aug. 10, 1855; Martin L.,\\nMarch 18, i860; William S., May 27, 1862; Nancy\\nJ., March 11, 1865 Hiram H., April 6, 1872 Clar-\\nence N. was born May 14, iS6g, and died June 23,\\nfollowing.\\nTiie parents are members of the Disciples Church.\\nMr. Grimm is a Republican in political sentiment.\\nI^^-\\nietor F. Conlogue, dealer in agricultural\\nimplements and manufacturer of harness-\\nmakers goods at Mt. Pleasant, was born\\nIV K- i3i 847 ^t Grand Rapids, Mich. His\\nparents, Archibald and Sarah (Franklin) Con-\\nlogue, removed from Michigan to Kendalivillc,\\nNoble Co., Ind., in 1852, and a year later made a\\nsecond transfer to Rome City, in the same county.\\nThe father died there two years afterward.\\nMr. Conlogue celebrated his fifteenth birth-day by\\nenlisting as a soldier in the Union Army. He en-\\nrolled at Kendallvilie, in Co. A, i42d Ind. Vol. Inf,\\nCapt. Ambrose Joiinson. He remained in the ser-\\nvice until the end of the war, and received honorable\\ndischarge Aug. 6, 1865, at Indianapolis and reached\\nhome nine days later. His active service included\\ntlie ca.npaigns in which his regiment figured.\\nOn his return to the life of a private citizen, lie re-\\nsumed the occupation of farmer, to which he had\\nbeen trained, and continued the prosecution of that\\npursuit in the State of Indiana until 187 i, when he\\ncame to Michigan and engaged with Hay Brothers,\\nof Grant Township, Clare County. He spent 15\\nmontlis in the work of clearing land in their employ,\\nwith from si.x to twenty others similarly occupied,\\ntheir labors resulting in the clearing of about 200\\nacres of land. In the spring of 1873 he came to Lin-\\ncoln Township, in Isabella County, and bought 80\\nacres of timber land on section 10, where heoperated\\nuntil he had placed the entire tract under improve-\\nments of the best character, with orchards, good\\nbuildings and other suitable farm fixtures. He sold\\nthe place in the fall of 1882. The previous spring\\nhe came to Mt. Pleasant and engaged as salesman\\nwith C. M. Brooks Co., dealers in agricultural im-\\nplements. In the fall he purchased their entire in-\\nterests and has since continued to manage a prosper-\\nous business. His stock includes all varieties of\\nfarming implements and machinery, wagons, car-\\nriages, harness and other merchandise common to\\nsimilar establishments.\\nMarch i, 1884, he started a branch store in Glad-\\nwin, Mich., where he is doing a satisfactory business.\\nHis aggregate stock represents about $to,ooo, and\\nhis establishment is the only one of its kind at Mt.\\nPleasant. His interests require two local assistants,\\nand he employes three traveling salesmen.\\nMr. Conlogue was married Nov. 3, 1870, at Ken-\\ndallvilie, Ind., to Alice, daughter of Aaron and Nancy\\nFields. Siie was born May 13, 1854, in Cuyahoga\\nCo., Chio. The two children now included in the\\nfamily of Mr. Conlogue were born in Lincoln Town-\\nship, as follows: Ethel L., F eb. 18, 1S74, and Nel-\\nlie t;., Jan. 2, T876.\\neorge Gruber, farmer on section 16, Coe\\n.._^~j Township, is a son of John and Catherine\\nfs^ (Faust) Gruber, natives of the State of\\nPennsylvania. The parents first settled in\\nNorthampton Co., Pa., and several years later\\nremoved to Clarion County, where they re-\\nmained until their death. He departed this life in\\ni85i,andshe Aug. 23, 1872. The father had by\\nthis (his second) marriage seven children, in the fol-\\nlowing order: Peter, Christina, Henry, Hannah,\\nJohn, Andrew J. and George.\\nThe subject of tliis biography, the youngest of the\\n0)\\nIvJ^T^-\\nJ^^^^fKL\\nA M\\n1^\\nA", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "Za^^^j/i^\\nI\\nf\\no\\n(J^\\nfamily, was born in Northampton Co., Pa., Oct. 2,\\n1828, and was nine years old when his parents re-\\nmoved to Clarion County. He lived at home until\\n17 years old, and was then apprenticed for three\\nyears to learn the tanner s trade. After serving his\\ntime he worked at that trade for a period of seven\\nyears. In 1859 he removed to Wayne County, Ohio,\\nwhere he was employed at different occupations until\\nAugust, 1862. In that month he enlisted as a pri-\\nvate in the Fourth Mich. Vol. Inf and served until\\nthe close of tlie war. He was with the Army of the\\nPotomac from the battle of Chancellorsville until the\\nsurrender of Lee, and was an eye-witness in the last\\nscene of the bloody drama, when Gen. Lee delivered\\nhis sword to Gen. Grant. He was honorably dis-\\ncharged at Alexandria, Va. He returned from the\\narmy to Pennsylvania, and a short time after, Septem-\\nber, 1865, came to Isabella County, settling on 40\\nacres of land on Coe Township, which he had pur-\\nchased in December, 1863. He built a log house on\\nhis farm, which he has since occupied. He now\\nowns 80 acres, 65 of which are in good cultivation.\\nHe was married in Clarion Co., Pa., Dec. 25, 1850,\\nto Mary M., daughter of Conrad and Sarah (Cratser)\\nBest, natives of Northampton Co., Pa. Mrs. G. was\\nborn in Center Co., Pa., May 13, 1830.\\nMr. Gruber has held the office of Constable\\none year, and also the various school offices. He\\nis politically a supporter of the Democratic party.\\nHe and wife are members of the German Reformed\\nChurch. They took an active part in the Grange\\nmovement, and are both Good Templars. Mr. G. is\\na member of Salt River Lodge, No. 288, F. A. M.\\nfT^ homas McNamara, dealer in dry goods,\\nI j^j 1 loots and shoes, groceries and crockery,\\nrjWo hats and caps, in the Hance Deveraux\\nBlock, Mt. Pleasant, is a son of Michael and\\ntw Mary McNamara, and was born in Wayneport,\\nI Wayne Co., N. Y., Dec. 28, 1849. His father,\\na contractor and builder, living at Lapeer, Mich., was\\nborn in Ireland, in 1820. He built two or three\\nmiles of the Erie Canal, and also took railroad con-\\ntracts. He came to Lapeer, Mich., in 1856. His\\nwife, born about 1819, in Ireland, is still living.\\nTheir son Thomas attended school at Lapeer until\\n16, when he entered a store as clerk. In 1877 he\\nwent to Mt. Clemens, Mich., where he was for three\\nyears successfully engaged in the mercantile business\\nin his own interests. In April, 1880, he came to Mt.\\nPleasant and opened a general store in the old Har-\\nris building. Thence he removed to the Upton\\nBlock, and in January, 1884, he occupied his present\\nlocation. He carries a well selected stock of from\\n$8,000 to $10,000 in value, and does a flourishing\\nbusiness, employing constantly two or three assistants.\\nHe was married at Mt. Pleasant, June 26, 1882, to\\nMiss Lizzie Dibble, and of this marriage one son,\\nEdward M., has been born, March 26, 1883. Mr.\\nMcNainara owns a nice residence and a lot in Kin-\\nney s Addition, on the corner of Broadway and Kin-\\nney Avenue. He was for one year Treasurer of the\\nvillage of Mt. Pleasant.\\n-vtizjza\\n--^^wjznrav.\\names M. Kinter, farmer on section 8, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Cyrenus and Rebecca\\nJ. (Lee) Kinter(see sketch of Cyrenus Kin-\\nter), and was born in Eaton Co., Mich., Aug.\\nI, 1844. He received a common-school edu-\\ncation in his early youth, and in 1859 came with\\nhis parents to Coe Township, this county.\\nHe lived at home until 20 years old, and then for\\none season rented a farm in Chippewa Township,\\nafter which he returned to Coe Township and locat-\\ned on 80 acres which he had previously purchased\\non section 8. This was in the fall of 1864. The\\nfollowing spring he enlisted in the 8th Mich. Vol.\\nCav., serving six months, and was honorably dis-\\ncharged at Nashville, Tenn.\\nReturning home he worked for 14 winters in the\\nwoods, workingand improving his farm in the summer\\nseasons. In the spring of T882, he sold his farm,\\nand bought another of 120 acres on section 8, where\\nhe has since lived. He has disposed of ten acres,\\nand of the remaining no, 70 are in a good state of\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Coe Township, May 28, 1863,\\nto Clara, daughter of William D. and Nancy (Davis)\\nMcFarren. Mrs. Kinter was born in the State of\\nVermont, Nov. 8, 1S46. One of two children is living,\\nIda born July iS, 1S65. James H. was born June\\nZ\\nV\\nf\\nI\\n^\\\\m^^\\npt^.\\n^Dii^tin\\n-4^^^fl! ;p", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "^7iir^^y^eL^ /^e/ic^^c^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "m^\\nTssC^\\n-K^I\\nb^\\n~;is^- i^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n28, 1864, and died in May, 1866, nearly two years\\nold.\\nMr. Kinter is a member of Ralph Ely Post, No.\\nT 150, G. A. R., and in political matters supports the\\nRepublican party.\\nhomas Pickard, Sheriff of Isabella County\\nand lumberman, resident at Mt. Pleasant,\\nwas born Nov. 21, 1842, in New Brunswick.\\nHe is a son of John and Margaret (Jones)\\nPickard. His father was a lumberman in his\\nnative province, and later in life came to live\\nwith his sons at Mt. Pleasant, where he died.\\nThe mother of Mr. Pickard died when he was but\\nfour years of age, and he was placed in charge of his\\nuncle, Thomas Pickard, vvith whom he remained un-\\ntil he was 19 years of age. He was reared a farmer\\nand lumberman, the callings of his uncle, and on be-\\n/fS coming old enough he entered into the full merits of\\na woodsman s life. At the age of 19 years he re-\\nturned to the home of his/ather, with whom he con-\\nes tinued to reside several years, where he was engaged\\nabout 18 months as lumberman. In 1868 he came\\nto East Saginaw, Mich., and entered the employ of\\niV. Gulliver, Remmick Whitney, a heavy lumber firm\\nof Detroit. He operated with them two winters, and\\nengaged in the service of Thomas Gulliver, of East\\nSaginaw, with whom he remained two winters. In\\nthe winter of 1873 he managed a lumber camp on\\nthe Tobacco River, in the interest of B. C. Freese,\\nand, on the termination of that relation, he com-\\nmenced business in his own behalf, at first forming a\\nconnection with his brother George. They transacted\\nbusiness about three years together, when he became\\nassociated with his brother ^Villiam. They dissolved\\nat the end of two years, and Mr. Pickard has since\\nconducted his lumber interests singly. He is en-\\ngaged chiefly as a contractor, and employs an aver-\\nage of 200 men in the woods and on the river. He\\nis at present operating in the interest of Jerome\\nWilliams, of Saginaw, and has put in 23,000,000\\nfeet the past winter. In the winter of 1882 he put\\nin 215,000,000 feet of lumber for Messrs. Jerome\\nWilliams and several other parties, besides oiierating\\nin his own interests.\\nMr. Pickard s election as Sheriff of Isabella County\\nn\\n^^.il.=s\\n^mv^^\\nwas a signal personal victory, as he was nominated\\non the Democratic ticket in a decidedly Republican\\nlocality, and polled the largest majority ever recorded\\nin the county. He was nominated in the fall of\\n1S82, and ran against Lyman Estee. He received a\\nflattering majority in Mt. Pleasant, which is strongly\\nRepublican.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Pickard to Elizabeth Finch\\noccurred at St. John s, Clinton County. She was born\\nin Gratiot County, July 12, 1858, and is a daughter of\\nReuben Finch, who resides near Ithaca, Gratiot\\nCounty. Of their marriage three children have been\\nborn: John born Aug. 20, 1876; Frank, Feb. 14,\\n1878; and Albert B. U., March 16, 1881.\\nAmong the many portraits of citizens of Isabella\\nCounty, where portraits will afford unmixed satisfac-\\ntion to the patrons of this work, is that of Mr. Pick-\\nard, which appears on another page.\\njljichael O Boyle, farmer on section 10, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of John and Mary\\n(Conolly) O Boyle, natives of Ireland.\\n%K -pi^g parents came to the United States\\nabout 1835, and settled in Livingston Co., N.\\nY. They afterward removed to Lenawee Co.,\\nMich, where they lived 20 years, and about 1859\\nthey located in Fulton Co., Ohio, where they now\\nreside. Their family included seven sons and two\\ndaughters, of whom Michael was the eldest son.\\nHe was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., Dec. 25,\\n1839, and was very young when his parents came to\\nMichigan. He received a limited common-school\\neducation, and at the age of 13 began to work on a\\nfarm by the month, which occupation he followed\\nuntil 25. Renting a farm in Lenawee Co., Mich.,\\nhe worked the same about three years, and then, by\\na disastrous fire losing all his personal property, he\\nrented another farm for two years. In the spring of\\n1870 he came to Isabella County and bought 40\\nacres of land on Salt River, in Coe Township, where\\nhe has since resided. He has added 40 acres, and\\nof his whole farm. 60 acres are under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Adrian, this State, Jan. 21,\\n1S67, to Mary, daughter of Peter Stanton, a native\\nof Ireland. Mrs. O Boyle was born in Adrian, Mich.\\nShe and her husband are the parents of Elizabeth,\\nV^\\n1=1\\nA\\nK\\nr", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "(h\\n1=3\\nt\\n4|:\\nJohnnie, Nellie and Kittie. Johnnie died April 2,\\n1883, 13 years old. He was practicing gymnastics,\\nand was accidently caught in a rope.\\nMr. O Boyle was elected a Superintendent of the\\nPoor in the fall of i88r, of which office he is still an\\nincumbent. He has also held various school offices,\\nbeing at present Director. He is politically a Dem-\\nocrat; and, with his wife, belongs to the Catholic\\nChurch.\\nwv^Sp\\ng-Wv f-\\npa:^phester A. Ward, senior member of the\\n11^^ firm of C. A. W. E. Ward, general\\ngjl^ merchants at Mt. Pleasant, was born Aug.\\nMv 26, 1817, in Cayuga Co., N. Y. His parents,\\nJonas and Julia Ann (Willis) Ward, were\\nfarmers and reared their sons on the home-\\nstead ^ilace.\\nMr. Ward remained in the care of his mother on\\nthe liomestead, his father having died about 1828,\\nfollowing agricultural pursuits until he was 18 years\\nold, when he went to Clyde, Wayne Co., N. Y., and\\nentered the employment of his brother-in-law. Smith\\nEly, as a clerk. He officiated in that capacity two\\nyears and engaged in mercantile interests in his own\\nbehalf. He continued operations in general trade\\nthree years. In 1849 he was elected Sheriff and re-\\nmoved to Lyons, the county seat. He officiated as\\nSheriff three years. On the expiration of his term\\nof office he went to the city of New York and inter-\\nested himself in the the produce commission busi-\\nness, in which he was engaged five years. In 1858\\nhe removed to St. Joseph Co., Mich., and opened a\\ngeneral store at Burr Oak, which he managed six\\nyears. He was then employed by a New York min-\\ning company to go to St. Joe lead mines, which were\\nlocated in St. Francis Co., Mo., as financial manager.\\nHe officiated in that capacity between two and three\\nyears, returning at the expiration of that time to Burr\\nOak, where he engaged two years as a clerk. He\\nwent to Hamilton, Ont., and remained six months to\\nestablish his son in business, after which he came to\\nStanton, Mich., to take charge of a branch hardware\\nstore in the interests of an Ionia firm. He continued\\nin that engagement about two years. \\\\Vithin a year\\nafter its termination, in company with Geo. C. Wal-\\nlace, he opened a general mill supply business, in\\nwhich he continued two years. At the end of that\\ntime he sold his interests and served as clerk one\\nyear for Mr. Wallace, after which he went toBlanch-\\nard, Isabella County, and opened a grocery and pro-\\nvision store. He commenced business there in Feb-\\nruary, 1879, and remained until June 12, 1880,\\nwhen he came to Mt. Pleasant and established the\\nbusiness in which he is now engaged, in company\\nwith his son William E., and a gentleman named\\nC. Chrysler. The latter closed his relations with\\nthe firm four months later. The stock represents\\na value of $5,000, and the firm are engaged in the\\ntransaction of a solid cash business.\\nMr. Ward was mariied in Clyde, May 28, 1848, to\\nCaroline D., daughter of Aaron and Electa Young.\\nShe was born in Geneva, N. Y., April 2, 181 9. Of\\nfour children born of this marriage two are now living\\nWilliam E., business associate with his father, was\\nborn Sept. 15, 1849; John R., born in Lyons, Nov.\\n27, 1851,13 clerking in a wholesale and retail grocery\\nin Syracuse, N. Y. Thomas C. was born Aug. 19,\\n1859, and died 12 days later; Mary C, born April\\n7, 1861, died March 22, 1864.\\nr|tC oseph A. Struble, farmer on section 32\\nChi|)pewa Township, is a son of William\\nW. and Mary (Murphy) Struble (see sketch\\nof W. W. Struble), and was born in Morrow\\nCo.. Ohio, Jan. 16, 1848. When quite young\\nhis parents removed to Fulton Co., Ohio, and\\nthere he lived till 17 years old, attending school and\\nworking on the farm. In the fall of 1863 he came\\nwith his parents to Isabella County and assisted his\\nfather in clearing a farm for three years.\\nHe then married, and after living four months in\\nSalt River, he lived three months on the Clary\\nfarm, about two months at Indian Mills, and then\\nremoved to Broomfield Township, where he engaged\\nin lumbering. He was also employed on the State\\nroad two years. Returning to Chippewa Township,\\nfor two years he carried on the farm then owned by\\nMarcus Grinnell, after which he moved on his 40-\\nacre farm previously bought on section 32, Chippewa.\\nHere he lived four years. He has bought and sold\\nvarious tracts of land, and purchased 40 acres of his\\nV.^\\nA\\nC\\n5))f^|^^\\n^DDi\\n-^|?\u00c2\u00a75^(\u00c2\u00ae.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "V\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n491\\npresent farm in July, 1881. He now owns 60 acres,\\nmost of which is under cultivation.\\nHe was married Dec. 20, 1S67, at Indian Mills,\\nUnion Township, to lAicretia T., daughter of Marcus\\nand Deborah (Manchester) Grinnell, natives of the\\nState of New York. Mrs. Grinnell died in the Empire\\nState, Dec. 7, 1846. He remarried, came to this\\ncounty in the spring of i860, and settled in Chip-\\npewa, where he lived until his death, Feb. 22, 1884.\\nMrs. Struble was born in Orleans Co., N. Y., Oct. 16,\\n1842, and is the mother of three living children:\\nHelen J., born Nov. 6, 1868; Cora E., March 25,\\n1872: and Myrtie M., Sept. 30, 1874. Mary J. was\\nborn Dec. 4, 1877, and died March 7, 1880; Hattie\\nR. was born April i, 1S81, and died March 30, 1882.\\nMr. Struble has held the office of Township Treas-\\nurer two years, and in politics is a Republican. He\\nand wife are Seventh-Dav Adventists.\\names N. Vansice, proprietor of the Penin-\\nWMl sular House at Mt. Pleasant, was born\\nj F*? Sept. 26, 1830, in the township of Parma,\\nMonroe Co., N. Y. He is a son of John and\\n^f^ Harriet (Kipp) Vansice, and was reared on a\\nfarm. He came to Michigan on attaining his\\nmajority, and after a residence of one year in Wayne\\nCounty he proceeded to De Witt, Clinton County,\\nwhere he became the owner of 80 acres of farming\\nland. He resided upon the estate about three years,\\nand in 1855 engaged in the management of the\\nGardner House at De Witt. At the end of a year he\\nexchanged the hotel property for 80 acres of land in\\nOlive Township, in the same county. A year later\\nhe went to St. John s and opened a grocery, which he\\nmanaged with gratifying results until i86o, when he\\nsold out and became interested in the manufacture\\nand sale of pumps. He served as Marshal of St.\\nJohn s two years while residing there, and from 1867\\nto 1875 was engaged in freighting merchandise from\\nSt. John s to Mt. Pleasant. Among other business\\nenterprises in which he engaged was that of buying\\nand selling produce.\\nMr. Vansice came to Mt. Pleasant in March, 1876,\\nand became the proprietor of the Bamber House.\\nHe continued its management until the s[)ring of\\n1880, when he took possession of 80 acres of land he\\nhad purchased in Union Township, a mile and a\\nhalf south of the village of Mt. Pleasant. To this he\\nhas added by later purchase until he now owns 160\\nacres on the northwest quarter of section 27, which\\nis in a fine agricultural condition, with no acres un-\\nder cultivation, having well assorted orchards, good\\nbarns, fine house and other creditable firm fixtures.\\nHe also holds a lease of ten acres of land adjoining\\nthe corporation of Mt. Pleasant, on which he has set\\nout all the best varieties of peach-trees.\\nThe hotel in which he is established he bought in\\nthe fall of 1880. It is arranged for the accommoda-\\ntion of about 40 guests, and has good stables attached.\\nThe structure and other buildings occupy four lots.\\nMr. Vansice owns, besides, a residence and six lots\\nat St. John s. While a resident of that place he\\nserved 18 months as Deputy Sheriff of Clinton oun-\\nty and in various village and township offices. He\\nis a member of the Order of Masonry.\\nHe was married in November, 1852, in Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., to Laura L., daughter of Harry and\\nClarissa Olmstead. Ten children have been born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Vansice, in the following order:\\nHarriet (deceased); Sidney A., residing at Ml. Pleas-\\nant James N. (deceased) lara, Mrs. Thomas\\nSamson, of Mt. Pleasant; Laura, wife of Warren\\nTaylor, a farmer of Chippewa Township; Franklin\\n(deceased) Charles, Dora and Eva.\\n^ij amuel Kennedy, farmer and lumberman\\n,,,^f^^ on section 20, Coe Township, is a son of\\nJunius and Nancy (Reid) Kennedy, natives of\\nCounty Down, Ireland, and he also was born\\nin that county, on Easter Sunday, 1823. He\\nwas eight years old when the family rame to\\nAmerica, and he lived at home most of the time until\\n25 years of age. When 19, however, he began work\\nin a saw-mill in arroll Co., Ohio, and he has been\\nengaged in milling ever since with the exception of\\nfour years. He came to this county in the spring of\\n1863, and bought 80 acres on section 20, Coe. In\\n1875 he built the fine frame house he now occupies.\\nHe has 45 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Carroll Co., Ohio, April 30,\\n1849, to Mary, daughter of Stephen and Rebecca\\n(Leslie) West. She was born in Carroll Co., Ohio,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\nJ^\\n:ii!i:^i\\nrK-i.^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "M^r^^^^\\n492\\njj\\nV\\nQ^\\ni\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nMay 16, 1828, and is the mother of three children,\\nJames M. R., Stephen S. S. and A. Denight.\\nMr. K. has been Supervisor of Coe one year. He\\nis now Sexton of the Salt River Cemetery. He was\\nsuperintendent of the building of the court-house at\\nMt. Pleasant, and clerk of the building committee.\\nHe is a member of the I. O. O. F. and F. A. M.\\nHe has been a Republican, but is now a supporter of\\nthe Prohibition party. He and wife are members of\\nthe Christian Church.\\nf-\\nilliam I. Cutler, real-estate, loan, abstract\\nand insurance agent, at Mt. Pleasant, was\\nborn Jan. 16, 1853, in the township of\\nAdams, Hillsdale Co., Mich., and is a son\\nof William and Esther (Van Auken) Cutler.\\nHis father was a farmer in the State of New\\nYork, whence he emigrated in an early period and\\nbecame one of the first pioneer settlers of ^dams\\nTownship, where he died, July g, 1869. The mother\\nis a resident of Hillsdale.\\nMr. Cutler was reared on a farm and attended the\\ncommon schools until he was 16 years of age, when\\nhe became a student at Hillsdale College, where he\\nstudied one year in the commercial department and\\na second year in the classical course. In 1873 he\\nwent to St. John s, Clinton County, where he obtained\\na position in the First National Bank as clerk. He\\nofficiated in that capacity 13 months, when he en-\\ntered the real-estate office of Cutler Walker. The\\nsenior member of the firm was his brother, and he\\nremained in their service about a year and a half\\nIn 1877 he came to Mt. Pleasant, and obtained the\\nposition of teller in the banking house of Hicks,\\nBennett Co. He discharged the duties of the po-\\nsition eight months, and on the first day of Decem-\\nber, 1878, he opened his office. He became asso-\\nciated with D. Scott Partridge April i, 1882, and the\\nrelation continued to e.vist until Dec, i, 1883, when\\nMr. Partridge withdrew.\\nMr. Culler represents the following named fire in-\\nsurance companies: Germania, Underwriters In-\\nsurance Co. of North America, Detroit Fire Marine,\\nand the Cooper of Dayton, Ohio. He effects loans\\non real estate, buys and sells property on commission,\\nand is operating with gratifying results. He has\\nbuilt an attractive cottage of the Queen Anne order\\nof architecture, in Kinney s Addition; and he also\\nowns two farms in Isabella County, 80 acres on\\nsection 8 of Chippewa Township, and 40 acres on\\nsection 35, Nottawa Township. He is a member\\nof the blue lodge. Masonic Order, and in the years\\n1880-1, he served as Clerk of Union Township.\\nMr. Cutler s marriage with Mary Lynch, daughter\\nof John and Elizabeth Lynch, took jjlace Jan. 16,\\n1879, at Mt. Pleasant. She is a native of London,\\nOnt. The family circle now includes one child, Es-\\nther J., born Oct. 18, 1879.\\n\u00c2\u00ab2ae \u00c2\u00a9f3^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n-gf^S^^JTiTIv\\nI\\nJlas Fosgitt, farmer on section ^t,, Chippe-\\nwa Township, is a son of Silas and Abigail\\n(Weymouth) Fosgitt, natives of the State\\nof New York and the Province of Nova Scotia.\\nThe parents lived first near Rochester. N. Y.,\\nthen in Monroe County, same state, and in\\n1835 they removed to Oakland County, this State,\\nwhere they died, he Sejjt. 22, 1841, and she July 15,\\n1850. Their family numbered three: Abigail, Elias\\nand Silas. The two latter were twins, and were born\\nin Avon, Livingston Co., N. Y., May 31, 1818.\\nThe subject of this biography was 17 years old\\nwhen his parents removed to this State. He received\\na common-school education and made his home with\\nhis parents uncil 23 years of age. He then worked\\nout for two years, and then, his father having died,\\nhe carried on the farm for an equal petiod, when it v\\nwas sold. He next returned to Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nand three years later came to Oakland Couniy again,\\nwhere he bought a farm. This was his home for five\\nyears, when he sold, and worked a farm on shares in\\nCalhoun County four years. In January, 1857, he\\ncame to tiiis county and settled on 160 acres in Chip-\\n(lewa, bought under the Graduation Act at5octs. per\\nacre, in 1855. He at once built a log house and set\\nout to clear his farm, which was covered by a dense\\nforest. Maple Rapids, Clinton County, was his\\nnearest trading point. He has since disposed of 80\\nacres, and has 50 acres improved.\\nHe was married in Monroe Co., N. Y., Nov. 14,\\n1842, to Lydia, daughter of Robert and Susan\\n(Broadley) Carver, natives of Vermont. Mr. and Mrs.\\n5s\\nr\\nG\\nWm\\n^[i!]:^^nDi\\n-Sy^\\n-^i^^^^W:", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "m\\n:i%;fAsr\\n--V ^tltl :llD i ^r-r-\\n1 SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\n-:2$% ^v:\\nSI Si\\nCarver removed to New York, where she died, in\\nMonroe County, July 2, 1839. He removed to Cal-\\nhoun Co., Mich., about 1850, and died Dec. 5, 1858.\\nMrs. Fosgitt was born in Rupert, Vt., Dec. 7, 1822.\\nOf six children born to Mr. and Mrs. F., three sur-\\nvive, Abbic, William W. and Cynthia. The de-\\nceased were Robert, Sophia and an infant.\\nThe parents are members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church. Politically he is a Republican.\\nfj f^i evi S. Smith, farmer, section 26, Coldwater\\n^li x l ,tt Township, was born April 23, 1831, in the\\ni l^ v town of Fairfield, Harrison Co., Ohio. His\\nparents, Hiram and Betsey E. (Longley) Smith,\\nwere both natives of the State of New York.\\nIn 1837 they emigrated to Allen Co., Ind., where\\nthe father purchased a farm, which he sold two years\\nlater and bought a tract of Government land in De\\nKalb Co., Ind., where he remained eight years, sold\\nout and removed to Lenawee Co., Mich., in 1847.\\nHe purchased a farm and Mr. Smith remained as his\\nfather s assistant until he was 21 years old.\\nOn attaining his majority, he engaged by the month\\nas a farm laborer about three years, when he fitted\\nhimself for the trade of a builder, to which he de-\\nvoted the next 17 years without intermission. When\\nhe was about 22 years old, he bought So acres of\\nGovernment land in Montcalm County, 13 miles\\nnorth of Ionia, which he sold not long after in the\\nsame original state in which it was at the date of\\npurchase. May 2, 1859, he started for the West, and\\nwent through Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and then,\\ncommencing May 20, traversed the length of tlie\\nMississippi River to Baton Rouge, thence up the\\nRed River, which he followed into Texas, where\\nearly in July he engaged in freighting from Shreve-\\nport. La., to Sulphur Springs, in the Lone Star State,\\na distance of 225 miles. He remained there until\\nthe last of October, t86o, and during the time he\\nmade the longest journey of his life on foot, walking\\nfrom Sulphur Springs to Gaines Landing on the\\nMississippi River, 333 miles, occupying lo days on\\nthe journey.\\nHe returned from Texas to Hudson, Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., where he engaged in working at his trade.\\nHe bought a house and lot, and Resided there be-\\ntween six and seven years, when he removed to\\nColdwater Township, Isabella County, reaching here\\nin January, 1868. He took up his residence on land\\nwhich he had entered under the provisions of the\\nHomestead Act, Dec. 6, 1866. On tiiis he lesided\\nuntil June, 1876, when he sold the property and\\nbought the farm where he has since resided. It in-\\ncludes So acres, 70 acres of which are cleared and\\nimproved. Mr. Smith is a Republican in his politi-\\ncal connections, and has been Justice of the Peace\\nand School Assessor. He has been a member of the\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, but has withdrawn from active\\nmembership in the fraternity.\\nHe was married Dec. 2, 1856, to Fannie M.,\\ndaughter of Warren J. and Melinda Louisa (Ells-\\nworth) Ashley. Her parents were born respectively\\nin New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and are both\\ndeceased. Mr. Smith was born May 4, 1840. Of\\nher marriage to Mr. Smith, eight children have been\\nborn, as follows Perry L., Dec. 9, 1857; Warner\\nA., March 17, 1862; Wallace D., May ri, 1864\\n(died Feb. 24, 1S65); Florence R., Nov. 18,1867;\\nClarence E., Jan. 27, 1870; Milo J., Dec. 17, 187 1\\nClara M., July 28, 1S73 (died Aug. 25, 1873); Bur-\\nnett L, Sept. 7, 1S78.\\nylj _ ichael Devereaux, an aUorney at law and\\n_iMa! Justice of the Peace of Mt. Pleasant,\\nI !(|pi\u00c2\u00a3^ V was born Jan. 17, 1845, in the township\\nS* of Irondequoit, Monroe Co., N. Y., about 8\\nmiles from the city of Rochester. His jiarents,\\nPatrick and Mary (Conklin) Devereaux, came\\nto Michigan in 1845, settling on a new farm of 40\\nacres in Osceola Township, Livingston County, which\\nthe father had purchased at a previous period. The\\nfamily continued to reside there until 1855, when\\nthey removed to Deerfield Township in the same\\ncounty and settled upon a farm of 80 acres, where\\nthe mother died in November, 1858, leaving a family\\nof six children. In 1859 they removed to the town-\\nship of Hartland in the same county, where the\\nfather, now about 70 years old, still continues to\\nreside.\\nThe subject of this sketch, when but ten years old,\\nmet with an accident, cutting one of his knees while\\nmaking a hand sleigh, in such a way that it unfitted\\nV^\\nI\\nJ{\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "/5a^1^^)J^^\\n^V4 llli:t:illl^ v^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nhim for farm work. His father ther\\\\ exerted himself\\nto keep him in school, so that he might fit himself\\nfor some trade or profession. Mr. D. attended the\\nI common schools until he was about 18 years of\\n(hi age, when he became a student at the private semin-\\nary of Mrs. P. C. Dayfoot, in Howell, Livingston\\nCounty. After a year of study there he spent some\\ntime at the Howell union school and then com-\\nmenced teaching. His first teaching was in a district\\nschool in Osceola Township, where his father first\\nsettled. After this he taught the village school at\\nFowlerville, in the same county, for one winter, and\\nalso had charge of the village school of Zilwaukee, in\\nSaginaw County, for one year.\\nHe had an ambition for a more liberal education,\\nand having earned sufficient money to prosecute his\\nstudies further, he went to the State Normal School at\\nYpsilanti, where he studied two years in the classical\\ncourse. He then received an appointment as Princi-\\npal of the union school at Ontonagon on Lake\\nSuperior, the school having at that time a corps of\\ni=i four teachers. He continued its management for\\nfive years, and in the fall of 1874 left the field of\\nT=x teaching and entered the Law Department of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^j- University an Ann Arbor, where he graduated with\\nthe Centennial Class of 1876, and in May of the\\nsame year came to Mt. Pleasant and formed a part-\\nnership with S. W. Hopkins for the practice of the\\nprofession. This relation existed until November,\\n1878, when his associate was elected to represent the\\ncounty in the Legislature, and in the same month\\nMr. Devereaux was elected Prosecuting Attorney of\\nthe county, by a majority of 171 votes over his Re-\\npublican competitor, Dr. S. C. Brown, himself and\\nthe Sheriff, Charles M. Brooks, being the only ones\\nelected on the Democratic ticket.\\nIn May, 1882, he entered into his present business\\nrelation, under the firm name of Hance Devereaux,\\nfor. the transaction of a general real-estate and loan\\nbusiness. They also deal in lumber, in connection\\nwith the regular business of their office, their interests\\nin that branch being situated in Midland County,\\nwhere, with Charles Stirling, they own the timber on\\n2,000 acres of land. Their logs are put into Salt\\nRiver, and from there into the Chippewa and run to\\nSaginaw.\\nDuring the summer of 18S3 Messrs. Hance\\nDevereaux built the fine business block where their\\nO\\noffice is located. It is of brick, 45 xgo feet in dimen-\\nsions and two stories high above the basement. The\\nfirst story is devoted to mercantile business, while\\nthe second is utilized for offices. Mr. Devereaux is\\nactively interested in the educational interests of the\\ncounty, being at present Chairman of the Board of\\nCounty School Examiners, and he has also been\\nSecretary of the School Board since 1877.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Devereaux is given on another\\npage.\\nK[|,\u00c2\u00ab.oshua J. Upton, farmer on section 17, Coe\\nplL Township, is a soit of Joshua and Priscilla\\n(Taggart) Upton. The parents were natives\\nof Peterborough, N. H., where they lived until\\nabout ten years after marriage. They then\\nlived one year in Warren Co., Pa., and then re-\\nmoved to Chautauqua Co., N. Y., where they resided\\nthe remainder of their lives. He died in December,\\n1870, and she in the spring of 1878. The nine mem-\\nbers of the family were named Priscilla, Albert, John\\nA., James M., Joshua J., George W., William H.,\\nThon.as J. and Mary P.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice, the fourth\\nson, was born in Peterborough, N. H. Jan. 8, 1832,\\nand was an infant of one year when his parents re-\\nmoved to Pennsylvania, and two years old when the\\nfamily settled in New York. He received the ele-\\nments of a common English education in the dis-\\ntrict schools of his neighborhood, and worked on his\\nfather s farm until 21 years old. He then began to\\nwork at the capenter s trade, which he followed most\\nof the time ten years. In February, 1864, he bade\\nadieu to the Empire State, and, selecting Isabella\\nCounty as his future home, bought 80 acres of land\\nin Coe Township, where he has since resided, and\\non which he has erected a creditable residence and\\nother buildings. In connection with farming, he has\\nworked at carpentry, and has built or assisted to\\nbuild many buildings in the vicinity of Salt River.\\nHe has improved about 36 acres of his home farm,\\nand owns in the township 157 acres, 113 of which are\\nimproved.\\nHe was married in Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n29, 1862, to Wealthy M., daughter of Elijah and\\nSamantha (Wilkins) Moore, natives of Chautauqua\\nf\\nC\\nc^:\\n-X^ il!l:^llBi a^\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": ";^V\u00c2\u00ae:^\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\nz^^^^\\nI\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n497\\nv^\\nCo., N. y. Mrs. U. was born in Crawford Co., Pa.,\\nJuly 31, 1S42. Myrtie B., Lola L., Jedde L. and\\nIva P. S. are the four younger members of the family\\ncircle.\\nMr. Upton has been Township lerk one year,\\nand School Inspector. He is adirector of the Farm-\\ners Mutual Insurance Company of Gratiot and Isa-\\nbella Counties. Politically, he is an ardent and\\ninfluential member of the National party. Being an\\nanti-monopolist, he is a believer in railroad competi-\\ntion as a legitimate agent in developing a new coun-\\ntry, and he is largely interested in the proposed To-\\nledo Ann Arbor line through this county. He is\\nvery liberal in his religious views, and does not hesi-\\ntate to denounce priestcraft as a cloud over human\\nprogress.\\njlbert A. Preston, residing at Mt. Pleasant,\\nis a son of William and Mary (Fisk) Presr\\nton. The former was born in Stratford, Vt.,\\nJune 28, 1803, and the latter in the same\\nlocality Jan. 31, 1806. They were married\\nSept. 7, 1824, and were blessed with nine\\nchildren, of whom five are now not living. The\\nsurvivors are the following: Albert A.; Ellen L.,\\nwife of Samuel Woodworth, veterinary surgeon at\\nMt. Pleasant (she taught the first school at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, while her husband was absent in the army);\\nWallace W., now County Treasurer; and Althea M.,\\nwife of Hon. Isaac A Fancher, of Detroit. The de-\\nceased were Sarah E., wife of John Fuller; Mary\\nA., second wife of John Fuller; Walter Scott; Celia\\nE., wife of E. H. Bradley, of Mt. Pleasant (their\\nmarriage, the first in Mt. Pleasant, was celebrated Oct.\\n10, 1865); and Emma A., wife of Albert Fox, wiio\\nwas at one time editor of the Isabella County Enter-\\nprise.\\nMrs. Mary (Fisk) Preston s father was born at\\nBoscawen, N. H., April 18, 1773, and her mother was\\nborn at Newbury, Mass., May 28, r777. They were\\nmarried June 22, 1795, and of their nine children\\nthree are yet living, Mary, mother of Albert A.;\\nEphraim, a farir.er in Ceneva, Kan.; Levinda H.,\\nwife of Josiah Beckwith, a farmer of Buchanan\\nTownship, Berrien County, this State.\\nWilliam Preston s father, Robert G., was born Aug.\\n12, 1766; and mother, Hannah, Brown, Dec. 6,\\n1770. They were married at Cliester, N. H., May\\nII, 17S6, and were the parents of 14 cliildren, John,\\nRobert G. (first), an unnamed infant daughter, Will-\\niam (first), Roswell, Edward, Oliver W., Hannah,\\nWilliam (second), Hazen, Alniira, Eunice, Robert G.\\n(second) and Royal.\\nRobert G. Preston s parents (Albert A. s great-\\ngrandparents), Edward and Edna (Greenough), were\\nmarried Jan. 27, 1763. Their six children were\\nMoses, Robert, Edna, Molly, Edward and an infant\\nnot named.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Strafford\\nTownship, Orange Co., Vt., Aug. 16, 1827, and was\\nreared on a farm. When he was eight years old\\n(1835) his family moved to Bethany Township, Gen-\\nesee Co., N. Y.; and in 1839 they again moved, to\\nJava Township, Wyoming County, where his father\\nbought 100 acres. Here Albert developed into man-\\nhood, having attended school most of the winters of\\nhis youth.\\nIn the spring of 1855 he moved to Sauk Co., Wis.,\\nreturning in the fall of the same year to New York.\\nIn May, 1862, he came to this State and settled in\\nwhat is now Lincoln Township, Isabella County,\\nhomesteading 160 acres of timbered land on section\\n2. At that time his nearest market was St. John s,\\n48 miles away. He has given his son Wilbur 60\\nacres, and now owns 100 acres. Of the wliole farm\\nhe cleared 100 acres. It was at first difficult to et\\nlumber, and he had a bark roof, which let in the rain\\nprofusely, often saturating his bed and clothing.\\nAfter getting in his first crop, however, he found\\ntime to construct a roof of shakes, which he split\\nfrom the surrounding pines. Deer were plentiful,\\nalso bear. His first team of horses were brought\\nfrom New York State when he first came. His route\\nwas by lake to Detroit, thence by wagon via St.\\nJohn s to his new home. The roads were muddy,\\nthe wheels were often in the mud to the axle, and he\\nwas five and a half days in making the trip.\\nMr. P. s parents came to Mt. Pleasant in February,\\n1864. On account of the illness of his father, Mr.\\nPreston moved to Mt. Pleasant in tlie f;ill of 1881,\\nand he cared for his father until the latter s\\ndeath, Nov. 10, 18S1. His present residence was\\nthe first frame house in Mt. Pleasant, and was\\nbuilt by Dr. Burt. Mr. Preston helped build many\\nV^\\n(5\\ns", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "-cr\\nv ^DD^IiD r\\n-*^p-\\nJ SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\nof the first buildings in the village, including the\\nM three first stores.\\nHe was married in Java Township, Wyoming Co.,\\nN. Y., April 13, 185 1, to Miss Martha Nichols,\\ndaughter of George and Mary Nichols, who was\\nborn in Keene, N. H., April 16, 1833. Of five chil-\\ndren given to Mr. and Mrs. P., four survive. The\\nrecord is as follows Mary E., born in Java Dec. 15,\\n1852, and now the wife of Arthur B. Caldwell, a\\nfarmer of Fremont Township, this county (she has had\\nthree children, Lillian (deceased). Genie and Alice);\\nWilbur E., born Oct. 21,. 1854, now a farmer on sec-\\ntion 2, Lincoln Township, and married to Marilla\\nAbbott; Alice, born Feb. 20, i860, now the wife\\nof William Atkins, farmer of Coe Township; and\\nWendell B., born Dec. 16, 1S67, and now living at\\nhome. David D. was born May 19, 1863, and died\\nwhen three and a half years old.\\n^4 f^Sidnnny\\nr^- (\u00c2\u00a31/ 1^^\\nn\\na\\nWing, farmer on section 33^\\nJp Chippewa Township, is a son of Benjamin\\nand Bathsheba (Tobey) Wing, natives of\\nHampshire and Franklin Counties, Mass.\\nThe parents settled in Hawley, Mass., where\\nthey lived till the father s death, March i,\\n1835. The mother died while on a visit to Kansas,\\nOct. 17, 187 1. Their children numbered four,\\nElizabeth M., Sarah, Benjamin and Bathsheba T.\\nThe subject of this sketch, the only son of his\\nparents, was born in Hawley, Mass., March 20, 1832,\\nand received the rudiments of an English education\\nin the common schools, attending also one term at\\nthe Sanderson Academy at Ashfield, Mass. Losing\\nhis father when three years old, he lived with his\\nmother until 21 years of age. He then worked out\\nby the month for four years, when he bought a farm\\nin Ashfield, Franklin Co., Mass. This he tilled until\\n1869, when he sold and removed to DeKalbCo., Mo.\\nHe bought a farm there, but not meeting with the\\nsuccess he expected, he sold out, and in the fall of\\n1875 came to Isabella County and bought 40 acres\\nof wild land on section 33, to which, he has since\\nadded 60 acres. He has 80 acres under cultivation.\\nHe ivas married in Hawley, Mass., May 22, i860,\\nto Hannah M., daughter of Clark and Emeline\\n(Kelly) Sears, natives of Franklin Co., Mass. Mrs.\\nWing was born in West Hawley, June 22, 1839.\\nThe four children added to the household are Walter\\nS., Wallace B., Lizzie G. and Clara E.\\nMr. Wing has been Supervisor of Chippewa three\\nyears, and School Director several terms. Politically,\\nhe is a staunch Republican. He and wife adhere to\\nthe faith of the Universalist Church.\\nH ^^^^^m-^\\names Davis, stave manufacturer, resident\\n1^ atMt. Pleasant, was born Dec. 27, 1847, in\\nOxford Co., Can. His parents, Tliomas and\\nCatherine (Rourke) Davis, are both deceased.\\nMr. Davis was reared on his father s farm,\\nand in 1867 went to Green Bay District, Wis-\\nconsin, where he engaged four years in lumbering.\\nIn the spring of 1872 he came to Tuscola, Mich.,\\nwhere he established himself in the stave business.\\nHe spent some time subsequently in Clare County,\\nMich., and in 1878 came to Mt. Pleasant and founded\\nhis present establishment. He moved his family\\nhither in 1879. His business relations afford em-\\nployment for a force of assistants numbering from\\n75 to 125 men. He ships his products chiefly to\\nQuebec and New York. He manufactures yearly\\nfrom 100,000 to 200,000 hand-made Canada Pipe\\nstaves.\\nMr. Davis was married Nov. 3, 1879, at East Sag-\\ninaw, to Mary, daughter of James and Mary Sweeney.\\nShe was born May 20, 1857, in Ireland. Three\\ndaughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Davis,\\nas follows: Mary C, Aug. 12, 1880; Margaret L.,\\nSept. 23, 1881 Helen E., Sept. i, 1883.\\nIjharles W. Sawyer, farmer on section 16,\\nCoe, is a son of Charles^ T}. and Mary\\n(Covey) Sawyer, natives of Vermont. i he\\nparents emigrated first to New York, then to\\nIllinois, and three years later to Michigan,\\nlocating in Barry County. In 1864 they came\\nto Isabella County and settled in Coe Township,\\nwhere ihey lived till their death, i he mother de-\\n11\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a03.\\n.r:::.\\nJL\\n^t]ll^[lllr\\n.\u00c2\u00a3u=x\\n-4^^^%\\nt^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "^^Up^-A^^ ^/J^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "m\\nr^J^i^ cnK JDD^Dtl^^r\\nTZS^Qr-\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\nparted this life June 20, 1869, and tlie father Jan. i,\\n1879.\\nThe subject of this sketch, their second son, was\\nborn in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Sept. 20, 1842, and\\nlived with his parents, following them in their several\\nremoves, until the death of his motlier in 1869. He\\nlearned the carpenter s trade of his father, which oc-\\ncupation he has followed a small portion of tlie time\\nsince. He was for one year at Salt River a clerk for\\nAaron Wessels, but he has been principally engaged\\nin agriculture. In 1865 he bought 40 acres of land\\non section 16, and he now has 25 acres under culti-\\nvation.\\nHe was married in Coe Township, April 3, 1870, to\\nLouisa C, daughter of Richard and Louisa (Gleason)\\nHoy, and adopted daughter of Dunham D. and Mary\\nA. Burnham. Mrs. Sawyer was born in Colchester,\\nVt., Oct. 27, 1850. Of three children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. S., two died in infancy. The surviving\\none is Richard R., born Jan. 15, 1878. Mrs. Sawyer\\ndied at her home in Coe, Oct. 10, 1878.\\nMr. S. supixirts the principles of the Republican\\nparty, is a Freemason, and has been Township\\nTreasurer two years.\\noseph Myers, farmer on section 21, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Michael and Eve\\n(McCoy) Myers, natives of Pennsylvania\\nand Maryland. The parents first settled in the\\nKeystone State and afterwards removed to\\nStark Co., Ohio, and thence to DeKalb Co.,\\nIn the fall of 1855, they came to this county,\\nwhere the mother died. The father afterwards went\\nto Williams Co., Ohio, where he died, in May, 1866.\\nThe subject of this notice was born in Stark Co.,\\nOhio, Jan. 16, 1830, and was 13 years old when his\\nparents re.iioved to Indiana, where he lived until\\n1855, engaged in farming. In the spring of that\\nyear he came to this county and bought 1 20 acres of\\nGovernment land in Coe Township, where he has\\nsince lived. He has now 80 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in DeKalb Co., Ind., Oct. 8, 1848,\\nto Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Solama (Anthony)\\nSawvel, natives of the State of Pennsylvania. She\\nwas born in Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 18, 1833. To this\\nmarriage were given 15 children, of whom 13 sur-\\nInd.\\nvive John F., Edward, Sarah J., Ralph, Mary,\\nUseba, William C, Addie, U. S. Grant, Elmira,\\nSamantha, Nellie and Elma. Charlie and Winnie\\nare deceased.\\nPolitically, Mr. Myers is a Republican.\\nHe was drafted in September, 1864, was assigned\\nto Co. I, 23d Mich. Vol. Inf., and served about nine\\nmonths. He fought at Fort Anderson, Franklin\\n(Tenn.), Columbia (Tenn.), Nashville (Tenn.), Wil-\\nmington (N. C.) and Goldsboro. He was severely\\nwounded at Town Creek, Feb. 20, 1865, and was\\nhonorably discharged at Salisbury, N. C, June 28,\\nfollowing.\\nesley J. Corbus, M. D., eclectic physician\\nand surgeon at Mt. Pleasant, was born\\nAug. 17, 1818, in Wayne Co., Mich., eight\\nmiles west of Detroit. He is the son of Jo-\\nseph and Sarah (Britton) Corbus, and in 1828\\nhis parents removed to Hillsdale Co., Mich.\\nAbout three years later they again removed and set-\\ntled in Girard Township, Branch County, where the\\nfather became the proprietor by purchase of 1 60 acres\\nof land. Both parents died on the homestead in\\nGirard.\\nDr. Corbus obtained a good elementary education,\\nand at the age of 23 years he went to Millersburg,\\nHolmes Co., Ohio, and taught school two years. He\\nreturned to Branch County and entered upon the\\nstudy of medicine with Dr. Moses E. CHiauncey, a\\npractitioner at Girard Center. He spent nearly four\\nyears reading for his profession under the instruction\\nof Dr. Chauncey, and commenced his career in the\\npractice of medicine at Warsaw, Ind. He remained in\\nbusiness there about three years and went then to\\nUnion City in Branch County, where he operated sev-\\neral years. His ne.xt place of action was at Tekonsha,\\nCalhoun County, where he remained until April, 1863,\\nwhen he came to Isabella County. He bought 320\\nacres of land on section 13, Lincoln Township, which\\nwas all in heavy timber. He cleared and improved\\n130 acres, erected good buildings, planted orchards,\\nand put everything in the best order for successful\\nagriculture. He has deeded a portion to his children,\\nand retains 107 acres, with 60 acres cleared and im-\\nproved. He began his practice immediately on be-\\n1\\nw\\nC\\ni\\nCi^\u00c2\u00b1,\\nr^\\nm%m\\n-|f^^v%", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "^x-\\n^^aii:t:i]Ds r\\nT\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(h\\n^l\\ni^^\\nI\\ncoming a citizen of the county, and has been actively\\nengaged in the career of medicine without interrup-\\ntion since that time.\\nIn 1874, Dr. Corbus purchased a farm adjoining\\nthe southern limits of the village corixiration. On\\nthis he erected a fine residence, after which he sold\\nthe place, and in December, 1875, he settled in Mt.\\nPleasant, opened an office and entered uixin the vig-\\norous prosecution of his profession. In 1878, Dr.\\nCorbus went to Cincinnati and took a course of study\\nin the Eclectic Medical Institute, under the celebrated\\nDr. Scudder. He was graduated there in 1879.\\nHis business includes a wide circle of town and coun-\\ntry patrons, and is permanently established on the\\nfoundation of ability and success. Dr. Corbus is a\\nSwedenborgian in religious views, and belongs to\\nthe Masonic Order, Chapter in. Royal Arch.\\nHis marriage to Christiana Popham occurred Oct.\\n14, 1844, in Knox Co., Ohio. She was born Feb.\\n27, 1827, in Pike Township, Knox County, and is the\\ndaughter of Francis and Mary (Scoles) Popham. Fol-\\nlowing are the names of the six children born to Dr.\\nand Mrs. Corbus Mary A., deceased Eugene M.,\\na farmer in Oregon Joseph, also engaged in agricul-\\nture in Oregon Lydia B., wife of Michael Walsh, a\\nfarmer of Washington Territory; and Francis P., de-\\nceased.\\nThe portrait of Dr. Corbus is presented on a pre-\\nceding page of this work.\\nM Pj hilip Servoss, deceased, late resident on\\nLkJ section 31, Chippewa Township, was a son\\njjll^ of Daniel and Doxy (Briggs) Servoss, na-\\n\\\\(f^ tives of New York State. The family num-\\nyiV bered seven Hiram, Charlotte, Philip, Chaun-\\ncey, Olive, Margaret and Christopher; Philip being\\nthe second son and third child.\\nHe was born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., Feb. 22,\\n18 1 8, and was six weeks old when his parents re-\\nmoved to Orleans Co., N. Y. Here he lived until\\nApril, 1866, engaged in farming. Coming to Isabella\\nCounty at the date mentioned (walking from Lan-\\nsing), he bought 80 acres in Chippewa Township,\\nwhere he lived until his death, April 10, 1881.\\nHe was married in Niagara Co., N. Y., May 20,\\n1856, to Miss Emma, daughter of Marcus and Deb-\\n^v.2^5.,, \u00e2\u0080\u0094^-^113\\norah (Manchester) Grinnell, natives of the State of\\nNew York. Mr. Grinnell came to Chippewa Town-\\nship, this county (walking from Detroit), in the spring\\nof 1861, and was employed several years as a Gov-\\nernment blacksmith. He bought several tracts of\\nland and at the time of his death owned 80 acres on\\nsection 31, Chippewa. He died Feb. 22, 1884. He\\nheld numerous offices, Supervisor, Justice of the\\nPeace, Township Clerk, and was in other ways\\nprominent in his locality. He was the maker of\\nGrinnell s Universal Balsam. Mrs. Servoss was\\nborn in Orleans Co., N. Y., May 14, 1840, and has\\nbeen the mother of seven children, six of whom sur-\\nvive Hiram D., Carrie A., Elmer A., Alonzo D.,\\nMina J. and Earl 1*. One died in infancy.\\nMr. S. held the office of Highway Commissioner\\nand several school offices. He was a member of the\\nSociety of Seventh-Day Adventists, as is Mrs. Ser-\\nvoss.\\nm\\nI\\nrank S. Swreeney, of the firm of Sweeney\\nCo., grocers and provision merchants,\\ndealers in crockery, produce and baled\\nhay, at Mt. Pleasant, was born in Scarborough,\\nnear the city of Toronto, Ont., Can., Oct. 31,\\n185 1. His parents were Francis and Mary\\n(Fox) Sweeney, and belonged to the agricultural\\nclass in the Dominion.\\nMr. Sweeney became a clerk in a London grocery\\nhouse at the age of 15, but left the business shortly\\nafter, and at the age of 17 years came to Michigan\\nand made the stave business his work for three years.\\nThen for a few years he was employed as land-\\nlooker, locating land and timber for parties in the\\nSaginaws and Bay City. He next engaged in the\\nmanufacture of staves on his own behalf, and carried\\non the business successfully in Michigan, Ohio and\\nIndiana, as opportunities for profitable transfers pre-\\nsented. Had not the panic of 1872-3 demoralized\\nthe markets, Mr. Sweeney would have made a real\\nsuccess of the business. From his thorough knowl-\\nedge of the timber and early experience he was call-\\ned an expert by many of the leading stave men in\\nthe State. In 1879 he engaged in the grocery and\\nproduce trade as an assistant in an establishment at\\nStrathroy, Ontario, and in th(; spring of 188 1 located\\nA\\nt^DDi\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "COUJVTV.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^J^^ i^\\nISABELLA\\nT\\nV\\ns\\n503\\nat Mt. Pleasant, and formed a partnership with James\\nBarry for the prosecution of the business which he\\nhas since followed. They purchased two very desir-\\nable lots near the corner of Main Street and Broad-\\nway, and erected the building where they are now\\noperating. It is 20 x 90 feet in dimensions, two stories\\nhigh, with brick front, and with an addition in the\\nrear 24 x 35, brick fire-proof, with a stone cellar, and\\nutilized as a warehouse. They have also built a ware-\\nhouse on Main Street, near the Flint Pere Mar-\\nquette depot, 36 x 55, where they keep a first-class\\nDederick hay-press, and press and ship hay. Its\\ncapacity is one car-load pei day. Their business is\\nprosperous and includes extensive yearly purchases\\nand shipments of produce, of which they make a\\nspecialty.\\nMr. Sweeney was married July 19, 1S81, at Stratli-\\nroy, Ont., to Maria T. McNulty. She was born in\\nCanada. Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney have one daughter,\\nEva, born Aug. 9, 1882, at Mt. Pleasant. In matters\\nof religion Mr. Sweeney is a Catholic; in politics a\\nstaunch Republican. He was elected Treasurer of\\nhis village and surrounding township in the spring of\\n1883, and re-elected in 1884 by one of the largest\\nmajorities in the county. He has made some money,\\nowns some real estate near Mt. Pleasant, and two\\nvery desirable building lots on Broadway, in that vil-\\nlage.\\n^4-\\nM. Forbes, farmer and lumlier-\\nman on section 20, Chippewa Township,\\nis a son of Levi and Charlotte (Hazelton)\\nForbes, native-; of Massachusetts. The par-\\nents settled in Canada, where he died. She\\nafterwards removed to her present home in\\nIngham County, this State.\\nThe subject of this record was born in Canada,\\nMarch 18, r836, and was two and a half years old\\nwhen his mother came to Ingham County. He lived\\nat home until 1 4 years old, then worked out by the\\nmontii till 18, and then learned the cooper s trade.\\nMarch 12, 1856, in Ingham County, he married\\nMiss Frances M., daughter of Caleb and Margaret J.\\nHall, natives of the Slate of New York. She was\\nalso born in the Empire State, June 3, 1839. Of six\\nchildren born of this marriage, three survive, Date\\nand Glenn (twins) and Lulu J. The deceased were\\nnamed VVillard, Jane and Levi.\\nMr. and Mrs. Forbes came to this county in the\\nfall of 1872 and bought 160 acres in ChippewaTown-\\nship, where he now has 1 10 acres in a state of profit-\\nable cultivation. He keeps 73 cattle, 40 sheep and\\n2 horses. Politically, he is an earnest Republican.\\nHe and wife arc members of the Baptist Church.\\nIjtfSi harles C. Whitney, of the manufacturing\\nCaroline E. (Hall) Whitney, and his father\\n1^ firm of Jeffords Whitney, at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, was born in Hopewell, Ontario Co., N. Y.\\nJune 15, 1844. He is a son of Benjamin and\\nwas a blacksmith by trade.\\nMr. Whitney was 18 years old when the country\\nwas thrilled with the news of the rebellious assault\\nupon Fort Sumter, and, with the multitudes of the\\nyoung, ardent sons of the Republic, he donned the\\nregulation blue and marched to the help of the en-\\ndangered Union. He enlisted at Canandaigua, N.\\nY., Nov. 8, 1861, as a private in the i8th Vol. Inf\\nof the Empire State, under Captain H. H. Frote.\\nAmong the battles in which Mr. Whitney was under\\nfire were those at West Point, Va., Gaines Mill, Sav-\\nage Station, Charles City Cross-Roads, Malvern Hilb\\nsecond Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fred-\\nericksburg (first and second) and in numberless\\nsmaller skirmishes common to the fate of war. He\\nreceived honorable discharge May 28, 1863, at Al-\\nbany, N. Y., and re-enlisted Nov. 10, 1863, in Co. H,\\nCapt. H. C. Thompson, r6th N. Y. Heavy Artillery,\\nand received honorable discharge Aug. 21, 1865,\\nafter the close of tiie war. He was in the engage-\\nments at Fort Pocahontas and at Fort Fisher. The\\nonly casualty he sustained was an insignificant in-\\njury in the head by a piece of shell, at Gaines Mill.\\nOn receiving his well-earned release from the ser-\\nvice of his country, he relumed to his native State,\\nand in February, r866, he came to Cambria, Hills-\\ndale Co., Mich. In April, 1867, in company with\\nfive other individuals, he came to Saginaw in quest\\nof a location. One of the party was his brother,\\nWilliam T. Whitney (see sketch), and they made\\ntheir way to the terminus of the railroad at St. John s.\\nt\\n^m^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "m\\n:(|s.\u00c2\u00bb-\\n504\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-f^t^Jf\u00c2\u00ae^-:i^;\\nThey walked thence to Mt. Pleasant, with which\\nplace they made first acquaintance April 10, 1867.\\nMr. Whitney operated for a time as a carpenter,\\nand later as a contractor and builder. In 1880 he\\nsuperintended the construction of the Opera-House\\nBlock, and in 1881 he formed a partnership with\\nGeorge A. Lance, and the firm entered into a con-\\ntract to erect the Union School building. Its con-\\nstruction occupied a year, and at its completion the\\nfirm terminated its business relations. The present\\npartnership of Jeffords Whitney was formed Dec.\\n25, 1881, and has since been in successful operation.\\nIn 1883 they constructed 16 buildings at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, among them the Unitarian church. Mr. Jeffords\\nwas the proprietor of the Mt. Pleasant Novelty Works,\\nand on combining their interests Mr. Whitney pur-\\nchased a half interest in the property. It is utilized\\nin the manufacture of doors, sash, etc. In the winter\\nof 1883-4 they built the mill where they now operate.\\nThey employ about 30 assistants, do all kinds of\\nbuilding, furnish plans, specifications and detailed\\ndrawings. They manufacture sash, doors, bUnds,\\nrough and finished lumber and ornamental scroll\\nwork. They own four houses and lots, a blacksmith\\n.shop and three vacant lots. Their works include\\nthree lumber yards, situated respectively by their\\nmill, on Wisconsin Street and on Main Street. They\\nhandle about 3,000,000 feet of lumber yearly, which\\nthey ship chiefly to Saginaw and Detroit.\\nA few months after Mr. Whitney located at Mt.\\nPleasant, he decided to change his condition in life,\\nand made a marriage contract with Miss Dora E.,\\ndaughter of George W. and Louisa Howk. Their\\nmarriage was celebrated Nov. 17, 1867, in the Method-\\nist Episcopal church at Mt. Pleasant, and was the\\nfirst event of that nature within its walls. Mt. Pleas-\\nant had half a hundred inhabitants, and the privileges\\nof the place were not of the latest and most approved\\nmetropolitan order. The only livery in town was a\\njoint affair under the auspices of Moses Brown, who\\nowned a horse, and David Morse, who was the pos-\\nsessor of a harness and a buckboard. With this equip-\\nment, Mr. Whitney set out to fulfill his pre-arranged\\nprogram, and when less than two miles on his route\\nto Salt River, where the bride s parents resided, he\\nmet a man on horseback, who contrived to collide\\nwith his turn-out and dislocate one of the hind\\nwheels. He abandoned the vehicle and returned to\\nMt. Pleasant and borrowed another buckboard, with\\nV\\nJSv5^?j!3^\\nthe aid of which he succeeded in accomplishing his\\nmatrimonial intentions. He was, at the time, the\\nowner of $146. He paid the minister $5, bought a\\nsmall elevated-oven cook-stove for $37, a barrel of\\nflour for $24, and paid proportionately for other do-\\nmestic fi.xtures. The period was not long after the\\nwar, and everj thing in the way of merchandise was\\nhigh, and had to be transported from St. John s and\\nSaginaw by teams. It should be remarked that the\\nwedding livery of Mr. Whitney cost him $4.\\nMrs. Whitney was born July 31, 1849, in Houns-\\nfield Township, Jefferson Co., N. Y. George B.,\\neldest child, was born Feb. 8, 1869; Lulu, Nov. 17,\\n1874; Charles Francis, March 18, 1873 (died in July,\\n1873); Mary L., Nov. 14, 1874; Charles Frederick,\\nAug. 17, 1879.\\nMr. Whitney is a prominent member of the Orders\\nof Masonry and Odd-Fellows. In the former he is\\nconnected with the Royal Arch Chapter and the\\nblue lodge at Mt. Pleasant, and in the latter fra-\\nternity he has passed all the chairs. He has also\\nrepresented the local organization at the Grand\\nLodge four times. He is also a member of the Uni-\\ntarian Church. He owns an attractive and valuable\\nresidence at Mt. Pleasant and 30 acres of land on\\nsection 3, Coe Township. Mrs. Whitney belongs to\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n(flfSil? illiS Da D. McFarren, deceased, late farmer\\n||^^3u on section i, (]oe, was a son of Thomas\\njte and Clarissa McFarren, natives of Wash-\\nJ\\\\^ ington Co., N. Y. and was born in the same\\njdT county April 17, 18 15. He lived in that\\nlocality until 1849, when he came with his fam-\\nily to Jackson Co., Mich., where he lived nine years.\\nHe then removed to Ingham County, where he re-\\nmained three years; and in 186 1 he came to Isabella\\nCounty and bought 160 acres of wild land on sec-\\ntion I, Coe. He disposed of 80 acres, and of the\\nremainder had under cultivation at the time of his\\ndeath about 50 acres. His departure from this life\\noccurred Jan. 27, 1884.\\nHe was married in WHiitehall, Washington Co., N.\\nv., March 6, 1839, to Miss Nancy Davis, who was\\nborn at the place of her marriage, April 14, 1816.\\nHer parents, Winans and Nancy (Wilson) Davis, were\\nVS\\nf^\\nA\\nC\\nr\\n-^^^^^j^m", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "CUiA,\\nCt ^y^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "IlD :IlIl^ r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nA\\n507\\nnatives of Washington Co., N. Y. As a coincidence,\\nit is worth relating that Mrs. Davis and her daughter\\nwere born and married in the same room. Mr. and\\nMrs. McF. have had eight children, five of whom\\nsurvive. Their names are Mary J., James H. (de-\\nceased), Arvila (deceased), Clarissa, William W. (de-\\nceased), Seymour C, Leonard H. and Fenner A.\\nMrs. McF. is a member of the Presbyterian Church.\\nf^^r rank Davis, farmer on section 15, Coe\\n^jMJ T Township, is a son of Alden and Susan\\nJ (Casey) Davis, and was born in Isabella\\nCounty, Aug. 28, 1858. He attended the dis-\\ntrict schools in his boyhood, receiving a limited\\neducation. Losing his father in the battle of\\nthe Wilderness, in June, 1864, he lived at honie with\\nhis mother until 14, and then went lo live with his\\ngrandfather, P. D. Hams, with whom he remained\\n.intil April, 1883. Since then he has been carrying\\non his own farm, and boarding with Robert Wilson.\\nPolitically, he is a Republican.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nmuiaM^r^\u00e2\u0080\u0094%i\\n.,^%(mvi^\\nilliam Pickard, Under-Sheriff of Isabella\\nCounty, residing at Mt. Pleasant, was born\\nat Tobique, New Brunswick, Oct. 14, 1884,\\nand is a son of John and Margaret (Jones)\\nPickard. His father was a farmer and lum-\\nberman, and the son was reared to a knovvl-\\nedge of both callings. He went to Old Town, Me.,\\nwhen he was 19 years old, and was there engaged in\\nactive lumber interests four years. In September,\\n1868, he came to Isabella County, and after a year s\\nlabor in the woods he was placed in charge of the\\nlumber camp of Gulliver, Remick Whitney, of\\nDetroit. He continued thus engaged between four\\nand five years, when he formed a partnership with\\nhis brother, Thomas Pickard (see sketch), for the\\npurpose of engaging in the work of lumbering in his\\nown interest. They purchased timber lands and were\\ndiligently engaged in the various avenues [lertaining\\nto lumbering until 1880, when the partnership was\\ndissolved. They also trafficked to considerable ex-\\ntent in real estate and carried on farming interests.\\nbut have closed their relations in agricultural matters.\\nMr. Pickard has been engaged one winter since\\nthat date in lumbering alone.\\nIn January, 1882, he was appointed Under-SherilT\\nby his brother, and has since devoted his attention to\\nthe duties of the position. He owns his residence\\nin block 21, lots I and 2, in Bentley s Addition, and\\nis pleasantly situated. He was married in St. Louis\\nto Celesiia Walker. She was born in Ohio and is a\\ndaughter of John and Catherine Walker. The chil-\\ndren belonging to the household are Charles and\\n\\\\iinie.\\nMr. Pickard is one of the most poiiular and genial\\ncitizens of Mt. Pleasant, and his jwrtrait in this vol-\\nume will afford genuine satisfaction to his numerous\\nfriends.\\nIgW^^avid Tucker, farmer on section 14, Coe\\nJi^^lj^ Township, is a son of Noah and Martha\\nJt^ Tucker, natives of Ohio. The parents set-\\ntied in Richland Co Ohio, and lived there\\ntill their death. He died June 18, 1863, and\\nshe March 22, 1883. Their family consisted of\\nten, six sons and four daughters, David being the\\neldest son.\\nHe was born in Richland Co., Ohio, March 25,\\n1835, and lived at home, developing into manhood\\nthrough the usual course of play, school and work on\\nthe farm, until 22 years old. At the age of 24, Sept.\\nI, 1859, he was married to Elizabeth J., daughter of\\nDaniel and Roxana (Lyons) Rising, who were natives\\nof the State of New York. The father died in Sac\\nCo., Iowa, at an unknown date; the mother died in\\nWilliams Co., Ohio, Feb. 16, 1873. Mrs. Tucker was\\nborn in Richland Co., Ohio, Aug. 12, 1841.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. I ucker remained for three\\nyears in Richland Co., Ohio, removing then to Wil-\\nliams County, same State, where he bought a farm of\\n80 acres and remained nearly 18 years. Disposing\\nof that farm, he came in the spring of i88[ to Isa-\\nbella County and bought 60 acres of improved land\\nill Coe Township, where he has since made his home.\\nIn 1882 he erected a comfortable dwelling which will\\ncompare favorably with any in his part of the county.\\nPolitically, Mr. T. is a Republican.\\nThe six children surviving are named Mary J.,\\nWarren L., Edward F., Ada E., Martha A. and Jen-\\nc-o:\\nB^V5^\u00c2\u00ab$i#-\\n.:ss^^\\n^D W ^tv/j^=^^\\n5^^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "^^^^K ^vC:iiii ;nDs r\\ni3\\\\5(!r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\njj\u00c2\u00bb nie M. The deceased were Icabinda, George A.,\\ni\u00c2\u00a7) Florence B., Charles E., Eli W., Arthur and Willie\\n!v^ B. Mrs. Tucker died Aug. 5, 1882. She was an\\nf active member of the society known as the Church\\nof God. Mr. T. s parents also belonged to this\\nChurch.\\nA\\nC)\\nV\\names J. Campbell (deceased), late farmer\\non section 34, Coe Township, was a son of\\nJames R. and Catherine Campbell, and\\nthe eldest son in a family of 13 children. He\\nwas born in Carroll Co., Ohio, May 30, 1838,\\nand lived in Ohio until November, 1867, when\\nhe came to Isabella County. He bought 160 acres\\nof land in Coe Township, and at the time of his\\ndeath had about 80 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married in Carroll Co., Ohio, May 3, i860,\\nto Elizabeth, daughter of George and Elizabeth\\n(Caskey) Moore, natives of Ireland and Ohio. She\\nwas born in Carroll County, May 2, 1841, and is the\\nmother of seven children, George (died when five\\nyears old), Kate, Martha, William, James R., Frank\\nand Effie E. Mr. C. died Nov. 28, 1875. He was\\na member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mrs.\\nC. is a member of the Disciples Church.\\n*iESii- ti -iel Blake, resident at Mt. Pleasant, was\\nborn Jan. 28, 1816, on Grand Isle, Vt. His\\nparents, John and Philura (Campbell)\\nBlake, removed from their island heme on Lake\\nChamplain to the Township of Georgia\\nFranklin Co., Vt., in 1824, where Mr. Blake\\nattained his majority. He was bred to the calling of\\nhis father, tliat of a farmer, which he pursued many\\nyears.\\nHe was married Jan. 28, 1840, in St. Alban s, Vt.,\\nto Amanda Loverin, a native of Greenbush, Can.\\nAfter a residence of four years in Swanton, Vt., they\\nwent to Winnebago Co., 111., where Mr. Blake be-\\ncame the owner by purchase of 200 acres of land,\\n160 acres of prairie and 40 acres in timber. It was\\nlocated in what is now Durand Township. In 1858\\nMr. Blake rented his property and went to the city\\nof Rockford, in oider to secure the superior ediica-\\nV^\\ntional advantages afforded by its schools. Mrs.\\nBlake died in Rockford, March 12, 1872, aged 57\\nyears. Three children constituted the issue of her\\nmarriage Buel J., Elizabeth (Mrs. W. E. Harrs\\nsee sketch), and Amelia. The latter became the\\nwife of Walter Van Alstyne, of Rockford, and died\\nNov. I, 1869, aged 21 years. The son became a\\nsoldier for the union in the war of the rebellion.\\nHe enlisted in Co. K, 74th 111. Vol. Inf. His regi-\\nment was attached to the command of Gen. Sherman,\\nand Buel Blake was in many of the engagements of\\nthe corps. He was killed June 27, 1864, at the battle\\nof Kenesaw Mountain. Mr. Blake, of this sketch,\\nbecame a resident of Mt. Pleasant in 1874.\\nilliam E. Harris, of the firm of Harris Bros.,\\nproprietors of the Mt. Pleasant Flouring\\ns^J^^P Mills, was born April 15, 1841, in London,\\nEng., and is the son of William S. and Sarah\\nA. (Heath) Harris. In 1852 he and his\\nfather came to the United States and proceeded di-\\nrectly to Greenville, Montcalm Co., Mich. His\\nfather bought 40 acres of land in the township of\\nMontcalm, and began to prepare for the comfortable\\nlocation of his family, who followed in September of\\nthe same year. He died on the farm in New York^\\nin September, 1854; the mother is still living, at Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nIn 1859 Mr. Harris went to Greenville to learn his\\ntrade. He spent two years in a grist-mill, acquiring\\nall the details of the business, and in i86i went to\\nRockford, Winnebago Co., 111., where he remained\\nnine years employed as a miller. He was married\\nthere to Elizabeth Blake. She was born March 12,\\n1846, in Illinois, and is the daughter of Samuel and\\n.Amanda (Loverin) Blake. Minnie, born in Decem-\\nber, 1869, and Sanimie, born in December, 1873, are\\nthe names of the two children now included in the\\nfamily circle.\\nIn 1872 Mr. Harris came to Mt. Pleasant, and, as-\\nsociated with his brother John, bought the site of\\ntheir mill. It was in heavy limber, and they pro-\\nceeded to clear and improve the property in genuine\\nfrontier fashion. They began building on a small\\nscale, erecting a mill 30 by 40 feet, in dimensions,\\nc^:\\nr\\nmMWi ^9", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "ii ish\\nV\\nV\\nT--7 -:I]a^IlIls T^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^Uhiir v\\nwith two run of stones. The structure has been en-\\nlarged and its facilities increased, and is now 42 by\\n62 feet in extent, and three and a half stories in\\nheight. The fixtures include one run of stones and\\nten pairs of rollers, affording a capacity of 100 barrels\\nof flour daily. They do merchant and exchange\\nwork, and employ five assistants. The firm of Harris\\nBros, includes the brothers William, John and Henry\\nG., and Warner Churchill, a brother-in-law. The\\nworks are usually in operation night and day, and in\\nthe fall of the year they ship large quantities of grain.\\nThe firm are also interested in the manufacture and\\nshipment of hoops. The Government Mill Prop-\\nerty, including 100 acres of land, is owned by the\\nHarris Bros.\\nV\\neorge M. Gould, farmer on section 18, Coe\\nIji i, yp^ i Township, is a son of James W. and Mari-\\nm^ ette (Sisson) Gould, natives^ of the State of\\nNew York, and was born in Ionia Co., Mich.,\\nJuly 17, 1847, in which county he lived most\\nof the time until he came to Isabella County, in\\nthe summer of 1865. That year he bought 20 acres\\non section 18, Coe Township, to which he has since\\nadded 77 acres. He has now 50 acres improved.\\nHe was married in Coe Township, June 8, 1869,\\nto Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel and Olive Brickley,\\nnatives of New York State. Mrs. G. was born in\\nSummit, Jackson Co., Mich., Sept. 6, 1851. Mr. G.\\nis a member of the I.-O. O. F., and is politically a\\nDemocrat. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff in Jan-\\nuary, 1883, of which ixjsition lie is still incumbent.\\nSssharles E. Westlake, Postmaster at Mt.\\nal te^^ Pleasant and dealer in drugs, medicines,\\nsip wall paper, etc., was born Aug. 20, 1853, at\\nf)L Long Lake, Mich., and is a son of Rev. Eli\\nV- and Mary E. (Waterman) Westlake. His\\nfather was a minister of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and passed most of his life in the active\\nduties of his profession in Michigan.\\nMr. Westlake was a pupil in the common schools\\nuntil he reached the age of 14 years, when he was\\nsent to the College at Albion, in Calhoun Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he pursued a classical course of study four\\nyears. In 1869 he went to the gold mines of Wyo-\\nming Territory, in company with his father, and there\\nspent about eight months. He returned East, and in\\n1870 he came to Mt. Pleasant. Soon after his^ arrival,\\nin company with J. W. Long, he engaged in the drug\\nbusiness, continuing to operate in tliat connection\\nthree years.\\nIn December, 1872, Mr. Westlake was appointed\\nPostmaster at Mt. Pleasant, and has continued to\\ndischarge the duties of the position since to the sat-\\nisfaction of the public. He received a re-appoint-\\nment in 1883 for four years. He re-opened his drug\\nstore in October, 1881, and is engaged in the trans-\\naction of a prosperous business His stock is valued\\nat $3,000, and his trade recpiires the aid of two\\nassistants.\\nMr. Westlake was married Feb. 18, 1879, at Mt.\\nPleasant, to Jennie, daughter of Lorenzo and Virginia\\nGraves. Mrs. Westlake was born July 8, 1861, in\\nWarsaw, Ky.\\names Barry, of the firm of Sweeney Co.,\\nr dealers in groceries, crockery, produce,\\nseeds, baled hay, etc., at Mt. Pleasant, was\\nborn May 24, 1852, in Toronto, Can. He is a\\nson of John and Johanna (Harrington) Barry,\\nand was reared on a farm. When he was 18\\nyears old he became a sailor on the great lakes and\\nfollowed that vocation about 18 months. At the ex-\\npiration of that time he returned to the profession of\\nagriculture, and bought 120 acres of land in Mid-\\ndlesex Co., Can., where he managed business as a\\nfarmer and stock-dealer.\\nIn November, 1881, he came to Mt. Pleasant and\\nformed a partnership with F. A. Sweeney in the bus-\\niness referred to. They bought the site of the build-\\ning where they now transact business, and erected\\nthe same. It is 90 by 20 feet in extent, two stories\\nhigh, with a brick front. Connected therewith, is a\\nfire-proof warehouse two stories in height. They\\ncarry a well assorted stock of goods, and are operat-\\ning successfully. In the fall of 1883 they built their\\nwarehouse on Main Street, near the Flint Pere\\nV^\\n(5\\n^Si^^f^\\nj:-^\\nmrmi^^^r^-\\nM", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "m\\n7 m:$^m\\nyv-\\n-4^^^C(\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\nSi\u00c2\u00b0\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nMarquette Railroad depot, where they press hay.\\nThe machine has a capacity of one car load per day,\\nand the firm also deal heavily in produce.\\nIjl l^j^llen J. Struble, M. I)., residing at Salt\\nRiver, is a son of J. J. and Harriet F. (Os-\\nborne) Stnible (sec sketch of J. J. Struble),\\nand was born in Fulton Co., Ohio, April 14,\\nI 1853. He was 14 yearsof age when the family\\ncame to this county. He attended first the district\\nschool, then two terms at the graded school of Day-\\nton, Ohio, and finally graduated at the Ohio Medical\\nCollege at Cincinnati. Completing his studies, he\\nformed a partnership with his father, J. J. Struble, at\\nSalt River, where he has since continued in the prac-\\ntice of his profession.\\nHe was married at Alma, Gratiot Co., Mich., Jan.\\nI, 1875, to Annie A., daughter of Richard Hoy, of\\nCoe Township. Two children, Nellie and Grace G.,\\nhave been added to the household.\\nDr. S. is politically a Republican. He is a mem-\\nber of the I. O. O. F. and F. A. M., and has been\\nClerk of his township for three years.\\nJ OSes Brown, merchant at Mt. Pleasant,\\nwas born in October, 1829, in Poland.\\nJ=_ He is the son of Samuel and Hannah\\nA (Jalinski) Brown, natives of Poland, where\\nthey both died. His father was a merchant,\\nand the son was trained to the same business,\\nentering the store at i6. When he was 19 years old\\nlie accompanied his father to the United States and\\nsettled in the city of New York, where they remained\\ntwo years, Mr. Brown, of this sketch, operating mean-\\nwhile as a peddler, in order to maintain himself\\nwhile he obtained a knowledge of the language and\\ncustoms of the people of this country. His father\\nand himself were in jxassession of one dollar in money\\non their arrival, but found friends in New York they\\nhad known in their native land. The father was a\\ntailor by trade, and he found employment without\\ndifficulty, and they were soon in comfortable cinunn-\\nstances.\\nMr. Brown found his calling as a peddler remun-\\nerative, and he continued to follow it about 20 years.\\nHe came to Detroit about 1851, and in i86r, on the\\nbreaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he became\\na soldier, enlisting at St. John s, Clinton County, in\\nCo. B, Eighth Mich. Vol. Inf., Capt. Pratt. Mr.\\nBrown was in the military service of the United\\nStates three years, and was attached to the Army of\\nthe Potomac. Among the engagements in which he\\nparticipated was the siege of Beaufort, Fort Pulaski,\\nSavannah, Fort Sumter, Newport News, Culpeper\\nCourt-House, Bull Run (second), Fredericksburg and\\nnumberless minor skirmishes. He returned to Mich-\\nigan after receiving honorable discharge, and in the\\nspring of r865 he came to Mt. Pleasant.\\nHe at once opened a general mercantile establish-\\nment, which he has since conducted. He is also as-\\nsociated with Frederick Dane in buying furs, hides,\\nfarmers produce, etc., operating somewhat after the\\nmethod of pioneer countries, keeping a sort of trading\\npost. Mr. Brown has a ware-house at Mt. Pleasant,\\nwhere he traffics in lime, coal, cement and general\\nbuilding materials. He also owns his residence and\\n60 acres of land adjoining the village corporation on\\nthe east, 40 acres southwest of the village on section\\nr4 of Union Township, and 80 acres on section 17 of\\nLincoln Township. He is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder.\\nMr. Brown was married May 20, r868, in Detroit\\nto Mary Farinbacher, a native of Bavaria. She was\\nborn March r5, r849. Si.K children have been born\\nof the union; they are Anna, Samuel, Jennie, Alice,\\nFannie and Harry.\\nThe father of Mr. Brown returned to his estates in\\nPoland in 1853, where he died, in r87o.\\nt oreen H. Parsons, farmer on section t^t,,\\nCoe Township, is a son of Worham and\\nChloe (Harmon) Parsons, natives of Con-\\nnecticut. The parents first settled in Connect-\\nicut, then lived one year in Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nand then made their last move, to Geauga Co.,\\nOhio, where they died, he in August, r855, and she\\nSept. 23, same year.\\nI he subject of this narrative was born in Geauga\\nCo Ohio, June ro, r8r8, received a common-school\\neducation and remained at home until about 20 years\\nof age. He learned the trade of blacksmithing, which\\n^i.:\\n1\\nV\\nc-o:\\nV\\n-sii^^-\\nA ^iiii^iin;\\nM", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nhe followed about 15 years. In June, 1856,116 came\\nto Isabella County and bought 80 acres on section\\n30, Coe Township, which he worked five years. Sell-\\ning out, he then purchased an eiiual tract on section\\n33, where he now resides. He has 45 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, Oct. 281\\n1838, to Permelia, daughter of Nicanor and Lovisa\\nMunson, natives of the State of New York. She was\\nborn in Chenango Co., N. Y., May 7, 1820, and has\\nbeen the mother of five children, three of whom sur-\\nvive Sidney N., Harvey S. and Horace A. -The de-\\nceased are Alonzo C. and Elizabeth A.\\nMr. P. has held the different school offices in his\\ndistrict, and in the spring of 1881 he was elected\\nJustice of the Peace, which office he continues to\\nhold. Mr. and Mrs. P. are members of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. P. is a Re-\\npublican.\\njajor James Webb Long, Editor of the\\nMt. Pleasant Times, was born at Hills-\\nborough. Orange Co., N. C, June 20, 1840.\\nI X. His father, Edwin R. Long, was an officer\\nin the Second Regt. U. S. Reg. Inf., and, when\\nJames was an infant, was ordered to Buffalo,\\nN. Y., where the regiment was stationed at the bar-\\nracks. Major Casey being in command. In 1844 it\\nwas ordered to Detroit and stationed at the bairacks.\\nCol. Hugh Brady being in command, with his head-\\nquarters in the city, or village, as it was then. The\\nlocation of the barracks is now a point of historical\\ninterest. Arbeiter Hall stands near what was the\\ncenter of the old barracks, and the wooden building\\nstanding back of it is the one that was occu[)icd\\nby Lieuts. Long and Burnett.\\nLieut. E. R. Long had read medicine, and gradu-\\nated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, intending to\\nresign; but in a post-mortem examination he cut his\\nfinger, resulting in erysipelas, from which he died in\\na few days; and Lieut. I. R. D. Burnett, who had\\nnursed him tenderly, caught the infection and died a\\nweek afterwards, and both are buried in Elmwood\\nCemetery.\\nFrom Detroit, Major Long s mother, with her three\\nchildren, went to North Carolina, wiiere they re-\\n1-\\no\\nA\\nmained for one year, returning from there to BulTalo,\\nwhere they lived until 185 i. During this time Mrs.\\nLong married William Lovering, Jr., and the family\\nlived happily together until her death in 1851. A\\nshort time after her death, the subject of this biogra-\\nphy was sent to North Carolina to complete his edu-\\ncation under the care of his ])aternal grandfather,\\nHon. John Long, of Randolph County. While there,\\nhe attended the Collegiate Institute, presided over\\nby Rev. Simeon Collon, D. D., first President of Am-\\nherst College, and there he graduated in the higher\\nbranches, including the languages. He went into the\\nstores of James Webb and P. Brown Rufifin, of Hills-\\nIwrough, where he learned mercantile customs and\\nalso practical book-keeping. Afterwards he studied\\nmedicine under his uncle, Dr. J. Wesley Long, a\\ngraduate of Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,\\nand read law under another uncle, Hon. William J.\\nLong, a graduate of the University of North Carolina,\\nat Chapel Hill.\\nIn 1859, he again came North to visit relatives in\\nBuffalo, and after being employed in various occupa-\\ntions, he secured the position of local editor of the\\nBuffalo Commercial Advertiser, afterwards as corre-\\nspondent of the Buffalo Courier, and still later as\\nWashington correspondent of the BulTalo Commercial\\nAdvertiser, also at the time being a paid contributor\\nto and correspondent of Russell Tolman s Boston\\nMusical Journal^ then the leading publication of its\\nkind in America.\\nWhile in Washington, he became acquainted,\\nthrough a letter of introduction, with Mrs. Edith\\nGrimsley, a cousin of Mrs. President Lincoln s, then\\nresiding at the Executive Mansion. Mrs. Grimsley\\nprocured for him, as a personal fiivor to herself, an g v\\nappointment as Second Lieutenant in the Second f/\\nRegular Infantry (his father s old regiment), his com-\\nmission dating August 5, i86r. He was ordered\\nto join his company, B, then at Rolla, Mo., and pro-\\nceeded there at once. He found a brigade of regular\\ntroops, composed of three companies of the First In-\\nfantry, two of the Second, Crittenden s and Stanley s\\ncavalary, and Totten s and Sokalski s batteries of\\nartillery, under the command of Gen. Fred Steele.\\nLieut. Long was appointed acting Assistant Adjutant\\n(General of the brigade, besides having command of\\nhis company. From Rolla the command was ordered\\nc\\nii\\ni\\nto St. Louis, where, as survivors of the battle of Wil-\\nV", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "p\\n^tf^*\\n514\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nA^.-\\nV^ son s Creek, they met with a grand reception. From\\n,R St. Louis, they were ordered (after a short stay at\\n;_^ Benton Barracks) to Jefferson City, at which place\\nI Lieut. Long was taken down with typhoid fever, and\\nsent to St. Louis for medical treatment. From tliere,\\nafter his convalescence, he joined his company at\\nSedalia, Mo., from which place he was ordered to\\nWashington, where the regimental headquarters were\\nestablished.\\nHe spent the winter of 1 86 1-2 in Washington on\\nprovost duty, and marched into Virginia with the\\nArmy of the Potomac under McClellan. The cam-\\npaigns of that army having become a matter of com-\\nmon history, it is not necessary to take space here to\\nrecord them. At the battle of Gaines Mill, Va.,\\nJune 27, 1862, Lieut. Long was severely wounded,\\nbeing shot in the foot, the left wrist, and through the\\nright side of the face, thoroughly disabling him.\\nHe returned to Buffalo, on sick leave, and was\\nordered after a while on duty as recruiting officer.\\nFrom there he was ordered to rejoin his regiment in\\nthe field, but on his arrival at Washington he was\\nordered to report to Maj. Gen. S. P. Heintzelnian,\\ncommanding the Department, for duty as mustering\\n!=c officer. After being stationed at Washington and\\n\\\\y Arlington House (being on the staff of Gen. De\\nRussy), he was promoted to a Captaincy and ordered\\nO to join his regiment at Beverly Ford, Va. (1863).\\nFrom there the regiment was ordered to New York,\\nto assist in quelling the draft riots, after which they\\nreturned to their old camp at Beverly Ford.\\nFrom here they took part in the Virginia cam-\\npaigns, Major Long being in command of his regi-\\nJ ment most of the time, participating in the battles of\\nthe Wilderness and Spottsylvania, from which place\\nhe was ordered to Alexandria, for medical treatment,\\nand from there to Annapolis, Md., where he was\\nplaced in military command of the Officers Hospital.\\nFrom there he was ordered to Louisville, Ky., on\\nmustering duty; from there to Newport Barracks, on\\nrecruiting service from there to Trenton, N. J., and\\n(c^ while there he filled the positions of recruiting officer,\\nI mustering officer, disbursing officer. Assistant Adju-\\nttant General, Post Adjutant, in charge of draft and\\ncredits, A. A. Q. M. and A. A. C. S.\\n^i^ From Trenton he was ordered to Newport Bar-\\ni) racks, Ky.; from there to Louisville, Ky.; from there\\nthe command of tlie post of Jeffersonville, Indiana;\\nfrom there to Louisville; from there to the command\\nof the post of Warsaw, Ky., at which place, Feb. 19,\\n1867, he was married to Miss Annie Graves, a\\ndaughter of Hon. L. Graves. From Warsaw, he was\\nordered back to Louisville, and from there to A*-\\nlanta, Ga., where he was left on waiting orders on\\naccount of physical disabilitj resulting from his\\nwounds, and ordered to await orders at Warsaw, Ky.\\n\\\\Vhile there he was detailed as Lidian Agent for\\nthe State of Michigan and ordered to Detroit, to re-\\nlieve William H. Brockway. Major Long held the\\nposition of Indian Agent during the most important\\nperiod of its existence. The country in which the\\nIndian reservations were situated, was being stunted\\nin their growth by the Indian lands not being taxable\\nor the titles transferable. Major Long set to work\\nearnestly, and to him Isabella County owes the pres-\\nent flourishing condition of its northern portion by\\nreason of his procuring the Indians their patents\\nfrom the Government. Although the duties were\\nonerous and in hundreds of cases required the most\\ncritical judgment, as he was necessarily the sole ar-\\nbiter and judge, yet with different interests pressing\\ntheir claims- upon him, he so conducted the immense\\nbusiness that when he resigned he carried with him\\nnot only the respect of all classes of citizens, but the\\nunqualified endorsement and confidence of the In-\\ndian Department at Washington, and the lasting\\ngood will of his Indian wards.\\nHe filled the above position until iS7i,when he\\nresigned, removing first to Saginaw and afterwards to\\nIsabella County, where he now resides. He received,\\nduring his military service, two brevets, both being\\nfor gallant and meritorious services in action; one\\nbeing for brevet Captain for Gaines Mill, Va., and\\nthe other for brevet Major for the Wilderness, Va.\\nShortly after settling in Isabella County, Major\\nLong assumed the editorship of the Isabt-lla County\\nEnh ipiise, holding the position for four years, and\\nbuilding it up from a weakly folio into a vigorous\\nquarto. Afterwards he became editor of the Mt.\\nPleasant Times, and Nov. 19, 1879, he purchased\\nthe office which he is at present conducting. In\\nApril, 1884, he purchased the FarwcU Rc^ishr, which\\nhe also controls.\\nMajor Long s connection with journalism dates\\nback a good many years, beginning as a paid literary\\ncontributor to the Newbern (N. C.) Daily Progress,\\nV^\\n(c\\ngKV\u00c2\u00a9)\u00c2\u00ab^l\u00c2\u00ab\\n^^-^^^t^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "i^:^/^D)^t#^\\n^lll]^llll r-\\nrr-\\n2Rifi)\\n(h\\nV\\nt\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nin 1858, under the nows de plume of Gabriella,\\nPhixanella and Florine. After his return North\\n^9 he became associated with journalism again as be-\\nfore stated, and, besides being on the regular staff\\nand correspondent of the Boston Musical Journal,\\nhe also at times has contributed articles to some of\\nthe leading magazines, notably among others, Frank\\nLeslie s publications. Major Long has also had 36\\npieces of original music published, all of whicli have\\nmet with a good sale, while a good percentage jiave\\nmet with a flattering reception from the public.\\nHis family is a decidedly political and literary one.\\nHis grandfather, John Long, of Randolph Co., N. C,\\nrepresented his district in Congress for eight years;\\nwhile two of his uncles were in the State Legislature.\\nOne of them, James A., was also editor of the Greens-\\nborough (N. C.) Patriot. A cousin, Hon. William\\nH. Milliard, of Alabama, has been Governor of that\\nr\\\\\\\\ State, United States Senator, Minister to Belgium,\\nVr and latterly Minister to Brazil. On his mother s side\\nanother cousin, Hon. Graham N. Fitch, of Logans-\\nport, Lid., has been United States Senator from that\\nState. His wife, formerly Miss Graves, is also re-\\nlated to some of our most notable men. Her father\\nwas Judge of the Court in the district in which he\\nresided, and by maternal descent she is related to Gen.\\nWade Hampton, of North Carolina; on her father s\\nside she is related to the Bran hams of Virginia.\\nMajor Long s family is one well known in the\\nRegular Army. His father graduated at the United\\nStates Military Academy at West Point, in 1829, and\\nsubsequently married Phebe Ann Fitch. Tlie issue\\nof this marriage were John O., Helen M. and James\\nW. John Osmond graduated at West Point in 1854,\\nand was assigned to the Second Lifantry. Helen\\nM., his sister, married William Montgomery (Gard-\\nner, a Captain in the same regiment, who was a\\ngraduate of the class of 1846. Two maternal aunts\\nwere married to two Lieutenants in the same regi-\\nment, viz.: Charlotte Fitch to Lieut. L R. D. Bur-\\nnett, and Jane l- itcli to Lieut. Alex. T. Hoffman. So\\nthat from 1829 to 1871, the date of Major Long s\\nresignation, there has always been a representative\\nof the family in the regiment. Lieut. Alex. T. Hoff-\\nman s son, Alexander W., graduated in 1864, but was\\nassigned to the loth Infantry. In the Navy tlie family\\nwas represented by Lieut. Commander Le Roy Fitch.\\nThe regimental record is as follows: Lieut. R.\\nt\\nK^\\n^|kv\u00c2\u00ae))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^|..\\nLong, from 1829 to 1846; Lieut. Alex. T. Hoffman,\\nfrom 1830 to 1839; Lieut. I. R. D. Burnett, from\\n1830 to 1846; Capt. William M. Gardner, from 1846\\nto 1 86 1, afterwards Brigadier General in the Confed-\\nerate Army; Lieut. John O. Long, from 1854 lo 1861,\\nafterwards Colonel of the 22d Reg. N. C. T., C. S. A;\\nMajor James W. Long, from 1861 to 187 1.\\nThe early life of the subject of this sketch was\\npassed in garrison and in army circles, having been\\nborn and reared in the army, where money came and\\nwent easily, and his boyhood days having been spent i\\nunder the protection of his grandfather, who was one\\nof the rich planters in the South. His first experience\\nof civilian life, where for himself he had to meet the\\nworld, where the motto was Every man for himself\\nand the Devil take the hindmost, was when he re-\\nsigned his commission and came to Isabella County\\nto live in the fall of 187 i.\\nHaving had occasion to visit this county by reason\\nof his duties as Indian Agent, and wishing to settle\\nin a new place, he invested in property there. On\\nremoving here he first platted a town called Long-\\nwood, where he opened a drug-store. The place (V/\\nseemed to grow, by reason of the trade engendered\\nby the presence of the Government s Indian grist and\\nsaw mills; but as they were burned and not rebuilt, he\\nopened a store at Mt. Pleasant and purchased prop-\\nerty here, building the St. James Hotel block in 1874,\\nshortly after he had completed his residence. Hav-\\ning brought considerable means with him, he en-\\ndeavored to run a drug-store for the benefit of the\\npeople, having one at Longwood and another at Mt.\\nPleasant. The temperance people having impor-\\ntuned him successfully to disassociate the sale of\\nwines and liquors from his business, and finding that\\na drug-store could not be run successfully in a new\\ntown without that, and his tastes being of a literary\\nturn naturally, he sold out and devoted himself to\\njournalism.\\nTlicrc have I)een five cliildren born to Major and\\nMrs. Long: James Hampton, born at Louisville,\\nKy., April 4, 1868; Edwin Ramsey and Henry Daw-\\nson, twin boys, born at Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 3,\\n1069; Annie Fitch, born at Mt. Pleasant, Nov. 21, *4*\\n1873; and Montgomery Gardner, born at Mt. Pleas- ]j\\nant, Nov. 26, 1878. Out of all these, around whom tr^\\nso many hopes were woven and so much affection\\ngiven, only one remains to the stricken couple. James\\ni.\\n%m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0?N 5i_", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00ab#t^f\u00c2\u00aevB\\nf\u00c2\u00ab\\nHampton died in infancy, at Louisville, Ky., June\\n29, 186S; Henry Dawson died at Mt. Pleasant, Nov.\\n19, 1880, at the age of 1 1 years Edwin Ramsay died\\nat Mt. Pleasant, Dec. 6, i88o; and Montgomery\\nGardner died at Mt. Pleasant, Dec. i i, 1880, aged 1 1,\\nleaving only one child, Annie Filch.\\nT,(ist tn tlioir rliildhoixT-; sweet promise,\\nl-ost to their youtlfs lin-iii;;- sti-il e.\\nTjost to their nianhooiVs pi-imil ^lory,\\nLost to tlieir liarvest of life.\\nThis severe visitatiori of Death was a most ter-\\nrible one, their two twin boys 1 1 years old and\\ntheir two-year old baby, all being taken from them in\\n22 days by that terrible pestilence, diphtheria; and\\nwe cannot wonder that, although the Major is still a\\nhard and earnest worker, yet both himself and wife\\ncannot feel resigned to their terrible loss, but can\\nonly wait as patiently as they can, until some day it\\nwill be all more plain why they were so afflicted, and\\nwhen they hope to see and kiss their little ones once\\nmore. Of course the portrait of Maj. Long appears\\nin this Album, on a preceding page.\\ni saac Ingersoll, farmer on section 26, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Daniel D. and Eunice\\n(Burton) Ingersoll, natives of Connecticut.\\nThe parents left that State for New York, and\\nsettled in Cortland County, where they died.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in\\nFairfield Co., Conn., and was a year and a half old\\nwhen his parents removed to New York. He lived\\nat home until 20 years old, and then worked at car-\\npentry for two years, and becoming acquainted with\\nthe use of tools he spent three years in learning the\\ncarpenter and joiner s trade in Otsego Co., N. Y.\\nHe then came to Ingham Co., Mich., where he fol-\\nlowed his trade for three years. In the spring of\\n1856, he came to Isabella County and took up 160\\nacres of wild land in Coe Township, under tlie (Grad-\\nuation Act. He now owns 120 acres, 80 of which\\nare in a good tillable condition.\\nHe was first married in Cortland Co., N. Y., May\\n3, 1846, to Jane Tripp, a daughter of Daniel and\\nBetsey Tripp, born Oct. 9, (829. Of this marriage\\n12 children have been born, nine of whom survive:\\nLewis 13., Henry A., Sarah J., Isaac F., Alfred M.,\\nCharles, George, Edwin F. and Arthur C. Tlie de-\\nceased are Amanda R,, Inis J. and Mary A. Mrs.\\nI. dying Sept. 4, 1873, he was again married, at St.\\nLouis, Gratiot County, March 23, 1875, to Lizzie A.,\\ndaughter of David and Lydia (Huber) Dutt, and\\nwidow of Conrad Riess, who died in Venango Co.,\\nPa., June 19, 1868. Mrs. I. was born in Venango\\nCo., .Pa., March i, 1843. She has by her first mar-\\nriage three sons, Henry K., Conrad V. and Charles\\nL., and by her second, two daughters, Emma M. and\\nFlora E.\\nMr. I. has been Constable two years, Justice of the\\nPeace four years and Township Treasurer one year.\\nHe is jwlitically a Republican, and religiously, he\\nand wife are members of the Disciples Cluircli.\\n]j: rville W. Stebbins was liorii June 19, 1861,\\nin Bethany Township, Gratiot County, four\\nmiles north of St. Louis. His parents, Wil-\\nliam L. and Lucinda (Francisco) Stebbins, re-\\nmoved, when he was three years of age, to the\\nvillage of St. Louis. His father spent some\\ntime there working at his trade as machinist, and is\\nnow managing a boot and shoe store.\\nMr. Stebbins employed his youthful years in the\\nacquirement of his education, and at the age of 19\\nbegan to fit himself for the business of a harness-\\nmaker. He learned the details of that vocation with\\nthoroughness and opened a shop at Ithaca, which\\nwas owned by his brother, F. A. Stebbins. He con-\\ntinued its management one year, when he went to\\nSolomon Valley, Kansas, and spent seven months\\nherding sheep. In May. 1883, he came to Mt. Pleas-\\nant and formed an association with Herbert W.\\nBennett, in the music business, afterwards being in\\npartnership witli B. F. Kyes. In Aj)ril, 1884, he\\nwithdrew and is now traveling in the West.\\nf; p^jjCesse D. Frost, farmer on section 15, Coe\\ndltMilf Township, is a son of John J. and Marga-\\n|!^5,S ret T. (.^damy) Frost, natives of New Jer-\\nsey and New York, and was born in Che-\\nir mung Co., N. Y., July 22, 1828. At the age\\nI of seven, he came with his parents to Portage\\nCo., Ohio, going thence to Crawford Co., Pa. In the\\nlatter county he lived continuously from that time till\\nApril, 1876, when he came to this county and bought\\nK^\\nc\\nr\\n-^si^^\\nI\\ne%*", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "-^^K r^v tll]:t:illis\\n/s\\nV\\nT\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nT\\n1 20 acres on section 15, Coe Township. Of this\\nfarm he has now 60 acres under cuhivation.\\nHe was married in Venango Co., Pa., Jan. 1, 1S62,\\nto Nancy E., daughter of William and Jane Shank,\\nnatives of Pennsylvania. Mrs. F. was born Feb. 23,\\n1844, in the county in which she was married. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Frost are the liappy parents of five chil-\\ndren William J., Diana E., Samuel E, M.iria J.\\nand Robert J.\\nMr. F. is politically a Democrat. Mrs. F. is a\\nconscientious member of the United P)rethren\\nChurch.\\nIkT^Y vee Estee, resident at Mt. Pleasant, was\\nin Dec. 12, 1856, in Coe Township, Isa-\\n.t;lla County. He is a son of Perry H.\\n^1^ and Carrie E. (Dole) Estee, who reside in Coe\\nJk^ Township. He was one of the first children\\ni born in that section of Isabella County, and is\\na member of one of the most prominent representa-\\ntive pioneer families of Northern Michigan. He was\\nreared on his father s farm to the age of 16 years,\\nattending winter terms of school. After reaching\\nthat age he engaged alternately in teaching and at-\\ntending at the union school of Mt. Pleasant and\\nthe Commercial College at Grand Rapids. In 1876\\nhe began to read law in the office of S. W. Hopkins,\\nof Mt. Pleasant, and in the fall of 1877 he entered\\nthe Law Department of the University at Ann Arbor,\\nwhere he was graduated in the spring of 1879. After\\ntaking his degree he taught one term of school, and\\nin 1879 went to Greenville, Ohio, and, associated\\nwith J. C. Royan, opened a law office. The relation\\nclosed in February, 1881, when he returned to Mt.\\nPleasant. He devoted the autumn of 1880 to cam-\\npaign duty for the Republican party in Ohio.\\nOn returning to Mt. Pleasant he formed a partner-\\nship with S. W. Hopkins. The connection was dis-\\nsolved in the fall of 1881, since which date he has\\nmanaged the business of his office singly. He has\\nofficiated two years as School Examiner, and is at\\npresent Justice of Peace and School Inspector. In\\n1882 he was named by the popular voice for State\\nSenator, but peremptorily declined, although his nom-\\nination and election were practically secure. In\\naddition to the regular business pertaining to his\\nprofession, he is managing collections and real-estate\\ninterests. He owns considerable property at Mt.\\nPleasant, including his fine residence, which he built\\nin 1882, and two lots connected therewith, a house\\nand two lots on Fancher Avenue and Illinois Siieet,\\nbesides two business lots on Main Street.\\nMr. Estee was married Feb. 28, 1883, at Mt.\\nPleasant, to Mary, daughter of Charles and Naomi\\nStirling. She was born Feb. 29, 1864. Mr. Estee is\\na ready and fluent speaker, and is known as an active\\nand influential advocate of the principles of his polit-\\nical connection in the local campaigns. He possesses\\nbrilliant literary abilities, and has been for a number\\nof years a frequent contributor to various journals.\\nHis al)ilities and characteristics are winning for him\\na substantial recognition among business men, and\\nhe is secure of future advancement in his profession\\nand business relations.\\nF Tt^.I uni.s W. Swart, for 16 years a resident of Mt.\\nXslaV Pleasant, and for two and a Iialf terms\\nWW^ Sheriff of Isabella County, is a son of Tunis\\nfe J^ and Rhoda (Riggs) Swart, and was born in\\nOrleans Co., N. Y., Feb, 27, 1836. While he\\nwas an infant, his father moved to Michigan,\\nsettling in Homer Township, Calhoun County, and\\nsoon afterward buying a farm of 80 acres in Claren-\\ndon Township, same County, where he died, Oct. 17,\\n1855. His wife died in September, 1857, at the\\nsame place.\\nThe son was reared on that farm, and when 17\\nyears old learned the cooper s trade, which he fol-\\nlowed in various places for 12 years. He came, in\\nOctober, 1865, to Mt. Pleasant, and bought 20 acres\\non section 26, Union Township, where he resided two\\nand a half years. His residence was next in Mt.\\nPleasant, as Sheriff of the county. In 187 i he opened\\na grocery and provision store, which he carried on\\nuntil 1880. In the summer of 1878 he built a fine\\nbrick store on the corner of Main and Michigan\\nStreets, 2214 X70 feet in size, two stories and a base-\\nment, with a barn in the rear. In this building he\\ndid business for the last two years before he retired\\nHe has also built a fine brick residence, on two lots\\non Main street, south of his store, and owns a dwell-\\nMig and lot on the corner of Washington and Wiscon-\\n(9\\n(o)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2W^MO^\\nA.\\n_ !yS ^Si!3^\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "5i8\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n.^^^K(\u00c2\u00aeV||\\nsin Streets, and five acres on section 22, near the\\ncorporation.\\nHe was married in Clarendon Townsliip, Calhoun\\nCounty, April i, i860, to Miss Laura J. Willett, who\\nwas born in Lenawee County, June 6, 1842, the\\ndaughter of William S. and Marian W. (Alger)\\nWillett. One son has been born to them, Fred H.,\\nFeb. 12, 187 1.\\nMr. Swart is a member of the Masonic fraternity.\\nHe has been Constable of his township and village\\nseveral years, and has held school offices. He was\\nelected Sheriff in 1868, and was again chosen in\\n1876. Between those two dates he was for one\\nyear appointed Sheriff in place of John Ma.xwell, who\\nwas chosen County Treasurer. He took to Jackson\\nthe first convicts from Isabella County. They were\\ntwo men sentenced for three years.\\nkX^\\n\\\\b-\\nP A Gorge H. Treeman, farmer on section 21,\\nii^^iij, (oe, is a son of James and Phebe (Wood-\\n^5^ ward) Freeman, natives respectively of\\nyf London, England, and the Dominion of Can-\\nada. The parents lived a number of years in\\nCanada, and came to Midland Co., Mich., in\\ni86g. Three years later they settled in Coe Town-\\nship, this county, which is their present home. Their\\nfamily included six sons and one daughter, George\\nbeing the fifth son.\\nHe was born in De Gore, Can., June 22, 1852.\\nFor various reasons his educational privileges were\\nfew, and he worked most of the time after he was old\\nenough to be a steady hand at heavy labor. At the\\nage of 20 he started out on his own account. He\\nworked for others for a time, and in the fall of 1872\\ncame into possession of 40 acres, mostly wild, in Coe\\nTownship, where he has since lived. He has added\\n40 acres by purchase, and now has a fine farm of 80\\nacres, 60 of which are improved.\\nHe was married at Salt River, Dec. 24, 1871, to\\nMiss Mary E., daughter of Jesse and Kliza Hutchin-\\nson, residents of Coe Township. Mrs. l reeman was\\nborn in Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 21, 1853. To her and\\nher husband five children have been given, Franklin,\\nBertie, Lydia M., Olive E. and Elmer. Franklin\\ndied when about eight months old.\\nPolitically, Mr. F. is a firm supporter of the Re- j,^_,,\\npublican party. I\\n-^-H^^i.^*.-:^\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0FWrip illiS W. Struble, ex-Judge of Probate of\\nM^^Ht I^ ^ljella County, resident at Mt. Pleasant,\\n^te^ was born Nov. 6, 1822, in Morrow Co.,\\nM^M Ohio. He is a son of John W. and Sarah\\nJ\\\\K (Laycock) Struble. His father was a farmer and\\n1 1 a native of New Jersey he died in Morrow\\nCounty, Aug. 27, 1835. The mother was born in\\nNew Jersey and died in Fulton Co., Ohio, Dec. 29,\\n1862.\\nMr. Struble was reared to the same calling his\\nfather pursued all his life, and when he reached the\\nage of 16 years, went to learn the tailor s trade. He\\nserved an apprenticeship of four years in Lexington,\\nRichland Co., Ohio, and followed the same vocation\\ntwo years as a journeyman. In May, 1843, he open-\\ned a shop in Galena, Delaware Co., Ohio, and contin-\\nued to conduct his business there three and a half\\nyears.\\nHe was married Sept. 12, 1843, in Lexington, tc\\nMary Murphy, who was born Aug. 8, 1821, in Union\\ntown, Pa., and was the daughter of Baruch and Cath-\\nerine Murphy. She became the mother of 1 1 chil-\\ndren, and died Oct. 24, 1878. Nine of the sons and\\ndaughters live to hold her in sacred, loving re-\\nmembrance Sarah, the eldest child, is deceased;\\nJohn B. is one of the proprietors of the Salt River s\\nFlouring Mills; Joseph A. is a farmer in Chippewa\\nTownship; Mary S. is the wife of Joseph Oklits, of P\\nMl. Pleasant; Harriet is Mrs. W. W. Fosgilt, lumber\\ndealer near Sutton s Bay, Mich.; James P. is a farmer\\nin Union Township; Franklin L. is engaged in farm-\\ning in Coe Townships Elmer E. is the manager of\\nthe homestead in Chippewa Township; L lyses S. is\\na farmer. From Galena Mr. Struble went to Mor-\\nrow County, and was there engaged in the business\\nof tanner about fouryears, and returned then to Fulton\\nCounty, where he operated with success about five\\nyears. He then sold out and bought a farm in the\\nsame county, where he engaged in agriculture until\\nhis removal to Isabella County, in October, 1864.\\nA\\nc^:\\nSj-\\nr^\\n5\\n^$^f\u00c2\u00a7*\\n-^II!l^llt|v", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "T^WMh T\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n5liNki-^\\n\u00c2\u00aevB\\n5 9\\nb\\n3\\nHe bought i6o acres of timber land, which he placed\\nin a high state of cultivation. He has given 40\\nacres to each of Viis two eldest sons, and still holds\\n80 acres as a homestead. He resided on his prop-\\nerty in Chippewa Township until 1882, when he re-\\ntired fiom active farming and moved to Mt. Pleasant,\\nwhere he is snugly situated in a dwelling he owns\\nthere.\\nMr. Struble was nominated for Judge of Probate in\\nthe fall of 1870, on the Republican ticket, and made\\na most successful campaign against Richard Hoy,\\nreceiving a majority of 425 votes. He discharged the\\nduties of the office with credit to himself and satis-\\nfaction to all concerned. He was a second time\\nmarried Oct. 23, 1881, to Catherine Converse, of\\nChippewa Township. She was born in Ontario Co.,\\nState of New York, Oct. ir, 1833, and lier parents\\nwere among the pioneer settlers of Hillsdale Co.,\\nMich.\\nV\\nilliam M. Williams, farmer on section\\n26, Coe Township, is a son of William R.\\nj^^^^ and Betsey (Gibbs) Williams. The father\\nx was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., March\\n3r, 1814, and the mother was born in thesame\\ncounty, in April, 1817. They came from New\\nYork to Michigan, and lived in Ingham County five\\nyears. In the spring of r86o, they came to Isabella\\nCounty and located on section 35, Coe Township,\\nwhere he died, June 29, 1881. She survives. Their\\nfamily included 1 1 children, nine of whom grew to be\\nadults There were four sons and seven daughters,\\nWilliam being the third son.\\nHe was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., May 18,\\n1850, and was five years old wiien his parents came\\nto Michigan, and 10 years old when ihey settled in\\nIsabella County. He- received a rudimentary educa-\\ntion in the district schools and worked on the farm\\nand in the woods until 24 years 9f age.\\nHe was married in Pine River Towjisliip, Cratiot\\nCo., Mich., April 10, 1878, to Lovina, daughter of\\nCeorge and Agnes (Lockey) Wooley, natives of Can-\\nada. She was born in Clinton County, this Stale,\\nSept. 13, i86r. Of this marriage one daughter, Bes-\\nsie, was born June 12, 1879.\\nMr. W. bought his present farm of 40 acres on\\nsection 26, Coe, in 1875. He has 30 acres improved.\\nPolitically, he is a Republican. Mrs. W. is a member m\\nof the Presbyterian Ciuirch. *v:-*\\nV^\\nichael Schafer, farmer, section 28, Notta-\\nuj Township, is a son of Leonard and\\nLena (Christ) Schafer, the former a native\\ny^**\\\\ of Germany and the latter of this State,\\nwhere, in Clinton County, they both died.\\nThe subject of this record was born in West-\\nphalia, Clinton County, this State, March 4, 1855.\\nHe remained under tiie family roof-tree, assisting in\\nthe maintenance of the family and attending the com-\\nmon schools, until he attained the age of manhood,\\nwhen he went forlh to fight the battle of life alone,\\nand came to Isabella County, this State.\\nIn 1876, he, in connection with his brother, pur-\\nchased 200 acres of wild land in Nottawa Township,\\n30 of which are now in a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Schafer was united in marriage June 23, 1879,\\nwith Clara Mutz, the daughter of Valentine and\\nFrances (Pauli) Mutz, both natives of Germany and\\nat present living in Lansing, this State.\\nMrs. Schafer was born April 4, 1855, near San-\\ndusky, Ohio. The union of Mr. and Mrs. S. has\\nbeen blessed with two children, Frankie, born Dec.\\nI, tS8o, and Peter W., born March 29, 1883^.\\nMr. S. is at present Moderator of his school dis-\\ntrict, and himself and wife are members of the\\nCatholic Church.\\n;i|jf ohn C. Hardgrove, farmer on section 30,\\n^[l^^fj- Chippewa Township, is a son of Washing-\\nvS to and Priscilla (Clark) Hardgrove, na-\\niM. tives of Pennsylvania. Their family includes\\n^r four sons and four daughters, the subject of\\nthis biography being the eldest son.\\nHe was born in Carroll Co., Ohio, Sept. 18, r83o,\\nand received the rudiments of an English education\\nat the district school. As soon as he was old enough\\nto work he began to help his father, and he remained\\nat home until 27 years old. He was married in the\\ncounty of his nativity, Oct. 7. 1857, to Miss Phebe,\\ndaughter of William and Sophronia (Sturgeon) Black-\\nledge. Mr. and Mrs. Blackledge were born in Greene\\n:i\\nH\\n^^mr- ^^5((\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "lf Co., Pa., and died in Carroll Co., Ohio. Mrs. Hard-\\ngrove was born in the latter county Sept. 26, 1832,\\nI and has had eight children, seven of whom are liv-\\ning, Mary E., Franklin A., Frances R., George W.,\\nEmma C, Melvin H. and Corban. Hiram B. died\\nFeb. 7, 1882.\\nMr. H. is a Republican and has held various\\nschool offices in his district. He came to Isabella\\nCounty in September, 1S67. Of his 160 acres, 80\\nare in good cultivation.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rs\\n5\\n=E\\n-f3=\\nf|f Herbert Soper, farmer on section 7, Coe,\\n^j^l is a son of Ira and Olivia (Dane) Soper,\\n8^. natives of the State of New York, and now\\nresidents of Flint, Genesee Co., Mich. He was\\nbora in Orleans Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1846, and\\nat the age of seven came with his parents to\\nGenesee County, this State. He lived at home until\\nthe spring of 1876, when he came to Isabella County\\nand bought 80 acres, mostly wild, where he now re-\\nsides. He has 32 acres under cultivation.\\nHe was married at Fhnt, Sept. 25, 1872, to Miss\\nCynthia I., daughter of Alonzo and Mary Hemstreet,\\nnatives of New York. Mrs. Soper was born in the\\ncounty of her marriage, March 29, 1847. The three\\nchildren added to the family circle are Harry W.^\\nEdith O. and Kittie M. J. Herbert died when a\\na year and 27 days old. Politically, Mr. S. is a Re-\\nl)ublican.\\njcoc;;?tt--5\u00c2\u00bbri-r5-\\nlenjamin Whitney, deceased, a relative of\\nIP several residents of Isabella County, was\\nborn in the State of Vermont, Nov. 14,\\n1802. Leaving that State at the age of 13,\\nhe s[)ent some time in Batavia, N. Y., and\\nthen went to Ohio and lived in Rainsville\\nseveral years. He then settled in Ontario Co., N. Y.,\\nwhere he followed blacksmithing and farming, and\\nfor a time was employed in driving stage for his\\nfather.\\nHe was married in Ontario Co., N. Y., Dec. 24,\\n1832, to Caroline E., daughter of Thomas and Annie\\n(Ralston) Hall. Mrs. Whitney was born in Steuben\\n-#^^((^V^\\nCo., N. Y., Feb. 27, 18 15, and bore to her husband\\nnine children, as follows: Clarissa E., Emily J.,\\nWilliam T., Hiram B., Charles C, George G., Albert\\nN., Rensselaer G. and Mary C. Hiram B. died\\nMarch 18, 1864, while on his way to Yorktown, as a\\nmember of the T6th Heavy Artillery. His body was\\nembalmed and sent back to his mourning parents.\\nMr. Whitney enlisted Feb. 17, 1864, in Co. E,\\nEighth Mich. Vol. Inf, and served 18 months. He\\nfought at the Wilderness, Cold Harbor and in numer-\\nous other engagements; and while in a skirmish near\\nPetersburg he was shot through the left hand by a\\nminie ball. With other wounded and disabled men,\\nhe walked ten miles to City Point, Va., where his\\nwound was dressed and he was sent to Washington,\\nD. C, and afterwards to Philadelphia. He was as-\\nsigned to the invalid corps, where he remained till\\nAug. 7, r865, when he was discharged and returned\\nto his home.\\nHe died of heart disease, Feb. S, 1874, in Yates Co.,\\nN. Y., while on a visit to his daughter, Clarissa E.\\n9a2fi7\u00c2\u00a9ig-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 S||;^^^^^|\u00c2\u00a7H- -2fSWr ra\\nA\\nca:\\nI gW^^avid C. Vroman, farmer on section 27, Coe\\nTownship, is a son of Tunis and Elizabeth\\n,^r^ (Craig) Vroman, natives of the States of\\nTO, New York and Maine. The parents first\\nsettled in Orleans Co., N. Y., and afterwards re-\\nmoved to Jackson County, this State, where the\\nmother died. The father yet lives in that county.\\nTheir family numbered eight, and David C. was their\\nsecond son.\\nHe was i)orn in Jackson County, May 24, 1836,\\nattended school until 17 years old and remained at\\nhome until 23 years old. In February, 1859, he\\ncame with his wife to Isabella County and bought\\n120 acres on section 27, Coe Township. He has\\nsince disposed of 80 acres, and has improved 55\\nacres.\\nHe was married in Jackson County, this State,\\nJuly I, 1858, to Julia E., daughter of David H. and\\nChloe (Sanford) Goldsmith. Parents were natives of\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., and the daughter was born in\\nMonroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1841. Florence M.,\\nWilliam H., Walter L., Zada A. and Raymond W.\\n;^^e-\\n^^0^ ^-^^D(i: ;tiii;\\nA r~-\\nS^Tlffl\\n-^^^(@J^%:", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "(OJa^^ /9c.^.r^,\\n^j\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "V\\n*(f\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb-\\n/SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\ns\\nare the names of their five children. Zada A. died\\nwhen a little over one year old.\\nMr. and Mrs. V. are members of the Disciiiles\\nChurch. Politically, he is a Democrat.\\niharles E. Bowman, lumberman and agri-\\njig^ ship, was born May 30, 1844, in Niagara- Co.,\\nA N. Y. His parents, Daniel and Jane (Denster)\\nI Bowman, were also natives of I he State of New\\nYork. The former was born Sept. 14, 18 17, the latter\\nMay 19, 1 81 7. The senior Bowman was a shoe-\\nmaker by trade, and while a resident of his native\\nState worked at that business, and also as a tailor.\\nIn 1850 he removed with his family to St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., and located 120 acres of unimproved land.\\nHe placed 40 acres under creditable cultivation, and\\nerected thereon suitable and necessary farm build-\\nings. After eight years he sold the property and\\nremoved to Midland County, settling in a part now\\nincluded in the township of Edenville. Associated\\nwith Timothy Jerome, a brother of the ex-Governor\\nof Michigan, he built a saw-mill, which was run by\\nwater power. Two years later he sold his moiety to\\nhis partner and devoted his attention solely to lum-\\nbering and agriculture. In 1865 he removed to the\\nState of Missouri.\\nMr. Bowman is of mixed English and Highland\\nScotch extraction, his father and mother having been\\nrespectively of parents descended from those nation-\\nalities. On attaining his majority he engaged in\\nlumbering. His capital was invested in a span of\\nhorses, and he operated on the Tittabawassee River\\nas a contractor in the avenues connnon to the busi-\\nness, to which he devoted his energies about two\\nyears, when he purchased 81 acres of wild land in\\nEdenville, Midland County, and began clearing it\\nfor a homestead. He placed 45 acres in first-class\\ncultivation and built thereon a house and barn. He\\nstill retains its ownership, but after a residence there-\\non of some years, he removed to Isabella County to\\nfollow his lumber interests. He located on sec-\\ntion 10, Wise Townshi]), where he has since resided\\nand vigorously prosecuted the business of lumbering.\\nHe owns 200 acres of land, which he is fast placing\\nin a highly creditable slate of cultivation.\\nIn political views and connections, Mr. Bowman is\\na Republican. He has discharged the duties of\\nseveral local offices, and is now School Assessor.\\nHe is a member of the Order of Masonry, and belongs\\nto Corning Lodge, No. 335, at Farwell, Clare Co.,\\nMich.\\nMr. Bowman is a substantial citizen of his town-\\nship and county, one of the class of men whose\\nzealous industry and persevering prosecution of in-\\nflexible business methods is fast placing this section\\nof Northern Micliigan in fair rank with otiier portions\\nof the Peninsular State. His portrait is given on the\\nopposite page.\\nHe was married Oct. 11, 1868, to Julia, daughter\\nof Nicholas and Sophia (La vere) Raymond. She was\\nborn Jan. 10, 185 1, in St. Clair, Mich. Her father\\nwas born in 1813, in the Province of Quebec. He\\ncame to Michigan when he was but 18 years old, and\\nfollowed the business of a blacksmith until his death\\nin 1853. That event was the result of accident,\\nfrom a falling limb off a tree from which he and his\\nson were peeling the bark, striking him on his head.\\nHe survived five hours. Her mother was born May\\n20, 1817, in Detroit, and is still living, at Port Huron,\\nSt. Clair County. The children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nBowman are five in number, and were born as fol-\\nlows Wallace E., Nov. 6, 1869 (died Dec. ig,\\n1870); Warren G., Jan. 3, 187 i Elmer D., Nov. 18,\\n1 87 3; Eber A., Jan. 17, 1878; Bessie May, M.ay 6,\\n1884.\\n^l^fe ^^f- C\\n||gf |R ohn Bussell Doughty, editor and proprietor\\nS^^r of the Istibclhi County Enterprise, was 1\\nJj v It Henrietta Corners, Monroe Co., N\\nborn\\nY.,\\nM Z thin ten miles of the city of Rochester. His\\n]t birth occurred Sept. 24, 1842, and he is the son\\nof George W. and Emeline (Storm) Doughty.\\n\\\\VhL ii he was two years old his parents removed to\\nVan Buren Co., Mich., where his father engaged in\\nmercantile pursuits at Paw Paw; he is still living\\nthere, aged 80 years. The mother died at Paw Paw\\nin 1878.\\nMr. Doughty received all the educational advan-\\ntages afforded by the [ilace where he grew to mature\\nyears, and he eventually entered the printing-office\\nof I. W. Van Fossen, at Paw Paw, where he re-\\nmained between two and three years. He afterward\\nx\\nKy\\ne\\n:^Dt] i^\\n^I^^^C^\\no\\nI\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "f\\n^i^tixS- S!\\n5=4\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n{9)\\nwent to Kalamazoo, where he obtained a situation in\\nthe printing-office of the Kalamazoo Telegraph. He\\nremained there as assistant about three years, and\\nat the expiration of that time he went to Poughkeep-\\nsie, N. Y., where he was employed on the Daily\\nEagle; he went thence to the city of New York and\\npassed some months in a book and job office.\\nThe place grew irksome and, yielding to an in-\\nclination to see home and friends, he returned to\\nPaw Paw, where he purchased the stock of a boot and\\nshoe establishment. He continued the management\\nof the business upwards of a year, when he sold out\\nand again interested himself in printing, entering the\\nTrue Northerner office at Paw Paw. After a short\\ntime he again went to Kalamazoo, and later to St.\\nJohn s, where, associated with a Mr. Phillips, he pub-\\nlished the Clinton County Republican. Eventually he\\nsold his interest to Mr. Phillips and returned to Paw\\nPaw. Shortly after, he went to St. Joseph and was\\nthere engaged for a few months in the pursuit of his\\nvocation as printer, returning on the termination of\\nhis engagement to Paw Paw.\\nWhile at home he received a communication from\\nAlbert Fox, publisher of the Enterprise at Mt. Pleas-\\nant, asking him to proceed to that place to take\\ncharge of the paper, as his failing health incapacita-\\nted him for the duties and labors of the position.\\nMr. Doughty responded to the summons and spent\\n1 8 months as assistant and manager of the interests\\nof the Journal. At the end of that time Mr. Fox\\ndied, when the paper passed by purchase into the\\nhands of Mr. Doughty. He succeeded to its pro-\\nprietorship in July, 1873. The journal is now in its\\n20th year; it has the largest circulation of all papers\\nin the county and is conducted in accordance with\\nthe princi;. les declared in its motto. It is published\\nin the interests of the Republican party and of Isa-\\nbella County. Its popularity is growing with the in-\\ncrease of improvement and population of Isabella\\nCounty, and its business interests are gradually\\nwidening. A considerable job and book printing\\nbusiness is connected with the work of the paper,\\nwhich is an important addition to its scope and is\\nrapidly extending.\\nIn 1875, 1^ s printing-office, witii all its fixtures,\\nwas destroyed by fire, entailing total loss, as there\\nwas no insurance. The plucky editor was nothing\\ndaunted and ordered a new outfit from Detroit, set\\nup an office in the parlor of his private residence and\\nissued his paper on the regular day of the following\\nweek. In January, 1884, he reduced the subscrip-\\ntion price of the paper to $t a year.\\nMr. Doughty was married May 24, 1874, at Mt.\\nPleasant, to Eva Craig Graves, daughter of Judge L.\\nand Virginia Graves, residents of Warsaw, Gallatin\\nCo., Ky. Mrs. Doughty was born at that place Dec.\\nI, 1852. She is thoroughly educated, having been a\\nstudent at Oxford Female College, Butler Co., Ohio,\\nand at the Acade.ny of the Most Holy Rosary at\\nLouisville, Ky. She is assistant editor of the Enter-\\nprise. Tlie family includes three children, Lorenzo\\nG., Ole W. and Virgaline, aged respectively eight, six\\nand three years.\\n-?3=\\n.J^\\nE\\nE-l u^Vnf on. Isaac A. Fancher, formerly a resident yL\\nplF;^- of this county but now of Detroit, is a son\\nc^:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^aV^\\nof Jacob Schuyler and Eunice (Alger) Fancher,\\nand was born Sept. 30, 1833, in Florida, Mont-\\nI gomery Co., N. Y., where his parents passed\\nthe latter portion of their lives. His father died in\\n1838, and his mother for some time afterward lived\\nat Braman s Corners, about a mile and a half from\\nSchenectady, N. Y.; but, returning to Florida, N. Y.,\\nshe finally died at her daughter s, Olivia Caroline.\\nIn their family were four children, namely, Olivia\\nCaroline, Richard, Isaac Alger (subject of this sketch)\\nand Orrin Hatch. Richard and Orrin are deceased.\\nMr. Fancher, during his early boyhood, attended S^^\\ntlie summer schools, as the school-house was too dis- f\\ntant for him to attend in winter. From the age of r\\n1 I to 15 he had to work on the farm; then for one\\nyear Ire attended school at Diianesburg, Schenectady\\nCo., N. Y., boarding with his sister Olivia; next, was\\non the farm again until he was 19 years of age; then,\\nbeing anxious to obtain a belter education, he at-\\ntended the Princetown Academy in his native county i.\\nfor a three-months term, and tlie following year two j\\nterms more. Afterward he attended the Amsterdam\\n(N. Y.) Academy for a school year, closing in June^ G\\n1856. In September following he left his native x\\nState for the West, spent a short time in Kilbourn (J\\nCity, Wis., taught a winter term (1856-7) of school\\njl ^;0||:$:|ID;^z,\u00c2\u00a3!", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "T24^is: 6V ^^I] D :-$i O 0^ j T\\n:34 a\\n4^^J((\u00c2\u00aevi|^:\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nat Delton, that State, traveled a few months, and\\ntaught the same school the ensuing winter. In tlie\\nspring, on account of tiie dealii of his brother Orrin,\\nI he returned to Florida, N. Y., for a short time, then\\n[2) he went to Minnesota and bought 80 acres of land\\nnear Rochester, that State, which he afterward sold.\\nLater in the season he went into Iowa for the pur-\\npose of locating several hundred acres of land for a\\nfriend in the East. After going as far soiitii as St.\\nLouis, Mo., he returned to Delton, Wis.\\nIn the fall of 1859 he went to the neighboring\\n1 town of Newport, Wis., and entered the law office of\\nJonathan Bowman, who was formerly a resident of\\nCharleston, Wis. After reading law there about 14\\nmonths he attended the Albany (N. Y.) Law School\\nabout six months, and soon afterward opened a law\\noffice at Kilboiirn City, Wis. In the spring of 1862\\nhe, in company with others, started for Oregon, but\\non account of unforeseen difficulties they turned their\\ncourse southward, toward Nevada. The party di-\\nvided, and Mr. Fancher, with his party, settled near\\nMinetville, staking out a lot and building an adobe\\nhouse. But soon afterward he made a short visit to\\nSan Francisco and returned via the isthmus to New\\nYork city, arriving Jan. 24, 1863, having been 24\\ndays on the ocean. Contracting chills in that city,\\nhe hastened to his mother s in Schenectady County,\\nwhere he remained seven weeks.\\nIn the spring of 1863 he spent a fews weeks at\\nKilbourn City, Wis., settling up business, and July 4,\\nfollowing, he arrived at Mt. Pleasant, having heard\\nfavorable reports concerning this locality. He im-\\nmediately bought three lots, erected a frame house\\nand moved his family hither from Wisconsin, by\\nteam, being 23 days on the route. He opened an\\noffice and began the practice of his profession, and\\ntook an active interest in the welfare of the place.\\nHaving studied civil engineering, he also engaged\\nsomewhat in surveying, as the country was new and\\nlaw business light. For several years he was State\\nRoad Commissioner. In 1868 he was awarded a\\ncertificate of election to the Legislature by the Dis-\\ntrict Commissioners, but his opponent, Mr. Newman,\\ncontesting, he let the matter go, as he was not anx-\\nd ious for the seat but he nevertheless got in all his\\npublic measures, which were carried through. He\\npaid his own expenses. In 1873 he was elected\\nRepresentative to the Legislature with only two op-\\nV\\n!2 f)\\nposing votes. In 1875 he was elected Senator from T\\nthis district, and served one term, with honorable\\ndistinction. He introduced a joint resolution author-\\nizing the Auditor General of the State to credit the I\\ncounty of Isabella witli upward of $10,000, which had V^\\nbeen, in the detaching of Clare County, wrongly\\ncharged to tjiis county. This money was appro-\\npriated lo the building of the court-house at Mt.\\nPleasant. He has also served the county as Prose-\\ncuting Attorney, and for a time was Postmaster at\\nMt. Pleasant. In 1870 he was Census Commissioner\\nfor this and Clare Counties, and he has been honored\\nwith many other public trusts during his sojourn in\\nthis county. He was a man of enlarged views, busi-\\nness energy and philanthropic spirit.\\nHe was largely interested in laying out roads in\\nIsabella and adjoining counties, so that all the im-\\nportant roads would center at Mt. Pleasant. Also\\ntook great interest m the proposed Lansing, St. John s\\nMackinaw Railroad, and worked for it until over\\n$400,000 was raised in municipal bonds, when such /S,,\\npaper was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme i=i\\nCourt. He was a Director in the company projxising\\na road from Owosso through this county, which is e=i\\nnow being built by the Toledo, Ann Arbor North-\\nern Company. He also greatly aided in the con-\\nstruction of the Saginaw Mt. Pleasant Railroad,\\nbeing Vice-President of the same until it was trans-\\nferred to the Flint Pere Marquette Company.\\nHe bought the first mill site in 1865, which he had\\nsought out, and afterward sold it to Hapner Bros.,\\nwho built a mill there, and subsequently Mr. F. pur-\\nchased the property. He sold a half interest in the\\nwater-power to Harris Bros, for a Government mill,\\nand afterward sold his remaining interest to George\\nW. Bowen, and purchased the steam saw-mill built\\nby Owen Clinton, which he subsequently sold to\\nA. B. Upton, and is now owned by Upton Leaton.\\nAt one time Mr. Fancher owned 169 lots in Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nMr. Fancher was married in W yoming Co., N. Y.,\\nJune 6, i860, to Miss Althea May, daughter of Wil-\\nliam and (Fisk) Preston. Mrs. F. was a native\\nof that county. She and Mr. F. have become the i-\\nparents of three children, namely Preston Schuyler,\\nborn June 10, 1861; Blanche, deceased; and Bessie\\nRiiea, born June 9, 1874.\\nIn 1882 Mr. Fancher changed his residence to\\n^y", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "l^S/\u00c2\u00ae^)^#-\\n9^m2m\\nT\\np^^^(\\\\\\n526\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nDetroit, where he bought a fine dwelhng and is now\\npracticing law. In general politics he is a staunch\\ni ^i Republican, was Chairman of the Republican County\\nT Committee most of the time for 15 years, and from\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i). 1878 to 1880 was a member of the State Central\\nCommittee of that party. He is a member of the\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, being one of the oldest mem-\\nbers of Wabon Lodge, No. 308, at Mt. Pleasant.\\nilliam E. Redfleld, farmer, section 10,\\nDeerfield Township, is a son of Josiah and\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f, Eliza A. (Lane) Redfield. His father\\nwas a native of Connecticut, and died March\\n15, 1862 his mother was born Jan. 12, 1813,\\nand is now living with him. There were three\\nchildren in their family, of whom the subject of this\\nsketch, Mr. Wm. E. Redfield, is the only one living.\\nHe was born Nov. 20, 1852, in Twinsburg, Summit\\nCo., Ohio, and lived there until he was 26 years of\\nage; he arrived in this county May 5, 1879, where\\nhe now owns 60 acres of land, 20 on section 10\\nand 40 on section 15.\\nDec. 22, 1878, he was married to Clara A.,\\ndaughter and only child of Franklin and Mary Cal-\\nista (Ballard) Barker, who was born in Oakland Co.,\\nMich Feb. 4, 1858. To them have been born two\\nchildren, namely: Ethel Grace, Dec. 20, 1880, and\\nJosiah Franklin, Sept. 9, 1883. Mr. Redfield and\\nwife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand he is a Republican, in his political views. Her\\nfather participated in the last war, being in the\\nbloody battle of Chickamauga: he died in the liospi-\\ntal at Chattanooga.\\n(ft\\ny^^\\nft\\nA\\n5\\ns\\nb\\nrr\\n^l\\\\\u00c2\u00a7^m^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^mM\\\\[^\\n--^^^(^J^S", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "r^^ eV4^llII\u00c2\u00a7Illli- r^^ :2!^\\nc\\nV\\n_f^\u00c2\u00bb-\\nigi###ip\u00e2\u0082\u00aci|iL\\n9\\n-iSi S y S\\ni\\n^-^^^Dfl^^DDf^^ ^=^^5^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "^^^)^m^\\n6rV ^Iin^||]ri V^T8 Ti^^^is-\\n^^M\\ne\\n1\\n-^_:\\nA\\nC\\nv/\\nw\\nt\\n.^55^\u00c2\u00a7 jc a^^;[i[j^p|i; ^A^.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "-7 [lli:-^:illl^ r\\nV\\n.1\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2J^-\\nL\u00c2\u00ab ^c^(^i^[^tiS i I ^tsa i^.gs gstaa i\\n.t;^t^\\nINTRODUCTORY.\\nl iaj:i\u00c2\u00ab5\u00c2\u00a7j ;^to ^!i\\n1 U l^ iiSi i^tgS t^^ I\\nf\\nCARCELY :i score and a half\\nyears have passed since the un-\\nbroken forests of Northern Mich-\\nigan were thought of as a possi-\\nX}} ble home for civiHzed man.\\nThe Government surveyors re-\\n[jorted that it was an irreclaim-\\nable waste and not fit for cultivation\\nin any quarter, the soil being of that\\ncharacter which precluded the prop-\\nagation of cereals. The rapidity of\\nsettlement and enormous crops of every-\\nthing in the line of cereals demonstrated\\nconclusively their mistake, for no acre-\\nge surpasses Northern Michigan in pro-\\nuctiveness. Notwithstanding the oft re-\\npeated tales of want and hardships told\\nby their sires, men of energy, with their families and\\nall tlieir earthly possessions loaded upon a wagon\\ndrawn by oxen, pushed their way step by step, through\\nthe unbroken forests of Isabella, until they found\\nsuitable locations. With a spirit of heroism have\\nthey toiled until the forests were laid low, and their\\nherculean labor is manifest in the broad acres of\\nliighly cultivated land, upon which stand palatial res-\\nidences and outbuildings of the most expensive char-\\nacter. Over the grounds where the red man chased\\nthe bounding deer, and the wildcat and wolves held\\ntheir nightly vigils, may be seen the husbandman\\ngathering the golden harvests; where the Indian s\\nwild war-whoop was heard, stands the stately house of\\nworship. Transportation of goods by ox-teams has\\ngiven way to the power of steam, and a commerce\\nhas been opened up with all parts of the civilized\\nworld. Prosperity in a high degree has smiled upon\\nher people, who are fortunate in living in the most\\nhealthful, beautiful and productive State in the Union,\\ntaking age into consideration.\\nThe history of this county is possessed of no small\\ndegree of interest. While other counties were con-\\nnected with the frontier by large bodies of excellent\\nlands, these seemed shut off from the gaze of shrewd\\nspeculators by reason of its heavy growth of timber.\\nThey were destined to become the heritage of an\\nlionest, industrious people, and the income derived\\nfrom the timber and products of the soil has given\\nmany of the first comers a handsome competency.\\nThis wa.s tlic ilark forest priiucvnl\\nI?ul tlic iiiiiiiiMT I aiiic ill liis iiiiylit.\\nAnil down tliioiiiili \\\\\\\\w v:i-t IimiV Iciii|i1i\\nS|ircii(l f;lc;illiiii;; llir |iioiii i is li.i;lil.\\nWilli his ;ix on Ills slidiildiT, lii aiii(\\nI roiii till hills aiicl v.-illcys a\\\\\\\\;iy\\nWliiTc llic SUM ill liis splniilor iiprisinj;;\\nTJf;lils Hunker llilTs eoliiiiiiis to-day.\\nX( niarlile-pavcMl cilies here shone.\\nXiM-oslly hiiill palace lieri stood;\\nItiit above and around, the dark forest rose,\\nWilli majeslir, hiin e pillars of wood.\\n\\\\o lii ;ln\\\\a thai led llii-oiij;li the -jrove\\nHad liiiijiil lillle lloweis s. adered there,\\nMill iiairou paths, skirled with thorns,\\nTheir naked feut ready to tear.\\n^5\\nc^:\\n0)\\n||^-V5))f^(f-\\nr^iiti v^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "I\\n(a\u00c2\u00bb\\n53\u00c2\u00b0\\nISABELLA COUNTY,\\ne\\nValue of Jjocal History.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2UT few of the present generation realize\\ntiie great value of local history, living as\\nthey do in an age of industry and thrift.\\nThe opportunities for speculation and the\\nhaste to become wealthy take precedence of\\neverything else, and the fact is not taken into\\nconsideration that the pioneers are rapidly passing\\nfrom the scene of their labors, leaving but little time\\nfor the compilation of biographical sketches which\\nconstitute the heretofore unwritten history of Isabella\\nCounty. Their children have heard from the lips\\nof their aged sires the story of privation and toil of\\nthose who were first at the front in the settlement of\\nthe county, but their children will lose sight of the\\nfacts unless they be recorded in such manner a, to\\nbecome intelligible and kept fresh in the minds of\\nsucceeding generations.\\nSurrounded, as we are, with everything which\\nwealth and taste can suggest, the fact is almost lost\\nsight of that here were the best years of the lives of our\\nancestry devoted to the development of one of the\\nbest agricultural counties in the State. As the vir-\\ntues, privations, toil and hardships the pioneers have\\nundergone are well worthy of a more fitting memorial\\nthan can be secured by a granite monument, the\\ndesign of the publishers is to record a history of in-\\nestimable value to every citizen of the county.\\nThe facts mentioned have been carefully culled\\nfrom every source neither pains nor expense has\\nbeen spared in the compilation of this work, which,\\nalthough not without error, is as correct as can be\\ngathered from the pioneers themselves, and men are\\nvery apt to be mistaken in data.\\nUpon local history depends the perpetuation of\\nfacts heretofore unwritten, as well as the biographical\\nsketches of every worthy pioneer in the county that\\ncould be procured. Each sketch speaks volumes;\\nand a history of one man s life, perhaps of an entire\\nfamily, is now recorded where naught can efface or\\ndestroy it. From this will all future volumes of like\\nimport take their data. Those who have volunteered\\nthe information from which this work is compiled,\\nwill live in the history of this county as long as time\\nlasts. No manlier hands e er drew a sword than they\\nwho faced privation and danger while engaged in the\\nsubjugation of the dense wilderness which once cov-\\nered this now beautiful land, and to them is this vol-\\nume dedicated.\\n^^^^i]n:-^:iiii;\\n4^^i5f\u00c2\u00aex^:^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "I\\nI\\nKOEVER attempts lo write\\nconceniing the history of our\\nNorth American Indians, with\\nany knowledge of what he is\\nwriting, the result of either\\nexperience, observation or in-\\nvestigation, does so with a regret\\nthat civilization has demanded\\nso much of them and returned\\nso little. Their origin, how they\\ncame here in this country in ad-\\nvance of intelligent and scien-\\ntific discovery, and where they\\ncame from, is a subject that has\\nchallenged the attention of the\\nantiiiuarians and historiographers\\never since the discovery of this\\ncountry; and the writer of tiiis ar-\\nISL tide, during the time that he had\\nIf, (harge of the Michigan Indians\\nas their Agent, gave considerable\\nattention to this, being singularly,\\nbut unconsciously, aided by the\\ni Indians themselves.\\nOne of the best tests in tracing descent where histo-\\nry is silent on the subject, lies in idiomatic expressions,\\nhyperboles and in rhetorical tropes. Added to these,\\nwe can readily call to our aid the prophecies of the\\nScriptures, and notice their fulfillment in this peculiar\\npeople. My idea about them is that they are de-\\nscendants of the princes, sultans and califfs of Ara-\\nbia, so graphically described in the book so dear to\\nformerly U. S. Indian Agent.\\nall juvenile readers, The Aral)ian Nights Enter-\\ntainments, and I shall endeavor to slate my reasons\\nfor believing so.\\nIn the first place, the Arabians are recognized as\\nthe descendants of Ishmael, of whom it was said in\\n(lenesis xvi, 12, And he will bo a wild man: his\\nhand will be against ever) man, and every man s\\nhand will be against him and he shall dwell in the\\npresence of all his brethren. What has l)cen true\\nof the Arabians, has been singularly true of the\\nNorth American Indians; for, until overpowered by\\nnumbers and modern implements of warfare, their\\nhands were against every man, and now every man s\\nhand is against them, and they also dwell in the\\npresence of their human brethren.\\nIn A. 1). 622, the Arabians, under the name of\\nSaracens, began their course of conquest, under Mo-\\nhammed. Their methods of warfare were, no quar-\\nter to prisoners, the debauchery of female captives\\nand their destruction afterw ards, physical torture and\\nno mercy. The Indians in their natural state have\\nadojited this very metliod, as the result, I tliink, of a\\nnatural inlierilance.\\nThen again, the Araiiians, as Mohammedans, were\\ntaught to believe in a heaven of perfect sensual and\\nphysical enjoyment, where they would not only be\\nsurrounded by beautiful houris whose only mission\\nwould be to minister to their animal enjoyn)ent, but\\nthat there, in that land, they would be all brave war-\\nriors, invincible and imconquerable. What more of\\na simile can we find than the idea the untutored\\n^-DD \u00c2\u00ab;ilK i:g S:;f5\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^^Sft\\n9\\nfr.\\nm^.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "iSs irii\\n-r4:i]ti:^nn v\\n-^^^^^\\\\m\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\no\\nIndian has always had of the happy hunting\\ni|i) grounds\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T\u00c2\u00bb Then, again, as to the simihirity of their figures of\\nf speech. Instead of the Arabian sahitation of, C oin-\\n^j mander of the Faithful, our Indians substitute the\\nequally poetical appellation of, My Great Father.\\nIn oriental poetry and oratory, the simplest methods\\nof comparison were used, so as to come within the\\ncomprehension of an ignorant people. Brightness\\nof character, of visage or of mechanism was com-\\npared to the sun. Loveliness of character, or beauty\\nJ^ of countenance, was compared to the moon grace-\\nfulness, to some animal, such as a gazelle; swiftness,\\nto a deer, all homely comparisons, but easily under-\\nstood. To this day, our North American Indians use\\nthe same figures of speech, and they did not learn\\nthem from their white concpierors.\\nAnother thing which tends to show tlieir ancestry\\nis their ceremonial observances. The Indian in his\\nwild state has been compared by some persons to a\\nbrute. But brutes do not hold war and peace dan-\\nces; they do not have ceremonial observances in\\nhonor of victories, or dejection over defeats and the\\n([uestion is, where did they receive these ideas A\\nnoted Mason in this country has said that even\\namong Bodouins of the Desert he has observed Ma-\\nsonic rites and symbols; that while they lacked the\\nperfection and finish of those of civilized Masonry,\\nstill they were sufficient for mutual recognition. Now,\\nFree Masonry is older than civilization, and is de-\\nscribed as having had a being ever since symmetry\\nbegan, and harmony displayed her charms; and the\\nArabian and his descendant the Indian have, I\\nbelieve, a valid claim to the same antiquity. We\\nhave every reason to believe tliat during the war of\\nthe Crusades, the ultimate friendship of Saladin, the\\nSaracen chief, and Richard Coeur de Leon proceeded\\nfrom their mutual recognition as Masons.\\nAnother thing is to be considered in this connec-\\ntion and that is, the existence of the law of primo-\\ngeniture among them, and the right of succession\\nestablished of rulershipor kingship from father to son.\\nIf they had been the original inhabitants of America\\nfrom all time, and isolated from the rest of the world,\\nwith their savage, untaught natures, the strongest and\\nmost daring of them would have been chiefs, always\\njjroviding they had even thought of the expediency\\nof dividing themselves into bands, tribes and nations.\\nBut in Arabia they had this division from time im-\\nmemorial.\\nHow did they come here? is the next question\\nwhicii will naturally arise; and tTiis brings us to a\\nnatural comparison of the habits of the two people.\\nThe Arabians were a restless, nomadic and migratory\\npeople, of a decidedly warlike nature. If they could\\nhave no other, they indulged in internal war, lo keep\\ntheir hands in. Just so with the Indians. With the\\nArabians, the possession of women began to be the\\nresult of physical prowess. Just so with the Indians.\\nWith the Arabians, woman was a slave, not only de-\\npendent entirely upon her male lord, but simply a\\ncreature to gratify his lusts. Just so with the Indians.\\nThen look at tlie similarity of names. The Ara-\\nbians used the hyphenated syllabic method, each\\nname meaning something; and so do the Indians.\\nWhere did they get this? Did they pick it up by\\nchance? Here are two samples. One is the .\\\\rabian\\nAi)d-el-Wahhab, or The Servant of the Beauti-\\nful, and the other the Indian Naw-o-quay-ke-\\n/.hick, or Tiie Noon-day Sun, both descriptive of\\nsome personal attribute, and of the same ortho-\\ngraphical system.\\nIn A. D. 929, Arabia was disorganized and suf-\\nfered for two centuries from internal warfare, and we\\nhave every reason to supix)se that with escape ixjs-\\nsible, the defeated chieftains and their followers did\\nnot remain to be subject to the bastinado or the\\nscimitar. The sea on one hand and the northern\\npassage on the other was preferable to this, and with\\ntheir traditions, their political and tribal divisions and\\nother attributes they came to this country.\\nI have space in this article to mention no more\\nthan generally and briefly my reasons for sup|)osing\\nthat our American Indians are of Oriental t)rigin\\nai.d having done so I will now be more definite and\\ncome down to our local Indians in Isabella County.\\nThe Chippewas of Saginaw Valley, Swan Creek\\nand Black Kiver.\\nThe above tribal designation is of comparatively\\nrecent date, the present trilie licing tlie result of\\ninter-marriage, and they lack both tribal descent and\\nfeatures.\\nTlie old Iroquois blood is flowing in the veins of\\nmany of tliem, and liere and there one can trace a\\ndescendant of the Miamis, the Senecas and oftener\\nV^\\nC\\nf\\n~^^i1[1:^:dii;- a\\n#\u00c2\u00a75^f^^:iiS;", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "T\\nI SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\nS\\nthe old and once powerful Pottawatomies. The old\\nEtowah and Ojibways (now corrupted into Otta-\\nwa and Chippewa are also represented largely!\\nso, as we said before, the present tribe designated as\\nChippewas of Saginaw, Swan Creek and Black\\nRiver, is an amalgamation of several tribes which\\nwere once distinct.\\nNe-gaw-ne, an old man over loo years old, was a\\nwarrior under Pontiac, and describes with great ac-\\ncuracy the part he took in the siege of Detroit, in-\\ncluding the historical game of foot ball. These and\\nothers, whose names escape my memory, have\\ntold me about the big falling waters (Niagara Falls)\\nand of Red Jacket, the famous chieftain and orator;\\nand again others will tell of the fertile lands of\\nthe Ohio, and of the rivers which rose so high every\\nspring that they could paddle their canoes over the\\nland.\\nTlie time of sei)aration seems to iiave been at the\\ntreaty of the River Raisin but this time is after the\\nsegregation of many of the forefathers of our present\\nIndians. In the Detroit treaty of Nov. 17, 1S07, the\\nlands in the Saginaw territory were set apart for the\\nOttaway, Cliij)peway, Wyandotte and i ottawatomie\\nnations of Indians, as part of a general and divided\\nconcession from the Government; but it is nt)l\\nuntil the treaty made at Washington, May 9, il^.^i i,\\nthat we see our Indians classified as Cliijjpewas of\\nSwan Creek and Black River.\\nDuring these years the Wyandottes and Pottawat-\\nomies seem to have wandered westward, though\\nmany of the latter tribe settled in the Michigan\\nTerritory, south of what is now the line of the Micli-\\nigan Central Railroad. But among the new tribe of\\nChippeways of Swan Creek and Black River, there\\nwas a large number still of Wyandottes and Pottawat-\\nomies, although the prevailing number were divided\\nbetween Ottawas and Chippewas, while occasionally\\nto this day a Seneca Indian can be found. Civiliza-\\ntion had been driving them remorselessly before its\\ncultivated fields, first from the beautiful valley of\\nthe Miami, up towards the Maumee; from there to\\nthe River Raisin where Monroe now stands; from\\nthere towards the Detroit River, but urging them\\nboth westward and northward; from there to the\\nFlint and Saginaw Rivers, but with all these tem-\\nporizings urging them westward by offers of large an-\\nnuities, which many of them accepted.\\n533\\nOn arriving at Swan Creek, Black River and Sagi-\\n^k:\u00e2\u0080\u009e ,,,,.,^1 \u00e2\u0080\u009er f\u00c2\u00bb;i.^^ *u^,*.. .-.^i.f ^A\\nT\\nf\\nnaw, this conglomeration of tribes, under their new\\nname, began to clear land, to hunt and to fish; but\\neven in what was tiien a wilderness they were not\\nallowed to remain undisturbed; for the American\\nFur Company began the e/ection of trading-ix)sts, and\\nbuying their valuable furs of the Indian hunter and\\ntrapper; they and the subsequent traders paid them\\noff in poor whisky and cheap goods at an exorbitant\\nprice.\\nAs civilization advanced, many of tlie whites ^.1\\ntook Indian women as concubines, living in this un-\\nholy alliance as long as it suited either their con-\\nvenience or inclination to do so, thus giving to these\\nuntutored people their first lesson in civilization by\\nteaching them the prostitution of their young women!\\nBut after a while this land became valuable to the\\nwhites. The steami)oat appeared where before the\\nwaters of the Saginaw had known no more disturb-\\nance than the paddle of the Indian in his canoe.\\nBusiness began to prosper, settlers to come in, and\\nin 1855 these Indians were all called together and i=r\\ntold practically that it was to their interest to give\\nup land, then worth $100 per acre, and to move again 3=\\nnorthward into Isabella County, then almost a wil-\\nderness; and to this they consented and moved up\\nliere and had it not been for the efforts of the writer\\nin securing them their patents in fee sinqjle, the prob-\\nability is that before now they would have been re-\\ninoved from here to Isle Royale in Lake Sujjcrior, or\\nsome other equally undesirable locality. As it is,\\ntheir present condition as compared with the past is\\nbad enough. They are dwindling away or migrating\\neach year; some of them have gone with their old rel-\\natives, the Ottawas on Lake Michigan, the straits of\\nMackinac and Sault Sle. Marie; others can be foinid\\namong the Chippewas of Lake Superior, while those\\nremaining earn a precarious living in either amateur\\nfarming, hunting, fishing, basket-making or, later, in\\nworking in tlic lumlier woods in winter and on the\\ndrive.\\nThey are undoubtedly the victiins of the inexorable\\nlogic of events; but it seems a pity tiiat they, the\\noriginal |X)ssessors of the soil, should have been com- *^1\\npelled to give up so much when they received so Dy\\nlittle. At present they are living upon this reserva- Jr\\\\\\ntion under the provisions of the treaty of October 18,\\n1S64, which was supplemental to the treaty of\\nV\\n:m-^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "i\\nJj\\nV\\nAugust 2, 1855. This treaty provides for the per-\\nmanent settlement of these Indians and the disso-\\nlution of their tribal relations to the United States\\nGovernment. It gives to each head of a family 80\\nacres of land, and to each Indian, male or female,\\narriving at the age of maturity, 40 acres, with a pro-\\nviso that the Indian Agent shall classify them as\\nCompetent and Non-competent. In case they\\nare re|jorted as competent, then a patent in fee sim-\\nple is issued to them, and they can transfer their\\nland, or alienate the title, just the same as any ordi-\\nnary freeholder; but if reported as non-competent,\\nthen, while a patent is issued to them, they cannot\\ntransfer the title without the consent of the Secre-\\ntary of the Interior, who bases his opinion very great-\\nly on the recommendation of the local Probate Court,\\nabout the same as in the case of minors at law.\\nThe reservation embraces the following Congres-\\nsional townships, all being in townships north by\\nranges west of the meridian line; 16, 3, entire; 15,\\n3; 15,4; 15, 5, entire; 14, 5, entire, and the north\\nhalf of 14,3, and 14, 4. There are exceptions to\\neven this territory, being in the way of entries made\\nby speculators in pine lands previous to the treaty.\\nIn the preparation of the first list for patents, the\\nwriter was embarrassed by the large acreage with-\\nheld from selections by what is known as the Rust\\njnirchase; but, this being subsequently removed by\\nthese gentlemen releasing to the Government their\\nvaluable investment, tjie Indians were allowed to se-\\nlect this land.\\nThe pnncipal value attaclicd to this land was the\\nmagnificent pine timber which grew on it, and its\\nvalue was enhanced by the fact that it was within\\neasy and practicable distance to the Chippewa and\\nSalt Rivers, by which the logs could be floated to\\nSaginaw or Bay City.\\nLumljer speculators soon bouj^ht tlie itine, coupled\\nwith the right of removal, at a nominal figure; and\\nafter them the land speculators purchased the land.\\nSome of the Indians kept their land (very few com-\\nparatively), but none of them kept their |)ine.\\nIt is iierhaps just as well as it is. Tlie theory of\\nthe Indian (Commission and tlic wouldbc liunianita-\\nV^\\nrians, that the Indians of North America can be\\nturned into a set of civilized farmers, is a chateau (W\\nd Espagne of the most enormous j^roportions. A per-\\ncentage of them may be recovered and converted to\\ncivilization and its rules, by schools like that at Carl-\\nisle, Pa. but an Indian is an Indian, and nothing\\nelse. He had rather fish and hunt than farm, and\\nthe nomadic habits and tastes of his ancestors still\\ncling to him with persevering force.\\nLocality is one of their chief attributes. Although\\nthey are entitled to land up here in Isabella County,\\nnot only land, but the means of having permanent\\nand comfortable homes,- notwithstanding all this,\\nwhich any white man would accept greedily, the\\nIndian will not take, but even now can be found in\\nhis old haunts, rendered doubly dear to him by hab-\\nitation and the traditions of childhood.\\nThe Indian problem has had a fair, honest and in-\\ntelligent trial among the Chipjjewas of Saginaw,\\nSwan Creek and BJack River; and as far as amel-\\niorating their condition is concerned, it has been a\\nfailure. Schools have been furnished them, with\\npatient, earnest teachers the gospel has been\\npreached to them, by hard-working, self-denying min-\\nisters of Christ many cm speak Knglish some can\\nwrite, read and cipher; some are members of the\\nChurch, and all are peaceable and qviiet, civilization\\nhas done this much, but it has all been for the ben-\\nefit of its own cui)idity and i)rotection. As for the\\nIndian in the wild woods, unbroken by the ax of\\nthe pioneer; by the shimmering stream full of sus-\\ntenance to him, and wiiosc l)anks were bordered by\\nthe unstinted growth of medicinal plants whose vir-\\ntues were unknown at that time, only to his medicine\\nman the Atropa Bcllaiiotina, by which they charmed\\ntheir enemies to death the Blue, Black and Purple\\nCohosh; the Taraxacum Dcns-Lconis or Dande-\\nlion, the J^ciiiopliyllum pcltatum, or Mandrake or\\nMay Api)lc; with nature at liis command: with liis\\nbow and arrow on his shoulilcr, or his fisliing pole\\nor net in his hand, tlic Indian of primeval ages was\\nmore one of (lod s noblemen than the nondescript\\nproduced bv tlie hyjiocrisy of livili/alion\\nA\\nC\\nr\\ng|-v\u00c2\u00ae))^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ ;^Dar^^nn;-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n-2^^!^ ^iv^-^n D^. n f ^as\\n/?s\\nV\\n...4\\nt\\nISABELLA COUNTY\\n;2\\n?^j^. V 4- YT 4-* rt J: -y-l- -i- V Y YI- -Y Y Y Y YY Y Y Y Y Y YY Y Y -i- Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y -k v\\n^^S? .:=d ^s\\nT*^ HE people of tins generation,\\nthose who are reared in the\\nmidst of luxury and rocked\\nin the cradle of affluence,\\nknow comi)aratively nothing\\nof the hardships and pleas-\\nures attendant upon pioneer\\nTlie attractiveness of our\\nheiutiful farms and picturesque\\nlandscapes, dotted here and there\\nwith neat and substantial residen-\\nces, present a pleasing picture in\\nstrong contrast with the humble\\nloj; cabin of 1854, whose walls\\nshelttred a few articles of rude fur-\\nniture, and the stumps in the door-\\njard were repositories for cross-cut\\nsaws, the beetle and the ax. Many\\nof the children who were born beneath these humble\\nroofs, whose infantile cries were hushed by a tender\\nmother s soft lullaby as she carefully rocked them to\\nsleep in a cradle improvised from a basswood sugar-\\ntrough, are the men who now fill official positions,\\nand conduct the business affairs of this county.\\nThe log cabin yet remains; silent and unpreten-\\ntious it stands, reminding us of former days and as-\\nsociations. Who can look at one of these relics of\\npioneer life and not call to mind the toil and priva-\\ntions of early days. She whose willing iiands and\\nwarm heart helped you fight life s battles, plied the *s\\nbusy needle, or prepared the frugal meal around the\\nhuge fire-place, whose crumbling remains are yet visi- q\\nble, is perhaps sleeping the sleep of death, while\\nanother enjoys the fruits of her toil and care. Si-\\nlently you gazed on the features of that wan little\\none in that old cabin as its spirit winged its flight,\\nand now the bodies of them both are resting side by r\\nside in the City of the Dead. Such memories cluster\\nabout the old log cabin that you can hardly lay rude\\nhands upon the decayed material, even to remove it.\\nEvery log and chink has a history, and, could they\\nspeak, would relate a story worth listening to. But\\nthese relics must give place to the more substantial\\nand modern improvements, and ere another decade\\nhas passed scarcely a trace will remain of pioneer\\nlife.\\nIt is not a long time since the first entry of land\\nwas made in this county, nor since the date when the\\nfirst white inhabitant pitched his tent, and built a\\nlog cabin to shelter his family from the inclement\\nweather, as well as to afford them protection from\\nthe howling wolves or the crafty Indians. Should an\\nattemi)t be made to go back to the time that the first\\nwhite man set foot u[ on this territory, much specula-\\ntion would have to be indulged in and no real benefit\\nderived by the reader. Missionaries, the advance\\nand advancers of civilization, are said to have visited\\nDetroit as early as the year 1620. This was when it\\nJSi^^\\n-K:^n!i^tin;t A^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0erV ^^llIl^I\\n-i^^5f\u00c2\u00aev(i^\\n(h\\nV\\noN\\nwas under French control, many years before the\\nfondest hopes and imaginations of man conceived\\nthat he in time should be the happy recipient of this\\nfertile virgin soil, and the favored jwssessor of that\\nhighest of civil and ixilitical rights, personal and po-\\nlitical freedom.\\n\\\\11 this wilderness remained under French and\\nBritish rule until 1787, when it was ceded to the\\nUnited States by Virginia, to whom it then belonged,\\nand became what was historically known as the\\nNorthwest Territory. In 1805, the Territory of Mich-\\nigan was formed and set off, with the seat of govern-\\nment at Detroit, where it remained until 1847, when\\nit \u00c2\u00absras removed to Lansing. The old capitol build-\\ning at the latter place, a frame structure, was\\ndestroyed by fire in 1881, and nothing remains a\\nmemento of its primitive style. That magnificent\\nbuilding, the new State Capitol, stands 50 to 100\\nrods northwest of the site of the old one.\\nThe territory embraced by Isabella County was set\\napart at the organization of the State, and remained\\nso until Nov. 28, i86r, when the first tract of land\\nwas entered by Aloney Rust, it being the southwest\\nquarter of section 4, in township 15 north, of range\\n3 west. A few other tracts were entered by specula-\\ntors during that and subsequent years. In October,\\n1854, Daniel Brickley, John Stewart, Andrew F.\\nChilds, James Wilsey, Daniel Childs, James Camp-\\nbell, George Reasoner, Charles F. Young, M. J. Hall\\nand P. H. Estee, each entered a quarter-section\\nunder the Graduation Act, at 50 cents per acre,\\nand most of tliem soon settled upon and commenced\\nimproving their purchase.\\nThe first road was cut from the south line of tlie\\ncounty to Salt River aliout the first of November,\\n1854, which was the first step toward subduing this\\ncountry. On the seventh day of November, Joseph\\nRoberts, Sen., Patrick Fanning and Tliomas Roberts,\\nwith their fann Hes, moved into the county over the\\nnew thoroughfare, and are entitled to the honor of\\nbeing the first families in the county.\\nNov. 21, Daniel Brickley and John Stewart moved\\ntheir families into the woods on the west side of Coe\\nTownship. Settlements were then made ra[)idly, and\\nin December George Hursh and Lewis Jenner cut\\na road from Brickley s place to the farm of John M.\\nHursh, south of where the village of Ml. Pleasant is\\nnow located.\\nOn the 25th day of February, 1855, Mr. Hursh\\nmoved to this farm and formed the first nucleus for a\\nsettlement in the central jwrtion of the county.\\nAbout the same time, John Fraser crossed the Titta-\\nbawassee River, and with two or three others cut a\\nroad along Pine River to the Old Indian Mission,\\nthen across to the land which he had entered and\\nsubsequently improved.\\nThe early settlers upon coming into the new coun-\\ntry found themselves subject to the pressing demands\\nof nature. Away from civilization, yet they must\\nlive. After the first meager supply was exhausted\\nthey were obliged to go out after more, and the near-\\nest point for trade was Maple Rapids or Fish Creek,\\nboth being 45 miles distant. Thither they were\\nobliged to go, not only for provisions, flour, etc., but\\nalso to obtain their mail. Necessity is the mother\\nof invention, and each week s travel over almost im-\\nj)assabie roads gave them ample time for reflection,\\nwhich soon suggested the idea of having mills at\\nhome, and hand-mills were introduced. The first\\none was purchased by Daniel Brickley, John Stewart\\nand others, who used it for grinding their own corn,\\nand allowed their neighbors to use it at a rental of\\none shilling per bushel. Some of the settlers were\\nnot willing to pay what they considered an extrava-\\ngant toll, and resorted to the more primitive way of\\ngrinding in a coffee-mill, or shaving it down with a\\njack plane. A few of them used a trough made\\nfrom a black ash log, in which the corn was placed\\nand beaten to the requisite degree of fineness with\\nan iron wedge which had been driven into the end of\\na hand-spike. Wild game was very plentiful, which\\nfurnished the basis of their meat siqiply, only a few\\nbeing able to purchase bacon or other salt meats.\\nTheir garments were not made by dressmakers and\\ntailors, nor were they of faultless fit or of the finest\\nmaterial; yet all seemed to be satisfied with their lot\\nin life, and those of the early settlers who are yet\\nliving unanimously declare that the good feeling and\\nharmony which prevailed at an early day was infinitely\\ngreater than it is now, when surrounded l)y everything\\nwhich wealth can procure or mind suggest. Neigh-\\nborhood ipiarrels and scandals were unknown.\\nEverybody was interested in the welfare of those\\nabout him, and all vied with each other in promoting\\nharmony and happiness in the community.\\nIn 1855, a treaty was made by the Government\\nwith the remnants of several tribes of Indians which\\nA\\nr7\\n.i^i\\nI\\nremained in Clinton, Saginaw and Gratiot Counties,", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": ";^v/^\u00c2\u00ae^(^#-\\n^u^^iixsr\\nB\u00c2\u00ae-*^\\ni:-^:illl\\nT\\n,_\\n^r^ whereby nearly the whole of six townships in thii\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-|1^J(^\\n537\\nf\\ncounty were ceded them and their descendants for\\nlife. What was known as the Indian Mills was\\nsoon after built by the Government on the Chippewa,\\nabout one mile from Mt. Pleasant; also a council-\\n~Y house to be used by the Indians. This led to the\\nformation of a settlement on the river known as Isa-\\nbella City, which has never been of much imiwrt-\\nance, although some shops and a store or two were\\nbuilt. F. C. Babbitt, with his family, were among the\\nfirst to settle in the embryonic village. The hotel\\nwas built by W. H. Nelson, who also located there,\\n^a^ and was afterward elected Judge of Probate. hip-\\npewa River was the only thoroughfare into the cen-\\ntral part of the county, except one road which could\\nscarcely be traveled, and all tlie supplies were\\nbrought hither in a canoe.\\nPrivations of every sort were experienced, but the\\npioneers never flagged. They had made a stand,\\nand nothing could cause them to falter. They had\\nthe soil and the will, and their labors have at last\\nbeen crowned with success. The great forests have\\nmostly been removed, and the soil gives forth abund-\\nant harvests. No greater monuments to their indus-\\ntry can be erected than can be seen everywhere in\\nsubstantial improvements, and the rapid increase in\\nthe value of real estate is unprecedented by any sec-\\ntion in the State. The past should be to us all a\\nvaluable lesson (as history is but an experience of\\ntiie past), from which we learn that by perseverance in\\nour own honest efforts, working at all times by the\\nstandard of honesty and moral integrity, we cannot\\nexperience defeat but, like the pioneers who have\\nJ spent the best years of their lives in clearing and\\nV\\nI\\nA\\notherwise improving the country, we shall not only\\nsucceed, but like them shall also deserve the admira-\\ntion and blessing of future generations. They were\\nheroes of a true type, and too much praise cannot be\\nawarded them.\\nIsabella C ounty was organized in US59, and was\\ncomposed of three townshijjs, Coe, Chippewa and\\nIsabella. The first mentioned was named after\\nLieut. Gov. Albert G. Coe. Originally it comprised\\ntownships 13 and 14 north, of 3 west, and the re-\\nmainder of the county comi)rised the townshi[)s of\\nChippewa and Isabella.\\nThe first meeting of the Board of Supervisors was\\nheld at the house of John Hursh, May 9, 1857, at\\nwhich meeting P. H. Estee, of Coe Township, was\\nY\\n^^^^m^\\nChairman. Norman C. Payne, of Chippewa, and A.\\nG. Ferris, of Isabella, with I. E. Arnold as Clerk,\\nconstituted the Board. Their first official act was to\\napprove the bond of Richard Hoy as County Treas-\\nurer; the next, to issue $1,500 in bonds to relieve the\\ndestitute of the county, a petition asking for aid hav-\\ning been presented. William K. Robbins was ap-\\npointed to negotiate these bonds, but was authorized\\nto take no less than 75 cents on the dollar for the\\nsame, the tnoney to be used in purchasing provisions,\\netc., which were to be sold on credit to those wishing\\nthe goods, on two years time, he taking their notes\\nwith real estate for security. Several hundred dol-\\nlars of these bonds were thus disjxjsed of, and those\\nmost in need were substantially relieved for the time.\\nThese were the days which tried men s souls, as\\nthe entire cro[) for two years was almost a complete\\nfailure, there being but little improved land in the\\ncounty, while their families were located in a wilder-\\nness, and in iriany cases without food or the means\\nto purchase any. Only by the most rigid self-denial,\\nand in some cases real suffering, did those brave pio-\\nneers maintain their ground and support their fami-\\nlies. A glance over these broad acres and the well\\nfilled granaries present no traces of the destitution\\nwhich then prevailed, not only in Isabella, but also\\nin other portions of Northern Michigan, during the\\neventful years of 1857-9.\\nThe Government lands were taken out of market\\nin 1855, and none were sold for eight years. Those\\nwho had previously purchased under the Gradua-\\ntion Act were in good spirits, by reason of having\\nhad choice of the magnificent tracts of timber, which\\nwere composed of the finest specimens of pine, maple,\\nash and elm. The withdrawal of the lands from sale\\nretarded the settlement of this county very greatly,\\nbut this may have been of benefit nevertheless, as\\nthose who then came were mostly men of means,\\nwhich resulted in a rapid development of the county.\\nThe first county order was issued to M. D. Davis,\\nfor services in drawing a jury. It was written on\\nfoolscap paper, and read as follows:\\n$(10.7.-..\\nTri imnrcr of hdhidhi Cotinhj: V:\\\\\\\\ lo M. D. I):ivi-. or\\nbearer, 7. )-l(H)lhs dollars out of nioiiey in y liamls\\nraised for iiieidi Mtals.\\nN;i1h.11:i feiilro, Oet. 11. l.s:.!).\\nlKviN(. i:. .\\\\i:n ii.i Clerk. V. 11. Estke,\\nCliairman of Ike Board of Supervisors-\\nJr ??^J^\\n-^^ii!]^:nD;\\nk^;^\\n4^^f\\n^5\\nf", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "Z^^^^i^s^^^\\nV^\\nlr: r\\nu^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nm\\n4/\\nThe first wolf certificates were issued in favor of\\nIsaiah Ah-pwa-qiia-hua, John Peboom and Abraham\\nAh-ne-mah-gue-hong. Wolves were quite plentiful\\nand the early settlers tell many stories of their un-\\nearthly howling at night while camped in the forest\\nduring the erection of their cabins. They were never\\nknown to attack man in this region, although they\\nwould follow him at a safe distance for hours.\\nGame of every kind was very plentiful, the fuj-bear-\\ning animals especially being numerous. Messrs.\\nWilliam Miles and John Landon, both well known\\nmen residing in Chippewa Township, have killed\\nmore game perhaps than any two men in the county,\\nand hunted there only at intervals during the hunting\\nseason, both being farmers and having their lands,\\nstock, etc., to care for. Keeping largely within\\nbounds, they estimate that during tlie past i8 years\\nthey have killed over 300 deer, 17 wolves, 30 bears,\\nand hundreds of smaller fur-bearing animals.\\nThe first Fourth-of-July celebration was held at the\\nhouse of Henry Sherman, in 1854. Although there\\nwere only two families living in the county at that\\ntime, yet they were imbued with as much patriotism\\nas are the people of to-day. Mrs. John M. Hursh is\\nauthority for the statement tjiat on July 4 of that\\nyear their family went to the cabin of Henry Sher-\\nman, their nearest and only neighbor, to celebrate our\\nnatal day. A grand dinner was served of roast [xsrk\\nand sturgeon. Mr. Sherman made a speech, and\\nthey sang the Star-Spangled Banner, fired off their\\nguns and made as grand a demonstration as ix)ssible\\nunder the circumstances.\\nThe first Fourth-of-July celebration that was pub-\\nlicly observed was in 1861, at the house of James\\nCampbell, at Salt River. Norman C. Payne was\\nPresident of the Day, Hon. P. H. Estee read the\\nDeclaration of Independence, and Hon. Nelson\\nMosher delivered an address. A jrale was raised\\nwhich was 120 feet in height^ from whose tip floated\\na beautiful flag made by Mesdames James Campbell,\\nD. D. Burham, H. O. Bigelow, James Wilsey, Wil-\\nliam R. Robbins and P. H. Estee. The ladies\\nhoisted the flag with their own hands, and prepared\\na bountiful dinner, which was spread in the woods,\\nand to which the entire assemblage were invited.\\nFully 1,000 persons were entertained at this bamiuet.\\nThe pole stood a memento of that festive occasion\\nuntil the night of the assassination of President\\nv\\nAbraham Lincoln, when it was blown down in a\\nstorm.\\nMiss Carrie Kilbourn taught the first school in this\\ncounty, in a log school-house near Salt River.\\nThe first couple married in the county was Daniel\\nRobinson and Jane Foutch. W. H. Stewart, a Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, performed the ceremony and re-\\nceived his pay in coon-skins, which at that time\\nwere iiractically legal tender for everything except\\ntaxes.\\nThere are several claimants for the honor of being\\nthe first female child born in the county. Mrs. John\\nM. Hursh says that she and her husband came to\\nthe county in February, 1854, and her daughter Isa-\\nbella was born in June following. It is also stated\\nthat Mary A. Fanning was born May 5, 1855, and\\nIsabella Campbell also in the summer of that year.\\nIf Mrs. Hursii s story is correct, her daughter is un-\\ndoubtedly the first. We leave this matter to be set-\\ntled by our readers, but one of the three is certainly\\nthe first, and all of them the first girls born in Isa-\\nbella, which entitles each to a place in the history of\\ntheir native county.\\n.Adelbert Reynolds was the first male chiU! born in\\nthe county, without doubt.\\nIt would be wrong for us to leave it for open con-\\njecture as to whether the early settlers brought with\\nthem all of the desires and requisites of a high civili-\\nzation the moment we begin to inquire, we find that\\nthey did. On the 25th of March, 1855, at the house\\nof Eber Hamilton, religious services were held, Rev.\\nCharles Taylor preaching the first sermon ever de-\\nlivered in the county. Services were held by apiwint-\\nment at different houses in the neighborhood for some\\ntime. After school-houses were erected in different\\nlocalities, it was more convenient for the people to\\nattend worship, and nearly everybody attended divine\\nservices. The pioneers were mostly of the better\\nclass, morally speaking, and very few disagreements\\namong neighbors arose.\\nThe first brick house erected in the county was the\\nhandsome residence of Mr. John l.andon, in Chip-\\npewa Township. This is a credit to the enteriirising\\nspirit of Mr. Landon, whose fine farm ranks among\\nthe first in the county in excellence and character of\\nimprovements.\\nThe first corner s inquest was held on the body of\\nJames Robinson, who was drowned at Isabella Dam\\nr=i\\nV\\nf\\nJ^^l?*-\\n^Syf^f ^b^Cm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m ^.w^y^ ^s^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "n\\nT\\nI SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\n~:^-^i-\\n-^^^^(^Vffl)\\n539\\non the 22d of April, 1859. Thomas Chatfield, an\\nIndian, was the Coroner. Tlie jury was composed\\nof three white men and three Indians.\\nThe first piano brought into this county was a\\npresent from Mr. F. C Babbitt to his daughter Nellie.\\nThis piano was brought up the Chippewa on an In-\\ndian canoe.\\nThe first lawsuit in the county was held in the\\ntownship of Coe, in 1856, before J. Q. A. Johnson,\\nJ. P., in a case wherein two neighbors, Daniel Brickley\\nand D. Childs, had disagreed about some sap troughs.\\nThe difference was only $4, and lo save expense each\\npleaded his own case.\\nThe first |)ostmaster ajipointed in the county was\\nWilliam R. Kobbins, who received his commission\\n-Vug. 8, 1857. This office was located at Salt River.\\nThe first mail was carried on foot, and the route lay\\nbetween Maple Rapids and Salt River, passing\\nthrough Gratiot County. The first flouring mill was\\nbuilt by John Reynolds on Salt River. This was\\nthe first frame structure erected in the county, and\\nwas built in 1856. The next year the Indian mills\\nwere built at Isabella City, but were not accepted by\\nthe Indian Agent, Rev. A. M. Fitch, until the follow-\\ning year. T^is mill was built by Mr. Penmont, who\\nhad to transport all the machinery up the Chippewa\\nfrom Saginaw, upon two Indian canoes lashed to-\\ngether, ujwn which a sort of deck was built.\\nThose who travel over tlie nicely graded roads of\\nthe county to-day, cannot realize how utterly impos-\\nsible it was for teams to draw a wagon at an early\\nday along the narrow paths cut through the woods,\\nwhicli in many instances led across swamps almost\\nimpassable for man, not speaking of the greater diffi-\\nculty experienced by animals. In reviewing tlie\\nsituation, the old pioneer invariably remarks, I\\ndon t see how we ever did it. Even yet, corduroy\\nroads are freiiuently found across some of the bogs;\\nand without this method of filling in, it would have\\nbeen impos iible to cross the swam])s, which in many\\nplaces abounded in ijuick-sand.\\nThe first schools in the county, although held in\\nlog houses, were presided over by skilled teachers,\\nand students received the benefits of a thorough dis-\\ncipline in educational matters from the beginning.\\nAt this day it seems crude and uncomfortable to see\\na log school-house, with long pine slabs for seats,\\nuix)n which are perched from 10 to 15 pupils who,\\nwithout desk or blackboard, are busily engaged in V\\nobtaining an elementary education yet there are a ^r\\nfew still in the county built of logs; but all are\\nequipped with fair school furniture. Although de-\\nprived of many advantages now possessed by chil-\\ndren attending our public schools, there were many\\nof the youth of both sexes attending school in those\\nearly days who are now ranked among the most\\ntalented business men and accomplished ladies of\\nthe country. Their education, although not a com-\\nIX)und of Greek, Latin and French, has been of that\\npractical kind which taught them how many pounds\\na bushel of corn, wheat or oats weighed, and how to\\ncompute interest at any given rate per cent. Such\\nan education was worth infinitely more than one of\\nthe fashionable educations received to-day.\\nThe first flowers cultivated in Isabella County\\nwere brought here by Mrs. A. Babbitt, who lived at\\nan early day in Isabella City. They were sent from\\nCleveland, her former home, and were guarded with\\nC\\njealous care. Mrs. Babbitt was a great favorite with S^\\nthe Indians, and her title of Wa-sash-com-mo-iiua\\n(the woman who brings light) was conferred upon her\\nby the renowned chieftain, Sa-shaw-na-bees, who\\noften came to her house for his dinner. He was one T=r.\\nof the best Indians that ever inhabited this region,\\nand every confidence was reposed in him by wiiite\\nmen.\\nThe house built by Mr. Babintt at Isabella City\\nwas small, having only one room, in which were two\\nwindows and one door. The Indians would frequently\\nslii) in unobserved, but never ap])ropriated anything\\nbelonging therein. Mrs. Babbitt says It was no\\nunusual thing for me to return home and find a half\\ndozen Indians squatted on th\\nand they often came to the windows, where, with r\\neyes shaded, they peered inside, seemingly surprised\\nto note the manner in which my household affairs\\nwere conducted. To this day the Indians love her\\nwith the same fondness displayed _^o years ago, and\\nall of them know her name.\\nJudge Wilbur F. Woodworth licid the first Circuit\\nC ourt in 1858, at Isabella Center, Dr. Jeffries had\\nbuilt a log court-house, but all his schemes failed to\\nhold the county seat.\\nThere might have been previous law cases, but the\\nT^\\n^4\\nfirst one apjiearing on the Circuit Court Journal is\\nfrom the township of Isabella, wherein Charles B,", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "i\\nv 01i:t:illir r\\n-*4^^^^\\n(h\\n540\\nISABELLA COUIVTV.\\nYoung obtained a judgment for $100.80. This was\\nthe only law case tried at the January term of 1866.\\nThe first petit jury was summoned by Charles\\nRodd, the first Sheriff, July 11, 1859.\\nL. C. Bright was the first man fined for assault and\\nbattery in the county, but the penalty was the nomi-\\nnal sum of one dollar; nevertheless, it becomes\\nhistoric, being the first dollar paid into the county\\ntreasury. Only the first things are of the greatest\\nimportance in making historical mention of this cliar-\\nIn this connection the mention of the first church\\nbuilding is made, which was built on the southwest\\nquarter of section 4, 14 north and 4 west, near the\\nMission School-house. It was dedicated in February,\\n1 86 1, and was destroyed by fire in June of that year.\\nAnother church was then built on the Indian reser-\\nvation, at Ne-bee-sing. Both these houses were\\nbuilt for the benefit of the Indians.\\nThe first official census of Isabella County was\\ntaken in 1S60, at which time there were 67 fi.imilies\\nin Coe, and every family with a male head. In Chi[)-\\npewa, at the same time, there were 24 families, in-\\ncluding 167 persons. Union and Isabella had 28\\nfamilies, which at that time included Clare county in\\nits territory. At that date, i860, there were but 577\\nwhites, and 856 Indians, making the total jjopulation\\ni 433-\\nThe county has rapidly developed in the last 12 or\\n14 years, and is possessed of good soil and timber in\\nplenty. Tis true that pioneer life has had its hard-\\nships but it also had its pleasures, and their high\\nhopes have been fully realized in the beautiful homes,\\nthe prosperity of the county and, best of all blessings,\\nexcellent health, a boon which it seems was vouch-\\nsafed to all the early settlers.\\nThe early days in the history of Isabella are ones\\nlong to be remembered. Mrs. Ellen Woodworth\\ngave some graphic descriptions of the way ladies\\nused to dress. Many of them went barefoot, and\\nsome of the wealthiest ladies of this county to-day\\nused to braid their own straw hats. One of the ladies,\\nwhose name has been forgotten, came to visit her one\\nday, the visit being principally to show a new delaine\\ndress recently purchased. She was not the possessor\\nof a pair of shoes, but tiie new dress compensated\\nfor lack of foot gear. The costume worn by the\\nro\\nz\\nm^\\n^c\\ndelegation of ladies who made and hoisted the flag\\nat the Fourth-of-July celebration in 1861, related on\\na preceding page, consisted of white cotton skirts\\nwith a short calico blouse. This, in that early day,\\nconstituted a full-dress costume.\\nThe people in those days thought nothing of walk-\\ning five or ten miles to church, or to spend the day in\\nvisiting a newcomer. Every one was anxious for the\\nwelfare of his neighbors and when one of them was\\nready to raise a log cabin, all the settlers for miles\\naround was ready to lend a heljjing hand.\\nOne thousand and five hundred dollars was voted\\nby the Board of Supervisors in i860 to defray the\\nexpenses of the county. This was certainly a modest\\namount to begin with, considering there weie several\\nsalaried officers to be paid.\\nThe Gratiot News, of Ithaca, Ovatiot C ounty,\\npublished the first report of the Board of Supervi\\nsors of this county, in 1861.\\nThe total amount of State and county ta.x for that\\nyear was $1,035.07, of which $160.71 was personal\\nlax, divided among tlie several townships as follows:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Isabella, $79.84; Coe, $40.07 Union, $86.12; Chip-\\npewa, $5.42.\\nThe i)eople of this county iiad a serious time in\\nappropriating money to build the present court-house,\\nefforts having been made by the Supervisors for sev-\\neral years in that direction, but at the polls their\\nschemes met with an invariable defeat. Through the\\nmanagement of I. A. Fancher, then the Senator of\\nthis district in the State Legislature, in 1876, the sum\\nof $10,486.76, due this county from some erroron the\\npart of the State Auditor on the detaching of Clare\\nCounty, was recovered by special act. This fund\\nbeing thus secured, the Supervisors appropriated\\n$10,000 of the amount for the purpose of building a\\ncourt-house; $2,000 more was added by the citizens,\\nand $1,000 raised by taxation. The contract was let\\nto Henlmeter Kaiser, in May, 1876. The corner-\\nstone was laid by the Masonic fraternity, assisted by\\nother secret organizations, July 28, of that year.\\nThe building committee was I. E. .-Vrnold, Wm. R.\\nCrowley, Wm. M. Peterson, Samuel Kennedy and H. A\\nH. Graves. The building was completed Oct. 26, Jjjy\\n1877, which with the furniture cost the county $16,-\\n190.49, every dollar of which was paid the day it y\\nwas ready for occupancy. _\\ne^:\\ns", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nI\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-V-y^.\\n(3\\n9.\\nS4t\\nWm\\ns\\nQMmmmM\\n4i^\\nHE county ol Isabella has\\nijeen strictly Republican from\\nthe date of its organization\\nuntil the past four years.\\nThe Independent, or Green-\\niack, element, is, however,\\n.^rowing stronger day by day,\\nand It IS confidently expected that\\nthe next election will bring about a\\nmarked change in the political field,\\nlie that as it may, Isabella County\\nhas been well governed during all\\nthese years, and is now out of debt,\\nwith a nice balance in her treasury.\\nHer people are enterprising, honest\\nand mdustrious, and let come what\\nwill in the political fight, there is no\\ndoubt of the ability of her officials to manage pro})-\\nerly the affairs of the county and subserve her inter-\\nests in every way.\\nThe following is a list of all the county officials\\nelected since its organization, with the date when\\neach was elected. Where more than one year is in-\\ndicated, the party was elected for more tii.in one\\nterm, and for the year given\\nCounty Officers.\\nSHKRll I S.\\nCharles H. Rodd (Indian). 1859\\nJohn Meisler i860\\nHenry Dunton 1862\\nJohn Q. A. Johnson 1864\\nRansom Kyes 1 866\\nTunis W. Swart 186S\\n^:y ^f^\\nA ^il!]:^nii;i\\nJohn Ma.xwell 1870\\nThomas J. Fordyce. 1872-4\\nTunis W. Swart i S76\\nCharles M. Brooks 1878-80\\nThomas Pickaid 1 882\\nCOUNTY CLERKS.\\nI. E. Arnold 1859\\nWm. H. Nelson i860\\nNorman C. Payne 1862\\nMilton Bradley 1864\\nC. C. Foutch 1866\\nJames T. Wei i)er 1 868\\nCornelius Bennett 1 870\\nDaniel E. Lyon 1872\\nJoel C. Graves 1874\\nJohn W. Hance 1876-8\\nLewis C. Griffith 1880-2\\nCnUNT\\\\ TUKASURF.RS.\\nRichard Hoy 1 859\\nNelson Mosher 1860-2\\nLangdon Hently 1S64-6\\nNelson Mosher 1 868-70\\nJohn Maxwell 1872-76\\nAlexander Brodic 1 878-80\\nWallace W. Preston 1 882\\nRr.CISTKR OF UK.KDS.\\nMilton iiradley 1859\\nNorman C. Payne 1860-2\\nW. W. Preston 1864\\nC. C. Foutch 1866\\nJames T. Weli)er 1 868\\nCornelius Bennett 1870-2\\nJoel C. Graves 1874\\ne\\nI", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "542\\nf\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nJohn W. Hance\\n.1876-8\\nWilliam H. Nelson.\\ni860\\n1880\\n1882\\nMalcomb D. Davis.\\nIsaac A. Fancher\\n1862\\nMichael Murtha\\n1864\\nJUDGES OF PKOllATE.\\nEmory H. Bradley.\\n1866\\nJames Wilsey\\nif5s9\\n1868\\nPerry H. Estee\\ni860\\nIrving E. Arnold..\\n1870\\nWm. H. Nelson\\n1864\\nAnson R. Arnold.\\n.872-76\\nRichard Hoy\\n1868\\nAlmond K. Herrington\\n,878\\nWilliam W. Stnible\\n1872\\nJoseph A. Graham\\n1880-2\\nJohn Q. A. Johnson\\n1876\\nCORONERS.\\nCornelius Bennett\\n1880\\n1859.\\n1870.\\nPROSECUTING A l TORNKVS.\\nThomas C. Cliatfield\\nDelos E\\nromm\\nNelson Mosher\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I ^SQ\\nH. Bigelow\\nSimeon C. Brown\\nJames P. Mosher\\ni860\\nW. H. Stout\\n1872.\\nMoses Tompkins\\n1862\\n1864\\nI 865-8\\n1870\\n1S60.\\nJ. Q. A. Johnson\\nJohn Collins\\nGideon\\nJoshua\\nS. Case\\nMiller\\nIsaac A. Fancher\\n1874.\\nAlbert Fox.\\n1872\\nDaniel Brickley\\nLevi A.\\nCrane\\nSamuel W. Hopkins\\n1874\\n1S62.\\nJohn Q\\nA. Johnson\\nAsa M. Tinker\\n1876\\nAndrew J. Goodsell\\n1876.\\nMichael Devereaux\\n1878\\nFrancis 1 Cushway\\nAllen J.\\nStruble\\nPeter F. Dodds\\n1880\\nJohn Meiscr\\nSolon D\\nCoon\\nCharles T. Russell\\n1882\\n.1864.\\n.878.\\nCIRCUIT COURT COMMISSIONERS.\\nAlbert L. Chatfield\\nJesse J.\\nStruble\\nNelson Mosher\\n1859\\nMilton Bradley\\nJames H. Seely\\nJames P. Mosher\\n1S60\\nLyman Bennett\\niSSo.\\n1862\\n1866.\\nHenry A. Dunton\\nIsaac A. Fancher\\n1864\\nJames C. Caldwell\\nJason A\\nHunt\\nCornelius Bennett\\n1866\\nOliver P. Comers\\n1882.\\nMyron McLarren\\n1868\\n1868.\\nHenry 1\\n!urr\\nIsaac A. Fancher\\n1870\\n1872\\nJesse J. Struble\\nWilliam J. Pratt\\nJesse H\\nlordon.\\nAlbert Fox\\nAsa M. Tinker\\n1874\\nSUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS.\\nSimeon C. Brown\\n1876\\n187S-S0\\nAsa M. Tinker\\nJohn 15. Young.\\n1869\\nSimeon CI Brown\\n18S2\\nC harles Curtis.\\n1871-3\\nSURVEYORS.\\n(The county superintend\\nency system was abolished\\nWilli:im M. Davis\\n859\\nin 1X75.)\\nV\\nC\\n1=3\\nSfiCC^\u00c2\u00ae^*^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nSI-S/OTTrjv\\n^-V(^^\u00c2\u00ab$itr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "I\\nT\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nt.\\n4^\\nOWN SHIP history is an es-\\nsential and prominent part\\nof county history. The vari-\\nous (larts of Isabella County\\nwere settled by men most of\\nwhom have representatives\\nnow living in the county,\\nand some of them yet reside in the\\ntownships in which they were born.\\nThe southern tier of townships was\\nfirst settled, being nearest to and\\nadjoining Gratiot County, wliich\\nwas settled somewhat before its or-\\nganization in 1855. Previous to its\\norganization, which was in the year\\n1 85 9, it was attached to Midland\\nCounty for judicial and munici-\\npal pur|X)ses.\\nA careful perusal of the incidents relating to the\\nearly settlement of the several townships will repay\\nthe reader, as each one contains the names of the\\nfirst settlers, and many other items which are reipiired\\nto make the history complete. Almost every town-\\nship claims the honor of having the first settler in\\nthe county located in her borders; but with the\\nmost careful reference to dates, Coe is awarded the\\npalm. Be that as it may, each has furnished many\\nmen who for integrity and worth cannot be excelled\\nin any country, and they reflect great credit upon the\\ncounty they represent, politically or socially.\\nCoe Township.\\n^r|i^N-|3C)E Township was organized in 1855, and\\nJ^^t^ has ([uite an important history, being the\\ngg^ first township organized in Isabella County,\\nand having the first entry of land made in it,\\nin October, 1854, by Judge P. H. Estee, who\\nlocated the northwest ciuarter of section 1 8,\\nin 13 north and 3 west. At that time, there was\\nneither white man nor Indian in the county. There\\nwere only two houses in St. Louis, two in Alma,\\nand but one or two diminutive cabins north of\\nPine River. Oct. 10, 1854, Daniel Brickley, William\\nB. Bowen, Daniel Childs, Eben Willard, John Slew-\\nart and James Woolsey, came with the intention of\\nmaking Isabella their home, Messrs. Woolsey, Brick-\\nley and Stewart being the first men to bring their\\nfamilies into the county.\\nCoe is bounded on the norlii iiy Chippewa Town-\\nship, on the east by Midland County, the south by\\nGratiot County, and the west by Lincoln Township.\\nIt is numbered 13 north and 3 west.\\nThe first road cut through the forest of Isabella\\n(o)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "m\\n544\\nh\\nA\\nJ\\nV\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nI\\nCounty was commenced Nov. i, of that year. It\\ncommenced at the south line of the county near John\\nThomas s and extended to Salt River. The men\\nwho were engaged in this, really the most important\\nwork in the development of a new country, were\\nMessrs. William B. Bowen, William Adams, James\\nShepherd, J. B. Walton, George and Dow Greenfield.\\nOn the evening the road was opened, John Stewart\\nand Daniel Brickley came with their families. The\\nnext day Jacob Middaugh, W. Middaugh and John\\nHendershot came over the road with an ox team.\\nOn the 7th day of November, Jos. Roberts, Sr.,\\nPatrick Fanning and Thomas Roberts, with their\\nfamihes, moved uix)n section 10, 13 north and 3\\nwest. They were the first families coming into the\\ncounty, and to them is due the honor of breaking\\ninto the wilderness and planting the seeds of civili-\\nzation.\\nWilliam R. Bowen was the first Supervisor of Coe,\\nand tlie first township meeting was held in April,\\n7856, at the house of James Campbell.\\nThe first general election held in the county was\\nat William Campbell s house, in November, 1856\\nwhen 66 votes were polled; there being no printing\\npress in the county, the tickets were written with pen\\nand ink.\\nCoe Township is one of the best in the county for\\nagriculture, being well watered and nicely drained\\nby Salt River and its tributaries. Coe was originally\\nwell timbered, but now it is the most highly improved\\nand thickly settled township in the county.\\nSalt River, a small village of less than 300 in-\\nhabitants, is located on the southwest quarter of sec-\\ntion 9. There are a post-office, hotel, blacksmith\\nand wagon shop, stores, etc., all of which do quite a\\nnice business, the village being halfway between Mt.\\nPleasant and St. Louis. Salt River was platted by\\nE. Moore, and afterward G. W. Miller platted\\nMiller s Addition. It is a fine place, in an ex-\\ncellent farming country, with a limited water power.\\nA saw-mill and planer, one mile below the village,\\nhas been sustained for a number of years. The first\\nlodge of Free and Acceiited Masons in the county\\nwas organized at this place, in 1S7 i, and has a large\\nmemijership. In 1874, the I. C). F. was estab-\\nlished here and has a large number of members.\\nIn this township arc numerous school-houses and\\nchurches, and the youth of this community are\\nrapidly advancing in the arts and sciences.\\nAmong the names of the Supervisors of Coe Town-\\nship will be recognized the names of some of the\\nforemost business men and able financiers of Isabella\\nCounty. Their names are appended, together with\\nthe years served in an official capacity.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nPerry H. Estee\\nWilliam R. Robbins\\nHorace O. I^igelow\\nf\\nWilliam R. Robbins\\nJames Wilsey\\nPerry H. Estee\\nSamuel Kennedy\\nPerry H. Estee\\nJacob L. Fordyce\\nS. C. Brown\\nPerry H. Estee\\nRichard Hoy\\nPerry H. Estee\\nRichard Hoy\\nThomas Hannett\\n859\\ni860\\n1 86 1\\n1862-3\\n1864\\n1866\\n1867\\n1868-70\\n187 1-72\\n873\\n1874\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a287s\\n1876-78\\n1879\\n1880-84.\\nChippewa Township.\\nc^:\\nsy\\nm%\\n^OM^HIPPEWA was one of the first townships\\n|)l^^fc organized in the county. It was also one\\n^W of the first townships settled by the whites.\\nyU As early as 1 850-1, there were several families\\nA residing inside her boundaries, among whom\\nmight be mentioned Norman and William\\nPayne, William Foutch, Geo. W. Howorth and Rev.\\nCharles Taylor. Mr. Taylor was the first minister\\nin the county of the Methodist faith, and has been g\\nfor many years, and is still, doing a large amount of ^j\\ngood by inculcating the doctrines of that denomi-\\nnation among {he people in his neighborhood. The\\nmen above mentioned cut their way from Alma to\\nSalt River, and thence on to the lands they had se-\\nlected in Chippewa Township. William Payne s\\ndaughter Ida was the first child born in this township,\\nif not in the county. John Landon is another one\\nof the prominent settlers, although coming at a much ^X,\\nlater date. He was a penniless boy, but indomitable l*\\nenergy has in his case been rewarded, he being now J\\none of the wealthiest farmers on Chippewa Town- -V^\\nship. His present residence was the first brick house j", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "m\\ni\\nh\\n-^^K c V4:DIl^llll\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nbuilt in the county, and his outbuildings rank among\\nthe finest in the State.\\nMr. Landon and Win. Miles have been inse|)arable\\ncompanions for a number of years; and, living within\\na convenient distance of each other, have indulged\\ntheir liking for field sports to its fullest extent. Tlieir\\nhunting record is given elsewhere, but an anecdote\\nor two are here related of their hunting exploits. In\\nthe spring of 1883, they were out hunting, and night\\ncame on. The distance was fully three miles be-\\ntween them, and the woods were very dense, and a\\nfavorite rendezvous for bears. Miles lay down on a\\nbed of pine boughs, and covered himself and his\\ndog with a blanket in order to keep the animal from\\nrunning after any game which might be prowling\\nabout. About midnight a bear came sniffing around,\\nhaving discovered our friend so leisurely taking a nap.\\nThe breaking of the dry brush as the bear marched\\nabout awakened Mr. Miles, who, upon raising one\\nedge of the blanket and discovering his bearship,\\ntook as good aim as possible in the darkness and\\nfired. He missed the bear, but the moment the re-\\nport of the gun was heard, the dog bounded after\\nbruin and soon brought him to bay. This dog was\\none of the finest animals for bear-hunting ever\\nowned by Mr. Miles, and had been trained for sev-\\neral years in all the mysteries of the chase yet he\\nwas unwary enough to get within reach of the bear s\\npaws and was hugged by bruin until several of his\\nribs were crushed, and the hide nearly torn from his\\nbody, by that beast s murderous claws! Notwith-\\nstanding the darkness. Miles knew his pet was get-\\nting worsted, and, running up to the scene of conflict,\\nplaced his gun within a foot of the bear s head and\\nsent a bullet crashing through his brain.\\nAfter caring for the wounded dog as well as he\\nwas able. Miles started out to find Mr. Landon,\\nknowing very nearly the place where he woukl biv-\\nouac. As daylight appeared, he saw Mr. Landon\\nlying under a tree wrapped in his blanket, while all\\naround him were plainly visible the footprints of an\\nenormous bear, which had inspected the slee|)ing\\nman from every point of the compass but feared to\\nattack him.\\nThese two gentlemen killed a large deer in this\\ncounty whose horns weighed 40 pounds, and upon\\nwiiich were 35 enormous prongs This specimen is\\nV\\nf\\nJ\\nt)\\nnow in the museum at New York, the proprietor\\nhaving been offered S .ooo for it. Allowing one\\nprong for each year, the animal was, when killed, 35\\nyears old.\\n\\\\Vm. Miles, and his son Charles, only 15 years of\\nage, killed 29 deer last autumn. Charles bagged six\\nof them alone. Florence, the eldest daughter, is one\\nof the finest target shooters in the county, and han-\\ndles a revolver with as much precision as she does her\\nrifle. Without lowering her arm, she can send six\\nballs inside a two-inch circle at 20 paces. Neither\\nare these the least of her accomplishments. Aside\\nfrom attending to the household duties, which de-\\nvolve entirely upon herself, she has acquired an ex-\\ncellent education and knowledge of music.\\nOnly the west half of Chippewa Township is very\\nwell improved, a large portion of the lands in the\\neastern part being covered with heavy timber. Onion\\nand Potter Creeks flow through the southern and\\neastern sections, Chippewa River also passing through\\nthe northern part of the township from west to east.\\nMillions of feet of excellent lumber are awaiting the\\ncoming of the lumberman with his ax, and that de-\\npartment of business will take precedence of agricul-\\nture for several years.\\nChippewa is bounded on the north by Denver\\nTownship, on the east by Midland County, on tlie\\nsouth by Coe, and the west by Union Townships.\\nIt is numbered 14 north and 3 west. One postoffice,\\nseveral school-houses, but no villages or railroads,\\ncan be mentioned in Chippewa. Tliis township has\\nbeen served by the following\\nsupervisors:\\n:^:i\\nNorman C. Payne\\nMarcus Grenell\\nRyland J. Hill\\nStephen Humphrey\\nO. P. Converse\\nWilliam W. Struble\\nMarcus Grenell\\nEphraim Salisbury\\nEnoch Robliins\\nBenjamin Wing\\nJacob Struble\\n1859-61\\n1862\\n1863\\n1S64\\n1865-9\\n1870-3\\n1874\\n1875-7\\n1878-9\\n1880-2\\n1883-4.\\nf^^^C(\u00c2\u00ae fl", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "Zi:^;^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n(rt,\\n0\\nV\\ns\\nIsabella Township.\\nSABELLA was organized in 1857, two years\\nIjt before the organization of the county. It\\noriginally embraced all the territory bounded\\nby the county line, together with a part of Clare\\nCounty, except townships 13 and 14 north, of\\nrange 3 west. Chas. A. Jeffries was Supervi-\\nsor, and the business affairs were conducted at Mid-\\nland, to which county Isabella was attached for ju-\\ndicial and municipal purposes. .\\\\s the years rolled\\nby, the different towns were organized, leaving Isa-\\nbella the same number of sections of which the\\nothers are composed.\\nThe boundaries of this township are as follows\\nOn the north by Vernon, the east by Denver, the\\nsouth by Union, and the west by Nottawa Townshij).\\nIt is numbered 15 north, and 4 west. The lands are\\nwell adapted to agricultural purposes, being well\\nwatered and yet undulating enough to drain the en-\\ntire township.\\nThe Saginaw Mt. Pleasant Railroad divides sec-\\ntion 36 from northeast to southwest. There are\\nseveral nice streams traversing this township, all\\nbranches of the Tittabavvassee; and the timber was\\nformerly very fine, but most of this has been removed.\\nThere are a number of Indians yet living in Isabella,\\nand much of their lands are yet unimproved. Most\\nof these lands will pass into the hands of the whites\\nduring the ne.xt five years, and the develoiiment of\\nIsabella will rapidly ensue.\\nCalkinsville, a small hamlet, is situated at the\\ncrossing of the roads between sections 10, 11, 14 and\\n15. It has a store, hotel, blacksmith shop and\\nschool-house, besides several dwelling-houses, but\\nhas no commercial importance.\\nIsabella was the home of Andrew J. Campau, one\\nof the best known Indians of his day. He was\\nreally only a half-breed, being the son of a French-\\nman, who now resides in Saginaw. Campau was\\nnaturally shrewd, and was born to command. He\\nhad quite a good education, and used to sway the\\nIndian element just as he desired. His talent for\\nnioney-getting was unecpialed, but his extravagant\\nhabits proved his ruin financially, socially and morally.\\nHe was at once the life and terror of any party with\\nwhom he was in company, for he was reckless when\\ndrinking, and this recreation consumed most of his\\ntime. He had a beautiful wife, of whom he became\\ninsanely jealous, so far as to endeavor to shoot Phil\\nGruett, a clerk in his store at Isabella City, whom he\\nsuspected of interference in his domestic affairs.\\nCampau was very i)roud of his personal appear-\\nance, and thought nothing of paying $150 for a suit\\nof clothes. His horses were of the fleetest and finest\\nwhich money would procure. It is related that he,\\nwhen in his cups, would harness a thoroughbred\\nhorse to a nice buggy, turn him loose and give him a\\ncut with a whip just to see the buggy demolished as\\nthe frightened animal dashed frantically along the\\nstumi)y road!\\nhx one of the Indian camp-meetings, Campau\\ncreated quite an excitement, which came near re-\\nsulting disastrously for him. He purchased a fine\\nsuit of clotlies, and ornamented them with a hand-\\nsome jjair of silver epaulettes and a massive star;\\nand, bringing with him several kegs of whisky,\\nopened out a refreshment stand, and soon tiie In-\\ndians were becoming quite hilarious. He declared\\nthat he had been appointed United States Marshal,\\nand was authorized to arrest anyone whom he chose.\\nThe Indian .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\\\gent, Richard M. Smith, was on the\\nground, but feared to say anything, knowing the\\n(|uarrelsome character of Campau when drinking.\\nSmith went to Judge Bennett and asked him to use\\nhis influence in getting Campau off the ground, as\\nthere was sure to be trouble. The Judge spoke to\\nCampau, who was strutting about the encampment\\nbut his words only served to exasperate the half-\\nbreed, who declared that if anything more was said\\nlie would arrest Mr. Smith. This he afterward did\\nand the Agent was led away with a pair of handcuffs\\nclasped upon his wrists. He was turned loose, how-\\never, Campau thinking that discretion in the case\\nmight save him from trouble with the United States\\nC.overnment. He afterward apologized to Mr. Smith,\\nand removed his whisky upon condition that no\\nprosecutions should follow.\\nBelow are mentioned the names of those who have\\nserved Isabella Township as\\nsupervisors:\\nCharles A. Jeffries,\\nAlbert G. Ferris,\\nCharies H. Rodd,\\n,857-S\\n1859\\ni860\\nA\\nr\\nI\\n:s ^!^ffL.\\nWM^O^^\\n?^CZ_\\nr?:.\\n-#^C^ v\u00c2\u00a7^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "o\\nI\\nDouglas H. Nelson,\\n1861-3\\nW. A. Nelson,\\n1864\\nDouglas H. Nelson\\n1S65\\nG. W. Jeffries,\\n1866-70\\nJohn C Davis,\\n1871\\nH. H. Graves,\\n1872\\nJohn C. Davis\\n1873-4\\nPeter Jackson,\\n1875-6\\nJohn C. Davis\\n.877-8\\nThomas Carroll,\\n1879-83\\nJames S. Graham,\\n1884.\\nFremont Towuship.\\nIjfclS^ FEW families moved into the territory now\\nJ lfrHi^ embraced witliin the boundaries of this\\nyjyy township prior to its organization, which was\\neffected Oct. 16, 1863. The first election was\\nheld at the house of Jerome Bachelder, who,\\nwitli J. C. Caldwell and William Tiffany, were In-\\nspectors of Election. William Tiffany was elected\\nSupervisor, William H. Harrison, Clerk, W. Winters,\\nTreasurer, and Norton Skinner, Justice of the Peace.\\nThe township is numbered 13 north and 5 west;\\nit is bounded on the north by Deerfield, the east by\\nLincoln, the south by Montcalm County, and the\\nwest by Rolland Township.\\nFremont was settled very slowly, but by a very\\ngood class of people, who still maintain the reputa-\\ntion won at an early day.\\nFremont is watered by tributaries of Pine River,\\nwhich stream touches the southwest quarter of sec-\\ntion 31. Much of the land is yet quite heavily\\nwooded, but the extensive mills in that township are\\nfast manufacturing the noble trees into lumber, which\\nhas no superior in the markets.\\nThe first sermon preached in this township was by\\nJ. Q. A. Johnson, who was afterward elected Sheriff\\nof Isabella County. A school-house was built soon\\nafter the organization of the township, and Miss\\nGrace McLeod presided over the first school tauglit.\\nThose were the days in which the teacher boarded\\nround, and received but small wages compared with\\nthe remuneration of the instructors of the present\\nday.\\nThe fi -st wedding in Fremont was that of Mr.\\nWilliam H. Harrison and Miss Wealthy Tiffany.\\nThe first child born was May Caldwell, now the\\nwife of Streator.\\nJames Caldwell sowed the first spring wheat,\\nwhich when ready for harvesting was reaped by his\\nson Arthur with a pair of sheep-shears For a long\\ntime harvesting was done with the sickle and cradle,\\nbut the stumps have mostly been removed, and the\\nfarmer now gathers up the ripened grain as it falls\\nalready bound and ready for the thresher.\\nDushville, a small village, is located on the north-\\nwest quarter of section 15. It has a store or two,\\nblacksmith and repair shop, boarding house, etc.\\nThe inhabitants are a social, industrious peoi)le, and\\nhave pleasant homes in the quiet village. It is tpiite\\na convenient trading point for the neighboring farm-\\ners, who in that vicinity are prosperous.\\nThe Supervisors of Fremont have served only\\nshort terms, the voters preferring to give every man\\nan opportunity to represent the township. Their\\nnames are given below.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nWilliam Tiffany\\nJ. C. Caldwell\\nF. L. Williams\\nC. G. Richardson\\nJacob Crum\\nDean Nevvcomb\\nThomas G. Williams\\nDean Newcomb\\nC. G. Richardson\\nThomas Judge\\nJohn Ulam\\nA. R. Bentley\\nGeorge Davis\\nJohn Maxwell\\nJames Manwell\\n1864\\n1865\\n1866\\n1867-8\\n1869\\n1S70\\n187 I\\n1872-3\\n1874-5\\n1876\\n1877-9\\n1880\\ni\\nv^\\nk\\ns\\nHolland Township.\\nJji OLLANI) Township occupies the southwest\\ncorner of Isabella County. Its northern I\\nli-^ i^ l^oundary is Broomfield, and its eastern\\n1*W Fremont Township; its southern Montcalm,\\nand the western Mecosta County. It is num-\\nbered 13 north and 6 west. This township\\nhas a number of rivers, of which Pine is the most im-", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "^548\\nv :ll 11:^:11 llv r\\nISABELLA COUNTY\\nt\\nportant. It crosses Rolland diagonally from the\\nnorthwest to the southeast corner. The eastern\\nbranch of this river enters section 2 from Broomfield,\\nand flows southeast into the main stream. Pine has\\ntwo branches on the west, the South Branch and\\nRemick s Creek, both of which rise in the western\\npart, the former draining the central and the latter\\nthe southern section of the township.\\nThe first settlers went into this town under the\\nHomestead Act, act of Congress of 1872. They\\nwere Grandison Norman, who took his location Jan.\\n9, 1863; harles D. Robertson, Amos A. Norman,\\nJohn Martin, Daniel W. Robinson, William B. Good-\\nwin, Paul Smith, S. E. Chapman, William Cowdrey,\\nWilliam M. Peterson, Daniel Doxsie, A. Sanderson,\\nE. Geer and others. A number of colored people,\\nwho are industrious and enterprising, have located\\nin this township, and are among its best settlers.\\nRolland, formerly a part of Fremont Township,\\nwas organized Oct. 9, r866, at the house of G. W.\\nStein; William M. Peterson, S. E. Chapman and\\nDaniel Robinson were the Inspectors of the Election.\\nThe first grave was dug on section 6, near the\\ncenter, and it contains the remains of Amos A. Nor-\\nman (colored), who died of brain disease.\\nThe first legal case in Rolland was before Stephen\\nE. Chapman, Jr. The complaint was made by\\nAmasa Wells, against his mother-in-law, for taking\\nhousehold goods and setting his wife against him.\\nThe old lady and two daughters, hearing of it, bar-\\nricaded the doors to prevent their arrest, but the con-\\nstable secured them in the course of a few days.\\nThey were convicted and fined. Not paying the fine,\\nthey were committed; but the constable, not having\\nthe means to pay the expense of taking them to jail,\\nwhich was at Saginaw, had to let them go.\\nA proof of the rapid advance in educational matters\\nis the large number of school-houses scattered over\\nthis township. These institutions of learning have\\ntaken the place of the little, old, log school-houses,\\nand during the school sessions are filled with bright\\nand intelligent pupils.\\nThe first Sunday-school in this part of the county\\nwas organized in Rolland Township, and tlie first\\nschool-house built here was in 1876.\\nThe incorporated village of Blanchard is a thrifty\\nplace located on section i8, on the Detroit, Lansing\\nNorthern line of railroad. Bristol is a small liam-\\nlet in the eastern part of the township, on Pine River.\\nRolland, like all other towns in the county, has\\nfurnished many millions of feet of lumber. Numer-\\nous mills are rapidly thinning out tlie forests, and\\nmany of the farms are highly improved where ten\\nyears ago the dense forest stood. Energy and capital\\ncan accomplish wonders, and both are largely dis-\\nplayed in some portions of this township.\\nThe men who have been servants of the public in\\nan official way are mentioned in this connection,\\nsiiace only being had for the\\nSUPERVISOKS.\\nWilliam M. Peterson\\nDaniel Doxsie\\nStephen E. Chapman\\nPeter Chapman\\nDaniel Doxsie\\nH. B. Blanchard\\nS. D. Eldred\\nDaniel Doxsie\\n-f3=\\n1S67-72\\n1873-6\\n1877-8\\n1879\\n1883\\nVernon Township.\\nW^ Bk\\nI\\ni^\\nc\\nV/\\nK ^y^^Bxh-\\nJ.I cm part of Isabella County, and is bounded\\non the north by Clare County, on the east\\njY by Wise, on the south by Isabella and on the\\nwest by Gilmore Townships.\\nThe North Branch of the Chippewa River\\nenters the township at the northwest corner of sec-\\ntion 30, flows southeast, then southwest, entering\\nGilmore Township. The northwestern part is watered\\nby Little Tobacco Creek and its tributaries. The\\ncreek rises in the western part of the township, in\\nsection 18, flows east and northeast into Clare Coun-\\nty. In the eastern part we find the West Branch of\\nBig Salt River rising in the northeastern part, in sec-\\ntion II, flowing in a southeasterly direction and\\nfinally mingling with the waters of the North Branch\\nof the Tittabawasee, in Wise Township. There are\\nseveral less important streams, whose waters render\\nthe farming land of Vernon fertile and productive.\\nWillow Lake hes in the western part, and its outlet is\\na branch of the Chippewa. A number of smaller\\nlakes are scattered over the township, but none of\\ntheui worthy of special mention.\\nf", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "m\\nZ^siT\\nV\\ni\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n549\\nVernon City is the only village of any pretensions,\\nand it is in the northern part of the township, on the\\nright bank of Little Tobacco Creek. Clare is really\\na part of Vernon City, although it is in Clare County.\\nWhen the railroad was built, it followed the level\\nland along the creek and the business was soon\\ntransferred to locations nearer the depot.\\nJ. L. Markley, a German, was one of the early\\nsettlers, and the founder of Vernon City. He is\\nwealthy and does business in real estate. The first\\nhouse built in Clare was erected by A. A. Shaver, the\\nCounty Treasurer. C. H. Sutherland, now President\\nof the Village of Clare, was also one of her first set-\\ntlers. J. C. Richardson, the Postmaster, has been an\\nofficial of that village since its organization and is\\nalso numbered among the first comers. Henry Tre-\\nvidick owns the largest, drug-store in the place and\\ndoes a large business. The first hotel in Clare was\\nbuilt by a man named Alger.\\nTlie township has but one railroad, the Flint\\nPare Marquette.\\nIt is said that Clare does more business for a town\\nof the size than any one on the line of the Flint\\nPere Maniuette Railroad, she having unlimited facil-\\nities for manufacturing lumber, and is also tlie center\\nof a fine wheat-producing country.\\nOn the nth of June, 1866, the township of Ver-\\nnon was organized. Wm. Phinesy, Cornelius Bogan\\nand James M. Stough were the Inspectors ol the\\nElection. The township consisted of 16 north, range\\n4 west, with a part of Clare, which has since been\\ndetached.\\nNumerous highways cross the township in all di-\\nrections, and for a new country they are well graded.\\nThe Flint Pere Martjuette railroad crosses tlie\\nnortheastern corner.\\nThe educational enterprise of the inhabitants has\\nprovided numerous school-houses and efficient in-\\nstructors for the rising generation of their township.\\nThe vegetable productions of Vernon are choice\\ntobacco and grains. Heets weighing 20 and turnips\\nweighing 23 jwunds, with 1,000 bushels to the acre,\\nhave been raised here. The magnificent forests of\\npine, hemlock and cedar have developed the lumber\\ntrade and formed one of the chief industries of the\\ntownships.\\nThe names of the Supervisors, together with the\\nterms each one has served, are as follows\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nWilliam Phinesey\\nElias Wlieaton\\nCornelius Bogan\\nE. S. Brown\\nCornelius Bogan\\nD. J. Brewer\\nCornelius Bogan\\nFrederick Fisjiley\\nE. E. Willie\\nE. S. Brown\\nE. E. Willie\\nJoseph Dixon\\n\\\\Varrcn Wing\\n1866-7\\n1868-9\\n1870-2\\n1873\\n1874\\n875\\n1876\\n1877-8\\n1879-80\\n1883\\nV^\\nC\\nc^:\\nC\\nGilmore Township.\\nHIS township is numbered 5 west and 16\\nnorth, and was organized April 12, 1870.\\nThe first election was held at the house of\\nRufus F. Glass, who, with Jesse Wood and A.\\nF. Albright, constituted the Judges of Election.\\nGeo. M. Frary was largely interested in the\\nbusiness of buying and selling real estate at the time\\nof organization, ^d did a great deal toward settling\\nhis township by persuading every stranger in juest\\nof lands at least to look at the tracts he had for sale.\\nMr. Frary located the first tract of land taken in Gil-\\nmore for agricultural purposes.\\nA trail was opened through the woods from Mt.\\nPleasant to the lumber camps a few miles northwest,\\nwhich road was known as Willie s trail. Along\\nthis road, and on the farm now owned by Mr. Grimm,\\nHenry Parkinson made the first permanent improve-\\nments in Gilmore. They consisted of a small log\\nshanty and a clearing of a couple of acres, but it\\nwas a beginning nevertheless.\\nAsa and Fordyce Leonard were two of the earliest\\nsettlers, although a number of men came later dur-\\ning the same year.\\nGilmore is a densely wooded district, and is now\\nonly partially developed, there being hundreds of P^\\nacres of virgin forests inside her limits. The north 1\\nbranch of the Ciiippewa flows southeasterly through\\nthe townships, entering it on section 5 and passing\\nout on section 24. The Chippewa River proper pass-\\nes through section 36 and Lake Creek, which rises\\nin Littlefields Lake, is a splendid stream. The lake\\n^l\\nJL-::..", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "^^rf\\n7 -:ati:^:nD^ r\\ny^\\n550\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nS\\nis a pretty body of water covering several acres,\\nwhich is visited by hunters and pleasure-seekers in\\nlarge parties during the summer. Several smaller\\nlakes picturesquely dot portions of the township,\\nwhich is delightfully inviting during the summer.\\nGame is abundant, and the sportsman who hunts in\\nher woods, or travels the brook in the pellucid waters\\nof the lakes and brooklets which abound, meets with\\ngratifying success.\\nAgricultural products are somewhat limited, but\\nthe yield of wheat and oats average as high in Gil-\\nmore as in any other township in the county, acreage\\nbeing considered. It is no small thing for fall wheat\\nto yield from 30 to 35 bushels per acre, and other\\ncereals equal that in proportion. The best indica-\\ntions of the desirability of these lands is evident\\nfrom the rapid rise in real estate during the past five\\nyears.\\nThe gentlemen whose names appear below have\\nserved as Supervisors in this township.\\n(c\\\\\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nRufus F. Glass\\n1870-3\\nJacob L. Fordyce\\n1874-6\\nP. H. Robbms\\n1877\\nJacob L. Fordyce\\n1878\\nP. H. Robbins t\\n1879\\nJesse H. Wood\\n1880\\nH. A. Brubaker\\n1881-3\\nBenj. P. Mount\\n1884\\nBroomfield Township.\\n||R00MFIELD Township is in the western\\npart of Isabella County, and is bounded\\non the north by Sherman, on the east by\\nDeerfield and on the south by Rolland Town-\\nships and on the west by Mecosta County.\\nIt is numbered 14 north and 6 west. The\\nChippewa River drains sections 2, 3 and 4 in the\\nnorthern part. Indian Creek is a small stream rising\\nin the southern part of Sherman Township, flowing\\nsoutheast and emptying into the Chippewa. The\\nEast Branch of Pine River drains the entire southern\\nportion, entering the western part at section 18, and,\\ntaking a southeasterly direction, flows through sec-\\ntion 31; into Rolland Township. Hall s Lake spreads\\nits clear waters over the corners of four sections,\\n1\\n19, 20, 29 and 30. Its outlet is a small tributary of\\nthe East Branch of Pine River. The Twin Lakes\\nare two beautiful little bodies of water nestling\\nclosely together in the southeast corner of section 18.\\nA small rivuletconnects the two, and, passing through\\nthe larger, flows on till it meets the East Branch of\\nthe Pine.\\nThe settlers of this township are principally en-\\ngaged in lumbering, and numerous lumber and log-\\nging camps are scattered over its surface. There\\nare no towns of any imixirtance.\\nMarch 3, 1866, the township of Broomfield was\\norganized, bearing the name of one of its own citi-\\nzens, Wm. Broomfield. The first meeting was held\\nat E. Hall s lumber camp. Elijah Cole, J. Hutchin-\\nson and Geo. L. Hitchcock were the Inspectors. The\\nfirst settler in this township was Doraville Whitney,\\nwho came in the fall of 1 860.\\nThe first school-house was built on section 31, and\\nBetsy Ruxton, who is now landlady at Remus, Me-\\ncosta County, taught the first school.\\nThe first quarterly meeting was held in this same\\nschool-liouse, by Rev. F. B. Bangs, in 1866; but the\\nfirst sermon preached in that section was by Rev.\\nAldrich, at the house of Wm. Broomfield, the min-\\nister coming into the county barefooted! Hugh Al-\\nton furnished him a pair of boots to preach in, but\\nkindly granted him the privilege of removing them\\nfrom his feet before leaving the county.\\nThe first marriage was that of Ithel Eldred and\\nMary Parrot.\\nBroomfield is, as yet, unprovided with railroad fa-\\ncilities. There are two State roads. The Houghton\\nLake Ionia Road crosses the western half, north\\nand south, and the Big Rapids Mt. Pleasant Road\\nextends east and west across the northern portion of\\nthe townships.\\nThe Supervisors of Broomfield have been men ot\\nintegrity and good standing, as will be seen by the\\nnumber of terms each one has served.\\n1:^1\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nWilliam Broomfield\\n1868-76\\nL. C. GriflSth\\n1877-8\\nWilliam Broomfield\\n1879\\nL. C. Griffith\\n1880\\nJohn Hutchinson\\n1881\\nWilliam Broomfield\\n1882-4\\ns-L-C: ?.\\\\r^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae.S;;^\\nv\u00c2\u00a7)\\nA\\n0t\\nfo", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "ip\\nI\\nm^^\\n^v ^llll :iili^ v\\n-^^f^^ksr\\nISABELLA COUNTY\\nUnion Township.\\nii|FW|g.NION Township was organized by the Board\\niJ^saf of Supervisors Marcli ig, 1861. The In-\\nJgf^r^ spectors of Election were Hiram E. Sher-\\n3 man, A. J. Goodsell and Albert G. Ferris,\\nj^ The first township election was held at a log\\nschool-house in District No. i, where William\\nCrowley now lives, on the first Monday of April,\\n1 86 1. Langdon Benlly was elected Supervisor.\\nUnion is bounded on the north by Isabella, on the\\neast by Chippewa, on the south by Lincoln and on\\nthe west by Deerfield Townships. It is numbered\\n14 north and 4 west. The principal river is the\\nChippewa, a beautiful stream which traverses the\\ntownship from the southwest to its northeast bound-\\nary. Mission Creek is a small stream rising in the\\nnorthwestern part, flowing east and emptying into\\nthe Chippewa.\\nMt. Pleasant is the principal village of the town-\\nship. It is pleasantly situated on the Chippewa\\nRiver on section 15, and is the terminus of the\\nSg/ Saginaw Mt. Pleasant Railroad. There are a\\nnumber of saw-mills in the immediate vicinity of the\\ntown, giving employment to a large number of\\nlaborers. It is the center of trade for farm products,\\nnot only of this townshij), but of all the adjoining\\nones. The mercantile houses do a thriving business,\\nand in a short time Mt. Pleasant will be one of the\\nmost important towns of Northern Michigan. Isa-\\nbella City is next in importance and is located in the\\nsoutheastern corner of section 3.\\nThe first active representative of any religious\\nsociety in this township was Elder Sheldon, of the\\nMethodist denomination. The first sermon was\\ndelivered by him in the same school-house in which\\nthe first election was held. There are now a num-\\nber of fine churches, and almost every denomination\\ntis represented.\\nThe first man who settled in Union Township was\\nJohn M. Hursh, who, with his wife and six children,\\n_:) selected a homestead a half mile from Mt. Pleasant\\nand located there in 1854. At one time provisions\\nj^ became so scarce that Mr. Hursh was compelled to\\nhire two Indians to accompany him to Saginaw,\\nwhere they procured 100 pounds of flour, and returned\\nto their settlement, carrying it the entire distance on\\ntheir backs Many days they had nothing on which\\nto subsist but bread and water! St. John s was the\\nnearest postofiice, it being 50 miles distant.\\nWhile Mr. Hursh was on his way to Union with\\nhis faiT.ily, his brother-in-law was engaged in putting\\nup a shanty for their protection when they came.\\nThe floor was earth, no windows, and a blanket\\nserved for a door. The roof was made of troughs.\\nAfter paying the men who had aided them in their\\ndifficult journey to their new home, Mr. Hursh had\\njust three cents left; but with strong hands and will-\\ning hearts they did not despair. It was two years\\nbefore any one located within ten miles of the Hursh\\nfarm; then, Henry Sherman and family, and soon\\nafterward Leonard Handy, joined the little band of\\npioneers. The sight of the newcomers and the pros-\\npect of having some neighbors made glad the liearts\\nof the Hursh family. No formal or fashionable calls\\nwere made on the contrary, they visited each other\\non alternate Sundays, always taking their stock along\\nto prevent them from straying through the woods,\\nwhich were so dense that it was almost impossible to\\nfind them if allowed to wander away from home.\\nThe first school-liouse in the township was built of\\nlogs, in 1855, one and a half miles south of Mt.\\nPleasant. The school was taught by Elizabeth\\nGulick.\\nSucceeding years brought many settlers into the\\ntownship, and it now ranks among the first in the\\ncounty in agricultural interests. The productive\\ncharacter of its soil was a great induce. nent to own-\\ners of lands to clear away the dense forests. Lumber\\ninterests were for several years the chief industry,\\nand many millions of feet have been taken from the\\nacres which now rival in beauty and fertility any part\\nof the State of Michigan.\\nUnion Township has been represented by a large\\nnumber of men as Supervisors, all but three of whom\\nhave served two or more terms. Their names follow,\\nto which are affixed the years they served.\\nC\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nLangdon Bentley\\nA. G. Ferris\\nI. E. Arnold\\nAlex. Brodie\\nMilton Bradley\\nD. H. Nelson\\n1 86 1-3\\n1864\\n1865\\n1866\\n1867\\n1868", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "6Vc4Iin:ilDv 7^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n:^v(M\\n(0\\nI\\nMilton Bradley\\nD. H. Nelson\\nDaniel E. Lyon\\nAlex. Brodie\\nI. E. Arnold\\nCharles M. Brooks\\nJohn Maxwell\\nW. W. Preston\\nCharles M. Brooks\\n1869\\n1870\\n187 I\\n1 87 2-4\\n1875-7\\n1778\\n1879\\n1880-2\\n1883-4\\nNottawa Township.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0/^^fc\\nSABELLA County has a large acreage of\\nvaluable land, but in no part of it are there\\nso many acres of splendid agricultural land\\nin one body as are embraced in Nottawa Town-\\nship. This is still included in the Indian res-\\nervation, and most of the inhabitants are Indi-\\nans. Some of them are in good circumstances and\\nare amassing a competency. The remnants of the\\nChippewa tribe who are not actively engaged in farm-\\ning, are a lazy, shiftless set, who eke out a scanty\\nlivelihood by hunting and trapping. Those of the\\ntribe who live in the most primitive style and cling to\\ntheir old superstitions are numbered among the resi-\\ndents of Nottawa.\\nThe township was named in honor of an Indian\\nchief who bore the name. He was one of the most\\nnoble and honored men of his tribe, whose teachings\\nwere listened to with rapt attention by his people.\\nHe advocated honesty, industry and the Christian\\nvirtues, and by his own acts exemplified his precepts.\\nHis death occurred Oct. ro, 188 1, and his loss was\\nsincerely mourned not only by his own people but\\nalso by the whites as well. He had attained the\\nadvanced age of 100 years, and until a short time\\nbefore his deatli was quite an active man.\\nOne of the Indian marriage customs still practiced\\namong some of the race who live in Nottawa Town-\\nship, is as follows The parents of the youth of\\neither sex contract the marriage during the months\\nof October and November. The affianced comes to\\nthe house of her future father in-law, and takes up\\nher quarters there for six months previous to the date\\nfixed U|X)n for the marriage to take place. During\\nthis period, no conversation is indulged in between\\nthe young folks, although living in the same house\\nand sharing the same bed. The latter is arranged\\nby the father-in law, by placing a log lengthwise\\nof the bed, thus separating the parties who after\\nthe six months probation are declared man and wife\\nby the chief of the tribe. Everything must be\\narranged through the mother-in-law, who acts as\\nmediator between the young people. All the game\\nkilled by the young man during this term of court-\\nship, is dried by his mother and put away for future\\nuse. The hides and pelts taken in the chase during\\nthe same period, as well as all the maple sugar\\nmanufactured, are sold, and whisky and other re-\\nfreshments purchased therewith to be used at the\\nmarriage feast, which is made an occasion of great\\nhilarity by the invited guests.\\nThe township was organized in 1S74, and the first\\nelection was held at Eli Ford s house in April, 1875.\\nThe Inspectors were John Hyslop, Michael McGee-\\nhan and Eli Ford.\\nThe first white man locating in the town was\\nMichael McGeehan, who was the first Supervisor.\\nThe second was Senator Alonzo T. Frisbee, who\\npurchased half of section 16, and improved 200\\nacres of it in the best of style. Mason B. Dibble is\\nalso one of the first, and now the wealthiest men in\\nthe township, being possessor of 800 acres of the\\nfinest land, of which 400 acres are cleared and mostly\\nunder cultivation.\\nAt the first election, only 33 votes were polled, 5\\nwhite and 28 Indian. Tlie voting population is yet\\nvery light, but the township will soon become peopled\\nwith whites, the Government having already given\\nvirtual permission to the Indians to dispose of their\\nlands should they see proper. Patents will issue\\nfrom the proper authorities at an early date, and the\\nlands which are now unoccupied will soon blossom\\nlike the rose. A beautiful lake, through which Cold- h\\nwater River flows, covers the whole of section 30. It\\nabounds in fish and water-fowl. The Coldwater,\\nflowing through the western, and the Chippewa River\\nthe eastern, parts of the township, aftbrd unlimited\\nfacilities for the transportation of the myriads of logs\\nto the mills below.\\nNottawa is numbered 13 north and 5 west, with\\nboundaries on the north by Gilmore, the east by Isa-\\nbella, the south i;y Deerfield and the west by Sher-\\nman.\\nThe following named gentlemen have represented\\nNottawa as\\n/S\\nC\\nC-\\n5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7if^-\\n^ii!i.^:nii;t\\n^v^=^\\n_ Tu^|^\\\\f^l,\\nktJL-iJ", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "Ta^^^K: cr-rC:IlD^:ilII r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nsupervisors:\\n1=3\\nV\\ns\\nJ\\nMichael McGeehan\\nAlonzo T. Frisbee\\nMichael McGeehan\\nFred Speck\\nPhidelous Bennett\\nJoseph T. Gachter\\n1875-6\\n1877-8\\n1879\\n1880\\ni88i-2\\n1883-4\\nSherman Township.\\nHERMAN is very sparsely settled, and iiuite\\nheavily wooded. There is one small vil-\\nlage bearing the name of Sherman City,\\nlocated partly on section 6 in Sherman, and\\nsection 31 in Coldwater Township. Here is\\nI located a postoffice and a few buildings, but\\nthe town has no commercial importance except as a\\nconvenient trading point for the farmer. Broomfield\\npostoffice is located on section 27, at the junction of\\nthe Houghton Lake Ionia State Road and the\\nhighway passing through the center of sections 26, 27,\\n28, 29 and 30. It is well watered by several creeks,\\nwhich flow into the Chippewa, and but little atten-\\ntion is paid either to stock-raising or agriculture, the\\nlumber interest taking precedence of any other in-\\ndustry.\\nThe township is numbered 13 north and 6 west,\\nand is bounded on the north by Coldwater, on the\\neast by Nottawa, on the south by Broomfield Town-\\nship and the west by Mecosta County. It was or-\\nganized Oct. 12, 1868, and the first election was held\\nat the house of Cyrus Dunbar, who, with Milo T.\\nDean and Aaron Osborn, were Inspectors of Election.\\nThe first Supervisor was Wesley Ellis, who served\\nin 1869. This township was named in honor of\\nGen. W. T. Sherman. The number of school-houses\\nand children attending school in the township is\\ngiven elsewhere, which shows the small number of\\ninhabitants. Some very good farms and enterpris-\\ning men are to be found in Sherman, but it will be\\nmany years before the forests can be removed and\\nthe land brought under a thorough cultivation.\\nThe names of the Supervisors are here given\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nitjfti.-:;\\nHenry Woodin\\nJ. H. Tinker\\nHenry Woodin\\nDeerfield Township.\\n51? HE organization of this township was ef-\\n|i fected Oct. 14, 1874. It is yet (juile heavily\\ntimbered with excellent pine, hemlock and\\ny^y cedar, with here and there some bodies of\\nsplendid hard woods. The soil is a rich loam,\\nmixed with sand and gravel in some localities,\\nbut highly productive.\\nThe first settlers in this township were Melvin\\nBeach, Waller Blount, F. E. Boyden, George D.\\nBrown, William M. Peterson, Thomas Phillips, Jesse\\nH. Robinson and Jacob Smith. All these men came\\nwith their families in 1874-5. From this date t!ie\\npopulation increased rapidly.\\nAlthough many acres of valuable lands are yet in\\na state of nature, the woodsman s ax is fast laying low\\nthe monarchs of the forest, and the plow is destined\\nto become the magician whose touch transforms the\\nbosom of her heretofore undisturbed soil into a para-\\ndise whose fertility is a source of wonder to those who\\nwere accustomed to class Deerfield among the most\\ndesolate regions of Michigan.\\nThe first election was held at the house of Joseph\\nBrazee, April 5, 1875. Nine votes were polled, being\\nsufficient to elect the several township officers. To-\\nday there are over 200 registered voters, while nu-\\nmerous school-houses and substantial dwellings are\\nseen on every hand.\\nThe first religious services were held at the house\\nof William M. Peterson, by Rev. Burlinganie, an\\nitinerant Methodist preacher.\\nSamuel Craft, the present Supervisor, came to this\\ntownship in 1877, and his enterprise and business\\ntact has made him a valuable accession not only to\\nthe community in which he resides but also to the\\ncounty as well. His first coming to Deerfield was\\naccidental, but his practiced eye saw the advantages\\nto be derived from a location in a financial way; and\\nas soon as possible after looking the county over,\\nhe purchased a quarter-section of land inside her\\nboundaries.\\nDeerfield is well drained by both branches of the\\nV^\\n9\\n0)\\nt", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "V^illD; ^CD r\\n-#t^\\ne\\n(J\u00c2\u00bb\\n554\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nChippewa and the Coldwater Rivers. These streams\\nabound in fish, and the waters are as dear as crystal.\\nOwing to the numerous springs in the bed of the\\nColdwater, the waters are cool and refreshing, even\\nduring the warmest weather. In the springtime, great\\nnumbers of logs are floated down to the large mill\\nnear the junction of the Coldwater with the Chip-\\npewn.\\nDeerfield has one small hamlet, located on section\\n7, with a store, hotel, etc. The place bears the de-\\nscriptive title of Two Rivers, being near the Chip-\\npewa and Coldwater Rivers. A postoffice will soon\\nbe established here, in compliance with a petition\\ncontaining over 200 signatures of voters residing\\nwithin three miles of the place.\\nJ. C. Caldwell, the proprietor of the Two Rivers\\nHotel, is a vigorous man of 60 summers. He was\\nrecently married to a handsome lady from Ohio,\\nwhich occasion furnished a great deal of amusement\\nto his neighbors. He had been a widower but a short\\ntime, when the tender passion became as firmly\\nplanted in his anatomy as it would had he been a\\nyouth of 20. Mrs. Sarah Griswold, of Bissell, Ohio,\\nwas visiting in the neighborhood, and her charming\\nmanner and handsome face completely captivated\\nhim. Shaking off the mental depression which had\\nclung to him for four long weeks, he began paying\\ncourt to the handsome widow, and his suit met witli\\nfavor.\\nHer visit nearing its end, she had fixed upon the\\nday to return to her native village, but Mr. Cald-\\nwell s persistent pleading had a fitting reward, inas-\\nmuch as he had her promise that she would return\\nand become his bride. After her departure, letters\\nfrom the twain were mailed regularly each day, but\\nthis mode of corresponding seemed too slow for the\\nrestless nature of our venerable friend. He longed\\nto possess in reality what was his own by right of con-\\nquest, and the day had scarcely arrived in which his\\nbride to be would return from her eastern trip, when\\nhe started from Deerfield, expecting to meet her in\\nMt. Pleasant. She was expected on the evening\\ninstead of the morning train, but, equally as impatient\\nas himself, had started one day earlier than was\\noriginally intended, and the long miles which were\\ntraversed were rendered bearable in the anticipation\\nof taking her lover by surprise. Reaching Mt. Pleas-\\nant early in the forenoon, she procured a livery team\\ny :^v-\\nand started for Two Rivers, fondly anticipating the\\njoyful welcome she would receive.\\nThe day was very cold, and the few persons ven-\\nturing out wete closely muffled to protect them from\\nthe frosty air. Mr. Caldwell was coming to meet his\\nintended, and, to do the thing up in style, had engaged\\na driver, while he lay back in the sleigh covered by\\nrobes of fur, with a big stone, carefully heated to keep\\nhis feet warm, tucked beneath the blankets. The\\ndriver failing to recognize the bride to be, passed her\\nsleigh in blissful ignorance of its fair occupant. Mr.\\nCaldwell arrived in due season at Mt. Pleasant, and\\nwas soon made presentable through the skill of the\\ntonsorial artist and a well paid tailor.\\nTime hung heavily on his hands while awaiting\\nthe arrival of the evening train. He nervously paced\\nthe platform at the depot until the passengers had\\nalighted. The object of his affections not appearing\\namong them, he became uneasy and telegraphed to\\nOhio for particulars. An answer was returned stat-\\ning that she had started the day before and certainly\\nexpected to arrive that evening. i\\nNothing was to be done but wait patiently for the\\nmorrow. The morning train carried him to Coleman, v^.\\nwhere he confidently expected to meet her, but again ca\\nhe was sorely disappointed. Realizing that there\\nis many a slip, etc., he returned to Mt. Pleasant. In\\nthe meantime he had sent his team home, and was\\nobliged to call on the livery man for favors. Here\\nhe was informed that his lady had arrived the day\\nbefore on the morning train and was now safely\\nquartered at the hotel at Two Rivers.\\nNotwithstanding the lateness of the hour, a team\\nwas procured and the excited man started post haste\\nfor home. On the way he stopped at the house of\\nJustice A. J. Stanscll, and the worthy functionary\\ndressed and accompanied him. When the pair\\narrived at the hotel, everybody had retired for the\\nnight but the case being one which would not ad-\\nmit of delay, the household were aroused and prep-\\narations made to celebrate the nuptials of the pair\\nwho had been l)y accident so rudely separated for f^\\nso many hours The meeting of the lovers was af-\\nfecting; and, after explanations were made and their f.\\nfc r\\nexuberant feelings somewhat calmed, Justice Stan-\\nsell pronounced them mated for life. No happier\\ncouple reside in the township, and their romantic\\ncourtship and marriage gives the story a place in the Sj\\nhistory of Isabella County.\\nM i^^^\\n4^^^^f(^ :(^i", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "t^ T\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^isr\\ny\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nDeerfield Township is numbered 13 north and 5\\nwest. The northern boundary is Nottawa Township,\\nthe eastern, Union Township, Fremont Township on\\nthe south and Broom field on the west.\\nOnly three Supervisors thus fur have represented\\nthis township, and one, Mr. J. H. Robinson, was\\nappointed to fill the unexpired term of a man who,\\nmaking some mistake in the assessment of the town,\\nbecame frightened and left the country.\\nSUPERVISORS\\n\\\\Vm. Peterson\\nJ. H. Robinson\\nSamuel Craft\\nWilliam H. Hanna\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2875-7\\n.878\\n1879-S3\\n1884\\nS-\\nColdwater Township.\\n^I IIjOLDW.ITER Township is situated in the\\nf^^^ northwestern corner of Isabella County,\\np^ and is bounded on the north by Clare County,\\n^L on the east by Gilmore and south by Sherman\\nj^ Townships, and on the west by Mecosta\\nCounty. It is numbered 16 north, and 6 west.\\nThe soil of Coldwater is drained by two creeks,\\nknown as Walker and Colley Creeks. These two\\nbeautiful streams of crystal water flow through\\ngrassy meadows and shady woodlands, while from\\neither side of their mossy banks stretch afar the\\nbroad acres of fertile and productive farm lands,\\nwhere great quantities of corn, rye, oats and wheat\\nare cultivated successfully. Garden vegetables of\\nall kinds are also grown in this rich soil.\\nOn section 31 is located part of the little village\\nof Sherman, called Sherman City, a small trading\\npoint and postoffice for those living in the vicinity of\\nthe hamlet.\\nOn the same day that Broomfield was organized,\\nthe Board of Supervisors conferred local self-govern-\\nment on the people of Coldwater, and ever since its\\norganization it has been a temperance township.\\nThe first election was held on the first Monday of\\nApril, 1868, at the house of H. B. Roberts. H. A.\\nBrubaker, H. B. Roberts and W. W. Ryerson were\\nthe Inspectors of Election.\\nSerel A. Letson, who bought land in this township\\nin the year 1866 and located on his claim in the fol-\\nlowing year, was the first permanent settler here, and\\nnow resides on section 22. Harry Brubaker, now\\nliving on section 20, in Gilmore, was the first man\\nwho moved his family to Coldwater. They came in\\n1867. Samuel Colley, now on section 34; Wm. B.\\nForbes, on 22; Thomas Summerton, also on 22;\\nGeorge Steed, Jonathan Lamer on 32 Charles Hunt,\\nnear Mt. Pleasant; Martin Tombs and son, on 16;\\nJackson Alexander, on 26, and S. Smith, also living\\non section 26, were the first men who settled in the\\ntownship.\\nThe first birth that occurred in Coldwater was that\\nof a child of Harry Brubaker, and the death of this\\ninfant was the first occurrence of this nature, the\\nsecond being that of Posey Roberts.\\nThe first marriage was that of Frank Bone and\\nSophronia Baker, in the fall of 1869.\\nThe first school taught was in District No. i, on\\nsection 26, in the year 1870.\\nCalaphael Taylor, one of the oldest residents of\\nColdwater, was a pensioner of the war of 1812 until\\nhis death, which occurred on May 2, 1884, at the\\nadvanced age of 90 years. He died respected and\\nbeloved by every adult resident of the township.\\nOverliis grave many tears of sympathy were shed.\\nThe Supervisors who have represented this town-\\nship from the beginning were all men of merit. Their\\nnames are given below in tlie order which they\\nserved\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nJ. J. Colley\\nHarry A. I3rubaker\\nJames McKersey\\nJ. J. Colley\\nClark Broun\\nWilliam B. Forbes\\nJames (1 Colter\\nDavid W. Brooks\\nWilliam B. Forbes\\nDavid Colter\\n1868-9\\n1870-1\\n1872\\n1873\\n1874-7\\n1878\\n1879-80\\n1881\\n1882-3\\nLincoln Township.\\nHE organization of Lincoln Township was\\neffected Oct. 16, 1863. F. I. Williams, W-\\nJ. Corbus and H. N. Griswold were In-\\nspectors of the first Election, which was held\\nat Mr. Griswold s house.\\nThe same may be said of Lincoln as of each\\ntownship in Isabella County, that it was densely\\n^I\u00c2\u00bbttM-^\\nVS\\nCa\\nA\\nT\\nI\\nx:^\\n_^|i35^^(5^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY\\nyOi\\ni\\n:a5\\nV\\nwooded, and a large part of it at an eariy day was\\nvery low and marshy. The clearing up of these\\nforests and cultivation of the soil have changed the\\nappearance greatly, topographically, and some of the\\nlow lands which were formerly covered with water\\nduring the entire year, have by reason of numerous\\ndrains become the most productive of farm lands.\\nLincoln is numbered 13 north and 4 west, with\\nboundaries on the north by Union, on the east by\\nCoe, the south by Gratiot County, and the west by\\nFremont Township. It is drained by Salt River and\\nits tributaries, and at present enjoys the luxury of\\ntwo post-offices, one being called Crawford and the\\nother Strickland.\\nThe first settler in Lincoln was U. McKinstry,\\nwho located on section 36, in the fall of 1862. Mc-\\nKinstry was soon followed by Edward Dugan, G. P.\\nRyder, E. Dunham, Samuel Woodworth, Nelson\\nIves and Warren Wardwell, all of whom were enter-\\nprising men.\\nThe first birth in Lincoln Township was a daugh-\\nter of Mr. McKinstry, the event occurring in the\\nautumn of 1862.\\nMr. Wardwell relates a couple of anecdotes which\\nwell illustrate the character of mankind. Most of\\nthe lands had been taken in the eastern part of Lin-\\ncoln, but one day an Irishman came along on foot,\\nin search of a tract. Wardwell told him that two\\nmiles west of his farm there was a nice piece of va-\\ncant land, and directed the fellow where and how to\\nfind it. He returned in the evening feeling much\\nfatigued and evidently disgusted with the long tramp\\nthrough the briers and bogs, there being no road.\\nWhen questioned by Mr. Wardwell as to his opinion\\nof Michigan lands, the man replied that the lands\\nwere good enough, but added in a despondent tone,\\nEf I tek thet pace of land, whin will the road git to\\nme? Whenever you make it, you d d fool, said\\nWardwell. The Irishman did not desire such a task\\nas that implied, and left the land for some more en-\\nterprising man.\\nWhen William Tiffany moved iiis family to Lincoln\\nTownship, the woods were full of game and he fre-\\nquently shot a rabbit or pheasant while driving along\\nthe road. On this day, however, he saw game which\\nhe was not expecting, and, as hunters express it, he\\nhad an attack of buck ague. While walking ahead\\nof the wagon with a rifle on his shoulder, he espied\\na large bear leisurely walking toward him. Tiffany\\nran back to the wagon, shouting to the driver to turn\\naround, as a bear was coming down the road. Why\\ndon t you shoot yelled the man on the wagon.\\nThis seemed to Tiffany the proper thing to do under\\nthe circumstances, and with his eye on the bear and\\nthe gun elevated at an angle of 45\u00c2\u00b0, pulled the\\ntiigger, and the bear, hearing the report, ambled\\naway. To Tiffany, this was a real adventure and one\\nto be proud of, although he had no trophy to show.\\nWe are pleased to give the names of those who\\nhave ably represented Lincoln Township as Super-\\nvisors since its organization.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nIrving Williams\\nJ. T. Guthrie\\nR. Wilcox\\nJ, E. Hunt\\nJohn Maxwell\\nR. Wilcox\\nJames Ayling\\nA. C. Vredenburg\\nAinos D. Mattison\\nJames Ayling\\nA. C. Vrendenburg\\nA. M. Hance\\nHenry Burr\\nJohn Mull\\nA. C. Rowlader\\n1864\\n1865\\n1866\\n1867-8\\n1869-70\\n187 I\\n1872\\n1873\\n1874\\n1875\\n1876\\n1877-8\\n1879\\nWise Township.\\nHE township of Wise was organized Jan. 4,\\n1872, and was named after George W.\\nWise, its father and founder. It is situated\\nin the northeast corner of Isabella County, and\\nis numbered 16 north and 3 west. Its north,\\nern boundary is Clare County, its eastern Mid-\\nland County, its southern Denver Townsliip, and its\\nwestern Vernon Township.\\nThe first election was held at the school-house in\\nLoomis, G. W. Wise, B. L. Loyd and Cornelius V.\\nHulburt, Inspectors.\\nThe western half of the township is drained by\\nSalt River and its numerous tributaries. The saw-\\nmills are its principal support. Messrs Wise and\\nLoomis built the first mills. In March, 187 i, George\\nVi^\\nA\\nc^:\\n6\\n.!D5\u00c2\u00ab^|-\\nW. Wise, with 13 men, landed where Loomis now is", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "V\\nr\\nSir\\nrs\\nV\\n4\\nI SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\n-^4f^f^Vi|p\\n557 a\\nand commenced the erection of a saw-mill, and on\\nthe tenth they had a portable mill running; about\\nthe 2oth they began making shingles also. It was\\nkept running most of the time day and night, cutting\\nlumber in the day time and shingles nights. The\\nmill was destroyed by fire in May, 1875, t\\nsoon replaced by another. Wise and Loomis, with\\nothers, also opened a store, thus laying the founda-\\ntion for the future town of Loomis. Its location is\\nin the northern part of the township, and was platted\\nin 187 1. A hotel, the Hursh House, was built\\nabout the same time the Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailroad Company built their depot. A shingle mill\\nwas also erected and run till 1874, when it blew up,\\nkilling one man. In 1872 a company was formed\\nand built a hemlock-extract factory, at a cost of\\nabout $15,000, and it has manufactured large amounts\\nof extract. A shingle mill was also connected with it.\\nThe first religious services were held in Wise\\nLoomis saw-mill by C. V. Hulburt. Loomis is quite\\nan important town, being situated in the center of a\\nfine lumbering district. It has 350 inhabitants, two\\nhotels, five stores, one drug store, a church, black-\\nsmith and wagon shop, and last, but not least, two\\nsaloons.\\nFletcher Tubbs opened the first farm in Wise\\nTownship. In May, 187 1, a school district was\\nformed and a school-house was soon after built, and\\nMiss Allen taught the first term. A Mr. Caidy was\\nthe first man to open a whisky saloon.\\nThere are numerous school- houses, with a fair\\nattendance.\\nThe first legal case was for an assault and battery.\\nMr. G. H. Hersey, who lives near Loomis, has the\\nfinest barn in the township, and the material on the\\nground for an elegant residence, which will be com-\\npleted this year.\\nWise Township is yet c|uite heavily wooded, and\\nthe improvements not so numerous as several of the\\nolder townships.\\nThe lumber interest is still the chief industry of\\nWise Township, but a few years more will find the\\nsupply very much limited.\\nThe list of Supervisors of this town is given below.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nIsaiah Windover\\nGeorge M. Quick\\nHenry L. Voorhees\\n1872\\n1873\\n1874-5\\nGeorge M. Quick\\nJoseph Funk\\nE. W. Allen\\n1876-80\\n1881-2\\n1883-4\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2KS^- \u00c2\u00abI|Di -$e-^=^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nDenver Township.\\nf\\n\\\\^f^-^-=^\\nER is included in the Indian reserva-\\ntion, and at this time is very sparsely set-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ViJj^ tied. A number of Indians are yet living\\nvjfii inside her boundaries, and hundreds of acres\\nX of the most valuable timber lands are owned by\\nspeculators. All the east half of Denver Town-\\nship was covered with a heavy growth of pine, but\\nthis has been mostly cut away. The land is low and\\nflat, and much of it can now be purchased for |\u00c2\u00a7r per\\nacre. Only 16 sections of Denver can soon be set-\\ntled, the balance belonging to Indians who cannot\\ndispose of their lands, and speculators owning large\\ntracts have no desire to sell.\\nThe first settlements were made in 1875-6, by\\nLewis Hawkins, the present Supervisor, John Collins,\\nand Julius C. Jordan.\\nThe township was organized Jan. 6, 1876, being\\nthe last town to be organized in the county, no ma-\\nterial being left for any more.\\nThe first election was held at the house of Robert\\nPearson, who, with James Render and Anson Fitchet,\\nwere Judges of the same. Robert Pearson was chosen\\nfirst Supervisor, and met with the Board in the cen-\\ntennial year.\\nBoth branches of the Tittabawassee and Salt\\nRivers unite in the eastern part of Denver, and the\\nentire township is traversed by the south branch.\\nThe Mt. Pleasant Saginaw Railroad passes through\\nDenver from northeast to southwest, with one flag\\nstation only within the limits.\\nIt is bounded on the north by Wise Townshij}, on\\nthe east by Midland County, the south by Chippew.i,\\nand the west by Isabella Township. It is numbered\\n15 north and 3 west.\\nThe population in 1880 was only 250, but is per-\\nhaps double that number to-day.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nRobert Pearson\\nLewis Hawkins\\nWilliam Mogg\\nLewis Hawkins\\n1876-7\\n1878-80\\n1881-3\\n4\\nk5)\\nK\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "m\\n558\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nV\\n-#^^C(\u00c2\u00ae^4il\\ni\u00c2\u00a3)d\u00c2\u00a3 aE^\\n.-^tL^ t.\\nNLY a few years ago ihese\\nbroad acres were the favorite\\nliastLiriiig ground of hundreds\\nof deer, and the wild woods\\nthe home of the bear, wild-\\nu. v-vi cat, lynx, the gaunt wolf and\\nthe wily Indian. But few persons can\\nrealize the fact, yet it is true. Many\\nare the stories related of hairbreadth\\nescapes by men of undoubted veracity,\\nwhile recounting their adventures with\\nwild beasts at an early day in Isabella\\nCounty. Some of these are well worth\\npreserving, and they form an interest-\\ning part of this work.\\nAmong the best known of the white men who have\\nachieved a reputation as hunters, we are pleased\\nto mention John Landon -and Wm. Miles, both\\nresidents of Chippewa Township and whose reputa-\\ntion is excelled by none. Within a few miles of the\\nbeautiful village of Mt. Pleasant are yet to be found\\nplenty of fur-bearing animals, and bears are quite\\nnumerous in some localities.\\nMiles Chased by a Bear.\\nI p (t 1 1^W years ago William Miles was engaged\\n-^=4f:riu clearing out a jam of logs in Potter Creek,\\nSlt^ vvhcn lie discovered a large bear near by.\\nHaving no gun, and his house a full half-mile\\naway, he hardly knew how to proceed, a s bears\\nwere his legitimate game, and he had no inten-\\ntion of allowing it to get away.\\nHe ran home to get his gun and ammunition, and\\nwhile there concluded to take a fine Cuban blood-\\nhound which he had recently purchased, thinking\\nthis would be a fine opportunity to teach it how to\\ntrack large game. Upon arrival at the place where\\nthe bear was first seen, the blood-houhd took I he trail\\nand soon brought Bruin to a stand. The bear reared\\nupon his hind legs, when Miles fired, wounding but\\nnot entirely disabling the animal, which, with a howl\\nof pain and rage pursued the intrepid hunter. Miles\\nmade tracks as fast as his legs could carry him, with\\nthe bear less than ten feet behind! After running a\\nshort distance his powder horn became detached\\nfrom its fastening, leaving him with only an empty\\ngun for protection while the bear gained steadily\\nupon him, and would in a few bounds more have\\novertaken the fleeing hunter had it not in its blind\\nrage dashed against a log over which Miles had\\nleaped, thus giving him a few feet more of a start. A\\ntree growing near by proved finally the means of his\\nescape, for the bear was less than two feet behind\\nwhen it was reached. Darting around it. Miles was\\nenabled to keep out of the monster s clutches, although\\nit required considerable dexterity to avoid being\\ncaught by the immense paws of Bruin, who, with his\\nneck against the tree, pursued Miles as furiously as\\nbefore, going first in one direction, then changing his\\nI)Osition and turning the other way. Another tree\\nstood near, hardly so large as the one first giving\\nshelter to the hunter, and he concluded to try that,\\nbut soon returned to the first, the smaller one being\\nhardly sufficient protection from the long claws of the\\nbear. All this time the blood was trickling from its\\nside and the path around the tree presented the ap-\\npearance of an abbatoir. The chase was continued\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\nA\\n1=1\\nSly\\n88^v^))\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7^-\\n^fi!ir^nD;i\\n*se??5\\nf\\nA^-", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "W^/^^^^^\\n^|]tl :Dti^.\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-T^ S-\\nfrom nine until eleven o clock in the morning without\\ninterruption before the bear showed signs of exhaus-\\ntion. Miles said he might have killed him with his\\ngun, but he disliked to break a good Winchester rifle\\nto pieces over the head of a black bear, for he con-\\nsidered his wind more than a match for any animal\\nthat roamed the woods of Michigan.\\nAt last the bear lay down, and Miles, after taking\\na few breaths, left the tree, keeping it between him\\nand the bear until a few rods had been gained, when\\nhe darted away at full speed for home, intending to\\nget ammunition and assistance before trying again to\\ndispatch his bearship. Reaching home, and without\\nrelating his perilous adventure, he inquired of his wife\\nwhere Riley (the dog) was. She replied that he\\nwas under the bed. Miles shied an old boot, which\\nlay conveniently near, at the crouching hound, having\\nno better way in which to vent his ill pleasure, and\\nstarted again for the scene of recent adventure; but\\nthe bear had vanished; neither could any further\\ntrace of it be obtained. A number of persons visited\\nthe place next day and were astonished to think how\\nnarrowly Miles escaped with his life. The brilliant\\nfuture which was supposed to lie before Riley was\\nby his cowardice on this occasion brought to an\\nabrupt termination. His owner, although having\\npaid $20 for him a few weeks before, was glad to\\npresent the canine to a friend, deeming a dog worth\\nnothing that would desert his master at a time when\\nassistance was most needed.\\nBear Afraid of Fire.\\nI| NE of VVm. Miles first experiences in hunt-\\nt^M h nig was rather thrilling, and will bear le-\\nS^[\u00c2\u00ae peating. He was hunting in the dense\\nf\\nwoods when darkness came on. He built a\\nfire, ate his supper, and made a bed of leaves\\nand moss near the pile of blazing embers.\\nThe slee[) of the tired man was not disturbed until\\nafter midnight, when, hearing a peculiar noise, he\\nknew a deer was rushing past pursued by some ani-\\nmal. The deer plunged into the river which ran in\\nproximity, followed soon by a wolf, which also took to\\nthe water in quest of its prey. Being now thoroughly\\nawakened, and feeling somewhat chilled, he arose\\nand began kindling the fire, which had become a\\nmass of smouldering coals. While engaged in fan-\\nning them into a flame, a crashing in the brush near\\nby startled him, and, jumping to his feet, he discerned\\na monstrous black bear tearing through the bushes\\nWhen daylight appeared, an examination of the vi-\\ncinity revealed the fact that the bear had walked\\nround and round the sleeping man, but feared to\\nattack him, he being in such close proximity to the\\nfire. When the bear started away he was within 20\\nfeet of Miles, who all this time was unconscious of\\nthe danger that menaced him. Mr. Miles says this\\nwas the first and only time that the slightest fear has\\nbeen experienced by him, although many hair-breadth\\nescapes are chronicled in relating his numerous ad-\\nventures.\\nA Rum Story.\\nWi\\nJM KOHN FRASER tells a story, of rum and\\nAJ^im^ mosquitoes, which is pretty good, while\\n|p3 the manner of getting rid of the mosquitoes\\nwas quite novel. He, together with Judge\\n]L Estee, George Atkin, Chauncey Kyes and\\nJames Shepherd, borrowed a canoe of John M.\\nHursh, with the intention of going to Saginaw for\\nprovisions. The trip was easily made going down,\\nbut it was very hard work getting back, the current\\nbeing so swift. It was in the autumn, and the prev-\\nalence of ague during this season of the year\\ninduced them to purchase a gallon of whisky before\\nstarting. Jim Shepherd thought of working a\\nscheme to get a jug of rum home without having it\\nsampled by his comrades, and claimed to have pur-\\nchased it for bitters for his father. The rest of\\nthe boys said nothing, but determined to have a fair\\nsample of the rum if strategy could obtain it. After\\nloading the canoe with provisions they started up the\\nstream, taking turns in pulling the canoe against the\\nrapid current, while the fierce rays of the sun beamed\\ndown upon them, which, with the great exertion\\nnecessary to propel the canoe, bathed tliem in i er-\\nspiration from head to fool.\\nBy the morning of the second day, tlie jug which\\ncontained the whisky was empty, and they begged\\nJim to give them a drink of his rum, even offering\\nto pay an exorbitant price for the same but he per-\\nm/\\nc^:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V5)5^$i\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n^II!1^I\\n-^^i^^f^\\n-^ti\\nft", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "2;\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rrr\\nT ^Mm\\\\i^ 7\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nsistently refused. The mosquitoes were getting so\\ntroublesome that it seemed impossible to withstand\\ntlieir attacks, and a scheme was devised which at\\nlast allowed them some rest. One of the party\\nstripped to the buff, and smeared himself from head\\nto foot with grease from a bacon rind, which was\\nfound to be an effectual protection so long as the\\nsurface was well coated with the unctuous but not\\nvery pleasantly aromatic embrocation. The others\\nfollowed suit, and the voyagers were thus enabled to\\nkeep their craft moving all the tiine.\\nArriving at last at the house of Mr. Hursh, they\\nconcluded to stay all night; and two of the party\\nwere detailed to watch Shepherd make a disposition\\nof his jug, he fearing the loss of its contents. Not\\nlong after the canoe was unloaded, he slipped out to\\nthe woods and secreted the jug in an old hollow\\nstump. Fraser and others made a note of its loca-\\ntion, and when it became dark, made their way to\\nthe spot and all took a hearty draught. The next\\nmorning the same was repeated, and the empty jug\\nleft standing, covered with leaves, which were so\\nskillfully arranged that no signs of its being disturbed\\nwere visible. When Jim went after his treasure\\nand found only an empty jug, he became frantic and\\nwanted to whip the whole crowd but, not knowing\\nwhich one to begin on, finally concluded to let the\\nmatter drop. His penuriousness taught hin; a valu-\\nable lesson, and he was always willing to divide any\\nthing after that.\\nA Heart-Breaking Loss.\\nfAVING neither stock nor grain to sell, the\\nearly comers were sorely puzzled to obtain\\nprovisions for tlieir families. Everything\\nwas turned to account. .Siiingles were virtually\\nlegal tender for all debts e.\\\\cept taxes, but the\\nsettlers had no means of getting them to market.\\nConsiderable quantities of maple sugar were manu-\\nfactured in the spring-time, which was afterward\\ntaken to Saginaw by boat and exchanged for groceries\\nand dry goods.\\nJohn Fraser, Mason Foutch, (ieorge Atkin and\\nGeorge Howorth started for Saginaw one morning in\\nMay with the proceeds of their spring work, consist-\\ning of 800 pounds of choice maple sugar. The\\ncanoe was a small one, and, being heavily loaded,\\nsank deeply into the water. They had not proceeded\\nfar before the boat ran over a snag and capsized,\\nthrowing the contents in the water. Not one cake of\\nsugar was recovered, and the loss was a severe one.\\nAn entire failure in crops to-day would not be half\\nso hard to withstand as was the loss of that canoe\\nload of sugar at that time. Atkin wept like a child\\nat the prospect of want now in store for the family,\\nthey being almost destitute of clothes and having\\nno means of procuring any.\\nAll the men except Fraser returned home, he\\nbeing the only one of the party having any money.\\nHe drifted down to Saginaw, made his purchases and\\nhelped his less fortunate neighbors out of sorr their\\nplight.\\nJ\u00e2\u0080\u0094 wv^^^^S-^\\nAn Indian Suicide.\\nf^^f HERE are some very interesting anecdotes\\n|_CgJ, related of ihe Indians, and the history of\\nX^ip Isabella would not be complete without\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2a^ mention being made of some occurrences\\nY which happened not very long since. Most of\\nI the actors in the few incidents related are liv-\\ning on the reservation near Mt. Pleasant, and the\\nstories, gathered from first hands, are correct.\\nIt is believed among the Indians that none of\\ntheir people ever commit suicide; but one old fellow\\nactually did so far forget their customs that in a\\nmoment of desperation he plunged a knife into his\\nbosom and started on his journey to the happy hunt-\\ning grounds alone. Judge Bennett is responsible for\\nthis, as well as several other Indian stories, and his\\nwell known popularity among the Indians gave him\\nalmost the supremacy attained by a chief.\\nMe-saw-bay was quite a talented, but somewhat\\ndemented, old Indian, whose mind was always rumin-\\nating upon the wrongs done the noble red man by\\ntheir white brothers. He had made several trips to\\nWashington to see the Great Father and unfold\\nhis grievances, but no official notice was taken of\\nthem. He often took long walks through the forests,\\nand while out for one of these lonely rambles, plunged\\nhis hunting-knife into his bosom. When the body\\nwas found, an inquest was held in the old court-house,\\nV/-\\nr\\n^^^e\\n^i^;[I!|^p[j;^A^ ^i^^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "r^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n:2s^\\n561\\nV\\nI\\nand a verdict rendered that he died by his own hand,\\nthere being no trace found of other footprints besides\\nthose of Me-saw-bay. Judge Bennett wanted to turn\\nthe corpse over to the Indians for burial, but they re-\\nfused to receive it, declaring that some white man\\nhad killed him, and they would not bury the old man.\\nThe body was thus left on the hands of Judge Ben-\\nnett, who vainly tried to get some one to help him\\nwith the interment. It was midwinter, and the\\nground was solidly frozen but the Judge, armed\\nwith a pick and shovel, started for the woods and dug\\na hole, to which place he carted the body of the dead\\nIndian and gave him a decent burial.\\nThe Most Blood-Curdling Hair-Breadth Escape\\nof All.\\nUN Landon, Wm. Miles and his brother\\nDaniel, while out on a hunting expedition,\\nspied a bear a short distance away. Miles\\nand Landon fired simultaneously, wounding\\nthe animal, which started to run. Landon\\nendeavored to head him off, when the bear\\nmade for him with the intention of eating him. Hav-\\ning become entangled in the brush, Landon was un-\\nable to free himself, and in his struggles fell down\\njust as the bear reached him! In the meantime\\nMiles came up from behind and, taking deliberate\\naim, shot the infuriated bear, which fell dead by the\\nside of Mr. Landon, whose position was indeed a\\nctitical one. His chance for being shot was almost\\nas good hs that of being killed by the bear. When\\nquestioned in regard to the danger of shooting his\\nstaunch friend, Miles replied: I would rather shoot\\nyou myself than see a bear tear you to pieces.\\nLove at First Sight.\\ning on record in this county, is that of Wm.\\n)|ir\u00c2\u00a3). Riley and his present wife. Mrs. Riley No.\\ntjjj J I was an Indian squaw (Sophia Gruett) who,\\nunable to withstand the changes in diet and\\nclimate, succumbed to the inevitable.\\nWilliam, not having a relish for the onerous duties\\n^-:f^;!^ 9-^-\\ndevolving upon both farm and household, concluded\\nto engage a housekeeper. Hearing of a woman at\\nthe county farm who desired a situation, William\\ndrove over and had no trouble in making satisfactory\\narrangements. She accompanied him home, and,\\nduring the few miles which intervened between the\\ncounty farm and Mt. Pleasant, William proposed to,\\nand was accepted by, his present wife. It was a case\\nof love at first sight, he having never seen her until\\nthat morning; yet, with William, to love was an easy\\nmatter, and the needs of his household w^e press-\\ning ones. Meeting Rev. R. P. Sheldon on the high-\\nway near Mt. Pleasant, William wished him to marry\\nthem without taking the trouble to get out of the\\nwagon. Not being so romantically inclined, the\\nReverend insisted that the party go into the house of\\na Mr. Brown who Jived near, to which they assented.\\nMrs. Brown kindly threw open her parlors, and the\\nwedding was consummated on brief notice.\\nThey are doing nicely, and are as well mated, per-\\nhaps, as though they had known each other for years.\\nIsabella a Good County.\\nt HE coming of some of the most prosperous\\ni k\u00c2\u00a9 1 inhabitants of the county was purely acci-\\nigrJlJT^ dental. One of these was D. H. Nelson,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^P^ who came in 1857 to witness the Indian pay-\\nfe ment, but had no intention of locating in this\\nI section. While he was here his father came to\\nsee him and bought some land. The first work he\\never did in the county was to help clear off and grub\\nan acre of ground, on which the court-house is now\\nlocated. Mr. Nelson says he has never regretted his\\ndecision to remain here, and there is no place like\\nMt. Pleasant and Isabella County to him.\\nAs stated in a previous paragraph, Moses Brown\\nbrought in a small stock of goods in the fall of 1865,\\nand opened up in the bar-room of the Bamber House.\\nThe only significance to be attached to that state-\\nment is, that both he and Judge Cornelius Bennett\\narrived the same day. Brown on a peddler s cart, and\\nBennett, then a young lad, on foot. Brown accident-\\nally broke his cart before reaching Mt. Pleasant, and\\nhad to send it back to St. John s for repairs. It took\\nso long to repair it that he made up his mind to stay,\\nX=3\\ni\\nt\\n^tltli\\nA.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": ":2^^ cT-rC:\\n562\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nrz^^^\\n^T^^^^\\n^S\\nyf as trade was fair, and to this day he is quite an active\\n.y business man, dealing in all sorts of commodities,\\nii from a coon-skin to a section of land.\\nA They tell the story on Judge Bennett, that his first\\npurchase was a blind ox; and, having all his money\\nthus invested and the ox not beii.g fat enough to\\nbutcher, he too was forced to stay until the succulent\\ngrasses in the spring could fatten his recent pur-\\nchase. While waiting for this to occur, he found\\nemployment, and by the time spring had arrived he\\nwas doiiTg quite nicely in a financial way, and had\\nno desire to go elsewhere. From that humble com-\\nmencement, we find him to-day ranking among the\\nwealthiest and most popular men of the county, and\\nhis en erprise has done much toward peopling a\\nlarge portion of it, he having been engaged quite\\nlargely in buying and selling real estate.\\nThe Indians Love of Whisky.\\n%W%^ E.VRLY all the Indians were members of\\nthe Methodist and Lutheran Churches, but\\n3j= all of them loved whisky, and never lost\\nr an opportunity to gratify their tastes in this\\nrespect.\\nIsabella City, while in its palmy days, was a\\ngreat loafing place for the Indians, where, though no\\nwhisky could be obtained, the more elderly ones\\nwould fre([uently get tipsy. The secret was un-\\nearthed one day, by finding an Indian (Pay-she-no-\\nnee) lying at the rear end of Mr. Babbitt s store, in\\nthe lumber room of which was a barrel of hard cider.\\nThe door being open afforded all necessary explana-\\ntion, and this supply was soon shut off. Upon this\\nparticular evening, several of the Indian elders, dea-\\ncons and class-leaders were pretty well corned\\nbefore Mr. Babbitt knew anything about it, and they\\nhad hard work to get them started home, some of\\nthem becoming quite quarrelsome and threatening to\\n(9* burn the store. This was averted, however, by Mrs.\\nBabbitt, wlio at all times seemed to exert great in-\\nt fluence over them, and they wandered off through the\\nwoods, whooping and yelling.\\nThe Indian Pay-she-no-nee was quite a preacher,\\nand was one of the most enthusiastic workers in the\\nMethodist -Church. Restarted home preaching with\\nall his might, but having a hard time trying to follow\\nthe trail. He was followed by George Bradley, an-\\nother Methodist minister, who was sober, but wanted\\nto hear what Pay-she-no-nee had to say. After\\npreaching to the Lord for a while and extolling his\\nmercy and goodness, he began complimenting the\\ndevil upon his excellent attributes, and was lavish\\nin expressions of fealty to Satan and his cause. This\\nwas more than Bradley could stand, as it seemed that\\nhis favorite exhorter was impolitic, to say the least.\\nHurrying up to where Pay-she-no-nee was standing,\\nby a large pine stump, and delivering a wonderful\\naddress in hardly intelligible language, Bradley ac-\\ncosted him and asked why he was so complimentary\\nto the devil, who, with his hosts, the Christians were\\nso earnestly trying to conquer. Bracing up as well\\nas he was able. Pay-she-no-nee replied: May-be\\nme die some time. If me good, then I sure to go to\\nheaven. May-be get drunk, then the devil sure to\\nget me. Me already know God: now want to know\\ndevil. Bradley fearing some sober Indian might be\\nin hearing, upon whom such an argument would\\nwork disastrously to the Methodist cause, helped\\nPay-she-no-nee home as quickly as possible.\\nThe love of the Indians for liquor is truly surpris-\\ning, and we have been informed by good authority,\\nthat out of nearly 2,000 who came to this county in\\n1856, only the chief, Sa-shaw-na-bees, would not\\ndrink it.\\nPioneer Pleasures.\\nR. A. Dunham, one of the old settlers\\nhere, reached Isabella County, in com-\\npany with his son, in 1861. The first\\nman he met after his arrival in the new\\ncounty was Uncle Robbins, from whom he\\nmade incpiiries concerning lands, and was told\\nto go to Squire Estee, who would tell him all he\\nwanted to know. Mr. Dunham found the Squire,\\nand, after partaking of a fine dinner, started out and\\nselected a tract of land, and determined to build a\\nshanty for his family. Unable to obtain an ax any-\\nwhere in the county, he started his boy off for Alma\\nto get the indispensai)Ie article. When the boy re-\\nturned he brought with him an old second-hand ax,\\nwith which he built his cabin, that sheltered eight\\nI\\nI\\nA\\nc-o;\\nV\\n:^iiii;\\n-^^^yyj", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": ";;^:N/^\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab ^r#r\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2S^S^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nchildren, the old woman and himself, and was set-\\ntled in his new home in just three weeks from the day\\nhe selected his land. From this time he lived com-\\nfortably, and had plenty of maple sugar, leeks and\\nhominy. While many hardships have been under-\\ngone, Mr. Dunham has prospered, and yel refers to\\nthe days of his pioneering as being the most\\npleasant of his life\\n-wacc;\u00c2\u00a9-^- fe|\\n^^%c!mt!\u00c2\u00bb^\\n2\\ns\\nh\\nNearly all the Men in the Army.\\n^fejURING tiie late war, nearly every man\\nWJ^ able for military duty went into the army.\\n3jr^\u00c2\u00a3^ A man was taken sick at a lumber camp\\n5^ near Mt. Pleasant and, to be cared for, was\\ncarried over to Mrs. Ellen Woodworth s, who\\nj lived near. His illness proved fatal, and the\\nhelp of men could not be obtained who were able to\\ncarry the body to the cemetery. The four daughters\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Preston Mrs. Allie Fancher, Mrs.\\nEllen Woodworth, and the Misses Celia and Emma\\nPreston procured a bier, and with their own hands\\ncarried the body to the cemetery ana buried it\\nThSre was a shoemaker living near where Maj. Long s\\nprinting-office now stands, whose name was Bently,\\nbut neither would he go, nor allow one of his hands\\nthe privilege of paying this tribute of respect to a\\ndead stranger!\\nAn Odd Method of Capturing a Deer.\\nI R. A. E. Chatterton once had quite an ex-\\n^k. citing adventure with a deer at a point in\\nthe river nearly opposite the village of Mt.\\nPleasant. Seeing a large buck complacently\\nV making its way across the stream upon the\\nfloating logs which covered its bosom, Mr. C.\\ndetermined to effect its capture. Meeting midway\\nof the stream, he seized it by the head, when a series\\nof bucking on the part of the deer were executed\\nwhich outrivaled Mark Twain s Mexican plug. It\\nwais a rough-and-ready fight, but Mr. Chatterton\\nfinally came off victorious, although considerably\\nscratched and bruised. To undertake the cutting of\\na deer s throat, although entangled in a mass of float-\\ning logs, is no easy matter, anil but few men would\\nattempt it.\\nPioneer Sociability.\\nr N those pioneer days neighbors were so few\\nand far between that it was customary to\\nomit the fashionable call, and, hitching up\\nthe team of o.xen, go to a neighbor s to spend\\nthe entire day and eat dinner with them. Tea\\nand coffee, as well as other provisions, being\\ntherefore very scarce and very high-priced, one\\npound of tea alone costing $2.50, many odd substi-\\ntutes were used. Mrs. Woodworth tells of a day\\nspent with a friend who, in the absence of tea or cof-\\nfee, steeped the inside bark of the pine for a beverage.\\nDried strawberry leaves were often used instead of\\ntea. Scorched peas, beans, barley and corn made\\ncoffee. Sweet cakes were made with yeast and\\nsweetened with maple sugar; and if fruit-cake was\\ndesired they had but to stir the dried fruit in this\\nsame preparation.\\nTwfo More Bear Stories.\\nN T875, Mrs. Nancy Brown was going from\\nMt. Pleasant to her home a half mile east\\ni^T of the village, when she espied something\\n)(j moving along the road on all fours. It being\\nj dark and objects not distinctly discernible, she\\nthought it was Hilly Gruett (an Indian), who\\nintended playing a joke upon her. Telling him to\\nget out of the way and stop his nonsense, she was\\nabout to give the object a push with her foot, when\\nthe bear (not Billy Gruett), reared upon its hind feet,\\nand with a sonorous growl invited Mrs. Brown to\\ncome a little nearer. She was too badly frightened\\nto run, and as the bear did not advance she stood\\nher ground. A wagon, happily for her, came along,\\nand the bear ran away.\\nShe states that often when picking berries in the\\nwoods bears have walked very near her; and once,\\nwhen picking the fruit, standing on a tree which\\n*^s\\nA\\nC\\nA\\n\\\\o^\\n4^j\u00c2\u00abfl", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "r\\n\u00c2\u00a7ffes\u00c2\u00bb-\\n3|iti^:DBv. T\\nr-^f^\\n5\\n564\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nhad blown almost down, she looked beneath, and\\nthere, within three feet of her, was an enormous bear\\nsitting on his haunches eating blackberries, and eye-\\ning her complacently The bear was content to go\\naway, leaving her unmolested, although badly fright-\\nened.\\nIndian Morals Concerning Murder.\\nhere is an Indian living in Isabella Town-\\nship who is quite prominent, not only with\\nthose of his own race but also among the\\nwhites as well, to whom a story is attached\\nthat is true in every sense. He, with his\\nyoung wife and aged mother, had gone on a\\nhunting expedition to one of the northern counties a\\nfew years ago, when the following incident occurred\\nIt was late in the autumn and trapping was ex-\\ncellent. A large number of furs had been collected,\\nand the party were congratulating tliemselves upon\\nthe result in a pecuniary way, when the mother fell\\nsick. A brisk snow-storm came on, which delayed\\ntheir departure for home, and the invalid mother\\ncontinued to grow worse. She declared her inability\\nto travel, and a council was held between the wife\\nand her husband, who both agreed that they must\\nleave for home at once, for fear a snow-storm should\\ncome which would render traveling impossible.\\nThe loving son went into the wigwam to report the\\ndecision to his aged parent; but, finding her asleep,\\ndealt her a tap on the head with his hatchet, when,\\nto use his own expression, she just straightened out\\nand quit breathing! With their hatchets a hole was\\ndug in the ground, some bark piled over the old\\nlady s remains, and the husband and wife packed up\\ntheir traps and pelts, and made their way back to the\\nreservation in Isabella, satisfied that under the cir-\\ncumstances they had done the proper thing by dispos-\\ning of the old woman, as she was so old that only a\\nfew more months of life, under the most favorable\\ncircumstances, could be hoped for\\nThe U. S. Government had built a blacksmith shop,\\nas well as a milland the council-house,at Isabella City.\\nMe-she-gay-ka-kee, the foreman of the shop, was a\\nhandsome Indian, and was considered a great catch\\namong the dusky maidens. He was finally captured\\ni\\nWt^^\\nby one of them and lived quite happily for a year or\\ntwo, when his wife was taken suddenly and alarmingly\\nill. Condolences being in order, several of his former\\nsweet-hearts came in to assist in caring for the sick\\nwoman and the tender passion again tjuickened in\\nthe breast of Me-she-gay-ka-kee, and he proposed\\nand was accepted by another one of the charming\\ndaughters of the forest. The wedding day was set,\\nthey thinking the sick wife could not possibly survive\\nmore than two or three days at the farthest. In this\\nthey were disappointed, she being, apparently, in an\\nimproved condition on the day the wedding was to\\ntake place. Me-she-gay-ka-kee hardly knew what\\nto do. He did not think it just the thing to have\\ntwo wives in the house at once, and feeling convinced\\nthat the sick woman must die some time, at least, if\\nnot just then, held a conference with wife number\\ntwo, and it was decided to dispose of her in the easi-\\nest way possible. She was carried out and deposited\\non the ground in a fence-corner, a kettle filled with\\ncooked corn jjlaced by her side, after which she was\\ncovered with pieces of bark and left to her fate. She\\nlived, surrounded by these proofs of affection, for two\\ndays before death came to her relief! All this time\\nthe newly married pair were enjoying themselves in\\nhigh glee, happy in the unexpected good fortune\\nwhich allowed true love to run smoothly!\\nThese stories are related solely because they be-\\nlong to the history of this beautiful county, and ac-\\ntually occurred, at an early day. They are typical\\nof Indian life, and nothing was thought of such acts,\\nthey being considered strictly legitimate.\\nAn Old Newspaper.\\n9 ITp lf^ RS. Ellen Woodworth has a copy of No.\\ntjLM/ 21, Vol. I, of the Northern Pioneer, the\\n,1 first paper published in the county. This\\n7 k^ was issued June 7, 1865, and from its pages\\nI* are noted several important items regarding men\\nin business at that time. The Pioneer was a\\nfour-column folio, 12 inches by 14 in size, but was a\\nremarkably spicy journal.\\nWe notice by the above paper that most of tiie\\ncounty offices were filled by Hon. I. A. Fancher, his\\nbusiness card appearing as Prosecuting Attorney,\\nA\\nI\\nr\\nm.", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "rz^^ 6V i\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n^^mm\\\\M^\\n565\\n9\\nV\\n(1)\\nI\\nCircuit Court Commissioner and County Surveyor.\\nWilliam H. Nelson was Judge of Probate; John Q.\\nA. Johnson, Sheriff; Langdon Benlly, Treasurer;\\nMilton Bradley, Clerk; Wallace W. Preston, Register\\nof Deeds and Cornelius Bennett, attorney and\\ncounsellor at law. The post-office address of all\\nthese gentlemen was Blunt P. O., except W. H.\\nNelson, who was a resident of Isabella City.\\nThe peculiarity of Judge Bennett s card, in which\\nhis name appears as\\nC. BENNETT, LL. B.,\\ngave rise to much speculation among the ladies as to\\nthe significance of the abbreviated title. The Judge\\nwas at that time a young man, and was looked ui.on\\nwith much favor b) the mammas who had marriage-\\nable daughters. The young lawyer was possessed of\\nvery little cash; but a pleasant face and affable man-\\nners more than made amends for lack of funds, and\\nhe became the center of attraction for a host of [iretty\\ngirls who swarmed about liim as do moths about a\\nlighted candle.\\nOne, to whom more attention was paid_ than the\\nrest, fondly imagined herself certain of becoming the\\nfuture Mrs. Bennett. She was interviewed by a com-\\nmittee selected for the purpose of ascertaining what\\nLL. B. was attached to Mr. Bennett s name for, they\\nhaving good reason to suppose her possessed of the\\nknowledge. After much adroit questioning, she con-\\nfidentially admitted that she, too, had been ecpially\\ninquisitive, and had importuned the Judge until the\\ninformation had been gained that the letters meant\\nLots of Little Bennetts! Thus was the secret ex-\\nploded, and the Judge s dream of happiness made\\npublic, for women have no secrets!\\nf??3\\nm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^F^^\\nk\\\\^J^M!\\nT a point on the east bank of\\nthe Chippewa River, where\\nthere is a clear and rapid\\nstream near a hundred feet\\nbroad, with banks of good\\nS/ height, and furnishing water-\\npower for a generous extent of\\nworks and machinery, is the beau-\\ntiful and enterprising village of Mt.\\nPleasant situated. It is the coun-\\nty seat of Isabella County, a village\\nof over 2,000 inhabitants, handsome-\\nly laid out with broad and straight\\nstreets, well built; and the mercan-\\ntile establishments present an air of\\nbusiness unexcelled by any village\\nof Northern Michigan. It has. in\\ncommon with nearly every county seat in Michigan,\\n^^:D[1^(1I1^\\na history which, though brief, is important in a notice\\nof this nature.\\nThe county seat of Isabella County was first es-\\ntablished, by commissioners appointed by the State\\nLegislature, at the geographical center of the county.\\nThis was engineered by Dr. Jeffries, John G. Isbell\\nand George W. Lee, who located in partnership a\\nsection from the corners of four townships, giving the\\nnew county seat the name of Isabella Center. The\\nDoctor built a small log court-house and endeavored\\nto work up a boom for the town, but failed. The\\ncounty offices were all kept in two rooms, but the\\naccommodations being scarcely sufficient, efforts were\\nmade to change the location of the county seat,\\nwhich was effected May 10, i860. The present site\\nwhen selected was a wilderness, with no approaches\\nsave tote roads, and no future perceivable.\\nIsabella City, on the river a mile below, svas built\\ni^\\nf\\nr\\ns\\n4\\nI\\nJ\\nm\\n-m^^j-!^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "m \u00c2\u00a3M y\\nISABELLA COUNTV.\\n^eir ^Sr\\no\\nC5^\\nm\\nin 1857, and was at that time ihe only place in the\\ncounty where business was done, that being the\\nlocality occupied by the grist-mill for aboriginal use,\\na store and some sliops and dwellings. The first\\nplat of the village of Mt. Pleasant was made by\\nDavid Ward. He was assisted in this survey by I.\\nE. Arnold, one of the most prominent citizens of the\\nvillage.\\nFive acres was donated by Mr. Ward for county\\npurposes, and a court-house was built by W. H.\\nNelson, which cost the county $140. It was accepted\\nJuly 12, i860, and the first term of court was held in\\nit in that year. There were no natural advantages\\nat the geographical center, and the founders of the\\ntown owned only 1,700 acres of land, which was sur-\\nrounded on all sides by the Indian reservation, that\\nhad been ceded to be held in perpetuity for them and\\ntheir heirs forever. This was also used as a lever\\nwhen the question of voting on the relocation of the\\ncounty seat was given the people. Foremost in this\\nmatter were Nelson Mosher, John M. Hursh, A. M.\\nMerrill, David Ward and Charles Rodd (the latter\\nan Indian), who were all possessed of much influence\\namong the Indians, to whose vote the location of the\\ncounty seat at Mt. Pleasant was mainly due. Ward,\\nalthough the owner of only 120 acres, was quite\\nliberal with his lots; and, besides the donation of five\\nacres for county purposes, he gave five of the Indian\\nchiefs 17 acres on the west bank of the river opposite\\nthe old depot, which of course made them his friends\\nand a number of lots were distributed among the\\nmen before mentioned, as well as to several Indians\\nwho were laboring in his interest. The whole vote\\nin the county did not exceed 400, and the majority\\ncould not have been very great. It was a wise thing\\nto do, however, and a more elegible location for a\\ncounty seat cannot be found.\\nThe village of Mt. Pleasant was again platted in\\n1863, the proprietors then being George and Harvey\\nMorton.\\nThe first family locating on the village plat was\\nthat of Dr. Edwin P. Burt, who built the house, or a\\npart of it, where Mrs. Preston now resides.\\nIsabella Hursh was the first female child born in-\\nside the village limits, but this event occurred long\\nbefore Mt. Pleasant was thought of. The date of\\nher birth is mentioned elsewhere.\\nDexter F. Arnold, the present Village Clerk, was\\nr -f ^D n\\nthe first male child born in Mt. Pleasant. This event\\noccurred April 15, 1862.\\nOf course, improvements were very slow, as but few\\npeople were living in the county and ver)- little land\\nwas under cultivation.\\nH. A. Diinton put in a stock of general- merchan-\\ndise in 1864, which was the first venture in a mer-\\ncantile way. John Kinney, a gentleinan well known\\nin the county afterward, purchased this stock of goods\\nand that of Mr. J. C. Graves, who started a store in\\nthe summer of that year.\\nThe Bamber House was the first hotel in the place,\\nand was kept by W. W. Preston.\\nMoses Brown was the next man to embark in the\\nmercantile line, whose stock was composed of a\\nmiscellaneous assortment of dry goods, which he\\nbrought in on a peddler s cart and displayed in the\\nbar-room of the above mentioned hotel.\\nJohn Kinney built a log house that was used for\\nschool purposes, and the first school in the village\\nwas tauglit by Mrs. Ellen L. Woodworth, in 1865.\\nThis house was also used for church and other pur-\\nposes, and the first Sabbath-school organized in the\\nvillage was in this building, in 1865, tlie orginators of\\nthat movement being Mrs. I. A. Fancher, Mrs. Ellen\\nWoodworth and Mrs. Langdon Bently.\\nJohn Kinney, Esq., came to the county in 1855,\\nand was appointed first Postmaster of this village.\\nHe, although not a resident of the place at this time,\\nis largely interested in the growth and prosperity of\\nMt. Pleasant, having a large amount of real estate\\ninside the corporate limits.\\nThe first mill erected in the village was built by\\nHapner Bros., in 1866. The first grist-mill was built\\nby Harris Bros., in 1872.\\nIn 1863, the future of Mt. Pleasant was very inaus-\\npicious. There were only three or four houses in Ihe\\nplace, and they were small. Jo. Miser had a story-\\nand-a-half house, wliich stood in the street west of\\nwhere the Fancher Block stands. This house was\\nsheeted inside to the gables, and covered with a\\nshingle roof I. E. Arnold had built a house near\\nwhere the Flint Pere Marquette depot stands.\\nNelson Mosher had built the house now occupied by\\nhis son s widow, whicli was the third house erected\\nin the village.\\nI. A. Fancher drafted the plat of this village in\\nJune of 1863. He took an active part in developing\\nv^\\nc\\nv/\\n^4\\nr", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "T\\n^r^^m\\n-zsC^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ST\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rr\\n7 Mm\\\\i^-\\n:2t^5^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^^jf\\n5\\nV\\ns.\\nISABELLA COUNTY\\nand otherwise assisting the growth of the place, and\\nis yet, although permanently located at Detroit, aid-\\ning in every way every measure looking toward tlie\\nadvancement of her business interests.\\nThe first hardware store in the village was stocked\\nby Doughty Bros., who still carry on the business,\\nand liave one of the largest and neatest stores in the\\nplace. The first brick block erected in the village\\nwas the building which they now occupy and own.\\nIt was erected in 1876.\\nI. A. Fancher and Carr Granger erected their\\nfine brick blocks in 1877, thereby adding largely to\\nthe value of the business portion of the village.\\nTunis W. Swart erected his block in 1879, and\\nAlbert B. Upton built the Opera-House Block the\\nfollowing summer. This is the finest block in the\\nvillage, and the opera house is conceded to be the\\nfinest one this side of Detroit. In this block is located\\nthe bank of Hicks, Bennett Co, real-estate and\\nother offices.\\nThere are several fine brick residences in the town,\\nand a number more will shortly be erected.\\nThe first election after the incorporation of Mt.\\nPleasant was held May 11, 1875, resulting in the\\nelection of the following gentlemen: President, John\\nMaxwell; Trustees Cornelius Bennett, Wm. Rich-\\nmond, John A. Harris, Wilkinson Doughty, Dan. H.\\nGilnian and George W. Brower; Clerk, Geo. N.\\nMosher; Assessor, I. E. Arnold; Street Commis-\\nsioner, John Fox; Marshal, Cicero Kimball.\\nThe present officials are: President, Robert\\nLaughlin; Trustees J. N. Vansice, Michael Mar-\\ntha, Peter Gardiner, Dennis Ryan, F. W. Ralph and\\nMichael Garver; Treasurer, J. A. Hairis; Clerk,\\nDexter F. Arnold Street Commissioner, Wm. J.\\nTopping; Assessor, E. F. McQueen.\\nThe first vote polled was 123, which was increased\\nto 347 in 1884.\\nTiie business affairs of Mt. Pleasant have been\\nwell managed, and her miles of splendid sidewalks\\nand nicely graded streets speak volumes.\\nA pleasant council room is now owned by the vil-\\nlage, in which the fire department have their appa-\\nratus and the Opera-House Band make headquarters.\\nThe Opera-House Band numbers 14 members, and\\ndisdains to be called amateurs. Their permanent\\norganization was effected in 1881, although a band\\nhas been in existence here for years.\\n|Aj))f^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^Dur^^nniivi\\nMt. Pleasant is not burdened with debt, but is\\nbonded for $10,000 to complete the payment of the\\nHolly system of water works, which was established\\nin 1882, at a cost of $16,000. The village is by this\\nmeans not only secure from great danger by fite, but\\nan excellent supply of pure water can at all times be\\nobtained. Mains will be laid during tiiis year through\\nall the principal streets, and those living remote from\\nthe business centers will be thus afforded the same\\nprotection in case of fire. The Fire Department\\nhave a splendidly ecjuipped hook and ladder truck,\\nwith buckets, etc., and a hose company who have\\nand can operate to good advantage, 1,000 feet of\\nthree-inch hose. H. H. Graves is Chief of the de-\\npartment.\\nMt. Pleasant has had several disastrous fires, but\\nthe one in 1875 was the most serious which has ever\\noccurred in the village. Twelve stores, with nearly\\nall of their contents, were destroyed, entailing a loss\\nof almost $50,000 upon their owners, wliich at the\\nime was keenly felt. Very little insurance was car-\\nried upon the same, but with a small capital most of\\nthem again started in business, and to-day not a\\ntrace remains of the disaster. Handsome brick stores\\nhave taken the place of the wooden buildings, and\\nthere are no villages of the size that excel Mt. Pleas-\\nant in the number of stores and amount of stock\\ncarried by her merchants.\\nThe first school-house was built where the houses\\nof Messrs. Ward King now stand. It was used\\nfor a long time by the Methodists for church purposes\\nprioi to the erection of their church.\\nMrs. Mary Preston relates how they built the first\\nMethodist church, and how good the people felt to\\nhave their own place in which to worship. Rev.\\nGeorge Bradley was at the time doing missionary\\nwork among the Indians, having been sent by the\\nbishop to this field of labor. Services were held at\\nprivate houses, in tiie woods and at school-houses,\\nbut the people felt the need of having a central place\\nfor worship. Mr. Bradley told Mrs. Preston that if\\nshe would procure a site for the church, he and his (q\\\\\\nboys would draw the logs and help build a house.\\nMrs. Preston went to (ieorge Morton, who, with his\\nbrother Harvey, were proprietors of the town, and\\nstated the proposition made by Rev. liradley. Mor-\\nton told her to select a lot, and she chose the two now\\nowned by the county, upon which the jail and sher-\\niff s residence will be erected.\\nm", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "^m^\\n2?^^\\nr ^llll^llllf\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nMr. Bradley went to work, and was aided by a\\nnumber of people friendly to the cause, some of whom\\nfurnished lumber, etc., and the house, now the coun-\\nI cil room owned by the village, was built. Everybody\\nwas happy when it was completed and regular ser-\\nvices could be held in it, and many of the old pio-\\nneers in Methodism speak of the joyful meetings\\nheld there and tears of regret fall when speaking\\nof the sorrow caused by the sale of the old building,\\nit seeming like the sundering of the most sacred ties\\nto give up the old building hallowed by prayers of\\nI fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters, although the\\nelegant church now completed awaited their coming.\\nWhen Mr. and Mrs. Preston came to Mt. Pleasant\\nin 1864, they were well provided with provisions,\\nclothing, etc., having thought that very little could be\\nprocured in the new country. Two of their children\\nhad been residents in the neighborhood for two\\nN years previous, and they had undergone much priva-\\ntion but no real suffering. Mrs. Mary Preston says\\nthat they had coffee, sugar and other things enough\\nto last them 12 years, and absolutely found it hard to\\ndispose of. They purchased the house built by Dr.\\nBurt, and had commodious quarters from the date of\\ntheir coming. Her daughter Celia wedded Emory\\nY H. Bradley, the minister s son, in October, 1864,\\nwhich was the first wedding in the village. Mrs.\\nPreston was the first lady who viewed the village of\\nMt. Pleasant from the top of the new court-house.\\nHundreds have since gazed with delight at the beau-\\ntiful panorama spread before them from that elevated\\nposition, and the most perfect view can be obtained,\\nfrom this point, of the village and surrounding\\ncountry.\\nFrom 1865, Mt. Pleasant has continued to grow in\\nimportance and numbers, until it ranks high among\\nthe villages in Northern Michigan in a commercial\\nway. A brief ;cf?/wf is given of her business indus-\\ntries, churches, etc., which determines well the enter-\\nprise of her citizens who anticipate a brilliant future\\nfor the place, and none surely have more natural\\nadvantages. The geographical center of the south-\\nfl em peninsula of Michigan is on section 24 of Coe\\nTownship, thus making this county the pivotal\\nM point, and Mt. Pleasant the hub, which is destined\\nto become one of the best business points north of\\nthe Saginaws.\\nThe residences in this village are neat and taste-\\nJ\\nb\\nt\\nful. Those of A. B. Upton, George Granger, J. C.\\nLeaton, Mrs. Henry Dunton, Henry A. Bouton and\\nW. W. Preston, on Church Street, and Dr. P. E.\\nRichmond, T. VV. Swart, Charles Jeffries, William N.\\nBrown and Mr. Ryan, on Broadway, will compare\\nfavorably with any village in the North. Shade-trees\\nare being planted along the principal streets, and a\\nfew years will ensure beautiful avenues shaded by\\nthe leafy elm and handsome maple, beneath the\\nboughs of which the pedestrian may take a promen-\\nade with the greatest satisfaction.\\nMt. Pleasant is noted for the number and excel-\\nlence of her hotels, the largest and best of which is\\nthe Bennett House. This is an elegant three-story\\nbrick structure, handsomely finished, and furnished\\nin the modern style. It was completed in 1883, by\\nJudge Cornelius Bennett, at a cost of $20,000. It\\nwas formally opened in June, 1883, by ihe present\\nproprietors, F. A. Stebbins and Marvin Richardson,\\nboth of whom are popular gentlemen, and general\\nfavorites with the traveling public. Mr. Richardson\\nhas been for 20 years engaged in the business, and\\nhas a reputation second to none as a manager. The\\naccommodations are first-class in every respect, and\\nthe patronage all that could be desired.\\nThe Peninsular House is a pleasant, spacious\\nhotel, occupying an elegible location on North Main\\nStreet. Under the management of Mr. J. N. Van-\\nsice, it is a fine paying investment and has a liberal\\nshare of business.\\nThe Exchange Hotel is owned by Mr. Linus D.\\nEstee, one of the most cordial of landlords. This\\nis a cheerful, home-like place, where the weary guest\\nwill find a cordial welcome, with plenty of good cheer\\nthat comes from a well filled larder.\\nThe Bamber House was the first hotel erected in\\nthe village, and many noted guests have been\\nquartered within its walls. It is managed by Patrick\\nDonovan, one of the warmest-hearted IrishniLMi in\\nthe State, whose friends are legion.\\nMichael S. Garvin is proprietor of the Union\\nHouse, the North Main Street hostelry, and the only\\nthing lacking is room for more guests.\\nNo stranger visits this village without carrying\\naway pleasant recollections of his accommodations\\nat the excellent hotels during his stay.\\nThe Ladies Library .Association is quite a flour-\\nishing affair, and the records give proof of its success-\\nA\\nC\\ni\\n_ !V^*rM!f^\\n-^^Dn^iinr^^ ^^s\\n4^^f(\u00c2\u00aeX^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "n\\ni\\no\\nfal management from the date of its organization.\\nSix hundred volumes of the choicest literature are in\\ncirculation among the residents of the village. The\\nmanagement is entirely under the control of the\\nladies, who have aided the enterprise with their time\\nand money until the permanent success of the asso-\\nciation is assured. The officers of the society are\\nPresident, Mrs. Charles Westlake; Vice President,\\nMrs. Will. Hunt; Treasurer, Mrs. W. Doughty;\\nSecretary, Mrs. Major Long; Corresponding Secre-\\ntary, Mrs. A. E. Chatterton Librarian, Mrs. H. B.\\nPearson; Assistant Librarian, Mrs. Thomas Pickard.\\nThe society occupies pleasant rooms in the Nelson\\nBlock, which are open on Wednesday and Saturday\\nof each week. A small sum expended annually gives\\nthe youth of Mt. Pleasant ample facilities for becom-\\ning conversant with the best and most talented au-\\nthors of both history and fiction. This enterprise\\ndeserves substantial encouragement from the citizens,\\nwho are certainly largely benefitted by the use of so\\nmuch literature at the small outlay a membership\\nentails.\\nBusiness Interests.\\nHE manufacturing interests of Mt. Pleasant\\nare confined chiefly to lumber, shingles,\\netc. The mill of Upton Leaton is the\\nmost extensive, having a capacity of 30,000\\nfeet per day, and employing a force of 30 men.\\nAllowing 290 working days in a year, the cut\\nof this mill averages 8,700,000 feet annually.\\nMessrs. J. P. Walker and A. E. Chatterton do an\\nextensive business in the manufacture of lumber,\\nhaving both a saw and shingle mill, the capacity of\\nwhich is r5,ooo feet of lumber and 30,000 shingles\\nper day. They had on hand March ist, 1,300,000\\nfeet of logs, which, at the low estimate of $6 per\\nthousand, distributed nearly $8,000 among the farm-\\ners from this mill alone.\\nThe Mt. Pleasant Novelty Works was erected\\nduring the fall of 1883, and is owned and operated\\nby Messrs. Chas. Jeffords and Cliarles C. Whitney.\\nThey manufacture doors, sash, blinds, and also do\\nscroll-sawing and ornamental work. Thirty men are\\nemployed by tliis firm when running the mill at its\\nfull capacity.\\nHarris Bros, are proprietors of the Merchant Mills, 5|?\\nand are doing a fine business. They have three run\\nof stone and ship large quantities of flour, besides\\ndoing a large amount of custom work. The roller T\\nprocess has been recently added, which gives them V\u00c2\u00a9\\nincreased facilities for the manufacture of flour, their\\nbrands of which have become famous tliroughout\\nNorthern Michigan.\\nThe foundry and planing mills of Messrs. Proctor\\nBamber are centrally located and do quite a nice\\nbusiness in their line.\\nThe patent-hoop factory of F. E. Prince Co. is\\na novelty in its way, and promises to revolutionize\\ntlie manufacture of barrel hoops entirely. The ma-\\nchine was invented and patented by Mr. F. E. Prince\\nlast year, and is the only one of the kind in the coun-\\ntry. The average number of finished hoops is\\n400,000 per month. This industry keeps 40 men in\\nemployment in getting out the timber, etc., and adds\\nlargely to the manufacturing interests of the village.\\nBesides these industries, there are a large number\\nof blacksmith and wagon shops, harness and shoe\\nshops, all of which add to the business of the village\\nin a marked degree.\\nIn the mercantile line the dry-goods and grocery\\ntrade is very large. The most extensive houses in\\nthis line are those of John Maxwell, E. E. Wood, A.\\nE. Chatterton and E. A. W. E. Ward.\\nThe staple and fancy grocery trade is well repre-\\nsented by D. H. Oilman, W. S. Hunt, Carr Gran-\\nger, D. Ryan, E. G. Curtis, F. L. Davis Co. and\\nKane.\\nC. H. Houk and John Kenny do a nice business\\nand are popular restaurateurs.\\nNearly all the dealers in dry goods carry a large\\nassortment of clothing and boots and shoes. Of\\nthese, Thomas McNamara, H. M. Angell and W.\\nDoughty have the most extensive trade.\\nW. H. Yerrick Co. and A. Hall are exclusive\\ndealers in boots and shoes, and C. H. Thompson and\\nD. Switzer carry a large stock of jewelry, watches,\\nclocks, etc.\\nThe hardware business is immense; and no village i\\nof such pretentions as Mt. Pleasant can boast of\\nlarger and finer establishments in this line than those\\nof Messrs. L. N. Smith, Doughty Bros, and Geo. C\\nFaulkner Co.\\nThe livery business forms an important factor in\\n^nt]; .L^ .4^5^@y^)\\n(5)\\n0)", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "Xi^l\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n1^\\nJ\\n4^\\n^ff all towns remote from railroad communication, and\\n|J to this date Mt. Pleasant has not been classed as the\\nmost fortunate in this respect. Of the livery firms,\\nI George McDonald has the finest barn, and a splendid\\nlot of horses and fine outfits. The Whitney Brothers\\nand V. K. Brown also have splendid turnouts and\\nan excellent trade.\\nB. F. Kyes deals in music, sewing-machines, etc.,\\nand has quite a nice trade.\\nTwo artists, Messrs. Smith and J. T. Conloii, are\\npopular photographers, and their studios exhibit\\nevidences of their skill.\\nMt. Pleasant is one of the healthiest villages in\\nthe Peninsular State, yet a number of skilled physi-\\ncians reside here, and their business, while not ex-\\ntensive, brings with it a nice income. We are pleased\\nto mention the names of these gentlemen, all of whom\\nenjoy the respect and confidence of the community\\nin a high degree: Drs. P. E. Richmond, M. F. Fas-\\nquelle, F. H. Tyler, J. C. Corbus, L. J. Petz and\\nRoyal J. J. Stoner. The different schools of medi-\\ncine are ably represented by these gentlemen, among\\nwhom the greatest harmony prevails.\\nDrug-stores are always found where civilization\\nexists, and there is a growing demand for the goods\\nJ handled in a legitimate business. W. W. Cox Co.\\ngive theirs the significant name, People s Drug-\\nstore. This firm have recently opened their store\\nand the stock is complete. Charles Westlake is pro-\\nprietor of the City Drug-store, and is also Post-\\nmaster of the village. The office being located in his\\nstore, assures a large trade, aside from the popularity\\nof its owner. Messrs. Carr Granger have a large\\nand choice line of drugs, chemicals and school-books.\\nTheir establishment is known as the Central Drug-\\nstore. All three of these houses are located on\\nBroadway. The Main Street Drug-store is owned\\nand operated by Messrs. McQueen Ralph, whose\\nexcellent tastes are magnificent in the neatness of\\narrangement in displaying their goods. Not less\\nthan $30,000 is invested by the four stores in the\\ndrug line alone.\\n1 John Craig and Kimball Bros, are large dealers in\\nI? fresh and salt meats, fish, game, etc. J. E. Wilcox\\nand Fred Pferdesteller are engaged in the furniture\\nand undertaking business. Both carry complete\\nstocks of everything in their line.\\nThe dental profession is represented by Drs. G. A.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^l\\\\ s)^^^\\nGoodsell and J. B. VanFossen, both skilled operators.\\nMillinery is represented by Mesdames C. Kimball,\\nO. S. Stanton and Ruth M. Davis. All report a\\nsplendid trade, and their display of goods is artistic\\nand elaborate.\\nWadhams Farrell, S. May and Frank F. Foster\\ndeal largely in clothing and gents furnishing goods.\\nEverything in their line of merchandise can be pro-\\ncured at either of the houses mentioned.\\nV. F. Conlogue deals extensively in agricultural\\nimplements, farm wagons, buggies, etc.\\nReal estate is rapidly advancing, but bargains may\\nyet be obtained of Messrs. Hopkins Lyon, Judge\\nCornelius Bennett and W. I. Cutler, the latter of\\nwhom has also an abstract office. Other firms also\\nhandle real estate, among whom might be mentioned\\nBrown Leaton, A. B. Upton and Hance Dever-\\neaux.\\nRussell Whitney do a legitimate insurance busi-\\nness, and allow the above mentioned firms a clear\\nfield in real estate.\\nThe pioneer bank of Mt. Pleasant is the one\\nmanaged by the firm of Hicks, Bennett Co. This\\ncorporation was organized in April, 1875, and has\\nsince that time done a general banking business.\\nRobert Young was the first cashier; he was suc-\\nceeded by A. B. Upton, who retired Jan. i, 1S84.\\nD. Scott Partridge is now the cashier, and by his\\nlong business acquaintance and well known integrity\\nhas added largely to the interests of the corporation.\\nThe stockholders are all men of wealth and influence,\\nand the firm of Hicks, Bennett Co., is considered\\none of the most reliable in Central Michigan. The\\nbank is located in the Opera-House Block, and have\\ncommodious quarters with a fire and burglar proof\\nsafe, secured by a double time lock, the same being\\nfixed in a fire-proof vault constructed especially for\\nthe purpose.\\nThe firm of Brown, Harris Co. have a neat\\nbuilding opposite the Opera-House Block, and the\\nstockholders are composed of the following well\\nknown persons, all of whom are quite wealthy:\\nWilliam N. Brown, Elizabeth G. Kellogg, M. Dever-\\neaux, Minnie K. Brown, Amelia S. K. May, Samuel\\nW. Hopkins, D. H. Nelson, John C. Leaton, Harris\\nBros, and J. W. Hance. The bank was opened for\\nbusiness Jan 12, 1883, since which time it has done\\na splendid business. John A. Harris is the cashier,\\nf\\nI\\nV\\nA\\nca:\\nV\\nt\\n:*:ilDr\\ne", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "f\\nI\\nf\\n/^))f$i?#^\\nI SAB ELLA COUNTY.\\n-7^^^^^-\\n4^^5f\\nV\\ni\\nand no more popular gentleman ever cashed a check.\\nThe business is all that could be desired, and is\\nprofitable to the stockholders and convenient for its\\npatrons.\\nChurches and Societies.\\n|[!^YSTEMIZED social work is characteristic\\nof civilization everywhere; and accordingly\\nthe new occupants of the soil in the forests\\nof Isabella County made haste to organize\\nCluirches and societies for the general amel-\\nioration of their condition. We here give a\\nsketch of the religious and other societies of Mt.\\nPleasant.\\nTHE METHODIST CHURCH.\\nReligious services were held in this county by\\nthose wlio were members of this Church prior to the\\nformation of a permanent organization. Rev. R. P.\\nSheldon was one of the first ministers who came to\\nIsabella County and, uixDn the formation of Chip-\\npewa Circuit, which was effected in 1861, at the\\nannual conference held at Battle Creek, he was ap-\\npointed and placed in charge. Rev. George Bradley\\nwas the first Presiding Elder. This circuit originally\\nembraced nearly the whole of this county, but as the\\ncounty became more densely settled and new ap-\\npointments formed it was divided, and now embraces\\nCalkinsville, Dushville and all the appointments\\nsouth of that in the county. In 1863, Rev. R. P.\\nSheldon was again assigned to this circuit, with Rev.\\nH. Hall, Presiding Elder.\\nThe Church records fail to show when or where\\nthe first class was formed. The first mention of a\\nclass was while Rev. Eli Westlake had charge of the\\ncircuit. He organized one, consisting of 24 persons,\\nat the house of Bro. Burger s, in Lincoln Township,\\nwith Morris Titus as Leader. The name of the cir-\\ncuit had been previously changed to Isabella, but in\\n1870 it was again changed to Mt. Pleasant Circuit.\\nIn 1872, Salt River and appointments south were\\nplaced in a separate charge, leaving the village of\\nMt. Pleasant, Chippewa and Gulick s school-houses\\nto be supplied by the minister stationed at Mt. Pleas-\\nant.\\nThe first church at this village was erected and\\ndedicated in 1866. Tlie services were conducted\\nupon that occasion by Rev. George B. Jocelyn, D.\\nD., LL. D., of Albion College, assisted by Rev. F. B.\\nHangs.\\nThe year of 1872 was a very prosperous one for\\nthe society, both in a financial and theological way.\\nMany needed repairs were made upon both church\\nand parsonage, all of which expenses were defrayed\\nby substantial contributions, Mrs. Sophia Bradley,\\nwidow of Rev. Geo. Bradley, donating $250. The\\nsociety, with varying fortune, maintained their ground,\\ngradually increasing the membership until it became\\nevident that a new church must be built to accom-\\nmodate the numbers desiring to attend Methodist ser-\\nvices, the present church being inadequate.\\nIn 188 r Rev. J. K. Stark was appointed to the\\ncharge at Mt. Pleasant, and his energy in bringing\\nabout the successful completion of the new church\\nis deserving of commendation. The old church was\\nexchanged for the site which the new church now\\noccupies, the e.xchange being effected with Mr. D. H.\\nNelson, a wealthy gentleman residing in Mt. Pleas-\\nant, who, after the transfer had been made, donated\\nthe old church property, valued at $1,5 00, to the soci-\\nety. The building was sold to the village of Mt.\\nPleasant for a council room and engine house, and\\nthe lot was sold to the county, upon which a new\\njail and sheriff s residence will be erected during this\\nyear. Added to the already large donation of Mr.\\nNelson was the princely gift of $2,000 in cash, which\\nstimulated the members and friends of the society\\nuntil tiiey determined to erect a church edifice that\\nwould afford ample accommodations for many years.\\nThe contract was let to Mr. M. S. Anderson, and the\\ncorner-stone was laid with appropriate ceremonies\\nJuly I, 1882, an address being made by the Rev. H.\\nM. Joy, Presiding Elder of Grand Rapids, followed\\nby one from Rev. J. A. Sprague, Presiding Elder of\\nthis district.\\nThe church was opened for services May 6, 1883,\\nwhen all the money was raised necessary to liquidate\\nall indebtedness. Rev. D. F. Barnes preached in\\nthe morning, and Elder Sprague at the evening ser-\\nvice. August ig, 1883, the church was dedicated to\\nAlmighty God, by Rev. J. A. Sprague, assisted by L.\\nR. Fiske. D. D., LL. I).\\nThe Methodist church is the finest and most\\ncommodious house of worship in the village, and\\nV^\\nI\\nt1^\\nI\\nmk\\n^7^c^Dg ^niis M^\\n4^^^,.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "^\\\\si\\ni^^r\\nt:rv\\n4:tlIl^llIl^\\n7-^^\\n-*#^C(^\\nf^^^ll\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni^ cost, with the grounds, $15,000. The society is not\\nI) indebted one dollar of the amount, and the niem-\\ni^ bers, as well as many persons outside the Chuch.are\\nf entitled to great credit for their liberality. The\\n(Oj church is a handsome brick structure, built in the\\nGothic style of architecture, with a seating capacity\\nof 400. The furniture is of black ash, trimmed with\\nwalnut. The acoustic properties of the audience-\\nroom are unsurpassed. The names of Rev. R. P.\\nSheldon, the first minister, and Rev. George Bradley,\\nthe first Presiding Elder, of Chippewa Circuit, adorn\\nthe memorial window in the ne.v church, not solely\\nbecause they were the first, but they were a pair of\\nnoble workers in the army of God s ministers, through\\nwhose labors much good was accomplished, and the\\nlove and respect of the whole Church obtained.\\nThis is a fitting tribute to those qualities of mind\\nand heart which were so largely inherent in those two\\nrJ) ^^o ^t ^y gentlemen, whose names will ever live in the\\nhistory of the society in Isabella County. On an-\\nother window appear the names of Mr. D. H. Nelson\\nand Mrs. Abigail Babbitt, both of whom gave with\\nlavish hand to assist in the erection of this elegant\\nsanctuary.\\nA new parsonage, corresponding with the beauty\\nin design and finish of the new church edifice, will\\nbe erected during the autumn of 1SS4. This will\\ncost, when complete, with the lots on which it will be\\nerected, fully $3,000.\\nThe rules of the Methodist Ei)iscopal Church re-\\nquire that their ministers shall change locations at\\nleast once in three years. Below are given the names\\nof those worthies who have served this charge since\\n1 86 1, together with the dates of their pastorate\\nV\\nt\\nR. P. Sheldon,\\n1861-3\\nL. M. Garlic,\\n1864\\nD. 0. Fox,\\n,865\\nJ. Webb,\\n1866-7\\nT. J. Sjiencer,\\n1868\\nW. T. Williams,\\n1869\\nEli Westlake,\\n1870-2\\nG. W. Gosling,\\n873\\nE. H. Sparling,\\n1S74-S\\nA. C. Beach,\\n1876\\nW. W. Ware,\\n1877-8\\nJ. H. Bready,\\n1879\\nJ. W. Hulenbeck,\\n1S80\\nJ. K. Stark,\\n1881-3\\nThe latter is the present Pastor, whose labors have\\nbeen fraught with much success. He is one of the\\nmost talented divines in Northern Michigan, and his\\ncongregation are loth to give him up, although the\\ninexorable law of the Church demands it. Wherever\\nthe Rev. Stark is called, will the Church find in him\\none of the most logical and earnest workers in the\\ntheological field.\\nTHE PRESIiVTERI.VN CHURCH.\\nThe Presbyterians of Mt. Pleasant and vicinity\\nwere the second sciety to undertake the difficult\\nbut almost imperative task of erecting a place of wor-\\nship. Having long felt the necessity of a permanent\\nplace of meeting, the Ladies Aid Society undertook\\nto procure, and did procure, the present site for a\\nchurch building, Mr. Cornelias Bennett donating\\none-half the lot. This magnanimous gift of the soci-\\nety stimulated the Church members and friends to\\nundertake the erection of a church, and after many\\ntrials and reverses, by dint of hard work and great per-\\nseverance, with the aid of many and liberal subscrip-\\ntions of the citizens, they succeeded in presenting to\\nthe society the present imposing and cheerful struc-\\nture, which was dedicated to Almighty God in Feb.\\nruary, 1875, Rev. Mr. Middlemus, of Saginaw,\\npreaching the dedicatory sermon Rev. Calvin Clark,\\nRev. Mr. Willett Knott, Turrill Sparling and others,\\nassisting.\\nTHE UNH ARIAN SOCIETY.\\nIn the summer of 188 1 the Rev. R. Conner, a Uni-\\ntarian minister, came to Mt. Pleasant and delivered\\ntwo lectures, to which a large number of the citizens\\nof this place listened. The remarks of Mr. Conner\\nawakened quite an interest in the minds of a number\\nof the thinking people of this village, and a desire to\\nform a society was apparent. Rev. R. W. Savage\\ncame in September, 1881, and delivered a course of\\nlectures, and in the following month effected a per-\\nmanent organization, with about 20 members.\\nFor one year and a half after its organization the\\nmeetings were held in the Opera House. During this\\ntime the society increased in strength and numbers,\\nand the necessity of a permanent place of meeting\\nwas felt. The subjeC. was discussed, and finally\\nplans, drawn by Donaldson Meier, of Detroit,\\nwere adopted. C. C. Whitney was the contractor.\\nThe work was begun on the new church building in\\nFebruary, 1883, and completed in December of the\\nsame year, at a cost of $3,000. The frescoing is a\\nc-^:\\n1|a ^y^m M ^^gs^\\n4^^\\n1", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "25^^^\\nt-N.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^vc^\\nV\\nd.\\ny\\nbeautiful piece of workmanship. The main body of\\nn the chapel has a seating capacity of 250, and with\\nthe parlors thrown open 50 more can be accommo-\\nT dated. The chapel was formally dedicated in the\\nwinter of 1883, at which time the State Conference\\nof the Unitarian society was held here. Rev. R.\\nConner, of East Saginaw, preached the dedicatory\\nsermon, assisted by Rev. T. B. Forbush, Rev. J. T.\\nSunderland, of Ann Arbor, Rev. Geo. Stickney, of\\nGrand Haven, Rev. Julius Blass, of Jackson, and\\nRev. F. E. Kittredge, the State Unitarian Mis-\\nsionary of Michigan. Delegates were present from\\nevery society in the State except the one at Kalama-\\nzoo. At this dedication Miss Ida C. Hultoii, of\\nAthens, Mich., read a very interesting pai)er on\\nWoman and Her Work.\\nThis is the only liberal society in the county,\\nand they are rapidly gaining ground and constantly\\nincreasing in numbers. Mr. Savage has been to the\\nflock an able leader ever since its organization in\\ni88x, and with his aid and good management they\\nexpect to build a beautiful brick structure for holding\\nservices, and the present building will be used for\\na chapel. Sabbath-school, socials, etc.\\nA. B. Upton is President of the society; Hon. S.\\nW. Hopkins, Vice President; Free Estee, Secretary,\\nand Hon. J. W. Hance, Treasurer. The Executive\\nCommittee is composed of Wni. T. Whitney, John\\nFraser and V. K. Conlogue.\\nAs an auxiliary to the Unitarian Society, there was\\norganized, January 16, 1882, a society known as\\nthe Ladies Union. The object of this Union is\\nthe promotion of social life and general good in the\\ncommunity, by working in harmony with the First\\nUnitarian Society of Mt. Pleasant. The funds of\\nthe Union are wholly under the control of its mem-\\nbership. Gentlemen are admitted as honorary mem-\\nbers.\\nThe first officers were President, Mrs. A. B.\\nUpton; Vice President, Mrs. J. J. Stoner; Secretary,\\nL. J. King; Assistant Secretary, Mrs. C. C. Whitney;\\nTreasurer, Mrs. \\\\V. Woodbury; Collectors, C. M.\\nBrooks and Miss Denison Reception Committee,\\nM. Brown and Mrs. Whitney.\\nThe funds placed at the disposal of the Union\\nduring the first two years of its existence amounted\\nto nearly $600. The society rendered very material\\nassistance in the furnishing of the new chapel, and\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n573\\nhas paid the incidental expenses of the Unitarian\\nSociety, excepting the salary of the pastor, since the\\ndate of its organization.\\nThe present officers are: President, Mrs. Geo. C.\\nFaulkner; Vice President, Mrs. Ralph; Secretary,\\nMrs. A. B. Upton Assistant Secretary, Mrs. W.\\nWoodbury; Treasurer, Mrs. C. C. Whitney; Collec-\\ntors, Mrs. M. Brown and Mrs. E. Potter.\\nThe Sunday-school connected with this society is\\nin a flourishing condition, and is under the able\\nsuperintendency of Rev. R. W. Savage. Several\\nvaluable contributions of choice books have been\\nreceived for the Sabbath-school library among these\\nis a collection of 150 volumes donated by James\\nFreeman Clark s Church, of Boston. The society of\\nwhich Mr. Barbar, editor of the Unitarian Review,\\nis leader, has also donated a nice addition to this\\nlibrary.\\nRev. R, W. Savage is rapidly building up the so-\\nciety by his eloquence and logical teachings.\\nTHE CATHOLIC CHURCH.\\nThe Catholics had for a long time talked of build-\\ning a permanent place for public worship. Some\\ntime prior to 1876, Hon. I. A. Fancher donated to\\nthe society three acres of ground. The location is\\nin a beautiful part of the village, and a neat and\\ncapacious church edifice that may well be the pride\\nand glory of their best endeavors has been erected.\\nThe number of adherents to the faith has increased\\nsteadily, and under the present teachings of Rev.\\nFather McCarthy the constant promotion and growth\\nof the society is assured.\\nST. John s episcopal church.\\nOne of the most handsome churches in Northern\\nMichigan is the one bearing the above name, which\\nwas erected in 1883, and consecrated Jan. 10, 1884,\\nby Rt. Rev. Bishop George D. Gillespie, assisted by\\nRevs. VV. A. Masters, of Detroit, B. F. Matrau, of\\nSaginaw, Stearns, of St. Louis, Pritchard, of Luding-\\nton, and Phames, of Midland. After the ceremonies\\nof consecration, the sacrament of the Lord s supper\\nwas administered, a large number of those jjresent\\ntaking jjart in the solemn rite.\\nAfter the services, which lasted nearly three hours,\\nthe invited guests from abroad, and many of the\\nprominent ladies and gentlemen of this village, were\\ntaken in carriages to the Bennett House, where they\\nc\\n4\\nr^;\\nf-.", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "574\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-*\u00c2\u00bbQi\\nf\\ndined as the guests of Hon. Wm. N. Brown, through\\nJn whose princely liberality this church was erected, he\\nhaving built it, at a cost of $4,300. which, with the\\nentire furniture, etc., was upon that day presented to\\nthe diocese. The lots upon which the church stands\\nwere donated by Gen. Dvight May (father of Mrs.\\nBrown) for church purposes.\\nToo much praise cannot be given Hon. Wm. N.\\nBrown, for his liberality, who, with his wife, unas-\\nsisted by any one, caused the erection, and donation\\nto the Episcopal society, of this, one of the finest\\nJ/% churches in the land. All the brick were made on\\nMr. Brown s own yard, the lumber sawed and care-\\nfully selected at his own mill the teaming, excavat-\\ning, etc., were done by his men. He states that the\\nbuilding could not be contracted to-day for less\\nthan \u00c2\u00a77,500.\\nTliis church is located on the corner of Washing-\\nton and Maple Streets, some distance from the bus-\\niness portion of this enterprising village. The\\nexterior presents a very handsome appearance. It\\na has a substantial stone foundation, is brick veneered,\\nfinished in an Elizabethan-Gothic style, the roof being\\nrelieved from an ordinary appearance by four gable\\nwindows of stained glass. The building stands back\\nfrom the street some feet, and a number of steps\\nlead into it. The inside is patterned after a\\nchurch design on the Duke of Devonshire s estate in\\nEngland, and is very elaborate. At the same time\\nthere is nothing gaudy in the arrangements or finish,\\nthe whole work showing good taste on the part of\\nthose who selected the designs. It is finished in ash\\nand oiled, the decorations being Venetian frescoing\\nand no painting of any sort. The pews are comfort-\\nable and of a modern design, and have a seating\\ncapacity of 200. The aisles, altar and choir plat-\\nform are neatly carpeted; the building is heated by\\na furnace in the basement, and lighted by two hand-\\nsome prism chandeliers. To the left of the altar\\nare the vestry rooms, finished in the same manner as\\nthe other portions of the church, while on the riglit\\nof the chancel is located the choir loft. The chan-\\ncel is furnished with botli a reading desk and fal-\\nstool, while to the rear is the communion table and\\nchancel rail. The communion service is of solid\\nsilver, while the a tar furniture is of the finest de-\\nfr^ scrijjtion.\\nA resident pastor will be engaged during the year\\n(1884), services being held at convenient times by\\nministers from abroad. They have a live member-\\nship to begin with, of 30 persons, who are determined\\nto employ none but the best talent to represent their\\ncause.\\nTHE D.^PTIST SOCIETV.\\nAlthough having no church this society still main-\\ntains its organization. It was formed in 1883, with a\\nmembership of six persons. Having no regular min-\\nister, of course the growth must necessarily be slow,\\nyet the intention is to erect a substantial church,\\nemploy a minister of talent and build up the society.\\nRev. Monroe, of Salt River, is entitled to the credit\\nof forming the Baptist society in this village.\\nTHE SUNDAV-SCHOOI-S.\\nAs a moral and religious educator, the Sunday-\\nschool forms a most important factor. The day is\\npast when any man can successfully maintain that\\nChristianity does not exert a beneficial influence in\\nevery community in which it has a representation.\\nSunday-schools, that necessary auxiliary of the\\nChurch, have been well established all over the\\ncounty, and are very well sustained. Too much\\ncannot be said or done in that direction it has many\\nbearings on the youthful mind; it molds and fashions\\nthought; establishes moral and religious habits, as\\nwell as Christian associations; it draws the mind\\nfrom baser thoughts, and causes it to dwell upon\\nthat which is elevating and refining. If all would\\nuse their best endeavors to promote the establish-\\nment and growth of the Sunday-school, the results\\nwould be plainly apparent in the increased moral\\nand intellectual growth of the youth in our land.\\nThe Sunday-schools under the supervision of the\\nChurches in this village and county are notable ex-\\namples of what can be accomplislied in this direction.\\nMUSICIANS.\\nAmong t1ic many pleasant features of this beauti-\\nful town, music forms an important factor. Very few\\nvillages have so many accomplished musicians, and\\nnone can boast of better ones. Major J. W. Long\\nhas had a large number of elegant pieces published,\\nthe copyright of which has been sold in every in-\\nstance, and some of his finest productions are yet in\\nmanuscript. His wife is .also a teacher of music, and\\nis one of the most accom|)lished musicians.\\nI\\nO\\nAJ)$^^^^\\n?S^\\n^na5^DDvi A\\nI\\nI\\n1", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "e^V nP :illlv v-\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^2^N5 jr Sr\\n5\\nV\\ns\\nt\\nMr. and Mrs. D. C. Woodworth furnish all the\\nmusic for balls, theaters, etc.\\nMrs. Cora Stebbins has few equals upon the piano,\\nand surely none in affability.\\nA number might be mentioned who are excellent\\nperformers, but these are the most prominent musi-\\ncians of the village, and they deserve special men-\\ntion.\\nWABON LODGE NO. 305, A. F. A. M.\\nThis lodge was instituted in 187 1. The early\\nrecords were destroyed by fire, which makes it im-\\npossible to give but a passing notice of its early\\nhistory. The first officers were: Albert Fo.x, W.\\nM.; W. VV. H. Gavitt, S. W.; W. H. Harris, J. W.;\\nI. A. Fancher, Treas.; John Manners, Sec; L. J.\\nWorden, S. D.; Charles Worden, J. D.; and A. B.\\nBalcom, Tyler. The charter members were the fol-\\nlowing named gentlemen: A. Fox, William N. Harris,\\nWilliam H. Gavitt, John Maxwell, Isaac A. Fancher,\\nSeth T. Worden, Charles E. Worden, James Fockler,\\nDe Los Bramon, A. B. Balcom, Charles O. Curtis,\\nand H. M. Gilman.\\nWabon Lodge is now one of the best working\\nlodges in Central Michigan, and the present Master,\\nD. Scott Partridge, is peculiarly well fitted for the\\nplace he occupies. For several years he has served\\nthe brethren in the cajjacity of Master, and their\\nfeelings toward him is well understood by the presen-\\ntation speech delivered by Dr. S. C. Brown, Dec. 12,\\n1883, and given on page 445 of this volume.\\nThe officers elect for the ensuing Masonic year\\nare D. Scott Partridge, W. M.; Wm. A. Stark-\\nweather, S. D.; Daniel M. Witt, J. D.; Myron A.\\nNott, Treas.; William L Cutler, Sec; Tliomas Samp-\\nson, S. D.; Moses Brown, J. D., and John Ma.wvell,\\nChaplain.\\nThe prosperity of Wabon Lodge is only eiiualled\\nby the harmony and good feeling which [)revail\\namong the brethren.\\nMT. PLEASANT CHAPTER, NO. Ill, K. A. M.,\\nwas organized Feb. 4, 1884. The disi)ensation was\\ngranted authorizing them to work April 9, 1883. The\\ncharter members of this order were Messrs. Rob-\\nert Laughlin, Mark F. Fasquelle, John R. Robinson,\\nSilenus A. Simons, D. Scott Partridge, C. O. Curtis,\\nP. F. Doods, E. F. McQueen, Wm. A. Osborn, Cicero\\nKimball, L N. Shepherd, John Maxwell, Samuel\\nKennedy, Richard Hoy, James B. Kennedy and\\nHenry Struble.\\nThe first officers elect were: Robert Laughlin, H.\\nP.; M. F. Fasquelle, K.; J. R. Robinson, S S. A.\\nSimons, Treas.; D. Scott Partridge, Sec; Chas. O.\\nCurtis, C. H.; P. F. Doods, P. S; E. F. McQueen,\\nR. A. C; Wm. A. Osborn, G. M. 3d V.; C. Kimball,\\nG. M. 2d v.; Jno. Maxwell, G. M. ist V., and I. N.\\nShepherd, Sentinel.\\nWm. T. Whitney was the first one to receive the\\ndegree of the Holy Royal Arch.\\nThe present officials are Robert Laughlin, H.\\nP.; M. F. Fasquelle, K.; L N. Shepherd, S.; D. Scott\\nPartridge, C. H.; E. F. McQueen, P. S.; W. J. Cor-\\nbus, Treas.; Wm. T. Whitney, Sec; John Maxwell,\\n3d G. M.; Cicero Kimball, 2d G. M.; John Rich-\\nmond, ist G. M.; Chas. C. Whitney, Sentinel, and\\nJohn R. Robinson, Chaplain.\\nThe chapter is in a flourishing condition. They\\nare pleasantly located in the lodge rooms of No. 305,\\nA. F. A. M.\\nKNIGHTS OF THE MACCAIiEES.\\nThe lodge was instituted March 17, 1884, with a\\nmembership of 22 persons. The order is calculated\\nto promote t riendsliip and brotherly love, besides\\nbeing a muti.al relief association. The officers are:\\nF. H.Tyler, Past Commander; Charles T. Russell,\\nCommander; V. F. Conlogue, Lieut.; Fred Russell,\\nR. K.; F. W. Ralph, F. K.; W. C. Dusenbury, P.;\\nF. H. Tyler, Physician; J. J. Kitchen, Sergeant; J.\\nB. VanFossen, M. A. A.; O. W. Stebbins, ist M. of\\nG; F. C. Prince, 2nd M. of G.; L L. Swan, Sentinel\\nand W. R. Sturgis, Picket.\\nyp;\\nJWB\u00c2\u00bb?mf _\\n-M^*V5*^", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "I\\nt\\nThe Isabella County Enterprise.\\n^i^^ S early day in the history\\n3?^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-:S^ftM\\nof the county, O. B. Church\\n:;^n| ijiStarted a weekly paper called\\nthe Norihfin Pioiuer. The\\nmaterial used and the print-\\nn\\niiig press, which was the first\\nI\\npress m tlie county, were\\nhauled from Ithaca to Mt. Pleasant in\\nthe year 1863, by order of Judge Estee.\\nIt may be stated here that this same\\npress is still in use at the Enterprise\\noffice; and, although it passed through\\nthe fire of 1875, it is still in good work-\\ning order.\\nThe first issue of the paper was dated\\nNov. 30, 1864. It was Republican in\\nprinciples, and has always been an ex-\\nponent, and is still a supporter, of the Republican\\nparty. The name has been changed to the Isabella\\nEnterprise, and John R. Doughty is now editor and\\nproprietor. The original proprietor sold, in an early\\nday, one-half interest to James P. Welper, and after-\\nward the remainder to Myron McLaren, who subse-\\nquently bought out Mr. Welper. Mr. McLaren then\\nsold to I. A. Fancher, and the latter in turn sold to\\nAlbert Fox, who owned and controlled it until his\\ndeath, in February, 1873, when it was sold to its\\npresent proprietor. It is now entering upon its 20th\\nyear, with a reputation exceeding that of any former\\nyear, in circulation, etc. The editor, Mr. Doughty,\\nhas proven himself, during all these years, an able\\nexpounder of Republican principles, and its columns\\nhave done much to forward not only the growth of\\nRepublicanism, but also to advance the prosperity\\nand moral tone of the good people of this county.\\nj l/WN.\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5\\nThe Northwestern Tribune.\\nSiT Salt River, in September, 1S79, this enter-\\nterprising journal was established, the pro-\\nprietors being then, as now. Dr. S. C. Brown\\nSons. It was removed to Mt. Pleasant in\\nMarch, 1881, where it takes equal rank with\\nthe other able journals published in this village. Dr.\\nBrown is one of the joUiest fellows that ever drew a\\npen in support of his country, and nothing but thor-\\nough Repubhcan doctrines has ever been seen on the\\neditorial page of the Tribune. It has a fine circula-\\ntion, and, as the Doctor states, grows in grace day\\nby day.\\nMt. Pleasant Times.\\nIf HE Mt. Pleasant Times was established in\\n1877, by Henry H. Graves, who was its pro-\\nWp^ prietor, with James VV. Long as editor. It\\nwas first run as a Democratic and aftersvards\\nas a Greenback paper, until Nov. 19, 1879,\\nwlien Major James W. Long, the present owner\\nand publisher, took possession. Major Long con-\\n=^.A\\n^n!i.^nn;\\nA.\\n^S^ZL\\ne\\nr\\n1", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n4^I]D:$:\\nISABELLA\\nCOUNTY.\\n5i-i\\n4^^^\\nverted it into an independent paper, and has run it\\nas such ever since. The Times is the official county\\npaper of Isabella County, and also the official city\\npaper of Mt. Pleasant. From the first it lias enjoyed\\na large run of patronage, its influence being sought\\nfor in times of election, and has been the favorite\\noffice of the county for job and legal work. Its cir-\\nculation is a solid one, its subscribers all being pay-\\ning ones. It is conducted as a family newspaper,\\ngiving especial attention to live locals, general news,\\nand, in the intervals between elections, publishing a\\ncontinued story written by the editor. Already four\\nhave been published, viz: Archibald Graham,\\nLittle Gertie, Tuck Meredith and Born to the\\nPeople; and at present a fifth one, entitled Oriola,\\nis running. These stories have been received with\\navor, as an increasing subscription list testifies.\\nThe Times is a large eight-page, seven-column\\npaper, making 56 columns weekly, and has a larger\\namount of reading matter than any other paper in its\\nvicinity.\\nBeing independent in (lolitics, it supports the men\\nwhom it deems best fitted for office, regardless of\\ntheir |)olitical affiliations.\\nI\\nI\\n^.VTA ^vjg ^^iyy^yy\\ni^,\\no\\ng\\nd\\nV\\nr HE county of Isabella has not\\nuntil recently enjoyed the\\nadvantages which railroad\\nfacilities bring, but it has\\nalready two lines established\\nand in active operation, with\\ntwo other lines in contem-\\nplation, one of which is assured.\\nOver these the produce of the\\ncountry will be carried ere the ter-\\nmination of the year 1884.\\nIn the present age, it seems that\\nrailroads constitute the most po-\\nIj^*^ tential agency in the advancement\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S^V^ -V^ human interests; and the days\\nr (h/, of waiting for them in this county\\n,\u00c2\u00ab^^Jv must have seemed long and tedi-\\nous to all the early residents.\\nSaginaw Mt. Pleasant Railroad.\\n;|^QIllAGINA\\\\V Mt. Pleasant Railroad was\\nfl^Ht constructed in 1879 from Coleman, on the\\nIpi-ft jji^g ^f ji^g p,|,^j ^^t Pere Marquette, to the\\nivvs v ll-^g^ of I^leasant, the county seat of Isa-\\n(W bella. The company for the construction of\\nthis line was organized under the general rail-\\nroad law in March, 1879, and the following gentle-\\nmen elected officers: President, Jesse Hoyt, of\\nNew York; Vice-President, I. A. Fancher, of Mt.\\nPleasant; Secretary and Treasurer, W. L.Webber,\\nof East Saginaw.\\nThe work of clearing and grading was connnenced\\nin the latter part of July, 1879, and track-laying\\nSeptember 24, of same year. This work was com-\\npleted on Tuesday, December 8, and regular trains\\nput on December 15. The road, with equipment", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "578_\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n-esK?7\u00c2\u00a7\\nm\\nf complete to commence business, cost $130,000. The\\nenterprising citizens of Mt. Pleasant subscribed Si 5.\\n000 of that amount, and the entire right of way,\\nI together with a plenty of ground for stations and\\n(Q; other purposes. The investment has brought thou-\\nsands of dollars to Isabella County, and her lands,\\nwhich now blossom as the rose, owe nearly all their\\nenhanced value to the impetus given business by the\\nadvent of this railroad.\\nThe people of Mt. Pleasant hailed the completion\\nof the new railroad with great joy. A grand street\\nparade was made, in which all the citizens partici-\\npated. The business houses were closed at 10 a. m.,\\nand a committee repaired to the depot to meet the\\nparty of officials who arrived on the 11 A. m. train.\\nThe address of welcome was made by Mr. J. C. Lea-\\nton, President of the village, which was attentively\\nlistened to by a Urge concourse of people. Hon. I.\\nA. Fancher, to whom much credit is due for his\\nactivity in helping forward the work, did much to-\\nward making this demonstration a success. Major\\nJames W. Long acted as Marshal, and the afternoon\\nparade coiii prised:\\nI. Mt. Pleasant Cornet Uand.\\n2. President, Village Council and Distinguished\\nGuests.\\n3. Steam Fire Engine.\\n4. Hose Company.\\n5. Hook and Ladder Company.\\n6. Citizens on foot.\\n7, Citizens in carriages.\\nThe procession formed at the dcjwt, marched to\\nthe court-house, where William N. Brown delivered a\\npleasant address, followed by D. Nelson and Dr. H.\\nC. Potter, one of the railroad officials, who in turn\\nwas followed by Hon. L A. Fancher, the only one of\\nthe Board of Directors representing Mt. Pleasant.\\nIn the evening the court-house and nearly all the\\nresidences in the village were illuminated, and hilar-\\nity reigned supreme. Wm. N Brown s elegant resi-\\ndence was thrown open, and a reception held from\\n7 to II o clock. There was a very general atlend-\\ni ance and a most enjoyable evening was passed. The\\nif? guests were received in a charming manner by the\\n(J^ host and hostess, the latter having to aid her Mes-\\ndames I. A. Fancher, Cornelius Bennett, Major J. W.\\nLong, J. C. Leaton, W. S. Hunt and J. R. Doughty.\\nDelicate and tempting refreshments were served dur-\\ning the evening, the supper room presenting an ani-\\nmated picture, as the guests, full of glee, discoursed\\ncheerily of the bright future in store for the town.\\nWith the coming of the railroad, a boom began for\\nMt. Pleasant, and the rapid increase in business en-\\nterprise and population became marked. With out-\\nlets on the south and a road to tap the Lake Superior\\nregion, her people may be content, as it will thus give\\nthem communication willi the world in all points of\\nthe compass.\\nThe Flint Pere Marquette Railroad.\\nHIS road was built acrjss Wise Township\\nill 1870, being the first road completed in\\nIsabella County. Loomis is the only station\\nrJ^ on that line in Isabella. The road was first\\ncompleted from Flint to Saginaw in 1862, and\\nit has since been extended over a great part of\\nthis peninsula.\\n^l\\nLansing, Alma, Mt. Pleasant Northern.\\ni ORK on this road is being rapidly pushed,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2llJc^^t)? much of the grading is already com-\\n*^p pleted. This route was surveyed during the\\nwinter of 1883-4, and it was deemed by com-\\npetent persons one of the best routes in pros-\\npective that traverses the State of Michigan. The\\ncountry through which it passes is remarkably rich in\\nsoil, with large lumber interests yet undeveloped. As\\nan investment alone, it is now considered one of the\\nmost profitable, and the stockholders expect large\\nreturns from their new enterprise.\\nThe company was organized in January, 1S84,\\nwith A. W. Wright, President Wm. N. Brown, Vice-\\nPresident; Wm. S. Turck, Treasurer, and Marcus\\nPollasky, Secretary. The following well known gen-\\ntlemen, whose wealth is ample security that the road\\nwill be completed within the year, constitute the\\nBoard of Directors A. W. Wright, Wm. N. Brown,\\nn\\nV", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "ii^^Kir^s: crvC\\nr\\ny^-^\\n4^^C^V il)\\ny^\\nS\\nI\\n(|n\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n579\\nWm. S. Tuick, James Gargett, 1. N. Slicphcrd, Joliii\\nA. Harris and George D. Barton.\\nThe road will have Lansing for its southern ter-\\nminus, and will pass through an exceedingly fertile\\nand beautiful country as it touches the enterprising\\nvillages of DeVVitt, St. John s, Maple Rapids, Alma\\nand Mt. Pleasant, on its way northward, to some\\nlX)int on Lake Michigan, which is not yet definitely\\nsettled. Mt. Pleasant will be the northern terminus,\\ntemix)rarily, but this outlet will be of vast importance\\nto her business interests. It is quite certain that\\ncars will be running on this new line before January,\\n1885, and real estate is rapidly advancing in value.\\n^:;s-*-:;::c j5;::;j-ii;::jA^:::,;4is;g^(^;igij\u00c2\u00bbg!g*-g.;5r.i^^;;$*^^\\nJ\\niiJSSMlffli^MMillfl\\nHIS iie.uling comprises many\\ninteresting items, which are\\nwell worthy a careful peru-\\nsal. Among these may be\\nmentioned the Pioneer Soci-\\nety, Educational interests,\\nthe Agricultural Society, the\\nI ounty Poor Farm, etc., all of\\nwhich are subjects with which\\nevery one should become familiar.\\nAll these matters are of etpial im-\\nportance with those which are more\\nregularly classified elsewhere in this\\nwork but their nature and the\\namount of matter concerning each\\nmake it more appropriate to jjlace\\nthem under the above head, at the\\nconclusion of the historical department of this vol-\\nume.\\nMaterial Interests.\\nr 111, growth ul Isabella County has been a\\n^4 rapid one. The census of i860 gave her\\nG?JlF^ 1.443 inhabitants; and the one of 1880,\\n12,159. 1^ school census of 1883 gives her\\n4,431, which almost trebles the entire popula-\\nI tion of i860. The census report of 1880 shows\\n13,733 acres of wheat, yielding 176,480 bushels. One-\\nfourth more has since been cleared and sown to\\nwheat, and with the excellent prospect now in view\\nthe harvest in Isabella this season may confidently\\nbe expected to produce 320,000 bushels. Add to\\nthis the yield of other cereals and vegetables for\\nwhich this county is so famous, and to which may be\\nadded the large lumber product, it will compare fa-\\nvorably with any county in Central Michigan.\\nIt is estimated by careful and competent persons\\nthat 50,000,000 feet of pine logs are annually floated\\ndown the Chipi)ewa alone. When we take into con-\\nWith this, if not the Toledo, Ann Arbor North-\\nwestern Railroad as well, Mt. Pleasant will lose her\\nname as being an inland village. There is but little\\ndoubt that the latter road will be pushed northward,\\nas the comi)any cannot afford to make St. Ix)uis the vS)\\nterminus, and Mt. Pleasant, with her enteri)rise and\\nunlimited facilities for manufacturing, is in no danger\\nof being left out. The Lansing, Alma Mt. Pleas-\\nant Railroad will be of more benefit to this village\\nand county than any line from either direction could\\npossibly be, as it passes through a better agricultural\\ncountry along the entire route than can be found in\\nany other direction.\\nA\\nt\\ni", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "jifja\\n\u00c2\u00a9v4:iiii^niiv v\\n-*#^5C(\u00c2\u00aeV|^}\\n580\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\ni\\n1\\nS\\na\\n(S\\\\\\nsideration that the Pine, the Big and Little Salt Riv-\\ners, and their tributaries, also carry away a wealth of\\nlumber, as well as the hundreds of thousands of feet\\nof manufactured lumber moved by rail, the value\\ncannot be far short of $7,000,000 per annum. Add\\nto this the amount of oak and stave timber, with the\\nlath and shingles manufactured by the local mills in\\nthe county, and the total will exceed |!io, 000,000.\\nThe lumbering interest will remain chief among the\\nbusiness industries for several years in several of the\\ntownships, but the removal of the magnificent forests\\nwill add largely to agricultural development.\\nThere is not a man in the county who cannot\\npoint with pride to the immense resources which Isa-\\nbella has in perpetuity for her children. The rich\\nsoil, even and healthful climate, industrious inhabit-\\nants and air of prosperity prevail everywhere.\\nThe assessed valuation of both real-estate and\\npersonal property in 1862 was $270,995. In 1883 it\\nreached the sum of $3,772,346, in real estate, and the\\npersonal column foots up $419,227. Taking intu\\nconsideration that these figures really estimate less\\nthan one-half the real worth of real estate and other\\nproperty, it will be safe to say that real estate alone\\nin Isabella County is to-day worth $7,500,000, while\\nthe lands are not yet brought under the highest state\\nof cultivation; neither are one-fourth of the fertile\\nacres embraced in her boundaries cleared of the\\nwealth of timber which abounds. The county is\\ncomposed of 16 full townships, with 23,040 acres in\\neach one, making a grand total of 368,640 acres, of\\nwhich 2,000 acres or less might properly be termed\\nswamp lands, or lands unfit for cultivation.\\nPatriotism of Isabella County.\\njLTHOUGH no regiments or even a single\\n.gj^ company of men was raised in this county\\nt^S] during the late war, yet patriotism was not\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ilir lacking, as shown by the number of volunteers\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j^ who enlisted and did noble service in defense\\nof their country. This was almost a virgin\\nforest when the first call to arms was made, and the\\ninhabitants were illy prejiared to make a living for\\ntheir families, the country being so new and the im-\\nprovements meager. When the first enrollment was\\nmade, only 151 men were found subject to military\\nduty of these, 137 enlisted! What act more noble\\ncan be conceived of than this, in which nearly every\\nable-bodied man in the entire county left his wife and\\nlittle ones, and hastened to the front in defense of his\\ncountry s flag.\\nOnly a few of these noble men returned. Their\\nlives had been cheerfully given that the L nion\\nmight be preserved and the country for which their\\ngrandsircs had fought, and as a heritage forever, re-\\nmain among their children an unbroken heirloom in\\nwhich no North, no South, no East or West should\\nbe known, save as a whole and undivided country.\\nThe Pioneer Society.\\nthan the annual love-feasts which are en-\\n0 gaged in by those whose heads are thickly\\nj|f#A silvered with grey hairs? What pleasant\\n17 memories are associated with the well known\\nstories related of ])ioneer life, when together they\\nshared the toils, dangers, and even pleasures of the\\nnew country! In tho se days there were no strangers.\\nThe coming of a family into the neighborhood was\\nhailed with gladness by every one who had made a\\nsmall beginning, and men, women and children\\nturned out to assist the new-comer in erecting a\\ncabin, and were always ready to share their last crust\\nwith him. Theological and political questions were\\nlost sight of in their efforts to promote the welfare of\\nthose who were endeavoring to make a home in the\\ndense forests. Their isolation from the world made\\nthose of every nationality the firmest friends, and to-\\nday the warmest e.\\\\pressions of welcome follow the\\nhearty hand-shake of the veterans as they meet at\\nthe place apix)inted for their annual reunion.\\nThe first two meetings were held at the house of\\nDaniel Childs, in Coe Township. The first was in\\n1879, the second in 1880. About 40 persons re-\\nsponded to the first call and a most enjoyable meet-\\ning was held. The officers elected at this meeting\\nwere Walter McLean, Chairman, and Richard Hoy,\\nSecretary. Rev. Chas. Taylor, Judge P. H. Estee\\nand John Campbell delivered very fine adtlresses,\\nand their remarks were humorously interspersed with\\n^v-\\nS,y\\n1^-\\nh", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "ISABELLA COUNTY.\\nt\\nS8i\\nv^)\\nincidents of ()ioneer life. The second meeting was\\nnot so largely attended, but an excellent program\\nwas carried out. Die tliird annual was held at the\\ncourt-house in JNIt. Pleasant, July 28, iS8r. Dinner\\nwas served at the St. James Hotel, which hostelry\\nhas since been destroyed by fire. No meeting was\\nheld in 1883, but arrangements are now in ])rogress\\nto revive the organization, which, if allowed to be\\ndiscontinued, would deprive the older people of the\\npleasure of an annual hand-shake, and the younger\\nones of an opportunity to listen to the tales of pio-\\nneer life which are related so graphically by the early\\nsettlers of this countv.\\nCounty Pool Farm.\\nMONG the benevolent institutions of Isa-\\n^jpaaiJ^ bella County is the Poor Farm, which is\\nS S^/ located in Chippewa Township, and is provided\\niii!r t l buildings, most of which are new and in\\ngood condition. The house is not yet sup-\\nplied with bath-room or bath-tub, but those\\nconveniences will doubtless be added at an early day.\\nThe buildings are heated by wood stoves and ventil-\\nated by a transom over the door of each room. The\\npaupers receive good and kind treatment, no corporal\\npunishment being allowed. All who are able to\\nwork are reciuired to labor on the farm according to\\ntheir physical condition, and all are reijuired to be\\ncleanly. Their clothing is plain and comfortable,\\nsuch as the farmer usually provides for himself Tiie\\nfood is plain and wholesome and of about the same\\nquality as is found upon farmers tables, such as\\nwheat and corn bread, beef and salt pork, tea, coffee\\nand buttermilk for drink, and fruit and vegetables in\\nabundance. The sick are well cared for by the over-\\nseer and his family, and a competent physician is\\nemployed by the county. No especial accommoda-\\ntions are provided for the insane and idiotic inmates.\\nThe children are sent to a district school, which is\\none-half mile away, and where they have a good,\\nkind teacher who endeavors to improve their minds\\nand start their young lives in the right direction.\\nThe value of the county farm, including stock,\\nbuildings and all other j)roperty, is estimated at\\n$9,250. The average amount paid annually to [)er-\\nsons who are in indigent circumstances, outside the\\nCounty Poor-house, for temporary relief, is over$2,ooo,\\nwhile the total for maintenance of the ix)or at the\\nfarm and elsewhere averages $4,000. What a credit\\nto the county of Isabella is such careful treatment of\\nher paupers! Few farmers families are better clothed\\nor fed than the unfortunate ones who are entitled to\\nbenefits at the expense of her people.\\nThe Agricultural Society.\\nJ SABELLA, although a new county, is the\\ncenter of an excellent agricultural district,\\nr and the annual exhibiton of the products\\nof her soil are flattering in a high degree. More\\nattention is lately given by farmers to the breed-\\ning of fine stock, and the last exhibition held\\non the grounds of the society was a surprise even to\\nthe farmers themselves.\\nThe Agricultural Society of Isabella Count) was\\norganized in 1868; but, having no grounds, the first\\nthree meetings were held on the court-house square.\\nTwo exhibitions were then held on some vacant lots\\nin the northeastern part of the village of Mt. Pleas-\\nant. The exhibitions of stock and farm products\\nhad by this time assumed such proportions that the\\npurchase of grounds and erection of suitable build-\\nings could no longer be delayed, and the committee\\nappointed for that puriiose purchased the grounds in\\n1880, which have since been enclosed with a tight\\nboard fence, and all the buildings, stables and ])ens\\nfor stock conveniently arranged, which are ample in\\nevery respect for the acconunodation of exhibitors.\\nContrary to custom, this society has always paid\\nevery premium awarded in full. Efforts to promote\\nand encourage the interests of those engaged in ag-\\nricultural pursuits by members of this society have\\ndone much toward advancing scientific farming, the\\nfruits of which are seen in the increased excellence\\nof cereals, vegetables, stock and poultry.\\nThe race course is a full half mile, and turfmen\\nsay that it is the finest in the State, without excep-\\ntion, the one at Kalamazoo being second in the list.\\nThe location being central, and only one mile from\\nMt. Plensant, the grounds are easy of access by car-\\nriage or rail, the Mt. Pleasant Saginaw Railroad\\ne\\nc^:\\n^il!i: ^:i", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "!2J^^^\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nVi^ (Company having built a platform near the entrance\\n3^ gate, at which place passengers are landed.\\nOnly a small indebtedness yet remains, wliicli\\nT under the efficient management of the directors will\\nJ. be liquidated during the year.\\nThe present officers are John Landon, President;\\nLewis Griffith, .Secretary, and \\\\V. W. Preston, Treas-\\nurer. The Executive Committee consists of one\\nVice President from each township in the county.\\nj[MJr 3\\nEducational Interests.\\nDUCATIONAI. work lias undergone a\\ncomplete change since the first schools\\nwere organized in Isabella County. The\\nvast difference between the old and new meth-\\nods is plainly apparent. In ye olden times\\ntiie preceptor s word was supreme law in his\\nlittle kingdom, and this law was enforced by a gen-\\n=i erous distribution of strokes from the well seasoned\\nbirch rod. To execute a pencil sketch upon a slate\\n=3 was deemed a misdemeanor which merited at least\\n12 strokes from this same reformer, wielded by the\\nsturdy arm of an incensed pedagogue. To ask as-\\nsistance in the solution of a perplexing problem in\\nmathematics more than twice during school hours\\nconsigned the unfortunate pupil to a seat on the\\ndunce block, the most observed, but not the most\\nenvied personage, in the room. The old straight\\nbacked benches and pine desks, smeared with butter\\nand molasses and defaced by the big boys j.ick\\nknives, have been superseded by single desks, where\\neach student has all tlie comforts and conveniences\\nhe can desire.\\nThe text-books were, at that date, of a miscellane-\\nous character, nearly every family having preserved\\nthe remnants of books which their fathers and\\nmothers had studied during their school days, and\\nwere now brought into use by their children to save\\nexpenses, being deemed by the parents ipiite good\\n1 enough for anybody.\\nMl the scholars possessed Ray s .Arithmetic, the\\nonly text-book of which there were a half-dozen\\nalike. (Geography was represented by Peter Padey\\nand Monteith s Manual; readers, by McGuffey s,\\nSanders Eclectic and National Series; grammar, by\\nV\\n-s\\nI\\nPinneo, Green s Analysis, Clark s Easy Method and\\nBrown s Parsing Lessons. Webster s Elementary,\\nSanders Worcester s and the Eclectic Spellers were\\nused indiscriminately. The scholars could hardly\\nbe classed, much less graded. Now, the systematic\\nmanner of grading pupils, the uniformity of text-\\nbooks, with improved methods of teaching by object\\nlessons and otherwise, give pupils of this day advan-\\ntages not dreamed of 20 years ago. Students 12\\nyears of age are in many instances further advanced\\nin rhetoric, physiology and mathematics than were\\nthe less fortunate jnipils who attended public schools\\nduring the entire time prescribed by law, not two\\ndecades since.\\nThe alegantly arranged and substantial school\\nbuilding in Mt. Pleasant was commenced in 1S81,\\nhut not completed until the following spring. In its\\nconstruction, special attention has been paid to ven-\\ntilation, light and heating apparatus. The corner-\\nstone was laid with appropriate ceremonies July 2,\\n1 88 1, in which is deposited copies of all the papers\\npublished in the county, and other articles of historic\\ninterest. The building is two stories in heiglit, con-\\ntaining eight rooms besides closets, etc., which are\\nsplendidly arranged for the different grades. The\\nfurniture is well adapted for pupils of all ages, and\\nthe corps of teachers employed are the best that can\\nbe obtained; so that 400 pupils can be amply accom-\\nmodated without using the recitation rooms. Six\\nteaciiers are now employed, wiiose salaries amount\\nto \u00c2\u00a72,620 per annum. The building and site cost\\nthe village $17,300. The site is an excellent one,\\nhaving good drainage, and the location is easily ac-\\ncessible from any part of the village.\\nThe numlier of children enrolled in the several\\ntownships of the county are here given, together with\\nthe number of school buildings in each.\\nUnion Township has six whole and two frac-\\ntional districts. The number of children between\\nthe ages of five and twenty years, according to the\\nlast school census, is 867. There is but one brick\\nschool building in the township, that at Mt. Pleas-\\nant. Four out of the eight are frame structures, antl\\nthree are still the primitive log school-houses.\\nIsabella has seven whole districts and the number\\nof children enrolled is 459. There are four frame\\nschool-houses, one log, and two situated in the In-\\ndian Reservation and are under the control of the\\nI\\nf\\nA\\nC\\n(7^.\\n^^Da^llDit A\\nA.\\n-*4i^*\u00c2\u00a7^\\nIfe", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "^llll^llll j\\nf\\n/N\\nV\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0*=r-7\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\n4^^^\\nUnited States Government, which employs the\\nteachers. These schools are patronized only by\\nresident Indians. They will probably be dispensed\\nwith at an early day, as the small number of jiupils\\nhardly warrants their maintenance.\\nIn Vernon there are si.x whole districts and one\\nfractional. The number of children elegible to the\\nbenefit of school training amounts to 421. This\\ntownship has but one log school-house, the remain-\\ning five iieing neat frame buildings.\\nThe township of Wise has b it three whole districts\\nand one fractional one. The number of children be-\\ntween five and twenty years of age is 166. Of the\\nfour school ouildings, two are frame and two log.\\nThree buildings, two frame and one log, constitute\\nthe educational institutions of Denver Township.\\nThe whole number of pupils is estimated at 109.\\nThe progressive township of Chippewa has five\\nwhole districts and one fractional. Two hundred\\nand forty-five children are enrolled and but 153 have\\nattended during the last school year. Five of the\\nbuildings for school purposes are neat and commodi-\\nous frame structures, while the remaining one is a\\nlog house.\\nThe first school-house in tlie county was built in\\nCoe Township. In this township there are six whole\\ndistricts and two fractional ones. One of the latter\\nhas been organized very recently from other districts.\\nThe number of pupils enrolled is 514. In Coe we\\nfind an absence of the old log school-house, every\\ndistrict being provided with substantial and modern\\nframe buildings.\\nLincoln has seven districts, one of which is frac-\\ntional. None of the schools in tliis township are\\ngraded. District No. 4 has a nice brick school-\\nhouse district No. 7 has the olden-time log, and the\\nremaining five are supplied with frame buildings.\\nNumber of eligible pupils is 4t7.\\nThere are six con.modious frame and one brick\\nbuilding in Fremont, for school purposes. There are\\n422 pupils enrolled.\\nDeerfield has 247 pupils between the ages of five\\nand twenty years; out of tliis number only 190 at-\\ntend school, and these are divided among eleven\\ndistricts, nine of which are whole and one fractional.\\nSix of these school- houses are frame and five log.\\nNottawa has but four districts, and of the four\\nschool-houses three are log and one frame. Of the\\n130 pupils in the township only 65 attend school.\\nGilmore has only three district schools and 114\\npupils in the township. Each of the three districts\\nis provided with good frame school buildings.\\nCold water registers 159 pupils who are entitled to\\nthe educational privileges of the township. Two of\\nthe school buildings are frame, while the other three\\nconsist of logs. These, although fast going out of\\ndate, will serve for school ])urposes till frame or i)rick\\nbuildings can be erected.\\nSherman, although having only 139 pujiils, has six\\ndistrict schools. Three of the houses are frame and\\ntwo log buildings, and the remaining one is con-\\nstructed of blocks.\\nBroom field has four whole districts, and one more\\nis about to be organized. There are but 96 pupils,\\nand only 54 of these arc members of the different\\nschools. Two frame and three log school l)uildings\\nconstitute the whole.\\nSeven frame school buildings are scattered over as\\nmany districts in the township of Rolland. Six of\\nthem are whole districts and one is a fractional. Three\\nhundred and fifty-nine children are qualified to enjoy\\nschool benefits in this township.\\nNeat frame buildings are rapidly taking the place\\nof the old log school-houses, and the cause of edu-\\ncation is constantly advancing, even in the rural dis-\\ntricts. The schools of Isabella County compare fa-\\nvorably with those of her sister counties, although\\nyoung in years and having a limited population.\\n^Jissi/^^r^\u00e2\u0080\u0094m\\n*^^!/3WJrjv\\nDriving-Park Association.\\n||l|\u00c2\u00ae8iSIDE from the .Agricultural Society, there is\\niG^Esaa another association, bearing the title of\\n^kg ly!j i!9 to\\nSjSS? Driving-Park Association, which has been\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0liir P ite profitable to its stockholders, besides af-\\nip fording an attraction for a large number of\\nl)eople who delight in s[X)rting matters. The\\ntrack is a full half-mile in extent, and the directors\\nsay that owners of fast horses tell then) tliat it is\\nwithout equal in Michigan.\\nI he following officers were elected at the last an-\\nnual meeting, held April 19, 1884: President, Wm.\\nPickard Treasurer, F. \\\\V. Carr; Secretary, Wm. T.\\nWhitney; Directors Albert B. Upton, Wm. Pickard,", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "i\\n584\\nISABELLA COUNTY.\\nWm. T. Whitney, Michael Garvin, T. VV. Swart, J.\\nS. Brazee and F. W. Carr.\\nSemi-annual meetings are held, and the purses are\\nlarge enough to attract horsemen who own some of\\nthe most noted flyers.\\nV\\nI\\nThe Isabella County Bar.\\nHRREVER civilization exists, and minis-\\nters, doctors and other equally reputable\\nl^^ji^ people are found, may be expected disci-\\n2 pies of Blackstone, without whom the morals\\nand munici pal management of the country\\nwould soon be at low tide. The legal profes-\\nsion everywhere is represented by men of talent, and\\nthe members of the Isabella County Bar are men of\\neducation and high standing in the community.\\nAlthough the names given are all lawyers and mem-\\nbers of the Bar, only eight of them follow the legal\\nbusiness exclusively. Of these, Charles T. and\\nFred Russell, Free Estee, H. H. Graves, Peter F.,\\nWm. I., George E. and Francis H. Dodds are active\\nmembers of profession, and all of them have a nice\\npractice. Hon. Wm. N. Brown, John C. Leaton, John\\nMaxwell, Dr. S. C. Brown, Charles A. Brown, S. W.\\nHopkins, Cyrus E. Russell, D. Scott Partridge and\\nJudge Cornelius Bennett are all engaged also in other\\nbusiness, but find ample time and opportunity to keep\\ntheir legal armor burnished and many a holly con-\\ntested case has been won by these men, who not un-\\nwillingly resign the field to the younger and more\\nambitious gentlemen that really compose the active\\nmembership of the Bar of Isabella. All these men\\nare residents of M*. Pleasant, and the greatest har-\\nmony prevails among them.\\nA case came before Judge Bennett while he was\\nJustice of the Peace, which was settled satisfactorily\\nwithout going to law. Wan-de-may-cpiay was a good-\\nlooking widow, with a sprightly lad of 12 summers\\nher only heritage. Aw-zee-waw-me, her neighbor,\\nwas a widower, who also had a son about the same\\nage. One day the boys went hunting, and his son\\nfired his rifle at a robin and by accident killed his\\nplaymate, the widow s son. She came to Esquire\\nBennett s office to have the necessary papers made\\nout for the arrest of her neighbor s son. The Es(iuire\\nwas giving her some advice in the matter, knowing\\nthe killing was purely accidental, when Aw-zee-waw-\\nme came in, leading his boy by the hand. After\\nhearing the story of her deceased son s excellent\\nqualities, and the lamentations because her only\\nsupport had thus been taken from her, he magnan-\\nimously tendered her his own boy instead! She, not\\nliking the lad very well, refused the liberal offer.\\nThey talked the matter over together for a few\\nmoments, when Aw-zee-waw-me said, Well, I throw\\nmyself into the trade. The widow joyfully accepted\\nthis offer and the trio left Escjuire Bennett s office as\\nhappy as any newly married pair could feel, and\\nreturned to the widow s home to bury the dead boy.\\nThe nicest part of this story is, the couple are now\\nliving near Mt. Pleasant, and the husband is a mis-\\nsionary among his people. They are doing nicely,\\nand their courtship, although brief, has brought with\\nit quite a pleasant married life.\\nA very rough character came through the town\\nseveral years ago, and while stopping at the hotel,\\nstole a pair of beaver gloves from the pocket of a\\nguest. The fellow was detected in the act, and\\narrested. He was taken before Esciuire Bennett, and\\na jury was summoned at the reipiest of the prisoner.\\nOne or two witnesses had been examined, when the\\nfellow arose, and, drawing the gloves out of his\\npocket, remarked, Well, boys, this thing has gone\\nfar enough. Here s the gloves: let s go over and\\ntake a drink.\\nHe evidently tliought the whole proceeding was\\na farce, but was apprised of his mistake when he was\\nfound guilty of the theft, and was afterward sentenced\\nto confinement in the county jail for six montlis.\\nV^\\n/N\\nc", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "I\\nI\\nT\\n1^\\ntxp^-\\n-:2^ Q\\\\ C-:I1I1^I1D^ T-\\n-Tui sr\\n#1\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\n1\\n3\\nV\\n=-^^n!i ^iiti;\\n1", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0crv\\nDII^DD\\nraf^^is: 4^^5C ^V^\\nI\\nyO)\\n1=3\\ni\\n^5\\nV\\nI\\nI\\ni\u00c2\u00bb\\\\\u00c2\u00ae5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae*-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Si^g r a CjllD: nill-\\n_;Sv^", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "S3?Jfca\\n(e))\u00e2\u0082\u00ac ^t#\u00c2\u00bb\\n(h\\ni^^B^ isr\\nTTV\\nr-\\n1\\nf\\ni\\nAckerraan.B. A 235\\nAdams, Henry 310\\nAdams, John 23\\nAdams, John Quincy 39\\nAdams, \\\\Vm 52\\nAlbright, Amos F 598\\nAlexander, Jackson 382\\nAlger, George B 290\\nAllen, E. W 453\\nAllen, James B 195\\nAllen, JamesD 188\\nAlvord, E. E 382\\nArmstrong, 1. M 260\\nArmstrong, James 265\\nArnold, D. F 4 4\\nArnold, l.E 388\\nArthur, Chester A 99\\nAtkih, George 4 7\\nAyling.Ch.^rles J 185\\nAyling, James 275\\nB\\nHachelder, Jerome 185\\nKagley, John J 157\\nBaker, Geo. W 184\\nBaker, Jacob 2 6\\nBaker, John US\\nBaldwin, Henry P 153\\nBamber, Thomas 244\\nBarden, Charles 3*9\\nBarnes, A.W 250\\nBarrett, Hiram 3\u00c2\u00ab\\nBarry, James so9\\nBarry, John S 113\\nBegole, Josiah W 169\\nBcllingar, Edward 243\\nBennett, Cornelius 181\\nBennett, P. F 427\\nBlgelow, H. I) 287\\nBingham, Kinsley S 137\\nBlair, Austin 145\\nBlake, Samuel 508\\nBlesch, George 4 9\\nBlock, John 34\u00c2\u00b0\\nEogan, Cornelius 290\\nBogue, Charles D 240\\nBoUman, Wm. F 390\\nBone, Francis 4=7\\nBowen,W. B 37S\\nBowcn,W. H 4 6\\nBowman, Charles E 523\\nBoyden, Francis N 322\\nBr.idley, Joseph M 282\\nBriggs, Lester 270\\nBrodie, Alex 211\\nBrooks, Charles M 459\\nBrooks, David W 31.\\nBroomficld,Wm 361\\nBrown, Geo. W 404\\nBrown, Moses 5:0\\nBrown, S. C 478\\nBrown, Wm.N 475\\nBrubaker, H. A 319\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBuhrer, Conrad 203\\nBundy, Caleb 244\\nBurdick, Daniel 428\\nBurnham,L 186\\nBurr, Henry 377\\nBurwash, James A ;.324\\nBush. James 1 303\\nButton, Ethan 299\\nc\\nCaldwell. Arthur B 215\\nCaldwell, H. C 323\\nCaldwell, James C 267\\nCameron, Alex 398\\nCampbell, James 333\\nCampbell, James J 508\\nCampbell, Roderick 309\\nCarr, F. W 213\\nCarroll, Thomas 334\\nChapman, Peter 243\\nChatterton, J. E 204\\nChilds, A. F 458\\nChristie, I. B 384\\nClark, Sidney 208\\nClule, A. J 279\\nCoburn,E R 238\\nCohoon.B. A 345\\nCole,G. W 367\\nColes, Columbus 353\\nColley, S.C 291\\nConley, Peter 331\\nConlogue, V. F 485\\nConverse. J. A 271\\nConverse, M. 1 258\\nCoon, C. E 409\\nCope, J. C 304\\nCopeman, H. C 236\\nCorbus, W J., M. D 501\\nCowles, Whitney H 388\\nCox.Wm. W 299\\nCraft, Samuel 43\\nCrapo, Henry H 149\\nCrego, Frank C 463\\nCrowley, E. S 346\\nCrowley, W. R 188\\nCroswcll, Charles M 161\\nCrum, Cyrus 246\\nCullimore, George P 234\\nCurtiss, Charles F 248\\nCurtiss, John W 229\\nCutler, Wm. 1 492\\nDalton M ichael 440\\nDavenport, .\\\\nson 460\\nDa\\n507\\nDavis, James 498\\nDawson George E 342\\nDeHart, Martin Z 240\\nDclaney, Edward 397\\nDelo, John 384\\nDemlow, Charles 714\\nDenslow, J.H 269\\nDePuy, George W 387\\nDevereaux, M 495\\nl)ibbl ^D. B 191\\nDibble, Mason B 407\\nDickerson, C. C 396\\nDingman, Timothy 304\\nDixon, George E 300\\nDodds,P. F 316\\nDodge, H. C.; 324\\nDoherty, A. J 268\\nDoughty, Jared H 312\\nDoughty, J. R 523\\nDoxiic, Daniel 262\\nDrew, Amos F 247\\nDrew, John A 355\\nDrum, Edward 358\\nDubois, Edward 314\\nDusenbiiry, G. A 452\\nDush,Elzy.\\nDush, Wm.\\nEsrl, George 215\\nKarl, Samuel 420\\nElden Wm. H 4M\\nEldred,S.D 202\\nEllis, Franklin W 353\\nEllis Wesley 343\\nErvin, Robert 352\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05 7\\nEstee, L. D 358\\nF.stee, Perry H 255\\nKauchcr, I. A ^.,4\\nFasquclle, M. F., M. D 437\\nFaulkner, Geo. C ....342\\nFaunce,EllisG 396\\nFaunce, Wm. L 276\\nFay, .JVllcn S ..308\\nFclch Alpheus 117\\nFerris Geo. A ,10\\nFillmore, Millard 67\\nFoglesong, Geo. W 218\\nForbes, C. M 503\\nForbes, Wm. B 288\\nFord, John M 322\\nFord, Orrin E 367\\nFordyce, T. 1 433\\nFoidyce T.J 376\\nFosgitt Silas 493\\nFouls Geo. W 212\\nFox, Joseph B 369\\nFr.aser, John 451\\nFraser, Thomas E 403\\nFreeman, Geo. H 518\\nFrisbee, Hon. A. T 259\\nFrost, Jesse D 516\\nGachtcr, Joseph\\nGardner, Chas. 1\\nGarfield, J a\\nGaskill, Hai\\nc\\n--rr iifl^i]n; ve\\n^J", "height": "2894", "width": "2242", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nr^^i^\\n1\\nI=Z\\nI\\nHall, Alex 257\\nHall, H. T 377\\nHammond. S. C 3.3\\nHammond, J. C 330\\nHanccAdam ..214\\nHance Albert W. 197\\nHance, U. W 217\\nHancr, Hon J.W 440\\nHanneWm. H 333\\nHannett, Thomas 278\\nHardgrove, JohnC 5,9\\nHarris, John A 370\\nHarris, Wm. E 508\\nHarrison, Wm. H 51\\nHart, Stephen 314\\nHawkins, Harriet A 250\\nHjwkins, Lewis C 301\\nHayes, Kiitherford B gi\\nHengesbach, Theodore 335\\nHersey, Cieo. H 354\\nHiggins, Joseph 389\\nHillyard.M. H.... ..........194\\nHipkins, E. S 428\\nHook, Conrad 193\\nHopkins, D.J 36.\\nHopkins, K. M 478\\nHopkins, Hon. S. W 425\\nHoran, Wm 336\\nHoming. Geo. B 300\\nHorning, Tobias P 333\\nHorning, Wm 298\\nHotighton, L. A \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0279\\nHonsc, George 437\\nHoworth.G.W 4,8\\nHoy, Richard 362\\nHunmcl. Theodore 267\\nHummel. Wm A. M 256\\nHungcrford. M. M 245\\nHursh.Mrs. E ,95\\nHiirsh, Sterling A 335\\nHyslop, John ....323\\nI\\nIngcrsoU, Isaac 516\\ni rish Wcl tington 370\\nJackson, Andrew 43\\nJ ackson A ndrew 434\\nJakcway,P.J 293\\nJefferson, Thomas 27\\nJeffords, Charles P 464\\nJerome, David H 165\\nJohnson, Andrew 83\\nJohnson, DewittS 230\\nJohr-.son, Gilbert 321\\nJohnson, J. Q. A 401\\nJohnston, Kobert 280\\nJordan, J. H 344\\nJudge, Thomas 272\\nKc-ii, AlU-n, M. I) 236\\nK,;lloga, Harding 398\\nKenn(;dy, Samuel 491\\nKimball, C 351\\nKinney, James 298\\nKinney, John 336\\nKinter, Cyrcnus 438\\nKintcr,J.M 486\\nKinter, Wm. H 207\\nKoons,H. J 381\\nKratz, Jacob 215\\nKycs, Bcnj. F 258\\nKyes, Chauncey 362\\nKyes. Ransom 4M\\nL\\nI.andon.John T 201\\nLansing, Wm 433\\nLaughlin, Kobert 211\\nLeaton, John C 446\\nLeonard, Merritt 472\\nLctson,S. A 339\\nLicchti, Samuel 237\\nLincoln, Abraham 79\\nLloyd, James H 323\\nLong, Maj. James W 513\\nLoomis, David .....417\\nLoomis, William 224\\nLynch, Daniel 246\\nLyon, D. E 269\\nLyons,J.P 402\\n.\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^f|\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nM\\nMadison, James 31\\nMalconib,M. H.... 326\\nM.inwell, James 205\\nMarklcy,J 1 278\\nMarthcy, Peter J 311\\nMason, Stevens T 105\\nMattison.Amos D 341\\nMaxwell, John 203\\nMcCarthy, Rev. J. J 466\\nMcClelland, Robert 129\\nM c Donald George 192\\nMcKall, James H\\nMiFarren. Wm. D 504\\nMcGihon Michael 320\\nMc(iuire, i homas 300\\nMcKay, Anthony 381\\nMcKay, Andrew M 262\\nMcMillen, James M 227\\nMcNamara, Thomas 486\\nMcQueen, E. F 197\\nMiles, Wm 364\\nMiller, Andrew J 344\\nM iller ticorge 345\\nMiller, John 332\\nMiser, Joseph 356\\nMitchell, C.K 465\\nMonroe,Jamcs 35\\nMoody, Orrin 310\\nMoore, Elijah 477\\nMorrison, John 4.0\\nMorrison, Neal 277\\nMorse, David 192\\nMount, i:. P 419\\nMurtha, George 415\\nMurtha, Michael 207\\nMurtha, S. P 407\\nMyers, Joseph s\\nNeelands. Robert 34\\nNey, E.C 453\\nNichols, John L 363\\nOalhoiit, Lafayette.^. 410\\nO Boyle, Andrew J. 418\\nO Boyle, Michael 489\\nO Brien, James M 293\\nO Connor, James 454\\nOstrandcr, James 308\\nOwen, Joseph A 239\\nPalmer, Fred. K 354\\nParmcnter, N. S 280\\nParmenter,W.W 356\\nParrish. Thomas 354\\nParsell, Warren W 390\\nParsons, Andrew 133\\nParsons.L. H 5,0\\nPartridge, D. Scott 444\\nPayne. L. C 396\\nPearson, Robert 330\\nPorin, Jesse 355\\nPeterson, Wm. M ..325\\nPetz, Lawrence J., M. D 261\\nPhillips, Nicholas 302\\nPhillips, Thomas 301\\nPickard, Thomas 489\\nPickard, Wm 507\\nPierce, Frank D 312\\nPierce, Franklin 71\\nPlowman, Eira P 470\\nPolk, James K 59\\nPotter, 1 M 228\\nPreston, Albert A 497\\nPreston, Wallace W 228\\nPriest, Lewis 256\\nQuick, George M 302\\nQuick, L. B 380\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 125\\nRaymond, J. D 346\\nRedfield. Wm. E 526\\nReed. James 302\\nRcndcll. John 191\\nRichards. Lewis 363\\nRichardson. Charles A 188\\nRichardson, C. W 413\\nRichar.lson,M. D 483\\nRichardson Seth S 206\\nRichardson, Silas B 248\\nRich mond Jesse T 390\\nRoberts, Michael 387\\nRobbins, Charles 334\\nRobbins, P. H 354\\nRobbing. Wm. R 266\\nRobinson, Charles W 303\\nRobinson, Rev. John R 454\\nRobinson. Thomas W 332\\nRockafellow,J. C 432\\nRoot. Thomas J 292\\nRoss. Wm 292\\nRoss.W.T 478\\nRow lader. Alfred C 329\\nRowlader, John 196\\nRudler, Joseph 224\\nRuse, G. A 408\\nRussell, Charles t 471\\nRussell, Edwin 483\\nRuthruff, G. W 364\\nRuthruff, John 249\\nRyerson, Martin M 466\\nSalisbury, E. A 186\\nSandbrook, George 20a\\nSanford,G. H 413\\nSaniord, Peter 297\\nSawyer. Charles W 498\\nSaxlon. Wm. H 257\\nSchafer, John A 460\\nSchafer, Michael 519\\nSchofield, Miles 40a\\nServoss, Philip ...50a\\nShappee, M. 288\\nShaver. A. A 47a\\nShaver, C. B ,45\\nSheldon. Rev. R. P 265\\nShepherd, 1. N 261\\nSimmons. Wm. 1 301\\nSimonds, Wm. H 237\\nSimpson, G. W 217\\nSmith, Levi S 49.S\\nV^\\n\\\\j\\nfn)\\nI", "height": "2905", "width": "2285", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph00ch_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\n^%^^^^sr\\nINDEX.\\n-7^^\\n4)\\nSmith, S. S ?70\\nSopcr, J. H S20\\nSpccktG F 419\\nStdndbridge, Charles H 329\\nStanley, Richard S 249\\nStebbins, F. A 458\\nStcbbins,0. W 516\\nStincG. W 3\\nStirling, Charles 333\\nStringer, E. C 198\\nStringer, Lewis 289\\nStruble, Allen J., M. n 510\\nStrublc, Henry 297\\nStruble Joseph A 490\\nStrublc, J. J M. D 357\\nStruble, Nath.lniel W 282\\nStruble, Wm. W 518\\nSullivan, PC 198\\nSutherland, C. H 289\\nSutliff, Ransley 245\\nSwanston, Wm 3*9\\nSwart, T. W 517\\nSweeney, Frank S 502\\nSwindlchurst, James 465\\nSwitzer, David 271\\nT\\nTanner, Jonathan 343\\nTaylor, Charles 206\\nTaylor, Mrs. C. W., M. D...341\\nTaylor, L. L 235\\nTaylor, Zachary 63\\nThayer, Orlando B J77\\nThompson, C. H 272\\nTinker, James H 237\\nTombs, Martin A 416\\nTombs, Theodore A 464\\nTomlinson, Wm 330\\nTowns, Wm. P 260\\nTrevidick, Henry 287\\nTubbs, F. M 358\\nTubbs, James 470\\nI uckcr, David ..507\\nTurbush, Wm ...281\\nTurnbull, Thomas 225\\nTwomley, C. B 418\\nrryler,F. H 335\\nTyIer,John 55\\nU\\nUpton, B 223\\nUpton, Joshua J 496\\nV\\nVan Buren, Martin 47\\nVanDecar, Levi B 368\\nVanDccar, Wallace M 321\\nVansicc, J. N 491\\nVrcdenbulg A. C 275\\nVroman. David C 520\\nW\\nWagner, John 2.6\\nWaight, Geo. W 244\\nWallace Daniel 313\\nWalton. J. B 443\\nWalton, T.W 446\\nWard, Arthur N 459\\nWard,C. A 490\\nWard, H. E 309\\nWard, Wm. E 415\\nWardwell, Warren 268\\nWashington, George 19\\nWellman, Nelson.. 329\\nWestlake, C. E... 509\\nWeston, A.D 278\\nWhit.ikcr, Wm. H 307\\nWhitehead Wm 187\\nWhitnry, Benj 520\\nWhitney, C. C 503\\nWhitney, George G 205\\nWhitney, R. G. 198\\nWhitney, Wm. T\\nWilliams, Frank.\\nWilliams, Wm.\\nWilsey, Ja\\nWing, Benj.\\nWinn, Lanson.... 332\\nWing, Warren 227\\nWinter, Wesley J 434\\nWinters, Byron 320\\nWisner, Moses 141\\nWolfe, John A 308\\nWolfe, Solomon 415\\nWolfgang, Cornelius 397\\nWonch.Wm. H 440\\nWood, Jesse H 408\\nWoodbridge, Wm .109\\nWoodin, Henry 457\\nWood in, Amos E 247\\nY.arnell, John 439\\nYoung, Alfred L 204\\nYunckcr, Jacob P 431\\n9\\n5\\ni\\nBe\\nMr\\nAdams, John 22\\nAdams, John Quincy 38\\nArthur, Chester A 98\\nBagley, John J 156\\nBaldwin, Henry P 152\\nBarry, John S 112\\nBcgolc, Josiah W 168\\nV Bcllingar, Edward 242\\nI Bennett, Cornelius 178\\nBigelow, H. O 384\\nBigclow, Mrs. Mary E 285\\nBingham, Kinsley S 136\\nBlair, Austin 144\\nBowman, Charles E 522\\nBrodie, Alex 210\\nBroomfield, Wm 360\\nBr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Brubakci\\nBrubakc\\nBughana\\nWn\\nH. A.\\n-3161\\n...317\\n4\\n^Cole, W 36S\\nI^Corbus, W.J,, M. D 500,\\nX^rapo, Henry H 148\\nCrego, Frank C 46a\\nCraft, Samuel 430\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00ba-Croswell, Charles M 160\\n1 DePuy, George W 386\\nDevercaux, M 494\\nDibble, D. B 190\\nI Dibble, Mason B 406\\nEstce, Perry H 252\\nEslee, Mrs. Carrie E 253\\nWasqiiclle, M. F., M. D 436\\n/\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2elch, Alpheus iir.\\nl^ illmore, Millard 56\\nFraser, John 449\\nFraser, Mrs Sylvia 448\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^Garfield, James A 94\\nGlass, Rufus F 349\\nkClass, Mrs. Harriet 348\\nrCirant, I^wis 392\\n^Grant, Mrs. Ida 393\\nii^vD)\u00c2\u00ab^fi- f^m^- ^-^^i\\nt Grant, Ulysses S 86\\n^Greenly, William L 120\\nHarrison, Wm. H 50\\nHayes, Rutherford B go\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baHopkins, Hon. S. W 432\\nHopkins, Mrs. Maggie V 423\\nI Jackson, Andrew 42\\nJefferson, Thomas a6\\nJerome, David H 164\\n^Johnson, Andrew 82\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Johnson, J. Q. A 400\\nKoons, H. J 380\\nn.audon, John T 200\\nLelson, S. A 338\\nLincoln, Abraham 78\\nK^ong, Maj James W 512\\nMadison James 30\\nMason, Stevens T 104\\nMcClelland, Robert 128\\nV^Monroe,James 43\\n^Parsons, Andrew 132\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tickard, Jhomas 488\\nV)\\niTickard, William 506\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Pierce, Franklin 70\\nxPolk, James K 58\\ni-Ransom, Epaphroditus 124\\nRowlandcr, Alfred C 328\\nRussell, Edwin 480\\nRussell, Mrs. Emily 481\\nSanford,G. H 412\\n\u00c2\u00bb^anford, Peter 396\\nSheldon, Rev. R. P 264\\nTaylor, Zachary 62\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Tyler, John 54\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Upton, A. B 220\\nUpton, Mrs. Mell 221\\nVan Buren, Martin 46\\n*^redenburg, C 274\\n^Walton, John B 442\\nWashington, George 18\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^hitaker, Wm. H 306\\nWhitney, Wm. 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