{"1": {"fulltext": "tsri:c:-:\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r;y,,i;Cr-v\u00e2\u0080\u009e-;\\na5\u00c2\u00a3\\n,1M", "height": "2952", "width": "2213", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2941", "width": "2006", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3045", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "J z\\ny\\nz:\\nys^^-\\n-\u00c2\u00bb.-a\\nf T!^T^ IPa\\n1.195-\\n5-fc\\nK|^^\u00c2\u00ab\\nAIA\\n0^\\nd:f)#\\nm\\n11-\\nI\\n^^i.y^^Ji%i/\\\\x-^^\\nSl^ ._ _ ._ 4 r^-\\nRECORD\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094OF\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nKilii^az\u00c2\u00a9\u00c2\u00a7,pileiiFi^laFi Bypei^ Gsunteies,\\nny: I G n I o IN\\nCONTAINING\\nBiographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens,\\nTogether with Biographies of all the\\nloverriors of the itate, and of the Ireside\\nlj\\nW\\n17\\nOF= THE UNITED STKTES.\\nCHICAGO:\\nCHAPMAN BROS.\\n1892.\\nil,\\n..Rin.", "height": "3025", "width": "2203", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": ";o/\\nV,\\nI", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "pF(Ep/^?E.\\nIK greatest of Englbh historians, Macaulay, and one of the most brilliant writers of\\ntlie present centur3-, has said The history of a country is best told in a record of tlic\\nlives of its pec*jle. In conformity with this idea the PonruAiT axd Biograpiiicai.\\nRecord of this county has been prepared. Instead of going to musty records, and\\ntaiving therefrom diy statistical matter that can be appreciated by but few, our\\ncorps of writers have gone to the people, the men and women who have, by their\\nenterprise and industry, brought the county to ninlv second to none among those\\ncomprising this great and noble State, and from their lips have the story of their life\\nstruggles. No more interesting or instructive matter could be presented to an intelli-\\ngent public. In this volume will be found a record of many whose lives are worthy the\\nimitation of coming generations. It tells how some, commencing life in poverty, by\\nindustry and economy have accumulated wealth. It tells how others, with limited\\nadvantages for securing an education, have become learned men and women, with an\\nfluence extending throughout the length and breadth of the land. It tells of men who\\nhave risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have\\nbecome famous. It tells of those in every walk in life who have striven to succeed, and\\nrecords how that success has usually crowned their efforts. It tells also of many, very\\nmany, wlio, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued the even tenor of their way, content\\nto have it said of them as Christ said of the woman performing a deed of mercy they have done what\\nthey could. It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the\\nanvil, the lawyer s office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country s\\ncall went forth valiantly to do or die, and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace\\nonce more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not\\nbe lost upon those who follow after.\\nComing generations will appreciate this volume and preserve it as a sacred treasure, from the fact\\nthat it contains so much that would never find its way into public records, and which would otherwise be\\ninaccessible. Great care has been taken in the compilation of the work and every opportunity possible\\ngiven to those represented to insure correctness in what has been written, and the pulilishers flatter them-\\nselves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph-\\nical sketches, portraits of a number of representative citizens are given.\\nThe faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the\\npublishers are not to blame. Not having a proper conception of the work, some refused to give the\\ninformation necessary to compile a sketch, while others were indifferent. Occasionally some member of\\nthe family would oppose the enterprise, and on account of such opposition the support of the interested\\none would be withheld. In a few instances men could never be found, though repeated calls were made\\nat their residence ftr place of business.\\nMay, 18J2. CHAPMAN UUOS.", "height": "3025", "width": "2203", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "u%Mm%fM\\nV^%f\\ntoe,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "i\\nri.^^^-)T\\na^\\nv.-r\\n\u00c2\u00bbii\u00c2\u00abCft^ s\u00c2\u00ab?t f\\nOF THE\\nGovernors of Michigan,\\nAND OF THE\\ne:\\ni^J\\nOFTHE\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0t-^^!-", "height": "3025", "width": "2203", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "L_4i ^t, IbSl)\\nn^-n ^f Ra", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Mi A A ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r A AAAA^^^^ J\\nyvy 1- 1.", "height": "3025", "width": "2183", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2183", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M-,\\ne^^^^^^^X^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "FIRST PRESIDENT.\\ntt\\nHE Father of our Country was\\n\u00c2\u00a91 born in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 22, 1732. His parents\\nwere Augustine and Mary\\n(Ball) Washington. The family\\nto which he belonged has not\\nbeen satisfactorily traced in\\nEngland. His great-grand-\\nfather, John Washington, em-\\nigrated to Virginia about 1657,\\nand became a prosperous\\nplanter. He had two sons,\\nLawrence and John. The\\nformer married Mildred Warner\\nand had three children, John,\\nAugustine and Mildred. Augus-\\ntine, the father of George, first\\nmarried Jane Butler, who bore\\nhim four children, two of whom,\\nLawrence and Augustine, reached\\nmaturity. Of six children by his\\nsecond marriage, George was the\\neldest, the others being Betty,\\nSamuel, John Augustine, Charles\\nand Mildred.\\nAugustine Washington, the father of George, died\\nin 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his\\neldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an estate on\\nthe Patomac, afterwards known as Mount Vernon,\\nand to George he left the parental residence. George\\nreceived only such education as the neighborhood\\nschools afforded, save for a short time after he left\\nschool, when he received private instruction in\\nmathematics. His spelling was rather defectiv\u00c2\u00ab.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physical\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\nan acknowledged leader among his companions, and\\nwas early noted for that nobleness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George was i4yearsoldhehad a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opposition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. Li\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining experience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 1751, 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 Lidians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Lidies 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 tlie\\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 Lidians. The", "height": "3025", "width": "2183", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "GEORGE WASHINGTON.\\ntrip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near\\nlosing his life, yet he returned in safet) and furnished\\na full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment\\nof 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in com-\\nmand of Col. Joshua Fry, and Major Washington was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. Active war was\\nthen begun against the French and Indians, in which\\nWashington took a most imjxirtant part. In the\\nmemorable event of July 9, 1755, known as Brad-\\ndock s defeat, Washington was almost the only officer\\nof distinction who escaped from the calamities of the\\nday with life and honor. The other aids of Braddock\\nwere disabled early in the action, and Washington\\nalone was left in that capacity on the field. In a letter\\nto his brotiier he says: I had four bullets through\\nmy coat, and two horses shot under me, yetl escaped\\nunhurt, though death was leveling my companions\\non every side. An Indian sharpshooter said he was\\nnot born to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken\\ndirect aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit\\nhim.\\nAfter having been five years in the military service,\\nand vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he\\ntook advantage of the fall of Fort Duquesne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his commission. .Soon after he entered the\\nLegislature, where, although not a leader, he took an\\nactive and important part. January 17, 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Custis.\\nWhen the British Parliament had closed the port\\n^f Boston, the cry went up throughout the provinces\\nthat The cause of Boston is the cause of us all.\\nIt was then, at the suggestion of Virginia, that a Con-\\ngress of all the colonies was called to meet at Phila-\\ndelphia.Sept. 5, 1774, to secure their common liberties,\\npeaceably if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash-\\nington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the\\nCongress re-assembled, when the hostile intentions of\\nEngland were plainly apparent. The battles of Con-\\ncord and Lexington had been fought. Among the\\nfirst acts of this Congress was the election of a com-\\nmander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and\\nresponsible office was conferred upon Washington,\\nwho was still a member of the Congress. He accepted\\nit on June ig, but upon the express condition that he\\nreceive no salary. He would keep an exact account\\nof expenses and expect Congress lo pay them and\\nnothing more. It is not the object of this sketch to\\ntrace the military acts of Washington, to whom the\\nfortunes and liberties of the people of this country\\nwere so long confided. The war was conducted by\\nhim under ever} possible disadvantage, and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\nobstacle, and after seven years of heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\nnation of earth. On Dec. 23, 1783, Washington, in\\na parting address of surpassing beauty, resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He\\nretired immediately to iMount Vernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all\\nconnection with public life.\\nIn February, 1789, Washington was unanimously\\nelected President. In his presidential career he was\\nsubject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new\\ngovernment trials from lack of confidence on the part\\nof other governments; trials from want of harmony\\nbetween the different sections of our own country;\\ntrials from the impoverished condition of the country,\\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 exposed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often bitter and\\nvery annoying.\\nAt the expiration of his first term he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the end of this term manv\\nwere anxious that he be re-elected, but he absolutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of March,\\n1797, at the expiraton of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hojiing to pass there\\nhis few remaining years free from the annoyances of\\npublic life. Later in the year, however, his repose\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with France-\\nAt the prospect of such a war he was again urged to\\ntake command of the armies. He chose his sub-\\nordinate officers and left to them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which he superintended from his\\nhome. In accepting the command he made the\\nreservation that he was not to be in the field until\\nit was necessary. In the midst of these preparations\\nhis life was suddenly cut off. December 12, he took\\na severe cold from a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nill his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatally on the night of the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth his body was borne wi h military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and interred in the family vault at\\nMount Vernon.\\nOf the character of Washington it is impossible to\\nspeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-\\nmiration. The more we see of the operations of\\nour government, and the more deeply we feel the\\ndifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,\\nthe more highly we must estimate the force of his tal-\\nent and character, which have be n able to challenge\\nthe reverence of all parties, and principles, and na-\\ntions, and to win a fame as extended as the limits\\nof the globe, and which we cannot but believe will\\nbe as lasting as the existence of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unusally tan, erect\\nand well proportioned. His muscular strength was\\ngreat. His features were of a beautiful symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect without any appearance of\\nhaughtiness, and ever serious without b^ipg dull.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "J n.Ja:mk)", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "SECOND PBESJDENT.\\n^^sA^ SM\\nr-^\\np\u00c2\u00bb\\n1*^\\n*-^Hi)*:t.\\n.\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u009e-_\\nj-\\nH\\nOHN ADAMS, the second\\nPresident and the first Vice-\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born in Braintree now\\nJi, Quincy ),Mass., and about ten\\nmiles from Boston, Oct. 19,\\nl_^ 1735- His great-grandfather, Henry-\\nAdams, emigrated from England\\nabout 1640, with a family of eight\\nsons, and settled at Braintree. The\\nparents of John were John and\\nSusannah (Boylston) Adams. His\\nfather was a farmer of limited\\nmeans, to 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 AVorcester, Mass. This he found but a\\nsciiool of affliction, from which he endeavored to\\ngain relief by devoting himself, in addition, to the\\nstudy of law. For this purpose he placed himself\\nunder the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. He\\nhad thought seriously of the clerical profession\\nbut seems to have been turned from this by what he\\ntermed the frightful engines of ectlesiastical coun-\\njils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof the operations of which he had been a witness in\\nhis native town. He was well fitted for the legal\\nprofession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep-\\ntive powers. He gradually gained practice, and in\\n1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of superior intelligence. Shortly after his\\nmarriage, (17(15), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\ntion turned him from law to politics. He took initial\\nsteps toward holdin^, a town meeting, and the resolu-\\ntions he offered on the subject became very popular\\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 advocates of the popular cause, and\\nwas chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg-\\nlislature) in 1770.\\nMr. Adams was chosen one of the first delegates\\nfrom Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress,\\nwhich met in 1774. Here he distinguished himselt\\nby his capacity for business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for independence against the\\nmajority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved\\nand carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies\\nshould assume the duties of self-government. He\\nwas a prominent member of the committee of tive\\nappointed June rt, 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 excited feeling, he wrote a letter to his wife\\nwhich, as we read it now, seems to have been dictated\\nby the spirit of prophecy. Yesterday, he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin America; and greater, perhaps, never was or wil\\nbe decided among men. A resolution was passed\\nwithout one dissenting colony, that these United\\nStates are, and of right ought to be, free and inde.\\npendent states. The day is passed. The fourth of\\nJuly, 1776, will be a memorable epoch in the history\\nof America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated\\nby succeeding generations, as the great anniversary\\nfestival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of\\ndeliverance by solemn acts of devotion to Almighty\\nGod. It ought to be solemnized with jximp, showst", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "24\\nJOHN ADAMS.\\ngames, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfrom one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. Vou will think me transjxirted\\nwith enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of\\nthe toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to\\nmaintain this declaration, and support and defend\\nthese States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the\\nrays of light and glory. I can see that the end is\\nworth more than all the means; and that posterity\\nwill triumph, although you and I may rue, which I\\nhope we shall not.\\nIn November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a\\nddegate 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,\\ncomijelled 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 pvoposels. He\\nsailed for France in November, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated imiiortant loans and\\nformed important commercial treaties\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\nJan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and an.xiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nwas advised to go to England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping anddesix)nd-\\ning, he received dispatches from his own government\\nurging the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to\\nnegotiate another loan. It was winter, his health was\\ndelicate, yet he immediately set out, and through\\nstorm, on sea, on horseback and foot,hemade the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785; Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face\\nto face the King of England, who had so long re-\\ngarded him as a traitor. As England did not\\ncondescend to appoint a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought jjermission to return to\\nhis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788.\\nWhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President, .\\\\gain\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President,though not without muchojiposition.\\nServing in this office four vears,he was succeeded by\\nMr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.\\n5Vhile Mr. .\\\\dams was Vice President the great\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Europe,\\nand it was uiwn this point whicli he was at issue with\\nthe majority of his countrymen led by Mr. Jefferson.\\nMr. Adams felt no sympathy with the French people\\nin their struggle, for he had no confidence in their\\npower of self-government, and he utterly abhored the\\nclass of atheist philosophers who he claimed caused it.\\nOn the other hand Jefferson s sympathies were strongly\\nenlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence or-\\niginated the alienation between these distinguished\\nmen, and two powerful parties were thus soon organ-\\nized, .^dams at the head of the one whose sympathies\\nwere with England and Jefferson led the other in\\nsympathy with France.\\nThe world has seldom seen a spectacle of more\\nmoral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the\\nold age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling\\nhad died away, and he had begun to receive that just\\nappreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till\\nafter death. No one could look upon his venerable\\nform, and think of what he had done and suffered,\\nand how he had given up all the prime and strength\\nof his life to the public good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar\\ngood fortune to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which he had been so active in creating and\\nsupi\u00c2\u00bbrting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled\\nto the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the highest\\nstation in the gift of the people.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half\\ncentury since the signing of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, arrived, and there were but three of the\\nsigners of that immortal instrument left upon the\\nearth to hail its morning light. And, as it is\\nwell known, on that day two of these finished their\\nearthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had been rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found himself too weak to rise from\\nhis bed. On being requested to name a toast for the\\ncustomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed In-\\ndependence FOREViiR. 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 spiiit into the hands of his God.\\nThe personal appearance and manners of Mr.\\nAdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his portrait manifests,was intellectual ard expres.\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and h s\\nmanners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous.\\nHe had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor\\nthe engaging elegance and gracefulness which marked\\nthe manners and address of Jefferson.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "4\\n5^^z^Z-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "THIRD PRESIDENT.\\n2?\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\nborn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\ni^^well, 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\\nend Mary College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\na.id splendor. Young Jefferson, who was then 17\\nyears old, lived somewhat expensively, keeping fine\\nhorses, and much caressed by gay society, yet he\\nwas earnestly devoted to his studies, and irreproacha-\\nable in his morals. It is strange, however, under\\nsuch influences,that he was not ruined. In the sec-\\nond year of his college course, moved by some un-\\nexplained inward impulse, he discarded his horses,\\nsociety, and even his favorite violin, to which he had\\npreviously given much time. He often devoted fifteen\\nhours a day to hard study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a run in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained very\\nhigh intellectual culture, alike excellence in philoso-\\nphy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and\\nGreek authors he read wi .h facility. A more finished\\nscholar ha? seldom cone forth from coileL .e halls; and\\nthere was not to be found, perhaps, in all Virginia, a\\nmore pureminded, upright, gentlemanly young man.\\nImmediately upon leaving college he began the\\nstudy of law. For the short time he continued in the\\npractice of his profession he rose rapidly and distin-\\nguished himself by his energy and accuteness as a\\nlawyer. But the times called for greater action.\\nThe policy of England had awakened the spirit of\\nresistance of the American Colonies, and the enlarged\\nviews which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led\\nhim into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses In\\n1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very oeauti-\\nfiil, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell, thsre\\nwas a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new\\nhome; and here he reared a mansion of modest yet\\nelegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vernon\\nbecame the most distinguished resort in our land.\\nIn 1775 ^s is sent to the Colonial Congress,\\nwhere, though a silent member, his abilities as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed upon a number of 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 Adams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefferson, as chairman, was appointed\\nto draw up the paper. Franklin and Adams suggested\\na few verbal changes before it was submitted to Con-\\ngress. On June 28, a few slight changes were made\\nin it by Congress, and it was passed and signed July\\n4, 1776. What must have been the feelings of that", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "THOMAS JEFFERSON.\\nman what the emotions that swelled his breast\\nwho was charged with the preparation of that Dec-\\nlaration, which, while it made known the wrongs of\\nAmerica, was also to publish her to the world, free,\\nsoverign and independent. It is one of the most re-\\nmarkable papers ever written and did no other effort\\nof the mind of its author exist, that alone would be\\nsufficient to stamp his name with immortality.\\nIn 1779 Mr. Jefferson was elected successor to\\nPatrick Henry, as Governor of Virginia. At one time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMoniicello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five\\nminutes ekiiised 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. J, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\nMr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\n1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity,\\nand George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\ntion was disturbed by an event which threatened the\\ntranquility and peace of the Union this was the con-\\nspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated in the late election\\nto the Vice Presidency, and led on by an unprincipled\\namliition, this extrafirdinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition intc the Spanish territories on our\\nlOuthwestern frontier, for the purpose of forming there\\na new republic. This has been generally supposed\\nwas a mere pretext and although it has not been\\ngenerally known what his real plans were, there is no\\ndoubt that they were of a frir more dangerous\\ncharacter.\\nIn 1809, at the expiration of the second term for\\nwhich Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined\\nto retire from political life. For a period of nearly\\nforty years, he had been continually before the pub-\\nlic, and all that time had been employed in offices of\\nthe greatest trust and responsibility. Having thus de-\\nvoted the best part of his life to the service of his\\ncountry, he now felt desirous of that rest which his\\ndeclining years required, and upon the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, iSog, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticelio.\\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 Monticelio, for years, resembled that at a\\nfashionable watering-jilace.\\nTiie fourth of July 1826, being the fiftieth anniver-\\nsary of the Declaration of American Independence,\\ngreat preparations were made in every part of the\\nUnion for its celebration, as the nation s jubilee, and\\nthe citizens of W ashington, to add to the solemnity\\nof the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer,\\nand one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill-\\nness, which had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled him to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn tiie second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left him, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the ne.xt\\nday, which was Monday, he asked of those around\\nhim, the day of the month, and on being told it was\\nthe third of July, he expressed the earnest wish tha\\nhe might be permitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth\\nanniversary. His prayer was heard that day, whose\\ndawn was hailed with such rapture through our land,\\nburst upon his eyes, and then they were closed for-\\never. And what a noble consummation of a noble\\nlife! To die on that day, the birthday of a nation,-\\nthe day which his own name and his own act had\\nrendered glorious; to die amidst the rejoicings and\\nfestivities of a whole nation, who looked up to him,\\nas the author, under God, of their greatest blessings,\\nwas all that was wanting to fill up the record his life.\\nAlmost at the same hour of his death, the kin-\\ndred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear\\nhim company, left the scene of his earthly honors.\\nHand in hand they had stood forth, the champions of\\nfreedom; hand in hand, during the dark and desper-\\nate struggle of the Revolution, they had cheered and\\nanimated their desponding countrymen; for half a\\ncentury they had labored together for the good of\\nthe country; and now hand in hand they depart.\\nIn their lives they had been united in the same great\\ncause of liberty, and in their deaths they were not\\ndivided.\\nIn person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather\\nabove six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes\\nwere light, his hair originally red, in after life became\\nwhite and silvery; his complexion was fair, his fore-\\nhead broad, and his whole couptenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He jxjssessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage and .:s command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernable the care with which he formed his style\\nupon the best models of antiquity.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "\\\\J^\\n/(2x^^ (f-^^^-^l s", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "FOURTH PRESIDENT.\\n31\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\nof the Constitution, and fourth\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born March i6, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\nJune 28, 1836. The name of\\nJames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of the important\\nevents in that heroic period of our\\ncountry during which the founda-\\ntions of this great repubUc were\\nlaid. He was the last of the founders\\nof the Constitution of the United\\nStates to be called to his eternal\\nreward.\\nThe Madison family were among\\nthe early emigrants to the New World,\\nlanding upon the shores of the Chesa-\\npeake but 15 years after the settle-\\nment of Jamestown. The father of\\nJames Madison was an opulent\\nplanter, residing upon a very fine es-\\ntate called Montpelier, Orange Co.,\\nVa. The mansion was situated in\\nthe midst of scenery highly 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 personal 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 iiTl-\\nm\\nprudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three\\nhours sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so\\nseriously impaired that he never recovered any vigor\\nof constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble\\nbody, witli a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subsf\\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-wovk ot\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nmind, and his frail health leading him to think that\\nhis life was not to be long, he directed especial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind\\nsingularly free from passion and [jrejudice, and with\\nalmost unequalled powers of reasoning, he weighed\\nall the arguments for and against revealed religion,\\nuntil his faith became so established as never to\\nbe shaken.\\nIn the spring of 1776, when 26 years of age, he\\nwas elected a member of the Virginia Convention, to\\nframe the constitution of the State. The next year\\n(1777), lie was a candidate for the General Assembly.\\nHe refused to treat the whisky-lovir.g voters, and\\nconsequently lost his election; but those who had\\nwitnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,\\nand he was appointed to the E.xecutive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their appreciation of his", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "3^\\nJAMES MADISON.\\nntellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subsequent eminence. In the year\\nij So, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nCongress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nihe most conspicuous positions among them.\\nFor three years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members\\nIn the year 1784, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the Virginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no power to form treaties\\nwhich would be binding, or to enforce law. There\\nwas not any State more prominent than Virginia in\\nthe declaration, that an efficient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the General Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to appoint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urging all the .States to send their\\ndelegates to Philadelphia, in Mav, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution for the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time appointed. Every State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented. George Washington was chosen\\npresident of the convention; and the present Consti-\\ntution of the United States was then and there formed\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted Ijv a vote 81 to 70 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\\nbtates with but little power at home and little .espect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by the conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the United\\nStates, expounding the principles of the Constitution\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opposition\\nto it at first, but It at length triumphed over all and\\nwent into effect in 1789.\\nMr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre-\\nsentatives in the first Congress, and soon became the\\navowed leader of the Republican party. While in\\nNew York attending Congress, he met Mrs Todd a\\nyoung widow of remarkable power of fascination\\nwhom he married. She was in person and character\\nqueen.y, and probably no lady has thus far occupied\\nso prominent a position in the very peculiar society\\nwhich has constituted our republican court as Mrs\\nMadison.\\nMr. Madison served as Secretary of .State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas cliosen 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. Scholady in his taste, retiring\\nin his disposition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirrt 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.\\n_ On the iSth of June, 1S12, President Madison gave\\nhis approval to an act of Congress declaring war\\nagainst Great Britain. Notwithstanding the bitter\\nhostility of the Federal party to tlie war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 1513, was re-elected by a large majority,\\nand entered upon his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infan\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n1813, in 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\\nof thePatuxet River, near its entrance into Chesa-\\npeake Bay, and marched rapidly, by way of Bladens-\\nburg, upon Washington.\\nThe straggling little city of Washington was thrown\\ninto consternation. The cannon of the brief conflict\\nat Bladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The wjiole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White\\nHouse, with her carriage drawn up at the doer to\\nawait his sjjeedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utteriy routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. 13, 18 15, the treaty of peace was signed at Ghent.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1817, his second term of\\noffice expired, and he resigned the Presidential chair\\nto his friend, James Monroe. He retired to his beau-\\ntiful home at Montpelier, and there passed the re-\\nmainder of his days. On June 28, 1836, then at the\\nage of 85 years, he fell asleep in death. Mrs. Madi-\\nson died July 12, 1849.\\nI", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "7", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "FIFTIf PRESIDENT.\\n35\\nAMES MONROE, the fifth\\nresidentof The United States,\\nwas born in Westmoreland Co.,\\nVa., April 28, 175S. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nnativity. His ancestors had for\\nLa many years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was born. When,\\n\u00c2\u00ab;it 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\\nGreat Britian, declared the separa-\\ntion of thg Colonies, and promul-\\ngated the Declaration of Indepen-\\ndence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly\\nprobable that he would have been one of the signers\\nof that celebrated instrument. At this time he left\\nschool and enlisted among the patriots.\\nHe joined the army when everything looked hope-\\nless and gloomy. The number of deserters increased\\nfrom day to day. The invading armies came pouring\\nin and the tories not only favored the cause of the\\nmother country, but disheartened the new recruits,\\nwho were sufficiently terrified at the prospect of con-\\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 tlie\\nranks, and espoused the cause of his injured ccmntry,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel-\\nancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and White\\nPlains, and accompanied the dispirited army as it fled\\nbefore its foes through New Jersey. In four months\\nafter the Declaration of Independence, the patriots\\nhad been beaten in seven battles. At the battle of\\nTrenton he led the vanguard, and, in the act of charg-\\ning upon the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was ])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 177S, 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\\nemployed with unremitting energy for the public good,", "height": "3025", "width": "2142", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "36\\nJAMES MONROE.\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nDeeplyasMr. Monioefell the imperfectionsof theold\\nConfederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution,\\nihinkiiig, with many others of the Republican parly,\\nthat it gave too much power to the Central Government,\\nand not enough to the individual States. Still he re-\\ntained the esteem of his friends who were its warm\\nsupporters, and who, notwithstanding his opposition\\nsecured its adoption. In 1789, he became a member\\nof the United States Senate; which office he held for\\nfour years. Every month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great parties which divided the nation,\\nthe Federal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent iaeas which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of the Constitution as to give the\\nCentral Government as little power, and the State\\nGovernments as much power, as the Constitution wo\\\\ild\\nwarrant. The Federalists sympathized with England,\\nand were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, which would give as much power to the\\nCentral Government as that document could possibly\\nauthorize.\\nThe leading Federalists and Republicans were\\nalike noble men, consecrating all their energies to the\\ngood of the nation. Two more honest men or more\\npure patriots than John Adams the Federalist, and\\nJames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding up this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was then President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn\\ninto the conflict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a proclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween tliese contending powers. France had helped\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now combined to prevent the French\\nfrom escaping from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse\\nthan that which we had endured Col. Monroe, more\\nmagnanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at\\nwhatever hazard, we should help our old allies in\\ntheir extremity. It was the impulse of a generous\\nand noble nature. He violently opposed the Pres-\\nident s proclamation as ungrateful and wanting in\\nmagnanimity.\\nWashington, who could appreciate such a character,\\ndeveloped his calm, serene, almost divine greatness,\\nby appointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the policy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to fhe Republic of France. Mr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\nIn France with the most enthusiastic demonstr/ -tions.\\nShortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon-\\nroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and held the\\noffice for three yeais. He was again sent to France to\\nco-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining\\nthe vast territory then known as the Province of\\nLouisiana, which France had but shortly before ob-\\ntained from Spain. Their united efforts were suc-\\ncessful. For the comparatively small sum of fifteen\\nmillions of dollars, the entire territory of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to the United States.\\nThis was probably the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world.\\nFrom France Mr. Monroe went to England to ob-\\ntain from that country some recognition of out\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. But Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He agam returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the position of Secretary of State under\\nMadison. While in this office war with England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trying times, the duties of the War Department\\nwere also put upon him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. LTpon the return of\\npeace he resigned the Dei artment of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretary of\u00c2\u00abState until the ex-\\npiration of Mr. Madison s adminstration. At the elec-\\ntion held the previous autumn Mr. Monroe himself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opposition, and\\nupon March 4, 1817, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second tenii.\\nAmong the important measures of his Presidency\\nwere the cession of Florida to the United States; the\\nMissouri Compromise, and the Monroe doctrine.\\nThis famous doctrine, since known as the Monroe\\ndoctrine, was enunciated by him in 1823. At that\\ntime the United States had recognized the independ-\\nence of the South American states, and did not wish\\nto have European powers longer attempting to sub-\\ndue portions of the American Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we should consider any attempt\\non the part of European powers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerotis\\nto our peace and safety, and that we could not\\nview any interposition for the purix)se of oppressing\\nor controlling American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestation by European\\npowers of an unfriendly disposition toward the United\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsentiment of the United States.\\nK\\\\. the end of his second term Mr. Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived until 1830,\\nwhen he went to New York to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In that city he died.on the 4th of July, 1831", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "J, 5, Ai\\nOAnj", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "SIXTH PRESIDRNT.\\n39\\n71^\\njor^i] Qnii]SY ;iD^i]QS.\\nl$;K$\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bb$;T:^ \u00c2\u00ab^;ic$ \u00c2\u00ab^k^ Se;;g^ $;:g*$;;;s- 5;:iT^$;K\u00c2\u00ab-*-5Z$**x* ie;:^\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nsixth President of the United\\nj^j* States, was born in the rural\\nhome of his honored father,\\nJohn Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I ith cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exalted\\nworth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the almost constant ab-\\nsence of liis father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\ning to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunker s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning up from the conflagration of\\nCharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet ot liostile British cruisers. The bright,\\nanimated boy spent a year and a half in Paris, where\\nhis father was associated with Franklin and Lee as\\nminister plenipotentiary. His intelligence attracted\\nthe notice of these distinguished men, and he received\\nfrom them flattering marks of attention.\\nMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this\\ncountry, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again\\n7ohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napplied liimself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto jtudy; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nv/nere he entered, first a scliool in Amsterdam, then\\nthe University at Leyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in 178 1, when the manly 1 oy was but fourteen\\nyea-3 of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min-\\nister to the Russian court, as his private secretar}\\nTn this school of incessant labor and of enobling\\nculture he spent fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, wlien in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\n-T.s studies, under a pn- ^te tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father u\\nParis, traveling leisurely, and forming acquaintance\\nwith the most distinguished men on the Continent\\nexamining architectural remains, galleries of paintings\\nand all renowned works of art. At Paris he agair.\\nbecame associated with the most illustrious men ol\\nall lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. Afte\\na short visit to England he returned to Paris, ana\\nconsecrated all Iris 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 tlie etiquette of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncumstances, must have been extremely attractive\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre-\\nferred to return to America to complete his education\\nin an American college. He wished then to study\\nlaw, that with an honorable profession, he might be\\nable to obtain an independent support.\\nUpon leaving Harvard College, at theageof twentj-\\nhe studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be-\\ning then but tv/enty-seven years of age, he was ap-\\npointed by Washington, resident minister at the\\nNetherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached\\nLondon in October, where he was immediately admit-\\nted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney.\\nassisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with\\nGreat Britian. After thus spending a fortnight i.\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal a3\\nminister plenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Beilin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. While waiting he was married to ar.\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been previously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughte\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in london\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom.\\nplisliment which eminently fitted her to move in ti.e\\nelevated sphere for which she w;is i^ RS ioed.", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "40\\nJOHN QUINCY ADAMS.\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purjwses 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 tlie Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQuincy .\\\\dams 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\\nI^atin 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 appointed Mr.\\n.\\\\dams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the\\ni8th of August, he again crossed the threshold of his\\nhome in Quincy. During the eight years of Mr. Mon-\\nroe s administration, Mr, Adams continued Secretary\\nof State.\\nSome time before Lhe close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to be presented\\nfor the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought\\nforward his name. It \u00c2\u00bbvas an e.xciting campaign.\\nParty spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and\\nsixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re-\\nceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four;\\nWilliam H. Crawford, forty-one; Henry Clay, thirty-\\nseven. As there was no choice by the people, the\\nquestion went to the House of Representatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and\\nhe was elected.\\nThe friends of all the disappointed candidates now\\n;ombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon\\nMr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in\\n\u00c2\u00bbfee past history of our country than the abuse which\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upoa this\\nhigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remarkable degree, ab-\\nstemious and temperate in his habits; always rising\\nearly, and taking much exercise. When at his home in\\nQuincy, he has been known to walk, before breakfast,\\nseven miles to Boston. In Washington, it was said\\nthat he was the first man up in the city, lighting his\\nown fire and applying himself to work in his library\\noften long before dawn.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired\\nfrom the Presidency, and was succeeded by Andrew\\nJackson. John C. Calhoun was elected Vice Presi-\\ndent. The slavery question now began to assume\\njxjrtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nQuincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un-\\nabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re-\\nmain in retirement. In November, 1830, he was\\nelected representative to Congress. For seventeen\\nyears, jntil his death, he occupied the post as repre-\\nsentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for freedom, and winning the title of\\nthe old man eloquent. Upon taking his seat in\\nthe House, he announced that he should hold him-\\nself bound to no party. Probably there never was a\\nmember more devoted to his duties. He was usually\\nthe first in his place in the morning, and the last to\\nleave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could\\nbe brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The\\nbattle which Mr. .\\\\dams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe proslavery party in the Government, was sublime\\nin Its moral daring and heroism. For persisting in\\npresenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, he\\nwas threatened with indictment by the grand Jury,\\nwith expulsion from the House, with assassination\\nbut no threats could intimidate him, and his final\\ntriumph was complete.\\nIt has been said of President Adams, that when his\\nbody was bent and his hair silvered by the lapse of\\nfourscore years, yielding to the simple faith of a little\\nchild, he was accustomed to repeat every night, before\\nhe slept, the prajer which his mother taught 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 ]iaraly-\\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, \\\\l am content These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "SE VENTH PRESIDENT.\\n^3\\ni^^^^^^Qpi^^Sl/mnpr^^\\n^^WiM\\ni xa;ia2/iS-^ S~^-* ^-=r^f^j^!^^| gj\\nNDREW JACKSON, the\\nseventh President of the\\n1? United States, was born ni\\nWaxhaw settlement, N. C,\\nMarch 15, 1767, a few days\\nafter his father s death. His\\nparents were poor emigrants\\nfrom Ireland, and took up\\ntheir abode in Waxhaw set-\\ntlement, where they lived in\\ndeepest poverty.\\nAndrew, or Andy, as he was\\nuniversally called, grew up a very\\nrough, rude, turbulent boy. His\\nfeatures were coarse, his form un-\\ngainly; and there was but very\\nlittle in his character, made visible, which was at-\\ntractive.\\nWhen only thirteen years old he joined the volun-\\nteers of Carolina against the British invasion. In\\n178 1, 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 desi)erate\\nDlow at the head of the helpless young prisoner.\\nAndrew raised his hand, and thus received two fear-\\nful gashes, one on the hand and the other upon the\\nhead. The officer then turned to his brother Robert\\nwith the same demand. He also refused, and re-\\nceived a blow from the keen-edged sabre, which quite\\ndisabled him, and which probably soon after caused\\nhis death. They suffered much other ill-treatment, and\\nwere finally stricken with the small-pox. Their\\nmother was successful \\\\r\\\\ Qbtaining their exchange.\\nand took her sick boys home. After a long illness.\\nAndrew recovered, and the death of his 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 Sharp Knife.\\nIn 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman who\\nsupposed herself divorced from her former husband.\\nGreat was the surprise of both parties, two years later,\\nto find that the conditionsof the divorce had just been\\ndefinitely settled by the first husband. The marriage\\nceremony was performed a second time, but the occur-\\nrence was often used by his enemies to bring Mr.\\nJackson into disfavor.\\nDuring these years he worked hard at his profes\\nsion, and frequently had one or more duels on hand,\\none of which, when he killed Dickenson, was espec-\\nially disgraceful.\\nIn January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee then\\ncontaining nearly eighty thousand inhabitants, the\\npeople met in convention at Knoxville to frame a con-\\nstitution. Five were sent from each of the eleven\\ncounties. Andrew Jackson was one of the delegates.\\nThe new State was entitled to but one member in\\nthe National House of Representatives. Andrew JacTc-\\nson was chosen that member. Mounting his horse he\\nrode to Philedelphia, where Congress then held its", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "44\\nANDREW JACKSON.\\nsessions, a distance of about eight hundred miles.\\nJackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo-\\ncratic party. Jefferson was his idol. He admired\\nBonaparte, loved France and hated England. As Mr.\\nJackson took his seat, Gen. Washington, whose\\nsecond term of office was then e.xpiring, delivered his\\nlast speech to Congress. A committee drew up a\\ncomplimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson\\ndid not approve of tlie address, and was one of the\\ntwelve who voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. Wasiiington s adminstration had been\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nMr. Jackson was elected to the United States\\nSenate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\nSoon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof his State, which position he held for si.x years.\\nWhen the war of 1812 with Great Biitian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who\\nwould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred u|)on him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\noffered his services and tiiose of twenty-five hundred\\nvolunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops\\nwere assembled at Nashville.\\nAs the British were hourly expected to make an at-\\ntack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wilkinson was\\nin command, he was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The\\ne.xpedition reached Natchez; and after a delay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered liack to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him\\ngolden opinions; and he became the most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of Old Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman\\nmade about his taking a part as second in a duel, in\\nwhich a younger brother of Benton s was engaged,\\nhe received two severe i)istol wounds. While he was\\nlingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had combined under Tecumseh from\\nFlorida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set-\\ntlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De-\\ncisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with\\nhis fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in\\na sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis-\\ntance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Alabama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bends of theTallauoosa River, near the cen-\\nter of Alabama, about fifty miles below Fort Strother.\\nWith an army of two thousand men, Gen. Jackson\\ntraversed the pathless wilderness in a march of eleven\\ndays. He reached their fort, called Tohopeka or\\nHorse-shoe, on the 27th of March. 1814. The bend\\nof the river enclosed nearly one hundred acres of\\ntangled forest and wild ravine. Across the narrow-\\nneck the Indians had constructed a formidable breast-\\nwork of logs and brush. Here nine hundred warriors,\\nwith an ample suplyof arms were assembled.\\nThe fort was stormed. The fight was utterly des-\\nperate. Not an Indian would accept of 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. Some threw themselves into the\\nriver; but the unerring bullet struck their heads as\\nthey swam. Nearly everyone of the nine hundred war-\\nrios were killed A few probably, in the night, swam\\nthe river and escaped. This ended the war. The\\npower of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold\\nplunge into the wilderness, with its terrifific slaughter,\\nso appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants\\nof the bands caiue to the camp, begging for peace.\\nThis closing of the Creek war enabled us to con-\\ncentrate all our militia upon the British, who were the\\nallies of the Indians No man of less resolute will\\nthan Gen. Jackson could have conducted this Indian\\ncampaign to so successful an issue Immediately he\\nwas appointed major-general.\\nLate in August, with an army of two thousand\\nmen, on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson came to\\nMobile. A British fleet came from Pensacola, landed\\na force upon the beach, anchored near the little fort,\\nand from both ship and shore commeaced a furious\\nassault. The liattle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was blown up and the rest retired.\\nGarrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his little\\narmy, he moved his troops to New Orleans,\\nAnd the battle of New Orleans which soon ensued,\\nwas in reality a very arduous campaign. This won\\nfor Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. Here his\\ntroops, which numbered about four thousand men,\\nwon a signal victory over the British army of about\\nnine thousand. His loss was but thirteen, while the\\nloss of the British was two thousand six hundred.\\nThe name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be men-\\ntioned in connection with the Presidency, but, in 1824,\\nhe was defeated by Mr. Adams. He was, however,\\nsuccessful in the election of 1828, and was re-elected\\nfor a second term in 1832. In 1829, just before he\\nassumed the reins of the government, he met with\\nthe most terrible affliction of his life in the death of\\nhis wife, whom he had loved with a devotion which has\\nperhaps never been surpassed. From the shock of\\nher death he never recovered.\\nHis administration was one of the most memorable\\nin the annals of our country; applaude/f oyone party,\\ncondemned by the other. No man had more bitter\\nenemies or warmer friends. Kx. the expiration of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack-\\nson s life w-ere that of a devoted Christian man.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "7 7 ^-7^/Ju^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "EIGHTH PRESIDENT.\\nm\\nA^\\nARTIN VAN BUREN, the\\neighth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5,\\n1782. He died at the same\\nplace, July 24, 1862. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\na plain granite shaft fifteen feet\\nhigh, bearing a simple inscription\\nabout half way up on one face.\\nThe lot is unfenced, unbordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere is but little in the life of Martin Van Buren\\nof romantic interest. He fought no battles, engaged\\nin no wild adventures. Though his life was stormy in\\npolitical and intellectual conflicts, and he gained many\\nsignal victories, his days passed uneventful in those\\nincidents which give zest to biography. His an-\\ncestors, as his name indicates, were of Dutch origin,\\nand were among the earliest emigrants from Holland\\nto the banks of the Hudson. His father was a farmer,\\nresiding in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother,\\nalso of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel-\\nligence and exemplary piety.\\nAe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un-\\nusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At the\\nage of fourteen, he had finished his academic studies\\nin his native village, and commenced the study of\\nlaw. As he had not a collegiate education, seven\\nyears of study in a law-office were required of him\\n)efore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with\\nJ. lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur-\\n,sued his studies with indefatigable industry. After\\nspending six years in an office in bis native village,\\nhe went to the city of New York, and prosecuted liis\\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 in cordial sympathy with\\nJefferson, and earnestly and eloquently espoused the\\ncause of State Rights though at that time the Fed-\\neral party held the supremacy both in his town\\nand State.\\nHis success and increasing ruputation led him\\nafter six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, th.,\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years\\nconstantly gaining strength by contending in th(.\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mi.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. After twelve short\\nyears she sank into the grave, the victim of consump-\\ntion, leaving her husband and four sons to weep over\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successful, assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn t8i2, when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 1815, he was ap-\\npointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\nWhile he was ackno\\\\\\\\ ledged as one of the most\\np. ominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "48\\nMartin van bvrBN.\\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 sliould be open\\nto every man without distinction, no one should be\\ninvested with that sacred prerogative, unless he were\\nin some degree qualified for it by intelligence, virtue\\nand some property interests in the welfare of the\\nState.\\nIn 182 1 he was elected member of the United\\nStates Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat\\nin the convention to revise the constitution of his\\nnative State. His course in this convention secured\\nthe approval of men of all parties. No one could\\ndoubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the\\ninterests of all classes in the community. In the\\nSenate of the United States, he rose at once to a\\nconspicuous position as an active and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\n.he Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\nrermined opposer of the Administration, adopting the\\nState Rights view in opposition to what was\\ndeemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams.\\nSoon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governorof\\nthe State of New York, and accordingly resigned his\\nseat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United\\nStates contributed so much towards ejecting John Q.\\nAdams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it\\nAndrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether\\nentitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re-\\ngarded througiiout the United States as one of the\\nmost skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians.\\nIt was supjxised that no one knew so well as he how\\nto touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all\\nthe wires to put his machinery in motion and how to\\norganize a political array which would, secretly and\\nstealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By\\nthese powers it is said that he outv/itted Mr. Adams,\\nMr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which\\nlew thought then could be accomplished.\\nWhen Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\nappointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. This\\nposition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\nappointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. The Senate, however, wlien it met,\\nrefused to ratify the nomination, and he returned\\nhome, apparently untroubled; was nominated Vice\\nPresident in tlie place of Calhoun, at the re-election\\nof President Jackson; and with smiles for all and\\nfrowns for none, he took his place at the head of that\\nSenate which \\\\\\\\iA 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 tills, probably more than any other cause,\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu\\nlive. 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 tills country in war with England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial ])anic 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 quietly upoii his estate until\\nhis death.\\nHe had ever been a prudent man, of frugal habits,\\nand living within his income, had now fortunately a\\ncompetence for his declining years. His unblemished\\ncharacter, his commanding abilities, his unquestioned\\npatriotism, and the distinguished positions which he\\nhad occupied in the government of our country, se-\\ncured to him not only the homage of his party, but\\nthe respect ot the whole community. It was on the\\n4th of March, 1841, that Mr. Van Buren retired from\\nthe presidency. From his fine estate at Lindenwald,\\nhe still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics\\nof the country. From this time until his death, on\\nthe 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty years, he\\nresided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of leisure, of\\nculture and of wealth; enjoying in a healthy old\\nage, probably far more happiness than he had before\\nexperienced amid the stormy scenes of his active life-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "J9r )Te yi-^. ^i", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "NINTH PRESIDENT.\\n5\u00c2\u00ab\\nV^ ^K\\nk\\n4\\na j\\nILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON, the ninth President of\\nthe United States, was born\\nat Berkeley, Va., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHis father, Benjamin Harri-\\nson, was in comparatively op-\\nulent circumstances, and was\\none of the most distinguished\\nmen of his day. He was an\\nintimate friend of George\\nWashington, was early elected\\na member of the Continental\\nCongress, and was conspicuous\\namong the patriots of Virginia in\\nresisting the encroachments of the\\nBritish crown. In the celebrated\\nCongress of 1775, Benjamin Har-\\nrison and John Hancock were\\nboth candidates for the office of\\nspeaker.\\nMr Harrison was subsequently\\nchosen Governor of Virginia, and\\nwas twice re-elected. His son,\\ni William Henry, of course enjoyed\\nin childhood all the advantages which wealth and\\nintellectual and cultivated society could give. Hav-\\ning received a thorough 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.\\niJpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the \u00e2\u0096\u00a0eraonstrances of his friends, he\\nabandoned his medical studies and entered the army,\\nsaving obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent Washington. He was then but 19 years old.\\nFrom that time he passed gradually upward in rank\\nuntil he became aid to General Wa^ne, after whose\\ndeath he resigned his commission. He was then ap-\\npointed Secretary of the North-western Territory. This\\nTerritory was then entitled to but one member in\\nCongress and Capt. Harrison was chosen to fill that\\nposition.\\nIn the spring of 1800 the North-western Territory\\nwas divided by Congress into two portions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin the State of Ohio, was called The Territory\\nnorth-west of the Ohio. The western portion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil-\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, wasap\\npointed by John Adams, Governor of the Indiana\\nTerritory, and immediately after, also Governor of\\nUpper Louisiana. He was thus ruler over almost as\\nextensive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. He\\nwas Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and was in-\\nvested with powers nearly dictatorial over the now\\nrapidly increasing white population. The ability and\\nfidelity with which he discharged these responsible\\nduties may be inferred from the fact that he was four\\ntimes appointed to this office first by John Adams,\\ntwice by Thomas Jefferson and afterwards by Presi-\\ndent Madison.\\nWhen he began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white settlements in that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic-. One of these settlements\\nwas on the Ohio, nearly opposite Louisville; one at\\nVincennes, on the Wabash, and the third a French\\nsettlement.\\nThe vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrisou\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. Abou*", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "52\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary men, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Tecumseh, or The Crouching\\nPanther; the other, OUivvacheca, or The Prophet.\\nTecumseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresight and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise ni which he might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\ntlie encroachment of the whiles upon the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His brother, tlie Prophet, was\\nan orator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored\\nIndian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which\\nthey dwelt.\\nBut the Prophet was not merely an orator he was,\\nin the superstitious minds of the Indians, invested\\nwith the superhuman dignity of a medicine-man or a\\nmagician. With an enthusiasm unsurpassed by Peter\\nthe Hermit rousing Europe to the crusades, he went\\nfrom tribe to tribe, assuming that he was specially sent\\nby the Great Spirit.\\nGov. Harrison made many attempts to conciliate\\nthe Indians, but at last the war came, and at Tippe-\\ncanoe the Indians were routed with great slaughter.\\nOctober 28, 1812, liis army began its march. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\ntheir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harri.iO)i was\\napproaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\nshort conference, arrangements vvere made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by such protes-\\ntations. Selecting a favorable spot for his night s en-\\ncampment, he took every precaution against surprise.\\nHis troops were posted in a hollow square, and slept\\nupon their arms.\\nThe troops threw themselves upon the ground for\\nrest; but every man had his accourtrements on, his\\nloaded musket by his side, and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, between three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It\\nwas a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In\\nthe darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi-\\nble, and j ist then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all\\nthe desperation which superstition and passion most\\nhighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the\\nlittle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition by the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained by a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\n^us yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubting a\\nspeedy and an entire victor}-. But Gen. Harrison s\\ntroops stood as immovable as the rocks around them\\nuntil day dawned they then made a simultaneous\\ncharge with the bayonet, and swept every thing be-\\nfore them, and completely routing the foe.\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from the Can-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rushing like wolves from the\\nforest, sear.hing 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 witli the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed by President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to protect the frontiers.\\nIt would be difficult to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\nGeneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nobly and triumphantly did he meet .all the re\\nsponsibilities.\\nHe won the love of his soldiers by always sharinji\\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 prisoners of war, supped with him after the battle.\\nThe only fare he could give them was beef roasted\\nbefore the fire, without bread or salt.\\nIn 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of\\nthe National House of Representatives, to represent\\nthe District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an\\nactive member; and whenever he spoke, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn 1819, Harrison was elected to the Senate of\\nOhio; and in 1824, as one of the presidential electors\\nof that State, he gave his vote for Henry Clay. The\\nsame year he was chosen to the United States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought 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-nomirated by his\\nparty, and Mr. Harrison was unanimously nominated\\nby the Whigs, with John Tyler for the Vice Presidency.\\nThe contest was very animated. Gen Jackson gave\\nall his influence to prevent Harrison s election but\\nhis triumph was signal.\\nThe cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Webster\\nat its head as Secretary of State, was one of the most\\nbrilliant with which any President had ever been\\nsurrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin-\\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 Ur.ited States.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "^r^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "TENTH PRESIDENT.\\n55\\nOHN TYLER, the tenth\\nPresidentof the United States.\\nHe was born in Charles-city\\nCo., Va., March 29, 1790. He\\nwas the favored child of af-\\nfluence and high social po-\\nsition. At the early age of\\ntwelve, John entered William\\nand Mary College and grad-\\nuated with much honor when\\nbut seventeen years old. After\\ngraduating, he devoted him-\\nself with great assiduity to the\\nstudy of law, partly with his\\nfather and partly with Edmund\\nRandolph, one of the most distin-\\nguished lawyers of Virginia.\\nAt nineteen years of age, ne\\ncommenced the practice of law.\\nHis success was rapid and aston-\\nishing. It is said that three\\nmonths had not elapsed ere there\\nwas scarcely a case on the dock-\\net of the court in which he was\\ni\u00c2\u00bbDt retained. When but twenty-one years of age, he\\nwas almost unanimously e ected to a seat in the State\\nLegislature. He connected himself with the Demo-\\ncratic party, and warmly advocated the measures of\\nJefferson and Madison. For five successive years he\\nwas elected to the Legislature, receiving nearly the\\nunanimous vote or his county.\\nWhen but twenty-six years of age, he was elected\\na member of Congress. Here he acted earnestly and\\nably with the Democratic party, opposing a national\\nbank, internal improvements by the General Govern-\\nment, a protective tariff, and advocatmg a strict con-\\nstruction of the Constitution, and the most careful\\nvigilance over State rights. His labors in Congress\\nwere so arduous that before the close of his second\\nterm he found it necessary to resign and retire to his\\nestate in Charles-city Co., to recruit his health. He,\\nhowever, soon after consented to take his seat in the\\nState Legislature, where his influence was powerful\\nin promoting public works of great utility. With a\\nreputation thus canstantly increasing, he was chosen\\nby a very large majority of votes, Governor of his\\nnative State. His administration was signally a suc-\\ncessful one. His popularity secured his re-election.\\nJohn Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed\\nman, then represented Virginia in the Senate of the\\nUnited States. A portion of the Democratic party\\nwas displeased with Mr. Randolph s wayward course,\\nand brought forward John Tyler as his opponent,\\nconsidering him the only man in Virginia of sufficient\\npopularity to succeed against the renowned orator of\\nRoanoke. Mr. Tyler was the victor.\\nLi accordance with his professions, upon taking his\\nseat in the Senate, he joined the ranks of the opposi-\\ntion. He opposed the tariff; he spoke against and\\nvoted against the bank as unconstitutional he stren-\\nuously opposed all restrictions upon slavery, resist-\\ning all projects of internal improvements by the Gen-\\neral Government, and avowed his sympathy with Mr.\\nCalhoun s view of nullification; hedeclared that Gen.\\nJackson, by his opposition to the nullifiers, had\\nabandoned the principles of the Democratic party.\\nSuch was Mr. Tyler s record in Congress, a record\\nin perfect accordance with the principles which he\\nhad always avowed.\\nReturning to Virginia, he resumed the practice of\\nhis profession. There was a rplit in the Democratic", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "56\\nJOHN TYLER.\\njtarty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\nvate affairs had fallen into some disorder; audit was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he remosed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the betier 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\\nJ839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment of\\nthe South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili-\\nate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the\\nconvention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig party in the Noith: but the Vice\\nPresident has but very little power in the Govern-\\nment, his main and almost only duty being to pre-\\nside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it hap-\\npened that a Whig President, and, in reality, a\\nDemocratic Vice President were chosen.\\nIn 1 84 1, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice Presi-\\ndent of the United States. In one short month from\\nthat time. President Harrison died, and Mr. Tyler\\nthus -cund himself, to his own surprise and that of\\nthe whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential\\nchair. This was a new test of the stability of our\\ninstitutions, as it was the first time in the history of our\\ncountry that such an event had occured. Mr. Tyler\\nwas at home in Williamsburg when he received the\\nunexpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nApril -.vas inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was placed in a position of exceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his long life he had been\\nopposed tc the main principles of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, honL:t man, with an unblemished record.\\nGen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus surround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nmony with himself, and which would oppose all those\\nviews which the Whigs deemed essential to the pub-\\nlic welfare? This was his fearful dilemma. He in-\\nvited the cabinet which President Harrison had\\nselected to retain their seats. He reccommended a\\nday of fasting and prayer, that God would guide and\\nbless us.\\nThe Whigs carried through Congress a bill for the\\nincor]wration of a fiscal bank of the United States.\\nThe President, after ten days delay, returned it with\\nhis veto. He suceested, however, that he -.vould\\napprove oi 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. AH the members of his\\ncabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, resigned. The Whigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the people of the\\nUnited States, proclaiming that all political alliance\\nbetween the Whigs and President Tyler were at\\nan end.\\nStill the President attempted to conciliate. He\\nappointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs and\\nConservatives, carefully leaving out all strong party\\nmen. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary to resign,\\nforced out by the pressure of his Whig friends. Thus\\nthe four years of Mr. Tyler s unfortunate administra-\\ntion jjassed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vituperation, ^\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0higs\\nand Democrats alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himself into sympathy with his\\nold friends, the Democrats, until atthe close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr.\\nPolk, the Democratie candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, to the regret of neither party, and\\nprobably to his own unspeakable relief. His first wife.\\nMiss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842;\\nand in June, 1844, President Tylei was again married,\\nat New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of\\nmany personal and intellectuaraccomplishments.\\nThe remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly\\nin retirement at his beautiful home, Sherwood For-\\nest, Charles city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in\\nhis manners, richly furnished with information from\\nbooks and experience in the world, and possessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his family circle was\\nthe scene of unasual attractions. With sufficient\\nmeans for the exercise of a generous hospitality, he\\nmight have enjoyed a serene old age with the few\\nfriends who gathered around him, were it not for the\\nstorms of civil war which his own principles and\\npolicy had helped to introduce.\\nWhen the great Rebellion rose, which the State-\\nrights and nullifying doctrines of Mr. John C. Cal-\\nhoun had inaugurated. President Tyler renounced his\\nallegiance to the United States, and joined the Confed-\\nerates. He was chosen a member of their Congress;\\nand while engaged in active measures to destroy, by\\nforce of arms, the Government over which he had\\nonce presided, he was taken sick and soon died.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "s^mM\\nOCL^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "ELEVENTH PRESIDENT.\\n59\\nAMES K. POLK, the eleventh\\n?|aPresident of the United States,\\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 1735.\\nIn the year 1S06, with his wife\\nand children, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\nthe Polk famly, Samuel Polk emi-\\ngrated some two or three hundred\\nmiles farther west, to the rich valley\\nof the Duck River. Here in the\\nmidst of the wilderness, in a region\\nwhich was subsequently called Mau-\\nry Co., they reared their log huts,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the pur-\\nsuit of a surveyor to that of a farmer,\\ngradually increased in wealth until\\nhe became one of the leading men of the region. His\\nmother was a superior woman, of strong common\\nsense and earnest piety.\\nVery early in life, James developed a taste for\\nreading and expressed the strongest desire to obtain\\na liberal education. His mother s training had made\\nliim methodical in his habits, had taught him punct-\\nuality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty\\nprinciples of morality. His health was frail and his\\nfather fearing that he might ?ot W. able to endure a\\nsedentary life, got a situation for him behind the\\ncounter, hoping to fit him for commercial pursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disappointment. He\\nhad no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks\\nwere irksome in the extreme. He remained in this\\nuncongenial occupation but a few weeks, when at his\\nearnest solicitation his father removed him, and made\\narrangements for him to prosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. With\\nardor which could scarcely be surpassed, he pressed\\nforward in his studies, and in less than two and a half\\nyears, in the autumn of 1815, entered the sophomore\\nclass in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel\\nHill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of\\nscholars, punctual in every exercise, never allowing\\nhimself to be absent from a recitation or a religious\\nservice.\\nHe graduated in 1818, with the highest honors, be*\\ning deemed the best scholar of his class, both in\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired by the assiduity with which he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of FeHx Grundy, to study law. Here Mr. Polk\\nrenewed his acquaintance with Andrew Jackson, who\\nresided on his plantation, the Hermitage, but a few\\nmiles from Nashville. They had probably been\\nslightly acquainted before.\\nMr. Polk s father was a Jeffersonian Republican,\\nand James K. Polk ever adhered to the same politi-\\ncal faith. He was a popular public speaker, and was\\nconstantly called upon to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was popularly called the Napoleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial and", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "6o\\n/AMES K. POLK.\\nMurterus in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnatu -e in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave\\nhim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nto the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\nMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In tlie fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto liis constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con-\\ntinuec* in that office. He then voluntarily withdrew,\\nonly that he might accept the Gubernatorial chair\\nof Tennessee. In Congress he was a laborious\\nmember, a frequent and a popular speaker. He was\\nalways in his seat, always courteous and whenever\\nhe spoke it was always to the point, and without any\\nambitious rhetorical display.\\nDuring five sessions of Congress, Mr. Polk was\\nSpeaker of the House, Strong passions were roused,\\nand stormy scenes were witnessed but Mr. Polk per-\\nformed his arduous duties to a very general satisfac-\\ntion, and a unanimous vote of thanks to him was\\npassed by the House as he withdrew on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1839.\\nIn accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, as a\\ncandidate for Governor, canvassed the State. He was\\nelected by a large majority, and on the 14th of Octo-\\nber, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted\\nits influence upon Congress and the last act of the\\nadministration of President Tyler was to affix his sig-\\nnature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jd of March, approving of the annexation of Texas to\\nthe American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas\\nas one of her provinces, the Mexican minister,\\nAlmonte, immediately demanded his passports and\\nleft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nto be an act hostile to Mexico.\\nl\\\\\\\\ his first message, President Polk urged that\\nTexas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re-\\nceived into the Union on the same footing with the\\nOther States. In the meantime. Gen. Taylor was sent\\nwith an army into Texas to hold the country. He was\\nsent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the\\nwestern boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly\\ntwo hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande,\\nwhere he erected batteries which commanded the\\nMexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on\\nthe western banks.\\nThe anticipated collision soon took place, and wai\\nwas declared against Mexico by President Polk. The\\nwar was pushed forward by Mr. Polk s administration\\nwith great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first\\ncalled one of observation, then of occupation,\\nthen of invasion, was sent forward to Monterey. The\\nfeeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly\\nand awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement\\nalone can reveal the misery which this war caused.\\nIt v. as by the ingenuity of Mr. Polk s administration\\nthat the war was brought on.\\nTo the victors belong the spoils. Mexico was\\nprostrate before us. Her capital was in our hands.\\nWe now consented to peace upon the condition that\\nMexico should surrender to us, in addition to Texas,\\nall of New Mexico, and all of Upper and Lower Cal-\\nifornia. This new demand embraced, exclusive of\\nTexas, eight hundred thousand square miles. This\\nwas an extent of territory equal to nine States of the\\nsize of New York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen\\nmajestic States to be added to the Union. There were\\nsome Americans who thought it all right there were\\nothers who thought it all wrong. In the prosecution\\nof this war, we expended twenty thousand lives and\\nmore than a hundred million of dollars. Of this\\nmoney fifteen millions were paid to Mexico.\\nOn the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired from\\noffice, having served one term. The next day was\\nSunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated\\nas his successor. Mr. Polk rode to the Capitol in tlie\\nsame carriage vifith Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good. With an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long years\\nof tranquility and happiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the istli of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "yC:^^ ^4^(^^i\u00e2\u0080\u009e^^/", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH PRESIDENT.\\n63\\n-aa\\\\,.\\n;\u00c2\u00ab4^ lj|t.4JX\u00c2\u00a5 f4\u00c2\u00a5*\u00c2\u00ab?\u00c2\u00ab- i\\nACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth\\n/\u00e2\u0096\u00a0resident of the United States,\\nwas born on the 24th of Nov.,\\n1784, in Orange Co., Va. His\\nfather, Colonel Taylor, was\\na Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished patriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zachary\\nwas an infant, his father with his\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentucky, where he settled in\\nthe pathless wilderness, a few\\nmiles from Louisville. this front-\\nier home, away from civilization and\\nall its refinements, young Zachary\\ncould enjoy but few social and educational advan-\\ntages. When six years of age he attended a common\\nschool, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,\\ni-ather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char-\\nacter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and\\noianifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight\\nthe Lidians who were ravaging the frontiers. There\\nis little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his\\nchildhood on his father s large but lonely plantation.\\nIn 1S08, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and 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.\\nLiimediately after the declaration of war with Eng-\\nland, in 18 12, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort\\nHarrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above\\nVincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder-\\nness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to Tippecanoe.\\nTt was one of the first points of attack by the Lidians,\\n;ed by Tecuniseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\ncompany of infantry numbering fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of 1812, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved upon the fort. Their\\napproach was first indicated by the murder of two\\nsoldiers just outside of the stockade. Capt. Taylor\\nmade every possible preparation to meet the antici-\\npated assault. On the 4th of September, a band of\\nforty painted and plumed savages came to the fort,\\nwaving a white flag, and informed Capt. Taylor that\\nin the morning their chief would come to have a talk\\nwith him. It was evident that their object was merely\\nto ascertain the state of things at the fort, and Capt.\\nTaylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, kept\\nthem at a distance.\\nThe sun went down; the savages disappeared, the\\ngarrison slept upon their arms. One hour before\\nmidnight the war whoop burst from a thousand lips\\nin the forest around, followed by the discharge of\\nmusketry, and the rush of the foe. Every man, sick\\nand well, sprang to his post. Every man knew that\\ndefeat was not merely death, but in the case of cap-\\nture, death by the most agonizing and prolonged tor-\\nture. No pen can describe, no immagination can\\nconceive the scenes which ensued. The savages suc-\\nceeded in setting fire to one of the block-houses-\\nUntil si.\\\\ 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, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which\\nempties into Green Bay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. There were no books, no society, no in-", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "64\\nZACHARY TAYLOR.\\ntellectual stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful\\nyears rolled on Gradually he rose to the rank of\\ncolonel. In the Black-Hawk war, which resulted in\\nthe capture of that renowned chieftain, Col Taylor\\ntook a subordinate but a brave and efficient part.\\nFor twenty -four years Col. Taylor was engaged in\\nthe defence of the frontiers, in scenes so remote, and in\\nemployments so obscure, that his name was unknown\\nbeyond the limits of his own immediate acquaintance.\\nIn the year 1836, he was sent to Florida to compel\\nthe Semi\\\\iole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty,\\niiac promised they should do. The services rendered\\nheie secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated\\nto ;he rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nafter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\nAfter two years of such wearisome employment\\namidst the everglades of the peninsula. Gen. Taylor\\nobtained, at his owr^request, a change of command,\\nand was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nwest. This field embraced Lx)uisiana, Mississippi,\\nAlabama and Georgia. Establishing his headquarters\\nat Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family\\nto a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue.\\nHere he remained for five years, buried, as it were,\\nfrom tiie world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimposed upon him.\\nIn 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the land\\nbetween the Nueces and Rio Grande, the latter river\\nbeing the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon the war vvitli Me.\\\\ico\\nwas brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nPalma, Gen. Taylor won brilliant victories over the\\nMexicans. The rank of major-general by brevet\\nwas then conferred upon Gen. Taylor, and his name\\nwas received with enthusiasm almost everywhere in\\nthe Nation. Then came the battles of Monterey and\\nBuena Vista in which he won signal victories over\\nforces much larger than he commanded.\\nHis careless habits of dress and his unaffected\\nsimplicity, secured for Gen. Taylor among his troops,\\nsobriquet of Old Rough and Ready.\\nTlie tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s lips. The\\nVhig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\n|-ed, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\nI residency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen to it; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all (jualified 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 hadbeen long years in the public service found\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l.iir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nhad never been heard of, save in connection with Palo\\nAlto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena\\nVista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re-\\nmarked, It is a nomination not fit to be made.\\nGen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter His friends took possession of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. The popularity of\\nthe successful warrior swept the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and Ex-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThough he selected an excellent cabinet, the good\\nold man found himself in a veiy uncongenial jxjsition,\\nand was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed.\\nHis mental sufferings were very severe, and probably\\ntended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party\\nwas pushing its claims with tireless energy expedi-\\ntions were fitting out to capture Cuba California was\\npleading for admission to the Union, while slavery\\nstood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found\\nthe political conflicts in Washington to be far more\\ntrying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or\\nIndians\\nIn the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor,\\nafter he had occupied the Presidential chair but little\\nover a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of\\nbut little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850.\\nHis last woids were, I am not afraid to die. I am\\nready. I have endeavored to do my duty. He died\\nuniversally respected and beloved. An honest, un-\\npretending man, he had been steadily growing in the\\naffections of the people and the Nation bitterly la-\\nmented his death.\\nGen. Scott, who was thoroughly acquainted with\\nGen. Taylor, gave the following graphic and truthful\\ndescription of his character: With a good store of\\ncommon sense, Gen. Taylor s mind had not been en-\\nlarged and refreshed by reading, or much converse\\nwith the world. Rigidity of ideas was the conse-\\nquence. The frontiers and small military posts had\\nbeen his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nplicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju-\\ndices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the\\ntender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable,\\nchanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat\\na little on one side of his head; or an officer to leave\\na corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out-\\nside pocket, in any such case, this critic held the\\noffender to be a co.Kcomb (perhaps something worse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase,\\ntouch with a pair of tongs.\\nAny allusion to literature beyond good old Dil-\\nworth s spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a\\nsword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter\\nunfitness for heavy marchings and combats. Inshore\\nfew men have ever had a more comforrab l ^iot.\\nsaving contempt for learning of every kind.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "^^i-t^\\n^c\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0{^^I-^ OO-IM", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n6r\\nMILLflRn FILLfflnHE.\\nILLARD FILLMORE, thir-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates, was born at Summer\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe 7th of Januar)-, 1800. His\\nfather was a farmer, and ow-\\n9 ing to misfortune, in humble cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard,\\nof Pittsfield, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she possessed an intellect\\nofveryliigh order, united with much\\npersonal loveliness, sweetness of dis-\\nposition, graceful manners and ex-\\nquisite sensibilities. She died in\\n1831 having lived to see her son a\\nyoung man of distinguished prom-\\nise, though she was not permitted to witness the high\\ndignity which he finally attained.\\nIn consequence of the secluded home and limited\\nmeans of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender ad-\\nvantages for education in his early years. The com-\\nmon schools, which he occasionally attended were\\nvery imperfect institutions; and books were scarce\\nand expensive. There was nothing then in his char-\\nacter to indicate the brilliant career upon which he\\nwas about to enter. He was a plain farmer s boy\\nintelligent, good-looking, kind-hearted. The sacred\\ninfluences of home had taught him to revere the Bible,\\nand had laid the foundations of an upright character.\\nWhen fourteen years of age, his father sent him\\nsome hundred miles from home, to the then wilds of\\nLivingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNeai the mi there was a small villiage, wherp 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 VNith\\nbooks. His thirst fur knowledge became insatiate\\nand the selections which he made were continually\\nmore elevating and instructive. He read history,\\nbiography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened tha\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge Walter\\nWood, who was struck with the jirepossessing 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 hal\\nHnd then enters a law office, who is by no means as", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "ai\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at the clothing-\\nmill at the end of four years of manual labor, during\\nwhich every leisure moment had been devoted to in-\\ntense mental culture.\\nIn 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He then\\nwent to the village of Aurora, and commenced the\\npractice of law. In this secluded, peaceful region,\\nhis practice of course was limited, and there was no\\nopportunity for a sudden rise in fortune or hi 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 industr)\\nhis legal acquirements, and his skill as an advocate,\\ngradually attracted attention and he was invited to\\nenter into partnership under highly advantageous\\ncircumstances, with an elder member of the bar in\\nBuffalo. Just before removing to Buffalo, in 1829,\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of the\\nState of New York, as a representative from Erie\\nCounty. Though he had never taken a very active\\npart in politics, his vote and his sympathies were with\\nthe Whig party. The State was then Democratic,\\nand he found himself in a helpless minority in the\\nLegislature still the testimony comes from all parties,\\nthat his courtesy, ability and integrity, won, to a very\\nunusual degn e tiie respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nIhe 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 hmi stiength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\nany man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now prepared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear uixjn the public good. E\\\\ery\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was,now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State.\\nMr. Fillmore had attained the age of forty-seven\\nyears. His labors at the bar, in the Legislature, in\\nCongress and as Comptroller, had given him very con-\\nsiderable fame. The Whigs were casting about to\\nfind suitable candidates for President and Vice-Presi-\\ndent at the approaching election. Far away, on the\\nwaters of the Rio Grande, there was a rough old\\nsoldier, who had fought one or two successful battles\\nwith the Mexicans, which had caused his name to be\\nproclaimed in tiumpet-tones all over the land. But\\nit was necessary to associate with him on the same\\nticket some man of reputation as a statesman.\\nUnder the influence of these considerations, the\\nnamesof Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore became\\nthe rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their candidates for\\nPresident and Vice-Peesident. The Whig ticket was\\nsignally triumphant. On the 4th of March, 1849,\\nGen. Taylor was inaugurated President, and Millard\\nFillmore Vice-President, of the United States.\\nOn the 9th of July, 1850, President Taylor, but\\nabout one year and four months after his inaugura\\ntion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By the Con-\\nstitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus became Presi-\\ndent. He appointed a very able cabinet, of which\\nthe illustrious Daniel Webster was Secretary of State.\\nMr. Fillniore had very serious difficulties to contend\\nwith, since the opposition had a majority in both\\nHouses. He did everything in his power to conciliate\\nthe South; but the pro-slavery party in the South felt\\nthe inadequacy of all measuresof transient conciliation.\\nThe population of the free States was so rapidly in-\\ncreasing over that of the slave States that it was in-\\nevitable that the power of the Government should\\nsoon pass into the hands of the free States. The\\nfamous compromise measures were adopted under Mr.\\nFillmcre s adininstration, and the Japan Exiiedition\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill-\\nmore, having served one term, retired.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres-\\nidency by the Know Nothing party, but was Ijeaten\\nby Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in\\nretirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war,\\nhe was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that\\nhis sympathies were rather with those who were en-\\ndeavoring to overthrow our institutions. President\\nFillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any\\ncordial words of cheer to the one party or the other.\\nHe was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe\\nold age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "(L-\\nW^^^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "FOURTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n71\\n-0 FHflNKLIN PIERCE.^\\n1: FliftNKLlN PIERCE. 4 c^\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nlourteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nHillsborough, N. H., Nov.\\n23, 1804. His father was a\\nRevolutionary soldier, who,\\nwith his own strong arm,\\nhewed out a home in the\\nwilderness. He was a man\\nof inflexible integrity; of\\nstrong, though uncultivated\\nmind, and an uncompromis-\\ning Democrat. The mother of\\nFranklin Pierce was all that a son\\ncould desire, an intelligent, pru-\\ndent, affectionate, Christian wom-\\nan. Franklin was the sixth of eight children.\\nFranklin was a very bright and handsome boy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The boys on the play ground\\nloved him. His teachers loved him. The neighbors\\nlooked upon him with pride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; always speaking kind words,\\ndoing kind deeds, with a peculiar unstudied tact\\nwhich taught him what was agreeable. Without de-\\nveloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural\\ndevotion to books, he was a good scholar; in body,\\nin mind, in affections, a finely-developed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. He was\\none of the most ]5opular young men in the college.\\nThe purity cf 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 member in\\nthe Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane\\nMeans Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with which her husband was honored, Of the", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "72\\nl^RANKLIN 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 j\\\\Ir.\\nPierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of\\nbrigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his\\ntroops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847.\\nHe took an important part in this war, proving him-\\nself a brave and true soldier.\\nWhen Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native\\nState, he was received enthusiastically by the advo-\\ncates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo-\\nnents. He resumed the practice of his profession,\\nvery frequently taking an active part in political ques-\\ntions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery\\nwing of the Democratic party. The compromise\\nmeasures met cordially with his approval and he\\nstrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa-\\nmous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious\\nsensibilities of 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\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2afely trust in office to carry out their plans.\\nOn the 1 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven-\\ntion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the\\nPresidency. For four days they continued in session,\\nand in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a\\ntwo-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown\\nfor Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation\\nbrought forward his name. There were fourteen\\nmore ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly\\ngained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he\\nreceived two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all\\nother candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nthe Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with\\ngreat unanimity. Only four States Vermont, Mas-\\nsachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee cast their\\nelectoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pieice\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates on the 4th of March, 1853.\\nHis administration proved one of the most stormy our\\ncountry had ever experienced. The controversy be\\ntween slavery and freedom was then approaching its\\nculininating point. It became evident that there was\\nan irrepressible conflict between them, and that\\nthis Nation could not long exist half slave and half\\nfree. President Pierce, during the whole of his ad-\\nministration, did every thing he could to conciliate\\nthe South but it was all in vain. The conflict every\\nyear grew more violent, and threats of the dissolution\\nof the Union were borne to the North on every South-\\nern breeze.\\nSuch was the condition of affairs when President\\nPierce approached the close of his four-years term\\nof office. The North had become thoroughly alien-\\nated from him. The anti-slavery sentiment, goaded\\nby great outrages, had been rapidly increasing; all\\nthe intellectual ability and social worth of President\\nPierce were forgotten in deep reprehension of his ad-\\nministrative acts. The slaveholders of the South, also,\\nunmindful of the fidelity with which he had advo-\\ncated those measures of Government which they ap-\\nproved, and perhaps, also, feeling that he had\\nrendered himself so unpopular as no longer to be\\nable acceptably to serve them, ungratefully dropped\\nhim, and nominated James Buchanan to succeed him.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re-\\ntired to his home in Concord. Of three children, two\\nhad died, and his only surviving child had been\\nkilled before his eyes by a railroad accident and his\\nwife, one of the most estimable and accomplished of\\nladies, was rapidly sinking in consumption. The\\nhour of dreadful gloom soon came, and he was left\\nalone in the world, without wife or child.\\nWhen the terrible Rebellion burst forth, which di-\\nvided our country into two parties, and two only, Mr.\\nPierce remained steadfast in the principles which he\\nhad always cherished, and gave his sympathies to\\nthat pro-slavery party with which he had ever been\\nallied. He declined to do anything, either by voice\\nor pen, to strengthen the hand of the National Gov-\\nernment. He continued to reside in Concord until\\nthe time of his death, which occurred in October,\\n1869. He was one of the most genial and social of\\nmen, an honored communicant of the Episcopal\\nChurch, and one of the kindest of neighbors. Gen-\\nerous to a fault, he contributed liberally for the al-\\nleviation of suffering and want, and many of his towns-\\npeople were often gladened by his material bounty.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "a fc..\\ncz\\nZly77ze_J\\n(2 ^Puo-^\u00c2\u00a3^Zy72.\u00e2\u0082\u00ac6 9^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "I IFTEENTH PRESIDENT,\\nW\\nt^t^i^ .^.i^t^ci^r^i^t^(^t i I ggit^ ggii isgi ^t^ t^i\\ns^t^ ;gat^ \u00c2\u00a7a gg^ Sii ^tgs t^ t^i^tg? i^gg3i^, (^j[jgJt^i^\\n-m\\njj\u00c2\u00abj\u00c2\u00bb-\\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\\nthe 23d of April, 1791. The lace\\nwhere the inunble cabin of his\\nfather stood was called Stony\\nBatter. 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 born, he remained\\nfor eight years, enjoying but few social or intellectual\\nadvantages. Wiien James was eight years of age, his\\nfather removed to the village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was placed at school, and commenced a\\ncourse of study in English, Latin and Greek. His\\nprogress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nentered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\nveloped remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nthe first scholars in the institution. His application\\nto study was intense, and yet his native powers en-\\nabled him to master the most abstruse subjects wi\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1809, he graduated with the highest\\nhonors of his clas^. He was then eighteen years of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of animal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in tlie city of Lancaster,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty-one years of age. Very rapidly lie 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 ov^e 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 occasionally\\ntried some important case. In 1831, he retired\\naltogether from the toils of his VJrofession, having ac-\\nquired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, upon his elevation to the Presidency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. 1 he\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. Upon his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, V/ebster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas-\\nures proposed by President Jackson, cf miking repn-", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "76\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\nsals against France, to enforce the payment of our\\nclaims against that country and defended the course\\nof the President in his unprecedented and wholesale\\nremoval from office of those who were not the sup-\\nporters of his administration. Upon this question he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHo-also, with voice and vote, advocated expunging\\nfrom the journal of the Senate the vote of censure\\nagainst Gen. Jackson for removing the deposits.\\nEarnestly he opposed the abolition of slavery in the\\nDistrict of Columbia, and urged the prohibition of the\\ncirculation of anti-slavery documents by the United\\nStates mails.\\nAs to petitions on 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.\\nUpon Mr, Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan became Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsibility in the conduct of\\nthe Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossjng\\nthe Nueces by the American troops into the disputed\\nterritory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross\\nthe Rio Grande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with pleasure the\\naccount of the course our Government pursued in that\\nmovement\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\nthe party devoted to the pi-r|)etuation and extension\\nof slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind\\nto bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to the compromise measures of 1S50,\\nwhich included the fugitive-slave law. Mr. Pierce,\\nupon his election to the Presidency, honored Mr.\\nBuchanan with the mission to England.\\nIn the year 1856, a national Democratic conven-\\ntion nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presidency. The\\npolitical conflict was one of tlie most severe in which\\nour country has ever engaged. All the friends of\\nslavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re-\\nstriction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre-\\nmont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re-\\nceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The 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\\nvears 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-\\nciples, consistently oppose the State-rights party in\\ntheir assumptions. As President of the United States,\\nbound by his oath faithfully to administer the laws,\\nhe could not, without perjury of the grossest kind,\\nunite with those endeavoring to overthrow the repub-\\nlic. He therefore did nothing.\\nThe opponents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominated Abraham Luicoln 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 Government were thus taken from their\\nhands, they would secede from the Union, taking\\nwith them, as they retired, the National Capitol at\\nWashington, and the lion s share of the territory of\\nthe United States.\\nMr. Buchanan s sympathy with the pro-slaverj\\nparty was such, that he had been willing to offer them\\nfar more than they had ventured to claim. All the\\nSouth had professed to ask of the North was non-\\nintervention upon the subject of slavery. Mr. Bu-\\nchanan had been ready to offer them the active co-\\noperation of the Government to defend and extend\\nthe institution.\\nAs the storm increased in violence, the slaveholders\\nclaiming the right to secede, and Mr. Buchanan avow-\\ning that Congress had no power to prevent it, one of\\nthe most pitiable exhibitions of governmental im-\\nbecility was exhibited the world has ever seen. He\\ndeclared that Congress had no power to enforce its\\nlaws in any State which had withdrawn, or which\\nwas attempting to withdraw from the Union. This\\nwas not the doctrine of Aiidrew 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 inauguration 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 depots of military stores were plun-\\ndered and our custom-houses and post-offices were\\nappropriated by the rebels.\\nThe energy of the rebels, and the imbecility of our\\nExecutive, were alike marvelous. The Nation looked\\non in agony, waiting for the slow weeks to glide away,\\nand close the administration, so terrible in its weak-\\nness At length the long-looked-for hour of deliver-\\nance came, when Abraham Lincoln was to receive the\\nscepter.\\nThe administration of President Buchanan was\\ncertainly the most calamitous our country has ex-\\nperienced. His best friends cannot recall it with\\npleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his fame,\\nthat in that dreadful conflict which rolled its billows\\nof flame and blood over our whole land, no word came\\nfrom his lips to indicate his wish that our country s\\nbanner should triumph over the flag of the rebellioi\\\\\\nHe died at his Wheatland retreat, Jime i, 1868.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "I\\nC9 2-\\noy^o^-c^^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "SIXTEENTH F R ES /DET\\\\rT.\\n79\\nI i ABRAHAM ^:i?)i- li? J LINCOLN. i\\n^c^ :5jc^uu^aK2:da^Mjif *^^^^^aiSy^;xQ^^K\u00c2\u00a3j_^^^^\\nBRAHAM LINCOLN, the\\nsixteenth President of the\\nI-^United States, was born in\\nHardin Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\n1809. About the yean 7 80, a\\nman by the name of Abraham\\nLincobi left Virginia with his\\nfamily and moved into the then\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two years\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nman, while working one day in a\\nfield, was stealthily approached by\\nan Lidian and shot dead. His widow\\nwas left in extreme poverty with five\\nlittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. Tliis Thomas was\\nthe father of Abraham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth fo -ever be enrolled\\nwith the most prominent in the annals of our world.\\nOf course no record has been kept of the life\\nof one so lowly as Thomas Lincoln. He was among\\nthe poorest of the 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 spent the whole of his youth as a\\nlaborer in the fields of others.\\nWhen twenty-eight years of age he built a log-\\ncabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\ndaughter of another family of poor Kentucky emi-\\ngrants, who had also come from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was Abraham Lincoln, the subject of\\nthis sketch. The mother of Abraham was a noble\\nwoman, gentle, loving, pensive, created to adorn\\na palace, doomed to toil and pine, and die in a hovel.\\nAll that I am, or hope to be, e.xclaims 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 Whei-\\ntwo years later his mother died.\\nAbraham soon became the scribe of the uneducated\\ncommunity around him. He could not have had a\\nbetter school than this to teach him to put thoughts\\ninto words. He also became an eager reader. The\\nbooks he could obtain were few but these he i. ead\\nand re-read until they were almost committp tc\\nmemory.\\nAs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly fair.ilj\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham s sisto\\n.Sarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mai\\nried when a child of but fourteen years of age, and\\nsoon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr\\nThomas Lincoln sold out his squatter s claim in 1830\\nand emigrated to Macon Co., 111.\\nAbraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years of age.\\nWith vigorous hands he aided his father in rearing\\nanother log-cabin. Abraham worked diligently at this\\nuntil he saw the family comfortably settled, and theii\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when\\nhe announced to liis 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 o!\\neducation and was intensely earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his power. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate refusing to allow a drop of intoxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in\\nGod s word, Thou shalt not take the name of tha\\nLord thy God in vain and a profane expression ha\\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 laborei\\namong the farmers. Then he went to Springfield,\\nwhere he was employed in building a large flat-boat.\\nIn this he took a herd of swine, floated them down\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham Lin-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this adven", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "8o\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\nture his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return tney placed a store and mill under his care.\\nIn 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and although only 23\\nyears of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nwas defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the appointmentof Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-ofifice was his hat. All the letters he\\nreceived he carried there ready to deliver to those\\nhe chanced to meet. He studied surveying, and soon\\nmade this his business. In 1834 he again became a\\ncandidate for the Legislature, and was elected Mr.\\nStuart, of Sjiringfield, advised him to study law. He\\nwalked from New Salem to Springfield, borrowed of\\nMr. Stuart a load of books, carried them back and\\nbegan his legal studies. When the Legislature as-\\nsembled he trudged on foot with his pack on his back\\none hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In\\n1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here it\\nwas he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 he re-\\nmoved to Springfield and began the practice of law.\\nHis success with the jury was so great that he was\\nsoon engaged in almost every noted case in the circuit.\\nIn 1854 the great discussion began between Mr.\\nLincoln and Mr. Douglas, on the slavery question.\\nIn the organization of the Republican party in Illinois,\\nin 1856, he took an active part, and at once became\\none of tb.e leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nslavery question, and he took the broad ground of\\n:he Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con-\\ntest, but won a far higher prize.\\nThe great Republican Convention met at Chicago\\non the i6th of June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. .\\\\n immense building called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate the Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere thrown. William H Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was the most\\nprominent. It was generally supposed he would be\\nthe nominee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received\\nthe nomination on the third ballot. Little did he then\\ndream of the weary years of toil and care, and the\\nbloody death, to which that nomination doomed him:\\nand aslittledid he dream that he was to render services\\nto his country which would fix upon him the eyes of\\nthe whole civilized world, and which would give him\\na place in the affections of his countrymen, second\\nonly, if second, to that of Washington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore,\\nconstitutionally elected President of the United States.\\nThe tirade of abuse that vas poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to this\\nhigh position. In February, 1861, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stopping in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey was frought\\nwith much danger. Many of the Southern States had\\nalready seceded, and several attempts at assassination\\nwere afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti-\\nmore had arranged, uix)n his arrival to get ujj 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 Harrisburg, through Baltimore, at an\\nunexpected hour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to prevent any possible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train hau\\nstarted the telegraph-wres were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthough great anxiety was felt by all loyal people\\nIn the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave\\nto Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other\\nprominent opponents before the convention he gave\\nimportant positions.\\nDuring no other administration have the duties\\ndevolving upon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe responsibilities so great, as those which fell to\\nthe lot of President Lincoln. Knowing this, and\\nfeeling his own weakness and inability to meet, and in\\nhis own strength to cope with, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plan s, and Divine comfort in all his\\ntrials, bo^h personal and national. Contrary to his\\nown estimate of himself, Mr. Lincoln was one of the\\nmost courageous of men. He went directly into the\\nrebel capital just as the retreating foe was leaving,\\nwith no guard but a few sailors. From the time he\\nhad left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had been\\nmade for his assassination, and he at last fell a victim\\nto one of them. April 14, 1865, he, with Gen. Grant,\\nwas urgently invited to attend Fords Theater. It\\nwas announced that they would Le present. Gen.\\nGrant, however, left the city. President Lincoln, feel-\\ning, witn his characteristic kindliness of heart, that\\nit would be a disappointment if he shoidd fail them,\\nvery reluctantly consented to go. While listening to\\nthe play an actor by the name of John W ilkes Booth\\nentered the box where the President and family were\\nseated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nplunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler.\\nStrong men met in the streets and wept in speechless\\nanguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was\\nin tears. His was a life which will fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country :11\\nlive with that of Washington s, its father; his country-\\nmen being unable to decide which is the greater.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "^^:^^^^-:2^o^^)^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "SEVENTEENTH PRESIDE AT.\\n83\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\ntion and friendlessness. He\\nwas born December 29, 180S,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to the class of the\\npoor whites of the South, were\\nin such circumstances, that they\\ncould not c ;nfrr ei\\\\ the slight-\\nest advantages of education upon\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nyears of age, his father accidentally\\nlost his life while herorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning, nuil teri years of age, Andrew\\nwas a ragged boy abour the streets, supported by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nmen. .\\\\ndrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to tlie alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow- workmen,\\niearned 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 oi-\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours\\nat work-in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreatior 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 Tan\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in opposition to thos^\\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 resi\u00c2\u00bbnsible posi-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abi", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "84\\nANDRE IV JOHNSON.\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, fvlr. Johnson was elected\\nUnited States Senator.\\nYears before, in 1S45, he had warmly advocated\\nthe annexation of Texas, stating however, as his\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which the sable\\nsons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\n(ind become merged in a population congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supported the com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features of which\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories should\\nbe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored people or not, and that\\nthe ree States of the North should return to the\\n.Souih persons who attempted to escape from slavery.\\nMr. Johnson was never ashamed ofhis 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 iSbo, ne\\nwras the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the\\nPresidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South-\\nirn Democracy became apparent, he took a decided\\nstand in favor of the Union, and held that slavery\\nmust be held subordinate to the Union at whatever\\ncost. He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly\\nimperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of\\nTennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the\\nUnion, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap-\\npointed him Military Governor of the State, and he\\nestablished the most stringent military rule. His\\nnumerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In\\n1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates, and upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15,\\n1865, became President. In a speech two days later\\nhe said, The American people must be taught, if\\nthey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and\\nmust be punished that the Government will not\\nalways bear with its enemies that it is strong not\\nonly to protect, but to punish. The people\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surely be punished. Yet his whole\\nadministration, the history of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter iatjonsistency with, and the most violent\\nopposition to. the principles laid down in that speech.\\nIn his loose policy of reconstruction and general\\namnesty, he was opposed by Congress and he char-\\nacterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly\\ndefied it, in everythmg possible, to the utmost. In\\nthe beginning of 1868, on account of high crimes il\\nand misdemeanors, the principal of which was the\\nremoval of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten-\\nure of Office Act, articles of impeachment were pre-\\nferred against him, and the trial began March 23.\\nIt was very tedious, continuing for nearly three\\nmonths. A test article of the impeachment was at\\nlength submitted to the court for its action. It was\\ncertain that as the court voted upon that article so\\nwould it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced\\nthe President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces-\\nsary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac-\\nquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against\\nhim. The change of one vote from the 7iot guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. Grant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Greenville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. On Jan. 26, after an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 5 th of\\nMarch. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. AVhen he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was\\nstricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious.\\nHe rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at\\n2 .4. M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun-\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "w", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "EIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n87\\n^s\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bb^ /^\u00c2\u00ae)@^V 2X9^^ (i)\\nLYSSES S. GRANT, the\\nifi) eighteenth President of the\\n;3?S United States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a humble\\nhome, at Point Pleasant, on the\\nbanks of the Ohio. Shortly after\\nhis father moved to George-\\ntown, Brown Co., O. In this re-\\nmote frontier hamlet, Ulysses\\nreceived a common-school edu-\\ncation. At the age of seven-\\nteen, in the year 1839, he entered\\nthe Military Academy at West\\nPoint. Here he was regarded as a\\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. Grant was\\nsent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first\\nbattle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here\\nfor the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor at\\nResaca de la Palma, his second battle. At the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that\\nne performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. 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 upon one\\nside of the aniroal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\n10 aid Gen. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to the city of Mexico, he\\nwas appointed quartermaster of his regiment. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in California causing an immense\\ntide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt.\\nGrant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in\\nOregon, for the protection of the interests of the im-\\nmigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt.\\nGrant resigned his commission and returned to the\\nStatues; and having married, entered upon the cultiva-\\ntion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but\\nlittle skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re-\\nmunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into\\nthe leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga-\\nlena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the ridings\\nof the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears\\nof Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,\\nUncle Sam has educated me for the army; though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not feel that\\nI have yet repaid the debt. I am still ready to discharge\\nmy obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my tword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a company of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the Stale, where their services were\\noffered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by\\nthe zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt.\\nGrant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the\\nvolunteer organization that was being formed in the\\nState in behalf of the Government. On the 15th o(", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "88\\nULYSSES S. GRANT.\\nJune, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as\\nColonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol-\\nunteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who\\nhad served for 15 years in the regular army, were such\\nthat he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier-\\nGeneral and was placed in command at Cairo. The\\nrebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth\\nof. the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap-\\npeared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The\\nrebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and\\nstripes were unfurled in its stead.\\nHe entered the service with great determination\\nand immediately began active duty. This was the be-\\nginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond\\nhe was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and\\neffectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur-\\nprised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry\\nwon another victory. Then came tlie brilliant fight\\nat Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the\\nvictory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was\\nimmediately made a Major-General, and the military\\ndistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him.\\nLike all great captains. Gen. Grant knew well how\\nto secure the results of victory. He immediately\\nmished on to the enemies lines. Then came the\\nterrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the\\nsiege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an\\nunconditional surrender of the city with over thirty\\nthousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can-\\nnon. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most\\nsevere blow which the rebels had thus far encountered,\\nand opened up the Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.\\nGen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from\\nhis horse, and received severe injuries, from which he\\nwas laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid\\nof Gens. Rosecrans and Tliomas at Chattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and technical meas-\\nures put the Union Army infighting condiiion. Then\\nfollowed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lockout\\nMountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels\\nwere routed with great loss. This won far liim un-\\nbounded praise in the North. On the 4tli of Febru-\\nary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe repaired to Washington to receive his credentials\\n,iiid enter upon O- f duties of his new office\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nthe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National\\ntroops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal\\ncapital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de-\\nstroy the rebel armies which would be promptly as-\\nsembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole\\ncontinent seemed to tremble under the tramp of these\\nmajestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field.\\n.Steamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains\\nwere burdened with closely packed thousands. His\\nplans were comprehensive and involved a series of\\ncampaigns, which were executed with remarkable en-\\nergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-\\nrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nThe war was ended. The Union was saved. The\\nalmost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen.\\nGrant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal-\\nvation. The eminent Services he had thus rendered\\nthe country brought him conspicuously forward as the\\nRepublican candidate for the Presidential chair.\\nAt the Republican Convention held at Chicago.\\nMay 21, 1S68, he was unanimously nominated for the\\nPresidency, and at the autumn election received a\\nmajority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294\\nelectoral votes.\\nThe National Convention of the Republican party\\nwhich met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1S72,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second term\\nby a unanimous vote. The selection was emphati-\\ncally indorsed by the people five months later, 292\\nelectoral votes being cast for him.\\nSoon after the close of his second term. Gen. Grant\\nstarted upon his famous trip around the world. He\\nvisited almost every country of the civilized world,\\nand was everywhere received with such ovations\\nand demonstrations of respect and honor, private\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States.\\nHe was the most prominent candidate before the\\nReiKiblican National Convention in 18S0 for a re-\\nnomination for President. He went to New York and\\nembarked in the brokerage business under the firm\\nnameof Grant Ward. The latter proved a villain,\\nwrecked (jrant s fortune, and for larceny was sent to\\nthe penitentiary. The General was attacked with\\ncancer in the throat, but suffered in his stoic-like\\nmanner, never complaining. He was re-instated as\\nGeneral of the Army and retired by Congress. The\\ncancer soon finished its deadly work, and July 23,\\n1885, the nation v\\\\ enf in mourning over the death of\\nthe illustrious General.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "NINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n91\\nVscv^vii.-\\nRITTHERirORB m HiLYES. K\\n7 i i^\u00c2\u00bb^\u00c2\u00abgai\u00c2\u00ab;v-i i wi .f 1 1 1 ~:i\\\\yA ii i^^,^cii^i?i\\\\^.\\\\\u00e2\u0096\u00a0.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 r.\\\\\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i^^?^ ^^i^\\n^^y^iiji\\n5| ^W^ UTHERFORD B. HAYES,\\n^Swfel k(@)1K65 the nineteenth President of\\nthe United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeath of his father, Rutherford\\nHayes. His ancestry on both\\nthe paternal and maternal sides,\\nwas of the most honorable char-\\nacter. It can be traced, it is said,\\nas far back as 1280, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\n;ane ov\u00c2\u00bbrr aking the family, George Hayes left Scot-\\n.and in 1600, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nGeorge waiL born in Windsor, and remained there\\nduring his liJe. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar-\\nried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar-\\nriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel,\\nson of Daniel, was born in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturer of scythe-j at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel awd 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 Brr.ttleboro,\\nwhere he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth-\\nerford Hayes the father of President Hayes, was\\nborn. He was married, in September, 1813, to Sophia\\nBirchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors emi-\\ngrated thither from Connecticut, they having been\\namong the wealthiest and best famlies of Norwich.\\nHer ancestry on the male side are traced back to\\n1635, to John Birchard, one of the principal founders\\nof Norwich. Both of her grandfathers were soldiers\\nin the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of President Hayes was an industrious\\nfrugal and opened-hearted man. He was of a me-\\nchanical turn, and could mend a plow, knit a stock-\\ning, or do almost anything else that he choose to\\nundertake. He was a member of the Church, active\\nin all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con-\\nducted his business on Christian principles. After\\nthe close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable\\nto his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, not railways,\\nwas a very serious affair. A tour of inspection was\\nfirst made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter\\nmined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived\\nin 1817. He died Jidy 22, 1822, a victim of malarial\\nfever, less than three months before the birth of the\\nson,ofwhom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the support she so much needed in\\nher brother Sardis, who had been a member of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from Ver~\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted\\nsome time before as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was ven, weak, and the", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "92\\nRUTHERFORD B. HAYES.\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birth that he\\nwas not expected to live beyond a month or two at\\nmost. As the months went by he grew weaker and\\nweaker, so that the neighbors were in the habit of in-\\nquiring from time to time if Mrs. Hayes baby died\\niast 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\\nnira, 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 r.eed not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nvait and see. You can t tell but I shall make him\\nPresident of the United States yet. The boy lived,\\nin spite of the universal predictions of his speedy\\ndeath; and when, in 1825, his older brother was\\ndrowned, he became, if possible, still dearer to his\\nmother.\\nThe boy was seven years old before he went to\\nschool. His education, however, was not neglected.\\nHe probably learned as much from his mother and\\nsister as he would have done at school. His sports\\nwere almost wholly within doors, his playmates being\\nhis sister and her associates. These circumstances\\ntended, no doubt, to foster that gentleness of dispo-\\nsition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings\\nof others, which are marked traits of his character.\\nHis uncle Sardis Birchard took the deepest interest\\nin his education and as the boy s health had im-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he proposed to send him to college. His pre-\\nparation commenced with a tutor at home; bit 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 his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in tlie office of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limited, he determined to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nCession.\\n\\\\c\\\\ 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a powerful influence upon his subse-\\nquent ife. One of these was his marrage with Miss\\nLucy Ware Webb, daughter of Dr. James Webb, of\\nChilicothe; the other was his introduction to the Cin-\\ncinnati Literary Club, a body embracing among its\\nmembers such men as ^hief Justice Salmon P.Chase,\\nGen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many\\nothers hardly less distinguished in after life. The\\nmarriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as\\neverybody knows. Not one of all the wives of our\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman\\nhood. The Literary Cluu brought Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with young men of high char-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him to display t .ie\\nqualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1S56 he was nominated to the office of Judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas but he declined to ac.\\ncept the nomination. Two years later, the office o(\\ncity solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council\\nelected him for the unexpired term.\\nIn 1S61, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at\\ntlie zenith of his professional if,. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take -id\\narms for the defense of his country.\\nHis military record was bright and illustrious. In\\nOctober, 186 1, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and\\nin August, 1862, promoted Colonel of the 79th Ohio\\nregiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades\\nand go among strangers. Subsequently, however, \\\\\\\\t\\nwas made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle\\nof South Mountain he received a wound, and while\\nfaint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, and placed\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious services in the battles\\nof Winchester, Fisher s Hill and Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajor-General, forgallant and distinguished services\\nduring the campaigns of 1864, in West Virginia. In\\nthe course of his arduous services, four horses were\\nshot from under him, and he was wounded four times\\nIn 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress, from\\nthe Second Ohio District, which had long been Dem-\\nocratic. He w-as not present during the campaign,\\nand after his election was importuned to resign his\\ncommission in the army but he finally declared, I\\nshall never come to Washington until I can come by\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1866.\\nIr. 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. Allen G. Thunnan, a populai Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-eiected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1875,\\n3n 1S76 he was the standard be.aerof the Repub-\\nlican Party in tne Presidential contest, and after a\\nhard long contest was cliosen President, and was in\\naugurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his\\nfull term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his admir stration was an average or-.\u00c2\u00ab", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "TWENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n95\\n^^r/ sr^7^\\n^v\u00c2\u00bb JB^ wr\\n}U Ir- V _ sis ^Bt\u00e2\u0080\u009e^,- i---^ ^^rf ^J W,\\nAMES A. GARHELD, twen-\\ntieth President of tlie United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n1831, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and EUza\\n(Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\ntory of that section of our coun-\\ntry, but had moved to the Western\\nReserve, in Ohio, early in its settle-\\nment.\\nThe house in which James A. was\\nborn was not unlike the houses of\\npoor Ohio farmers of that day. It\\nis about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\n.\u00c2\u00aben the logs filled with clay. His father was a\\njard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\n.;leared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built,\\nf he household comprised the father and mother and\\n:heir four children Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and\\names. In May, 1823^ the father, from a cold con-\\n.racted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nthis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nThomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\nrell how much James was indebted to his brother 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-\\nlers live in Solon, O., near their birthplace.\\nThe early educational advantages young Garfield\\nenjoyed were very limited, yet he made the most of\\nthem. He labored at farm work for others, did car-\\npenter work, chopped wood, or did anytliing that\\nwould bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed\\nmotlier in he Struggles to keep the little family to-\\ngether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\ngling childhood, youth and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. When in the highest seats of honor\\nthe humblest fjiend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. The poorest laborer was 3ureof the\\nsympathy of one who had known all the bitterness\\nof want and the sweetness of bread earned by the\\nsweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain,\\nmodest gentleman.\\nThe highest ambition of young Garfield until hi\\nwas about sixteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, vvhich his mother strongly opposed. She\\nfinally consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, however, that he should try to obtair\\nsome other kind of employment. He walked all the\\nway to Cleveland. This was his first visit to the city\\nAfter making many applications for work, and trying\\nto get aboard a lake vessel, and not meeting with\\nsuccess, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos\\nLetcher, on the Ohio Pennsylvania Canal. He re-\\nmained at this work but a short time when he wen\\nhome, and attended the seminary at Chester for\\nabout three years, when he entered Hiram and the\\nEclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in\\nthe meantime, and doing other work. This school\\nwas started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of\\nwhich church he was then a member. He became\\njanitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his wa)\\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 h*.-\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram\\nCollege as its President. As above stated, 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", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "9\u00c2\u00ab\\nJAMES A. GARFIELD.\\nPresident Garfield was more than a man of\\nstrong moral and religious convictions. His whole\\nhistory, from boyhood to the last, shows that duty to\\nman and to God, and devotion to Christ and life and\\nfaith and spiritual commission were controlling springs\\nof his being, and to a more tlian usual degree. In\\nny judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nnis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nChristians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympathy which he ever showed in their Christian\\ncommunion. Not many of the few wise and mighty\\nand noble who are called show a similar loyalty to\\nthe less stately and cultured Christian comnmnions\\nin which they have been reared. Too often it is true\\nthat as they step upward in social and political sig-\\nnificance they step upward from one degree to\\nanother in some of the many types of fashionable\\nChristianity. President Garfield adhered to the\\n:;hurch of his mother, the church in which he was\\ntrained, and in which he served as a pillar and an\\nevangelist, and yet with the largest and most unsec-\\n*arian charity for all who loveour Lord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Nov. ii, 1S5S, who proved herself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nv/hom are still living, four boys and one girl.\\nMr.Garfieldmade his first political speeches in 1S56,\\nm Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three\\nyears later he began to speak at county inass-meet-\\nings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he\\nwas. During this year he was elected to the Ohio\\nSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland,\\nand in 1861 was admitted to the bar. The great\\nRebellion broke out in the early part of this year,\\nand Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had\\ntalked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re-\\nceived his commission as Lieut.-Colonel of the Forty-\\nsecond Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug.\\n14,1861. He was immediately put into active ser-\\nvice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action,\\nwas placed in command of four regiments of infantry\\nand eight companies of cavalry, charged with the\\nwork of driving out of his native State the officer\\nHumphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of\\nthose, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given\\nto the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed-\\nily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres-\\nident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him\\nBrigadier-General, Jan. 10, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narniy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at Shiloh,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its march through\\nAlabama. He was then detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Court-^Lirtial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John\\nPorter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose-\\ncrans, and was assigned to the Chief of Staff.\\nThe military history of Gen. Garfield closed with I\\nhis brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he wor\\nthe stars of the Major-General.\\nWithout an effort on his part Ges 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 year\u00c2\u00ab\\nmainly by two men Elisha Whittlesey and Joshui.\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the army. At the time he en-\\ntered Congress he was the youngest member in that\\nbody. Therms he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress Senator Hoar says Since\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question whici.\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before u.\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to whict\\nyou will not find, if you wish mstruction, the argu-\\nment on one side stated, in almost every instance\\nbetter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings by\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUixjn Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, 1S81, was inaugurated. Probably no ad-\\nministration ever opened its existence under brighter\\nauspices than that of President Garfield, and every\\nday it grew in favor with the people, and by the first\\nof July he had completed all the initiatory and pre-\\nliminary work of his administration and was prepar-\\ning to leave the city to meet his friends at Williams\\nCollege. While on his way and at the depot, in com-\\npany with Secretary Blaine, a man stepped behind\\nhim, drew a revolver, and fired directly at his back.\\nThe President tottered and fell, and as he did so the\\nassassin fired a second shot, the bullet cutting the\\nleft coat sleeve of his victim, but in.licting nofurthei\\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 peop\\nfor the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit-\\nten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and\\nwas at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty\\ndays, all during the hot months of Juiy and August,\\nhe litigered and suffered. He, however, remained\\nmaster of himself till the last, and by his magnificent\\nbearing was teaching the country and the world the\\nnoblest of human lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept.\\n19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J on the ver) 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 w ho had ever lived upon it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committ ^d the fou: deed.\\nI", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-FIRST PRESIDENT.\\n99\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\ntwenty-first Presi i^iiL of the\\nif United Stales, was born in\\nf ranklin Coui ty, Vermont, on\\nthefifthof Oc ober, 1830, andis\\nf?if/ the oldest of a family of two\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, aBaptistd ,fgyman,wln^\\nemigrated to tb.s country from\\nthe county Antdm, Ireland, in\\nhis 18th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, neai Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, S( henectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. Af-\\nter his graduation he taught scliool\\nft in Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe expiration cf that time came to\\nNew York, with $500 in his pocket,\\nand e.itered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student. After\\nbeing admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing\\nin the West, and for three months they roamed about\\nin the Western States in search of an eligible site,\\nE)ut 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 in^irrrd the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHerndon, of the United States Navy, who was lost at\\nsea. Congress voted a gold medal to his widow in\\nrecognition of the bravery he displayed on that occa-\\nsion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. Arthur s\\nnomination to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon.\\nathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with\\nhis slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when\\nthey were discovered and freed. The Judge decided\\nthat they could not be held by the owner under the\\nFugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from\\nthe South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the\\nAttorney General of that State to assist in an appeal.\\nWm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed\\nto represent the People, and they won their case,\\nwhich then went to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. Charles G Conor here espoused the cause\\nof the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs\\nEvarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward\\nthe emancipation of the black race.\\nAnother great service was rendered by General\\nArthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jennings,\\na respectable colored woman, was put off a Fourth\\nAvenue car with violence after she had paid her fare.\\nGeneral Arthur sued on her behalf, and secured a\\nverdict of $500 damages. The next day the compa-\\nny issued an order to admit colored persons to ride\\non their cars, and the other car companies quickly", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "lOO\\nCHESTER A. ARTHUR.\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines Vefused 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 hun Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In 1861, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New Yotk, was added to the firm. The legal prac-\\ntice of this well-known firm was very large and lucra-\\ntive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able\\nlawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if\\nnot indeed one of national extent.\\nHe always took a leading part in State and city\\npolitics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of\\nNew York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc-\\nceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July,\\n20, 1 87 8, 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, 18S0. This was perhaps the greatest political\\nconvention that ever assembled on thecontinent. It\\nwas composed of the leading politicians of the Re-\\npublican party, all able men, and each stood firm and\\nfought vigorously and with signal tenacity for their\\nrespective candidates that were before the conven-\\ntion for the nomination. Finally Gen. Garfield re-\\nceived the nomination for President and Gen. Arthur\\nfor Vice-President. The campaign which followed\\nwas one of the most animated known in the history of\\nour country. Gen. Hancock, the standard-bearer of\\nthe Democratic party, was a popular man, and his\\nparty made a valiant fight for his election.\\nFinally the election came and the country s choice\\n.vas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated\\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 civili^ed 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 an.xiety Mr.\\nArthur s every move was watched, and be it said to his\\ncredit that his every action displayed only an earnest\\ndesire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to\\nserve the remainder of the term he had so auspi-\\nciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested\\nin deed or look of this man, even though the most\\nhonored position in the world was at any moment\\nlikely to fall to him.\\nAt last God in his mercy relieved President Gar-\\nfield from further suffering, and the world, as never\\nbefore in its history over the death of any other\\nman, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of\\nthe Vice President to ssume the responsibilities of\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York.\\nSept. 20, 1881. The position was an embarrassing\\none to him, made doubly so from the facts that all\\neyes were, on him, anxious to know what he would do,\\nwhat policy he would pursue, and who he would se-\\nlect as advisers. The duties of the office had been\\ngreatly neglected during the President s long illness,\\nand many important measures were to be immediately\\ndecided by him and still farther to embarrass him he\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nbecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point. Under these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands; and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffairs, he happily surprised the nation, acting so\\nwisely that but few criticised his administration.\\nHe served the nation well and faitl^fully, until the\\nclose of his administration, March 4, 1885, and was\\na popular candidate before his party for a second\\nterm. His name was ably presented before the con-\\nvention at Chicago, and was received with great\\nfavor, and doubtless but for the personal popularity\\nof one of the opposing candidates, he would have\\nbeen selected as the standard-bearer of his party\\nfor another campaign. He retired to. private life car-\\ntying with him the best wishes of the American peo-\\nple, whom he had served in a manner satisfactory\\nto them and witli credit to himself.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "XJ.I^rt^/r\\nC/^,^c^t^/c\\nlA.y\\\\M", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-SECOND PRESIDENT.\\n103\\nSta?;rK^-S.\\\\$ #-S;SiS -s; S*f^ s-#-S!s^^;!s#$;;s\\nSI k\\n^(\u00c2\u00a7)Vomv Wyltvitluui.\\nXTK\\no25o~\\nTEPHEN GROVER CLEVE-\\nLAND, the twenty- second Pres-\\nident of the United States, was\\nborn in 1837, in the obscure\\ntown of Caldwell, Essex Co.,\\nN. J., and in a little two-and-a-\\nf-story white house which is still\\nstanding, characteristically to mark\\nthe humble birth-place of one of\\nAmerica s great men in striking con-\\ntrast with the Old World, where all\\nmen high in office must be high in\\norigin and born in the cradle of\\nwealth. When the subject of this\\nsketch was three years of age, his\\nfather, who was a Presbyterian min-\\nister, with a large family and a small salary, moved,\\nby way of the Hudson River and Erie Canal, to\\nFayetteville, in search of an increased income and a\\nUrger field of work. Fayetteville was then the most\\nstraggling of country villages, about five miles from\\nPompey Hill, where Governor Seymour was born.\\nAt the last mentioned place young Grover com-\\nmenced going to school in the good, old-fashioned\\nway, and presumably distinguished himself after the\\nmanner of all village boys, in doing the things he\\nought not to do. Such is the distinguishing trait of\\nall geniuses and independent thinkers. When he\\narrived at the age of 14 years, he had outgrown the\\ncapacity of the village school and expressed a most\\nemphatic desire to be sent to an academy. To this\\nhis father decidedly objected. Academies in those\\ndays cost money; besides, his father wanted him to\\nbecome self-supporting by the quickest possible\\nmeans, and this at that time in Fayette/ille seemed\\nto be a position in a country store, where his father\\nand the large family on his hands had considerable\\ninfluence. Grover was to be paid $50 for his services\\nthe first year, and if he proved trustworthy he was to\\nreceive $roo the second year. Here the lad com-\\nmenced his career as salesman, and in two years he\\nhad earned so good a reputation for trustworthiness\\nthat his employers desired to retain him for an in-\\ndefinite length of time. Otherwise he did not ex-\\nhibit as yet any particular flashes of genius or\\neccentricities of talent. He was simply a good boy.\\nBut instead of remaining with this firm in Fayette-\\nville, he went with the family in their removal to\\nClinton, where he had an opportunity of attending a\\nhigh school. Here he industriously pursued his\\nstudies until the family removed with him to a point\\non Black River known as the Holland Patent, a\\nvillage of 500 or 600 people, 15 miles north of Utica,\\nN. Y. At this place his father died, after preaching\\nbut three Sundays. This event broke up the family,\\nand Grover set out for New York City to accept, at a\\nsmall salary, the position of under-teacher in an\\nasylum for the blind. He taught faithfully for two\\nyears, and although he obtained a good reputation in\\nthis capacity, he concluded that teaching was not his", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "tOd\\nS. GROVE R CLEVB.LAND.\\ncalling for life, and, reversing the traditional order,\\nhe left the city to seek his fortune, inst?- o croin?\\nto a city. He Hrsc tnoagnt or Cleveland, Ohio, as\\nthere was some charm in that name for him; but\\nbefore proceeding to that place he went to Buffalo to\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jsk the advice of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted\\nstock breeder of that place. The latter did not\\n\u00c2\u00a3p.?ak entiuisiastically. What is it you want to do,\\nmy boy he asked. Well, sir, I want to study\\nlav, was the reply, Good gracious! remarked\\nJi\u00c2\u00abold gentleman; do you, indeed. What ever put\\nthat into your head? How much money have you\\ngot? Well, sir, to tell the truth, I haven t got\\nany.\\nAfter a long consultation, his uncle offered him a\\nplace temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at $50 a\\nyear, wai e he could look around. One day soon\\nafterward he boldly walked into the office of Rogers,\\nBowen Rogers, of Buffalo, and told them what he\\nwanted. A number of young men were already en-\\ngaged in the office, but Grover s persistency won, and\\nne was finally permitted to come as an office boy and\\nfiave the use of the law library, for the nominal sum\\nof $3 or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for\\nhis board and washing. The walk to and from his\\nuncle s was a long and rugged one; and, although\\nthe first winter was a memorably severe one, his\\nshoes were out of repair and his overcoat he had\\nnone yet he was nevertheless prompt and regular.\\nOn the first day of his service here, his senior em-\\nployer threw down a copy of Blackstone before him\\nwith a bang that made the dust fly, saying That s\\nwhere they all begin. A titter ran around the little\\ncircle of clerks and students, as they thought that\\nwas enough to scare young Grover out of his plans\\nout in due time he mastered that cumbersome volume.\\nThen, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleveland\\nexhibited a talent for executiveness rather than for\\nchasing principles through all their metaphysical\\npossibil ties. Let us quit talking and go and do\\nit, was practically his motto.\\nThe first public office to which Mr. Cleveland was\\nelected was tliat of Sheriff of Erie Co., N. Y., in\\nwhich Buffalo is situated; and in such capacity it fell\\nto his duty to inflict capital pi .Ishment upon two\\ncsiniinals. In 1881 he was elected Maj or of the\\nCity of Buffalo, on the Democratic ticket, with es-\\npecial reference to the bringing about certain reforms\\nin the administration of the municipal affairs of that\\nr:f: Tr. tVic- \u00e2\u0080\u00a2office, a? -wp as that of Sheriff, his\\nperiormaiice ox duty has generally been considered\\nfair, with possibly a few exceptions which were fer-\\nreted out and magnified during the last Presidential\\ncampaign. As a specimen of his plain language in\\na veto message, we quote from one vetoing an iniqui\\ntous street-cleaning contract: This is a time fov\\nplain speech, and my objection to your action shall\\nbe plainly stated. I regard it as the culmination of\\na mos bare-faced, impudent and shameless scheme\\nto betray the interests of the people and to worse\\nthan squander the people s money. The New York\\nSun afterward very highly commended Mr. Cleve-\\nland s administration as Mayor of Buffalo, and there-\\nupon recommended him for Governor of the Empire\\nState. To the latter office he was elected in 1882,\\nand his administration of the affairs of State was\\ngenerally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, if\\nany, were made very public throughout the nation\\nafter he was nominated for President of the United\\nStates. For this high office he was nominated July\\nII, 1884, by the National Democratic Convention at\\nChicago, when other competitors were Thomas F.\\nBayard, Roswell P. Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks,\\nBenjamin F. Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc.; and he\\nwas elected by the people, by a majority of about a\\nthousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Repub-\\nlican statesman, James G. Blaine. President Cleve-\\nland resigned his office as Governor of New York in\\nJanuary, 1885, in order to prepare for his duties as\\nthe Chief Executive of the United States, in which\\ncapacity his term commenced at lioon on the 4th of\\nMarch, 1885. For his Cabinet officers lie selected\\nthe following gentlemen: For Secretary of State,\\nThomas Y. Bayard, of Delaware Secretary of the\\nTreasury, Daniel Manning, of New York Secretary\\nof War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts\\nSecretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New\\nYork Secretary of the Interior, L. Q. C. Lamar, of\\nMississippi Postmaster-General, William F. Vilas,\\nof Wisconsin Attorney-General, A. H. Garland, of\\nArkansas.\\nThe silver question precipitated a controversy be-\\ntween those who were in favor of the continuance of\\nsilver coinage and those who were opposed, Mr.\\nCleveland answering for the latter, even before his\\ninauguration.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "^jV-^\\n\u00c2\u00a3Z^ ^^^-7\\\\^^U ^^(^--7^C", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "TWENTY-THIRD PRESIDENT.\\n507\\nQQn^a^m.in\\nIS .g;Jl\\nl*\\n.iO*0-^J^ ^^-.0*Ci.\\n;ENJAMIN HARRISON, the\\n.,wenty-tliircl President, is\\nthe ilescendant of one of the\\niiistorical families of this\\ncountry. The head of tlie\\nfamily was a Wajor General\\nHarrison, one of Oliver\\nTl f ik^ Cromwell s trusted follow,\\ners and fighters. In the zenitn of Crom-\\nwell s power it became the duty of this\\nHarrison to participate ui tne trial of\\nCharles I, and afterward tc sign the\\ndeath warrant of the king. He subse-\\nqvtentiy paid for this with his life, being\\nhung Oct. 13, 1660. His descendants\\ncame to America, and the next of the\\nfamily that appears in history is Benja-\\nmin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grand-\\nfather of the subject of this sketch, and\\nafter whom he was named. Benjamin Harrison\\nvi^as a member of the Continental Congress during\\nthe years 1 774\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5-6, and was one of the original\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence. He\\nwa three times elected Governor of Virginia,\\nGen William Henry Harrison, the son of the\\ndistinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a suo.\\ncessful career as a soldier during the War of 1812,\\nand with -a clean record as Governor of the North-\\nwestern Territory, was elected President of the\\nUnited States in 1840. His oarser was cut short\\nby death within one month .fter liis inr.uguration.\\nPresident Harrison wir bcrn at Nort Bend,\\nHamilton Co., Oliio, Aug. C, 1833, His life up to\\nthe time of his graduation by the Miami University\\nat Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful one of a coun-\\ntry lad of a family of small means. His father was\\nable to give him a good education, and nothing\\nmore. He became engaged while at college to tha\\ndaughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of a female schoo\\nat Oxford. After graduating he determined to en\\nter upon the stud} of the law. He went to Cin\\ncinnati and then read law for two years. At tht\\nexpiration of that time young Harrison receivt-d tt:.\\nonly inheritance of his life; his aunt dying left Lin;\\na lot valued at $800. He regarded this legacy as a\\nfortune, and decided to get married at once, aks\\nthis money and go to some Eastern town an oe-\\ngin the practice of law. He sold his lot, and with\\nthe money in his pocket, he started out witii his\\nyoung wife to fight for a place in the world. Me", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "108\\nBENJAMIN HARRISOl*\\ndecided to go to Indianapolis, which was even at\\nthat time a town of promise. He met with slight\\nencouragement at first, mailing scarcely anj thing\\nthe first year. He worked diligently, applying him-\\nself closely to his calling, built up an extensive\\npractice and took a loading rank in the legal pro-\\ni ession. He is the father of two children.\\nIn 1860 Mr. Harrison was nominated for the\\nposition of Supreme Court Reporter, and then be-\\ngan his experience as a stump speaker He can-\\nvassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by a\\nhandsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 17th\\nIndiana Infantry, and was chosen its Colonel. His\\nregiment was composed of the rawest of material,\\nout Col. Harrison emploj-ed all his time at first\\nmastering military tactics and drilling his men,\\nwhen he therefore came to move toward the East\\nwith Sherman his regiment was one of the best\\ntlrilled and organized in the army. At Resaca he\\nespeciallj distinguished himself, and for his bravery\\nat Peachtree Creek he was made a Brigadier Gen-\\neral, Gen. Hooker speaking of him in the most\\neoraplimentarj terms.\\nDuring the absence of Gen. Harrison in the field\\nlie Supreme Court declared the office of the Su-\\npreme Court Reporter vacant, and another person\\nwas elected to the position. From the time of leav-\\nirg Indiana with his regiment until the fall oi 1864\\nhe had taken no leave of absence, but having been\\nnominated that year for the same office, he got a\\nthirty-day leave of absence, and during that time\\nmade a brilliant canvass of the State, and was elected\\nfor another term. He then started to rejoin Sher-\\nman, but on the way was stricken down with scarlet\\niTever, and after a most trjing siege made his way\\nto the front in time to participate in the closing\\nincidents of the war.\\nIn 1868 Gen. Hari-ison declined re-election as\\nreporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 1876\\nhe was a candidate for Governor. Although de-\\neated, the brilliant campaign he irade won ior him\\n1 National reputation, and he was much sought, es-\\npecia^.y in the East, to make speeches. In 1880,\\nas usual, he took an active part in the campaign,\\nand wii elected to the United States Senate. Here\\nu5 sei-ved six years, and ^as known as one ci the\\n*biest men, best iawyer \u00c2\u00ab,ud strongest debaters in\\nthat body. With the expiration of his Senatorial\\nterm he returned to the practice of his profession,\\nbecoming the head of one of the strongest firms in\\nthe State.\\nThe political campaign of 1888 was one of the\\nmost memorable in the history of our country. The\\nconvention which assembled in Chicago in June and\\nnamed Mr. Harrison as the chief standard bearer\\nof the Republican party, was great in every partic-\\nular, and on this account, and the attitude it as-\\nsumed ujion the vital questions of the day, chief\\namong which was the tariff, awoke a deep interest\\nin the campaign throughout the Nation. Shortly\\nafter the nomination delegations began to visit Mr.\\nHarrison at Indianapolis, his home. This move-\\nment became popular, and from all sections of the\\ncountry societies, clubs and delegations journej ed\\nthither to i)ay their respects to the distinguished\\nstatesman. The popularity of these was greatly\\nincreased on account of the remarkable speeches\\nmade by Mr. Harrison. He spoke daily all through\\nthe summer and autumn to these visiting delega-\\ntions, and so varied, masterly and eloquent were\\nhis speeches that they at once placed him in the\\nforemost rank of American orators and statesmen.\\nOn account of his eloquence as a speaker and lii.^\\npower as a debater, he was called upon at an un-\\ncommonly- early age to take part in the discussion\\nof the great questions that then began to agitate\\nthe countr3^ He was an uncompromising anti\\nslavery man, and was matched against some of t \u00e2\u0080\u009ee\\nmost eminent Democratic speakers of his State.\\nNo man who felt the touch of his blade desired tt\\nhe pitted with him again. With all his e!oq ence\\nas an orator he never spoke for oratorical effect,\\nbut his words always went like bullets to the mark\\nHe is purely American in his ideas and is a splec\\ndid type of the American statesman. Gifted witl.\\nquick perception, a logical mind and a ready tongue,\\nhe is one of the most distinguished impromptu\\nspeakers in the Nation. Many of these speeches\\nsparkled with the rarest of eloquence and contained\\narguments of greatest weight. JIany of his terse\\nstatements have ah-eady become ajihorisms. Origi\\nnal in thought^ pi-eeise in logic, terse m statement,\\njet withal faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as\\nthe sound statesman and brilliant orator c tn^ day\\n^1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "^Ss^^i ,i^\\n-y^_\\nkl. v ^N", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00c2\u00b05\\nlB~veiiaizr\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00aba\\ni^\u00c2\u00aei^im;^\\nS ..^^Wro?ra%~|jij|\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nfirst Governor of Michigan, was\\na son of Gen. John T. Mason,\\nof Kentucky, but was born in\\nVirginia, in i8 12. At the age\\nof 19 he was appointed Secre-\\ns) tary of Michigan Territory, and\\nserved in that capacity duri;ig the\\nadministration of Gov. George B.\\nPorter. Upon the death of Gov.\\nPorter, which occurred on the 6tii of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, he\\nwas elected Governor under the State\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered upon the performance of the\\nduties of the office, although the\\nState was not yet admitted into the Union. After\\nthe State was admitted into the Union, Governor\\nMason was re-elected to the position, and served with\\ncredit to himself and to the advantage of the State.\\nHe died Jan. 4, 1843. The principal event during\\nGovernor Mason s official career, was that arising from\\nthe disputed southern boundary of the State.\\nMichigan claimed for her southern boundary aline\\nrunning east across the peninsula from the e.xtreme\\nsouthern point of Lake Michigan, extending through\\nLake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line. This she\\nclaimed as a vested right a right accruing to her by\\ncompact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\ndie parties to which were the original 13 States, and\\nthe territory northwest of the Ohio and, by the suc-\\ncession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\nother. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the i)rioi\\ngrant, or assignation of boundary.\\nOhio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordinance\\nhad been superseded by the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, and that Congress had a right to regu-\\nlate the boundary. It was also claimed that the\\nConstitution of the State of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress having admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, without mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute. Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but atothersshe ap-\\npeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\n18 1 2, Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to\\nsurvey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the i)eople\\nof Ohio to form a Constitution and State government.\\nOwing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not\\nrun till 1818. In 1820, the question in dispute\\nunderwent a rigid examination by the Committee on\\nPublic Lands. The claim of Ohio was strenuously\\nurged by her delegation, and as ably opposed 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 questio\\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\\nthat claimed by Ohio was known as the Harris line,", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "io6\\nSTEPHEN T. MASON.\\nf roil the names of the surveyors. The territor) was\\nvaluable for its rich agricultural lands; but the chief\\nvalue consisted in the fact that the harbor on the\\nMaumee River, where now stands the flourishing city\\nof Toledo, was included within its limits The town\\noriginally bore the name of Swan Creek, afterwards\\nPort Lawrence, then Vestula, and then Toledo.\\nIn February, 1835, the Legislature of Ohio passed\\nan act extending the jurisdiction of the State over\\nthe territory in question; erected townships and\\ndirected them to hold elections in April following. It\\nalso directed Governor Lucus to appoint three com-\\nmissioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line and\\nnamed the first 6f April as tlie day to commence the\\nsurvey. Acting Governor Mason, however, anticipated\\nthis action on the part of the Ohio Legislature, sent\\na special message to the Legislative Council, appris-\\ning it of Governor Lucas message, and advised imme-\\ndiate action by that body to anticipate and counteract\\nthe proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 12th\\nof February, the council passed an act making it a\\ncriminal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im-\\nprisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any\\nofficial functions, or accept any office within the juris-\\ndiction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au-\\nthority not derived from the Territory, or the United\\nStates. On the 9th of March, Governor Mason wrote\\nGeneral Brown, then in command of the Michigan\\nmilitia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to\\nmeet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was\\nmade on the part of Ohio to carrj out the provisions\\nof that act of the Legislature. On the 31st of March,\\n(Governor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at\\nPerrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying\\nthe Harris line. He was accomjjanied by General\\nBell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to\\nmuster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This\\nwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and\\nequipped. The force then went into camp at Fort\\nMiami, to await the Governor s orders.\\nIn the meantime. Governor Mason, with General\\nBrown and staff, had raised a force 800 to 1200\\nstrong, and were in possession of Toledo. General\\nBrown s Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of\\nMonroe, Inspector; Major J. J. Ullman, of Con-\\nstantine, Quartermaster William E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and Alpheus Felch, of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamn. When Governor Lucas observed the deter-\\nmined bearing of the Michigan braves, and tock note\\nof their number, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSeveral days were passed in this exhilarating employ-\\nment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to do something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from Washington on a mission of peace. They\\nremonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possession of the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nboth governors, the commissioners submitted proposi-\\ntions for their consideration.\\nGovernor Lucas at once accepted the propositions,\\nand disbanded his forces. Governor Mason, on the\\nother hand, refused to accede to the arrangement, and\\ndeclined to compromise the rights of his people by a\\nsurrender of jMssession and jurisdiction. When Gov-\\nernor Lucus disbanded his forces, however, Governor\\nMason partially followed suit, but still held himself\\nin readiness to meet any emergency that might arise.\\nGovernor Lucus now supposed that his way was\\nclear, and that he could re-mark the Harris line with-\\nout being molested, and ordered the commissioners\\nto proceed with their work.\\nIn the meantime. Governor Mason kept a watch- jj\\nful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent\\nscouts through the woods to watch their movements,\\nand report when operations were commenced. When\\nthe surveying party got within the county of Lena-\\nwee, the under-sheriff of that county, armed with a\\nwarrant, and accompanied by a posse, suddenly made\\nhis appearance, and succeeded in arresting a portion\\nof the party. The rest, including the commissioners,\\ntook to their heels, and were soon beyond the dis-\\nputed territory. They reached Perrysburgh the fol-\\nlowing day in a highly demoralized condition, and\\nreported they had been attacked by an overwhelm- 11\\ning force of Michigan malitia, under command of f|\\nGeneral Brown,\\nThis summarj breaking up of the surveying party\\nproduced the most tremendous excitement throughout\\nOhio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the jj\\nLegislature, But little remains to be said in reference\\nto the war. The question continued for sometime\\nto agitate the minds of the opposing parties and the\\naction of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed territory, and accept\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "SECOND GO VERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\n109\\n^i\u00c2\u00bb.. \u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bb,iaj^ J) S\\nDetroit\\nILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\nsecond Governor of Michigan,\\nwas born at Norwich, Conn.,\\nAug. 20, 1780, and died at\\nOct. 20, 1861. He\\n^i\\nr\\nwas of a family of three brothers\\nand two sisters. His father,\\nDudley Woodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, about 1790. The\\nlife of Wm. Woodbridge, by Chas.\\nIs Lauman, 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, except a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Gallipolis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\nthe French language. It should\\nbe borne in mind, however, that\\nhome education at that time was\\nan indispensable feature in the\\ntraining of the young. To this and\\nand to a few studies well mastered,\\nis due that strong mental discipline which has served\\nas a basis for many of the grand intellects that have\\nadorned and helped to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a\\nyoung man subsequently distinguished, but known\\nat that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at\\nthe law school in Connecticut, after a course there of\\nnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta\\nin 1806. In June, 1806, he married, at Hartford, Con-\\nnecticut; juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistingUis r eri author and judg*? 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\\ntic relations 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 staUons 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. W. was chosen a representative to the\\nGeneral Assembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a member by re-election until\\nhis removal from the State. He also held, by ap-\\npointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting\\nAttorney for his county. He took a leading part in\\nthe Legislature, and in 181 2 drew up a declaration and\\nrewl Uions, which passed the two houses unaminously", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM IVOODBRIDGE.\\naud attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\nand most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi-\\ndent Madison. During the period from 1804 to 18 14\\nthe two law students, Woodbridge and Cass, had he-\\ncome widely separated. The latter was Governor of\\nthe Territory of Micliigan under the historic Governor\\nand Judges plan, with the indispensable requisite of a\\nSecretary of the Territorry. This latter position was,\\nill 18 14, without solicitation on his part, tendered to\\nMr. W. Ke accepted the position with some hesita-\\ntion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could\\nmake the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio.\\nThe office of Secretary involved also the duties of\\ncollectorof customsat the port of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof\\nof his duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. W. officiated as Governor for\\nabout two years out of the eight years that he held the\\noffice of Secretary Tinder the administration of Gov-\\nernor and Judges, which the people of the Territory\\npreferred for economical reasons, to continue some time\\nafter their numbers entitled them to a more popular\\nrepresentative system, they were allowed no delegate\\nin Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of\\nthe people, by correspondence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassedin Congressin iSigauthorizingone tobechosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all parties. His first action inCongress was to secure\\n.he passage of a bill recognizing and confirming the\\nold French land titles in the Territory according to\\nthe terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain\\nat the close of the Revolution and another for the\\nconstruction of a Government road through the black\\nswamps from the Miami River to Detroit, thus 0|:)en-\\ning a means of land transit between Ohio and Mich-\\nigan. He was influential in securing the passage of\\nbills for the construction of Government roads from\\nDetroit to Chicago, and Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and\\nfor the improvement of La Plaisance Bay. The ex-\\npedition for the exploration of the country around\\nLake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis-\\nsissippi, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the liead 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. W. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretarj of the Territon, up to the time\\nits Government passed into the second grade.\\nIn 1824, ne was appointed one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private land claims in\\nthe Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of\\nhis profession, having the best law library in the Ter-\\nritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the\\nGovernor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. Q. Adams, to succeed Hon. James Wiih-\\nerell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven-\\ntionally called the Supreme Court of the Territory.\\nThis court was apparently a continuation of the Terri-\\ntorial Court, under the first grade or Governor and\\nJudges system. Although it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territor) its powers and\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn 1832, the term of his apixjintment as Judge ex-\\npiring, President Jackson appointed a successor, it is\\nsup[X)sed on political grounds,much to the disappoint-\\nment of the public and the bar of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeluigof the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its people began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sharply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected a member of the State Senate.\\nThis sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail\\nwith what may be called Judge W s. earlier career,\\nbecause it is closely identified with the early his-\\ntory of the State, and the development of its politi-\\ncal system. Since the organization of the State Gov-\\nernment the histor) of Michigan is more familiar, and\\nhence no review of Judge W s career as Governor\\nand Senator will be attempted. He was elected Gov-\\nernor in 1839, under a popular impression that the\\naffairs of the State had not been prudently adminis-\\ntered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but\\nlittle more than a year, when he was elected to the\\nSenate of the United States.\\nHi^, term in the Senate practically closed his polit-\\nical life, although he was strongly urged by many\\nprominent men for the hig nomination for Vice\\nPresident in 1848.\\nSoon after his appointment as Judge in 1828,\\nernor W. took up his residence on a tract of lau-i 1\\nwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, n i\\nshort distance below what was then the corporate linl-\\nits of Detroit, where he resided during the remaindti\\nof his life. Both in his public papers and privatt\\\\\\ncommunications, Governor W. shows himself a mas-\\nter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in arrangement, hap|)y in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Judge W. was a Congregationalist. His opinions\\non all subjects were decided he was earnest and\\nenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-\\nhibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-\\ntractive because not too often allowed to come to the\\nsurface. His letters and addresses show a deep and\\nearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but\\nthe home of his adoption and for friends and family,\\nB, G0V./I\\nDf Ian./", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n13\\nxJOtiN B. BARRY\\nw^^\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, 1850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nBarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nhanij 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 iwo years, meanwhile studying\\nlaw. He afterward practiced law in\\nthat State. While he was in Georgia he was for some\\nlime 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 the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich,\\nin 1831, and held the office until the year 1835\\nMr. Barry s first public office was that of a member\\nof the first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand framed the constitution uix)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 popular was his administration that, in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nMichigan was embarrassed by great financial diffi-\\nculties, and it was through his wisdom and sound judg-\\nment that the State was finally placed upon a solid\\nfinancial basis.\\nDuring the first year of Gov. Barry s first term, the\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor was opened for the reception", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "114\\nJOHN STEWARD BARRY.\\nof students. The Michigan Central and Michigan\\nSouthern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and\\ngeneral progress was eveiywhere noticeable. In 1842,\\nthe number of pupils reported as attending the public\\nschools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843,\\nState land office was established at Marshall, which\\nwas invested with the charge and disposition of all\\nthe lands belonging to the State In 1844, the tax-\\nable property of the State was found to be over\\ntwenty-eight millions of dollars, the tax being at the\\nrate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the\\nState were only seventy thousand dollars, while the\\nincome from the railroads was nearly three hundred\\nthousand dollars. At this time the University of\\nMichigan had become so prosperous that its income\\nwas ample to pay the interest on the University debt\\nand the amount of money which the State was able\\nto loan the several progressing railroads was one\\nhundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were\\nmade to increase the efficiency of the common schools\\nwith good results In 1845, when Gov. Barry s sec-\\nond term ex|)ired, the population of the State was\\nmore than three hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\nposition again in 1850 the only instance of the kind\\nin the history of the State. He was a member of the\\nTerritorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion, and afterward of the State House of Represent-\\natives.\\nDuring Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor-\\nmal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was\\nendowed with kinds and placed in charge of a board\\nof education consisting of six persons. A new con-\\nstitution for the government of the State was also\\nadopted and the Great Railway Conspiracy Case\\nwas tried. This grew out of a series of lawless acts\\nwhich had been committed upon the property of the\\nMichigan Central Railroad Company, along the line\\nof their road, and finally the burning of the deix)t\\nat Detroit, in 1850.\\nAt a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 1S51, 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 Arnian, James A.\\nVan Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, .\\\\lex. 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, daring which time the plaintiffs exam-\\nined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants\\n249 in 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution William H. Seward for the\\ndefense.\\nThe great lawyer was convinced of the innocence\\nof his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the\\nsentence of that judge remove his firm belief that his\\nclients were the victims of purchased treachery,\\nrather than so many sacrifices to justice.\\nThe verdict of guilty was rendered at 9 o clock\\np. -M., Sept. 25, 185 I. On the 26th the prisoners were\\nput forward to receive sentence, when many of them\\nprotested their entire innocence, after which the pre-\\nsiding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol-\\nlowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Ammi\\nFilley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years; Andrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin,\\neight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Champlin, five years; Willard\\nW. ChampUn, five years; Erastus Champlin, five\\nyears; Erastus Smith, five years.\\nIn 1840, Gov. Barry became deeply interested in\\nthe cultivation of the sugar beet, and visited Europe\\nto obtain information in reference to its culture.\\nHe was twice Presidential Elector, and his last\\npublic service was that of a delegate to the National\\nDemocratic Convention held in Chicago in 1864.\\nHe was a man who, throughout life, maintained a\\nhigh character for integrity and fidelity to the trusts\\nbestowed upon him, whether of a public or a 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.\\nHis opinions, which he reached by the most thorough\\ninvestigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con-\\nvictions and outspoken honesty made it impossible for\\nhim to take an undefined position when a principle\\nwas involved. His attachments and prejudices were\\nstrong, yet he was never accused of favoritism in his\\nadministration of public affairs. As a speaker he was\\nnot remarkable. Solidity, rather than brilliancy, char-\\nacterized his oratory, which is described as argument-\\native and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely\\nwanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo-\\n([uent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner\\nrather awkward.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Although Mr. Barry s educational advant.ages were\\nso limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered\\nboth ancient and modern languages, and acquired a\\nthorough knowledge of history. No man owed less\\nto political intrigue as a means of gaining posi-\\ntion. He was a true statesman, and gained public es-\\nteem by his solid worth. His political connections\\nwere always with the Democratic party, and his opin-\\nions were usually extreme.\\nMr. Barry retired to private life after the beginning\\nof the ascendency of the Republican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constanline. He\\ndied Jan. 14, 1870, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, 1869. They left no children.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "il\\na\\nd/^^^iL^^^^.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n11/\\ns^f^ M^-^\\\\t^ A-^^\\nv/^ .It. -y-\\nii^iieif.\\n7\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\nGovernor of Michigan, was\\na\\nborn in Lniierick, Mame, .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 that re-\\ngion when it was yet a wilderness.\\nThe father of Mr. Felch embarked in\\nmercantile life at Limerick. He was\\nthe first to engage in that business in\\nthat section, and continued it until\\nhis death. The death of the father,\\nfollowed within a year by the death of\\nthe mother, left the subject of this sketch, then three\\nyears old, to the care of relatives, and he found a\\nhome with his paternal grandfather, where he re-\\nmained until his death. Mr Felch received his early\\neducation in the district school and a neighboring\\nacademy. In 1821 he became a student at Phillips\\nExter Academy, and, subsequently, entered Bowdoin\\nCollege, graduated with the class of 1827. He at\\nonce began the study of law and was admitted to\\npractice at Bangor, Me., in 1830.\\nHe began the practice of his profession at Houlton,\\nMe., where he remained until [833. 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 his 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 pointed\\nout to the House the disasters which, in his opinion,\\nwere sure to follow its passage. The public mind,\\nhowever, was so favorably impressed by the measure\\nthat no other member, in either branch of the Legisla-\\nture, raised a dissenting voice, and but two voted with\\nhim in opposition to the bill. Early in 1838, he was\\nappointed one of the Bank Commissioners of the\\nState, and held that office for mote than a year. Dur-\\ning this time, the new banking law had given birth to\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nAlmost every village had its bank. The country was\\nflooded with depressed wild-cat money. The ex-\\naminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to\\nlight frauds at every point, which were fearlessly re-", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "ii8\\nALPHEUS FELCH.\\nported to the Legislature, and were followed by crim-\\ninal prosecutions of the guilty parties, and the closing\\nof many of their institutions. The duties of the of-\\nfice were most laborious, and in 1839 Mr. Felch re-\\nsigned. The chartered right of almost every bank\\nhad, in the meantime, been declared forfeited and\\nthe law repealed. It was subsequently decided to\\nbe constitutional by the Supreme Court of the State.\\nIn the year 1842 Governor Felch was appointed\\nto the office of Auditor General of the State; but\\nafter holding the office only a few weeks, was com-\\nmissioned by the Governor as one of the Judges of the\\nSupreme Court, to fill a vacancy caused by the resig-\\nnation of Judge Fletcher. In January, 1843, he was\\nelected to the United States Senate for an unexpired\\nterm. In 1845 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered upon his duties at the commencement of\\nthe next year. In 1847 he was elected a Senator\\nin Congress for six years and at once retired from\\nthe office of Governor, by resignation, which took\\neffect March 4, 1847, when his Senatorial term com-\\nmenced. While a member of the Senate he acted on\\nthe Committee on Public Lands, and for four years\\nwas its Chairman. He filled the honorable position\\nof Senator with becoming dignity, and with great\\ncredit to the State of Michigan.\\nDuring Governor Felch s administration the two\\nrailroads belonging to the State were sold to private\\ncorporations, the Central for $2,000,000, and the\\nSouthern for $500,000. The exports of the State\\namounted in 1846 to $4,647,608. The total capacity\\nof vessels enrolled in the collection district at Detroit\\nwas 26,928 tons, the steam vessels having 8,400 and\\nthe sailing vessels 18,528 tons, the whole giving em-\\nployment to 18,000 seamen. In 1847, there were 39\\ncounties in the State, containing 435 townships and\\n275 of these townships were supplied with good libra-\\nries, containing an aggregate of 37,000 volumes.\\nAt the close of his Senatorial term, in March, 1853,\\nMr. Felch was appointed, by President Pierce, one of\\nthe Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish\\nand Mexican land claims in California, under the\\ntreaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo, and an act of Congress\\npassed for that purpose. He went to California in\\nMay, 1853, and was made President of the Commis-\\nsion. The duties of this office were of the most im-\\nportant and delicate character. The interest of the\\nnew State, and the fortunes of many of its citizens,\\nboth the native Mexican population and the recent\\nAmerican immigration the right of the Pueblos to\\ntheir common lands, and of the Catholic Church to\\ntlie lands of the Missions, the most valuable of the\\nState, wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com-\\nmission. In March, 1856, their labors were brought\\nto a close by the final disposition of all the claims\\nwhich were presented. The record of their proceed-\\nings, the testimony whicli was given in each case,\\nand the decision of the Commissioners thereon,\\nconsisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited\\nin the Department of the Interior at Wasliington.\\nIn June of that year. Governor Felch returned to\\n.\\\\nn Arl)or, where he has since been engaged princi-\\npally in legal l)usiness. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated for Governor and also for U. S. Sen-\\nator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But\\nthe Democratic parly, to which he has always been\\nattached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec-\\ntion. In r873 he withdrew from the active practice\\nof law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe,\\nin 1875 has since led a life of retirement at his home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan\\nconferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For\\nmany years he was one of the Regents of Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1S79 was appointed\\nTappan Professor of Law in the same. Mr. Felch is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature from\\nMonroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com-\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor\\nGeneral of tiie State, the oldest surviving Governor of\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United\\nStates Senator from the State of Micliigan.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS.\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0TH\\n1\\nr -rrx\\ni\\niM.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01\\n^-trS-.\\n.i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^r^/--\\nI ILLIAM L. GREENLY\\n5g Governor of Michigan for the\\nf year 1847, was born at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n18,1813. He graduated at Un-\\nion College, Schenectady, in\\n1 83 1, studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1S34. 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. Gov-\\nernor and became acting Governor\\nby the resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwho was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\ni The war with Mexico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Gov. Greenly s\\nadministration. We regret to say that there are only\\nfew records extant of the action of Michigan troops\\nin the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nnativity 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\\nThe two former of these companies, recruited in this\\nState, were reduced to one-third their original num-\\nber.\\nIn May, 1846, the Governor of Michigan was noti-\\nfied by the War Department of the United States to\\nenroll a regiment of volunteers, to be held in readi-\\nness for service whenever demanded. At his sum-\\nmons 13 independent volunteer companies, 1 1 of\\ninfantry and two of cavalry, at once fell into line. Of\\nthe infantry four companies were from Detroit, bear-\\ning the honored names of Montgomery, Lafayette,\\nScott and Brady upon their banners. Of the re-\\nmainder Monroe tendered two, Lenawee County three,\\nSt. Clair, Berrien and Hillsdale each one, and Wayne\\nCounty an additional company. Of these alone the\\nveteran Bradys were accepted and ordered into ser-\\nvice. In addition to them ten companies, making the\\nFirst Regiment of Michigan Volunteers, springing\\nfrom various parts of the State, but embodying 10 a\\ngreat degree the material of which the first volunteer?\\nwas formed, were not called for until October follow-\\ning. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro-\\nceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war.", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "^y Z^-C^Ccy^c^ J^Ckylyv J^\\n-^cyvi^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "GO VERJS/ORS.\\nI2li\\nSI,\\n51?\\nEP^PI?RODITnS PI]S0I1Q. 1\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nTUS RANSOM, the Seventh\\nGovernor of Michigan, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\nthat State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to the bar.\\nRemoving to Michigan about\\nthe time of its admission to the\\nUnion, he took up his residence\\nat Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Ransom served with marked\\nability for a number of years in the\\nState Legislature, and in 1837 he was appointed As-\\nsociate Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1843 he\\nwas promoted to Chief Justice, which office he re-\\ntained until 1845, when he resigned.\\nShortly afterwards he became deeply interested in\\nthe 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 1847, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich position he displayed the same abi i i 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 e.xpiration 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 following 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. 1847, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature wereim\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $12,450.", "height": "3025", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "II", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n129\\n-##iNtft- 1():I5ERT McOLElvLAND. \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^e^ Mr S,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a05)l i-.twt,t,wt\u00c2\u00ab.t.,fcfe^t\u00c2\u00ab.t A.t.i.t.-.t.-.t.i.t.vT.T.to.t.v.+m^^^\\nsp^crsT^^ *5=ff\\n;x*- r^sn:j^S\\nOBERT McClelland,\\n^(iovernor of Michigau from\\nJan. I, I S5 2, to March 8, 1853,\\nwas born at Greencastle, Frank-\\nlin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1S07.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\nofficers of rank in the Revohition-\\nary war, and some of his family con-\\nnections were distinguished in the\\nwar of 1812, and that with Mexico.\\nHis father was an eminent physician\\nand surgeon who studied under 1 )r.\\nBenj. Rush, of Philadelphia, and\\nl)racticed his profession successfully\\nuntil six months before his deatji, at\\nthe age of 84 years. Although Mr.\\nfamily had been in good circum-\\nstances, when he was 17 years old he was thrown\\nupon his own resources. After taking the usual pre-\\nliminary studies, and teaching school to obtain tlie\\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\\nliaving 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\\nMcClelland s\\nllie I erritory of Micliigan, 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 i)rominent 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\\nI)rofessional duties.\\nIn 1838, Mr. McClelland was elected to the State\\nLegislature, in which he soon became distinguished\\nas the head of several imixsrtant committees. Speaker\\npro tempore, and as an active, zealous and efficient\\nmemljer. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for\\ntlie Presidency, swept the country witli 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 among the\\nacknowledged leaders of the latter organization was\\nelected a member of tiie State House of Rejjresenta-\\ntives, and with others adopted a plan to regain :i lost\\nauthority and prestige.\\nThis party soon came again into power in tlie State,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature M;.\\nMc( lelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelection as Speaker of the House of Representatives", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "ROBERT McClelland.\\nill 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\\nhad the Democratic party recovered from its defeat\\nDf 2840 that Mr. McClelland as a candidate forCon-\\ngress, carried Detroit district by a majority of about\\n,500. Mr. McClelland soon toc i a prominent pc-:i\\nlion in Congress among the veteians of that body.\\nDuring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nConrmerce, and organized and carried through what\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vere known as the Harbor bills. The continued _\\nconfidence of his constituency was manifested in his\\nelection to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this\\nsession he had acquired a National reputation, and so\\nif.Torably was he known as a parlimentarian that his\\nQarae was 11 entioned for Speaker of the House of-Rep-\\nicsentatives He declined t e offer in favor of J. W.\\nDavis, of L-.diana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich position his leports and advocacy of important\\nmeasures at once attracted public attention. The\\nmembers of this committee, as an evidence of the es-\\nteem in which they held his services and of their\\npersonal regard for him, presented him with a cane\\nvhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of\\nhis labors in Congress.\\nIn 1847, Mr McClelland was re-elected to Con-\\ntress, and at the opening of the 3olh Congress be-\\nrame a member of the Committee on Fore gn Rela-\\naons. WhiL acting in this capacity, what was known\\nti-.e Trench Spoliation Bill came undjr his spe-\\ncial charge, aid his management of the same was such\\nas to command universal approbation. While in\\nCongress, Mt. McClelland was an advocate of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ight of petition as maintained by John Q. Adams,\\nwher the petition, was clothed in decorous language\\nand preseniui in the proper manner This he re-\\ntarded as the cilizens constitutional right which should\\niiot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\naings s bill fot the abolishing of slavery in the District\\nof Co umbi- Mr McClellan.d was one of the few\\nDemocrptE a3.sociated with David Wilmot, of Penn-\\nrylvania in bringing forward the celebrated Wilmot\\nProviso, with a view to prevent further extension of\\nslavery ii. new territory which might be acquired by\\n.he United States. He and Mr. Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\nr.nd confidential terms. Mr. McClelland was in sev-\\neral National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President,\\n1848, doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On isaving\\nongress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland returned to the\\npractice of his profession at Monroe. In 1S50 a\\nconvention of the State of Michigan was called to\\nrevise the State constitution He was elected a\\nmember and was regarded therein as among the ablest\\nand most experienced leaders. His clear judgment\\nand wise moderation were conspicuous, both in the\\ncommittee room and on the floor, rr, debate. In 1850,\\nhe was President of the Democratic State convention\\nwhich adopted resolutions in suptJort of Henry Clay .3\\nfamous compromise measures, of which Mr. McClel\\nland was a strong advocate. He waj a member c!\\nthe Democratic National convention in 1S52, and in\\nthat year, in company with Gen Cass and Governo;\\nFelch; he made a thorough canvass of the Stale\\nHe continued earnestly to advocate the Cay com\\npromise measures, and took ari .active part -in the\\ncanvass which resulted in the election of Gen Pierce\\nto the Presidency\\nIn 185 the new State constitution took effect an-)\\nit was necessary that a Governo; should be elected\\nfor one year in order to prevent an interregnum, and\\nto bring the State Government into ooerat;? tndei\\nthe new constitution, Mr. McClelland was elected\\nGovernor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected fo\\na term of two years, from Jan, r, 1853, His admir\\nistration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia-\\ntory, and was as popular as could be expected at a\\ntime when party spirit ran high. There was really\\nno opposition, and when he resigned, in March, 1853,\\nthe State Treasury was well filled, and the State\\notherwise prosperous. So widely and favorably hac\\nMr. McClelland become known as a statesmar. that or.\\nthe organization of thecabinet by President Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1853, he was made Secretary cf tliC Interior, ri\\nwhich capacity he served most creditably during low.\\nyears of the Pierce administration. He thoroughly\\nre-organized his department and reduced the expend-\\niture- He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and produced harmony and civilizatio\\namong them. During liis administration there wa--\\nneither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among\\nagents, and he left the department in perfect order\\nand system In 1867, Michigan again called a con\\nvention to revise the State constitution, Mr. McClel\\nland was a member and here again his long expcr.\\nence made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a\\nsagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer hewa-\\nterse and pointed m argument, clear, candid and im\\npressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity\\nand earnestness, with which was occasionally mingled\\na pleasant humor, made him an able and effective\\nadvocate. In speaking before the people on political\\nsubjects he was especially forcible and happy. In\\n1870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through .-iis\\nextensive personal acquaintance \\\\vith European dip-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more an\\nmost travelers\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1837, Miss Sarah\\nE. Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. They have had\\nsix children, two of whom now snr\\\\ ive.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF .U/CH/GAN.\\nJ3\\ni^ilfe^\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2gi;$*-g;;$#S!g4\u00c2\u00bb$;;iH^^;::5 i^x;:::--\u00c2\u00bb-^;;;c~?;::5*^;::j*-?;::^\\nt\\nANDREW PARS;()X^.\\nA\u00c2\u00bb\\n:;g !^;ig*-;;:;; i::.;\\nS:g\u00c2\u00ab*\u00c2\u00bb?;:s*-s;,c\\nNDREW PARSONS, (;oVLr-\\nnor of Michigan from Marcli\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was\\nborn in the town of Hoosick,\\nCounty of Rensselaer, and\\nState of New York, on tlie 22d\\nday of July, 1817, and died June\\n6, 1855, at the early age of 38\\nyears. He was the son of John\\nParsons, born at Newbury port,\\n(Mass., Oct. 2, 1782, and who was the\\nsonof Andrew Parsons, a Revolutionary\\nsoldier, who was the son of Phineas\\nParsons, the son of Samuel Parsons,\\na descendant of Walter Parsons, born\\nin Ireland in 1290.\\nOf this name and family, some one hundred and\\nthirty years ago, Bishop Gilson remarked in his edi-\\ntion of Camden s Britannia: The honorable family\\nof Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of\\nViscounts and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nThe following are descendants of these f.unilies\\nSir John Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater,\\nF^ngland. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox-\\nford, and w.as a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an English College at\\nRome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons,\\nIxjrn in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham;\\nBartholomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another\\nnoted member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons\\n-was knighted by Charles I. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\nand accompanied their father and others to New\\nI .ngland about 1630. Samuel Parsons, bom at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\n1730, ordained at Rye, N. H., Nov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfatherof Maiy\\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\\nArbor, where for a few months he taught school which\\nho was compelled to abandon from ill health.\\nHe was one of the large number of men of sterling\\nworth, who came from the East to Michigan when ii\\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])roud-\\nest States of the Union. These brave men came ki\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the conquesi\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and stronp\\nand willing hands. They gloriously conquered, how-\\never, and to them is due all honor for the labois\\nso nobly performed, for the solid .lud sure foundation\\nwhich they laid of a great Commonwealth.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "34\\nANDREW PARSONS\\nla the fall of 1835, he explored the Grand River\\nValley in a frail canoe, the whole length of the river,\\nfrom Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent the following\\nwinter as clerk in a store at Prairie Creek, in Ionia,\\nCounty, and in the spring went to Marshall, where he\\nresided with his brother, the Hon. Luke H. Parsons,\\nalso now deceased, until fall, when he went to Shia-\\nwasseCounly,then with Clinton County, andan almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In 1837 this territory was organized into\\na county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (x\\\\n-\\ndrew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was\\nelected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and\\nalso in 1844. In 1846, he was elected to the State\\nSenate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in 1848,\\nand elected Regent of the University in 185 1, and\\nLieutenant Governor, and became acting Governor,\\nin 1853, elected again to the Legislature in 1854, and,\\novercome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\nresponsibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, where he died soon after.\\nHe was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well\\ncalculated lo make friends of his acquantances. He\\nwas always true to his trust, and the whole world\\ncould not i)ersuade nor drive him to do what he con-\\nceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power-\\nful railroad influence was brought to bear upon him,\\nto induce him to call an extra session of the Legisla-\\nture. Meetings were held in all parts of the State\\nfor that purpose. In some sections the resolutions\\nwere of a laudatory nature, intending to make him do\\ntheir bidding by resort to friendly and flattering words.\\nIn other places the resolutions were of a demanding\\nnature, while in others they were threatening beyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all these influences might\\nail to induce him to call the extra session, a large\\nsum of money was sent him, and liberal offers ten-\\ndered him if he would gratify the railroad interest of\\nthe State and call the extra session, but, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany favots, whether from any party who would at-\\ntempt to corru n iim by laudations, liberal offers, or\\nby threats, and in a short letter to the people, after\\ngiving overwhelming reasons that no sensible man\\ncould dispute, showing the circumstances were not\\nextraordinary, he refused to call the extra session.\\nThis brought down the wrath of various parties upon\\nhis head, but they were soon forced to acknowledge\\nthe wisdom and the justice of his course. One of\\nhis greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance\\nthough not always coinciding with his views I never\\ndoubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nofhisoath. The following eulogium from a politcal op-\\nponent is just in its conception and creditable to its\\nauthor: Gov. Parsons was a politician of the Dem-\\nocratic school, a man of pure moral character, fixed\\nand exemplary habits, and entirely blameless in every\\npublic and private relation of life. As a politician he\\nwas candid, frank and free from bitterness, as an ex-\\necutive officer firm, constant and reliable. The\\nhighest commendations we can pay the deceased is\\nto give his just record, that of being an honest man.\\nIn the spring of 1854, during the administration of\\nGovernor Parsons, the Republican party, at least\\nas a State organization, was first formed in the United\\nStates under the oaks at Jackson, by anti-slavery\\nmen of both the old parties. Great excitement pre-\\nvailed at this time, occasioned by the settling of\\nKansas, and the issue thereby brought up, whether\\nslavery should exist there. For the purpose of permit-\\nting slavery there, the Missouri compromise (which\\nlimited slavery to the south of 36 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 opposed to this repeal measure were in short\\ncalled anti-Nebraska men. The epithets, Ne-\\nbraska and anti-Nebraska, were temporally em-\\nployed to designate the slavery and anti-slavery\\nparties, pending the desolution of the old Democratic\\nand Whig parties and the organization of the new-\\nDemocratic and Republican parties of the ])resent.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "GO VERyORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n.^7\\nS:^\\nB3 K.INSURY BiNQHAM.\\n7\\nINSLEY S. BINGHAM,\\nGovernors of Michigan from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamillus, Onondaga County,\\nN. v., Dec. 16, 1808. His\\nfather was a farmer, and his own\\nearly Hfe was consequently de-\\nvoted to agricultural pursuits, 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\\nwht) 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\\nW orden, 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-\\ntin^ buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land\\nI\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation.\\nlicconiing deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham wai\\nelcctLd to thfe 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 183O.\\nwhen Michiga i i ecame a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives three years.\\nIn 1846 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Re[\\nresentalive to Congress, and was the only practical\\nfarmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the\\ninterest of agriculture, and was in particular opiwsed\\nto the introduction of Wood s Patent Cast Iron\\nPlow which he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in 1S48, during which time he\\nstrongly opposed the extension of slavery in the\\nterritory of the United States and was committed to\\nand voted for the Wilmot Proviso.\\nIn 1854, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in consequence of his record in Congress as a\\nFree Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated\\nand elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in\\n1S56. 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 Abrahatn Lincoln. He wit", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "13^\\nKINSLEY S. BINGHAM.\\nnessed the commencement of the civil war while a\\nmember of the United States Senate. After a com-\\npaiatively short life of remarkable promise and pub-\\nlic activity he was attacked with appoplexy and died\\nsuddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, 1861.\\nThe most noticable event in Governor Bingham s\\nfirst term was the completion of the ship canal, at the\\nFalls of St. Mary. In 1S52, Angust 26, an act of\\nCongress was approved, granting to the State of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and fifty thousand acres of land\\nfor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between\\nLakes Huron and Superior. In 1853,1116 Legislature\\naccepted the grant, and provided for the appointment\\nof commissioners to select the donated lands, and to\\narrange for building the canal. A company of enter-\\nprising men was formed, and a contract was entered\\ninto by which it was arranged that the canal should\\nbe fiiiished in two years, and the work was pushed\\nrapidly forward. Every article of consumption, ma-\\nchinery, working implements and materials, timber\\nfor the gates, stones for the locks, as well as men and\\nsupplies, had to be transported to the site of the canal\\nfrom Detroit, Cleveland, and other lake ports. The\\nrapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of\\nseventeen feet and are about one mile long. The\\nlength ot the canal is less than one mile, its width one\\nhundred feet, depth twelve feet and it has two locks\\nof solid masonary. In May, 1855, the work was com-\\npleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally\\ndelivered to the State authorities.\\nThe disbursements on account of the construction\\nof the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one\\nmillion of dollars; while the lands which were as-\\nsigned to the company, and selected through the\\nagency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the\\nUpper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the\\nGovernment grant. The opening of the canal was\\nan important event in the history of the improvement\\nof the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of\\nlake commerce, and particularly important to the\\ninterests of the Upper Peninsula.\\nThere were several educational, charitable and re-\\nformatory institutions inaugurated and opened during\\nGov. Bingham s administrations. The Michigan Ag-\\nricultural College owes its establishment lo a provision\\nof the State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says,\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro-\\nvide for the establishment of an agricultural school.\\nFor the purpose of carying into practice this provision,\\nlegislation was commenced in 1855, and the act re-\\nquired that the school should be within ten miles of\\nLansing, and that not more than llrj an acre should\\nbe paid for the farm and college grounds. The col-\\nlege was opened to students in May, 1857, the firstof\\nexisting argricultural colleges in the United States,\\nUntil the spring of i86i,it was under tlie control\\nof the State Board of Education; since that time it\\nhas been under the management of the State Board\\nof Agriculture, which was created for that purpose.\\nIn its essential features, of combining study and\\nlabor, and of uniting general and professional studies\\nin its course, the college has remained virtually un-\\nchanged from the first. It has a steady growth in\\nnumber of students, in means of illustration and\\nefficiency of instruction.\\nThe Agricultural College is three miles east of\\nLansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there\\nare also very beautiful, substantial residences for the\\nprofessors. There are also an extensive, well-filled\\ngreen-bouse, a very large and well-equipped chemical\\nlaboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the\\nUnited States, a general museum, a meseuni of me-\\nchanical inventions, another of vegetable products,\\nextensive barns, piggeries, etc., etc., in fine trim for\\nthe purposes designed. The farm consists of 676\\nacres, of which about 300 are under cultivation in a\\nsystematic rotation of crops,\\nAdrian College was established by the Wesleyan\\nMethodists in 1859, now under the control of the\\nMethodist Church. The grounds contain about 20\\nacres. There are four buildings, capable of accom-\\nmodating about 225 students. Attendance in 1875\\nwas 179; total number of graduates for previous year,\\n121 ten professors and teachers are employed. Ex-\\nclusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets\\nof the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni-\\nture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands,\\netc., amount to more than $137,000.\\nHillsdale College was established in 1855 by the i\\nFree Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at j,\\nSpring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept I\\nin operation until it was merged into the present\\nHillsdale College. The site comprises 25 acres,\\nbeautifully situated on an eminence in the western\\npart of the city of Hillsdale. The large and impos-\\ning building first erected was nearly destroyed by fire\\niu 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more\\nmodern style have been erected. They are of brick,\\nthree stories with basement, arranged on three sides\\nof a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80,\\n48 by 72, 48 by 72, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original building.\\nThe .State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern portion of the\\ncity, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Of-\\nfenders, having about it many of the features of a\\nprison. In 1859 the name was changed to the State\\nReform School. The government and dicipline, have\\nundergone many and radical changes, until all the\\nprison features have been removed except those that\\nremain in the walls of the original structure, and\\nwhich remain only as monuments of instructive his-\\ntory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The\\ninmates are necessarily kept under the surveillance of\\nofficers, but the attenqits at escape are much fewer\\nthan under the more rigid regime of former days.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n41\\nOSES WISNER. Governor of\\n^Michigan from 185910 1861,\\nwas born in Springport, Cayu-\\nga Co., N Y., June 3, 1815.\\nHis earl) education was only\\nwhat could be obtained at a\\ncommon school. Agricultural labor\\nand frugality of his parents gave\\nhim a physical constitution of unus-\\nual strength and endurance, which\\n;^was ever preserved by temperate hab-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\ngan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\nw Q)unty 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,\\n(Jakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother. George W. Wisner, and\\nRufus Hosmer In i%.\\\\\\\\ he was admitted to ths bar\\nand establislied himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of Lapeer. While there he was appi ointed\\nby Gov. ^Voodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he acquitted himself well\\nand gave i)romise of that eminence he after^vard at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, removing to Pontiac, where he became\\na member of a firm and entered fully ujxan the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti-\\nslaverj bias. His practice becoming extensive, he\\ntook little part in politics until after the eleix on of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1852, when he took an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great ability, but relied less uixjn jiiere book\\nlearning than upon his native good sense. Liberal\\nand courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of\\nhis client, and no facts escaped his attct.tion or his\\nmemory which bore upon the case. He was no friend\\nof tricker) or artifice in conducting a case As an ad-\\nvocate he had few equals. When fully aroused by the\\nmerits of his subject his elociuence was at once grace-\\nful and powerful. His fancies supplied the most\\noriginal, tiie most ix)inted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy l)lowsthe\\nadversar) shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed upon him rare qualities, and his powers as a\\njwpular 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 shamfi.l scheme. He\\nactively participated in organizing and consolidating\\nthe elements opjxjsed 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\\nthe new party consisting of Anti-slavery, Whigs,\\nLiberty men. Free Soil Democrats and all others op-\\nixjsed 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", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "MOSES WISJSIKR.\\nState, bui declined. An entire State ticivet was nom-\\ninated and at the annual election in Novemb^T was\\nelected by an average majority of nearly 1 0,000.\\nMr. W. was enthusiastic in the cause and brought to\\nits support all his personal influence and talents. In\\nhis views he was bold and radical. He believed from\\nthe beginning that the political power of the slave-\\nholders would have to be overthrown before quiet\\ncould be secured to the country. In the Presidential\\ncanvass of 1856 he supported the Fremont, or Re-\\npublican, ticket. At the session of the Legislature of\\n1857 he was a candidate for United States Senator,\\nand as such received a very handsome support.\\nIn 1858, he was nominated for Governor of the\\nState by the Republican convention that met at De-\\ntroit, and at the subsequent November election was\\nchosen by a very large majority. Before the day of\\nthe election he had addressed the people of almost\\nevery county and his majority was greater even than\\nthat of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham.\\nHe served as Governor two years, from Jan. i, 1859,\\nio Jan. I, i86i. 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. W. was opposed to all\\nsuch temporizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\n.egislation he resoh ed to take part in the war. In\\nthe spring and summer of 1862 he set to work to\\nraise a regiment of infantry, chiefly in Oakland\\nCounty, where he resided. His regiment, the 22d\\nMichigan, was armed and equipped and ready to\\nmarch in September, a regiment whose solid quali-\\nties were afterwards proven on many a bloody field.\\nCol. W s. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1862.\\nBefore parting with his family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at\\nCamp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the\\nw:ir turned his attention to military studies and be-\\ncame proficient in the ordinary rules and discipline.\\nHis entire attention was now devoted to his duties.\\nHis treatment of his men was kind, though his disci-\\npline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he lived he would\\nno doubt have distinguished himself as a good\\nofficer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at\\nbeing kept in Kentucky where there was so littlt\\nprospect of getting at the enemy. But life in canqj,\\nso different from the one he had been leading, ano\\nhis incessant labors, coupled with that impatience\\nwhich was so natural and so general among the vol-\\nunteers in the early part of the war, soon made tlieir\\ninfluence felt upon his health. He was seized with\\ntyphoid fever and removed to a private house near\\nLexington. Every care which medical skill or the\\nliand of friendship could bestow was rendered him.\\nIn the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis-\\nciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for\\nan encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus-\\ntice of their cause and the necessity of their crush\\nng the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig-\\nnant gnet was the prospect of not being able to come\\nto a hand-to-hand encounter with the chivalry.\\nHe was proud of his regiment, and felt that if it could\\nfind the enemy it would cover itself 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 Gen. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at the battle of Antietam.\\nCol. W. was no adventurer, although he was doubtless\\nambitious of military renown and would have striven\\nfor it with characteristic energy. He went to the war\\nto defend and uphold the principles he had so much\\nat heart. Few men were more familiar than he with\\nthe causes and the underlying principles that led to\\nthe contest. He left a wife, who was a daughter of\\nGen. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to\\nmourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the\\ntenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and\\nwelfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen-\\nerous and brave, and like thousands of oti:iers 1;\u00c2\u00ab\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MfCHIGAN.\\n145\\n?^^fJ\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00c2\u00bb^\\nm^%\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2=\u00c2\u00bb-::__ f-\\nSPgje\\nUSTIN BLAIR, Governor\\nof Michigan from Jan. 2,\\n^;.i 1 86 1, to Jan. 4, 1865, and\\nj kown as the War Governor, is\\nmd illustration of the benifi-\\nent influence of rcpubhcan in-\\nstitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log cabin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. v., Feb. 8, 1818.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of George I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\npursuit of agriculture. His father,\\nI George Klair, settled in Tompkins\\nCounty in 1809, and felled the trees and creeled the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nscore and four years of his life were spent on that\\nspot. He married Rhoda r51ackman,who now sleeps\\nwith him in the soil of theold homestead. Thefirst\\n17 years of his life were spent there, rendering his\\nfather what aid he could upon the farm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminarj- pre-\\nparing for college; entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies until the middle of\\nthe junior year, when, attracted by the fame of Dr.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from which he\\ngraduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col-\\niCge Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet\\nDavis, Owego, N Y., and was admitted to practice\\nv/ iJAi, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat-\\ning in Jackson. During a temjiorar) residence m\\nEaton Rapids, in 1842, he was elected Clerk of Eaton\\nCounty. At the close of the official term he returned .0\\nJackson, and as a Whig, zealously esjwused the cause\\nof Henr) 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 report in favor of\\nabolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec-\\nrive franchise, and at the same session was acrive 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 ])arty at Jackson,\\nin 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a member of the Committee\\non Platform. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney\\nof Jackson County in 1852 was chosen State Senator\\ntwo years later, taking his seat with the incoming Re-\\npublican administration of 1855, and holding the\\nlX)sition of parliamentary leader in tiie Senate. He\\nwas a delegate to the National Convention which\\nnominated .Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Biair\\nwas elected Governor of Michigan in i860, and re-\\nelected in 1862, faithfully and honorably dischargi--^\\nthe ard .ous duti*\u00c2\u00bbs of the office during that mo .i mo-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "146\\nAUSTIN BLAIR.\\nmeiitous and stormy period of the Nation s life. Gov.\\nBlair, possessed a clear comprehension of the perilous\\nsituation from the inception of the Rebellion, and his\\ninaugural address foreshadowed the prompt executive\\npolicy and the administrative ability which charac-\\nterized his gubernatorial career.\\nNever perhaps in the history of a nation has a\\nbrighter example been laid down, or a greater sacri-\\nfice been made, than that which distinguished Mich-\\nigan during the civil war. All, from the War Gov-\\nernor, down to the poorest citizen of the State, were\\nanimated with a patriotic ardor at once magnificiently\\nsublime and wisely directed.\\nVery early in 186 1 the coming struggle cast its\\nshadow over the Nation. Governor Blair, in his mes-\\nsage to the Legislature in January of that year, dwelt\\nvery forcibly upon the sad prospects of civil war; and\\nas forcibly pledged the State to support the principles\\nof the Republic. After a review of the conditions\\nof the State, he passed on to a consideration of the\\nrelations between the free and slave States of the\\nRepul .lic, saying: While we are citizens of the State\\nof Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in-\\nterests and honor, we have a still prouder title. We\\nare also citizeas of the United States of America. By\\nthis title we are known among the nations of the earth.\\nIn remote quarters of the globe, where the names of\\nthe States are unknown, the flag of the great Republic,\\nthe banner of the stars and stripes, honor and protect\\nher citizens. In whatever concerns the honor, the\\nprosperity and the perpetuity of this great Govern-\\nment, we are deeply interested. The people of Mich-\\nigan are loyal to that Government faithful to its con-\\nstitution and its laws. Under it they have had peace\\nand prosperity and under it they mean to abide to\\nthe end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history\\nof the past, they will not renounce the equally glo-\\nrious hopes of the future. But they will rally around\\nthe standards of the Nation and defend its integrity\\nand its constitution, with fidelity. The final para-\\ngraph being:\\nI recommend you at an early day to make mani-\\nfest to the gentlemen who represent this State in the\\ntwo Houses of Congress, and to the country, that\\nMichigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and\\nthe laws and will defend them to the uttermost and\\nto proffer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military power of the State for that purjxjse.\\nOh, for the firm, steady hand of a Washington, or a\\nJackson, to guide the ship of State in this perilous\\nstorm Let us hope that we will find him on the 4th\\nof March. Meantime, let us abide in the faith of our\\nfathers Liberty and Union, one and inseparable,\\nnow and forever.\\nHow this stirring appeal was responded to by the\\npeople of Michigan will be seen by the statement\\nthat the State furnished 88,1 1 1 men during the war.\\nMoney, men, clothing and food were freely and abun-\\ndantly supplied by this State during all these years of\\ndarkness and blood shed. No State won a brighter\\nrecord for her devotion to our country than the Pen-\\ninsula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any\\nother individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal\\nand labors in the Nation s behalf, and for the heroism\\nmanifested in its defense.\\nGov. Blair was elected Representative to the\\nFortieth Congress, and twice re-elected, to the Forty-\\nfirst and Forty-second Congress, from the Third Dis-\\ntrict of Michigan. While a member of that body he\\nwas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His\\nspeech upon the national finances, delivered on the\\nfloor of the House March 21, 1868, was a clear and\\nconvincing argument. Since his retirement from Con-\\ngress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex-\\ntensive law practice. Mr. Blair married Sarah L.\\nFord, of Seneca County N. Y., in February, 1849.\\nTheir family consists of 4 sons George H., a postal\\nclerk in the railway mail service; Charles A., partner\\nwith his father; Fred. J. and Austin T., at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 1883, Gov. Blair\\nwas noiiiinnted for Justice of the Supreme Court\\nof the State by Hie Republican p irty, but wns defeated.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n1 49\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\nmm\\n^n^\\nHENRY H, CRAPO,\\nt.\\nENRY HOWLANL) CRAPO,\\nlovernor of Michigan from\\nI1S65 1S69, was horn May\\n24, 1804, at Dartmouth, bris-\\ntol Co., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22, 1869.\\nHe was the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phtrbe (Howland) Crapo.\\nHis father was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\nnily liy the cultivation of a farm in\\nirtmouth township, which yielded\\nI nothing beyond a mere livelihood.\\nHis early life was consequently one\\n(5(0 of toil and devoid of advantages for\\nintellectual culture, but his desire for\\nan education seemed to know no bounds. The in-\\ncessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara-\\ntively sterile farm, had no charm for him and, longing\\nfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked for\\nthem in an education. His struggles to secure this\\nend necessitated sacrifices and hardships that would\\nhave discouraged any but the most courageous and\\npersevering. He became an ardent student and\\nworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry-\\ning on his studies were exceedingly limited. He\\nsorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\nprocure one in his neighliorhood, he set out to compile\\none for himself. In order to acquire a knowledge of\\nthe English language, he copied into a book every\\nword whose meaning he did not comprehend, and\\nu|xiii meeting the same word again in the newspapers\\nid li v,jk which came into his hands, from the\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otherwise to oi)tain the signification of a word\\nin which he had become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmouth to New Bedford for that pur[X)se\\nalone, and after referring to the books at the library\\nand satisfying himself thoroughly as to itsdeiinition,\\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 cpiite an extensive dictionary in manuscrip\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained jxisses-\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself\\ndiligently to its study became familiar with this art,\\nwhich lie soon had an opportunity to practice. The\\nservices of a land surveyor were wanted, and he was\\ncalled upon, but had no compass and no money with\\nwhich to purchase one. A compass, however, he\\nmust and would have, and going to a blacksmith shop\\nnear at hand, upon the forge, with such tools as he\\ncould find in the siiop, while the smith was at dinner,\\nhe constructed the compass and commenced life as a\\nsurveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted him-\\nself for teaching, and took charge of the village school\\nat Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un-\\nder the pressure of law, a high school was to be\\nopened, he passed a successful examination for its\\nprincipalship and received the a|)jx)intment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law re iuired a rigid\\nexamination in various subjects, which necessitated\\ndays and nights of study. One evening, after con-\\ncluding his day s lalxir of teaching, he traveled on foot\\nto New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called\\nupon the preceptor of Friend s .\\\\cadeniy and p isscj", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "5\u00c2\u00b0\\nHENRY HOIVLAND CRAPO.\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nhe was quahfied, he walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in being possessed of the\\nacquirements and requirements of a master of the\\nhigh school.\\nIn 1832, at the age of 28 years, he left his native\\ntown and went to reside at New Bedford, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of laud surveyor, and oc-\\ncasionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom-\\ning a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk,\\nTreasurer, and Collector of taxes, which office he held\\nuntil the municipal government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, when, upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovernment, lie was elected Treasurer and Collector\\nof taxes, a position which he held two or three years.\\nHe was also Justice of the Peace for many years.\\nHe was elected Alderman of New Bedford was\\nChairman of Council Committee on Education, and\\nas such prepared a report upon which was based the\\norder for the establishment of the free Public Library\\nof New Bedford. On its organization, Mr. Crapo was\\nchosen a member of the Board of Trustees. This\\nwas the first free public library in Massachusetts, if\\nnot in the world. The Boston Free Library was es-\\ntablished, however, soon afterwards. While a resident\\nin New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul-\\nture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out\\nhis ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Here\\nhe started a nursery, which he filled with almost every\\ndescription of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, etc. this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regular contributorto the New\\nEngland Horticultural Journal, a position he filled\\nas long as he lived in Massachusetts. As an indica-\\ntion of the wide reputation he acquired in that field\\nof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the\\nPresident of the National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Philadelphia, in 1869. During his resi-\\ndence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo wa.s also engaged\\nin the whaling business. A fine barque built at Dart-\\nmouth, of which he was part owner, was named the\\nH. H. Crapo in compliment to him.\\nMr. C. also took part in the State Militia, and for\\nseveral years held a commission as Colonel of one of\\nthe regiments. He was President of the Bristol\\nCounty Mutual Fire Insurance Co., and Secretary of\\nthe Bedford Commercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernmenthecompiled and published, between the years\\n[836 and 1845, numbers of the New Bedford\\nDirectory the first work of the kind ever published\\nthere.\\nMr. C. removed to Michigan in 1856, having been\\ninduced to do so by investments made principally in\\npine lands, first in 1837 and subsequently in 1856.\\nHe took up his residence in the city of Flint, and en-\\ngaged largely in the manufacture and sale of lumber\\nat Flint, Fentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming\\none of the largest and most successful business men\\nof the State. He was mainly instrumental in the\\nconstruction pf the Flint Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation iiniil its consolidation\\nwith the Flint Pere Marquette R. R. Company.\\nHe was elected Mayor of that city after he had been\\na resident of the place only five cr six years. In\\n1862 he was elected State Senator. In the fall of\\n1864 he received the nomination on the Republican\\nticket for Governor of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in January, 1869,\\nhaving given the greatest satisfaction to all parties.\\nWhile serving his last term he was attacked with a\\ndisease which terminated his life withiy one year\\nafterwards. During much of this time he was an in-\\ntense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to public matters. A few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation vifas per-\\nformed which seemed rapidly to restore him, but he\\noverestimated his strength, and by too much exertion\\nin business matters and State affairs suffered arelapse\\nfrom which there was no rebound, and he died July\\n33. 1869.\\nIn the early part of his life. Gov. Crapo affiliated\\nwith the Whig party in politics, but became an active\\nmember of the Republican party after its organization.\\nHe was a member of the Christian (sometimes called\\nthe Disciples Church, and took great interest in its\\nwelfare and prosperity.\\nMr. C. married, June 9, 1825, Mary A. Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after\\nhe had attained his majority, and before his struggles\\nwith fortune had been rewarded with any great meas-\\nure of success. But his wife was a woman of great\\nstrength of character and possessed of courage, hope-\\nfulness and devotion, qualities which sustained and\\nencouraged her husband in the various pursuits of\\nhis early years. For several years after his marriage\\nhe was engaged in teaching school, his wife living\\nwith her parents at the time, at whose home his two\\nolder children were born. While thus situated he\\nwas accustomed to walk home on Saturday to see\\nhis family, returning on Sunday in order to be ready\\nfor school Monday morning. As the walk for a good\\npart of the time was 20 miles each way, it is evident\\nthat at that period of his life no common obstacles\\ndeterred him from performing what he regarded\\nas a duty. His wife was none the less consci-\\nentious in her sphere, and with added responsibilities\\nand increasing requirements she labored faithfully\\nin the ijerfo mance of all her duties. They had\\nten children, one son and nine daughters. His son,\\nHon. Wm. W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an\\nhonored Representative to Congress from the First\\nCongressional District of Massachusetts.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "^e-i-t^^ ^c^^o6^ U-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "GOr/:J^NO/iS OF M/Cll/GAN.\\n\u00c2\u00bb?)i\\nMEKIRT F, IBAlDATJiX im\\n^g\\nI -v4a\u00c2\u00a32/\u00c2\u00ae-|\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00bb s\\niiS^--^- ^^^^i ^i\\nENRY P. BALDWIN, Gov-\\nernor of Michisran from Ian.\\n4, 1869, to Jan. I, 1873, is a\\nlineal descendant of Nathan-\\n3a iel Baldwin, a Puritan, of Buck-\\ninghamshire, England, who set-\\ntled at Milford, Conn., in 1639.\\nHis father was John Baldwin,\\na graduate of Dartmouth Col-\\nlege. He died at North Provi-\\ndence, R. I., in 1826. His\\npaternal grandfather was Rev.\\nMoses Baldwin, a graduate of\\nPrinceton College, in 1757, and the\\nfirst who received collegiate hon-\\nors at that ancient and honored institution. He died\\nat Parma, Mass., in 1813, where for more than 50\\nyears he had been pastor of the Presbyterian Church.\\nOn his mother s side overnov B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox-\\nbury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter\\nof Rev. Neheniiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard\\nCollege, who died at Hrimfield, Mass., in 1796, where\\nlor 2 I 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, lie be-\\ncame a clerk in a mercantile establishment. Ho re-\\nmained there, employing his leisure hours in study,\\nuntil 20 years of age.\\nAt this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on\\nhis own account. He made a visit to the West, in\\n1837, which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the\\nspring of i8-;8. Here he established a mercantile\\nhouse which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. .Mthough he successfully conducted\\na large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosierity of the city and\\nState of his adoption. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Young Men s\\nSociety, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally.\\nAn Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and flourishing i)arish of St.\\nJohn, Detroit, originated with Governor Baldwin, who\\ngave the lot on which the parisli edifice stands, and\\nalso contributed the larger share of the cost of their\\nerection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in\\nthe establishment of St. Luke s Hospital, and has\\nalways been a liberal contributor to moral and relig-\\nious enterprises whether connected with his own\\nChurch or not. There have been, in fact, but few\\npublic and social improvements of Detroit during the\\npast 40 years with which Governor IS. s name is not\\nin some way connected. He was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the e.xpiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of the Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn i860, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\nSenate, of Michigan during the years of i86i- 2 he\\nwas made Chairman of the Finance Committee, a\\nmember of Committee on 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 1S69 to 1872, inclusive. It is no undeserved\\neulogy to say that Governor B. s happy faculty of es-\\ntimating the necessary means to an end the knowint;\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow upon the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "irj\\nHENR V P. BALD WIN.\\nsuccess that has attended his efforts in all relations\\nof life. The same industry and accuracy that dis-\\ntinguished him prior to this term as Governor was\\nmanifest ir. his career as the chief magistrate of the\\nState, and while his influence appears in all things\\nwith which he has had to do, it is more noticeable in\\nthe most prominent position to which he was called.\\nWith rare exceptions the important commendations\\nof Governor B. received the sanction of the Legislat-\\nure. During his administration marked improve-\\nments were made in the charitable, penal and reforma-\\ntory institutions of the State. The State Public School\\nfor dependent children was founded and a permanent\\ncommission for the supervision of the several State\\ninstitutions. The initiatory steps toward building the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane, the State House of\\nCorrection, and the establishment of the State Board\\nof Health were recommended by Governor B. in his\\nmessa.e of 1873. The new State Capitol also owes\\nits oiigen to him. Tlie appropriation for its erection\\nwas made upon his recommendation, and the contract\\nfor the entire work let under this administration.\\nGovernor B. also appointed the commissioners under\\nwhose faithful supervision the building was erected in\\na manner most satisfactory to the people of the State.\\nHe advised and earnestly urged at different times\\nsuch amendments of the constitution as would per-\\nmit a more equitable compensation to State officers\\nand judges. The law of 1869, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\nlion of railroads was, ii 1870, declared unconstitu-\\ntional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici-\\npalities having in the meantime issued and sold their\\nbonds in good faith. Governor B. felt that the honor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an extra session of the\\nLegislature to propose tiie submission to the people a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in tlie hands of boiia-\\nfide holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands higher than that of Michigan,\\nand the people can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu-\\ndiation of either legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2.he division of the State into congr_s--ional districts.\\nK number of other important suggest :ors were made,\\nhowever, and as an evidence of tl.e Governor s la-\\nborious and thoughtful care for the H a icial condition\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts,\\nexpenditures and appropriations for the years 1872 to\\n1878, inclusive. Memorable of GoveniDrB. s admin-\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany portions of the Northwest in the fall of 187:\\nA large part of the city of Chicago having been re-\\nduced to ashes. Governor B. promptly issued a proc-\\nlamation calling upon the people of Michigan for\\nliberal aid in behalf of the afflicted city. Scarcely had\\nthis been issued when several counties in his State\\nwere laid waste by the same destroying element.\\nA second call was made asking assistance for the suf-\\nfering people of Michigan. The contributions for\\nthese objects were prompt and most liberal, more thai:\\n$700,000 having been received in money and supplies\\nfor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\nthese contributions during the short period of abou\\n3 months, that the Governor issued a proclamation\\ne.xpressing in behalf of the people of the State grate-\\nful acknowldgment, and announcing that further\\naid was unnecessary.\\nGovernor B. has traveled extensively in his own\\ncountry and has also made several visits to Europe\\nand other portions of the Old World. He was a pas-\\nsenger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and\\nbonded in the.Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by\\nCapt. Semmes, and wrote a full and interesting ac-\\ncount of the transaction. The following estimate of\\nGovernor B. on his retirement from office, by a leading\\nnewsjiaper, is not overdrawn: The retiring message\\nof Governor B., will be read with interest. It is\\na characteristic document and possesses the lixid\\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 practica.\\ncapacity, Henrj P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the State\\nadministration has fully kept pace with the needs of\\nthe times. The retiring Governor has fully earned\\nthe public gratitude and confidence which he to-day\\njxjssesses to such remarkable deirec.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a257\\nJ. IBABXll\\n(3 \u00e2\u0096\u00a04-,\\n\u00c2\u00abo\\nOHN lUDSON BAGLEV,\\nv; \\\\Governor of Michigan from\\n1873 to 1877, was born in\\nMedina, Orleans Co., N.\\nvg J y ^i ^3^- father, John\\nISaglcy, was a native of New\\nHampshire, liis mother, Mary M.\\nBagley, of Connecticut. He at-\\ntended the district school of lx)ck-\\n[f port, 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 hoys whose\\nparents removed from Eastern States\\nto the newer jjortion of the West.\\nHis father being in very poor circum-\\nll-i fl stances, Mr. B. was obliged to work\\nas soon as he was able to do so.\\nLeaving school when 13 years of age\\nhe entered a country store in Constan-\\ntine as clerk. His father then re-\\nmoved toOwosso, Mich.,and he again\\nengaged as clerk in a store. From\\nearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading\\nand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of\\nsuch books, papers and periodicals as came within\\nhis reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he\\nsecured employment in a tobacco manufactory and\\nremained in this position for about five years.\\nIn 1853, he began business for himself in theman-\\nufacturingof tobacco. His establishment has become\\none of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B.\\nhas also been greatly interested in other manufactur-\\ning enterprises, as well as in mining, Ixmking and in-\\nsurance corporations. He was President of the\\nDetroit Safe Company for several ears. He was o.ie\\nof the organizers of tjie Michigan Mutual Life Insur-\\nance Company of Detroit, and was its President from\\n1-867 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 1S65 he was ap[)ointcd by Gover-\\nnor Crapo one of the first commissioners of the\\nMetrojxjlitian 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 Repui)lican party, and\\nfor many years was Chairman of tiie Republican\\nState Central committee.\\nGovernor Bagley was quite liberal in his religious\\nviews and was an attendant of the Unitarian Ciitirch.\\nHe aimed to be able to hear and consider any new\\nthought, from whatever source it may come, but was not\\nbound by any religious creed or formula. He held\\nin respect all religious opinions, believing that nooiie\\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 missionar)- 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 princi[)ally", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "58\\nJOHN J. BAGLEY.\\nI .rough his exertions that the State University was\\nfounded. Mr. B. s family consists of seven children.\\nAs Governor his administration was charac-\\nterized by several important features, chief among\\nwhich were his efforts to improve and make popular\\nthe educational agencies of the State by increasing\\nthe faculty of the University for more thorough in-\\nstruction in technical studieSjby strengthening the hold\\nof the Agricultural College upon 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 upon the suggestion of Gov. B.\\nin the earlier part of his administration that the law\\ncreating the State Board of Health, and also the law\\ncreating a fish commission in the inland waters of the\\nState, were passed, both of which have proved of great\\nbenefit to the State. The successful representation\\nof Michigan at the Centennial Exhibition is also an\\nhonorable part of the record of Gov. B. s adminis-\\ntration.\\nAs Governor, he felt that he represented the State\\nnot in a narrow, egotistical way, but in the same\\nsense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep-\\nresents his employer, and as the Executive of the\\nState he was her attorney in fact. And his intelli-\\ngent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of\\nthe people he so much loved. He was ambitious\\nambitious for place and power, as every noble mind\\nis ambitious, because these give opportunity. How-\\never strong the mind and powerful the will, if there\\nbe no ambition, life is a failure. He was not blind to\\nthe fact 1jiat the more we have the more is required\\nof us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He\\nhad great hopes for his State and his country. He had\\nhis ideas of what they should be. With a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\ncultured brain, the will and tlie power to do, he\\nasked his fi llow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for t liem. Self entered not into the calculation.\\nHis whole life was a battle for others and he entered\\ntlifi conflict eagerly and hopefully.\\nHis State papers were models of compact, busi-\\nness-like statements, bold, original, and brimful of\\npractical suggestions, and his administrations will long\\nbe considered as among the ablest in this or any\\nother State.\\nHis noble, generous nature made his innumerable\\nbenefactions a source of continuous pleasure. Liter-\\nally, to him it was more blessed to give than to\\nreceive.\\nHis greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the com-\\nfort and happiness of others. Not a tithe of his char-\\nities were known to his most intimate friends, or even\\nto his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi-\\nent of aid at an opportune moment, who never knew\\nthe hand that gave.\\nAt one time a friend had witnessed his ready re-\\nsponse to some charitable request, and said to him:\\nGovernor, you give away a large sum of money aboul\\nhow much does your charities amount to in a year.\\nHe turned at once and said: I do not know, sir; I\\ndo not allow myself to know. I hope I gave more\\nthis year than I did last, and hope I shall give more\\nnext year than I have this. This expressed his idea\\nof charity, that the giving should at all times be free\\nand spontaneous.\\nDuring his leasure hours from early life, and espe-\\ncially during the last few years, he devoted much time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog-\\nra]3hy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand Woik of John Adams, in ten volumes.\\nIn all questions of liusiness or public affairs he\\nseemed to hnve the power of getting at the kernel of\\nthe nut in the least possible time. In reading he\\nwould spend scarcely more time with a volume than\\nmost persons would devote to a chapter. After wha!\\nseemed a cursory glance, he would have all of value\\nthe book contained. Rarely do we see a business\\nman so familiar with the best English authors. He\\nwas a generous and intelligent patron of the arts, and\\nhis elegant home was a study and a pleasure\\nto his many friends, who always found there a\\nhearty welcome At Christmas time he would spead\\ndays doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christma\\neve he gathered his children about him and, takin;j\\nthe youngest on his lap, told some Christmas stor\\\\,\\nclosing the entertainment with Tlie Night Before\\nChrislmas, or Dickens s Christmas Carol.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "\\\\(y*^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\ni6i\\n\u00c2\u00bb4ii\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3rSi@ Vjj^t\u00c2\u00abi^j\\nCHARLES M. CROSWKLL. Mf^\\ni\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\ny\\\\ Jan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, 1881,\\n)3 was born at Newburg, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825.\\nHe is the only son of John and\\nSallie (Hicks) Croswell. His\\nfather, who was of Scotch-Irish\\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 tlic Republic. Harry Cros-\\nwell, during the administration of\\nJefferson, published a pa-\\nilled the Balance, and was\\nprosecuted for libeling the President\\nunder the obnoxious Sedition Law.\\nHe was defended by the celebrated\\nI Alexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nion oi the case establiscd the important ruling that\\nthe truth might be shown in cases of libel. Another\\nmember of the family was Edwin Croswell, the fam-\\nous editor of the Albany Aij^iis also. Rev. William\\nCroswell, noted as a divine and jxjet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nhis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Newburg and, within three months preced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\nthus leaving him the sole surviving member of the\\nfamily, without fortune or means. U|ion the death\\nn] President\\nper called\\nof his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in\\n1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, .Michigan. .\\\\t\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare\\ntime to reading and the acquirement of knowledge.\\nIn 1846, he began the study of law, and was ap-\\npointed Deputy Clerk of Lenawee County. The du\\nties of this office he performed four years, when he\\nwas elected Register of Deeds, and was re-elected\\nin 1852. In 1854, hetook part in the first movements\\nfor the formation of the Rei)ui)lican party, and was a\\nmember and Secretary of the convetion held at Jack-\\nson in that year, which put in the field the first Re-\\npublican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he\\nformed a law partnership with the present Chief-Jus-\\ntice Cooley, which continued until the remov.il of\\nJudge Cooley to .^nn Arbor.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Croswell was ap|X)inted City Attorney\\nof Adrian. He was also elected Mayor of the city\\nin the spring of the same year; and in the fall was\\nchosen to represent Lenawee County in the State\\nSenate. He was re-elected to the Senate in 1864,\\nand again in 1866, during each term filling the iwsi-\\ntions above mentioned. .Among various reiwrts made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proposition tD\\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 1863, from his seat in the State Senate, he de-\\nlivered an elaborate speech in a-orof the Ptoclama-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "l62\\nCHARLES M. CRO SWELL.\\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 pulilished. In 1867, he was\\nelected a member of the Constitutional Convention,\\nand chosen its presiding officer. This convention\\nwas composed of an able body of men and though,\\nin the general distrust of constitutional changes\\nwhich for some years had been taking possession of\\nthe people, their labors were not accepted by the pop-\\nular vote, it was always conceded that the constitu-\\ntion tliey proposed had been prepared with great care\\nand skill.\\nIn 1868, Mr. Croswell was chosen an Elector on\\nthe Republican Presidential ticket; in 1872, was\\nelected a Representative to the State Legislature\\nfrom Lenawee County, and was chosen Speaker of\\nthe House of Representatives. At the close of the\\nsession of that body his abilities as a parliamentarian,\\nand the fairness of his rulings were freely and form-\\nally acknowledged by his associates and he was pre-\\nsented with a superb collection of their portraits\\nhandsomely framed. He was, also, for several years.\\nSecretary of the State Board for the general supervis-\\nion of the charitable and penal institutions of Michi-\\ngan in which position, his propositions for the amel-\\nioration of the condition of the unfortunate, and the\\nreformation of the criminal classes, signalize the be-\\nnevolence of his nature, and the practical character\\nof his mind.\\nIn 1876, the general voice of the Republicans of\\nthe State indicted Mr. Croswell as their choice for\\nGovernor; and, at the State Convention of the party\\nin August of the same year, he was put in nomination\\nby acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. 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 caYe 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\\nmatttrs, and was for years a member and Secretary of\\nthe Board of Education of Ad rain. At the formal\\nopening of the Central School building in that city,\\non the 24th day of .\\\\pril, 1869, he gave, in a public\\naddress, an Historical Sketch of the .\\\\drian Public\\nSchools.\\nIn his private life. Governor Croswell has been as\\nexemplary as in his public career he has been suc-\\ncessful and useful. In February, 1S52, 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 rg, r868, 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 h.is unfailing pru-\\ndence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov-\\nernor Croswell is truly popular, not only with those of\\nlike political Liith with himself, but with those who\\ndiffer from him in this regard.\\nDuring Gov. Croswell s administration the public\\ndebt was greatly reduced a policy adopted requiring\\nthe State institutions to keep within the limit of ap-\\npropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually\\nfor the punishment of corruption and bribrery in elec-\\ntions; the State House of Correction at Ionia and the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened\\nand the new capital at Lansing was completed and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre-\\nside at the dedication of this building. The great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distraction of\\nboth life and property was prevented at that time.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n65\\ni( feVl lP.J .B^\\n-*mk-\\nV TV vvvv vr**+ \u00c2\u00bbwv r+\\n3b^e^\\n,-T\\nJp^CPBl\\nISjs\\n,^r\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nS^nor of from Jan. i, 1881, to\\nJan. I, 1883, was born at De-\\ntroit, Mich., Nov. 17, 1S29.\\nHis parents emigrated to\\n%V Michigan from Trumansburg,\\nTomiikins Co., N. Y., in 1828,\\nlocating at Detroit. His father\\ndied March 30, 1831, leaving\\nnine children. He had been\\ntwice married, and four of the\\nchildren living at the time of his\\ndeath were grown up sons, the off-\\nspring of his first union. Of the\\nfive ciiildren by his second marriage, David H. was\\nthe youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome s death, his\\nwidow moved back to New York and settled in\\nOnondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained\\nuntil the fall of 1834, the four sons by the first wife\\ncontinuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall\\nof 1834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan,\\nlocating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the\\nGovernor formed those habits of industry and ster-\\nling integrity that have been so characteristic of tlie\\nman 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 purjxDse of\\ncontinuing her son in school. While attending said\\nacademy one of his associate students was Sena-\\ntor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate\\nbefore the gubernatorial convention in 1880. He\\ncompleted his education in the fall of his i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted his brother Timothy\\nm hauling logs in the pine woods. The next summer\\nhe rafted logs down the St. Clair River to Algonac.\\nIn 1847, M. H. Miles being Clerk in St! Clair Coun-\\nty, and Volney A. Ripley Register of Deeds, David\\nH. Jerome was appointed Deputy to each, remaining\\nas such during 1848-49, and receiving much praise\\nfrom his employers and the people in general for the\\nability disjjlayed in the discharge of his duties. He\\nspent his summer vacation at clerical work on board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn 1849-50, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of his physical system spent\\nseveral months hauling logs. In the spring of 1850,\\nhis brother Tiff and himself chartered the steamer\\nChautauqua, and Young Dave became her mas-\\nter. portion of the season the boat was engaged\\nin the passenger and freight traffic between Port\\nHuron and Detroit, but during the latter part was\\nused as a tow boat. At that time there was a serious\\nobstruction to navigation, known as the St. Clair\\nFlats, between Lakes Huron and Erie, over which", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "1 66\\nDA VJD H. JEROME.\\nvessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\nMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nfrom one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\noperation. Through the influence of practical men,\\namong them the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved tlie 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 tien. Scott, a ves iel that had sunk in\\nLake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt,\\nbut possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the\\nspring of [S5 i he was clerk and acting master of the\\nsteamers Franklin Moore and Ruby, plying be-\\ntween Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The\\nfollowing year he was clerk of the propeller Prince-\\nton. running between Detroit and Buffalo.\\nIn January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California,\\noy way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary\\nsuccess in selling goods in a new place of his selec-\\ntion, among the mountains near Marysville He re-\\ninained 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 brotlTcr Tiff had located at Saginaw, ana in\\n1854 Mr. lerome 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 l)usiness. Prom 1855 to 1873 he was also ex-\\ntensively engaged in lumbering operations.\\nSoon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated\\nfor Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising\\nyoung man, of strong Democratic principles. The\\nward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was\\nelected by a handsome majority. ^Vhen the Repub-\\niican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H.\\nJerome was, though not a delegate to the convention,\\none of its charter members. In 1862, he was com-\\nmissioned by Gov. Austii; B ai: tt raise one of the\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at various points. The zeal and enthusiasm\\ndisplayed by this advocate of the Union awakened a\\nfeeling of patriotic interest in the breasts of many\\nbrave men, and in a short space of time the 23d\\nRegiment of Michigan Volunteer Infantry was placed\\nin the field, and subsequently gained for itself a bril-\\nliant record.\\nIn the fall of 1862, Mr. Jerome was nominated by\\nthe Republican party for State Senator from the 26th\\ndistrict, Appleton Stevens, of Bay City, being his op-\\nponent. The contest was very exciting, and resulted\\nin the triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times by in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay\\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\\n17ome 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\\nconseciilive years. In 1873, he was apjiointed by\\nGov. Bagley a member of the convention to prepare\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Jerome was appointed a member of\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was\\nChairman of a coi.imission to visit Chief Joseph, the\\nNez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement\\nof all existing difficulties. The commission went to\\nPortland, Oregon, thence to the Blue Hills, in Idaho,\\na distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River.\\nAt the Republican State Convention, convened at\\nJackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome wr.s placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5th day of the\\nmonth received the highest honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opponent was Freder-\\nick M. Hollowav of Hillsdale County, wh was sld-\\nported by the Democratic and Greenback parties\\nThe State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on tiie evening of\\nelection day, it was found that David H. lerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccupy the highest position wnhin theiv gift.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "Q^cn^^^^o^y^ 9i^ X", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN\\ni6()\\nJOSIAH W. BEOfEjl\\nOSIAH \\\\V. BEGOLE, the\\nresent (1883), Governor 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 the State of\\nMatykind. His grandfather, Capt.\\nBoUes, of that State, was an offi-\\ncer in the American army during\\n1^ the war of the Revolution. About\\nthe beginning of the present cent-\\nury both his grandparents, having\\nbecome dissatisfied witli the insti-\\ntution of slavery, although slave-\\nholders themselves, emigrated to\\nLivingston County, N. Y., then\\na new country, taking with them a\\nIP number of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\n.\\\\merican army, and served during\\nthe war of 1S12.\\nMr. B. received his early education in a log school-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\n.\\\\cadeniy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being the eldest of a\\nfamily of ten children, whose parents were in moder-\\nate though comfortable circumstances, he was early\\ntaught habits of industry, and when 2 r years of age,\\nbeing ambitious to better his condition in life, he re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was\\nthen called. In August, 1836, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in the Territory of Michigan\\nthen an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in\\nGenesee County, and aided with his own hands in\\nbuilding some of the early residences in what is now\\nknown as the city of Flint. There were but four or\\nfive houses where this flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nIn the spring of 1S39 he married Miss Harriet .V.\\nMiles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one,\\nand to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en-\\njoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned com-\\npetence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in\\nlife. Immediately after his marriage he commenced\\nwork on an unimproved farm, where, by his perse-\\nverance and energy, he soon established a good home,\\nand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a\\nwell improved fanii of five hundred acres.\\nMr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a\\nmember of the Republican party at its organization.\\nHe served his townsmen in various offices, and was\\nin 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nheld for eight years.\\nAt the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not\\ncarry a musket to the front, but his many friends will\\nbear witness that he took an active part in recruiting\\nand furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking\\nafter the interests of soldiers families at home. The\\ndeath of his eldest son near Atlanta, Ga., by a Confed-\\nrate bullet, in 1864, was the greatest sorrow of his life.\\nWhen a few years later he was a member in Congress", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "170\\nJOSIAH IV. 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. Begole was nominated by acclama-\\ntion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a\\nlarge majority. In that body he served on the Com-\\nmittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman\\nof the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and\\nDumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public-\\nspirited view of the importance of a new capitol\\nbuilding worthy of the State, and was an active mem-\\nber of the Committee that drafted the bill for tlie\\nsame He was a delegate to the National Republi-\\ncan Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, and\\nwas the chosen member of that delegation to go to\\nWashington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator\\nWilson of their nominations. It was while at that\\nconvention that, by the express wish of his many\\nfriends, he was induced to offer himself a can-\\ndidate for tlie nomination of member to the 43d Con-\\ngress, in which he was successful, after competing for\\nthe nomination with several of the most worthy, able\\nand experienced men in the 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-\\npointed by that committee to draft the most impor-\\ntant report made by that committee, and upon the\\nonly subject recommended by the President in his\\nmessage, which he did and the report was printed in\\nrecords of Congress he took an efficient though an\\nunobtrusive part in all its proceedings.\\nHe voted for the currency bill, remonetization of\\nsilver, and other financial measures, many of which,\\nthough defeated then, have since become the settled\\npolicy of the country. Owing to the position which\\nMr. Begole occupied on these questions, he became a\\nGreenbacker.\\nIn the Gubernatorial election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hou. 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. AA e give the fol-\\nlowing extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re-\\npublican paper in Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nIS incapable of bearing malice, even against his 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 imperfect without referring\\nto the actiort of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity\\nthat in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern\\nMichigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties\\nby fire and destroying the results and accumulations\\nof such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers.\\nWhile the Port Huron and Detroit committees were\\nquarreling over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the jburnt district a letter, from\\nwhich we make an extract of but a single sentence\\nUntil the differences between the two committees\\nare adjusted and you receive your regular supplies\\nfrom them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I\\nhave money. This displays his true character.\\nii", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "J2^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n173\\n^(XNy/^f-\\nUSSELL A.ALOER.Oovernoi-\\nof Michigan for the term coui-\\nmcncing Jan. 1, 1885, was\\ntis born in Lafa3 ette Township,\\nMedina Co., Ohio, Eeh. 27,\\n1 8;jG. Having lived a tem-\\nW perate life, he is a comijarative\\nyoung man in appearance, and pos-\\nsesses those mental faculties that are\\nthe distinguisliing characteristics oi\\nroluist, mature and educated man-\\nhood. Wlien 11 years of age both\\nhis parents died, leaving him itha\\nyounger brother and sister to sup-\\nport and without any of the substan-\\ntial means of existence. Lacking the opportunity of\\nbetteremployment, he worked on a farnr. in Richfield,\\nOiiio, for the greater part of each of tlie succeeding\\nseven yeai-s, saving money enough to defray his ex-\\npenses at Richfield Academy during the winter\\nterms. lie obtained a verj- good English education,\\nand was enabled to teach school for several subse-\\nquent winters. In 1 857 he commenced tlic study of\\nlaw in tlie oHices of Wolcott Upson at Akron, re-\\nmaining until March, 1859, when he was admitted\\nto the bar by the Oliio Supreme Court. He then\\nreuKjved to Cleveland, and entered the law oflice of\\nOtis it Coninbur3-, where he remained several\\nmontiis. Here he continued his studies with in-\\ncreased zeal, and did much general reailing. Hard\\nstudy and close confinement to office work, however,\\nbegan to tell on iiis constitution, ami failing health\\nwarned him that lie must seek other occupation,\\nHe therefore reluctantly abandoned tlie law and re-\\nmoved to Graml Rapids, Mich., to engage in the\\n1 umber business.\\nWhen Michigan was called upon to furnish troops\\nfor the war, Mr. Alger enlisted in the Second Midi.\\nCav. and was mustered into the service of tlie\\nUnited States as Captain of Co. C. His record as\\na cavalry officer was brilliant and honorable to\\nhimself and his company. He particip.ated in some\\nof the fiercest contests of the rebellion and waf\\ntwice wounded. His first injury was received ir\\nthe battle of Booneville, Miss., July 2, 1862.\\nHis conduct in this engagement was so distin-\\nguished that he was promoted to the rank of\\nJl.ajor. On the same occasion his Colonel, the\\ngallant Phil. Sheridan, was advanced to the rank\\nof Brigadier General. A few months later, on the\\nIGth of October, Major Alger became Lieutenant-\\nColonel of the Sixth Mich. Cav., and was ordered\\nwith iiis regiment to the Army of the Potomac.\\nAfter marked service in the early campaign of 18G3,\\nhe was again advanced, and on June 2 received his\\ncommission as Colonel of the Fifth Mich. Cav. His\\nregiment at this time w.is in Custer s famous Michi-\\ngan cavalry brigade. On the Clh of Jul}- occurred\\nthe battle of Boonesboro, Md. In this conflict he\\nwas again wounded. His health received a more\\nthan temporary impairment, and in October, 1864,\\nhe was obliged to retire from the service. His\\ncareer as a soldier included many of the most cele-\\nbrated contests of the war. He wasan active charac-\\nter iu all the battles fought by the Army of the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "174\\nRUSSELL A. ALGER.\\nPotomac, from the time of the invasion of Maiy-\\niancl by Gen. Lee in 18G3, up to the date of his\\nretirement, with the exception of those engagements\\nwhich occurred while he was absent from duty on\\naccount of wounds. In all he took part in G6 bat-\\ntles and skirmishes. At the close he was breveted\\nBrigadier General and Major General for gallant\\nand meritorious services in the field.\\nAside from regular dut}^ Gen. Alger was on\\nprivate service during the winter of 1863-4, receiv-\\ning orders personally from President Lincoln and\\nvisiting nearly all the armies in the field.\\nGen. Alger came to Detroit in 1865, and since\\nthat time has been extensively engaged in the pine\\ntimber business and in dealing in pine lands. He\\nwas a member of the well-known firm of Moore fe\\nAlger until its dissolution, when he became head of\\nthe firm of R. A. Alger Co., the most extensive\\npine timber operators in the West. Gen. Alger is\\nnow president of the corporation of Alger, Smith\\nCo., which succeeded R. A. Alger Co. He is also\\npresident of the Manistique Lumbering Company\\nand president of the Detroit, Bay City Alpena\\nRailroad Company, besides being a stockholder and\\ndirector of the Detroit National Bank, the I eninsu-\\nlar Car Company and several other large corpor-\\nations.\\nWhile always an active and influential Republi-\\ncan, Gen. Alger has never sought nor held a sal-\\naried office. He was a delegate from the First Dis-\\ntrict to the last Republican National Convention,\\nbut aside from this his connection with politics has\\nnot extended beyond the duties of every good cit-\\nizen to his party and his country.\\nGen. Alger is now forty-nine years of age, an\\nactive, handsome gentleman six feet tall, living\\nthe life of a busy man of affairs. His military\\nbearing at once indicates his army life, and although\\nslenderly built, his square shoulders and erect\\ncarriage give the casual observer the impression\\nthat his weight is fully 180 pounds. He is a firm,\\nyet a most decidedly pleasant-appearing man, with\\na fine forehead, rather a prominent nose, an iron-\\ngray moustache and chin whiskers and a full head\\nof black hair sprinkled with gray. He is usually\\nattired in the prevailing style of l)i;siness suits. His\\nfavorite dress has been a high buttoned cutaway\\nfrock coat, with the predominating cut of vest and\\ntrousers, made of firm gray suiting. A high collar,\\nsmall cravat, easy shoes and white plug hat com-\\nplete his personal apparel. He is very particular\\nas to his appearance, and always wears neat clothes\\nof the best goods, but shuns any display of jewelry\\nor extravagant embellishment. He is one of the\\nmost appro.achable men imaginable. No matter\\nhow busy he may be, he always leaves his desk to\\nextend a cordial welcome to every visitor, be he of\\nhigh or low situation. His affable manners delight\\nhis guests, while his pleasing face and bright, dark\\neyes always animate his hearers.\\nGen. Alger is a hard worker. He is always at his\\noffice promptly in the morning and staj s as long as\\nanything remains that demands his attention. In\\nbusiness matters he is always decided, and is never\\nshaken or disturbed bj any reverses, lie has the\\nconfidence of his associates to a high degree, and al.\\nhis business relations are tempered with those little\\nkindnesses that relieve the tedium of routine office\\nlife. Although deeply engrossed iu various busi-\\nness pursuits, Gen. Alger has yet found time for\\ngeneral culture. He owns a large libr.ary and his\\nstock of general information is as complete as it is\\nreliable. His collection of paintings has been se-\\nlected with rare good taste, and contains some of\\nthe finest productions of modern artists. His team\\nof Ijays are pei haps the handsomest that grace the\\nroads of Detroit, and usually lead the other outfits\\nwhen their owner holds the reins.\\nGen. Alger has an interesting famil}-. His wife\\nwas Annette H. Henry, the daughter of W. G.\\nHemy, of Grand Rapids, to whom he was married\\nApril 2, 1861. She is a slender woman of fair com-\\nplexion, bright and attractive, and a charming host-\\ness. She is gifted with many accomplishments and\\nappears quite young. There are six children. Fay.\\na lively brunette, and Caroline A., who is rather taU\\nand resembles her mother, have completed e, course\\nat an Eastern seminary, and during the past j-eai\\ntraveled in Europe. The remaining members of\\nthe family are Frances, aged 13; Russell A., Jr.,\\naged 1 1 Fred, aged 9, and Allan, aged 3. All are\\nbright and promising children. Gen. Alger makes\\nhis home at his handsome and large new residence on\\nFort street, at the corner of First street, Detroit.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIOAN.\\ni77\\ntp^ ,5.-..;:;-j:j\u00c2\u00ab-.?\u00c2\u00bb-\\nYRUS GRAY LUCK, the\\npresent Governor of Michi-\\ngan, combines in his charac-\\nter the substantial traits of\\nthe New England ancestry\\nof his father, and the chival-\\nV rous and hospitable elements\\n^itiU ;S^ peculiar to the Southerners, which\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^5^4^15^ came to him from his mother s side of\\nthe house. The New Englanders, act-\\nive in the cause of American libertj-,\\nafter this desired result was accom-\\nplished, turned their attention to the\\ngrowth and development of tiie\\ncountry which their noble daring had\\nconstitutea independent of foreign rule. The pri-\\nvations they endured and the struggles from which\\nthey had achieved victory built up in tlicni those\\nqualities which in the very nature of events could\\nnot be otherwise tlian transmitted to their posterity,\\nand this jiosterit} comprises a large ininiber of the\\nmen who to-day, like the subject of this history,\\nare making a record of which their descendants will\\nbe equally proud.\\nGov. Luce W!is born in Windsor, Ashtabula Co.,\\nOhio, .July 2, 1824. His father w.as a native of\\nTolland. Conn., served as a soldier in the War of\\n1812, and soon after its close emigrated from New\\nEngland and settled on the Western Reserve in\\nNorthern Oliio. His mother, who in her girlhood\\nwas Miss Mary Gray, was liorn in Winchester, Va.\\nHer father, tinctured with Abolitionism, found his\\nhome in the ()hl Uomiuiun becoming unconifortii-\\nble as an abiding-place at that time, and accord-\\ningly, with his wife and family of young children.\\nhe also migrated, in 1815, to the wiltls of Northern\\nOhio. Tiicro the parents of our subject, in 1819,\\nwere united in marriage, and continued residents of\\nAshtabula County until 18;)(;. There also were\\nborn to them six sons, Cj rus G. of this sketch being\\nthe second.\\nThe incidents in the early life of Gov. Luce were\\nnot materially different from those of other boys\\nliving on tlic farms in that new country. He was\\ntaught to work at anything necessary for him to do\\nand to make liitnself useful around the pioneer\\niiDUicstead. Wlicn twelve years of age his i)arents\\nremoved further West, this time locating in Steu-\\nben County, Ind. This section of country was still\\nnewer and more thinly settled, and without recount-\\ning the particular hardships and privations which the\\nfamily experienced, it is sutlicient to say that but few\\nenjtiyed or suffered a greater variety. Markets were\\ndistant and difficult of access, the comforts of life\\nscarce, and sickness universal. Young Luce, in com-\\nmon with other boys, attended school winters in the\\nstereotyped log school-house, and in summer as-\\nsisted in dealing aw.ay the forests, fencing the\\nfields and raising crops after the land was improved.\\nHe attended three terms an academy located at On-\\ntario, Ind., and his habit of reading and observation\\nadded essentially to liis limited school privileges.\\nWhen seventeen years of age the father of our\\nsubject erected a cloth-dressing and wool-carding\\nestablishment, where Cyrus acquired a full\\nknowledge of this business and subsequently had\\ncharge of the factory for a period of seven years.\\nIn the meantime he had become interested in local\\npolitics, in which he displayed rare judgment and\\nsound common sense, and on account of which, in\\n1848, lie was nominated by the Wliigs in a district\\ncomi)osed of the counties of DcKalb and Steubea\\nfor Representative in the Stale Legislature. He\\nmade a vigorous canvass but was defeated by eleven\\nmajority. This incident w:is but a transient bub-\\nble on the stream of his life, and that same year", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "178\\nCYR US OR A Y L UCE.\\nMr. Luce purchased eighty acres of wild land near\\nGilead, Branch Co., llich., the improvement of\\nwhich he at once entered iii)on, clearing away tiie\\ntrees and otherwise making arrangements for the\\nestablishment of a homestead. In August, 1849, he\\nwas united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Dickinson,\\nof Gilead, and the young people immediately com-\\nmenced housekeeping in a modest dwelling on tlie\\nnew farm. Here they resided until the death of the\\nwife, which took place in August, 1882. Mrs.\\nLuce was tlie daughter of Obed and Experience\\nDickinson, well-to-do and highl} respected residents\\nof Gilead. Of her union with our subject there\\nwere born five cliildren, one now deceased.\\nIn November, 1883, Gov. Luce contracted a sec-\\nond marriage, with Mrs. Mary Thompson, of Bron-\\nson, this State. lie continued on the same farm,\\nwhich, however, liy subsequent purchase had been\\nconsiderably extended, until after his election to the\\noffice of which he is now the incumbent. In the\\nmeantime he has had a wide and varied experience\\nin public life. In 1 852 he was elected to represent his\\ntownship in the County Board of Supervisors, and\\ntwo years later, in 1854, was elected Representative to\\nthe first Republican Legislature convened in tlie State\\nof Michigan. He served his township altogether\\neleven 3 ears as a member of the Board of Supervisors.\\nIn 1858 he was elected County Treasurer of Branch\\nCounty and re-elected in 1860. In 1864 he was\\ngiven a seat in the State Senate and re-elected in\\n1 866. In the spring of 1 807 he was made a member of\\nthe Constitutional Convention to revise the Consti-\\ntution of the State of Michigan, and in all of the\\npositions to which he has been called has evidenced\\na realization of the sober responsibilities committed\\nto Lis care. To the dnties of each he gave the most\\nconscientious care, and has great reason to feel pride\\nand satisfaction in tlio fact that during his service\\nin both Houses of tlic Legislatare his name appears\\nupon every roll-call, he never having been absent\\nfrom his post a day.\\nIn July, 1879, Mr. Luce was appointed State Oil\\nInspector by Gov. Croswell, and re-appointed by\\nGov. Jerome in 1881, serving in this capacity three\\nand one-half j-ears. In the management of the\\nduties of this office ho is entitled to great credit.\\nThe office was not sought )iy him, but the Governor\\nurged him to accept it, claiming that the office was\\nthe most difficult he had to fill, and was one which\\nrequired first-class executive ability. He organized\\ntlie State into districts, appointed an adequate force\\nof deputies and no more, secured a reduction of tiie\\nfees b}^ nearly one-half, and in ever3 way managed\\nthe affairs of the office so efficiently and satisfac-\\ntorily that above all expenses he was enabled to\\npay into the State Treasury during his management\\n#.32,000.49.\\nIn August of the year 1886 Mr. Luce was nom-\\ninated by the Republicans in convention assembled\\nat Grand Rapids, for the olfice of Governor of\\nMichigan by acclamation, and on the 2d of Novem-\\nber following was elected by a majoritj of 7,432\\nover his chief competitor, George L. Yaple. In\\n1874 he became an active member of the farm-\\ners organization known as the Grange. Believing\\nas he does that agriculture furnishes the basis of\\nN.ational prosperity, he was anxious to contribute to\\nthe education and elev.ation of the farming com-\\nmunity, and thus availed himself of the opportuni-\\nties offered by this organization to aid in aecom-\\ni;)lishing this result. For a period of seven years he\\nwas blaster of the State Grange but resigned the\\nposition last November. Fidelity to convictions,\\nclose application to business, whether agricultural or\\naffairs of State, coupled with untiring industiy, are\\nhis chief characteristics. As a farmer, legislator,\\nexecutive officer, and manager of county as well as\\nState affairs, as a private as well as a public citizen,\\nhis career has all along been marked with success\\nNo one can point to a spot reflecting discredit ir_\\nhis public career or private life. He is a man of\\nthe people, and self-made in the strictest sense. His\\nwhole life has been among the people, in full sym-\\npathy with them, and in their special confidence and\\nesteem.\\nPersonally, Gov. Cyrus G. Luce is high-minded,\\nintellectual and affable, the object of maiy\\nand warm friendships, and a man in all resjoects\\nabove reproach. To the duties of his high position\\nhe has brought a fitting dignit3 and in all the re-\\nlations of life that conscientious regard to dut}- of\\nwhich we often read but which is too seldom seen,\\nespecially among those having within their hands\\nthe interests of State and Nation.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "^olyH^-i-^^ /aWt^Ox^-I^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "GOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\niSi\\ni^K\\nV^^Si t:^^@^^t^lj^\u00c2\u00bbn :?^\u00c2\u00bb^.^.^l^t^g^^:^^% gSl \u00c2\u00a7a ggl ^^\u00c2\u00a7a ga^\\n^dwin J5. ^^inani\\nrv -::^ii ija sa ;i j w ajj i j ^^a \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v^. i?5. t^t^i% ^i v\\n1\\n--\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2O-i-\\n(^0\\nEDWIN B. WINANS,\\nwlio began his duties as\\nGovernor of Michigan,\\nanuary 1, 1891, is a son\\n^f Empire State, of\\n^T which his parents also were\\n^5yS natives. From German ancestry on\\nthe father s side, he derives tiie in-\\nC^f stincts of frugality and careful con-\\nsideration of ways and means, and\\nthese are strengthened by the sub-\\nstantial traits of the Puritan fore-\\nfathers of his mother. Both lines\\nhave transmitted to him the love\\nof country and home that has led\\nthousands into untrodden wilds where they migiit\\nsecure that wliich would be for the future good of\\ntiiemselves and posterity.\\nJohn and Eliza (Waj-) Winans removed from\\nNew York to this Stale in 18.31, and settled on a\\nfarm in Livingston County, where the boyhood of\\nfJov. Winans was passed. He was about eight\\nyears old at the time of the removal, having been\\nborn rt Avon, Livingston County, N. Y., May IG,\\n]82(i. Up to the age of eighteen j-ears he attended\\nthe district school, and he then entered Albion\\nCollege, from which he was graduated in 1850.\\nThe excitement attendant upon the discovery of\\ngold in California had not died out, and young\\nWinans felt a strong desire to visit the coast and\\ntry his fortune in the mines. He decided in favor\\nof the overland route, crossed the plains in safetj\\nand spent the ensuing eight years in seeking the\\nprecious metal a quest that was fairly successful.\\nReturning to Livingston Countj-, this State, Mr.\\nWinans bought land and engaged in general farm-\\ning. He has retained the farm as his home through\\nall the changes various official positions have\\nbrought him, and joyfully returned to it whenever\\nhis faithful discharge of public duty would allow.\\nHis estate now includes four hundred acres of land\\nunder a higii state of cultivation and improved\\nwith buildings of the best construction and modern\\ndesign. In connection with general farming Gov.\\nWinans has given considerable attention to raising\\nstock of high grades, and his understanding of\\nagriculture in its various departments is broad and\\ndeep. He believes that his success in political life\\nis largely due to his thorough identification with\\nthe agricultural interests of the State and no doubt\\nhe is right.\\nThe public career of Gov. Winans began in 1860,\\nwhen he was elected to represent his count}- in the\\nState Legislature. He served two consecutive\\nterms, covering the period from 1860 to 1865. In\\n1867 be was a member of the Constitutional Con-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "^2\\nEDWIN B WINANS.\\nvention of the State, and in 1876 he was elected\\nProbate Judge of Livingston County for a term\\nof four years. The next important position occu-\\npied by Gov. Winans was that of Congressman dur-\\ning the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses,\\nrepresenting the Sixth District. It was always his\\nlot to be nominated for office when the Democratic\\nparty was decidedly in the minority, but such v/ere\\nhis personal characteristics and his reputation as\\none interested in the welfare of that great class,\\nthe farmers, that in every case he made a successful\\nrace. When he was put up for Congress the oppo-\\nsition had a majority in the district of three thou-\\nsand votes, but he was elected by a plurality of\\nthirty. While in Congress he took an active part\\nin all measures tending to the public good and\\nserved on the Committees on Agriculture and Pen-\\nsions. In the fall of 1891 his name headed the\\nDemocratic ticket and he was elected Governor of\\nthe State.\\nIn his private life Gov. Winans has been as ex-\\nemplary as in his public career he has been useful\\nand influential. He is a consistent member of the\\nEpiscopal Church and in his religious faith and\\npractice has the close sympathy of his wife, who\\nbelongs to the same society. His marriage was\\nsolemnized in Hamburg, Livingston County, in\\n1855, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Galloway, who\\nwas born and reared on the farm she still calls home,\\nas it was bought of her father by Gov. Winans.\\nShe is a daughter of George and Susan (Haight)\\nGalloway, who are numbered among the early\\nsettlers of Livingston County, whither they came\\nfrom New York. She is an educated, refined woman,\\nwhose mental attainments and social qualities fit\\nher for the position which she occupies as hostess\\nof the Gubernatorial mansion. Governor and Mrs.\\nWinans have two sons, George G who is now act-\\ning as his father s private secretary, and Edwm B.,\\nJr., a graduate of West Point.\\nGov. Winans has in former years shown himself\\ncapable of close application to the duties which lay\\nbefore him, and his judicious decisions and wise\\ncourse when attempting to bring about a worthy\\nobject, are well known to those who are acquainted\\nwith the history of the State. Although it is ^ften\\nsaid that it is scarcely safe to judge of a man until\\nhis career is closed, yet Gov. Winans has acted his\\npart so well thus far in life that he is confidently\\nexpected to add to the credit that already belongs\\nto the great commonwealth of Michigan, and which\\nto a certain extent lies in the hands of those who\\nhave been and are its chief executives. Among his\\npersonal characteristics are those of a love of truth,\\njustice and progresr, and a cordial, kindly spiiH\\nwhich makes warm friends and stanch adherents.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "mM\u00c2\u00a3, ^Mm\\nKALAMAZOO, ALLEGAN,\\nAND\\nVAN BUREN COUNTIES,\\nMICHIGAN.\\nCCj=v^__^-^-^^\\nw t 1", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "IH-\\nINTRODUQT^ORY.\\nm tc\\nH,v^\\nHE time has arrived when it\\nbecomes the duty of the\\npeople of tliis county to per-\\npetuate the names of their\\npioneers, to furnish a record\\nof their early settlement,\\nand relate the story of their\\nprogress. The civilization of our\\nday, the enlightenment of the age\\nand the duty that men of the pres-\\nent time owe to their ancestors, to\\nthemselves and to their posterity,\\ndemand that a record of their lives\\nand deeds should be made. In bio-\\ngraphical history is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to\\nenliven the mental faculties, and\\nto waft down the river of time a\\nsafe vessel in whicii the names and actions of the\\npeople who contributed to raise this country from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly\\nthe great and aged men, who in their prime entered\\nthe wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their\\nheritage, are passing to their graves. The number re-\\nmaining who can relate the incidents of the first days\\njf settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an\\nactual necessity exists for the collection and preser-\\nvation of events without delay, before ail the early\\nsettlers are cut down by the scythe of Time.\\nTo be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind\\nfrom remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough,\\nin spite of their best works and the most earnest\\nefforts of their friends to perserve the memory of\\ntheir lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion\\nand to perpetuate their memory has been in propor-\\ntion to the amount of intelligence they possessed.\\nTh pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the\\nnames and deeds of their great rulers.- The exhu-\\nmations made by the archeologists of Egypt from\\nuried Memphis indicate a desire of those people\\nto perpetuate the memory of their achievements\\nThe erection of the great obelisks were for the same\\npurpose. Coming down to a later i)eriod, we find the\\n(ireeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu-\\nments, and carving out statues to chronicle their\\ngreat achievements and carry them down the ages.\\nIt is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling\\nup their great mounds of earth, had but this idea\\nto leave something to show that they had lived. All\\nthese works, though many of them costly in the ex-\\ntreme, give but a faint idea of the lives and charac-\\nters of those whose memory they were intended to\\nperpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of\\nthe people that then lived. The great pyramids and\\nsome of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity\\nthe mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum-\\nbling into dust.\\nIt was left to modern ages to establish an intelli-\\ngent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating\\na full history immutable in that it is almost un-\\nlimited in extent and perpetual in its action and\\nthis is through the art of printing.\\nTo the present generation, however, we are in-\\ndebted for the introduction of the admirable system\\nof local biography. By this system every man, thougV\\nhe has not achieved what the world calls greatness,\\nhas the means to perpetuate his life, his history,\\nthrough the coming ages.\\nThe scythe of Time cuts down all nothing of the\\nphysical man is left. The monument which his chil-\\ndren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme-\\ntery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his\\nlife, his achievements, the work he has accomplished,\\nwhich otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated\\nby a record of this kind.\\nTo preserve the lineaments of our companions we\\nengrave their [Xjrtraits, for the same reason we col-\\nlect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we\\nthink it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to\\nwait until they are dead, or until those who know\\nthem are gone to do this we are ashamed only to\\npublish to the world the history of those whose live=\\nare unworthy of public record.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "(//mAi^ f", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "I A\\\\\\nik I\\nISlOGRAPfflGAL. 1^;;..^\\n^L\\nWILLIAM AVERY IIOUSK. The rapid\\ngrowth of Kalamazoo is flue in a large\\nmeasure to the number of able and li( iif r-\\nable men wiio have from time to time sought a home\\nwithin its limits and contributed generously to the\\ndevelopment of its resources. Such a one is the\\nsubject ol this brief biographical notice, and the\\noriginal of the portrait on the opposite page, of\\nwiiom, when he passed away, it was tlic universal\\ntestimony of his fellow-citizens, Take liim all in\\nall, we have lost our best man. His death, which\\nresulted from accident December 8, 1881, removed\\nfrom the city a gentleman unswerving in his de-\\nvotion to its interest and in his support of its in-\\nstitutions.\\nOur subject was the sun of llulibard and Aiihia\\n(Johnson) House, natives of Vermont. Sincere\\nChristians by exaniple and precept, they trained\\ntheir children for responsible jjositions in life.\\nWilliam Avery House was born in Morctown,\\nWashington County, Vt., July 21, 1821. When (piitc\\nyoung, he accompanied his parents to (Ucnns Falls,\\nN. Y., and from there to Clyde, Wayne County, the\\nsame State, where he remained until 18. 57. ^lean-\\nwhile he enjoyed the ordinary school advantages of\\nthose times, and undfer the training of his father, a\\nman of Christian ])rinciples, firm in character and\\ngenerous in heart, he grew to a stalwart manhood.\\nIn 1837, our subject accomjjanied his parents to\\nMichigan and located on new land two miles from\\nthe present village of Otsego. He endured all the\\nhardships of pioneer life and aided in the support\\nof the family. Two years after settling on the\\nplace, they removed to a home which the father\\nhad purchased in Otsego, and for several years\\nthereafter our subject was emploj ed with his team\\nin drawing flour from the Otsego mills to Kalama-\\nzoo. Regularly, each day except Sund.ay, he came\\nwith his load and usually returned home with\\nmerchandise for the Otsego dealers.\\nWhen after a time the wa^ opened for Mr.\\nHouse to become a clerk in one of the village stores,\\nhis courteous dealings with his customers, and\\nobliging manners, won him popularity. He soon\\nformed a partnership with J. B. I orter and together\\nthey conducted a successful dry-goods business in\\nOtsego. When he w.as twenty-four, he was united\\nin marriage, in 1845, with Miss Emeline A. IJeck-\\nwith, with whom he lived happily until his death.\\nTwo of the children born of the union died in\\nchildhood and the third, Arabella Sophia, became\\nMrs. Leroy Caliill, and died September 22, 1874,\\nso that of a once happy circle hut one remains. The\\nwidow finds consolation not in the houses and lands\\nwhich are hers, but in the thought that she will meet\\nher loved ones once more, in the land where Death\\nnever comes.\\nFor nine j ears after his marriage, !Mr. House\\nmade his home in Otsego, during tiie latter part\\nof tlie time engaged in managing the Otsego mills\\nand in building a part of the plank road between\\nKalamazoo and Grand Rapids. In 1854 he re-\\nmoved with his family to Kalamazoo, where he\\never afterward resided. Prior to the war he en-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "192\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ngaged in business operations which i-equired his\\nalmost constant presence in the South and during\\nhis travels he was usually accompanied by his\\nwife. The opening of the war compelled him to\\nclose his business, although not without a consid-\\nerable loss. In 1860 he returned to Kalamazoo\\nand a year after built the handsome block on the\\ncorner of Main and Burdick Streets, which bears\\nhis name.\\nIn 1867, Mr. House entered into partnership\\nwith Messrs. C. H. Booth and Beach Hall, as gen-\\neral real-estate and insurance agents, and after the\\nwithdrawal of Mr. Hall, the firm thus modified\\ncontinued until the fall of 1874. The death of\\nhis daughter caused Mr. House to sever his connec-\\ntion with the firm, and in compan}^ with his wife\\nhe spent some time in traveling. A few 3 ears later,\\nin connection with his son-in-law, Capt. Leroy\\nCahill, he commenced the business of manu-\\nfacturing agricultural implements, which he con-\\nducted successfully until his death. While\\nthus engaged he gave employment to scores of\\nmen in the city and also to many traveling\\nsalesmen.\\nOn the evening of December 8, 1881, while at\\nhis barn, Mr. House was so severely kicked by one\\nof his horses which he was exercising that he\\nsoon after died. His sudden taking away caused\\nthe greatest consternation in the city, for it was\\nrecognized that Kalamazoo liad lost one of her\\nbest and most valued citizens, one who had been\\nactive in business and social circles as well as in\\nchurch and charitable measures. He had filled tlie\\nposition of YilLage Trustee for many years, also\\nserved on the Board of Education, and was always\\nable, efficient and valuable in those capacities. He\\nwas one of the original Republicans of Michigan,\\nand was a delegate to the convention which met\\nunder the o.aks at .Jackson. During the war he\\nw.as a stanch Union man and remained throughout\\nhis life a strong supporter of the Republican party.\\nIn his death the poor and needy lost a friend, who\\nhad often cheerfullj aided them.\\nThe funeral services were held Sunday, Decem-\\nber 11, in the First Congregational Church, of\\nwhich he was a faithful member. The capacities of\\nthe church were taxed to their utmost to accommo-\\ndate his friends, who paid the last tribute of re-\\nspect to one they loved. His friend and pastor.\\nRev. C. O. Brown, delivered the memorial address,\\nwhich was a lofty and eloquent eulogy of the\\nvirtues of the departed. Afterward the remains\\nwere borne to the grave, and, surrounded by tlie\\nrelatives, emplo^^es, and members of various civic\\norganizations, were committed to the ground.\\n4^\\n-1^^\\nDWARD MARGESON. Steuben County,\\nN. Y., was the birthplace of our subject, his\\nJiL^ natal day being in 1827. He is theson of Ca-\\nleb and Lavina Margeson, and is at present resid-\\ning on section 32, Ganges Township, Allegan\\nCounty, where he is engaged in cultivating forty\\nacres of excellent laud. He devotes some time and\\nattention to the practice of veterinary surgerj his\\nadvice being much sought after in this county.\\nOur subject is a son of Caleb and Lavina Marge-\\nson, the father a native of Essex County, N. J.,\\nwhere he was reared on a farm and educated in the\\ncommon schools. The elder Mr. Margeson accom-\\npanied his parents on their removal from New York,\\nwhere they located in Steuben County. When\\nreaching j ears when it became necessary for him\\nto choose an occupation, he learned the trade of a\\nshoemaker, which he followed the remainder of his\\nlife, never leaving the State of New York.\\nIn Steuben County, N. Y., the parents of our\\nsubject were married, his mother s maiden name\\nbeing Lavina Beard. Their union was blest by\\nthe birth of nine children. In religious matters\\nthey were members of tiie Baptist Church. Caleb\\n]\\\\Iargeson died in 1831, his good wife surviving him\\nabout fifteen 3 ears. The paternal grandparents of\\nour subject were Thomas and Mary JNIargeson, na-\\ntives of New .lerse^-. Thomas M. was a son of the\\nnoted JMargeson who came to the New World in\\nthe May flo AVer.\\nOur subject began making his own living by\\nworking out on a farm at the age of thirteen ^ears.\\nLater, for seven 3^ears, he was steersman on the\\nErie Canal, and in 18G2, came to Michigan and\\nlocated at once in Allegan Couiity. Four \\\\eais\\nlater he came to Ganges Townsliip where he now", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAVHICAi RECORD.\\n193\\nowns a good farm. February 16, 1862, he was\\nmarried to Mary, daughter of John and Kliza\\n(Haird) Ward, natives of the Enipiro State, and\\nfarmers by occupation. Mrs. Margeson had twelve\\nbrothers and sisters. By her marriage with oiii\\nsul)ject, siie became tiie mother of a (hiiighler.\\nI.aura, wlio died when onlv three years of age.\\ni l ruary 28, 1865, Mr. Margeson entered the Un-\\nion .\\\\rniy, enlisting in t oni|)any I, Tenth Michigan\\nCavalry, under the command of (len. Sheridan. II(^\\nremained in the service initil the close of the wni\\nreceiving his honorable discharge at IMemphis,\\nTenn., November II, 11S65. Again returning to\\nthe peaceful jmrsuits of life, he came to Micliigan\\nand devoted his attention to the cultivation of his\\nproperty. lie h:us given some study to tiic veter-\\ninary surgeon s art, and h.as been extremely suc-\\ncessful in his practice in this region.\\nMl Margeson is a member of .Jacob Fry I ost, No.\\nt(), G. A. Iv., and is Republican in politics. With\\nhis wife, he is identified with tiie Metlutdist Epis-\\ncopal Church.\\nMLLIAM H. ANDREW.S. Men of .strict in-\\n\\\\/\\\\j// tegrity of cli.iracter, whose livesare guided\\n^Ny l)y i)rudence and principle, are valued mem-\\nbers of any community, whose best riches they con-\\nstitute. Such a one is the subject of this brief no-\\ntice, who is inlluential in the farming circles of\\nAllegan County, and makes his home on section 3,\\nWatson Township. A native of New York, he was\\nborn in Ocnesee County, .June 30, 1H8(), and when\\nonly foiu- years old was taken to Ohio by liis par-\\nents, Norton and Caroline (Root) .\\\\ndrews, natives\\nof the Empire State. His father, wiio followed\\nthe calling of a farmer, was thusengjigcd in Cuya-\\nhoga County, Ohio, and .Vllcgan County, this. Slate,\\nwhither he removed in 1H.).5, settling on an uniin-\\npi-oved farm on section 3. Ills (hvitli ftccurred\\nhere at the age of seventy live, and his wife passed\\naway when seventy-three.\\nThe parental family comprises nine children,\\nseven of whom attained to malui-e years, and four\\nare now living, namely: Willard: Delia, wife of\\nAlbert l.ane; .lane, who married .loli lve\\\\ iiolds.\\nand William B. Tlie last-named son received his\\neducation in Ohio, and accompanied his parents in\\ntheir removal to Michigan, .settling with them fin\\nthe place which he now owns. The year follow-\\ning his arrival in Michigan, in 1856, he was married\\nto Miss .Vvis Ann Round, a native of Vermont,\\nwho came to Michigan when she was a small child.\\nThis estiiualile lady was a devoted wife and tender\\nmother, and her death, in 1H8(), proved a deep be-\\nivaveinenl to her family and friends. She was llu-\\niiiotlier of four children: Charles, who in.-uried\\nBeillia Douwell; Frank, who was united with\\nSarah Dodge; Eva May, the wife of Fred Edgel,\\nof Hopkins, Township; and Martha JNtay, who died\\nat the age of twelve years.\\nAt one time .Mr. .Vndrews was the owner of one\\nhundred and sixty acres, Ixit he now owns onlv\\nhalf that amount, the remaining eighty acres hav-\\ning been given to his son Charles. He carries on\\na general farming and stock-raising business, and\\nthrough the exercise of good judgment and great\\nenergy, has been successful. While he has been\\nprospered lin:uicially, he h.as al.so gained the good-\\nwill and confidence of those with whom business or\\n.social intercourse h.as brought him in contact, and\\nis every where esteemed .IS an u[)right and indus-\\ntrious man. In his jiolitical views, he adheres to\\nthe principles of tin Republican parly, but is not\\nan ollice-.seeker, preferring the ipiiet discharge of\\nhis individual duties to the excitement of political\\nlife.\\nr -v^\\n11 ENRY FORD, who li;is been a iMomiiiciit\\nIjjlj man in the political and loc:il affairs of his\\ncommunity for a number of years, is the\\nowner of ;i line fruit farm near Lawton, in\\n.Vnlwerp Townshi|i, Wan Buren County. He is a\\nnative of Orange County-, N. Y., and was born\\nFel)riiarv 11,1825. His parents were Davis F.\\nand Mary (Townsend) Ford, who were of English\\nand Irish descent. The father was born April 2.\\nIT .tl, and the mother .lune 7, 17 6, tlie former\\nbeing a farmer by occupation. To this worthy\\ncouple eleven children were born, seven sons ami\\nfour daughters, as follows: Harry, Benjamin", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "194\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nPhcEbe E., wife of Milton Pemberton; Elizabeth,\\nwife of Charles Campbell; Harriet, who married\\nPeter P. Bush; and Charles T., John P., William\\nJ., David F., Townsend and Margaret, all the\\nlast-named being deceased. Tlie parents of this\\nfamily died in Orange County, X. Y., the f;itheron\\nMay 8, 18G3, and the mother .Uine 16, 1861.\\nOur subject was educated principally in tlie dis-\\ntrict schools of his native county, and at the age\\nof seventeen became a clerk for the Southfleld\\nFurnace Company, for whom he worked faithfully\\nfor a number of years. Bj^ his diligent and careful\\nattention to his duties, he gained the confidence of\\nliis employers and April 1, 1849, was intrusted\\nwith the management of the business. He occupied\\nthis position successfully for fifteen years, but in\\n1866 the business clianged hands and he removed\\nto Lawton, Mich. Here he took charge of the\\nLawton Furnace until October 15, 1874, when, the\\ninterest being purchased by other parlies, he be-\\ncame manager of the Bangor Furnace Compan3 in\\nVan Buren County, which manufactured on an\\naverage thirty-eight tons of iron per day. In 1880,\\nMr. Ford eugaged in the mercantile business at Law-\\nton, in which he was employed until 1888, when he\\nsold out and bought his present place of sixty-five\\nacres, which is mostly in fruit, such as grapes,\\napples, peaches and raspberries.\\nMr. Ford represented the Twelfth District, con-\\nsisting of Van Buren and Cass Counties, in Ihe\\nState Senate in the session of 1881 and 1882, being\\nelected by a vote of seven thousand and seventy-\\nseven to tive thousand five hundred and forty-nine.\\nHe cast liis first vote for Zacliary Taylor while he\\nwas living in New York, but has been a firm Re-\\npublican ever since the formation of that party.\\nHe served as Justice of the Peace for some six\\nyears, Township Trustee of Antwerp Townsliip for\\ntwo years, and is at present President of the\\nTown Council. He is a member of the Knights\\nTemplars and of the Masonic order, and is now\\nholding the office of Justice of the Peace at Law-\\nton. Mr. Ford has been twice married, his first\\nwife being Miss Kate Coffey, to whom he was\\nunited June 7. 1847, and wlio died April 3, 1881,\\nleaving one child, Elizabeth.\\nMr. Ford was again married, in 1882, this tune to\\nFlorence Smith. Mrs. Ford was born in Michigan,\\nJanuary 20, 1859, her parents, Louisa and Jesse\\nSmith, being early settlers of this State. Tliey\\nhad a family of four children, namely: Julia, Jesse,\\nCharles II. and Florence. The father died in 1862\\nand the mother is still living in Lawton. .She is a\\nwortliy member of the Methodist Episcojial Church.\\nOur subject and his wife are members of tlie Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, and hold a high position\\nin society and in the estimation of all with whom\\nthey are associated.\\n^^\u00c2\u00aets^\\nAFAYETTE MEACHEN is a farmer and\\nstock-raiser, residing on section 17, Law-\\nrence Township, Vmi Buren County. He\\nwas born in Scipio, Cayuga County, N. Y., Jlarch\\n28, 1827, and is the sou of Calvin and Polly Mca-\\nchen. The father was a farmer and came West to\\nMedina County, Ohio, when our subject was about\\neight years of age. There he purchased a farm\\nupon which our subject was reared to manhood.,\\nreceiving but a limited education.\\nLafayette Meachen began to make his own way\\nin the world when attaining his eighteenth year,\\nhaving bought his time of his father. On reaching\\nhis majority, he had a good team of his own. He\\nwas married October 13, 1848, to Miss Deborah\\nJohnson, of Medina County, Ohio. Mrs. Meachen\\nW.1S born in the southern part of Ireland, October\\n2, 1821, and by her union with our subject has\\nbecome the mother of four children Maiy Eliza-\\nbeth, who died when six years of age; Deboiah,\\nwho was born in Medina County, Oliio, November\\n1, 1851, married Prosper Manchester, a farmer of\\nGratiot County, this Stale, and has five children;\\nAnnie, who died when about six years of age, and\\nGaylord, also deceased.\\nIn 1852 our subject came to Lawrence Township,\\nV.an Buren Count} and purchased eighty acres of\\nwood land. His father had previously come to\\nArlington Township, same county, where he be-\\ncame the possessor of forty acres of land. He of\\nwhom we write immediately erected a log house\\non liis purchase, into which he moved his family\\nand began the work of clearing and improving his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n195\\nestate. He has since added eighty acres to his\\nproperty, fifteen of wiiieh is devoted to an orcliard.\\nIn 1881, lie erected iiis present beautiful residence,\\nwhich bears all the comforts .ind conveniences of\\nmodern times. Mr. Meachen is a self-made man\\nin the truest sense jf that term, and is i-ankcd\\namong the first-class farmei-s of Van IJuren County.\\nlie is a Republican in politics, and cast his first\\nvote for John C. Fremont. Mrs. Jleachen came\\nto America when about twenty years of age, and\\nwas residing in Medina County, Ohio, at the time\\nof her marriage. She is a very worthy and esti-\\nmable lady and has aided her husband greatly in\\nattaining to liis i)rcscnl iiigli standing in the .igri-\\ncuUural cDtiim unity.\\nr^ AMIKL A. BKNTLKY is a retired farmer,\\nliving in .Vllegan. lie wiis born in Mon-\\nroe Township. Monroe County, this State\\nSeplemlier 27. 1819, and is the son of\\nJames and .Vmanda Barker) Hentley. His parents\\nwere natives of England and Ohio, respectively,\\nand James Uentley came to Monroe County as early\\nas 1803, where he engaged in farming. The father\\nwas all through the Waroi 1812 and was within one\\nmile of the fort at Detroit when Hull sun-endered.\\nThe mother was born in I ainesville, Ohio, in the\\nyear 1800, in December. She, when a young girl,\\ncame to Monroe, Mich., with her mother and step-\\nfather, and it was here she married James Bentle^v\\nwhen about fifteen years of age, he being about\\nthirty years old. lie died in Monroe County,\\nin 1862, .aged eighty-two years; his good wife\\nsurvived him until 1889, and at her death had\\nreached the advanced .age of eighty-nine years.\\nJames ISentle} was a stanch Harrison man, having\\nserved under that general in the army of the War\\nof 1812.\\nTlie parents of our subject had a large family of\\neleven children, nine of whom are living: our sub-\\nject, J.ames, John, Cliraena, Malissa, Eunice, Will-\\niam, Amanda and Eliza. Samuel A. Hentle^y re-\\nceived his education in a log schoolhouse in Monroe\\nCounty, Mich., at the same time being well trained\\nin farm duties. He remained an inmate of the par-\\nental home until reaching his m.ajority, then began\\nworking for himself Ijy renting farms and tilling\\nthe soil. He suffered all the privations of the\\nearly pioneer.\\nIn 1854 our subject came to Watson Township,\\nAllegan Country, and purchased eighty acres of\\nheavily timbered land. He industriously set\\nabout clearing his tract and remained upon it until\\n1879, when he went to Plaintield, Kent County,\\nand farmed for about twelve years. In 1890 he\\nreturned to Allegan Village and bought where he\\nnow resides, on Depot Street.\\nMiss Electa Baird became the wife of oiu- subject\\nin 1839. She was a native of Wooster, Oiiio, and\\ncame to Monroe County, Mich., with her parents,\\nCharles and Hannah IJaird. Their union has been\\nblessed by the birth of eleven children, seven of\\nwhom are living: Elizabeth, Abigail, Lemuel, Sam-\\nuel, Charles, Mary and George. Mrs. Bentley died\\nin 18()4, and our subject was a second time mar-\\nried, the lady on this occasion being Mrs. Sarah\\nBaird, daughter of Jared and Susan (Hull) Smith,\\nnatives of Pennsylvania. They came to Michigan\\nin 1836, and located in La Salle Townshij), Monroe\\nCounty, where they engaged in farming until\\ntheir death. Mrs. Sarah Bentley was their only\\nchild; her marriage with our subject took place in\\n1872. By a former marriiige, she had become the\\nmother of one child, a son, Frank E., now living\\nin Grand Rapids. In politics, Mr .Bentley was or-\\niginally a Whig, casting his first vote for Gen. AVill-\\niam Henry Hairison. He afterwards became a Re-\\npublican, liut is now a Prohibitionist.\\nMr. Bentley was the second white male child\\ntorn in the State of Michigan. John Anderson,\\nwho was about three months older than Mr. Bent-\\nley, was born in French Township, Monroe County,\\nand was accidentally shot when twelve or four-\\nteen j ears old, so that our subject is now the oldest\\nnative of Michigan living. He relates that\\nduring the hard winter of 1854-65, deer would\\ncome into their yard and stand while the hay was\\nbeing thrown out to the cattle, and when it was on\\nthe ground would then eat with them. He also\\nrememl)crs seeing wolves come to the house in the\\nday time, when his motlier would take down the\\nold musket and shoot at them. Mr. Bentley is", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "196\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na very interesting conversationalist and can relate\\nmany tales of hardship and adventure which have\\nmnde a lasting impression on his mind.\\nMrs. Bentley, the present wife of our subject,\\nwas born in Seneca Count} N. Y., where her\\nfather was a farmer. They came to Michigan in\\n1836, and were thus early settlers here. She was\\ngiven a good education and taught school iu Mon-\\nroe County. In the early days, her father was a\\nWhig.\\nORAN W. ROWLAND, a resident of Paw\\nPaw, Van Buren County, who has been\\nquite influential in various ways in the ad-\\nvancement of the township and county, was born\\nin Savannah, Ashland County, Ohio, March 25,\\n1839. His parents when Eber and Jerusha (Fow-\\nler) Rowland, both natives of tlie State of New\\nYork. Our suliject was reared in the country and\\nhis father being a millei-, he was about the mill a\\ngreat deal. When about fourteen, he came to Cal-\\nhoun County, Mich., and attended a common dis-\\ntrict school there, having attended only common-\\nscliools in his native State. His parents soon came\\nto Michigan and afterward, in 1856, settled in\\nLawrence Township, Van Buren County, and our\\nsubject journeyed hither and helped his fallier in a\\nmill. When nineteen, he began teaching school\\nwhich he followed winters until his enlistment in\\nthe late war.\\nMr. Rowland volunteered in Company C, Third\\nMichigan Cavalry, September 17,1861. He saw a\\ngood deal of service in the South and was in Missouri,\\nTennessee, Alaljama, Lousiana, JNIississippi and Ar-\\nkansas and was in active service for three years and\\nnine months. He was in the hos|)ital from April,\\n1862, to .September, 1862, except when at home on a\\nthirty-day f ui lougii. When the company was organ-\\nized, he was ai)pointed Sergeant and served as such\\nand Orderl^ -Sergeant until liis re-enlistment in 1863\\nwhen he received a commission from Gov. Blair\\nas Second Lieutenant, in Company K, of tlie same\\nregiment and, in 1861, was commissioned First\\nLieutenant in Company I; the following year as\\nCaptain he was re-assigned to Company C. On the\\n22nd of September, 1861, five days subsequent to\\nhis enlistment, he was married to Miss Mary A.\\nBenjamin, of Lawrence, Van Buren County. Slie\\nwas born at Marshall, Oneida County, N. Y., Janu-\\nary 7, 1843, and was a daughter of Daniel and\\nEunice Hazard Benjamin.\\nOn the return of Mr. Rowland fr(mi the army,\\nhe engaged in the milling business witli liis father\\nfor six months and then began teaching school in\\nthe township and village of Lawrence. He taught\\nthree winters and in the meantime he entered the\\ngrocery business at Lawrence and followed it until\\n1868 when he was elected County Clerk and\\nserved two terms, removing to Paw Paw,\\nJanuary 1, 1869. He studied law while in this of-\\nfice. He was admitted to the bar in the fall of\\n1872, and practiced law for a number of years and\\ndurina; this time served one term as Prosecutingf\\nAttorney and several terms as Circiut Court Com-\\nmissioner. Mr. Rowland Itegan the newspaper busi-\\nness at Paw Paw with Mr. A. C. Martin, in\\n1882. He had one-half interest in it and assumed\\nexclusive editorial charge, his partner being the\\nbusiness manager. He was thus connected with\\nthe True Northerner, as their sheet was called,\\nfor six years, when he sold to liis partner and pur-\\nchased the Decatur RppuljUcaa in 1889, and lias\\nsince that date been editor and publisher of that\\n.sheet. He has served as Justice of the Peace eight\\nconsecutive years and is at present the President\\nof the School Board on which he has served for\\ntwelve years. He is one of the number who have\\niielped to bring the school up to its present high\\nstandard. In the summer of 1890, Mr. Rowland\\nwas special agent of the Census Bureau, liaving to\\ncollect statistics of mortage indebtedness in the\\ncounties of Van Buren, Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph,\\nKalamazoo and Ionia.\\nTo our subject and liis wife have been born\\nthree children Mary L., born November 9, 1864,\\nis a graduate of the Paw Paw High School, the\\nwife of Henry E. Shaefer and the mother of two\\nchildren; Marion O., born April 8, 1869, is a grad-\\nuate of the same school, is married and resides at\\nEaton Raiiids, and is the father of one son; Mina\\nB., born August 11, 1875, died November 7, 1887,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n197\\nof diphtheria. Mr. Rowland is a Republican in\\npolities and cast his fii-st presidential vote for\\nAbraham Lincoln in 1860, and lias never voted any\\nother ticket since. He and his wife became mem-\\nbei-s of the Disciples Cliurch in 1885, and iiave been\\nvalued and consistent members since, and he is an\\nKlder in the same.\\nThe Rowland family are of Scotch descent, two\\nbrothers, Tiiomas and Daniel, having come to Am-\\nerica from Scolhmd in the latter i)art of tlie seven-\\nteenth century. They settled in Fairfield County,\\nConn., and Thomas had a son Thomas, who in turn\\nnamed his son Thom.as, born in Connecticut, Sept-\\nember 22, 1721, and died M.ay 15, 1808. His wife\\nwas born December 25, 1721, and died August 17,\\n1798. Their son, Ilezekiah Rowland, the third,\\nwas born January 9, 1759, at Reading, Conn., and\\nmarried Grace Wildman, September 17, 1778.\\nThis couple were the great-grandparents of our\\nsubject. Ilezekiah died in New York, April 29,\\n1819, and his wife in Ohio, M.ay U, 1846. Their\\nson Levi, the fourth of ten children,was the grand-\\nfather of our subject, a native of New York, born\\nNovember 12, 1788. lie married Phwbe Townsend,\\na native of New York, born December 11, 1785.\\nSlie died in Ohio, August 22, 1832, and her hus-\\n))and died in the same State, December 13, 1874.\\nTiiej have five children, tlie fourth of whom,Eber,\\nwas the father of our subject, born at Southeast,\\nN. Y., October 7, 1816, and married .lune 10, 1838,\\nto Jerusha Fowler who was born March 31, 1817,\\nat Cohocton, N. Y. They had eigiit children, of\\nwhom our subject is the oldest.\\nf|/_^ ENRY LI rrLE. At the advanced age of\\n|i ninety-three j ears, this venerable gentle-\\nman and esteemed citizen of Kalamazoo\\njiassed away at his home. No. 435 Lovell\\nStreet, May 25, 1890. Wilh more than an ordinary\\nendowment of vital energies, his physical and\\nmental powers alike were retained in a remarkable\\ndegree until the very day of liis death.\\nIJorn at Cambridge, N. Y., 29, 1797, .Mr.\\nLittle was the son of William and I lxebe (Mar-\\nciiaut) Little, lie was only six years old when he\\nwas bereaved by the death of his mother, after\\nwhich the family was liroken up and became scat-\\ntered. In his boyhood he was engaged as a farm\\nlaborer, but at the age of fifteen he was appren-\\nticed to learn the trade of a millwright, machinist\\nand master mechanic, commencing in business\\nin 1815, at St. Johnsbury, Vt., where he filled\\nlarge and important contracts for the erection of\\npublic structures.\\nIn 1826, Mr. Little was engaged in constructing\\nmills upon the Big Dam at Boston, Mass. Re-\\nturning to St. Johnsbury in 1827, he entered the\\nemploy of Messrs. E. and T. Fairbanks, then con-\\nducting a foundry, iron-works and machine shops\\nupon the site now occupied b}- their extensive scale\\nmanufactory, .and in 1830 superintended for them\\nthe erection of a mill for cleaning .and preparing\\nhemp fibre for market. An imperative necessity\\narising for some improved apparatus for weighing\\nhemp as brought to the mill, the Fairbanks broth-\\ners instituted various experiments in reference to\\nscales upon an entirely new plan, and Mr. Little\\nmaterially aided them in originating, planning and\\nbringing to a successful result the world-renowned,\\nvaluable invention known as the Fairbank s plat-\\nform scales.\\nMarch 11, 1822, Mr. Little w.as married to IMiss\\nRuth, daughter of Abraham Fuller, a patriot sol-\\ndier of the Revolution. The union was a most happy\\none until death entered the home and removed the\\ndevoted wife, F ebruary 8, 1888, at the .age of\\neighty-seven. The removal of the family to ^licli-\\nigan, took place October 3, 1831, settlement being\\nmade first at Galesburg, afterward at Corastock,\\nand still later on at (lull Prairie. In March, 1\u00c2\u00ab38,\\nMr. Little removed to Grand Rapids, taking up\\nsome Government land, which he later exchanged\\nfor an im|)roved farm near llie old home f)n (iull\\nI rairie.\\nnctwtiii the years 1838 and 1 HU). Mr. Little w.a.s\\nengaged as a millwright in the construction of\\n(louring mills at Faw Paw. Yorkville and Kala-\\nmazoo. Leaving his farm at Richland in charge\\nof his two younger sons, William Henry and .\\\\l-\\nbert, in 1863. he took up his permanent residence\\nin Kalamazoo. His inly daughter. Mrs. William\\nC. Travis, died February 21, 1878, .aged fifty yeai s.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "198\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHis later years were devoted to general reading,\\nand the writing of articles for publication, in wliich\\nhe was successful. Three sons survive him:\\nFrank, whose sketcli is presented elsewliere iu tliis\\nvolume; AVilliam Henry arid Albert.\\nHenrj Little, in his jnore prominent characteris-\\ntics, wasa man of positive convictions, of indoniit-\\nalile energy, perseverance and self-will; orderly,\\npainstaking, frugal and industrious in all his hab-\\nits; scrupulously exact, undcviating, upright and\\nreliable in business affairs; orthodox, strong and\\nunswerving in his religious faith, enjoying as a\\ncitizen, neighbor and friend, the highest esteem\\nand confidence of his fellow-men.\\nf)HEO A. PALMER was born .lanuary 3,\\n1838, in Madison County, N. Y. He is at\\npresent engaged in cultivating a portion of\\nthe soil on section 9, Porter Township, Xan Buren\\nCounty. His j)arents were Philander and Betsey\\n(Barker) Palmer, the father a native of .lefferson\\nCounty, N. Y., and the mother born near Birming-\\nham, Vt. After their marriage they resided near\\nSyracuse, N. Y., luitil 1845, when they came West\\nto Michigan and located at Napoleon, .Jackson\\nCounty. There the father imi)roved a farm, and\\nliecame a very prominentcitizen. He was an active\\nRepublican iu politics and died in 1873. His good\\nwife had preceded him to the better land by sev-\\neral years, dying in 1847.\\nTwo of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nPhilander Palmer are living. Our subject received\\na good education in the common and select schools\\nof the Wolverine State, and remained at home\\nuntil reaching his majority. AYhen starting out\\non his own account, he became a butcher and was\\nfairly successful in his undertaking. On the out-\\nbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Palmer enlisted in\\nCompany K, Seventeenth Michigan Infantry, and\\nwas chief bugler of his regiment. AVith his com-\\npany he was sent to Washington, D. C, and took\\npart in the following engagements: South Moun-\\ntain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Newport, Louis-\\nville, Ky., and Bardstowii, same State, where he\\nwas taken sick and lay in the hospital for a short\\ntime. He was then sent to Louisville on detached\\nservice and later, joining his regiment at Knox-\\nville, Tenn., returned to the Arm^ of the Potomac\\nand participated in all the engagements from the\\nWilderness to Petersburg. He was made Mail\\nAgent of the First Division of the Ninth Army\\nCorps, and, after the surrender of (ien. R. E. Lee,\\nwas sent to Washington, D. C, under Gen. Wil-\\ncox. Mr. Palmer received his honorable discharge\\nJune 15, 18G5, and during the long period in\\nwhich he saw service was never wounded or cap-\\ntured.\\n(Jn returning home after the close of the war, our\\nsubject engaged in farming in .Tackson County,\\nand in the fall of 1871 removed to Kalamazoo and\\nengaged in the grocery and provision business iu\\ncomi)any with Mr. Lot Hewitt. He continued\\nthus em[)loyed until the fall of 1890, in the mean-\\ntime building up a large and lucrative business.\\njn account of ill health, he w.as advised by his\\nlihysician to remove to a farm and in doing so\\nsettled upon liis present tract of eighty acres, in\\nDecember, 1890. He carries on general farming\\nand fruit-growing and has a finely-improved\\ntract.\\nIn October, 1865, our subject .and Miss Clara M.,\\ndaughter of Lot Hewitt, were united in marriage.\\nMr. Hewitt, who was the former partner of our\\nsubject, died in 1888. Mrs. Palmer was born De-\\ncember 10, 1845, in Columbia Township, .Tackson\\nCounty, this State, where her father was a pioneer.\\nShe received an excellent education in the common\\nand select schools and is an intelligent and refined\\nlady. Our subject and his wife have an adopted\\nson, Darwin, who is aged fourteen years. He is\\nbeing given a good education and at the present\\ntime is a student in the High School at Lawton.\\nHe of whom we write and his good wife are\\nmembers of the Baptist Church. Mr. Palmer was\\nTrustee for nine years of the First Baptist Church\\nin Kalamazoo, and was Chairman of the House\\nCommittee of the same for a like period. He h.as\\nbeen a contributor to the Kalamazoo College for\\nthe past twenty-five years and his store was known\\nas the Students Grocery, because he w.as always\\na warm friend and helper of the students. In", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n199\\npolitics, Mr. Palmer is a true-blue Republican and\\nlias.ilvvays taken an active part in local affairs, and\\nwhile a rcsidenl of Kiilaniazoo was I lectod ono of\\nthe first Ald rnien of the cit_y. While a member\\nof that body, he organized the police force and\\nalso the secret service department, and was placed\\non five of the most imporlanl committees, of which\\nhe was made Chairman, lie was one of the char-\\nter members of Orcutt Post, No. 7 (i. A. R.,\\nof Kalamazoo, but refused to aceejit any official\\nposition in that body other than to act as Chair-\\nman of the Council of Administration, which posi-\\ntion he holds in the Lawton Post at the present\\ntime. He was also Chairman of the Special Relief\\nCt)mmittee. The Masonic order chiini ^Ir. Palmer\\nas one of their warm adherents. He occupied the\\ni tlice of Trustee in the Society of Chosen Friends\\nin Kalamazoo.\\nADl.St)N 11. PLOPPKR. This enUemau\\niVi is carrying on a thriving grocery business\\nIs in Lawrence. His store is well stocked\\nwith staple articles and all the table deli-\\ncacies in their season. He also has a full line of\\n(|uecnsware, hardware, etc. Mr. Ploppcr was born\\nill Madison County, N. Y., October 20, 1842, and\\nis the son of Stephen and Phebe A. (Palmer) Plop-\\npcr. The father was born in New York, of\\nGerman ancestry, while the mother was a native\\nof New York and came of Yankee stock.\\nThe father of our subject w.as a cooper by trade\\nand came to .Michigan with his family niien Madi-\\nson H. was three yeai-s of age. He located in Mon-\\nroe County, and there made his home until 18. )2,\\nwhen he came to Paw Paw and remained during\\nthat winter. The following year he came to Law-\\nrence Township. Van P iiren f)unty, and purchased\\nthe farm upon which he is residing at the (ires-\\ncnt time.\\n.Madison 11. Ploppcr was ten years of age when\\nhis parents located in Lawrence Township. His\\nmother died a few years after coming here, in\\n1857, and he remained at home until reaching his\\nmajority. In February, 18G4, our subject enlisted\\nin Company 1), Kiglityninth New York Infantry\\nand joined his regiment at Charleslown, S. C.\\nThey were soon sent to Virginia, where Mr. Plo))-\\n[ler [larticipatcd in the siege of Petersburg. Cold\\nHarbor and Richmond. He was also present at\\nthe surrender of Gen. Lee at Appomattox. There\\nw.as a period or six months when his regiment was\\nunder fire the greater part of the time. Our sub-\\nject received his honorable discharge August 12,\\n186;j, and returning to Lawrence engaged in the\\npeaceful pursuit of farming.\\nThe original of this sketch purchased forty\\nacres of land in Decatur Townsliii) in 18()8, and,\\nNovember 12 of that 3 ear, was married to Miss\\nLavinia Stearns, of Lawrence. Mrs. Ploppcr was\\nborn in Green County, Wis., December 2. 5, 1847,\\nand b^ her union with our subject h.as become the\\nmother of seven children, five of whom are living,\\nviz: Carrie, ClayUni, Phelie Ann. Clifford and Win-\\nnie. In 1876, Mr. Ploppcr disposed of his farm\\nand for ten years drove a eddler s w.agoii. At\\nthe expiration of that time he again purchased a\\nfarm, which he operated three years. Having re-\\nceived a sunstroke while in the army, he w.as unfit\\nfor outdoor work, and, .selling his estate, engaged\\nin his present business, in Lawrence.\\nOur subject has also been a Republican and cast\\nhis first Presidential vote for (Jraiit, in 1808. He\\nhas been A illagc Trustee and is a member of the\\nGrand Arm\\\\- of the Republic, having attended the\\nNational Fncampmeiit at Detroit in 18 .ll. He is\\na member of the Christian Church, with which he\\nlias been connected for thirtv-fivc years; Mrs. Plop-\\npcr is also a member of that hod^\\n1 1 1 1 1 I I I I I I 1\\n1 I t\\nIBERTY 11. BAILEY, who is an old set-\\ntler of Van lUiren County, having come\\nhere in April. 184. occupies a high place\\nin the regard of his fellow-citizens, for his strict\\nintegrity of character and honoral)lc dealings with\\nhis fellow-men. He is one of the most prominent\\nmembers of the Masonic fraternity in this part of\\nthe State, and takes great pride in his connection\\nwith that ancient and renowned order. His great-\\ngrandfather, Richard Bailey, emigrated from Eng-\\nland when a young man, and settled in the Massa-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "200\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nehusetts Colony. He was a soldier in tlie Revolu-\\ntioiiaiy War The graiulfatlier of our subject was\\nborn in Massachusetts and removed to Windliam\\nCounty, Vt.\\nThe fatiier of our subject, Dana Bailey, was also\\nl)orn in Massachusetts, and removed with his par-\\nents to Townsliend, Windham County, Yt., where\\nhe married Betsey Walker, and lived during the\\nremainder of his life in the house in which his wife\\nwas born. He attained the age of upwards of\\neighty years, and was then accidentally killed by\\nfalling from a wagon. The maternal ancestors of\\nour subject were also Englisli, Jesse Walker, his\\ngrandfallier, leaving England when but eleven\\nyears old, and coming to America, settled in Towns-\\nliend, Vt. There he grew to manhood, married,\\nand built a house, which still stands and is now oc-\\ncupied by his granddaughter, a sister of our sub-\\nject. When the Revolutionary War broke out,\\n.Jesse Walker was one of the first to enlist, and lie\\nserved until the close, being at the Siege of York-\\ntown and the surrender of Cornwallis. When a\\nboy, in England, he numbered among his ijlaymates\\nSamuel Marsh, who became a soldier in the British\\narmy. After the battle of Bunker Hill, iNIr. Inailey\\nfound his former companion among the dead, with\\nhis musket at his side, on which his name, Samuel\\nMarsh, was carved. Mr. Walker took this musket\\nand carried it for seven ^cars, until the close of the\\nwar, and it is now in the possession of the subject\\nof this sketch. The mother of our subject was\\nover eighty years of age when she died.\\nThe parental family consisted of seven children,\\nof whom three are still living. One daughter re-\\nsides on the homestead in Vermont; the youngest\\nson is living in Minneapolis, Minn.; and the sub-\\nject of this sketch. Liberty II. Bailey, w,as liorn in\\nTownsliend, Vt., February 26, 1820. Ilis ancestors\\nwere all tillers of the soil and he was reared to the\\nsame occupation. He was graduated from a Bap-\\ntist College in his native town, acquiring a good\\nacademic education. In 1842 he came to Michigan\\nin the eui]iloy of the Vermont Land Company, and\\nlocated land for said company in various jiarts of\\nthe State, and in 1843 purchased the land where he\\nnow resides. He lived in Kalamazcio until April,\\n184. when he came to Van Buren County, and for\\nten years resided in Arlington Township. In 18.55\\nhe settled on the west half of section 11, South\\nHaven Township, it being the land he had pur-\\nchased in 184.3, at which time there were over three\\nhundred inhabitants on the place, but they were\\nall Indians, engaged in making maple sugar, hunt-\\ning and fishing. His land now lies adjoining the\\nvillage of South Haven, is all cleared and well\\nimproved. He has an apple orchard of thirty-five\\nacres, and also raises peaches, pears and other fruits.\\nHe has a number of cattle, horses and hogs, and\\neverything necessary to carrying on a farm in first-\\nclass style.\\nMr. Bailey has been twice married, being united\\nin 1845 to Sarah Harrison, daughter of Benjamin\\nHarrison, who was first cousin to President Will-\\niam Henry Harrison. She was born in Columbus,\\nOhio, and died in South Haven, December 16,\\n1862, at the age of thirty-eight years. By this\\nmarriage, three sons were born, namely: Dana, who\\ndied at the age of fourteen years; Marcus resides at\\nEvanston, 111., and during the administration of\\nPresident Cleveland w.as Chief Engineer of the\\nUnited States Custom House, at Chicago. He is\\nnow connected with the electric lighting of that\\ncity. Liberty IL, .Fr., is Professor of Horticulture\\nin Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y., and in rep-\\nresenting that university he has traveled over\\nnearly all of Europe. In 18().) ]\\\\Ir. Bailey was\\nmarried to his present wife, who was Miss IMaria\\nBridges.\\nIn politics. Mr. Bailey is a stanch Democrat, and\\nhas frecpicntly held local otlices. Tlici e is nothing.\\nhowever, in which Mr. Bailey t.akes more pride\\nthan in his connection with the M.asonic fraternity.\\nHe was made a Mason by {;en. B. K. CliadwicU\\nLodge, No. 1 19, in 1862, and is one of the charter\\nmembers of Star of the Lake Lodge, No. 158, A. F.\\nA A. M., at South Haven, of which he was lirst\\niNLaster, and has held the otlice for eight years.\\nHe is a charter member of South Haven Chapter,\\nNo. 58, R. A. M., of which he was tlu first High\\nPriest and has held that ollice for six years, a char-\\nter member of .South Haven Council, No. 38, and\\nThrice Illustrious for two years. He is a member\\nof Pinsular Commandeiy, No. 8, K. T., at Kalaina-\\nzoo,and holdsa Thirty-second degree in the Ancient", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n201\\nand Scottish Rite Masonry, Iwing a Cliarter mem-\\nbov of the Consistory at (Jraixl Rnpids. lie also\\niH Iongs to tlio lligli Priostlioofl of Micliiirnn. and\\nto the OriiMilal Order of the I alm and Shell. He\\nni Vt-r misses attending tlic meetings of (Mtlier of\\ntlu sc liinnclies of M.isonrv wlien it is possil)le for\\nhim to lio ri sont. Bailey Lodge, No. 287, A. K. iV\\nA. M., at Hi-eodsviile. is named in his honor, and\\non Novemlier 13, 187.5, that lodge presented him\\nwitii a solid silver-iieadod eane.\\niVlr. Uailey is liberal in his religious views and\\nleads an honest, upright life, being a man whose\\nword is as good as his bond. lie has a pleasant\\nhome and a good library, liis liooks consisting\\nlargely of ^Insonie literature.\\n?^L1)ER JOHN II. REKSI-:. The life of a\\nminister of the Gospel is always a checkered\\nexperience, in which the sh.adows oftini pre-\\ndominate, and in which, perhaps more than in any\\nother calling, a brave heart, a firm will and con-\\ntinued perseverance are necessary to accomplish the\\nend in view. The constant strain on the nerves\\nand brain of a conscientious pastor breaks down\\nmany a man who otherwise would l-.ave lived to a\\nstrong and hearty old age. It is not wonderful,\\ntherefore, that after thirty-two years service in\\nthe Master s cause, Mr. Reese should feel the ne-\\ncessity of taking a much needed rest and retiring\\nfrom active work in his beloved calling.\\nMr. Reese, who resides in Bangor, w.as born in\\n(Jlenn. Montgomery County, N. Y., January 9,\\n1H2 His |)arents, Martin and Hannah (Rulifson)\\nl{eese, were natives also of New York, the former\\nborn in 1803, and the latter in 1809. Their family\\nconsisted of fourteen children, all, except one,\\nreacliing mature years, as follows: Martha, John II.,\\nCynthia, .lane E., James II., Juliet, David\\nCharlotte, Daniel H.,(ieorge AV.; Reuben W., who is\\neditor at Kearney, Neb.; Margaret, wife of Perry\\nMadison, who resides in Chicago, and Chauncey B.,\\nwho was a soldier in the late war. Charles S., who\\nwas a soldier in the Twelfth Michigan Regiment,\\nw.as taken prisoner at Pittsburg Landing, and died\\nin tlie reliel prison at M.acon, Ga. Daniel IL. who is\\nnow employed in the Custom House .at New Orleans,\\nw.os also a .soldier of the late war, enlisting in the\\n.Sixth Michig.an Regiment. an l. at the close of the\\nwar, was a LieuUMiant of a colored regiment.\\nSince taking uj) hi.s residence in Lousiana, he has\\nserved one term in the Legislature of that Stale.\\nMartin Ree ie, the father of this large family, was\\na son of John and Margaret (I eltingill) Reese,\\n.lohn Reese was a son of Nicholas and Anna (Cline)\\nReese, who were residents of the Mohawk Vallev,\\nan l on both sides of the family they wei-e descend-\\nants of natives of Holland. They were the parents of\\nthirteen children, as follows: Marks. John, Samuel.\\n.Martin, Adam, Nicholas, William, .lacob, Henry.\\nChristina, Ellen, Catherine and Kli/.idieth. The\\nmother of our subject was a daughter of Harmon\\nand Margaret (Forncrook) Rulifson, who were\\nresidents of the MohitAvli \\\\\\\\allcy. The maternal\\ngrandparents were Abraham and Catherine (Sours)\\nRulifson, the former a son of Henry and Peggy\\n(V.an Horn) Rulifson.\\nOur subject grew to mature years in New York,\\nwhere he was educated in the common schools.\\nHe came to Berrien County, Mich., on October 6,\\n18.50, where he followed teaching and farming un-\\ntil 18;59,when he began preaching in the Disciples\\nChurch, which he continued until 1867, when he\\nentered Bethany College, at West irginia, being\\na student there for four years. In 1871, he re-\\nturned to Cass County, Mich., having graduated\\nfrom the college in June of that year, and has been\\nengaged in the work of the ministry ever since.\\nHe was married in 18,52 to Harriet A. Fenton, and\\nto them was born one son: Boyd E., now a resident\\nof J.asper County, Mo. Mrs. Reese died, in 18.57,\\nand our subject w.as afterward married to Miss\\nPolly Goss, a native of Edinluirg, Ohio.\\nIn 187G, Mr. Reese took up his resi lence in\\nBangor. At that time there was no organization\\nof the Disciples Church in the village, but. by per-\\nsistent efforts, Mr. Reese has succeeded in building\\nup a live and prosperous church. He has devoted\\nfourteen yeai-s of his life to this work, and has the\\nsatisfaction of seeing a great measure of success\\nattend his efforts. The best of his life has lieen\\ngiven to the furtherance of the Gosiwl and the\\nadvancement of all measures of reform. He has", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "202\\nPOUTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlabored earnestly in the cause of temperance, believ-\\ning prohibition to be the only correct solution of\\nthe great question of the liquor traffic. Beside his\\nmony other duties, he has found time to prepare a\\nchart of universal Church History which is a re-\\nmarkable work, and reflects great credit on the\\nauthor.\\nMr. Reese has borne a prominent part in the\\nhistor}^ of this county, and will ever be held in\\ngrateful remembrance for his untiring work in its\\ninterests, and for the example of an earnest\\nChristian life.\\n/^APT. GEORGE N. DUTCHER. Among\\n(i(^l the prominent citizens of Allegan County,\\nnone are more favorably known than the\\ngentleman whose name we have just given, and\\nwho resides in Douglas. lie is the son of William\\nF. and Lucinda (Deitrich) Dutcher, and was born\\nin Pike County, Pa., October 28, 1834. He was\\ngiven a good education, and at the age of fifteen\\nremoved with his parents to Portsmouth, Va.\\nWhile there he learned the trade of machinist and\\nengineer in the United States Nav.y Yard, serving\\nan apprenticesliip of nearly five jears.\\nIn 1852 the parents of our subject came West as\\nfar as Chicago, 111., and two years later came to\\nDouglas, Allegan County, where the father was en-\\ngaged largely in the lumber business. George\\nwent to work on the Chicago fe Rock Island Rail-\\nroad during the summers, and in the winter as-\\nsisted his father in his lumber operations. In 1862\\nhe entered the service of the Union as First Lieu-\\ntenant in Company I, Fifth Michigan Cavalry.\\nBriefij^ stated, his war record is as follows:\\nEntering the army as First Lieutenant, August\\n14, 1862, he was promoted to be Captain, January\\n13, 1863, and on the 2d of July was wounded in\\nthe battle of Gettysburg. He received a second\\ninjury in the engagement at Brandy Station, Xa..,\\nwhich proved so serious that the Captain received\\nan honoral)le discharge, November 2, 1863. Dur-\\ning a portion of his term of service, he acted as As-\\nsistant Adjutant-General to Gen. Kilpatrick, to\\nwhose division he belonged, and whose brigade it\\nwill be remembered was the first of the Union forces\\nto enter Gettysburg.\\nCapt. Dutcher returned home in 1863, shattered\\nin health and still suffering from his wounds. Act-\\ning upon the advice of his physician, he went to\\nthe seashore to rest and recuperate his wasted en-\\nergies. There he met the captain of a whaling\\nvessel bound on a three-years cruise, who induced\\nhim to accompany him as far as the Azores Islands.\\nThinking a short ocean voyage would do him\\ngood, as he could return on an incoming vessel,\\nCapt. Dutcher accepted the invitation and set sail\\nwith the party. The result was he concluded to\\nmake the entire voyage. Unfortunately they were\\nship-wrecked oft the coast of Madagascar, but were\\nrescued. Later Capt. Dutcher shipped before the\\nmast on a trading vessel bound for Australia. His\\nwanderings thus begun lasted for three years,\\nduring which time he traveled around the globe,\\nvisiting almost every foreign country of any im-\\nportance.\\nOur subject at Last returned to San Francisco in\\n1869, poor in purse, but abundantly rich in re-\\nstored physical health. On arriving in Chicago,\\nin 1870, he at once engaged as superintendent of\\nthe machine department of Crane Bros. IMaiiufac-\\nturing Works, with whom he remained for four\\nyears, when he became one of the organizers of the\\nfirm of Fieldhouse cfe Dutcher, steam-fitters, etc.\\nIn early life as a railroad engineer in Chicago,\\nCapt. Dutcher was one of the members of the well-\\nknown organization of The Brotherhood of Lo-\\ncomotive Engineers, which order was instituted in\\n1854. The following year he became a Mason in\\nthe Blue Lodge at Otsego, Mich., and is now a\\nmember of Dutcher Lodge, No. 193, at Douglas,\\nwhich received its name in his honor. He is con-\\nnected with Washington Chapter, No. 43, R. A.M.;\\nSilvain Council, No. 50, R. ife S. M., of Chicago;\\nCommandery No. 19, K. T. and Oriental Consis-\\ntoiy S. P. R. S., having taken the thirty-second de-\\ngree. He is a prominent member of the G A. R.,\\nbeing identified with Van Arsdale Post, No. 148,\\nand of the Illinois Commandery Military Order of\\ntiie Loj al League of the United States.\\nNovember 14, 1854, Capt. Dutcher was united", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n205\\nin inarri. ijjc with Miss Kliza, daiigiitor of Edward\\nAdams, of Lexington, Ohio, where Mis. Dulciier\\nw!is horn. Our sulijcct lias erected one of tlio finest\\nresich nces in Allegan County, whieli would he an\\nornament to any city. The good judgment whicii\\napt. Dutcher has displayed in every undertaking\\nin life lia.s won success, and we arc gratified to be\\nal)le to present to our readers a sketc-h of so prom-\\ninent and enterprising a gentleman. A brief ac-\\ncount of the life of his brother, Thomas Benton\\nDutcher, will be found on another page in this\\nvolume.\\nsidcrahle mention to be made of the life of\\nearly settler of Kalamazoo, who proved\\nOX. CHARLES EDWARD STUART. This\\nift volume would be incom)iletc were no con-\\ny^ side\\nthis\\nhimself to be an enterprising citizen, able lawyer,\\nsuccessful politician, broad statesman and an honest\\nman. It is therefore with pleasure that we in-\\nvite the attention of the readers to his portrait on\\nthe opposite page, and the following record of his\\nlineage and life.\\nThe ancestors of Mr. Stuart were of Scotch and\\nl^nglish origin, and members of the M.ayhew family,\\nwho emigrated from England, settling in Martha s\\nVineyard in 1642. Dr. Charles Stuart married\\nMiss Catherine Parsons in October, 180.5, and\\nsoon afterward removed to Columbia Count} N.\\nY., where their second son, Charles Edward, w.as\\nborn, Novoml)er 2,5, 181(1. Soon after the close of\\nthe War of 1812, Dr. Stuart removed to Waterloo,\\nSeneca County, N. Y., where he practiced his pro-\\nfession, and also cultivated a farm.\\nOn that farm Charles E. lived and labored from\\nboyhood to man s estate. His education was\\nlimited, consisting of a mere training in the\\nsimplest rudiments of a common English school-\\ning, and gave liim no preparation for the\\nimpt)rtunt positions which he afterward so hon-\\norably filled. When nineteen, he commenced\\ntiie study of law with Messrs. ISirdsall k Clark, at\\nWaterloo, and in due time w.is admitted tf the\\npractice of his profcssit)n at the I5ar of Seneca\\nCounty.\\n9\\nEarly in 18.3.5, Mr. Stuart came to Michigan,\\narriving in Detroit, and afterward visiting (in\\nsearch of a location) Dundee, Tecumseh, Ypsilanti,\\nAnn Arbor, Jackson and Marshall. I pon coming\\nto Kalamazoo, he decided to make it his home,\\nand at once formed a law partnership with Gov.\\nEpaphroditus Ransom. Returning the following\\nautumn to Waterloo, he was married November 3,\\n183.5, to Miss Sophia S., daughter of George and\\nSophia (Lee) Parsons, and, with his young bride,\\ncame to Kalam.azoo. The golden wedding anni-\\nversarj- of this happy marriage was fittingly cele-\\nliraled by the family and ninny friends in Novem-\\nber, 1885.\\nWith the excepti m of one session of .service in\\nthe Legislature, Mr. Stuart devoted his attention\\nexclusiveh for twelve j-ears to his profession. In\\n1847, and again in 1850, he was elected by his\\ndistrict to Congress, and in the winter of 1852-53\\nwas elected United States .Senator, serving six\\nyears. In 1860, he was delegate-at-large to the\\nNational Democratic Convention, which met at\\nCharleston, S. C, and adjourned to Baltimore, Md.,\\nwith its work unfinished. Two years later he was\\ncommissioned by Gov. Blair to raise and equip the\\nThirteenth Regiment of Infantry, whicli was noted\\nfor gallantry on the field of battle.\\nIn 186() and 1868, Mr. Stuart served as delegate\\nto the conventions at Philadelphia and New York.\\nAbout that time inflammatory rheumatism, which\\nresulted in heart disease, compelled his gradual\\nwithdrawal from participation in public affairs.\\nHis hist case in the courts was tried in 1873. In\\nspite of the suffering of the last fifteen years of\\nhis life, he retained full possession of his mental\\nfaculties. On the evening of May 19, 1887, just\\nafter he had dictated a business and friendly letter,\\nwhich closed with Love to all, he passed away\\nwithout a struggle, in the seventy-seventh year of\\nhis life.\\nThe loss of this distinguished citizen was pro-\\nfoundly mourned by the peo|)lc of Kalamazoo,\\nand man} memorial resolutions were passed by the\\norganizations with which he was identified. At\\nthe opening of the Supreme Court, in Lansing,\\nJune 21, 1887, the Hon. Charles S. May, in behalf\\nof the Bar of Kalamazoo County, presented resolu-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": "206\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntions, wliicli woi-p arloptcd )i\\\\- tliat bofly, ami aftor-\\nward sjiroad iipon llio .Ifnirnal of the C oiiit.\\nJnstife SliiTwodd ain) Chief .Tu.stiee CaiiiiilK-ll\\nresponded, and paid glowing tributes to the\\nlife and ciiaraeter of tlie deceased, whose great\\nqualities as a jury lawyer, eUxiuence as au advo-\\ncate, and profound knowledge of legal priiu-iples,\\ndrew around him a large circle of ardent admirers.\\nA firm believer in tlie fuudameutal truths of\\nrevealed religion, Mr. Stuart cared little for tlie\\nvarious dogmatic inter|)retations of those truths.\\nHo cherished a deeii I cverence for real religion,\\nand its consLstent exemplilicatifm in life, and was\\nnever heard to ridicule, in the least, the religio\\\\is\\nsentiments of others, however eccentric or crude.\\nThose wlio knew him l\u00c2\u00bbit little, deemed him cold,\\nbut his earlj comrades knew him affectionately as\\nCharley Stuart, and ever held him in fond\\nfriendship.\\nTo speak fittingly of his ilomestic relations\\nwould necessitate the withdrawal of that veil be-\\nhind wdiicli sits the sorrowing wife of his youth\\nand their surviving children. But before that\\ncurtain, with heads bowed in respectful and sor-\\nrowful memory, stand his old friends and neigh-\\nbors in Kalamazoo, and the people of the State he\\nloved and served and honored.\\n~S)\\n1^\\nYLVANITS M. VAN DUSEN, a prominent\\ncitizen of Allegan, where he is living in\\nlii^_3) etirement in an attractive home, has been\\nconnected with the agricultural interests\\nof Allegan County for many years, as the propri\\netor of a choice farm in Watson Township, and he\\nhas also been activel3 identified with its public\\nlife as a member of the County Board of Super-\\nvisors for some years, and in various other\\nresponsible positions. He was born in the Town-\\nship of Mentz, in the County of Cayuga, N. Y.,\\nin April, 1815, and is a son of Richard and\\nBetsy (Dutcher) Van Dusen, who were natives of\\nDutchess County, N. Y. His father, who was a\\nmillwright and a farmer of Dutchess County,\\nsubsequently removed to C^ayuga County, where\\nhe carried on a good farming business for many\\nyears. He was descended from one of the old\\nDutch families of New York. The maternal\\ngrandfather of our subject was Christopher Dutcher,\\nof Dutchess County. He was a large land-holder,\\nosviiing besides a tlour mill and a mill for cutting\\nstone, .and was one of the wealthy men of tliat\\ncounty. The father of oursubject lived in New York\\nuntil IS; when he came to Michigan, and event-\\nually died in this county, in the township of\\nWhaling, at the veneral)le age of seventy-seven\\nyears. His wife s death had occurred many years\\ni)efore, in the year IcSKi. while she w.as yet a\\nyoung woman. He w.as a man of a religious turn\\nof niind, and of strong moral character. In pol-\\nitics, he was a Whig, and later a IJepublican lo\\nthe d.ay of his death. He was the father of eight\\nchildren, of whom our subject and his brother\\nSilas, of l psilanti, are the sole survivors. The\\nlatter, who is eighty-four years old, is living re-\\ntired from active business.\\nHe of whom this is a life-record w.as well edu-\\ncated at Le Roy, Genesee County, N. Y., .and\\nbegan his career in life .as a teacher in the same\\ndistrict where he had attended school. He after-\\nwards served seven years to master the details of\\nthe tanner and currier s trade at Le Roy. He\\nenaaored in that line for some years in that town,\\nand then took up his residence in Rochester,\\nwhere he obtained a situation as assistant book-\\nkeeper in a leather house. In 1837, his employers\\nsent him to Michigan to sell boots and shoes and\\nwoolen goods, .and he went from here to Chicago,\\nwhere he purcli.ascd hides to ship to Rochester.\\nWishing to see more of the West, he left Chicago,\\nand, going to Iowa, joined a survej-ing party.\\nHe was obliged to abandon it, however, as he be-\\ncame sick, and, returning to the Mississippi River,\\nhe l)oarded a boat, which conveyed him down that\\nstream and up the Ohio to Cincinnati. He found\\nemployment in that city in splitting leather, and\\nremained there at that occupation three years.\\nAt the end of that time he went out into the\\ncountry, put down vats and built a tannery, and\\nput it into running order before he returned to\\nCincinnati, where he worked at his trade five\\nyears longer.\\nOur subject w.as then married to Miss Mary", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n207\\nBryant, and lie and liis bride went to Burlington,\\nIowa, to live. He opened a store in that eity for\\ntiie sale of leather goods l)00t\u00c2\u00ab and shoes\\nwhieh he managed three years. Ills next venture\\ntook him to Madison, lud.. where he was given\\neh.irge of the eurryiiig liepaitinent uf n tannery,\\nand he held that position the ensuing eight years.\\nComing then to JNIichigan, ho purchased land in\\nWatson Township, and gave his attention to farm-\\ning at that |)oint for some j^ears. lie at length\\nretired from business entirely, and has since lieen\\na resident of Allegan, where he has a beautiful\\nhome, complete in its furnishings anil niipoint-\\nments, and charmingly located on Seminary Hill.\\nHe still retains his farm, whieh at one time con-\\ntained two hundred and forty acres of land, lint\\nhas been reduced somewhat in size b} the sale of\\na part of it. It is highly cultivated, and finel}\\nimproved with substantial buildings, and a large\\nbarn, eight} feet in length. When he was ac-\\ntively eng.aged in its management, he had the farm\\nwell stocked with fine graded cattle, of which he\\nmade a specialty.\\nOur subject s firet wife died, and he was sub.se-\\nquently married to ^liss Lydia A., daughter of\\nJohn and Klizabeth (Archer) (Trillin, who were\\nnatives respectively of England and New York.\\nThey were married in the Kmpuc State, and iNIr.\\nGritlin carried on farming at C artright, Delaware\\nCount} until his death. Ilis widow was after-\\nwards married to .Tames ^IcClaughry, with whom\\nshe came to Michigan in IMli. Tiiev settled in\\nWatson Township, where Mrs. McClaughry died\\nin 1881. But two of her children are living, Mrs.\\nVan Duscn, and her sister, .Mrs. Annie Harder, of\\nDelaware County, N. Y. The mother was a de-\\nvoted Methodist. Mr. Van Dusen has three chil-\\ndren living by the lirst wife: Edward S. and Will-\\niam, who are farmers of Watson Township; and\\nKnima. who married .Michael Conway, and haslwo\\nchildren, Clarence and Mary IJenc. William mar-\\nried Miss Nellie Bennett, and h.as one son. named\\nRichard.\\nA man of clear, well-balanced intellect, decided\\nin character, of wide experience and exact judg-\\nment in business matters, Mr. nn Dusen at once\\ntook his pl.ace among the leading citizens of the\\ncounty, after he took up his residence here, and\\nhis counsel and assistance have often been sought\\nin the guidance of aflfairs of public importance.\\nFor a period of five years, from 1860 to 1865, he\\nre[)resented Watson Township on the County\\nBoard of Supervisors. He was at one time School\\nDirector, and was .active in securing the erection\\nof a new schoolhouse, with modern aiijiointments,\\nin his district, and his pulilic spirit and liberality\\nhave been manifested by the material help that he\\nlias afforded in the building of churches, in the\\nconstruction of roads, and in his cordial encour-\\nagement of all enterprises to stimulate the prog-\\nress of township or county. He is known in po-\\nlitical and social circles .as a Republican, and is\\nlikewise an Odd Fellow.\\nAMES M. PO rrS, a resident of Wayland\\nTownship, Allegan County, is one of the\\nprosperous citizens of that township, who\\nh. is acquired an enviable reputation, not\\nonly for his liusiness qualilications lint for his\\nmany excellencies of character. He h.as always\\nbeen a busy man and in whatever he has engaged\\nhas shown energy and enterprise and is well de-\\nserving of the success with which he h.as met.\\nMr. Potts was born in Shelby County, Ohio,\\n.Iiine 7, 1833. His parents, .Tames II. and Sarah\\n(Shepherd) Potts, were natives respectively of\\nINIiami County, Ohio, and Kentucky, the former\\ndving September 18,52, and the latter, February\\n26, 1870, and both being interred in Beulah\\nCemetery in La Grange, Ind. The father was by\\ntrade a shfiemaker. The parental family consisted\\nof nine children, of whom our subject was the\\nfourth child and second son. He was able to ob-\\ntain only a common-school education .as he was\\nobliged at an early age to begin work.\\nOn the death of his father which occurred when\\nour subject w.as nineteen years of age, he took\\ncharge of the home place which was then in La\\nGrange County. Ind., and for seven years assisted\\nhis mother in her many cares. For some time he\\nwas engaged in working at the blacksmith s trade", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "208\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand also in tlio iewclrv hiisincss, but after tlu\\nCivil AVar broke out lie aliandoned all tliouijlit of\\nhis own affairs and enlisted in [March, 1864. in\\nliattcry A, First Heavy Artillery-, of Indiana, be-\\ning assigned to the Nineteenth Corps in the ])e-\\npartment of the Gulf, wliieli at the time was under\\ncommand of Gen. Banks. They took part in\\nvarious engagements and during their service were\\nin a number of the Southern States. He was dis-\\nchaiged at Baton Rouge, La., in January, 1866.\\nI pon his discharge from the army, Mr. Potts re-\\nturnoil to Indiana, Init in IMarch, IHGG, came to\\nMichigan, locating in Salem Township, Allegan\\nCounty, where he began farming .and speculating\\nin wild lands. He afterward went to Ottawa\\nCounty, where he remained for fourteen years en-\\ngaged in lumbering and clearing Laud, also buying\\n.and selling wild lands. At the expiration of this\\ntime, he returned to Allegan County, and has\\nsince been engaged in buying .and selling produce,\\netc. He also owns a place of fifty-three acres, on\\nwhich he carries on farming to some extent and\\nwhich is under a state of good cultivation.\\nMr. Potts was married October 14, 1858, at Wol-\\ncottville, La Grange County, Ind., to Miss .Jemima\\nM. Stroman of that iil.aee. They have become the\\nparents of six children. Those living are Ida G.,\\nJames V., Dolly and Charles S. Mary died .at the\\nage of one month, and Ernest T., when twenty\\nyears old, the former being buried in Indiana and\\nthe latter at Elmwood Cemetery in Wayland\\nTownship.\\nMr. Potts luas been an extensive traveler\\nthrough the United States and h.as learned much\\nl.\\\\y observation of the people and customs in vari-\\nous parts of the country. Since early manhood,\\nhis reading luas been extensive and of a substantial\\norder, including the travels .and researches of some\\nof the most eminent men of both hemispheres and\\nthe study of the theories of a number of the\\nsciences, especially chemistry, geology, astronomy,\\nl^hrenologj and physiognomy. Many hours\\nhave been spent in search for knowledge in\\nthose interesting studies when the world around\\nhim was wrapped in slumber. These researches, to-\\ngether with his extensive travels throughout the\\nITnited States, close observation and excellent\\njudgment, combine to make him a man of wide in-\\nformation and breadth of knowledge. He is a\\nliberal, both in religion and politics, anil is strictly\\nmoral and temperate. Socially, he is a member of\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic, and the Patrons\\nof Industry, lie and his family are highly es-\\nteemed by the peoiilc of the comiiiui.iily in wliich\\ntliev reside.\\n^[[LANSON tanner is a general farmer\\n\u00c2\u00a9TLII and stock-raiser residing on section 3;j,\\nil Dorr Township, Alleg.an County. His fa-\\nther, James, was a native of Massachusetts,\\nwhere he was reared, and chose farming as his life\\nvocation. He w.as married to Miss Anna McConney,\\nwho was born and received her rearing and educa-\\ntion in Connecticut. The paternal grandfather\\ncame to Ohio from M.assachusetts in 1812, and w.as\\none of the pioneers of Geauga County.\\nOur subject received his rudimentary education\\nin his native count} His father dying when our\\nsubject was but fifteen years old, and he being\\nthe oldest of the family of seven children, the sup-\\nport of the family devolved upon him. He re-\\nmained at home until he was twenty-three years\\nold, giving his time to the care of the family. At\\nth.at age he went to Illinois, where he located in\\nMcHenry County, and engaged in farming for one\\nyear, at the end of which time he came to Michi-\\ngan, in the spring of 1856. He spent four years in\\nHopkins Township, and in 1860, came to Dorr\\nTownship, taking up the place on which he now\\nresides. His place consists of sixty-six .acres, and\\nhe has probably cleared one hundred and sixty\\nacres himself. He has splendid improvements on\\nhis land, and has made of it a fine estate. He has\\nalso dealt consider.ably in land in the county, buy-\\ning and selling.\\nMr. Tanner w.as married, Januar} 2, 1854, to\\nLaura Burlingame, of Munson Township, Geauga\\nCounty, Ohio. They have had born to them six\\nchildren, five of whom are married: James II..\\nFrancis L., Viola I., Harman M., Alice L. and Flor-\\nence, who died when eight years old. iSIr. Tanner\\nkeeps a small dair_v and also has a number of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "^^zM^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n211\\nfine Poland-China liogs, making a specialty of\\nthis l)iT( (l. Ik is a stant-h Rt |iul)liu:iii in poli-\\ntics, and was C unsUiljlc of Hopkins Townsliip,\\nwiiik residing thoie. He Is partieulaily interested\\nm the advaneenienl of educational causes, and lie\\nand his family are held in high respect in theconi-\\nMumily.\\n^?=^KN. KI.IMI A MIX, Sii|Hiiiitendent of the\\nIf Poor of Allegan Comity. A large and lion-\\n^Xiiijl oralile ininiher of men of Allegan County\\nhave a record of services to tlieir country during the\\nCivil War. of which theircountry feels prt)ud and\\nwiiich, it is not unlikely, will Ijc held .as tiie choicest\\nheritage by their descendanUs. To liave helped to\\ncarry the (lag thiough tho.se daik days is an honor\\nand will ever lie a joy to those who were so happy\\nas to lie able to respond to the call of our War Presi-\\ndent. The subject of om sketch, and the original\\nof tlie portrait on the opposite p.age, is one of these\\nmen.\\nOur subject w.as born in Watertown, l.itchlield\\nCounty, Conn., November 17, 181 H. lie is the son\\nof .lames and Lucy (.Steel) .Mix, natives of West\\nllartfiird. Conn. The father was a manufacturer\\nand merchant in the above-named city, anrl there\\nliveil and died. The parental family included ten\\nchildren, three of whom are now living: our sub-\\nject; .lames C, who is residing in New York City,\\nbeing a member of the New York Life Insurance\\nCompany, with his olHce in Park Row; and M.aj.\\nFrank W., residing at Stamford, C inn. Another\\ns m, Capt. Edward Mix, a member of the Si.xteenth\\nConnelient InfantiT, was knocked overboard by a\\nboom at Pamlico Sound and di owned. .lames Jlix.\\nthe father, w;is a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nThe grandparents of our subject were Elisha and\\nBetsey (Webster) Mix, natives of Hartford. Conn.,\\nwhere the grandfather was a large landowner and\\nwhere they spent their last days. He was a Revo-\\nlulionarv sohlier. His father, the great-grand-\\nfalliei- of oiu- subject, .as w.-us also the great-great-\\ngrandfather, was nametl Elisha.Tlie maternal grand-\\nparents of Cen. Mi.^, .Mlyn and.lohanna (Cadwell)\\nSteel, natives of West Hartford. Conn., reare I a\\nfamily of six children. He is able to trace his an-\\ncestTv on that side of the house back sever.al gen-\\nerations. The father and mother of his grand-\\nparents were .Samuel and .Martha Steel; his parents,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Johanna and Susannah Webster; his p.-irents, .Samuel\\nand Mercy Bradford; his parents .Tohn and Mercy\\nWarner, and his parents John, .Sr., and Rachel\\nNichols. The latter came from Es.sex, England,\\nand settled in Cambridge, I\\\\Iass., in 10.31. Later,\\nwith the Rev. Thomas Ib.oki r. tliey oi _fani/. -d the\\nHartford Colony.\\nOur subject was given a good education in the\\nHartford, Conn., schools, and after being graduated\\nfrom the grammar department commenced clerk-\\ning in a wholesale grocery store. Later he learned\\nthe trades but did not folhiw them. He then went\\nto New Y ork Cit}-, where he embai-ked on a vessel\\n.sailing between New York and I.iverpofil. Then\\ngoing to Tampa lJa3-, Fla., he sailed up the\\nSuawnee River to Ft. Fannin. Then abandoning\\nthe sea, he went into the Quartermaster s Dcjiarl-\\nment for one and one-half years. At the end of\\nthat time, returning to Connecticut, he engaged in\\nmaking fine tools used in the manufacture of clocks,\\nin the factory of Eli Terry it Co. He w.is thus en-\\ngaged for two .veal s, then took a like position in\\nthe .Jerome Manufactory at New Haven, remaining\\nwith that company for eight year. Our subject\\nwith others then formed the New Haven Clock Co..\\nsuccessors to the .Jerome ^NlanufacturingCfimpany,\\nand are still engaged in m.aking clocks. Mr. ^lix\\ndisposed of his interest in the business in 18,52, hut\\nwhile a member of the comiiany formed one of the\\nExecutive Hoard.\\nWhile a resident of New Haven. Ocn. Jlix studied\\ncivil engineering an l when he cami? to Allegan\\nCounty, in 18.52, waselected County Surveyor. He\\nerected the ft.rst sawmill in ManliusTownsliip,which\\nhe o|ierated for several years. He chartered other\\nmills to assist in getting out the lumber, at the\\nsame time being engaged in surveying. He also\\nowned a farm in Manlius Township which he\\noperated until the outbreak of the Civil War. He\\nthen gave his attention to drilling companies foi-\\nthe service, having an order from (lov. HIair to\\nrai,se a company for the l-jghth Michigan Cavalry.\\nHe was coniniissioned Captain of hisc im|iany Nov-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "212\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nember 1, 1862 and Man!h 2, following, was pro-\\nmoted to be Major. April 16, 1864, he was made\\nLieutenant-Colonel, and in September, 1864,\\nColonel. He w.as taken prisoner in August, 1864,\\nbut was exchanged on the 27th of the following\\nmonth and mustered out of the service in September,\\n1865.\\nPrior to receiving his discharge, our subject was\\ncommissioned Brevet Brigadier-General of the\\nUnited States, which honor was conferred upon him\\nin recognition of his long and meritorious service.\\nIn 1863-64 he was made Superintendent of Mili-\\ntary Roads, with headquarters at Big Hill, Kj-. The\\nroads over which he had supervision extended from\\nBig Hill to Cumberland Gap and from Big Hill,\\nKy., to Somerset, Ky., via Crab Orchard. Gen.\\nMix when in the army was a prisoner of war at\\nMacon, Ga., and Charleston, S. C, and while on the\\nStoneman raid his hat was shot through by a minie\\nball, which shock has affected his head more or less\\nsince that time. He received a wound while on\\nthe Chattahoochie River, in Georgia, which has\\nseriously affected his health. Gen. Mix partici-\\npated m fifty-two battles during the late war and\\nwell deserves all the honors which are paid him.\\nOn returning from army life. Gen. Mix again\\nlocated in Allegan and engaged in the hardware\\nbusiness for two years. He was then employed by\\nthe State in making surveys and later went to\\nWyandotte, Mich., where he established the Agri-\\ncultural and Stove Works, remaining there for\\neighteen months. Returning to Allegan, our sub-\\nject built the car works of this place and Subse-\\nquently went to Connecticut, where he followed\\nhis trade for live years. lie later went to Bridge-\\nport,whe7e he built the factory for the Bridgeport\\nLock Company, and where he continued to reside\\nfor four years. In 1879 Gen. Mix went to Clarion\\nCounty, Pa. where he was instrumental in the up-\\nbuilding of the village of Arthur and where be\\ncarried on an extensive lumber trade. At Swiss\\nMount, Elk County, Pa., he had in his employ\\nthree hundred men, being engaged in the lumber\\nbusiness. In 1884 he returned to Allegan County\\nand has been a resident here since that date.\\nGen. Mix and Miss Amelia Edmunds were united\\nin marriage in 1843. Mrs. Mix was a native of\\nEngland but was residing in Bristol, Conn., at the\\ntime of her marriage. They have been granted a\\nfamily- of two children: Rosena, who married Har-\\nrold AYeeks and who has one daughter, Alice M.;\\nElisha, who married FannieAVilliams and has be-\\ncome the father of five children: Lora A., Mo^ey,\\nRalph, .James and Frank R CZVc -v^\\\\a.cc- t-\\\\v6\\\\-vcv\\nOur subject is a Republican in politics, a Mason\\nand Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army\\nof the Repulilic, and in church matters is\\nconnected with the Congregational Church of New\\nBritton, Conn. Gen. Mix was instrumental in hav-\\ning the State road constructed from Allegan to\\nTraverse City, in 1857, a distance of one hundred\\nand eighty-five miles. It was one hundred and\\neight miles from any house and during that time\\nhis force mutinied on hun twice, their food giving\\nout and they feeling the gna wings of hunger. But\\nGen. Mix pacified them and thus the work went on\\nsmoothly. He is one of the prominent men in Al-\\nlegan County and we are pleased to be able to\\npresent his sketch to our readers.\\nAVID O. EVEREST. This gentleman is\\nat the head of the firm of D. O. Everest iV\\nCo., of Pine Grove Mills, Pine Grove\\nTownship, Van Burcn County, engaged in\\nmanufactiuing wood mouldings, windmills, har-\\nrows and all kinds of agricultural implements. ISIr.\\nEverest was born, March 22, 1825, in Montgomery\\nC oimty, N. Y. Ills father, David C. Everest, and\\nhis mother, Jane (Frey) Everest, were natives of\\nNew York, who resided in their native State un-\\ntil 1856, when they came to Pine Grove Township\\nand spent the remainder of their days. The father\\nwas a lumberman and operated a sawmill iu\\nhis native State. The} were the parents of six\\nchildren, four of whom are living. One son, Alfred\\nC, was a soldier in the Civil War and served under\\nGrant in the Arm3 of the Potomac.\\nOur subject received a common-school education\\nin his youlli and learned the millwright and car-\\njieutcr s trade. He bugaii fur himself when six\\nteen years of age, and was master workmau before", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0213\\nhe was twentj -one. He bad men under liini wlio\\nliail li:i(l tbirty years experience.\\nMr. Everest w:is married, AiigU! l l.j. l .il,t Ke-\\nliaiiee Ann Stroiiii, a native of Onondaga County,\\nN. v., Iiorn in \\\\s- .K By this union they have l)e-\\neoiiie the parents of .six eliildren, live surviving:\\nErank, who married Nettie Dyer, lives in Almena\\nwith his livi children; Jane, the wife of Eranli\\nI lant.s, resides ln-re and is the mother of six cliil-\\ndicMi; Emma married (iad (iilbert and lias three\\nchildriii; .lohn married (iertie Clark and they have\\ntwo i-hildren; .Vddie. now the wife of Ered Stark,\\nlives in Nebraska and they have two children.\\nOur sulijeet came to Michigan in lAIay, 1852, and\\nsciili d at old Pine Grove. He reluiilt a .sawmill\\nthere and operated it till 1863, when it was de-\\n.--irovfd liy lire, lie then liuilt another one on\\nIhandywine Lake and ran it until 1871. This\\nwas also swept away l)y lire with millions of feet\\nof lumber. The yt)ung man was not to be (lis-\\neouragcil antl he set about to ereel a mill at\\nPine OroveMills, it being the onein which he does\\nhis man ut Ktu ring at the present lime. The firm\\nat lirst worked under the title of Everest A- Wise,\\nbut is now Everest it Co. The Advance spring\\ntooth harrow and also the spring tooth corn culli-\\nvatorare among their farming im|)iements and are\\nthe best made. The best material is used, and their\\ngoods are fully guaranteed. They have patronsall j\\nover the country and are made known l)y their\\nadvertising and the tasty ciri-ulars which they send\\nfrom place to place. When Mr. Everest lirst came\\nhere, this vicinity w.v-i all in woods and the best\\nhouse was a shingle shanty. He is the pi(, neer\\nmiller of this place, lie ha seen the country pro\\nper and lloniish and has taken a very active pail\\nin its upbuilding. He has given some attention\\n1^1 farming and now has between three huiidicd\\nand four hundred acres of land, mostly cleared.\\nOur subject has taken an active interest in poli-\\nties and for many years cast his vote with the IJe-\\n|)ublie.nn parly, but is now entirely independent,\\npreferring the man to the i)arty. He has served\\nhis towiishp as Treasurer, Supervisor and .Justice 1\\nof the I eaee. lie was Treasurer, .lustice of the Peace.\\nHighway Conniiissioner and School Insiiector all\\nat once. At the ru l township meeting there weie\\nbut thirteen voters and they were mostly bis own\\nmill hands. )ur subject helped to establish the\\nstation of Pine (Wove Mills, and built the station\\nfree of cost to the railroad company and also took\\nfil,iU)() in slock. Socially, Mr. Everest is a member\\nof the Masonic order and has been iSIaster of the\\nlocal lodge, and was an Odd Eellow in New York\\nState. Mrs. Everest is a consistent and valued\\nmember of the IJaiitisl Church; her husband is an\\nattendant and sui)i)orter of the .same church.\\nHIEUS P. CII.VDDOCK is a resident of\\nSouth Haven, where he has a comfortable\\nlii home. He owns a farm near the village\\n1^^ and devotes a great deal of his lime and\\nattention to the lireeding of horses, which he finds\\nto be a very profitable busine.s.s. His birth occurred\\nAiiril t), 1838, in Clarence, Erie County, N. Y., and\\nis the son of William and Enialine (Parkhurst)\\nChaddock. There were five sons and three daugh-\\nters included in the parental family, all of whom\\nwere born in Erie County, N. Y. Nancy became\\nthe wife of Hudson Cleveland and died in Roches-\\nter, N. Y., leaving one child; William graduated\\nwith the degree of Doctor of .Medicine from the\\n.Michigan I niversily and died at Pewamo. this\\n.State; Daniel E. is a farmer in aii 15uren County;\\nRachel married John Baker and died in Barry\\nCounty, in 18 1; .\\\\ustin was a speculator in oil\\nand died at Lockport, N. Y.; Charles is a farmer in\\nCharlevoix County, Mich.; Emcline is the wife of\\nWilliam Titus and makes her home in Millerslown,\\nPa. The p. ireiit-- died at Eockport, N. Y.\\nThe gentleiiiaii who.se name heads this sketch at-\\ntended the district schools \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid learned the trade\\nof .M e.-u peiiler. In 1 .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s(i7 he removed to Charlevoix\\nCounty, Mich., and for a lime continued to wtirk\\nat his trade. When reaching his thirty-fifth year\\nhe eoiicluded that manual labor was a slow and\\nhard road to wealth. He thus gave up carpi iiter-\\ning and built an hotel at East .lordan, Mich., which\\nbe eonlinued to eoiidiict as mine host until 1883,\\nwhen he sold out and came to South Haven. Here\\nhe puiehasi il a eomfortalile home in the village\\nand invested in a lariii mar b\\\\ Ili land i-~ well", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "214\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncultivated and stocked with a fine grade of horses.\\nAruliusP. Chaddock was married, July 4, 1857,\\nto Sarah, daughter of Amos and Betsey (Roberts)\\nDavis. Mrs. Chaddock was born in Hamilton,\\nCanada, May 14, 1842. Her parents resided in\\nNiagara County, N. Y., with the exception of the\\ntime when Mrs. Chaddock was born when they\\nwere living temporarily in Canada. Our subject\\nand his wife have a family of tliree children Adel-\\nphia, who was born September 13, 1858, is the wife\\nof R. H. Craig, and has one child Essie; Betsey\\ndied ,at theage of five years in New York, and Rule,\\nwho was born November 30, 1867, married Stella\\nLewis and is thefatherof two children: Raltie and\\nDaisy.\\nThe original of this slvetch has been the architect\\nof his own fortune and is now living in comfort-\\nable circumstances respected by all who know him.\\nIn politics, he is a stanch Republican.\\nI\\nI I I I Ml\\nLDOROS S. SHEPARU, Postmaster at Mc-\\nDonald, and a prominent merchant of the\\ntj village, is classed among the ambitious.\\nwide-awake j oung men of this section,, whose\\nenergy and business talent have given a new im-\\npetus to the varied interests of the county of Van-\\nBuren. Besides attending to the business of his\\noffice and his store, Mr. Shepard is actively and\\nprofitalily eng.aged in market gardening.\\nOur subject was born in the city of Rochester,\\nN. Y., in 1854, the eldest in the family of three\\nchildren of Mai-tin W. and Anna (Griffin) Shepard,\\nwho were also natives of Rochester. Our subject s\\ngrandfather. Series Shejiard, was probably born in\\nEngland, as were also the grandparents on the\\nmother s side. Our sulijecl was brought to Micli-\\nigan when a chihl, and was reared on a farm near\\nKalamazoo, lie remained there until 1864, and\\nthen went to South Haven to live. He resided\\nthere but a short time before he located in the\\nvillage of Bangor, where he remained until 1877.\\nIn the spring of 1884, he opened his store at Mc-\\nDonald, and has been engaged here as a merchant\\never since. lie has met with marko l success,\\nbuilding up an extensive trade, not only with the\\nresidents of the village but numbering many of the\\npeople in the outlying country among his steady\\ncustomers. His establishment is orderlj and well\\nappointed, and he carries a fine class of goods.\\nHe has succeeded because he pays close attention\\nto his business, which is conducted systematically\\nand on a paying b.asis, and he is invariably prompt\\nand courteous in his dealings with all. Having\\nbeen reared principally on a farm, he has a natural\\ntaste for agricultural pursuits, especially for horti-\\nculture, and does quite a business in that line of\\nfarming. Mr. Shepard is a devoted adherent of\\nthe Republican party, although he is iiy no means\\nan offensive partisan, as is shown by his popularity\\nas Postmaster, to which office he was appointed in\\n1886.\\nOur subject w.as united in marriage to Miss\\nAddie M. Brown, in November, 1887, and they\\nhave established one of the pleasantest homes in\\nthe village of McDonald. Their family circle is\\ncompleted by the three children born unto them,\\nwhom tliey have named Floyd, Lewis and Gilbert.\\nMrs. Shepard is a native of this part of Michigan,\\nand is a representative of one of its oldest pioneer\\nfamilies. Her father, John D. Brown, is s.aid to\\nhave been the first white child born in Van Buren\\nCountv, his parents having been among its very\\nfirst settlers.\\ni:SSE A. SHERROD. Among the gentlemen\\nprominent in business circles in Bangor,\\nthere is perhaps no one more worthy of\\n,^/y mention than the gentleman whose name\\ninitiates this paragrai)h, who has been identified\\nwith every wt)rthy enterprise of the city since be-\\ncoming a citizen of the place.\\nOur subject was born in P ie County, Pa., Oc-\\ntober 5, 1837, and is one of nine children of his\\nfather s family. He grew to mature years in his\\nnative place, and received a fair education in the\\ncommon schools, being also taught the principles\\nof fanning, which he carried on while in Penns^l-\\nvani.a. Thinking to better lus financial condi-\\ntion, he decided to come to an Buren County,\\nwhich he did in the winter of 1863, and engaged", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "Ucri^-iy^L^\\n}f;7fhi^uiJ^^^^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n217\\nin tilling the soil until 1880, at which time\\nhe went into the undertaking buisiness, and is\\nto-day carryinif it on. Eight years previous, in\\n1871, lu sold his farm and uniliarkod in the gen-\\neral meix handise business, and to-day enjoys a\\nhlieral patronage from his many friends and ao-\\n(|uaiiitaiices.\\nI lu parents of Mr. fSherrod were Daniel iiiid\\nllaiinaU (Cole) Sherrod, both natives of the\\nEnipiri State. The father was born in 1800,\\nand was a son of Daniel Sherrod, who was a |)arli-\\neipant in the War of 1812. The mother was horn\\nin New York, and died In 1881. The father\\npassed away in 188S. Tlie raiiiily are descended\\nfrom good old (Jorman stock, their native thrift\\nand intelligence being lianded down through many\\ngenerations.\\nTliis gentleman was happily united in marriage\\nwith Miss Rosalie IMorris. daughter of E. S. Morris,\\nof Crawford County, Pa. The ceremony was sol-\\nemnized April 2, 1862, at the home of tlie bride.\\nThey have become the parent-s of two children:\\nA son, Burtis M., wlio was born March 28, 1865,\\nand to whom they are giving the best educational\\nadvantages and training within tlieir power. The\\ndaughter, Ella Adell, died wlien nine years of age.\\nThe family is one highly respected in the eom-\\nniunity, and are members of the Disciples Church,\\nin which they are valued members. Mr. Sherrod,\\nsocially, is a member of the Independent Order of\\nOdil Fellows, and politically is a I rohibitionist.\\niKlDliE WllJ,i.\\\\.M n. WII.I.IA.MS. The\\ngentleman whose portrait atcomp. inies this\\npersonal .skelch Is foUowin\u00c2\u00abf his lu ofejssion\\nin .Vllegan, where he is one of the honored\\nanrl highly esteemed citizens. lie was born in\\nI itUsford, Monroe County, N. V.. .Inly 28,1826.\\nHis parents. Erastus and Elizabeth (I.umlev) Will-\\niams, were natives of Stockbridge, .Mass., and Wales,\\nrespectively.\\nErastus Williams followecl the occu[iation of a\\nfarmer flurlng his residence In .Monroe Countv,\\nlirior t\u00c2\u00abj whlcli he had Ijcen a manuftkcturer of\\nwoolen goods in Berkshire County, Mass. He spent\\nhis later years in Monroe Count}-, where he died\\nin 187. He w.as an old-line Whig and a Deacon\\nIn the I resb^ terian Church nearl_v all his life. The\\nmother of our subject died in 1827. The grand-\\nparents of Judge Williams were Asa and Lueretia\\n(Parks) Williams, natives of Connecticut, who re-\\nmoved to Massachusetts and carried on farming in\\nStockbridge Township, Berkshire County, where\\nthe} settled in 1775 and resided until their death.\\nThey had five children.\\nThe parents of our subject h.ad a family of four\\nsons, three now living: Edwin, a retired farmer\\nof Calhoun County, Mich.; Asa, a conductor on the\\nChicago West Michigan Railroad, and William H.\\nCyrus M. is deceased, .ludge Williams was edu-\\ncated in the district school and in the Pittsford\\nHigh School. He studied law at Rochester, X. Y.,\\nat Ballslon Si)a, and in the State and National haw\\nSchool. He was admitted to the Bar in 1851 and\\ncommenced the practice of law in Rochester, where\\nhe remained until 185:5. He then went to Pitts-\\nford, where he ])r.actlced until January 1855, be-\\ning engaged in settling his father s estate. At\\nthat time he came to this city, there being but one\\nfirm of attorneys in (he place. In 1856, he was\\nelected Judge of the Probate Court and was re-\\nelected in 18()0, holding the ollice for eight years.\\nWhen the first shot was fired at Et. Sumter,\\nwhich was the opening gini of the War of the Re-\\nbellion, Judge AVilllams, with others, began to or-\\nganize and raise troops, going around the country\\nmaking speeches and using every means in their\\npower to aid the cause of the I nion. He not only\\nnave his advice and counsel, but illustrated his\\npatriotism by his example, enlisting on the Ith of\\n.\\\\ugust, 1862, In the Nineteenth Michigan Infan-\\ntry and being elected First lieutenant of his com-\\np.-iny. Soon afterward he raised a comi)any of his\\nown, which became Company I, Filth Michigan\\nCavalry, and reiwrted at Detroit, with himself as\\nCaptain. They soon made their w.av to the front,\\nwhere he took an active part until April, 1863.\\nlie then returned home on a furlough of fifteen\\ndays, at the ex|iiratlon of which lime he returned\\nto his command. an l hilcr. In June, on account of\\nsickness resigned. His company had been very", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "218\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfortunate during their term of service, only one of\\nlliein having died from disease. Several were\\nmartyrs to the terrible prison pens at Anderson-\\nville and Columbia, thirteen dying in those places.\\nAfter his first return from the army, Judge Will-\\niams had authority from Gov. Blair to raise the\\nTwenty-eighth Michigan Infantry but owing to\\nhis illness he was not able to go to the field with\\nthem. He held the oHlce of Judge of Probate for\\ntwo terms, after which he declined a re-election.\\nIn 1864, Judge AVilliams was appointed a mem-\\nber of the Visiting Board for the Michigan Uni-\\nversity, holding the oHicc two terms, of two years\\neach. In 1866, he was elected State Senator and in\\n1868 re-elected, and was President, pro tem, of the\\nSenate, and Chairman of the Judiciary Committee.\\nHe declined a renominatioii to the Senate and was\\nelected to the Constitutional Convention which\\nmet at Lansing, in 1867. In 1868, he was a mem-\\nber of the Republican National Convention at\\nChicago which nominated Gen. Grant for the\\nPresidency. In 1871, he was api)ointed Attorney\\nfor the Chicago Canada Southern Railroad. In\\n1872, he was appointed by Gov. Baldwin a mem-\\nber of the State Board of Charities, in connection\\nwith Judge C. I. Walker, of Detroit, and the Hon.\\nHenry W. Lord, of Ponti.ac. C. M. Croswell, who\\nlater was Governor of IMichigan, was Secretary of\\nthe Board. Judge Williams held this position un-\\ntil liis election to CVmgress, in 1873, to fill a va-\\ncancy caused by tlie death of the Hon. Wilder D.\\nFoster. He was re-elected to that honorable posi-\\ntion in 1874, but declined to become a candidate\\nin 1876. On retiring from Congress, March 4,\\n1877, Judge Williams was appointed by Gov. Cros-\\nwell Railroad Commissioner of Michigan, holding\\nthat position three terms, when he requested to be\\nrelieved by Gov. Begole, the newly-elected Demo-\\ncratic (Governor, his resignation taking effect Jan-\\nuary 16, 1883. Since the latter date he has been\\na citizen of Allegan and has been very influential\\nin its improvement. In addition to his law prac-\\ntice, he h,HS been largely interested in real estate\\nin this count}\\nJudge Williams was married, in September,\\n18.t3, Ic) Miss iMarietta Osborn,of Rochester, N. Y.,\\na daughter of Daniel and Selura (Hawks) Osborn.\\nOf this union five children have been born: Marion\\nL., now Mrs. F. R. Rudd, of this city; William B.,\\na resident of Deadwood, S. Dak.; VAla., the wife of\\nT. S. Updyke, of Grand Rapids; Theodore O.,\\nCounty Surveyor of Allegan Count\\\\ and F rank\\nIL, an attorney-at-law, who is associated with liis\\nfather in business.\\nIn politics. Judge Williams is a lliorougli Repub-\\nlican, is deeply interested in all political issues of\\nthe day, and ranks among the influential members\\nof his party in the Stale. He is a member of the\\nGrand Army of the Republic. With Ins family,\\nhe is a devoted member of the Episcopal Church,\\nand has been a member of the Vestry since the\\norganization of the church, in 18,58, being the only\\none who has held that position continuously. He\\nis one of the Trustees of the Akeley Institute at\\nGrand Haven, a church school for girls, and con-\\ntributes of his means toward benevolent measures.\\nj-J 5 *4\\n^.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l*t.\\nI-J-****^!^ -i-^-J-S-f\\nLBERT P. THOMAS, who is the leading\\nlawyer in South Haven, located in that\\ntown in May, 188.5. He was horn in Lock-\\nport, N. Y., April 20, 1837, and is a son of\\nZiniri D. and Mary (Sanderson) Thomas. Zinui\\nD. Thom.as w.as a native of Mass.achusetts, born in\\n1809. When quite young, he came with his father\\nto AVestern New York, locating near Lockport, on\\nthe Holland Purchase. When he grew up, he took\\na contr.act for enlarging the F rie Canal. 1 a IH 14.\\nhe removed to Buffalo and carried on a hotel in that\\ncity and later at Hamburg, where he r.an a line of\\nstages and also was Postmaster. He came to Mich-\\nigan in 1853 and settled in Allen Townshii), Hills-\\ndale County, on a farm which he operated until\\n1865, when he Amoved to the city of Hillsdale\\nwhere he has since resided. He is acting as Justice\\nof the Peace, and has a large liusincss. He has\\nheld this office continuously for the p.ist twenty-\\neight years. He is an active Republican and held\\nthe office of Supervisor of Allen Township, Hins-\\ndale County, and also represented his district in\\nthe Legislature, his election taking |)lace in 1H()4.\\nHe is a Knight Templar, having been a prominent\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity for man} years.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPinCAL RECORD.\\n219\\nThe motber of our subject was born in New York\\nState !iml (lied in 1877, at Hillsdale, llcr liiilli\\ntook plaoc .about ISll. .Slio was tlic iiKitlicr of live\\neliiiib eii. who all attained their inajoritv, namely:\\nWilliam W., a farnuT in Reading Townshi|), Mills-\\ndale CV)unty; Adeline, who maiiie(l Kmmet Will-\\niams and died in IIambur T. leaving two eiiildien:\\nArvid S.. a farmer of Allen Townshiii; Albert P,\\nand Carrie, wife of Frank llamlin, also residing in\\nAllen Township.\\nThe .subject of this sketch, while in his native\\nState, attended the common schools, and after\\ncoming to Michigan cntcicd the college at Hills-\\ndale upon it* opening, alternately attending school\\nand teaching. In 1861, while still at college, he\\nenlisted, but was not accepted. In 18G2. he again\\nenlisted, this time lieing more successful, and in\\nOctoljer of that year was mustered into service as\\nLieutenant of Company C, First Michigan .Sharp-\\nshooters. The company went into camp at Kala-\\nmazoo, where, m the spring of 18()3, tliey were\\nsent to Ft. Dearborn, Detroit. They look part in the\\nchase after Morgan, the famous raider, afterward\\nretuiiiing to Ft. Dearborn, and then came to Camp\\nDouglas, Chicago, where they^were empk)yed in\\nguarding prisoners until March, 18(11. They were\\nthen sent to Annapolis, Md., and joined the Ninth\\nArmy Corps under command of (ien. IJurnsidi\\nafterward going to Warrington Junction, a., where\\nthey joined the Army of the Potom.ac and partici-\\npated in the battle of the Wilderness. At Si)otl-\\n.sy Ivania Courthouse, our subject received a gunshot\\nwound which disalilcd him from service until Feb-\\nruary-, 18(j. He then went to Chicago, where he was\\nmade Lieutenant of Comi)any D, One Hundred and\\nForty-.sevcnth Illinois Infantry, being sent to Xa.sli-\\nville, Tenn., where his regiment liecamc a part of\\nthe second separate division of the Arnn of the\\nCumlx rland. hile in Nashville, Mr. Thomas was\\ndetailed as .\\\\idi -dt -Camp on the staff of (u U. H. M.\\n.luilah. which position lie held until the (leneral\\nwas relieved at Mariett,a, (ia., in .August, 186.5,\\nour subject having been promoted in the meantime\\nto llie rank of Acting .VdJMtant-(ieneral.\\nWhen (Jen. .ludah was relieved, (ien. .lolin I).\\nSle[ilieuson a.ssiimi d conunand .and our subject re-\\nmained Acting Adjutant-General. After the he.ail-\\nquarters were changed to Atlanta, Mr. Thomas\\nrepi)ite(l to (ien. l$rannen,at .Savannah, Ga.,wliere,\\nin December, 186.5, he was detailed as .ludge Advo-\\ncate of the (leneral Court-IVIartial, and acted in\\nthat capacity \\\\intil .laniuuy II, 1866, when he wa.s\\ndischarged from the service under a general order.\\nHe returned to Hillsdale and resumed his legal\\nstudies, and in the fall of 1866 entered the Law\\nDe|)artment of the Cniversity of Michigan, from\\nwhich he was graduated in 1867. He located at\\nHillsdale, where he remained until the spring of\\n1872, when he went to Howard City, M(ratcalm\\nCounty, and in the fall of that year was elected\\nProsecuting Attorney for the county, serving in\\nthat position for four years. In May, 1885, he re-\\nmoved to South Haven.\\nIMr. Thom.as was married, July 2, 1868, at Hills-\\ndale, to Louise S. Beckhardt, daughter of David\\nand Adeline Beckhardt. She was born in Buffalo,\\nN. Y., in 1848. They are the parents of one\\ndaughter, Helen. In politics, Mr. Thomas is a Re-\\npublian, and is ice\u00e2\u0080\u00a2president of the Enterprise\\nClub. He became a member of the Knights Tem-\\nplar, January 7, 1876, being knighted in the De\\nMolai Comniandery, No. 5, Grand Rapids. Mr.\\nThomas relates many interesting incidents of his\\nwar experience, and among others tells how he was\\ngiven an oriler for the capture of Jeff Davis, which\\nwas canic l from ien. .Sleadnian to (ien. Wilson\\nat Macon, going alone under a Hag of truce from\\nAltoon. i. lie reported to ien. Wilson, and the\\nnext day .letT Davis was captured, and our subject\\nreturned on the same train to .\\\\tlanla.\\n:-^+^i\\n~S)\\n()EL I). MONROE, who is engaged in busi-\\nness at Paw Paw as a pension, real-estate\\nand collection agent, is a prominent and\\nwell-known ligure in political, (iiand Army\\nand social circles in an P.nren County and else-\\nwhere. He is a line representative of the native-\\nIkm u citizens of the United StJites, who so nobly\\nanil p. itriolieally s.ai rificed the opening years of\\ntheir manhood in battling for the I nioii during\\nthe Civil War. Our subject w.as scarcely more than\\na boy whuu he volunteered his services to defend", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "220\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe Stars aud Stripes, liut early in the conflict he\\nwon a high reputation for coolness and untlinching\\ncourage, for promptness and fidelitj in the dis-\\ncharge of his duties, and for other genuine sol-\\ndierly qualities that gained liima military record\\nof which he and his may well be proud.\\nSir. Monroe was born in the town of Semprouius,\\nCayuga County, N. Y., May 22, 1843, a son of Joel\\nand Eliza (Atwood) Monroe. His father, a native\\nof Scotland, was born September 8, 1806. He was\\nan infant in arms when his father, Joel Monroe,\\nSr., settled in New Hampshire. When he was ten\\nyears of age, his father removed to Shrewsbuiy,\\nMass., whence he went to Cayuga County, N. Y., to\\nlive when Joel, Jr., was eighteen years old. It was\\nthere, in the town of Jloravia, that the 3 ounger\\nMonroe met and married Eliza Atwood. She was\\na native of New Bedford, Mass., born May 22,\\n1808, and had gone from her birthplace with her\\nparents tf) New York. The parents of our subject\\nspent tlieir early married life in Cayuga County,\\nbut when he was ten years old they took up their\\nlesidencc in Huron County, Ohio, where the father\\ncarried on farming for many years. After the war,\\ntheir son, of whom we write, persuaded them to\\nremove to a farm which he had bought in Porter\\nTownship, this county. This was not the father s\\nfirst experience of life in Michigan. He had form-\\nerly lived in this State in Territorial days as a pio-\\nneer settler in Oakland County, entering land near\\nPontiac, from the Government. He located there,\\nand for some four years was engaged at his trade\\nas a shoemaker. He then returned to New York\\nand remained there until his removal to Ohio, in\\n1H53. The father closed his eyes in death, in 1879,\\n1)11 the farm in Porter Township.\\nOur subject was reared on a farm in Ohio, and\\nwas eari^ set to work at various kinds of agricul-\\ntural labor to tlic neglect of his education. lie\\nwas a thoughtful, studious lad, and in time made ui)\\nfor his lack of schooling. At the age of fourteen,\\nhe began to perfect himself in penmanship, having\\na natural talent in that direction, and by studying\\na Speucerian Compendium carefully, and practicing\\nat every opportunity, he became so accomplished\\nin the art that he was perfectl\\\\ competent to teach\\nit, and at the ago of seventeen commenced to con-\\nduct night schools in country schoolhouses for the\\npurpose of imparting instruction in penmanship.\\nHe soon acquired local fame in that line, and suc-\\nceeded financially beyond his highest expectations.\\nHe was at that time learning the trade of a carpen-\\nter in the summer, and he took lessons in symmet-\\nrical drawing and architecture. By teaching pen-\\nmanship, he obtained money to ))uy a scholarshi[)\\nin the commercial course at Oberlin College, l)ut\\ndid not attend, as the war broke out.\\nAt the opening of the rebellion, our sul ject\\nthrew aside pen and books and eagerly volunteered\\nfor the three-months service, enlisting May 17,\\n1861, at which time he lacked five days of being\\neighteen years old. The (juota being already (ilied,\\nmuch to his disappointment he was obliged t i\\nwait awhile before joining the army, but he re-\\nenlisted, in July, for the three-years term, being\\nassigned to Company I, Fifty-lifth (Jhio Infantry,\\nwhich formed a part of the Armj- of the Potomac.\\nHe fought gallantly with his regiment in man\\\\\\nskirmishes with the enemy, and in the battles of\\nCliancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Fairfax Court\\nHouse and Gettysburg. The connection of his\\nregiment with the Army of the Potomac was sev-\\nered at Gettysburg by the consolidation of the\\nEleventh and Twelfth Corps, which became the\\nTwentieth Corps, and he and his comrades were\\nsent to tlie assistance of Kosecrans at Chattanooga.\\nHere the brave boys saw more hard fighting,\\nand our subject bore a gallant part in it all until\\nafter the battle of Lookout Mountain, when he\\nwas placed on detached service as clerk at head-\\nquarters of transportation at Nashville, a post for\\nwhich he was eminently fitted, and he retained it\\nuntil the expiration of his term of enlistment.\\nWhen he was discharged, Mr. Monroe returned\\nto Ohio, and after staying at home a few days he\\n[iroceeded to New York with some friends, and\\nthence went to the front to visit the One Hundred\\naud Eleventh New York Infantry. The martial\\nspirit was still strong within him, notwithstanding\\nhis previous long and trying experience of the\\nhardships of war, and he re-enlisted as a member\\nof that regiment, in Comi)any C. June I, 1861,\\nand from that lime was present at every encounter\\nwith the euemv until December 9, when he was", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n221\\n(lis:iliU l ;it IFatdiio s Run by a fiaclmc of liisskull.\\niiiscil li\\\\ ii |)(ii li(iii of a troi .lliat liail liccii hit l\\na shell, falling on liini. Ho was in a liospital for\\nlifU Oii (lays, Imt could no loiiijor staiiil llic ro-\\nsti iiinls of lios|jilal life, ami stole away witlioiit\\nwariiiiiu or leave, to join his regiment. The brave\\nfellow was warmly received by his Cajitaiii and\\nColonel, who fnlly a[ pi-eciated his valiu as a sol-\\ndier and were glad 1 have him back again. lie\\nwas present at liie surrender of Lee, at Appomattox,\\nand after taking part in the (Irand Review of all\\nthe troops at Wasliington.he was discliarged,,Iune\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a01, l.S(i.\\nI pon leaving the army for the last time, our\\nfrienil returned to New York to linish his inter-\\nrupted visit of the ycJir before, lie then returned\\nto his Ohio home, and subsequent!}- took a three-\\nmonths triji through Kansas, Neliraska, Colorado\\nand other parts of the AVcst. He found no place\\nin which liecared tolocite permanently, and retrac-\\ning his steps K.astward, he came to ^Michigan, and\\npureh.osed one hundred and twenty acres of land in\\nPorter Township, Van Buren County, upon which\\nhe persuaded his parents to settle, as we have be-\\nfore mentioned. That w.as in the fall of l.sGa.and\\nfor some time our subject gave his attention to\\nfanning. Two years later, he removed to Lawton.\\nwhere he followed his trade as a carpenter, and\\nhad charge of a planing mill. He lived there until\\n1K7. having sold his farm, and then went to re-\\nside with his father in order to oversee the farm,\\nas his father was in poor liealtli. He continued to\\nfollow carpenter work, however, and lived there\\nand in that neighborhood until the fall of 1883.\\nAfter his father s death, in 187; he bought forty\\nacres of land near Lawton, and made his home\\nupon that until 1887, when, having been elected\\nRegistrar of Deeds, he took up his residence at\\nPaw Paw. He w.as re-elected to that ollice in I88!t,\\nand served four yeai-s in all. AVhile living in\\nPorter Township, he was .Tustice of the Peace four\\nyears.\\n-Mr. Monroe is a member of the Republican party,\\nof which he has been a loyal .idherent from the\\ndays when he was lighting to sustain its principles\\non Southern battlelields. His first Presidential\\nvote was east in 18fi8, in favor of Gen, Grant, and\\nmany limes he has been a delegate to county eon-\\nvi utions, as well .-is to two congression.nl. three\\nState and a like number of legislative conventions.\\nHe is also conspicuous as a (Irand Arm\\\\- man and\\nprominent in the conclaves of that organization,\\nlie has been .Adjutant of 1,. C. Woodman Post.\\nNo. r.n;, \\\\l.. Department of Michigan, he\\nhaving been the prime iiio\\\\ er in obtaining the or-\\nganization of that post, lie has also been )llicer of\\nthe day one term, Comiiiander two terms and Act-\\ning Commander one term, lie has been jiresent at\\nthree National reunions held at Columbus, Milwau-\\nkee and Detroit, res|iectively. Mi Monroe is also\\none of till- most active members of the M.isonic\\nfraternity in this part of the country, belonging\\nto Lawton Lodge, No. 21( i. He held the position\\nof Senior De.acon for four years, that of .lunior\\nDeacon one year, and he is a charter member of\\nsaid lodge.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss Lliza A.\\nMunger w as celebrated December 17, 1HG7. Mi s.\\n.Alonroc is a native of this county, born in Porter\\nTownship, May Hi, 1K4 1, a daughter of one of the\\npioneer families. Her i)arents, Luke and Lucrelia\\nReed) JIunger, were natives of New York Slate\\nand Ohio, respectively, anil early settlers i)f Nan\\nHuren County, coming to Michigan in Territorial\\ndays. Mr. and .Mrs. Monroe are the parents of the\\nfollowing children: Stella A., who married .lohn\\nLytle, a farmer of Porter Township, is the mother\\nof one child; Mark P., who is learning the art of\\nlirinting; Carl, Celia, Viola, Leon and Pearl.\\niS^ZRA S. riMl.\\\\.M. allliuiigh n-idiiig on his\\nIra iile.isant farm (ni .section 1 7. Porter Town-\\nli ship. Van r.uren County, is retired from\\nthe active duties of life. He w.-is born April li\u00c2\u00bb,\\n1821. in ermont, anil is the son of Joshua C.,.anil\\nSallie (Willar l) Ipham, natives of Massacliusetts,\\nbut who accompanied their respective parents to\\nermont in theiryonth. The father was a clothier,\\nami his father, .lames rphani, died on a farm in\\nMontgomery, Vt,, aged si.xty-eight years. He had\\nbeen a merchant in e.irly life. The maternal grand-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "222\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfatliiT of (iui- siilijeot. Kli Willarrl, was a farmer,\\naiul flieil wiici) about seventy j ears of age. The\\nfainil3 on both sides of the house are of old New\\nEngland stock.\\nThe parents of our subject came West to Lorain\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1836. The mother died in Milan,\\nthat State, at the advanced age of ninety years.\\nMr. rpham passed away at the home of our subject,\\nin liis seventh-ninth year. Ezra S. Upham came\\ntu the Wolverine State in 1837, and made his\\nhome for three years in Otsego. He then returned\\nto Ohio, and was married, in 1840, to Miss Sarah\\nHunter, a native of Vermont. Mrs. Uj)ham was\\nborn in 1822, and was the daughter of .Jonathan\\nHunter, a farmer who came to Michigan in 1838,\\nand located in Genesee County, where lie was a\\nprominent citizen and made his permanent home.\\nMrs. Hunter died some twenty years after coming\\nto Michig.an.\\nOur subject continued to make Lorain County,\\nOhio, his home after his marriage, wliere he pur-\\nchased a farm upon whicli lie resided twent3 -two\\n3 ears. I n 1862, he came witli his family to the Wol-\\nverine State, and located in the Kinney Settlement\\non an improved farm. lie resided tiiere but two\\nyears, however, when he purchased a tract on sec-\\ntion 24. Two years later he disposed of that prop-\\nerty and became the owner of a good farm on\\nsection 20. He donated the land where the Prot-\\nestant Methodist Church now stands, and was\\notherwise interested in all worthy objects.\\nIn 1873 Mr. I pham purchased his present farm,\\nwliich contains ninety acres. In addition to that\\ntract, he owns thirty-eight acres east of his home\\nfarm, and a nine-acre wood lot. His comfortable\\nresidence was erected in 1876, and his estate con-\\ntains all tiie improvements whicli make agriculture\\na pleasure. He does a general farming business\\nand has his place stocked with a good grade of\\nanimals.\\nThe family of our worth} subject and his wife\\nnumber seven children: Elizabeth, Mrs. Chamber-\\nlain, h.as one child; Harriet is the wife of T. Wy-\\ninan and has two children; Almira, Mrs. .lohn Mc\\nLain, has four children; Martha, Mrs. Hamilton\\nMcLain. has two children Cappie married F. Cham-\\nberlain and has one child; .James N. married Gert-\\nrude Packard and has one child; Charles B. mar-\\nried Lillian Bradford and has two children.\\nJlr. Upham was for a number of years a school\\noilicer in his district. In politics, he is a Repub-\\nlican, and cast his first Presidential vote for .James\\nG. Birney. While a resident of Ohio, he was Town-\\nship Trustee for fifteen successive years, receiving in\\nhis last election every vote but two in the township.\\nHe has been elected Justice of the Peace three\\ndifferent times, but has never qualified. He has\\nrepresented his township in the ottiee of Highway\\nCommissioner, and has otherwise been active in\\npublic affairs.\\n-^^l\\nm^m\\n!l^^\\n5ILLIAM WEBSTER is a resident of Hart-\\nford. Van Buren County, who was born in\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2}i^^J Cayuga County, N. Y., August 20, 1820,\\nand is one of a family of eighteen children, fifteen\\nof whom are still living. The parents of this\\nfamily were Charles I. and Arvilla (Fish) AVebster.\\nThe}- came from New Hampshire to New York.\\nDuring the War of 1812 the father served in the\\nCommisary Department. His father, Nathan AVeb-\\nster, served as a Revolutionary soldier.\\nOur subject was first married in New York State,\\nin 1841, to Arplia Odell, and by her had eleven\\nchildren. One son, Charles I., served in the AVar\\nof the Rebellion and was killed in the battle of\\nAtlanta. Our subject moved his family to Mich-\\nigan in 18.5. and has been a resident of this State\\nsince then. In 1889 Mrs. Webster passed away,\\nand in 1890 the husband was married to Jane\\nBennett. Six of Jlr. AVetister s family are now liv-\\ning, two in Detroit and four in Hartford.\\nAVIieii the original of this sketch came to this\\ncounty, he found it entirely new and his famih\\nset to work and cleared a farm of three hundred\\nand thirly-f(uir acres. He still owns one hundred\\nand seventj-two acres of it, which is operated b}\\na son. He owns a nice home in the village where\\nhe now makes his home, retired from all active\\nlabor, and is now enjoying the fruits of his early\\nlabors. He is a congenial man, and is held in\\nthe highest respect b} all with whom he comes in\\ncontact. Politically, he is a Republican at all", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "1Y)RTRAIT AND BIOrrRAPIIICAL RFX ORD\\n223\\ntimes and socially lie is a nionilii-i nl ilic I- hm mihI\\nAi-i opt* (l M.-Lsons ill lliirtfoid. Wlu ii lie lirsl r:\\\\]\\\\w\\nhere, tlierc were lujt more tliau one r Iwn stores\\nin the place and he has seen the town ili-xi loii to\\nwliat it is to dav.\\ni\\n[Q?==~\\nANIKL W. SIAS. wild was a soliliei- iliiriiiLr\\ntiie late war. now oeciipies an iin|port;uit\\n{^3^ position as a wide-nwaUe, prospeions\\nfarmer of Van Hiiveii t oiinly. iiis line\\nfarm, with its well tilled aeres. and siihstantial\\nmodern improvements, eomparinij: with the best in\\nHanijor Township. Mr. Sias was liorn in .leffeison\\nC onnty, N. Y.. in 1839, the third eliild in the fam-\\nily of four children of Jeremiah and Mary (Chap-\\nman) Sias. His father was born in Vermont, in\\nITltC, and the mother was a native of New York\\nCity. The paternal grandparents of our subject\\nwere Jeremiah and Aclisah (Whitlier) Sias, his\\ngrandmother being a cousin of the poet Wliittier.\\nOur siiljject passed his youth in his native State,\\nand was in the opening years of an energetic,\\nself-reliant manhood when the war broke out.\\nIn IHGl, he threw aside all personal considera-\\ntions and enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and\\nEiglity-si. ith New York Infantry, and served until\\nthe Government had no farther use for his services,\\nthe contlict between the North and the South li:iv-\\ning been brought to a successful issue. He hove\\nan active part in the capture of Petersburg, and in\\nthe various encounters of his regiment with the\\nenemy, lie displayed the coolness and resource of a\\nveteran, and his war record is an honor to linn.\\nIn 1871, Mr. Sias removed his family to iVIicii-\\nigan and settled on section 31. IJangor Township.\\nHere he h.os developed a very fine farm, amiily\\nsupplied with good buildings and with the mod-\\nern appliances pertaining to agriculture, and its\\neighty acres of fertile soil are under a high state\\nof cultivation. Mr. .Si.as has proved to be a valu-\\nable .acquisition to the citizenshi|) of this county,\\nand has not only done good work as a skillful,\\npr.actieal farmer, but also as a public-spirited civic\\notticial. He h.as held the olflce of Justice of the\\nPeace about fourteen years, besides licing School\\nlii^pccior .-11111 lliuliw.ay Commissioner. He is a\\niiiiiii of sti Milv. clear br:iiii. of niMlmilited veracity\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid steadfast honor, and in him the Christian\\nCliiircli (iiids one of its most consistent and hard-\\nworking members. Politically, he has been iden-\\ntilie l with the Kcpiiliiicrin parly ever since he be-\\ngan to vote.\\nThe iiiai riani of dur suiiject with Miss Addie\\nI arUer look placi; in his native county in IMiid.\\nIt has been a felicitious union, and has lirought\\nIlii Mi two children: I jiiest 15.. who resides on a\\nfarm adjoining his falhei s. and Klizalietli, wife of\\nW airen T. Winslow. station agent for the Toledo\\nit Souili ll.neik Itaiiway.at Covert. Mrs. Sias is a\\ndaughter of l):ivis Parker, who is thought to have\\nbeen born at Lawrence, Mass., and wIkj was a brother\\nof tlie fainous Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Mr.\\nO. Parker, who resided in Flint, Mich., and was a\\nson of .loseph Parker. The l:itler was a native of\\nNew Knijlanil. but was of Kimlisli antecedents.\\nLENN DOlt; LASS S 11 A WT. To a few such\\nll f men as our subject, Kalamazoo owes much\\nof its [iresent aetlvily in trade an l manu-\\nfacturing interests.\\nIt is to the .active, pushing, vigorous young\\nbusinessmen like the gentleman whose name heads\\nthis article that this beautiful city owes much of\\nits advancement, (ilenn Douglass Stuart is doing\\nhis part well and were the lovers of the esculent\\nherb to have a voice he would be crowned what\\nhe is already The Celery King.\\nI .orn at (lowanda, N. Y., Feliniary 15, 18(;o.\\nMr. Stuart is the son of Hon. William II. and liar-\\nl)ara (Allen) Stuart, natives of New York. He\\nis the fourth of live children, three of whom sur-\\nvive, one, Mrs. Alice lUackney, being identilied\\nwith him in business. He w.as reared in (iowanda,\\nreceived his education in Wooster (Ohio) College,\\nand studied law in his native city. In 1883 he\\ncame to Kal.amazoo and studied under Gov.\\nCharles May, with whom he remained some ycai-s.\\nOn .account of trouble with his eves, he was com-\\npelled to abandon his study and seek outdoor em-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "224\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n|)lo\\\\infint. He therefore eoinmenced in tlio celery\\nlui! iness, and from a small Iteginning has inereasotl\\nhis enterprise until now the business in the city\\naverages fort} tons daily during the season.\\nThe business in which Mr. Stuart engages sup-\\nports at least one fourth of the poi)ulation of Kal-\\namazoo. His grounds inelude three thousand\\nacres in Kalamazoo and vicinity. Mr. Stuart is\\nalso a breeder of trotting horses, having about\\nthirty first-class animals. Several have a record\\nof 2:oO, while many others have become well\\nknown on the track. December 8, 1883, Mr. Stuart\\nwas married to Miss Alice, daughter of Herman\\nllascall, fc)under of the daily Tdegraph. Mrs.\\nStuart was born in Kalamazoo. Mr. Stuart and\\nliis wife have two children: jNIaiid and Allen.\\nSocially, Mr. Stuart is iilentified with the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows. Few men have\\nTiiade as rapid and substantial advancement in\\nbusiness as Mr. Stuart. Keen-witted and wide-\\nawake he is atypical resident of the West and will\\nundoul tedly attain wealth in his chosen occupa-\\ntion.\\n44\u00c2\u00bb\\nfcr \u00c2\u00abT^ii:\\nIVILLIAM K. VAN HISE is a well-known\\n\\\\/iJI highly-respected farmer of Van Buren\\nV^^ County, residing on section 14, Decatur\\nTownshij), where for a third of a century be has\\nmade his liome. Of much of the history of the\\ncounty he has been an eye-witness, has seen\\nits growth and upbuilding, and has aided in its\\ndevelopment. He is, therefore, deserving of rep-\\nresentation in this volume, and it is with pleasure\\nthat we record his sketch.\\nOur subject s father, Joseph Van Hise, was born\\nin Trenton, N. J., in 1805. and when a lad of\\nseven years went with his parents to Cincinnati,\\nOhio, where he grew to manhood and married\\nMa}- Keer, a native of the Buckeye State. Shortl}\\nafterward he removed to Lebanon, Ohio, in 1836,\\nand twenty years later came to Michigan, locat-\\ning in Decatur Township. In Cincinnati he had\\nlearned the hatter s trade, but in Lebanon fol-\\nlowed the milling Imsiness, and here engaged in\\nfarming. He was a Democrat in politics until the\\nnomination of Fremont, when he joined the new\\nKei)ublican party and became one of its stanch\\nadvocates. He served as Justice of the Peace and\\nTown Clerk for a number of 3 ears, and was Super-\\nvisor of Decatur Township before the townships\\nwere divided. He died April 14, 1872, and was\\nburied on tlie old homestead, where his father and\\nmother were also interred, their deaths occurring\\nseveral years after he came to Michigan. Of the\\neight children in the Van Hise family, six grew to\\nmature years and three yet survive. Eunice, who\\nh.as taught thirty-nine terms of school, is now liv-\\ning with her mother on the old homestead; Jarred\\nP. operates the old homestead, which was a wild\\ntract of land when it was purchased by the father\\nfrom the Ignited States Government.\\nWilliam an Hise. of this sketch, claims Ohio\\nas the State of his nativity, a farm in Butler\\nCounty being the pl.ace of his birtli and the date\\nJulj- 10, 1835. He was a babe when his parents\\ncame to Michigan, and in this State, therefore, al-\\nmost his entire life has been passed. The public\\nschools afforded him his educational privileges,\\nbut his training tiiere was more meager than that\\nwhich he received on the farm. Abandoning farm\\nwork at the age of twenty-one, he embarked in the\\ngrocery business, which he followed for four years,\\nhaving had some experience in that line as a clerk\\nin a store in Lawton. On selling his stock of\\ngrocei ies; he removed to the farm in Decatur\\nTowniship which has since been his home, and his\\nfarming labors have only been interrupted by his\\nservice in the late war. Feeling that bis country\\nneeded his aid, he enlisted, December 9, 1863, in\\nCompanjr II, Twelfth Michigan Infantry, under\\nCapt. Claflm, and served until the close of the\\nwar, being mustered out on the 15th of Februarj\\n1866. He was with the Western Army, and most\\nof the time served on detached duty.\\nOn the 18th of July, 1858. jMr. Van Hise was\\njoined in wedlock with Miss Amelia, daugh-\\nter of Richard and Phojbe Armitage. who were\\nnatives of the Empire State and emigrated to\\nJackson, Mich., in an early da^ Mrs. an Hise s\\nmother died when she was a maiden of ten sum-\\nmers, and her father afterward removed to Decatur,\\nwhere she became acquainted with her future bus-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "Z-\u00c2\u00a3^^c6z.Cy", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "POliTKAlT AXD BIUGKAl lllCAL UECORD.\\n227\\nhand. Unto tlieiu were born four children, but\\nKiigcne E., born May 24, 1863, died February 25.\\n18(J1. Ini z P., horn .luly 1859. is the wifo of\\nAilelluTt Miiguire, of Paw Paw Townslii|); Siisa\\nK., horn Jhuvli 17, 1861, is teaching school in the\\nMcU illiains (li,-.Uii l and resides at home; Carrie\\nH., who was born June 25, 1875, and is now at-\\nlending school in Decatur, completes the family.\\nMr. an llisc is a man who gives liis supiMirt to\\nall worthy untorprist-s and is a friend to educa-\\ntional, soiial and moral reforms. Of the cause of\\nlein|(erance he is a standi advocate, and hiliors\\nearnestly in its interests. Socially, he is a demilted\\nMason, and belongs to the Farmers* Alliance and\\ntlie rand Army Post of Decatur. He is an in-\\nllexil)le adhcient of I\\\\e[)ublican [)rincii)les. and an\\nactive worker for tiie i)arty s interest, and has\\nlilled a number of ollices with credit to himself\\nand satisfaction to his constituents. For six years\\nhe has been Supervisor of the township, still hold-\\ning the position; was Clerk for twt years; for\\nalKiut twenty years has been .Justice of the Peace,\\nand was Drain Conunissioner .and Comniissiouer of\\nHighways for one year eacli. The duties of citi-\\ny.i nshii) he lias ever faithfidly discharged, and is\\nalike true to private trusts, lie now does a gen-\\neral farming and stock-raising business, ;uid has\\nforty acres of his sixty-acre farm under a high\\nstale of cutivation.\\n\u00c2\u00bbl l II I I I\\nm I.KXANDKW \\\\V. UK.NDPK K. M. D. Tlie\\ni^ZLJi niedical profession h.as many able repre-\\nsentiitives in Paw Paw, and among those\\nwho stand foremost and highest in the\\nesteem of the people may be mentioned the gen-\\ntleman wiiose portrait is presented on the oppo-\\nsite page. Ill is a graduate of Hahnemann Medi-\\ncjil College, at Chicago, and during the years\\nwiiieh lie ha-i devoted to his profession him i)roved\\nhiniM lf I lninently worthy of his higii calling, .and\\nh.as achieved succe. is and prominence. As a sur-\\ngeon he stands very high, iiaving liad many in-\\ntricate c.a.ses under his care aucl nu-eting with won-\\nderful success.\\nThe subject of this skeleli is perliaiis be l known\\n10\\noutside of Paw Paw as the founder and pro-\\nprietor of the Maple City Home, where the\\ndrinking and opinm habits may be cured by a\\nIre. itnu nt which includes all tla-re is in the chloride\\nof gold cure. At this institute there are two\\ndistinct courses of treatment: one for original\\ncases, and another especially adapted to the cure\\nof those wlio have taken a course elsewhere and\\nhave since relapsed. The treatment is most ap-\\nprised and successful, .and consists in the u.se of\\nchloride of gold and sodium, in eonil)inatiou with\\nother potent and well-chosen drugs. The so-called\\nbi-chlorideof golil or double gold if it means any-\\nthing is too strong, and with its use |)atients arc\\nliable to be overdosed; hence the dangerous ten-\\ndenc3 to rehipse, insanity and suicide which occur\\nso frequently in other treatments. The chloride of\\ngoM. and of ^sodium as a pre|);iratioii of gold, is\\nsullicicully powerful, and with other direct and\\npotent remedies in combination is much more\\neflicieut, and l)y its use the ill etlects of the gold\\ncure are avoided.\\nThe cure adopted by Dr. Ilendrick is per-\\nformed liy autidoting the alcoholic poison, elimi-\\nnating its ill effects, curing the diseased condi-\\ntions, righting up the prostrated nerves, and taking\\naway the appetite for liipior making it loath-\\nsome, so that the person so treated will abhor it\\nwithin one week. It may Uike three or four weeks\\nto complete a cure. All liquors needed are\\nfurnished until no more will, or can. be taken.\\nDrunkenness is cured by this treatment .as posi-\\ntively as ague may be cured and as easily.\\nWhile the cure is thorough, the patients are lire-\\nserved from the shock of the b;ittle. their nerve\\nftirce not licing exhausted in the maiiuer complaine l\\nof by those who have been tiealcd elsewhere. In-\\nvariably the patients leave with .-i well-regulated\\nsystem and a hopeful spirit. The .second course\\nof treatment is adapted to those who have re-\\nlaii.sed after a cour.se at otiiei institutes. It is\\nwell understood that it is dangerous for them to\\ngo through the same treatment where the bi-\\nchloride of gold is used. One directly adapted\\nto such cases is here provided, aiicl it is proving\\nto lie wonderfully successful; and these second-\\ncourse patients have a s:ife, easy time, with no", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "228\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmore suffering than the flrst-eourse patients. They\\nhave as briglit and hopeful prospects as others,\\nand have reason to feel the most pi ofound grati-\\ntude for their restoration. At the Maple City\\nHome, baths of all kinds are administered, as well\\nas the massage and electric treatment and the\\nSwedish Movement Cure. While the general\\nwork of a sanitarium is done here, especial atten-\\ntion is given orificial surgery, for which splendid\\nadvantages are offered.\\nA native of New York, Dr. Hendrick was born\\nin Berlin Township, Rensselaer Count} A^ugust\\n8, 1837, and is a son of Alexander W. and Betsy\\nA. (Record) Hendrick, natives of New York and\\nof English ancestry. Our subject grew to man-\\nhood in New York, receiving an academic educa-\\ntion aud fitting for college at New Hampton,\\nN. H., where he took a course in the Biblical\\nSchool. After taking his college course at Am-\\nherst, he entered the ministry at the age of\\ntwenty-four. He had been converted to the faith\\nof the Free-will Baptist Church three years pre-\\nvious to becoming a minister. For about five\\nyears he followed ministerial work in Central\\nNew York.\\nOn September 3, 1860, Dr. Hendrick and Miss\\nHarriet Horton, of Poestenkill, N. Y., were united\\nin marriage. Failing health induced the young\\nminister to come to Batavia, 111., and later he en-\\ntered Hahnemann Medical College, at Chicago,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1871. He lo-\\ncated in Kalamazoo, JNIich., thence removed to\\nGalien, and from there came to Paw Paw in 1877.\\nHe has made a fair fortune in his profession and\\nhas a splendid lil)rary. During the fire, in 1888,\\nhe lost $800 worth of medical works, besides office\\nfixtures valued in all at $1,350. In his politics\\nhe is a Republican, and although not old enough to\\nvote for John C. Fremont at the time of his candi-\\ndacy for the Presidential Chair, yet he spoke for\\nhim at many meetings. He is now a member and\\na Trustee in the Baptist Church, in Paw Paw,\\nand was initiated into masonry in Batavia, 111.,\\nalthough he is not identified with the order here.\\nThe Doctor and his estimable wife are the par-\\nents of the following-named children: Ella Fran-\\ncetta; Wayland Alexander, who died when nine\\nyears old; Howard. E. and Byron C, who passed\\naway in infancy; Edith A., who was born Decem-\\nber 9, 1879, and Eugenia Paulina, August 17,\\n1882. Ella F. married W. E. AYoodard, a farmer\\nof Kalamazoo County, and they have one child.\\nSuccess is the true test of merit, and those who\\nknow Dr. Hendrick will bear witness to his being\\nan honorable, conscientious ph\\\\ sician, who has\\nbecome thoroughlj conversant with the details of\\nhis profession b} hard stud} and indomitable\\nenergy. An enterprising citizen, he is always\\nready to advance any truly meritorious project\\nthat will promote the prospgrity of the commu-\\nnit} and during his residence in Paw Paw has\\nwon a host of friends.\\n^RRIN PARKP R, deceased. Among the prom-\\ninent pioneers of Keeler Township, Van\\nBuren County, stands the name of the gen-\\ntleman of whom we write, and although he has\\npassed away to enjoy the recompense due his long\\nand useful life, his memory still lives among those\\nwho knew him. He was born in New York State\\nin June, 1788, and was one in a family of ten chil-\\ndren born to Timothy and Eunice Parker. They\\nwere named: Anson, Orrin, Parley, Chauncy,\\nFannie, Orson, Laura, Harvey, Russell and Polly.\\nAll grew to mature years.\\nOur subject was married to Jemima Day, in No-\\nvember, 1809, and reared a famil} of ten children:\\nEmery, Laura, Abigail, Sampson, Fannie, Amos A.,\\nRussell, Orson F., Milla M. and Calvin D. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Parker came to AVashtenaw County, Mich.,\\nin 1836, and from there moved to Van Buren\\nCounty, in 1838, and settled in the woods. They\\ndeveloped a farm of forty acres, where his wife\\ndied in 1849, and he passed from this life in 1867.\\nOne daughter, Milla, married John W. Abbott, in\\n1854, and they established themselves on a farm\\nin the dense woods and cleared a place of two hun-\\ndred and forty-six acres before Mr. Abbott s death,\\nwhich occurred in 1870. He and his worthy wife\\nhad born to them one child, Helen M., now the\\nwife of Frank Tuttle. Mr. Al)bott was born in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., in May, 1826. His par-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n229\\nputs were Osem and Annie (Olden) Abbott, the\\nt allier born in 1707, and the mother in 1802. Tliey\\nwere both natives of New York. Mrs. Abbott\\nerected a beautiful l)rick residence on her farm in\\ntlie summer of l.s. ^l.and has conducted her own\\nbusiness affairs in which she has been very success-\\nful. .She is one of liic most respected ladies of the\\ncounnunilv.\\nI LKS II. IIII,L\u00e2\u0080\u009ewli( has a iilcasanl home i^n\\nsection Allegan Townsliip,is a rei)resen-\\nJl(\\\\ tative farmer and inHuential resident of\\nAllegan County. He is now retired from active\\nfarming oi)erations, although he still maintains\\nthe supervision of this pl.ace of one hundred and\\nthirty acres. A native of Richl.and Townshij),\\nOswego County, N. Y., he was born November 11,\\nIKK), and is tlie son of Arre3 and Polly (Lind-\\nman) Hill, natives of New York. The father,\\nwho was a shi)) builder, came to Michig;in in 1827,\\nand, locating in Detioit. sojourned there for a\\nperiod of two years.\\nFrom there Mr. Hill removed to a small village\\ncalled Plymouth Corners, where he built several\\nmills and other buildings duiing his residence in\\nthe place of about three years. Afterward, he re-\\nsided for a time in Grand Rapids, then a small\\nhandet, and thence proceeded toCirandville, where\\nhe remained about fifteen years. In 1852, he came\\nto -Mlegan County and settled on section 21, Pine\\nPlains Townshi[), where he remained until 1851.\\nWlii ii on his w.av to Grandville he was taken sick\\nat Hradley s Corners and there die l. The mother\\nof our suliject died at Grandville, Ai)ril 10, 1881,\\nat the good old .age of eighty-four.\\nThe family to which our subject belongs con-\\nsisted of nine children, three of whom are now\\nliving, nanu ly: (liles II., Arrey J. and 15ef.sy.\\nOur subject was about seventeen years old when\\nhe came to Michigan, and at the early age of\\neightfuM, liugan trading with the Indians at\\nGrand l{apiil He l ecanie fluent in the use of\\nIndian language and spent the winter seasons for\\na niiinlH r of vears on the Kast shore of Miehigan.\\nbuying furs and exchanging goods for the same.\\nFor three and one half yeai-s he earrieil the mail\\nfrom (irand Rapids to Kalamazoo, lirst making the\\ntri[) on liorst l)ack for three months, and then trav-\\neling in a buggy and carrying passengers. In\\ncompany with Orlando Pierce, he later carried the\\nmail and conveyed |)assengers in a stagi; coach the\\nentire distance of sixtj -five miles.\\nAfterward, Mr. Hill worked for William Lewis\\nin the hotel business at Yankee Springs and was\\nthus engaged for two years. Afterward he was in\\nthe employ of T.15. Pierce at Otsego.. Mlegan County,\\nin an hotel, and when at the expiration of ten\\nmonths. Mi: Pierce sold out to C. D. Parkhurst,\\noui subject remained with the latter gentleman\\n.some four years. Mr. Parkhiust later came to\\nAllegan and bought the Allegan House, which Mr.\\nHill |)urcliased of him, after (illingthe [losition of\\nclerk for some years. During the time he was\\nproprietor of the hotel, he was also interested in\\nthe lumber business, and after selling the hotel, he\\nremoved to section 21, Pine Plains Township, where\\nhe had four hundred acres of uniuiproveil land.\\nIn order to reach his purchase, Mr. Hill w.as\\ncompelled to cut a road through the woods, and\\nafterward cleared a place for his house, which\\nwas a small board shanty, made of lumber he had\\nbrought down the Kalamazoo River to Fox Springs\\non a raft and afterw.ard carried up the hill on his\\nback. For more than two years he was engaged\\nin clearing and improving the place, and at the\\nexpiration of that time was induced by Hon. F. 1$.\\nStoekbridge to remove to Singapoor and Ud e\\ncharge of his hotel. Prior to leaving the farm, he\\ncarried the mail for two years between .\\\\llegan\\nand Saugatuck, and during llial time was stricken\\nwith the small i)Ox which his wife and child caught\\nfrom lum. Fortunately it ilid not i)rove fatal to\\nthem.\\nWhile Mr. Hill was at Singapoor he boardc l lic-\\ntween fifty and one hundred men who were in the\\nluml)er business and at the same time superin-\\ntended the erection of .a large hotel on his farm\\non the Kalamazoo River, of which he was pro-\\nprietor from Decendier. 1857, until 1877. In 18o .i.\\nleaving his wife to manage the hotel, he crossed\\nthe plains to California with a span of line htu ses.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "230\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand reraainefi on the Pacific Slope for one year,\\nmanaging a restaurant in tlie winter and locating\\nmines during the summer. After a visit of three\\nmonths at home, be again went West and for three\\nyears was superintendent of a mine in California,\\nreceiving $10 per day. Atone time he could have\\nsold his mine and returned liome with 1100,000,\\nbut he refused to do so.\\nOn his return, after spending nine years in Cali-\\nfornia, Mr. Hill farmed until about 1879, when he\\nremoved to his present place. He is well-to-do\\nand the owner of about two thousand acres of land\\nin Allegan County, besides considerable live stock.\\nHe has held the ottice of .Justice of the Peace, Sup-\\nervisor, Town Clerk and Pathmaster, and as a\\nmember of the Democratic party, is one of the\\nprominent and iufluential citizens of the county.\\nHe was married, November 2, 1846, to Matilda M.\\nMuma, and four of the six children born of this\\nunion are now living, namely: Julia H., who is the\\nwife of Walter Ingham and the mother of one\\nchild, Ray; C^ nthia A., now Mrs. Simmonds, and\\nthe mother of two children, Marcia and .Jesse; Ada\\nC, who married George St. Germain, has one\\nchild, Bessie; and Charles E. Mrs. Matilda M. Hill\\ndied September 4, 1871.\\nMr. Hill was afterward married to Olive C. Muma,\\nsister of liis first wife, and daughter of George and\\nSally (Goodhue) Munia,natives respectively of New\\nYork and Canada. Mr. JMuma, who was a farmer\\nby calling, came to this State as early as 1838, set-\\ntling in the village of Allegan and there spending\\nhis remaining years. Mr. Hill and his estimable\\nwife have a large circle of warm friends and enjoy\\nthe conlldence of all to whom they are known.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6i\\n4..^.^.;.i_\\n=l.} 5 ^^****l\\nIHLIP NICHOLAS, a retired farmer re-\\nsiding in Lawrence, Van Buren Count} is\\na native of Cambridgeshire, England,\\nwiiere he was born March 26, 1829. He\\nis a son of Richard and Mary (Stephens) Nicholas.\\nThe father was a farmer, and our subject grew to\\nmanhood learning all the pursuits of agriculture.\\nAs soon as he was able, he had tu assist on the\\nfarm, and thus obtained but little education, lie\\ncommenced for himself at the age of eighteen,\\nworking by the month and day at farming.\\nPhilip Nicholas was married March 26, 1852, to\\nMiss Hannah Payne, a daughter of George and\\nMary (Porter) Paj-ne. She was born in Little Port,\\nCambridgeshire, England, October 11, 1833. The\\nday after their marriage, the} started for America\\non a sailing vessel, and were five weeks on the\\nbrinj deep. They landed in New York Cit} and\\nfrom there went direct to Brownsville, Pa. Having\\nbut II left, Mr. Nicholas immediately commenced\\nwork in a foundry for seventy-five cents a day.\\nHe worked there seven months and then started for i\\nMedina County, Ohio, where he worked on a farm\\none 3 ear and seven months. He then came to\\nVan Buren Count}- and located in Arlington Town-\\nship, where he bought eighty acres of land, iiaying\\n$75 down. This he immediately began to improve,\\nwhile his good wife and helpmate kept house for\\nher brother for her board and that of her children.\\nHe cleai ed about three acres and sold the entire\\ntract for quite an increase in value. He then pur-\\nchased another eighty acres, which he still owns in\\naddition to other land, making him the possessor\\nof one hundred and forty broad and fertile acres.\\nMr. and Mrs. Nicholas have become the i)arents\\nof nine children, namely: George P., who was born\\nin Brownsville, Pa., March 23, 1853, and lives in\\nLawrence with his wife and two children; Ellen,\\nwho was born in Medina County, Ohio, October 29,\\n1854; she married Edward Hogmire and lives in\\nBangor with her five children. Ann, born in Ar-\\nlington Township, this county, November 10,\\n1856, is the wife of Samuel Hogmire and the\\nmother of four children. Wesley, born in Arling-\\nton Township, Ma} 22, 1858, is a farmer; he is\\nmarried and the father of two children. Mary\\nJane, born April 9, 1860, married John Alien and\\nis the mother of four children. Herbert R. was\\nborn September 5, 1862, and is at home with his\\nparents. Charles Sherman, born January 14, 1865,\\nis married .and lives in Arlington Township with\\nhis wife .and two children. Alfred Alonzo, born\\nMay 29, 1868, lives on the old homestead, is mar-\\nried and the father of one tliild. ^Villiam Ells-\\nworth, biini November 10, 1,S70, lives at home\\nwith his parents. All these children have received", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "SS:;-\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00bb!j~v.\\nJ.P.WQODBURY.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "PORTILUT AND BlOGll^VPIIICAL RECORD.\\n233\\ngood coinnioii-scliool pdiications, and llorbcrt R.\\nIijis Iteeu a loai licr fur two yi ars, Imt liad to alian-\\n(Idli it on arciuiiit cif ill hcallli.\\nMr. Nicliolas contimiod to live on lii.s farm until\\nIX .H, wlien lie moved to liis present lieautifiil\\nhome in Lawrence, which lie has hut recently\\nbuilt. He was drafted to serxe in the late Reliel-\\nlion. but paid ^^l.dOO (d a substitute. He was nat-\\nuralized as a cili/eii of the liiited States, while\\nliving in Arlino;t(in Township, and vt)ted on the\\nRepublican ticket till his views elianged to the\\nDemocracy. Since llie formation of the Prohibi-\\ntion jiarty, he h.is given his inlluenee to that body.\\nHe and his wife are earnest members of the L nited\\nBrethien t luirch and have paid the greater part of\\nthe expense of the church, which is built on their\\nfarm. Mr. Nicholas has served as .Street Commis-\\nsioner and also on the School Hoard of his town-\\nship. Herbert R.. his son. has also served as .School\\nDuector in Arlington Township.\\nERKMI.VIl IMJAir WOODBrRY. Prob-\\nably no man did more to advance the Inter-\\nest* of Kalamazoo than the subject of this\\nbiographical notice, whose portrait is pre-\\nsented on the opposite page, and who lias gone to\\nhis final rest. Every enter])rise he took hold of\\nwas impelled by his great vigor and enthusiasm,\\nand it became a maxim that what .1. 1 Woodbury\\ntook an active interest in was sure of success. A\\nman of keen intellect, always ready to gras|) the\\ndillicidt questions that puzzled others, liis clear\\nmind would soon unravel the dilticnltiesand make\\nsmooth sailing. His ju ignicnt was linal in all\\nquestions of financial policy, and no institution\\ngtiided l)y his brain was ever in danger of the\\nrocks.\\nBorn in Charlton, Mass., February 7, 1805, our\\nsubject was the son of Caleb and Silence (King)\\nWoodbury, natives of Sutton, Worcester County,\\n.Mass. His father was a man of public importance\\nanil upright character, whose family comprised his\\nwife and ten .sons. The fourth child, .Jeremiah P.,\\nwas reared by his uncle, Jeremiah Pratt, the hus-\\nband of his father s sister, who adopted him when\\nbe was a mere infant. He was reared in JLassachu-\\nsetts, and accompanied his uncle to New Yf rk, set-\\ntling in Tompkins and remaining on a farm there\\nuntil aliont l,s;ill. In the meantime he lcarne l the\\ntrade of a carpenter, his uncle being a millwright.\\nWhen about twenty-four years old, our subject\\nentered the mercantile business at Peruville,\\nTomjjkins County, in connection with his younger\\nbrother, Caleb. He followed merchandising from\\nl.s. i2 until IX. id, and in the meantime was married,\\n.March 12, IH. il.at Lansing, Tompkins County, to\\nMiss .Malinda Knettles. Mi-s. AVoodbury was born\\nin Tompkins County, November 27, 1813, and is\\nthe daughter of .Tosepli aiul Catherine (Tichenor)\\nKnettles. Her father was of (ierman parentage,\\nbeing the son of inie (Jcoi ge Knettles, who emi-\\ngr. ited from (iermany and established a home in\\nI liiladelphia County, Pa., Inter removing to Car-\\nlisle, the same State. .Joseph w.as married the first\\ntime in New York, when about thirty-three years\\nold, and settled in Tompkins County, and after the\\nde.atli of his first wife, he married Miss Catherine\\nTiclicnor, being then about forty-three years of age.\\nIn 18;3(;, Mr. Woodbuiy, .accompanied by his\\nwife, came to Michigan and located in Bellevue,\\nEaton County, a little town just started. He there\\nopened a store and engaged in the tanning of hides,\\nand the manufacture of boots, shoes, saleratus, etc.;\\nhe .also engaged in the real-estate busint ss. Ills\\nbrother Caleb, who had been his partner in New\\nYork, came with him to this Slate an l engaged in\\nbusiness with him until the s|)ring of 1817. when\\nhe disposed of his interest.s in Bellevue. and went\\nto Adrian.\\nEighteen months luior to his removal to Kala-\\nmazoo, our subject started a branch store here, and,\\nupon removing his family hither, engaged in the\\nmanufacture of pig-iron, the ore being found on\\nthe river banks. A few years before, a furnace\\nhad been erected but the enterprise proved a fail-\\nure. Mr. Woodbury purcha.sed the property and\\nmade a success of the business. .Soon afterward he\\nstarted a stove manufactory in the village, mak-\\ning stf)ves and selling them througlK ut the coun-\\ntry. In addition he built a llouring mill, two miles\\nsouth of the village, and operated it with consid-\\nerable succe.-vs. He w.as one of the original ownei-s\\nof the gas works in the cit3\\\\", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "234\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArfflCAL RECORD.\\nAfter his flouring mill wns liurnod, Mr. Woml\\nl)ury liecame couuected with the Kalaiuazou Paper\\nMill, and also gave considerable attention to the\\nMichigan National Bank, of which he was a Di-\\nrector. He was an extensive property owner, in-\\nvesting in property in Eaton County, and also in\\nthe pine lands of Jlinnesota. His home was at No.\\n405 Main Street for thirty-nine years, and about\\neleven years before his death he erected the\\npresent residence which now adorns that part of\\nthe city. His death, which occurred November 5,\\n1887, was the result of being thrown from a car-\\nriage, while returning from a fishing excursion\\nwith a party of gentlemen. It was a great shock\\nto the communitj and especially to those who\\nmost tenderl} loved him his wife and children.\\nMr. and Mrs. Woodbury were the parents of five\\nchildren, one of whom died in infancy; Caroline\\nmarried C4eorge Trask, a son of Luther Tr.ask, of\\nKalamazoo, and resided in New York until the\\ndeath of her husband, since which her home has\\nbeen with Mrs. Woodbury. Catherine is the widow\\nof Col. Fred W. Curtcnius; Emma married Ira A.\\nRansom, and resides in Kalamazoo; Edward also\\nresides in this city, and is an .active business man.\\nFoud of life and society, Mr. Woodbury was a\\nmost genial and companionable man, and his ex-\\ntensive travels throughout the United States and\\nEurope gave him a fund of information which\\ncontributed to his popularit3 His temperament\\nwas nervous, his disposition generous, .and his\\ncharities best known by the poor and destitute, to\\nwhom he never refused a helping hand.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 5 5\\n.y\\nr\\n~x\\nOBERT HILTON. This owner and resident\\nlocated upon the fine farm on section 11,\\nLee Township, Allegan County, is a prom-\\nI inent gentleman in tliis region. He was\\nborn in Lincolnshire, England, April 16, 1830, and\\nis the son of Robert and Mary (Smith) Hilton.\\nThe father died while our subject was a l)abe, he\\nbeing the youngest of four children, all of whom\\ndied when young.\\nRobert Hilton, Sr., was a farmer by occupation.\\nand after his decease his wife marriecl Baker Mal-\\nlett, and to them was born a daughter, Sarah.\\nAfter Mr. Mallett s death, our subject s mother\\nbecame the wife of AVilliam Smith. Slie passed\\nfrom this life about 1870. Mr. Hilton, of this\\nsketch, remained with his mother until reaching\\nhis m.ajorit3 His early life was spent in the vil-\\nlage of Alnwick, but as he was obliged to earn his\\nown living from the age of ten years, his educa-\\ntional advantages were very limited.\\nWiicn attaining his twenty-second year, Bobert\\nHilton was married to Mary A., daughter of James\\nN. and Charlotte (Loveday) Edwards. The cere-\\nmony which made them one was celebrated in\\nEngland, May 16, 1856, and the next morning\\nthey set sail for the United States. Their first lo-\\ncation was at East Meiidon, Monroe County, N.Y.,\\nwhere Mr. Hilton engaged to work on a farm for\\ntwo years. In 1859, however, he came to Michigan\\nwith his family and located in Battle Creek, which\\nthey made their home for a twelvemonth, when\\nthej- came to Allegan County. They settled in\\nwhat was then Pinplains, but is now Lee Town-\\nship, being among the first white people to locate\\nthere.\\nOur subject, when making a permanent settle-\\nment in Allegan County, purchased one hundred\\nand twenty acres where he now makes his home,\\npa3 ing for the same fiftj- cents per acre. The\\nproperty was in its primitive condition, and, erect-\\nins a loo; cabin 14x20 feet in dimensions, he com-\\nmenced the work of clearing. His wife s parents\\nlived with them until they could build a cabin of\\ntheir own. Mr. Hilton began working in the pine\\nwoods at f 12 per month in order to support his\\nfamily in their new home, and the first winter, the\\nweather being extremely severe, froze his feet.\\nAVith the coming of the spring, he commenced\\nfelling the timber on his land, working at a great\\ndisadvantage, however, as lie owned neither farm\\nimplements nor team. He worked two days out of\\nthe week for a neighbor for the use of his team one\\nday. Ilis industry and perseverance were rewarded,\\nand, at the end of the second j ear, he had harv-\\nested six acres of wheat.\\nMr. Hilton was very ingenious and seldom went\\nin debt for any of his farm machinery His first", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND TJIOORAPinCAL RECORD.\\n235\\nharrow he eonstniftod himself, using wooden pins\\nfor tectli. In tlie iioiit and convenient buildings\\nwliicli now adorn liis [ilace, wc see the same spirit\\nof economy manilested, for Mr. Hilton never lie-\\ngan any worlv unless he had the money to carry it\\nthruuirh. He is now the proud possessor of two\\nliundred acres of excellent land, which have been\\naccumulated solely through his own eflforts, as lie\\ncame to the new- State with no other means of sup-\\nport than his strong and willing hands. He has\\nbeen more than ordinarily successful in his farming\\niipcrations, and now ranks among the well-to-do\\nand intelligent agriculturists of Lee Township.\\nMrs. Hilton was one of a family of seven children,\\nsix of whom are yet living: Mary A. (Mrs. Hilton).\\nEliza, John, Albert, Joseph, Elizabeth (deceiused)\\nand James. Our subject and his wife have not\\nbeen blessed with children. In {)olitics, ]Mr. Hilton\\nis a strong Democrat, and greatly respected in this\\nlocality.\\nIs i^\\n^^Pi MBROSE IMIIJIAJI, an old settler of Kal.a-\\nWiUx mazoo County, and one of its wealthiest\\nA farmers and stock-raisers, belonging to\\none of its best-known pioneer families,\\noccupies a leading place among the agriculturist.s\\nwho have had the making of Pavilion Township,\\nso far as redeeming the land from the wildei-ness\\nand transforming it into smiling and highl_v\\nproductive farms is concerned. His farming inter-\\nests, which centre there on section 6, are very val-\\nuable, his farm being one of the best in point of\\nimprovement and one of the best stocked in this\\nlocality.\\nMr. Milham was born in the town of Chatham,\\nN. Y., September 25, 1827. His father, John Mil-\\nham, w.as also a native of New York, his birtli|)hu e\\nin Columbia County. He was a son of Mathias\\nMilham, a native of Germany. He h.ad come to\\nNew York in Colonial times, and was engaged\\nthere as a farmer for many years. He died when\\nabout ninety- years old. John Miliiam grew up to\\nthe life of a farmer in his native .Stale, and in due\\ncourse of time had a good farm of two hundred\\nacres in his possession. He was a man of more\\nthan ordinary push and executive ability, and he\\nwas not only prominent in public life in New\\nYork, representing his district in the State Legis-\\nlature and holding other impcjrtant otliccs, but he\\nwas conspicuous in the pulilic and business life of\\nthis county, after he settled here in 1845. He\\nlocated in Kalamazoo Township, where he devel-\\noped a large farm, and at one time he owned be-\\ntween (ifteen hundred and sixteen hundred .icres\\nof land, aiidwas one of the richest men of tiie\\ncounty. He was a Democrat in politics, and ever\\nloyal to his party. He was nominated for Sheriff bv\\nhis i)arty at one time, but was defeated, as the odds\\nwere too great against his party. He was a Luth-\\neran in his religious belief. He p.assed aw.ay at\\nthe ripe age of seventy -two, and his niemoiy is\\ncherished as that of one of our noblest pioneers.\\nHe was four times married. The mother of our\\nsubject, Eva Milham, a native of the State of New\\nYork, died in middle life. She bore four children:\\nAYilliam, Richard, .Vmlirose and .lames.\\nOur subject s education was obtained in the dis-\\ntrict schools as far as book learning was concerned,\\nand on his father s farm he acquired a thorough,\\npractical knowledge of farming in all its branches.\\nHe came here in his nineteenth year, making the\\njourney liy the Erie Canal to liiiffalo, thence by\\nwater to Detroit, from there to Marshall by rail-\\nway, and a team bought at that place conveyed\\nhim and the other members of the family accom-\\npanying him to this point. At the age of twenty-\\none, young Milham began farming for himself, and\\nthus entered upon his career as a pioneer. The\\ncountry roundabout was then iiearlj- as wild\\nas when the Indians held it, for the white settlers\\nwere few in number. Kalamazoo was but a small\\nvillage, with no indications of its present size and\\nimportance. Deer were abundant, and used to\\ncome into the field where our subject was plowing.\\nHe lirst bought two hundred .icres of land in Por-\\ntage Township with his brother William, and he\\nlived there some five yeai-s prior to coming to\\nPavilion Township. He has here three hundred anil\\ntwenty acres of land, of which two hundred are\\ncleared and well tilled. Mr. Milham has made all\\nthe improvements on the pl.ace, and the}- are of a\\nsul)stantial class, of modern build and well aranged.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "236\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHe lias tliree \\\\avfxe barns, a large shecl, and a commo-\\ndious frame residence that is beautifully situated\\nin a natural grove of oaks. He carries on mixed\\nfarming, and has raised some fine Durham cattle\\nand many Sliroi)shire sheep.\\nMr. Milliam was married May 18, 1824, to Miss\\nLydia Turner, who w.-is a true and tender wife to\\nhim and devoted motlier to their children, and their\\nneighbors foun l in iier a kind and sympathizing\\nfriend. She w.as liorn near Rochester, N. Y., De-\\ncember 29, 1829, and came to Michigan with her\\nparents in 1843. vShe died June 29, 1885, after a\\nhappj- married life of thirty -one years. Our sub-\\nject has six children living, namely: Ella; Will-\\niam 15., who m.arried Miss Cora Pike in 1885; Eva\\nv., wlio married William Turner, .Tan nary .30, 1889,\\nand died August 21. 1891; Louis R.; .Tennie, who\\nmarried William Collins, October 15, 1885, and\\nOliver. One son, Jerome A., is dead.\\nOur subject has witnessed the development of\\nPavilion Township and tlie county at large, and\\nhe has been potent in bringing about the great\\nchange that makes this section so prosperous. He\\nis a valued citizen, who is thoroughly identified\\nwith the interests of his community and in him the\\nDemocratic party has one of its most faithful adher-\\nents. His career shows him to be a live and sagacious\\nbusiness man, and his many friends and .all who\\nliave occasion to deal with liim feel that he is just\\nand fair-minded in all his transactions.\\ni i\\n?2\\nALVIN H. FLETCHER is a prominent\\nhardware merchant in South Haven. The\\nFletcher family is an old one m the United\\nStates, its members being descend.ants of Robert\\nFletclier, who w.as Itorn in P-ngland, in 1592. The\\nlatter-n.amed gentleman came to America in 10.30,\\nand settled at Concord, M.ass., where he became a\\nwealthy and influential man. His death occurred\\nin that city, April 3, 1677. Tiie direct line of an-\\ncestry of our subject then jiassed to William\\nFletcher, who was born in P^ngland. in 1622. He\\ncame to America with his father in 1630, and in\\n1653 became one of the first settlers of Chelmsford,\\nMass., where he died November 6, 1677.\\nTiie son of \\\\\\\\illiani Fletcher, Josliua, was horn\\nin Chelmsford, Mass., March 30, 1648, and died\\nNovember 21, 1713. His son, Josepli, was born\\nJune 10, 1689, in Chelmsford, Mass., and died in\\nWestford, Mass., October 4, 1772. His son, I cla-\\ntiah Fletcher, was born in Westford, Mass., May 13, ji\\n1727, and died in the same town, February 23,\\n1807. Ilis son, also named Pelatiah Fletclier, was\\nborn in Westford, Mass., April 4, 1767, and died\\nMay 7, 1811. His son, Joel Fletclier, was born in\\nWestford, Mass., February 23, 1786, and removed to\\nAnson, Me., where he married and reared a family\\nof .seven children. His second son, Calvin Fletcher,\\nwho w.as the father of our subject, was bc rn in\\nNorth Anson, Me., October 2, 1814, and before he\\nattained his majority, learned the blacksmith s\\ntrade.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s motlier, was\\nCatherine Hall, a daughter of James Hall. She was\\nliorn in ISloomfield (now Skowhegan), Me. The\\nfather w.as eng.aged in general mercantile business\\nin his native town until 1852, when he removed to\\nCape Mncent, Jefferson County, N. Y., and con-\\ntinued a like business until 1861. He then came\\nto Michigan and established a hardware trade\\nin Plainwell, Allegan County, remaining there un-\\ntil 1863, the date of his removal to South Haven.\\nSince locating here, he associated his son, our suli-\\nject, in business with him, Lhey operating under the\\nfirm name of Calvin B letcher Son, until the\\ndeath of the father. He wasa very influential citi-\\nzen, and although a stanch Democrat in a Repub-\\nlican town, was frequently elected to public office.\\nHe was at one time Justice of the Peace for twenty-\\ntwo years, and a member of the School Board for\\nmany years.\\nIn his church relations, the senior Calvin Fletcher\\nwas an Episcopalian being one of the founders of\\nthat denomination in South Haven. He was a\\nRoyal Arch Mason, being a charter memlier of\\nStar of the Lake Lodge, No. 158, A. F. k A. M.,\\nof which lodge he was .Senior Warden and was\\nfor many years its Treasurer. Financially-, he was\\nsuccessful, but, his health being very poor, the\\nlast three years of his life were spent in the san-\\nitarium at Battle Creek, where his death occurred\\nFebruary 4, 1887. His wife died at South Haven,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "T^^-^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOORAPII CAL RECORD.\\n239\\nNoveinlipr 2i 1S84. Ttioy woro l.lip puronts of\\nfniir fliildiH ii :il\\\\ in 1 1.. Nuiiiiaii. K:dio ;iii l Kv:i\\n(twins); the hittor-nanu d ihinuiiti r i;* (Icci iiscd.\\nCalvin II. Kletclier, of tliis sketcli, was born in\\nSomerset County, Me., August 28, 1840. lie was\\nI ducated in Fairliold Seminjuy, :it Faii liold. N.\\nhul, lit foie coiiiiili tinu his course, lie yavi iii) liis\\nstudies, and for a (icriod of two and uni -liaH\\nyears was a sailor on the ,\\\\tlantie Ocean. Keliirn-\\ning home, he accompanied his family to .Michiuan.\\nand when his father established in business at\\nSouth Haven, he became his jiartnei-. Since his\\nfather s death, he has carried on the business in the\\nname of Calvin Fletcher s Son. lie is the oldest\\nhardware merchant in South Haven, and docs ;i\\nsplendid business.\\nMr. Fletcher was married to lrs. Clara (Church)\\nMc(!innis. .lannarv 27.1887. In polities, he is a\\nDemocrat. His stock of goods was destroyed by\\nlire in September, 1890, and in .Inly, 1891, his resi-\\ndence and some goods in storage were also burned.\\nHe hiis since, however, erected a handsome l)ric-k\\nresidence, which is supplied with all the tnoilcrn\\ncomf(Ht.s and conveniences. In addition to the\\nbusiness already mentioned, Mr. Fletcher owns a\\ngood fruit farm near the village, which is undei\\nsplendid cultivation.\\nITHER II. TRASK. Michigan owes much\\n1)) to those men who in early days came from\\nNew England to establish their homes\\nwithin her borders, bringing with them the sturdy\\nindependence, the good sense, the i)iety and the\\nlove for education which characterized the Puri-\\ntan fathers and their descendants. The Tr.ask\\nfamily is said to have descen led from three brothers\\nwho came to this country from England in the\\nColonial days, .and one of them, Capt. Trask. who\\nsettled at Salem, was the ance-stor of our subject.\\nHis jiarents were Aaron and Betsey (Ooodell)\\nTr.ask, and he was born in Millbury. Worcester\\nCounty, Mass., F ebruary \\\\i), 1807. His lcath,\\nNovemlier 14, 1888, in Kalamazoo, w.as a cause of\\nsincere grief and mourning, not only in his family\\nliut in cliureh, society and business circles. He\\nwas one who lilled a large and varied Held of use-\\nfulness, having posscs ccl a strong physi(|ue. capa-\\nble of supporting unlimited hardships, keen good\\nsense, a strong will, profound moral sense, and a\\ndeeply religious nature.\\nThe coiiimon schools alTordcd o|)porluiiities for\\nthe education of Luther Trask in his boyhood,\\nand at sixteen he engaged in inanufacturing luir-\\nsnits, continuing thus fi r five years, and then car-\\nrying on farming until he came to Michigan. His\\nmarriage, which took place in October, 1828,\\nunited him with .Miss Louisa Fay, of Southboro,\\nMass., by whom he had two cliildren, George, who\\ndied ill 187. and Ilaiiiiah I... who is now Mrs.\\nCornell, of this cit\\\\\\\\\\nIn 1834, Mr. Trask maile an exploring trip into\\nthe wilds of Michigan, and. being pleased with the\\ncountry, brought his famil} hither. The lirst set-\\ntlement was made in .Iiinc, 1835, in the vill.age of\\nKalamazoo, where ;\\\\Ir. Trask pursued the calling of\\nsurveyor and civil engineer for several years. He\\nwas a natural mechanic, and built a inunber of\\nhouses and stores in Kalamazoo, which he sold; be-\\nsides his family residence which was the first lirick\\nhouseerectedthere, but which is now demolished. In\\nthose early days the pioneers found abundant op-\\nportunitj for exercising their abilities in every\\ndirection, and Mr. Trask was most useful in pro-\\nmoting Christian worsiiip, and in teaching in the\\nfirst Sunda3-scliool which was established in the\\nvillage. He supported the services of the pioneer\\nMethodist minister. Mr. Robe, and later, those of\\nthe Rev. .Sil.as AVoodberry, who was the first Presby-\\nterian minister at Kalamazoo.\\nIn the spring of 183(), efforts were made\\nwhich resulted in the building of the first church\\nedifice, and in this enterprise Mr. Trask joined\\nmost heartily, and became a memlier of the session\\nof the Presbyterian Church, serving as an Folder for\\nmore than forty years. The stock company which\\nbuilt the first church was composed of the follow-\\ning pioneei-s: .lohn Winslow, Luther H. Trask\\nClark Kellogg, Abram F dwards Alexander H.\\nEdwards and Martin Heydenburk. and the\\nchurch edifice was their individual property\\nfor many years. His strong good sense, ear-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "240\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnest Christian character and independent spirit,\\ngave him the good-will and confldeuce of all\\nall who knew him, and his ever-open hand and\\nheart were ready to aid in every good cause. Al-\\ntiiough frank and outspoken in his opinions when\\noccasion called for expression, jNIr. Trask was really\\na man of reserve and of tact, keeping his own af-\\nfairs to himself, and declining to be forced to ex-\\npress himself until the proper time arrived for an-\\nnouncing his plans and views. His firm will thus\\ncf unterpoiscd his impulsive nature, and gave him\\na reputation for strict lionesty and good judgment.\\nHe hated shams and falsehood more than all else,\\nfor he feared God rather than man, and fearlessl.y\\nobeyed his conscience, even though it cost him\\ndear.\\nMr. Trask was Clerk of the Circuit Court of\\nKalamazoo County, during 1839 and 1840; in\\n1842-t3, he was made Receiver of the United\\nStates Land Office, and Inspector of the State Prison\\nfrom 1855 to 1860. In 1858 he was appointed a\\nmember of the Board of Trustees of the Michigan\\nInsane Asylum, and was President of the Board\\nuntil 1878. His New England training and\\nheredity gave him a constant interest in educa-\\ntional matters, and in the early days he was active\\nin public school work. He was one of the founders\\nand a member of the Executive Board of the\\nMichigan Female Seminar} which was developed\\non the plan of Mt. Holyoke. In political mat-\\nters he was originally a Whig, and, upon the for-\\nmation of the Republican party, joined its ranks.\\nHis work as a [jioneer of Kalamazoo, and as a\\nfriend of all public institutions, added greatl}- to\\nthe development of the city, and to its beauty and\\nstrength.\\nGeorge L. Trask, the son of our subject, was grad-\\nated at Union College in 1852, after having taken\\na partial course of study in the Michigan State\\nUniversity. He was in mercantile pursuits in New\\nYork until his death, wliich took place in 1875.\\nWhile traveling in California in 1852, he under-\\ntook the task of taking the bark from one of the\\nmammoth trees, and in 1856 carried this treasure\\nto Sydenham Palace at the London Exposition,\\nwhere it was exhibited and sold. His death oc-\\ncurred ,Iune 4, 1875, at New Orleans, he having left\\nhis home on a business trip to Mexico. His wife,\\nCaroline, daughter of the late J. P. Woodbury, of\\nKalamazoo, survives him. His sister, Hannah L.\\nTrask, became the wife of Joseph B. Cornell, a\\nsketch of whose life work can be found elsewhere\\nin this volume. Luther H. Trask was among the\\nmen who were active in developing the summer\\nresort at Little Traverse Bay, where the family\\nhave a cottage. His faithful and self-sacrificing\\nhelpmate, who survived him more than two years,\\npassed from life, February 7, 1891.\\nIn connection with this biographical notice may\\nbe found a lithograph portrait of Mr. Trask.\\ni OBERT ORR. The name of Orr is familiar\\nin Southern Michigan as that of one of its\\nJi pioneer families, of which our subject is a\\nmember, and he is entitled to all honor\\nand respect for his worthy life record as a man\\nand citizen, who has been a valuable factor in\\nopening up the section of the country comprised\\nin Van Buren County, of which he has been a\\nresident for more than forty years, clearing and\\nimproving a farm on section 28, Paw Paw Town-\\nship, which is classed among the best estates in\\nthe vicinity.\\nMr. Orr is the sou of Hugh and Rebecca (Whit-\\nney) Orr, and was born in their home in Daven-\\nport Township, Delaware County, N. Y., September\\n14, 1816. His father was a native of Dutchess\\nCounty, N. Y., born April 8, 1777, and was of\\nScotch ancestry. He owned a farm in his native\\nstate, but he was an engineer on a steamer that\\nplied on the Hudson River and on Chesapeake\\nBay. At the age of fifty-five, he abandoned his\\nlife on the river, and, with his wife and our sub-\\nject and his wife, started for Michigan in 1844.\\nThe little company embarked with their team on a\\nvessel on the lake bound for Detroit, where they\\nlanded, and then drove across the rough, wild\\ncountry to Climax Prairie, Kalamazoo County,\\nwhere a son had already settled, and there the\\nfamily located, and became identified with the\\npioneers of that vicinitj\\nOur subject had been brought up on a farm.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RIXORD.\\n241\\nI\\nruiil had a iroo l cxi)pnciu e of fnrmina: crc he tried\\nit 1)11 llic iiLiiii soil 111 Micliiu;:!!!. His education\\nhad hccil condiiclcil in the cDiimioli si liools uf his\\niiali\\\\o town, lie lioiian life for himself tlio sprini;\\nlifforc III was lwi nl\\\\ yonis olil. and. hi iiiL; a\\nstroiiy-, activo, (a|i.al)lo youth, lie did well, lie\\nworked at linnherini^ for one man four years, re-\\neeivin.o *l HMhe lirst year, \u00c2\u00a512. the second year.\\n^I. the third year, and *lll the fourth year.\\nOut of this not very large amount of money, he\\nmanaged to save the astonishing sum of ^slun, as\\nhe liad an eye for the future, and had wisely laid\\nliy his earnings that he might become independ-\\nent, lie put that money out at inleivst. and pro-\\nceeded to gather together more. He went rlown\\nthe Delaware Rivei and, taking a joh at logging.\\nin two years had s.ived another ^400. Ilis next\\nventure was to invest in seventy .acres of land in\\nDelaware County in 1842, which, sonic years after.\\nhe-traded for a quarter of a section of land in Van\\nHnren (Vninty, Mich., without coming to see it.\\nlie was to have the second clu)ice out of seventeen\\nhundred acres of land, and he selected the tract\\non which he now lives in Paw Paw Townshiii. his\\nhomestead now comprising but one hundied .and\\nten acres, as he disposed of a part of his (luarter-\\nsection.\\nWhen he first came to Michigan, Mr. ()ir leased\\nland of his brother on Climax Prairie, and worked\\nthat two years prior to making the exchange of\\nhis property in New York for land in A an Uuren\\nCounty, which we have just noted. He moved to\\nhis present home the first w-eek in ^I.ay, 1817.\\nHis first work on his place was to build a log\\nhouse, hauling the lumber for a lloor from Climax\\nPrairie. He h.as cleared the laiid himself, and has\\na farm well worth having, with its neat buildings,\\nwell-lilled, highly productive soil, and idcvsant\\nsurrouinlings. He is a sober-minded, imlustrious\\nman, of sterling principles and kindly nature, his\\nneighboi s, and other friends of man3 j eare stand-\\ning, finding him accommodating and heli ful, and\\nhe is highly regarded by the entire community.\\nHe is a representative Democrat of this section,\\nand has assisted at the councils of his party as a\\ndelegate to county conventions. He has served\\nas Road Commissioner three years, and is always\\nin fa\\\\(ir of :ill feasible plans for improving the\\ntownship in any direction.\\nShortly before coming to Michigan, Mr. Orr\\ntook unto himself a wife, in the person of Miss\\nAliig. iil Ann uinmings, to whimi he was we lded\\n.\\\\pril 21. 1 ^I I, and he thereby secured a helpmate\\nto assist him in founding a home in the forest\\nwihls where he afterwards settled. Mrs. Orr was\\nborn in Delaw.-ire County. N. Y., January 182(1,\\na daughter of William and Sabie (IJedlield) Cuin-\\nmings. Three children have been born to her and\\nour subject, t f whom one is spared to bless their\\ndi clining years, their son, Samuel Hugh. Their\\ndaughter Sabie, born in Kalamazoo County, Feb-\\nruary 1. IHK;. died .September 211. 1863. Their\\nyoungest child, .Sabrina .V., born April 8, IMKI.\\nmarried Albert Hinckley and died March 13, 187r\\nwithout issue. .Samuel Hugh Orr was born on the\\nhome faini, November 1817. He received a\\ngood common school-education, and a thorough\\ntraining in all that goes to make a practical, wide-\\nawake farmer, and has attained a solid i)l.ace\\namong the men of enterprise who are carrying on\\nthe large agricultural interests of this his native\\ncounty. He is a stalwart Democrat, and h.as the\\nwelfare of his jiarty at heart. He was married\\nXovember 3, 1X7. to Miss Eva A., daughter of\\nIriel and Margaret (Shcrrod) Lee. She is a\\nnative of Paw Paw Township, and was born here\\n.June 1, 18i)2. The following is recorded of the\\nlive children that complete the household of her-\\nself and husband: Daisy, who was born October 3,\\n187(1, is a student at the High School at Paw Paw;\\nDayton Wellington was born April 10, 1878;\\n(irove Robert, September 21, 1880; Grace Rose,\\n.August 8, 1882. and Ivy Roselia. February 15.\\n1X81.\\nKRRY MARION YOUNG, an extensive grain\\ndealer of Decatur, has engaged in business\\nin this line since 1888. A native of Klk-\\nhart County, Ind., he w.as born on the 7th\\nof November, 1848, and is one of seven children\\nwhose parents were Samuel Hryaut and Elizabeth\\nA. (Stubbs) Young. His father w.as born near the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "242\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncity of Toledo, Ohio, and llii-niiglioiil liis life fol-\\nlowed tlie oeeuiwtion of fanning. Wlien a lad\\nof ten years, lie went to Indiana, where he remained\\nuntil 1853, and during that time met and married\\nMiss Stubbs, a native of the Iloosicr State. Re-\\nmoving to Michigan, he settled in Decatur Town-\\nship, Van IJiuon County, where he carried on agri-\\ncultural pursuits until his death, in 1881. His\\nfirst wife died in 1866. They w^ere the parents of\\nseven children, six of whom grew to mature years,\\nnamely: Mercy Elizabeth, wife of George W.Hall,\\nof Manistee County, Mich.; Caroline Ann, wife of\\nJames R. Jewell, of Decatur Township; Dorcas,\\nwho married Allister IJall, their home being in\\nManistee County; Eli Bryant, who is engaged in\\nthe hardware business in Dowagiac, Cass County;\\nFora Belle, wife of Charles E. Ball, also a resident\\nof Manistee County, and Perry of this sketch. In\\n1869 S. B. Young w.as again married, his second\\nunion being with Mrs. Maria A. Henderson, who\\nwas born near Niles, Berrien County, Mich. The}*\\nhad a family of five children, all yet living: William,\\nof Decatur; Nellie, his twin sister, now the wife of\\nMartin lost, of Tennessee; Blanche, who lives with\\nher sister in Tennessee; Albert, of Decatur, and\\nMaud, whose home is also in Decatur, living with\\nher mother, who still survives. Mr. Young was a\\nman widely known throughout this community,\\nand had a host of warm friends, who esteemed him\\nhighly for his many excellencies of character. He\\nw.as very energetic and industrious, and in early\\nlife was ver^y successful in his business career. The\\nRepublican party found in him a stanch advocate,\\nand he took an active interest in political affairs.\\nSince he w.as five years old, our subject has been\\na resident of Van Burcn County, and has therefore\\nbeen an eye-witness to the greater part of its\\ngrowth and development. His educational privi-\\nleges were only such as the common schools afforded,\\nbut by leading and observation he has become a\\nwell-informed man. At the age of seventeen, he\\nliegan farming for himself in Decatur Tov,-nship,\\nand continued the cultivation of his land for .about\\nten years. In the meantime he chose as a com-\\npanion and helpmeet on life s journey, Miss Jennie\\nBall, their union being celebrated November 24.\\n1870. The lady is a native of Butler County, Ohio,\\nand a daiighter of Daniel R. Ball, a well-known\\nand inlluenlial farmer, now residing in Manistee\\nCounty, Mich. Two children grace their union:\\nMinnie Dell and Claude.\\nOn selling his farm, Mr. Young removed to De-\\ncatur, where, in connection with Mr. Rawson, he\\nengaged in the grain business for some time. After\\ntheir partnership was dissolved, he continued to\\ncarry on that line of trade, and also to handle pro-\\nduce, and is now doing a fine paying business, be-\\ning the most extensive grain dealer in Decatur. He\\nis a man of good business ability, and his well-\\ndirected efforts are winning him a signal success.\\nIn politics, he is a stanch Republican, and has held\\nthe olHce of Township Clerk, being the present\\nincumbent. He is also a member of the Village\\nBoard. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity\\nand has held the otfices of Junior Warden and\\nJunior Deacon. Both in business and social circles\\nMr. Young ranks high and is deservedly popular,\\nhaving won his way upward by merit.\\nUAHREN H. CORY owns eighty acres of\\nfine land on section 20, Lawrence Town-\\nship, Van Buren County, where he is en-\\ngaged as a farmer and stock-raiser. He was born\\nin Springfield, Otsego County, N. Y., September\\n11, 1840, and is the son of Marsena and Lucinda\\n(Hardy) Cory, natives of New York. The father\\nwas a farmer and came to Cass Count} this State,\\nwhen our subject was a lad of eleven j ears.\\nWarren II. Cory was reared on a farm in the\\nabove-named county, and received a limited\\neducation. He was married February 25, 1863,\\nwhen about twenty-two ^-ears of age, to Miss Cath-\\nerine, daughter of Bentley and Maria (Walker)\\nRageu, the father a native of Dublin, Ireland, and\\nthe mother of New Lebanon, N. J. Mr. Ragen\\ndied when Mrs. Cory was an infant of fifteen\\nmonths. She was born February 20, 1841, in Her\\nkimer County, N. Y.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject made his home\\nwith his father for a number of years and then pur-\\nchased eighty acres of land adjoining the home\\nfiirm, on which he continued to reside for ten or", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n243\\neleven years. After disposing of his property\\nthere, in 187fi, he purchased liis present home in\\nLawrt iu C I owiishii), A aii Biireii County, thirty\\nacres of wliii h were under tiie plow. His fai in is\\nnow under llie very best cultivation and ranks\\nniiionn the llncstin the county. Alllioiii;li having\\nlieen very successful in his fanning ojiciations,\\nINIr. Cory has suffered many losses, at one time\\nhaving his harn liurned by lightning when full of\\niiiacliinerv. lie soon replaced it, however, and\\nat the present writing has a good dwelling on his\\nestate, which was erected in 1H81.\\nMr. and Jlrs. Cory have had born to them two\\nchildren: Frank M., who was born in Cass County,\\nthis Stale, .lanuary It, 1861, is married and has\\none child, and Carrie M., who was also born in Cass\\nCounty, October 11, 1868, is a teacher in the home\\nschools and has met with a high degree of success.\\nOur subject is a Kcpiiblicaii in politics, having\\ncust his first vote for Abraham Lincoln, in 1864.\\nlioth he and his wife are members of the Method-\\nist E|)isco|)ai Cliuicli, in which bod^ Mr. Cory has\\nheld man}- ollici.-il positions. He has a brother,\\nCharles Cory, who is a farmer in Dowagiac, this\\nState. His father lived to be about seventy- years\\nof age and died in December, 188.i; his mother is\\nstill living, her birth occurring in 1819.\\nJ^EV. RODNEY .SANFORD DEAN, proprietor\\njlWi? and editor of the South Haven ^Iflxsenr/er, was\\ndi fl^ born in Volney, Oswego County, N. Y.,]Ma3-\\n13, 1817, being a son of Orrin and Alcena\\n(Merry) Dean. His early life was passed upon a\\nfarm until tlicagc of eighteen years, when he went\\ninto a printing-olllce, where he spent eleven years,\\nworking in Oswego and Syracuse. He then p.asscd\\nlive years on a farm, and in 18.53 entered the min-\\nistry of theRai)tist Church, being ordained at Feii-\\nncr, Madison County, N. Y., and then locating at\\nBurlington Green, Otsego County, where he re-\\nmained for four ycai-s. He afterward had charge\\nof cliurehes at the following [il.accs: Monte/,uiii:i.\\nthree years; South I5iilh-r, four years; Walworth,\\nthi-ueyeai-s; aud Middlesex, two years, lu 1861),\\nhe came to Michigan, first locating at Keeler, where\\nhe lived for two years. Me was afterward at\\nDowagiac two years, liloomingdale eight 3 ears\\nand Evansville, Wis., three years. In March, 1884,\\nhe came to .South Haven and purchased the Mes-\\nsi iigar, of which he is sole proprietor. This paper\\nis an eight-column folio, is Republican in politics\\nand is ably edited.\\nMr. Dean was married in May, 1812, to MaiT S.\\nParker, daughter of Amasa and Celestia (Curtis)\\nParker. She was born in Madison County, N. Y.,\\nNovember 28, 1821. Tiiree children have been\\nborn of this union, two of whom are living: Orau\\nA., a physician of South Haven, of whom a fuller\\nnotice is given later, and Theodore S., an attorney\\nresiding in Rrockjjort, N. Y.\\nOran A. Dean, M. D., was l orn in S3-racusc,\\nN. Y., JIarcli 17, 1813, remaining with his parents,\\nattending sch()ol, until the age of eighteen. Soon\\nafter the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted\\nas a jirivatc soldier and w.as mustered into the ser-\\nvice, October 1, as a member of Company F, Seven-\\nty-fifth New York Infantry, at Auburn, this State.\\nIn December of the same year, they went to F t.\\nPickens, Fla.,and in May, 1862, to Pensacola, from\\nwhich place thej were sent to New Orleans the fol-\\nlowing September. In ,Iunc, 1863, our subject was\\nphysically disabled for field service and was de-\\ntailed on detached duty as hospital attendant and\\nclerk, at New Orleans. In May, 18C4, lie w.as sent\\nto Alexandria, a., where he acted in the same ca-\\npacity, and received his discharge November 24, of\\nthat year. He then returned to New York and in\\nthe spring of 18,55 commenced the study of medi-\\ncine under a physician at Walworth. He afterward\\nbecame a student in the medical deitarlmcnl of the\\nrnivorsity at lUilTalo, l eing giaduatcd from there\\nin 1868. He settled ill Hamlin, N. Y.. where he\\npracticed for six years and the ensuing six years\\nat Charlotte. He was also for one year in Albion.\\nIll 18.S1, lu went to Stoughton, Wis., two 3-ears,\\nalso residing for four and one-half yeai s at Beloit.\\nIn June, 1888. he came to .South Haven, which he\\nhas since made his home.\\nDr. Dean was married, in 186 J, at Rochester, to\\n.Marian D .Mlon. She was born in IIiiidost;in, her\\nfather being au ollicer in the linglish Army sta-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "244\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntioned there. The} h.ave become the p.arents of\\nthree children: Lillian ^L, Elsie M., and Alice A.\\nIn politics, Dr. Dean atUliates with the Republi-\\ncans and is a member of the Grand Army of the\\nRcpulilic. He is a meml)er of tlie Baptist Church.\\n|r ILLIAM WETHERALL. Few of the citi-\\nzens of Allegan County are more widely\\nknown, and none are more highly es-\\nteemed, than Mr. Wctherall, who owns a fertile farm\\non section 25, Watson Township. He is engaged in\\ngeneral farming upon his two hundred and thirty\\nacres of finely improved land, and also devotes\\nconsiderable attention to stock-raising, keeping a\\ngood grade of cattle and horses, and owning al)out\\none hundred head of sheep. In all his business\\ntransactions, he displays good judgment, and, as he\\nis practical and energetic, he has become well-to-\\ndo. As a veteran of the late war and a public-\\nspirited citizen, lie has [jroved his patriotism by\\nliis life.\\nThe house in which Mv. AVethorall first saw the\\nlight of day was situated eight miles from York,\\nin Yorkshire, England, and there he was born\\n^larcli 8, 1824. His father died when he was an\\ninfant, and his motiier, whose maiden name was\\nElizabeth Wilson, was also a native of Yorkshire,\\nwho afterward married Thomas Jefferson. William\\nwas taken in his infancy into the home of his uncle,\\nRichard Wetherall, witii whom he remained until\\nhe was fourteen years of age. Then, with no\\nmoneyed capital, but an abundance of energy and\\ndetermination, he started out in life for himself.\\nVtiv three years he was employed on a farm, re-\\nceiving 140 the lirst year and 145 the third.\\nAfter working by the month for six years in\\nEngland, Mr. Wetherall came to America in 1845,\\nand from New York City proceeded to Livingston,\\nN. Y., wliere he worked for two years on a farm.\\nAfterward he was employed near Rochester for\\ntwo and (me-half years, and thence came direct\\nto Allegan County, where he bought the farm in\\nWatson Township, which is still his home. lie\\nw.as married, in 1851, to Ciiarlotte Gouchcr, who\\nwas liorn in New York in 1834, and the} becanio\\nthe parents of seven children: William married\\nMary Horning, who died leaving four children:\\nStephen, Dicie, Morris and Claude; Helen married\\nWilliam Hunt, now deceased, and is the mother\\nof two children: AUie and Emma; Mary is the\\nwife of Reuben Deyo, of Otsego, and the mother\\nof four children: Altha, Edna, Grant and Lula;\\nLottie, now Mrs. Frank Gilger, of Martin Town-\\nship, has three children: Willie, Hattie and Mil-\\ndred; Mattie is the wife of John Frost, of Otsego,\\nand has one daughter, Louise; Stephen and Alice\\nare deceased.\\nIn his i)olitical affiliations, Mr. Wetherall was\\nformerly an active Republican, but now votes for\\nthe best man, regardless of party ties. He has\\nserved efficiently as Pathmaster and School Di-\\nrector. In the Methodist Episcopal Church, to\\nwhich he lielongs, he serves as Class-leader, and\\nis a teacher in the Sunday-school. He was for-\\nmerly Steward in the Otsego charge, but is now\\nin the Martin charge, taking an active part in\\nreligious work, and contributing liberally to all\\ngood causes. During the late war, he enlisted in\\nthe first Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Infan-\\ntry, and served with Gen. Slicrman ten months.\\n-^3.\\nS]\\nOSIAII C. MILLER, the ex-Mayor of the\\ncity of Bangor, who is sagacious in looking\\nafter the interests of the city and township,\\nalso takes a great degree of interest in see-\\ning to what extent Mother Earth will yield an in-\\ncrease. He owns an excellent farm of two liun-\\ndred and forty broad and fertile acres, and also\\ncarries on the hardware business in the city. He\\nwas born in Monroe County, Mich., February 3,\\n1833, where he grew to mature j ears and received\\na common-school education, surrounded by the\\nimpediments and difficulties usually attending the\\nsettlement of a new country. Losing his mother\\nwhen only thirteen years of age, necessity com-\\npelled him to depend upon his own efforts for a\\nlivelihood, and he began his career under adverse\\ntircuinstances. He made maniy efforts toward\\nsecuring what education he could, and engaged for", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n245\\ntwo winters in sawinsr wood, this affovdin!; him\\ntlie 0|)poitiinity of attending school.\\nTlie father and mother of our subject, John and\\nFannie (Woodruff) Miller, were both natives of\\nNew York, the former having been born in\\n1806. lie w.os one in a family of Seven children;\\nIlirain, Alnieda, John, James, Klniira, Hannah and\\nStephen, and the parents of tliis famil} were lin-\\neally descended from the Dutch. John and Fannie\\nMiller came to Michigan as early as 1831, and here\\ncommenced the experiences of pioneer life, which\\nwere not different from those of most who\\ncame to the State in tlie early days. Our\\nsubject spent seven summers of his life as an em-\\nploj e on the Wabash and Miami Canal, where he\\nmade his first 8100. In 1858 he came to Van\\nBureii County with a team and wagon which he\\nhad purchased, and which he exchanged for forty\\nacres of land. He immediately returned to Monroe\\nCounty, securing a situation in a brickyard. In the\\nfall, he purchased a horse and buggy and drove to\\nBangor, where he purchased the farm now owned\\nby him, giving in payment $100, his first purchase\\nof forty .acres, and his horse and buggy. In 1860,\\nhe followed his trade, that of a carpenter and\\njoiner, and worked in a sawmill as an emploj-e of\\n.1. H. Nvman. In the spring of 1861, he returned\\nto his trade, working at it until September 25,\\n1861, when he w.as united in marri.age with Eveline\\nWatkins. They began their married life with a\\nfarm paid for and -W in cash.\\nThomas Watkins, the father of .Airs. Jliller, came\\nherein 1857 from Ohio. Mrs. Katie (.Spauglin)\\nW.atkins, tlie second wife of Thomas Watkins .and\\nthe mother of Mrs. Miller, died in Hancock County,\\nOhio, to which ])l.ace they removed in 1857.\\nAfter Mr. and Mrs. IMiller s marriage, they passed\\neleven years on the farm, where their three chil-\\ndren were born, namely: Ida, born .Inly 10,\\n1H()2, died in 1872; Omar, born Se[)tember 6,\\n1865, IS a resident of Bangor, and .h)lm J., who\\nwas Ixirn December 26, 186 J. In 1872, Mr. Miller\\nbought a small stock of hardware and has con-\\nducted this business in connection with farming\\nsince. He has added to his farm fi-oiii time to\\ntime until he now has a splendid estate of two\\nhundred and forty acres to which he gives his [ier-\\nsonal attention and has it all under excellent cul-\\ntivation. He has been identified with all the\\ninterests tending to promote the township and\\ncountj- and he is considered a gentleman whose\\nword is as good as his bond. In 1891, he was\\nelected honorable Maj or of the citj of Bangf)r\\nand filled the oflicc not only with credit to himself\\nbut with great satisfaction to his constituents.\\nHe has been more than half the time since his resi-\\ndence here a member of the School Board.\\nMr. Miller s life w.as begun as a poor boy. B\\\\-\\nenergy and persever.ance, united with economy\\nand good business qualifications, he has secured a\\ncompetencj^ and is now living in the enjoyment\\nof the comforts and luxuries wealth affords. The\\nrecords show him to be one of the heaviest tax-\\npayers in his school district and township. Politic-\\nally, he is a stanch Democrat and socially, is a\\nleading member of the .Alasonic fratcrnitv.\\nV^\\n*=S*^H\\n_y\\niklLLI.VM PEET, a retired farmer and cap-\\n^l ^f .\\\\llegan, Allegan County, w.t.s\\nW4 horn April 15, 1827, in Deerfield Town-\\nship, Oneida County, N. Y. His parents were John\\nand Mary (Davis) Pect, natives of England and\\nAVales, respectively. They were married in Liver-\\nl)ool, England, before coming to America. On\\nlanding in New A oik, they immediately settled in\\nDeerfield Township, Oneida County, where Mr.\\nPcet purchased a small farm and erected a log\\nhouse, where he resided for some twenty years.\\nHe then sold and moved to Cattaraugus County,\\nwhere he purch.osed one hundred acres. This he\\nimproved, and erected good, substantial liuiUlings,\\nbut after a residence there of a few years, he sold\\nto his eldest son, Thomas, purch.asing one hundred\\nand thirty-five .acres adjoining. He likewise im-\\nproved thistr.act, and here spent the remainder of\\nhis days, dying April 10, 1873, at the age of\\nseventy-seven years. Sometime previous to his\\ndeath, he sold the farm to his son John, with whom\\nhe made his home. His good wife p.a.ssed away\\nJuly 17, I87. i. at the age of scvenly-iiino years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2She was a valued member of the Baptist Church,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "246\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\nof which her husband was an attendant. Mr.\\nPeet was a stalwart Democrat. He was a hard\\nworker and an honest man, and was the father of\\na family of eight children, live of whom survive\\nThomas died April 1, 1850, aged thirty-one years;\\nGriffith died when four years old, and Edward\\non the 27th of August, 1890. Those living arc:\\n(leorge, Evau, William, David and .John.\\nThe subject of this sketch was educated in the\\ndistrict school of Deertield Township, his native\\ncounty, afterward attending school in Cattaraugus\\nCounty in the winters, and working on the farm\\nin the summer months, until he reached his ma-\\njority. He then left the parental roof, and started\\nout in life with nothing but a strong hand and\\nwilling heart. He hired out to a farmer in the\\nneighborhood, receiving ^13 per month. The\\nsame fall, he went on the Alleghany River, and\\nworked on a sawmill, remaining there eighteen\\nmonths, having the sole charge of the mill. He\\nthen journeyed to Genesee County, the same .State,\\nand worked eight months on a farm. Having\\nlearned the trade of a carpenter at odd times, he\\nworked at this the ensuing two years. Octo-\\nber 5, 18.54, he came to Michigan and settled\\nin Heath Township, Allegan Count3 which is now\\nknown by the name of Pine Plains. Purchasing\\neighty acres of wild timber land, he set about in\\ntrue pioneer style, erecting a crude frame house,\\n11x21 feet, into which he moved three weeks\\nafter. He ran in debt for the farm, which cost 1480)\\nonl_y paying down $170. AVith ax in hand, he\\ncommenced to chop and clear his land, l)ut after\\ntwo years time, he plainly saw he could not meet\\nhis payments and took a small farm, which had\\nbeen partly cleared, to work for one year. In the\\nwinter he chopped and hauled cord wood to Alle-\\ngan at night, si)endiug the entire day in preparing\\nit. The following spring he had his land all paid\\nfor, with the excei)tion of *30, which he employed\\nan agent to borrow for him without giving any\\nsecurity whatever.\\nWilliam Peet has brought his farm to a splendid\\nstate of cultivation, and by subse(pient purchases,\\nnow owns one hundred and seventy-live broad and\\nfertile acres, on which he has erected a handsome\\nand commodious house, costing $2,000. He also\\nhas a fine barn, with all the conveniences wished\\nfor, besides a tenement house on his place. A fine\\napple orchard adorns the place, which gives him\\na profitable income, and general farming is carried\\non. In 1888, he decided to move to the cit3 of\\nAllegan, and now lives on North Street, where he\\nhas a tine home.\\nThe subject of this sketch was hapi)ily married\\nto Phidelia L. Vahue, February 11, 1852. She is\\na native of Potsdam, St. Lawrence County, N. Y.,\\nwhere she was born February 4, 1835, and is the\\ndaughter of Philip and Arminta (Giliett) A aliue,\\nnatives of Clinton County, N. Y., and Chitteudon\\nCounty, Vt., respectively, the father having been\\nborn March 6, 1810, and the mother February\\n18, 1811. Mr. Vahue was a farmer in Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y., and came West in 1854, settling in\\nAllegan Township, this county. He still carried\\non farming here, on forty acres, to which he added,\\nuntil at the time of his death he owned one\\nhundred and ninety-two acres. He moved to the\\ncity of Allegan two years before his death, which\\noccurred in 187 J,the mother passing away in 1882.\\nHe was a Republican in i)olitics, and a wealthy\\nman of the township. He and his wife belonged\\nto the Baptist Church. They were the parents -of\\nseven children, three of whom grew to maturity\\nMrs. Peet, Charles A., and Orson G. The others\\nwere: Sherman D., Miles, Mary .J. and Emily M.\\nThe estimable wife of our subject is the mother\\nof six children: .Tudson A. married Mary\\nDurand, bj whom he had one child, Claud; he was\\ndivorced from this wife, and afterward married\\nBliss Roby Butler; the\\\\- reside on the old home-\\nstead, and are the parents of one child. Minnie M.,\\nMrs. J. Bills, a resident of Allegan Township, and\\nthe mother of four children: AVilli.am, Adelliert,\\nMerua, and Maud. IMary, Mrs. George E. Kings-\\nley, a farmer in Pine Plains Township, has one\\nchild, Fred; Edward C, a farmer; Flora M., now\\nMrs. Maurice Thorp, to whom one child has been\\nborn, Cleo; and John P., a student in the High\\nSchool at Allegan. Mr. Peet is an adherent of the\\nDemocratic part^ and is one of the prominent men\\nof the county. He has been honored by his fellow-\\ncitizens by the gift of the otllce of .luslicc of the\\nPeace, which position he held for the long period", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "t-^\\n3^^ /S^ ^Js^JtL-A^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RIX ORD.\\n249\\nof tliirty years, and to tlie satisfaction of all eon-\\nc Ci iied. The ollii o of Towusliip Treasurer was his\\nfor two years, and also various other miliar dllices\\nof tiiC township. He and liis family are held in\\nliigh repute hy all in the vicinity.\\nON. FRANCIS 15. ST0CKI5KIDGE, United\\n.States Senator from Jliehigan. .Some men\\narc horn great, some achieve greatness,\\nsome have greatness thrust upon them.\\nThe subject of our sketch, although well-linrn,\\nachieved his position by labor and assiduity, aided\\nby a strong will and au indomitable purpose; and,\\nwiien at length honors were thrust upon him, he\\nwas found well-litted to sustiun Ihein, and he bore\\nthem meekly as sacred trusts.\\nMr. Stockbridge was born at Bath, Me., April 9,\\n182G. He is descended from honest, sturd3- New\\nEngland stock, eminent for its high sense of honor\\nand unswerving integrity. Any man liorn in\\nNew Kngland nei d never blush at the mention of\\nhis liirtliplace, for her sons have tiaversed the\\nglobe, and the odor of her good name h;us been\\ntransmitted and leavened the earth. His father,\\nDr. John Stockbridge, was a phj sician of promi-\\nnence in Hath, and practiced his profession there\\nfor nearly half a century. His mother, I^liza\\nStockbridge, w!i^ the daughter of John Hiissell, the\\nveteran editor of the ISostcm Gazette.\\nFrancis 15. Stockbridge received his education in\\nthe common schools and academy of his native\\nplace, until he reached the age of sixteen, when he\\naccepted a clerksliip in a dry -goods store in lioston.\\nWhile there he saw, or became acquainted with,\\nmany of the noted men of New England, whose\\nmemory still lingei-s vividly in his mind. He re-\\nmained there until 1817, when he came West to\\nCiiicago, which in those carl\\\\- days showed no\\nprophecy of being the future site of the wonder of\\nthe centuries, the World s Fair. In connection with\\nanother gentleman, he there opened a lumber yard,\\nunder the (inn name of Carter it Stockbridge.\\nIn making that move, Mr. Stockbridge evinced\\nthe rare foresight and sagacity displayed in all\\nthe after tmnsactions of his successful career. From\\n11\\na clerk in a dry-goods liouse in Boston, lie became\\na lumber merchant in Chicago, and from that lime\\nonward his interests rapidlj widened until lie be-\\ncame one of the most prominent and extensive\\nlumber dealers in the Northwest. In 1853, he re-\\nmoved from Chicago to Allegan County, Mich.,\\nwheie he had a number of sawmills. Locating at\\nSaugatuck, he remained there until 1871, when he\\nremoved to Kalamazoo, where he has since resided.\\nShortly after his removal to Kalamazoo, Mr.\\nStockbridge became connected with O. R. Johnson\\nCo., whose mills then turned out about twentj--\\nlive million feet of lumber annually. Soon after-\\nward he became a member of the Mackinac Lum-\\nber Company, whose mills were of about the same\\ncai .acity, and in 1875, was elected President of\\nthe company. Three 3-ears afterward he founded\\nand became President of the Black River Lumber\\nCompany. He led a busy life. In 1887 he or-\\nganized the Kalamazoo Spring A- Axle Companj-,\\nof which he is also President. He is a member\\nof the Ft. Bragg Lumber Company, of California,\\nand is a large owner of Mississippi pine lands; a\\nleading stockholder in Menominee iron mines and\\nthe IMenominee River Lumber Company, of the\\nI piier Peninsula of Michigan, and largely inter-\\nested in the famous S. A. Brown ife Co. stock-\\nI)rceding farm, near Kalamazoo. During the war,\\nthough not in active service, he was on the stalT\\nof (Jov. Blair, and gained the rank of Colonel.\\nIn 1869, Mr. Stockbridge was elected to repre-\\nsent Allegan County in the State Legislature, and\\nafter completing his term, was elected to the State\\nSenate, where he served most acce|)tably until\\nlH7;i. In both Houses he was distinguished for\\nhis tact as an organizer, his calm insight and pru-\\ndence .as a manager, and his great ability in com-\\nmittee work in every form. He has been engaged\\nin several political campaigns, in which his reputa-\\ntion as a statesman and as a man of keen business,\\nas well as political, foresight h.as been clearly dem-\\nonstrated, thus adding year by year to his reputa-\\ntion and the esteem in which he is held by his col-\\nleagues and constituenUs. His course seems to have\\nbeen steadily progressive, both politically and m\\nhis I)usiness. Confidence is a plant of but slow\\ngrowth, but the people had tried him and he had", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "250\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthen eiinMilrncc, and in 1.S87 lliey clcotcil liiiii ki\\nsuecet d Hon. Oniai I). Coiigor in tlio Senate of the\\nUnited Stales.\\nIll tliat time-lioiiored cliaiiilicr, tilled witli tlie\\nsacred nieniorics of departed L;ieatnoss. where the\\ngod-like Webster tlmndered, where still linger tlie\\nechoes of tlie voices of Clay. Sumner, Everett,\\nConkling, Blaine, and a host of mighty ones, not\\ndead, hut living evermore here, as elsewhere,\\nhis practical ability has made itself apparent. lie\\nserved with marked ability on several Senate com-\\nmittees; on the Committee on Fisheries, which was\\nof great importance as affecting the food sujiply of\\nthe people. Of this committee he was Chairman.\\nMe served on the Census Committee, on the Com-\\nmittee on Epidemic Diseases, the Committee on\\nIndian Affairs, the Committee on Railroads and\\nNaval Affairs. Though perhaps less known as a\\npolitician, much less as a mere politician, he is a\\nRepublican of the most pronounced type, one who\\nhas ever labored for the best interests of his party.\\nAs a legislator, he has shown marked ability and\\ndiscretion in considering and deciding grave ques-\\ntions of National politj and i)racticality, and has\\npreserved his equanimity among the many clash-\\ning and discordant elements that beset a man in\\npolitical life.\\nThe Senator was married, in 18(33, to Miss Betsey\\nArnold, of Gun Plain, Allegan County, Mich., the\\nestimable daughter of Daniel Arnold, Esq., one of\\nthe pioneers of the State. Their social and domes-\\ntie relations have ever been most pleasant. At the\\nfederal capital thej have moved in the higliest\\nand most select circles, and have been noted for the\\nmunificence and royalty of their entertainments\\nand receptions, as also at their elegant Michigan\\nhome, one of the finest in the State. Here the\\nSenator comes at times, and, throwing off for a\\nshort season the oppressive cares of State and busi-\\nness, he enjo.ys the beauties of his extensive\\ngrounds, and gives himself to restfulness and\\nthe indulgence of his natural tastes for all that is\\nchoice and elegant in literature and art, in the full\\nenjoyment of all that an ample competence can\\ngratify, the sure result of wise and well-directed\\ncommercial enterprises. Like the California Crcesus,\\nSenator Stanford, he is a great lover of the horse.\\nhis keen eye taking in with admiration tlie\\npoints and l)eauties of a well-bred animal, and in\\nthe raising of fine stock he perha[)s finds one of his\\ngreatest sources of pleasure.\\nNotliwithstanding the niulti|)licity of his busi-\\nness interests, the time and attention devoted to\\n|)olitical and (iovernmental affairs, and the de-\\nmands of social life, we find the Senator not un-\\nmindful of the sober and more imiiortant duties\\nand promptings of the higher life, for as a member\\nof the Protestant Episcoiial Church, he is one of\\nthe Yestiymen, and prominently and actively con-\\nnected with all church and charitable matters. He\\nis President of the Kalamazoo C liildren s Home, a\\nmost worthy charity. He bought and gave the\\nsite and paid liberally toward the building of the\\nlieautiful edifice of the Young Men s Christian As-\\nsociation, which n ow stands a monument to his\\nmunificence, that donation alone amounting to\\n!i!l 0,000. lie also subscribed liberally toward the\\nbuilding of the Academy of Music, and is a munif-\\nicent patron of a hospital in Chicago.\\nIn October, 1887, we find the Senator one of\\nthree gentlemen who gave 5^13,000 toward carrying\\non the work of Kalamazoo College, and to causes\\nsuch as these he has given freely of his means,\\nkeeping ever in view the prosperity and best inter-\\nests of the city of his residence. He is a man of\\nmajestic and courtly presence, yet affable and easilj\\napproached. He is poi)ular with all classes and\\nwith none more so than with his own employes.\\nThere is a gentle humor in his nature, that\\nrelaxes at times his seeming gravity of demeanor\\nand renders him a pleasant and genial compan-\\nion, and, like Blaine, he enjoys a good story.\\nand can tell one, too. He has done much for\\nKalamazoo, as well as for the other localities in the\\nlumber districts, where he has interests, and later,\\nfor the great State in which they formed a part.\\nIn connection with his biogra|)hy may be found\\na portrait of Senator Stockbridge. An open-\\nhearted, free and whole-souled man, doing from\\nday to day some generous deed for others, high\\nrank or station counting little in his eyes, he val-\\nues a man for what he is and what he has accom-\\nplished, and there is no one more open to the ap-\\nproaches of the jioor or humblest. Although he", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n251\\nlias been of great hpiiefit to tlic coiniminilics in\\nwliic li III has li\\\\crl, he is now of equal or greater\\nbenelit to the State which he represents in the\\nhighest legislative body of the world. Personal\\ninterests are not allowerl to encroach upon his\\nhigher duties to the public. Patiently he listens to\\nevery argument advanced for or against a meas-\\nure, which ma} affect his constituency or the pub-\\nlie good, tearing down the web of political sophis-\\ntries and getting at the true bearing and merits of\\nany bill under discussion; and when at hist his de-\\ncision is reached, his judgment is fixed, and he\\nstands imnif)vable as a rock, and the persuasions\\nor entreaties of his wannest friends liave no effect\\nupon his judicial mind, wlien he feels that he is in\\nthe right. A self-poised, level-headed man, his\\nadopted State is proud of him and he of her, and\\nhe stands high ranked among the sons of Mich-\\nigan.\\nThe writer thankfully acknowledges the valu-\\nable aid in statistical and other matter from that\\nrare and invaluable book, The History of Emi-\\nnent Men of Michigan.\\nm m^\\n^=5Q),\\n-5-\\n|7 DWELL A. NEWCOMR. It is with i)leas-\\n(f\u00c2\u00a7i ure that the biographer presents to the\\n_5^^ readers of this volume the sketch of this\\nenterprising \\\\-oung farmer, whose fine tract of\\nland is on section 6, Waverlj- Township, an\\nHuren County. He is a native of this county, his\\nbirth occurring in Waverlj- Township, July 9,\\n1856, hence he takes a great interest in the wel-\\nfare of this section. He is the son of Orlando and\\nElizabeth (Austin) Newcomb.\\nOur subject traces his ancestry back many gen-\\nerations, his father being Orlando Newcomb, his\\ngrandfather Willard, his great-grandfather David,\\nhis father James, his father Hezekiah ami his\\nfather Simon Newcomb, who was born in\\nMarj land. The family originally came from the\\nWest of England. His son, Willard Newcomb,\\nl)orn in Stephen tow n, N. Y., April C, 178\u00c2\u00ab, was\\nin the War of 1812, and a pioneer of Orleans\\nCounty, N. Y. Ky profession, he was a minister\\nin the Methodist Episcopal Church. He came to\\nAlmena Township, VanBuren County, this State,\\nin 18. 55, whore he made his home until his death,\\nJanuary 51, 1862. The maiden name of his wife,\\nthe grandmother of our suljject, was Clarissa\\nHeath, who bore him ten children, six sons and\\nfour daughters.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Livings-\\nton, N. Y., June 15, 1821, and, accompanying his\\nparents on their removal to Michigan, was engaged\\nin farming and Itnnbcring in rjloomingdale Town-\\nship, N au Buren Country. In 1850, he located on\\nsection 12, Waverly Township, whei-e he purchased\\none hundred an l twenty acres of land, which he\\nset about industriously to clear and improve. He\\ndied in 1873, having been twice married. His first\\nwife was ^Litilda Armstrong and his second Eliza-\\nbeth Austin. The latter-named lady was born in\\nLyons, N. Y., and bj- her union with Mr. Newcomb\\nbecame the parent of eight children, six of whom\\ngrew to maturity: Lowell A.; Etta M., wife of H.\\nM. Stout; Perry O., Travers O., Pert J., and\\nCrace O.\\nLowell A. Newcomb w.as educated in the com-\\nmon schools and remained with his mother until\\ntwenty-four j-ears of age, when he began farming\\non liisowu account. In 1882, he located where he\\nnow resides, having purchased thirtj -two acres of\\nland. He now has in his possession one hundred\\nand fifteen acres, which he cultivates in the most\\nintelligent manner. He has upon his estate all the\\nneedful buildings and farm machinery and ranks\\namong the prominent agriculturists of AVaverly\\nTownship.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s first wife was\\nLaurania Hill, who only lived three months after\\nher marriage, her death occurring April 19, 1882.\\nMr. Newcomb was later married to Betsey E. Scott,\\nwho was born on the farm where our subject at\\npresent resides, Eebruarj- 20, 1860, his estate being\\na part of Mr. Scott s old homestead. Mrs. New-\\ncomb is a daughter of John and Isabella (Car-\\nulhei-s) .Scott, natives of Scotland. Her father w.as\\na son of George .Scott, who reared a large family\\nof children. Mr. and Jlrs. John Scott came to the\\nUnited States in 1840 and settled at Amsterdam,\\nN. Y., removing later to Rochester, same State. In\\nthe fall of 1844, they made Michigan iheir home.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "252\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nanil loeatod uii a tract of one luindred and ninet\\\\\\nsix acres on section G, Waverly Townsliip, winch\\nlie cleared and improved, and later added forty\\nacres to his original tract. In addition to the\\nproiierty already mentioned, he owned eighty acres\\nill Allegan County. In politics, Mr. Scott was a\\nRepublican. He passed from this life June I.S,\\n188(1. His wife still survives and makes her home\\nwith her son. She was born October 5, 181l and\\nis the daughter of Thomas and Helen (Hamilton)\\nCaruthers.\\nOur worthy subject and his estimable wife are\\nconsistent members of the Methodist Ei)iscopal\\nChurch and are greatly esteemed wherever they\\nare known.\\nllJOHN SEP.RING, a gentleman-farmer, resid-\\ning in Gobleville, lilooiningdale Township,\\nVan Buren County, is a native of Xew York\\nState, having been born August 4, 1818.\\nHis father was John 11. Sebring, a native of Hol-\\nland, who came to America when a young man.\\nThe mother was Maria Drake, a daughter of Richard\\nDrake, of Ovid, N. Y., a prominent man of that\\nplace. The parents of our subject were married in\\nNew York and settled on a piece of land on the\\nHolland purchase. The father died in 1820, at the\\nage of forty-six years, having been born November\\n19 1773. By this marriage, three children were born,\\nour subject being the onl3- survivor. The mother\\nwas again married, this time to a Mr. Coleman and\\nbecame the mother of four children, only one now\\nliving. She died near Rochester, N. Y.\\nJohn Sebring started out in life for himself\\nwhen fifteen and wfuked at the cooper business.\\nHo was married, February 4, 1838, to Betsey A.\\nWest, a native of Oneida County, N. Y., where she\\nwas born September 19, 1818. He made his home\\nat Waterloo, N. Y., for a numlier of years and then\\nwent to Wayne County, where he lived until 1857,\\nin which year he came to Michigan and settled in\\nKalamazoo. Soon after his marriage, he took up\\nthe carpenter s trade and followed it for many\\nyears. His good wife died July 23, 1864. at the\\nage of forty-five. They became the parents of nine\\nchildren, six of whom are living: James Deroy is\\nmarried to Julia Sweet and lives in Kalamazoo,\\nwhere he is a prominent grain dealer; Emma L. is\\nthe wife of Chauncy Strong, eng.iged in the insur-\\nance business at Kalamazoo and the former cashier\\nof the bank at that place. Mary T. is the wife of\\nWilliam IT. Kellogg, and lives in Antwerp Town-\\nsliii), this county; they have five children. Adella\\nI!, married AVilliam A. Forbes, the jiresent County\\nClerk of Kalamazoo County; they are the parents\\nof two children. M. Odell married Eva Oriswold,\\nand is the father of two children; he is the chief\\nclerk in the elevator at Kalamazoo: Theroii Y.\\nmarried Harriet C. McPherson, a daughter of Dr.\\nJ. B. McPherson, of Manistee, and is the ca.shier in\\nthe Kalamazoo National Bank.\\nOur subject was again united in the bonds of\\nwedlock, choosing for his second wife Clarissa S.\\nHall, a daughter of Amos and Anna (Southvvorth)\\nHall, natives of Connecticut and New York, res-\\npectively. The ceremony took place in February,\\n1865. Mr. Hall died in 1865, at the age of eighty-\\nthree years, at Kalamazoo. Mrs. Hall passed away\\nthree years previous, at the age of seventy-five\\nyears. They had born to them twelve children,\\ntwo now living: Mrs. Sebring and Beach Hall, a\\nresident of Kalamazoo. The wife of our subject\\nwas born September 8, 1821, in Chenango Count}\\nN. Y., and received a good education, teaching\\nschool twelve years. Mr. and ]Mrs. Sebring have\\nhad no children born to them.\\nThe original of this sketch did teaming from\\nKalamazoo to Grand Rapids for five years, and\\nthen he and his eldest son carried on the grocery\\nbusiness at the former place. But in 18G6 he\\ncame to this county and bought a farm of one\\nhundred and forty acres, which was partially im-\\nproved. He cleared forty acres more and finely\\nimproved it but, selling out, came to Gobleville,\\nin 1877. Here he has a tract of seventy-six acres\\nand has splendid buildings upon it. Mrs. Sebring\\nattended the acadeni} at Pitcher Springs, N. Y.,\\nand came to Michigan in 1853. She taught school\\na good deal in New York, and took care of her\\nparents during their declining years. Our subject\\nand his amiable wife are members of the Regular", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n255\\nliaptist Church and are active in church work.\\nI hi former is a De.icon and has been Superinten-\\ndent of tlie Smiday-si iiool at Lawton, wiiile his\\nwife was a teacher in tiie san)e Politically, Mr.\\nSi liring is a Republican, and he and his wife are\\nIhith temperance people and work for the ;idv:uKe-\\niiieiit of that cause.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^\\nOSKIMI Sll.I.. M. I). The -cntlcinan whose\\nportrait is presented on the opposite pafjfc\\nwas l)orn in Buffalo, X. Y., October i), 1821.\\nand is the son of Joseph and Kliza (Berry)\\nsill, the father a native of Lyme. Conn., and the\\nmother, of Saratoga County, N. Y. The family is\\nof Knglish ancestry, the great-grandfather of our\\nsubject, Josei)h, Sr., euiigrating to this country\\nwith .a brother and settling in L^ me, Conn. His\\nson, the grandfather of our subject, located at an\\nearly d.ay in Saratoga County, N. Y. His son,\\n.loseph, removed alxiut 1806 to Buffalo and in the\\nspring of 1835 came AVest to Oberlin, Ohio. In\\nthe fMJl of 1836, he came to Jonesville, Ilillsd.ale\\nCounty, this State, where he passed his last days,\\ndying .Tune 30, 1843. His wife died the day fol-\\nlowing. They left a family of four sons and one\\ndaughter, one son and two daughters having died\\nprevious to that time. The father followed the\\noccui)ation of a general merchant in Oi)erlin and\\nfarmer at .lonesville.\\nThe original of this sketch was the eldest but\\nnc in the parental family. His elder brother,\\n;iles K., went to California in 18.57, and died\\nthere about two years ago. Sidney B. is a dentist\\nin ,\\\\urora. 111., and Prof. .1. M. B. is Superintend-\\nent of the YpMlanli Normal School and ffirmerly\\noi cupu d the position of Superintendent of Schools\\nin Detroit. The widowed si.ster of our subject was\\nthe wlfv of Wdliam B. Clai-k. a merchant of Kala-\\nmazoo, wli(\u00c2\u00bb died here about ten years ago.\\n.Iosi p|i Sill commenced the study of medicine\\nprior to his father s death, and in the fall of 1\u00c2\u00abI3\\nattended his lirst course of lectures at the Ceneva\\nMedical College, in New York. In 1845-16 he\\nopiMied a dental ollice in Kalama/.oo, which was the\\nlii-st of jt.s kind in the city, and thus earned the\\nmoney which enabled him to complete his studies\\nin the medical department of the University of\\nNew York. He received his degree of Doctor of\\nMedicine in March, 1847, and immediately com-\\nmenced the jjr.actice of his (irofession at.Ionesville.\\nN. Y., where he remained until 1851.\\nA graduate of the regular school of nieditinc.\\nDr. Sill practiced its doctrines until unable to\\ncheck a malignant disease which was prevalent at\\nthat time. Cpon adopting the principles of\\nHomeopathy he was successful with almost every\\ncase. In the winter of 1850-5 1, he took a jjost-\\ngr.aduate course at the Cleveland H. meoi)athic\\nMedical College, and in the si)ring of 1851 located\\nat Kalamazoo. He has been a constant resident\\nhere since that time, with the exccptif)n of a year\\nspent in California and the winter of 1867-68,\\nwhen he visited medical institutions in Kurope.\\nTraveling evidently agrees with the Doctor, for\\nwhile on the ocean trip to the Golden State via\\nthe Isthmus, he gained tifleen pounds en route, ten\\npounds on the return trip, and twenty pounds on\\nhis visit to Europe.\\nDr. Sill is the only physician in Kalamazoo wIk\\nhas been in active pr.actice here since 1851, and\\nthe oldest practicing IIomeoi)alliist in the State,there\\nbeing only two ph3 sicians of that school within its\\nbounds at that time one at (irand Rapids, who is\\nnow deceased, and Dr. Ellis, of Detroit, who has\\nretired from practice. Dr. King Ijccanie a [lartner\\nof our subject in 1858, and carried on his pr.actiec\\nwhile he was in Europe.\\nHe t f whom we write entered his tii st school\\nwhen ten years of age. but when fifteen w.as pre-\\npared to enter college. The following year ended\\nhis school life, after which lie was engaged as a\\nteacher for three years. In politics, he votes the\\nRepublican ticket, but is not otherwise interested\\nin politics. In 1H( 1 Dr. Sill, Intending to be |)res-\\nent at the inaugural of President Lincoln, reached\\nPennsylvania (hiring the oil excitement and be-\\ncame interested in developing wells which netted\\nhim a handsome profit. Later he became an ex-\\ntensive stockholder in the old Telegraph Mine In\\nUtah, which proved a good investment. He Is still\\nthe proprietor of mines there, some of which are\\nbeing worked. He gives his Western interests", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "256\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nconsiderable attention and makes frequent visits\\nto Utah, his healtli not being able to stand the\\nstrain of constant practice.\\nDr. Sill was at one time part owner of a glucose\\nfactorj at Leavenworth, Kan., which promised\\nlarge returns, but was unfortunately burned, while\\nthe Doctor was en route from Utah to make it his\\nfli st visit. He has done much toward building up\\nthe city of Kalamazoo and is jiart proprietor of\\nRose Street Terrace. His office is in a handsome\\nblock, as are also his residence apartments.\\nSeptember 28, 1847, our subject was married at\\nJonesville, Mich., to Miss Ann Eliza Cliaraplin, a\\nnative of Ithaca, N. Y. She is one of the Trustees\\nof the Ladies Library, and, with her husband, is a\\nmember of the First Presbyterian Church. Although\\nthe Doctor has met with financial reverses, he now\\nstands among the substantial citizens of the cit3^\\nHe holds views of his own on many subjects and\\ndoes not consider tlie State Medical Department\\nnecessary ,thinks there are too many doctors already.\\nHe is very conservative on educational methods,\\nbelieving there is too much mechanical education\\nand not enough individual development. He is\\nan interesting conversationalist and genial com-\\npanion and in tiie city and surrounding country\\nhis friends are legion.\\nI h 1 p p h t m\\n^ILLIAM FORD, of Climax Township, who\\nm.nv lie denominatod a Jiioneer of Kal^-\\n\\\\/\\\\li/ ^y denominated a\\nW^ mazoo County, thougli\\nbut a boy when he\\ncame here over forty years ago, has risen to promi-\\nnence as a farmer and as a leading politician in\\nthis section of the State, being active in the in-\\nterests of the Democratic party. Huron C ount3\\nin the neighlioring State of Ohio, is the birthplace\\nof our subject, and September 14, 1831, the date\\nof his birth into the pioneer home of George and\\nAnna (Lyons) Ford, who were natives of New\\nYork. Tlie father was born April 1.3, 1802, and\\nthe mother April 28, 1809, she being of Yankee\\nblood. The father was of Scottish antecedents,\\nhis father, James Ford, having been born in Scot-\\nland and reared in Ireland. Shortly after the\\nAmerican Revolution, he emigrated to this country\\nwith a brother, who went South and was never\\nheard from again. The grandfather of our subject\\nmarried Hannah Davenport, of Dutch parentage,\\nand reared a large family. His career as a farmer\\nin New York State was cut short by his untimely\\ndeath at the age of forty j-ears.\\nThe father of our subject was a tailor by trade,\\nand engaged at that several years in New York\\nand somewhat in Ohio after his removal thither\\nin 1829. He had settled in the wilderness of\\nHuron County with his wife and two children,\\nand at different tunes owned three farms there,\\ndoing a great deal of improving. He finally\\ntraded a farm there for land in Alamo Township,\\nthis county, and removed thitlier in the spring of\\n184C, with an ox-team, being two weeks on the\\nway, which led through the famous Cottonwood\\n.Swamp, near Toledo, where in one place they\\nwere six hours going four miles, and then had to\\npay toll to get further. About this time, the fa-\\nther was severelj injured by the falling of a tree,\\nand was never able to work much after that. He\\nand his son, our subject, developed the farm,\\nbuilding first a large tamarack log house, and be-\\nginning pioneer life. In 18.55. Mr. Ford left\\nhis farm in Alamo Township, and, settling on a\\nfarm in Climax Township, dwelt there until his\\ndeath, April 1, 1872. He was a stanch Democrat\\nin politics, in which he alwaj s manifested a good\\ndegree of interest. As one of the pioneers of\\nKalamazoo Count} his memory is held in rever-\\nence. The mother of our subject was yet a young\\nwoin.iu when she died, February 20, 18.34. Three\\nout of her four children grew to maturity: Betsy,\\nElma and William.\\nIt is of the latter we write. He obtained his\\nearly schooling in his native county, the first school\\nthat he attended being two miles from his home,\\nand conducted under the rate-bill system. The\\nsehoolhouse was a typical pioneer educational in-\\nstitution, built of logs, heated by an open lire-\\nplace, and furnished with rude slab benches.\\nWhen our suljject was fifteen years old, he came\\nwith his parents to their new home in Alamo\\nTownsliip, where he attended school for awhile.\\nl)Ut tlie most of his time was employed in farm\\nwork, in clearing the land and tilling the soil. He", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n257\\nwas but two years old when bis motliei- died, and\\niit the time the faiiiily eamo to Miehigau his sister\\niiad married, and, bis father beii\\\\g a crii)|)le, lie bad\\nto liegin life m earneal to help support tlie fam-\\nily and attend to the wants of the household, the\\neajiable lad doing the most of the cooking for\\nlive years after eoming to this county. He was\\nfond of llic hunt, and as wild game was plenti-\\nful, t)eeasionally found time to indulge in the\\npleasures of the chase, killing a deer now and\\nthen, and among his trophies are the antlers of\\ntwo, which are well mounted and ornament the\\nwalls of his parlor.\\nWhen he entered u|)on liis indepenilent career\\na a farmer, IMr. Ford bought eighty acres of\\nland in Alamo Township, but after clearing some\\nof it, he sold it at a good advance and Iwught\\nfortv .acres on section 3*2, of which only ten acres\\nhad lieen cleared. He felled tlic rest of the tim-\\nber, and in ten years sold that [ilace in order to\\nliuy ninety-three .acres of his i)resent farm on sec-\\ntion ix. Climax Township. Thirty-live acres of it\\nli.-iil been cleared, but there were no buildings on\\nthe place worth mentioning, except a Ijoard house.\\nMr. Fori) h.as worked unceasingly to liring about\\nthe change that makes it one of the finest farms\\nin the locality, with line modern improvements\\nand all the appliances for carrying on agriculture\\nprofitably. He luis erected a good set of build-\\nings, putting up a large frame barn in IK7. 5.aiid\\nbuilding a commodious and neatly-appointed frame\\nresidence in 1870. He has also increased the size\\nof his farm to one hundred and thirty-three acres,\\nof which one hundred acres arc cleared and under\\nline cultivation. lie raises both grain and stock.\\nand has cattle, horses and swine of high grades.\\nJlr. Ford was married, .\\\\pril ii), IHo!), to Jliss\\nFlora K. Root. She, too, is a native of Ohio, lM rn\\nin Lorain Coiinly .lanuary 21, 1831). She came to\\nMich., in .Vpril, IH. with her parents, who be-\\ncame residents of Climax Township. Her mar-\\nriage with our subject has brought them nine\\nchildren, seven sons and two daughters, tlii latter\\n(Birdie and liia) dying in infancy. The names of\\nthe boys are .\\\\slitoii F.. .Vrthiir II., Ozias C.,\\n(ieorge. Van Fvry. Charles and Deo, respectively.\\n(ur subject li.T. shown hims\u00c2\u00bbdf in various ways\\na public-spirited citizen, who is thoroughly alive\\nto the interests of township and count} and he\\nis noted as a leader among the Democrats of this\\nl)art of the State, one who wields more power in pol-\\nitical matters than anyone else in his coniinu-\\nuity, and is regarded .as one of our shrewdest and\\nmost acute politicians. He is thoroughly posted\\non natiijiial issues, in which he is greatly interested,\\nand he understands well the best mode of con-\\nducting a local political cain|)aign. At the Last\\ncall for soldiers during the late war, Mr. Ford\\nwas drafted, and, it being impossible for him to g(j,\\nhe sent a substitute, for which he paid jiGOO.\\n-^^^j^H-^-i^ll^iH\\n^(ACOB Mi LIN. This gentleman is a resi-\\ndent of section 35, Texas Townshii), Kalama-\\nzw) County, where he is successfully cariy-\\ning on tiie pursuits of agriculture. Ills\\nl)arents were Thomas and Mary (Jackson) McLin,\\nnatives of Tennessee. The maternal grandfather\\nwas a eoiisin of Andrew Jackson. The parents\\ncame from Clinton County, Ohio, to Kalamazofi\\nCount} in September, 183(1, and settled on section\\n36, Texas Townshi|), where they spent the re-\\nmainder of their days.\\nEleven children were born to the father and\\nmother of our subject, his birth occurring Novem-\\nber 20, 1817, in Clint(m County, Ohio, where he\\nl).asscd his Iwyhood days and in tlie fall of 1830\\ncame to this county with his parents. He here\\ncontinued to live with his father until he was mar-\\nried October 23, 1812, to Miss Adelia (Jage in\\nTexas Township, this county. Mrs. McLin is a\\ndaughter of Isaac and Polly (Howard) Ciagc, na-\\ntives of Vermont and New York State, respectively.\\nThe mother died in Chautauiiiia County, N. V.,\\nand the father came to Kalamazoo County in 18.3;\\nsettling in the northern part of Texas Township,\\nwhere he lived until his deatii. lie w.as the father\\nof seven children, of whom .Mrs. McLin is the\\nfourth-born, she having had her birth in Chautaii-\\n(pia County, N. Y., .luly 22, 1823.\\nAfter his niariiage, Mr. McLin settled on sectir)n\\n3. of Tex.Ms Township, on the farm where he now\\nlives. It (oiiipriscs fifty-(.)iie .acres and on it he", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "258\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhas made the very best improvements. This couple\\nhave become the parents of three children: George\\nH., Mary 11. and Luther I. Mary is the wife of\\nR. II. Gibbs, of Three Rivers, Mich. Mr. McLin\\nhas held the offices of Constable of Ins township,\\nJustice of the Peace for seventeen years and Town-\\nship Collector, the duties of which offices he dis-\\ncharged faithfully and conscientiously. He has\\ntaken in former days quite an active part in\\npolitics and lias held all the offices of liis township.\\nHe is a stanch member of the Republican party\\nand has been since its organization. Religiously,\\nhe belongs to the Methodist p]piscopal Church.\\nThe son, George II., is a physician at Huntington,\\nInd., and is a graduate of the Cleveland and the\\nPhiladelphia IMcdical Colleges,and has also attended\\ncollege in Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, Eng-\\nland. Luther I. is a graduate of the medical de-\\npartment of the Michigan University and also of\\nDetroit and is now practicing at St. .Joseph, Mich.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write this brief record\\nis with his good wife held in esteem by the\\nentire community in which they are spending the\\nevening of their lives.\\nOHN McBRIDE, a respected and prominent\\nfarmer, located on section .35, Hopkins\\nTownship, Allegan County, is a son of\\n(^f/ James and Polly (Wolf) McBride, natives\\nof Pennsylvania. They there resided on a farm\\nin Venango County, and tlie mother passed away\\nin 1838. The father is still living, and makes his\\nhome with his children. He was twice married,\\nthe mother of our subject being his Brst wife, and\\nby her ho had three children. The second mar-\\nriage was fruitful of nine children.\\nOur subject was bom December 24, 1833, in\\nCenter County, Pa., and lost his mother when five\\nyears old. He began life for himself at ten by farm-\\ning by the month. He came to Jackson County, this\\nState, in 1855, and the following year came to this\\ncounty, and worked on farms in summers, and in\\nthe sawmills in the winters.\\nIn August, 1861, Mr. McBride enlisted in Com-\\npany G, Sixth Michigan Infantry, and was sent to\\nBaltimore, Newport News. Ship Island, and then,\\nunder Gen. B. F. Butler, on the expedition to New\\nOrleans, Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, wintering in\\nvarious places in tlie South. He re-enlisted, and\\nthen came liome on a furlough. He .again returned\\nSoutli, and w.as on duty at numerous places, fight-\\ning in the battles at Baton Rouge, and siege of Port\\nHudson, and also doing some lively skirmishing.\\nThis brave soldier returned home after four\\nyears of faithful fighting in September, 1865, and\\nsettled on a farm on section 16, Hopkins Township,\\nwhich was partly improved. In September, 1866,\\nhe was married to INIary M. (Gregor.y) Brewer, a\\ndaughter of James H. and Lydia J. (Daniels)\\nGregory, both natives of Massachusetts, the former\\nlieing born in 1820, and the latter, who died in\\n1889, in 1824. They moved to Ohio in 1848,\\nand came to j\\\\Iichigan in 1852, settling in Watson\\nTownship, this county, on section 2, taking up\\none hundred and sixty acres of land. During the\\nCivil War, the father moved to this township .and\\nsettled on section 15, where he now lives. They\\nhad five children born to them: Mrs. McBride,\\nEdwin E., Flora A., Mrs. Frank Ilofmaster, of Kal-\\nam.azoo, being the ones living. The wife of our\\nsubject was born .January 17, 1843, in Berkshire\\nCounty, Mass., and w.as married, in 1860, to Fred\\nA. Brewer, a soldier in the Fourth Michigan Cav-\\nalry, lie w.as captured and held in rebel prisons\\nfive months, and died soon after being exclianged.\\nHe was the father of one child, Edwin A., wlio\\nmarried Lil)liie McCliiitock, and lives in tliis town-\\nship with his wife and three children.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject lived on section\\n16, this township, three years, when he moved to\\nsection 28. In 1869, he located on his present\\nfarm, wliere he has one hundred and twenty acres\\nin all, and sevent3 -five highly improved. He has\\ncleared it all himself, and is a sagacious and in-\\ndustrious farmer. He lost his barn by fire in 1876,\\nand soon erected .another and Ijetter one in its\\nplace. He and his wife are the [)arents of tlirce\\nchildren: Gertie Adella, the wife of William Bost-\\nwick, of Kalaniazao City, and the mother of two\\nchildren Jesse Lee, and Alice A. These cliildrea", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "0,.-p^~^^.\\nif/y--^\\nt!", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "I ORTRAIT AND UIOGRAPIIICAL RKCORD\\n261\\nhave received the best educational advantages of\\nliie day, and Mrs. Bostwiek was engaged in teaeli-\\ning school before lier marriage. Mrs. MfBiido is\\na mcnihor of the Congregational C hiuvli, and she\\nand lici- husband both belong to tlie (Jrange, of\\nwiiic li she was Assistant Steward and Lady .Assist-\\nant. She is also a member of the Woman s Relief\\nCorps at Hopkins Station, and has been Outside\\n(luard. In polities, ]\\\\Ir. McBride is a Republican,\\nand always lias been, and is one of tlic leaiiing\\nmeinbcisof the (Jrand Army of the Rei)ulilic, where\\nhe loves to meet witii his old comrades.\\nd-H\\n^^.^.{..^.{.r-\\nl****^^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2J i **l=\\nn~^RIAlI riMOIIN. M. 1). This family ori-\\nginated in Sliaftesliury, Dorsetshire, Eng-\\nland. The Rev. William rpjohn, faliier of\\nthe subject of this biography, belonged to the In-\\ndependents of England, and preached in Shaftes-\\nbury for forty ^ears witht)ut remuneration, believ-\\ning it to be his duty to lead the sinner to the Re-\\ndeemer without money and without price; he at\\nthe sanie time followed his legitimate business as a\\ncivil engineer. He was a man of acknowledged\\nability and of good lineaj;e. The Doctor s mother,\\nMary (Standard) Ipjoim, was the third daughter\\nof Mr. Standard, of Sherborne, and belongs to the\\ngreat Devon family of Xortlicote, the present head\\nof which is the Earl of Iddesleigh. Her grand-\\nfather, Thomas L:iwrence, was the second son of\\n.lohn Lawrence, of .\\\\shton Hall. Lancashire. Her\\ngrandmother was Mary Xortlicote, who married\\nThomas Lawrence, (X-tober 6, 172.i.\\nOur subject is the ninth of twelve children and\\nwas born September 7. IhoH, in (llamorgan, near\\nCardiff, Monmouthshire, South Wales, where his\\nparents were temporarily residing. To a.scertain\\nthe true worth of a man, it is necessary to know\\nthe influences to which he was exposed in his early\\ndays, the associations of his youth, the manner of\\nhis education. These things have niiicli U do with\\nthe career which follow.s. We lind in I riah s early\\nlife evident traces of a boy who was s|K lling and\\nreading his way to a fully-develo[ied man. He re-\\nceived the benelit of the elemeuUiry training of\\nthe English schools of his day and was then placed\\nin the lleytesbury and Castle Carrj schools, where\\nhe went through a fidl academic course. He re-\\nmembers that his father look him fiom school for\\na time to aid liim in makinga railroad survey from\\nLondon to Exeter, the first survey of the kind in\\nEngland.\\nAmid the corrective influences of an excellent\\nhome and the discipline and thorough training of\\ngood schools, ITrhih passed from cliildhood to man-\\nhood. He remained at home until 1828, when he\\nand his next older brother, William, bade goodbye\\nto the inmates of the old home in Merrie Eng-\\nland, and taking passage in an ocean ves.sel, em-\\nbarked with their effects and fortunes for the\\nUnited States. After a prosperous voyage across\\nthe .\\\\tlantic, they arrived in X ew York City in\\nJune, and si)ent the summer traveling and pros-\\npecting through some of the Eastern and Soulliern\\nStates.\\nTiie following winter, our subject pl.ayed the\\nEnglish Schoolmaster Abroad for the people of\\nEast Hamburg, Erie County, N. Y. Early in the\\nspring of 18.30 he returned to England for ihe pur-\\npose of assisting his parents in their preparations\\nfor removing to America. Arrangements being\\ncomi)leted, he, with his father s family, once more\\nset sail for the New AVorld, landing at New York in\\nJuly the same year. The family settled in Green-\\nbush (East Allianv). X. Y., and it was while living\\nthere with iiis parents that he commenced the\\nstudy of medicine in the oflice of Dr. Hale. Mr.\\nUpjohn had while living in England given some\\nattention to tiie stud^ Dr. Hale w.as a man of\\nlearning and an able physician, a graduate of\\nJefferson ^Medical College, of Philadelphia, and a\\nman of liigli social standing, having married the\\ngranddaughter of Gov. George Clinton.\\nAfter going through the full course of studies in\\nthe College t l h3sieiaiis and Siirgu(ms in New\\nYork City, Dr. Upjohn graduated on March 25,\\nISIIL He had also attended the jnactice fif I hysies\\nand Surgery in tlie Xew York llos|)ital during tiie\\ntwo sessions of 18.33-31; and ii.ad found time dur-\\ning his summer vacations to attend two full courses\\non surgery and analuny under Prof. Alden\\nMarch, of Albany. The following recommenda-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "262\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntioii, which our graduate bore with his diploma\\nfrom college, needs no word of comment:\\nTo whom it may concern\\nBe it known that Dr. Upjohn received his de-\\ngree in our university yesterdaj It affords me\\ngreat pleasure to bear testimon3 to the great dili-\\ngence with which lie has pursued his studies, and\\nto the uncommon proficiency wliich he evinced in\\nhis examination Ijefore the professors. My best\\nwishes attend liim in his career in life, and it is my\\nopinion that wherever he may locate, he will be a\\nvaluable acquisition to his professional brethren\\nand the community.\\nValentine Mott, M. D.\\nNew York, April 2, 18.34.\\nDr. Upjohn commenced the practice of medicine\\nat Brighton, Monroe County, N. Y., immediately\\nafter his graduation. His parents had removed to\\nPittsford, in the same county, where the father\\ndied in 1847 and the motlier in 1852. In June,\\n1835, he and his brother William started out to\\nseek their fortunes in the far West, crossing Lake\\nErie by steamer. From Detroit, on horseback, they\\ntook up their line of march westward through the\\nwooded territory and reaching Kalamazoo County,\\npitched their tent on the northwest quarter of\\nsection 31, in that i)art of the township of Rich-\\nland since called Koss. Having erected a log house\\nhere on their new land among the early settlers of\\nthis region, tlie two brothers commenced the prac-\\ntice of medicine. The Doctor had not been long\\nin Michigan wlien he learned that the law required\\nphysicians to liave a license, making it necessary\\nfor him to go to Detroit to present his credentials.\\nTliis lie did and i-cceived his papers.\\nOn Scpleniher 15, 1837, Dr. Ujtjohn was married\\nto Maria Mills, youngest daughter of Deacon\\nSimeon Mills, one of the pioneers of Gull Prairie.\\nOur subject s i)ractice has been very extensive.\\nHis ride on horseback for more than twenty years,\\nuntil roads were made and luiggies could be had,\\nextended among the sparse stUllemeuts and solitary\\nlog cabins scattered over the territory of five\\ncounties. To visit his patients, he rode by a pio-\\nneer s new-made track, or by the Lidian trail or\\nblazed trees, or tiirough the trackless woods, by\\nroutes obscure and lonely. Kindly, patiently, he\\nwent on his errand of mercy in all seasons of the\\nyear, and througli all kinds of weather, rendering\\nhis services as cheerfully to the poor, who could\\nnot pa.v, as to those who could. At one time, while\\nattending the sick in a north settlement, as Dr.\\nUpjohn was about to leave he was informed that\\naround the lake there was a log cabin, whose in-\\nmates were all sick. After a round-.about ride, he\\ncame to the cabin, knocked at the door again and\\nagain, and at last heard a faint come in. Enter-\\ning he found the entire family of seven or eight\\npeisons prostrate with fever, .and the first word\\nuttered was a request for water. Filling a large\\npitcher with w.ater from the lake near by he gave\\nto each one a drink. Finding that some of them\\nwere very sick, he dealt out medicine .as each case\\nrequired, built a fire, chopped wood, brought it in\\nand made them as comfortable as he could, gave\\nthem words of cheer and bade them good-night,\\npromising to come again. He then rode three or\\nfour miles out of his way to find a neighbor who\\nwould stay with them for one night.\\nDr. Upjohn at that time was obliged to use a\\nlarge amount of quinine and h.as more than once\\nused an entire bottle in one day s ride of not more\\nthan forty miles. During his early experience,\\nmany of the virtues of quinine, not then adopted\\nby the medical profession, that are well estab-\\nlished in the present time, were recognized by him.\\nProf. Palmer, of the Medical University, gives liini\\nthe credit of first using it as a cure for pneumonia.\\nWe give a few incidents illustrative of the trials\\nand adventures of tlie physicians in the early set-\\ntlement of this country. C)ur subject once made a\\ntrip of sixt3 miles, and at one place where he\\nvisited they had only a crust of johnny-cake to\\n.satisfx his hunger, and but a wisp of straw, that\\nwas taken from the bed of his patient, to feed his\\nliorse.\\nA number of years ago, Dr. Upjolm related this\\nincident of his early practice: 1 had Ijeen gone\\nfrom home two or three days, visiting the sick at\\nalmost every house, and staying at night wherever\\nI happened to be. Tired and exhausted, 1 was\\nmaking my w.ay home, walking and leading my\\nhorse, when within one mile of home I heard sonic\\none riding rapidly ))eliiud me, and my first impulse\\nwas to dodge behind the lu ushes and let him pass.\\nHallo there said some one, and on coming up", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n263\\nhe hurriedly asked, Is this Dr. Upjolin? Yes.\\nWell, you re waiilcd. -Wliere? Six miles be-\\nyond Yiuiki c Springs. Who is sick? A\\nwoninn. Tlu distance beinf; twenty-six miles I\\nliesilalcd. I aslicd if she was veiy sick. Yes,\\n\\\\cry, said the man, and very iioor; .you may\\nnever get your p.ay. I wrote a note to my wife\\nfor some medicine to be sent liack liy the man and\\n1 made my way l ack, arriving there at three\\no clock the next morning. I found my patient in\\na ciudc log house and very sick indeed, and in a\\nlog liarn nothing hut straw for my horse.\\nTlie wants uf a growing family often pressed so\\nkeenly ui)on him that the Doctor sometimes felt\\nthe need of i)rompt collection of his fees. Yet the\\nwriter has heard him say, that, driven by necessity,\\nhe has often entered with reluctance the settler s\\nlif)nie to collect his bill, but the [)resence of destitu-\\ntion and lack of the veiw necessaries of life were\\nso evident that he has left tlic house without pre-\\nsenting his l)ill. A large part of liis early practice\\nwas of an imremunerative character, and on a close\\nestimate liy himself, it would be safe to say that in\\nhis extensive [Mactice of sixty years he has given\\none-half of his services to the destitute and poor.\\nDr. F. liunoughs, of Galesburg, Mich., has\\nwritten amusing incidents of our subject s stop-\\nping liis horse as they were riding together and\\ngetting out of the buggy to procure sonic plant\\nthat grew by the road side, then giving an inter-\\nesting lecture upon it as they rode along. It was\\nthe same with geology the fossils did not escape\\nhis notice. Fording the Kalamazoo River at one\\ntime on horseliack, wlieii on a visit to a patient, lie\\nsaw a large rock in the stream, and exclaimed, I\\nhave found it after two year s search; I have found\\nit at lasll Here is the bed-rock, tiie carlioniferous\\nlimestone, bul liiuiied on to attend to his pro-\\nfessional duties. Returning, he dismounted and\\nthougii the river was full of ice he stood knee-deep\\nin the water and examined tlie rock. An incident\\nin his l)oyliood days will illustrate a sterling trait\\nof his character. When a boy of thirteen, he .and\\na schoolmate started on horseback to visit Netlej-\\nAliliey, f n Soullianiplon l :iy. by mooiilighl. Ar-\\nriving at till! lliev left their horses and look a\\nrow boat for the Abljey, Here they had a deliglit-\\nful time, viewing its splendor by the light of the\\nmoon. Some time before, they had made a pledge\\nto each other that they would never drink or play\\ncards, and they betlK)uglil themselves that this\\nstood them in good stead at this time, as there was\\nmuch drinking and card-playing in the inns they\\npassed by. Rowing l)ack they mounted tlu^r\\nhorses for home and Uriah s mate said, Ta-I us try\\nthe speed of our animals. A little experience of\\nthis kind cost tlieiii dearly for after the race his\\nmate s honse drojjped dead. Frightened, they\\nrolled the animal out of the way and both rode\\nhome on one horse. The schoolmate thus si)oken\\nof was llie late Sir Robert Lush, one of England s\\ntwelve judges.\\nDr. U|)jolin s ancestors on both sides have been\\nmostly* Quakers and he in his gentle manners and\\nunostentatious life h.as evinced the Quaker, al-\\nthough he has never worn the garb. In 18.34,\\nwhile living in Brighton, N. Y., he joined the ,\\\\nti-\\nSlavery .Society, and afterwards joined the Repub-\\nlican i)arty on its formation. While he and his\\nlirother William were in the midst of their profes-\\nsional life, they sent a petition willi many names\\nattached to the Legislature, which resulted in that\\nvery important Act known as the Homestead\\nE.xemption Law. In ^Michigan in 181,5, Dr. V\\\\\\njohn was nominated for Congress on the Free-.Soil\\nticket. His liiotlier William was for many years\\nlocatedat Hastings, Mich., where he was lucratively\\nengaged in the pr.actice of medicine, and where he\\ndied. In August, 1887, the lirother Er.ostus went .as\\na iiionetr to Nebraska, settled at Bclievue and\\nprinted tlie lirst pajior in that Territory; he was a\\nsurgeon in the army during the war, and practiced\\nmedicine in that State up to the time of his death.\\nThe youngest sister, Helen, married Judge Fenner\\nFurgerson, a former resident of Albion, Mich., who\\nwas appointed l)y President Pierce the (irst Chief\\n.Fuslice of Nebraska Territory. Our sul)jecl is the\\nonly surviving member of the famil3-.\\nTwelve children have been l)Orn to Dr. and Mrs.\\nI lijohn, eleven of whom grew to mature years.\\nSix arc graduates of the medical and pharmaceut-\\nical departments of .Michigan I liiversity, namely:\\nHelen, the wife of Iliigli Kirkland, a proini-\\nueiil pliy.sieian at Kahimai^oo; Mary N., wife", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "264\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof W. P. Sidnaiu, of Kalamazoo; Amelia, formeil}\\nthe wife of Dr. Caini)liell, but now decea( ed;\\nMenry U., William W., and .Tanc T. Mary and\\nAmelia were the lirst lady graduates in the de-\\npartment of pharmacy, and Frederick took a\\ncourse in |)harmacy at Philadelphia. Tiie spirit of\\nGalen that inspired the father has thus manifested\\nitself in the love of the profession among his chil-\\ndren. His daughter Alice received her early edu-\\ncation at Gull IVairie Seminary, afterward attend-\\ning for a time the Normal School at Ypsilauti and\\nlater the Ladies College at Kvanston, III. She\\nmarried the Rev. AVriglit Barrett, a graduate\\nof Garrett Biblical Institute. Virginia, at an\\nearly age, evinced a rare talent for music and was\\ngiven a musical education at Detroit. She became\\na successful teacher and while thus engaged in\\nHastings, was taken ill and died, July 8, 1870, at\\nher father s home in Galesburgh. Sara attended\\nthe public .school at Ann Arbor and married Rev-\\nJohn Redpath, a graduate of the Union Thcok gi-\\ncal Seminary of New York. Ida (now deceased),\\nthe youngest of seven daughters, graduated at the\\nHigh School in Ann Arbor, and married James\\nIla^ ward, a graduate from Michigan University in\\nthe literary and civil engineering departments.\\nHe was einplo3ed by the Government in making\\nsurveys in IMississippi and Texas, and was drowned\\nin tiic Gulf of Mexico.\\nThe Doctor lived on (4ull Prairie from the time\\nlie came to this county until 1868, with the ex-\\nception of two years which he spent with his fam-\\nily in Iowa. He then removed to Galesburgh, this\\ncounty, where he remained until 1871, at which\\ntime he changed his residence to Kalamazoo. In\\ntiie spring of that year he retired to a farm pur-\\nchased of Charles Hrown, his brother-in-law, near\\nRichland village, his old home. He is now past\\neighty-three years of age and still (pute robust.\\nSixty 3 ears of his life have been faithfully and\\nconscientiously spent in his i)rofession and in pro-\\nviding for and educating his eleven children. He\\nis an affectionate and considerate husband and fa-\\nther, unselfish to a fault, studying the comforts of\\ntlio.se around him rather than his own, always im-\\nparting some valuable instruction to his children\\nwhen gathered around iiimathoiue or while riding\\nwith him as he went about the country. Being a\\ngreat reader and a man of original thought and\\nwonderful memory, he was prepared for any\\nemergency. For the past ten or lifteen jears\\nhis practice has been that of a consulting pliy-\\nsician, and while not in active practice in the last\\nfew years he yet cherishes great interest in the\\nadvancement of medicine and the well-being of\\nhis fellow-men, cheerfully giving counsel where it\\nis needed, pointing out dangers to life and health,\\nwith a kindl} feeling to all humanity. In his re\\nligious views he believes that a well-spent life is\\nthe best preparation for future happiness, regard-\\nless of religious creeds. Mrs. Upjoiin was the faith-\\nful and loving wife of our subject for the long\\nperiod of forty-live years, sustaining him liy words\\nof cheer and comfort when he wasalxmt to despair,\\nand in all he has accomplished in securing a good\\nhome and a competency she deserves a full share\\nof credit. She was called to her heavenly home\\nFebruary 1 7, 1882, when in her sixtieth year, loved\\nand respected by all who knew her.\\nA lithographic portrait of Dr. Ui)john accom-\\npanies this biographical notice.\\nIH:STER a. putney. The older members\\nIII of a cominunit} are doubly entitled to the\\nrespect and esteem of their neighljors when\\ntheir long lives have been replete with act.s of\\nkindness, and their whole career marked b}- in-\\ntegrity and uprightness. The time-honored and\\nrespected gentleman whose name appears at the\\nhead of this sketch makes liis home in Hartford,\\nan Buren County. His native home was in\\nMiddlesex, Yates County, N. Y., where he was\\nI)orn July 11, 1821. His father, Aaron Putney,\\nwas born in 1769, in Massachusetts, and the mother,\\nEleanor (Adams) Putney, w.as a native of New\\nYork. Our subject s grandfather. Jedediah Putney,\\nserved in the Revolutionary War and was a .son of\\nJohn Putney, a native of England, who came to\\nAmerica when a young man and ligurcd conspic-\\nuously in the early history of the countiy. The\\nPutncys have l)een tillers of the soil at all times\\nand have always been very succe.ssful.\\nJ", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n2G7\\nOur suhjoct omigratcd to Oliio wlipii a oiing\\nman and tlu ic iiiairit d Miss Klizalictli Parker, in\\nIS It. Mrs. I liUun- (lii d in Ni w York vviicncc our\\nsulijcel liail nuived and wliere he lost two cliildicn.\\nHe was afterward married to Miss Mary A. Pratt,\\ndaughter of Ira and C larisa J. (Oillette) Pratt,\\nnativesof Jl issachnseltsand New York State, resi)ec-\\nti vely, born in Uusliville,( )ntario C onnty. Is Y., who\\nliore him .seven eliiidren, live of wiioniaro still liv-\\ning: Orville C, Isaheilc A., William C, Katherine\\n.1. and M. Josephine.\\nIn the spring of 1HG;5, AFr. Putney came to an\\nHuren County, where he has ever since made his\\nhome. He found it new and undeveloped and at\\nonce rented a farm. Suhscipicntly he [nu cha.spd\\nland of his own and now has a nice farm of two\\nhundred and thirtj acres, on which his son Orvill\\nresides. In the fall of 1890, he erected a beautiful\\nmodern residence in Hartford, whicli is not sur-\\npassed by any in the village. Here he now resides,\\nhaving l)een retired from manual labor since IHH J.\\nThis honored gentleman has always been held in\\nhighest repute by all his friends and numerous\\nae(iuaintances for his honesty and uprightness. He\\nis a true-blue Reiniblican politically, buth.asnever\\nbeen an ollice-seeker, preferring the quietude of\\nflomestii- life to the turmoil of public ollice.\\nV.\\ny\\nfelLLIAM MOTFRAM, M. I). Tliog(-ntlc-\\n\\\\/\\\\l/l Osc poitiait appears on the oppo-\\nsite page deserves great credit for the pos-\\nition he won, not only as a ph3-sician and sur-\\ngeon, but in securing the confidence of the people\\nwhom he served. Dr. Mottiam wa.s born in\\nthe Stiite of New York, January 30, IS 10, and\\np.ossed from this life at his home in Kalamazoo,\\nJuly 2, 1891.\\nThe father of our subject, William Motti am,\\nwas a native of England, while his mother, whose\\nmaiden name was Mary I rfMlient, was born in or-\\nmont. The Doctor w:us married January 2U, 18. 5\\nat Schoolcraft, this State, to Miss Gillian Marguer-\\nite, daughter of George E. and Ruth (Duncan)\\n]..loyd, natives of Virginia, where they were\\namong the first families,\\ntram, on her father s\\none liundri d years old.\\nAn aunt of Mrs. Mot-\\nide. lived to he over\\nOne of the Lloyds\\nbecame liiilcd Stiites Senator. Mrs. .Mottram\\ncame to Schoolcraft, this .State, as earl^ as 1832,\\none of a party of thirty-six, only two of whom arc\\nliving at the present time, namelj Mrs. Mottram\\nand her sister, Mrs. D. CJ. Kendall, who is at pres-\\nent residing in San Antonio, Tex.\\nThe Doctor and his wife arc the parents of\\nthree cliildrcn: Mary K.. William K. and Alice.\\nThe eldest daughter is the wife of Maj. W. C. Han-\\nsom, whose biography will appear on another page\\nin this volume; William K. is residing in Ottawa,\\nKan.; and .Mice is the widow of Sidney Cook, late\\nof Flat Rock, this Slate. The Doctor represented\\nSt. Joseph County in the Lower House of the\\nLegislature of 1843, where he took an active i)art\\nin organizing the public scliool library .system,\\nwhich has become one of the most prominent and\\nuseful features of the great educational system\\nof the State. Our subject located on the site of\\nthe present beautiful residence of the family in\\n18 )0, and in 1869, a modern dwelling was erected,\\nwhich now adorns the place.\\nThe following is an extract of the speech of\\nCharles S. May delivered .\\\\ugust 13, 1891, at the\\npioneers reunion of Kalamazoo County:\\nThe death-roll re.ad bj- your .Secretary shows that\\nduring the past year, some of the best known and\\nmost honored of your members have been suni-\\niiioned across the dark river. Alany of those I\\nknew as we all knew them. Some of them were\\nmy friends, known and tried for many years.\\nOne of them, and the most prominent name on the\\nlist, w.is, for more thirty- years, my friend and phy-\\nsician a man whom I greatly honored and re-\\nspected the late Dr. William Mottram.\\nThis man, who, as a pituieer. citizen and physi-\\ncian, was so well and widely known, may jusll\\\\\\nclaim the passing tribute at my hand. His life\\nwork, and it was a most grand and useful one,\\nw.as done here in our midst. The lirst part of his\\ncareer passed just across the line in St. Joseph\\nCounty. As pioneer, physician and legislator, and\\none of the pioncei-s of our own city of Kalamazoo,\\nthe wide practice of liis profession brought him\\ninto relation with thousands of our citizens. His\\nline and imiiosing iiresence. his courtly bearing,\\nhis highbred and polished courtesy of manner,\\nhis gentle and reassuring voice iu the sick room,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "268\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwliicli \\\\v;is itself a rcniody, will 1)0 long rpinein-\\nbered among us, and I may as well say that the\\nremoval of such a figure from our midst, though\\nhis years were ripe, is a great public toss. Men\\nlike Dr. Mottram were such ttne specimens and\\nt3pes of manhood and manners of the Old School,\\nthat their removal leaves us doubly sensible of the\\ngreat change winch has come upon us. May we,\\ntheir survivors, long cherish their memories and\\nstrive to cultivate llieir virtues.\\n\\\\m\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t?\\n3M^\\ny\\nf/OHN B. TOMKINS, who is engaged in\\ngeneral farming and stock-raising on sec-\\ntion 2G, Decatur Township, Van Buren\\nC ouiit3 was born in Bradford County, Pa.,\\non the 30th of June, 1853, but has spent almost his\\nentire life in this eommunit}\\\\ His parents were\\nJohn and Rebecca Torakins. His father was born\\nIn New Jersey, June 18, 1813, and his ancestors\\nfor several generations past have resided in that\\nState. With his parents he removed to Pennsyl-\\nvania, the family locating in Bradford Countj^,\\nwhere he engaged in farming and also carried on\\na sawmill. He first came to Michigan in 1840, and\\npurchased forty acres of land in Hamilton Town-\\nship, Van Buren Country. Only a few acres had\\nbeen cleared and the arduous task of its develop-\\nment fell to his lot. As his financial resources in-\\ncreased, he added to his possessions from time to\\ntime until he had one hundred and twenty acres,\\nbut after a few years residence in Hamilton Town-\\nship, he removed with bis family to Decatur\\nTownship, locating on a farm of forty acres which\\nhe made his home for about twelve years. His next\\nplace of residence was in Hancock County, Iowa,\\nbut after a few months spent there, he traded that\\nfarm for land adjoining that which he owned be-\\nfore his removal from Michigan. Another trade\\nhe made, exchanging forty acres for one hundred\\nand twenty acres in Kalamazoo County, upon\\nwhich he made his home for two years, afterward\\noperating the farm a mile and three-quarters north\\nof Decatur, where he made his home until his\\ndeath, which occurred on the 7th of June, 1886.\\nMr. Tomkins was twice married. After the death\\nof his first wife, he married Rebecca Barnum, a na-\\ntive of Bradford County, Pa. B}^ the first union\\nwere born eight children, by the second three, and\\nall grew to manhood and womanhood, but only six\\narc now living.\\nOur subject is the j^oungest of the family. He\\nwas only a year and a half old when his father first\\ncame to Michigan, and amid the wild scenes of\\nfrontier life w.as reared to m.inhood, his education\\nbeing acquired in the district schools. He worked\\nupon his father s farm until after his death, and\\ncared for his parents in their declining years. He\\ncontinued to operate the old homestead farm un-\\ntil the 18th of February, 1891, when the house was\\nburned down. He then sold the land and removed\\nto the farm which is now his home a forty-acre\\ntract of highly cultivated land on section 26, De-\\ncatur Township.\\nOn the 30th of June, 1874, Mr. Tomkins w.as\\nunited in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Secord, and\\nunto them have been born three children: Lottie,\\nborn July 3, 1876; Harry, September 3, 1878, and\\nJohnnie, September 12, 1886. The p.arents are\\nmembers of the Methodist Church of Decatur, and\\ngive libcrallj- to its support. Mr. Tomkins has\\ntaken an active part in Sunday-school and church\\nwork and has done much for the upbuilding of\\nthe church, thus increasing its powers of useful-\\nness. Socially, he is a member of the Odd Fellows\\nsociety. To farming and stock-raising, he devotes\\nhis attention and is making a specialty of the rais-\\ning of good horses. He is recognized as a leading\\nagriculturist of the neighborhood, a practical and\\nprogressive farmer and a valued citizen.\\nOHN M. LAY, a prominent citizen of Gales-\\nburgh, was born in Chenango County, N. Y.,\\nFebruaiy 18, 1815. His father, Daniel, was\\na native of Connecticut, .and when a young\\nman came to the Empire State, where he was mar-\\nried to Anna Brown. The young couple then lo-\\ncated on a farm in Chenaugt) County, removing\\nlater to Steuben County and afterward to Ni-\\nagara Count}^, the same State.\\nIn 1835, Mr. Lay, Sr., accompanied bj^ his fam-\\nily, came to Michigan, where he settled in Kala-\\nmazoo Countj^ and a few years later moved to", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RF.CORD.\\n269\\nCalhoun Couiily and tliorp died at the ago of\\nst vcnty-scvon years. The niotlicr survived him ;i\\nfew years, pa.ssiiiij away when ci jlity-one. They\\nwere the parents of eiglit ehiidreu, all of whom\\ni;re\\\\v to iiianliood and wonianliood, and seven now\\nsiu vive, namely: Charles; John M., of this sketch;\\nHulda, widow of Alex. Farmer, of Battle Creek;\\nWilliam; Darius W.; Adaline, who heeanie the wife\\nof R. Turner: and D:irwin. Mrs. Louise Dimoml is\\ndeceased.\\nThe subject of this notice was reared under the\\nparental roof and accompanied his parents in their\\nvarious removals, rcmainiiis with them until he\\nwas of age. His schooling w.as completed in Ni-\\nagara Countj N. Y., after which he learned the\\ntrade of a carpenter and joiner. He came to Com-\\nstock Townshi|), Kalamazoo County, in 1837, and\\nworked at his trade, assisting in building the first\\nsawmills in the county. lie erected other struc-\\ntures, and assisted in putting in the gearing in the\\nlirst gristmill in Comstock.\\nAfter continuing as a cari)enter for six years in\\nComstock Townshi|), Mr. Lay embarked in the dr}\\ngoods business in the village of Galesburgh and suc-\\ncessfully carried on a large trade for four years. He\\nthen sold out and was for seven years iu the drug-\\nbusiness, lie was married, June 21, 1840, to Sophia\\nlieckwitli, who was born in Otsego County, N. Y.,\\nSci teniber 22, 1818, and thej- arc the parents of\\nthree children, namely: Alexis M., who was born\\nOctober 2(5, 1811, and resides in New York City;\\nRosa A.,born Novemi)er 17, 1842, married K. G.\\nCurtis, of Chicago, and died in California, Maj- 9,\\n18!)0, leaving one son, Charles O., who now resides\\nwith his grandfather; William F., who was born\\nApril 29, 1847, is now in New York City. Mr. Lay\\nwas deeply bereaved, l- cln-uary 2(), 1889, by the\\ndeath of his devoted wife, whose mortal remains\\nlie buried in Oak Grove Cemetery.\\nFor more than twenty years, Mr. Lay has been\\nretired from active business, but he still tjikes great\\ninterest in all affaii-s of importance and is a public-\\nspirited man. Until the nomination of John C.\\nFremont to the I residency, he was a I)emf)Crat,\\nbut since that time he has Ijcen a Republican. He\\nwas Justice of the Peace in Comstock Township,\\nalso Assessor and Treasurer for two vcars, and Una\\nheld the \\\\:iri in mIiooI olliees. He was appf)inted\\nAbijiii of llie MiililiM uiidrr (iov. liingliam in this\\nState during the ({eliellion. At various times he\\nhas been identified with the Village Board and\\nhas pro)noted the interests of the place in every\\nway possible. Socially, he is connecteil with (ialcs-\\nl)urgii Lodge, No. !\u00c2\u00bb2, A. F. X A. M. Mr. l ay\\nmoved to Chicago in ISII .t, and was one of tiiesuf-\\nferers in the great lire. :ifler which he returnc(i to\\nCialesbiH srh.\\nAMUF.L liKiF.I.OW. A conspieiiuus posi-\\nts lion among the farmers of an I .iiicn\\nCounty is held liy this gentleman, who\\nhas gained iiilluence and standing l)y years\\nof well-directed efforts, and an intelligent appre-\\nciation of the duties of citizenship. He occupies\\na valual)le estate in Arlington Township, where he\\nh.as placed improvements that make the place one\\nof the best in the community. The i)le.asant ap-\\npearance of the residence without is but an index\\nto the comfort that rules within, and without m.ak-\\ning any pretensions to elegance, the dwelling at-\\ntr.acts the admiration of ever} passer-by. There\\nare few citizens now surviving who have resided\\nin this county for a longer period than Mr. Bige-\\nlow, and his upright life will cause him to be lov-\\ningly remembered, long after he shall have ex-\\nchanged the things of time for tiioseof the eternal\\nworld.\\nAvon, Livingston Count}-, N. Y., was the birth-\\nplace of Mv. Bigelow, and April 20, 1827, the date\\nthereof. His father, Calvin, was born in Connect-\\nicut in 1780, and his mother, Sarah (Hall) Bige-\\nlow, was likewise a native of Connecticut. The\\nparents reared eleven children out of a family of\\nthirteen born to them. The paternal gramlfather\\nwas Josei)h, wliose native place was in the State of\\nConnecticut, and who was probably descended\\nfrom iMiglish ancestors. Our subject resided in\\nLivingston County until the fall of 184;j, wiien he\\ncame to an Buren County, and h.as since made\\nhis home m Arlington Township.\\nIn 18.53, Mr. Bigelow was married to Miss Eunice,\\ndaughter of (ieorgc and F.unice (Harvey) Me.acham,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "270\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand a lady of refined tastos and tijreat kindness of\\nheart. The farm which Mr. IJigelow still occu-\\nl)ies was pnrchased liy hiiii in 1H48, when it was\\ncovered with a dense growth of forest trees, and\\nsurrounded bj uncultivated tracts of land, (irad-\\nually he developed and improved the place, erect-\\ning good buildings .as occasion offered and replac-\\ning the forests with cultivated fields. Ills family\\nconsisted of his wife and six children, whose\\nlecords are as follows: P^va, the wife of Alexander\\nFhilli|)s; .Jerome, a resident of Bangor; Nellie,\\nnow tiie wife of Martin Bigelow; Herbert; Eunice,\\nwho m.arried D. Tall)t)t; and Jane.\\nUntil 1876, Mr. Bigelow devoted his energies ex-\\nclusively to farming, but at that time he began\\nbreeding blooded stock. He purchased the horse\\nwell known .IS Robert Whale} and has since added\\nto bis stock until he now has a fine stock farm.\\nHis political belief brings him into affiliation with\\nthe Democratic party, and his first vote w.as cast\\nfor Gen. Cass in 1848. As a representative and\\npioneer citizen of Van Buren County, he well mer-\\nits having his name perpetuated through the me-\\ndium of the Re(01!1 and as long as there will ex-\\nist in tjjis county a love for those who have\\ndeveloped its resources, so long will the account of\\nhis life work be read with pleasure by generations\\nyet to come.\\nE^^\\nRANK FREEMAN is a resident farmer and\\nfj stock-raiser on section 15, Pine Grove\\nTownship. He is a son of .John Freeman\\nand .Julia (Muloany) P reeman, the father a native\\nof New York and the mother of Ireland who came\\nto New York when quite young. Thej- were mar-\\nried in New York and came to Michigan in 1856,\\nsettling in Prairieville, Barry County, where be\\nworked for others. He then went to Kalamazoo\\nCounty and settled on a partly improved farm and\\nlived iheie ten years. In 1865, he sold out and re-\\nmoved to this county and settled upon a farm of\\nwild laud consisting of eighty .acres. Here he lived\\ntwelve years and then went to Kansas and located\\nin Crawford County three years. At the expir.a-\\ntioii of that time, he again came to Michigan and\\noperated his farm in Kalamazoo County on which\\nhe resided until a))()ul three years ago, since when\\nhe has lived in the city of Kalamazoo. His good\\nwife and helpmate died in 1869. She bore her\\nhusband five children, our subject being the eldest\\nborn.\\nThe birth of Frank Freeman took place in Lewis\\nCounty, N. Y., May 10, 1848, and became to Michi-\\ngan with his parents when a mere lad. He re-\\nceived a good education, and when fifteen years\\nold had a great desire to become a soldier, so en-\\nlisted in April, 1864, in Company F, Eighth Michi-\\ngan Cavaliy, and joined his regiment at Chatta-\\nnooga, Ten u., ill the late war. He took part in the\\nbattle of Franklin under Gen. Thomas, and also in\\na number of skirmishes. He was never off duty\\nand served with his regiment until September,\\n1865, being engaged in hunting down guerrillas\\nfrom the previous April.\\nAfter being honorabl} discharged from the armj\\nour subject returned home and took charge of the\\nfarm. He now has eighty acres of land, Mty-dve\\nof which are all cleared and in a good state of culti-\\nvation and he carries on mixed farming successfully.\\nHis horses are splendid roadsters and of the Mor-\\ngan Messenger breed.\\nMr. Freeman was married in January, 1869, to\\nAm.anda A. Tower, a native of Ohio. She bore her\\nhusband five children: Albert, Grace, Pearl, Edith\\n.and Leo. The older children have good educations\\nand Miss Grace is a teacher. The beloved wife\\nand mother was called to the better land, April 17,\\n1891, aged forty-two years. Mrs. Freeman when a\\nbabe lost her mother and was taken to Illinois, and\\nlived there until eighteen years old when she came\\nto Michigan. Mr. Freeman is a member of the\\nGrand Army of the Republic Post at Kendall and\\nis the Treasurer of the same. He is also a member\\nof the Free and Accepted Masons of Goble and\\nthe Knights of the Maccabees of Kendall, and is\\nTreasurer of the School Board of district No. 8.\\nIn politics, he affiliates with the Republican party\\nand has been a believer of that platform all his\\nlife. He lives on his farm with three of his chil-\\ndren who are his consolation and joy. He is held\\nin the highest repute by all his neighbors and\\nfriends.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "(v^ ^5 ^cUy^.^^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIIC^VL RECORD.\\n273\\nON. TIIEODATUS TIMOTHY LYON,\\nVice-president of the American Horticul-\\ntiiral Society, and President of the Michi-\\nff:m State Horticultural Society, was born\\n.laiiunry 13, 1813, in Lima, N. Y. He comes of\\nsturdy pioneer ancestry, bis grandfather, Thomas\\nl yon, being- a farmer of Connecticut, while his\\nfather, Timothy, emigrated at an early day\\nfrom that State to Western Massachusetts, and\\nin the early settlement of the Genesee Country\\nsettled at Lima. Timothy Lyon owned and oper-\\nated a farm, l)ut devoted his attention mostly to\\narchitecture and millwrigiiting. He married !Miss\\nJTary, the daughter oi .Tunah Davis, a farmer\\nwho early emigrated to Lima from Delaware\\nCounty, N. Y.\\nFour children were born to the parents of our\\nsubject: Theodatus T., of this sketch; Marinda\\nwlio married ^Matthew Lochhead, and resides at\\nSouth na\\\\en; Oscar, deceased; and Phidelia, the\\nwife of W. II. Craig, of Buena Vista, Colo. The\\nparents died in Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich.\\nFrom the age of about twelve j cars our subject\\ndevoted his summers partly to farming and\\npartly to mechanical work, having developed a\\nconsulerable liking for machinery. Aside from\\nsuch employments his time was passed in the dis-\\ntrict school, with a few terms in a select vill.age\\nschool. In the spring of 1828 his school privi-\\nleges were brought to a permanent close by his re-\\nmoval, with his father, to the then remote and\\nwild Territory of Michigan.\\nMl-. Lj on well remembers hearing the report of\\nthe cannon used to telegrapli from Buffalo to Al-\\nbany tiie fact that the water had been admitted\\ninto the western end of Erie Canal. This was\\nabout 1820, and tlie ceremonies were signalized b)\\nthe presence of Gen. La Fayette, then on iiis last\\nvisit to this country. About tliis tiiiu visiting\\nthe orchard of a neighbor, Mr. Lyon found him in\\nthe top of an apple tree, inserting buds in the\\nsmaller branches. He watched the process with\\nthe closest attention, and on his return home, pro-\\ncured and sharpened a case knife (the best imple-\\nment available for the purpose). He then pro-\\nceeded to cut buds from his favorite apple tree\\nand insert them in other trees in the orchard, as\\n12\\nan earnest of his fii-st lesson in practical pomol-\\nogy-\\nThe removal of Mr. Lyon to Michigan, which\\nwas made in May, 1828, was by way of the then\\nnow Erie Canal to Buffalo, thence to Detroit via\\nLake Erie. At that time, the first steamer upon\\nthe lake. -Walk-in-tiic- Water, had been recently-\\nwrecked, and the onlj steamers remaining were\\nthe Henry Cl.iy and the Michigan, each mak-\\ning weekly trips between Buffalo and Detroit.\\nThe latter was then a small, remote, frontier town;\\nits chief veliicles, one-horse carts, often without\\ntires on the wheels, while the inhabitants were\\nlargely French-Canadian. In traveling to Ply-\\nmouth, then but three years settled, the family\\np.assed the Bucklin Woods, three miles without a\\nclearing; also the Schwartzburg Woods, four\\nmiles of continuous forest. The first frame resi-\\ndence in Plymouth, that of John Tibbits, was\\nraised the summer after the arrival of the Lyon\\nfamily.\\nThe first year !Mr. L^on spent in Michigan was\\nemployed in tending a small country store, estab-\\nlished and managed by his father at Plymouth.\\nHis emplovment was afterward for a time diversi-\\nfied b} carr^ ing the mail on horseback, the route\\nextending from Tccumseh to Maumec, on the one\\nhand, and Ponti.ac on the otiier, with a weekly trip\\nto Monroe, then little more than a French village.\\nIn compliance with the desire of his father, our\\nsubject spent the greater portion of the ^-ears\\n1830-31 in an effort to accjuaint himself with the\\nbusiness of manufacturing leather, at an establish-\\nment owned and managed by Phiue.TS Davis, a\\nprominent merchant of Detroit. But the business\\nproved too uncongenial and w.is abandoned.\\nIntlie meantime, his fatiier having embarked in\\nthe business of milling, Mr. Lyon was supplied\\nwith employment until the summer of 1834. He\\nthen returned to his former home in Lima, N. Y.,\\nwhere he taught a district school two winters and,\\nduring the one summer spent there, devoted about\\nsix weeks to study under the instruction of a\\nformer teacher. At the end of that time he re-\\nceived his linal graduation, so far as school priv-\\nileges were concerned, although, even at his\\nI present advanced age, he has not ceased to be a", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "274\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nstudent. In oberliencc to the earnest wish of his\\nparents, he, in the spring of 1836, concluded quite\\nreluctant! 3 to forego his purpose of pursuing a\\ncourse of study, and returning to Michigan, re-\\nsumed the mercantile business. He also followed\\nthe profession of a teacher and finally commenced\\nto operate as a farmer and manufacturer of lumber,\\noccasionallj filling the positions of Township\\nClerk and School Inspector.\\nDecember 6, 1838, Mr. Lyon was married to Miss\\nMarilla, daughter of William II. Gregory, a promi-\\nnent farmer of Plymouth and at one time member\\nof the Legislature of this State. After a long ill-\\nness, during which she patiently bore great suffer-\\ning, Mrs. Lyon died iu March, 1891, leaving her\\nbereaved husband and a large circle of friends to\\nmourn her loss. A few years after his marriage,\\nMr. Lyon removed to the Wayne County Poor\\nHouse, where he spent one year in charge of the\\nestablishment as Superintendent and farmer. The\\nnumber of inmates increased during the winter to\\nabove eighty, and the accommodations consisted of\\na double log house, formerly a tavern, with a\\nsmall frame addition answering as a kitclieu. The\\nWhig party having lost control of the appointing\\nboard, Mr. Lyon was superseded at the close of\\nthe year 1842, and then returned to Plymouth.\\nAbout 1844 Mr. Lyon commenced a small nur-\\nsery at Plymouth, mainly for the purpose of grow-\\ning a supply of trees for his own planting. He\\ncollected the varieties for the nursery from the\\nsurrounding orchards, accepting the names by\\nwhich thej were commonly known. He soon\\nlearned that he had in so doing incorrect and local\\nnames for many varieties, and iu some cases the\\nsame fruit under a variety of names. This put\\nhim u]wn the work of correction and identification,\\nin which labor he derived much aid and encour-\\nagement from Jabez Warner, then of Plymouth,\\nand for many j cars the champion grafter, as well\\nas the conservator of varieties of fruits in a laro-e\\nnumber of the orchards of that region. He also\\nreceived aid from Thomas Thomas, an enthusiastic\\nfruit-grower of Salem, Washtenaw County.\\nSuch a work is very likely to grow upon a person,\\nand the case of Mr. Lyon proved no exception to\\nthe rule. He soon saw the need of a broader\\nknowledge; and amid the toil and care of business,\\nentered upon the study of the limited pomology of\\nthirty years ago. A series of articles in the Michi-\\ngan Farmer, describing the apples known and valued\\nin Waj ne Counts and vicinity, drew the atten-\\ntion of Charles Downing, of Newburg, N. Y., and\\nmade Mr. L3 on acquainted M ith him. From his\\ntrial grounds at Newburg, our subject was enabled\\nto obtain numerous varieties of new and compara-\\ntively untested fruits, and having a decided pen-\\nchant that way, and his recentlj -planted orchard\\nbeing in a condition for that purpose, he indulged\\nextensively in testing novelties as a matter of per-\\nsonal and public satisfaction, but with little regard\\nto the question of profit. The test orchards of\\nPlymouth are the outcome of those experiments.\\nFrom 1861 until 1865, under a Republican\\nCounty administration, Mr. Lyon held the position\\nof member and Secretary of the Board of Super-\\nintendents of the Poor of Wayne County; and\\nquite to his surprise was continued a year in the\u00c2\u00bb\\nplace by the succeeding Board of Democratic\\nCounty Auditors. His associates were Alanson\\nSheley, of Detroit, and S. W. Walker, of Waj ne.\\nUnder tliat administration, the first adequate sup-\\nply of good water w\\\\as secured for the establish-\\nment, important improvements of the farm were\\ndevised, the entire buildings throughly renovated,\\nand the present keeper s residence built. Those\\nundertakings, together with the keeping of the\\nbooks of the establishment, compelled Mr. Lyon to\\ndevote to it a very considerable portion of his\\ntime for several years.\\n.June 17, 1864, the Detroit Howell Railroad\\nCompany was organized with Mr. Lyon as Presi-\\ndent; this was followed April 13, 1867, by the or-\\nganization of the Howell fe Lansing Railroad Com-\\npany, both being parts of the same line. Mr. Lj on\\nwas chosen President of the latter company. He\\nheld that position until, in 1871-72, the road was\\nturned over to an association of Boston citizens,\\nrepresented by James F. Joy, of Detroit. During\\nthe six years devoted to this work, our subject had\\nto secure nearly the whole of the large amount of\\npledges along the line, both by individuals and\\ntownships, together witli the entire right of\\nwav, except a small portion near Detroit. As a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnnCAL RECORD.\\n275\\nconsequence, liis attention was diverted from the\\nsubject of pomology and tlie care of lils orchards\\nwas largely delegated to otiier hanrls. I artially\\non account of the ill health of his wife s i)arents,\\nand tlieir final death, Mr. Lyon removed to the\\nvillage of Plymouth.\\nOn the com] letion and opening of the Detroit\\nLansing Railroad and its cousolidatiou with the\\nline to Ionia, Mr. Lyon s connection with it ceased,\\nleaving him without special employment. At this\\njuncture strong inducements were offered him to\\nremove to Western Michigan and resume his\\nformer pursuits, which he did in 1874, I)ecoming\\n.associated with the Michigan Lake Shore xS ursery\\nAssociation as its President. That enterprise was\\ninaugurated at an inauspicious time; and, .as acon-\\nse(jueiicc of the subsequent shrinkage of values,\\ntogether with the failure of a large number of\\nsubscribers to the capital stock to fulfill their en-\\ngagements, it was thought best to dissolve the cor-\\nporate organization. The nursery is now con-\\nducted under private auspices.\\nIn December, 1876, Mr. Lyon was elected Presi-\\ndent of the Michigan State Pomological Societj\\nnow the ^Michigan Horticultural Society, to which\\nposition he has been annually re-elected up to the\\npresent time (1891). For two years he was a mem-\\nber of the Kxecutive Committee of the State Agri-\\ncultural Society, and at three different times dele-\\ngate of that societj to the sessions of the American\\nPomological Society, besides being a representa-\\ntive of our State Pomological Society to a meet-\\ning of that societ} held in Rochester, N. Y. These\\nand varied minor positions of similar character, to-\\ngether with the supplying of occasional matter\\nfor the press, have conspired to entail upon him a\\nvoluminous correspondence, drawing largely upon\\nhis time and energies, with but little direct advan-\\ntage to himself. In 1889, he closed out his nursery\\nbusiness to take charge of the South Haven sub-\\nexperiment station under the State Hoard of Agri-\\nculture, and agent of the National Division of Pom-\\nology ,whicli is under control of the National Depart-\\nment of Agriculture, and tests various varieties of\\nfruits, insects and bugs. Mr. Lyon was for four\\nyears First Vice-president of the American Pomo-\\nlogical Society. lu 1888, he wrote a history of\\nHorticulture in ^Michigan, wliich is published in\\ntiio reports of the society; he has also been a fre-\\niufiit ciiiitiiliutor to journals and niagaziiies,\\namong them the Rural New Yorker and The Michi-\\ngan Farmer.\\nA lithographic portrait of Mr. Lyon accompanies\\nhis biograi)liical notice.\\n1\\nAMES M. M( ALPINK. In the career of\\nthis gentleman, who has for many years\\nbeen a successful farmer in Allegan Countj-,\\nand is now living in retirement at Monterey\\nCentre, where he has ten acres of fine property-,\\nmay be found an illustration of the worth of good\\nprinciples and habits of industry and prudence.\\nHe had not inherited the wealth that falls to some\\nmen, but has fought his way through life, provided\\nonly with the advantages that a beneficent Nature\\nhas granted him. In addition to the property\\nmentioned above, Mr. McAlpine is the proprietor\\nof a tract of two hundred acres in Jlonterey\\nTownship, which bears excellent improvements\\nand nets him a handsome income.\\nJames JIcAlpine of this sketch is the son of\\nWilliam .and Lydia (Souls) McAlpine, natives of\\nNew York. The father being a farmer, young\\nJames was reared to that calling and remained un-\\nder the parental roof onlj- until reaching his\\neleventh year, when, ambitious to begin life for\\nhimself, he hired out as a farm hand. In 1841 he\\nwas happily married to Miss Luc} D. M., daughter\\nof Noble Granger, who was a native of New York\\nand a pioneer of Allegan Count} this State.\\nAfter his marriage our subject rented a piece of\\nland which he farmed four years, then deciding to\\ntr} his fortunes in the new State of Michigan, he\\ncame hither in October, 1845. On landing here\\nhis possessions consisted of a wife, one child and\\n$30 in mone}-. His persistent industiy has been\\nrewarded and he is now enabled to p.ass his declin-\\ning years in peace and ((uict, enjoying the fruits\\nof his earl} struggles.\\nTo !Mr. and Mrs. McAlpine were born a family\\nof three children: Martin an Biiren, who married\\nEllen Kibbv and is lesiding in Jlonterev Town-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "276\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nship, Allegan County, for a fuller sketch of\\nwhom the reader is referred to his biograplu to be\\nfound on another page; Willie died at the inter-\\nesting age of four j ears, and Lizzie, now Mrs.\\nKnoblock, resides in Monterey- Township.\\nComing here at such an earl} da^-, our subject\\nh.as been an eye-witness to the wonderful develop-\\nment of this section of country and by his thrift\\nand energy has done no little helping to bring\\nabout the transformation. lie is now living on a\\nbeautiful tract of ten acres in Jlonterey Centre,\\nwhich homestead adds greatly to the beauty of the\\nsurrounding landscape. His father was born in\\n1792 and died in 1867. His mother, who was born\\nin 1790, passed away in 18G9. Mr. McAlpine is a\\nstanch Democrat in politics and has been honored\\nwith all the various offices within the gift of the\\npeople, having served for man_y j ears as Super-\\nvisor and Justice of the Peace. We are very much\\npleased to be able to present to our readers a sketch\\nof Mr. McAlpine, who is widely known and greatly\\nrespected throughout Allegan Count}- where he has\\nresided for so many years.\\nkEVI LOOMIS. This old pioneer of Allegan\\nCounty is at present residing on section 11,\\nGanges Township. He was born in 3Iadi-\\nson County, N. Y., September 16, 1810, and was\\nthe son of Josi.ah and Rebecca S. Loomis. The\\nfather was born in Blanford, Conn., where he was\\nreared upcm a farm. He received a limited edu-\\ncation and, when (attaining his majorit_v, married\\nRebecca Slieeu, also of Connecticut.\\nAfter their marriage, the parents of our subject\\nmoved to New York, where they bought a farm in\\nHamilton County, upon which they resided the re-\\nmainder of their days. To tlicm were born five\\nchildren, of whom Levi is the only memlier livimj.\\nThey bore the names of William S., Lyman Emil}-,\\nnow Mrs. William G. Butler; our subject and\\nJosiah J. Mrs. Rebecca Loomis died when our\\nsubject was but twelve years of age, and his father\\nwas married a second time, to Polly Newton, and\\nto them was born a daughter, Harriet. The sen-\\nior Mr. Loomis fought in the War of 1812, and\\nvoted the Whig ticket. His father, Alexander\\nLoomis, took up arms against the Mother Country\\nduring the Revolutionary War.\\nLevi Loomis spent !iis carh life on the farm and\\nattended school until reaching liis twelfth year,\\nwhen, his mother dying, he was thrown upon his\\nown resources. IIis first work on his own account\\nwas for a Dr. Foote, with whom he remained two\\nyears and then spent the same lengtli of time on a\\nfarm. Later, he went to Pennsjlvania, and after\\nmaking a short sta}- there, emigrated to Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., where he learned the carpenter s\\ntrade and continued to work thus for five years.\\nLi 1835, he came West to Michigan, and for five\\nyears worked at his trade in different parts of\\nAllegan Count} Mr. Loomis erected the first\\nsawmill on Pine Creek, and in 1840 located on his\\npresent farm on section 11, Ganges Township, Al-\\nlegan County.\\nThe original of this sketch was married in 1837\\nto Miss Sally A. Skinner, who was born July 16,\\n1808, and was a daughter of Isaac Skinner. To\\nthem were born seven children: JMarion D.;\\nCharles L., deceased; Flora L., now Mrs. A. C.\\nGoodrich Ida T., Mrs. D. French Effie L., deceased,\\nwho was the wife of Frank Raymond; Bertrand,\\nwho died while in the army; and Charley.\\nMr. Loomis was the second settler in Ganges\\nTownship, coming hither with teams. As there\\nwere no boats on the river he was obliged to\\nbuild a raft, on which he placed his family and\\nfloated to the mouth of the Kalamazoo River.\\nOn locating on the eighty acres of timber laud,\\nwhich our subject had purchased, he immediately\\nset about the erection of a house for his family,\\nwhich shanty w.as 32x16 feet in dimensions.\\nMr. Loomis lias been very successful in his under-\\ntakings, .and although he started in life *140 in\\ndebt, he now is the proud possessor of three\\nhundred acres of excellent land, two hundred and\\ntwenty acres of wiiich is under cultivation and\\nsixty acres in fruit. In those early days, when\\nmarkets were far distant, our subject kept his fam-\\nily supplied with choice meats, as he was a good\\nhuntsman and game was plentiful. He often car-\\nried pro^ jsions from Kalamazoo, forty-five miles", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n277\\ndistant. His good wife, who departed this life\\nMarch 3, 188 .t, w:is a very capable woman and\\nnoted for her skill as a liousewifo and caretaker.\\nTo lier ecouoin}- and irood judgment our subject\\ngives all due praise for his present success in life,\\nas she proved a helpmate in the truest sense of\\nthat term.\\nIn politics, Mr. Loomis is aRepulilican. He was\\nformerly a AVhiii:. and cast the only Whig vote\\nl)olled in the village of St. Joseph in 18. 5. He\\nh.as been active in local affairs and hcli)ed to or-\\nganize Ganges Tiiwnship and all the school dis-\\ntricts. He also aided in the building of the Hrst\\nschoolhouse in the township, and hired and paid\\nthe first teacher. He, with the assistance of his es-\\ntimable wife, made out the first tax-roll of what are\\nnow Lee, Casco, Ganges, Manlius, Lake, and Sauga-\\ntuck Townships. He has held the olfice of .lustice\\nof the Peace for four 3 eais, w.as Township Clerk\\nfor the .same length of time and h.is been honored\\nwith nearly .all the local ofllces. In religious mat-\\nters, he is a conscientious Baptist.\\nORTIMER McDOAVELLis the owner of\\ntwo hundred and eighty acres of land on\\nsections 13 and 18, Casco Township, Alle-\\ngan County. His entire tract is under\\nmost excellent cultivation, and in addition to\\nraising the cereals he has forty acres of sugar bush\\nand a like amount in fruit. He h.is made as high\\nas eighteen hundred jiounds of sugar from his\\nbush in one year. Jlr. JIcDowell is greatly\\nrespected in this locality and ranks among the\\nprominent and well-to-do agriculturists of Allegan\\nCounty\\nOur subject was born in Niagara County, N. Y.,\\nin 1830, and was the son of Timothy and Emeline\\nMcDowell. The father was born in Oneida County,\\nN. Y., in 1801, where he was reared to agricul-\\ntural pursuits. He was entirely a self-made man,\\nas all his schooling was received tefore he reached\\nhis eighth year. He remained at home until attain-\\ning mature 3-eiirs and at the age of twenty-four\\nwas married to our subject s mother, who bore\\nthe name of Emeline, daughter of Joshua and\\nSusan (Burnam) Reynolds. Mrs. McDowell was a\\nnative of Vermont, and born in 18(17. The j oung\\ncouple made their home on the old farm for two\\nyears. The grandpaients of our subject were\\npioneers of Niagara County, X. Y., and helped\\nraise the first house in Lockport. When moving\\nto New York they passed through what is now\\nthe site of Rochester, that city being called in that\\nearly d.ay Corset Corners.\\nTimothy McDowell purchased a tract of unim-\\nproved land within six miles of Lockport, upon\\nwhich he resided for a few years. He later re-\\nmoved with his family to Chautaiuiua Count3-,where\\nlie made his home for eleven years. In 1845 he\\ncame to Michigan and located at once in Casco\\nTownship, near where our subject now lives, he\\nbeing the first settler in that region. His farm\\nincluded three hundred and twenty .acres of unim-\\nproved land. The trip hither was made overland\\nwith ox-teams and in thai early day the postoHice\\nwas at S.\u00c2\u00abiugatuck, where also they obtained the\\nmost of their suiiplies, although they were com-\\npelled sometimes to drive the slow ox-team to\\nOtsego. Mr. ^IcDowell was prominent in local\\naffairs, and was the first Postmaster of Casco. In\\npolitics, he was in early life a Democrat, but in\\nlater years joined the Kepuldiean |)arty. He was\\nwidel_v known throughout this section and for a\\nnumber of years was Director in the National\\nBank at South Haven.\\nMortimer McDowell of this sketch was given a\\ngood common-school education and accompanied\\nan uncle to Casco Township, Allegan Countj\\nwhen 0UI3 fifteen years of age. Tlie^- at once\\nbegan the erection of a cabin, the lumber wliieli\\nwas used in its construction being rafted down\\nthe lake ten miles by night. The father and\\nfamily followed in a few months and located in\\nthe new home, which was 18,x2Gfeet in dimensions,\\nand which was made eonifrirtal)Ie for their recep-\\ntion.\\nOur subject remained under the parental roof\\nuntil reaching his m.ajoritj-, in the meantime work-\\ning industriously in clearing the home farm. When\\nstarting out for himself he took contr.acts for\\nthat line of work and has probably cleared over\\nfive liundred acres of land in Casco Township,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "278\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHis marriage occurred in 1859, when Emilj E.,\\ndaughter of Richard R. and Nancy Hudson, be-\\ncame his wife. Mrs. McDowell was born in Port-\\nage County, Ohio, which was also the native State\\nof her father; her mother hailed from Pennsyl-\\nvania. Emily E. was the youngest member of\\nher parents family of four children. Her pater-\\nnal grandfather was a very old pioneer of Ohio\\nand lived to reach the good old age of ninety\\nyears.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. McDowell have been born two\\nsons: Arthur, who married Miss Mary Munger,\\nand Ernest. In politics, our subject is non-par-\\ntisan, always casting his vote for the best man.\\nTogether with his wife, he is a member of the\\nTownship Grange.\\n1\u00c2\u00bb? ENRY OVERHISER. This well-to-do resi-\\ndent on section 35, Casco Township, Alle-\\ngan County, was bom in Steuben County,\\nN. Y., in 1835 and is the son of George\\nand Elizabeth Overhiser. His father was also a\\nnative of the Empire State, his birth occurring in\\n180-i. He was there reared on a farm and re-\\nceived a good common-school education, remain-\\ning with his parents until he became of age. For\\neleven successive winters he was engaged in log-\\nging on the Chemung River, a distance of three\\nhundred miles from his home, which journey he\\nmade on foot.\\nThe parents of our subject were married when\\nquite young, tlie maiden name of his mother being\\nP^lizabeth Storms, a daughter of Peter and Dorcas\\n(Ballard) Storms. Her parents were of English\\ndescent, natives of New York. In 1841 Mr. and\\nMrs. Overhiser came West to Faj ette County, Ind.,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0where the father was engaged the first winter in\\ncutting cord-wood at twenty-cents per cord, walk-\\ning a distance of six miles to his work. He pur-\\nchased a small tract of land in Fayette Countj-\\nand resided there for the following three j ears.\\nHe then removed to Blackford County, also in\\nIndiana, becoming the proprietor of one hundred\\nand sixty acres of school land. Being pioneers\\nin that locality, tlic hardships which they endured\\nhave made a lasting impression upon the mind of\\nour subject, who was one in a family of thirteen\\nchildren, twelve of whom grew to reach mature\\nyears.\\nThe brothers and sisters of our subject bore the\\nfollowing names: Belinda; John; Mar^ who is\\nthe wife of W. W. Johnston; Elvira, Mrs. Isaac\\nJohnson; Martha, deceased; Henry; Lonson; Anna,\\nMrs. F. Bonham; Charles; Willard; Marion; Sarah,\\nMrs. D. D. Tourtellotte and Katurah, Mrs. Thomas\\nMills. George Overhiser, our subject s father,\\nlived to see about one-third of his farm improved,\\nand died in 1862, his wife preceding him to the\\nland beyond in 1860. He was a son of Casper\\nand Ruth (Beals) Overhiser, the father being a\\nfarmer of Holland descent. He was married\\ntwice and reared a family of twenty-one children.\\nWhen reaching his nineteenth 3-ear, Henry\\nOverheiser s father gave him lil with which to\\ncommence life on his own account. He at once\\nbegan by chopping wood, which occupation he\\nfollowed only a short time, when he learned the\\ncarpenter s trade, which, together with his farming\\noperations, has been his life work. He came to\\nAllegan County in 1860 and has made this county\\nhis abiding place since that time. His first pur-\\nchase of land was on section 10, Casco Township,\\ncoming to his new home with his wife, three\\nchildren and their early effects in a single wagon.\\nHe was very successful in his undertaking and in\\na few years was enabled to add forty acres to his\\noriginal tract. Later he added sixty acres and now\\nhas a farm of one hundred acres. He has erected\\na beautiful residence on his estate and b} using\\nthe best methods and improvements in his opera-\\ntions is meeting with more than ordinary success.\\nIn 1855 ovir subject and Miss Sarah, daughter of\\nPeter and Riioda McKee, were united in marriage\\nand to them were born eight children: Lonson,\\nAlbert; Olive, Mrs. S. Galbreath; Ida, wife of\\nCharles Osborn; Grantdeceased; Charles; Mar} also\\ndeceased, and Minnie. Mrs. Overhiser died March\\n4, 1884, and our subject was a second time married,\\nthe lady of his choice bemg Mrs. Henrietta (Fisher)\\nWharficld, the daughter of Henmanand Catherine\\n(Uran) Fisher, natives respectivel}- of Ohio and\\nPennsylvania. Mrs. Overhiser was born in Kala-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n279\\nmazoo County, this State, whei-o her parents were\\nearly pioneers. Her fn^t husband w.is AVilli.ini\\nGouid and upon his death she lieranic the wife of\\nHenry Wharlieid. In politieal affairs our subject\\nhas been quite prominent, having served his\\ntownship as Tax Collector for ten consecutive\\nyears and Supervisor for two years. He has afso\\nrepresented his fellow-townsmen as a delegate to\\nRepublican conventions. Together with his wife,\\nhe is a member of the United Brethren Church and\\nis greatly respected in Casco Township.\\n^.j LFRED S. PACKARD, who resides on\\nC^Oj section 1, Covert Townsiiip, Van Buren\\nis County, is numbered among the prom-\\ninent business men of Western ISIich-\\nigan, and is a large landowiier of some of the best\\nland in the celebrated fruit belt of Michigan, from\\nwhich are obtained the best peaches raised in\\nthe Nortliwest. He is the son of William and\\nMary (Rude) Packard, for whose historj- see sketch\\nof the Hon. W. O. Packard in another p.art of this\\nvolume. Alfred S. was born in Rens.selaer County,\\nY., September 22, 1834, and was two years old\\nwhen the family removed to Ohio, where lie grew\\nuj) on a farm, assisting his father in his various\\nduties there and also in the mills. He acquired a\\ngood common-school education .and taugiit school\\nfor some time. He removed to Allegan County,\\nMich., in 1859 and was associated in business with\\nIns father and brother until 1877, when he with-\\ndrew from the firm and has since carried on his\\noperations alone. He now owns two sawmills, and\\ndeals in \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Jumber, wood and bark, both at Covert\\nand Soutii Haven. He was the owner at one time\\nof twentj -five hundred acres of land and still\\nretains about fifteen hundred acres.\\nMr. Packard has been married tliree times, his\\nfirst wife being Laura A., daughter of I ram and\\nCjnithia P.ackard, to whom ho was united Jl.ay 1,\\n1859. She was a native of Plain field, Mass., and\\ndied April 10, 1870. Thej were the parents of\\none son, who was bom April 2, 1870, and died\\nfive months later. On June 22, 1871, Mr. Pack-\\nard was married to Mary E., daughter of Nelson\\nT. and Emily C. Burnham, a native of Middle-\\ntown, Conn., wiio was born April 28, 1846, and\\nremoved with her parents to Ohio, where she\\nresided until her marriage. She died in the spring\\nof 1881, leaving nochildrcn. The present wife of\\nMr. Packard was Clara O. Atkinson, to whom he\\nwas united ^lay 2, 1882. Mr. I ackard affiliates\\nwith the Republican i)arty, but takes little interest\\n111 political affairs, except to vote for the best men\\non the ticket. He is an active and earnest member\\nof tiie Congregational Cliurch, in which he is a\\nDeacon and is also Superintendent of the Sabbath-\\nschool. He was one of the organizers of the\\nchurch at Covert and is numbeied among its most\\nliberal supporters. He stands iiigh in the regard\\nof his fellow-citizens. Mr. Packard is engaged\\nalso in growing and shipping choice peaches,\\nhaving three large orchards of one thousand trees\\neach, containing twenty-five varieties of this fruit,\\nwhich is shijiped direct from tlie trees, carefully-\\ngraded and packed, to Cliicago and other large\\nmarkets. He also owns six hundred and eighty\\nacres in the counties of Charlevoix and Mecosta.\\n-M*\\n]i^ARIUS MARI5LE gives his attention to\\nI Jj] the cultivation of his farm on section 24,\\n(^f^ Cheshire Township, Allegan County. He\\nwas born in Dunham Township, Canada\\nEast, November 13, 1830. He is the son of Sid-\\nney Marble, a native of New York, who was taken\\nto Vermont when four years of age, and in 1810\\nwent to Canada. The father was a fanner and\\nborn in 1790. The maiden name of our subject s\\nmother was Parmelia Harvey-, and she was born in\\nVermont in 1795, and accompanied her parents on\\ntheir removal to tlie Dominion wlien young. Her\\nfather w.as Samuel Harvey. Grandfather JIarble\\nwas a soldier in the Revolutionary \\\\\\\\av.\\nTlie parents of Darius ^Marble were married in\\nCanada in 1815, and on coming to New York\\nSlate located on a farm in St. I\u00e2\u0080\u009eawrence County.\\nIn 1854 the3 came to Illinois and located in Mc-\\nIlenry County, where the father died the next\\nyear. The mother came to Jlichigan in 1861.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": "280\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe} reared a famil}- of five cliildren, tliree of\\nwhom are now living, viz: Mrs. John Smith, our\\nsubject, and Mrs. Elmer Kidder. One son died in\\nCheshire Township, October 13, 1891, leaving four\\nchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Sidne Marble are mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in wiiich\\nbody the father w.as Class-leader. In politics he\\nwas an Abolitionist.\\nOur subject was ten years of age M hen his\\nparents came to New York State. He was given\\na fair education and remained at home assisting\\nhis father until reaching his majority. He was\\nmarried in 1854 to Jane J. Phelps, a native of\\nVermont, her birth occurring March 10, 1833.\\nHer parents later removed to Canada, where she\\nwas reared to womanhood, but afterward removed\\nto St. Lawrence County, N. Y. After his mar-\\nriage Mr. ^Marble rented a farm in Mclienry\\nCounty, 111., whence he removed to Kane County,\\nand later, December 28, 1861, came to Michigan\\nand made his home in Cheshire Township with a\\nbrother.\\nAugust 2, 18G2, Mr. Marble enlisted in the War\\nof the Rebellion, and joined Company B, Nine-\\nteenth Michigan Infantry, being mustered in as a\\nprivate. He was later promoted to be Corporal\\nand with his regiment was sent to Cincinnati,\\nwhere they remained four weeks, and then went\\nto Tennessee under Gen. Granger. He partici-\\npated in the battle of Thompson s Station, where\\nhe was captured by the enemy. He was confined\\nin Libby Prison nine days when he was paroled\\nand later exchanged. He joined his regiment in\\nJune, 1863, and engaged in the fight at Resaca,\\nDallas Wood, and all through the Atlanta cam-\\npaign. He was also with Sherman on his\\nmarch to the sea, and was present at the surrender\\nof Gen. Joseph E. Johnston in North Carolina.\\nHe participated in the Grand Review at Washing-\\nton, and on that occasion was one of the Color\\nGuards. During his service of two years and ten\\nmonths, Mr. Marble was never in the hospital, and\\nwith the exception of a very few days, was always\\non active duty. He was discharged Maj 10, 1865,\\nand reached home the last of June.\\nOn returning to his home after the close of the\\nwar, Mr. Marble located on what is now his excel-\\nlent farm, but which was then little more than a\\nwilderness. His estate numbers eighty acres, sixty\\nof which are under cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Mar-\\nble have three children living: Eveline L., who is\\nthe wife of M3 ron Beldcn, lives in Trowbridge\\nTownship, Allegan Countj and has one child;\\nSidney E. married Nora B. Dellinger and lives in\\nCheshire Township, same county, with his father;\\nHerbert E. married Mary Curtis and also lives in Al-\\nleg.an County. Mrs. Marble died in 1882, firm in the\\nfaith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which\\nbody her husband is also a member. Their daugh-\\nter, Eveline E., taught ten terms of school, hav-\\ning, with her brothers, been given a good educa-\\ntion.\\nMr. Marble has been a member of the School\\nBoard for three years, and is connected with C. J.\\nBassett Post, at Allegan, of the Grand Army of\\nthe Republic. In politics he is a Republican. The\\nhome farm is carried on by his son, Sidney E.\\nARTIN VAN BUREN McALPINE.\\nAmong the many prominent residents of\\nMonterey Township, Allegan County,\\nnone are more highly esteemed than is Mr.\\nMcAlpine. He makes his home on section 22,\\nwhere he owns a fine one hundred and tweut}\\nacre tract, and also eighty acres on section 27. His\\nproperty is all highly improved and under most\\nexcellent cultivation. He has erected good build-\\nings on his estate, which is thus classed among the\\nfinest in the township.\\nOur subject is the sou of James M. and Lucinda\\n(Granger) McAlpine, natives of Wayne County,\\nN. Y. Martin was born in Monroe Count}-, the same\\nState, June 23, 1843. Two 3-ears later his parents\\nremoved to Michigan and settled in Allegan\\nCounty where they have since resided. He was\\ngiven a good education and remained under the\\nparental roof assisting his father until reaching his\\nmajority.\\nDecember 23, 1865, Martin McAlpine was joined\\nin marriage with the estimable lady who so grace-\\nfully presides over his household and who bore the\\nmaiden name of Ellen M. Kibby. Her parents", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "Q/", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArmCAL RECORD.\\n283\\nwere George and Emily Kibby, natives of Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., wlio came to Allegan County\\nin an early day. Our subject and his wife have\\nbecome the parents of three children: Edna, who\\nis married to Frank E. Berry, resides in Monterey\\nTownship, Allegan County; Martin li., born Ecli-\\nruary 5, 1SG8, received a good education in the\\nAllegan schools and is now employed in the\\nCrange store in Allegan; Belle !M., Iiorn October\\n8, 1875, is attending school.\\nMr. McAlpiue h.as always taken an interest in\\neducational matters and taught two terms of\\nsdiools. He is President of the Kent, Allegan and\\nOttawa Counties Mutual Fire Insurance Company,\\nand a stockholder in the Grange store at Allegan,\\nand has been President of the association for four-\\nteen yeai s. In politics, he is a stanch Democrat\\nand li.as been honored with the ottices of Justice of\\nthe Peace, Township Treasurer and various other\\npositions of responsibility.\\nThe mother of Mrs. ^IcAlpine resides in the\\nsame house with her daughter and has attained to\\nthe ripe age of seventy j-ears. She was the mother\\nof twelve children, ten of whom are living; thir-\\nty-one grandchildren and seven great-grandchil-\\ndren. Every Christmas she receives a visit from\\nher children and their children s children and we\\nhope that she may live to enjoy that pleasure for\\nmanv years to come.\\nV_\\n_y\\nr *^*i\\nl|_.^ENRY GILBERT. Almost every public\\nmeasure of material interest to Kalamazoo\\nhas received the personal and active co-\\noperation of Mr. Gilbert, who is recognized\\nas one of the early men of the cit^ He was born\\nin Ontario (now Yates) County, X. Y., April 12,\\n1810, and is ason of David and Martha (Sanders)\\nGilbert. The parental family comprised five mem-\\nbers, Henry being the eldest. Mary Ann died in\\nNew York, Simeon, in Steuben County, Ind., and\\nIsaac at Salem, Ore. The youngest child, Martha\\nN., is now Mi-s. Leslie, of Kalamazoo.\\nSeptember 25, 1833, Mr. Gilbert was married to\\nMiss Charlotte Case, of Canandaigua, N. Y., who\\ndied April 14, 1880. Their family consisted of\\nCh arlotte Isabel, Mary Eliza, David S., Martha\\nSanders, Ilenr} Goss and Jennie Clark. Two\\nchildren survive: Henry, who is book-keeper for\\nthe Standard Oil Company, and Jennie, who is\\nmarried and resides in Kalamazoo. l\\\\Iary E. mar-\\nried John Dwight, of Chicago, where she died;\\nCharlotte and Martha passed away at the ages of\\nten and five years; David S. died at Leroy, this\\nState, wiien forty-two years old.\\nThe union of Mr. Gilbert with Mrs. Myra Chap-\\nman, the widow of Henry Chapman, of Three\\nRivers, took place May 18, 1881. Mr. Gilbert\\ncame to Kalamazoo (then called Bronson) Septem-\\nber 2, 1835, and wiis employed on the Statesman\\nfor one year, in connection with Albert Chandler,\\nnow of Coidwater. In the fall of 1836 the name\\nof tlie paper was changed to the Gazette. That\\npaper enjoyed the distinction of being the only\\none published between Detroit and Chicage, and\\nnorth of Ft. Wayne, Ind.\\nIt was through .accident onl} that Mr. Gilbert\\nlocated in Kalamazoo. In 183-1, he was en route\\nfor Chicago, and passing through White Pigeon in\\nthe stage, he looked around the village and among\\nother places visited the office of Mr. De Fries,\\nw^hom he bought out in a few minutes, and discon-\\ntinued his journej-. He staid there a j-ear, then\\ncame to Kalamazoo. He soon became identified\\nwith the progress of the i)lace, serving as Township\\nClerk in 1836,Justiceof thePe.ace in 1841, County\\nTreasurer and Receiver of Public Jloneys for the\\nWestern District of Michigan. Tie served at vari-\\nous times .as Trustee and President of the village,\\nand for many years was Trustee of the Michigan\\nFemale Seminary. He had the contract for man-\\nufacturing furniture in the .Slate Prison for twenty\\nyears, and in that capacity employed seventy-five\\nconvicts.\\nWith reference to the establishment of the States-\\nman the History of Kalamazoo Country, says: The\\nMichi(jan Statesman and St. Joseph Chronicle was\\nI established in White Pigeon in 1833, by John De\\n1 Fries. In June, 1831, it w.as puich.ased by Henry\\nGilbert, who continued its publication at White Pig-\\neon until Se] teinber, 1835, when he brought his\\nI printing csUiblishment to Kalamazoo, and the first", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "284\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npaper under the name of the Michigan Statesman\\nwas printed October 2, 1835. In 1836 the material\\nwas .sold and removed to Indiana. Mr. Gilbert\\nwent East and purchased a new outfit, and January\\n23, 1837, the lirst issue of the Kalamazoo Gazette,\\ncame from the press. It soon became an important\\nfactor, under the management of Mr. Gilbert, who\\nwas assisted at times by Samuel York, at Lee, and\\nO. S. Case.\\nHis first Presidential vote was cast for An-\\ndrew Jackson, and he has continued to be a\\nstanch Democrat ever since, and for more than half\\na century has exercised a potent influence in the\\nranks of his part} in Michigan. A lithographic\\nportrait of Mr. Gilbert appears in this connection.\\n[S~\\nWILLIAM M. ROGERS. That persistent\\nindustry and good judgment almost in-\\nvariably- bring success is a fact whose\\ntruth has never been disputed, and upon the posses-\\nsor of these traits of character, fortune usually\\nshowers her blessings. The traveler thiough\\nvarious portions of the township will almost\\nalways pause to view the pleasant home of Mr.\\nRogers, which is located on section 2, Ganges\\nTownship, Allegan County.\\nWilliam M. Rogers was born in Rochester, N. Y.,\\nin 1839, and is the son of Ezra and Matilda Rogers.\\nThe father was born in Connecticut in 1806 and\\npassed his l)oyhood days in the village of Carthage.\\nWhen a lad, he, with the assistance of an older\\nbrother, built a vessel on Lake Ontario. He sailed\\non the lakes for thirty-two years, during that\\nperiod owning and commanding his own vessels.\\nHe often landed where the city of Detroit now\\nstands, when only a few houses marked the site.\\nIn that early day there were no lighthouses on the\\nlakes. Mr. Rogers on one of his voyages lost a\\nvessel near the above-named city, and thus was\\ncompelled to spend the winter with the Indians,\\nundergoing many hardshijis from the intense\\ncold.\\nIn 1837 Ezra Rogers met and married Miss\\nMatilda, daughter of Annias and Lucretia Duncan,\\nand to them was born one child, a son, our sub-\\nject. His good wife died when William M. was an\\ninfant of twelve months and his father married\\nCordelia Boyce, daughter of David Boyce. Their\\nunion resulted in the birth of two children, only\\none of whom, Albert, is yet living. After Ezra\\nRogers quit the lakes he removed with his family\\nto Rochester, N. Y., where he spent his last days.\\nIn politics, he was a strong Democrat.\\nAYhen our subject was only two years old, he\\nwas taken into tiie home of his maternal grand-\\nparents, where he received a careful training and\\nremained there until reaching his twenty-second\\nyear. In 1862 he went to Rochester, where he\\nmarried Charlotte R., daughter of Thomas and\\nCharlotte Baines. They have been granted a\\nfamily of four children: May, Mrs. Charles Cole;\\nAnna, wife of Fred Mills; Hattie, wife of W. J.\\nWagner, and Charles.\\nIn 1863 Mr. Rogers of this sketch was appointed\\nexpress agent at Fennville for the American Ex-\\npress Company, remaining with that company for\\nthree 3 ears. Then in 1866 he came to Ganges\\nTownshii^, and the following year purchased his\\npresent farm of eighty acres. His farm was all\\nheavily wooded but has later been improved and\\nforty acres .set out in an orchard. In connection\\nwith his farming interests, our subject built a ves-\\nsel, which proved very disastrous financially. He\\nhas also been engaged in various businesses in\\nFennville, handling fruit and produce for the\\npast thirteen j ears. He erected the first warehouse\\nin that village, and otherwise has aided greatly in\\nthe development of the village. Politically, Mr.\\nRogers is a stanch Democrat. He is prominent in\\nhis community and has often been called upon to\\nhold positions of responsibility and trust in his\\ntownship.\\nf^OLLISTER F. MARSH is a dealt r in real\\nestate and is also engaged in the insur-\\nance and loan business, which he established\\nin Allegan in 1870. He is a native of New\\nYork City, being born there on the 6tli of March,\\n1837, and is the son of Hollister F. and Jennie\\n(Moorehouse) Marsh, natives of Massachusetts and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnilCAL RECORD\\n285\\nNew York, respectively. His father spent the early\\npart of his life in tlu; mcicantile business in Slass-\\nacliusetts and New York City, coniing to Micliigiui\\nin 1853, where he first located at Allcgau, after-\\nward removing to INIanlius Township, Allegan\\nCounty, where he purchased one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land and was engaged in farming until\\nhis death, which took place in 1881) when he was\\neighty-one years old. lie was a inagniliccnt speci-\\nmen of manhood, being six feet two inclies high\\nand weighing two hundred pounds. He was of\\nEnglish descent, tracing liis ancestry to one of\\nthree brothers, who came over in the Ma^ flower\\nand settled in the Eastern States. Two of these\\nremained in Mass.acliusetts, wliile the oilier one re-\\nturned to England. JNIr. IMarsli was a Presbj-teriau\\nand a Deacon in that church for many years. He\\nwas a prominent nicnil)er of llie ]\\\\Iasonic fraternit}\\nTlie present family consisted of three children,\\ntwo of whom are now living, Maria (Mrs. Popper-\\nwell) of California, and our subject. Tlic latter\\nreceived his education at Rockvillc, Conn., being\\ngraduated from tlie seminary there when sixteen\\nyears old. He then went to New York City where\\nhe clerked for some time, and when nineteen years\\nold opened a grocery store which he carried oi^\\nfor two j-e.ars; he then sold out and removed to\\nChicago. Here he became interested in the lumber\\nbusiness, carrying on sawmills in Michigan where\\nhe owned a large amount of pine lands. He con-\\ntinued in tliis business until 1870, when he sold\\nout and removed to Allegan. Since coming to\\nAllegan he has erected seven l)rick blocks and has\\ndone much toward the improvement and develop-\\nment of the place. Mr. ^larsh owns many thous-\\nand acres of land in this and other counties in\\nMichigan and has aided in establishing many en-\\nterprises in the county and State. He does a large\\nbusiness in loans, as well as in real estate and is\\nlooked upon as one of the most substantial and\\nenterprisng business men in the county.\\nMr. Marsh was married in October, 1858, to Miss\\nMaria E. Regan, of New York, a daughter of the\\nHon. .Tames G. Regan, who was a member of one\\nof the nol)le families of England. To our subject\\nand his wife has been born one son, .Arthur F.,who\\nmarried Miss Caroline E.Smith, of Rockport, N. Y.,\\nand is associated with his father in business. Mr.\\n1 Jlarsli is a member of tlie Republican party, and\\nsocially bdongs to tlie Odd Fellows and Knights\\nof tlic Maccabees. He and his wife are meml)ors\\nof tlie Congregational Cliurch .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uid are higlily re-\\nspected in the community.\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Q\\nVl\\nOIIN 11. MADDEN, editor of the Enterprise\\nat Plainwell, Allegan County, was born at\\nWliitehall,Washington County N. Y., March\\n;jO, 1811. He is the sou of John and .lulia\\nS. (Closson) Madden, natives of Troy, N. Y., the\\nfatiier a carpenter by trade but for maiiv J cars\\nemplo3 cd in the ticket ofllce of the New York\\nCentral Railroad Company in the State of New\\nYork. He came to ^Michigan in 1884 and died at\\nPlainwell in 1H8G, at the age of sixty-six yeai-s.\\nThe mother of our suliject departed this life in\\n18G2.\\nMr. Madden was the onl} child of his parents\\nand was reared in the city of New York until nine\\nyears old, attending the public schools in that\\nplace. At the age of seventeen ho entered the\\nemploy of the Government and the United States\\nArsenal at West Tro3% N. Y., where he remained for\\none year. He was then employed in the general\\nfreight ofllce of the Hudson River Railroad Com-\\npany, where he spent one year. The Civil War\\nbreaking out, Mr. Madden enlisted, in the fall of\\n18G4, in the Twenty-flrst New York Cavalry. He\\nsi)eiit almost a year in the service, receiving his\\ndischarge at Hart Island, in New York Harbor, in\\nMay, 1865. He then worked for the National Ex-\\npress Company of Troy until 1866, when he re-\\nmoved to Plainwell, this State, where he h.as re-\\nsided ever since. He then engaged in the printing\\nbusiness, and in 1886 established the Plainwell\\nEnterprise, which is a six-column quarto. This\\npaper is admirably conducted, has a large circula-\\ntion and has a good reputation as a family and\\nlocal newspaper. Mr. Madden is an intelligent man\\nand thoroughly understands the business in which\\nhe is engaged and is popular with his patrons.\\nThe marriage of our subject to Miss Emma Hop-\\nkins, a native of Troy, N. Y., took place in 1865.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "286\\nPOKTEAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD^\\nThey have become the parents of nine children:\\nJohn S., who is associated with his father in the\\nnewspaper; Etiie, the wife of Arthur Duncan, a\\nfarmer in Otsego Township; Francis H., Elizabeth\\nS., Russell E., William H., Alfred E., Mary B. and\\nLena G. In politics, our subject is a Republican\\nand belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.\\nHis wife is a member of the Baptist Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^f? OSEPH LINDSEY, who was at one time in\\nthe army during the Civil War, is connected\\nwith the agricultural interests of Allegan\\nCounty as the fortunate propriet(jr of one\\nof its man} valuable farms, the one that he owns\\nbeing pleasantly located in Otsego Townshij). He\\ncame here without means, but by his persistent and\\nwell-directed labors has acquired a competency\\nample for all his wants, and is now^ living in re-\\ntirement from active business.\\nMr. Lindsey was born in Chemuugo County, N.\\nY., April 14, 1839. His father, Lucius L. Lindsey,\\nwas a native of ]\\\\Iassacliusetts, but had gone to\\nNew York when a boy with his parents. He was\\nof mingled Scotch and Irish blood. He worked in\\na papermill, rose to be foreman in the same, and\\noccupied that responsible position for some time.\\nHe afterward turned his attention to farming, and\\nin 1841 came to Michigan to avail himself of the\\ncheap lands and many superior advantages afforded\\nto a wide-awake farmer in this then newly-settled\\ncountry. He located at Plainwell, where he took\\nup Government land, and he cleared a fine farm\\nin Gun Plain Township. In 1853 he purchased a\\nfarm in Otsego Township, upon which he passed\\nthe remainder of his life, which was brought to a\\nclose in March, 1889, in his eightj -fifth year. His\\nmemory will be ciierished as one of the early\\npioneers of the county, and as a man and a citizen\\nwhose long ant.1 honorable life record was worthy\\nof respect. His second wife, the mother of our\\nsubject, died five weeks before he did. They had\\nlived together over fifty years, and death did not\\nlong divide them. Her maiden name was Elizalielh\\nNewton, and she was a native of Pennsylvania.\\nShe was the mother of seven children, all of whom\\nare living, as are tlie three children of her hus-\\nband s first marriage.\\nOur subject is the eldest child born to his mothei\\nand as he was scarcely two years old when the fam-\\nily came to Michigan, he was reared in Allegan\\nCounty under pioneer influences. He remembers\\nwell the primitive wilderness of the country in\\nhis boyhood, and can recall the time when Indians\\nwere plentiful around his father s pioneer home.\\nHe obtained his education in the common schools,\\nand on the old homestead learned lessons in agri-\\nculture that were of benefit to him in after life.\\nHe continued to be an inmate of the parental\\nhousehold uutil he attained his majority, and then\\nwent out to work by the month. The following\\nyear the war broke out, and in September, 1861,\\nhe threw aside his work to enter the ann\\\\ as he\\nlonged to be of service to his country. His name\\nwas enrolled as a member of Company I, Second\\nMichigan Calvary, and he was sent with his regi-\\nment to Missouri. The following winter he and\\nIlls comrades were on duty at St. Louis. He\\nfinally succumbed to the hardships of army life\\nrear ]Madrid, and lay in a hospital suffering from\\na tedious sickness about four months. Even then\\nhe was incapacitated for duty, and he was honor-\\nably discharged.\\nAs soon as he was able, after his return to Mich-\\nigan, Mr. Lindsey began to fit himself for a car-\\npenter, and was engaged at that trade until some\\nfifteen j cars ago, when he took up farming instead.\\nHe has one hundred and thirty-five acres of choice\\nfarming land on sections 27 and 3.5, Otsego Town-\\nship, which is a substantially improved farm. He\\nlived thereon until April, 1891, and then retired\\nto his present comfortable home in the village of\\nOtsego. He is now a man of means, but he started\\nout iu life empty-handed. He owes his good for-\\ntune to the fact that he is well endowed with ten-\\nacity of purpose, is possessed of good, roundabout\\ncommon sense and steady judgment, and has the\\nfaculty of doing whatever he undertakes to do in\\na skillful manner. His fellow-citizens^think highly\\nof him as a true, manlj upright man, and a loyal\\nand law-abiding citizen. They have called him to\\npublic positions, and he has responded by faithful", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\n287\\nservice. He has been Highway Commissioner and\\na member of the IJoai-d of Review, and he has al-\\nwaj-s earnestly favored all things that would tend\\nin any way to advanee the interests of township\\nor county. He luii^ l)ocn a Mason for over twenty\\nyears, and he is also a member of the Grand Army\\nof the Ro| ublie.\\nMr. Liudsej- was maniod in l^i7;i to Jliss Mary\\nKldridge, of Streetsboro, Ohio, in whom he has\\na most estimable wife. She is a Christian, a woman\\nof many lino attrilmtes, and in her the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church has one of its most consistent\\nmembers. Her marriage with our subject has\\nbrought them four cliiidron, whom they have named\\nFrederioka, Lucius 1).. i .tlu l I and George B.\\n^*^p i\\na IklLLlAM H. WILCO.X is roiding un .-cc-\\n\\\\v\\\\A/if l Haven Township, Van\\nV^ Buren County. His farm consists of eighty\\nacres of improved land, including a peach orch-\\nard of five acres, an a[)plc orchard of twelve acres,\\nas well as pears and tlie smaller fruits; l)esidcs\\nwhich he owns a forty-acre tract. He has been\\nvery prosperous in life and is ranked among the\\nwell-to-do farmers of the township.\\nWilliam H. Wilcox was born in Leinpster, Sulli-\\nvan County, N. II., November 12, 1840. His\\ngrandfather, Comfort Wilcox, accompanied by ttvo\\nbrothers, came from luigland and settled in Con-\\nnecticut prior to the independence of the Colo-\\nnists. He subsequently removed to Lerap.ster,\\nN. H., where John B. Wilcox, the father of our\\nsubject, was born June 21, 1805. The mother of\\nour subject was Betsey Howe and her marriage\\nwith !Mr. Wilcox occurred April 8, 1835. She was\\nborn in Newport, Sullivan County, N. H., October\\n24, 1811.\\nThe parents of him of whom we write resided on\\nthe Wilcox homestead until 1871, when the\\\\- came\\nto Michigan to pass their declining j-ears near\\ntheir children. The father died in South Haven\\nTownship, in 188(1, and the mother, surviving\\nhim a few years, passed away in (leneva Town-\\nship, October 4. 1891. Tliey bad become the par-\\nents of eight children, seven of whom lived to\\nattain their majority, and of whom we make ilie\\nfollowing mention: Sarah Ann, born December\\n27, 18. 3o, married a ^Ir. R. Richardson, and died\\nin Jlassachu setts; !Maria B. w.as born June 16,\\n18. 57, became Mrs. Oilman Rowel, and died July\\n11, 1869, at Gilsoni, N. H.; Fanny J. was born\\nJanuary 22, 1839, and became Mrs. A. C. Sar-\\ngeant, and was a graduate of Michigan Univer-\\nsity; they were both school teachers and taught\\nafter coming to IMichigan. Mr. Sargeant died at\\nJIarshall, Micii., and his wife then married John\\nN. Foster, who became Superintendent of the State\\nPublic .School at Coldwater, in which she, the\\nwife, also held a position, and died at Coldwater,\\nthis State. Our subject was the next in order of\\nbirth. John E., l)orn June 13, 1845, resides in\\n(ieneva Township, Allegan County; George W.,\\nIioin April 14, 1847, is a teacher and resides at\\nAlicrdecii, S. Dak.; Orion J., bom August 3, 1852,\\nis a hardware merchant at Ludington, Mich.\\nOur suliject was reared on a farm, attended\\nschool, and as soon as he reached his teens hired\\nout as a farm laborer. In 18G2, he offered his\\nservices to the Union as a soldier, and on the\\n19th of August was mustered into Company G,\\nNinth New Hampshire Infantry. The company-\\nwas assigned to the Armj^ of the Potomac, and\\nSeptember 14 participated in the battle of South\\nJlountain, which was closely followed by Anti-\\netam and Fredericksburg. The regiment was then\\ntransferred to tlie Army of the West and fought\\nat A icksburg, Jackson and Knoxville, when they\\nwere again placed in the Army of the Potomac\\nand took part in the battles of the AVilderness,\\nSpott.sylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, be-\\nsides numerous skirmishes. At Petersburg Mr.\\nWilcox lost the index linger of his riglit hand,\\nafter which he was on provost-guard duty at\\nWashington, D. C, and wa.s serving in that capac-\\nity during the Grand Review.\\n.\\\\t the close of the war, Mr. Wilcox was mus-\\ntered out of the service July 1, 1865. He stopped\\nfor a short time in his native .State, and after a\\nshort stay at Marshall, came to South Haven. In\\nthe fail of 1866, he purchased eighty acres of land,\\non which he still resides. When the land came\\ninto his possession it was as nature had left it", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "288\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncovered with an unbroken forest of heav} timber.\\nHe now has it all cleared and improved with a\\ngood set of farm buildings. For some years he\\nhas given his attention largely to fruit-growing,\\nand does a splendid and profitable business in that\\nline.\\nNovember 20, 1872, was the date of our sub-\\nject s marriage with Miss Edna A. Rajmond. Mrs.\\nWilcox was a native of Steuben County, N. Y.,\\nwhere her birth occurred November 11, 1851. She\\nwas the daughter of Milo and Catherine Ray-\\nmond, who came to Michigan in 1861, and re-\\nsided in Lenawee County until 1867, when they\\nmade their home in South Haven Township, Van\\nBuren County. Mr. and Mi s. Wilcox have been\\nblest with a family of seven children: Fannie\\nElla (known by the name of Nellie), born Au-\\ngust 19, 1873; AVilliam Raymond, born February\\n23, 1875; Ernest Albright, August 10, 1877; Car-\\nlotta, July 17, 1879; Harry and Hattie, twins,\\nOctober 15, 1881; and Cecil, February 17, 1888.\\nMr. Wilcox is a Republican in politics, and for\\nmany years has held the office of Commissioner\\nof Highways. He is a member of Zach Chandler\\nPost, G. A. R. Mrs. AVilcox is a member in good\\nstanding of the Congregational Church. Our\\nsubject, with the assistance of his faithful wife,\\nhas attained his present financial position solely\\nthrough their united efforts, as he commenced in life\\nwith nothing but his strong hand and a determi-\\nnation to succeed. Mrs. Wilcox and her sister\\nElla, who died at the age of eighteen 3-ears. were\\nthe only children of their parents.\\nl\\n?RANK H. MILHAM. This sterling and\\nleading young business man of Allegan\\nCounty is President of the Village Board,\\nof Otsego. He is a stockholder in the Bardeen Pa-\\nper Company, which is one of the leading indus-\\ntries in the State. He also owns a beautiful tract\\nof land, comprising one hundred and nine acres\\nnear Kalamazoo, which is improved with all the\\nbuildings which make of it a flrst-class estate.\\nFrank H. Milham is a native of the Wolverine\\nState, his birth occurring April 25, 1864, in Kala-\\nmazoo. He is descended from a very prominent\\nfamily in this section, his father being the Hon.\\nJohn Milham, who was well known and highly\\nesteemed personally throughout the State. The\\nelder Mr. Milham was born in Columbia County,\\nN. Y., May 24, 1805, and emigrated to Kalamazoo\\nas early as 1840. He made the journey overland\\nfrom Detroit, and was one of the earliest settlers\\nin this section.\\nAt the time of his coming hither, the Hon. John\\nMilham purchased a tract of two hundred acres of\\nland, two and a half miles south of Kalamazoo,\\nwhich he brought to a high dc gree of cultivation,\\nand to which he added by subsequent purchase,\\nuntil, at the time of his decease, in 1884, he had an\\nestate of four hundred and forty-six acres. He\\nwas a very successful farmer, and established an\\nenviable reputation in agricultural circles. While\\na resident of New York, he was a member of the\\nNew York Regiment of Militiamen, and was well\\nversed in militar} tactics. He was one of the com-\\npany who were detailed to guard the carriage of\\nGen. La Fayette during his visit to this country in\\n1824. He was elected on the Democratic ticket to\\nrepresent his district in the State Legislature for\\ntwo terms, while in New York.\\nAfter his removal to Kalamazoo, the Ikm. John\\nMilham held various local olHces, to which he was\\nelected by the Democratic part^-. The family were\\nof German ancestry. The mother of our subject\\nwas born in Kalamazoo, and was known in her\\nmaiden days as Eliza Anderson. She passed from\\nthis life in 1868, greatly respected b^ all who knew\\nher.\\nFrank H. Milham, of whom we write, was given\\nan excellent education, attending first the Kalama-\\nzoo Baptist College, and later was graduated from\\nParsons Business College at the above-named city,\\nin March, 1883. After leaving school, our subject\\nwent to farming, and cultivated the soil for four\\nyears. Then, in August, 1887, he came to Otsego\\nand became a member of the Bardeen Paper Com-\\npany, with which he is still connected, having\\ncharge of the stock department.\\nOctober 20, 1885, our subject and Miss Elizabeth\\nBryant were united in marriage. Mrs. Milham was\\nborn in Fitchburg, Mass., and bj her union with", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A^ D BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n289\\nour subject, has become the mother of two beauti-\\nful children, Frances and Norah. The} occupy a\\npretty home, and Lave a large and admiring circle\\nof acquaintances, being leaders in social circles in\\nOtSCifO.\\nIn his political belief, Mr. Milhani, following in\\nthe sle] s of his illustrious father, is a Democrat.\\nHe has (lllcd the position of Village Trustee for\\ntwo years, and is now holding the responsible\\noflice of President of the Board. Socially, he is a\\n|)rominent Mason and a Knight of Pythias.\\nIMI-:ON STAKING is engaged in cultivat-\\ning a line tract of hind on .-icction J, Ganges\\nI Township, Allegan Countj He was born\\nnear Philadeljihia, I a.. in 182. and is the\\nson of Henry and .Tudah Staring, the father being\\nborn in New York Slate about lMO(i. The elder\\nMr. Staring was reared on the farm of his grand-\\nparents, and received a fair educatitm. lie was\\none of fourteen children, and began life by work-\\ning on a canal.\\nThe parents of our subject wt-rc married in\\n1826, the maiden name of Mrs. Staring being\\nJudali Mosier. Her arents were natives of Hol-\\nland. Simeon Staring was the eldest of the six\\nchildren born to his parents, the others being\\nrespectively: Edward, who died in the Union\\narm} Peter, Henry, John; and ilary, who died\\nwhen young. Mr. Staring and his five sons were\\nall soldiers in the late war.\\nIn I8:5. Mv. llenr} Staring moved to Michigan\\nwith liis family, and located in Washtenaw County,\\nwhere he continued to reside for five years. Later,\\nin 1810, he came to Allegan County, where he\\nand his wife spent their last lays, the father dying\\nin 187G and the mother in 188(;. Mr. Staring\\nserved in the ^Mexican War under Gen. Twiggs.\\nDuring the late war, as he was too old to be\\naccepted in general service, he enlisted as engineer\\nand machinist under Gen. .Sigel. Our subject s\\nfather was an Ancient, Free and Accepted Mason\\nprevious to Morgan s time, but later dropped all\\nconnection with the order. Tlie paternal grand-\\nparents of the gentleman uf wliom wu \u00c2\u00abiile wire\\n(icorge and Cathtrine .Staring, natives of (Jermany.\\nThe}- were early settlers of the Wolverine State\\nwhere they died at a good old age.\\nIn 1840 Simeon Staring commenced the battle\\nof life on his own responsibility, and ten j ears\\nlater located on his pn sent farm, which was then\\nlittle more than a wilderness. His first home was\\nImilt (if logs, and contained but one room. It has\\nlong since given way to a commodious and con-\\nvenient residence. For sever.al years Mr. Staring\\nwoikcd in the lumber woods until he was able to\\nrealize a living from his farm. Provisions had to\\nbe carried from Saugatuck to Allegan, twenty-five\\nmiles distant. He labored for raanj years without\\neven the aid of a team, but his industiy has been\\nrewarded, as he now has one hundred acres of\\nexcellent land, twent^ -five of which is in fruit.\\nHis first purchase, however, consisted of one hun-\\ndred and sixty aci es, which he bought in partner-\\nship with his brother.\\nJliss Mary A., daughter of Kbenezer and Betse}\\n(Steele) Slay ton, became I\\\\Irs. Simeon Staring in\\n1855. They have been granted five children:\\n.\\\\ndrew J., Henry, Luc} Dora A., and Nellie.\\nMr. .Staring enlisted during the late war in Coni-\\npaiiy 1, Seventeenth Michigan Infantry, and saw\\nmuch hard fighting. The last engagement in\\nwhich he partici[)ated was at Petersburg. He is a\\nmember of Jacob Fry Post, No. 46, G. A. II., and\\nin politics is a Democrat. In an early d.ay our\\nsubject relates thai he cut maple wood at twenty-\\nfive cents per cord and bought corn meal at ^2.50\\nper hundred pound.s.\\nAMES H. ROCKWELL. Tliis prominent\\ncitizen of Allegan has done much toward\\nbeautifying the village, as he is a first-class\\nbuilder and architect. His parents were\\nRoswell and Hannah (Foster) Rockwell and his\\nl)irth occurred .Vugust 11. 1833, in Seneca County,\\nOhio. His fattier died in 18. )5, and his mother,\\nwho is still living, makes her home in Trowbridge\\nTownship, Allegan County.\\nThe senior Mr. K ickwcll came to Michigan as\\nm", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "290\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nearly as 1847 and choosing Trowbridge Township\\nas his future abiding-place, purchased one liundred\\nand sixty acres of land from the Government. His\\nproperty, which lay on Base Line Lake, where he\\nwas the first settler, was covered with timber,\\nwhich he set about to remove. He erected a log\\nhouse, 18x36 feet, on his place and helped to or-\\nganize the first school in the township, of which he\\nwas made one of the Directors. While residing in\\nOhio he followed the occupation of a millwright,\\nbut found farming to be more profitable in the new\\nState of Michigan.\\nWild game was plentiful when our subject s\\nfather came to Allegan County and he supported\\nhis family by selling venison and furs until he was\\nto realize a living from his farm. Of the parental\\nfamily of six children, five are now living: Our\\nsubject; Stephen D.; Sarah E., now Mrs. South-\\nward; Cornelie E., Mrs. George Conerv; and Caro-\\nline L., Mrs. Duval.\\nJames R. Rockwell received a good education\\nwhile his parents were residents of the Buckeye\\nState, at the same time being trained in farm duties.\\nHe continued to make his home under the parental\\nroof until reaching his majority. Then deciding\\nto become an architect and builder, our subject, in\\n1869, devoted his time principally to that line of\\nbusiness. In 1879, through the earnest solicitations\\nof Gov. B. Robinson, Mr. Rockwell went, with\\nhis family, to the Ten Mile District, Summit\\nCounty, Colorado, and made the drawings for, and\\nhad charge of, the building of the Summit County\\nSmelting AVorks.\\nAfter the death of Gov. Robinson, Mr. Rockwell\\nwas appointed agent by the administrators of Gov.\\nRobinson s estate, to look after the business of the\\nmines. The first-named gentleman was a personal\\nfriend of our subject and ate his last Thanks-\\ngiving dinner with him at the village of Robinson,\\nColorado. r:)uring the five years which Mr. Rock-\\nwell spent in C^olorado he was made Master Me-\\nchanic of the Robinson Consolidated Mining Co.,\\nwhich was a very responsible position. In 1882\\nhe became a member of the firm of Ellis, Rockwell\\nfe Smith, mine and real-estate brokers in Robinson,\\nTen Mile District, canying on that business for\\ntwo vears.\\nAfter returning to his home in Allegan County,\\nMr. Rockwell visited Southern California and\\nother States and Territories He now resides in a\\nmost beautiful home on Seminary Hill. He has\\nbuilt some of the finest houses iu Allegan, among\\nwhich are the March Block, Peck Block, Sherwood\\nGriswold Block, and the Presbyteri.an and Epis-\\ncopal Churches.\\n.Tames R. Rockwell was married in 1855 to Miss\\nSalvia A Kent, daughter of J. W. Kent, of Allegan.\\nTheir union has been blest by the birtli of three\\nsons: Edgar, who married Miss Lillie Kinkaid,\\nand lias a sou, .James E. Edgar and family make\\ntheir home in Trowbridge Township; William R.\\nmarried Carrie C. Close of Tekamah, Nebraska.\\nHe died March 10, 1891, and liis widow still resides\\non the farm in Nebraska. John W., who is a printer.\\nOur subject is a stanch Republican and socially a\\nprominent Mason. He is ranked among the well-\\nto-do citizens of Allegan County and besides his\\nreal-estate interests in Allegan owns mining prop-\\nerty in Colorado.\\nJ.J..5..5..J./2\\nprominent and prosperous fruit-growers of\\nMichigan may be mentioned the name of\\nour subject, who owns a beautiful farm\\nof sixty acres on section 36, Casco Township, Alle-\\ngan County, which he devotes principally to the\\nraising of peaches and grapes. He is an enter-\\nprising man, and finds that the best methods\\nand latest improvements bring him in the largest\\nreturns.\\nMr. Merritt was born in Ni.agara County, N. Y.,\\nin 1830, being the son of Thomas Wilson and\\nHannah Merritt. The father was born m the\\nnorthern part of New Jersey, in 1792, where he\\nreceived a good education in the common schools\\nof Elizabeth, N. J. While still a youth, the elder\\nSir. Merritt emigrated to Seneca County, N. Y.,\\nwith his parents, where they located on a farm\\nknown as the Old Orchard Farm. There he\\nlearned the trade of a brick and stone mason,\\nwhich occupation he followed a few years, erect-\\ning some of the finest and largest buildings iu the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "/J^^-^y", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRArillCAL RECORD.\\n293\\ncity of Buffalo at that lime. lie later piircliasert a\\nfarm on the old Ilollaiul Purchase in Niagara\\nCounty, and there remained for forty years.\\n\\\\Vlu ii twenty-eight years of age, Tliomas W.\\nJlcrritt marrieil Mrs. Hannah (Denton) Farnura,\\nthe dauiihter of Reuben and Hannah (Kinney)\\nDenton. Mrs. Merritt, by her fcirnier marriage,\\nhad become the mother of two children: Elijah D.\\nand Newell. She was a native of Seneca County,\\nN. Y., where her parents were also born. B} her\\nunion with Mr. Merritt, she became the mother of\\nten children, viz: JIarj A., who is deceased, was\\nthe wife of H. Haight; H. Elizabeth is the widow\\nof the Rev. C. C. Foote; Huldah D. first married\\nDavid Foote, and later married Gen. W. AV. Tread-\\nway; Phebe, deceased, was the wife of I. M. Hoag;\\nHev. A. C, our subject; Reuben D., deceased;\\nJerusha B., also deceased, w.as the wife of S.\\nIIoesterRoot; Thomas W., Jr.; Harriet, Mis. H. N.\\nFarnum; and Isaac B.\\nFor many years our subject s father was an\\nactive worker in the Baptist Church, holding the\\nolllce of Deacon while in Somerset County, N. Y.\\nHe was a strong .Vbolitionist politicall}-, and as-\\nsisted many a runaway slave to reach Canada.\\nHe w.ns a strong temperance man, and by his many\\nbenevolent works greatly benefited his community.\\nHe passed his last da3-s in Michigan, dying in\\nDetroit, in 1881.\\nThe original of this sketch received a good edu-\\ncation, attending different schools in New York,\\nand in IH.jl was married to IM. Angeline Frost,\\nan adopted daughter of Tolman Frost. She only\\nlived three vears after her marriage, and Mr.\\nMerritt was then iiuiled to Sarah A., daughter of\\nSil.as and Charlotte .SI}-. To them were born two\\nchildren: Huldah D. and Charles S.\\nMr. Merritt, of this sketch, was married a third\\ntime, his pi^sent wife bearing the name of Cordelia.\\nShe was the daughter of Joseph and Hannah\\n(Van Ellen) Brearley, the father a native of New\\nYork, and the son of John and Hannah (Hewlett)\\nBrearley, who were born in Pennsylvania and\\nLong Island, res|icctively, and of lOnglish descent.\\nMrs. Merrill s mother was the daughter of John\\n[and Sarah (Van Noy) Van Etten, natives of Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and of Holland descent. John\\n13\\nVan Etten was a soldier of the War of 1812. Mrs.\\nJlcrritt w.as one of four children, viz: William H.,\\nINlrs. Kate B. Ford, and Mrs. Minna B. Richardson.\\nTo our subject and his wife have been granted\\na famil.v of six children: Jlary A., deceased; Wal-\\nter II., Ellen, William T., Kate B., and H. Ernest.\\nMr. Merritt remained in New York two years after\\nhis marriage to !Miss Frost, then came to AVayne\\nCounty, and later to Genesee County, Mich. He\\nresided in Flint, in the latter-named countj-, foi:\\nfive years previous to his coming to his present\\nhome. He was a member of the Baptist Church,\\nand in 1864, while residing in Flint, was ordained\\na preacher of that faith, .although having officiated\\nin that capacity a few jears previous to his being\\nordained. After coming to his home in Casco\\nTownship, Mr. Merritt has occupied the pulpit\\nmore or less, and has taken an active part in the\\ncause of temperance. In politics, though formerly\\na Republican, he is now a Prohibitionist. He h.as\\na beautiful home, and one of the finest fruit farms\\nin Allegan County.\\nr\\nE^^SJ.\\nN\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jf/OSEPII B. CORNELL. This respected cit-\\nizen of Kalamazoo passed from this life at\\nhis home, August 25, 1877. He w.as one of\\nthe prominent and successful business men\\nof the city and a favorite in a large circle of\\nfriends. He jjossessed those (lualilies of mind and\\nheart whicli made for hiin warm friends and stanch\\nadherents, and his loss was deeply felt in his com-\\nmunity. He was in his forly-eigiith year at the\\ntime of his death and was a man full of enterprise,\\nbusiness tact and very successful as a manufaeturer.\\nIlis portrait is presented in connection with this\\nbiographical sketch.\\nThe original of this sketch was born .lanuary\\n2. 1829, in Clinton, N. Y., and was the son of\\nDr. Joseph Cornell, who located in Kalamazoo\\nabout 1840. His mother died when he was a child.\\nHe was llic only son by his father s fii^st marriage,\\nhis two sisters being Minerva, wife of George Bur-\\nrell and Abigail, wife of Lewis Starkey. lie had\\nlearned the trade of a carriage-maker in his native", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "294\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nState and after coming to this city did the most\\nextensive business in that line in the place, and at\\na time when most of the work was done by hand,\\nlie built up a splendid trade in this city and at his\\ndeath the firm of Cornell Bros, succeeded him in\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Cornell was one of the Trustees of the vil-\\nlage and was made Chief of the Fire Department.\\nHe was tlie recipient of many positions of trust\\nand responsibility, although he very much disliked\\nto hold office. He was married September 17, 1856)\\nto Hannah L., the daughter of L. H. and Louisa\\n(Fay) Trask. Mr. Coinell assisted his brothers to\\nget a stait in life and was kind and charitable to\\nall who applied to him for assistance. He was a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church and gave\\nliberally of his means to its support. Socially, he\\nwas a Mason, having attained the degrees of Knight\\nTemplar and Scottish Kite. In politics, he\\nwas a Democrat, always casting his vote and in-\\nfluence in favor of the candidates of that part}\\nFive 3 ears previous to his decease Joseph B.\\nCornell was in ill-health, and wiien at last com-\\npelled to give up his business, devoted himself to\\nthe restoration of his health. He visited a famous\\nestablishment in Dansville, N. Y., and after re-\\nmaining there under treatment for a time, returned\\nhome apparently much better. He had attained\\nan excellent and wide-spread reputation as a busi-\\nness man and the vehicles whicli bore his name\\nwere justly celebrated for excellence of material\\nand workmanship.\\n^+^1-=\\n^_WI LBERT D. WETMORE. There will scarcely\\n^1 found in the limits of Allegan County\\ni\u00c2\u00ab a more pleasant place, or a more highly\\nimproved farm, tlian that which is the\\nhome of Mr. Wetmore, and the scene of his active\\nlabors. The attention of the passing traveler will\\nbe quickly attracted to the substantial buildings,\\nadapted to their various purposes, the fields of\\nwaving grain, and the pastures filled with grazing\\ncattle. Mr. Wetmore makes a specialty of the Red\\nPolled cattle, whicli are hornless, and somewhat\\nlarger than the Devonshire, and, with the excep-\\ntion of Mr. Brackett, of Trowbridge Township, he\\nis the only man in the county who raises them.\\nHis other specialty is the Berkshire hog, in raising\\nwhich he has been particularly successful.\\nThe farm which Mr. Wetmore owns and operates\\nis located on sections 9 and 10, Allegan Town-\\nship, and consists of two hundred and fortj acres.\\nWhen he started out in life for himself, he received\\neighty acres as a gift from his father, while the\\nremaining one hundred and sixty acres have been\\ngained by unremitting industry, and the exercise\\nof good judgment. Although for many years a\\nresident of this State, Mr. Wetmore is not a native\\nthereof, but was born in Otsego Countj N. Y., in\\n1833. His parents, Chester and Mary (Dumont)\\nWetmore, were natives of Connecticut and West-\\nford, N. Y., respectively, and emigrated to Michi-\\ngan in 1836, when this section of the country was\\nlittle more than a wilderness. Their first location\\nwas in Gun Plains Township, Allegan County,\\nbut after sojourning there one year, the} removed\\nto Allegan Township, and settled on section 4.\\nThe father is remembered as one of the most\\nenterprising and public-spirited of the pioneers of\\nthis county, and his death, in 1872, removed from\\nthe community one who had for j-ears labored for\\nits upbuilding. He was a consistent member of\\nthe Baptist Church, and a stanch adherent of the\\nprinciples of the Democratic party. His wife\\ndied in March, 1868, and only two of their six\\nchildren are now living: our subject and Joseph\\nD. While the parents were not wealthy, they were\\nable to give their children excellent school ad-\\nvantages, and our subject, after completing his\\nstudies in the district schools, attended the State\\nNormal at Ypsilanti, where the education he had\\nreceived in the home schools was supplemented by\\na systematic course of studies.\\nAt the age of twenty-one 3^ears, Mr. Wetmore\\nreceived eight} acres from his father, which he at\\nonce commenced to improve, until it is now. with\\nthe additional land he has added thereto, one of\\nthe finest farms of this section of the country.\\nWhen twenty-three years old, he visited Kansas,\\nNebraska and Iowa on a prospecting tour, but re-\\nturned feeling more than ever satisfied with the\\nWolverine State. In the fall of 1861, he enlisted", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n295\\nin Company C, Thirteenth Michigan Infantiy, as\\na private, and, being ordered to the South, engaged\\nin general skirmislics until the severe battle of\\nPitksburg Landing. With his regiment, he took\\npart in seventeen battles and .skirmishes, among\\ntliem the siege of Corinth, the different engage-\\nments on the march to the sea with tlcn. .Sherman,\\nat Stone River, Crawford Springs and the siege of\\nChattanooga. For meritorious service, he was\\npromoted to be .Sergeant and Lieutenant in 1864,\\nand was constantly on duty, excepting for four\\nmonths, when he was sick in the hospitals at Nash-\\nville and Louisville, lie fortunately escaped witli-\\npnt wounds, and recalls with satisfaction that he\\nnever rode in an ambulance except on c nc occa-\\nsion, and then only for one-half niile.\\nAt the close of an honorable service of nearly\\nfour years, Mr. Wetmore w.as discharged at Louis-\\nville, and returned to his home to resume once\\nmore the peaceful pursuits of agriculture. Soon\\nafter the close of the war, he was married, in 1866,\\nto Miss Elizabeth M. Hudson, the daughter of\\nJoshua and Louisa (Wilson) Hudson, of Rochester,\\nN. Y. Three children have been born of this\\nunion: Chester, .^lary R. and Ressie 11. For\\nabout twelve j*ears, Mr. Wetmore has been con-\\nnected with a mill in Allegan, which he is operat-\\ning with success. IMany of the oflicial positions\\nwithin the gift of his fellow-citizens he has filled\\nwith elliciency. among others, serving as Justice\\nof the Peace, Commissioner, and in the various\\nschool oflices. In his political views, he is a Dem-\\nocrat, while socially, he is identified w^ith tiie\\nMasonic fraternity, and is a prominent member of\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic.\\nJ OHN D. AVOODRECK. This gentleman has\\nbeen editor of the well-known Otsego\\nUnion since 1887. The paper was estab-\\nlished in 1875 l y C. II. Harris, who contin-\\nued its ])ublication until it was purchased b^ our\\nsubject. Mr. Woodbeck has greatlj added to the\\nfacilities of the otilce by enlarging its stock of ma-\\nterial. It li.as a fair circulation and is one of the\\nbrightest and newsiest sheets in the count}-. The\\nsize of the paper has been increased since it came\\ninto his possession and is now a six-column\\nquarto.\\nThis enter|)rising young business man was born\\nin Montere)% Allegan County, and is thus more\\ninterested in the welfare and development of the\\ncounty than he would be were it otherwise. His\\nbirth occurred October 5, 1858. David Wood-\\nbeck, the father of our subject, was born in New\\nYork where he followed the pursuits of agricul-\\nture. Xt an early day he emigrated to Alle-\\ngan County and purch.ased land in Monterey\\nTownship where he improved a farm. He served\\ntwo j-ears on the side of the Union during the\\nlate war and died in 1870, his death being the re-\\nsult of exposures to wliicii he was subjected while\\nin the army. In his church relations he was a\\nconsistent member of the .Methodist E[)iscopal\\nChurch, and a man greatly respected in his commu-\\nnity. His wife, the mother of our subject, was\\nMrs. Ursula (Kenyon) Woodbeck, a native of New\\nYork. She is still living and makes her home in\\nOtsego.\\nThe parental family consisted of four children,\\nof whom our subject w.as the youngest in order of\\nbirtli. He received his primary education in the\\ndistrict schools of his neighborhood and later at-\\ntended two years in the Allegan union schools.\\nHe was reared on the farm and remained at home\\nassisting his father until twenty years of .age. At\\nthat time, deciding to make a start in life for him-\\nself, he went to Manh.attan, Kan., and for the\\nfollowing two years w.as engaged in the mercan-\\ntile business. Later, wishing to see something of\\nthe United States, he joined tlio Haywood Masto-\\ndon Jlinstrels and with that company visited every\\ncity of any size in the Union.\\nIn 1886, .1. D. AVoodbeck came to Otsego and\\nclerked in a drugstore for a twelvemonth, when he\\npurcliased the Otsego Union. His extensive ti av-\\nels have made him a delightful conversationalist,\\nand he h.as the rare ability of using his pen\\nwith grace as well .as strength. Mv. Woodbeck\\nwas marrie l, Januaiy 25. 1889, to Ala, daughter\\nof Hon. J. M. Rallou, for a further notice of whom\\nthe reader is referred to his sketch in another por-\\ntion of this volume. Mrs. Woodbeck is a very", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "296\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\naccomplished ladj being a graduate from the mu-\\nsical department of the Ypsilauti Noi mal School.\\nShe has a large class in music in Otsego and has\\nbeen organist in the Congregational Cluirch for\\nsome time. Mr. Woodbeck is also greatly interes-\\nted in that art and is director of the Otsego Band\\nand Classic Orchestra, a musical combination\\nknown througlioul the United States. They have\\nwon several prizes and furnished music at various\\nChautauqua Assemblies. The band was organized\\nin 1865, and re-organized under State charter in\\n1881.\\nIn politics, Mr. Woodbeck is independent, and\\nsocially, is a Knight of Pythias, lie and his ex-\\ncellent and accomplished wife are valuable acqui-\\nsitions to the society of Otsego where the^- have\\nhosts of warm friends. Numerous social gather-\\nings are held at their pleasant home, and they are\\ndoing much to elevate the standard of music in\\ntheir community. Mr. Woodbeck is ambitious and\\nprogressive, and aspires to tlie higliest type of\\njournalism.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Q/\\nwm^\\nREWSTER PEABODY. This well-known\\nfarmer of Allegan Township is a native of\\nthis county, his birth occurring April 26,\\n1848. He is at present cultivating one\\nhundred and eighty acres of land on sections 15\\n16, and 21, and he is making a success of his call-\\ning. Mr. Peabody is the son of Jonathan and Ada\\n(Brewster) Peabody, natives of Jefferson Countj-,\\nN. Y., where they were reared and married. The\\nfather came to Michigan in 18.36, where he pur-\\nchased forty acres of Government land on section\\n15, Allegan Township. When establishing a home\\nfor liis family on the new land, he returned East\\nand brought them to Michigan. After clearin\\nand improving his purcliase, .Jonathan Peabody\\nadded eighty acres more to his possessions, and\\nlater increased the same b\\\\- forty acres on section\\n16. He erected good frame buildings on each of\\nhis farms, and placed them under excellent cultiva-\\ntion.\\nThe i)arents of our subject continued to reside\\nupon their farm until their death, the father pass-\\ning away in 1882, and the mother many years\\nbefore, in 1859. Mr. Peabody was very prominent\\nin local affairs, and was always interested in every\\ngood work. He aided in the erection of all the\\nschoolhouses of his district, and was one of the\\nfounders of the Baptist Church in his vicinity, of\\nwliich denomination he was Deacon for a num-\\nber of years. The parental family included ten\\nchildren, six of whom are now living, viz: An-\\ntoinette, Mrs. Pound; Julia, Mrs. Cook; Louisa,\\nMrs. Way; our subject; Josephine, also a Mrs.\\nPound; and Ethelbert.\\nBrewster Peabody received an excellent educa-\\ntion in the Allegan High School, and, when nine-\\nteen 3 ears of age, started out in life for himself,\\nbeing engaged in the lumber business. He was\\nthus employed but a short time, when, renting his\\nfather s farm, he superintended its cultivation for\\nfive years, and then purchased seventy acres on\\nsection 13 in Allegan Township, and forty acres\\non section 23. He made his home on the latter\\ntract, where lie resided for twelve years. His\\nplace bore all the improvements which are to be\\nseen on flrst-class estates, and netted him a com-\\nfortable income. He sold his property on section\\n23, and took up his abode on section 15, which\\nwas the old homestead. He came to his present\\nplace in 1887. His estate is well stocked with\\ngood grades of cattle and horses, the Jersej-s and\\nClvdesdale being his favorites. He is engaged in\\ngeneral farming, and is ranked among the well-to-\\ndo agriculturists of this section.\\nOur subject and Miss Naomi Davidson, of\\nSeneca County, N. Y., were united in marriage in\\n1870. Mrs. Peabody was the daughter of H. W.\\nand Damarias (Lay) Davidson, also natives of\\nSeneca County, N. Y. Her father was a farmer,\\nand came to Michigan in 1864, settling on section\\n16, Allegan Township, wheie he now resides. In\\npolitics, Mr. Davidson is a Democrat. Mrs. David-\\nson passed from this earth in February, 1892. Mr.\\nDavidson will spend his declining years with his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Peabody.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Peabody have been boin three\\nchildren: George J., who is a graduate of the\\nValley City Business College at Grand Rapids;\\nCharles II., wlio died of diphtheria when fifteen", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIFCAL RECORD.\\n297\\njeai-s of age; and Ethelbert B. In politics, our\\nsubject is a Democrat, and liis wife is a member of\\ntiie Baptist Church, in wliich denomination he is\\nTreasnior and Trustee. lie has l)een Superintend-\\nent of the Poor for six yeai-s, and is a man greatly\\nrespected in .\\\\l!egan County. ^Ir. Peabody has re-\\ncently purciiased eighty acres of i\\\\Ir. William Bliss,\\nfor which he paid *7,000,and upon which there is\\na beautiful building, where he intends making his\\nfuture liome. IMis. Peabody h.as recently received\\nfort 3 acres from her father s estate on section 16.\\nThis makes three liundied acres of land in the\\nPeabody farm, lying within half a mile of Allegan\\nvillage, and it is one of liie finest farms in Allegan\\nCounty. Jlr. and 5Irs. Peabody m.ay truly be\\nproud of their estate, which is the result of long\\nyears of toil, energy and enterprise, and their\\nefforts are crowned with success.\\n9i\\\\EORGK M\u00c2\u00abKENZTE. This gentleman came\\nto Miciiigan in 1857, and located on section\\n35. Geneva Township, Xau lUiren Count}-,\\nwhere he has since made his home. He was bom\\nin wiiat was then Middlesex, but is now Elgin\\n.County, Canada, in 1823, and was the son of Don-\\nald and Catherine (Clun.as) JIcKenzie, both of\\nwhom were born and married in Scotland. They\\nemigrated to America in 1812, and locating in\\nNew York, made that State their home only a few\\n3 e.irs, when tliey went to Canada, and there rearcil\\na family of eight children, of whom we make the\\nfollowing mention: Donald was married and died\\nin Canada, leaving a family: Mary died when\\nyoung; .IdIiu passed aw:iy in the Dominion; Cath-\\neiine became the wife of John SIcLauchlin, and re-\\nsides in Canada; Alex.ander died single; Jennet\\nmarried William Clark, and resides in Canada; our\\nsubject was the j oungest but one; ilargaret mar-\\nried Jeremiah Moore, and died after coming to\\nVan Buren County, leavinga faniilv of three chil-\\ndren: George W., of Bangor; Almina, the wife of\\nLewis Pinnell, and Donald, f)f Geneva.\\nGeorge ^IcKenzie and Miss Jennet McLauchlin\\nwere united in marri.age in 1848, and became the\\nparents of one child. Mrs. McKenzie died in Can-\\nada, and in 1854 our subject married his present\\nwife, .lulia A. Cascaddcn, a native of the Domin-\\nion. IIeri)arents were Alexander and Mary (Bru-\\nner) Cascaddcn, natives respectivelj of Pennsyl-\\nvania and Canada. The Cascaddcn family hailed\\nfrom Ireland, and the Bruncrs from Holland. Mr.\\nand Mrs. McKenzie have had born to them seven\\nchildren, all of whom are living with one excep-\\ntion: Josephine became the wife of J. Stewart;\\nAlexander J. died when nineteen j-ears of age; S.\\nMarietta is the wile of Thomas Powell, of Indiana;\\nB\\\\ron makes his home in Lake City, this State;\\nOlive married Robert Brown, of Chicago; Sanford\\nalso resides in Lake City; and Lottie F. is the wife\\nof Williiim Abbott.\\nIn politics, our subject is a Republican, and has\\nheld the otliceof Highway Commissioner for twelve\\nyears. lie was Justice of the Peace for ten \\\\-ears,\\nand School Inspector for four. lie was Harbor\\nCommissioner at the time the South Haven harbor\\nwas constructed, and occupied that position for\\nfour years. He has been very prominent in local\\naffairs, and is greatly respected by all who know\\nhim.\\nJOSEPH W. REED, who is eng.iged in the\\nwagon-making business at Covert, came to\\nVan Buren County in 1887, at which date\\nhe settled at South Haven. He was born in\\nEngland, June 26, 1839. His parents were Stephen\\nand Elizabeth (Watson) Reed, the father being a\\nlandowner and farmer in England, who, in about\\n1841, emigrated with his family to the United States,\\nsettling at Smithfield, .Teflferson County, Ohio,\\nwhere the parents soon after died,onh- live weeks\\nelapsing lietween their deaths. Thcv were the\\nparents of thirteen children, of whom the following\\nare living: Stephen and Joseph W.\\nAfter the death of his parents our subject lived\\nwith his sister until about eleven years old, when\\nhe began the battle of life for himself. He learned\\nthe carpenter s trade and gained his education in\\nthe district schools, clerking in stores during the\\nwinter for his board. He resided for a time in\\nKosciusko County. Ind. In 1862 he enlisted as a", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "298\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsoldier in the Civil War and was mustered in Oct-\\nober 16, as a member of Company F, Fort3--cighth\\nIndiana Infantr.v, and served till Julj 15, 1865\\nHis command was in the Pioneer Corps. After\\nthe war was over, Mr. Reed went to Milford, Ind.,\\nand worked at his trade for a time, coming from\\nthere to South Haven, this State, and in 1871 set-\\ntling in Covert. On August 7, 1890, with his son\\nhe purchased a blacksmithing business at Covert\\nwhich they conduct in connection with their\\nwagon work. Mr. Reed was married October 13,\\n1862, to Mrs. Catherine A. Sherman, a daugliter of\\nMartin and Barliara Kershncr. She was born in\\nGreene County, Ohio, February 6. 1833. Her par-\\nents were natives of Maryland and Germany, re-\\nspectively. When she was eighteen months old,\\nthe family removed to Kosciusko Count} Ind.,\\nand there she resided until her marriage.\\nMr. and Mrs. Reed have one child, Christopher\\nWatson, who is in business with his father and is a\\nblacksmith by trade. He married Miss Eva Enlow.\\nMr. Reed has a good home and as a reward for his\\ndiligence and industry throughout life, is in com-\\nfortable circumstances. He affiliates with the Re-\\npublican part_v, but takes no very active interest\\nin political affairs. He and his wife are members\\nof the Congregational Cliurch and socially he be-\\nlongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.\\nENRY M. MARVIN, M. D. This gentle-\\nman, who is now carrying on a farm on\\nsection 22, Covert Township, Van Buren\\nCounty, to wliich lie gives his principal at-\\ntention, although lie does considerable work in the\\npractice of his profession, became a resident of this\\ntownship in 1884, although his settlement in Mich-\\nigan dates from 1844,and in 1854 ho went to Berrien\\nCount} Dr. Marvin was born in Oswego County,\\nN. Y., October 11, 1834. His parents were Benja-\\nmin and Hannah Salina (Gregory) Marvin, natives\\nof New England. His paternal and maternal\\ngrandfathers, Benjamin Marvin and Benjamin\\nGregory, were both soldiers of the Revolutionary\\nWar, the latter being an officer. His parents re-\\nmoved from Oswego County to Monroe, Mich., in\\n1844, arriving on the 29th of November. His\\nfather, the Rev. Benjamin Marvin, was, while he\\nresided in New York, engaged in the milling busi-\\nness, in which he was not veiy successful, and lost\\nconsiderable money. He had received an educa-\\ntion preparatory to becoming a minister of the\\nPresbyterian Church, and wlien he came to Michi-\\ngan, it was in the capacity of a missionary. He\\nremained at Monroe a short time and then went to\\nSaline, and afterward to Pinckney, Livingston\\nCounty, where he remained for four years. He\\ntlien removed toUnadilla, wliere lie took charge of\\na Scotch Presbyterian Churcli. He there died, No-\\nvember 14, 1855. His birth took place December\\n22, 1789. The mother of our subject was born\\nF ebruary 22, 1790, her death occurring some years\\nafter that of her husband, at the home of her\\ndaughter, at Roscoe, Ohio.\\nThe parents of our subject had a large family of\\nchildren, as follows: .John Lorenzo, born December\\n30, 1811, resides in Coloma, Midi.; Benjamin G.,\\nborn July 4, 1813, died in New York City, N. Y.\\nHe was a very eminent lawyer. Salina Sarah Ann,\\nwho was born .Tune 4, 1815, was married to Joab\\nAgnew and died in Roscoe, Ohio; Salina Hannah,\\nborn January 27, 1817, married Gen. R. M. Ford,\\nand resides at Corunna, Shiawassee County, this\\nState; George, born February 17, 1819, died Octo-\\nber 16, 1820; George A., born December 29, 1820,\\nand died March 14, 1827; and Rutli Darrow, who\\nwas born October 24, 1822, liecame tlie wife of\\nGeorge Bagwell, and resides in Newcomei stown,\\nTuscarawas County, Ohio. Three children died in\\ninfancy. .Tames, born April 5, 1828, is mail agent\\non the West Michigan Railroad, wliich position he\\nhas held ever since the route was first organized.\\nThe subject of tliis sketch is tlie youngest of the\\nparental family and was ten years old when his\\nparents removed to Michigan. He attended the\\ncommon schools in his boyhood and then learned\\nthe trade of a wagon-maker, at which he worked\\nfor a time, and also taught school and read medi-\\ncine. At the age of nineteen he passed examina-\\ntions in the medical department of the State Uni-\\nversity of Michigan, but his diploma was witliheld\\nbecause he was not of age. He, however, entered\\nupon the practice of his profession, in which he", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\n299\\ncontinued until 1869, being located at Coloma.\\nlie then entered Rii.-^li ^fedical College, at C liicago,\\nand was graduated in the C lass of 70. lie re-\\nsumed his profession at Coloma, and eonlinued in\\npractice as long as his healtli would permit, liut in\\n1881 was obliged to give it up. and eoneluded to\\ntry the effects of an outdoor life ujjon a farm. lie\\naccordingly jiurchased the laud on which lie now\\nresides, and wliere he has made numerous valuable\\nimprovements. He now owns one liundrod and\\ntwenty acres of land on which are a first-class set\\nvi buildings, and every convenience necessary to\\ncarry on the farm in a profitable manner.\\nDuring the Civil War Dr. Marvin was for a time\\nin active service, being commissioned on March 4,\\n18()4, as Surgeon of the Twelfth Michigan In-\\nfantry, and served as sucli until September 24 of\\nthe same year, when he passed the examinations,\\nand was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of ol-\\nunteers, but was not mustered in, as his commission\\nas .Surgeon of the Twelfth Michigan Regiment\\nwould not be accepted. His liealth, however, was\\nso poor at this time that lie decided to return\\nhome.\\nDr. Marvin was married May 26, 1856, to Helen\\nMaria, daughter of Archibald and Eliza Ann (Tan-\\nner) Stewart. For a more extended sketch of her\\nparents, see that of Capt. W. E. Stewart. Mrs. Marvin\\nw.as born in the State of Xew York, May 29, 1836,\\ncoming to Michigan with her jjarcnts, her marriage\\ntaking place at Paw I aw. The children born to\\nour subject and his wife are as follows: IJenjamin,\\nborn August 14, 1858, is a mechanic residing in\\nChicago; Anna M., born April 11, 1860, died June\\n8,1864; James E., born June 24, 1862; Archie,\\nborn September 15, 1865, died March 30, 1866;\\nAlbert, born April 15, 1867; Frank Stewart, Nov-\\nenilx r 16, 1869; Charles H., August 20. 1872;\\nHelen M., August 24, 1875, and Flora L., August\\n28, 1878. They have also an adopted daughter,\\nViola E., the date of whose birth is October 18,\\n1853.\\nDr. Marvin is rather conservative in his views\\nand does not belong to any political party, using\\nhis own judgment in casting his ballot and voting\\nas he deems best for the interests of his count3- and\\nState. He has never sought public otHces, although\\nhe has filled several local positions and w.is the\\nfirst Postmaster at Coloma, in 1856. lie is a mem-\\nber of Coloma Lodge, Is o. 162, A. F. ct A. M., of\\nwliich lie w.as Master for several years, and is also\\na moiiilter of Calvin Britton Chapter, No. 72,\\nR. A. .M. He is a charier member of Garfield\\nPost, G. A. R., at Coloma, of whicli lie has been\\nSurgeon. He and his wife arc faithful members of\\nthe Congregational Church at Coloma, and are\\namongst its most iilx ial supporters. Dr. Marvin\\nis somewhat of a literary turn of mind and lias\\ncontributed articles to the different medical jour-\\nnals. He is a member of the Berrien Count}\\n3Iedieal Society. Besides his present property he\\nalso owns his old home at Coloma.\\nATIIANIEL JEWETT, whose success in\\ngeneral farming and raising blooded stock\\nli\\\\i^ has placed him among the most prosperous\\nmen of his class in Allegan Township, where his\\nfarming interests are located on section 8, has\\ncleared from the forests that stood here when he\\nfirst came to this region one of the finest and best-\\nimproved farms within the borders of Ailejian\\nCounty.\\nMr. Jewctt was born in the town of Alna, Lin-\\ncoln County, Me., March 8, 1827. He comes of\\nsturdy New England stock, and his parents, Na-\\nthaniel and Ellis (Erskin) Jewett, were also natives\\nof the Pine Tree State, and lived and died amid\\nthe pleasant scenes of their birth. The father wsis\\nan intelligent, practical farmer, and had a good,\\nwell-erjuipped farm. In their comfortable home\\nhe and his good wife reared five children: Nathan-\\niel, George E., Laura, Sarah A., and John A. The\\nfather w.as an old-line Whig in politics, and he had\\nan excellent record as a soldier in the Warof 1812.\\nHis parents were James and Lj dia (Hilton) Jewett,\\nand they, too, were farmers.\\nOur subject received a sound, practical educa-\\ntion in the village school at Alna, and a no less\\nuseful training in all kinds of farm work on his\\nfather s farm. He remained at home with his par-\\nents until he was twenty j-ears old, and he then", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "300\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1\\nbegan life on his own account by working in a.\\nsawmill, in which he was employed two years. He\\nwas ambitious to try his fortunes in what was\\nthen considered the Far West, and in 1850 he\\ncame to Michigan, with a good equipment of brain\\nand brawn for the struggle that lay before him\\nere he could hope to secure a competency. For\\nfive years he was engaged in a sawmill at Sauga-\\ntuck, and at the expiration of that time he in-\\nvested a part of his hard-earned money in the\\ntract of timber land on section 8, Allegan Town-\\nship, from which he has since evolved the choice\\nfarm upon which lie is so pleasantly passing liis\\nlife. Hard pioneer labor was required in clearing\\noff the timber, fencing it into convenient fields,\\nplacing the soil under cultivation, and in erecting\\nsuitable buildings, but the task has been well done,\\nand as a result Mr. Jewett has a farm complete in\\nits appointments a fine residence, commodious\\nand well-arranged barns, granaries, etc., adorning\\nthe place, the largest barn being 84x58 feet in\\ndimensions. A good orchard of the choicest\\nfruit trees adds to its value. Mr. Jewett devotes\\nhis farm, which comprises one hundred and eighty\\nacres of land, to general farming, and has some\\nregistered stock among his fine herd of Durhams,\\nand has beautiful Morgan and Clydesdale horses.\\nOur subject was married in 1859 to Miss Laura\\nShead, of Ganges, Allegan County, and to her de-\\nvoted assistance he is greatly indebted for the suc-\\ncess that has come to him in his career as an active,\\nindependent farmer. To them have been born\\ntwo children: Edith S., now Mrs. II. D. Lane; and\\nMildred E. Mrs. .Jewett is a daughter of one of\\nthe early pioneer families of this county. Her\\nparents were Orra and Nancy (Shipman) Shead,\\nnatives of Vermont. Her father was engaged in\\nfarming and milling in his native State, where lie\\nwas married. He removed to St. Lawrence County,\\nN. Y., where he lived until 1836, when he came to\\nMichigan on a prospecting tour with a view to\\nsettling in the wilderness of this State, which was\\nthen a Territory. He entered laud in Ganges\\nTownship, Allegan County, and then started on\\nhis return to his home in the East. But he was\\nnever destined to see again the hills and valle^^s of\\nVermont, as the boat on which he was voyaging\\nacross the waters of Lake Erie was burned, and he\\nperished with it. His family came to Michigan in\\n1846, and settled on the land that the father had\\ntaken in Ganges Township, and there the mother\\ndied in 1850. Of her eight children, six are liv-\\ning: Cornelia, Mrs. Goodrich; Maiy, Mrs. Sage;\\nLouis; Daniel; Rhoda, Mrs. Wade; and Mrs.\\nJewett.\\nAsa man of sound understanding, of sagacious\\nand prompt business methods, and known to be\\nthoroughly honorable and reliable, Mr. Jewett has\\nbeen influential in the public life of his township,\\nwhich he has served in various responsible offices.\\nHe has been Assessor, and he was Superintendent\\nof the Poor for seven years. In polities, he is a\\nRepublican, stanch and true to the principles of\\nhis part}\\n(^^HOMAS STEWART, one of tlie prominent\\n,f(((^^ business men of Allegan, is a manufacturer\\nof plows and castings, having a large foun-\\ndry in which he does a wholesale and retail busi-\\nness. He is a native of Monroe Count} Ohio,\\nborn October 14, 1854. His parents, Uriah and\\nElizabeth (Atkins) Stewart, natives of Pennsylva-\\nnia and Ohiorespectively, came to Allegan in 1868.\\nHis fatlier was a farmer by occupation, but after\\nhis removal to the West lived a retired life until\\nhis death in 1877. The mother departed this life\\nin 1887. The paternal grandfather of our subject\\nwas a native of Pennsylvania, where he farmed\\nextensively, and reared a large family His ma-\\nternal grandfather was Ashcl Atkins, who married\\nMiss Redwood, and they were natives of Vermont\\nand Ohio, respectivelj He was emplojed on the\\nOhio River, where he was also engaged in selling\\nwood, having a large wood-3 ard there. He was a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary War. and an old-line\\nWhig. He was a member of the United Brethren\\nChurch, and reared a large family of children.\\nThe parents of our subject had a family of seven\\nchildren, of whom he is the only one living. He\\nwas educated in Ohio and West Virginia, and\\nreared upon a farm, where he remained until\\nfifteen years old. He then learned the machine", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BTOHRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n303\\nand foundry business at Allegan, afterward goinfj\\nto Grand Rapids and MuslvCgon, where he worked\\nat Ills trade. In 1891 lie returned to AUcjjan to\\ncarry on the business of his brotiier, W. Stewart,\\nwiio W.1S accidentally killed the previous year.\\nTiie fircunistnnces of iiis death were very distress-\\ning, lie was in a bugg}- in which were two guns,\\nand while driving through a creek one of tlie\\nwheels struck a log, and, one of the guns being\\nabout to fall out, Mr. Stewart took iiold of it and\\nwas drawing it in wiicn tiic (rigger caught and it\\naccidentally wont off, shooting him thiough tiie\\nheart, killing him instantly. lie was the owner of\\nthe Eagle Foundry- Works, which our subject has\\nsince been operating. He left a wife and four\\nchildren.\\nThe subject of this sketch was married in 1877\\nto ]\\\\Iiss Lucy Gilbert, of Otsego. AUeg.an County,\\na daughter of .1. W. Gilbert. Five children have\\nbeen born to them, namely: Claudie W., James F.,\\ndiaries W.. Thomas G., and Lula M. Mr. Stewart\\nis a stanch Re|)ublican, and he and his wife are\\nmembers of tlie Baptist Church. Sociallj^, he\\nbelongs to the Knights of the Maccabees. He owns\\na pleasant home in Allegan, and lias a farm in\\nPine Plains. He is one of the industrious and\\nenterprising men of the village and is higlily\\nesteemed as sucli.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6miS\\nON. WILSON C. EDSELL. Nothing is of\\nI deeiier interest to a student of human\\nJ\\\\^ nature and iiuman events than to trace the\\ncareer of one who has fought his way up\\nto a position of prominence and linancial success.\\nMr. Edsell, b^- dint of his own pluck, pusii and\\nperseverance, has, notwithstanding the struggles\\nof his earlier years, maintained a well-earned rep-\\nutation for probity and for a iii t cnnsideratiou of\\nthe rights of others.\\nTlie gentleman whose portrait apiiears on the\\nopposite page, was born in Pike Township, Brad-\\nford County, Pa., .luly 8, 1814. His father, Jesse\\nEdsell, a native of Oranixe County, N. Y., while a\\nyoung man, moved to liiadford County, Pa., where\\nhe carried on farming, and died in 1856, aged\\nseventy-four years. The grandfather of our sub-\\nject died when Jesse Edsell was quite young. The\\nfamily was of German descent. The mother of\\nour subject w.as Polly (Canfield) Edsell, a native\\nof Connecticut. She passed from this life in 18H1,\\nhaving reached the good old age of ninety-four\\nyears. She came from a very hardy race of people,\\nnoted for their longevity, and was descended from\\none of three brothers who came from Ireland to\\nAmerica prior to the Revolutionary War. Nearly\\nall of tliMt family lived to he eiglitj^, and some\\neven ninety-six, years old.\\nThe parental family- included thirteen children,\\neight of whom lived to reach mature years, and\\nfour are still living. Our subject was the sixth in\\norder of birth, and was given but a limited educa-\\ntion. He remained on the farm until reachnig his\\nseventeenth year, when he apprenticed himself to\\nlearn the carpenter s trade. He coutinued to work\\nat that trade until reaching his m.ajority, when he\\ncame West to Ohio, and at Sandusky engaged in\\nmillwrighting.\\nThe Hon. W. C. Edsell was united in marri.age\\nin 1810 to Jliss Julia A. Clock, a most estimable\\nlady. INIrs. Edsell was a native of Pennsylvania\\nand of (icrman descent. After their marriage they\\nremoved to Oberliu. Ohio, where they both attended\\ncollege for a few years, our subject working at his\\ntrade during vacations in order to p,ay their tuition.\\nIn 1814 John J. Shepard, the founrler of OI)erlin\\nCollege, formed a colony, and migrating to .Michi-\\ngan founded Olivet College. Mi: Edsell with his\\nfamily joined the colony and heli)ed to organize\\nthe college, of which he was made one of its Trus-\\ntees, Secretary and Treasurer, holding those re-\\nsponsible jiositions for more than five years. AVhile\\nin Olivet, .Mr. Edsell assisted in building grist-\\nmills, etc., and became one of the prominent citi-\\nzens.\\nIn Seiitember, 18l .t,our subject came to Allegan\\nCounty, and, locating in Otsego, purch.ased large\\ntracts of land. His superior executive ability was\\nsoon recognized by his fellow-townsmen and he was\\nelected Justice of the Peace, and. opening an otiice\\ndid a collection business. During the interim lie\\napplied himself diligently to the study of law and in\\n1856 w.os admitted to the Bar. He held the posi-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "304\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntion of Justice of the Peace for sixteen years,\\ncarrj ing on, in connection with that position, the\\npractice of law.\\nIn company- with his son-in-law, Herbert N. Peck,\\nMr. Edsell organized the first bank in Otsego. It\\nwas a private bank and was opened in 1869. In\\n1879, however, Mr. Peck withdrew from the busi-\\nness and Charles W. Edsell, a son of our subject,\\ntook an interest in the iiroject. Our subject, in\\nconnection with his other interests, has been ex-\\ntensively engaged in dealing in real estate, owning\\nat the present time two hundred acres of valuable\\nland surrounding the village of Olscgo. At one\\ntime his possessions numbered one thousand acres,\\nbut he has since disposed of the greater portion of\\nhis land. lie also owned one thousand acres in\\nanother part of the county. lie owns stock in the\\nOtsego Chair Company, wiiich is one of the largest\\nbusiness enterprises in this section, and has large\\ninterests in business and residence property in\\nOtsego.\\nThe Hon. W. C. Edsell was elected to represent\\nthe people of his district in the State Senate in\\n1865-77-81. While in that body he served on\\nthe Committee on Banks and Corporations, and\\nwas Chairman of the Committee on Benevolence.\\nHe was Chairman, in 1881, of the Educational\\nCommittee, who revised the whole system of school\\nlaws. He afliliated with the Republican party un-\\ntil 1881, since which time he has been a stanch\\nProhibitionist. He helped to organize the Re()ub-\\nlican party, and acted as delegate to many State\\nconventions. Mr. Edsell was appointed by Gov.\\nBlair Trustee for the Kalamazoo Insane As3ium,\\nserving in that position for two years. He has\\nalways been an ardent temperance man and has\\ndone much toward forwarding the cause of pro-\\nhibition in his communit_y. He was instrumental\\nin securing the paper mill for Otsego, one of the\\nturning points in the matter being the fact that\\nthere were no saloons in Otsego.\\nMrs. Esdell passed from this life in 1866, leaving\\nfour children: Alice, Helen and Sarah, who are de-\\nceased, and Charles W. Our subject was married\\na second time, in 1867, to Miss Clara Hughes, who\\nwas a native of Peekskill, N. Y. To them has\\nbeen born one daughter, Esther, who is the wife\\nof Herbert H. Jlartindale, of Otsego. Mr. and\\nMrs. Edsell are influential members of the Congre-\\ngational Church, with which denomination our\\nsubject has been connected since 1840. He is active\\nin church work and has served his congregation\\nas Trustee, Treasurer and Secretary, each in turn\\nfor many years. He has always been a liberal and\\ncheerful giver to all charitable purposes, and his\\nwise course when attempting to bring about any\\nworthy object is well known to those who are\\nacquainted with the history of the State. He is\\none of those cultured and enterprising citizens\\nwho favor progress, and he possesses that cordial,\\nkindly spirit which makes warm friends and stanch\\nadherents. He and his excellent wife fully appre-\\nciate the value of a knowledge of books and their\\nbeautiful home is adorned with a well-selected\\nlibrary which stamps them as people of culture\\nand education. We are pleased to present in our\\nlist of the best citizens of Allegan Countj a\\nsketch of the Hon. W. C. Edsell.\\ny\\nOGDEN TOMLINSON. This gentleman, who\\nholds the position of Postmaster at Plain-\\nwell, and at the same time carries on his\\nprofession of a lawyer, is one of the prominent\\nmen of that place and highly esteemed for his in-\\ntegrity of character. He is a native of LeRoy,\\nGenesee Count} X. Y., his birth having taken\\nplace January 17, 1840.\\nThe father of our subject, John Tomlinson, was\\na native of Connecticut, born in 1796. He removed\\nto Genesee County, N. Y., where he followed the\\ntrade of a millwright, building and owning a mill\\nat that place. In 1856 he removed to Port AVash-\\nington. Wis., where he became interested in milling\\nfor a time. In 1862, he returned to New York,\\nlocating at Le Ro} where he gave up active busi-\\nness and lived a retired life until his death, which\\ntook place in 1869, when he was seventy-eight\\nyears old. He was a soldier in the War of 1812,\\nand has held the office of a Supervisor. Ho was a\\nmember of the Universalist Church, and was a\\nwell-known and prominent man in the communitj-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n305\\nwhere he resided. He was three times married,\\nhaving five children by his first wife. His second\\nwife, the motlicr of our subject, whose maiden\\nname was Dorothy Hitchcock, was a native of\\nMonroe County, N.Y. Her deatli took place in\\n1861. She was the mother of four children, of\\nwhom our siiliject is the oul^ one living. No\\nchildren were born of the thii d marriage.\\nOgden Tomlinson received his elementary edu-\\ncation in tlic common schools, supidcmcntcd by a\\nshort course in Lima (N. Y.) University, his\\nfather at that time removing to Wisconsin with\\nhis family. AVliile in Wisconsin, he did general\\nwork in the mills for a short time. He then re-\\nturned to New York and clerked in a store for his\\nbrother, at Pavilion, for about two j-ears. The\\nstore was burned and our subject returned to\\nWisconsin.\\nThis was about the time when tiio call to arms\\nwas heard throughout the country, and on Septem-\\nber 17, 18fil, Mr. Tomlinson enlisted in the Six-\\nteenth Wisconsin Infantry. So intensely loj al\\nwas he, lliat he left his home when his mother was\\nat tiie point of death and a sister was seriously ill.\\nHe served until the close of the war, receiving his\\ndischarge at Louisville, Ky., June 26, 1865. The\\nfirst battle in which he was engaged was at\\nCorinth. He spout most of tiie j-ear of 1862 in the\\nOxford campaign, where some lively skirmishing\\nwas experienced. His command was stationed at\\nLake Provence during the siege of icksburg, and\\nheld an outpost, twelve miles s\u00c2\u00abmth of there, during\\nthe winter of 18G2 and 186.3. He joined Slierman s\\narmy in Tennessee and was in all the noted battles\\naround and including that at Atlanta, and was one\\nwlio took tliat famous march to tlie sea. At the\\nexpiration of tlie three years for which he enlisted,\\nhe veteranized and re-enlisted.\\nAfter his return from the army, our sul ject en-\\ngaged in the grocer} business for a short time at\\nLeRoy, N. Y.. l)ut eventually closed thai out and\\nwent to Wisconsin. He then decided to go to\\nIvansas and take up a homestead. He located in\\nMarion County, that State, where he remained\\nabout four yeai-s and proved up n quarter section\\nwliich lie afterwards sold. He then came to Alle-\\ngan, Mich., where he became a student in the law\\noffice of Williams, Arnold Padgham. In 1874,\\nafter being admitted to the bar, he entered the\\njiractice of law with Mr. Padgham. In 1875, he\\ncame to Plainwell and formed a partnership with\\nSilas Stafford. In 1880, he entered into partner-\\nship with A. II. Fenn, at Allegan, but retained his\\nresidence at Plainwell. He served as Prosecuting\\nAttornej at Allegan, after which he was made\\nRegister of I robate for the same county. He was\\napjjoinled Postmaster at Plainwell, April 1,1891,\\nand is at present filling that office to the satisfac-\\ntion of the public. In politics, he is a Republican,\\nand has been a delegate to State conventions.\\nSocially, he is a member of the Ancient Order of\\nUnited Workmen, The Knights of the JLaccabees,\\nthe Odd Fellows and the (Irand Arm} of the Re-\\npulilic, in the latter of which he is Commander of\\nthe Post at Plainwell. He served as President of\\nthe A illage Bc ard for two years.\\nMr. Tomlinson was married August 31, 1865, to\\nMar} E. Wareham, a native of Oswego County,\\nN. Y., and they are the parents of two children:\\n.Tohn and Cleo.\\n_^3\\nS]\\nn^\\nET\\nyARREN A. WOOD WORTH, who is a\\nprominent attornc}--at-law in the village\\nW^ of Saug.atuck, Allegan County, is a son of\\nAugustus W. and ioletta (Bowker) Woodworth,\\nnatives of New York. His birth took place in Al-\\nlegany County, N. Y., May 26, 1836, w^here he was\\nreared to the life of a farmer boy. At the age of\\nfourteen, finding this occupation entirely too mon-\\notonous for his active mind, he determined to see\\nsomething of the world for himself, and according-\\nj ly started out to make his fortune. He engaged\\nin various occupations, among the rest becoming a\\nschool teacher for eleven years, and for two years\\nlecturing on phrenoli)gy and temperance. He ac-\\n(piired his education by his own efforts, reading\\nthe best books and vising his power of observation\\nto good advantage. He finally became a student\\nin the Baptist Theological Seminary, and after-\\nward in the Law .School at Ann Arbor, during the\\nyears 1862 and 1H63. He then o|)ened an ollice in\\nI Ganges,\u00c2\u00a9 wning a farm in the township by that name.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "306\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\non wliicli he resided until alwut fifteen ^-ears ago\\nwhen he removed to Saugatuck where he has been\\nactively engaged in the practice of his profession\\never since. In 1890 he took in Charles N. Thew\\nas a partner, and their business is increasing and\\nproving very satisfactory.\\nMr. Woodwortli was married in 1864 to Mary\\nA. Miller, a daughter of Jesse Miller, and a native\\nof New York. Three children have blessed this\\nunion, namely: Cliarles H., who died when ten\\nyears old; Nellie S. who married William L. Naugh-\\ntin and resides in Chicago; Saburna G., who is yet\\nat home. In April, 1891, this happy household\\nmet with a great grief in the loss of the beloved\\nwife and mother. She was a most estimable wo-\\nman and highly esteemed by all who knew her.\\nMr. Woodworth started in life a poor boy and\\ndeserves great credit for the industry and perse-\\nverance by which he has won his way to his pres-\\nent position. He now owns a fine farm in Ganges\\nand also in Saugatuck, where he raises large quan-\\ntities of the flue fruit for which this State is fa-\\nmous. In politics, he is a Prohibitionist, carrying\\nout his views in practice as well as principle. He\\nhas held various local offices and has been Circuit\\nCourt Commissioner and School Superintendent.\\nHe and his family are members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church and are foremost in all good works.\\nMr. Woodworth s great-grandfather w,as a soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War and his maternal grand-\\nfather in the War of 1812.\\nU ALTER MEREDITH is one of the leading\\nfarmers and stock-raisers, and an esten-\\n^^f^ sive lumber manufacturer of Allegan\\nCounty, and is one of the most enterprising and\\nsuccessful business men of this section. He has a\\nbeautiful home on his large and well-appointed\\nfarm on section 5, Martin Township, and has be-\\nsides other valuable landed interests in different\\nplaces.\\nMr. Meredith is a native of Genesee County, N.\\nY., his birth occurring in Alexander Township,\\nSeptember 14, 1840. His father, David Meredith,\\nwho was a pioneer of Southern Michigan, was born\\nin Chester County, Pa., and is a son of .John Mere-\\ndith, who is also supposed to have been aPennsjl-\\nvanian by birtii. The father of our subject was\\nreared in his native State by a Quaker farmer. He\\nwent to New York in early manhood, and was\\nmarried there to Mary, daughter of Henry Haw-\\nkins. Her father is supposed to have been a na-\\ntive of New York, and to have been of Welsh des-\\ncent. She was born in Genesee County, and there\\nshe and her husband located after marriage. Her\\ndeath occurred at the age of forty-eight years.\\nShe was the mother of five children all of whom\\nare living, as follows: Evans, a resident of Osh-\\ntemo To^^^lship, Kalamazoo County Marion, a\\nresident of Wayland Township; Walter and War-\\nren, the latter of whom is a twin brother of our\\nsubject, and lives on the old jNIeredith homestead\\nin Portage Township; and Maggie, wife of Eugene\\nBeckwith, of Pavilion Township. In 1843 the\\nfather of our subject removed with his family to\\nKalamazoo County, and became actively identified\\nwith its pioneers. He first selected a tract of land\\nin the wood on tlie present site of Pavilion Town-\\nship, cleared a space upon which to build a log\\nhouse, 18x24 feet in dimensions, and during his\\nten ^years residence on that place put consider-\\nable of the land under cultivation. At the expira-\\ntion of that time, he removed to Portage Township,\\nwith whose development and farming interests he\\nwas identified until his death, at the age of sixty-\\nfive years.\\nWalter JNIeredith was three years old when his\\nparents came to Michigan to found a new home in\\nthe forest wilds of Kalamazoo County. His char-\\nacter was moulded and strengthened by pioneer\\ninfluences, and he early manifested the sturdy self-\\nreliance, independence of thought and act, and\\nability to plan and carry out his schemes wisely\\nthat have had so important a bearing on his suc-\\ncess in life. He laid the foundation of his educa-\\ntion in a primitive log schoolhouse in Pavilion\\n1 ownship, and completed it in the public schools\\nof the town of Portage. He had quite a talent for\\nmechanics, and at the .age of sixteen commenced to\\nwork at the trade of a carpenter, and was employed\\nat that until he was twenty-five j ears old, having\\nin the meantime assisted in the erection of many", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "I ORTK^UT AIsD BIOGRAPHICAL RECOilD.\\n807\\nbuildings in Kalamazoo Coimtv. Tie was married\\nin Docouibcr 31, 186G, and R niained in Kahunazoo\\ntwo 3 ears after that event, and then located where\\nhe now resides in Jlartin Township, he liavme:\\npreviously purchased this farm, one hundred and\\ntwenty acres of it lieing cleared before he\\nmoved onto it. lie built a small frame house,\\nin which he and his family lived until 1X8;$, when\\nhe erected his present handsome residence, at tiie\\ncost of ^1,000, building it himself, and it is one\\nof the finest houses in the county. It is of a mo-\\ndern and tasteful style of architecture, is hand-\\nsomely furnished, .and the rooms are beautifully\\nlinishcd in different kinds of woods, such as cherry,\\noak, black walnut, etc. Good barns and other\\nliuilding complete the appointments of a model\\nfarm. IJesides this homestead of tlu-ec hundred\\nacres of land, which he has improved himself, Mr.\\nMeredith has a great deal of other valuable pro-\\npert3 he being one of the wealthy men of the\\ncounty.\\nlie has one hundred and eighty acres of land on\\nthe tiun River Flats, and one hundred and forty-\\nfour arres in Wayland Township, the most of\\nwhich is improved, making his landed possessions\\nmount wp to six hundred and twenty-four acres. He\\nowns a sawmill, with a capacity of fifteen thousand\\nfeet i)er day, for making railway ties and does a large\\nbusine.-^iii that line, besides carrying on farmiiio-\\nand stock-raising extensively, employing four or\\nfive men on his farm all the time besides those at\\nwork in the mill, lie has his farm well stocked\\nwith fine blooded horses, with high-grade cattle,\\nand with swine anil sheep of the best breeds.\\n]Mr. Meredith was married December $1, 1866,\\nin Osbtemo Township, Kalamazoo County, by\\nClarke Kellogg, to Melvina, the first daughter and\\n.second child of Burton and Charlana (.Vdams)\\nJohn-son. Mrs. Meredith was born in I orlage\\nTownship, Kalamazoo County, October 16, 1813,\\nand was there reared. IIerfather,a well-known pio-\\nneer of that section, was a native of Vermont, .-ind\\nbe lived among the green hills of that State until\\nhe was sixteen years old, when he went to New\\nYork. lie came thence to Michigan in 1839, and\\nin time improved a farm in Kalamazoo County.\\nlie afterward came to Allegan County, and his\\nlast days were spent in Wayland Townshiii, where\\nbe died at the age of seventy-two j cars. Ills\\nwife, who survives liiiu and m. ikes her home with\\nher daughter and son-in-law of whcmi we write,\\nwas liorn in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., March 23,\\n1816. Mr. and .Mrs. Meredith have had seven\\nchildren, three sons and four daughters, namely:\\nWalter lUirton, who resides at home; Cora, wife of\\nJames Keith, a cable-car conductor on the North\\nSide of Chicago; David Warren, who was drowned\\nin a vcll at the age of six years; .lennie, who died\\nat the age of six months; and Josephine, who is\\nten years old; John who is eight years old, and\\nJIarian, who is six years old.\\nOur subject enjoys a high personal standing\\nthroughout the county and wherever known, not\\nonly as a man of iionor and sound financial integ-\\nrity, whose business acumen, rare judgment and\\nfar-seeing enterprise have been of great service in\\nextending the interests of this section, but he is\\nalso popular on account of genial qualities, warm\\nheart and true generosity, which have drawn to\\nhim many friends from a large circle of acquaint-\\nances. He is public spirited, and liberal in expend-\\ning his means to further all feasible projects for in-\\nternal imi)rovements, or in his contributions to-\\nwards all worthy objects that come under his\\nnotice.\\n1^\\\\\\\\X REXSLAER WADS WORTH is a well-\\nto-do farmer residing on section 34, Sauga-\\ntuck Township, Allegan County. His farm\\ncomprises sixty acres of excellent land, which is\\nunder most thorough cultivation, and is devoted\\nlargely to fruit-growing. Our subject is the son\\nof James and .Maluncv (I iiilips) Wadsworth, and\\nthe grandson of Theodore Wadsworth, who was a\\nnative of Connecticut.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write was born in\\nJlontgomeiy (now Felton) County, N. Y., Febru-\\nary 16. 182.5. He was reared on a farm, rennin-\\niug at home assisting his father until reaching his\\nmajority AVhen starting out in life for hiin,-elf,\\nhe purch.ased what is now known as the MrVae\\nfarm in Ganges Township. He cleared his pro|)-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "308\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nerty of the forest, and put it in excellent condi-\\ntion; then becoming somewhat restless, he disposed\\nof that fine propert3 in 18C5, and removed to Mis-\\nsouri. There he bougiit a tract of four hundred\\nacres, but only remained there about eight months,\\nwhen he sold and returned to Michigan, poorer in\\npocket, but richer in experience. At that time he\\npurchased the farm on which he at present resides.\\nIt was in its primitive condition when it came into\\nhis possession, but under his wise management it\\nhas been made to yield a generous increase, and is\\nnow one of the finest farms in the township.\\nJames W. Wadsworth, the father of tiic gentle-\\nman whose name heads this sketch, was the third\\nsettler in Ganges Township, Allegan County, to\\nwhich place he came in 1838. Our subject at that\\ntime was only thirteen j ears of age, and well re-\\nmembers the privations and hardships which the\\nfamily endured at that earl}- daj There were no\\nroads laid out, and the nearest market was at Alle-\\ngan, twenty miles distant. There were no stores,\\nschools or churches, the first Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch being erected in 1844. Mr. Wadsworth,\\nof this sketch, became identified with the society\\nat that time, and has ever since been a liberal con-\\ntributor to its support.\\nOur subject was united in marriage with Maria\\nCollins, a daughter of Joseph Collins, and a\\nnative of the Empire State. Mrs. Wadsworth was\\nborn in New York, September 23, 1825, and the\\nceremony which united her with our subject oc-\\ncurred April 7, 18.50. That union has been blessed\\nwith eight children: Leonidas D., born in 1851, is\\nmarried to Emma Derby, and resides in Ganges\\nTownship, Allegan County; Blary A., born Feb-\\nruar3 27, 1853, married Edward Hutchins, and also\\nmakes her home in Ganges Township; Lucius, born\\nM.ay 20, 1855, died February 13, 1861; Emma M.,\\nborn February 18, 1857, died February 10, 1861;\\nAlice, born December 21, 1859, died March 12,\\n1861; Melissa, born September 27, 1860, died in\\nJune, 1861; Willie, born April 23, 1862, is married\\nto Cora Smith, and resides in Saugatuck Township,\\nAllegan County; llettie M. was born November\\n14, 1864, and is married to Henry Lamb; she makes\\nher home with her parents.\\nIn politics, Mr. Wadsworth is a Greenbacker,and\\ntakes great interest in the workings of that party\\nHe has held offices of jiublic trust in the township,\\nand is greatl3- esteemed personally for his manj\\ngood qualities of mind and heart. His good wife\\nis a vevj intelligent and capable lady, and is noted\\nfor her skill as a housewife and caretaker. We are\\npleased to be able to place before our readers a\\nsketch of so worthy a couple. Our subject, wife\\nand j oungest daughter, are members of the Meth-\\ndist Episcopal Church.\\nON. JOHN KOLYOORD. This prominent\\ncitizen of Otsego was elected on the Demo-\\ncratic ticket to represent the people of\\nAllegan County in the State Legislature\\nin 1890. W^hile a member of that body he served\\non many important committees, such as the Com-\\nmittee on Public Schools, Rivers, Harbors and\\nManufacturing. He gave entire satisfaction to\\nhis constituents, performing all the duties which\\nlay before him in a capable manner.\\nThe Hon. John Kolvoord was born in Holland\\nTownship, Ottawa County, this State, September\\n2, 1852, and being a native of the State, his in-\\nterests more naturally center here than they other-\\nwise would. His direct progenitor was John\\nKolvoord, a native of the Province of Overisel,\\nHolland, where he followed the occupation of a\\nwood-turner. In 1847 he decided to make his\\nhome in the New World, and, emigrating hither,\\ncame directly to Michigan. He and A. C. Van\\nRalte came to this country at the head of a colony,\\nthe compan} remaining in Milwaukee until the\\ntwo gentlemen prospected for a location. They\\nfinally determined to settle in Ottawa County, and\\nthus originated the town of Holland.\\nThe colony which laid out the town of Holland\\nwere the first settlers in that region, and entered\\nfrom the Government large tracts of land which\\nthey set about to clear and improve into good\\nfarms. Our subject s father, in addition to his\\nfarm, erected a flouring mill, which was the first\\nof its kind between Allegan and Grand Rapids.\\nThe mdl was run by water power, and while Mr.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A D BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n309\\nKolvoord workod at his trade in Alleijan, his wife\\nniana.!;o(l the mill, ijriiidiiii, fiDiii lifty to tiixty\\nbushels of corn or wheat i)cr week. The father\\ndied in IS when only about forty years of age.\\nI revious to coming to the Fnited .States, he had\\nserved lu the Holland army for three years, during\\nthe Rolgian War. lie was very pi oniinent in\\nbusiness circles, and much respected for his Iionest\\nand uprighl life. In his church relations he was\\na zealous member of the Dutch Kcformod Church,\\nand, being a gifted speaker, took an active part in\\nthe work of that body.\\nThe mother of INIr. Kolvoord was Grietie\\n(l)link) Kolvoord, and, upon the death of her\\nhusband, was left with the care of four children.\\nOnly a few acres of their farm were cleared at that\\ntime and the hardships which they end\\\\ucd have\\nmade a lasting impression vipou the mind of our\\nsubject. He was the second ot the four sons, and\\nonly three years old when his father died. At the\\nearly age of eleven years, he began to earn his own\\nliving by working out on a farm for his board.\\nThe next year he received ^20 for his labors. He\\nwas to have had three months schooling during\\nthe year, but six weeks after entering upon his\\nduties his employer was taken sick so that his\\nadvantages in obtaining an education have been\\nvery limited.\\nOur subject worked out for others for three\\nyears, when, with an elder brother, he returned\\nhome, carrying their trunk for twelve miles.\\nOur subject remained at home caring for his\\nmother until reaching his seventeenth year. He\\nthen went to Saugatuck, where he worked during\\nthe summer in a shingle mill; then, becoming fire-\\nman, he held that position for four years. At the\\nexpiration of that time, he again returned home,\\nand remained with his mother a twelvemonth,\\nwhen he launched out into the hardware business.\\nHe carried on his trade in that line with good\\nsuccess for eighteen months at Overisel, when lie\\ndisposed of his stock of goods, and, going to\\nIlamiltO)), Allegan County, engaged in the dry-\\ngoods and grocery busines.s. He remained there\\nfor two and one-half j eai-s, when, in the spring of\\n1H 1, he sold his interests to his youngest brother\\nand purchased the sawmill which he operates at\\nthe present time. Mr. Kolvoord is also much\\ninterested in real estate in Otsego, where he ha.s\\nlately erected a beautiful residence. His home\\nbears all the modern imiirovements and conven-\\niences which make of it a model dwelling.\\nIn the fall of 1877, the Hon. John Kolvoord was\\nmarried to (lezina Teravest, a native of Holland.\\nShe iicconipanied her parents on their removal to\\nthe New World in 1870. Mi-s. Kolvoord passed\\nfrom this life .lune 16, 1884, beloved by all who\\nknew her. She bore her husband two children,\\nJennie and John. Our subject was again married,\\nin August, 188. to .Jennie Aekersock, a native of\\nIllinois, and to them have been born one child,\\nFloi-ence.\\nIn his political alliliation, Mr. Kolvoord casts his\\nvote and influence in favor of the candidates of\\nthe Democratic party. He has represented his\\nl)arty to the county, district and State conventions\\nand h.as taken a very .active part in politics. He\\nkeeps himself thoroughly posted on the political\\nissues of the day, and is well-read on current\\nevcnt s. Although the Democratic party was in\\nthe minority in Allegan County when our subject\\nwas elected to the Legislature, jet he received a\\nhandsome majority over his oppc neut.\\nPersistent industry and economy will claim\\ntheir reward, as has been fully illustratid in the\\nlife of Mr. Kolvoord. He commenced life with no\\nassistance whatever, and to-d.ay ranks among the\\nprominent and wealthy citizens of Allegan County.\\nHe has had much to overcome, and can relate\\nmany an interesting tale of pioneer experiences.\\nHe did not own a pair of leather shoes until after\\nhe was twelve years old, and earned them for him-\\nself. It is with much pride that he now views his\\npossessions, knowing that they are the result of his\\nown labors.\\n-k-TiJ-\\nI I I\\nRobert O. WINN. TIiIs fine old gentle-\\nman, who has been a successful farmer, is\\none of the prominent men in (!aiigesTown-\\n^iship, Allegan County. He w.as born in\\nToronto, Canada, in 181(3, and is the son of Joshu.a\\nand Martha Winn. His father, who w.as born in", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "310\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nermont, in 1792, was there reared on a farm and\\nreceived a good common-school education.\\nJoshua Winn remained with his parents until his\\nmarriage, in 1810, with Martha Griffin. To them\\nwere born five children, all of whom are deceased,\\nwith the exception of our subject. After thedeatli\\nof his wife, the elder Mr. Winn married INIary\\nWakefield, and bj her became the father of three\\nchildren who are yet living: Stephen, Laura and\\nTheopholus. Joshua Winn and Iiis wife were Qua-\\nkers, as were also the paternal grandparents of our\\nsubject, Jacob and Phebe Winn, natives of Eng-\\nland, who emigrated to the United States when\\n_youug.\\nRobert (1. Winn was given a good common-\\nschool education, and when starting out in life on\\nhis own account learned the carpenter s trade,\\nwhich he followed for seven j-ears. When twenty\\n3 ears of age, he came West to Michigan, and, loca-\\nting in Detroit, remained there a short time, when\\nhe went to Kalamazoo. In that city he prosecuted\\nhis trade of carpenter for five j ears, previous to\\nhis coming to Maulius Township, Allegan County.\\nIn the above-named township, JMr. Winn purchased\\none hundred acres of unimproved land, which he\\nlived upon until 1855, when he disposed of that\\ntract and bought a farm in Ganges Township,\\nwhich was at that time partly improved. In 1871,\\nour subject purchased his present home place,\\nwhere he has since been a continuous resident. He\\nhas given the greater portion of his estate to his chil-\\ndren, reserving only thirty acres for himself. That\\namount he has in fruit, thus making it a nost de-\\nlightful place in which to spend the summer\\nmonths.\\nThe original of this sketch was married, in 18.39,\\nto Deborah Care^ and to them were born a family\\nof seven children, three of wh(nn are yet living:\\nRalph, Lyda (Mrs. Arthur McCarthy), and Susan,\\nthe widow of Delaney Collins. After the death of\\nMrs. Winn, our subject was married to Sophia,\\ndaughter of David and Sally Ilutchins. Their\\nunion was blessed by the birth of a daughter,\\nMary, who is now the wife of Henry Piper. Mrs.\\nSophia Winn passed from this life in 1871, when\\nour subject was a third time married, his present\\nwife being Mrs. Ruth (Moore) Stilson. Mrs. Winn\\nbecame the mother of eleven children b^- her first\\nmarriage, nine of whom are living.\\nThe political creed of our subject is found in the\\ntenets of the Republican partv. He is popular in\\nhis township, and has often been called upon to\\nrepresent his townsmen in public office. In religious\\nmatters he is a worth_v member of the Baptist\\nChurch. In his jounger da3 s, Mr. Winn was in\\nthe Canadian rebellion known as Patrick s Rebel-\\nlion. It was on account of the position that he\\ntook in that affair that he was compelled to come\\nto the United States.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00baJ-^\\n_^_^:\\n^iO)\\ni\\nJT? OHN L. WHEELER. The gentleman whose\\nI name we place at the head of this biograph-\\nical sketch has for a number of years been\\nengaged in settling disputes, and is the\\npresent Justice of the Peace at Plain well. His\\nparents were Cyrus and Elizabeth (Snyder) Wheeler,\\nthe father born in Beikshire County, Mass., No-\\nvember 20, 1791. Our subject s birth occurred in\\nMarion, Wayne County, N. Y., July 15, 1824.\\nMoses AVheeler, the grandfather of our subject,\\ncame to the United States with two brothers, who\\nlocated in Massachusetts. He followed the ocean\\nprior to his marriage with Mary D. Brainard, who\\ncame of a noted family during the early daj S in Con-\\nnecticut, many members of whom were ministers.\\nCyrus AVheeler, the father of John L., removed to\\nNew York after his marriage, where he made his\\nhome on a farm until his decease, in 1852. He\\nhelped to survey a great portion of Wa3-ne County\\nand thus became familiar with all the corner-stones\\nof that section. He was a member of the Metho-\\ndist Episcopal Church, and often had services held\\nin his home. Our subject s mother was a native of\\nNew Jersey and passed away in 1860, when in her\\nseventy-eighth 3 ear, firm in the faith of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church. Of their family of thir-\\nteen children only two are living: our subject and\\nhis brother Benjamin P., who makes his home in\\nKalamazoo.\\nJohn L. Wheeler was reared on his father s farm\\nand received his education in the schoolhouse which\\nstood on a portion of his parental estate. When", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n313\\neighteen years of age, his father gave the manage-\\nment of the farm to iiira, the operations of whieii\\nwere admirably and successfully conducted. lie\\ncontinued thus engaged \\\\intil tlie deatli of iiis par-\\nents, when he came to Michigan and located in\\nMartin Towniship, Allegan County, wliere he i iir-\\nchased a farm. In 1884, Mr. Wlieeler retired from\\nthe active life of an agiiculturist and removed to\\nPlainwell, wliere lie makes his home at (lie present\\ntime. The marriage ceremony whicli united Mr.\\nWheeler and Miss Klizabeth A. Miller was per-\\nformed in 1858. Mrs. Wheeler was a native of\\nNew York and the daughter of Bartholomew and\\nElizabeth (Dennis) Miller, natives respectively of\\nSing Sing and Troy, N. Y. The father was a sil-\\nversmith and was working at his trade in New\\nYork City at the time of his marriage. The young\\ncouple soon emigrated to this State and settled in\\nPlainwell when there was nothing more than a\\nfew scattering houses where that tlourisliing vil-\\nlage stands. Mr. Miller is now in Iiis eightieth\\nyear, his wife being sevent3--seven. i\\\\Irs. Wheeler\\nis their only child and received good educational\\nadvantages. Her parents have lived together for\\nfifty-seven years and are among the oldest settlers\\nof this section.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife have one\\ndaughter, Adella, who makes her home with her\\nparents. She has been given a good education and\\nis an intelligent and cultured young ladj She is\\nnow on a trip to Florida for the improvement of\\nher health. In politics, ;\\\\Ir. Wheeler votes with the\\nRepublican party and on t/iat ticket w.a.s elected\\nJustice of the Peace when only twenty-two years\\nof age, iu New York. After coming to Michigan\\nhe served two terms in that position in Martin\\nTownship. He is the present incumbent of that\\nottice in Plainwell.\\nThe original of this sketch owns one huiidicd\\nand twenty .acres near the village of Martin, which\\nhe hiis greatly- improved since locating upon it in\\n1869. He is at pre.sent residing at his beautiful\\nhome on North Main Street, where he, with his\\nfamily, entertains hosts of friends. The maternal\\ngrandparents of Mr.Wheeler, Peter and Mary(Larri-\\nsom) Snyder, were natives of New .Jersey. They\\nlater removed to Pennsylvania and settled on the\\nU\\nbanks of the Susquehanna Kivcr, whore they re-\\nsided until their death. The grandfather was one\\nof the pioneere of that section and was very wealth v,\\nowning large tracts of land. Ho also owned a tan-\\nnery and carried on an extensive business in the\\nmanufacture of leather. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder be-\\ncame the parents of five sons and three daughters,\\nall of whom became very wealthy and are residing\\nin different |iarts of tho States. Mr. Wheeler is a\\nciinstant worker, and it is the pr.a^-er of all his\\nfriends that he and his good wife may long be\\nspared to siicd abroad their beneficent influence.\\ntRANK little, of Kalamazoo, eldest son\\nof Ilenrj and Ruth (Fuller) Little, was\\n/ii borir~atrSt. .7ohnsbur3 Vt., September 29,\\n1823. The family emigr.ated, in October. 1831,\\nto the then Territory of Michigan, which had re-\\ncently lieen pmcliascd by the United States Gov-\\nernment of the Indians, surveyed and offered for\\nsale. The inoneer family settled upon a large\\nprairie farm in Richland, Kalamazoo County.\\nDuring boyhood, ^Ir. Little assisted his father\\non the fai m, acquiring in tiic meantime a practical\\neducation. Leaving liome in September, 1844, he\\nengaged in merchandising at Grand Hapids, Rich-\\nland and Kalamazoo, and conducted the business\\nsuccessfully nearly ten years.\\nNovember 21, IHlfi, Mr. Little was married to\\nMiss Cornelia Elizabeth, only daughter of Deacon\\nRockwell and Celestia E. (May) Rockwell, natives\\nof Sandislield, Mass. Two childien were born of\\ntiic union: Isabelle May, wife of .lohu A. Weeks,\\na merchant of Yankton, S. Dak.; and Frances E.,\\nwife of Dr. Clarence A. Dolsou, of Atlantic, Iowa.\\nThere are now three grand-children: .John H..\\nFletn May and Gordon Weeks.\\nMr. Little s public life commenced with his\\nelection as Clerk of Richland Township in 1850\\nand Notary Public the previous year. He also\\n.served as I)e|)uty Postmaster, .Seliool Inspector and\\nDirector, and since 1853 has held public otliees\\nwith scarcely any interruption. Tn 185C-57 he\\nwas Superintendent of the Kalamazoo Public", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "314\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nSchools; from 1859 to 1872 member of the Board\\nof Education; during tlie entire period Secretary\\nof the Board and ibrarian of the Public Library-.\\nOther positions occupied by Mr. Little are as fol-\\nlows: In 1862-63, he was appointed by Gov. Blair\\nDraft Commissioner of Kalamazoo County; in 1864,\\nSecretary of the State Sanitary Fair for the relief of\\nsoldiers in the war; 1867-68, Clerk of Kalamazoo\\nTownship, and Village Clerk, four years; 1883,mein-\\nber of the Sewer Commission one term; in the\\nspring of 1883, prominently connected with and\\ninstrumental in securing a city charter for Kala-\\nmazoo and iu drafting the bill for enactment.\\nCommencing in 1857, Mr. Little was for nearly\\nthirty years the very popular and efficient Secre-\\ntary of the Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society\\neleven ears First Assistant Secretary of Michigan\\nState Agricultural Society; seven years Secretary\\nof the Michigan State Association of Agricultural\\nSocieties, an association largely of his creation;\\nalso connected with the Kalamazoo National Park\\nHorse Association of earlier times. During all\\nthat long period, in connection with other duties,\\nMr. Little was an indefatigable and voluminous\\nwriter for the press and his numerous treatises,\\nessays and public addresses upon various subjects\\nattracted much attention and were extensively\\nquoted in public documents and elsewhere.\\nMr. Little was chosen Secretary of the Millers\\nNational Association of the United States at its first\\nannual convention in Chicago, in January, 1874,\\nand re-elected annually thereafter until May, 1879.\\nThe Miller, of London, England, paid Mr. Little\\nthe voluntary high compliment of publishing a\\nsketch of his life, with a portrait as frontispiece.\\nSpeaking of his connection with the National As-\\nsociation as Secretary and his retirement from\\noffice, it said: There can be no doubt that no in-\\nconsiderable share of the success that has attended\\nthe Association is due to Mr. Little s efficiency as\\nSecretary, a position for which he was eminently\\nqualified both by general and special intelligence.\\nThe association was exceedingly fortunate in hav-\\ning the services of such an official during the first\\nand trying period of its existence. He is a tho-\\nroughly capable man and our trust is that he may\\nlong have the privilege of aiding and promoting\\nthe interests of the community of which he is such\\na worthy member.\\nSome few j^ears since, Mr. Little was chosen\\nSecretary and Treasurer of the Michigan Millers\\nState Association. In November, 1887, the Amer-\\nican Miller, at Chicago, publisiied an extended\\nsketch and portrait of him, and paid him this glow-\\ning tribute: As a writer for the press, Mr. Little\\nis especiall} happy. His style is bold, terse and\\npointed. His reports, papers and addresses read\\nbefore various societies have alwa3^s been regarded\\nas models of clearness and accurac} His writings\\nare eminently practical. As an agricultural au-\\nthorit} he cannot be surpassed. On all subjects,\\npolitics included, his views are sensible, sound and\\nforcible; he is pre-eminently a man of and for the\\ntimes, devoting his life to furthering the useful-\\nness, happiness and improvement of the human\\nrace.\\nFor many years Mr. Little has been prominently\\nconnected with the County Pioneer Societj- and is\\nat present its efficient president. In the campaign\\nof 1888 he was the Democratic candidate for Re-\\npresentative in the First District, but was defeated,\\nthe district being largely Republican. He has been\\nChief Correspondent and Statistical Crop Repor-\\nter to the Agricultural Department in Washington,\\nfor Kalamazoo County, fully thirty years, and\\nstill fills that position. A recent article of his on\\nCelery Culture in Kalamazoo was published in\\nthe annual volume of the Department for 1886.\\nIn the Biographical Sketches of Eminent Self-\\nmade Men of Michigan, the editor gives the fol-\\nlowing just estimate of Mr. Little s character: In\\nall the various positions assigned, Mr. Little has\\nshown the strictest integrity and faithfulness, a\\ncapacity for business details of no common order,\\nan energy and force of character truly remarkable,\\ndischarging every trust to the entire satisfaction\\nof all concerned. He is methodical, thorough and\\npainstaking in business matters, a man of very\\nsound judgment, rare power of mind, of much\\nreading and general intelligence. For quite a\\nnumber of years he has been a frequent\\ncontributor to the local press, treating various\\nquestions of public interest with such signal\\nability as to give direction to popular thought.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n315\\nand call forth coiniiieiulalions from pci-sons of\\nhigh culture and intelligence. The editor fnr-\\ntlier says: Jlr. Little lias marked personal char-\\nacteristics. He regards every subject with exact-\\nitude and i)recision. His logic is irresistible, his\\nmethods conscientious and exhaustive, his opera-\\ntions minute and accurate. Jlore clearly than\\nmost men he sees things as they are. This trait\\nof mental truthfulness pervades his whole moral\\nand religious nature. In business and social rela-\\ntions his rectitude is proverbial, his word stands\\nunquestioned by all. Like all men of genuine\\nmerit he is unostentatious, never placing himself\\nin the foreground. Too conscientious to resort to\\n(|uestionable modes of political preferment, he has\\ninconsequence never sought those higher positions\\nof honor and trust in the Commonwealth for which\\nhis superior qualities so eminently fit him.\\nIn connection v,-ith this biographical notice, the\\nattention of the reader is invited to a lithographic\\nportrait of Mr. Little.\\nT^i\\nETER G.HOAG. This pleasant and benev-\\nolent gentleman is the propi ietor of a grist\\nmill in Otsego. He was born February 20,\\n_ 1829, in Dutchess County, Js. Y., and is a\\nson of Peter Hoag, also a native of the Empire\\nState. The father carried on farming and died in\\nDecember, 1828. The Hoag fam 113- were Quakers\\nand several generations back came from Wales.\\nThe mother of Peter G. was known in her maiden\\ndays as Abigail Jlott. She was a native of the\\nsame State as were her husband and son, and passed\\nfrom this life in 18.50.\\nPeter G. Hoag, whose name heads this sketch,\\nwas the youngest of eight children, his birth occur-\\nring two months after his father s decease. The\\nmother kept her little family together and re-\\nmained in Dutchess County until 1835, when they\\nremoved to Wayne County, same SUite. In 1844\\nMi-s. Hoag with her children, with the exception\\nof the eldest son, who remained in Xew York,\\ncame West .i,s far as Michigan and located on a\\nfarm in .lackson County.\\nOur subject wa* given a fair education in the\\ncommon schools, which w.as supplemented bj^ at-\\ntendance at an academy and b^^ two terms at the\\nOlivet College. Thus he was fortified to battle\\nmore successfully with life. In the fall of 1845\\nj he went to Marengo, Calhoun County, this State,\\nI where he eng.aged to learn the wagon-m.aker s trade.\\nHe remained there, \\\\vorking at that business for\\nj five 3 ears, and the following winter visited New\\nYork Slate. Returning to Jlichigan, he spent a\\ntwelvemonth in St. Joseph, and in 1852 started\\nwith a party from St. Joe to California, taking the\\noverland route with ox-teams. They were five\\nmonths making the trip, leaving home March 11\\nand arriving in the Golden .State, August II.\\nWhile there our subject was engaged in raining\\nand carpentering, but did not remain long, how-\\never, as in the spring of 1856 he returned to ]Mich-\\ngan, via the Isthmus and New York. For the\\nsucceeding fifteen months, he worked at his trade\\nin Albion. He hasalwa3 s made a success of what-\\never he undertook.\\nMiss Amy A. Pierce became the wife of Mr. Ho.ag,\\ntheir marriage being celebrated January 1, 1857.\\nShe was a native of New York and is a most excel-\\nlent had} having hosts of warm friends throughout\\nthis county After his marriage our subject loca-\\nted on a tract of land in Marengo Township, Cal-\\nhoun County, where he continued to cultivate the\\nsoil for sixteen years. In the spring of 1874, de-\\nciding to leave the farm, he came to Allegan\\nCounty, and in Ot*ego purch.ascd a gristmill,\\nwhich he has operated with signal success since\\nthat time.\\nl^Irs. Amy A. Hoag is the daughter of Nathan\\nand Amy (.\\\\ldrich) Pierce, natives respectively\\nof Berkshire County, ^Mass., and Rhode Island.\\nThe parents were married in Manchester. N. Y., in\\n1817, and reared a family of seven children, six of\\nwhom are still living. IMr. Pierce was a farmer,\\nand on coming to Jlichigan in 1832, settled on a\\ntract of land m AVashteuaw Count}-, which the\\nfather had purchased from the Government. It\\nwas in a perfectly wild state when it came into his\\npossession, but with his characteristic thrift and\\nindustiy he brought it to a high degree of culti-\\nvation and at his death, in 1861, it was in a most\\nexcellent condition. His good wife prcLcded him", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "316\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nto the better land in 1860. Mr. Pierce s patriot-\\nism was manifested by his service in the War of\\n1812, and his interest in the county s welfare made\\nof him a good citizen. Mrs. Pierce was reared in\\nthe Quaker faith.\\nMr. and Mrs. Iloag, of this sketch, have had no\\nchildren. Mrs. Hoag is noted for her skill as a\\nhousewife and caretaker and is a ver} capable and\\nlovable woman. Our suliject was reared a Whig\\nin politics, but on the organization of the Republi-\\ncan party joined its ranks and is now a strong Prohi-\\nbitionist. His superior executive ability was recog-\\nnized by his fellow-townsmen and he was elected\\nJustice of tlie Peace while residing in Marengo\\nTownship, Calhoun County. Since coming to\\nOtsego, he has been President and Trustee of the\\nvillage for several terms. He is a member of the\\nGood Templars and is doing much toward for-\\nwarding the cause of temperance in this township.\\nHis good wife is a member of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church and is an active member of the\\nWoman s Christian Temperance Union and also of\\nthe Woman s Foreign Missionary Society.\\nJ. ARRIS S. HAIGHT. To this gentleman\\nI) and his associates in the farming commun-\\nity of Otsego Township, Allegan County\\nI is much indebted for what they have ac-\\ncomplished in redeeming this section from the\\nwilderness and developing it into a finely improved\\nagricultural center. Mr. Ilaight was born in Mont-\\ngomery County, N. Y., August 26, 1838. His\\nparents were Israel and Sallie M. (Ilutton) Ilaight,\\nwho were also natives of New York, the father hav-\\ning been born in 1802, and the mother July 7, 1804.\\nIn September. 1862, they left their old home in Now\\nYork to found a new one in Michigan, and settled\\nin Allegan Township, where the father continued\\nhis occupation as a farmer. He lived to be a very\\nold man, and died April 3, 1887, aged eighty-flve,\\nthus closing a long and honorable life. He was\\nstrict in his religious views, and was a Close-Com-\\nmunion Baptist, his wife, who survives him, also\\nbelonging to that chureii. Slie is a welcome in-\\nmate of the home of her son of whom wc write,\\nand is passing her declining years siuTOunded by\\nevery comfort filial love can devise. Of her four-\\nteen children nine are living.\\nOur subject was reared to the life of a farmer,\\nand remained at home with his parents until he\\nwas nineteen j ears old. In 18.57 he resolved to\\nsee something of life in the Western States and\\nstarted for Illinois. He found employment after\\nhis arrival in that State in Hancock County- A few\\nmonths later he returned to New York, and in\\n1860 came to Michigan, but at that tune only\\nspent a few months here in Allegan, going back in\\nthe fall of the j-ear to his old home. In 1863 he\\ncame to Michigan, this time with a view to per-\\nmanently settling in this State. He at first farmed\\non shares in Allegan Township for six years. In\\n1867 he purchased his present farm in Otsego\\nTownship, and located on it in 1869. When it\\ncame into his possession it was entirely covered\\nwith timber, and it is only by patient pioneer\\nlabor that he has brought it to its present flue con-\\ndition, which places it among the most desirable\\nfarms in the township in everj- respect. He at first\\nbuilt a small frame house for a dwelling, but has\\nreplaced it by a more commodious residence, and\\nhas substantial buildings for ever3 purpose on his\\nplace. He has seventy-eight acres of land in all,\\nand his fields are under a high state of cultivation.\\nHe raises all kinds of stock, and from that source\\nobtains a goodly income. He has all the most ap-\\nproved modern machinery for farming purposes,\\nand for several years he made a business of thresh-\\ning grain for others. He started out in life with-\\nout any means, and that he is now well-to-do is\\nowing to his capacity for work, his excellent judg-\\nment in all matters pertaining to his calling, and\\nto his careful management of his affairs. High\\nprinciples of probity and honor have guided his\\nlife from the outset, and he has kept the record un-\\nblotted by keeping to the right in all his dealings.\\nHe is exemplary in his habits, has always been a\\nstrong advocate of temperance, which he carries\\ninto politics, and is closely identified with the\\nProhibition party. In his social relations, he is a\\nMason. He was Highwaj^ Commissioner four years,\\nand has always done his best to promote internal\\nimprovements in his adopted township.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "I OETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\n317\\nMi\\\\ Halght s marriage with Miss Melissa Patten,\\nof New York, March 14, 1854, has contributed in\\nno small degree to liis well-bcinii. Slvs. Ilaiijht is\\na superior woman, of tine cliaraeter and amiable\\ndisposition, ancl i indeed a tiiie liomemaker, being\\na model ]iousekeei)er, and locking closely to the\\ncomfort of her household. To lieraiidour sul)ject\\nhave been born two children: Emma, wife of\\nFraidv Town, a farmer of tliis township; and Eflie,\\nwife of .John (J. Adams, also a farmer of this town-\\nship.\\nV. *^4 ^v _y\\nA\\nWILLIAM W. .I()IINST(1N owns a farm on\\nsection 15, C asco Township, Allegan\\nvy \\\\y County, and is one of the most prominent\\nand prosperous farmers of tlie township. He was\\nborn in Indiana, in 1824, being a native of Fayette\\nCounty, .lolni .lohnston is the name of the father\\nof our subject and he was l)orn in New Jersey, in\\n1784. His early life was spent on a farm in his\\nnative State. He served an apprenticeship of\\nseven years to learn the trade of a carpenter and\\nfollowed his trade most of his life in connection\\nwith bis farming duties. An instance of his carl}\\nlife, wliich he liked to repeat, was that he worked\\non the first sawmill that Wiis ever heard of. He\\nmarried, in New Jersey, Miss Mary Gifford. who\\nbecame the mother of our subject. She was a\\ndaughter of A. Gifford, a native of New Jersey.\\nAfter their marriage, they emigrated to New York\\nState and thence down the Ohio River to Indiana\\nand located where our subject was born. There he\\npurchased land of the Government and lived tlie\\nremainder of his days. He was one of Fay-\\nette County s earliest pioneers, settling in the\\nwoods among the Indians. He and his wife were\\nmembers of the Baptist Church and their home\\nwas blessed by the advent of thirteen children,\\ntwelve of whom grcw^ to manhood and woman-\\nhood, and nine still survive. .In politics, John\\nJolmslon was a Whig. He w.as a son of AVilliam\\nJohnston, an Englishman l)v birtii. On the mo-\\nther s side, our subject is descended trom Irish\\nstock.\\nAt the age of twenty-one years, our subject be-\\ngan for himself. He first commenced by working\\non farms for f)llicr people. His first purchase of\\nland w.as in his native State, which he bought from\\ntlie (iovernnient. It was a part of the Miami\\nIndian Keseivation. in l.S(il our subject came to\\nAllegan County, this State, and iiuichased the\\ntract on wliieh his farm is situated in Casco Town-\\nship. He came here with team and wagon, spend-\\ning six days on the way and was obliged to hew-\\nout a road to his own farm in order to get there.\\nIt then consisted of one liundred and sixty acres.\\nOf this he now has one hundred and twenty acies,\\nwhich is in a fine condition.\\nThe lady who became the wife of our subject\\nwas in lier maiden d.ays Mary Overhiser, a daugh-\\nter of (Jeorge and Elizabeth Overhiser. Their\\nmarriage took place Noveml)er Id, 1851. Their\\nfireside has been blessed by the I)irth of seven\\nchildren, all living except one, who died in infancy.\\nThose living are named .lolni .Vnianda, Charles\\nM., Adelliert, Thcron and Marion. In politics,\\nMr. Johnston is n member of the Third Party, hav-\\ning voted with the Prohibitionists. He lias\\noften been called upon to hold different local of-\\nfices of his township. When he first came to this\\ncounty, his nearest express olHce was twent} -eight\\nmiles away, and his postoffice was at Glenn, this\\ncounty. Mr. Johnston now resides in Lacota, A an\\nBuren County.\\nf;=i\\nS3\\n^H^\\nIIARLES C. SPEAR. This gentleman, who\\nis one of the prominent merchants of Alle-\\ngan, was born in Charlotte Township, Ciiit-\\ntenden County. Vt., August 23, 1828. His parents\\nwere Franc is and Sophia (Felch) Spear, also natives\\nof the Green Mountain State. They came to\\nMichigan in 1834, and settled in Gull Prairie, re-\\nmaining there for eighteen months, when they came\\nto Allegan County. Here the mother died in De-\\nceinl)er, 1844. Her husband then made Ottawa\\nCounty, this State, his home for a few vears; then\\nreturning to Allegan County he resided here a\\nshort time and afterward went to live with a\\ndaughter in Kalamazoo County. His daughter\\nhad married W. J. Humphrey, and with her", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "318\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nFrancis Spear made his home until accidentally\\ndrowned in 1870. He was an Abolitionist and\\ngreatly esteemed liy his neighbors and acquain-\\ntances.\\nCharles C. Spear was one of a family of eight\\nchildren, seven of whom are living: Almira, Electa,\\nMary, Charles C, Henry F., and Lucy L. Our\\nsubject was reared on his father s farm in Allegan\\nCounty, and wlien reacliing his sixteenth year\\nstarted out for liimself, being variously engaged.\\nHe worked first in the lumber woods, then on\\nrafts and steamboats on the Grand River, and later\\nas driver of a stage coach. He came to Allegan\\nCounty in 1852 and engaged to work in a sawmill.\\nHe launched out in the livery business for his\\nnext occupation. His marriage taking place about\\nthat time, he with his family took a Western trip,\\nbut not liking the country returned to Allegan\\nwhere Mr. Spear worked at the carpenter s trade.\\nHe afterward clerked in the Grange store with A.\\nStageman for three 3 ears and four months and\\nwent into tlie produce business, which he followed\\nsuccessfull3 until establishing in his present profit-\\nable business.\\nMiss Mary .Jeffs, a native of Northamptonshire,\\nEngland, became the wife of our subject in 1856,\\ntheir marriage being celebrated at Allegan. The\\nparents of Mrs. Spear were Charles and Rebecca\\n(Hanger) Jeffs, also natives of England. The\\nmother died in her native countiy in 1843, and\\nafter her decease Mr. .Jeffs came to America in 1850\\nwith his five children and settled in Allegan\\nCounty, this State. The parental family included\\nHarriet, Mrs. .John I\\\\eynolds, who died in Chicago,\\nIll.jEmina, Mrs. Samuel Clipson of Allegan Countj^,\\nwho is now deceased; Thomas who died in the\\nabove-named county; Mary, the wife of our subject,\\nand Eliza, Mrs. F. li. Sowersby, of Chicago, 111.\\nMr. Jeffs was a tailor b^ trade and carried on the\\nbusiness in Allegan for some time. Laterhe pur-\\nchased a farm two and one-quarter miles east of\\nAllegan, which he improved and resided on until\\nhis decease, in 1880.\\nTo Mr. and Jlrs. Spears have been born five chO-\\ndren: Emma L., Francis L., Rebecca E., Charles J.\\nand Harriet E. I^ rancis L. is at Flag Staff, Ari-\\nzona, where he is engaged in a wholesale and re-\\ntail grocery store; Rebecca E. is a teacher in Clyde\\nTownship, Allegan County. Socially, Mr. Speare\\nis an Odd Fellow, and is one of the enterprising\\nand well-to-do merchants of Allegan.\\nW OTT HEWITT. A worthy place among\\n|l (j^ the pioneers of Michigan was held by this\\njjj ^V gentleman, who came hither when the\\ncountry was new and comparatively unsettled,\\nand, during the latter part of his life, made his\\nhome in Kalamazoo until he died at a good old\\nage. His birthplace was in Lenox, Madison County,\\nN. Y., and the date of his birth, Jul^- 23, 1811, his\\nparents being P.almer and Mercy (Kimball) Hewitt.\\nHis early years were passed upon the old home-\\nstead until his father s second marriage, when the\\nfamily became separated and were never afterward\\nreunited.\\nAVlien read} to establish a home of his own, Mr.\\nHewitt was married September 8, 1837, to Miss\\nPhebe, daughter of William and Mehetable (John-\\nson) Paddock. She was a native of Herkimer\\nCounty, and at the time of her mai-riage was twenty\\nyears old. The 3 oung couple remained on a rented\\nfarm for two years, and, in 1839, came thence to\\nJackson County, Mich., securing new land and im-\\nproving a farm of one hundred and forty acres.\\nAfter embellishing it with substantial buildings,\\nand bringing it to a high cultivation, they sold it\\nand removed to another farm, in 1859.\\nThe date of the arrival of Mr. Hewitt in Kala-\\nmazoo was 1868, and two j cars after his advent,\\nlie opened a grocery store and continued thus en-\\ngaged until his death, December 31, 1887. How-\\never, ill health had precluded attention to business\\nfor six years prior to his demise. A man of stir-\\nring activities and deep interest in public meas-\\nures, he found a political home within the Repub-\\nlican party, to which he always adhered. His\\nnature was retiring, and those who knew him liest\\nwere most tenderly devoted to him and most\\nthoroughly appreciated the depth of his nature\\nand warmth of his affections.\\nThe only son of Mr. and Mrs. Hewitt is Bcrtrand\\nPalmer Hewitt, who received his education in Kal-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n319\\namazoo College and at the Baptist Theological\\nSerniuary, Ciiieas-d. H.-ivmij decided to enter upon\\nthe minijlrv, he was ordained at Kc-ndnll, Van\\nHuron County, as a minister of llie IJaptist Church,\\nand at once took chaij^o of the church at Gales-\\nhurg. His present lioine is in llanunoud, Ind.,\\nwiiere he is otiiciating as ])astur of the cliurch and\\noccupies a high place in tlic esteem of his con-\\ngregation. The daughter of our subject is Jlelone\\nC. wife of T. A. Palmer, a farmer in an lUiren\\nCounty, whose sketch will be found elsewhere.\\nAt present Homer S|)urgeon, son of Rev. 15. P.\\nHewitt, an intelligent lad of sixteen, is making\\nhis home with his grandmother and attending\\nthe Kalamazoo College. His brother, I aul, five\\nyears younger than himself, is with his parents\\nin Hammond. Jlrs. Hewitt is a lady of great\\ncharity and kindness v( heart, to whom the desti-\\ntute never appeal in vain, and whose benevolent\\ndisposition finds abundant exercise in the various\\nlines of philanlliropie work in wliich she is en-\\ngaged.\\n1\\nMJt\\nJILl.TA.M IJOWK owns and operates a\\ngood farm of one hundred and twenty\\n._, .acres on section 2. Cheshire Township,\\nAllegan County, of which ninety acres are under\\na high state of cultivation and yield him a\\ngolden tribute. In connection with the well-tilled\\nfields many improvements indicate the enlcrjirise\\nand thrift of the owner. He also pays some atten-\\ntion to the raising of farm stock, making a si)ecialty\\nof horses and now has in his possession the fine\\nhorse, Wilkes, four years old. He also owned at\\none time Black Hawk. In his business career he\\nhas been quite successful and is now numbered\\namong the sul stantial citizens of the community.\\nMr. Rowe was born in Cazcnovia Township,\\nMadison County, Is. Y., and is a son of AVilliam\\nC. Rowe. a New York farmer, born in Cortland\\nCounty. His paternal giandfather was a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier, who served for seven years in the\\nWiw for Independence. \\\\V. C. Rowe wedded\\nMary .Vndrews. a native of Ma lison County, N.\\nY., and a daughter of William (i. Andrews, who\\nwas a Drum M.ajor in the War of 1K12. He came\\nto Michigan in 1841, locating in Monroe County.\\nFor some time he served as Deacon in the Baptist\\nChurch and was an honorable, upright man, re-\\nspected b}- all who knew him. The |iarents of our\\nsubject came to Michigan in 1841. They located\\nin .Vllegan, which was then a small hamlet, con-\\ntaining only a few dwellings and one store. ^Ir.\\nRowe operated a sawmill for .Justin Kly for four\\nyears and then removed to an unimproved farm in\\nWat. on Township. His nearest neighbor in one\\ndirection w.as a mile aw.-i^ and in the ojjposite\\ndirection was four miles distant. The work of\\nprogress and civilization seemed scarcely begun in\\nthe county, and llie usual hardships of pioneer life\\nfell to the lot of the family. The mother, who\\nwas a consistent ineniljcr of the Baptist Church,\\ndied in 1852, and .Mr. Howe afterwards inairied\\nNancy ^lartin, who is still living. His death oc-\\ncurred Feliruary 7, 1889, at the age of .seventy-\\nthree years and thirty days. He was a standi Re-\\npulilican in politics. He .served iis Tre.a-surer of Wat-\\nson Township and was Highway Commissioner for\\nmanj years, llis many excellencies of character\\nwon him high regard, and his death proved a loss\\nto the entire coinmunit^-. Seven children were\\nborn unto William and Mary Rowe, of whom four\\nare yet living: William G., Charles Henry, JIary\\nJane, wife of W. Peek, and Alex. H. Two of the\\nsons served in the Civil War. Charles II., a mem-\\nber of the Twenty-eighth Michigan Infantry, wore\\nthe blue for nine months and was then discharged\\non account of disability\\nWe now take up the personal history of our sub-\\nject, who was born October 17, 1837, and was\\ntherefore only seven years old when he came to\\nthis countv. .Vmid the wild scenes of jiioneer life\\nhe was reared to manhood and was earl^- inured to\\nthe hard labors of the farm. Like a dutiful son,\\nhe remained at home until twenty years of age,\\nand then began life for himself, working at eliop-\\nl)ing and logging for |13 per month. In eight\\nmonths he lost only two da^ys time, and for over\\ntwo years w.as employed by Ira ChatTee in the lum-\\nl)cr woods.\\nIn .\\\\iigiist. lM(!2,.Mr. Rowe donned the blue and\\njoined Company I, of the Fifth Michigan Cavalry,\\nbut before mustered into the United States service,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "320\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwas transferred to Company L, Fourth Michigan\\nCavahv, which was organized at Detroit. lie en-\\nlisted as a private, but was promoted to Corporal\\nand served three years. The regiment went into\\ncamp at Jeffersonville, Ind., then proceeded to Lee-\\nbanon, Ky., after Gen. Morgan. There Mr. Rowe\\nwas taken sicli and sent to the hospital in Louis-\\nville, Ky. fie rejoined his regiment at Murfrees-\\nboro, Tenn., and afterwards went on a fourteen\\ndays scouting expedition. Later, typhoid-pneu-\\nmonia again confined him to the hospital, and for\\ntwo months he lost his voice and was sent baclv to\\nMichigan. On his recover3 he rejoined his regi-\\nment in Iluntsville, Ala., and reported at tlje Tro-\\nvost-Marshal s office, in Stevenson. He served\\nunder Gen. Stanley McCook and took part in the\\nWilson raid. For fourteen days he was in the\\nfront skirmish line liefore Atlanta and tlien went\\nto the rear of the city, cutting the roads through\\nto Jonesboro, under Gen. Kilpatrick. The troops\\nmade a desperate charge through the enemy s lines,\\nand later, under Gen. Stoneman, proceeded as far\\nas Stone Mountain, where tliey were surrounded\\nby the enemy and again broke through the ranks.\\nThey saw much hard fighting and skirmisliing and\\ndid effective service. Tliey took Selma, Ala.,\\ncapturing three thousand prisoners and took pos-\\nsession of Snake Creek Gap. With five companions,\\nMr. Rowe ran into a companj of two hundred\\nrebels, who shot his horse through the neck, while\\na ball burned liis own cheelv. By a rebel Captain\\nhe was ordered to surrender, or his brains would\\nbe blown out, but our subject refused. The Cap-\\nlain then struck liini in the head witli his revolver\\nand again made a rush at him, but was struck\\ndown by Mr. Rowe, who escaped. His regiment\\nhad the honor of capturing Jeff Davis. Wlien\\nthe war was over, and the country no longer\\nneeded his services, he was honorably discharged,\\nand returned to his liome.\\nOn again coming North, Mr. Rowe turned his\\nattention to farming. He was married on the\\n28th of June, 1866, to Alice L. Barbero, daughter\\nof Edward and Rachel (Baldwin) Barbero, who\\ncame to Michigan in 1853 and settled at Ohio Cor-\\nners in Hopliins Township upon a raw farm. Her\\nfather was a cooper by trade, and died in 1859.\\nMrs. Barbero afterwards became the wife of Daniel\\nLeggett, now deceased, and she is still living at\\nthe age of sixty years. Mrs. Rowe, who was born\\nin 1849, was one of three children, and by her\\nmarriage has become the mother of three children:\\nCora, Eddie and Shirley. The eldest is the wife\\nof John Weihner, and they have two children.\\nIn December, 1860, Mr. Rowe settled upon the\\nfarm which he still operates, and, although it was\\ntlien a raw tract of land, his industry and unceas-\\ning labors soon made it one of fertilit} In his so-\\ncial relations he is a member of the Grand Army\\nPost B. F. Chapin, No. 287, and has been an office-\\nholder since its organization. He exercises his\\nright of franchise in support of the Republican\\nparty. He has served as member of the School\\nBoard for nine j ears and has been Treasurer of the\\ntownship for six years. His retention in office\\nindicates tlie faithfulness with which he discharges\\nIlls duty and the confidence reposed in him by his\\nfellow-townsmen.\\nENRY L. MILLER, M. D. Among the\\nprominent and most influential members of\\nprofessional and social circles of Otsego, is\\nthe gentleman whose name we place at the\\nhead of this sketch. Although young in j ears, he\\nhas gained a breadtli of view and soundness of\\njudgment, which, added to his naturally keen\\nabilities and thorough course of studj-, have made\\njiim a man among men, worthy of the respect and\\nadmiration of the people among whom he lives.\\nDr. Henry L. Miller is a native of Canada, hav-\\ning been born, June 16, 1859, in Hamilton, Onta-\\nrio. He is the son of John J. Miller, who was born\\nin 1830, near Berlin, Germany. The father came\\nto America when eighteen j^ears of age and lo-\\ncated near Rochester, N. Y. He remained there\\nfor some time and later went to Hamilton, Ontai-io,\\nwhere he met and married the mother of our sub-\\nject, and was employed in railroad business, being\\nconnected with the construction of a portion of\\nthe Great Western Road.\\nIn 1862, Mr. John J. Miller came to the United", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n323\\nStates and, locating in Michigan, was given the\\nposition of Trackniaster on the Michigan Central\\nKailroarl from Detroit to Jack.son. At the present\\ntime he is Trackmaster for the Grand River Valley\\nRailroad, having held that responsible position for\\nthe past sixteen years, lie makes his home at\\nHastings. The maiden name of Dr. Miller s mother\\nwas .Sopliia Strophigan, a native of Germanj She\\nbore her husband two cliildren, of wliuin the Doc-\\ntor is the younger.\\nOur subject accompanied his parents on their\\nremoval to the Wolverine State when lie was a lad\\nof three years. lie was given good educational\\nadvantages, and was graduated when seventeen\\nyears old from the seminary at Ypsilanti. Decid-\\ning to turn his attention to the practice of medi-\\ncine. Dr. Miller entered the Medical Department\\nof the I niversity of Jlichigan in 1878, and was\\ngraduated therefrom in 1881. When receiving his\\ndegree of Doctor of Medicine, our subject opened an\\nolliceforthe practice of his profession in Hastings,\\nBerry Count} where he remained only a twelve-\\nmonth. In 1882, he came to Otsego, where he has\\nsince resided, and has built up a reputation as a\\nphysician which is second to none in Allegan\\nCounty. He is well known in professional circles\\nand keeps thoroughly posted on all new theories\\nadvanced by the frateiTiity.\\nDr. Miller and Miss Mabel Yecklcy were united\\nin marriage, December 3, 1884. Mrs. Miller was\\nborn in Otsego, and is the daughter of E. D. and\\nLydia Yeckley, a native of New York. Her\\nmother was known in her maidenhood as\\nLydia Wing. She was also born in New York and\\npa. sed from this life in 1891, greatly mourned by\\nall who knew her. Mrs. Miller was the only child\\nof her parents, and received the best training and\\neducational advantages which la^- in their power\\nto bestow. She is a very accomplished lady and\\nenjoys a wide circle of acquaintance in Allegan\\nCounty. To the Doctor and his excellent wife\\nhave been born one son, Paul, his birtli occurring\\nFebruary 17. 1888.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write is independ-\\nent in (jolities, reserving his right to vote for the\\nbest man, regardless of party. He is, and always\\nhas been, an ardent temperance man and has done\\nmuch toward furthering the cause of prohibition\\nin his community. His interest in educational mat-\\nters is manifested by the fact that he served for\\ntwo terms as Moderator of the School Board. He\\nis a member of the Southwestern Michigan Med-\\nical Association and occupies the honored position\\nof Vice-president of tliat body. Socially, he is a\\nKnight of Pythias, was Chancellor Commander for\\ntwo terms and is now acting as Deputy Grand\\nChancellor for Allegan County.\\nDr. IMiller writes a great deal for medical jour-\\nnals, and has recently completed a work on Do-\\nmestic Medicine. His book contains about four\\nhundred pages and is destined to become very\\npopular in the profession. Both the Doctor and\\nhis wife are active and intluential members of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which body our\\nsubject is a meinlier of the Ottlcial Board. They\\nare both very popular members of society in this\\nsection and have hosts of admiring friends.\\n^N IIARLES BILSBORROW, of Paw Paw, was\\nborn in Lancasliire, England, January 25,\\nV 1809, and is the son of Robert and Esther\\nBilsborrow. He was the next to the youngest in a\\nfamily comprising ten children, and was early\\norphaned, his mother dying when he was a mere\\ninfant and his father passing away some twelve\\nyears later. His boyliood days were passed in his\\nnative land, and, prior to emigrating, he gained a\\ncommon-school education and also acquired a\\nthorough, practical knowledge of farming pursuits.\\nAt the age of sixteen years, our subject emi-\\ngrated to this country- and in the city of New York\\nlearned the trade of a hatter, which he followed\\nuntil he was about twenty-one. He then returned\\nto the Mother Country and visited the scenes of\\nhis childhood for nine months. Returning once\\nmore to New York, he farmed two j-ears on rented\\nland and then purchased one hundred and twenty-\\nseven and one-half acres in Ontario County, where\\nhe remained fifteen years. Afterward he sold that\\nplace and bought property in Niagara County.\\nMay 22, 1814, Mr. Bilsliorrow wsis married in\\nNiagara County to Miss Caroline, daughter of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "324\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nJonathan and Fannie (Hubbard) Moss. Mrs. M.\\nBilsborrovv was born in New York, December 4,\\n1816, and closed her eyes to the scenes of earth\\nFebruary 2, 1879. She was a lady of estimable\\ncharacter and was sincerely mourned by her large\\ncircle of acquaintances but especially by tliose wlio\\nknew her best. Four of her five children still\\nsurvive, namely: Edward F., who was born in\\n1852, and is now engaged in farming pursuits in\\nAntwerp Township; Louise; George, who is farm-\\ning in Albion, this State; and Fred, a hardware\\ndealer of Paw Paw. William, the eldest child, was\\nborn in 1846 and died in 1882, leaving two children.\\nIn 1860 our subject sold out his interests in New\\nYork and removed to Michigan, settling near Gales-\\nburg, Kalamazoo County, and purchasing one hun-\\ndred acres of cultivated farm land. In 1866 he\\ncame to Van Buren County, where he has since\\nowned three farms, at different times, and he still\\nretains in his possession some farming land in\\nBlooraingdale Township. In 1882 he removed to his\\npresent home in the village of Paw Paw, where he\\nis quietly- passing liis declining j^ears. Politically,\\nhe was originally a Whig and voted for the Presi-\\ndential candidate of that party in 1844. He was\\nalways opposed to slavery and cast his ballot for\\nJohn C. Fremont, since which time he has been con-\\nnected with the Republican party. For a number\\nof years he has been a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, and as an upright citizen and generous\\nneighbor and friend, he is held in universal esteem.\\nA lithographic portrait of Mr. Bilsborrow is pre-\\nsented in this connection.\\nBENEZER AVILDER. Now retired from\\nlife s active duties, Mr. Wilder is passing\\nhis declining years in tlie enjoyment of\\nthe comforts which, through a long period of\\nhardship, he struggled to obtain. Since 1849, he\\nhas beeu identified with the farming interests of\\nAllegan County, where he owns a fine farm on\\nsection 18, Martin Townsliip, and as one of those\\nwho have aided in the development of the countj\\nhe is worthy of representation in this volume. New\\nYork is his native State, and he was born in Sandy\\nCreek Township, Oswego County, January 23,\\n1817.\\nThe father of our subject, Clark W. Wilder, was\\na native either of Massachusetts or Vermont, and\\nremoved at an early day to New York, where he\\nwas married to Miss Pede Robins, a lady of New\\nHampshire birth. She had, when fourteen years\\nold, removed to New York with her parents, and\\nthere located on a farm, where her father died at\\neighty-two and her mother when seventy-nine.\\nClark W. Wilder and his wife had a familj- of ten\\nchildren, six sons and four daughters, and all but\\none grew to manhood and womanhood. The twin\\nsister of Ebenezer died in infancy.\\nUntil twenty-one years of age, the subject of\\nthis sketch remained with liis father, and upon\\nstarting out for himself, he worked at various\\npursuits and came to Michigan in 1840, locating\\nin Martin Township, Allegan Count}-. Two years\\nlater he was married, Decemlier 23, 1851, to Bel-\\ninda, the oldest cliild of Mumford and Jane (Whit-\\ntaker) Eldred. Mrs. Wilder was born in Catskill,\\nGreene County, N. Y., December 21, 1823. Her\\nfather was a native of Vermont, and her mother,\\nof Ulster County, N. Y. They were married in\\nCatskill and removed thence to Michigan, in 1834,\\nlocating first in Kalamazoo, and coming from there\\nto Allegan County in 1836. They were the first\\nwhite family in Martin Township, where Mr.\\nEldred took up forty acres of land and erected a\\nsmall log house. His death occurred when he was\\nfour-score and four years old, in Martin s Corners,\\nwhile the mother died when one month less than\\nseventy-nine years old. To them were born nine\\nchildren, seven of whom are living. Mr. Eldred,\\nby a previous marriage, to Miss Ruth Carpenter,\\nhad five children, all of whom are dead.\\nMrs. Wilder was a young girl when she accom-\\npanied her parents to this count} and here she\\ngrew to womanhood in a sparsely settled com-\\nmunity. For nine months after settling in Martin\\nTownship, theirs was the only white family, and\\nthe Indian neighbors were by no means sociable,\\ntrying to drive them aw.aj-. The nearest neigh-\\nbors were in Gun Plain Township and they ex-\\nperienced all the privations incident to frontier\\nlife in a new country. After the marriage of Mr.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n325\\nand Mi-s. Wilder, the3^ located on section 17, on an\\nunimproved place of one hundred and sixty acres,\\nand lie at once built a small log house, 18x24,\\nwhicli was their home for some lime.\\nSix children comprise the family- of our subject\\nand liis excellent wife, namel\\\\ Helen C, wife of\\nJohn Burgess, of Martin Townsliip; George W.,\\nwho is at home, as is also Albert C; Wirt E., a\\nresident of California; Jlary B. and Minnie A.,\\nwho remain under the parental roof. The farm\\nwhich our subject owns comprises sevent^ -eight\\nand one-half acres of land and is actively managed\\nby (ieorge W., the eldest son. Mr. Wilder is a Pro-\\nhibitionist, and was at one time a member of the\\nSons of Temperance in New York, and the\\nIndependent Order of Ciood Templars of Mich-\\nigan, lie h-.x* served as Township Treasurer\\nand Seliool Director, and in the Mctliodist Churcli,\\nof whieh he is an active member, is filling\\nthe position of Trustee. Mrs. Wilder is also\\nidentified with that Church and is a l;idy of\\ngreat worth of character.\\nMrs. Wilder is the oldest in a family of nine\\nchildren, the others being: Rev. Andrew .1. Eldred,\\na Methodist niinister and now Chaplain of the\\nIonia State Reform .School; Elizabeth, deceased,\\nformerly the wife of .Jaiiio llenika, of Big Rapids,\\nMich.; Stephen, a resident of Bcllaire, Antrim\\nCounty, Mich.; Catherine, deceased, formerlj tiie\\nwife of Dr. Hubbard, of California; Samuel, the\\nfirst white child born in tlic townsliip of Martin\\n(born December 10, 1836) and now a re. iident of\\nthis township; Emma .1., the wife of J. Youngs,\\nwhose home is in Martin Township; !Maiy, now\\nMrs. Charles Smith, of Allegan City; and Frankie,\\nwho marrieil L. L. Blair, of Big Rapids, this State.\\nOf Mr. Eldred s second marriage, Norman died\\nin Prairie Du Chien, Wis., in 1840; Mumford died\\nin California, leaving two ciuldren; Cornelia\\nmarried Chauncey W. Calkins, of AUegan Cit.y,\\nMich., who died leaving three children; Belinda\\ndied in ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ermont; Margaret married Harmon\\nMyers and died leaving six daughters.\\nOf the brothers and sisters of our subject,\\nJoanna and Dexter are deceased; Leavitt makes\\nhis home in California; Adoniram J. is a resident\\nof Sandy Creek, N. Y.; .Uilin lives on the old\\nhomestead in .Sandy Creek Township, Oswego\\nCounty, N. Y.; Ruth is the wife of George Cole,\\nof .Sandy Creek, N. Y.; Ursula is now Mrs. C. M.\\nTotman, and resides in Adams, N. Y.; and Jlilton,\\nthe youngest member of the family, lied in Sandy\\nCreek, X. Y..March 4, 1892.\\n^i\\nt\u00c2\u00aei\\ntl EVI KRAUSE. Jlaiiy years have p,as.sed\\nsince this gentleman was called from the\\nscenes of time to eternity, but there are still\\nliving those in wlu se memory he dwells, who\\nrevere his uprightness, honor and devotion to the\\ncommunity, lie aided greatly ip the upluiilding\\nof Kalamazt)0 and although he was taken from\\nearth ere the village had become a city or gained\\nits present fame among the other cities of the\\nState, he contributed his efforts to effect this desir-\\nable result.\\nBorn in Allentown, Pa.. Mr. Kraiisc there p.assed\\nhis earl}- years, with few advantages in the way of\\nan edueatiim save what could be obtained from\\nobservation and experience. In 1836 he removed\\nto the great unsettled AVest, making his home in\\nKalamazoo from that time until the day of his\\ndeath. Four cars after locating here, he was\\nmarried, October 1, 1840, in Townsend, Vt., to Miss\\nISIary L. Ilolbrook, .an estimable lady, who w.as his\\nhelpmate throughout his entire life and who now\\nsurvives him at an advanced age.\\nMrs. Krause was born April 11, 1814, in Towns-\\nend, \\\\t., and spent her early years in her native\\nState. In the fall of 1838, she accompanied the\\nfamily of Isaiah Goodrich to Kalamazoo, where\\nshe made her home with the wife of Maj. Ransom,\\nwho was her mother s consin. .She retnrncd to\\nher old home to be married. and then aceompanicd\\nher husband to their new home in Kalamazoci.\\nMv. Krause was a carpenter by trade and erected\\nmany of the fiist structures of the village, where\\nbe made his home until he died, March 30, IH.jT, at\\nthe early age of thirty-nine ^-ears.\\nThe lirst planing mill in Kalamazoo was started\\nas the result of the efforts of ;\\\\Ir. Krause and he\\nalso built and ran a sawmill at Wayland. The", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "326\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncozy residence in which his widow has for fifty\\nyears made her home was erected b} him in 1841,\\nand he worked extensively as a contractor and\\nbuilder. He built the first Episcopal Church in\\nKalamazoo St. Luke s, erected in 1843 and was\\nidentified with it as long as he lived. Mrs. Krause\\nhas been a faithful member of the same church for\\nfifty years, being numbered among its first mem-\\nbers and taking an active part in all society and\\nbenevolent work.\\nThe family of Mr. and Mrs. Krause comprised\\nthe following children Ustick O., who is mana-\\nger for N. K. Fairbank in Montreal, Canada;\\nWallace H., who is an engraver; Francis A., who\\nis a dealer in agricultural implements at Kalama-\\nzoo, and Fannie, who became the wife of Scott L.\\nWaterbur3 a native of Steuben Count} N. Y., and\\na resident of Kalamazoo until his death July 12,\\n1878. Mrs. Waterbur} now makes her home with\\nher widowed mother. A sincere Christian, Mrs.\\nKrause is much loved and highly respected by her\\nextensive circle of friends.\\nr^\\nORIN S. HOAG is one of the representative\\nfarmers of Geneva Township, Van Buren\\nCounty. He is at present engaged in culti-\\nvating a portion of the soil on section 12, and is\\nmaking a signal success of his calling. He was\\nborn in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831, and came\\nto tlie above-named township in 18.52, where he\\nlocated his present farm.\\nThe parents of our subject were .John and Eliza-\\nbeth (Le Munyan) Hoag. The father was born\\nnear Utica, N. Y., and located at an early day in\\nOhio. He was of Holland-Dutch ancestry and the\\nmother of our subject was descended from French\\nstock. Oriu S. Hoag and Miss Laura A. Brott were\\nunited in marriage in 18.54 and have become the\\nparents of four children: Watson resides in Kala-\\nmazoo; Louella is the wife of D. Robinson and\\nmakes her home in Woodville, this State; Wilbur\\nand Reynolds reside at home.\\nIn February, 1864, Mr. Hoag enlisted in the\\nThird Michigan Cavalry and going directly to\\nArkansas remained with his regiment until the\\nclose of hostilities. He then returned home and\\nhas since given his entire time and attention to the\\ncultivation of his farm. When first coming to Van\\nBuren County, he experienced all the hardships in-\\ncident to life in a new country. All his marketing\\nwas done at South Haven and Breedsville and\\nhis mail came to Lawrence which was fifteen\\nmiles distant. Mrs. Hoag was a woman of refine-\\nment and culture and taught school one year prior\\nto her marriage. She died November 19, 1889.\\nIn politics, he of whom we write is a stanch Re-\\npublican and is a member of the Zach Chandler\\nPost No. 35, G. A. R., at South Haven.\\nRED T. WARD, member of the firm of\\nHenderson Ward, publishers of the Alle-\\ngan Journal, was born in Newark, N. .T.,\\nNovember 3, 1849, and is a descendant of the four\\nWard brothers, who were among the first settlers\\nof that city. After attaining a common-school\\neducation, he entered the office of tlie Red Bank\\n(N. .J.) Standard, published by an older brotlier, as\\nan apprentice, working there two years. Later he\\nfinished learning his trade in large offices in New-\\nark, N. J., and Worcester, Mass. At tlie age of\\ntwenty-one j ears, he removed to Galva, 111.,\\nwhere he purchased the Galva Journal. That pa-\\nper he published six j earsand then sold it to form\\na partnership with his brother, W. J. Ward, who\\nhad moved to AVenona, now West Bay City, this\\nState.\\nThe partnership thus formed continued in We-\\nnona for seven years, when the brothers removed to\\nFlint and started a daily paper. This venture\\nproving disastrous, they sold out, and our subject\\nthen took up the foremanship of the Flint Globe,\\nand afterward of the Flint Citizen, relinquishing\\nthe latter to purchase a one-third interest in the\\nAllegan Journal and Tribune, in the spring of 1885.\\nAt that time the firm was composed of Messrs.\\nHenderson, Bailey- li Ward, but two years after-\\nward it became Henderson ife Ward (Mr. Bailey\\nselling his interest to his two partners), and has so\\ncontinued to the present time.\\nOn June 9, 1879, Mr. Ward was married to Miss", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "rORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n327\\nKate E. Cooper, who was then a teacher in the\\nschools of West l?a_v City, and who lias aided her\\nhusband greatly by her talents as a writer and her\\nreportorial abilities. These abilities liavc brought\\nher recognition among the newspaper wom en of\\nthe State, and she is now Vicc-i)resident of their\\nWomen s Press Association. In politics, Jlr.Ward\\nhas alwa^ s been a stanch Repul^lican, and his ac-\\ntive participation in political movement* has given\\nhim a wide acijuaintance among the leading men\\nof the State. He is also an active worker in secret\\nsociet} circles, being a member of tlie Masonic, Odd\\nFellows, Knights of Pythia-s and Knights of Honor\\nsocieties, at this time holding the otlices of Chan-\\ncellor, Commander of the Knights of Pythias and\\nDictator of the Knights of Honor.\\nV *^E*^s+__ J\\nLANSON LILLY. The gontlcm.an wliose\\n@A-J[ name we place at the head of this skfteh,\\nand wlio is one of the [iroininent agricul-\\nturists of Allegan Countj is farming\\none luiiidrcd and twenty acres of land on section\\n16, Allegan Township. He was horn in Franklin\\nCounty, Mass., December 12, 1817, and is the son of\\nAustin and Roxana (Sears) Lilly, natives of ihe\\nNutmeg State, where the father carried on farm-\\ning.\\nThe parent* of our subject moved to Cu3 ahoga\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1832, where they engaged in\\nfarming and resided until their death. The elder\\nMr. Lilly was prominent in local affairs, and was\\nJustice of the Peace and Township Trustee of the\\ntown of Dover, Ohio. While a resident of Mass-\\nachusetts, he w.as Selectman. His parents were\\nBethnel and Hannah (Smith) Lill^ also farmers,\\nwho lived and died in Ashfield,Mass., after Laving\\nreared a large family of tiiirteen children. They\\nwere members of the Episcopal Church. His father,\\nthe great-grandfather of our subject, was a soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War, and also that of 1812.\\nHe was of Scotch descent.\\nThe maternal grandparents of our subject were\\nRoland and .ledidiah (Coiinant) Sears, natives of\\nNew England, where they were farmers, and lived\\nand died. Their family included eight children.\\nThe family of Austin and Roxana Lilly numbered\\nten children, four of whom are still living: our\\nsubject, Albertus, Fa^ ctte and Smith.\\nAlanson Lilly was educated in the schools of\\nMassachusetts and Ohio, and remained at home\\nassisting in the duties upon the farm until reach-\\ning his majority. He was then engaged working\\nby the month for four j-ears, when he purchased\\na farm in Olmstead Township, Cuvahoga County,\\nOhio, which he cultivated for eight years. Then,\\ndisposing of his property, he came to Michigan in\\n1852, and located on a wild tract of land, which\\nis his present home. He applied himself indus-\\ntriously to clearing and improving his land, erect-\\ning for his family a board shanty, which later gave\\nway to a comfortable and modem residence.\\nIn 1813 Miss Emilj Miles, a native of Ashtield,\\nMass., became Mrs. Alanson Lill3 She was the\\nda\\\\ighter of Ezekiel and Sarah (Vincent) Miles,\\nalso natives of Massachusetts, where they were\\nfarmers and lived and died. Their family in-\\ncluded seven children, onl} two of whom are liv-\\ning: Mrs. Iluldah Smith, now aged eight3--six years,\\nand Mrs. I^illy.\\nOur subject is a member of the Presbj terian\\nChurch, and his wife is an Episcopalian. They\\nhave only one child, a daughter, Florana, now\\nMrs. A. W. Lutts, who has a son, Harry. They\\nreside in the village of Allegan.\\n\u00c2\u00a9_-\\nA:\\\\IES H. JOHNSON, an Attorney-at-Law\\nat South Haven, Van Bureu County, is en-\\ngaged in the practice of his profession, and\\nis also one of the firm of Johnson it Sisson,\\ndealers in evaporated fruit and manufacturei-s of\\nciders and jellies. He has always been an active\\nbusiness man, and is meeting with the success winch\\nhis industry and perseverance deserve. Mr. John-\\nson was born in Schoharie County, N. Y., June 29,\\n181 ,t, his |)arents being William C. and Sarah\\n(Hrooker) Johnson. The paternal grandfather of\\nour subject, Peter Johnson, was born in New York\\nin 1795, and is still living in Onondaga County,\\nin that State. He has followed the occupation of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "328\\nP02TRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\na farmer most of his life, and at one time was en-\\ngaged on the Erie Canal.\\nThe father of our subject was born in New York,\\nabout 1820, and still resides in his native State,\\nwhere he carries on farming. The mother of our\\nsubject died when he was quite yoiing, leaving a\\nfamily of three children: Peter W., a resident of Port\\nOrange, Fla.; our subject; and Rosalie (Mrs. Mills),\\nwho lives in Allegan County, this State. Tlie\\nfather was married a second time, and of that union\\ntwo children were born: Albertus B., a resident of\\nLivingston County, N. Y.; and Sylvester P., who\\nlives in Monroe County, the same State.\\nOur subject was reared upon the farm, and re-\\nceived his early education in the common schools,\\nafterward becoming a student in the Normal School\\nat Oswego, N. Y. He resided in his native State\\nuntil twenty-two years of age, during that time\\nengaging in teaching school for two ears. In 1871\\nhe came West, reaching Chicago just after that city\\nhad been destroyed by fire. He went from there\\nto Sharon, Walworth County, Wis., where he\\nworked on a farm for one j-ear. He then came to\\nSouth Haven, being engaged in farm work and as\\na teamster for S. M. Trowbridge. After one year\\nspent in this way, he clerked in a store for about\\nthe same length of time, and then went to Kala-\\nmazoo, where he read law in the office of Severens,\\nBoudeman Turner for four years, when he was\\nadmitted to the Bar. Mr. Johnson then located at\\nSouth Haven, where he has since been engaged in\\nthe practice of law, also carrj ing on the in-\\nsurance and real-estate business. He owns a tract\\nof three hundred acres near South Haven, and also\\na quantitj of land in Dakota and Nebi-aska.\\nOur subject was married in 1 882 to Miss Emma\\nC. Williams, a native of New Jersey, and a daugh-\\nter of David B. and Clara Williams, of South Haven.\\nOne child has been born to them, but is now de-\\nceased. Mr. Johnson has held several important\\noffices, having been Circuit Court Commissioner,\\nand President of the Village Board for three terms;\\nhe is novr Chairman of the Board of Water-works\\nof South Haven. He is a Rei)ublican in politics,\\nbut is not a member of anj religious or civic so-\\nciety. Mr. Johnson had the misfortune to have\\nhis office destroyed by lire in Jul}-, 1891, during\\nI his absence, therebj losing his fine library and all\\nj his records. He has always been an earnest, active\\nI business man, making his own way in the world,\\nand is deserving of the success which has attended\\nhis efforts.\\nFRANCIS M. STORIMS, President of the\\nVillage Board of Plainwell, Allegan\\nCounty, is also carrying on an extensive\\nhardware establishment, and is known as a success-\\nful business man. He is a native of Michigan, be-\\ning born in Otsego, January 25, 1845. .His parents\\nwere Adam D. and Martha E. (Nichols) Storms,\\nthe former a native of New York and the latter of\\nCanada. They were married at Otsego, having\\ncome to this State in 1838. Here thej lived for\\ntwo years and then took up Government land in\\nPrairieville Township, Barry Countj% this State,\\nwhere the father is still living at the age of sev-\\nent^ -four years. The mother died in 1884 when\\nsixty-two years old. Of their family of five chil-\\ndren, four are living.\\nOur subject was reared on the old home farm\\nand there received his early education. When\\neighteen years old, his father gave him his time,\\nand he began farming for himself one mile west of\\nPrairieville. Here he remained for about nineteen\\nyears. In 1882 he came to Plainwell and engaged\\nin the hardware business and two years later sold\\nhis farm. He started on a small scale, but through\\nhis industry and perseverance he made it a success\\nand in 1885 was able to build his present fine brick\\nstoreroom in which he now carries a large and\\ncomplete stock of general hardware and has an ex-\\ncellent trade.\\nMr. Storms was married in 1864 to Miss Bessie\\nMason, a native of Ricliland Township, Kalamazoo\\nCount}-. She is a daughter of Edward and Clarissa\\n(Johnson) Mason, natives of Connecticut, who\\ncame to Kalamazoo Count} in 1838, settling in\\nRichland Township. The father is now living at\\nthe advanced age of eighty-eight ears, and the\\nmother died in 1890. Our subject and his wife\\nhave onl} one child, Bernice, who was born March\\n10, 1872, and is a fine musician.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n329\\nMr. Storms is a Democrat and lias been a delegate\\nto State, county and district conventions. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of the Union Agricultural Society,\\nof IMainwell, for several years, and is now serving\\nhis fourtli term as President of the village. lie\\nalso served as Village Treasurer for one year.\\nSocially, he is a member of the Odd Fellows and\\ntlie Masonic fraternities.\\nLFHKI) 1!. TAYLOR. One of the oldest\\nand most relialile merchants in Saugatuck\\n111 is Alfred B. Taylor, lie does a thriving\\nhusiiu ss, and keeps a conii lclc line of\\ngeneral merchandise and l)v his honest and court-\\neous treatment of customers is greatl\\\\- respected\\nand receives a good patronage. He is the son of\\nJ. Rice and Henrietta (Leonard) Taylor, natives\\nof New York State and England, respectively.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject is a prom-\\ninent nieichant in Amsterdam.\\n.Mfred 15. Taylor was born in Lilian, Kiic\\nCounty, Ohio, October 8, 1816, and received a fair\\neducation in the scliools of his neigiiorliood. His\\nfather was an Episcopalian minister and for a fuller\\naccount of his history- the reader is referred to his\\nsketch in another [lart of this volume. When at-\\ntaining liis fifteenth year, our subject began the\\nbattle of life on his own account and went to\\nclerk in a general store in Allegan. That was\\nin 1861, and in the si)ring of 1868, he came to\\nSaugatuck and was employed by II. D. Moore. A\\nfew years later he was taken into the lirm and they\\noperated under tlie style of II. D. Moore it Co.\\nOur subject continued thus engaged until lH7:i.\\nwhen lie went into business with D. L. Rarber, the\\nfirm name being Taylor A- Barber. Since .lanuary\\n1, 1879, however, Mr. Taylor has continued alone\\nand is doing a very prolitable business.\\nIn I)eceinl er, 1H7I, the gentleman of whom we\\nwrite was united in marriage with ;\\\\Ii.- .Iiilia 1!.\\nRussell. Mrs. Taylor was tlu daughter of Ralph\\nRussell, a pioneer of Chautauriua County, X. Y\\nand by her union with our subject has become the\\nmother of three chihlrcn: Russell Rice, who was\\nborn January 15, 1877; Bessie II., born Jlay 11,\\n1879 and Alfred 11., .h., l.oin Augu.st 13. 1882.\\nRussell is attending the Kenyon Military Academy\\nat Gambler, Ohio. The two younger children are\\nbeing given good educations in the home schools.\\nOur sul)ject, although no politician, casts his\\nvote and induence in favor of the Republican\\nparty. He has held man} of the ofHces within the\\ngift of the people to bestow and is greatly res*-\\npected as a man of honor and integrity. The\\nmembers of his family are all Episcopalians. He\\nis identilied with Saugatuck Lodge, Xo. 328, A. F.\\nife A. M., and is also an Odd Fellow, having been\\nPast Grand Master in that order in 1880. ^Vlll-\\niam AV. Taylor, a brother of our subject, is a prom-\\ninent minister in the Episcopal Cliuich in Phila-\\ndelphia.\\n4^\\nENRY IHBBARD 8TIMS0N, M. D. This\\n1^ prominent gentleman is one of the leading\\nphysicians of Saugatuck as well as one of\\nthe pioneers of Allegan County. He is the\\nson of Ephraim and Mary (Hibbard) Stimson, na-\\ntives respectivelv of Massachusetts and A ermont.\\nThey removed to New Y ork State raany3-ears ago,\\nwhere the Doctor was born July 2, 1826. He hatl\\nthe misfortune to lose his parents when he was a\\nlad of six years and at that early age was thrown\\nupon the cold charities of the world.\\nAlter the death of his parents our subject went\\nto Vermont to make his home with his graiidi)a-\\nrents. In 1834, however, he came West to Ohio and\\nwas employed as a farm hand for two years, and\\nin 1836 came to the then Territory of I\\\\Iicliigan\\nwhen he was only ten years of age. He located\\nin Allegan County, which was then a part of\\nK.alamazoo County, and lived for six j-ears at what\\nis now Plainwell, being engaged in whatever he\\ncould lind to do. At the age of sixteen, our young\\nhero conceived the idea of becoming a physician,\\nbut being without money he realized that he would\\nhave to put forth great effort to attain to his desired\\nambition.\\n(^ur subject began teaching school in the old pio-\\nneer log school-house, which occupati m he fol-\\nlowed for four vears, when he bcffan reading med-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": "w\\n330\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nicine under Dr. E. N. Tpjohn. Previous to this,\\nhowever, he had devoted all his leisure moments\\nto the study of ply^siologj and anatomj\\\\ On at-\\ntaining his twenty-fifth year he had acquired suffi-\\ncient skill and knowledge of the medical profession\\nto begin its practice, which he did in Allegan\\nCounty. In 1858, Dr. Stimson came to Saugatuek\\nwhich he has made his home ever since that\\ntime. In 1868 he attended the Bennett Medical\\nCollege in Chicago, from which he received the\\ndegree of Doctor of Medicine.\\nDr. Stimson was married to Miss Mary Forbes in\\n1852. Mrs. Stimson was the daughter of John\\nForbes, of Plainwcll. She has proved a great aid\\nto her worthy husband in attaining to his present\\nhigh standing among the profession, and to her he\\ngives due credit. Their marriage has been blest\\nbj the birth of four children, all of whom are\\ndeceased. Their eldest son, Charles F., died at the\\nage of twenty-five; William Henry died in infancy;\\nAlice Mary died when eighteen years old, and Wil-\\nliam Ilibbard met ids death by drowning, aged\\nnineteen years.\\nOur worthy subject came to Allegan County\\nwhen it bore little resemblance to its present con-\\ndition. He has done much for the development\\nof the county and as a man of principle and integ-\\nrity his influence is as powerful in an unconscious\\nway as it is helpful by intent. Politically Dr.\\nStimson is identified with the Democratic party.\\nHis popularity in his community is manifested by\\nthe fact that he has been the recipient of all the\\ntownship offices within the gift of the people.\\nSocially, he is a member of Lodge No. .328, A. F.\\nA. M., and is also an Odd Fellow. The family\\nare all members of the Episcopal Church, and are\\nhighly esteemed in this section.\\nS^ARWIN E. WHITE, who is a highly re-\\nI jjj spected citizen of Plainwell, Allegan\\n(gfcJs?^ County, where he carries on a general\\nblacksmith shop, was born in Climax, Kal-\\namazoo Countj this State, November 25, 1844.\\nHis father, who bore the same name as hnnself,\\ndied when our subject was only three j-ears old. He\\ncame from Pennsylvania to Michigan in an early\\nday, and followed the business of a clothier. His\\nmother, whose maiden name was Aurinda M.New-\\nman, .also a native of Pennsylvania, is still living,\\nas are four of the six children born to her.\\nOur subject gained his early education in the\\ndistrict schools, and at sixteen 3 ears of age com-\\nmenced learning the blacksmith trade in Otsego,\\nwhere he served an apprenticeship of three years.\\nIn the fall of 1863, he enlisted in Company K,\\nFirst Michigan Cavahy, under the command of\\nCol. Charles Towne. He joined his regiment at\\nAVashington, D. C, and spent the following winter\\nin camp at Culpeper, Va. The first fight in which\\nhe took part was the battle of the AVilderness.\\nFollowing this were the engagements at Five Forks,\\nTrevilian Station, Winchester, Cedar Creek, and\\none neai- Petersburg. Mr. White had the good\\nfortune to be present at the surrender of Gen. Lee,\\nwhich practically terminated the war. He also wit-\\nnessed the Grand Review of the troops at Wash- I\\nington. His regiment was then ordered to Texas,\\nbut only got as far as St. Louis, being then sent to\\nLeavenworth and from there across the plains to\\nSalt Lake City. Mr. White received his discharge\\nat Salt Lake City November 10, 1865. He enlisted\\nas a blacksmith and shod horses for some time, but\\nwas afterward promoted and was mustered out as a\\nQuartermaster-Sergeant. During the fight at Mill\\nRun, Va., he had a horse shot from under him and\\nhis spine was severely injured, from which he was\\nlaid up in the hospital for about three weeks.\\nAfter the close of the war, Mr. White returned\\nto Otsego and worked at his trade for a short time.\\nHe then purchased a half interest in a shop at\\nWayland, and carried on the business for several\\nyears. In 1876 he removed to Plainwell where he\\nhas since carried on his trade, in 1885 purchasing\\nhis present shop. The marriage of our subject\\ntook place December 25, 1866, when he was united\\nto INIiss Lj dia A. Stearns, who is a native of New\\nYork. She is the daughter of Henry W. and Jane\\n(Bruce) Stearns, who came from their native State\\nto Michigan, settling in Gun Plains Township,\\nwhere they carried on a farm. They are now liv-\\ning in Plainwell.\\nMr. and Mrs. White are the parents of three", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n333\\nchildren: Izora B., the wife of Harry D. Gilmore,\\nwho is employed in the otlice of tiie Rock Island\\nit Pac ilic Railroad Conii)any. He is the son of\\nGen. Gilmore, who was formerly Postmaster at\\nChicago. Ray L. and Eva are both at home. All\\nthe children have received good educations, and\\nR.ny L. is a graduate of the public school. Mr.\\nAVIiite is a Republican in politics, and has been a\\nmember of liie village Hoard. He has been asso-\\nciated with the Masonic fraternity, and is at present\\nM.-istcr of the lodge at Plainwell.in which capacity\\nlie has served for six years. He is Assistant Chief\\nof the Plainwell Fire Company, and belongs also\\nto the Grand Army of the Republic.\\nMr. White is a popular man and is highly re-\\nspected, not only on account of his honesty and\\nintegrity, but for his record as a gallant soldier.\\n^^EORGE 15. NICHOLS, M. 1)., oi Martin,\\nIII (\u00e2\u0080\u00947 was born in Naples Township, Ontario\\nCounty, X. v., June 12, 1827. His father,\\nAlfred, was a native of Hartford, Conn., where he\\nwas bom in 1802, and, being orphaned at an carl}\\nage, wa-s thrown upon his own resources when still\\nquite young. He learned the trade of a wagon-\\nmaker, which he carried on in Naples, N. Y., prior\\nto his removal to ^lichigan. During his residence\\nin Najjles he was married to Miss Angeline L^ on,\\nwho was born and reared in Naples, N. Y., and\\ndied in this State in 1873. Her father, Simeon\\nLyon, was a native of the Green Mountain .State,\\nand had the distinction of being the first settler\\non the Holland Purchase in Naples, N. Y. Our\\nsubject s great aunt, on his mother s side, was the\\nfirst white woman who settled in the village of\\nNaples.\\nThe parents of our subject removed to this\\nStale in 1864, and the father, who still survives\\nand makes his home with the Doctor, has the\\nhonor of being the oldest resident of Martin\\nTownshii). Our subject, who was the oldest mem-\\nber of the fannly, is the only one now surviving,\\nthe others, William and John M., having passed\\naway in New York. George B. Nichols was reared\\n15\\nin his native place, and remained with his father\\nuntil he reached his majority, in the meantime re-\\nceiving his first schooling in Naples, where he also\\nfinished his educali(jn. At the age of twenty-one\\nhe commenced to read medicine with his uncle,\\nLester .Sprague, of Naples, and spent five years in\\nstudying with him and attending the medical col-\\nlege at Geneva. He was graduated in 1852 from\\nCastleton College, of Vermfuit.\\nAfter completing his medical course, the young\\nDoctor formed a partnership with his uncle at Na-\\nples :ui a pr.actieing physician, and continued thus\\nconnected until 1858, when he came to Allegan\\nCounty, and located where he now resides, in\\n]\\\\Iartin Township. At the time of his removal\\nhither, he was so poor that he had only ^1 to [jay\\non the house where he now lives, but notwith-\\nstanding his poverty, he worked industriously and\\nwithout discouragement until he now has a com-\\npetency of this world s goods. In 1853 he was\\nmarried in Naples, N. Y., to Eunice M. AVatkins,\\nwho was born in that place November 1, 1832.\\nHer parents, Bingham and Mary Watkius, came to\\n^Michigan at an early day, and remained in this\\nSlate until called hence by death, the father pass-\\ning awa^- in Calhoun County, and the mother in\\n.St. Joseph C )unty.\\nDr. Nichols and his wife are the parents of seven\\nchildren, as follows: Mary A., the wife of J. B.\\nWatkins, of Grand Rapids; Cora E., who is at\\nhome; Lillian M., wlio graduated as a trained\\nnurse, and is now residing in Grand Rapids; Net-\\ntie JL, who is with her parents; (ieorge B., Jr., who\\nmarried Mary Noble, and resides in ^Martin; (ir.ace.\\nwho is at home; and Jessie, who died when one\\nand one-half years old. The Doctor has been in\\npractice in Martin for the past thirty-four ^-ears,\\nand is well known in the county as one of its fore-\\nmost practitioners and public-spirited citizens. He\\nis a member of the board of Pension Examiners\\nand goes to Allegan ever} Wednesday to examine\\npension-seekers.\\nThe Doctor cast his first ballot for N an Buren\\nand Adams, in 1818, and since the organization\\nof the Republican party, h.as been a firm adherent\\nof its principles. He has served as School In-\\nspector, Town Clerk, Superintendent of the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "334\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL EECORD.\\nScliools of IMartin Township, and was Postmaster\\nof Martin for four years, during tlie administra-\\ntion of President Garfield. Since the jear of his\\narrival in this count_y, he has been in school offices\\nand is now Director of the High School, and one\\nof the most prominent men in educational work.\\nlie a Mason and a member of the Independent\\nOrder of Odd Fellows, while dui ing the late war\\nhe belonged to the Union League. Although he\\nis not connected with au^ church, he is liberal in\\nhis contributions toward all denominations and\\nhas aided them often and generously in a financial\\nway.\\nAccompanjing this personal sketch ma3- be\\nfound a portrait of Dr. Nichols.\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jflOSEPII W. KICKS. Among the most prom-\\ninent business men of Plamwell, Allegan\\nCounty, may be mentioned the gentleman\\nwhose name heads this sketch, and who is a\\nmember of the well-known firm of Soule Hicks,\\nowners and managers of the Plainwell I ]xchange\\nBank. Mr. Hicks has been ver} successful in his\\nbusiness enterprises and has acquired an enviable\\nreputation for integiity and honesty in all his\\ndealings. He is a native of Nassau Township,\\nRensselaer County, N. Y., his birth taking place\\nApril 15, 1836. His father, John Hicks, was born\\nin the same county in 1808.\\nJoseph Hicks, grandfather of our subject, was\\nalso a native of New York, and was a relative of\\nthe famous Elias Hicks, founder of the Ilicksite\\nbranch of the Quaker sect. The Hicks family\\ncame from England in the early histoiy of this\\ncountry and were prominent people in the section\\nwhere they live. Joseph Hicks was a farmer by\\noccupation and was at one time Sheriff of Rens-\\nselaer County. He died in 1812. John Hicks, the\\nfather of our subject, was reared by an uncle, his\\nfather having died when he was but four years old.\\nHe married in his native county and lived upon a\\nfarm until 1836. In the fall of that year, he came\\nwith his family to Michigan, settling in Rome\\nTownship, Lenawee County. The country at that\\ntime was almost a wilderness and our subject re-\\nmembers when a boy going after the cows and see-\\ning many deer, and also occasionally meeting with\\nwolves and bears. Mr. Hicks, Sr., was for many\\nyears an active member of the Baptist Church, and\\nwas one who helped to organize the first church in\\nthis part of the State, soon after his arrival here.\\nHe died in 1881, when seventy-three years old.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name was\\nJane Winegar, was a native of Rensselaer County,\\nN. Y., and of German descent. Like her husband,\\nshe was a consistent member of the Baptist\\nChurch. She died in 1880 at the age of sixty-eight\\nyears.\\nMr. Hicks is the second of the three children in\\nthe parental family, all of whom are living. He\\nhad the same meager opportunities for education\\nas other boys of that time, attending .school in the\\nold fashioned log schoolhouse, with its primitive\\nseats and desks made out of slabs, his schooling be-\\ning gained at times when he was not otherwise en-\\ngaged. Much of his studying was done at night\\nby the light of the fire of logs. The life of a\\nfarmer s boy, with its hard work, long d.ays and\\nlittle recompense, did not satisfy his ambitious dis-\\nposition, and he was anxious to fit himself for\\nteaching, so that he could earn some money bj the\\ntime he became of age. His father did not look\\nwith favor upon his plans but he finally, by the\\nhelp of his mother, succeeded in getting his father s\\nconsent to attend school. The father, however,\\nimposed the condition on him, that if he gave him\\nhis time he should not expect any fartlver help\\nfrom home. On the morning of August 26, 1853,\\nthe boy left his home to try his fortune in the\\nworld. His father gave him $16, with the parting\\nwords, Joe, that is your portion; make 3 our wa}^\\nand 3 our mark in life and do not call on me for\\na dollar, and he kept his word. It was not on ac-\\ncount of any harshness on his part, but he thought\\nthe boy would soon get tired of his new life and\\ncome back to the farm.\\nOur subject came direct to Kalamazoo, this\\nState, and entered the college at that place and he\\nremembers tlie first few weeks as being the longest\\nhe ever spent. He worked his vfa.y through col-\\nlege, doing various things to raise money in the\\nvacations teaching, etc. He received his room rent", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n335\\nand iiK-idcntiil expenses in exelianjjc for instruc-\\ntions in vofal music, lie having at-quired a knowl-\\nedge of tiiat hianeli in countrj* singing-sehools at\\nhis old home. He entered the Junior preparatory\\ndeparlnuMil and coniiik ted a six years course in\\nfour years and eight weeks, making up the extra\\ntime. His hobby was mathematics and while he was\\nstill pursuing his other studies in a pro|)aratory\\ncourse, he was engaged in teaching his branch in\\nthe Sophomore classes. He was graduated in June,\\nISi jO. He tiien taugiit music and singing-scliool\\nfor some time and subsequently entered the office\\nof the County Clerk of Kalamazoo County as De-\\nputy, remaining there for one year. He then spent\\na year in the otliee of the Hon. Charles S. May,\\nLieutenant-(;overnor of Michigan, studying law.\\nHis lieaUli failed and by the advice of a ph3-sician\\nhesouglit outdoor exercise.\\nIn the spring of 1863, Mr. Hicks came to Plain-\\nwell and purchased a farm in Gun Plain Ti)wnshi[),\\ncomprising one hundred acres. In the fall of tiie\\nsame j ear, he was called to fill tlie chair of Mathe-\\nmatics in Kalamazoo College, made vacant the\\nresignation of Prof. Edward Olne}-. He filled this\\nposition for one j ear, when lie returned to his\\nfarm, where he remained until 18(56, when he sold\\nthe place, having made off of it in three years as\\nmuch as he paid for it. In the fall of 1866, be\\nlocated in Plainfield where he was nominated on\\nthe Hepubliean ticket for County Surveyor with-\\nout his knowledge. He was elected and served for\\nsix successive terms, comprising twelve 3 ears. In\\n1876 he purchased an interest in the Plainwell\\nExchange Bank with which he has since been con-\\nnected.\\nMr. Hicks was married in 18CU to JIiss Helen\\nDavis, a native of Seneca Falls, N. Y. She came\\nto Michigan with her parents in 1838, they\\nsettling near Galesburg, Kalamazoo County. The\\nfather died in 1855 and the mother is still living\\nat the age of seventy-eiglit years. Mr. Ilieks has\\nalways been a Kepublican and has Uiken a great\\ninterest in all matters concerning the welfare of\\nhis muiity and State. He has held many promin-\\nent ollices and is intimately connected with the\\nhistory of the town in which he resides. In 1869\\nthe village of Plainwell was incorporated aii i Mr.\\nHicks was chosen Chairman of the Committee\\nwhich drafted the first cliarter. He was elected the\\nfirst President of the village and served seven years.\\nHe has been connected with the management of\\nits affairs either as President or member of the\\nCouncil for fourteen years. He has been a fre-\\nquent delegate to State and county conventions\\nand when his [)resentterm has expired will have\\nbeen a member of the School Board for twenty-two\\nj-ears. He is also one of the Trustees of Kalama-\\nzoo College. He was one of the Directors of the\\nKalamazoo and Allegan Railroad at the time that\\nroad was built. It is now known as the Lake\\nShore. lie is a stock-holder in the Jlichigan Paper\\nCompany and is Vice-president of the corporation.\\nSocially, he is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge\\nand Encampment.\\nMr. Hicks and his wife are both active members\\nof the Baptist Church and respond liberallj to\\nall calls made upon tiieir time and purse. They\\nare held in tlie highest estimation by all classes of\\nsociety.\\nETH W. LOVERIDGE. This owner and\\nresident, located on the fine farm on sec-\\ntion 3, Ganges Township, Allegan County,\\nwas born in Monroe County, N. Y., De-\\ncember 20, 1824. His tract of one hundred and\\nforty acres is under excellent improvemeut, twenty\\nacres of it being in fruit. At the time it came\\ninto his possession, it was entirely covered with\\nhard-wood timber, but by persistent industry and\\ngood judgment he has brought it to a high degree\\nof cullivatiun.\\nThe parents of our subject were Caleli and Mary\\nLoveridge. The father was born in Dccrfield,\\nMass., in 1792, and received a thorough training\\nin farm duties. He remained at home until reach-\\ning his majority, in tlie meantime serving an ap-\\nprenticesliip at the cooper s trade, which occupa-\\ntion he followed through life. While in the\\nNutmeg State, Caleb Loveridge met and married\\nthe mother of our subject, whose maiden name was\\nMary, daughter of Jacob and Matilda Loomis,\\nboth of whom were natives of Connecticut.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "336\\nPOETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nSoon after their marriage the parents of Seth\\nW. removed to Monroe County, N. Y., where they\\nlocated on a farm and spent the remainder of their\\nda3-s. They became the parents of six children,\\nwhose record follows: Lucretia, who is deceased;\\nAlfred; Seth W., our subject; Mary A. and Hub-\\nbell, both deceased; and Louisa. In politics, Mr.\\nLoveridge was a Jackson ian Democrat and was a\\nverj prominent man in his communitj-. He was a\\npatriot in the War of 1812.\\nSeth W. Loveridge made his home with his par-\\nents until reaching his majoritj-, when he went to\\nwork on a farm, being thus engaged for three\\nyears. While in New York he was married, in\\n1849, to Miss Catherine, daughter of Joseph and\\nMehitable Collins. Soon after tliat event, they\\nemigrated to Oakland County, this State, where\\nthe} located on a farm and remained for three\\nyears. Then, in 1852, Mr. Loveridge went to\\nCalifornia, and worked in the gold mines for three\\nyears. He was very successful in that venture,\\nand returning to Michigan, located with his fam-\\nily in Allegan County, where he purchased his pres-\\nent farm of one hundred and forty acres, which\\nwas then a dense wilderness. He at once erected\\na shanty and commenced the improvement of\\nhis estate. He has lately erected a beautiful resi-\\ndence on his property and is ranked among the\\nprogressive and intelligent citizens of Oanges\\nTownship.\\nTo our subject and his first wife were born two\\nchildren: Judson, who died at the age of eleven\\nyears, and Frank, now residing in Saugatuck\\nTownship, Allegan County. After the death of\\nhis wife, Mr. Loveridge married Charlotte Collins,\\na sister of his former companion, and to them\\nhave been born a daughter, May. Both our sub-\\nject and his wife are members of the Baptist\\nChurch, and in politics, Mr. Loveridge is a Repub-\\nlican, though in early life he supported Demo-\\ncratic princijjles.\\nIn 1864, our subject entered the service of his\\ncountry b^- enlisting in Company H, Thirteenth\\nMichigan Infantry. He was under the command\\nof Gen. Sherman, and with his regiment partici-\\npated in the famous march to the sea and the bat-\\ntles fought iit Savannali and Bentonville. He\\ntook part in the Grand Review at Washington,\\nand received his honorable discharge at Detroit,\\nJune 20, 18G5. Sociall} our subject is a member\\nof Jacob Fiy Post, No. 46, G. A. R., of Ganges.\\nMr. Loveridge, besides his home farm, owns\\nforty acres in Saugatuck Township, twenty acres\\nof which is in peaches, five acres in apples and\\none acre in grapes. He is a man whose cordial,\\nkindly spirit has made him warm friends, and we\\nare pleased to present his sketch to our readers.\\nILLIAM WHITE is a prosperous farmer\\nw/v// resides on section 15, Monterey Town-\\n/^J ship, Allegan County, where he owns one\\nhundred acres of finely improved laud, and also\\nforty acres on section 11. He is the son of Josiah\\nand Fannie (Mann) White, natives of Pennsylvania\\nand Connecticut, respective!} His father was one\\nof the pioneers of Ashtabula Count} where he\\nsettled about 1810, when all that section was a\\nwilderness. He was a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nBoth his grandfather and great-grandfather took\\npart in the War of the Revolution.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Ashtabula\\nCounty, Ohio, May 3, 1829, and was reared upon\\nhis father s farm, remaining there until he was\\ntwenty-one years of age, when he went to the\\nlumber woods in Bay County, Mich. After spend-\\ning about eighteen months there, he came, in 1853,\\nto Allegan County and took up the land of which\\nhis father had obtained the land-warrant in 1812.\\nOn March 4, 1861, Mr. White was united in mar-\\nriage with Adelia C. Cady, a native of Ohio. Her\\nfather was a native of Canada, and her mother a\\nnative of Ohio; they now reside in Alleg-in County.\\nMr. and Mis. White are the parents of four chil-\\ndren: Orvis W., who married May Simmons and\\nresides in Antrim County, Mich.; George E., who\\nis engaged iu lumbering in Idaho; Perry, who died\\nat the age of fourteen months, and Lee C, who is\\nat home and attending school. They also adopted\\na daughter, Mary, who is still at home with them.\\nIn 1864, Mr. White enlisted ia Company B,\\nThirteenth Michigan Infantry, serving until the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "^i\\nts-v\\n^pruyu)", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n339\\nclose of the war, and being with Sherman in his\\ncelebrated march to the sea. He was discharged\\nAugust 0. 186. In 1879 he purchased the farm\\non wliic h he now resides, and which is highly cul-\\ntivated, giving evidence of the careful manage-\\nniont and personal supervision of its owner. Mr.\\nWhile is a man of energy and enterprise, and is\\nliighly esteemed as a public-spirited citizen. He\\nis a nionihcr of Harlow Uriggs Post, Xo. 80, G. A.\\nR., and was its lirst Commander. He belongs to\\nMonterey Grange, No 217, of which he has been\\n^Master. Politically, he is a Democrat and an\\nardent advocate of the principles of that party.\\nIIi popularity is shown by tlic fact that he lias\\nbeen Supervisor of Monterey Township for nine\\nteinis, altliDugh there is a large Republican major-\\nity in the township. He has also held the otiices\\n(if Town Clerk, .lustice of the Peace and member\\nof the School Hoard.\\n^f AMES M. GRAY. In a volume of a bio-\\ngraphical nature, prominent mention should\\ncertainly be made of ^Ir. Gray, who is a\\nleading and wealthy citizen of Van Buren\\nCounty. In his life is exemplified the results of\\nenterprise and determination, and the example\\nwhich he furnishes to the young is well worth3^ of\\nemulation. A [tersonal acpiaintance with him re-\\nveals the fact that while he devotes the closest at-\\ntention to his l)usincss enterprises, he nevertheless\\nis greatly interested in all measures having for\\ntheir object the promotion of the community so-\\ncially or morall}-. He is particularly interested in\\nthe development of the resources of Breedsville,\\nwhere he has resided for many years. His portrait\\nappears in connection with this biographical notice.\\nAmong the brave soldiers who served in the\\nWar of 1812, was James (iray, Sr., father of our\\nsubject. He was a mere lad at the time of the con-\\nflict, having been born .Inly. 179. In his youth,\\nhe learned the trade of a millwright in his native\\nState, Pennsylvania, whence he removed to New\\nYork in his early manhood, and was there married\\nto Miss Jane Ilaynes. This lady was born in the\\nEmpire State, August 23, 1798, and became the\\nmother of seven children, namely: Valina, Joseph\\nH., Thomas F., Elias O., James M., Mar3 E. and\\nAV. R. Mrs. Jane Gray died October 1.5, 18t7.\\nShe was a sincere member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, a devoted wife and a loving mother, and\\nher noble traits of character placed her in high es-\\nteem in the community where she resided.\\nAbout 1832, the father of our subject removed\\nfrom New York to Ohio, where for one year\\nhe operated a sawmill, which he built on the Mau-\\nmee River. Later he came to Michigan, where he\\nmanaged a gristmill and sawmill for more than\\none year, and then, in the fall of 183.5, came to\\nLawrence Township, Van Buren County. Purchas-\\ning a farm of eighty acres he at once set to work\\nto effect its improvement, and meanwhile also\\nworked at his trade. In 1853, he sold his property\\nand removed to Breedsville, but after a sojourn of\\nthree years in that city, returned to Lawrence\\nTownship, where he died, July 28, 1873. Through-\\nout this portion of the State, he was quite well\\nknown, and his lators as a pioneer and public-\\nspirited citizen increased his popularity and inllu-\\nence. He served in various township offices and\\nwas a Democrat in politics.\\nAfter the death of his first wife, Mr. Gray, Sr.,\\nwas married to Miss Maiy Skelton, a native of\\nEngland, and some time after lier demise was\\nunited to Mrs. Laura Orr. Two children were born\\nto them, Ella and Rilla. Mrs. Laura Gr.ay still\\nsurvives and makes her home in Lawrence Town-\\nship. The sul)ject of this sketch was born Decem-\\nber 9, 1828, and was reared on a farm, receiving\\nthe advantages of a common-school education.\\nWhen four years old, he .accompanied his parents\\nin their removal from his native place in Lake-\\nville, Livingston County, N. Y., to the Buckeye\\nState, and from there to ^Michigan a short time\\nafterward. In his youth he aided his father on the\\nhome farm, and when twenty-four engaged as a\\nclerk ill a store at Breedsville.\\nIn 1857, Mr. Gray entered into business with\\nhis fathei -in-law, and the partnership thus formed\\ncontinued until 1867, when our subject purchased\\nthe stock and operated it alone until the S|)ring of\\n1888. Since 1H82, he has owned and managed a\\ngristmill at Lawrence, and has been successful in", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "340\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAI HICAL RECORD.\\nhis milling operations. He takes considerable in-\\nterest in local political affairs, and has served as\\nClerk of Columbia Township for three j-ears, as\\nwell as Supervisor. In his political sympathies, he\\nadheres to the principles of the Democratic party,\\nand socially Is identified with the Knights of\\nPythias.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Gray, July 1, 1858, united\\nhim with Miss IMary A. Painter, who was born in\\nCass County, Mich., August 5, 1841, and is a\\ndaughter of Lorenzo and Betsey Painter. Mr. and\\nMrs. Gray became the parents of two children:\\nLillian J., wife of George W. Fisher, and Rosamond,\\nnow Mrs. Byron J. Robertson. Mr. Robertson is\\nMr. Gray s successor in the mercantile business at\\nBreedsville, which he has conducted with success\\nsince he assumed control in 1888. The death of\\nMrs. Gray, May 11, 1868, removed one from earth\\nwho had been an efficient helpmate to her husband,\\na devoted mother, and worthily filled her sphere\\nin life. Mr. Gray is well known as a man of strict\\nintegrity and has received the reward of his meri-\\ntorious life in the good-will of his numerous\\nfriends.\\ni.-gi ^3^\\n5o~\\nOHN C. WHEELER. During the period of\\nalmost fifty years in which Mr. Wheeler has\\nmade his home in Allegan County, he has\\nl;^^ become well known to its citizens as a kind-\\nhearted and generous man, of unflinching integrity\\nand upright life. He is especially popular in Mar-\\ntin Townshi]), where he has resided the greater\\nportion of his life, and where he owns his father s\\nold homestead of one hundred and twenty-five\\nacres. However, he is not engaged in agricultural\\npursuits, but rents his farm and devotes his time\\nto hunting and fishing. He is a devoted follower\\nof Isaac Walton and an expert both with tlie gun\\nand the fishing rod.\\nA native of this State, Mr. Wheeler was born in\\nFairfield Township, Lenawee County-, Ma^^ 31,\\n1840. William S., his father, was a native of New\\nYork, and was born in Marion Township, Wajme\\nCounty, in 1810. At a ver}- earl^- day he emigrated\\nto this State, where he resided in Lenawee County\\nseveral years, I emoving thence to Waj nc County,\\nN. Y., and there sojourning about four years. In\\n1844, he came direct to Allegan County, locating\\non section 8, Martin Township, and commenced\\nthe improvement of the tr.actof land which he had\\npurchased. In the spring of 1845, he built a small\\nlog house, into which he moved when only half of\\nthe roof had been placed thereon. There he re-\\nmained until he died, at the age of sevent} -six\\nyears.\\nA prominent man of this community, William\\nS. Wheeler was well known, first as a Whig and\\nlater as a Republican. He served as Supervisor of\\nhis township. Justice of the Peace for twelve years,\\nTown Clerk, and in other official positions of trust\\nand responsibility. The mother of our subject,\\nwhose maiden name was ]Mary M. Cook, was born\\nin Palmyra Township, Ontario County, N. Y., in\\n1815, and is still living at the age of seventy-six.\\nHer father, John Cook, was a native of Dorset, A^t.,\\nand removed first to New York and later to Mich-\\nigan, locating, in 1844, in Martin Township.\\nThe family of which our subject was a member\\ncomprised two children. C^yrus B., the elder son,\\nenlisted in the Nineteenth Michigan Infantry and\\nwas wounded in the battle of Kenesaw Mountain,\\ndj ing in the hospital at Nashville, Tenn. John C,\\nthe younger son, was four and one-half years old\\nwhen he came with his parents to Martin Township,\\nand his schooling was received in a log building\\nnear his father s home. He was married, September\\n30, 18G2, to Mary J., the daughter of Charles and\\nMargaret Benson, and with his young wife located\\non section 8, Martin Township, where he operated\\n.as a farmer and made his home in a small frame\\nhouse. In 1876, he removed to the place where\\nhe now resides, a fine farm, which has first-class\\nimprovements and a substantial set of buildings.\\nMr. Wheeler has been deeply bereaved, for he\\nhas been called to mourn the death of his four\\nchildren, and on September 24, 1890, his loving\\nand faithful wife passed from earth .and her body\\nnow lies buried in the Martin Cenieteiy. Mr.\\nWheeler took for his second wife Miss Katie Wall,\\ndaughter of Edward and Agnes (Peel) AVall, na-\\ntives of EngLand. Mrs. AVheeler was born in Mar-\\ntin Townsliip, September 11,1866. Her marriage", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n341\\nwith our subject took place at the home of her\\nparents, on the 30tli of Jlarcli, 1892.\\nPolitically, Mr. Wlieeler i;; a .^Ironj; Republican.\\nand devoted to the measures wliich will benclit his\\ncoranninit3 At one lime he was elected Justice\\nof the Peace, but did not qualify; he also served\\nas Constable for six .years, and in other positions\\nof local responsibility and importance. He has a\\nhost of warm personal friends in the township\\nwhere he has lived for so many years and is uni-\\nversally esteemed and respected.\\n^RSOX G. VAHUE. This gentleman, who is a\\nmember of the firm of A aluie Brand, pro-\\nprietors of the Citj- Meat Market at Allegan,\\nis one of the substantial business men of Alleg.an\\nCounty. His parents, Philip and Arniinda A.\\n(Gillett) Vahue, were natives of Vermont, whence\\nthey came to Michigan as early as 1854, settling\\nin Allegan, Allegan Township. Here the father,\\nwho was a farmer by occupation, operated an ex-\\ntensive tract of land and was also engaged in the\\nlumber business. AVhen the Civil War broke out,\\nhis patriotism was aroused and, although over\\nfifty years of age, he enlisted in the Sixth Michigan\\nInfantry, but was not allowed to muster in on ac-\\ncount of his defective teeth, he being unable to\\nbite off the end of a cartridge. Ha was, however,\\nnot to be discouraged in this w.ay, but tried again,\\nand finally succeeded in becoming a member of\\nthe Third ^Michigan Artillery, as Baggage Master.\\nHe was in the service fourteen months, when he\\nwas taken ill and sent home, being discharged on\\naccount of disability and dying a few j-ears after-\\nward.\\nMr. Vahue was a strong Republican and intensely\\nloyal to the Union, having a detestation of the\\nmen who were in sympathy with the scceders, as\\nwell as those who were actively engaged in seeking\\nto procure the disruption of the I nion. He was a\\nman of excellent habits, never used tobacco or\\nspirituous liquoi-sand, with his wife, was a devoted\\nmember of the Baptist Church, in which they took\\na prominent and iiitluential part. This worthy\\ncouple were the parents of seven children, of whom\\nthree are now living: Mrs. Phidelia L. Peet, of\\n.VUcgan; Cliaik sS., a farmer of Allegan Township;\\nand our suljject.\\nOrson G. Vahue was educated in the district\\nschools of Allegan Township, afterward attending\\nfor two years the High School in Allegan. He was\\nreared upon the farm and remained with his parents\\nuntil their death. He now owns a part of the old\\nhomestead, to which he has made large additions,\\nand has one of the finest and best conducted farms\\nin the count}^ comprising one hundred and sixty\\nacres. On this he has excellent buildings, a hand-\\nsome residence costing 83,000, and numerous horse\\nand other barns, the former costing \u00c2\u00a51,000. In\\naddition to his farming operations, he has made a\\nspecialty of raising fine draft horses, and has excel-\\nlent stock of other kinds. The firm of Vahue\\nBrand owns a good brick block in the center of\\nthe village, where they can-y on their business, and\\nalso nine acres of land, which they also use in\\ntheir butchering operations.\\nIMr. Vahue was married, November 2, 1869, to\\nMiss KUa Nichols, a daughter of John S. Nichols,\\nof Spcncerport, N. Y. Three sons have been born\\nto them: Frank, Ray P. and Earl. Mr. Vahue be-\\nlongs to the Democratic party and has held various\\nresponsible positions in the village, having been a\\nmember of the School Board and President of the\\nAllegan County Agricultur.al .Societ^^ ex-President\\nof the Vill.age Board and one of its members at\\nthe present time. He has also been Chairman of\\nthe Financial Committee and one of the Street\\nCommittee. He is looked upon as one of the sub-\\nstantial men of his community, who may be counted\\nupon til. assist in every laudable undertaking.\\nUILLl A.M M. KEXNEY. This gentleman is\\none of the pioneer settlers of Covert Town-\\nY^^ ship. Van Buren County, having taken up\\nhis residence here in the fall of 18()0. He was\\nborn in Ilalton County, Canada, April 10, 1824.\\nHis father, .Samuel D. Kenney, was a native of\\nPennsylvania, where he was born April 4, 1797.\\nHe married Lucy Bobbins, who was a native of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "342\\nPOETEAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMassachusetts, the date of her birth being NoTem-\\nber 13, 1802. Their marriage took place iu Can-\\nada, to which place their respective families had\\nmoved just after the War of 1812. The father of\\nour subject was a blacksmith, and during the AVar\\nof 1812 was in the employ of the British Govern-\\nment, from which he received two hundred acres\\nof land in Ilalton County in return for his ser-\\nvices, and on which he settled after his marriage.\\nHere he passed his remaining years, dying at the\\nage of eightj -two. His wife departed this life\\nOctober 17, 1860. Tliey were the parents of\\ntwelve children as follows: Timothy C, AVilliam\\nM., Elizabeth Ann, Rebecca M., Samuel W., John\\nS., David R,, Lucyntha, Ruth Emily, Nathan C,\\nGeorge C. and Joseph F.\\nOur subject was reared upon his father s farm,\\nand March 10, 1846, was married to Miss Mary\\nSherburne who was born in Canada, in Ilalton\\nCounty, May 24, 1825. Mr. Kenney followed\\nfarming for some years and later engaged in the\\nnursery business, but tlie climate proving too cold\\nfor liim he came to Michigan and settled in Covert\\nTownship ,then known as Deerfleld Township. The\\ncountry was at that time wild and entirely unim-\\nproved, the place wliich he purchased being covered\\nwith timber. This, with much labor, he cleared off\\nand cultivated, making of it a fine farm of forty\\nacres, where he has ever since resided. Our subject\\nand his wife are the parents of the following\\nchildren: James W., a merchant at Covert and\\nSouth Haven; Mary J. (Mrs. George E.Sherbourne),\\nof South Haven; Lucy A., the wife of Lyman Car-\\npenter of Covert; Samuel D., a merchant at Covert;\\nCynthia A. (Mrs. Frank Reed), of Chicago; Lottie\\nE. (Mrs. E. G. Allen) and Emma, wife of Beuna\\nMarvin, both of whom reside at Chicago, and Will-\\niam M.\\nIn politics, Mr. Kenney is a Republican and has\\nheld the offices of Justice of the Peace and Super-\\nvisor, both however, to fill vacancies, as he has no\\ntaste for public life and prefers to devote his at-\\ntention to his home and business. He was formerly\\nconnected with the Methodist Episcopal and also\\nwith the Congregational Church and although now\\nnot a member of either, leads an upright Christian\\nlife. He is paying considerable attention to the rais-\\ning of fruit and has been very successful in grafting\\ntrees, of which he does considerable for other\\nparties. He and his family are well known through-\\nout the county, and stand high in the estimation\\nof all who come in contact with them.\\nETH K. TANNER, who is a prominent\\nfarmer and breeder of standard bred horses,\\nresides on section 22, Monterey Township,\\nAllegan County, where he owns one hun-\\ndred and fifty acres of fine land, high!}- cultivated\\nand well improved with good buildings. He is a\\nson of .Joseph and Lydia (Ken5-on) Tanner, na-\\ntives of the State of New York, where the subject\\nof this sketch was born in Washington County,\\nMarch 17, 1836.\\nThe father of our subject came to Allegan\\nCounty when the latter was but nine years of age\\nand located upon the farm now owned bj^ his son.\\nThere were only about twenty-eight acres cleared,\\nand the young man assisted his father in the hard\\nlabor necessary to make a comfortable home, and\\ncontinued in this occupation until twent_y-one\\nyears of age, in the meantime acquiring his edu-\\ncation at the district schools. In 1862, Mr. Tanner\\nwas happily married to Mary Brown, a daugliter\\nof Watson Brown, also a native of the Empire State,\\nbut who removed to Massachusetts some years\\nafter his daughter was born. Four children have\\nbeen born to oursubject and his wife, two of whom\\nsurvive: Ella M., who is at home with her parents\\nand Joseph Roy, who is attending the business\\ncollege at Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Tanner has made his own way in the world\\nstarting out at the age of twenty-one with -S50 in\\ncash and a joke of steers. He was successful in his\\nvarious undertakings and after his father s death\\nin 1871 he bbught out the other heirs and took\\npossession of the old homestead. Here he is\\nbusily engaged in operating his farm and also in\\nbreeding horses, of which he has now about twenty-\\nfive head. lie inherited his love for this animal\\nfrom his father and takes great interest in raising\\nthe grade of the animals used in this countr3\\\\\\nAmong his horses is Cellery King No. 13,506, a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "C^^^^-^^u^^--^ J^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nr^i-)\\nthree-year-old of great promise. He also owns an-\\notlier fine stallion, Mai^na Wilkes by name, wiiicli\\nforl)eaiity lias not an equal in llie county and from\\nhis brocdinu; and build will make a fine record\\namong the fast horses on the turf. Our subject has\\nseveral other fine colts tliat promise great results in\\nthe future; among them is a fine three-year-old in-\\nbred Black Hawk. He also liasa fine line of Jerse^^\\ncattle in wliich he takes great pride. He lias long\\nbeen engaged in breeding horses and cattle. He\\nthoroughly understiinds the business and fully\\nrealizes the fact that it is just as cheap to raise a\\nfine animal as it is to raise a scrub. Mr. White has\\ntwo good dwelling-houses on his farm and is en-\\njoying life .as only an independent farmer can.\\nPolitically, he is a Republican, and has held vari-\\nous local otiices. lie and his family are highlj^ es-\\nteemed ill their cimiiiitin ity.\\nl\\na\\n\\\\ir^ DW.VKl) .1. LANE, of Arlington Township.\\nr^ a prosperous farmer of Van Buren County,\\nhas a noble military record for valor and\\nfidelity to the Union cause during the late war,\\ntiiat contributed to the high reputation of one of\\nMichigan s most gallant cavalry regiments. Mr.\\nLane was born in the 3 ear 1831, in Lewis County,\\nN. Y. His parents were Zebina and P0II3 (.Sykes)\\nLane, who were natives of Hartford, Conn. His\\npaternal grandfather, who was born in England,\\nbut came to America early in life, was a brave\\nsoldier in the ranks of the Continental .\\\\rmy dur-\\ning the revolution that freed the American colonies\\nfrom British rule.\\nOur subject is the j-onngest of eight children,\\nas follows: Horace, a resident of .leffcrson County\\nN. Y.; Juliette, who married .John Bailey, and\\nwith her hiisliand died in Lewis County, N. Y\\nZeliina, .Ir., who lives in that county; Betsy A.,\\nwife of Truman P. Greene, of Lewis County, N.Y\\nFrancis, deceased; Emeline, who liecame the wife\\nof Jacob Ausman, of Lawrence, Jlicli.; James, who\\nserved in the army and gave up his life for his\\ncountry during the war, and Edward J.\\nOur subject spent his early life amid the pleasant\\nscenes of his birth, and after atUiining manhood\\nmarried and settled in his native county. In l.s.\\nhe determined to avail himself of the many excel-\\nlent advantages offered to a practical, wide-awake\\nfarmer by the rich soil and cheap lands of A an\\nBuren County, in the State of Michigan, and, with\\nthe exception of the time that he spent in the\\nSouth helping to fight his country s battles, he has\\nlived iiere ever since, and has won a place among\\nour most useful citizens in the township of Arling-\\nton. His farm contains one hundred acres of fine\\nfarming land, which has been rendered very pro-\\nductive b3- judicious cultivation, and the place is\\nampl3 supplied with suitable buildings, and the\\nvarious kinds of modern machinery for facilitating\\nagricultural operations, besides being well stocked\\nwith cattle, horses and hogs.\\nIn 1862 ]Mr. Lane responded to the call of the\\nGovernment for more troops, enlisting in Com-\\npany C, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, and in the en-\\nsuing years of hard and bitter warfare, displayed\\na true soldierly spirit and devotion to his country,\\nwhich merited and gained him the confidence of\\nhis commanders. His regiment was with Rosecrans\\nwhile he was in command, and remained witli the\\nsame dep.artnient throughout the war, and our sub-\\nject and his comr.ades took an active part in many\\nengagements with the enemy. The^ were at the\\nfront in the fight at Bowling Green, Ky., won\\nadded laurels at Stone River, and did gallant ser-\\nvice in the Atlanta camiiaign; while their last en-\\ncounter with the Confederate forces w.as at Selma,\\nAla., shortly before the close of the Rebellion.\\nOur subject did not go thrfnigh the w\\\\ar un-\\nscathed, but succumbed to tlie terrible hardships\\nof a soldier s life in the summer of 6.3, was taken\\nhome on a sick furlough, and for some weeks lay\\nat the (loint of death. His hardy constitution\\ntriumphed, and with undaunted patriotism he re-\\njoined his regiment as soon .as he was sufllciently\\nrecovered to do duty, and served faithfully until\\nthe close of the war. He then quietly resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer, which he has since so\\nsuccessfully pursued. The Re|\u00c2\u00bbublican party had\\nhis earnest support on the battlefields of the South,\\nwhere he fought for its principles, he having been\\nwith it from the first, casting his vote for Gen.\\nFremont, and he is still to be found in its i-aiiks.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "346\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMr. Lane was first married in liis native county\\nto Miss Eliza .Johnson, who died in 1866, leaving\\none son, .J. J., a resident of Michigan City, Ind.\\nIn 1868 Mr. Lane was married to Miss Eliza Gates,\\nand to them was born one daughter, Ilattie P.,\\nnow the wife of W. W. Temple. Mr. Lane w.as\\nmarried to his present wife, formerly Mrs. Maria\\n(Stearns) Lamphcar, in October, 1876, and to them\\nhave been born two children: Gertie E. and Glen\\nE. Mr. Lane is a member of Wads worth Post, No.\\n49, G. A. R., at Lawrence.\\nThe attention of the reader is invited to the\\nlithographic portrait of Mr. Lane, presented on\\nanother page.\\nii HARLES H. PRENTISS, who has an art store\\nat Otsego, is one of the representative busi-\\nJJ ncss and public men of this part of Allegan\\nCounty, and is also well known in political and\\nsocial circles, and he has, too, a good military\\nrecord as an able and patriotic soldier during the\\nlate war. Mr. Prentiss is a native of the cit3 of\\nNew York, born October 1, 1830, the second son\\nand fourth child of his parents. When a small\\nchild he was taken by his grandparents, and was\\nreared by them until he was ten j ears old. At\\nthat3 outhful age he became self-supporting, going\\nto work in a store for an uncle. At the age of\\nsixteen he hired out to a f.armer at $8 per month,\\nwith the privilege of attending school during the\\nwinter months, and was enabled to do so one sea-\\nson. Up to that time he had had no chance of\\nobtaining an education, for whicli he longed. In\\n1850 he began an apprenticeship to a marble cutter,\\nbut after working at that four years, he was obliged\\nto give it up, as he found the work did not agree\\nwith him.\\nAt that point in his life our subject took an im-\\nportant step by coming Westward to Michigan,\\nand the ensuing six j-ears he was engaged in the\\nlumber business, in this State. In 1860 he removed\\nto Otsego and located on a farm in this township,\\nand was devoting himself to its improvement when\\nthe rebellion broke out. He watched its course\\nwith interest, and in 1862 arranged his affairs so\\nthat he might take his part in defending the Gov-\\nernment. He enlisted. August 11, in Company B,\\nNineteenth Michigan Infantry, commanded by\\nCol. II. C. Gilbert, and went with his regiment to\\nthe front. After nearly a year s service, during\\nwhich he had participated in several engagements\\nwith the enemy, he and a number of his comrades\\nwere taken prisoners at the battle of Brentwood\\nStation, by Gen. Forest and his raiders, on the 24th\\nof IMarch, 1864. They were marched one hundred\\nand thirt3--five miles in flft3--fonr hours, without\\na morsel to eat and with their clothing freezing on\\nthem, through having to wade streams. The_v\\nfinally arrived at Richmond, mo)e dead than\\nalive. There our subject had a month s experience\\nof life in Libby Prison, but fortunatelj at the end\\nof that time he was exchanged.\\nAfter a short furlough at home, on the expi-\\nration of his imprisonment, Mr. Prentiss returned\\nto the field, but owing to ill health, he was not able\\nto do active duty at the front, and his Colonel ex-\\nerted himself to obtain a post for him as Assistant\\nTopographical Engineer, in the Department Head-\\nquarters of Gen. Thomas. He served in th.at\\ncapacity with entire satisfaction until the war was\\nover, he and others of the party occasionally en-\\ncountering the enemj while surve3-ing, and he\\nwas wounded in some of the skirmishes that\\nresulted. He was mustered out, June 25, 1865, at\\nNashville, Tenn., and returned Northward with a\\nwell-earned reputation for erticient and g.all.ant\\nservice.\\nAfter leaving the arm} Mr. Prentiss built a\\nplaning mill at Otsego, and operated it with good\\nsuccess twenty-two years. In 1881 his mill was\\nburned, but he rebuilt and operated it six years\\nlonger, when he sold it. He has since conducted\\nan art store in a building which he owns, and is\\ndoing well financially in catering to the lesthetic\\ntastes of an intelligent public, which patronizes\\nhim extensively\\nOur subject was married, July 4, 1859, to Miss Ro-\\nenna C. Clark, a native of New York. Thej^ have one\\nof the attractive homes of the village, which is\\ntastefully fitted up, and is the seat of a warm hospi-\\ntality, which is often enjo^ ed by the many friends", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n347\\nthat tbey have gathered around them during their\\nmany years residence at Otsego. Mr. Prentiss is a\\nself-educated man of much culture, who by exper-\\nience, observation and reading, has gathered a rare\\nfund of information, andean converse intelligently\\non all topics of general interest. He is genial,\\ncourteous and obliging in his intercourse with\\nothers, and stands high in the business world as\\nregards his credit. Socially, he is a Koyal Templar\\nof Temperance and a Grand Army man, while in\\nin politics, he is a Republican. He has held vari-\\nous local oflices, has been a member of the Village\\nBoard, and at the spring election of 18 ,)2 was re-\\nelected to the ofDce of Village and Township Treas-\\nurer. A true public spirit has characterized his\\nOtticial record.\\n^ACOB HOEK, Master-mechanic at the Bar-\\ndeen Pajn r Mills at Otsego, and one of the\\noriginal stockholders of the compan} is a\\nvery competent man, and has contributed\\nin no small degree to the successful operation of\\nthe mill, witli which he is connected. He is a\\nnative of the Netherlands, born in the Kingdom\\nof Holland, August 1, 1843. John and Martha\\nHoek, his parents, were natives of the same\\nprovince where lie had his birth. In 1850 the\\nfamily emigrated to America, and soon after their\\narrival in a strange land, were overwhelmed by a\\nsad bereavement in the death of the father from\\ncholera, eight days later, at Kalamazoo. He had\\nbeen a brave soldier in his native country, serving\\nin thi^ army of Holland nine .years, and taking\\npart 111 the war between that kingdom and Belgium.\\nHis wife survived him man}- ^eais, her death oc-\\ncurring in August, 1887, at the venerable age of\\nseventy-seven years. Both were sincere Christianf,\\nclinging to the faith of the Reformed Church, of\\nwhich they were devout members. Seven children\\naccom])anied them in their migration to the New\\nWorld, of whom three are yet living.\\nOur subject is the fourth child of the family.\\nHis princliial schooling was obtained in the winter\\nseasons, up to the time when he was twelve years\\nold, partly in Holland and partly in the schools of\\nMichigan, be being a lad of seven years when his\\nparents brought him to the United States. At\\nthe former age. the independent, ambitious, keen-\\nwitted boy began his struggles with the world\\nsingle-handed. He found emploj-ment on a farm\\nin Kalainaz(jo County, where he received at first\\n|!l.oO a week, in payment for his services. He\\ncontinued as a farm laborer until he was twenty\\nyears old, and then entered into an apprentice-\\nsliii) to learn carpentering. He is gifted with a\\ndecided mechanical genius, and became a thorough\\nmaster of his calling in every detail. He served\\nthree jears, and then was employed at that, or at\\nother thmgs, as he chose, and he graduallj picked up\\na practical knowledge of the trade of a millwright,\\nwhich he has engaged in the most of the time\\nsince. In 1867 he accepted a situation with the\\nKalamazoo Paper Co., and remained with that as\\nMaster-mechanic sixteen years. He was subse-\\nquently engaged in the bending works and saw-\\nmill at Kalamazoo.\\nIn 1887 Mr. Hoek engaged with Alessrs. Bardeen,\\nHodges Bryant in the organization of the Bar-\\ndeen Paper Co., of which he thus became one of\\nthe original stockholders, and, accepting the posi-\\ntion of Master-mechanic, he came to Otsego to\\noversee the erection of the largest paper mill in\\nthe State of Michigan, with which he has ever\\nsince been connected in the office indicated. He\\nis finely fitted for this resi)onsible position by his\\nwide experience, accurate knowledge of mechanics,\\nand remarkable skill in handling any and all\\nkinds of machinery, to say nothing of his devo-\\ntion to his business. He is one of the solid men\\nof the village, financially speaking, having accu-\\nmulated a handsome property, and among other\\nl)ossessioiis, he has a fine brick residence, built in\\n1888, of a pleasing style of architecture, and\\nmodern in its appointments. Mr. Hoek is a Dem-\\nocrat, and has an intelligent knowledge of politics,\\nas every loyal citizen should have, whether a\\nnative of the country or of foreign birth.\\nMuch t)f his success and happiness in life has\\ncome to our subject through his amiable wife, to\\nwhom he was married in 1871, and the son and\\ndaughter born of their union, .lolin .1. and Jennie,\\nwho complete their pleasant home circle. Mrs.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "348\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIloek, whose maiden name was Catrina Ossewarda,\\nis a native of Ottawa County, Zealand Townsliip,\\ntliis State, and a daughter of William and Jennie\\nOssewarda, who were both natives of Holland.\\nThey both came to this country in 1848, and were\\namong the first settlers of Ottawa County in this\\nState. The father died in 1876, and the mother in\\n1872. They were the parents of ten children, of\\nwhom onlv three are livino-.\\nII ing farn\\n^^J ganCou\\nALA^IN WHITNEY is one of the enterpris-\\nrmers of Saugatuck Township, Alle-\\nI ounty. lie makes his home on ten acres\\nof beautiful land on section 10, and owns besides\\nthat property a tract of two hundred and forty\\nacres on sections 2 and 11, forty-seven of which\\nare covered witli timber. He is the son of Robert\\nand Sarali (Harris) Whitney, natives of New York\\nState. His parents came to the Wolverine State\\nbefore their marriage.\\nRobert Wliitney was twice married, our subject\\nbeing the eldest son by his second marriage. He\\nwas given the advantages of a common-school\\neducation and at the early age of fourteen started\\nto carve out his own fortune. That his industry\\nhas been rewarded can be answered by viewing his\\nfine estate. He worked at brick-laj ing, however,\\nuntil the outbreak of the Civil War, when, August\\n28, 1861, he enlisted in Company E, Third Michi-\\ngan Cavalry. His regiment was sent to Missouri\\nand did good service xrnder Gen. Fremont. The\\nfirst engagement in which he participated was at\\nNew Madrid, Mo., and at that time he was only\\nseventeen years old. His regiment was discharged\\nat San Antonio, Tex., in February, 1865. He saw\\nthree years service and veteranized at La Grange,\\nTenu. His regiment was under the command of\\nFremont, Pope and Grant at different periods and\\nour. subject was one of the very few fortunate\\nones who fought in the army, as he was never\\ntaken prisoner or received a wound.\\nAfter his discharge from the army, Calvin Whit-\\nney went to Cleveland, Ohio, and attended Bryant\\nStratton s Business College. On finishing his\\ncourse, he came to Saugatuck where he engaged as\\nmine host of the Saugatuck Hotel for about six\\nyears. In May, 1874, he was hapi ily married to\\nMiss Johanna C. Burns, daugliter of John Burns, a\\nnative of Prussia. Her parents emigrated to Amer-\\nica about 1854 and Mrs. Whitney was born in\\nBaltimore, February 5, 1855.\\nMr. and Mrs. Whitney of tliis sketch have a\\nbeautiful home adjoining the village of Saugatuck,\\nwhere they entertain a large circle of friends. Mr.\\nWhitney is very prominent in business circles and\\nis at the head of the firm of C. Whitney Co. In\\npolitics, he is a stalwart Republican and has been\\nhonored by being elected Justice of the Peace. His\\nfather lives on a farm adjoining; his mother\\ndied in 1891. Mr. Whitney is one of the we.ilthy\\nmen of Saugatuck Township, whore lie and liis\\nfamily are greatly respected.\\n-H\\nil. I M ip\\nSi^ORTON P. KELLOGG. Among the many\\nI jjj gallant soldiers who went from the State\\nIJ^iMi of New York, and served faithfully during\\nthe late Civil War, may be mentioned tlie subject\\nof this sketch, who can recount many a story\\nof the battlefield, and the hard experiences of the\\nboys in blue. Like a majority of the volunteer\\nsoldiers, when the need for their services was over,\\nhe returned to the peacefu-l walks of life and lias\\nbecome one of the prominent and respected citi-\\nzens of Plainwell, Allegan County, Mich.\\nMr. Kellogg was born in Marion, W.ayne County,\\nN. Y., February 2, 1841. His father, Rodney K.\\nKellogg, was also a native of New York, and was a\\nfarmer and butcher by occupation, and for several\\nyears carried on a meat market in JMarion. He\\ncame to Michigan in 1871, and died in M.ircli,\\n187a, when sixty-five years old. Both he and liis\\nwife were members of the Christian Church. The\\nmother of our subject, whose maiden name was\\nHarriet M. Bailey, was also a native of New York,\\nand died while on a visit to her old home in that\\nState, in 1882.\\nf)ur sulijeet is the second born in a family of\\nfive children, of whom four are now living. He re-\\nceived his early education in the district schools,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n.MO\\ncompleting it at the Collegiate Institute in Marion,\\nwhere he wat; a student for some time. AVhen six-\\nteen years old.iie began tcaehing, which occupation\\nhe followed for some time. On tlie breaking out\\nof the Civil AVar, he deemed it iiis duty to volun-\\nteer in his country s defence and in September, 1861,\\nhe enlisted in Company- 1, Ninety-eightli New York\\nInfantry, under Col. Duttou. He began his active\\niervice in the Peninsula, under Gen. JlcClellan.\\nlie took part in the battles of Yorkstown, Will-\\niamsburg, Seven Pines, and Fair Oaks. lie was\\ntaken prisoner on June 29, 1862, just before the\\nbattle of JIalveru Hill, and was exchanged and re-\\nturned to his regiment December 1:5, 1862. He\\nrejoined his regiment at Yorktown, it being sent,\\nDecember 25, to re-inforce Cen. Foster in North\\nCarolina, where it remained only about two weeks,\\nand wa tlien ordered to Soutli Carolina to join an\\nexpedition that Gen. Hunter was fitting out\\nagainst Cliarlest jn. He remained in .South Caro-\\nlina until tiiat expedition proved a failure, when\\nhe returned to North Carolina in April, 1863, and\\nspent the stimmer near Newbern. In the fall, they\\nwere transferred to the Army of the .lames, under\\nGen. Ben Butler. In the winter of 1863 and 1864,\\nhis regiment was stationed at Pongo Bridge, thirty\\nmiles south of Norfolk, to guard that liridge. In\\nthe spring of 1864, Butler concentrated all his\\nforces at Yorktown, and reorganized the arnij- of\\ntlic James. He landed them at City Point and be-\\ngan operations against Petersburg, destroying the\\nrailroad communications, etc. Karly in May a bat-\\ntle was fought at .Swift s Creek, and tlie I3th, 14th,\\nand l. )tli of the same month at Drury s BlutT. They\\nwere sent from there down the .lames and up the\\nYork and Puiniinkey Uivers, and fought a battle\\nat Cold Harbor, where our subject saw ten thous-\\nand men stretched upon the ground in a few min-\\nutes. The part of the army with which oursiiljject\\nwas connected returned to Bermuda Landing on\\nthe morning of the 1.5th of June, and crossing the\\nAppomattox River took the Heights of Petersburg\\non the evening of the same day. From that time\\non tliey had continuous lighting for some time.\\n^Ir. Kello T j was wounded on June 24th, while\\nin front of Petersburg, by a shell, but was only\\nlaid u|) for a short time. On the 3(1 of Jul}-, he\\nwas in tlie fight at the mine explosion, on Cemc-\\nterj- Hill. September 29, the\\\\- diarged upon and\\ntook Ft. Harrison on New Market Heights, and on\\nOctober 22, was in the battle of Fair Oaks. ^Mr.\\nKellogg started out as a private soldier, but was\\npromoted to be Second Lieutenant on October\\n12, 1S6 I, in reward for his gallant services in sev-\\neral battles. On the 27th of October, he again\\nshowed ills bravery on the field of battle, and on\\nthe following d.ay was recommended for promo-\\ntion as First Lieutenant, and was given that posi-\\ntion on the 25th of November, 1864. In Decem-\\nber of the same year he was sent under Gen. But-\\nler to Ft. Fisher, N. C, but was soon sent back under\\nAlfred II. Terry, who assaulted the works at\\nFt. Fisher on the 13th of January 1865, and caj)-\\nturcd them. Our subject assisted in tiie caji-\\nture at Wilmington, N. C, on tlie 27th of Feb-\\nruary, 1865, and remained there under command\\nof Sherman, being in the depaitment of this cele-\\nbrated (ieneral until the surrender of Johnson,\\nafter which he was sent back to Wilmington, and\\nwas Assistant Provost-jNIarshal of that city until\\nhis discharge in October, 1865.\\nAt the close of the war, Mr. Kellogg returned to\\nhis home in Marion Township, and for three years\\nwas engaged in manufacturing tinware. In the\\nspring of 1869, he came to Plainwell, where he\\ntaught school for three terms, and w,as also en-\\ng.agcd in various milling eiiteriirises. In May, 1877,\\nhe entered the employ of the Merrill Milling Com-\\npany, and has worked his way up until he became\\nthe manager of the mills, which position he has\\nheld since July 10, 1882. These mills are finely\\ncrpiipped and have a capacity of two hundred bar-\\nrels a day. Their [iroducts are sent to all parts of\\nthe country, including the New England and\\nSouthern States.\\nIn the fall of 1867, Mr. Kellogg w.as married to\\nMiss L. S. Sanders, a native of Rochester, N. Y.\\nThey have one child named Fay. He and his wife\\nare members of the Presbyterian Church in which\\nthey take an .active part. In politics, Mr. Kellogg\\nis a Republican, and is interested in all affairs re-\\nlating to the Government, both local and National,\\nusing his inQuence on the side of right and jus-\\ntice. He h.as held sever.al local officer, has been a", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "350\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmember of the School Board for several years and\\nis at present Moderator of the same and a mem-\\nber of the Citj- Council. Sociall} he belongs to\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic, Ancient Order\\nof United Workmen, and the Odd Fellows. In the\\nPrcsb3-terian Church, he holds the office of an\\nElder, and is also a Trustee and the Treasurer of\\nthe Society.\\nm^^^mm:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a05o~^\\n-J\\nAMES W. KENNEY. One of the most wide-\\nawake and successful business men in West-\\nern Michigan is the gentleman whose name\\nheads this sketch, and who is carrying on\\ntwo stores, one at Covert where he resides, the other\\nat South Haven. He was born in Halton Count}\\nCanada, August 5, 1847, his parents being AVill-\\niam M. aod Mar} (Sherburne) Kennej The family\\ncame to Michigan, and settled in Van Buren Count}\\nin 1861, where the father purchased unimproved\\nlaud which lie cleared up and devoted himself to\\nthe cultui-e of fruit. Our subject attended school\\nin Canada, which was no laughing matter to the\\nboj S of those d.ays, there being onl}- one week s\\nvacation throughout the entire year and but one\\nday, the Queen s biithdaj on which there was on\\nschool. He also attended school after coming to\\nVan Buren Count}-, and acquired a good business\\neducation.\\nThe father of our subject was limited in means,\\nand at the age of eighteen years James W. agreed\\nto pay him $250 for his time until he was of age,\\nand then prepared to paddle his own canoe in the\\nvoyage of life. He was for a time engaged m\\nlumbering and also dealing in land, and for eight\\nyears owned and operated a stage route between\\nSouth Haven and Watervliet. When the West\\nMichigan Railroad was being built he took a con-\\ntract to grade a portion of the road, and cleared\\n$3,000 by the operation. This was a good start\\nfor the young man but he was exceedingly liberal\\nwith his newly acquired wealth and gave a goodly\\nportion of it to his relatives.\\nIn 1884 Mr. Kenuey, with a capital of $800, em-\\nbarked in the mercantile business at Covert, in\\nwhich he was very successful. Four years later he\\nremoved from his rented storeroom into a large\\nand convenient building of his own and his business\\nannually increased, people coming many miles\\nand passing through other towns to trade with\\nKenney, whose name became familiar to all. In\\n1890 he decided to enlarge his operations, and ac-\\ncordingly made arrangements to open a store in\\nSouth Haven. For this purpose a building was\\nerected by the Hon. C. J. Monroe, and here, on\\nFebruary 10, 1892, he opened a large store, carry-\\ning all classes of goods. He visits all the princi-\\npal markets of the East semi-annually, and purchas-\\ning his goods for cash and selling in the same way,\\nhe is enabled to compete with any one in the\\nsurrounding country.\\nMr. Kenney was married, December 1, 1874, to\\nMiss Hattie W^nin, daughter of Thomas and Eliza-\\nbeth AVynn. Of this marriage three children have\\nbeen born, Lena, Eva and Wyun. Mr. Kenney\\nvotes the Republican ticket, but has not time to\\ntrouble himself about the politics of the country.\\nHe is a very energetic, enterprising man, whose suc-\\ncess is due to his own efforts and he, with his wife\\nand family, holds a prominent place in the com-\\nmunity in which they reside.\\n,RIX J. WOODARD, who resides in Plain-\\nwell, Allegan County, was born in Saratoga\\nCounty, N. Y., March 16, 1833. His father,\\nJonathan Woodard, was a native of Washington\\nCounty, the same State, and was born February\\n12, 1801. In his early life he was a manufacturer\\nof reeds for weavers looms, but later became a\\nfarmer. He removed to Michigan in 1847, and\\nlocated in Kalamazoo County, buying a farm in\\nCooper Township. His land was partially cleared\\nand he carried on its cultivation unlil 1863, when\\nhe removed to Kalamazoo, where his death took\\nplace in 1877. He was a man of prominence in\\nhis community, holding various local offices and\\nbeing Justice of the Peace and Supervisor of\\nCooper Township during the time he lived\\nthere. He was Second Lieutenant in a company\\nof State Militia in New York, and, during his resi-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n851\\ndeuce in tliat State, was a member of the Bap-\\ntist Cliureli. On (irst coming to Michigan, he\\nunited with tlii Congregational Cliurdi, but on re-\\nmoving to Kalamazoo, returned again to the Bap-\\ntist faith. He was a School Trustee for several\\nyears. The grandfatlier of our subject, Aliram\\nWoodard, was also a native of Xew York, born\\nDecember 10, 1773, and dying August 20, 1820, at\\nforty-eight years of age. The Woodard familj\\nemigrated from England about two hundred yeai-s\\nago. The mother of our subject, Nancy (Hart)\\nWoodard, was a native of Saratoga County, N. Y.,\\nher birth taking place February 10, 1805, and her\\ndeath in December, 185; Four of her family of six\\nchildien are now living, of whom our subject is the\\nthird and eldest son.\\n31r. Woodard was reared on a farm until the\\nage of twenty-one years, receiving a district\\nschool education. lie came to Jlichigan with his\\nfather s family in 1847, and at the age of nineteen\\nbegan teaching school, which business he followed\\nfour terms. In spite of his early disadvantages in\\nthe way of schooling, he has always been a hard\\nstudent, embracing ever}- opportunity to add to\\nhis knowledge of books, and is emphatically a\\nself made man. On reaching liis majority, he\\nworked for one year on the farm for his father,\\nand in the spring of 1855 engaged in the mercan-\\ntile business at Cooi^er. Two years later he pur-\\nchiised a farm which he operated until the spring\\nof 1861, when he again entered the mercantile\\nbusiness at Cooper. Here he remained until 1866,\\nwhen he removed to I laiiiwell and resumed his\\nbusiness here. He again sold out iu the spring\\nof 1870, and purchased a farm in Cooper Town-\\nship, Kalamazoo County, in 1877, which is now\\noperated by a tenant.\\nMr. Woodard was agent for the American Ex-\\npress Com|)any for eight years; also during that\\ntime being engaged in the insurance and real-es-\\ntate business. Since giving up his express busi-\\nness, he has devoted almost his entire time to in-\\nsurance, real estate, conveyancing, etc. He has\\nan excellent knowledge of law, and is often asked\\nto give advice in dillicult cases. Although he\\nmakes no prelen. *e of practicing law, he is everj--\\nwhere recognized as a safe counselor. He repre-\\nsents the foUnuiiig insurance companies: Hart-\\nford, Conlinpntal, PhdMiix; Fire Association, of\\nI hiladelphia; Commercial; Union, of London; and\\nBoylston, of Boston.\\nOur subject was married April 26, 1857, to -Miss\\nMelissa E. Stratton, who is a native of Portage\\nCounty, Ohio. Of this union one child has been\\nborn, Mary C, wife of the Kev. C. W. Barber, pas-\\ntor of the Bai)tist Church of Battle Creek, Mich.\\nThe Rev. Mr. Barber is a native of Quincy, Mich.,\\nand a graduate of Kalamazoo College, and Mor-\\ngan I ark Theological Seminar}- of Chicago, finish-\\ning his course in the latter college in 1882. He\\nwas pastor of the Baptist Church at Fcuton, ]\\\\Iich.,\\nfor eight ^-ears, and was then called to the church\\nat Battle Creek. Mrs. Barber was graduated in\\n1880 from Kalamazoo College, completing the\\nI-atin and scientific course. She is a life member\\nof the Woman s Baptist Foreign Missionary So-\\nciety of the AVcst, and is engaged in teaching\\nIJible study and Christian doctrine for missionary\\nca-.didates young ladies who are preparing them-\\nselves for missionaries. Mr. and Mrs. Barber are\\nthe parents of two children, JNIabel and Ethel.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Woodard were .Jose|)h H.\\nand Ruth (Olin) Stratton. The father was a na-\\ntive of Vermont, removing from there to Portage\\nCounty, Ohio, where he purchased a farm, and\\nwhere he lived until his death, in 1887, when\\neighty-seven 3-ears old. Iler mother died in 1881.\\nSiie was a member of the famous Olin family, and\\neleven of her twelve children arc living. She was\\nan excellent woman, and a member of the Metho-\\ndist Episcopal Church.\\nMr. AVoodard was a member of the Republican\\npart} until 1881, since which time he has voted\\nwith the Prohibitionists. He has held a numlicr\\nof local oirices. having been Constable one year.\\nTownship Treasurer two years. Justice of the\\nPeace eight yeai-s. Township Clerk two years\\nSchool Inspector two years, and President of\\nthe A illage two years. He has been a mem-\\nber of the School Board for twenty-three\\nyears. Both he and his wife belong to the\\nPresbyterian Church, in which he has been an\\nElder for sixteen years, and also one of the Trus-\\ntees. He has been a member of the JIasonic fra-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "352\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nternit} for tliirty 3 ears. Mr. Woodard is a ni.an\\nof prominence in this localit_y, and bis estimable\\nwife shares with him in the esteem and confidence\\nof all with whom the} are .associated. Mr. Wood-\\nard alw.ays being a great reader is now compelled\\nto forego that pleasure, his eyesight having failed\\nhim to that extent that he must depend upon\\nothers to read for him.\\n_^]\\n-S5\\nICERO M. STUCK, M. D. This gentleman,\\n[l[^L although young in years, is regarded as the\\n^^J( leading physician in Plainweli, Allegan\\nCounty, where he has built up an excellent practice\\nbj strict attention to his business, and has acquired\\nthe confidence of the people bj his thorough\\nknowledge of the profession which he has adopted\\nas his life woik. Dr. Stuck was born in Otsego,\\nAllegan County, November 12, 1854. llis father,\\nHenry D. Stuck, a native of Seneca County, N. Y.,\\nemigrated to Michigan and located in Ypsilanti in\\n1832. He there learned the carpenter s trade, re-\\nmaining until twenty-one years of age in that\\nplace, when in 1854 he removed to Otsego, where\\nhe lived until his death in 1889, at the age of sixty-\\nnine years. He had taken up laud two miles west\\nof Otsego, which he cultivated and made into a\\ngood farm. His wife, whose maiden name was\\nSarah Pratt, was born at Brattlehoro, Yt., and came\\nto Michigan with her parents in 1837. She died\\nin 1872 when forty-flve jears old. Of their family-\\neleven children are living, our subject being the\\nsixth in order of birth, there being fourteen chil-\\ndren, thirteen boys and one girl.\\nDr. Stuck received a good education, being\\ngraduated from the Otsego High School in 1870.\\nHe learned the trade of a tinner and followed that\\nuntil he began reading medicine, subsequently en-\\ntering the Slichigan University at Ann Arbor in\\n1878, where he spent one j ear. He then entered\\nthe Bennett Eclectic Medical College in Chicago,\\nfrom which he was graduated in 1881. He located\\nfirst at Hopkins, this State, where he remained for\\neighteen months, from there removing to Kent\\nCount} where he resided for five jears. On De-\\ncember 17, 188G, he came to Plainweli where he\\nhas since resided, enjoying a good practice and oc-\\ncupying a prominent position in the coramunit}\\nDr. Stuck was married in 1878 to Miss Ella\\nEngles, of Otsego, and of this union two children\\nhave been born, Olin and Ora. In politics, our\\nsubject is a Democrat and while in Otsego was a\\nmember of the School Board. He h.as been a mem-\\nber of the Yillage Board of this place for two 3 ears\\nand was a candidate for County Commissioner.\\nSocially, he belongs to the Odd Fellows and the\\nKnights of the Maccabees. He belongs to the State\\nand National Eclectic Societies, the Kalamazoo\\nAcademy of Medicine and the Grand River Yalley\\nMedical Association.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i ^^^-r\\nAMUEL p. AV^ILSON, who is the manager\\nof George Hannahs real-estate and lumber\\nil/_ll) business in South Haven, is a pioneer resi-\\ndent of this count} having come here in\\nOctober, 1854. He was born in Seneca County,\\nN. Y., July 15, 1835. His parents were Hugh and\\nJeanie (McMaster) Wilson, the father being a na-\\ntive of Ireland where he was born near Belfast in\\nJanuary, 1800. He was reared a farmer and also\\nlearned the trade of a stone mason. His wife was\\nalso a native of Ireland but of Scotch descent. In\\n1834 this couple came to the United States and\\nfirst settled in Seneca County, N. Y., removing in\\n1843 or 1844 to Wayne County, the same State,\\nwhere be died in July, 1881, his wife having\\npassed away in 1872. They reared a family of\\ntwelve children, nine of whom lived to years of\\nmaturity. These are: Hugh, Jane, John, James,\\nSamuel P., Rosanna, Elinor, Eliz.abeth and Israel.\\nOur subject was reared upon a farm and attended\\nthe district school until the age of seventeen, when\\nhe commenced teaching, which occupation he fol-\\nlowed for thirteen terms, thi ee of those being in\\nNew York, two in Illinois and eight in Michigan.\\nIn the spring of 1854, he came to this State, first\\nsettling in South Haven where he followed teach-\\ning. He also taught school in Winnebago Count}\\n111.*, and resided in Lee and Ogle Counties, 111. In\\n1863, Mr. Wilson quit teaching and engaged in\\nthe wood and bark trade at South Haven; he served", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "PORTR.UT A^D BlOGliArillCAL RECORD.\\n355\\nas Township Trcasuior fimr years, Supervisor\\noiglit years, and in tlie fall of 1882 was elected\\nCV)iinty Kec order, serving four years in that ottice.\\nSince lM)^7 1ic has been in the employ of the Hon.\\n(ieorge Hannahs.\\nMr. Wilson was married in December, I8C8, to\\nAlice M. 15ro\u00c2\u00abn. daughter of Samuel and Angelina\\nHrown. She was a native of Winnebago County,\\n111., where she was born Slay 17. 1842, in which\\ncounty her father was among the early pioneers of\\n18H4, and was one of its most substantial farmers.\\nMr. and Mrs. Wilson have three children, Jeanie,\\nSamuel II., ami .\\\\ngelina. Mr. AVilson is a stanch\\nKepulilicm and actively interested in everything\\nwhicli tends to the upbuilding of his town and\\ncounty. lie is a Royal .Vrcli ^lason, having served\\nas High I riesl of the C hai ler for two years. He\\nis a Director of the First State Bank of South\\nHaven and a stockholder in the West Jlichigan\\nSavings llank at IJangor.\\nMr. Wilson and his family hold a prominent\\nplace in the community, in which he bears the\\nreputation of a good business man and a public-\\nspirited citizen.\\ni^+ ^S\u00c2\u00bb\\nAPT. .lAMES S. DONAHUE. No more\\npopular man can be found in this part of\\ni Michigan than the gentleman whose name\\nheads this sketch, and whose portrait is shown on\\nthe opposite page. iVs keeper of the lighthouse at\\nSouth Haven, he has distinguished himself for brav-\\nery and liesideshas an enviable record as a gallant\\nsoldier throughout the late war. A short sketch\\nof his life will prove interesting, not only to those\\nwho arc .icquaintetl with him but to others who\\nfind pleasure in pin-suing the hi tory of noble\\ndeeds.\\nai)l. Donahue is a native of Addison County,\\nVt., and was born March 18, 18fO. His parents,\\nManday and Nellie (Loan) Donahue, were natives\\nof Ireland, where their marriage took place. I pon\\ncoming to the United Status they settled in Addi-\\nson County, Vt., where they died at the ages of\\n.sixty-live .and sixty-four years respectively. Of\\ntheir family of seven children six grew to matur-\\n16\\nify, namely: Katie, who married James McMann,\\nand resides in Middlebury, t.; John, a locomotive\\nengineer in California; Nellie, who married John\\n!McNulty, and died in Worcester, Mass.; Edward, a\\nresident of South Haven; James S. and Henry, a\\nhorse dealer at Wichita, Kan.\\nWhen twelve years old, our subject went on\\nboard a whaling vessel, sailing from Greenport,\\nL. I., via Cape Horn, to the Pacific and Arctic\\nOceans, and other points. Returning after a voy- j\\nage of forty-four months, he worked for three^\\nyears in a machine sho|i in Lowell, JL-iss., after\\nwhich he came West to Detroit, .^bout that time\\nthe Civil War broke out and he enlisted in June,\\n1861, .as a private of Compan3^ A, Eighth Michigan\\nInfantry, serving at different intervals during tlie\\nwar with Companies A, P. and K, of that regiment.\\nTheir first engagement was at Hilton s Head, S. C,\\nfollowed by those of Broad River, Ft. Pnhaski,\\nWilmington Island, Bufort Island, Tybee Island,\\nand .lames Island, lu the last-named battle he\\nwas wounded in the shoulder by a grape shot weigh-\\ning one pound and live ounces, which caused his\\nconflnemeut in the hospital on David s Island,\\nN. Y., for several weeks.\\nAVhen he rejoined his regiment, Capt. Donahue\\nparticipated in the battles of Santilla, South Moun-\\ntain, Antietam,l redericksburg, campaign of A icks-\\nbuig, Jackson, Crab Orchard, Cumberland Gap,\\nLouden, Blaine s Cross-roads Bull s Gap, Straw-\\nberry Plains, Knoxville, Brandy Station and\\nthe battle of the Wilderness. May 6, 1861, his\\nleft leg was pierced by a ininie ball and had to bu\\namputated at the thigh, thus disabling him from\\nfurther service. He then resigned and returned to\\nDetroit. Entering the service as a ()rivate, Capt.\\nDonahue w.as promoted from time to time and in\\n1862 was commissioned Captain of Comi)any A,\\nwith which rank he retired.\\nAfter leaving the service Capt. Donahue re-\\nmained in Detroit for some time and then removed\\nto Gratiot County, whence in 1871 he came to\\nSouth Haven to accept the appointment of light-\\nhouse keeper, which he h.as since retained and in\\nwhich he li.as made an excellent record. During\\nthese years he has ]).assed eighty-eight nights in the\\nlighthouse, but of all these, one in October, 1882,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "356\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwas the worst he ever experienced. On that night\\nthe Alpena was lost with one liundred and one\\nsouls on board. Ever3 sea that struck the pier\\nwent over the top of the lightliouse and every in-\\nstant its keeper expected to be his last. His faith-\\nful wife sat by the window of tlieir house all night\\nlong, watching tlie light and the form of her hus-\\nband inside the tower, and his brother walked the\\nshore. It was an awful night never to be forgot-\\nten.\\nKeeping the light has not been all of his work,\\nfor until 1887 there was no life-saving station at\\nSouth Haven, and Capt. Donahue was the means\\nof rescuing fifteen persons from drowning. For\\nthis the United States Government presented him\\nwith a silver medal on one side of which is inscribed,\\nUnited States of America, act of Congress June\\n20, 1874, and on the reverse side, To Capt. James\\nS. Donahue, for bravel} rescuing several persons\\nfrom drowning in 1875 1889. Surrounding\\nthis is the inscription, In Testimony of Heroic\\nDeeds in Saving Lives from the Perils of the Sea.\\nOn the evening of his fortj -sixth birthday, Capt.\\nDonahue was called upon b\\\\ fifty-two seamen who\\npresented him a gold medal inscribed on one side,\\nPresented to Capt.James S.Donahue by the seamen\\nof South Haven, March 18, 1885, on the reverse\\nside is an engraving of the lighthouse of South\\nHaven. He also has a personal letter fiom the\\nlate Secretary Windom, saying although there was\\nno law to give him a gold medal j-et he should\\nhave one. Capt. Donahue also has charge of the\\nsignal station at South Haven and owns a fleet of\\nthe very best row boats, some twenty in number.\\nHis residence, which is furnished him by the Gov-\\nernment, is located on the lake shore and there is\\nno pleasanter home in South Haven. He owns\\nconsiderable property in the town.\\nPolitically, Capt. Donahue is a Republican and\\nhas served two terms as President of the Village\\nBoard of South Haven, and also as Township\\nTreasurer of Seville, Gratiot County, Mich. He is\\na member of the Society of Comrades of the Battle\\nField, or Ninety Days Under Fire, and very few\\nsoldiers have a better record entitling them to\\nmembership in such a society. Socially, he is a\\nmember of Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council in\\nthe Masonic fraternitj in which bodies he has held\\nimportant offices. He is Post Commander of M. J-\\nDickinson Post,Xo. 345, G. A. R., and o member of\\nthe Enterprise Club of South Haven.\\nCapt. Donahue has been twice married, his first\\nunion taking place June 7, 1872, to Sophia, daugh-\\nter of Adam Oberlin, who was born in Wayne\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1845, and at the time of his mar-\\nriage resided in Gratiot Countj Mich. She died\\nJuly 3, 1875, leaving one son, Edward M., born\\nMarch 17, 1875, who is now on the United States\\nGovernment Boat Hancock. The second wife\\nof Capt. Donahue, to whom he was married April\\n19, 1876, was Ann K^me, daughter of Thomas and\\nAnn Kyme, who was born in Oswego County, N.\\nY., April 29, 1854, coming to South Haven from\\nPennsylvania in 1874, and residing with a brother.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Donahue were natives of\\nEngland; the father was born in Hull and the\\nmother in Rounds, Northamptonshire. The mother\\ncame with her grandparents to this country, land-\\ning in the city of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1827. The\\nfather was mate on the same vessel that brought\\nthem over, and in that way becanae acquainted\\nwith his future wife. To the captain and his wife\\nfive sons have been born, namely: Walter L., John\\nBagley, Calvin C, James M., and Watson B.\\nCapt. Donahue is exceedingly popular, being a\\ngenial, warm-hearted- man whose many excellencies\\ndraw about him a large circle of friends.\\n/ILLIAM ORR, a prominent and prosperous\\nfarmer, residing on section 26, Ganges\\nTownship, Allegan County, was born in\\n1826, on board the Brig Trusty, of London, on\\nthe Atlantic Ocean. He is a son of Samuel Orr,\\na native of Bath, Ireland, where he was born in\\n1802. There he was reared on a farm and\\nstudied three years for the ministry of the Church\\nof England, but he dropped his profession and\\nlearned the trade of a shoemaker. While on the\\nfarm he was married to Sarah McCaeice, a daughter\\nof Patrick and Mary (Camson) McCaeice, and the\\nmother of ouv subject. Patrick McCaeice was an", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "PORTK.MT A^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2D BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n357\\ninnkeeper in Irelantl and well kmiwn in the vicin-\\nity. Tlie parents of Samuel Oir were William and\\nRachel (Wright) Orr, of Ireland, and lived on a\\nfarm.\\nIn a few 3 eai-s after the marriage of tlie parent*\\nof our subject, they emigrated to America and\\nwere fourteen weeks on the water in a sailing\\nvcisel. The boat drifted north among icebergs,\\nand south to the Torrid Zone. All on board\\nnearly starved to death before they reached land.\\nOn landing. Mr. Orr located in New York State\\nand two yeai-s later came to Michigan, locating\\nlirst in Eaton County. In 1838 he came to Alle-\\ngan County and settled in Gun Plains Township,\\nbut finally went to Saugatuck Township, where he\\ndied at the age of seventy-one years. WIi mi a\\nyoung man, this gentleman enlisted in the Scotch\\nGrays in the English Arniv. The mother died in\\n1886, at the age of eighty-three years.\\nOur subject is one of six children, one of whom\\ndied in infancy. The others are John, IMargaret,\\nJames, deceased, and Mathew. Oursubject received\\nall liis education before ten years of age, but his wide\\nrange of reading has fitted him to battle with the\\nworld. He was nothing but a mere lad when his\\nfather removed to this county, and since then he\\nhas cared for himself, lie ran aw.-xv from home\\nwhen fourteen years old and went upon the lakes,\\nand for nine yeai-s he sailed in the summers and\\nworked in the lumber woods in the winters.\\nIn 1850 ;Mr. Orr was married to Lucy M. Hale,\\n(.tnc of four children born to James C. and Martha\\nHale. They are Mrs. Orr, William. .lulia R. and\\nJames. Ten children liave blessed the fireside of\\nour subject and his estimable wife. Three died in\\ninfancy. William, James and Thomas died before\\nreaching manhood. Edward P.; Matliew S.; Lucy\\nS., wife of William C liart. and Julia, wife of An-\\ndrew Morris, are still living. The mother of th is\\nfamily was called from earth in 1873. Our sub-\\nject was a second time married, taking as his wife\\nJane Mosey. Our subject s first location was on a\\nfarm in Saugatuck Townsliip, this county. In\\n185^1 he purcha.sed a small farm on section 17,\\nGanges Township, which he improved and, in\\n187.5. traded it for the farm where he now lives.\\nThis gentleman enlisted in the defence of his\\ncountry in 18G3, in the Third Jlichigan Cavalry,\\nCompany E. and w.as attached to the Armj- of the\\nWest. He fought in many of tlie most important\\nbattles of the war. the last one being at ^labcl.\\nHe was very fortunate in never Ijeing wounded\\nor taken prisoner. He had three brothers besides\\nhimself who fought for the old flag, and James was\\nthe only one wounded, he dying from this injury\\na few years afterward. Our subject is a meml)er\\nof the Jacob Fry Post, No. 1!)G, G. A. R., at Ganges,\\nand in politics, is a stanch Democrat.\\nHe h.as probablj cleared, bj- his own labor and\\nmoney, as much land as any man in Allegan\\nCountj-. In tlie last ten years he has cleared five\\nhundred acres and has also taken contr.icts and\\nbuilt many of the roads. He is known far and\\nwide as a rciuitablc and well-to-do farmer.\\n5-\\n^.-iQ i.^,\\nS)\\ni i\\n.(g^_^\\n(05==~\\neHARLES S. MILLS. This prominent farmer\\nand fruit-grower of C.asco Township, Alle-\\ngan County, is residing on sections 19 and\\n24, where he has an exi client farm of seventy-four\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2acres, twenty-five of which he devotes to fruit-\\nraising. He was born in Livingston County, IS\\nY., in 1848, and is the son of Philo P. and .Sar.ah\\n(Justin) Mills. The father of our subject died\\nwhen Charles was but five years of age, and he was\\ndoubly orphaned the following year by the death\\nof his mother. He was then taken into the home\\nof his maternal grandparents, the Rev. Ira and\\nSally Justin, who were natives of Connecticut.\\nCharles .S. Mills remained with his grandparents\\nuntil ten years of age, when he went to live with\\nSamuel Fuller, of Livingston County-, N. Y where\\nhe remained two years, then returned to his grand-\\nparents, where he remained one season. He went\\nto the family of Danford Stover, in Genesee County,\\nand remained with them until reaching his major-\\nit} Mr. !Mills wius very ambitious to obtjiin a\\ngood education, and went to school winters after\\nreaching his twelfth year, walking a distance of\\nman 3 miles.\\nOur subject chose the occupation of a farmer\\nwhen starting out in life on his own account,\\nhaving been leared to that vocation, of which he", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "358\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhas made a signal success. When establishing a\\nhome of his own, he was married Januai-y 31, 1872,\\nto Miss Rosalia, daughter of William C. and Mary\\nA. (Brooker) Johnson, also natives of the Empire\\nState. A few years after their marriage the 3 oung\\ncouple came to Michigan, locating in Clinton\\nCounty, where they remained a twelvemonth. In\\n1882 thev came to their present home in Allegan\\nCounty, where Mr. Mills purchased seventy-four\\nacres of land, most of which was improved when\\nit came into his possession.\\nTo Mr. and ]\\\\Irs. Mills of this sketch have been\\nborn four children: William C, James A., Charles\\nJ. and Ira Juston. Socially, our subject is con-\\nnected with the Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen, of which order he is a charter member, and\\nhas been its first ^Master Workman. Politically, he\\nis a stanch Republican and has represented his\\ntownship in the oflice of Treasurer. He has also\\nheld mau3 other positions of responsibilitj acquit-\\nting himself in a satisfactory manner. He and his\\nexcellent wife are members in good standing of\\nthe Baptist Cliurch, and are greatly respected in\\ntheir community.\\nUILLIAM PRATT had nearly attained his\\nmajority when he enlisted in a Michigan\\nregiment, and soon went to the front to\\nhelp fight his country s battles. He won an ex-\\ncellent military record for good soldiership, and\\nsince those trying times has shown himself an\\nequally good citizen. Allegan is his native county,\\nand on his farm on section 15, Blartin Township,\\nhe is conducting a general farming business.\\nOur subject was born in the village of Plainwell,\\nMarch 5, 1843, the sixth child of Hubbard and\\nMartha (McBride) Pratt, of whom further reference\\nwill be found in the sketch of our subject s brother\\nDaniel. Our subject had the misfortune to lose\\nhis mother, her untimely death occurring when he\\nwas but four years old. He continued to live with liis\\nfather until he was sixteen, and at that age he be-\\ngan life on his own account, his brain and muscle\\nhis only capital. He worked out by the month on a\\nfarm in Grand Prairie, Kalamazoo County, for five\\nsummers, and in the winter seasons devoted his\\ntime to completing his education in the public\\nschools. At the expiration of that time, he worked\\nsix months in a rake factory at Plainwell. He\\nwatched the course of the war with patriotic in-\\nterest, and in 18G4, the year that he became of\\nage, he enlisted in Company B, Eighth IMichigan\\nCavalry. His regiment was at Jackson one month\\nafter it was recruited, and was then dispatched to\\nNicholasville, Ivy., to assist in militar} operations\\nin that region. Six weeks later it was sent to do\\ndut^ at Pulaski, Tenn., from there went to take\\npart in the battle of Nashville, and was again active\\nin a skii mish at Columbus. At the expu ation of\\nhis term of enlistment for ten months, our subject\\nwas honorably discharged from the army at Pul-\\naski, Tenn., and was mustered out at Nashville.\\nAfter his exciting experiences of the war, our\\nsnl)ject returned to his home in Martin Townsliip,\\nand settled down to the life to which he had been\\nreared, buying a tract of land on section 15, which\\nwas the first farm that he owned here. He put up\\na small house, and entered vigorously upon the\\nwork before him of placing his land under culti-\\nvation. He lived upon it until 1887, and made\\nof it a line place. He then removed to the farm\\nupon which he now makes his home. He has here\\ntwo hundred acres of valuable land, of which one\\nhundred and twenty acres are under tillage, and\\nlie devotes it to general farming purposes, keeping\\nfrom fifteen to twenty head of cattle, seventv-five\\nsheep, and other stock in proportion, all of good\\nbreeds.\\nMr. Pratt was married in Trowbridge Township,\\nthis county, March 30, 1869, to Emma Eliza, the\\nonly daughter of William and Caroline (Bradlej\\nBuchannan. She was born in Wayland Township,\\nJanuary 21, 1851. Her parents were natives of\\nNew York, and pioneers of Allegan County.\\nWhen she was two and a half 3-ears old, her father\\nwent to California, and she was reared b^- her\\ngrandparents. Dr. David and Eliza Bradley. The\\nDoctor was a very prominent man in the township\\nof A\\\\^ayland, and was the first Postmaster at the\\nvillage of that name. He kept a hotel on his farm\\nat tlie lime the stage ran on the road from Kala-\\nmazoo to Grand Rapids. Mrs. Pratt remained", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "rORTR.UT AND BIOGRA.PHICAL liECORD\\n3G1\\nwith her grandparents until ten years old, and then,\\nher mother marrying- Allen Wells. she went to live\\nwith them. Her marriage with our subject ha.s\\nbeen hallowed by the birth of two sons and one\\ndaughter: Frank A., who is attending school at\\nValparaiso; Glen W., also attending school; and\\nbaby Uubia.\\nOur subject is well endowed witii liiose aUril)Utes\\nthat are necessary to success in any \\\\vall of life,\\nand these have won him the cordial good-will and\\ntrust of his fellow-citizens. lie has been [)roinincnt\\nin school matters, alwaj s evincing a decided inter-\\nest in education, and has held the oflices of School\\nTreasurer and Si-hool Director. His (lolitics are of\\nthe Republican order. Socially, he is an active\\nmember of the Wheeler Post G. A. R., at Martin;\\nreligiously, he is identified with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church of that village as one of its most\\nconscientious members, and he is well known for\\nhis generosity in contributing to the support of all\\ngood causes that will in any w.ny enh.ance the wel-\\nfare of the coniniiinitv.\\n^OHN W. BRIGHAM, an influential citizen\\nof Plainwell, was born in ]5oston, ^lass., May\\n27, 1K22. His ancestors for nianj years re-\\nsided in New England, and were of English\\nextraction. Lyscom Brigham, his grandfather,\\nw!is a farmer in his native place, Westboro Town-\\nship, Franklin County, Mass., and there died at the\\nage of .seventy-seven. Curtis, father of our sub-\\nject, w.as the eldest among five children, and was\\na native of Franklin County, his liirth occurring\\nMay 21, 17D3. His school advantages were verj\\nmeager, and he left his home in 1S12 lo seek em-\\nployment in Boston. In order to rcacli the city,\\nlie was compelled to walk ninety miles, and shoi-tly\\nafter his arrival secured a (losition on a ship that\\nmade ti-ips between Boston and the coast of Maine.\\nDuring the third voyage matlc. the shi|) w.as\\ntired on and captured by a British gunboat; the\\ncargo was taken, anil all the men with one excep-\\ntion were put in a leaky boat and .set adrift. For\\ntwent^ -four hours the} were on ihe ocean without\\nfood, and one man w.as kept busy all the time at\\nthe piimps m order to keep the boat from sinking.\\nI iiially the exhausted casta waj s reached Bath, Me.,\\nand were reseiied from threatened death. Mr.\\nBrigham returned to Boston, where he soon opened\\na small shoe-shop and w.as successful at his trade.\\nAbout that time he was manied, August 14, 1817,\\nto Lydia Woodbury, a native of Salem, Mass.\\nIn 18. 3. 5, Mr. Brigham determined to come West\\nto Michigan, and, proceeding by w.ay of the lakes\\nto Detroit, walked from that city to Gull Prairie,\\nKalamazoo County, to prospect for a location.\\nThe outlook was .so favorable that he returned\\nEast, and on October .30, 1834, started with his\\nwife and ten children for their future home in\\nWestern Michigan. The journey w.as made over-\\nland in a covered wagon drawn by three horses,\\nand, crossing Canada, the little party arrived at\\nGull Prairie, December 10. Their first home was\\nin a log cabin containing only one room, but the\\nspring following their arrival, they removed to\\nGnu Plain, Allegan C ountj where they made their\\nhome in a l(ix2()-foot house. That w.as the first\\nframe building put up in the vicinitj and the\\nlumber was fastened in i)lace with wooden pegs.\\nWithin, the furiiilure was meager, consisting mainly-\\nof :i l.ilile and two home-made chairs.\\nThe father rented eighty acres of land until the\\nfall of 1835, when he entered one hundred and\\nsixt3^ acres of heavily timbered Government land\\nsituated in Gun Plain Township. During the sum-\\nmer of the following year, he moved into a log\\nhouse on that place, and in the midst of a thickly\\nwooded country, ^vllel\u00e2\u0080\u00a2e Indians and wild animals\\nwere nunierous. the succeeding years were p!u sed\\nill ;nduoiis toil. A zealous Christian, Mr. Brigham\\nhad been licensed to iireach prior to leaving the\\nE.ast, and, upon coming to Allegan County, found\\nthat no religious meetings had been held here up\\nto that lime. Accordingly, he invited his neigh-\\nbors to meet in the little log.schoolhouse on March\\n8, 183.5. At the appointed time tive persons were\\npresent and listened to a sermon from Jlr. Brig-\\nham. )n -May 1 (t, of the same year, a .Sunday-school\\nwas organized with fourteen memters. Through\\nhis efforts the first Baptist society in the county\\nwas organized, December 26, 1835.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "362\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1\\nThrough all the j^ears of his pioneer life, Mr.\\nBrighani continued to do everything in his power\\nfor the good of his fellow-men, and was widely\\nknown and respected. AVhen the first church was\\nerected in the county, he was invited to preach\\nthe dedicatory sermon; he also officiated at manj\\nfunerals. His death in 1872, at tlie age of seventj\\nnine .years, was sincerely mourned and called forth\\ntestimonies of regard from his large circle of ac-\\nquaintances. His wife, who was also a devoted\\nmember of tlie Baptist Church, survived until the\\nfall of 1877, and attained to the good old age of\\neight3 -seven 3ears.\\nOur subject was the third in a familj of ten chil-\\ndren, seven of whom are now living. He remained\\nat home until he was twenty-three, and in the\\nmeantime received a meager education, his entire\\nschooling covering a period of not more than nine-\\nteen months. Upon starting out for himself, he\\nbought a tract of land six miles north of Plainwell,\\nand built a log cabin, 10x15 feet, upon the place.\\nTwo ears after settling there, he built a more\\ncommodious structure, where his sister Ivcpt house\\nfor him about two 3-ears. Working out by the day,\\nhe accumulated enough money to buy five calves\\nand twenty lambs, and thus a beginning was made.\\nAfter spending four years in improving his farm,\\nhe sold it and cultivated his father s place on\\nshares.\\nTwo years after taking charge of his father s es-\\ntate, he purchased forty acres of it and added\\nthereto, until, when he sold it in 1868 for I? 100 per\\nacre, he owned sixty acres. His farm was one of\\nthe best improved in the county, and he intro-\\nduced all modern improvements in its cultivation;\\nhe also sowed and raised the first red clover in the\\ncounty. He removed to Plainwell in 1868, where\\nhe built his present commodious residence. He\\nhas been administrator for a large number of es-\\ntates, among them that of his brother-in-law, the\\nsettlement of which required six 3 ears.\\nIn 1849, our subject was married to Mary Ann\\nFox, who was born in Sussex, England, July 8,\\n1825, and came to America in 1846, in compan3\\nwith a cousin. ]\\\\Ir. and Mrs. Brigham have tiav-\\neled cxtensivel3 and spent about one j ear in Cali-\\nfornia, going there in June, 1875, and returning\\nhome in April of the following 3 ear. In his pol-\\nitics, Mr. Brigham has always been a strong Repub-\\nlican. He served as Highwa3 Commissioner for\\ntwelve years, Notary Public for eight 3-ears, and\\nhas filled the various school offices. He and his\\nestimable wife are identified with the Baptist\\nChurch, in which he has served as Deacon for\\nforty years, and as Superintendent of the Sunda3-\\nschool for twentj -six years.\\nIn this connection the reader will notice a litho-\\ngraphic portrait of JMr. Brigham.\\nOHN P. WADE. Education ma3- do much\\nfor a man, but it is an old saving that wit\\nand gumption are the most important fac-\\n^_ tors in making a man. He of whom we\\nwrite is not lacking in these qualities, and b3 virtue\\nof these he lias made his way in the world and\\nattained to his present prominent and enviable\\nposition. He is truly the architect of his own\\nfortune and is a self-made man, both in education\\nand financial standing. Beginning at the foot of\\nthe ladder, he is now one of the most popular,\\nprominent and euterijrising men in Ganges Town-\\nship, Allegan County. He has a fine farm on .sec-\\ntion 11, whidi he devotes largely to the raising of\\nfruit, of which he has some splendid varieties.\\nJohn P. Wade was born on the Atlantic coast\\nin Massachusetts in 1822 and is the son of Snell\\nand Deborah Wade. His father, who was also a\\nnative of tlie Bay State, was the son of a\\nsea captain. Snell Wade learned the cooper s\\ntrade, which occupation he followed the greater\\nportion of his life. His father dying when he\\nwas quite 3 oung, he was compelled to support his\\nmother, so that his educational advantages were\\nlimited. He worked at his trade in different parts\\nof Massachusetts and finallj purchased a farm\\nnear Lancaster, where he was very prominent in\\nlocal affairs.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s mother was\\nDeborah R., a daughter of Richmond and Leaf3\\n.Jacobs, and by her union with Mr. Wade she became\\nthe mother of five children, one of whom died\\nwhen 30ung. The remainder of the family were\\n1i", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "POKTliAJT AND BlOGlLVrillCAL RECORD.\\n363\\nnamed Perez; Leafy, now deceased; Knell 0.,\\nand Jolin 1 our subject. Snell Wade stood very\\nhigh in the order of Masonry and in politics wijs\\na Wliijj. Tlie latter years of i\\\\is life wci e spent at\\nliis old home on the coast.\\nThe original of this skctcli was given an excel-\\nlent education in his native State, and, a[ prcciatiiig\\nthe value of a knowledge of books, made tlic best\\nof his opportunities, and is to-day a cultured and\\nintelligent gentleman. lie began iu life on his\\nown re.-ponsibility when nineteen years of age, b^\\nacting as clerk in a dry-goods store in Lancaster,\\nMass. He followed that occupation for several\\nyears iu different parts of the liay .State, previous\\nto which, however, he worked in a shingle mill for\\nhis father a few years.\\nLi \\\\XH John P. Wade came to Allegan, where\\nthere were only two stores ou the site of that now\\nthriving village. Tie then went to the mouth of\\nthe Kalamazoo River, where he was engaged m\\nselling goods, but for the first si.\\\\ months did not\\nrealize much from his labors, .as the firm ho was\\nworking for became bankrupt. Our subject was\\nthen employed in different stores of Saugatuck for\\nthe succeeding ten jears, at the end of which time\\nhe engaged in business on his own account, under\\nthe style of J. P. Wade Co., doing a general\\nmerchandise business.\\nAfter disposing of his mercantile interests, Mr.\\nWade, in 1858, bought a seventy-two-acre tract of\\nwild land in Ganges Township on which he lives\\nat the present time. He erected a plank house ou\\nhis property-, 16x24 feet in dimensions, which later\\ngave way to tlie commodious and pleasant dwelling\\nwhich ranks among the best in the townshiji. All\\nthe improvements ou his place liave been the result\\nof his own perseverance and good judgment. The\\nfirst few years of life on his new farm, ^Ir. Wade\\nwas engaged as book-keeper for a firm in Kalama-\\nzoo, lie also taught school in his township.at one\\ntime having five of his own cliildron among the\\npupils.\\nWlicn twenty-four years of age, lie of whom we\\nwrite w.as married to .Sarali A., daughter of Kzekiel\\nOilman, and of their union one ciiild, a daughter,\\nLottie, li.as been born, .\\\\fter the death of Mrs.\\nWade, our subject married Sarali S. IJarnes, the\\ndaughter of .Tolin and Melissa (Parish) Barnes.\\nNine children iiave been granted to them, who bear\\nthe respective names of Viola, Linda, Willard,\\nTheodosia, Sarah, Leafy; Mary, deceased; Josepli-\\nine, and ,K hn P., Jr.\\nMr. Wade, of this sketch, is a member of several\\ndifferent social orders, among which are tlie Free\\nand Accepted .Masons, of which he has attained to\\nthe Royal .Vicli Degree of Allegan Lodge, No. 50;\\nhe also belongs to Blue Lodge, No. 19. of Douglas,\\nwhere he is a charter member; the Odd Fellows of\\nFennvillc and the Patrons of Industry. He\\nbelongs to several temperance societies and in pol-\\nitics is independent in local affairs luit in National\\nelections casts his vote for the Republican candi-\\ndates. Mr. Wade is very popular in his township\\nand has been called upon to .serve in numerous\\nresponsible positions. e are jileased to be able\\nto present to our readers a sketch of so worthy a\\ngentleman.\\nADISON MILLER, who is carrying on\\ngeneral farming on sections 16 and 22,\\nLb Monterey Township, Allegan County,\\nwhere he owns one hundred and seven-\\nteen acres of highly improved l.-ind, is an early\\nsettler of Michig.an, of which his parents were\\npioneers. He is a son of Ira and Lydia (Graves)\\nMiller, who were natives of the State of New York.\\nThey came to Jlichigan in the 20s, and located iu\\nMacomb County, where our subject was born Jan-\\nuary 5, 1832. After residing in this State for a\\nshort time, they returned to New York State, thence\\ncoming to Illinois, and in 1845 to this county,\\nwhere the father took up one hundred and sixty\\nacres of Government land ou section 14,Montere3\\nTownship.\\nThe subject of this sketch had a very limited\\neducation, but he was quick and bright, and had a\\nnatural turn for business affairs, which he used to\\ngood advantage, and has made a succes.s of what-\\never he lias engaged in. He has spent almost his\\nentire life upon a farm, and is now enjoying the\\nre-sults of his industry and per.severance.\\nMr. Miller wa united in marriage, December 18,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "364\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1859, with Elizabeth Porter, a daughter of Eliphalet\\nPorter, who was a native of the Empire State, but\\nremoved to New Hampshire where Mrs. Miller was\\nborn. Three children have been born to our sub-\\nject and his wife, as follows: Delora, who married\\nTell M_yers and died Ma.y 24, 1888, at the age of\\ntwenty-nine years; she left one daughter, May,\\nwho resides with her grandparents. Georgia, who\\nresides at home, has been carefully educated in the\\ndistrict and the Allegan High Schools; Gu} was\\nborn September 2, 1868, and married Miss Cora\\nBishop. He also was educated in the Allegan\\nHigh School, and lives upon the home farm, assist-\\ning his father in carrying on the same. ]\\\\Ir. Miller\\natHliates with the Kepuljlican party, but has never\\naspired to any political honors, his time being\\nfullj^ occupied in looking after his own affairs.\\nThe family are highly respected and esteemed and\\nhave a lara;e circle of friends.\\nANNIBAL HART. The subject of this\\nsketch, who holds the position of Pros-\\necuting Attorney for Allegan County, is\\n5^^ a prominent citizen of Allegan, who is held\\nin high esteem for his personal qualities and also\\nfor his excellent record as a gallant soldier during\\nthe late war. He was born in the Province of\\nQuebec, July 3, 1839, and is a son of Nathaniel and\\nAlmira (Pierce) Hart, natives of New Hampshire\\nand Canada, respectively. His father was a far-\\nmer and lumberman by trade, who came to Michi-\\ngan in 1839, settling in Otsego Township, Allegan\\nCounty, of which he was a pioneer. He purchased\\nwild land, which he cleared off and on which he\\nlived during the remainder of his life. He held\\nthe office of Assessor of Otsego Township, and\\nwas a prominent man in his section of the country.\\nIn his early days he was a Democrat, but was bit-\\nterly opposed to human slavery and joined the\\nAbolition party, later becoming a Republican. He\\nand his wife were the yjarents of seven children, of\\nwhom four are living, namely: Hannibal; Mrs.\\nAndrew Thornton, of Otsego, this countj^; Milo, a\\nfarmer in Otsego Township; Willard, a resident\\nof Hart, Oceana County, this State. The grand-\\nfather of our subject was a native of New Hamp-\\nshire and was an old Revolutionary soldier who\\nserved throughout the war. Later he became a\\nfarmer in Canada, where he lived and died, having\\nreared a large family.\\nOur subject was educated in the district and\\nHigh Schools of Otsego Township, and afterward\\ntaught one term at Trowbridge. He remained upon\\nhis father s farm until twenty-two years of age. He\\nthen read law for one year with Judge Williams,\\nof Allegan, after which the Civil War breaking\\nout, his patriotism overpowered every other\\nconsideration and in August, 1862, he enlisted in\\nCompany I, Fifth Michigan Cav.alry, for three years,\\nor during the War. His command was mustered\\nin at Detroit, whence they were sent to Washing-\\nton and became a part of the Armj-of the Potomac.\\nJMr. Hart was made Commissary-Sergeant while\\nat Detroit. His regiment was in the Custer Bri-\\ngade and Kilpatrick Divison (Cavalry) and took\\npart in twenty different battles. The first engage-\\nment in which Mr. Hart took part was at Hanover,\\nPa., June 30, 1863, and the second at Gettysburg,\\nJuly 3, of the same year. He afterwards partici-\\npated in the following battles: Montgomery,\\nHagerstown, Williamsport, Boonsboro, Snicker s\\nGap, Ashby Gap, Newbuiy Cross Roads, Culpeper\\nCourthouse, Brandy Station, and Bucklin Mills.\\nAt the latter place he was wounded by a shell,\\nwhich broke his left arm, and he was in the hospi-\\ntal for three months at Washington, being dis-\\ncharged from there the 1.5th of Januaiy, 1864.\\nAt the close of his service in the army, Mr. Hart\\nreturned home and became a student in the Law\\nDepartment of the University of Michigan, from\\nwhich he was graduated in 1866, and the same\\nyear was admitted to practice in the State Supreme\\nCourt and later in the United Slates Court. After\\nhis graduation he was elected County Clerk, serv-\\ning two terms of two years each. He then formed\\na law partnership with F. J. Littlejohn, under the\\nfirm name of Littlejohn tfe Hart, which continued\\nfor some j^ears. He was afterward associated\\nwith A. H. Fenn, the firm being known by the\\nname of Fenn Hart and later as Pope ife Hart,\\nwhich latter partnership existed for some twelve", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n367\\n3 eai S. Mr. Hart was a member of the School Board\\nfor some years and also served as President of the\\nvillage of Allegan. He was elected to his present\\notlice in 18U()aud has filled it witli ci edit to him-\\nself and to the satisfaction of the pulilic.\\nl\\\\Ir. Il.irlwas married in April, 18(50, to Jliss\\nI risc iila M. Parsons, of Wayne County, N. Y. They\\nhave one ciiild, Grace, who is a graduate of the\\nHigh School. ]\\\\Ir. Hart lias a fine farm, two and\\none-half miles from town, and a beautiful home on\\nCrescent Street, which is the resort of a large circle\\nof friends, who are most hospitalily entertained by\\nhis estimable wife and daughter. All the family\\nare memliers of the Episcopal Church in which\\nthey hold an inlluential place. In [Kilitics, Mr.\\nllart is a Democrat and socially, he belongs to the\\nMasons, Knights of P^ thias, and Grand Army of\\nthe Republic,\\n-=l-^+^\u00c2\u00a7--\\n_\u00c2\u00ae\\nUFUS M. BROWN. The gentleman whose\\nlife sketch and portrait we here present has\\nbeen for many years a resident of Blooni-\\ningdale, where he is honored as one of its\\nrepresentative citizens. He comes of old English\\nstock, who earlj emigrated to this country and to\\nwhose record he can point with pride, his immedi-\\nate ancestors being brave soldiers in the AVar of\\nthe Revolution. He has also, himself, proved his\\nvalor upon the field of battle, and is a worthy de-\\nscendant of his patriotic forefathers.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, Thomas Brown,\\nwho w.as the son of .James Brown, was born in\\nEngland, and came to Massachusetts with his fa-\\nther in the early Colonial days. He served during\\nthe Revolutionary War, and was a Sergeant under\\nEthan Allen at the battle of Ticondcroga. He was\\na wheelwright by trade. He married Jane McXett,\\nwho was born in Scotland, and of their union five\\nsons and four daughters were born. He afterward\\nremoved to Seneca County, N. Y., arriving there\\n.January 1, 1800, and settled ui)on a soldier s claim,\\nwhich he cleared and improved, and where he lived\\ninitil his death at the age of sixty-four. His wife\\nsurvived until seventy-eight years of age. They\\nwere membei-s of the Baptist Church, and a most\\nworthy couple. He held the office of Justice of the\\nPeace for some time.\\nRufus Brown, the father of our subject, was born\\nin Rutland, Vt., January 17, 1787, and lived in\\nSeneca County, N. Y., until the summer of 18^1\\nwhen he removed to I\\\\Iicliigan, settling in Ypsi-\\nlanti, where he died in 18,01. His wife, who was\\nborn February 2.3, 1797, died in June, 1881. The\\nfather was a millwright by trade, and served as\\na dnunmer in the War of 1812. He held the of-\\nfice (if Justice of the Peace and other minor posi-\\ntions. In religion he was a I niveisalist, while his\\nwife w.as a Baptist. They had a family of nine\\nciiildren, of whom two sons and five daughters\\ngrew to maturity, namely: Rufus SL; Charles, who\\nserved in the late war .as .Sergeant in Company A,\\nThird Michigan Cavalr_y; Ruby, Margaret, Susan,\\nEliza and Mary. The mother of our subject was\\nborn in Cayuga County, N. Y. Her parents were\\nThomas and Margaret (McKiiiiiey) O Dell, her\\nfather being a native of Holland, and the mother,\\nof Ireland. jNIr. O Dell was a farmer by occupa-\\ntion and served in the War of 1812.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born May 13,\\n1816, in Faj-ette, Seneca County, N. Y. He re-\\nceived a common-school education, .and learned the\\ntrade of a wheelwright with his father. When\\ntwenty-three ^-ears old, he began working for him-\\nself, following his trade until 1856 where he re-\\nmoved to Michigan, .settling in Bloomingdale in\\n18.04, when he bought eighty acres of land in sec-\\ntion IG, and cut down the fii-st tree ever felled\\nwhere the village now stands. He has sold all of\\nhis land but six lots. In 1855 he built a sawmill\\nhere which he operated for six j-ears. He was elec-\\nted Justice of the Peace in the spring of 1855 and\\nserved twenty-one years. AVhen the war broke\\nout, .Mr. Brown enlisted in Company A, Third\\n]Michigan Cavalry, being elected First Lieutenant,\\nbut resigned about two months later.\\nMr. Brown married Lucretia Melvin. a daughter\\nof John Melvin, and a native of Burton, Ohio. Of\\nthe union four children were born: (ieorge, who\\ndied when twenty-eight yeai-s of age; Math ias, who\\ndied at eight years; .Mice, wife of .Milfred (iilltert,\\nand Eddie, who also died when eight years old.\\nThe mother of these children who was a most esti-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "368\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmable woman, and a member of the Disciple Church,\\ndied in November, 1875. Mr. Brown has served as\\nNotary Public for twelve years, is a member of the\\nMasonic fraternity, and a stanch Democrat. He\\nrelates some interesting stories of his life in the\\nearly days of Bloomingdale. In 1856 he put up a\\nstore which was the first one erected in the place,\\nand there sold the first yard of calico and the first\\npound of tea ever sold in the village. Indians were\\nstill living in the vicinity and he carried on quite\\nan extensive trade with them. He witnessed the\\nceremony which united in marriage the son of\\nChief Bear of the Pottawattomie tribe and the\\ndaughter of Chief Kinewhip, of Canada.\\nOHN C. FOX, who has a beautiful home on\\nhis farm on section 17, Allegan Township,\\nis entitled to a high place among the pioneers\\nof Central Michigan, of which he was a res-\\nident several years prior to settling in Allegan\\nCountj^ He was born in the town of Byron, Gen-\\nesee County, N. Y., in 1820. His parents were Dr.\\nCliauncey D. and Rosanna (Lenox) Fox, who were\\nnatives of Onondaga County, N. Y. His father\\nwas a physician of some repute, and was also a\\nfarmer. In 1842 he removed with his familj^ to\\nMichigan, and settled among tlie pioneers of the\\ntownship of Burns, in Shiawassee County, where\\nhe followed his profession and farmed until his\\ndeath deprived his community of one of its most\\nvalued and honored citizens. He was a man of\\nlarge public spirit, and, notwithstanding his pro-\\nfessional labors and the care of his farm occupied\\na great deal of his time, he accepted the office of\\nHighway Commissioner, and w.as instrumental in\\nthe improvement of the traveling facilities of his\\nsection. He and his wife reareil a family of eleven\\nchildren to maturity, eight of whom are now liv-\\ning, namely: Cliarles L., Robert L., Sarah, our sub-\\nject, George, Lucy, Albert and Mary.\\n.lohn C. Fox, of this biogra[)hical review, received\\na sound education in the schools of his native\\ncounty, and taught school one term after he came\\nto Michigan. He was reared on a farm, early be-\\ncame expert in agricultural pursuits, and at the age\\nof sixteen, desiring to be independent and to make\\nhis own way in the world, he sought a situation as\\na farm hand, and worked out until he came to\\nMichigan in 1842, in the month of October. He\\nspent the ensuing six years in Shiawassee County,\\nand then he purchased timber land, comprising\\nthree different farms, that he opened up and after-\\nward sold at a good price. He subsequently went\\nto Clinton Countj and bought forty-five acres of\\nland, to which he added fortj acres adjoining at a\\nlater period, buj ing it of the Government. He\\ncleared thirty-five acres of the whole tract, and\\nthen disposed of it at a good advance on the orig-\\ninal cost. His next move was to an eighty-acre\\ntract, three miles distant, two acres of which were\\ncleared. He cut off sixty-eight acres of timber on\\nthat farm, and in the comfortable home that he\\nbuilt up there lived thirty-five years. In 1883 he\\nsold that place and purchased his present farm in\\nAllegan Township. This comprises one hundred\\nand four acres of valuable farming land, and, with\\nits fine set of farm buildings, and all the modern\\nappliances for carrying on agriculture, is one of\\nthe model farms of this localit^y. Mr. Fox has\\ngiven his son charge of the farm, and has built\\nfor himself another dwelling upon it, which is a\\nhandsome residence, standing nearer the street than\\nthe farmhouse.\\nMr. Fox was united in marriage in 1849, to Miss\\nCaroline M. Richmond, of Green Bush, Clinton\\nCounty She was born at Leroj\\\\ N. Y., a daughter\\nof Pieserved and Maiy (Luther) Richmond, who\\nbad nine children, of whom she is the only survivor.\\nShe is a lad^y of rare culture and literary attain-\\nments, and was formerly eng.iged in the profiission\\nof teaching in this State. She and our subject\\nhave a family of four children: Franklin B., who\\nmarried Miss Lizzie Cook, and they have one child,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Palmer J.; Frances L., who has one son, Clifford;\\nMilton A., who married Miss Celia Judd, and has\\ntwo children, Grace and Clare; and Florence E.\\nOur subject possesses an independent, energetic,\\ndecisive character, and has always been a force in\\nany community where he has lived. He has\\naclivelj assisted in the administration of public\\naffairs as an incumbent of various responsible\\noffices, such as that of Supervisor and School In-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n369\\nspector, and has alwa^ys thrown the weight of his\\ninrtiicnce to secure local improvenieuts. lie is a\\nmember of the (irauge, and is deeply interested in\\nits advancement. Politically, he is a prominent\\nDemocrat of the township.\\n3 l* 5* l*;i\\n^.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0096\u00a0{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l;\\n^l***-!-*^^\\n1^ ARSIIALL BUGDEN, a rcprcscntativc\\nIV fanner on section 15, Casco Township,\\njlj lii Allegan County, is a native of the Mother\\nCountry. He was born JIarch 11, 183 J,\\nnear Sutton, Kent County, England, to John and\\n.Marv (Crisp) Bugden, both natives of the same\\nplace as their son. The father was reared in his\\nnative place on a farm, and to him and his wife\\nwere born ten children, our subject being the\\nyoungest. ^larshall Bugden remained in the place\\nof his birth until nineteen years of age, when he\\ncame to the United States and located in Kosciusko\\nCounty, liid., where he worked until llie breaking\\nout of the war.\\nOur subject enlisted in the defense of his\\nadopted country in 1861, in Company B, Forty-\\nfourtii Indiana Tnfantr\\\\ He was with the Army\\nof the Cumberland, and fought in many of the\\nmost important battles, namely-: Pittsburg Land-\\ning, Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Ft. Donel-\\nson, Stone River and Chickamauga. This gentleman\\nwas fortunate in never having received a wound\\nnor was he taken prisoner during his service. He\\nre-cnlisted in 186;3 in the same company, and\\nserved gallantly until the close of the war.\\nOn returning from the war, Mr. Bugden pur-\\nciiased eigiity acres of land in Ganges Township,\\nthis county. The land was covered with a dense\\nforest and he at once set to work and improved a\\nportion of it. In 1870 he sold it and purchased\\neighty acres of his present farm, and afterward\\npurchased one hundred and twenty- acres on sec-\\ntion 1 of this township. His farm was all unim-\\nproved when he settled on it, and by his own\\nindustrious labor he has ninety acres under tlie plow,\\nbesides ten acres which are set in fruit. He h.as\\ngained his farm and all that he (assesses by his\\nown hands, for wiien he arrived in the United\\nStales he had but a few dollars in his pocket, and\\nhe miijht well be termed a self-made man.\\nIn 1866 Mr. Bugden married Helen Chaplin, a\\ndaughter of M. P. and Sarah A. (Morris) Chaplin,\\nnatives of New York and Ohio, respectivelj-, .and\\nverj- early pioneers in Kosciusko County, Ind.,\\nlocating there before their marriage in 18.30.\\nTo this worthy couple six children Jiave been born,\\none dying in infancj Edith, Rose, Bert, Marian\\nand Jennie. Edith died when fourteen years old.\\nOur subject is a member of Zach Chandler Post,\\nG. A. R., and is also a member of the Patrons of\\nHusbandry. He and his wife have been members\\nof the Grange for eighteen years. Mr. Bugden was\\nSupervisor of his township for six years, and has\\nheld many responsible and minor offices of his town-\\nship. He was also Assessor of his School District\\nfifteen years. Himself and familj- are prominent\\nin the social circles of the communitj-.\\nEXRY BIRD, Postmaster of Douglas, Allegan\\nCounty, is one of the leading citizens and\\nbusiness men of the pl.ace. Besides his\\nduties as Postmaster, he gives his attention\\nto conducting a drug store which is one of the\\nbest in the village. Henry Bird was born in Wash-\\ntenaw County, this State, .January 7, 1843. His\\nparents were Henry and Desiah (Van House) Bird,\\nnatives of New York State.\\nOur subject was two years of age when his\\nparents went to AVheaton, 111., where he grew to\\nmanhood and received a good education in the\\ncommon schools, and at AVheaton College. In\\n1866 he came to .\\\\llcgan County, and in 1878\\nentered into the drug business, and at the jiresent\\ntime is a registered pharmacist.\\nNt)vember U), 1869, Henry Bird was happily\\nmarried to Ellen S. Collins, a native of Lockport,\\nHI. That union has been blest by the birth of six\\nchildren: Frederick H., Edith, Harold; Helen, who\\nisdeceased; Leon and Kenneth M. In his political\\nrelations, our subject is a thorough Republican,\\nand socially is a member of the Knights of Honor\\nand Van Aredale Post, No. 148, G. .\\\\.R. In May,\\n186:5, he resi)onded to his country s call and en-\\nlisted in Company II, One Hundred and Forty-first", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "370\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIllinois Infantry. His regiment formed a part of\\nthe Army of the Tennessee, and our subject en-\\ndured all the hardsliips and privations of war\\nuntil 1865, when he received his honorable dis-\\ncharge. He is very prominent in local affairs in\\nliis township, and is Secretarj of the Pomological\\nSociety, in which position he has served for three\\nyears. He is one of the enterprising fruit- growers\\nof this section, and in all his undertakings has\\nbeen more than ordinarily successful.\\nm i\\n(piv\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\njy? OVETT EAMES. The early life of this\\nI /?S) pioneer of Kalamazoo was a struggle against\\nj ILAV^ adverse circumstances, but with indomitable\\nwill and unfaltering trust, he kept the even tenor\\nof his way, and his last years were brightened by\\nthe consciousness of a well-spent life, with some-\\nthing done for humanity.\\nBorn in Rutland, Jefferson County, N. Y., April\\n22, 1810, our subject was the son of Daniel and\\nMoUie (Wight) Eames, members of old New Eng-\\nland families, whose ancestors settled at Dedham,\\nMass., at an early day. The first representative\\nof the Eames familj in America was Thomas Eames,\\nwho emigrated from England in 1620, settling\\nin Dedham ten j ears later, and building a house\\nthere which was burned by the Indians during\\nKing Philip s war.\\nLovett Eames was the thirteenth and joungest\\nchild in the parental family, and his youthful da\\\\ S\\nwere passed in the Empire Slate. In 1833 became\\nto Michigan, spending one year in Jackson County,\\nand then settling in Grand Prairie, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where he continued farming operations\\nfour years. He was married, June 23, 1835, in\\nAdams, N. Y., to Miss Lucy C. Morgan, who was\\nborn in Watertown, N. Y., June 22,1811. Her\\nparents were the Rev. Elisha and Policy (Babcock)\\nMorgan, natives of Connecticut, and descendants\\nof three brothers who emigrated from Wales and\\nsettled in different parts of the United States.\\nIn 1834 Mrs. Eames came to Ann Arbor to visit\\nher brother, E. W. Morgan, and while teaching\\nthere met the gentleman whom she soon afterward\\nmarried. After residing four j ears on their farm.\\nthe young couple located in Kalamazoo and pur-\\nchased the place where the widow now resides. No.\\n775 W. South Street. The first work of Mr. Eames\\nwas the manufacture of wooden pumps, in connec-\\ntion with which he conducted a chair and bedstead\\nfactory.\\nHaving naturall} a mechanical mind, Mr. Eames\\nturned his attention to the invention of appliances,\\nand his first one was a mortising machine for hubs.\\nHe also invented an engine for use in raising water,\\nand a grain meter for measuring grain passing\\nthrough elevators. While he neitlier sold nor man-\\nufactured his patents, he was constantly perfecting\\nsome machine, and continued in that line until his\\ndeath, September 6, 1863, when he was flft3 -three\\nyears old. He had also purchased considerable\\nreal estate, and sold town lots, the college standing\\non a part of his original tract.\\nThe children born to Mr. and Mrs. Eames are as\\nfollows: Elisha D., of Watertown, N. Y.; Lucia A.,\\nwho married II. F. Blount, of Washington, D. C;\\nFred W., deceased; Wilfred, a manufacturer of\\npumps in Ypsilanti, this State; Judson M., who\\ndied when ten years old; Gardner T., who is a\\nmanufacturer at Chattanooga, Tenn.; Charles B.,\\nwho is conducting a loan and collection agency at\\nSt. Louis, Mo., and Nellie D., wlio is the wife of\\nC. DeGraff, of Evansville, Ind.\\nMrs. Eames still occupies the old homestead.\\nShe has been active in ladies societies and attends\\nthe Presbj^terian Church, of which she has been a\\nliberal supporter. Since the organization of the\\nLadies Library Association, she has been actively\\nidentified with its growth, and has never shirked\\nwhen duty called for her assistance. Every enter-\\nprise where woman s brain and hands have been\\nnecessary has found in her a champion, and she\\nis to-day a lovely, cultured ladj-, whom it is a\\npleasure to know.\\nThe children have been imbued with much of\\nthe inventive genius which characterized their\\nfather, and all but one of the sons have been\\ngranted letters-patent for some labor-saving in-\\nvention. Fred W., whose inventive genius car-\\nried liim back to the old homestead in New York,\\nJjecame interested in patents covering safetj brakes\\nfor railway service, and was connected with their", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "PORTILUT AND BIOGRArilTfAL KKCORl).\\n371\\nnianiifacfuro and sale. lie met witli nmeli oppo-\\nsition fniin niDiiied corporations, whose products\\nwere infriugenients iiptin his patents, and struggled\\nunceasingly to jterpetuate his rights. He was\\nkilled in 1 88:5, at the earl\\\\- age of thirty-nine, by\\na ni.ui who iiad formerly been befriended liy him\\nliut who was endeavoring to wrest from iiim tlie\\nproducts of energy and toil. During the Civil\\nWar lie h;ul onli,-U (l under llic gallant Va\\\\)i. May,\\nfor service, and was the second man in Kalamazoo\\nwho enlisted.\\nYER C. PUTNAM. This honored gcntle-\\n11/ man is one of tlie leading merchants in\\nthe tiiriving little village of Douglas,\\nAllegan County. He launcheil out in his\\npresent business in 18G( and since that time has\\nmade a signal success of his undertaking, being\\ngentlemanly and courteous in all tiis dealings. His\\nparents were Dyer and Lucy (Conger) Putnam,\\nnatives of Connecticut and New York, respect-\\nively.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a native of the\\nEmpire State, having been born in Osw^ego County,\\nDecember 20, 1843. Young D^ er was onl}- eight\\nyears old when his parents removed to South Bend,\\nInd. There his father died, and he remained with\\nhis mother,caring for her until reaching his major-\\nity. The limited circumstances of the family ])n\\nvented him from lieing given many advantages in\\nthe way of an education, but he was very bright\\nand quick to learn and is to-day intelligent and\\nwell read.\\nIn 18(),5 Dyer C. Putnam came to Douglas, Alle-\\ngan County, and the succeeding year started in\\nbusiness in the same building which he occupies at\\nthe present time. He was very popular among his\\nfellow-townsmen and was honored with the posi-\\ntion of Postmaster, being the first in the village,\\nwhich office he held for twenty years. His mar-\\nriage with Catherine .1. Enoch tc\u00c2\u00bbok place in 1872.\\nMrs. Putnam w.as born near Hoekford, 111., and was\\nthe daughter of Hon. A. J. and Catherine (Davis)\\nEnoch. Her union with our sul)ject lias been\\nblessed with the birth of lour children: R.ali)h E.,\\nEthel, Dyei C., Jr., and Ila/.el O., all of wliom are\\nat home with their parents and are receiving tlie\\ntraining which will make of them good and useful\\ncitizens.\\nThe gentlcniiin of whom wc write has been very\\nactive in the development of various enterprises in\\nDougl.as and is a stock-holder in the Douglas ^lan-\\nufacturing Company, also acting in the capacity\\nof Treasurer of that company. In politics he easts\\nhis vote and inllucnce for Uepublican candidates,\\nand .sociall} is a member of Dutchess Lodge, A.\\nA. M., No. 193. .\\\\t the present writing he is\\nAVorshipful ^Master in that order, and a Trustee of\\nthe Congregational Chui ch, in which he and his\\nfamily are active members, from the date of its or-\\nganization. His interest in education is manifested\\nb^ the fact that he has been on the School I .oai d for\\nfifteen years; he has also been connected with the\\nVillage Hoard and held the various town offices.\\nAll in all, he is one of the leading citizens of Doug-\\nlas and wc are pleased to lie able to present his\\nsketch to our readers.\\nARRY A. WALKER. It gives us pleasure to\\njf)f inscribe on these pages the life record of\\nthis venerable pioneer of Allegan County,\\nwho settled here when Michigan was a Ter-\\nritory, and when Nature had fidl sway in the track-\\nless forests and on the lonely [iiairies of this re-\\ngion, and who labored hard with his fellow-pioneers\\nto redeem the rich virgin S(jil of this part of the\\ncountry from its original wildness. Oiu subject\\nwas one of the first to settle in Martin Township,\\nlocating on section 22, where he cleared a fine\\nfarm from the woods, and is now comfortalily pass-\\ning the sunset of life, living retired from active\\nbusiness in the pleasant home that he built upon it\\nwhen he was in the [U ime of manhood.\\nMr. Walker was born in the town of Ilighgate,\\nI-Vanklin County, Vt, May G, 1811. His father,\\nJohn Walker, was also a native of the Clreen\\nMdiintaiii State. He was a son of James Walker,\\nwho was of Sicotch birth and antecedents. He\\ncame to An;erica when a young man, and during", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "372\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe Revolution cast in his lot with his fellow-col-\\nonists to free his adopted countr}- from British op-\\npression. He enlisted in the Continental army as\\na private, and was promoted for meritorious con-\\nduct in battle to the rank of Corporal. In one of\\nthe battles in which he was engaged he -was\\nwounded in the hip by a musket Imll. The old\\nhero lived to be seventy years old. He was a\\nprominent man in his time in that part of Vermont\\nwhere he settled. Our subject s maternal grand-\\nfather, Jeremiah Brewer, was also a brave soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War, and he sacrificed his life\\nfor the cause, dying from the effects of a wound\\ncaused by a ball from an enemy s musket, while\\nhe was fighting at the front in one of the hotly-\\ncontested battles of that war.\\nAt the age of twenty-one, .John Walker left the\\nhills and valleys of his native State and betook\\nhimself to Quebec, Canada, where he worked in a\\nship-yard some three j-ears. Returning to er-\\nmont at the end of that time, he began business as\\na general farmer. He married Hannah Brewer,\\nwho was also a native of that State, and they re-\\nmoved to Lower Canada, locating in the town of\\nStanbridge, in the District of Montreal, where he\\nbought a farm, and gave his attention to its culti-\\nvation the ensuing fourteen years. His next move\\nwas to New York, where he died at the age of\\nsixtj -five. His wife died at the same age and at\\nthe same pLace. He was a man of strong intelli-\\ngence and of broad views of life. In politics, he\\nwas a Whig until the Republican party came into\\nexistence, and then his allegiance was transferred\\nto that partv, as he was heartily in sympathy with\\nthe object of its formation. Religiously, he was\\na Universalist. To him and his wife were born\\nsix children, two sous and four daughters, all of\\nwhom grew to maturity, namelj^: Harry, Ferdi-\\nnand, a resident of Wisconsin; Miranda, deceased;\\nLaura, widow of James Haskin, and a resident of\\nIonia, Mich.; Abigail is still single; Teressa\\nwidow of James Wood, and a resident of Saranac\\nIonia County.\\nThe subject of this biographical review was seven\\nyears old when his parents went to Canada, and he\\nremained with them until he attained his majoritj-.\\nHe then set out in the world empty-handed, but\\nwith a brave heart, to try life for himself. He found\\nemployment on a farm and in a sawmill, working\\nby the montli. and was thus engaged for about\\ntwo years. He then bought his father s farm in\\nthe town of Stanbridge, District of Montreal, Can-\\nada, and carried on general farming thereon the\\nensuing two 3-ears. He then sold that place and\\ncame directly to Allegan County, and bought\\neighty acres of the farm where he now resides.\\nMichigan was then under territorial government,\\nand this part of it was but veiy little settled.\\nHis land being in the midst of the primeval forests\\nhe had to find his way to it by marked trees. His\\nfirst work was to clear a space upon which to\\nerect a dwelling, and of the logs thus cut down he\\nbuilt a house, 16x26 feet in dimensions. The flour-\\nishing city of Kalamazoo at that time contained\\nonl}^ about six houses, and but very little had been\\ndone in the way of making roads, except for some\\nthat were almost impassable in certain seasons of\\nthe year. No wagons were in use here, but sleds,\\ndrawn by oxen, took their places summer and win-\\nter.\\nOur subject s was the second family to settle in\\nthe township, and his nearest neighbor was four\\nmiles away. He worked diligently to develop\\nhis farm and put it in good order, and has suc-\\nceeded in making it a valuable place, with excel-\\nlent improvements, and all the appointments that\\ngo to make a good farm. He has increased its\\noriginal size by the addition of twenty more .acres\\nof subsequent purchase, and now has one hundred\\nacres of choice land. He has retired from its man-\\nagement, and it is now under the charge of his son,\\nwho keeps it up to a high standard. Our subject s\\nfellow-citizens have always held him in high re-\\ngard, and have desired him to take part in local\\naffairs, electing him to offices, but he would never\\nserve. His first Presidential vote was cast in favor\\nof Andrew J.ackson. He voted the Democratic\\nticket but once, and ever since the Republican\\nparty was organized he has stood firmly by that.\\nMr. Walker s first marriage, which took place in\\nhis native State, was with Miss Louisa Cory, who\\nwas also a native of Vermont. She departed this\\nlife in 1846, leaving two children: John W., a resi-\\ndent of Martin Township; and Laura, wife of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\nS7.T\\nMichael McDonoiigb, of Martin Township. Our\\nsubject s second marriage w.is with Jliss Jane\\nPratt, anil tlioy liave had two children: Berton A.,\\nwho lives with his father; and Teressa, wife of\\nHiram Babcock, who is a jeweler, and is now in\\nMinnesota.\\nI I I I I I I i\\nI I I\\nTKPI1]:N UDELL, a veteran ol the late\\nwar, is engaged in general farming on sec-\\ntion 21), Trowbridge Township, Alleg.in\\nCounty, His father, B. W. Odell, w.is a\\nnative of .Seneca Count} X. Y., and married Caro-\\nline Smith, who was also born in the Kinjiire State.\\nIn 1850 he brought his family to Michigan, loca-\\nting on section 22, Trowbridge Township, where\\nfrom the wilderness he developed a good farm.\\nHis wife died in 1846 and he married Wealthy\\nOdell, who is still living at the age of fifty-eight\\nyears. Seven children were born of iiis first mar-\\nriage, six now living, and there are also six siir-\\nvivoi-s among the children of the second union.\\nTwo of the sons served in the Civil War. Mr.\\nOdell was a member of the Baptist Churcii, and in\\npolitics was first a Whig and then a Republican.\\nHe died in 1877.\\nOur subject w.as born in Seneca County, X. Y.,\\nApril .30, 18.3.5, and when a young lad went witli\\nhis parents to Huron County, Ohio. M iicn about\\nfifteen years of age, became to I^Iichigan and three\\nyears later liegan life for himself, working .as a\\nfarm hand l)y the month, but when the late war\\nbroke out he offered his services to his country,\\nenlisting in September, 1861, .as a member of Com-\\npanj- A, Third Michigan Cavah-y. Prom Cor|)oial\\nhe was promoted to Sergeant and performed the\\nduties of Orderly-Sergeant. The regiment w.as or-\\nganized at (irand Rapid, under Col. Misner and\\nwas sent to Benton Barracks, St. Louis. Our subject\\ntook part in the raid after Dick Tiiompson, the l)at-\\ntles of New Madrid. Corintli, Holly Springs. Talhi-\\nhatchee River, .lackson. Miss., and more than fifty\\nskirmishes. Then proceeding to Pittsburg Land-\\ning the following battles were afterward foiigiit:\\nluka, Mobile and Baton Rouge. Tiie regiment\\nthen went up tlie Red River into Texas, where.\\nafter sei-ving for four veal s and mvcm immtlis,\\n]Mr. Odell received his discharge. He w.as one of\\nsixty-four men who crossed the Tennessee River\\nat midnight and made a raid on Clifton, capturing\\nthe town, destroying a large amount of supplies\\nand taking eigiil^ -seven prisoners. Mr. Odell was\\nnever off duty except during two months of sick-\\nness but w.as always found at his post and partici-\\nl ;itc(l in all the engagements of the regiment.\\nIt was ill 1861 tiiat tiie marriage of Mr. Odell\\nand Martha ,1. Pairchild was celebrated. Her par-\\nents, Asa and Elizabeth (Lockliart) Pairchild, were\\nboth natives of Ohio, the former born in 1817, the\\nlatter in 1822. The father w.as a mechanic by trade\\n.and died in Iowa. The mother is still living at\\nthe age of sixty-eight j eai-s. Of their seven chil-\\ndren only two survive: Andrew J., and Mrs.\\nOdell. The brother was a soldier of the Eighty-\\nsecond Ohio Infantry, served throughout the war\\n.and with Sherman marched to the sea. He now\\nresides in the tapper Peninsula of ^Michigan. Mi s.\\nOdell was born .Tune 6, 1812, in ^Vshland County,\\nOhio, and came to Michigan in 1863. By the mar-\\nri.age of our subject and his wife, ten children were\\nborn, nine yet living: Jl.aylon V., born in 186.\\nCaroline E., in 186{;; Arthur U., in 1868; Ella\\n;\\\\L, in 1869; Delia M.ay, in 1871; Flora Blanche, in\\n1873; Johnnie Tully, in 1875; Nina Vivian, in\\n1884; and Ernest Leroy, in 1887. .Tesse, born August\\n12, 1878, died September 12, following.\\nJlr. and Mrs. Odell began- their domestic life\\nupon an unimproved farm on section 29, Trow-\\nbridge Township, of which he cleared fifty acres.\\nSubsequently they removed to another farm of\\none hundred and sixty acres in the same township\\nand of this he placed thirty acres under cultiva-\\ntion. Afterward he cleared and improved twenty\\nacres on section 31, then removed to Allegan,\\nwhere he resided for four years. At the expiration\\nof that time he took up his residence on the farm\\nwhich is yet his liomc and made many improve-\\nments thereon. He now has one hundred and nine\\n.and one-half acres, of which one hinuh cd yields\\ntribute to his care and cultivation. He built his\\npleasant dwelling, his barns, and made other im-\\nprovements which be^peak the thrift and enterprise\\nof the owner.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "374\\nPOETRAIT AND ElOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMr. Odell is a warm friend of the cause of edu-\\ncation and has given his children excellent advan-\\ntages in this line. Caroline, Arthur and Delia\\nhave all engaged in teaching and the first-named\\nis now studying medicine in Detroit. In politics,\\nour subject is a stanch Republican and has served\\nas Township Tre.asurer, Commissioner of High-\\nways, Assessor, Road Supervisor and School Di-\\nrector. Socially, he is a member of C. J. Bassett\\nG. A. R. Post of Allegan and of the Grange;\\nhis wife is a member of the Methodist Church and\\nhas been a teacher in the Sunda^^-school, and both\\nare members of the Pioneer Society of Allegan\\nCounty. This worthj couple are held in the higli-\\nest esteem by all who know them and have a wide\\ncircle of friends and acquaintance throughout the\\ncommunity. Their liome is a hospitable one and\\ncheerj greeting and good-will always welcome\\ntheir guests.\\n^^^yCV\\nlil^-i^lli\\ng3si\u00c2\u00a320_\\n^5o\\n-J\\nTEPHEN D.; ROCKWELL is a prominent\\nfarmer residing on section 32, Trowbridge\\nTownship, Allegan County. His father,\\nRoswell Rockwell, w.as born in Vermont\\nin 1809, and was a farmer by occupation. His fa-\\ntaer was .James Rockwell, and a native of Connec-\\nticut. The maiden name of our subject s mother\\nwas Hannah Foster, and she was born in Danby\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1812. She was the daughter of\\nStephen and Sarah (Dunham) Foster, farmers and\\nearly settlers of Seneca County, Ohio, whither they\\nremoved in 1825. They are deceased and were\\nthe parents of six children, only two of whom are\\nliving.\\nThe parents of our subject were married, in\\n1832, in Seneca Count} Ohio, where they resided\\nuntil 1847. They then came to Michigan and made\\ntlieir home on one hundred and one acres of wild\\nland, which the father had taken up from the Gov-\\nernment. Neighbors were few and far between in\\nthat early day, there being only two families be-\\ntween their home and Paw Paw, fourteen miles\\ndistant. AVild animals were plentiful, as were also\\nIndians. There were no roads laid out and Mr.\\nRockwell assisted greatly in preparing the coun-\\ntry for those who should come after. He died in\\n18.55 and his wife was again married; she is now a\\nwidow.\\nEight children were included in the parental\\nfamily of our subject, five of whom are living:\\n.James R., Stephen D.; Sarah E., who is now Mrs.\\nSouthward; Cornelia E., Mrs. Connery, and Caro-\\nline L., Mrs. Henry. The elder Mr. Rockwell was\\nan active Whig in politics and greatly interested\\nin school matters, helping to organize many of the\\nschool districts. He was a first-class farmer and\\ndevoted most of his time and attention to the cul-\\ntivation of his land.\\nStephen D.Rockwell w.as born Januar} 19,1835,\\nin Seneca County, Ohio, and was ten j-ears of age\\nwhen his parents came to the Wolverine State. lie\\nwas given a good education in the district schools\\nand remained at home until reaching his twentieth\\nyear. He then learned the carpenter s trade, and\\nafter the death of his father carried on the home\\nfarm. He was engaged for five j^ears in Allegan,\\nmanufacturing shingles and following his trade.\\nHe of whom we write was married, in 1857, to\\nHannah Sophia, daughter of Charles and Mary\\nAnn Wentworth. Her parents removed from New\\nYork to Maryland in an early day, and in 1857\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Trowbridge\\nTownship, where the father died in 1885; the\\nmother is still living and married to Mitchell\\nBrown, and lives on the old farm. She became the\\nmother of five children. Mrs. Rockwell was born\\nin 1840, in New York State, where she was given\\nan excellent education, and taught school several\\nyears l)efore her marriage to our subject.\\nMv. and Mrs. Rockwell have become the parents\\nof three children: Ida M.,who is the wife of Martin\\nC. Brest, lives in Trowbridge Township, and has\\none child; Effie M. and Edith Floy. They have all\\nbeen given good educations, and Ida has taught\\nschool. They are all good performers on the\\npiano and are much sought after in the societ}- of\\nTrowbridge Township. Mr. Rockwell is a member\\nof the Gr.ange, in which body he has been Secre-\\ntary and Treasurer, holding the latter ofllce for\\nfour years. He has alwaj S taken great interest in\\neducational matters and has been on the School\\nBoard for a number of vears. He has also been", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "Alvin Chapman", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "MRS. Alvim Chapman", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n379\\nTownship Treasurer for four years and is greatly\\nrespected in his community. In politics, he is\\nindependent.\\n(^ur subject owns thiity-eiglit acres of land,\\nand carries on a ifcneral farming business. His\\nplace is stocked with good grades of horses, cat-\\ntle and sheep, and is enibellislied with a flourish-\\ning pear and apple orchard. His aged mother\\nmakes her home with him.\\nLVIX CHAPMAN, who resides in Arling-\\n((^Ol ing Township, an Buren County, is des-\\ncended from Robert Chapman, a native\\nof Kngland, whose name is found in his-\\ntory as one of tlie first settlers of Saybrook, Conn.\\nThe family was a prominent one in those d.-iys,\\nand its members have a good record as men of\\nsterling integrity, who in the Coloui.al days did\\nmuch to aid in building up the great Common-\\nwealth of Connecticut, always so prominent in\\nNew England history.\\nRobert Chapman emigrated from England in\\n1635, and located in Boston, where he remained\\nbut a short time, afterward settling in Saybrook.\\nFrom this sturdy pioneer and his family of seven\\nchildren, have sprung manj- of the enterprising\\nand progressive spirits, who, leaving their native\\nmountains, have founded for themselves new\\nhomes in tlie prairies of the West, and have been\\ninstrumental in building up these States, as their\\nforefathers were those of New England. The\\nchildren of Robert Chapman were John, Rijbert,\\nAnna, Hannah, Nathaniel, Mary and Sarah.\\nOur subject s paternal grandfather, William\\nChapman, was born in Westbrook, Conn., and\\nserved during the Revolutionary War, and in af-\\nter 3 ears related man^ stories of that terrible\\nstruggle. He was at one time cooking for the\\nofHcers of a division of the army, when an eighteen-\\npound cannon liall |)assed through the house,\\nalarming the inmates, but doing no serious damage.\\nOur subject was the son of William and Anna\\n(Kelscy) Chapman, and the parental family con-\\nsisted of six children; William, Elihu, Emily, Al-\\n17\\nvin, Benjamin, and Susan. The latter is still re-\\nsiding at Westbrook, Conn.\\nAlvin Chapman was born in May, 182 1, at AVest-\\nbrook, where he grew to mature 3ears, receiving\\na good common-school education and being\\ntrained to haliits of industry and api)lication. In\\n1850, he was married to Miss Laura Wright, and in\\na few j ears after the j oung couple decided to see\\nwhat life might hold for them in the far AVest,\\nwhore land was more plentiful and opportunities\\nfor making money much greater tliaii in the New\\nEngland States. Accordingly, m 18.J5 Mr. Chap-\\nman, witli his wife and one child, removed to\\nINIichigan, settling in VanBuren County, where he\\nh-is ever since resided. Here he purchased a farm,\\nwhich was wild land on wiiich a furrow had never\\nbeen turned, but which now, under his industrious\\nhands and careful management, has been met-\\namorphosized into a fertile farm of two hundred\\nacres.\\nIn 18GI Mr. Chapman enlisted in Company I,\\nThirteenth Michigan Infantry, serving until the\\nclose of the war, and marching with Sherman s\\ncommand from Chattanooga to W.ashington.\\nSince that time he luas devoted most of his atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits, being very successful\\nin all his enterprises. When the West Michigan\\nSavings Bank was organized at Bangor, Mr. Chap-\\nman was made Vice-president, which position he\\ni has held ever since, also being the owner of the\\nbuilding and fixtures of the bank. This institu-\\ntion is doing a good business, for which it is in-\\ndebted to the wise counsel and correct judgment\\nof its oflicers.\\nThe wife of our subject departed this life\\nin 1877. She was a devoted wife and tender\\nmother and her loss w.as irreparable. Not only\\nin her own home is she greatly missed but in\\nthe many social relations in which she took such an\\nactive part and which benefited by her precepts and\\nexample. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman were the parents\\nof seven children, as follows: Flora, wife of\\nTheodore Reynolds; Eva, who married George\\nReynolds and is now deceased; Mary, wife of Prof.\\nAllen Redding, of Findlay, Ohio; William who\\nlives at the old homestead, and Abbie, a teacher,\\nalso residing in Findlay, Ohio.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "380\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn connection with this sketch will be noticed\\nlithographic portraits of Mr. Chapman and his de-\\nceased wife. He is noted for his benevolence,\\nhaving been lilieral almost to a fault in the aid of\\nevery worthv enterprise which has been projected\\nfor the advancement of the community in which\\nhe resides, and his many kind deeds will be re-\\nmembered long after he shall have passed away\\nfrom earth. He has been an extensive traveler, and\\nduring his many journeyings has made a large col-\\nlection of curios, relics of various kinds and valu-\\nable bric-a-brac, which he prizes highly and which\\naid in the decoration of his beautiful home. His\\nlibrarj IS n.ade up of choice books, works of the\\nmost noted authors of this and other countries and\\none can gain a fair estimate of the character of the\\nman b^ noticing the class of literature in which\\nhe is most interested. He has a fine residence one\\nand a half miles from the town of Bangor, which\\nis a model of comfort and convenience, and in\\nwhich he is happily spending the latter years of\\nhis life. His children have been well educated and\\nwell trained, and are occupying enviable positions\\nin societj-. ]\\\\Ir. Chapman is a through-going Re-\\npublican and socially is a prominent Mason, hav-\\ning taken the Thirty-second Degree and is now\\nCommander of the A. Lincoln Post, No. 9, G.\\nA.R.\\ni^-\\n/^ILES A. PH ER, D. D. .S. This well-known\\n(II and highl_v respected resident of Allegan is\\n-\\\\^(J) one of the finest dentists in the county. He\\nis the son of Dr. William A. Piper, and was born\\nin Boston, Mass., November 25, 1840. His father,\\nalthough a native of New York State, lived in\\nMassachusetts, where he successfully followed the\\nprofession of a dentist. The parental family in-\\neluded two children: Dr. Piper, of this sketch,\\nand Lotta, now Mrs. William Boice, of Chicago.\\nDr. William A. Piper removed from Massachu-\\nsetts to Chicago, 111., where he remained a short\\ntime, and then came to Kalamazoo County, Mich.\\nThere he was engaged in dental surgery until 1851,\\nthe date of his coming to Allegan. He was ac-\\ntively engaged in practice until his death, which\\noccurred in 1877. His partner in business, after\\ncoming to Allegan, was Dr. Streeter, and they soon\\nestablished a reputation for doing some of the\\nfinest work in the county.\\nOur subject was given an excellent education,\\nbeing a graduate of the Alleg.an High School.\\nAfter finishing his studies, he clerked in a store,\\nand, when deciding to choose a life work, learned\\nthe dental business m his father s office. On the\\noutbreak of the Civil War, our subject, together\\nwith his father, enlisted in Company I, Fifth Michi-\\ngan Cavahy, and was under the command of Gen.\\nCuster. His father was wounded in the battle of\\nGettysburg, and received an honorable discharge,\\nwith the rank of Sergeant. Giles A. served his\\ncountry three years, and was wounded three times,\\nfirst in the battle at Yellow Tavern, where he was\\nshot in the ankle; then at Cold Harbor, where\\nhe was wounded in the side, and the third time at\\nMorton Ford, receiving a wound in the col-\\nlar-bone. He was taken prisoner on the 11th of\\nJune, in the battle of Treviliau Station, Ya., and\\nwas kept in captivity for six months and eleven\\ndays, being in Libbj Belle Island, Andersonville,\\nFlorence and Charleston prisons. lie suffered\\ngreatly during his confinement in those vile dens,\\nweighing one hundred and sixtj -flve pounds when\\ntaken prisoner and when released, only eighty-\\nfive pounds. When in Andersonville, his ra-\\ntions consisted of one pint of corn and cob\\nper day, put in water, and one spoonful of salt\\nper week. The soldiers were so frantic for\\nwater that they would dig down in the ground\\nseventy-three feet, and our subject, among\\nothers, went down that distance without the well\\nbeing curbed or stoned up.\\nDr. Piper received an honorable discharge from\\nthe army the .3d of July, 1865. After his return\\nhome his health was so shattered that he lay a\\nmonth, not being able to recognize any of his\\nfriends. When fully recuperated, he began the\\npractice of his profession at Allegan, in which\\nhe has been successfullj engaged since that time.\\nDr. Giles A. Piper and Miss Ida Campbell were\\nmarried in Allegan, October 9, 1884. She was the\\ndaughter of John and Mary (McDuffee) Campbell,\\nnatives of New York State. Her parents came\\nto Allegan County in 1872, where the father en-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMD lilOGRAPlUCAL RECORD.\\n381\\ngaged as a boot mid slioo mcrclinnf. ITc followed\\nthat husine.ss until lii.s death in 1H.S7. rho mother\\nis t.till a re; ident of this county and lias become\\nthe mother of two children: Mis. Dr. Piper, and\\nJennie. In politics, Mr. Campbell was a Heiuibiican.\\nOur subject is an active and inlluenlial member\\nof the Hcpulilican party, and is idcntilicd with the\\n(irand Army of the Hcpublic. Dr. Piper is a veiy\\nprominent man in hi.s profession, and is the center\\nof a wide circle of friends, meriliiiir the esteem\\nand confidence which is accorded him on every\\nside.\\nG. SIIKFFKK. This old pioneer, who is\\none of the sturdy representatives of tlic\\n!ll/\\\\flj agricultural community, was born in Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., in 182. lie is at present\\nresiding on a beautiful farm on section 36, Casco\\nTownship, Allegan Count}-, and is the .sou of\\nGeorge and Polly Sheffer. The father was born in\\nSchoharie County, N. Y., in 1800, where he spent\\nhis early life (ni a farm. His parents were pioneers\\nof the above named county, and were well-to-do\\npeople.\\nGeorge Sheffer, when eighteen yeare of age, met\\nwith a serious accident by cutting his knee, and\\nfor several years he wa.s very lame. He was a self-\\nmade man in the truest sense of the word, for while\\nhis school days were veiy limited, he was an intelli-\\ngent and well-read man. The elder Mr. Sheffer re-\\nmained at home until his marriage, which occurred\\nwhen he was about nineteen yeai-s of age,\\nMiss Hester A aughn becoming his wife. Their\\nunion resulted in the birth of two children, Will-\\niam and Maria, both of whom are deceased.\\nAfter the death of his first wife, the father of\\nour subject was married to Polly Chamberlain, of\\nOneida Count}-, N. Y., where he had previously\\ngone. Mrs. Polly Sheffer w.as the mother of the\\noriginal of this sketch, and was the daughter of\\nNichol.as and .Sarah (Gates) Chamberlain. Her\\nparents were of Puritan stock, and natives of Massa-\\nchusetts; Mrs. .Sheffer was born in Oneida County,\\nN. Y., in 1799, on the spot which is the present\\nsite of Clinton College. Her parents were the first\\nwhite settlers jij that county, and her i)laymates\\nwere theTndian children, whose language she could\\nspeak as well as her own.\\nThe [jarents of our subject had born to them ten\\nchildren: S. G., our subject; Sarah, who is the\\nwife of K. K. McLouth; Clark; Mary, Mrs. D. Mar-\\nlatte; Lowell; Clara, the widow of Albert Smith;\\nMartha, ^Irs. Charles Lee; John, deceased; and two\\nwho died when young, one of whom w.as a twin of\\nour su])ject. Soon .after his second marri.age, the\\nfather of our subject learned the trades of tanner\\nand shoemaker, which he followed the remainder\\nof his life. In 1840 he came West to Washtenaw\\nCount} where he was among the earliest pioneers.\\nHis last d.ays were spent at the home of a daughter\\nin Lenawee County, this State, his death occurring\\nin 1861. His wife had preceded him to the belter\\nland by ten years. He had united with the Free\\nand Accepted M.asons while a young man residing\\nin Schoharie County, X. Y., in which order he be-\\ncame INlaster Mason. He was a Paptist in his early\\nyears, but his later life was spent as a member of\\nthe Mcthfxlist F piscopal Church, he having united\\nwith that denomination because there w.as no Bap-\\ntist Church in his vicinity. His wife was a Pres-\\nbyterian. In politics, he w.as first a Jacksonian\\nDemocrat, but later joined the Whig party.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was John Sheffer,\\na native of New York. His father was a Baron in\\nGermany, and in the early i)art of the seventeenth\\ncentury emigrated to America .and purchased the\\nTownship of Sharon, in Schoharie Count} N. Y,\\nHe named the township in honor of the rose of\\nSharon, found in Germany. Both the paternal and\\nmaternal grandfather of our suliject fought in the\\nRevolutionary War.\\nS. G. Sheffer, of this sketch, was given a good\\neducation,attcnding an academy in Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., until reaching the age of fifteen. He then\\nengaged to work on a farm by the month, and con-\\ntinued so employed until his marriage in 1818. The\\nladv who became his wife, bore the name of Lavina\\nM,, daughter of Henry P. Snyder. Mrs. Sheffer\\nwas a native of Columbia County, N. Y. and came\\nof German descent. A few years prior to his mar-\\nriage, Mr, Sheffer had come to Michigan, locating\\nin Lenawee County,\\nIn 1851, the original of this sketch came to AUe-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "382\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ngan County-, and in November of tliat j ear located\\non his present farm iu Casco Township. Here be\\npurchased eighty acres of land from a Jlr. Fowler,\\nwho had entered the tract from the Government.\\nThe township was l)nt thinly settled at the time of\\nhis locating here, and our subject has done valu-\\nable service in helping to lay out roads, erect\\nschoolhouses, and otherwise oi)en up the country\\nfor those who would follow. The mail was brought\\nto the settlers twice a week, sometimes by a boy,\\nbut oftener liy a neighbor who happened to be\\npassing the postofBce.\\nThe first house of our subject was a board\\nshanty, 12x14 feet iu dimensions, which served\\nonly to keep the sun out, for when it rained every-\\nthing inside was soaked. The cabin has given\\nway to a comfortable and commodious residence,\\nin which our subject and his family make their\\nhome. Mr. and Mrs. Sheffer liave been granted\\nfour children: Charles W., residing in Casco Town-\\nship; Agnes v., who is a teacher in Washington\\nSarah, Mrs. A. E. Briggs, and Byron, also re-\\nsiding in Casco Township.\\nMr. Sheffer is a member of the Free and Accepted\\nMasons, belonging to the Blue Lodge of South\\nHaven; he has attained to the Roj-al Arch Degree.\\nHe is also a Knight of the Red Cross, a Knight of\\nMalta and a Knight Templar, of Kalamazoo. In\\npolitics, he is non-partisan, although he was sent\\nas a delegate to the first National Republican Con-\\nvention, in 1858. He also served in a like position\\nto the first National Greenb.ack Convention, at To-\\nledo, Ohio. The following is an original poem,\\nread by S. G. Sheffer at the Allegan County Pio-\\nneer Society, August 19, 18111:\\nAnother year, and here we meet\\nTo clasp the hand of friendship true;\\nAnd welcome to our hearts our friends.\\nOur social friendships to renew.\\nWe ve met to-day to welcome those\\nAVho sought the wilderness long ago,\\nTo grapple with those lofty trees,\\nAnd have their lofty tops laid low.\\nAnd to live o er those wondrous scenes\\nThat crowd around our cabin door,\\nAVhen howl of wolf at night was heard.\\nAnd red men slept on our cabin floor.\\nOur neighbors few and far between,\\nYet always true in time of need.\\nAnd joyously we welcomed them\\nTo our cabin by the mead.\\nAnd when the day of work was done\\nAnd we sat around the frugal board,\\nWith pleasant sounds our memorj stirred\\nWhen at the door our friends were heard.\\nAnd when strong arms and hearts of steel\\nHave conquered the forest there\\nAnd broad rich fields and barns well stored,\\nAnd homes are seen both rich and rare.\\nAVhen we o er the wild domain.\\nThat years ago was one wild wood,\\nThat s planted now with tree and vine,\\nWe enjoy just as we should.\\nThough storms arise, and troubles come,\\nWith patience strong we stand the test,\\nNor think of aught but pleasure good\\nThat fills the home th\u00c2\u00bbt we love best.\\nAnd as old age creeps on apace.\\nTime s hoary hand is on us laid.\\nYet smiling still our work pursue\\nAnd cheerful meet what change has made.\\nWe like to cast a backward thought\\nTo those rude days of early years.\\nAnd live .again in memory dear.\\nThose da_ys when we were pioneers.\\nONATHAN M. HOWARD. This gentleman\\nwho has resided on his present farm on sec-\\ntion 34, Cheshire Township, Allegan Count}\\nfor more than a quarter of a century, is the\\npresent amiable Treasurer of his township, serving\\nhis fifth year in that office. He was born, March\\n17, 1836, in Monroe Count}-, N. Y., being the\\nyoungest of two children born to his parents. His\\nsister, Adeline B., is tlie wife of Willard A. Cooley,\\na resident of Monroe County, N. Y. Our sub-\\nject was reared to farm pursuits and has\\nalways followed this as his life vocation. When\\nfourteen years old, he commenced to work out for\\nothers, receiving but small recompense for his\\nlabors.\\nJonathan M. Howard came to Micliigan in the\\nfall of 1854 with bis parents and assisted his fa-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "PORTRATT AMD BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n383\\nther in clearing liis farm and here has ever since re-\\nmained. He was nianit il, A|iiil 1.H, to .Sarah\\nC. Mooro, who w.as born .luiy O, 1811, in ^lonroe\\nCounty N. Y., and there received a good educa-\\ntion. .She has become tiie mother of two children,\\nnamed Emma and Artinir. He has added forty\\nacres to his estate and nt)w has a hundred acres.\\nEighty acres are higlil3- tilled, with splendid build-\\nings thereon, and general farming and stock-raising\\nis carried on. Mr. Howard is a member of the\\nIndependent Order of Odd Fellows at Blooming-\\nd.ale, YanBuren County, tliis State, and h.as passed\\nall the chairs in tiie lodge. He is a member of the\\nGrange, of which he was Grand blaster. The of-\\nfice of School Director w.as his, and the oflice of\\nAssessor of the district has been iield by liim\\ntwenty yeai-s, and he is at present Treasurer of his\\ntownshi[). His political influence is cast with the\\nRepublican party. He is well liked by every one\\nwith whom he comes in contact. Tlie parents of\\nMrs. Howard were William C. and.Tulia (.Toimson)\\nMoore, natives of New York, wlio came from that\\nCommonwealth to Michigan about 1845, and set-\\ntled in YanBuren County. The mother passed\\nfrom this life in 18,5t), wliile the father survived\\nuntil 188-t.\\nJonathan Howard, the father of the gentleman\\nof whom wc write tills history, w.as a n.ative of\\nRome, N. Y., and w.as born May 19, 1808. He\\nwas a son of Timothy Howard, and followed the\\nvocation of a farmer. His good wife, tlie niotlier\\nof our sul)ject, bore the maiden niinu of .Sopliia\\nJohnson, a native of M(jnroe Count\\\\ N. Y., she\\nhaving been born in April, 181. Her fatlier w.as\\nRansom Johnson, a native of Connecticut, who\\nfollowed farming. Her mother wa.s Hannali (Ben-\\nnett) Joluison, also a native of Connecticut, wlio\\nbore her husband tliirtecn cliildrcn, only two of\\nwhom yet survive. Tlie father of our subject\\ndied in ISl .t, and the motlier passed aw.ay the\\nyear following. They were married in January,\\n1839. and located on a farm in .Monroe County,\\nN. Y. They lived live years in Orleans County,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0when they returned to Monroe County and resided\\nuntil 18. )4, in which year they came to Michigan.\\nIn the spring of 1855, they settled on their farm,\\nerected a log house and commenced to hew down\\nthe immense forest. They at first had but forty\\nacres, and lived to see the place wonderfully im-\\nproved and a good house erected. He died Janu-\\nuarv 10, 188:5, the mother jwssing aw.ay January 20,\\n1892. She was a member of the Baptist Church,\\nwhile her husband was a AVhig in politics and la-\\nter joined the Republican party. He was Post-\\nmaster at Cheshire for six years and was a well-\\neducated man.\\nV^\\nM OHN XIES is one of the class of Holland\\ncitizens who have done so much to aid in\\nthe upbuilding of the AYestern States, where\\ntheir industrious habits and perseverance\\nhave been rewarded by the acquirement of comfort-\\nalile fortunes and an honored record in the history\\nof their adopted country. Mr. Nies is a promi-\\nnent hardware merchant of Saug.atuck, where he is\\nalso engaged in the pension business. He is a son of\\nDerk and Ikien (Niewenhuis) Nies, natives of Hol-\\nland, where the subject of this sketch w.as born in\\nGroningdeii, P ebruary 29, 1836. Mr. Nies is one\\nof the few peoi)le who can celebrate their birthday\\nbut once in four years.\\nThe parents of our subject emigrated to America\\nin 1854, when he was sixteen years old, and located\\nin Fillmore Township, Allegan County, where he\\nw.as reared upon a farm and there lemained until\\nthe breaking out of the rebellion. On September\\n10, 18C], he enlisted in Company D, .Second Mich-\\nigan Cavalry, being assigned to the Armv of the\\nCumberland, under the command of Gen. .Sheridan.\\nThis regiment participated in the one hundred\\nengagements which are the subject of a book\\nTTritten by Lieut. Thatcher, entitled One Hundred\\nBattles. Mr. Nies w.as never absent from duty\\nduring his service of three years and forty-two\\ndaj S, and narrowly escaped death several times,\\non one occasion, at Marietta, Ga., having his\\nhorse shot from under him.\\nHe was discharged October 22, 1864, and at once\\nreturned to Michigan where he was occupied at\\nfarming until 18()5,at that time becoming interested\\nin the hardware business which he carried on by", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "384\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhimself until 1887. At that time he took as his\\npartner John Koning, who had been a trusted em-\\nploye for thijteen years, and in 1888 he began to\\nsolicit pensions, in which he has been highlj sucess-\\nful.\\nMr. Nies was married December 15, 1864, to\\nJohanna Kruisenga, a daughter of Everhardus\\nKruisenga, also a native of Holland. Thirteen\\nchildren have been born of this union; those living\\nare as follows: Ida, Mrs. Fred Wade, residing in\\nSaugatuck; Kate, Mrs. Harry D. Moore, who resides\\nin Montana where her husband is an attorney-at-\\nlaw; Eva married Rev. C. East, who resides in St.\\nLouis, this State; John, Ray, Harry, Edwy, Florence\\nand William. John is attending the Agricultural\\nCollege at Lansing in the civil and mechanical de-\\npartment. jMr. Nies is a stalwart Republican and\\nhas been frequentlj^ called to serve his fellow-citi-\\nzens in various offices. He has been Supervisor\\nfor five terras. School Director and a member of\\nthe Village Board. His family are members of\\ntlie Methodist Episcopal Church and are popular\\nin their community. His mother is still living at\\nthe age of eighty years, in possession of all her\\nmental faculties.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\ni\\n(iQ\\nWJLLIAM L. O BRIEN is very prominent in\\nlocal affairs in Cheshire Township, Alle-\\ngan County, having held the office of Sup-\\nervisor for three years and Assessor of the\\nSchool Dictrict for twenty-two j-ears. He is at pres-\\nent residing on section 21, and carries on general\\nfarming. He was born May 19, 1839, in County\\nRoscommon, Ireland. His parents were William\\nL. and Sarah (Devnish) O Brien. The father died\\nJuly 3, 1888, when seventy -five years of age; the\\nmother still survives at the age of seventy-two\\nyears. They came to America in 1850, and lo-\\ncated in Lorain Count}^, Ohio. In the fall of\\n1859 they emigrated to Michigan and located on\\nsection 28, Cheshire Township, Allegan County,\\nwhen it was raw land. They reared a family of\\neight children, all of whom are living, with one\\nexception. They were members of the Episcopal\\nChurch, and in politics INIr. O Brien was a Republi-\\ncan and a strong temperance man. He held the\\nposition of Highway Commissioner of this town-\\nship.\\nWilliam L. O Brien of this sketch was the eldest\\nof the parental family and was eleven years of age\\nwhen crossing the Atlantic. He was given a good\\neducation and remained at home until twentj -two\\nyears of age. When starting out for himself, he\\npurchased a farm on section 21, from the Govern-\\nment, and immediately cleared and improved\\ntwenty-five acres. April 20, 1870, he was united\\nin marriage with Miss Lizzie Smith of Blooming-\\nton, 111., and a native of New York State, her\\nbirth occurring in 1844. Mrs. O Brien was the\\ndaughter of James and .Jael Smith, who came to\\nthe Wolverine State in 1858 and located in Bloom-\\ningdale Township, Van Buren County, where they\\ndied. They were the parents of eight children,\\nfour of whom are now living.\\nMr. and Mrs. O Brien have been granted two\\nchildren: Ethel and Alice J. Our subject has\\neighty-four acres of land, forty of which are under\\nthe plow. His daughter Ethel has been a student\\nat IIoi)e College at Holland, this State, and has\\ntaught school for three years. The familj^ are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church where\\nthe father has been Steward, Class-leader and Sup-\\nerintendent of the Sunday-school. Our subject\\nand his wife are toth members of the Grange and\\nin polities Mr. O Brien is a Republican. He has\\nbeen Clerk of Cheshire Township for twenty-one\\nyears and is the present incumbent of the office.\\n^B\\n:h^:h:\\n11^4^\\n^Undrew J. MUNGER. deceased. In the\\n@/-j I death of this gentleman, Casco Township,\\n1 Allegan County, lost one of her most pros-\\nperous and respected citizens. He was\\nborn in New York, Niagara Count} December 28,\\n1828, and was reared in his native State on a farm,\\nattending no educational institution excepting the\\ncommon schools. He had always been a very close\\nreader and was conversant with all the topics of\\nthe day.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write was the son\\nof Clark and Minerva (Sylvester) Munger, both", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n385\\nnatives of New York. Tliey wci-e tlie worthy par-\\nents of eight chililrt-n, of whom our subject was\\nthe seventh in order of liirtli. He remained with\\nhis parents on tlie farm until he was nearly\\neighteen years old when he came to Michigan, set-\\ntling in Cass County. He there worked on a farm\\na few yeai-s and after his marriage rented a farm\\nuntil 18()0. In the last named year, Mr. ]\\\\Iungcr\\ndecided to make his home in Allegan County, and\\npurchased forty acres of land on section 7. A\\npart of this was improved, and after breaking the\\nremaider, he added to this eighty- acres more,\\nmaking in all one Iiundred and twenty acres, all\\nof which is now under the best of cultivation, the\\ngreater part being done b^ his own strong\\nhand. Twenty-five acres of this estate are devoted\\nto the raising of fruit, both .small and large. He\\nalso erected a very beautiful and spacious residence\\nin which his family now reside.\\nWhile in Cass County, Mich., Mr. Munger was\\nmarried to Kliza .1. Boyd, a native of New York\\nCit}- and a daughter of Robert and Jane Boyd,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0who were also natives of New Y ork State. The\\nfather was a sea captain by occupation and roamed\\nover the waters from his early youth until his\\ndeath, which occurred when ^Irs. JMunger was but\\nthree years old. The good wife and mother was\\nalso taken awaj at the same time and she went to\\nlive with an aunt residing in Cass County.\\nShe received a good education in the common\\nschools of New York, completing it at a boarding\\nschool at Staten Island.\\nThe home of our subject and his wife h.os been\\nblessed by the birth of two children, one of whom\\ndied in infancy. The other, Robert C. makes his\\nhome with his mother. He married Etta .S. Smith\\nand they are the parents of two children: Ida M.\\nand Oran A. In September, 1864, our subject\\nentered the late war, enlisting in Company F,\\nTwelft4i Michigan Infantry. He served in the\\nMississipi)i Department, but a few months after\\nentering the service was taken sick which neces-\\nsitated his going to the hospital, where he re-\\nniaineil until nearly the close of the war. He was\\nhonorably disciiarged at Little Rock, Ark., for\\npiiysical disability. He contracted a disease in the\\nwar from which he never recovered and from\\nwhich he died, April 18, 1888. His memory still\\nlives and his honorable and successful career\\nstands forth as a fitting example of what can be\\ndone bj^ earnest and constant effort. He was a\\nmember of tlie Grand .Vrmy of the Republic, .Jacob\\nFry Tost, and he was a worthy memlier of the Me-\\nthodist Episcopal Church of which liis wife and\\nson are still consistent members.\\nOHN W. HUMPHREY is tiie proprietor of\\nthe ilodel Peach Farm, at South Haven. He\\nis a native of Ireland, liaving been born in\\nCounty Antrim, April 13, 1832, and is\\nthe son of Hugh Humplirey. His father was born\\nnear Belfast and was a nail-maker, a trade also\\nfollowed by his father. Hugh Ilumphrej mar-\\nried .fane McAllister, a native of Scotland, and in\\n1H. !2 emigrated to Canada and resided at Dur-\\nham. Soon, however, they came to the States and\\nlocated at Malone. Franklin County, N. Y., where\\nthey carried on farming.\\nTiie father of our subject received an injury\\nwhich resulted in his death four years later. He\\nwas fifty -six years old at that time. His good wife\\nsurvived him many years and died at the age of\\neighty-five years. Tliey reared a family of eight\\nchildren: Margaret, who married John K. Graham\\nand resides in Franklin County, N. Y.; our sub-\\nject, who was the second in order of birth; James,\\nwho died in Berrien County, ]Mich.; Robert, who re-\\nsides in Van Buren County; Mary, who married L\\nII. Mayott, a merchant of Springfield, Mass.; Eliza,\\nwho is Mrs. J. B. Moore, of Manchester, N. H.;\\nWilliam, who died in Franklin County N. Y.; and\\nJoseph, who makes his home in the above-named\\ncounty. Our subject s father had seven brothers,\\ntwo of whom came to America: John, who was\\nmarried and died in Canada, and Thomas, who\\nwas a resident of Franklin County, N. Y.\\nJohn W. Humphrey was but eleven weeks old\\nwhen his parents removed to Canada, his boyhood\\nbeing passed upon the farm in Franklin County,\\nN. Y. When fourteen years of age, he commenced\\nto work in a sawmill, and when reaching his ma-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "386\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAI=HICAL RECORD.\\njority came to Michigan, first stopping at Ply-\\nmoutli, Wayne County, where he was engaged in\\nan agi icultural implement factor^ In 1855, he\\nmarried Mary, adopted daughter of the Hon. T.\\nT. Lyon, whose slvcteii will be found on another\\npage in this volume.\\nOur subject was a resident of Plymouth for\\neight 3 ears, and then went to Berrien County\\nwith his brother James and E. E. Ilendrick,\\nwhere they were occupied in the manufacture of\\nstaves. lie was in business only a twelvemonth,\\nhowever, when his factor} was destroj ed bj fire.\\nThe succeeding two .years were spent in Grand\\nRapids, and he again engaged in the manufacture\\nof staves in St. Joseph. He remained so occupied\\nfor three years, at the same time purchasing five\\nacres of land, which he laid out as a peach orch*\\nard. He then returned to Plymouth and was en-\\ngaged in farming and fruit-growing until 1877,\\nwhen he came to South Haven. After locating\\nhere, he purchased the property of the West Lake\\nShore Nursery Association, and conducted the\\nsame for live years, in connection with T. T.\\nLyon. He then owned one hundred and seven\\nacres of land, but much of it was swamp land and\\ncovered with stumps and logs. He cleared his\\nproperty, drained it and pi-epared the land for\\ncultivation. Fruit-gi-owers said he was very\\nfoolish to set out peach trees on such ground,\\nbut, notwithstanding the advice given him, he\\nplanted trees, and now has an orchard of three\\nthousand bearing trees, to which the name of the\\nModel Fruit Farm has been veiy appropriately\\ngiven.\\nThe original of this sketch now owns sixty-six\\nacres of land within the city limits of South Haven,\\nand, besides his fine peach orchard, raises many of\\nthe smaller fruits. In 189.1 he built a handsome\\nresidence, which is one of the attractive homes of\\nthe village. It is located on Paw Paw Street, in\\nthe southern part of the town. IMr. and Mrs.\\nHumphrey have a familj of six children: Car-\\nrie E., who is the wife of Arthur D. Wright;\\nCharles G.; James A., who died at the interesting\\nage of twenty years, while attending the Com-\\nmercial College at Detroit; William L., Frank;\\nand Marilla, who died aged four years.\\nIn his religious matters, Mr. Humphrey is a\\nBaptist, holding the position of Deacon in that\\nsociety. Sociallv, he is a member of the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows, and has passed all\\nthe chairs in that order. The Republican party\\nnumbers him as one of its most active workers.\\nHe is a life raembei of the State Horticultural So-\\nciety, from which he has obtained many premiums\\nfor fine fruit exhibitions. He is also a member of\\nthe West Michigan Horticultural Society and\\nSouth Haven Pomological Society. Mr. Hum-\\nphrey s health has been poor for several years, and\\nthe winter of 1887-88 he passed in California.\\nHe had no sooner reached the Golden State than\\na position was offered him to superintend the\\nwork in a nursery, which he did. In 1861 he\\noffered his services to the Union, but was not ac-\\ncepted. He is one of the enterprising and pros-\\nperous residents of South Haven Township, and is\\ngreatly respected in the count\\\\-.\\nt I i\\n\\\\l7 EVI MORSE is at present residing on sec-\\nI C(S, tion 7, Gan.ges Township, Allegan County,\\n/I ^VN where he is engaged in the cultivation of\\nhis fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He\\nwas born December 8, 1813, in Washington Count}-,\\nVt., and is the son of Levi and Louisa (Miller)\\nMorse. His father was the first white child born\\nin what is now Washington County, Vt., and the\\nfirst male child born in that portion of the State.\\nTo add to that honor, the State gave him a large\\ntract of land.\\nThe education of Levi Morse was received in the\\ncommon schools, and he remained at home assist-\\ning his father until reaching his twenty-fourth\\nyear. About that time he was married to the mo-\\nther of our subject, whose maiden name was Louisa\\nMiller, the daughter of Robert and Amj -Miller.\\nMr. and Mrs. Morse after their union immediately\\nlocated upon their tract of one hundred and sixty\\nacres of land in Washington County, where they\\nmade their home until their death. The father\\nserved his country as a volunteer in the W.ir of\\n1812.\\nLevi Morse, Sr., was the son of John Morse, a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n389\\nnative of England, who, with two brothers, emi-\\ngrated to the T nited Stjitcs, two locating in Mas-\\nsachusietts, and Jolin, the grandfatlier of our siih-\\njeet, settling in Vermont. Thej were all three in\\nthe Revolutionary War, Benjamin fighting at\\nBunker Hill. The maternal grandfatlier of Levi\\nMoi-se, Jr., was also in the Revolutionary War and\\nheld an official position.\\nThe subject of this sketch with his seven brothers\\nand sistere received a good education in the com-\\nmon schools of the Green Mountain State. When\\neighteen jxars of age, he began to make his own\\nwaj in the world by working out for other parties\\non farms. In 1837 he was married to Lyda,\\ndaughter of Isaiali and Ruth (Stockwell) Preston.\\nTo them have been granted seven children:\\nIx)uisa. wife of tlie Rev. William Russell, of tlie\\nFree-will Baptist Church; Sarah, who married A.\\nHarris; Emma, who became Mrs. Gilman Harris;\\nJoseph, Benjamin, Levi and Nellie, now Mrs. Or-\\nrin Norcross.\\nAfter his marriage, jNIr. Morse bought a farm in\\nVermont and there lived for about thirty years,\\nwhen, in 18()C, he came witli his family to Allegan\\nCounty and purchased sixt3 -nine acres of his pres-\\nent one hundred and sixt^ -acre tract. It was\\nthen in it^ primitive condition and beautifully lo-\\ncated on the banks of Ilntchins Lake. He has put\\nhis property under good cultivation and finds that\\nthe best methods and latest improvements in the\\nwaj- of machinerj net the largest returns. In\\npolities, he is a stanch Democrat.\\n52::\\n^|-^h-I^|i^#!#5\\nON. RICHARD FERRIS, who is engaged\\nj) in general farming on section 17, Cheshire\\nTownship, is one of the prominent citi-\\n_^ zens of Allegan County. He has a wide\\nacquaintance in this coininunity, also throughout\\nsurrounding counties, and his friends will notice\\nwith especial interest his life sketch and portrait.\\nHe was born in the town of Butler, Wayne County,\\nN. Y., August 7, 1822, and is the seventh in a fam-\\nily of nine children, who.se parents were Leonard\\nand KMzabeth (Ryan) Ferris. His father was a\\nnative of the Highlands of New York and a fanner\\nby occupation. For a few years after lii.\u00c2\u00bb marriage\\nhe resided in Cayuga County, N. Y., and then re-\\nmoved to Wayne County, where he hewed out a\\nfarm in the midst of the forest. His wife died at\\nthe age of eighty-three ye.ars and he reached the\\nadvanced age of ninety-three. Mrs. Ferris was a\\nmember of the Catholic Church. Of their six sons\\nand tliree daughters, six are now living. The fam-\\nily was represented in the late war by John A.,\\nwho served in an Indiana regiment.\\nI pon ills father s farm our subject was reared to\\nmanhood, and in the district schools of New York\\npartially acquired his education. Empty-handed,\\nhe began life for himself at the age of eighteen,\\nand two years later sought a home in the West.\\nIn Jlishawaka, Ind., he worked in a sawmill yard\\nand afterward was employed at harvesting. Sub-\\nsequently he spent eight months as a farm hand in\\nCass County, then returned to Mishawaka, where\\nhe attended a select scliool during the winter. In\\nthe spring he again went to work in the mill-yard\\nfor $20 per month and boarded himself. lie did\\ntlie work of two men and his employer, AVilliam\\nJlilburn, seeing his usefulness, made him a sawyer,\\nand he was afterwards given entire charge of the\\nmill, being there employed from the spring of\\n1845 until 1851, with the exception of ten months\\nin 1848-41), when he was a student at Notre Dame\\n(Ind.) University. The year 1850 witnessed his ar-\\nrival in Michigan, and for one summer he was em-\\nployed in a mill in Lawrence, Van Buren County,\\nafter which he there taught school in the winter of\\n1850-51. The following spring he returned to\\nMishawaka and bought a one-eighth interest in a\\nnew steam sawmill, having charge of the saw de-\\npartment.\\nAbout this time, on the IKtii of April. lS, ,l.Mr.\\nFerris wedded Hannah Milburn, sister of his\\nformer eirpl03-er. .She was born in England, Jan-\\nuary 1, 182G, and in 1818 came to America with\\nher brother William, making her home in Jlisha-\\nwaka. In August, succeeding their marriage. Mi\\nFerris sold out and removed to Lawrence, Jlicli.,\\nwhere he bought a third interest in a mill,\\nhelped to rebuild it and followed that business un-\\ntil 1854. He then again sold, and removed to his\\npresent farm in December of that year, having", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "390\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhere resided since. The home has been blessed by\\nthe presence of four children: William M., who\\nmarried Minnie Wood, and is now living in\\nWaldo, Kan.; Mary E., wife of Robert C. O Brien,\\nof Chesliire Township, by whom she has four\\nchildren; Marcus A., a farmer of the same town-\\nship, who married Florence Motter, by whom he\\nhas one child; and Joseph G., who died at the age\\nof nineteen years.\\nMr. Ferris settled upon a four hundred and\\neighty-acre tract of wild land, eleven miles from\\nAllegan, and built a double log cabin. Indians\\nwere still frequent visitors in the neighborhood,\\nfew roads had been cut through and the worli of\\ndevelopment and progress seemed scarce!} begun.\\nIn May, 1855, Mr. Ferris began building a saw-\\nmill, which he operated for a number of years,\\nwhen it was totally destroyed by fire. He then\\nbuilt about eight} rods from the old site, but the\\nwater afterward failed and he discontinued its\\noperation and began improving his farm. Since\\nthen he has given his entire attention to agricult-\\nural pursuits and now has three hundred and eigh-\\nteen acres of valuable land, two hundred and forty\\nof which are highly cultivated. He has cleared and\\nfenced his farm himself, and added greatly to its\\nvalue and attractive appearance by many improve-\\nments. He pays considerable attention to the rais-\\ning of fine grades of sheep and draft and coach\\nhorses. His home, which was erected in 1860, is\\nthe finest residence in the township and is the\\nabode of hospitality. The members of the family\\nliold a high position in the social world and their\\nfriends throughout the community are many.\\nMr. Ferris is member of the Catholic Church.\\nHis wife belonged to the Congregational Church\\nin England, but of late j^ears has been an active\\nworker in the Methodist Churcli. With school\\ninterests he lias been activel} identified, has given\\nhis children good advantages, and two have Ijeen\\nteachers. So efficient was he as member of the\\nBoard, that those who first opposed him were after-\\nward vociferous in their entreaties for him to con-\\ntinue in office. He cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor Henry Clay and supported the Whig party\\nuntil the organization of the Republican party,\\nwith which he has since been identified. He is one\\nof the prominent Republicans in this community\\nand has fought many hard practical battles, espe-\\ncially in trying to get the party to embody tem-\\nperance principles. He served as Clerk in Law-\\nrence Township, Van Buren County, was also\\nSchool Inspector, and in 1855 was elected Clerk of\\nCheshire Township. He held the office of School\\nInspector here until the organization of the school\\ndistricts.\\nElected as Representative from his district, Mr.\\nFerris served in the Legislature in 1871 and 1872,\\nwhen he declined a re-nomination. During that\\ntime, he helped elect Tliomas W. Ferry to the\\nUnited States Senate, was Chairman of the Lumber\\nCommittee, a member of the Committee on State\\nPrisons and also of the joint committee to visit the\\npenal and reformatory institutions of the State.\\nThe cause of temperance ever found in him a\\nstanch advocate, and all social, educational and\\nmoral interests receive his hearty support. His\\npublic and private life are above reproach. He\\nhas been a faithful public officer and a valued citi-\\nzen of the communit} who has done much for the\\nupbuilding of the county during his many years\\nof residence here. He has the respect of his manj\\nacquaintances and the warm regard of a large\\ncircle of friends.\\nANIEL PRATT, who is a son of one of the\\npioneer families of Allegan County, was\\nreared under the primitive influences that\\nprevailed in the early years of the settlement of\\nthis region, and has taken his place among the\\nbus} practical farmers of Martin Township, where\\nmost of his life has been passed since he was\\nbrought here in childhood from his native State.\\nHe is a son of Huljbard Pratt, and was born in\\nSeneca County, N. Y., June 27, 1830, Phelps\\nTownship being his birthplace. His father was a\\nnative of ermont, but was reared in New York,\\nand was married in Seneca County, that State, to\\nMiss Marth McBride, who was born and reared in\\nthat Common wealtli. He was a farmer by occupa-\\ntion, and after marriage he located on a rented", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n391\\nfarm. IIo ami liis wife removed to Oliio in 1834,\\nand tiic foUowiiii, yi arcame toMicliiijan, coming di-\\nrect to Allegan C ount^ .lieing among the first .settlers\\nin Martin Township, where the father selected a\\ntract of land on section lit. He built a typical\\npioneer abode of logs for the shelter of his family,\\nand then entered upon the liard labor re(iuired to\\nfell the timber with which his place was covered.\\nIn time ho hewed out a good farm from the for-\\nest*, and lived thereon in comfort and ccmtent-\\nment the remaining j-ears of his life, which was\\nbrought to a close at a ripe old age in 1880. lie\\nwas a sturdj Democrat in his politics, and was in\\nevery way a good jiioneer citizen, who was useful\\nin developing the agriculture of this count} lie\\nwas a son of William Pratt, a .soldier in the War\\nof 1812, and he came of good old New England\\nstock, as dill his wife s people also. She died some\\nj-ears after the family came to Michigan. She\\nwas the mother of eight children, three daughters\\nand five sons, all of whom grew to maidiood and\\nwomanhood, except one that died in infancy.\\nThe others are Lewis, a resident of Wayland; Dan-\\niel; Jane, wife of Henry Walker; Mary, who mar-\\nried John Corning, both of whom are now dead;\\nAlonzo, a resident of ^Martin Township; William,\\nwho also lives in that township; and Martha, who\\nmarried William Chapman, and is now dead.\\nDaniel Pratt is the second son of the family. He\\nwas five years old when the famil}- came to Michi-\\ngan, lie obtained his entire education in a little\\nlog schoolliouse. on section 22, Martin Township.\\nHe early became familiar with the details of farm-\\ning, through having to assist his father on the old\\nhomestead, hel|)ing him to clear and improve the\\nfann until he was twenty-one years old, when he\\nbegan life on his own account. He worked out by\\nthe month until his marriage, which took place Jan-\\nuary 2-1,185 j,to Miss Sarah Spooner,a native of New\\nYork. In her, be had a helpmate kind .and true, a\\nveritable homeniaker.who looked carefully after the\\ncomfort of her liousehold, and Wius a wi^e and tender\\nmother to her children. She died August 27, 1891,\\nleaving behind her the record of a life well spent.\\nThree children were born to our subject b}- his\\nmarriage, namely: Harriet, who married Moses\\nWard, and has a little girl, Jessie Ma} eight years\\nold: Willis, a resident of Martin Township, who\\nmarried Miss Eva Rurnham, and had two children:\\nIJcrt, and Maliel, who is deceased; and George,\\nwho died at the age of sixteen months.\\n^Ir. Pratt and his wife began their married life\\nill a liouse tliat he liuiltof logs, on his present farm,\\nwiiicli :it tlial time formed apart of the forest that\\nprevailed here. f)iily five acres of it were cleared\\nwhen it came into his possession, and he cut the\\nlogs for his dwelling, which he built 16x24 feet in\\ndimensions. He now has the sixty .acres compris-\\ning his homestead under fine tillage, and amply\\nprovided with all the necessary improvements for\\ncarrying on agriculture conveniently. He does a\\ngeneral farming business, and raises a good cl.ass\\nof stock.\\nMr. Pratt is a man of excellent sense and sound\\nunderstanding, whose career as a farmer refiects\\ncredit on his township, in wiiose development as\\na prosperous and wealthy agricultural center, he\\nh.as liecn an important factor. In him the I^epub-\\nlican parly finds a steadfast adherent.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ft\\ng=^\\nSD\\n^i^l\\nPANIEL D. HARRIS, Postmaster and gen-\\neral merchant at Shelbyville Station, is\\nclassed among the active and enterprising\\n3 Oung business men of Allegan County, who are\\nso potent in sustaining and extending its commer-\\ncial and other interests. lie is a native of South-\\nern Michigan, born in the town of Calesburg, May\\n.5, 1859. His father, D. Harris, and his grand-\\nfather, James Harris, who were both natives of\\nNew York, the former born in Otsego County in\\n1825, were both earlv pioneers of Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where they settled in 1834. The grand-\\nfather w.as one of the first to settle in Charlestown\\nTownship, that count}-, where he took up a tract\\nof land from the Government. He was a son of\\nan Englishman who came to America when a\\nyoung man and made his home in the Empire\\nState.\\nThe father of our subject was but a boy when\\nhis parents settled in tlie forest wilds of Kalamazoo\\nCounty, and in after years he was there married\\nto Miss Adeline Ralph, a native of that count}-.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "392\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHer parents, George and Hettie Ralph, who are\\nnatives of England, are lionored in the annals of\\nthat count} as pioneers of Charleston, where they\\nsettled in 1835. They have attained the venerable\\nages of ninety-one and eighty-nine years respec-\\ntively, and have enjoyed an unusually long wedded\\nlife of sixty-nine years. Tlie parents of our subject\\nhave four children, three sons and one daughter.\\nTheir son Willard died at the age of seven months;\\ntheir son Jay is clerking for his brother Daniel, and\\ntheir daughter Cora is also with him.\\nD. D. Harris is the second child and the second\\nson of the family. He passed his bo3 liood in his\\nnative town, and was well educated in its schools.\\nHe gained his first experience of the mercantile\\nbusiness as a clerk in the store of Messrs. Schroder\\nit Olin, of Galesburg, with whom he remained\\neighteen months. He then went north to Keweenaw\\nCount} where he clerked in a general store a like\\nlength of time. Retuining to this part of Miclii-\\ngan, he located where lie now resides, and formed\\na partnership with Mr. Schroder, Jr., to conduct a\\ngeneral store. They were together two j ears and\\nnine months, and then Mr. Harris Ijought his part-\\nner s interest in the concern, which he has since\\ncarried on alone. He lias a neat and well-arranged\\nestablishment, which is completely stocked with a\\nfine assortment of dry-goods, groceries, crockery,\\npaints, oils, etc. He has built up an extensive and\\nprofitable trade on a solid basis,a^ he has a thorough\\nunderstanding of his business, gives it his undivided\\nattention, has a keen comprehension of what is best\\nsuited to the wants and tastes of his patrons, who\\nalways find him courteous and obliging, and strictl}\\nreliable in all his transactions, his credit standing\\nhigh in financial circles. Mr. Harris, as before\\nmentioned, adds the duties of Postmaster to his\\nother business, having been appointed to that pos-\\nition in 1889. He began life with but little means,\\nand though still in the prime of early manhood\\nhas already won an assured place among the mon-\\nied men of this section of the county. He is\\npopular socially, and is a member of Prairie Lodge,\\nNo. 92, A. F. A. M., at Galesburg. He was at\\none time Justice of the Peace. In his political\\nrelations he stands with the Republican party.\\nMr. Harris was married in his native town in\\nApril, 1882, to Miss Louise, a daughter of Luke\\nKeith, of that place. They have established one\\nof the coziest homes at Shelbyville Station, and\\ntheir pleasant household is completed by their\\nthree children: Lavern, Floyd and Leone. Their\\nlittle son .Jay died at the age of four years.\\nAndrew PYL, a resident of Kalamazoo\\nCitj where he makes his home at No. 842\\nSouth Burdick Street, is a native of the\\nland across the sea. He was born in Hol-\\nland, February 2, 1826, and is a son of Benjamin\\nPyl, who was a mason by trade. Our subject be-\\ncame a mason also, by trade, but in tlie winters\\nmade wooden shoes, continuing in this until he\\ncame to the United States in 185.5.\\nUpon coming to the I nited States, Mr. Pyl came\\ndirect to Kalamazoo, and began working at his\\ntrades until 1370, the last five years of that time\\nbeing emplo3 ed in masonry at the as3 lum, under Dr.\\nVan Dusen. The year 1870 he was engaged quite\\nextensively in making soap with Mr. Franzee. They\\nsold out and engaged in the grocer}- business for\\nsome sixteen years very successfully, on South\\nBurdick Street, at the corner of Alcott. Since\\nthat time, Mr. Pyl has not been engaged in any\\nactive labor. He is living retired in a pleasant and\\nhappy home, surrounded with all the comforts of\\nlife. His daughter and son reside in adjoining\\nhouses which he has built.\\nThe date of the marriage of our subject to Miss\\nSynthia Wagemaker was December 16, 1858, at\\nKalamazoo City. Mrs. Pyl was also a native of\\nHolland, coming to this country two years after\\nMr. Pyl did. She was called from her home and\\nchildren April 9, 1888. She bore her husband the\\nfollowing named children: Benjamin, Jennie\\n(who died at the age of four and one-half years),\\nJennie and John. Benjamin is a graduate of\\nthe State University, and is practicing medicine at\\nGrand Rapids, where he has a lucrative practice.\\nJennie is the wife of Sirk Wykkel, of Kalamazoo.\\nJohn is a jeweler in company with liis brother-in-\\nlaw, Mr. Wykkel. Mr. Pyl was a second time\\nmarried, .June 10, 1889, to Mrs. Johanna jSLariah", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n393\\nDeRoo, of Roseland, Chicago, and the widow of\\nHiram Vanderbilt, to whom she was married in\\nKeokuk, Iowa. Jlrs. I yl was born iu Holland, and\\nis the mother of two daughters b} her first hus-\\nband, .Johanna and .Tennie Vanderbilt, both resid-\\ning at Roseland.\\nOur subject and his wife are both members of\\nthe Dutch Reformed Church, and have been ver_y ac-\\ntive in church work, lie iiolding the offices of Elder\\nof the church, and Superintendent of the Sunday-\\nschool for twenty-six years. Ir. Pyl, of this\\nsketch, has been a successful man in his business\\nundertakings, crediting his prosperity to strict at-\\ntention to business. For the last twenty years he\\nhas occasionally dealt in real estate, and has like-\\nwise built several houses in the cit_v of Kala-\\nmazoo, which he has sold. He has gained a com-\\npetenc} and is now living a retired respected life.\\nHe and his good wife are lield in tlie highest es-\\nteem by the people of the community.\\n3 *1**J*\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-\\nJACOB (iUJ^SAUI.. is the popular Postmaster\\nat Covert, and also holds the office of Su-\\npervisor of Covert To-Rnship, Van Buren\\nCounty. His residence in the place dates\\nfrom November, 1871, he being one of the earliest\\nsettlers of tliat town. He wjus born in Guilford\\nTownship, Medina Count} Ohio, October 10,1840,\\nand is a son of Benjamin and Catherine (Long)\\nGunsaul, natives of Pennsylvania. Ilis parents\\nwere married in their native State and removed to\\nMiami County, Ohio, where tlie^y were among the\\nearly pioneers. There they bouglit a tract of un-\\nimproved land which they cleared up and im-\\nproved into a fine farm, where the father died\\nat the age of sixty-three. The mother is still liv-\\ning at Chatham, Ohio. Thej- reared a family of\\nthirteen cliildren.of whom our subject is the ninth\\nin order of birth.\\nThe earl} life of Mr. Gunsaul was passed upon\\na farm, and his school advant.ages were very lim-\\nited, as he was able to give but very little time to\\nattendance at the common school. He has, how-\\never, made uyi for any deficiency in this respect by\\ncareful reading and study since arriving at man-\\nhood and has thus acquired a good business educa-\\ntion. In 1861, Mr. Gunsaul emigrated to Miehi-\\n;an and for a short time was engaged in cutting\\ncordwood in (ianges Townsliip, Allegan County.\\nHe was married, August 9, 1862, to Miss Harriet .1.\\nBostwick, daughter of William R. and Eliza Bost-\\nwick, who was born in Edinburg, Portage County,\\nOhio, August 20, 1842. The AYar of the Rebellion\\nw.-is at that time being waged, and two d.ays after\\nhis marriage, on August 1 1, Mr. Gunsaul left liis\\nyoung bride and enlisted on the side of the Union\\nin that great struggle. He was mustered into the\\nservice in Company B, Nineteenth Jlicliigan In-\\nfantry, going at once to Cincinnati and from\\nthere marching through Kentucky to Chattanooga.\\nThe ciy was then, On to Richmond, and with\\nhis command he took part in the battle of Spring\\nHill, March 4, 1863. The brigade was captured,\\nour subject being among the number; he was held\\na prisoner for one month, being in Liljby Prison\\nfor nine days at that time. He was at the time\\nCorporal of his company. After being released\\nfrom prison he went to Camp Chase, Ohio, and\\nwas for thirteen days at home, when he was called\\nback, soon afterward taking part in the campaigns\\nfrom Chattanooga to Atlanta, and participating in\\nmost of the skirmishes and battles incident to that\\ncampaign. He marched with Gen. Sherman to the\\nsea, and from thence to Washington, where he wit-\\nnessed the Grand Review. During his service in\\nthe army, he was in tliirteen regular engagements,\\nbesides numerous skirmishes, etc.\\nOn his discharge from the army, .June 10, 1865,\\nMr. Gunsaul returned to Allegan County, Mich.,\\nand purchasing land cng.iged in farming. In 1871,\\nhe removed to Covert .and was in the employ of\\nthe I ackard Lumber Compan}- for some three years.\\nAt the end of this time he again went on a farm,\\nwhere he remained until 1889, when he sold out\\nand purchased property in Covert, where he w.as\\nsoon after appointed Postmaster. He also carries\\non the grocery business and is one of the leading\\nmen of the place. He h.as one child, a son, Charles,\\nwho wa.s born August 20, 1867. In politics, !Mr.\\nGunsaul is a Republican. He was Treasurer of\\nCovert for two yeai S and is now serving his fourth\\nterm as member of the Board of Supervisors. He", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "394\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nis a member of George Allen Post, No. 351, G. A.\\nR., of which Le is Post-Commander. He also be-\\nlongs to the Independent Order of Good Templars,\\nin which he has been an active member. He is ac-\\ntive in temperance work and is a member of the\\nTemperance Club, which is an organization formed\\nfor the purpose of enforcing the laws controlling\\nthe liquor traffic. Mr. Gunsaul is a man of great\\nforce of character and believes that whatever is\\nworth doing at all is worth doing well.\\nAMUEL IIADAWAY, a representative\\nfarmer residing on section 8, Casco Town-\\nship, Allegan County-, was born in Kent\\nCounty, England, on December 17, 1830.\\nHe is a son of John and Sarah Iladaway. The\\nfather was also born in Kent County in 1791, and\\nwas reared to farming pursuits, which he followed\\nall his life. His education was vcrj- limited.\\nWhen quite a young man he married Sarah Startup.\\nTo this couple were born eight children, three of\\nwhom died when 3 oung in life. Those who grew\\nto years of maturity are John, of England; Sarah;\\nWilliam, now deceased; James and Samuel.\\nOur subject, like many others of his day in\\nEngland, began to make a portion of his living\\nwhen a mere child, going to work for twopence\\na day. His school days were few, for from the\\ntime he was large enough to do anj-thing, he had\\nto work. Thus he struggled along until nearly\\nreaching his majority, when there came a financial\\npanic in his country, and he could not get an}\\nthing to do. He became entirelj destitute, and\\nwas compelled to go to the poorhouse. He suc-\\nceeded in borrowing SSO to pa}- his passage to the\\nUnited States, and landed in New York in 1849\\nwith but one shilling. He soon found work, which\\nwas quite encouraging to the young mau. He\\nlocated in Wayne County, N. Y., where he worked\\non a farm four years. Thus he was enabled to\\nreturn the borrowed money during his first eight\\nmonths residence here.\\nWhile a resident of Wayne County, N. Y., Mr.\\nHadaway was married to Elizabeth Goodwin, Sep-\\ntember 6, 1853. This union has been blessed by\\nthe birth of eight children, four of whom died\\nwhen young: Sarah J.; Julia, deceased; Martha,\\ndeceased; .John, Grace, and Dwight A.; Edward and\\nWilliam, twins, deceased. In 1856 our subject re-\\nmoved with his family to Kosciusko County, Ind.,\\nwhere he remained on a farm several years, and\\nin 1863 moved to Michigan, locating at once in\\nCasco Township, on his present farm. But instead\\nof a beautiful farm of one hundred acres, with\\nnice buildings, etc., which it now is, it was naught\\nbut a wilderness, with a small board shanty, as\\ncrude as a barn. Mrs. Iladawa} died in September,\\n1878, and our subject was married to Mrs. Rachel\\nA. Fowler, the widow of John Fowler, and\\ndaughter of Benjamin and Maria (Lee) Ostrander.\\nShe was the mother of one child by her first union.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hadaway are valued members of the\\nUnited Brethren Church, and politicall}-, the hus-\\nband is a Republican.\\nj,^., YRON A. POWELL. We are pleased to\\npresent to the consideration of our readers\\na citizen of Monterey Township, Allegan\\nCounty, who stands high in the estimation\\nof his neighbors and is justly locked upon as one\\nof the most prominent men in the count}-. He is\\na progressive and successful farmer and stock-\\nbreeder, whose beautiful estate of two hundred and\\nninet3--three acres lies on section 16. He is one of\\nthe most extensive horsemen in this county and\\nbreeds fine standard and thorougbred animals, de-\\nvoting one hundred acres of his estate to the\\nhorse farm. He is an excellent judge of horse-\\nflesh and has in his stables some very valuable .ani-\\nmals. In his farming operations he finds thai the\\nbest methods and latest improvements bring him in\\nthe largest returns.\\nMyron A. Powell is the son of William and\\nCatherine (Wright) Powell, the father a native of\\nNew York State and the mother born in Stuttgart,\\nwhich is the capital of Wurteraberg, Germany.\\nOur subject was born May 8, 1838, in Defiance\\nCount}-, Ohio, where his father was the second man\\nin Farmer Township. He was reared on a farm\\nand came to Monterey Township, Allegan County,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n395\\nin 18.58. After his arrival Iiere lie went to work\\nin tiie lunilier woods, continuing in that line of\\nwork until 1862, when he enlisted in Company 1,\\nFifth Michigan Cavalry and w.is attaclied to the\\nArmy of the Potomac. He served under Gens.\\nSherman, Custer and Kilpatrick, and participated\\nwith his cf)mpnny in tlie various engagements in\\ntlie Shenando;ih N alley. At the close of hostilities,\\nhe received an honorable discharge and retunK (l\\nto Michigan.\\nThe gentleman whose name we place at the head\\nof this sketch was married in IS. jIt to Mar\\\\ K.\\nDalrymple, and to them were horn four ciuldren:\\nAnnie, who became Mrs. Martin Stineman, resides\\nin Grand Rapids; Carrie married .lames Schuler\\nand makes her home in South Bend, Ind.; Gertrude\\nis unmarried and teacliing in the Jlonterey schools.\\nShe has been given a tine education, being a grad-\\nuate of Ilolden College, at IIolden.^Eo., and Alma\\nCollege, in Michigan. Charles, the fourth child,\\nwas accidentally killed on the railroad when a lad\\nof sixteen. .Mrs. Powell is the daughter of Samuel\\nDalrymple, a native of New York State.\\nIn politics, our subject is a true-blue Republican\\nand is an active member of Post No. 180, G. A. K.,\\nat Monterey. He has been honored by his fel-\\nlow-citizens I\\\\y being elected to the various\\ntownship oflices and has been .lustice of tiie Pe.ace\\nfor a [leriod of over twent}- years. His fine estate\\nis truly the work of his own hands, as he started\\nout in life without a dollar. His place is now\\nstocked with thirty head of line horses, in which\\nbranch of farming he is very successful. He is a\\nlover of horses and thus finds it nf very great task\\nto care for them.\\n[L^EMAN A. FOWLER is a prosperous farmer\\nresiding on section 18, Casco Township,\\nAllegan County, and was born in Waldo,\\nMe., in 1824. His parents were George and\\nSarah (Ward) Fowler, natives of Maine, where the\\nfather was reared on a farm. He remained with\\nhis parents until about tweutj -flve years old, at\\nwhich time he was married to the mother of our\\nsubject. They reared a family of seven children.\\nnamed as follows: Sarah, wife of Josiah Ward;\\nIK man A.; Martha, who is now deceased; Nathan,\\nHosea, Joseph, and Jennie, the wife of J. K. Plum-\\nmer. After the marri.agc of the parents ^of our\\nsubject, they settled on a farm in Waldo County,\\nMe., and (in this farm of seventy acres the father\\nlived until his death. He fought bravely in the\\nWar of 1812. The grandi)areuts of our subject\\nwere Mathew and Sarah (Ward) Fowler, the former\\na native of Ireland, who with a brother came to\\n.Vmerica in the eighteenth century. After arriv-\\ning in this country, the brother was never heard\\nfrom. Matthew served in the Revolutionary con-\\ndiet.\\nIlcman A. Fowler lived with his parents until\\neighteen jears of age when he started in the world\\nfor himself by working in the lumber woods in the\\nwinters and in the sawmills in the summers. This\\nlabor he continued until the age of twenty-five\\nyears when he was married. He chose as his life\\ncompanion Caroline Leighton, whose parents were\\nSmithson and Eliza Leighton, natives of the State\\nof jMaine. After the marriage of Mr. Fowler, he\\nremained with his parents for some years and then\\nengaged in the general merchandising business at\\nLewiston, j\\\\Ie. In the year 18iVJ, he came to Ot-\\nsego, Allegan County, where he rented and car-\\nried on a farm for three years. He then came to\\nCasco Township where he purchased his present\\nestate of one hundred and si.xty .acres of land in\\nthe wilderness. lie at once put forth his persistent\\nefforts and cleared away enough brush to Ituild a\\nsmall board house. Thus he began with limited\\nmeans in a new country and by his own industri-\\nous lal)ors and .sagacious judgment, united with\\neconomy and good husiness qualifications, he has\\nsecured a competency and is now living in the en-\\njoyment of the comfort-s and lu.Kuries wealth\\naffords. He has placed upcm his farm the beauti-\\nful buildings we now see to-day; he also has a fine\\norchard of forty acres.\\nThe union of our subject and his estimable wife\\nhas been blessed by the birth of seven children,\\n[\\\\vc now living, and all of whom are now married:\\nLlewellyn; Clarence; Lillie, wife of Willis Baker;\\n.\\\\rthur; and .Vddie who married M, Power. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Fowler are worthy members of the Meth-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "396\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nodist Episcopal Church and politically Mr. Fowler\\nIS a stanch Republican and has Ijeen called upon to\\nhold different local offices in his township. Our\\nsubject and his family move among the best social\\ncircles of the township and are held in the highest\\nesteem bv all who know them.\\n=^S\\n{^A\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0B\\nll^M*\\nAYETTE L. H0LLI8TER. This prominent\\nresident of Casco Township, Allegan\\nCountjr, was born in Cattaraugus Count3\\nN. Y., in 1840. He is at present residing on sec-\\ntion 24, where he is engaged in tilling the soil in a\\nmost profitable manner. His parents were Andrew\\nand Mary Hollister; the father was born in Genesee\\nCount} in 1806.\\nAndrew Hollister was reared on a farm, and\\nwhen quite young, went to live with a familv by\\nthe name of .Smith. He remained witii them until\\nbecoming of age, at vvhich time he commenced the\\nbattle of life on his own account by teaching\\nschool. He afterward learned the trade of a car-\\npenter, which occupation he successfully followed\\nthe remainder of his life. The maiden name of\\nour subject s mother was Mary, daughter of George\\nDuulap. In 1842 she accompanied her husband to\\nMichigan, where they located on Silver Creek, Al-\\nlegan County. There the father puieh-ased a farm,\\nwhich he continued to reside upon and improve\\nuntil 1849, when he moved to Blunimerville, Gan-\\nges Township, same count3^ He made another\\nmove, however, in 1852, at which time he came to\\nthe farm which is owned by our subject, and\\nwhich contained one hundred acres of wild laud.\\nThe first work of the senior Mr. Hollister on\\ncoming to Casco Township was to erect a cabin for\\nhis famil} He then worked out by the day in\\norder to obtain the necessities of life. He soon,\\nhowever, traded his farm on Silver Creek for a\\nyoke of oxen and a cow, and thus began the cul-\\ntivation of his property. He was veiy industrious\\nand lived to see tlie greater portion of his estate\\nplaced under good cultivation.\\nFour children were born to our subject s parents,\\nviz: Emmaranda, now deceased, was the wife of\\nJohn Kennedy; Harland, deceased; Anna, who be-\\ncame the second wife of .John Kennedy, and our\\nsubject. The father of these children died February\\n8, 1883, and the mother, December 23, 1871. Fay-\\nette L. Hollister remained with his parents until\\ntheir death, taking charge of the farm and caring\\nfor them. He now owns seven tj--flve acres of the\\nold homestead, which is highly improved, twenty-\\nfive acres being devoted to fruit-raising.\\nIn 1869 our subject was married to Caroline\\nKennedy, the daughter of Erick and Matilda (Lar-\\nkin) Kennedy, natives of New York. Mrs. Holl-\\nister was born in Wisconsin and was one of nine\\nchildren born to her jjarents. To ]\\\\Ir. and Mrs.\\nHollister have been granted five children: Edith,\\nMrs. Byron Hopkins; Cora R., Mable, who died in\\n1891, aged fourteen j ears, Claud and Eula. Mr.\\nHollister is a member of the Township and County\\nGrange and is also connected with the Independ-\\nent Order of Odd Fellows at South Haven, and the\\nPatrons of Industry. In politics he is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nSAMSON FOX, a resident of section 5, Casco\\nTownship, Allegan County, was a native\\nof the Mother Country, where he was born\\nin Sussex, in 1831. His father was Thomas\\nFox, a native of the same place as his son, where he\\nwas reared on a farm, gaining but a limited educa-\\ntion. When he was yet quite a 3-oung man, he was\\nmarried to Elizabeth Dan, a daughter of Thomas\\nDan, of Sussex, England. They had born to them\\nfour children: Samson, our subject; William, de-\\nceased; Richard, of this township; and Thomas, a\\nresident of England. The father of this family\\nwas called to the other world when our subject was\\nquite joung and his mother was again married to\\nJames Ridley and to them were born six children:\\nOne who died in infanc} James, Ileury, Joseph,\\nDaniel and Ellen.\\nWhen the subject of this sketch was but ten\\nyears of age, he had to make his own living by\\nworking on a farm for six cents a day and pay his\\nown board. His earl} life in England had many\\ntrials and he had to struggle hard to keep soul and\\nbody together. In 1856 he set sail for the United", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "i%", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RI-XORD.\\n399\\nStates and located in the western part of New\\nYork Slate where be was quite successful in farm-\\ninj; nnd remained there eight years. AVhilo tlicrc\\nhe was married to Emily Ashdown and to them\\nwere born two children, both of whom died in in-\\nfancy.\\nIn 1H()1. our subject and his wife started for\\nMichiifan and on reaching this ])lace located on his\\npresent farm of forty acres. It was then an un-\\nbroken and wild piece of land, and his first house\\nconsisted of a board cabin. 12x14 feet, with only\\none room. In this humble abode and new coun-\\ntry the young couple settled, but the wife becom-\\ning a little dissatisfied returned to her people in\\nNew York. IMr. Fox was married again, taking as\\nhis wife Margaret Patterson. This home h.as liecu\\nblessed with no children, but their home and hearts\\nhave itecn thrown open to Maggie Gilmey, daugh-\\nter of Samuel and Martha Gibney and a niece of\\nMrs. Fox. Our subject is a most worthy memljer\\nof the I nited Brethren Church, while his wife is a\\nconsistent and faithful member of the Methodist\\nllpiscopal Church. Politicallj Mr. Fox is a stanch\\nRepul)lican and he and his estimable wife are held\\nill high esteem in the community.\\nAVhcn Mr. Fox first came toMi(;higan, he liad no\\nmoney except ^1 in silver. But he had a strong\\nhand and a willing heart and he was determined\\nto make a success. Bj his own persistent efforts\\nand sagacious judgment, he has brought his estate\\nto wliat it now is to-d.ay a fertile and attractive\\nplace, with good and substantial buildings erected\\nthereon.\\n^7\u00c2\u00ae-^^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2A a prom-\\nalso widely\\nigliout Van\\nies. Consid-\\nering what he has done for the community and his\\ninfluence therein, his life sketch and portrait are\\nvalual le additions to this work. He was born in\\nCliainpioii, .lefTerson County, N. Y., March 11,\\n1H22. Ills father, Alexander Copley, Sr., was Ixjrn\\nin (iruiidy, Hartford County, Conn., Novemlter 22,\\n17110, and w.as the youngest of seven children,\\n18\\nThe grandfather came from England in the early\\npart of the eighteenth century. His wife died,\\nleaving him witli five sons and two daughters, the\\neldest, eighteen years of age and the youngest a lad\\nof six summers. The father, however, managed\\nto eke out a living for his family with the as-ist-\\nance of thirty acres of poor land and the income\\nfrom a quarter interest in a gristmill and a half\\ninterest in a sawmill, where there was little to ^a\\\\v\\nand less to grind. However, he kept his children\\ntogether, and provided for their sujjport until the3\\nwere able to care for themselves. In April, 1851,\\nthe oldest brother sold the property in Connecticut\\nand removed the family to Worcester, Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y.\\nThere young Copley, father of our subject, at-\\ntended the district schools until fifteen years of\\nage and at home studied surveying. In 1810, he\\nwas apprenticed to his brother AYilliam to learn the\\ncarpenter s trade in Jefferson County, N. Y., and\\nfrom 1811 until 1814, worked with his brother as\\na journeyman. On the 25th of September of the\\nlatter year, he married Esther Nott, in Ciiampion,\\nN. Y., where he followed his trade with varied suc-\\ncess until June, 1822. In 1817, however, when\\nwork was scarce, he made a trip througli Western\\nNew York and as far as Cleveland, Ohio, looking\\nfor employment, and spent part of the summer\\nworking in Fredonia, N. Y., but bettering his con-\\ndition little. In 1822, he removed to Hartford,\\nN. Y., where his brother AVilliam had located, and\\nspent two j-ears in the manufacture of cotton ma-\\nchinery for companies located in New York Mills.\\nIn 1824, with his brother, Mr. Copley, Sr., re-\\nmoved to Waldron on the Iludscni. where the suc-\\nceeding two years of his life were passed in the\\nmanufacture of machinery for spinning and weav-\\ning. In 182() he went to Matteawan, N. Y., ac-\\ncepting a position as superintendent of the m.achine\\nshops, which he filled for three years. On Seiitem-\\nber 12, 182 he left for the West, intending to lo-\\ncate near Laf.ayette, Ind., but instead went to\\nD.ayton, Ohio, arriving on the 18th of November.\\nThere he ut into operation the machinery in the\\nfirst cotton mill at that place and, purchasing fifteen\\n.acres of limber land near the city, experimented in\\nthe culture of silk. Coining to Michigan in 1832,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "400\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhe located land on which Nicliolsville, Cass Countv,\\nis now situated. Retuiiiiug, he spent the winter in\\npreparations for removal and on .June 9, 1833,\\nstarted witii two wagons, three yoke of oxen, one\\nspan of horses, four cows, poultry, etc. The horses\\nwere disabled in the Swamp of St. Marys and he\\nthen bought a yoke of oxen, arriving at Little\\nPrairie Round, .July 1, 1833. lie traveled two\\nhundred and thirty-five miles in twenty-one days.\\nWith the exception of one night spent in a de-\\nserted cabin on Sugar IJili in the Ellkhart Ijottoms,\\nthe family was compelled to camp along the way-\\nside and the trip was a hard one.\\nMr. Copley built the sawmill in Nicliolsville, the\\nfirst in the township, beginning its operations De-\\ncember 20, 1835, and afterward added a turn-\\ning shop for the manufacture of chairs, tables,\\netc. He had brought with him from Ohio two fine\\nDurham cattle, the casting for three sizes of Wood s\\nplows, Isabella grape vines and pie plant. He thus\\nintroduced several important articles into the\\ncounty and he experimented with new varieties of\\ncrops and modes of culture. Hearing a revolvino-\\nhay rake described, he made one.\\nIn politics, Mr. Copley .was not ambitious but\\nserved as Road Commissioner and Assessor, and\\nwith Dr. Tlioraas and A. E. Bull acted as commis-\\nsioner in lajing out the State road from School-\\ncraft to St. Joseph, in 1839. He built tlie first\\nschoolhouse in his district at liis own expense. At\\nthe age of twenty-two, he joined the Free INIasons\\nand was an active member of the Swedenborgian\\nChurch. For tiie last three years of his life his\\nhealth was very poor and he died of consumption,\\nJanuarj 6, 1842. No man did more for the county\\nin its earl} history than did Mr. Copley, and his\\ndeath proved a great loss to the community. One\\nof nature s noble men, he lived an upright, honor-\\nable life and was highly respected by all. He left\\nthree sons and six daughters and his widow sur-\\nvived him until May 12, 1852.\\nOn his father s death, our subject, then twenty\\nyears of age, was left with a widowed mother, one\\nbrother and five younger sisters to care for. For\\nmany years he continued the head of tlie family\\nand manager of affairs. In his youtlihe attended\\nthe district schools but his education was\\nmostly of the kind that a man acquires from eon-\\ntact with the world when he is forced to make his\\nown way in life. The resources of his nature were\\nthus developed and industry, enterprise and faith-\\nfulness characterized all he did. He was practi-\\ncal, and became a successful farmer, and followed\\nthat pursuit in Volinia Township, Cass County,\\nuntil 1874, whin he removed to Decatur, where he\\nhas since made his home. He was one of the\\noriginal stockholders of tlie First National Bank\\nand served as its President for the greater part of\\nits time until,its charter expiring in 1890, it was suc-\\nceeded Jiy the State Bank of Decatur, of which\\nMr. Copley is President. He is also interested in\\nfarming and owns a prairie farm of two hundred\\nand fifty-nine acres of v.aluable land which yields\\nhim a good income.\\nIn 1850, Mr. Copley was married to Miss .Jane\\nHelen, sister of B. Hathaway, of Cass County, and\\nunto them have been born two sons: Edwin B.,thc\\nelder, who married Esther McKain, operates his\\nfather s farm in Cass County; A. W. married\\nMiss Minnie Morse and is now pursuing a course\\nof law study in Ann Arbor University. The\\nmother was called to her final rest Septeml)er 20,\\n1890, and interred in the cemetery in Volinia\\nTownship, Cass County. She was a lady whose\\nmany excellencies of char.acter made her beloved\\nby all. February 29, 1892, Mr. Copley was again\\nmarried, his wife being Mrs. Emma W. Pritchard,\\nof Cherry Valley, 111., a sister of his former wife.\\nMr. Copley is a member of the Swedenborgian\\nChurch and in politics, is a Republican. He takes\\nan active interest in political affairs and has been\\ncalled upon to fill many offices. For six j-ears he\\nwas a member of the Board of Supervisors of Cass\\nCounty and in 1865 he represented the Northern\\nDistrict of that count}- in the State Legislature,\\nand again was its Representative in 1871 and 1872.\\nIn 1875 he represented the Eastern District of Van\\nBuren County, and was re-elected in 1881. He\\nproved a competent member of the General As-\\nsembly and made niaiiy friends among the most\\nprominent men of tlie State. Much of his time has\\nbeen devoted to public improvement. He was instru-\\nmental in constructing the main road across the\\nswamp southeast of Decatur and is now laboring", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPH CAL RECORD.\\n101\\n(or the drainasje and reclaiming of the Dowagiac\\nSwamp. Wiiat lie lias done for Decatur and the\\ncounty cannot he estimated hut his lahors will live\\nafter him and make him honored long after he\\nshall have passed away. His life has indeed been\\nwell and worthily spent and both his public and\\nprivate career are alike above reproach. He pos-\\nsesses a genial manner, a benevolent and philan-\\nthropic spirit and the high regard of all who know\\nhim.\\n^KOHGK W. GRIFFIN. Among the push-\\ning, energetic and successful farmers and\\nfruit-growers of Allegan County is the\\nsubject of this biographical notice. He is the pos-\\nsessor of one of the finest fruit farms in the\\ncounty, which contains fifty-three acres, and is\\nlocated on section 25. He was born in 18-48, in\\nDane County. Wis., and is the son of Hiram and\\nHelen Griffin. The father was born in Connecti-\\ncut in 180;\u00c2\u00bb. but his parents removing to New\\nYork, his boyhood days were p.assed on a farm in\\nChnutau iua County.\\nMr. Ihram (irillin was an agriculturist, and in\\n1810 emigrated to Lal ortc County, Ind., where he\\ncultivated the soil for four years. Later, with an\\niix-team, he moved his family and household\\ngoods to Dane County, Wis., when neighbors were\\nfew and far between. He there purch.ised from\\nthe Government one hundred and sixtj- acres of\\nland, paying therefor 1)1.2; per acre. He at once\\nbegan the innirovement of his Land, and for ten\\nyears hauled his grain to Milwaukee to market,\\nwhich was ninety miles distant.\\nIn 1868, the father of our subject came to\\nMichigan and located near what is now the present\\nhome of Tieorge W. He bought a small peach\\nfarm, and turned his attention to raising fruit\\nuntil his decease. When twenty-seven eare of\\nage, he wa,s married to our subject s mother, who\\nhore the maiden name of Helen McCall. Their\\nunion resulted in the birth of five children, viz:\\nllmily, now Mrs. L. Colby; .Judith E., Mrs. R.\\n1,. Wood; Horace E.; Mar\\\\-; our suliject. They\\nwere both memlwrs of the I nited brethren Churcli,\\nand in politics Mr. Griffin w;is a Republican. He\\nwas prominent in township affairs, and was tlie\\nrecipient of many public offices.\\nWhen twenty -one years of age, oui subject pur-\\nchased a porticin of his present farm, and took\\nunto himself a wife and helpmate in the person of\\nEmma .1., daughter of Washington and Martha\\nPotter, pioneers of Casco Township, now re-\\nsiding in South Haven. To Jlr. and Mrs. Griffin\\nhave been granted three children: Harry M., R03\\nS., and Ruth.\\nGeorge W. Griffin began for himself in life by\\nworking his father s farm on shares. He now is\\nthe proud possessor of one of the finest fruit farms\\nin the county, and which nets him a handsome\\nincome. Mrs. (uiffin was one of four children\\nborn to her parents: John II.. Eva M., and one\\nwho died in infanc3\\\\ Mr. Griffin s motlier resides\\non the old homestead, at the age of seventy-five\\nyears.\\nSocially, our subject is a member of Lodge No.\\n140, A. O. U. W., at South Haven, and has served\\nacceptably in the oftices of Township Supervisor\\nand Treasurer. He is a Prohibitionist politically,\\nand h.as done much toward furthering the cause\\nof temperance in his community. He and his\\nwife are members in good standing of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church at South Haven. They\\nhave two sons who are also connected with that\\ndenomination. The familj- are greatly respected\\nin this county, and have a large circle of friends\\namong its residents.\\ny\\n5f|()llX M. IIKATII. Among the prominent\\ncitizens of Allegan, who l^y their enterprise\\nand ])iiblic si)irit have done so much for the\\ndovi lopniciil of this town and county, is\\nthe gentleman whose name heads this sketch, and\\nwho is the proprietor of the Allegan Iron AVorks.\\nHe is one of the old settlei-s of Allegan County,\\ncoming here with his parents, James M. and .Susan-\\nnah (White) Heath, in 181; They were natives\\nof Cayuga County. X. Y., in which State our suli-\\nject was born, his liirth taking pl.ace November\\n17, \\\\S^2 in Nunda allp\\\\-. Livinirston County.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "402\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nHis fatlier was by trade a car])cnter and joiner,\\nlearning the business in Caj uga County, wlience\\nhe removed, in 1819, to Livingston County, and\\nhelped to build a gristmill and sawmill. He also\\ntook up land in Nunda Valley, two miles from the\\nplace where the mills were built, and was the first\\nsettler in that valle} Here he purchased two\\nhundred acres, on which he built, but later sold the\\nproperty and moved four miles south, where he\\nagain engaged in farming. Later he returned to\\nNunda Valley and built the Eagle Hotel which he\\nrented and continued working at his trade. He\\nlived there until 1839, when he sold his interest in\\nthe hotel and came to Michigan, purchasing two\\nhundred and fort3- acres of land one and a half\\nmiles from Flint, Genesee County. He then re-\\nturned to New York, trading his farm at Flint for\\na farm on Oak Hill, Mt. Jlorris, Livingston Count}\\nwhere he settled and remained until 1842. In the\\nlatter year he again sold and removed to West\\nAlmond Center, Allegany County, N. Y., where\\nhe bought a farm and lived on it until 1845.\\nAt this time, Mr. Heath again concluded to try\\nhis fortunes in the West, and, coming to Allegan,\\nthis State, bought four hundred acres of land four\\nmiles northwest from the village. It was all wild\\nlaud, and he was the first settler in that county.\\nHe petitioned the Legislature to set off a portion\\nof the township which belonged to Allegan Town-\\nship, and the act was passed, it being named for\\nhim. Heath Township. He lived there for a num-\\nber of years, being an eye-witness to the settlement\\nof the land and its conversion from a w-ilderncss\\nto fertile fields and thriving villages. He after-\\nward removed to Allegan, in which he spent his\\nlast days, dying there in August, 1865, at the age\\nof seventy-two. The mother died on the farm\\nwhen sixty-eigiit years of age. During the whole\\ntime Mr. Heatli resided in Heath Township, he was\\nJustice of the Peace, being appointed by the State\\nand being the first one given that office in that sec-\\ntion of country. He also held the office of Supervisor\\nand various other local positions. He was a stanch\\nDemocrat and a soldier the War of 1812. He be-\\nlonged to the Masonic fraternit}-.\\nThe Heath family are of Scotch descent, and the\\ngrandfather of our subject, Daniel Heath, was a\\nnative of Vermont. He was a soldier during the\\nRevolutionary War and was severely wounded.\\nHe removed to Massachusetts, afterward owning a\\nfarm in Cayuga County, N. Y., and thence remov-\\niug to Buffalo when there were only three houses\\nwhere that flourishing city now stands. Later he\\ncame to Indiana and lived in Rising Sun Townsliip,\\nOhio County, until iiis death.\\nThe parental family consisted of ten children,\\nof whom five are living, namely: Horace B., a mer-\\nchant of Melbourne, Australia; John M.; Amanda,\\nJ\\\\I., who lives in Illinois; Orra L. (Mis. Davis), re-\\nsiding in Holland, Mich.; and Martin N.,of Cadil-\\nlac, Mich., who is a broker.\\nThe subject of this sketch was educated in the\\nKalamazoo branch of the University of Michigan,\\nand remained upon his father s farm until twenty-\\none years of age. He then purchased laud in Heath\\nTownship, on which he farmed two years. Tliis\\nlife, however, proved too monotonous and affairs\\nmoved too slowly to satisf\\\\ liis ambitious disposi-\\ntion. When a boy he would take his rule and\\nme.asure the corn morning and evening, but as it\\ndid not grow fast enough, he determined to en-\\ngugc in something which would bring in returns\\nmore quickly. He therefore engaged in the lum-\\nlier liusiness, purchasing timber land in Heath\\nTownslii[i, from which he cut the logs and floated\\nthem down the Kalamazoo River to Saugatuck,\\nwhere he readily found a market. He also bought\\na sawmill four miles from Allegan, which he car-\\nried on for eight years, when he sold out in 18(;5\\nand bought the machine shop and foundry whicii\\nhe has been operating since tliat time. He employs\\nfrom three to fifteen men and is doing a flourish-\\ning business. He also deals in real estate and o|)-\\nerates a sawmill five miles west of the town. In\\naddition to this, he raises peaches, having a half-\\ninterest in twelve thousand peach trees. For\\ntwenty j ears he has also been attorney for procur-\\ning patents for inventors.\\nMr. Heath was married to Mrs. Delia G. Atkins, of\\nAllegan, their union taking place in August, 1872.\\nBy a former marriage Mr. Ileatli had three chil-\\ndren; Ellen (Mrs. Cai)t. Turnbull); Nellie (Mrs.\\nWright), and James INI. Annabel is the only chihl\\nby tiie second mari-iage.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n405\\nMr. Ilo.-itli i.s a Doiiiocifit in his political views\\niind li.oti licld all the township ollicesexcc;.! thai of\\nTreasurer. lie has been Justice of the IVacc for\\nnine years. Supervisor and one of the Village Trus-\\ntees for two years. He lias a beautiful home, wliich\\nis one of the finest residences in the city. Here he\\nleads a liappy life, surrounded by his family, and\\nHiiding time in spite of all his numerous business\\ncnterpiises to indulge in his love of reading and\\ninvestigatitm. lie is an original thinker and h.is\\na genius for inventing. The family occupy a\\nprominent jiosition in the social circles of Allegan.\\nAPT. .lOHX H. McKENZIE, keeper of the\\n(l( _ Tnited .States Life Saving Station at South\\nHaven, is a man of cool judgment, great\\ncour.-ige and decided executive al)ility, traits of\\nchar.acter which stand him in good stead in the\\nresiwnsible position wliich he so ably tills. He w.as\\nborn on the Island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia,\\n.lanuary 28, 1851, and is a son of Alexander and\\n.M.iry(McLean)I\\\\IcKenzic, natives of Scotland, born\\nin 182-1 and 182; respectivel} They emigrated to\\nCape Breton in about 1850, the paternal grand-\\nfather of our sul ject silso coming to that place.\\nThe father of our subject w.is a seaman and re-\\nmoved from Cape Breton to Bruce County, Cana-\\nda West, and one year later to Goderich, in Huron\\nCounty. In connection with his fatiier and\\nbrother-in-law, Alexander McKenzie, he owned a\\nliont and followed fishing off the co.ast of Nova\\nScotia, marketing his fish in Boston. AVhen resid-\\ning at (ioderich, nnich of his time was em-\\nployed in sailing on the lakes. He also owned a\\nfarm but gave most of his attention to his other\\npursuits. The parental famil^^ consisted of ten\\nchildren, of whom four grew to maturity, namely:\\n.lohn II., Kate A., and .lohanna, who are at home;\\nand Isaac, who is a tailor by trade and resides in\\nSouth Haven.\\nCapt. McKenzie was but a boy when the family\\nsettled in (ioderich. His parents were limited in\\nmeans but they were willing to give their son a\\ngood education. He, however, was more ambitious\\nto tiecome a sailor than a scholar, and thus at the\\nage of fourteen he came to Michigan and en-\\ngaged as a sailor and fisherman on the lakes, also\\nbeing employed one season iu the life saving sta-\\ntion on Thunder Bay Islands. In 1881 he came\\nto South Haven, where he was employed as a\\nfisherman on Lake Michigan, and for one summer\\nworked for George Hanna in the lumber business.\\nIn Octolier, 188 I, he went to Muskegon and for ten\\nmonths wasem])loycd in the life saving station at\\nthat place. March 7, 1887, he was coinmi.ssioncd\\nkeeper of the station at North Manitou Islands,\\nwhere he was in charge until January, 1888, when\\nhe received the appointment of keeper of the sta-\\ntion at South Haven.\\nCapt. McKenzie w.is married, March 17, 1880,\\nto Marcie, daughter of Thom.is and Sarah (Stover)\\nThom.as, the latter being a native of England.\\nShe was born in Chatham, Ontario, September 7,\\n1808. They have been the parents of five chil-\\ndren, one of whom died in infancy. Those liv-\\ning arc Alexjinder Thomas, Mary Adelaide, Henry\\nWoods and Nancy Emma. Our subject became\\na naturalized citizen soon after he came to his ma-\\njority and for two years voted with the Demo-\\ncratic party, since which time he h.is supported\\nthe Repulilic.an ticket in national matters, but in\\nlocal affairs votes for the best man. He resides at\\nthe station, which is cozily furnished and finely\\nequipped with all the apparatus necessarj- for the\\nsaving of life. Besides the keeper, there is a crew\\nof seven men who are constantly on hand to assist\\nin the rescue of wrecked vessels. Capt. McKenzie\\nowns two cottages and five lots in South Haven.\\nHe is a Royal Arch JIason and a member of both\\nthe subordinate and encampment lodges of the\\nOdd I- ellows and also belongs to the Ancient Order\\nofl nited Workmen and the Knights of the Mac-\\ncabees. He is very jjopular with his associates, has\\na large circle of friends, and no better man could\\nhave been chosen for the position which he fills.\\nIn connection with this sketch his |)ortrait is pre-\\nsented to our readers.\\nA short record of the transactions of the South\\nHaven Life Saving Station since its establishment\\nmay be of interest to our readers. This station\\nw.as founded in the spring of 1887 with B. A.\\nCross as keeper, and is e(|ui|i|ied with nil the ap-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "406\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nparatus necessary for any lake station. It has a\\ncrew of eight men, including the keeper in charge.\\nThe first service rendered was on .June 20, 1887,\\nwhen the steam yacht Myrtle McClure sank in\\nthe river. No lives were endangered. July 3,\\n1887, a sloop was being dismasted two miles out\\nand was towed into the harbor with two men on\\nboard. August 10, 1887, the -Lillie Emiot was\\nwater-logged and sank in the harbor. September\\n10, 1887, the schooner W. II. Hawkins was water-\\nlogged fifteen miles out and was towed into h.ar-\\nbor. October 3, 1887, the City of Green I5ay went\\nashore near tlie harbor, loaded with iron ore, and\\nof the crew of seven men only one was .saved,\\nAlbert Slater. October 12, 1887, four persons\\nwere rescued with a surf boat.\\nIn .January, 1888, Capt. McKenzie succeeded B.\\nA. Cross as keeper and took cliarge of the prop-\\nerty, and under his command the crew was first\\ncalled upon July 11, 1888, to assist the Cora\\nlielle. September 11, 1888, thej- assisted the\\nLibby Carter, and October 29, the H. W.\\nWilliams. November 30, 1888, the Magdalena\\ncalled for their aid, and April .5. 188;), the schooner\\nDais}- stranded and sank in the harbor. May 6,\\nthey assisted the 11. W. Williams in getting out\\nof the harbor. July 20. 18K0. the steamer Joseph\\nFarnani was discovered on fire twenty miles from\\nshore. The life saving crew was towed out by the\\nsteamer Glenn, and the entire crew of the\\nFarnara, consisting of eleven men and one\\nwoman, the captain s wife, was rescued. .June 6,\\nthe same .year, they assisted the Charles J. Smith,\\nand October 12, the schooner Rambler. January\\n16, 1890, the schooner Cora went ashore, and a\\ncrew of three men was saved. October 14, the\\nCharles J. Smith went ashore. Its crew of three\\nmen was also saved. June 7, 1891, an unnamed\\nboat went out on a pleasure trip and could not\\nget back and was assisted l\\\\y the life saving crew.\\nJuly 3, a schooner was helped ashore. July 4, a\\nman was capsized in a row lioat and rescued by tlie\\nlife saving crew. July G, the yacht Spray lost\\nher spar, and was brought into port with two men\\nand three women on board. August 14, the\\nschooner Phantom was in distress and her crew\\nof two men were rescued. November 18, the\\nschooner Roekaway, loaded with lumber, water-\\nlogged eight miles from port. There was a heavy\\nsea and the weather was cold. The crew of five\\nmen were saved in a surf boat. The Roekaway\\nsank soon afterward and was a total loss.\\nMLI^ARD E. GILKEY, a prominent horse-\\nIjl breeder of Plainwell, was born in Prairie-\\nville, Barry County, this State, March 24,\\n18.54. William Y. Gilkey was his father, and was\\nborn in \\\\ermont, June 10, 180.5. lie remained in\\nhis native State until nineteen years of .age. when\\nhe went to Boston, spending eight years at various\\npursuits.\\nThe f.ather of our subject came to Michigan in\\n1832. making the longjourmey from New England\\noverland with horse and cutter. His brother, Fos-\\nter Gilkey, had preceded him to the State and\\nsettled on Gull Prairie, in Kalamazoo County.\\nThe brothers entered into partnership in cultivat-\\ning their land and remained together until the\\ndeath of our subject s father, January 13, 1H68.\\nThej- were pioneers on Gull Prairie, and became\\nvery wealth} owning large tracts of land in Kala-\\nmazoo, Bai-ry and Allegan Counties. Mr. Gilke}\\nalso engaged extensivel} in stock-raising and was\\none of the prominent and intluential men of his\\nlocality. Among his personal characteristics\\nwere those of love of truth, justice and progress,\\nand a cordial, kindly spirit which made warm\\nfriends and standi adherents. He was an active\\nmember of the Repul)lican party and a zealous\\nmember of the Baptist Church.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of our subject\\nwas Lydia llrigliani. She was a native of the 15ay\\nState, her birth occurring January 11, 1820. She\\nwas a most capable and worthy lady and respected\\nalike by neighbors and friends. Her death oc-\\ncurred August 27, 1891. She was a life-long Bap-\\nlist. An extended notice of her parents* will be\\nfound elsewhere in this volume.\\nThe family of which our subject is a member in-\\ncluded four sons and two daughters, of whom\\nfive are still living. Mr. (iilkej was reared on a\\nfarm and attended the common schools of his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n407\\niu iijhli(irlu)ii(l until rojicliiiig his flftepnth year,\\nafter which he entered the Plainwell High School.\\nHi has kept up liis studies and systematic rcadinsj,\\nand is to-day one of the cultured and educated\\nentleinen of the county.\\nWiien about twenty years of age, Mr. Gilkey and\\nhis l)n:)ther, C. engaged in tiie boot and shoe\\nbusiness in Plainwell. They continued together\\nin that line for two years when tliey disposed of\\ntheir stock and opened up a hardware store. A\\ntwelvemonth later thej sold out their business and\\nour subject turned his attention to farming, own-\\ning at tiiat time a farm near All ion, this State.\\nHe subsequently purchased a .small farm within\\nthe corporate limits of Plainwell, and gave his\\ntime and .attention to the improvement of that\\nbeautiful tract of land. He erected on his place,\\nin IMKI, a handsome frame dwelling which is sup-\\nplied with all the modern improvements and con-\\nveniences and is one of the finest in the county.\\nHe also built at the same time a large stalile w itli\\ncomfortable quarters for his horses, of which he\\nhas some fine specimens.\\nFor till [)ast few j^ears Mr. Gilkey h.as given his\\nattention to the breeding of standard-bred horses,\\nhaving at the he.ad of his excellent stud of twenty\\nanimals, President Garlield He is the first\\nhorse bred and raised in Michigan that, at the age\\ni f nine years, had one of his get trot in 2:20.\\nStar I.illic, the mare accomplishing this feat, is\\nnow owned liy C. I. Hood, the great sarsapa-\\nrilla maniif.acturer, who paid ^9,000 for her. Mr.\\nGilkey ha sever.al very valuable animals and his\\nsuccess thus far in breeding them has been verj-\\nllattering.\\nIn 1878 our subject w.is married to Miss Lizzie\\nWaldo, a native of the Wyoming County, N. Y.\\nMi s. Gilkey is the daughter of S. S. Waldo, who\\nfor a number of years was a woolen manufacturer\\nin the Empire Stale. IJoth of her parents arc re-\\nsiding in Plainwell, where the father has been en-\\ngjiged successfully in the grocery business for\\nseveral years. They now reside at (Janges, where\\n.Mr. Waldo is engaged in fruit-raismg.\\nOur subject and his most estimable wife have\\nadopted a little girl. Marguerite, who is being\\ntrained by tliein in all those accomplishments that\\nwill make her a cultured woman. Mr. Gilkej has\\nforty-four acres of excellent land in his home\\n|)lace, also f)wnii .g forty acres south of Plainwell\\nand two hundred .acres in Prairieville Township,\\nParry County. He is also a stockholder in the\\n.Michigan l a[)er Company in Plainwell, where ho\\nis rated !us one of the prominent and intlucntial\\ncitizens. With his estimable wife, he is a member\\nin good standing of the Presbyterian Church, to\\nthe su[iport of which body he is a liberal contribu-\\ntor. In politics, he votes with the Repulilican\\nparty.\\njylOIIN F. ll.VLK, of Otsego, who Ims been\\nvariously identified with the interests of\\nSouthern Michigan for many years, and is\\n^5^^ now associated with the agriculturists of\\nAllegan County, is a fine representative of our\\nself-educated and self-made men, as he has a high\\npersonal standing wherever known, and is hon-\\nored for his exemplary, upright life, and for the\\nwholesome inlluence he has exerted upon the re-\\nligion and morality of his community b} his ear-\\nnest work in the church in behalf of temperance\\nand other reform movements.\\nMr. Hale is of New England birth and breeding,\\nborn in the historic town of Bennington, Vt., June\\n25,1821. For ancestral history see sketch of C.\\nP. Hale. His parents were Zedock and Hannah\\n(Chapin) Hale, natives of Massachusetts, the\\nmother born in Franklin County. .She died in\\n183;5, while yet in the prime of life. The father,\\nwho was a carpenter, removed to the West, and\\nlived in Wisconsin several years. He died in\\n1866 at a ripe age.\\nOur subject was the fifth child of his father s\\nfirst marri.age. He w.as reared on a farm until he\\nwas fourteen years old, his mother having died\\nwhen he was nine ^years old, at which time he had\\ngone to live with others away from his father s\\nhome. The little education that he secured in\\nthose years was obtained in the common district\\nschools. .\\\\t the age mentioned, he went to work\\nin a woolen factory in Roe, M.a-ss., and, ambitious\\nto have more learning, he worked nights to pay his", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": "408\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nboard and went to school in the day time. Dur-\\ning the seven years that he was employed in that\\nfactory Ins wages langed from 15 to $9 a month.\\nAt the expiration of that time he went to North\\nAdams, and was similarly emplo3ed in a factory\\nin that place. He was frugal and of steady hab-\\nits, and in 1849 he was enabled to establish him-\\nself in business. Accordingly, he returned to his\\nnative town among the hills of Vermont, and for\\nthree j ears successfully operated a factory on his\\nown account, manufacturing the cloth at so much\\nper yard.\\nActuated, perhaps, by a spirit of adventure as\\nwell as by a desire for more rapid gain, oiu- sub-\\nject settled up his affairs at Bennington in order\\nto embark for the gold fields of California in\\n1852. He proceeded to his destination in a steamer\\ncrossing the Isthmus, by the Nicaragua route.\\nThe steamer was wrecked on the Mexican coast,\\ncausing a delay of two months before the voyage\\nwas at last completed. Mr. Hale engaged in min-\\ning in the Golden State two j ears, and in 1854 re-\\nturned home with his gains by the way of Nic-\\naragua. The ensuing three years he spent in a\\nwoolen factory- in North Adams, Mass. In April,\\n1856, he sought a new home in this State, locating\\non Gull Prairie, in the township of Richland, Kal-\\namazoo County, on a tract of three hundred and\\ntwenty acres of unimproved land that he had pur-\\ncliased twelve years before. He at once actively\\nentered upon the pioneer task of clearing and pre-\\nparing it for civilization, and liad brought it to a\\nfine condition when he disposed of it at a good\\nadvance on the original price, in the fall of 1870.\\nHe then came to Otsego Township, where he was\\nvariously engaged the ensuing two years. In\\n1872 he entered into partnership with the Stew-\\narts, and built a large chair factory. The firm\\nemployed from thirty to fifty men, and did a good\\nbusiness. At the end of five years Mr. Hale sold\\nhis interest in tliat factory, and became connected\\nwith a flour manuf.actory at Il.astings. He retained\\nhis interest in that nearlj three jears, and his\\nnext move was to buj a farm in Otsego Town-\\nship. In the summer of 1883, he visited the West,\\nspending the principal part of his time in Mon-\\ntana, and after his return he purcluased a farm of\\ntwo hundred and forty acres on section 4, Otsego\\nTownship, upon which he lived until the fall of\\n1890, when he removed to Otsego, where he is\\nver} pleasantly situated, and is enjoying the hand-\\nsome compentency that he has accumulated by in-\\ndustry and good business management, he having\\nbegun life with no other capital than a sane mind\\nin a sound body.\\nJanuary 21, 1854, is the date of an important\\nevent in the life of our subject, as he was then\\nunited, in what has been a true marriage, to\\nMiss Charity D. Hoskins, of Middletown. Yt. Her\\nparents, Ezra and Phebe (Grand}-) Hoskins, re-\\nmoved from the Green Mountain State to Wiscon-\\nsin, where tliej died. Mr. and Mrs. Hale have\\nbeen blessed in tlieir marriage by five children,\\nnamely: Ada, wife of William De Forest; Lillie,\\nwife of Clarence Anderson, a clerk in the Post-\\notflce at Helena, Mont.; Hattie, wife of William\\nHealy, of Otsego; Allie, wife of .lohn Andrew, a\\nbusiness man of Elkhorn, Mont.; and Irving B.,\\nwho is married and lives on the home place.\\nMr. Hale is a inan of a deeply religious nature,\\nwliose life is that of a consistent Christian. He\\nhas always taken a deep interest in whatsoever\\nwould benefit his fellow-men, and all righteous\\ncauses find in him an earnest champion. Espec-\\nially has lie been active in temperance work,\\nthrowing the weight of his influence on the side\\nof Prohibition, thinking that to be the best means\\nof dealing with this monstrous evil the drinking\\nhabit. He was reared as a Whig of the Abolition-\\nist type. Consequently upon the birth of the Re-\\npublican party, while he was a resident of Massa-\\nchusetts, he found himself in sympathy with its\\ntenets, and gave it liis lieartj- support for many\\nyears, until he identified himself with Prohibition-\\nists. He has held various offices of trust, and al-\\nways discharged the duties thus incumbent upon\\nhim with an eye single to the good of the commu-\\nnity. He was Justice of the Peace for eight years\\nduring his residence in Richland Township, Kala-\\nmazoo County, and lield that position four years\\nin Otsego Township. In 1878 he was elected a\\nmember of the Allegan County Board of Super-\\nvisors, and is distinguished as being the first can-\\ndidate of that office elected on the Prohibition", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "^2^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n411\\nticket, his partj winning a signal triumph over\\ntlie combined tickets of the Democrats and Re[ iil)-\\nlieans. He has lieen Drain Commissioner for five\\nyears. Our subject and his family are among tlie\\nleading menil)ers of tlie Melhudist I ;|)iscopal\\nCliurch. lie and his wife have been connected\\nwith that denomination tliirty-tive years, and have\\ncontributed greatly to its upbuilding wherever\\nthey have resided, and Mr. Hale has held all the\\nchurch oflices.\\neYRUS H. LEWIS, who h.as a (inc farm on\\nsection 31, Covert Townshij), has been a resi-\\ndent of A an Buren County since 18G8. He\\ncomes of old Revolutionary stock and has proved\\nthat ho inherited the patriotic sentiments of his\\nancestors by his gallant service during the late\\nCivil War. Mr. Lewis was born in Troy Town-\\nship, Geauga County, Ohio, August 6, 1838, and\\nwas a son of Samuel C. and Martha (Roberts)\\nLewis, natives respectively of New York and I ly-\\nnitiiith, ^Vindsor County, t. The paternal grand-\\nfather of our subject, Nathan Levvis, was a native\\nof New York, and emigrated to Ohio, where he\\nsettled in the forest and cleared up a farm being\\none of the pioneers of Geauga County Here he\\nspent his life and died in 1840. He reared a\\nfamily of six sons and one daughter, namely: Ro-\\nland, Lent, Samuel, DeWitt C, Harvey W., George\\nW. and Susan.\\nSamuel C. Lewis, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in New York, February 26, 1801. He was a\\nsmall boy when his parents emigrated to Ohio,\\nwhere he grew to manhood, and Sejitember 4, 1832,\\nwas married to Martha Robert*;. She was born in\\nPlymoutii, Windsor County, A t., .lune 8, 1804,\\nand was the daughter of Giles and Catharine\\n(Knight) Roberts, (iiles Roberts resided in \\\\qv-\\nmont and for seven years served as a soldier in the\\nRevolutionary War, four of his brothers also being\\nsf)ldiers during the same war. He was the father\\ni)f twelve children, tw(j of his sons serving in the\\nWar of 1812. He died in \\\\ermont, and his wife\\nin Mass.achusctts in 1H1!(. The mother of our\\ns\\\\ibjecl emigrated to Ohio with her brother Lj-man\\nin IR.*)! and tlie following year uu.-- married to\\nSaiTnicl C. Lewis.\\nAfter their marriage, the parents of our subject\\nsettled on a new farm in the forest in Troy Town-\\nship, Geauga County, Ohio, which they im])roved\\ninto a finely cultivated i)l.ace and (Hic of the liest\\nfarms in that section of the country. Mr. Lewis\\ncultivated a fine growth of maple trees on the\\nplace and it is still known as Maple Grove Earni.\\nIn 1819 he sold out and removed to Defiance\\nCounty, Ohio, where he purchased another farm,\\no|)erating it until 18.57. He then removed to\\nHillsdale County, ]Micli., where he again purch.ased\\nnew land and improved another farm. He had\\nthe genuine pioneer instincts which led him to\\ntake up unimproved land and use his best and\\nendeavors to leave it in fine sliape for those who\\ncame after him. In 1873 he emigrated to Kansas,\\nsettling in Wabaunsee County, where he resided\\nwith a son until 187o, when he returned to Michigan\\nand died in Covert Township, an Buren County,\\nMay 23, 1876. The mother of our subject is still\\nliving and resides with him.\\nThe parental family consisted of four children\\nas follows: .lane, who was born April 27, 1834,\\nmarried .lolin Barker and resides in Cassville.\\nBarry County, Mo.; Cyrus H.; Eben JI., born May\\n4, 1840, resides in Morley, Mecosta County, this\\nState; Nathan B., born June 2, 1842, is a resident\\nof the same county. All of the sons were .soldiei-s\\nin the Civil War, Eben M. being a memlwr of\\nCompanj- K, Tenth Michigan Infantiy, serving\\nfrom the spring of 1862 till the close of the war.\\nNathan B. enlisted in the spring of 1863, being a\\nmember of the Twenty-seventh Michigan Infan-\\ntry, and served throughout the war. He wjis\\nwounded in the leg by a gunshot and in cpnse-\\n([uence receives a pension from the Government.\\nCyrus H. Lewis, the sul)ject of thissketeh, passed\\nhis early life upon the farm, remaining under the\\nparental roof until the Civil War broke out. when\\non July 13, 1861, he enlisted and in September w.ns\\nmustered into service as a memiier of Compan\\\\- A,\\nBis,sel Engineer Regiment of the West. They were\\nsent first to St. Louis, Mo., and thence to Ln Mine\\nRiver, which they Itiidged and there built Ft. La\\n.Mine. They also cut a channel around Island No. 10,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "412\\nPOETEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL EECORD.\\nand opened tlie Mississippi River to Yicksburg.\\nThey then completed the Nashville Northeastern\\nRailroad, building block-houses at every trestle\\nalong the line of the road. The_v then went on the\\nAtlanta Campaign and thence to the sea, participat-\\ning in all the engagements incident thereto. Tliej-\\nalso accompanied the army to Washington, and\\nparticipated in the Grand Review. During their\\nservice, the3 were in every confederate State ex-\\ncept Texas. Mr. Lewis took part in the following\\nbattles, New Madrid, Mo.; Island No. Id, the two\\nbattles at Corinth, Jonesboro, and in all the skirm-\\nishes and marches in which his command partici-\\npated. He had his ankle injured in a railroad\\nwreck l)ut otherwise escaped injuiy during his four\\nyears of service.\\nReturning to Michigan, Mr. Lewis resumed\\nfarming. August 1.3, 186J5, he was married to\\nLouisa Holmes, the daughter of Chauncy and Lucy\\nA. (Slocum) Holmes. She was born in Ashtabula\\nCounty, Ohio, November .5, IS-IS. Her father was\\na native of Chautauqua County, N. Y., born Janu-\\nary 2; 1814. He married Lucy Slocum, who was\\nliorn in Otsego, N. Y., October 8, 1813. To them\\nwere born six children: Edwin C, born May 27,\\n1837, enlisted in August, 1861, in the Twenth-\\nnintli Ohio Infantry, and was taken prisoner at\\nWinchester, afterward being exchanged and dis-\\ncharged on account of physical disability. He\\nsubsequently re-enlisted in the Twenth-seventh\\nMichigan Regiment and was killed at the Battle of\\nthe Wilderness. Herman O., born September 20,\\n1839, was a member of Compan3 B, Twenty-ninth\\nOhio Infantry, and died while in the service; Car-\\noline L., born October 1, 1841, married George\\nAllen and resides at Austin, Minn.; H. Louisa is\\nthe wife of our subject; Seymour G., who was born\\nSeptember 9, 1846, resides in Lake County, S. Dak.;\\nand Levi D., who w.as born February 1, 1853, is a\\nresident of Austin, Minn. The birth of all these\\nchildren took place in Ashtabula County, Ohio.\\nThe father died in May, 1870; the mother is still\\nliving and resides in xlnstin, Minn.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject resided in Hills-\\ndale County until 1868 when he came to Yau Buren\\nCounty and settled in Geneva Township, where\\nlie iminoved a farm. Here he lived until 1872\\nwhen he went to Wabaunsee County, Kan., re-\\nmaining there until the fall of 1875 when he re-\\nturned to Michigan and has since resided at his\\npresent place where he has cleared up and improved\\na fine farm of fifty acres. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have\\none adopted child, Stephen S. In politics, Mr.\\nLewis is a Republican but does not take an active\\npart in political affairs. He was Supervisor of his\\ntownsliip for two years. He is a charter memlier\\nof George Allen Post, No. 351, G. A. R., and for-\\nmerly belonged to Garfield Post, No. 30, of Col-\\noma, Berrien Count} Mich., of which he is a char-\\nter member and was Adjutant. He and his wife\\noccupj a prominent place in the community and\\nare highly esteemed lij their fellow-citizens.\\nA lithograiiiiic portrait of Mr. Lewis accom-\\npanies this brief mention of his life.\\nLIYER E. GOLDSMITH. This prominent\\ncitizen is the proprietor of the Plainwell\\nHambletonian Stables. He is counted among\\nthe old settlers of the county and has been very\\neflicient in the upbuilding of the village of Plain-\\nwell. He is a good judge of horseflesh and keeps\\nsome very valuable animals in his stables.\\nOliver Goldsmith was horn in Tioga County,\\nPa., October 23, 1837, and is the son of Abraham\\nD. Goldsmith, whose birthplace was Berne, Al-\\nbany Count} N. Y. The latter-named gentle-\\nman went to Tioga County, Pa., wlien a oung\\nman and eng.aged in lumbering and farming. He\\nlater made the Empire State his home by locat-\\ning in Steuben County in 1843, whence he re-\\nmoved to Monroe County. In 1845 he came to\\nGun Plain Township, Allegan County, where he\\npurchased a tract of land. The country was very\\nnew at that time, and the hardships and priva-\\ntions which he endured made a lasting impression\\nupon his mind. Indians were plentiful, as were\\nalso wild animals, thus the dangers were great\\nthrough which they passed in making the country\\naccessible to those who came after. He died in\\n1865, when in his fifty-fifth year.\\nJoshua R. Goldsmith, the grandfather of our\\nsubject, was a native of Long Island, and w.as a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnilCAL RECORD.\\n41.3\\nman of fine crtiication, having taught school for\\nforty yeai lie Avas the author of a Ixiok and\\neontiihutcd many al)lc articles to the newspapers.\\nHe wa^ a patriot in the AVav of 1812, and died in\\n.laekson County, tliis Stale, at the advanced age\\nof ninety-three yearts. lie rememliered shaking\\nhands with (ien. Washington wlien a sehoolboy.\\nThe great-gran lfallH r was a soldier in the Revo-\\nlution. The early settlers of this family eanie\\nfrom Kngland. Our sulijeet s mother was Henri-\\netta (Krusen) (ioldsmith, and she w.ms horn in Xew\\n.lersey, January 13, 1816. She was married to\\nMr. (ioldsmitli in New York. Our suhjoet is tiie\\nonly one of their six children now living. The\\nmother of our subject died on the 8th of March,\\n181)2. at the home of our subject, aged seventy-\\nsix yeai-s, one month and twenty-one days.\\nOliver E. (ioldsmith was eight years f f age at\\nthe time liis parents removed to Michigan and\\nlocated in (iun Plain Township. He attended\\nschool in a little log .selioolhouse wilii slab seats\\nand stationary desks around the wall. So anxious\\nwas he to obtain a good education tliat he walked\\nthree miles to and fro daily in attending school,\\nand tliere ae piired a good elementary education,\\nwliii li he has later supplemented with judicious\\nreading.\\nOur subject assisted hi.s father in the work of\\nclearing the farm from timber and nndcrlnnsli.\\nHe often drew logs to the sawmill in winters and\\napplied himself industriously to whatever he was\\ncalled upon to do. ^Fr. (Ioldsmith was very fond\\nof hunting, and. indeed, in those early days, when\\nwild animals were so plentiful, he had many op-\\nportunities for showing his skill as a marksman.\\nHe could kill a deer running as well as standing\\nstill, and w.as considered a good shot. Indians\\noften came to their home iiegging for food, and\\nmany times staid all night with the family, sleep-\\ning ui)oii the lloor in front of the (ire.\\nAfter attaining his majority, the gentleman of\\nwiiom we write worked at lumbering, having\\ncharge i f a gang of men in Allegan County.\\nHe later farmed one huudrcd and twenty acres of\\nland in Oun Plain Township for awhile, and\\nthen had charge of a gang of men in the gr. iding\\nof the Michigan A Ohio Itailroad. In August,\\n1879, he exchanged his farm property for prop-\\nerty ill Piaiuwell. where he has a cherry orchard\\nof about three hundred bearing trees. He began\\nin his present business by breeding horses, hi.s\\nfir.st standard-bred being Countersign. He has\\nsince handled such horses as \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Thatcher Hainblc-\\ntonian, Jreat Western, American lioy.\\nTramp. .Ir., tioldfoil, and .Viger, all noted\\nsires.\\nMiss Caroline Davis became !Mrs. Oliver E.\\n(ioldsmith in 187. She was a native of Maine\\nand came to Michigan with her parents. They\\nhave no children of their own, but are perform-\\ning the part of parents to an adopted son, John\\nD. In politics, Mr. (ioldsmith is a Democrat, and\\nsocially, is identilied with the Masonic order.\\nMrs. Goldsmith is a consistent member of the\\nPresbyterian Church.\\nOur subject has been Secretary of the Piaiuwell\\nFair Association. :iiid is given the credit of being\\nthe pioneer horsebreeder in Allegan County.\\n-i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T AMES S. HUD.SON. Among the prominent\\nresidents of Ganges Township, Allegan\\nCounty, wlio are living retired from the .act-\\nive duties of life, we are jileased to mention\\nJames Hudson. He makes his home on his tine\\nfruit farm of forty .acres, on section 14, but through\\nthe industry of earlier years li.as accumulated a\\ncompetency, and is now enabled to spend his latter\\nd.ays in peace and (piiet.\\n(^ur subject was born (October 16. 18:?1. in Sara-\\ntoga County, X. V.. and is the son of Polodore\\nand Harriet Ihulson. The father was horn in\\nWilliainstown, Mass., October 2, 17;)7, and by his\\nstudious habits was enabled to educate himself, as\\nhis father died when he was (juite young, and he\\nw.os thus compelled to do for himself. He went to\\nwork on a farm when fifteen yeai-sof age, and con-\\ntinued in that line work until reaching his ma-\\njority.\\nWhen twenty-two yeai-s of age, Polodore Hudson\\nw. is married to the mother of our subject, whose\\nmaiden name was Harriet G. Morehouse. Mrs.\\nHudson was bom AiiLru l l*^. 1 7 .t;i. and w.as the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "414\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ndaughter of Aaron and Parthena Morehouse. Her\\nfather was a tanner and shoemaker by trade, and\\nduring the War of 1812 he contracted with the\\nGovernment to furnish the soldiers with shoes.\\nMr. and Mrs. Morehouse reared a family of nine\\nchildren.\\nAfter their marriage the parents of our subject\\ncame to the Wolverine State, and located in Battle\\nCreek, where were but two houses where that\\nprosperous city now stands. He was the first .Jus-\\ntice of the Peace in the aljove-named city, and\\nmarried tlie first couple in Calhoun County. The\\nfollowing seven eliildren were the brothers and\\nsisters of our subject: Aaron G., Charles D., Hon.\\nBradley P., Sarali P., Sophia; Hiram, who married\\nAnn Billings; and Andrew K., now deceased. All\\nof the above-named children, with the exception of\\nAaron G. and Hiram, are deceased. In politics,\\nMr. Hudson was a Whig, and later a Republican.\\nIn religious matters he, with his wife, was a Presby-\\nterian.\\nOur subject is a truly self-made man, as lie never\\nattended school but three months in his life, and\\nis to-day tlioroughly conversant upon all toiiicsof\\ngeneral interest, having acquired a fund of infor-\\nmation by systematic reading. Like his father, he\\nstarted out in life at the age of fifteen 3ears, work-\\ning for 1.5 a month. Several j ears of his life were\\nspent in railroading on the Michigan Central Rail-\\nroad. So capable was he in performing the duties\\nassigned him, that, within a twelvemonth after\\nentering the service of the company, he was pro-\\nmoted to the position of fireman. He remained\\nthus only three months, when he w.as given an en-\\ngine, which he ran for seven years.\\nAfter abandoning the railroad, Mr. Hudson lo-\\ncated eighty acres of land on section 14, Gauges\\nTownship. In 1856 he moved to his present place,\\nwhere, instead of the beautiful house and pleasant\\nsurroundings which the traveler ma.y now see, was\\nnothing but a log cabin, set in the midst of an un-\\nbroken wilderness. He began thus in life with\\nbut fiftj cents in his pocket, and is to-daj one of\\nthe well-to-do citizens of his township. Mr. Hud-\\nson was quite a musician, and taught that art dur-\\ning the winter montlis, giving his attention to his\\nfarm in the summer. After taking a course in\\nmusic, he accepted a position to travel with a con-\\ncert company, and was thus engaged for several\\nyears. He is the author of many beautiful vocal\\ncompositions, and was much sought after in musical\\ncircles in liis earlier 3ears.\\nMr. Hudson became general traveling agent for\\nWalter Wood, who was engaged in the binder and\\nmower business, his territory lying in ten different\\nStates. He w.as married to Miss Rebecca J. French,\\n.lanuary 1, 1853, and of their union were born\\nseven children: Stella M., Edith M.; Minnie M.,\\ndeceased; Herbert D., Victor, Roy C. and .James,\\n.Jr., the latter two at home. Mrs. Hudson died\\n.June 23, 1879, and our subject was a secon l time\\nmarried to Susan H. Wilson.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jflAMES D. GRAHAM, a representative far-\\nmer residing on section 13, Cheshire Town-\\nsliip, Allegan County, was liorn April 8,\\n^^l 1830, in County Sligo, Ireland. The fam-\\nily came to America in 1847, and settled in Canada,\\nour subject being then seventeen years old. In\\n1849 he went to the State of New York and com-\\nmenced working on his own account in a sawmill\\nwhere he remained employed for eight years.\\nMr. Graham was married, in 1853, to INIiss Ca-\\ntherine Fuller, a native of New York who was born\\nin 1838. Six years after their marriage they\\ncame to Michigan and settled in this count}^ and\\ntownship, and the next year settled upon his jires-\\nent farm. He has added to his original purchase and\\nnow has one hundred and ninety acres, one hun-\\ndred of which are under fine cultivation. On this\\nplace general farming is carried on, and Mr.\\nGraham himself has done all the clearing. He\\nerected his present residence about twelve years\\nago and one barn, 30x45. with a wing 12x15; lie\\nhad also erected two other barns. He has a fine\\norchard of four acres of apple trees. When he\\nfirst settled here there were no roads at all and the\\nplace was in an entirely wild state. He erected a\\nboard house in which he and his family lived for\\nsome time.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write and his wife\\nhave been blessed bj the birth of nine children.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n415\\nall now living, namely: Jolin I?.; .liilia Ann (Mrs.\\nHorace Kldred); Geoifre (1.; Alice K. (Mrs. L. Hunt-\\nley); James Andrew F.; Laura A. (Mrs. C.\\nHillman); Charles D.; and Bertie H. The parents\\nare mcmhers of the Baptist Church in good stand-\\ning anil Mr. (iraham is a Deacon and also a Trustee.\\nHe has taken an active part in the Sunda}\\nscliool, having lieen a teacher and Superintendeut\\nin the same. He has given all his ciiildren a good\\nschooling, and five of them are now married and\\nhave homes of their own. The office of Assessor\\nof the School District lias lieen his for twelve\\nyears; in politics he affiliates with the Repub-\\nlican party. He has served as Drain Commissioner\\nof Cheshire four years and had the township\\ndrained, hut little having been done before this.\\nHis son, John I!., is engaged in breeding fine\\ndraft horses.\\nI AISH N r. FITCH, a resident farmer on\\nsection (i. Casco Township, Allegan County,\\nwas born in 1818, his birthplace being Lima\\nTownship, IJvingston County, N. Y. He is\\na son t)f Klias and Frances Fitch. Elias Fitch was\\nborn aliout 1790 in Columbia County, N. Y., and\\nwas reared in the village of Coopei-stown, where he\\naUended school with James Fenimore Cooper. His\\neducation was limited to the common schools, yet\\nhis wide range of reading extended over most of\\nthe current topics of Die day. When eighteen\\nyears old. he moved to Rhode Island and soon\\nwent upon the high seas, sailing for three years,\\nvisiting many of tiie different parts of the world.\\nWhile at Spain, one time, he witnessed the bat-\\ntle between the French and English. During the\\nWar of 1\u00c2\u00ab12, his vessel wa.s captured while in Brit-\\nish waters, and the crew were all taken prisoners\\nand were not released until after tiie close of the\\nwar. Previous to this incident, the ship was cap-\\ntured by pirates, but the crew soon overpowered\\nthem and got away.\\nAfter his return from the sea the father of our\\nsubject went back to Ins liome in New York and\\nwas married to Frances Davison, a daughter of\\nPaul and Sarah (Could) Davison, both of whom\\nwere natives of Connecticut. Mr. Davison served\\nseven years in the lievolutionary War as a musi-\\ncian. In 181i), Elias Fitch with his small famil\\\\-\\nsettled in Wyoming County, N. Y., being one of\\nthe earliest pioneers there. He located in a vast\\nwilderness on an unimproved farm. To him and\\nhis wife were born nine children, named as follows:\\nJames P., Norman I)., Kouenna, deceased; William;\\nJohn, deceased; Sarah, wife of the Rev. Linus\\nBathrick; Frederick, deceased; Mary, and Charles,\\na member of the Twenty-fourth New York Light\\nArtillery ,who died in Andersonville Prison, in 1864.\\nPolitically, Elias Fitch was a strong Democrat. He\\nwas a member of the Ancient Free and Accepted\\nMasons and stood by his order during the stormy\\ntimes of the Morgan trouble. He and his wife lie-\\nlonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church. lie\\ndied at the homestead in W^-oniing County, in\\n187fi, Ills good wife surviving him several years.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was Paul Fitch,\\nwho married Eliza Preston, both natives of Con-\\nnecticut The maternal grandfather Preston was\\nin the Revolutionary War. He fought at the bat-\\ntle of Bunker Hill, having seventeen rounds of am-\\nmunition, and also at Ston} Point, w^here the Brit-\\nish garrison was captured.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared and re-\\nceived his education in Wyoming County, N. Y.,\\nremaining under the |)arenlal roof until twenty-\\nfour years old. At this age he went to Wisconsin\\nand squatted on one hundred and sixty acres of\\nIndian land before it w.as surveyed. He remained\\nin that State about twenty-five yeare, carrying on\\nfarming, and in the winters lumbering for a num-\\nber of years. He retiu ned to New York State, in\\n1852, and on October 7 was married to Lorinda\\nHampton, a daughter of Robert Hampton. The\\ncouple returned to Wisconsin, but the privations\\nand trials were too severe for Mre. Fitch and she\\nsoon died. In 1861, Mr. Fitch was married to Ro-\\nsetta Hampton, a sister of his first wife. To them\\nhave been born five children. Two died when\\nrpiite young. Those living are Charles L., Hosa\\nB. and JIary, the wife of John ]McCarty. Mr.\\nFitch came to Michigan in 1870 and settled on his\\npresent estate of forty acres of splendidly ini-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "416\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nproved land on wliieh he has erected a convenient\\nand attractive residence. Here a gracious hospi-\\ntality is dispensed and the family are held in\\nhigh esteem 113 their many friends and acquaint-\\nances.\\nMr. Fitch entered the service of his country- in\\n1864, enlisting in Company- K, Eighth Wisconsin\\nInfantry. His regiment was attached to the Army\\nof the Potomac, and he participated in the battles\\nof Hatchies Run, Petersburg, and Ft. Sedgwick.\\nHe was honorabl}^ discharged at Washington,. June\\n2, 1865. He is now one of the leading members of\\nZach Chandler Post, No. 3;5, G. A. R. Mr. and\\nMrs. Fitch are consistent and valued memljers of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nILES FOSTER, who is engaged in general\\nfarming on section 20, Trowbridge Town-\\nship, Allegan County, was born in the\\nBuckeye State, his birth occurring in Lo-\\nrain County, June 15, 1833. His father, Archi-\\nbald Foster, a native of New York, was born in\\nNovember, 1799, and by trade was a shoemaker,\\nbut in later life followed farming. When a boy he\\nwent to Ohio, where he became acquainted with\\nand married Eliza Mann, daughter of Enos Mann,\\na soldier of the War of 1812. Her death occurred\\nw hen our subject was four years old, being caused\\nby a stroke of lightning. Four children were born\\nof that union, of whom two sons and a daughter\\nare now living: .L M. is now a resident of Battle\\nCreek, Mich.; G. M. is now deceased; Miles is the\\nnext younger, and Eliza Ann is the wife of Rob-\\nert Emmons, of Trowbridge Township. After the\\ndeath of liis first wife, Mr. Foster was again mar-\\nried. He came to Michigan in tlie spring of 1854,\\nand for a time lived witli his children, but after-\\nward removed to a small farm of his own. He\\ndied and was laid to rest in Jlallery Cemetery.\\nAs before stated, our subject lost his mother\\nwhen but a young lad, contrary to the general opin-\\nion in regard to stepmothers,he found in his,a tender\\nand loving protector, who manifested no difference\\nm her feeling between her own children .and those\\nof the first marriage. As the father was in limited\\ncircumstances, his educational advantages were nec-\\nessarily meager. In 1853, with his brother George,\\nhe came to Michigan and worked for William\\nPorter for a year, receiving 120 per moiitli as a\\ncompensation for his services. He then worked in\\nthe pineries one winter, after which one season\\nwas spent in the employ of Daniel Foster, and the\\nnext as fireman to Wells .Johnson s mill at Sau-\\ngatuck. He then settled upon his present farm,\\ncomprising eighty acres, that was almost in its\\nprimitive condition. A heavily timbered tracts hut\\noff all view, .and his neighbors were few and far\\nbetween. Only one living in this community at that\\ntime yet abides. A log cabin was built upon Mr.\\nFoster s farm, and he at once began clearing aw.ay\\nthe timber and improving his land, and in a short\\ntime, owing to his iudustr} and energy, the light\\nof day shone upon fiftj acres of cleared land.\\nIn the year 1857, Mr. Foster \\\\vas united in\\nmarriage with Miss Henrietta, the daughter of\\nThomas and .Jane (Lamun3 ,an) Brown, who came\\nto Michigan in 1854 and settled ui)on the farm\\nwhich is now the home of our subject. The father\\ndied in 1886, and the mother passed aw. iy in 1890.\\nMrs. Foster was born in February, 1838, and died\\nin 1877, respected by all who knew her. In .Janu-\\nary, 1880, our subject was .again married, his sec-\\nond union being with Frances Schuyler, daughter\\nof John .and Catherine Schuyler, and one of a\\nfamilj of five children vet living. Her parents\\ncame to Michigan in 1856, and are now residents\\nof Kalamazoo Count}*. Mrs. Foster was born Sep-\\ntember 9, 1853. By her marriage she became the\\nmother of four children, three of whom are yet\\nliving: Schuyler G., Florence and I^ura.\\nTlie home of this excellent family is a valua-\\nble farm of eighty-eight acres, which was cleared\\nand improved by Mr. Foster. He now has nearly\\nthe entire amount under cultivation, and besides\\nhis own farm has cleared over one hundred acres\\nadditional. The buildings were all erected by him-\\nself, and stand .as monuments to his thrift .and enter-\\nprise. To general farming he devotes his entire\\nattention, and to the raising of Dnrh.am cattle. He\\nis recognized as one of the practical and represent-\\native fanners of the community, and is also num-\\nlicred among the public-spirited and progressive", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "POR TRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n417\\ncitizens. lie and his wife are mcmbei-s of Die\\n(irange, and in politics, he is indepondent and has\\nlield the oflice of Moderator of his district for\\ntliree years. Interests calculated to benelit the\\nconiniunit\\\\- have ever received his hearty sujjport\\nand co-operation. He gave the site for the school-\\nhoii.-ic and put vip the Iniildinn; himself. His chief\\nambition now is to give his children good educa-\\ntional advantages, thus fitting them for the prac-\\ntical duties of life and he has lived to sec them\\niiecome useful men and women.\\nSA C. GOODRICH. M. D. This honored\\nr 3w li\\nWlU\\\\\\\\ and respected citizen of Ganges Town-\\nship, Allegan County, is residing upon\\nhis tract of ninety-two acres on section 2,\\ntwenty acres of which is in fruit. He thoroughly\\nunderstands his calling and finds that the best me-\\nthods and latest improvements in agriculture bring\\nhim the largest returns.\\nDr. (Goodrich was born in 1834, in St. Law-\\nrence County, N. Y., and is the son of Chauncy\\nand Hannah Goodrich. His father was born in\\nConnecticut in 1786 and was there reared on a\\nfarm. In liis youth he learned the trade of a\\nshoemaker, tanner and currier, serving an ap-\\njirenticeship of seven years. AVhen a young man\\nhe moved to New York and there met and married\\nthe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Hannah Brayton. Fourteen children were\\nborn of their union, two of whom died in infancy.\\nTiie remaining twelve were named Henry C;\\nGeorge A.; Dr. Chauncy B., deceased; Charles L.;\\nJames R.; our subject; Weslej Dr. Lewis and Eli-\\nzabeth C, deceased; Sarah; Lucy; and Eveline.\\nThe father of our subject emigrated to the Wol-\\nverineState in 1855 with his family, locating on\\nthe pre.sent farm of Dr. Asa, which then consisted\\nof lifty-fwoacres. There he built a plank house\\nand commenced the work of clearing and improv-\\ning his farm. Two j-ears after locating here, his\\ngood wife died and he was again married, this time\\nto Mrs. Jane Lemon. To them wa,s born one son,\\nHiram, our subject s father at that time being seven-\\nty-two ycai-s old. In i olitics, Chauncv Goodrich was\\na Whig. He passed from this life in 1864, aged\\nseventy -eight years.\\nAsa C. (Joodrich was given a good education\\nand early Iwgan the study of medicine at Battle\\nCreek, this Slate. He completed his course in the\\nMichigan University in 1865, and. returning to\\nwhat is now his present home, and which he had\\npurchased some time previously, he practiced his\\nprofession for twelve j-ears. He superintended\\nthe work on the farm during that period, and al-\\nthough he was flatteringly successful in his prac-\\ntice, at the exiiiration of twelve years, he gave\\nhis entire time and attention to the cultivation of\\nhis property His place is supplied with all the\\nbuildings which best serve the purposes of an\\nagriculturist and, all in all, he is one of the well-to-\\ndo citizens of Ganges Town.ship.\\nIn 1865 our subject and Miss Emily, daughter\\nof Joseph K. and Esther Hill, were united in mar-\\nriage. To them have been born three children,\\none of whom died in infancy. Maude is the wife\\nof George Sinclair, of New York City, and with\\nher husband is a graduate of the Peter Cooper In-\\nstitute of that fit}-. Mildred L. is attending\\nschool at Valparaiso, Ind. Mrs. Erailj Goodrich\\npassed from this life in 1872, greatly respected by\\nall who knew her.\\nAsa C. Goodrich was a second time married, in\\n1877, to Miss Florence Loomis, daughter of Levi\\nand Sally Loomis, whose skcichappeai-s on another\\npage in this volume. In politics, Mr. Goodrich is\\na Prohibitionist and has done much to aid the\\ncause of temperance in this section. He and his\\nwife are consistent members of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church and have a large circle of warm\\nfriends in Ganges Township.\\nm\\nJOSEPH CROW, who is residing on section\\n25, Ca-sco Township, Allegan County, w.as\\nborn in Burlington County, N. J., October\\n_ 4, 1822. He is the son of (ieorge and\\nSusan Crow. The father was born in (Jermany in\\n1786, emigrating to -Vmerica with his parents when\\ntwelve yeai S old. He was sjivcn a irood ed negation", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "418\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nin the model scliools of liis native coimtry and\\nafter coming to tlie United States mastered tlie\\nEnglish language at the schools in New Jersey.\\nSoon after making this countrj- their home, the\\nfather of George Crow bound him out to John\\nDobbins, with whom he remained until reaching\\nhis majority. He was treated very much as the\\nslaves were in the South and soon after leaving\\nhis taskmaster learned the trades of a brickmaker\\nand woolen weaver. He was married at the age of\\ntwenty-five to Susannah Johnson, who was a native\\nof New Jersey In 1834 they moved to Wayne\\nCounty, Ind., where they remained a twelvemonth\\nand then went to Randolph County, the same\\nState, where they located on a tract of fort} acres.\\nHe was soon enabled to add forty acres more to\\nhis purchase, all of which he brought to a good\\ndegree of cultivation. He was a pioneer of that\\nregion and when emigrating thither was flye weeks\\nmaking the journey.\\nThe nine children comprising the parental\\nfamily were named as follows: Elizabeth, Mary;\\nJohn and William deceased; George; our subject:\\nAnna deceased; Susan and Rachel. The father of\\nour subject was a member of the Methodist Epis-\\ncopal Church, while his mother was identified with\\nthe Society of Friends. In politics, the elder Mr.\\nCrow was first a Free-soiler and later a Wliig. His\\ndeath occurred July 24, 1849, at which time he was\\naccidentally killed by a runaway team.\\nThe education of our subject ^vas quite limited,\\nas the family located in the wilderness in Indiana\\nwhere schools were considered more of a luxury\\nthan a necessity. When reaching his majority, he\\ncommenced to earn money by working out on\\nfarms b}^ the month. A few years later he was\\nmarried to Asenath, daughter of Hugh and Eliz.a-\\nbeth Woody, natives of North Carolina, and\\nQuakers in religion. The parents of Mrs. Crow\\nwere early pioneers of the Hoosier State and had\\nborn to them a famil} of eleven children, three of\\nwhom died in infancy. The remaining eight\\nwere: Joshua and Authonj- now deceased; Mary,\\nHarriet, Alsou G., Zenoali, Aaron and Louis.\\nAfter his marriage Jose))h Crow took charge of\\nhis fatlier s estate for a number of j ears, after\\nwhich he made various removals in Indiana until\\n1870, when he came to Allegan County. His first\\npurchase of land here was twent} acres of what is\\nnow his splendid farm, but which was then in its\\nprimitive condition. He has since added forty\\nacres more to his possessions and by a proper\\nrotation of crops reaps a fine income.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Crow of this sketch have been\\nborn eleven children, three of whom died in\\ninfancy. Martin L. is residing in Kansas; Soph-\\nronia A., is the wife of D. E. Palmer, of IMissouri;\\nGeorge H. and Hattie A., who is the wife of Charles\\nH. Crary, are deceased; John C. F., who makes his\\nhome in Casco Township; Mary, Mrs. S. Camblin;\\nAnna, the second wife of C. H. Crary, and William\\nII., residing in Casco Township. Our subject and\\nhis family are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch and in politics he is a strong Kepublic.nn.\\n-^i.\\n[3_\\n^(^ARNUM II. DH.LEY. This progressive\\nbuiness man of Lacota is engaged in char-\\nW coal burningand also buj-s and ships grain.\\nHe is very successful in his undertaking and is\\nhighly esteemed in his community as an upright\\nand honest citizen. He was born in Nottingham,\\nOhio, in 1856, and was eight years of age when his\\nparents came to Michig.an and located in Geneva\\nTownship, Van Buren Count}\\nOur subject is the son of Varnum D. and Mar-\\ngaret J. (Eddy) Dilley. The father is a native of\\nthe Buckeye State, where his birth occurred in\\n1824, and the mother hailed from New York. The\\nelder Mr. Dilley was one in a family of seven\\nchildren, of whom we give the following: T.\\nCharles died in Andersonville prison during the\\nlate war; Varnum D. was the second in order of\\nbirth; Harris is deceased; Darwin resides in Cleve-\\nland, Ohio; Clay makes his home in Chicago;\\nCorwin died in the army, and Caroline is Mrs.\\nNathan Lord and resides in Euclid, Ohio.\\nThe paternal grandparents of our subject were\\nAsa and Maiy (Johnson) Dilley, who were among\\nthe early settlers of Cayuga County, Ohio. The\\noriginal of this sketch was reared on a farm and\\nreceived a common school education. When\\nreaching his sixteenth year, he attended school for", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "n^ W. D. SM ITH", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "W.D.aMITH.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "rOKTKAlT AND lilCXiKAlMIK Al IM .ColM).\\n423\\nI I I\\nILLIAM I). SMITH. Among tlio piomi-\\niicnt and intluential citizens of Knhunazoo\\nCounty, wc are pleased to mention tlie\\nsulijcet of this sivetcli, who is resiclinir on an excel-\\nlent farm on section 4, Portage Township. His\\nestate is embellished with all needful farm build-\\nings, and Jlr. Smith believes that the latest im-\\nprovements and best methods in agiieultiire bring\\nliim in the largest returns.\\nNorthumberland County, I a., was the native\\nplace of our subject, his birth occurring September\\n18, 1824. He is the son of Daniel and Catherine\\n(Ditzler) Smith, the father a native of the same\\nState and cuunty as was his son, and the mother,\\nborn in Wuitemberg, Germany. Jlrs. Smith died\\nin Nortliuniberland County, Pa., after liaving be-\\ncome the m Jtlier of eight childion. of whom Will-\\niam D. was the eldest.\\nThe hitter was reared upon the home farm, and\\nremained in the Keystone State until 1860, at\\nwhich lime he came to St. Joseph County, and lo-\\ncate( near Constantine, where tie resided until\\nafter liie Civil War. Then, selling his farm, he re-\\nturned to Pennsylvania, and after a year spent in\\nills old home, again came to Michigan, this time\\npurchasing property in Prairie Kondc Township,\\nI J\\na twelvemonth near Cleveland. Later he clerked\\na few years for a Mr. Adam White of Lacota and\\nmanaged his store for a period after his death. At\\nthe end of that time he engaged in business for\\nhimself, but soon sold out his interests in that\\ndirection and established himself in the charcoal\\nbusiness, in I onnection with E. (!ravcs, also buying\\nand shipping grain on his own account. He is\\nwide-awake .-md progressive and is making a suc-\\ncess of Ills undertaking.\\nMr. Dilley of this sket^^-h was married in 1\u00c2\u00ab80 to\\nMiss Hattie White, a very intelligent and estimable\\nlady. Carrie Dilley, a sister of our subject, became\\nthe wife of William Burlingame and is now de-\\nceased. lli twin brother, Marshall, is residing in\\nLacota. Socially, he of whom we write is a mem-\\nber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at\\nLacota, and in politics is a strong Republican.\\nthis coiiiit\\\\ I here he operated a farm for some\\nten years, when he sold and located on his present\\nestate which comprises two huiidied and foity\\nacres.\\nOctober 3, 1\u00c2\u00ab71. Mr. Smith and Miss Cordelia\\nChilds were united in marriage in Xorthumberland\\nCounty, Pa. Mrs. Smith was born in wiiat is now\\nMontour County, that State, December 1831.\\nShe was the daughter of .lames and Rachel (Apple-\\nman) Childs, both of whom died in the above-\\nnamed county. Our subject has always devoted\\nhis time and attention to the cultivation of the soil,\\nand ranks among the wealthy and progressive agri-\\nculturists of the C(junty. With his wife, he is a\\nmember in good standing of the l resb3 terian\\nChurch, in which body he has been Deacon and\\nKlder.\\nThe attention of the reader is directed to the\\nlitliogra|)hic portraits of Mr. Smith and his estim-\\nable wife, which are presented in this connection.\\nj^^ HADUACH H. ll.VMLIN. On section 7,\\nCaseo Township, Allegan County, may be\\n|lrt/_^) seen alioautifiil farm of One hundred and\\neighty-six acres, which is the property of\\nMr. Hamlin, of this sketch. Twent3-(ive acres of\\nhis estate is in fruit, of which he has some splendid\\nvarieties. He was born in Stark County. Ohio, in\\n1832, and is the son of .lames E. and Matilda\\n(Jones) Hamlin.\\nThe father of our subject was also born in Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, in 18()H,buthis mother wasanative\\nof irginia. The elder Mr. llamliii s|)ent hisearly\\nyears upon a farm and in altcmlance at the com-\\nmon schools. He made the best of his limited o|)-\\nportuuities for an education, and became an in-\\ntelligent and well-reatl man. When reaching his\\nmajority he established a hearthstone of his own,\\nand married Matilda, daugliter of .lordan Jones.\\nThe mother of [rs. Handin died when she was an\\ninfant, and she was taken into the home of an\\naunt and given a good education.\\nJames E. Hamlin was very ceonijniical, and with\\nthe^ .M) which his father gave him soon after starting", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "424\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nout in life, was eiiaV)led to piircliase eighty aL-res of\\nland in Stark County, Ohio, which was the last Gov-\\nernment land bought in Lexington Township. The\\nparents continued to live upon that farm until. 1861,\\nwhen the father traded the property- for one huu-\\nhundred and sixt} acres on section 31, Ganges\\nTownship, Allegan County. They made that farm\\ntheir home until reaching an advanced age, and\\nthen resided with one of their children. The\\nfather died May 28, 1885. His wife survived him\\nuntil M.ay, 1890. In polities, he was first a Whig\\nand later a Republican. The father of our subject\\nwas the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Feltz) Ham-\\nlin, natives of Eastern Virginia. Stephen Ham-\\nlin was born in 1776, and fought in the AVar of\\n1812, for which action his n.ame was dropped from\\nthe roll in the (iu.aker Church. Previous to that\\ntime, however, joining a company of forty-seven\\nemigrants to Ohio, he located in Stark County,\\nwhere our subject was born.\\nShadrach II. Hamlin was the oldest but one of\\nthe eight sous that were born to his parents, viz.:\\nStephen M., our subject, .Jordan .1., Henry .1., Rob-\\ninson C; Alva .7., deceased, as was also John B.; and\\nRobert E. .4t the age of twenty, our subject went\\nto work on a farm in his native count}^, but soon\\nafter learning the carpenter s trade from his brother,\\nfollowed that occupation for six years. In 186.5\\nhe came back to the Wolverine State, and pui--\\nchased thirty-five acres of land on the lake shore\\nin Casco Township. In the fall he Avent back to\\nOhio, where he remained a twelvemonth, and then\\nreturning to Michigan, purchased forty acres of\\nwhat is now his present farm. From time to time\\nhe has added to his tract, until he now is the proud\\nproprietor of one hundred and eight3 -sixandahalf\\nacres. It bears all the improvements of a first-class\\nestate, its owner ranking among the well-to-do\\nagriculturists of Casco Township. His success is\\ndue entirel} to his own efforts and economy, for,\\nwith the exception of the little assistance which\\nhis father gave him when starting out on his own\\naccount, his fine estate has been accumulated by\\nhis own labors.\\nIn September, 1861, our subject and Harriet,\\ndaughter of William and Emeline (Davison) Brush,\\nwere married. Mrs. Hamlin had live sisters who\\nbore the names of Susan, Amy; Sarah E., deceased;\\nFanny and Mary E., also deceased. To our subject\\nand his wife have .also come five children, three of\\nwhom died in infancy. Oscar A. died after reach-\\ning mature years. Carrie M. is the only one living.\\nMr. Hamlin enlisted in the Civil War September\\n6, 1864, joining Company F, Twelfth Michigan\\nInfantry. He was assigned to the Trans-Missis-\\nsippi Department, and with his regiment saw much\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0active service.\\nHe received his honorable discharge at the close\\nof the war, being mustered out at Little Rock,\\nArk., September 9, 1865. On March 22, he was\\nallowed a pension by the Government. In politics,\\nour subject is a Republican, and, with his wife, is a\\nmember of the First Methodist Episcopal Church\\nof Casco.\\nIIOMAS E. FRENCH. Tiiis worthy citi-\\nv^ zen of Otsego is the present Supervisor of\\nOtsego Township. He enlisted in the War\\nof the Rebellion, December 6, 1861, and a grateful\\nnation will evei-hold in honor those who, in times\\nof peril, offered themselves upon their country s\\naltar and faced death on many a blood_y battle-\\nfield. In their meinoiy will poems and songs be\\nwritten, anniversaries remembered with flags and\\nbanners flj ing in the air, and patriotism be exalted\\nin a million, throbbing hearts.\\nUpon the battlefield of life, where patriotism is\\ncalled for no less than when facing ghastly death\\nat the cannon s mouth, Mr. French has made an\\nhonorable record. A native of Ohio, he wiis born\\nin Mahoning County, March 28, 1844. He is the\\nson of Thomas French, a native of the Keystone\\nState. He was a shoemaker in his early life, but\\nwhen emigrating to Ohio he became a farmer. He\\ndied in 1846, when fifty-two years old, firm in the\\n(Quaker faith. His father, the grandfather of our\\nsubject, was born in Massachusetts.\\nThe mother of our subject was Martha Bryant,\\na native of New Jersey. She was reared near\\nMount Holly Bridge and died in 187:3. With her\\nfamily she was a member of the .Society of Friends.\\nThomas E. French received his primary education", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "PORTliAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n425\\nin tlic common schools and attended two terms at\\nthe Westminster College in Lawrence County, Pa.\\nAfter reaching liis thirteenth year, he began to\\nearn iiis own living, and apprenticed himself to\\nlearn the carpenter s trade, receiving as his first\\nwages 17 per month.\\nWhen seventeen years of age, Thomas K. French\\nenlisted in Company L, Sixtli Ohio Cavalry, under\\nCol. Loyd. AVith his company he was sent to the\\nfront and pnrlici|)atod in the following engage-\\nments; Woodstock, a., Jul}- 1, 18G2; Mt. .lackson,\\nJuly ;i. 18G2; Cross Keys, Va., July 8, 1862, which\\nwas the last battle before Gen. Fremont was re-\\nlieved; Luray, A a.. July 28, 18(52; Cedar Jloun-\\ntains, August 8, 1862; the Second Battle of Bull\\nHun, August 2i 1862; Fredericksliurg, Va., No-\\nvember 1862; Kelly s Ford, Va., March 17, 1863.\\nIn the last-named battle our subject had his horse\\nshot from under him. F oni July to November,\\n1862, he served as Orderly- to Gen. Sigel, performing\\nduties in his private office and doing some scouting\\nfor the General, twicegetting inside the rebel lines.\\nHe then fought in the second battle of Kelly s\\nFord, .\\\\pril 2(t, 1863; Chanccllorsville, May 4,\\n1863; Brandy Station, June 9, 1863; Aldie, Va.,\\nJune 17,1863; Middleburg, Va., June 19, 1863;\\nrpperville, Va., June 21, 1863; Mt. Jackson,\\nMd., July 4, 1863; Smithburg. July 5, 1863;\\nllagarstown, July 6, 1863; Boonsboro, Jul}- 8,\\n1863; Jones Cross Roads, July 10, 11, 12 and 13,\\n1863; Culpei)er, Va., September 13, 1863; Rapi-\\ndan Station, September 14, 1863; Barbers Cross\\nRoads, Va., September 1, 1863; Sulphur Springs,\\nOctober 12, 1863; Auburn Mills, Va., October 14,\\n1863; Bristol Station, Va., October 15, 1863; Mine\\nRun, Va., November 29, 1863; Custer s Raid,\\nFebruary l s, 1M(;1; Todd s Tavern, May 6, 7\\nand8, IMU: Uichniond Haid, from May 9 to the\\n2ath, 1,m;4; Knon Church, Va., May 28, 1861;\\nTravilian raid, from May 6th to June 29, 1861;\\nat St. Maiy s Church he hada lioiseshot from under\\nhim, June 24, 1864; Malvern Hills, June 28, 1X64;\\nthe second battle of Malvern Hill, in 1864; Wel-\\ndon Hailioad, July 21, 1864; Davis. October 1,\\n1864; Hoyton Plank Hoad, September 30, 1864;\\nBoyton riank Road, number two, a., October 27,\\n1864; .Stony Creek SUation, Va., December 2, 1864\\nHatchie s Hun, Va., December 9 and 10, 1864;\\nMuckneck Bridge, a., February 5, 1865; Hatchie s\\nHun, Va.., February 6, 1865. He participated in\\nthe battle at Dinwiddle Courthouse, April 6, 1865,\\nwhere another horse was shut which he was riding.\\nJcterville, April 4; Jones Cross Roads, April 5;\\nHnrijcr s Farm, April Farmville, April 7, 1865.\\nHe was at Appomattox Courthouse, April 9, 1865,\\nand saw the white flag when it was first raised.\\nNot only did Mr. French serve witii valor in\\nthe many hard-fought engagements above enumer-\\nated, but his elliciencj received merited recogni-\\ntion and while he entered the service in the ranks\\nhe was honorably discharged at the close of the\\nwar as Commissary-Sergeant. After peace was de-\\nclared, our suliject served three months in the\\nF reedmen s Bureau and on returning to Ohio and\\nresuming his trade, found that his hard service\\nhad inifitted him for carpenter work. He then\\nturned his attention to learning the harness-\\nmaker s trade which he followed for the succeed-\\ning fifteen years, most of the time being employed\\nby the (ioshen Ohio Harness Compau}-. He came\\nto Otsego in March, 1883, and located on a farm\\nin Otsego Townslii]). lie has recently moved to\\nthe village but still superintends the operation of\\nhis fine tract of land.\\nThomas E. French was married, April 6, 1870,\\nto Miss F^sther C. Shreve, of Ohio. She died in\\n1877, leaving a family of four children: Alice who\\nis deceased; Fnocli J., Albert JI. and Carrie M.\\nOur subject was a second time married, his wife\\non that occasion being Delora Otto, a native of\\nthis State and the daughter of (leorge D. and Ger-\\ntrude Oltu, botli of wiiom were natives of New\\nYork, ller parents came to Michigan in 1844\\nand located in Otsego Township, Allegan County,\\npurchasing a wild farm. The famii} walked all\\ntlie way from Saugatuck. The father died in 1879,\\nwhen seventy-.six years old; tiie mother is still\\nliving. By that marriage were born four children.\\nThey were among the earl} pioneers coming into\\nthe wilderness and did their share toward giving\\nto posterity the broad acres which now blossom\\nlike the rose.\\nIn politics our subject is a stanch Republican\\nand IS a i)rominent menibei of the (Jraud Army of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "426\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe Repuhlii Me was electerl Supervisor of )tses;o\\nTowuship in 1891 and is efficiently^ filling that\\nresponsible position. Socially, he is a Mason and\\nhas been a menil)er of the Society of Friends for\\nthe past thii lj jears. Mr. French owns a good\\nfarm in Trowbridge Township, this county, and is\\na gentienian wliose love of truth and justice has\\nmade for liiin warm and stanch friends in this\\ncommunity.\\n!)IIOMAS BENTON BUTCHER. This en-\\nterprising gentleman was a member of the\\nfirm of Moore Butcher, proprietors of a\\ngristmill, wliieh was destro3 ed by fire in .Jul}\\n1891. Tlieir mill was located at Bouglas, Allegan\\nCounty, and since the above date our subject has\\nbeen engaged in closing up liis extensive business\\ninterests. Mr. Butcher has done an immense lum-\\nber business for the past thirty 3-ears, residing at\\ndifferent times in Musliegon; Bennison, Tex., and\\nChicago. In 1880 he came to Bouglas, where he\\nestablished a gristmill. The firm did a prosper-\\nous business, their grade of flour being in demand\\nthroughout the count}-.\\nMr. Butcher of this sketch was the son of Will\\niam F. and Lucinda (Betrich) Butcher, natives of\\nPike Count}-, Pa., where our subject was born\\nDecember 5, 1836. AVhen he was sixteen years of\\nage, heaccom[)anied liis parents on their removal to\\nChicago and two years later came to Allegan\\nCounty, where the father engaged in the lumber\\nbusiness. Young Thomas assisted his parents in\\nvarious enterprises until starting out in life to do\\nfor himself. He attributes to his estimable wife,\\nto whom he was married, August 20, 1857, a large\\nshare of his success in life. Her maiden name\\nwas Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Sarah A.\\n(Steward) Cline, natives respectively of Ohio and\\nPennsylvania.\\nTo our subject and his amiable wife has been\\nborn a family of three children: George L., who\\nw.as born M.ay 31, 1859, is married to Ada E. Por-\\nter, and resides in Douglas, where he is a member\\nof the firm of Butcher it Son; he has two children:\\nFlorence I. and Thomas Benton. Florence May,\\nthe second child, was born November 17, 1864.\\nLeah Bell was born August 3, 1871. Both daugh-\\nters remain at home with their parents.\\nAs has before been mentioned, our subject has\\nbeen engaged in the lumber business for the past\\nthirty years and is ranked among the well-to-do\\nand respected citizens of Allegan County. In\\npolitics he is a stanch Republican, and socially is a\\nmember of Dutchess Lodge, No. 193, A. F. A. M.,\\nin which he has been Past Worshipful Master. He\\nis also a member of Allegan Chapter, R. A. M.,and\\nwith his family is a regular attendant at the Con-\\ngregational Church. We are i)leased to be able to\\npresent the sketch of so worthy a citizen of the\\ncounty as the gentleman whose name we place at\\nthe head of this biography.\\nf IMON HARNDEN, a farmer on section 7,\\nAllegan Township, Allegan County, is the\\nli\\\\/__Jl) possessor of forty acres of good land. He\\ncame to Michigan in 1852, and stopped\\nfor a short time in Ionia County; he lived in\\nHillsdale County two years and then came to\\nthis county, living in Pine Plains for awhile and,\\nin 18(!C, came to this township and purchased his\\npresent farm. He was born in Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., October 3, 1818. Samuel and Asenath\\n(Ilighley) Harnden, natives of New York, were the\\nparents of our subject. The father was a boot and\\nshoemaker and lived and died in New York. He\\nwas a Democrat in politics, held the office of Post-\\nmaster, and was, in religion, a member of the Uni-\\nversalist Church. He was the parent of five chil-\\ndren. Enos and our subject are now living.\\nSimon Harnden received his educati(m in his\\nnative county and learned the trade of a shoemaker,\\nwhich he followed for a number of years in the\\nEast and also since coming to Michigan. He was\\nTrustee of the village of Port B}ron, in his native\\ncounty. He was married, in 1841, to Manetta Har-\\nrington, the daughter of Ebenezer and Emily\\n(Mentor) Harrington, natives of Massachusetts.\\nMr. Harrington was a carriagemaker, and later in\\nlife removed to Cayuga County, N. Y., where lie\\nfollowed his trade until death. His good wife", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n427\\nbore him five children: Almira (Mrs. Hamden)\\nand Calista (Mi-s. Storey) arc now living. He was\\na Wliig in politics.\\nOur suhjeot and his wife are tiie liappy parents\\nof eight ehiklren. all living, whose record is as\\nfollows: Almira, now Mrs. George Whitney, is the\\nmother of Iwoehildren, Laura and Glenn; Homain\\nmarried Mary Peet and is the father of two sons,\\nLester and Clarence; Lucy married Hohert JNIc\\nt^ueen and they have eight children, John, AVillie,\\nAlice, James, Grover, Nellie, Martin and Charles;\\n.Sopliia, Mrs. Howard Powers, has become the\\nmother of two daughters. Belle and Mina; Lester\\nmarried Carrie Rich, and two children have lieen\\nborn to them, Ixich, and Elma; Alice, Mrs. Bliss,\\nhas two children, Roy and Hhoda; Charles is in the\\ngrocery business at Battle Creek, his brother-in-\\nlaw, Mr. Bliss being his partner, under the firm\\nname of Bliss A- Ilarnden; Emily, Mrs. August\\nSwedberg, is the mother of one child, Alice. Mr.\\nSwedberg is an editor at Battle Creek. Mr. Ilarn-\\nden, of whom we write, has a fine home with all\\nmodern conveniences and does a general farming\\nbusine,ss on his place, in which he is quite success-\\nful. He belongs to the Democratic party.\\nSKV. SAMUEL M. FOWLER, a minister of\\nthe Christian Church, residingat No. .507 Elm\\nStreet, Kalamazoo, was born in Uiga, Mon-\\nroe Count\\\\-, N. Y., July 17, 1817. His par-\\nents were Abel and Mary (Edd}-) Fowler, the\\nformer a native of South Kingston, R. I., and the\\nlatter of Wallingford, Vt.. where their marriage\\nwas celebrated. By occuiiation he was a farmer,\\nand served in the W:ir of liSl 2, participating in\\nthe battle of Plattsburg. The family is of English\\nlineage and descended from (lUy Fawkes, of Eng-\\nlish history. I ruf. O. .S. Fowler, the celebrated\\nphrenologist, was also of the same family, and Com-\\nmodore Perry w.as a second cousin to Abel Fowler.\\nOur sulijeet was the fourth of six children, live\\nof whom are yet living. One, Mrs. Wooster resides\\nin this State. Until the age of twenty-two our\\nsul)jecl remained at home. His mother died when\\nlie was ten years old but her Christian teachings\\nhave never been ft)rgotlen. In winter seasons he\\nattended school until eighteen j^ears of age, and\\nthe following year he began teaching, whicli he\\nfollowed through four winter terms. He afterward\\nattended a private school and by home study made\\nhimself a well-educated man. At the age of eight-\\neen lie joined the church and read a number of\\ntheological w-orks. He seemed drawn to the work\\nof the ministry and at the age of twenty-two be-\\ngan ])reaching. Failing health led him to visit a\\nbrt)tiier living in Wheatland, Hillsdale Count}\\nMich., and, attending meeting the Sunday after his\\narrival when the Class-leader announced that the\\nminister was absent, Mr. Fowler seemed called\\nupon to speak. Taking for his text, What shall it\\nprofit a man if he gain the whole world and lose\\nhis own soul, he spoke earnestly and eloquentlv\\nand was .again called upon to preach several times\\nbefore returning to New York. Here he formed\\nthe determination to make his life work that of\\nthe ministiy and several times told the gospel\\nmessage in the old stone church in Sweden and\\nOgden, of which the parents of Frances E. Wil-\\nlard were members. Subsequently, he again en-\\ngaged in teaching and then after another serious\\nillness he attended the Wliiteslx)ro Academy, his\\npreceptor being the noted Abolitionist, Beriah\\nGreen. The following year he began preaching,\\nand for six months afterward received $25 per\\nmonth. He took charge of the church in Lester, Liv-\\ningston County, N. Y., and was ordained pastor of\\nthe Christian Church in October, 1841, Elder Joseph\\nBadger iire.aching the ordination sermon, while\\nElder C. Morrison, Jesse E. Church, Stephen\\nFellows and S. 1,. IVrvier were the ordination\\ncouncil.\\nRev. Mr. Fowler was married in Lester. .Iiil\\\\- Id,\\n1842, to Miss Rosetta, eldest child of Jonathan\\nand Eunice (Bowman) Tainter. Unto them have\\nbeen born the following cliildren: S. Mills, a medi-\\ncal practitioner, of Gainesville, Tex.; Samuel, who\\nserved through the war; Abel B., who was also in\\nthe service, and Eunice Rosalia, wife of James B.\\nMoore, of Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. They now\\nreside in Kalamazoo.\\nAfter a ear s labor in Lester, Rev. .Mr. Fowler", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": "428\\nPORTRAIT AKD JilOGRAPHlCAL RECORD.\\nengaged in preaching in Niagara County, and his\\nnext location was in Pekin, after which he spent\\ntwo years in Ontario C ount3 and a year in Barry,\\nOrleans County, holding successful revivals at\\nthose places. He then engaged to come to Michi-\\ngan as a missionary and in October, 1849, joined\\nElder J. S. White in Centerville, St. Joseph County,\\nwho had been sent out two years befoi-e. He\\nworked with him one year and then came to Brady\\nTownship, Kalamazoo County, where Dr. ICzra\\nSmith, a preacher and medical practitioner, was\\nlocated. He held a number of revival services\\nand in Jul}-, 18.50, located in Brady Township,\\nwhere he organized a church. The next winter he\\nwent to Leroy, where he preached for two 3ears,\\nand in 1853 removed to Grand Prairie, where\\nanother church was organized. In 1854 he re-\\nmoved to the city of .lackson and preached there\\ntwo years. He returned in the fall of 1855 to his\\nfarm in Grand Prairie, and resided there a year.\\nIn December, 1856, Rev. Mr. Fowler went to New-\\nmarket, Canada, where he preached for two years\\nand also held protracted meetings. On his return\\nto Michigan, owing to earnest solicitation, he be-\\ncame the financial agent of the Michigan Central\\nCollege at Spring Arbor, and his wife became ma-\\ntron of the ladies department. They were con-\\nnected with the school for a j ear, during which\\ntime Mr. Fowler was continually preaching, and\\nthen returned to the old farm on Grand Prairie in\\nthe fall of 1860. Sickness soon afterward pros-\\ntrated him and for two or three years he was not\\nable to either read or study. About 1863 he had\\na charge at Watson, Allegan County, where he\\npreached every two weeks for about four years.\\nHis two sons had joined the country s service and\\nhence the heavy burden devolved upon his wife.\\nIn 1869 he returned to Oshawa, Ontario County,\\nCanada, where he again preached for two and a\\nhalf j^ears and then went back to his old church in\\nNewmarket. We fiud him in Kalamazoo in the\\nfall of 1872 and the following spring he purchased\\nhis present home but returned to Osliawa, Canada,\\nonce more assuming the duties as minister of the\\nchurch at that place. Subsequently, he spent one\\nwinter in Florida, then for some time had no reg-\\nular work until September, 1890, when a few fam-\\nilies were organized into the Christian Church at\\nKalamazoo, Rev. Mr. Chase, now Governor of In-\\ndi.nna, assisting in the work. In April, 1891, the\\nchurch was organized and Mr. Fowler preached\\npart of the time until August, 1891, when he was\\ngiven full charge. There is now a membership of\\nsixty and the church is in a flourishing condition.\\nRev. Mr. Fowler was identified with the first Chris-\\ntian Church organized in the county and was a\\nmember of the Washingtonian Society, the first\\ntemperance organization. He lectured on that\\nsubject and also against slaverj of which he was\\na bitter opponent. Although now well advanced\\nin years, Mr. Fowler yet labors on. He is tall and\\nof fine address, his sermons show much thought\\nand his earnest work is resulting in much good. A\\nnoble, upright life has he led and the confidence\\nand high regard of the entire community are given\\nhim.\\nRS. MARY V. FORBES. Tliis highly-\\nrespected and intelligent old ladj is an\\nearly settler of Allegan County, and can\\nrelate many an interesting tale of pioneer\\nlife, as its hardships as well as adventures have\\nmade a lasting impression upon her mind. She has\\na very pleasant home in Plainwell, and her daugh-\\nter, Mrs. Capt. Dyckman, resides with her.\\nThe maiden name of our subject was Mary\\nYoke, and her native place, Hampshire, England,\\nwhere her birth occurred August 31, 1812. Her\\nparents were natives of England, and bore the\\nnames of Edward and Mary (Yick) Yoke. They\\ncame to America in 1832, the voyage across the\\nAtlantic occupj ing seven long weeks. They first\\nlocated at Rochester, N. Y., wliere the father fol-\\nlowed his trade of a boat-builder. Later, however,\\nhe turned his attention to the cultivation of the\\nsoil, farming near Hartlaiid, about sixty miles fi-om\\nRochester. He died at the home of his son m\\nChili, N. Y., in 1874, after liaving passed his eiglity-\\nfourtli birthday; his wife passed away at the same\\nplace and same year, when eighty-six years of age.\\nThey had nine children, five of whom are living\\nat the present time.\\nMrs. Forbes, of this sketcli, was giv^en a good", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "PORTKAiT AAD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n42y\\nediieatioii, attending; the schools of Portsmouth,\\nEngland. She ni:ii-ried, .Imuiary 1, 18:i(), John\\nRobinson, a native of Massaohnsetts. where he was\\nborn December 19, 180. When atioiit nineteen\\nyears of age, Mr. Robinson removed to Rochester,\\nN. Y., where he worked at his trade of a wood-\\nturner. In 18. i(), soon after their marriai^e, the\\nyouny couple came West to Michigan, and located\\nin Allegan, Allegan County, when there were only\\na few shanties scattered about. He put u|) a turn-\\ning lathe in Streeter s sawmill, and worked tiiere\\nthe following summer, but later exchanged his\\nproperty for a farm in (lun Plain, w^hither he re-\\nmoved. The improvements on his place were\\nmeager, but with his characteristic industry, he\\nsoon brought it to an excellent state of cultiva-\\ntion, and made his home there for nine years. He\\nthen returned to Rochester, N. Y., remaining there\\nfor three years, when he came back to the Plains,\\nand in 18, )(i removed to Kalamazoo County, where\\nhe lived until his death, which sad event occurred\\nin 1854.\\nTo ]Mr. and Mrs. Robinson were born three chil-\\ndren: Jolin who was born June 30, 1837,and died\\nMay 26, 1874, leaving a widow and two children;\\nGeorge J., who is in a bank atl etoskey, tliis State.\\nand Jlaiy A., who resides with her mother in Alle-\\ngan. Julia A. w\\\\as born March 4, 1840, married\\nDavid Wing, ^iovember 6, 1861, and died^Iay 2/),\\n1867, leaving two daughtei-s, Marj E. and Minnie\\nM., both of whom are deceased, JIarv dying ^lay\\n16, 1865, and the latter daughter, Marcli 7, 1866.\\nGeorge B. Robinson was born January 28, 1848,\\nand passed from this life November 29, 1880. He\\nwas a tinely-cultured gentleman, having been edu-\\ncated in tlie Kalamazoo High School, and later\\ntook a course in the Business College of Detroit.\\nHe was Cashier in the bank at Allegan, of which\\nhe wixs the founder, and served as clerk in the\\nCounty Roef)rder s oflice at Kalamazoo. In 1878\\nhe went to Coloradn. and wascngaged in building\\nstores at Leadvillc. He was elected Lieuten.ant-\\n(tovernor of Colorado on tlic Republican ticket in\\n1880, but was accidentally shot Ijefore qualify-\\ning.\\nIn 1856 the subject of our sketch was married to\\nJohn Forix s. a native of .Scotland, who emigrated\\nto America in 1834. He located in Gun Plain at\\nan early day, where he cleared and improved a\\nvaluable tract of land, and later removed to Kala-\\nmazoo. They removed from Kalamazoo to Plain-\\nwell in 1866. where they were residing at the time\\nof the death of Mr. Forbes, which occurred Feb^\\nruary 2, 1889. Mrs. Forbes is a mrniber of the-\\nPresbyterian Church, and is a lady greatly esteemed\\nfor her many good qualities of mind and heart.\\nMrs. Julia A. (Robinson) Wing, the sec md child\\nof our subject, and the widow of David Wing, was\\nmarried, January 11. 1879, to Capt. B. H. Dyck-\\nman, who was a native of New York. He came to\\nMiciiigan many years ago, and made his home for\\nsome time in Iowa; he also resided at .South Haven\\nfor twenty-five years. He died November 19, 1889.\\nDuring the Cival War he was Captain of Company\\nA, Third Michigan Cavalry, enlisting in 1861, and\\nserving until 1864, during which time he engaged\\nin many hard-fought battles. His death was the\\nresult of the exposures to which he was subjected\\nwhile in the army. ^Irs. Dyckman is a very cult-\\nured lady, and is a graduate of the Piiipps Female\\nSeminary, at Albion, N. Y., where, in addition to\\nother studies, she took a thorough course in litera-\\nture and music, and is thus highly accomplished.\\nShe makes her home with her mother, where they\\nentertain a larse circle of adniirinir friends.\\nT\u00c2\u00a5\\nAMES C4ARDNEH. In presenting the bio-\\ngraphical notice of the career of one of the\\nleading men of (langes Townshiii, Allegan\\nCounty, and a gentleman who is thoroughly\\nrepresentative of its progressive element, we deem\\nit our duty to first liriedy advert to the life of\\nthose from wliom he draws his origin. He is the\\nson of Mathcw and luiphemia (Dalzell) Gardner,\\nboth natives of Scotland. The father was there\\nreared on a farm and followed agriculture all his\\nlife being also Land Agent in that country. He was\\nmarried when quite young to Eupheinia Dalzell,\\na daughter of Robert Dalzell, a descendant of the\\nnoted Dalzells of Scotland. Mr. Gardner w.as a\\nwidely-known man and held the responsit)le posi-\\ntion of Land N aluator. He died at the ripe old", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "430\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nage of ninety years. His life companion passed\\naway some years previous to liis death.\\nOur subject is a native of Lanarksliire, Scotland,\\nborn in 1830, and is one of fifteen cliildren born\\nto his parents, all of whom have died but our sub-\\nject and his brother Alexander, a minister and a\\nresident of Scotland. At the early age of sixteen\\nyears, James Gardner was graduated from the High\\nSchool and Academy at Carodiss. He was after\\nthis bound to a Land Agent four jears. He then\\nwent to England, where he was Land Agent over\\nlarge estates eleven years. In 1859 he set sail for\\nAmerica and landed in Canada, at Port Hope,\\nwhere he was engaged in the lumber business eight\\nyears. In 1865 he came to the United States., com-\\ning direct to this township, where he has since re-\\nmained. Having 15,000 when coming to this\\ncountry enabled him to make a good start in\\nlife. He was engaged in lumbering for many\\nyears in Kalamazoo and now owns nearly a fourth\\ninterest in the Douglas Basket Factory. In real\\nestate, our subject owns six hundred acres of land\\nin Ganges Township, three hundred of which are\\nimproved and about sixty acres in fruit. He also\\nowns over two hundred acres in Canada.\\nWhile residing in England, at the age of twenty-\\neight years, Mr. Gardner was married to A era\\nSusan Russell, of Scotland. Mrs Gardner is a\\ndaughter of William and Margaret Russell and was\\none of three children born to them. ilrs. Gardner\\nis a descendant of one of the oldest families in\\nUpper Ward, of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and is a sec-\\nond cousin of the Hon. William E. Gladstone, of\\nEngland. She is a graduate of the High School\\nand the Ladies Normal, of Glasgow. To Mr. and\\nMrs. Gardner have come eight children, five of\\nwhom are living: Three died in infancy. The\\nliving are named William R., Vera S. R., Jane E.\\nR., Robert D. and George F. A. Mr. Gardner has\\ntaken great pride in giving his children good edu-\\ncations. Vera is a graduate of the Toronto High\\nSchool and studied art one year in Scotland;\\nRobert D. is a law student in Allegan, and George\\nis a student of the Douglas High Schools. Our\\nsubject and his wife are members of tjie Congrega-\\ntional Church, of Douglas. Politically, he votes\\nfor the man, irrespective of party principles. He\\nbelongs to the Douglas Lodge, No. 196, F. A. M.\\nMr. Gardner and family are the only kinsmen to\\nhis brother s large estate in Scotland and Mrs.\\nGardner will soon come into possession of a large\\nestate, also in Scotland. The late James Alexander\\nGardner was a nephew of our subject and at the\\ntime of his death was an advocate in Edinburgh.\\nHis death was mourned all over England and Scot-\\nland and sympathy from many of the best fami-\\nlies of England and Scotland were sent to his aged\\nfather. Mr. Gardner is a man widely-known for\\nhis integrity, honesty and uprightness, always\\ncontributing liberally to every good cause and\\never striving for a suppression of evil.\\nRANK J. CLARK. Man} of the business\\nmen of Lacota are natives of the Wolver-\\nine State, who have taken their training and\\neducation here and are thoroughly in sympathy\\nwith the institutions, past histoiy and future great-\\nness of Michigan. They take pride in their State\\nwhich it is scarcely possible for one who is an alien\\nby birth to feel, and they are willing to work for\\nits upbuilding and prosperity. Among such we\\nfind the gentleman whose name appears at the\\nhead of tliis sketch, and wlio was born in Geneva\\nTownship, Van Buren County, in 1859.\\nThe parents of our subject arc Benjamin R. and\\nJulia E. (Bliss) Clark, natives respectively of Lin-\\ncolnshire, England, and New York State. They\\ncame to Michio;an in 1854, and located west of\\nwhat is now Lacota, where tlie father started in\\nthe merchandise business. He continued tlius for\\nfive years, and then moved into Lacota and estab-\\nlished in the same line of business, and which is\\nnow conducted bj our subject, the transfer having\\nbeen made in 1883. His business has been steadily\\nincreasing and be is ranked among the progressive\\nand well-to-do merchants of Lacota. In 1891 he\\nadded the undertaking business to his other inter-\\nests.\\nSocially, jNIr. Clark of this sketch is a member\\nof the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is\\nvej-y high in that order. He lias two brothers:", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0427.jp2"}, "428": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM MILHAM,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RF.CORD.\\n433\\nHerman D., who resides in Geneva, this covinty,\\nand Roy Y. The i)aternal grandfather of our\\nsubject died in Kngland, wliile the grandmollier\\ncame to Anicru a and ])assed her last days in (!e-\\nneva. In politics Mr. Clark is a true-l)luc Repuh-\\nliian. ;ind is warnil} interested in all movements\\nthat have for their object the upluiilding of tlie\\nconimunitv in which he makes liis home.\\nS)\\nIS~\\nylLLIAM MILIIAAf. Among the prosper-\\nous and respected farmers and stock-raisers\\nof Kalamazoo County, we may mention\\nthe gentleman whose portrait accompanies this\\nl)iogra])hy and who is a resident of sections 1 1 and\\n1 2. Portage Township. His father, the late John !Mil-\\nhain, was born in Columbia County, N. Y., and\\ntook as his wife Eva Poucher, also a native of\\nColumbia County where she died in 1831. In the\\nyear 1845, the father came to Kalamazoo County\\nand settled in Kalamazoo Township, where he re-\\nsided until his death in February-, 188G. They had\\nby tlieir marriage four children, all sons, of whom\\nour sul)ject was the eldest. The second wife of\\nJohn Milhani.the father of our subject, wasAlmira\\nRathbone, who was a native of Y ork State, and\\nbore her husband three sons and two daughters.\\nShe died in this county in 1848. The father was\\nagain married, in Kalamazoo County to Louisa\\nAnderson, by whom he had seven children, four\\nsons and three daughters. She passed away in\\nNovember, IHtiO.\\nWilliam Milham had his birth in Claverack,\\nColumbia County, N. Y., September .5, 1821. He\\naccompanied his father to this county and contin-\\nued to live with him until the fall of 1849, when\\nhe settled in Portage Township, where he has since\\nmade his home. Our subject was married in his\\nnative town in April, 184!1, to Miss Ann Klizabeth\\nHam, a native of the same place. She was called\\nfrom earth in this township and cminly in Ma\\\\,\\n1862. leaving one child, Anna K.\\nThe next marriage of our subject united him\\nwith Marietta Root in this county in June, 1864,\\nand in August. 1866, Mr. Milham was .again bereft\\nof his wife. I5v that union one child wjus born who\\ndied in inf.-ou-N Tiie third marriage of ^Ir. .Mil-\\nhau) t()t)k [il.ace October 27, 1868, the lady being\\nJliss Kmma Seudder, a native of Newton, Fairfield\\nCounty, Conn. One child was born of this union\\nto whom they gave the name of Flora K. Mrs.\\nMilham died in Portage Town.ship, March 27, 1876.\\nMr. Milham has made splendid improvements on\\nhis farm and owns between four hundred and live\\nhundred acres of fertile lan l. lie has always fol-\\nlowed farming and stock-raising and makes a\\nspecialty of cattle and sheep, of which he keeps the\\nbest grades, Heligiousl} Mr. Milham h.as l)een\\nconnected with the Presbyterian Chui ch for twenty\\nyears.\\nW/OIIN CRISPE is one of the well-known and\\nhighly popular citizens of Gun Plain Town-\\nship, Allegan County, of which he has been\\nSupervisor for five years. He is the pioneer\\ndruggist of Plain well and bears also an enviable\\nrecord as a gallant soldier during the late war.\\nMr. Crispe is a n.ative of England, being born in\\nSutton Y.alance, Kent County. June 4, 183y. He\\nw.as the son of Edward and Eliz.abeth Crispe, na-\\ntives of England, where the f.ather was a farmer\\nand also a miller. He carried on a bakery in con-\\nnection with his mills for a time. He emigrated\\nwith his family to America, February 2.5, 18.51. lo-\\ncating at first in Cleveland, Ohio. In November,\\n18.54, he came to Plain well, where his death oc-\\ncurred August 21, 1888, when he was eighty-seven\\nj-ears old. The mother died January 7. 1884. at\\nthe age of eighty years.\\nOur subject is one of a family of nine children,\\nsix of whom are now living. He was twelve years\\nold when he crossed the ocean with his parent-*,\\nthe voyage occupying thirty days. He had at-\\ntended school before leaving EngKand and was\\nalso a student while residing in Cleveland. Ohio.\\nAt the age of fifteen he began learning the milling\\nliusiness at Otsego, Mich., following it for three\\nyears and nine months. When the Civil War broke\\nout, he was the first man in the township to enroll\\nhis name, but was rejected on account of a defect\\nin his eyesight In 1863, however, in December,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0429.jp2"}, "430": {"fulltext": "434\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhe enlisted in the Eighth Michigan Cavalry under\\nCol. Stockton. He was enrolled as a private, but\\nwas promoted to be Second Duty Sergeant before\\nleaving the State. He served all during the cele-\\nbrated Morgan Raid, traveling night and day, for\\nfive hundred and seventy-eight mi|es, after that\\nwily rebel, and was greatly pleased to be jn-esent at\\nhis capture and to see him disarmed. He took\\npart in the battle at Hickman s Bridge, iu the\\nevening of the same day, having a lively skirmish\\nat Trellets Bridge and defeating Morgan at Buffing-\\ntern s Island. He was at the siege of Kuoxville\\nunder Burnside, and followed Longstreet to Bull s\\nGap. They were then ordered back to Kuoxville,\\nwhere tliey left their horses and footed it back\\nacross the mountains to Camp Nelson, Ky. Here\\nthey were mounted again and sent back to Chat-\\ntanooga and from there went South and came up\\nwith Sherman s army at Resaca. They accom-\\npanied Sherman to Atlanta and were in the en-\\ngagement at Jonesboro, after which they were\\nunder Thomas in the battles of Columbia and\\nFianklin. Mr. Crispe was discharged at Nashville,\\nTenn., September 22, 1865, being mustered out as\\nFirst Sergeant of his company. He played the\\npart of a gallant soldier during the entire war, and\\nlooks back with much pleasure to his interesting\\nexperiences while fighting for his adopted country.\\nWhen his services were no longer needed in the\\nfield, Mr. Crispe returned to the pursuits of peace,\\nand coming to Plaiuwell engaged for a short time\\nin tiie livery business. In February, 1867, he\\nstarted the first drug store established in Plainwell,\\nand has been engaged in that business ever since.\\nHe was married, February 7, 1867, to Miss Amanda\\nMesick, a native of Columbia ville, N. Y., who came\\nto Michigan in 1857. Three children have been\\nborn to them: Minnie, Guy and Cherry, all of whom\\nare deceased.\\nMr. Crispe is a stanch Republican and cast his\\nfirst vote for Lincoln. He has been a delegate to\\ndistrict and congressional conventions, and also\\nto the Republican National Convention in 1888.\\nHe was Treasurer of his township for five years,\\nand in January, 1877, was appointed Postmaster,\\nserving for ten years and three months. In April,\\n1886, he was elected Supervisor, which office he\\nhas held ever since. He has also served as County\\nCommissioner and was a member of the committee\\nunder whose supervision the new courthouse was\\nbuilt. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity, the Odd Fellows and the Grand Army\\nof the Republic. He occupies a fine residence and\\nliolds an influential position in the community.\\nW\\nILLIAM D. HALL. Among the fanners\\nand representative men of Casco Town-\\nV^Nj/ ship, Allegan County, we are gratified to\\npresent the subject of this sketch. He is the pos-\\nsessor of forty acres of very highly improved land\\non section 22, and its fertile soil yields him in re-\\nturn for his labors abundant harvests. We find\\nhim, at the early age of ten years, starting out for\\nhimself in the world. He remained three years\\nwith a brother-in-law, assisting on the farm, then\\nlearned tlie cabinet-maker s trade, but not liking\\nthat occupation soon gave it up. The next four-\\nteen years he worked at cigar-making at Higgins-\\nville, Oneida County, N. Y., and he then worked\\nfor the same length of time on the Erie Canal,\\nbetween Buffalo and New York City.\\nWhile yet in his native county, in 1862, our\\nsubject married Miss Mary E. Blackmail, a daugh-\\nter of Samuel T. and Elizabeth (Belscher) Black-\\nman. Mr. Blackman was a native of Engl.and, who\\nwas born November 28,1802,and accidentally killed\\nwhile clearing a part of his farm, August 22,\\n1845. His good wife was born in New York\\nState, August 1, 1808, and died March 14, 1884.\\nMrs. Hall is one of three children born to her par-\\nents, the other two being named William II. (de-\\nceased) and Ann M. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall three\\nchildren liave been born: Cora, wife of Judsou\\nBailey; Alasco II., and Elbridge W.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Hall enlisted in the late war, in\\nCompany H, One Hundred and Seventeenth New\\nYork Infantiy, and was in the Army of the Poto-\\nmac. He was soon afterward discharged for disa-\\nbility, but in 1863 re-enlisted in Company E,\\nOne Hundred and Seventy -sixth New York Infan-\\ntry. He was in the Reserve Corps at Wheeling,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0430.jp2"}, "431": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAl IIICAL RECORD.\\n435\\nW. Va., and there, in 1865, was honorably dis-\\nuhavgci\\\\. lie is a member of Zaeli C liaiidler Post,\\nNo. 35, (i. A. R., at South Haven, Van Bviren j\\nCounty, and isalso a member of tlie Masonic lodge.\\nof South Haven. Politically, he is an adlierent of I\\nthe Republican party, and he and his estimable\\nwife are worthy niembers of the United Krcthi-en\\nChurch.\\nThe parents of the gentleman of whom we write\\nwere (leorge F. and Catherine Hall. The former\\nwas born near Quebec, Canada, .lune 2( 180(), and\\nthe latter is a native of the same place, born in\\n1807. George F. Hall passed his boyhood days\\nin the city of Quebec, .as his father was a hatter\\nand ran a large store in connection with his manu-\\nfacU)ry. On October 15, 1832, Mv. Hall was\\nunited in marriage with the mother of our subject,\\nwhose maiden name was Catherine I-illiolt, but in\\nabout two years he had to llee to the Tnited Slates,\\nas he took part witli the United States in a Gov-\\nernment dilliculty. He at once located at Boon-\\nville, X. Y., and took a contract to build a portion\\nof the Hl.ack River Canal. In three years his\\nfamily joined him in Boonville; they now reside\\nin Madison County, N. Y. He w.as engaged in\\nfai ming. but now is retired from active labor.\\nPolitically, he wiis a Republican, and religiously, a\\nmemlier of the Episcopal Church. He is a son of\\n(Jeorge F. Hall, a native of England, who emi-\\ngrated to Canada, in an earlv day.\\n*^,EI.OS \\\\V. II.VRE. No member of the Crand\\nArmy of the Republic has a nobler record\\nfor patriotic devotion to hiscountry during\\nthe late war, and for true bravery and e.vcollent\\n.soldiership, than Delos W. Hare, a prominent citi-\\nzen of Otsego Township. He is one of the fore-\\nmost farmers and stock-raisers of Allegan County,\\nand is esi)ecially distinguished in the annals of the\\nrise and progress of agriculture in this region for\\nthe great influence he has exercised in shaping the\\ncourse of sheep-breeding, not onlj- here but else-\\nwhere, by the introduction of a superior breed of\\nthat animal, the Delaine-JIerino, which is fainnus\\nthrou;;hout the couutrv.\\nMr. Hare was horn in Schoharie Township,\\nSchoharie County, N. Y., October 30, 1837.\\nSteven and Elizabeth (Caniff) Hare, natives re-\\nspectively of New York and Canada, were his par-\\nents. His father was a farmer by occupation, and,\\ncoming to Michigan in 1853, w.as thereafter a resi-\\ndent of Otsego Township until his death in 1871,\\nat the age of seventy years. In early manhood\\nhe had been prominent in the New York State\\nMilitia, and held both a innjor s and lieulenant-\\ncolonel s commission in the regiment to which he\\nbelonged. He was a prominent and influential\\ncitizen of his county, and was a Justice of the\\nPeace. During the latter part of his life he joined\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Cliurch, and died strong\\nin the faith. The Hare family originated in Ger-\\nmany. AVilliam Hare, the paternal grandfather of\\nour subject, a native of Dutchess County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he carried on farming, and eventually died,\\nserved in the War if 1H12 with two of his sons.\\nThe mother of our subject died in 1868, aged forty-\\neight years.\\nOur subject is the eldest of the children l)orn to\\nhis parents, all of whom are living. He was\\nreared in the city of Rochester from the time he\\nwas eight years old until he was fifteen and w.as\\neducated in its schools. AVlien he was thirteen\\nyears old, he began to work in one of the\\nnurseries of Rochester during the summer, con-\\ntinuing his education in the wintei S. He was\\nsixteen years old when he accompanied the family\\nin their removal to this State, and after coming\\nhere he worked on a farm mostly until 18( 1. In\\nthe summer of that year, he enlisted in the Second\\nMichigan Infantry. He again enlisted in M.ay,\\n18C3, becoming a member of the .Second Michigan\\nCavalry, but the following Sei)teinber he was dis-\\ncharged a second time for the same cause that had\\nlirst obliged him to abandon military life. Noth-\\ning daunted l)y what he liad previously- gone\\nthrough, he again enlisted, June 10, 18G4, in the\\nEighth Michigan Cavalry, and this time saw the\\nwar through, serving with lidelity until after its\\nclose, receiving his final discharge June i), 1865.\\nHe gave proof of his courage and other good scJ-\\ndierly qualities in several engagements with the\\nenemy, the skirmish, in which his regiment partici-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0431.jp2"}, "432": {"fulltext": "436\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npated, at ROcky Face, Ga., being his first encounter\\nwith tlie Confederates. He and his comrades\\nfought bravely at Altoona and Atlanta, and did\\ngood service when their regiment was detached\\nfrom Sherman s Army and sent back to confront\\nHood at Huntsville, Ala. They followed that\\nnoted rebel leader on the opposite side of the\\nriver down to Savannah, where he crossed the\\nstream, and they did their duty nobly in the bat-\\ntle that ensued at Henrysville, although eventu-\\nally obliged to fall back before the heav} fire of\\nthe enemy, until le-enforcements finally came to\\ntheir assistance. After that our subject and his\\nfellow-soldiers were under fire for twenty-one days,\\nduring which time they helped fight the battles of\\nColumbia, Duck River Ford, Spring Hill, Franklin\\nand N.ishville. Mr. Hare was wounded m the\\nright side with buckshot and ball at the engage-\\nment at Spring Hill, November 22, 1864. His\\nhorse was shot from under him a few minutes\\nafterward, and, falling on him in his disabled con-\\ndition, caused tlie fracture of his right hip. His\\ncomrades secured another horse for him, and he\\nremained on the field until the battle was over, en-\\nduring his pain with characteristic stoicism. He\\nwas subsequent!} left at Bowling Green, Ky., until\\nhe should be able to take his place in the ranks\\nagain, and he remained there until the following\\nFebruary. He was so badly injured that it was\\nthought that he could not recover, and, indeed, he\\nwas reported as dead at one time. He was sent\\nhome in April, 1865, and it was three 3 ears before\\nhe was able to walk, even with the aid of cane and\\ncrutches. He still carries two buckshots in his side.\\nWhile in the service, he was commissioned Quar-\\ntermaster in Georgia, but was so far from head-\\nquarters he was never mustered in according to\\nregulations. He, however, acted in that capacity\\nuntil sent to Nashville.\\nMr. Hare had purchased his present farm in Ot-\\nsego Township in 1859, and had worked out by\\nthe month to pay for it. As soon as able, after his\\nreturn from the South, he resumed farming, and\\nnow has his land, which comprises one hundred\\nand fifty-four acres on sections 17 and 7, in a fine\\ncondition. He devotes his farm to stock-i-aising\\npurposes. His cattle are of the Short-horn breed,\\nwhile among his horses are to be found fine speci-\\nmens of the ^lessenger, Mambrino and Clj desdale\\nfamilies. But Mr. Hare is more generall}- known\\namong the agriculturists of the country for his\\nsuccess as a breeder of the Delaine-Merino sheep,\\nwhich is thought by many to be the best breed of\\nsheep ever introduced into Michigan.\\nSoon after he began farming, Mr. Hare made u|)\\nhis mind that the American-Merino sheep was\\nbest adapted to this section of the country, and he\\ndetermined to use hisefforts fortheir introduction.\\nHe believed that in time he would be able to pro-\\nduce a sheep of Merino blood free from numerous\\nwrinkles, such as that variet} is subject to, and with\\nlong fine wool free from grease. He began by\\nbreeding from the best selections that could be\\nmade, and thus we have the Delaine-Merinos, a\\nnew family, formed by a cross of the Spanish and\\nBlacktop-Merino breeds. It is larger than the\\nSpanish or Blacktop-Merino, is smooth-bodied,\\nwell-formed, compactly-built, and has a mutton car-\\ncass, such as in the earl}- days of sheep-breeding\\nwould not have been expected in fine-wool sheep.\\nThe fleece is dense, fine, clean and white, and of a\\nlength of three or four inches at one year s growth.\\nA weight of one hundred and seventy-five to two\\nhundred pounds for rams and of one hundred and\\ntwenty to one hundred and fifty pounds for ewes\\nis claimed at maturity. Being a pioneer in the\\nbreeding of this famous sheep, Mr. Hare has be-\\ncome widely known among wool-dealers, who anxi-\\nously seek his annual clippings, the wool being\\neasil} recognized among thousands of others by\\nthe manufacturers of the East. He has sold speci-\\nmens from his flock, for breeding purposes, to\\nmany sheep-breeders throughout the country, and\\nthey can be found in almost every Northern and\\nWestern State. He annually receives a large num-\\nber of premiums at the various fairs wherever his\\nsheep are on exhibition.\\nMr. Itare was married, in 1866, to Miss Rachel\\nWhite, of Gun Plain Township. Her father,\\nCalvin C. White, a native of Veimont, was an\\nearly pioneer of Southern Michigan, coming hither\\nin 1829, and locating first in Kalamazoo County.\\nIn 1831 he removed to Gun Plain Township,\\nand was one of the very first to settle in this", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0432.jp2"}, "433": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND ]}IOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n137\\ncomity. IK took iq) land from tlic (loveininent,\\niiiul improved a fann. lie died in the fall of 1880,\\naged sevcntj -seven j ears old. Ui\u00c2\u00bb wife died in\\nthe fall of 1871. Hoth were stanch nieinhers of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Clnirch. Mrs. Hare is\\ntheir only survivini; child.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Hare have been horn eight cliil-\\ndren, as follows: Delos J^., William Frank (i.,\\nR. 1.., Steiilien M., Sarah S., palmer .1. and Rachel.\\nMr. Hare i.s a devoted IJepulilican. and has been\\ne\\\\ei since the da^ s wiien he cast his tiisl Presiden-\\ntial vote for John C. Fremont. He is a prominent\\nniemher of the Grand Ainiy of tlie Republic, has\\nfilled every chair in his post, and has been Inspec-\\ntor on the staflf of the Department Commander.\\n-M*\\nH^ANIEL FALCONER, most generally known\\nI jjj as a fruit-grower and nurseryman in Sauga-\\njf^ tuck Township, Allegan County, is also en-\\ngaged in farming. His landed possessions include\\nsixty acres, which are beautifull} located on sec-\\ntion 10. He is making a success of life and is\\nranked among the well-to-do citizens of his town-\\nship.\\nDaniel Falconer is the son of Duncan and Ann\\n(McCilashin) Falconer, natives of Perthshire, Scot-\\nland, where the subject of this sketch was born in\\nApril. 18:51. His father was a practical mechanic\\nand was in the employ of the ISritish (Government\\nfor many j eare in the armory. He was commis-\\nsioned to go to Canada in 1812, and w.as given\\ncharge of the Ordinance Department at Toronto.\\nD.aniel was reared in Toronto and given an excel-\\nlent education in the city schools. He remained\\nunder the parental roof until reaching his majoritv\\nwhen he started out to battle with life on his own\\naccount.\\nIn 18j0 our subject was married to Miss Mary\\nAnn Baker, by whom he had three children, one\\nof whom is living, Duncan, who now resides in\\nNevada. Mrs. Falconer died October 31, 1860.\\nOur subject was again married, this time to Agnes\\nSutherland, May 1, 18( 1, by whom he had four\\nchildren: John, William, .\\\\nna M. and David. His\\nsecond wife p.assed from this earth September 10,\\n1870.\\n.March 12, 1873, our subject was married to\\nMary F. Foster, daughter of .lohn H. and Mary\\n(Patterson) Foster, natives respectively of Ireland\\nand Canada. Mrs. Falconer was born in Canada,\\nFebruary 28. 18,j2. Their union li:is been blessed\\nwith two children: .bimcs .V., who was born in Fel\\nruar^ 1871) and Allen 1... in 187 They are both\\nat home with their parents.\\nIn his political creed, he believes in the tenets\\nof the Democratic party. He has never been an\\nollice-seeker, but has frequently been tailed upon\\nb\\\\ his fellow-townsmen to represent them m otlices\\nof public trust. He has served ctticiently on the\\nSchool Board as Trustee, w.as Highway and\\nDrain Commissioner and is the present .Supervisor\\nof Saugatuck Township. He was also Patlimaster\\nfor several years. In his church relations, he is\\nconnected with the Congregational Society. Soci-\\nally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted\\nMasons and Saugatuck Lodge, No. 196,1. O. O. F.,\\nin which order he is Noble Grand.\\nThe father of our subject died in 1864 and his\\nmother p.assed away a few years later, dying in\\n18711. Mrs. Falconer s father died in M.ay, 1888.\\nHer mother is still living in North Branch, La-\\npeer County, this State.\\nli ^SIE\\nANUEL E.METERIO, who is at the pies-\\nI ll\\\\ ent time operating a fine farm on see-\\nJ lis tion 30, Casco Township, .\\\\llegan County,\\nwas born in .Santander, Spain, in\\n1818. He is the son of Nareisco and Juliaii:i\\nEmeterio. His parent* were also natives of\\nSpain, the father born about 1820. The elder\\n.Mr. Emeterio was reared to farm pursuits and\\nwhen (piite young went to Santander and served\\nan apprenticeship of four j-ears to a baker. When\\nestablishing in business for himself, he at once be-\\ngan in that line of work and made it his life oc-\\ncupation.\\n.Six children were born to the parents of our\\nsubject, four of whom are living in the I liited\\n.Strifes. In 1876, the original of this sketch sent", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0433.jp2"}, "434": {"fulltext": "438\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfor his pai ents to join liim at Brooklyn, N. Y. The\\nmother died a few years after locating here, but\\nthe father survived to make his home with our\\nsubject in Michigan, where he died in 1883. The\\nfirst stopping-place of Manuel was in Havana,\\nCuba, he having crossed the Atlantic when onl}^\\nthirteen 3 ears of age. In that city he apprenticed\\nhimself for three years to learn the cigarmaker s\\ntrade. He later came to Brooklyn, N. Y., where\\nhe followed the cigar trade for a number of j-ears,\\ndoing a large business.\\nIn 1881 our subject came to Casco Township,\\nAllegan County, where he purchased twenty acres\\nof his present farm. He later added sixty acres\\nmore, and by industry and economj lias become\\nthe owner of a beautiful estate. Although Mr.\\nI^meterio is a Republican in National politics, he\\nreserves the right to vote for the man whom he\\nthinks will best fill the office in local affairs. He\\nis greatly interested in educational matters and\\nhas held numerous offices on tlie School Board.\\nWhile m Brooklyn, N. Y., our subject and Miss\\nAlice Lewis, daughter of Charles and Phebe (Hulse)\\nLewis, were united in marriage. The parents of\\nMrs. Emeterio were born in New York, where the\\nfather followed the trade of a carpenter; he died\\nwhen sixty 3 ears of age. The mother is still liv-\\ning and makes her home with her daughter. Mrs.\\nEmeterio was one of a family of five children,\\nthree of whom are living. By her marriage with\\nour subject she has become the mother of two sons\\nand a daughter, namely: Frank M., Alice L. and\\nManuel P.\\nW\\nWALLACE B. GRIFFIN is one of the repre-\\nsentative business men of Allegan County,\\n\\\\j 1/ being engaged extensively and success-\\nfully in the fruit-growing business. He is the\\nsenior member of the firm of Griffin Henry, ex-\\ntensive lumber dealers, and is also the manager of\\nthe Fruit Shippers Packet Line, operating between\\nChicago and Saugatuck. He is the fortunate pos-\\nsessor of four hundred and twenty acres of fine\\nland on section 1, Saugatuck Township, eighty\\nacres of which he has planted in peaches, which\\nyield him a profitable income. The past season he\\nshipped thirty thousand baskets of this luscious\\nfruit. He has certainly demonstrated what a man\\ncan do who is industrious, honest and capable.\\nWallace Griffin is a son of Edward and Hannah\\n(Wallace) Griffin, natives of the State of New\\nYork and Virginia, respectively. The parents\\nmoved to Canada after their marriage, where the\\nsuliject of this sketch was born, .Tanuarj^ 8, 1842.\\nThe father was a mechanic and was somewhat in-\\ncliued to move from place to place, going from\\nCanada to New York State when Wallace was but\\nan infant and in the 3 ear 1851 he came to the State\\nof Michigan and settled at Niles. At Buchanan,\\nthis State, Wallace was apprenticed to learn the\\ntrade of machinist, under the supervision of Capt.\\nRichards, who was well known as a practical ma-\\nchinist and scientific engineer.\\nThe marriage of our suliject took place August\\n1, 1861, to the estimable woman who has presided\\nover his home for over thirty years. Her maiden\\nname was Mary A. Post, a daughter of Jolin N.\\nPost, of Buchanan, Mich. This union was blessed\\nwith three children, only one of whom survives\\nAnna B., who is married to C. W. Wade and resides\\nin Allegan County. A bright and promising boy,\\nWillie, died at the age of twelve years and the\\nother child died in infancj In 1866 Mr. Griffin\\nremoved to Saugatuck and for ten years was in\\nthe employ of Stockbridge it Co. At the end of\\nthat time, he was admitted as a partner in their\\nextensive lumber business and finally bought out\\nSenator Stockbridge s interest in the firm.\\nMr. Griffin has accumulated a fair share of this\\nworld s goods by industry and perseverance and,\\nbesides his farming and fruit-growing operations,\\nhe pa3 s much attention to tlie breeding of fine\\nhorses. Sociall3 he is a member of Lodge, No.\\n328, A. F. A. M. of which he is Past Master. Mr.\\nGriffin is a man of genial disposition who makes\\nmany friends and is one of the most popular citi-\\nzens in the community.\\nMr. Griffin is a Democrat in politics but he\\nrefers with pleasure to his long business connec-\\ntion with Senator Fiank B. Stoekfirldge (who has\\nsince been elected U. S. Senator), and is proud of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0434.jp2"}, "435": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n439\\nliis relations with tliis distinijuislied irontlpinan,\\nwho was ever a gentleman of the slrietent integ-\\nrity, hroad not only in his political l)Ut in his\\nl)n8iness views and wortliily represents liis State\\nin the census of the nation.\\nm\\n4-\\n|EV. .lOIIN FLETCIIKR, who for twenty-\\nseven years has been pastor of the Baptist\\nChurch at Plain well, is a man of high attain-\\nilments. Of a finely and delicately balanced\\nnature, spiritually and morally, he has always\\nt^ken the highest stand. A man of good education\\nand address, he is fitted as an orator to per-\\nfect the good work that his example as a Christian\\nsets before his people. lie wa-s born in Worcester-\\nshire, Kngland, in 18.32 and is the son of William\\nand Klizabeth (Miles) Fletcher, also natives of Eng-\\nland.\\nThe father of Mr. Fletcher of tliis sketch fol-\\nlowed farming and gardening, and with his family\\nemigrated to America in 1850, locating near De-\\ntroit where he was engaged as an agriculturist.\\nThe mother died soon after coming to the New\\nWorld. She with her husband was a devoted\\nmember of the Baptist Church, in which Mr. Flet-\\ncher was a Deacon, and, although never ordained,\\noften filled the pulpit in England. They became\\nthe parents of a large family of ten children, of\\nwhom six are living, our subject being the oldest\\nbut one.\\nThe early education of Mr. Fletcher was some-\\nwlnt limited, as his studies were confined to such\\nschools as were maintained by the Baptist Church\\nat that time. Later, however, he took a course in\\nBirminghan, England. He was in his eighteenth\\nyear wlien he accompanied his paj cnts on their re-\\nmoval to America, and even after coming to this\\ncountrv he found progress in an educational wav\\nrather dillicult .as he w.as soon after alUicked with\\nchills and fever. When deciding to become a\\nminister, he studied a great deal alone and in 1859\\nw.as ordained in the Baptist Church.\\nThe first charge of our subject was at Ceresco,\\nthis State, where he remained one year, going\\nfrom tliat place to Sturgis and later to Edwards-\\nburg and was engaged in p.astoral work at that\\npl.icc when he enlisted .as Chaplain in the Ninth\\nMichigan Cavalry, in August, 1864. He saw a\\nyear s hard service in the Army, marching with\\nhis regiment to the sea and through the Carolinas.\\nOur subject was under the command of Gen.\\nKilpatrick on the march to sea, and relates that\\nwhen within four miles of Savannah, Gen. Kil-\\npatrick, under the direction of Sherman, was sent\\nto open communication with the fleet and notify\\nthem that the army h.ad arrived. On this occasion\\nthe Ninth Michigan Cavalry was selected to ac-\\ncompany the General. Mr. Fletcher remained\\nwith his regiment a few months after hostilities\\nceased and received his final discharge at Jackson,\\n^lichigan, in .\\\\ugust, 1865.\\nAfter the war, the Rev. ]\\\\Ir. Fletcher accepted, a\\ncall to Plain well and has been the pastor of the\\nBaptist society here since that lime. small\\nchurch was in the course of construction at the\\ntime of his coming here and services were held in\\nthe upper room of a schoolhouse. The societ3-has\\ngreatly prosjjered under his care and has increased\\nuntil it is now one of the strongest to be found in\\nany village of like size in the State. He has re-\\ncently entered upon his twenty-seventh year as\\npastor and during that long period has been exceed-\\ningly faithful to the discharge of ever} duly and\\nis greatly beloved by his congregation.\\nOur subject filled the pulpit for a short time in\\nthe E Street CImrch in Washington, D. C, whi-\\nther he had received a call to act as pastor and\\nwhile considering the matter the people of Plain-\\nwell called a public meeting and presented to\\nMr. Fletcher a petition, bearing the names of all\\nthe prominent citizens, regardless of religious\\ncreed, beseeching him to remain with them, which\\nhe did. .Since first entering upon his work here,\\nhe has preached seventy-nine hundred and\\nseventy regular sermons, olliciated at eleven hun-\\ndred and seventy-three funerals, performed four\\nhundred and three marriage ceremonies and bap-\\ntized three hundred and eighteen pei-sons.\\nBesides his duties as p.istor, the Rev. Mr. llct-\\ni cher devotes considerable attention to the i)ubli-\\ncation of leaflets and pamphlets. He wa.s first\\nmarried, in 1858, to Miss Alia H. Ladd. who died", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0435.jp2"}, "436": {"fulltext": "440\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAI HICAL RECORD.\\natPlainwell, January 2, 1886, at the age of forty-\\neight years. She was tlie daughter of Henry AV\\nand Celinda 8. Ladd. Slie was an exemplary and\\nfaithful Cliristiau and wliatever she did it was a\\nlifelong principle with her to do well. She was\\nendowed with superior social qualities and her\\npresence in the sicli-room was alwa3 s an inspira-\\ntion and a comfort.\\nJanuar3 14, 1887, our subject was married to\\nElizabeth Taylor, who was born near Bristol, Kng-\\nland. She was the daughter of William S. and\\nChristina Taylor. Her father died in England and\\nthe mother with her family emigrated to America\\nin 1852, locating near Ceresco, Calhoun County-,\\nthis State. She is still living, and makes her\\nhome in Lansing. Mrs. Fletcher was educated at\\nBattle Creek and later became a compositor in the\\noffice of her brother who was publisher of a paper\\nat Charlotte, this State. She went to Battle Creek\\nand worked four years as a compositor in the\\nJournal office and later for thirteen years filled\\na like position in the office of tlie Lansing Re-\\npuhUcan.\\nIn 1873, in company with her mother, Mrs.\\nFletcher visited JCngland and in 1886 made a trip\\nto the West and California. The Rev. Mr. Flet-\\ncher is a life member of tlie Baptist State Conven-\\ntion, of Michigan, and in iiolitics has favored Re-\\npublicans, but is now inclined to support the best\\nmen.\\nS^^ \u00e2\u0080\u00a2$\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25*1\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nJl MLLIAM ENGLISH. On section 24, South\\n\\\\/-J// Haven Township, may be seen a beautiful\\nfarm adorned with a handsome residence\\nand first-class farm buildings. There are also to\\nbe seen a beautiful orchard and small fruits of the\\nfinest grade on the place which is the propertj of\\nthe gentleman whose name we have just given, and\\nwho came to Van Bureii Count}^ in June, 1865. In\\nthe fall of the following 3 ear he located on his\\npresent farm.\\nWilliam English was born in Buffalo, N. Y.,\\nMa^ 27, 1837, and is a son of Robert and Mar-\\ngaret (Workman) English, natives of Ireland. His\\ngrandfather, William English, was born in County\\nMonaghan where he reared a family, and came to\\nthe United States some time in the 20s. He lo-\\ncated in Canada East and there passed the re-\\nmainder of his life. He was a farmer and attained\\nto the advanced age of ninety years. The family\\nincluded six children: John, Margaret, Sarah,\\nWilliam, Robert and Mary.\\nRobert English, the father of our subject, came\\nto the United States where lie met and married his\\nwife. He was a hard worker and by economy\\nsaved $2,(100, with which lie intended to purchase\\na farm at Black Kock, Mich., but before he could\\nmake a iiaynient the money which he held became\\nworthless. He then removed to Canada and re-\\nceived assistance from his father who was a well-\\nto-do linen manufacturer. His father purchased\\none hundred and fifty acres of land in Canada\\nwhich he sold and in 1850 removed to Welling-\\nton Count} Canada,and invested in farm and town\\nproperty. He died at that place January 14, 1889,\\nat the advanced age of eighty-two years. The\\nmother of our subject died January 17, 1856, aged\\nforty-five j ears.\\nThe parental family included seven children, be-\\nsides our subject: Mary Ann, who married Hobert\\nAVorkmau and resides in Wellington County, Can-\\nada; Elizabeth, who became Mrs. William Rafter\\nand also resides in Canada as does Lucy, Mrs.\\nThomas Rafter, and Richard. George died at\\nSouth Haven; Hannah became Mrs. George Cook\\nof this Stale and Sarah J. is the wife of John Boyle,\\nof Ontario, Canada.\\nWilliam English was a small boy when his jjar-\\nents removed to Canada, and there he received ex-\\ncellent school advantages and a thorough training\\nupon his father s farm. He continued to make\\nhis home in the Dominion until 1865, when he\\ncame to the States, and on coming to Michigan\\nworked for Davis Ball, whose farm was located\\njust one mile north of Kalamazoo. He was simi-\\nlarly engaged for other people until he came to\\nSouth Haven, in 1865. In 1868 he purchased his\\npresent forty-acre tract which he has brought to a\\nhigh degree of cultivation and in 1891 erected a\\nbeautiful residence, improved with all modern con-\\nveniences. He also carries on a good business in\\nfruit-growing.\\nFebruary 10, 1874, Miss Ella Moore, daughter of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0436.jp2"}, "437": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0437.jp2"}, "438": {"fulltext": "TOBIAS BYERS", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0438.jp2"}, "439": {"fulltext": "JANETTM.BYERS", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0439.jp2"}, "440": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0440.jp2"}, "441": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n445\\nRobcTt and .June Moore, became Mrs. William Eng-\\nlish. Siic was born in County Sinicoe. Canada,\\nand by her union wilh our subject h.is become\\nthe mother of two children: Alvin J. and JIaude\\nB. In politics, Mr. Eiiijlisli is a Democrat and so-\\ncially is a member of the Star of the Lake Lodsre,\\nNo. 18, at South Haven. He is an Orangeman,\\nhis ancestors being all Protestants. In the spring\\nof IHHll, our sul)ject rented his farm and removed to\\nSturgis where he resided for two 3 ears and farmed\\non twenty acres of land which had been given him\\nl y his uncle.\\nf)OBIAS HYKRS. one of the oldest settlers of\\nftS\\\\ Keeler Township, A an Buren County, was\\nburn in Center County, Pa., in February,\\n1S(I8, and is one in a family of twelve children, all\\nof whom grew to maturity. Their parents, .lacob\\nand Fannie (Zimmerman) B^ ers, were natives of\\nPennsylvania and descendants of Germany. Our\\nsubject s father served .as a Kevohilionary soldier\\nand died in New York, where he had removed\\nwhen our subject was but four years old. He grew\\nto manhood in Livingston Count\\\\ and in Febru-\\nary, 1835, came to Keeler Township, where at the\\ntime there were but two other white men in the\\ntownshii) two brothers l)y the name of Nesbitt,\\nwho soon left, thus leaving him the only one in\\nthe place at that time.\\nIn the year 18,jC, Jlr. I{3-ers was married to\\nJanett M. Wilson, who was a native of Allegan\\nCount} N. v., and in 18. came to Keeler Town-\\nship. Of the five children horn to them but one\\nis now living Frank 15., who is married and a res-\\nident of this county. Politically, Mr. Byers is a\\nDciiiocrat and has been a much respected citizen of\\nthe county.\\nIn 1 8 1, Mr. Byers erected a watermill on Mill\\nCreek, which he ran nearly fifteen years and sawed\\nan immense amount of lumber. But farming has\\nbeen his main business, although he has engaged in\\nother lines of business, and was for some time in-\\nterested in till manufacture of grain drills at\\nDowagiiic. lie assisted in the organization of the\\n2(1\\nFirst National Bank In 187(1. at Decatur .and when\\nits charter expired it was rechartered as a State\\nBank and our subject has been a stockholder and\\nDirector for many 3 ears. He is the owner of seven\\nIiiuulred and seventeen acres of valuable land in\\nthe county, on which he carries on general fanning\\nand where he resides on section 13.\\nThe attention of the reader is invited to the\\nlitiiograi)hic portraitsof Mr. and ^Mrs. Byers. The}\\nare well known throughout the community for\\ntheir great worth of character, benevolent nature,\\nand nobilit} of life, and their friends wish for\\nthem many years of continued happiness and\\nwell-doing.\\ne^-^p-=\\nRANK L. DEAL. One of the prominent\\nbusiness men of Lacota, who have been\\nIMlS active in encouraging industries of in-\\ntrinsic worth to the city, is the gentleman whose\\nname we place at the head of this sketch. The\\nplace of his nativity w.as Kalamazoo County, this\\nState, and his natal d.ay, February 25, 1858. He\\ngrew to mature 3 ears in that count} and was\\ngiven a good education. He is the son of Peter\\nE. and .Sarah (Belcher) Deal, the father born in\\n1835 in Penns3 lvania, and the mother in New\\n.Terse}\\nThe elder Mr. Deal came to Michig.an in 1856,\\nwhere he took up a farm from the Government.\\nIn 1857, he returned East, and was married to the\\nmother of our subject. The young couple came\\nat once to the new farm in the Wolverine .State,\\nwhere they reared their two sons: our subject,\\nand Fled, who makes his home in Oregon. Mrs.\\nSarah Deal died in 18(52, and the father afterward\\nmarried .Mrs Eliza Deal, daughter of P. D. Beck-\\nwith. Six children were born of that union.\\nFrank I.. Deal grew to mature yeai-s in Kala-\\nmazoo, and about 1880. came to Lacota and en-\\ngaged in merchandising. He carries a full and\\ncomplete slock of dry-goods, and is doing the\\nlargest business in the vill.age. lie is courteous\\nand gentlemanly in his treatment of customers,\\nanil his trade is rapidly increasing. In 1882 he\\nwas married to Flora, dauirliler of D. C. Bennett,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0441.jp2"}, "442": {"fulltext": "446\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand to them have been ^ranted four children:\\nMinnie, Ralph, Perley, and Baby, who died un-\\nnamed.\\nIn politics, our subject is a Prohibitionist, and\\nhas done much toward aiding the cause of temper-\\nance in his connnunitv. Socially he is a member\\nof the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is\\nhighly esteemed in ^an Buren County, as a man\\nof push and energ3\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^OHN S. CURTIS is probably one of the\\nbest-known men in Allegan County, where\\nhe was born in November, 1845. He is\\nnow living retired from the active duties\\nof life in Allegan. John and Mar3r (Pierce) Cur-\\ntis, the parents of our subject, were natives of New\\nYork and England respectively. The father was\\none of the first settlers in Allegan, where he was\\nthe leading blacksmith for a number of years.\\nConveniences for traveling were not as we have\\nthem now, and at one time he walked to Kala-\\nmazoo and carried home with him a piece of iron\\nto make a sledge-hammer. For a number of years,\\nthe elder Mr. Curtis was not able to get enough\\nmoney to paj^ his taxes, as everything was bought\\nand sold by barter. The mother died in Allegan,\\nbut the father, about twenty years ago, removed\\nto Greenville, Montcalm County, where he passed\\nhis last days.\\nOnly two children of the parental famil^^ of six,\\nare now living: Albert W., who is a blacksmith at\\nMuskegon, and our subject. .John S. Curtis was\\ngiven a fair educaticm in the village schools of\\nAllegan, and received a thorough training in farm\\npursuits. At the early age of fourteen, he started\\nout to earn money for himself, and engaged as a\\nfarm hand. When he became of age, our subject\\ncommenced farming in Trowbridge Townsliip,\\nAllegan County, on shares, continuing thus until\\n1891.\\nIn 1863, IMr. Curtis enlisted in the Third Mich-\\nigan Batter3 iu the nineteen-months service.\\nHe was taken sick when first starting, catching\\nthe measles at Coldwater. He was sick for six\\nmonths, but remained with the batterj until dis-\\ncharged in 1865. He superintended the operations\\nof his farm for a time, while residing in the village\\nof Allegan and carrying on blacksmithing. His life\\non the farm, all told, numbered fifteen years, and\\nduring that time he was engaged iu breeding fine\\nPercheron and Hambletonian horses. He also had\\non his estate, numbers of Southdown and Shropshire\\nsheep, and Ilolstein, Durham and .Jersey cattle.\\nHe was one of the wealthy farmers of Allegan\\nCount}% and always found that the best methods\\nand latest improvements brought him the largest\\nreturns. Mr. Curtis has in his possession at the\\npresent time a fine Hambletonian, named Boobj\\nwhose record is 2:40.\\nJohn S. Curtis and Miss Amanda Lynes were\\nunited in marriage in 1862. Mrs. Curtis is the\\ndaughter of Samuel and Cynthia Lynes, old\\nsettlers of this county. To our subject and his\\nmost estimable wife, one child has been born:\\nMary, who is now Mrs. Marble. The moved to the\\nvillage of Allegan in 1891, and are now residing\\nin a beautiful home on Seminary Hill. The old\\nhomestead contains eighty acres, in addition to\\nwhich, he owns forty acres in Hopkins Township,\\nVan Buren County. He is engaged in doing a\\nprofitable business in real estate and mone3- loan-\\ning, and is one of the wide-awake and highly\\nesteemed men of tiie county. In politics, he is a\\nRepublican, and socially, is an Odd Fellow, and a\\nmember of the Grand Army of the Republic. The\\nfamil3 all attend the Baptist Church.\\nHARLES P. HALE. Tliis prominent busi-\\nness man of Otsego came here in 1890 and\\nis engaged in buying and shipping all kinds\\nof grain, lumber, coal, lime, etc. He is doing much\\ntoward forwarding the interests and developing\\nthe resources of this section, and his persistent in-\\ndustry has been well rewarded, as he is one of the\\nwell-to-do citizens of the county.\\nMr. Hale was born in Massachusetts, his birth\\noccurring in Beruardston, Franklin County, Janu-\\nary 30. 1828. lie i.s a sou of Zedock Hale, whose", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0442.jp2"}, "443": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n447\\nnative place was JIassacliusetts. Tlie father learned\\nthe trade of a carpenter wiien a yoinijr man, hut\\nwhen removing to Wisconsin, in lt 5( and locat-\\ning at Ilndson, he engaged in farming. In 18G0\\nhe came to Michigan, and died in Iviciiland, K. ila-\\nnia/.oo County.\\nI lie grandfather of our subject was Israel llalc.\\na native of Connecticut. Later in life he removed\\nto Ma.-vsachusetts, where he was engaged in farm\\npursuits. He was known .as Lieut. Ilale, having\\nbeen Lieutenant of a company during the K evolu-\\ntionary War. He passed his last da\\\\s in Massachu-\\nsetts. The great-grandfather of Mr. Hale of this\\nsketch came toAmerica with his two l rothers prior\\nto the Hevolutionary War. One located in New\\nHainpsLire, one in Connecticut and the third in\\nNew York. Tiu V were known as Capt. .John,\\nLieut. Samuel, and Lieut. Israel, the latter being\\nthe one from whom our subject is descended.\\nNracl 1 bale was one of the prominent memlicrs of\\nihe Initarlan Church in Bernardston, Mass., where\\nhe was one of the representative citizens. Our\\nsubject made his home witli liini after reaching his\\nsixth year.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s mc)thcr\\nwas .\\\\nnie Tuttle, a native of the same Slate\\nand count\\\\ as was our subject. She died in 1834\\nin Jefferson Couuly, N. Y., after having become\\nthe mother of a family of seven children, four\\nsons and three daughters, only two of whom are\\nliving. Edwin D., one of the sons, was starved to\\ndeath in Libliy Prison, during the Civil War. Our\\nsubject was the fifth in order of l)irth and w.as but\\nsix years of age at the time of his mother s death,\\nlie was then taken into the home of his grand-\\nparents, with whom he remained until reaching his\\neighteenth year. He received his education in the\\ndistrict school and was reared on a farm in the\\nfamous Connecticut alley.\\n.Vfter reaching his eighteenth year, .Mr. llale be-\\ngan work in a woolen factory, where he remained\\nfor live years, being assigned to the finishing and\\ncoloring department. He and a brother afterward\\nopened a factory at IJennington, A t., where they\\ncarried on a successful business. Disposing of\\ntheir factory, our subject went to Meriden, Conn.,\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2md entered a cutlery establishment. In the fall\\nof 18. I, however, lie went to California, going bv\\nthe .Nicaragua route and spent two years in that\\ndelightful climate, mining on the south fork of the\\nAmerican Kivei-. On returning to the East, he\\nagain entei-ed the cutlery e.-talilishnient in Meriden\\nand remained for one and a half years.\\nIll the fall of 1856, Mr. Hale removed with his\\nfamily to .Michigan, and, locatini at Cooper, Kala-\\nmazoo County, purchased land and engaged in\\nfarming. His tract at the time it came into his\\npossession w.is in its primitive condition and our\\nsubject erected his own house which was about\\nthree miles north of Kalamazoo. He remained\\nupon that tract for nine years, in the meantime\\nclearing it and bringing the land to a good state\\nof cultivation. After disposing of that tract,\\nhe purchased a farm in Richland Townshi|),\\nKalamazoo County, which he still owns and\\nupon which he made his home until 1883,\\nwhen he removed to I lainwcll and engaged in the\\ngrain business. In the fall of 18St0he sold out his\\ninterests in that place and came to Otsego, where\\nhe i)urcliaserl an elevator and is now doing a most\\nprofitable business in buying and shipping grain.\\nCharles P. Hale and Miss Frances L. Pardew\\nwere united in marriage in the fall of 18,54. Mrs.\\nHale is a native of Connecticut, and is the daughter\\nof Henry and Eliza Pardew, the father a native of\\nEngland and the mother of Connecticut. Her\\nfather passed from earth when she w.as quite ^oung\\nand lier mother died in 1890, when eighty -seven\\n3-cars of age. The four c-hildren bom to our sub-\\nject and his excellent wife are: Charles E., who is\\nin partnership with his father in Otsego, is married\\nand has one child. Henry aNo married, is re-\\nsiding on the old farm in liichland i ownship, and\\nhas four boys. Lewis II. is living in Shelby, Oceana\\nCounty, and is engaged in the fruit business; he\\nalso owns a sheep ranch near Sidney, Neb., where\\nhe spends a great deal of his time; he also is mar-\\nried. Nettie is the wife of .lames .lackson, and\\nm.akcs her home in Otsego. of the children\\nwere given excellent educations, and were gradu-\\nates of the Kalamazoo High School. Charles F.\\natt^ iided the Olivet College and is his father s\\ncllicient assistant.\\nIn his political predilection. Mr. Hale i?a Ke[)ub-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0443.jp2"}, "444": {"fulltext": "448\\nPORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlicaii and is in favor of prohibition. He has been\\nhonored by being elected to many positions of re-\\nsponsibility and trust, but the office has always\\nsought him, as he has never been a politician. Both\\nMr. and Mrs. Hale, in their church relations, are\\nidentified with the Methodist E])iscopal denomina-\\ntion, of wliicli body Mr. Hale has been Steward for\\nmany j ears.\\nOur wortliy subject in addition to his extensive\\nbusiness interests in Otsego has two hundred acres\\nof beautiful land in Richland Township. He for-\\nmerly owned five hundred acres, but has since dis-\\nposed of a greater portion of his estate. His farm\\nis one of the best cultivated in the count\\\\ and is\\nmade to yield handsome returns by a proper rota-\\ntion of crops. Our subject is a truly self-made\\nman, as he commenced in life by working out at\\n$8 a month. Industry will always be rewarded\\nand the gentleman whose name we place at the\\nhead of this sketch is a striking example of what\\npersistent effort will accomplish.\\nENRY BARTON has a high reputation as\\nan able farmer who full}- understands his\\nbusiness, and has a well-managed, finely\\nequipped farm in Otsego Township that is\\nclassed with the best in Allegan County. Mr.\\nBarton was born in Sussex, England, December 1,\\n1830. His parents, John and Catherine (Keely)\\nBarton, were English too, and spent their lives on\\na farm in their native land, the mother dying in\\n1854 and the father, in 1867. Our subject is the\\nyoungest of seven children, four of whom are liv-\\ning. His education was confined to the common\\nschools, which he attended for only a short time.\\nHe has, however, learned much in the school of\\nexperience that has stood him in good stead. At\\nthe age of eleven, he became general chore-boy on\\na farm, the first four years receiving a sixpence a\\nday for his service in that capacity, boarding\\nwith his parents. The year he was sixteen, he\\nboarded with his emplo^^er, and was given a shil-\\nling a week for his work. The next 3 ear he ob-\\ntained seven shillings a week, and boarded himself\\nThe two ensuing years his wages were increased to\\neight shillings a week. It may be surmised tiiat\\nhe was not getting very rich on such a pittance as\\nthat, and when he was in his twentieth ^ear he\\nwisely concluded that he would emigrate to the\\nUnited States, where he suiqiosed his pay would be\\nmore in accordance with the amount of his labors,\\nand, as he has been so prospered in this coiuitry,\\nhe has probably seen but little, if any, cause of re-\\ngret for the change then made. He set sail from\\nOld England March 15, 1850, and after the voyage\\nacross the Atlantic in a sailing vessel, which lasted\\nalmost six weeks, he landed safe and sound in\\nNew York City, with three solid English sovereigns\\nin his pocket with which to begin life in the New\\nWorld. He made his way to Monroe County, in\\nthe same State, and worked there on a farm for\\nabout three years.\\nIn the fall of 1853, our subject took another\\nimportant step in life whereby he became a resi-\\ndent of Michigan. He first located in the town-\\nship of Watson, Allegan County, purch.asing\\na tract of eighty acres of land l.ying in the woods.\\nHe busied himself in clearing his laud and put-\\nting it under cultivation until ten 3ears had\\npassed by, and he then sold it, in 18G3. and\\nbought the farm in Otsego Township, that he has\\never since occupied. On his first place a new log\\nhouse had just been erected when he took posses-\\nsion of it, but it was incomjilete. The surrounding\\ncountry was very wild, and was yet full of game.\\nHe has seen as many as seven deer on his clearing\\natone time, but he never indulged in the pleasures\\nof the hunt. His second farm was partly improved\\nwhen he bought it, and he has completed the im-\\nprovements, which are all first-class. He replaced\\nthe humble log house that originally stood on the\\nplace by a substantial frame i-esidence, and has\\nerected good barns and other buildings in accord-\\nance. He has ninety acres of land in his home-\\nstead on section 11, and has another forty acres of\\nfine land in the same section.\\nMr. Barton was married, October 19, 1853, to\\nMiss Ellen Smith, in whom he has had a valuable as-\\nsistant in the upbuilding of a home. Mrs. Barton is\\na native of Wheatland, Monroe County, N. Y., and\\na daughter of Martin and Amie Ann (Ooodhuc)\\nSmith, who were natives respectively of Massachu-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0444.jp2"}, "445": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n449\\nsetts and New York. Her father was a farmer, and\\nhe and his wife spent their last days on their farm\\nin Mduroe County. These are tlie names of the\\nnine lOiililrcn liorn to Mr. and Ir. Barton: AVin-\\n(ichl; .Idhn and .Tane, deceased; .Tames II.; .John,\\nil fi ;ist-(i; Anna, Ella AI., Jacob M. and (ieorgc.\\n.Mr. Barton returned to England four years ago\\non a visit, and came back in about two months,\\nsatisfied with his choice of Michigan for a home.\\nOur subject s life record is an honor to himself\\nand to his adopted township, with wliose interests\\nhis own have been so closely intertwined for\\nnearly three decades, and in whose improvements\\nlie has borne an important part. He has especially\\ninterested iiimself in educational matters, has held\\nthe various school offices, and has lieen Treasurer\\nof his School District twelve years. Politically,\\nhe is a stalwart Republican.\\nDOAII BRYANT. This prominent resideni\\nof Allegan County is Superintendent of\\nthe Bardeen Paper Mills, located at Ostego.\\nHe is a man full of push and enterprise and is well\\n(itted to occupy liis responsible position. He is a\\nnative of England and was born .January 15, 1839,\\nin Alton, IlaTniishire. lie received liis elementary\\neducation in the common schools of liis native\\ncountry, making the liest of his limited advan-\\ntages.\\nHe is thoroughly familiar with all tiie detail of\\nwork to be done in a papermill, for at the early\\nage of eleven years he apprenticed himself to learn\\nthat Inisiness in Hamper Mills, England. He re-\\nmained in one mill for three years, receiving eleven\\ncents a day for eleven hours work. He tlien en-\\ntered a luill ill Wrc^xham, North Wales, also as an\\napprentice, but only remaiiu d there a twelve-\\niiiontii. At the expiration of that time he went to\\nMaidstone, in County Kent, where he worked for\\nthree years at paper-making, and then returning\\nto Alton and spending a few months at his old\\nliome, lie determined to set sail for the I nited\\nStates. He w.os only eighteen years old when he\\nlanded on .American soil, which was in 18.57. His\\nexcellent knowledge of paper-banging found him\\nimmediate employment in a mill in East Hartford,\\nConn. Leaving the Nutmeg State he went to Tr03\\nN. Y., and operated a machine in a mill there for\\nabout a year. He then returned to Connecticut,\\nand, after s|)ending a few months in working in a\\nmill, went to Roysford, Pa., and thence later to\\nPhiladelphia, where he had charge of a machine in\\na mill.\\nWiiile in Philadeliihia, the rebel army invaded\\nthe Keystone Stale, and a regiment of three-\\nmonths men was raised to guard the State. Our\\nsubject enlisted in the Forty-fifth Pennsylvania\\nInfantry, Company I, serving his term of enlist-\\nment. His next place of residence was Fitchburg,\\nMa*s.,where lie was employed by Crocker, Burbank\\nife Co., in their papermill. His excellent knowledge\\nof the business was api reciated bj his empio^-ei-s,\\nand he was made Superintendent of two large\\nmills, which responsible position he filled most sat-\\nisfactorily for eleven years. Coming farther AVest,\\nhe was engaged in the extensive mills of Chatfield\\niVr AVoods, at Cincinnati, but only remained there\\nfor alioiit a twelvemonth, when he returned to\\nConnecticut anil followed his liusiness at Turner s\\nFalls.\\nIn 1873, the gentleman of whom we write came\\nto Kal.amazoo County, this .State, and for fourteen\\nyears had charge of the Kalamazoo Paper Mills.\\nIn 1887, when the Bardeen Paper Company was\\norganized, he became a stockholder in the company\\nand was made one of its directors. Coming to Ot-\\nsego, he took charge of the mills as its .Superin-\\ntendent and is now managing the largest paper\\nmill in the State. The firm manufacture book,\\nlitiiograph, plate and map-paper of a iiigh grade,\\ntiie mill having a capacity of one hundred and\\nlifty tons a week. Their business increa.sed so rap-\\nidly that in \\\\W\\\\ they were compelled to erect\\nanother large establishment, which turns out from\\nsixty to seventy tons a week, of about the same\\ngrade of paper. Mr. Bryant has charge of both of\\nthese mills and is recognized by his fellow-towns-\\nmen .as a man wlio most thoroughly understands his\\nbusiness and he is meeting with unbounded success\\nin his calling.\\nMiss Elizabeth AVilmont Iieeame the wife of our\\nsubject, their marriage taking place in 18(1.5, in", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0445.jp2"}, "446": {"fulltext": "450\\nPOETEAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL EECORD.\\nFitchburg, Mass. Mrs. Bryant is a native of Eng-\\nland. She is a most estimable lady, well fitted to be\\nthe companion of her worthy husband. The} have\\nhad l)orn to them three children: Elizabeth, who\\nis the wife of Frank Milham, also a member of the\\nBardeen Paper Company, and who is acting in the\\ncapacity of book-keeper; Priscilla and George, the\\nlatter of whom is deceased.\\nAltliough our subject alwa3-s casts his vole for\\nthe candidates of the Republican party, he does\\nnot take an active part in politics, preferring to\\nlet those fill offices who have not such extensive\\nbusiness interests to occupy them. Socially, he is\\na prominent Mason. Mrs. Bryant, in her church\\nrelations, is connected with the Baptist Church.\\nThe} have a most beautiful home, where they en-\\ntertain their hosts of friends in a most charming\\nand hospitable manner.\\nORE^ F. CLARK, who is at present serving\\nj^ his second term as Supervisor of Cheshire\\nX- Township, Allegan County, is a resident of\\nsection 8. He was born April 26, 1844, in Le Roy\\nTownship, Calhoun County, tliis State. His father\\nwas Philander Clark and his mother Clarissa (Law-\\nrence) Clark, natives of Penns3 lvania and Marj-\\nland, respectivel3^ They came to Michigan in\\n1840, and settled in Ivalamazoo County, remaining\\nthere about tluce }ears, and then went to Callioun\\nCounty. The remained on tliis farm until 1861,\\nimproving the place. Barry Count} was the des-\\ntination of their next move, and they made a sec-\\nond move in that same count}^ where the father\\ndied in 1876, the mother surviving until July,\\n1884. She bore her husband eight children, five\\nnow living.\\nLoren received but a limited education, as his\\nparents were very poor and he started out on his\\nown account, finding work in a sawmill and finally\\nlearning the trade of a carpenter and joiner. In\\n1872 he was married to Ellen Schramling, a daugh-\\nter of John and Polly (Gile) Schramling, natives\\nof Xew York and Pennsylvania, respectively. They\\nsettled in Kalamazoo County, Mich., in 185i the\\nfather being a lilacksmith b}- occupation. They\\nare both still surviving and reside on a peach farm\\nin Saugatuck Township, on the lake shore, where\\nthe}- have more than three thousand peach tree.;.\\nMrs. Clark is one of three children born to her\\nparents, her birth occurring January 15, 1854, in\\nAshtabula County, Ohio. She received a good\\ncommon-school education and after her marriage\\nlived in the village of Climax, Kalamazoo County.\\nIn 1879 they came to this township and settled on\\ntheir present farm of eight} acres, practically a\\nraw farm, where they have cleared sixty acres,\\nfenced it and have it under the most thorough cul-\\ntivation. Two years ago i\\\\Ir. Clark erected his neat\\nresidence, and all the other modest and commodi-\\nous buildings on the place. He and his wife have\\nliad born to them three children: John P., born in\\n1875; Daisy C, in 1878; and James, in 1881, who\\ndied when eight months old. They are being\\nwell educated. The family attend and help sup-\\nport the United Brethren Church. Socially, Mr.\\nClark is a member of the Masonic order and has\\nheld the offices of Senior and Junior Warden and\\nalso Senior Deacon. He is a member of the Patrons\\nof Industry and he and his wife are members of the\\nGrange, of which he has been Master and Over-\\nseer. Mr. Clark takes quite an active part in poli-\\ntics and gives his influence to the Industrial pai ty\\nat present but he has heretofore been a Democrat.\\nHe is Moderator of School District No. 7, and was\\nelected Supervisor of this township in 1890, and\\nis now serving his second term. He was elected\\non the Democratic ticket in a township where the\\nRepublicans have more than one hundred major-\\nity, but both times he carried a large majority.\\n^^LEXANDER BENDER is a highly re-\\nPp[ spected member of that part of the farm-\\njj li\\\\ ing community of Allegan County whose\\nagricultural interests lie in the township\\nof ^lartin. where he has a fertile farm that is well\\nsujjplied with improvements of a good class. Mr.\\nBender comes of the pioneer stock of the neigh-\\nboring State of Ohio, of which he is a native,\\nSpringfield Township his birthplace, and Septem-\\nber 3, 183; the date of his advent into the family", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0446.jp2"}, "447": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n431\\ncircle of Alexander iiiid IViiiulia (Crosier) Bender.\\nHis father was born in Somerset Count}-, Pa., in\\n1799, and was a son of Andrew J. Bender, who was\\naLso a native of that State, hut tlie family origi-\\nnated in (Jermany. Tiio mother of our subject\\nwas of Scoteh origin.\\nThe Henders were among the early settlers of\\nOiiio, and there the father was reared to a stalwart\\nmanhood. He became a lil.acksmith, and followed\\nthat trade many years until iiis eyesight failed him.\\nHe died in Summit County, Ohio, at the age of\\nseventy-two. He was a faithful follower of the\\nDemocrat party, and at one time held the ollicc of\\nConstable and also of Justice of the Peace. He was\\na Christian of tlie truest type, and a devoted mem-\\nber of the Disciples Church. He was always inter-\\nested in church work, and when there was no\\nclinrch of his denomination for him to attend, he\\nused to go to the Methodist Episcopal Church and\\ntake part in its work as a Class-leader, etc. The\\nnother of our subject is a daughter of one of the\\nold pioneer families of Oiiio, where she was born;\\nshe is still living, having attained the venerable age\\nof eighty-four years, and makes her home in Car-\\n-on, .Mich. Ten children were born of her mar-\\nriage, five sons and five daughters, eight of whom\\ngrew to maturity: Harriet, JIary, Daniel, .\\\\lexan-\\nder, James and Elizabeth (twins), Julia, .lohii, Jaii-\\nette and Andrew.\\nAlexander Bender, of whom this sketch is writ-\\nten, is the second son and tiie fourth child of the\\nfamily. He was reared in his native town amid\\npioneer surroundings, and completed his ediica-\\ntit)n in the i)rimitive local schools of those d.iys.\\nHe worked on his father s farm until he attained\\nhis majority, and there learned lessons which have\\nbeen beiielicial to him in his after career as an in-\\ndependent farmer. At the age mentioned, he\\nstarted out em|ity-handed into the world, but he\\nhad good ca) ital in a clear luain and strong mus-\\ncles that enaliled him to in;ikc his way readily. His\\n(ii t employment, after leaving home, was on a\\nlairy farm, where he worked by the month, and\\nwas thus employed some four yeai-s. He was fru-\\ngal and industrious, and in no long time had\\nmoney enough laid by to enable him to marry,\\nand thus obtained a helpmate to .assist him in the\\nupbuilding of a home Miss Flora Blakely became\\nhis bride, and their union was celebrated Septem-\\nber 9, 18C0, in her native county. Summit,\\nOhio, where she was born August 27, 1811. Her\\nfather, Lyman Blakely, was also a native of the\\nBuckeye State, born in the Township of Tall madge,\\n.Summit County, in 1812, and a son of one of the\\noldest pioneer families of that vicinity. He became\\na farmer after reaching mature years and plied his\\ncalling in his native Stiite for many years. In 1H7G\\nhe came to Allegan County, and spent his re-\\nmaining days in Gun Plain Township, where he\\ndied at the age of seventy-one. Hew.asfour limes\\nmarried. The maiden name of Mrs. Bender s\\nmother was Mary llollister, and she was a native\\nof New York. She died when only thirty-two years\\nold, having had three childi-en: Mrs. Bender, the\\neldest, and two sons: ening and Milton, botli of\\nwhom are dead. Jlr. Blakely s third wife was Mary\\nJ. Tibbies, and to them two children were Iwrn\\nLutie, wife of Delbert Olds, of (Jun Plain; and\\nFrank, a resident of the same place. Jlr. Blakely s\\nfourth marriage was with Jlrs. Sarah Beedle, who\\nsurvives him and is living at Plainwell. One son\\nwas born to them, Lewis, who died at the age of\\nthree weeks. After marriage our subject went to\\nPeoria County, 111., where he remained six months.\\nHe then returned to Ohio and located in Pike\\nTownship, Fulton Countj whence he removed,\\nfirst to York Township, next to Clinton, in the\\nsame county, and from the latter place came to\\nMichigan in 1880. He has since made his home\\nin Martin Township, on his farm on sections 23\\nand 27, which comprises one hundred and sixty\\nacres of valuable land, which he has improved in\\nmany ways, but he has it only partly cleared. He\\ndoes a general fanning business, and derives there-\\nfrom a comfortable income.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bender have been liics-*ed in their\\nwedded life with these three children: Mary, wife\\nof Greeley Losure, of Martin Township; Cora, wife\\nof riric Brown, of ^lartin Townshi| and Lyman,\\nwho resides at home with his ])arents. Our subject\\nand his wite are thorough-going Christians and\\nconscientious church members, he being iden-\\ntified with the Christian Church, while she belongs\\nto the Disciples Church, and both hold a warm", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0447.jp2"}, "448": {"fulltext": "452\\ntORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nplace in the hearts of their neighbors, wlio know\\nthem to be friendly and obliging, and alwaj s will-\\ning to help others who may need their assistance.\\nIn his political views, Mr. Bender is a decided Re-\\npublican.\\n^i\\nh;^\u00c2\u00a7IS^s^\\nfilLEY GRANGER. One of the first pioneers\\nto break road and ground in Allegan\\nCounty spying out tlie country as did his\\npredecessor of Kentucky- fame, was Rilej-\\nGranger. He is one of the very few early settlers\\nwho are now remaining to tell the hardships and\\nprivations which tliey endured in making the coun-\\ntry accessible to those who came after. He is a\\nnative of the Empire State, having been born in\\nRochester, October 20, 1820. His parents were\\nMoses and Ruth (Cooper) Granger, natives respect-\\nively of Vermont and New York.\\nThe direct progenitor of our subject was a car-\\npenter, who followed that trade most of his life in\\nRochester. He died in 1826, his good wife sur-\\nviving him many years, her decease occurring in\\n1860. Riley Granger was the youngest of the\\ntwelve children born to his parents, and is the\\nonly one now living of that large family. His\\nfather dying when he was quite young, leav-\\ning the family straightened in circumstances, our\\nsubject was given but very limited advantages as\\nregards an education. He lias been fully alive,\\nhowever, to the value of knowledge, and by persis-\\ntent and S3 stematic reading has become one of the\\nintelligent, educated gentleman of his county.\\nWhen fifteen years of age, our subject accom-\\npanied by the rest of the family came to Michigan,\\nthejourne} hither taking place in 1836. Tliey came\\noverland from Detroit and our subject amusingly\\nrelates how they had to carry poles with which to\\npry the wagon out of the mud for about forty\\nmiles. His mother and one brother had preceded\\nthe family in March, taking an overland route\\nthrough Canada, and, when located in what is now\\nTrowbridge Township, Allegan County, entered\\ntwo hundred and forty acres from the Government.\\nThey erected a log house for the family- and then\\nindustrfously set about clearing and improving\\ntheir tract of land. The hardships and adventures\\nwhich were tlieirs at that time made a lasting im-\\npression upon the mind of our subject. White\\nsettlers were very few and far between, but Indians\\nand wild animals were very plentiful indeed, and,\\nalthough the market for their products was some\\nmiles distant, yet their table was always supjilied\\nwith choice wild meats, which could be had for\\nthe shooting.\\nRiley Granger remained on the farm for thir-\\nty-five years and in 1871 came to Plainwell\\nand engaged in lumber business. He is at the pres-\\nent time at the head of the Plainwell Lumbering\\nCompan\\\\% which is one of the most successful en-\\nterprises of this section. His industry and good\\njudgment in business matters liave invariably\\nbrought him success, a fact whose truth has never\\nbeen disjiuted, as fortune usuall3 showers her bless-\\nings upon the possessor of these traits of cliarac-\\nter.\\nIn 1846 ]\\\\Ir. Granger was married to Mary E.,\\ndaughter of Hezekiah and Lucia (Johnson) .lohn-\\nson, natives of New York. Mi s. Granger was\\nborn in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., and accom-\\npanied her motiier to Michigan, where they located\\nin Alma, Kalamazoo County, where she passed her\\nlast days. The fatlier was born May 15, 1794,\\nand died March 31, 1833, in New York State,\\nwhile his good wife was born May 14, 1805, and\\ndied August 7, 1852.\\nThe family which has been granted to our\\nsubject and his estimable wife are Charles A.,\\nwho is married and associated with his father in\\nbusiness; Phiiinda, who is the wife of Klass Wilde-\\nboor and lives in Pueblo County, Col.; Marion\\nH., who is married and is engaged in the hardware\\nbusiness in Kendallville, Ind., and Burton E., who\\nis also married and carrying on a tliriving groceiy\\nbusiness in Plainwell.\\nIn his political predilections, our subject is a\\nthorough Republican, finding in the tenets and\\ndoctrines of that party the balance of what is\\ntruest and best in his political life. He has repre-\\nsented his party as a delegate to county, district\\nand State conventions, and is one of the most en-\\nthusiastic workers. Mr. Granger, in addition to\\nhis business interests in I lainwell, owns a fine", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0448.jp2"}, "449": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0449.jp2"}, "450": {"fulltext": "^1\\ny\\nJAMES CAMPBELL.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0450.jp2"}, "451": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n455\\nfarm of eiglity acres in Trowbridge Township\\nAllegan Count} It bears all tlie iniproveinciils\\nof a first-class estate and he has refused the\\noffer of *10O an acre for it. His beautiful lionie\\nin I lainwell indicates that its inmates are |)eople\\nof refinement and culture. It is presided over liy his\\nwortliy wife, wlio is much bcUivcd liy all who know\\nher.\\nTlic lumber comjiau} in which Mr. (Granger is\\ninterested carries a large stock of lumber, coal, lime,\\netc., and does an extensive business in this section.\\nI ln-ight and honest in all his dealings Mr. (iranger\\nis highly esteemed personally. For three years he\\nkept a large store in Ilaniilton. ]Mich.. but h.as since\\ndisposed of it. He was engaged in the manufact-\\nure of lumber for many years, owning and running\\na .sawmill. Mr. Granger relates that when in his\\nsixteenth year he was sent on horseback twenty-\\nfive miles distant to obtain some peach trees. He\\nreturned the .*ainc day, bringing with him sixteen\\ntrees, which were the first planted in Trowbridge\\nTownshi|), Allegan County.\\nThe liigh standing to which Mr. Granger has at-\\ntained in a financial way in his county has been\\nthe direct result of his persistent industry, assisted\\nby the good judgment and economy of his worthy\\nwife. He now ranks among the wealthy citizens\\nof this section, and it is with special pleasure that\\nwe place this sketch in the hands of our readei-s.\\n?AME.S CxVMPBELL. Among the represen-\\ntative farmers of Portage Township, Kal.a-\\nmazoo County, we are pleased to name the\\noriginal of the portrait presented on the op-\\nposite page, and the owner of a pleasant home and\\nexcellent farm on section 11. His father. Hugh\\nCam|)liell, was born in Ireland, and his motlicr was\\nElizabeth Einley, born in County Down, Ireland.\\nThey both died in their native country. Ten\\ncliildren were born to them, our subject being\\namong the fii t born.\\nJames Campbell had his birth in County Down,\\nIreland, June 29, 1808, where he was reared to\\nmanhood. He was employed on a farm until he was\\nabout eighteen years old, when he was apprenticed\\nto learn the shoemaker s trade. At the end of three\\nyears ai)i)renticeship, he commenced to work at his\\ntrade, which he continued till he was twenty-three\\nyears old. At this age he emigrated to America\\nto see what this new country held in store for him.\\nHe landed in (^uehec, and started up the St. Law-\\nrence River, but, itl)eingthe year the cholera r.-iged\\nso, he was obliged to stop at Kingston, Ontario, and\\nthe times being very dull he was compelled to do\\nwhatever he could to obtain a livelihood. He re-\\nmained in Kingston a few months and finally went\\nto Elba. Genesee County, N. V., and for a shoit\\ntime there followed his trade, and then engaged\\nin farming by the month, for a time of four years,\\nor until 1836.\\nWhile yet in (ienesee County, Mr. Campbell was\\nmarried to the l.ady of his choice, Ann Cash, in\\nSeptember, 1835. Mrs. Campbell was a native of New-\\nYork State, and in the spring of 1836 the newly-\\nmarried couple journeyed to thiseounty and State,\\nand located in Pavilion Township. Here Mr. Camp-\\nbell purchased eighty acres of Government land,\\non which he lived but a short time, when he sold\\nand rented a home in Kalamazoo Township, and\\nfor a period of three years was emi loved at farm-\\ning and various occupations.\\nIll the fall of 1840 Mr. Campbell settled on sec-\\ntion 14, Portage Township, on a tract of forty\\nacres which he purchased. He at once erected a\\nsmall house and set about in true pioneer style to\\nimprove and cultivate the pl.ace, and on this estate\\nhe is yet making his home. Mr. and Mrs. Camp-\\nbell h.ad born to them two children, nainelv: David\\nwho died in Portage Township when forty-eight\\nyears fdd. and .lames, who died in this township at\\nthe .age of eleven years. The good wife and\\nmother was called from earth October 22, 1849.\\nMr. Campbell took as his second wife, Jul\\\\ 7, 1850,\\nMrs. .\\\\da .Sherman, the widow of Nathaniel Sher-\\nman, and a daughter of Rufus and Elizabeth .Vld-\\nrich. Mrs. Campbell was born in New York State,\\nAjiril 12, 1816, and by her union with our subject,\\ntwo children were born: Willie, who died when\\neleven months old, and Charles l{., who married\\nMiss Carrie L. Ames, a daughter of H. C. Ames of\\nthis tf)wnship, Fel)ruarv 1. 1888. This couple\\nhave one child: l{utli V.. Mrs. Ada Campbell", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0451.jp2"}, "452": {"fulltext": "456\\nPORTEAIT A]S D BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npassed from this life to lier everlasting rest in Sep-\\ntember, 1881.\\nThe old house which Mr. Campbell first erected\\nhas given waj- to a comfortable residence, and a\\nnice and substantial set of farm buildings adorn\\nthe estate of three hundred and sixty acres, on\\nwhich general farming and stock-raising are carried\\non with more than ordinary success. Mr. Camp-\\nbell has been honored by his fellow-citizens with\\ntlie township offices of Supervisor, which office he\\nhas held four years in succession; Justice of the\\nPeace, three terms, and Highway Commissioner\\none year. The duties of these responsible offi-\\nces he discharged faithfully and conscientiously,\\nand with satisfaction to nil. In politics, his vote\\nis east with the Democratic jiarty\\nV.\\nGeorg:\\nresidi\\n._ Van I\\n^^^EORGE H. barker, a substantial farmer\\nling on section 22, Covert Township,\\nBuren Countj-, settled here in the fall\\nof 1863, although he had been in the count} some\\nten yeare previous. He was bom in Madison\\nC ountj\\\\ N. Y., August 12, 1832, his parents being\\nLucius B. and Lucinda (Bly) Barker, natives of\\nJIassachusetts. The paternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, Russel Barker, removed from Massachu-\\nsetts to New York, and died in iladison County.\\nThe father of our subject was a child when the\\nfamily came to New Y ork, where he learned the\\ntrade of a blacksmith, was married, and in 1836\\nemigrated to Michigan, settling first in AVashtcnaw\\nCounty, and later in Livingston County, where he\\ncarried on a farm. He died there in the fall of\\n1861, in the sixty- first j ear of his age. The mother\\nof our subject is still living and resides with her\\ndaughter in Genesee County, this State. This\\nworthy couple were the parents of ten children,\\nnamely: Mary, Mrs. Bush, resides in Washtenaw\\nCount}-; Russell N., lives in Flint; Ellen married\\nElisha Root, and died in Flint; George H.; Ange-\\nline, Mrs. Todd, of Genesee Count} Mich.; Jane,\\nJlrs. Hawkins, lives in Detroit; Nancy, Mrs. Todd,\\nresides in Genesee County; Frank M. lives in\\nWashten.aw; Philander, who was a member of the\\nThird Michigan Cavahy, and died while in the\\nservice; and Sarah, who became the wife of Ed\\nWicks, and died in Flint.\\nOur subject was a boy when his father s family\\ncame to Michigan. There were many children,\\nand each one did what he could to assist the father\\nin gaining a living. George H. attended the com-\\nmon schools, and at times worked with his father\\nat his trade of a blacksmith, but, disliking the\\nbusiness very much, when sixteen years old he\\nwent to live with a sister, and w.as emploj^ed upon\\nthe farm until he reached his majority. In 1853, Mr.\\nBarker came to Van Buren County, and worked in\\nthe lumber woods. Three years later he went to\\nNew York, where he remained one year, and then re-\\nturned to Van Buren County. In the fall of 1861,\\nhe removed to Livingston County; here on Janu-\\nary 15, 1862, he was married to Sarah C. De Wolf,\\nand in 1863 settled in Covert Township, where he\\nhad pureh.ised land some years previous. Here he\\ncleared up and improved a farm, and now owns\\none hundred and sixty acres of land, of which\\nninet}- acres are under cultivation. On tiiese he\\nhas a good set of farm buildings, and all the many\\nconveniences so necessary to a farmer.\\nMrs. Barker is the daughter of Jason and Eliza-\\nbetii (Near) De Wolf, and her birth took place in\\nLivingston County, Mich., June 5, 1841. Her\\nparents were natives of New York, and were pio-\\nneers of Livingston County, where they resided\\nuntil the death of the father, at the age of eighty-\\ntwo j ears, and the mother, when seventy-nine yeai-s\\nof age. Daniel De Wolf, the grandfather of ^Mrs.\\nBarker, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War,\\nand was at Valle} Forge with Gen. Washington.\\nMr. and Mrs. De Wolf had five children: Ann, wife\\nof Henry Done; Hiram J., a resident of Livingston\\nCounty; Mrs. Barker; Mary L., wife of Thomas J.\\nWinegar, of Howell, this State; and Wesley H.,\\nalso a resident of Livingston Count} Our subject\\nand his wife have also had five children, namely:\\nHiram D., who tlied in childhood; Zilpha Y., and\\nGrace A., living at home; Cecil, who was accident-\\nally shot and killed in January. 1891, when eight-\\neen years old; and Ernest H.\\nMr. Barker belongs to the Republican party. He\\nhas held several local offices, and has en Town-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0452.jp2"}, "453": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\n4;\\nship Supervisor for several years. He is a member\\nof the Independent Order of Odd l-Y llows, mid\\nalso the Patrons of Husliandiv, bcinji blaster of the\\nHei Hive I.odije for many years. Tlu f.-uiiily are\\n\u00c2\u00abi ll known and hitrlilx fstcciiUMl hy (heir nfi^li-\\nliiirs and friends.\\nA. v jy i \\\\\u00c2\u00ab.^^0\\nON. SAM (_)Ki) II. C ORBYN. This gen-\\ntleman is one of the proinini iit pioneers\\nof Jliehii^an who can h)oi haik over many\\nli yeai-s of hardshij) and toil to the early\\ndays when this now flourishing land was a wihU r-\\nness of prairie and forest, given over to tlie sav-\\nage and the wild beast*. He can trace with i)lcas-\\nure and pride the rapid advance of the State in\\ncivilization, and his stories of the olden time arc\\nexceedingly interesting to those of the present\\ngeneration who have the good fortune to listen\\nto them.\\nMr. C orliyn was born in Windoni County, Conn.,\\nSeptember i:?, 1H07. .Vlthough a mere child at\\nthe time, he well remembers hearing the cannon-\\na ling during the War of 1H12. .Joseph Cor-\\nbyn, his father, who is also a native of W indom\\nCounty, was born October 7, 1773. He was a\\nfarrier by trade and also carried on a black-\\nsmith s shop, at the same time operating a grist-\\nmill. In 1815, he removed to Monroe County,\\nN, Y., where he settled upon a farm. The coun-\\ntry was then new and unbroken, and much labor\\nwas reipiired to estaljlish a comfortable home.\\nHere he remained until 1846, when he came to\\nMichigan, settling in Macomb County, where he\\ndied in 1848. He was an excellent man and a\\nlife-long member of the Baptist Church. His an-\\ncestors came from Kngland and settled in Massa-\\nchusetts at an early day. The mother of our sub-\\nject, whose maiden name was Polly Howard, w.as\\na native of Connecticut, whose decease occurred\\nin the .same month and year as that of her hus-\\nband. This worthy couple were the parents of\\neight cinldren, of whom three sons and one\\ndaughter survive, our subject being the fourth in\\norder of liirth and the eldest of the sons.\\nMr. Corbvii received his elementarv education\\nin the district school, that being the best that\\ncould be obtained at tli:it time, most of the school-\\nhouses being of log and the teaching generally\\ncorresponding to the primitive style of the\\nbuilding. He afterward, however, attended an\\nacademy at Ileniietta, X. Y. Until the age of\\ntwenty-one, he remained at home with his fallier.\\nassisting him in his \\\\arious duties and also teach-\\ning .school during the winters of 1828-2!\u00c2\u00bb-3n-.31.\\nIn the spring of 1h:U, he came to .Michigan, land-\\ning at Detroit and spending his first night on the\\ndocks, (ioiiig from there to ^lacomb County, he\\ntook up a good tr.act of land 111 what is now Ar-\\nmada Township. It was almost an unbroken wil-\\nderness, there being no one living within three\\nmiles of his place.\\nIn this wild region our subject began life in\\nearnest, his first work being to assist his uncle in\\nputting up a log cabin. They had no lack of\\ncompany, for Indians were all al)out them, and\\nwolves and bears made very unwelcome visitors.\\nTheir larder was well supplied with wild game,\\nand there was mncli in the new experience that\\nwas interesting. In company with his uncle, IMr.\\nCorb3 n built an old-fashioned sawmill; in this\\nthey manufactured some l)oards with which he\\nbuilt a very primitive frame shanty in the fol-\\nlowing manner: He nailed his boards to trees,\\nwhich answered for posts, afterward sawing the\\ntrees off at the proper height and roofing it over.\\nIn one corner of this house he piled a lot of stones\\nfor a fire-place and made a hole in the roof to al-\\nlow the smoke to escape. In this rude structure\\nhe remained until the fcjilowiiig fall, when he re-\\njilaced it by a better oiu- with a more artistic fire-\\nplace and a stick chimney. In this he lived until\\nhe had cleared and partially improved his farm,\\nand in 18 IS he built a good and substantial\\nhouse.\\nIn I86(), Mr. Corlnn sold out hi.- first farm and\\ncame to Plainwell. where he |nirchased a half-in-\\nterest in a sawmill, the following year adding a\\ngristmill, and one year afterward .-elliiig out both\\nmills. For about a year he did not engage in any\\nbusiness, at which tinu the mills were thrown\\nItack upon his bands. division of the pr()]H-rly\\nwas made, in which Mr. Corbvn took the sawmill", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0453.jp2"}, "454": {"fulltext": "458\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nas his portion. This he operated for fifteen years,\\nwhen he sold out to the Michigan Pa])er Company,\\ntaking the amount due him in stock in that com-\\npany, but has since disposed of it. Our subject\\nwas twice married, his first union to Miss Delia\\nT. Pierson, a native of Madison County, N. Y.,\\ntaking place in September, 1834. Mrs. Corbj^n\\nwas born December 20, 1809, and departad this\\nlife December 26, 1874. Of this marriage three\\nchildren were born: Martha R., Knowlton P. and\\nArthur II. Martha R. became the wife of Charles\\nMillspaugh, a native of Genesee County, X. Y.\\nHe came to Michigan in 1834, at the age of two\\nyears, with his parents, who settled in Macomb\\nCounty, where they both died. He became a\\nresident of Plainwell in December, 1872, where he\\nhas since resided. He and his wife are the par-\\nents of two children, Almon and Ella.\\nKnowlton P. became a Civil Engineer .and went\\nto Texas, where he followed his profession for\\nseveral j-ears. He was one of the contractors who\\nput in the water works at Hyde Park, Chicago.\\nHe lost his life while out at the crib at work,\\nwhen a gale swept himself and several companions\\ninto the lake. He was married and had one\\ndaughter, Marcia, who resides in Chicago. Arthur\\nH. is married and lives on a farm at Alamo,\\nKalamazoo County. He has two children. Mr.\\nCorbyn after the death of his first wife was again\\nmarried, May 4, 1876, to Mrs. Betsej (Hakes)\\nHitchcock, a native of New York, whose death\\ntook place April 6, 1891.\\nMr. Corbyn has been a life-long Democrat, cast-\\ning his first vote, in 1828, for Gen. Jackson. He\\nhas been a delegate to various State and county\\nconventions. In the fall of 1850, he was elected\\nState Representative of Macomb County, attend-\\ning the regular session of the Legislature dur-\\ning the following winter and an extra session\\nin June. He served on several important com-\\nmittees and on a special committee pertaining\\nto the Indian question. He was elected one of\\nthe three County Commissioners who formed\\nthe first board ever elected in Macomb County\\nserving for two j ears. He also filled the offices\\nof Justice of the Peace, School Inspector, and\\nnumerous others, being in active service for over\\ntwenty years. He was never nominated for any\\noffice in which he failed of election. He has been\\na prominent and active member of the Baptist\\nChurch for over sixty 3 ears, helping to organize\\nthat church in Macomb County. He has led a\\nmost exemplary life, and has been a warm advo-\\ncate of temperance reforms. In his declining\\nyears Mr. Corbyn can look back over a life well\\nspent, feeling that his influence has ever been\\ngiven on the side of justice and right and that he\\nhas ever held an honorable place in the esteem of\\nhis fellow-citizens and the warm affection of his\\nmore intimate friends and associates.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23 l=l\\nILTON CHASE, M.D. To be descended\\nfrom honorable and able progenitors has\\n111 long since been considered a source of\\nhonest pride. Yet this feeling has not\\nbeen cultivated in this countiy as it is among the\\npeople of other nations, where the heritage of\\nrank reinforces the heritage of character in the\\npopular estimation. Still, among our best families,\\nwe find a disposition to remember the acts of our\\nforefathers, and to encourage the recital of their\\ndeeds; and in remembering their worth, we are in-\\ncited to emulate their lives.\\nDr. Chase, of this sketch, has had a wide experi-\\nence in the medical profession, and is one of the\\nprominent and successful physicians of Otsego.\\nHe keeps thoroughly posted in regard to all the\\ntheories advanced by the profession, and, in addi-\\ntion to popular medical works, has a library of well-\\nselected books, the contents of which fully attest\\nthe culture and literary standing of himself and\\nfamily. The Doctor is a strong temperance man,\\nand has done much to advance the cause of pro-\\nhibition in Allegan County.\\nDr. Chase was born in Monroe County, this\\nState, September 1, 1837, and is the son of Warren\\nChase, a native of Cornish, Sullivan County, N. H.\\nThe father emigrated to Monroe County about\\n1832, where he engaged in the mercantile business.\\nIn 1838 he sent a stock of dry-good to Kenosha,\\nWis., where he intended opening up in business.\\nBut upon arriving in that place, he found that", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0454.jp2"}, "455": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n459\\nhis goods li!i(l not aiiivcd, so hi w.-is witliout\\ninoiu v .aiul witlioiil goods. He iiniiiediat\u00c2\u00ably set\\n1(1 work to r(. |);iir his lost fortiino, and roniaiucd\\n111 that pl.ace for live years. Later lie moved to\\nCeresco, wiiore lie orgaiii/.t d the Wisconsin I lialanx\\non tiie Fourier plan of co-operative association.\\nWarren Chase was a very prominent man in\\npolitics, and became a noted Frec-soiler. He\\nwas a memher of liie lirst State, and last Terri-\\ntorial, Legislature of iscon^ill. He was candi-\\ndate in 181(1 for (iovernor of Wisconsin on the\\nFree-soil ticket, carrying his own town and county,\\nImt was defeated. Ir. Chase went to California,\\nand there his fellow-townsmen, recognizing his\\nsui)erior executive alulity, elected him to represent\\nthem in the Legislature, his election taking place\\nfrom Santa Harliara on the Greenback ticket. He\\nwas a radical politician, being first a Frec-soiler,\\nthen an Anti-Slavery man, later a Republican and\\nfinally a Oreenbackcr. He lived in various States,\\nand had a national reputation as a lecturer on\\nspiritualism, being in the Held for forty years.\\nHe died at Cobden in 1M88, when seven ty-seven\\nyears of age. He was a man of culture and edu-\\ncation, and although studying law when a young\\nman, never practiced.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s mother was\\nMary V. White, a native of Newport, Sullivan\\nCounty, N. H. She died in 1881, leaving a\\nfamily, of whom three grew to maturity. ^liltoii\\nCli.ise, of this sketch, received his primary educa-\\ntion in the schools of Ceresco, Wis. His father\\nhad donated the land on which to erect the Brock-\\naw.iy College, and in tliat institution Dr. Chase\\ntook a course of study. On entering the Ann\\nArl)or High School, he intended to follow a liter-\\nary life, but later adopted tlie profession of medi-\\ncine as his life calling, and in order to perfect\\nhimself in his studies, entere l the medical depart-\\nment of the Univei-sity of Michigan in 18.j8, and\\nreceived his degree as Doctor of Medicine in 18 !1.\\nThe -Vugust following his graduation. Dr. Chase\\nenlisted as a private in Company A, Sixth Michi-\\ngan Infantry, under Col. Curtenius, of Kalamazoo.\\nWith his regiment he was sent to llaltiiiiore. He\\nhad only one day s duty as a [jrivatc. ami that\\nwa.s before he left Kalamazoo. As soon as his\\nregiment arrived at Haltimore, the Assistant Sur-\\ngeon, Simon S. S. French, was detached, and our\\nsubject was ai pointed to fill the v.icanc} He\\nperformed the duties of that ()ositioi. on the pay\\nof a priv. itc soldier, receiving only *l. i i)cr month.\\nJanuary 1, 1802, he was appointed Hospital Stew-\\nard, and in October, 1862, he received a commission\\nas Assistant Surgeon, to date back to .July 20, 1862.\\nHe continued in that capacity with his regiment\\nuntil August 8, 1864, when he resigned and re-\\nturned home. Dr. Chase was one of the most\\nreliiible and conscientious surgeons, ,is regarded\\nhis professional duties, in the Department of the\\nGulf, being always read}- and willing to perform\\nany work assigned him. His regiment suffered\\ngreatly from sickness, his department being as-\\nsigned to the Gulf, where it w.a,s very unhealthy.\\nDuring the three years of his enlistment, he only\\nlost one day on account of sickness, which is a\\nmost remarkable record, and perhaps can be .ac-\\ncounted for, to some extent, by stating that he\\nnever used liquor or tobacco in an^^ of its forms.\\nDecember 7, 1864, Dr. Chase and Miss Eliz.ibeth P.\\nMoore, f f Ypsilanti, were made man and wife. AL S.\\nChaseis the daughter of Lewis and Sarah Moore,\\nthe former of whom was the original inventor\\nand patentee of the grain drill. He was a C^uaker,\\nand a native of Lancaster County, Pa., being a\\nnative of the Salisbury Church in that county,\\nwhich W.1S the first (Quaker Church organized in\\nthe United States. Mrs. Chase is also a birth-right\\nmember of that church. Her father died about\\n1876, but her mother is still living at the age of\\neighty-five years.\\nAfter his marriage. Dr. Chase, in January, 1865,\\nlocated in Kalamazoo, where he pr.ncticed his [tro-\\nfession for two years. He than came to Otsego,\\nwhere he has since lived. He is now the oldest\\nl)liysician in this place, and is much looked up to by\\nall the fraternity. The family of the Doctor and\\nhis amiable wife comprises seven children: .Sarah\\nT.; Warren P. and Mary P., twins; Zaiitippe, Zada,\\nAlta, Milton. Sarah T. took a four yeai-s course\\nin the Ypsilanti High School, and is at present\\nleaching Latin and Knglish grammar in the High\\nSchool at Traverse Cit3 this State; Warren is in the\\nemploy of the ])aper mill at Otsego, while Mary is", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0455.jp2"}, "456": {"fulltext": "460\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nteaching school in Otsego; the remaining four\\nchihircn are at home with their parents, where\\nthey are receiving excellent training. Dr. Chase\\nwas identified with the Republican jiarty until\\nabout six years ago, when he allied himself on\\nthe side of Prohibition, and has been Chairman\\nof the Central Committee for the past four years.\\nLike his illustrious father, Dr. Chase has been\\nvery prominent in local affairs, and by occupying\\nthe office of Justice of the Peace for seven years,\\nhas shown himself to be capable of close applica-\\ntion to the duties which the office involves, and,\\nby his judicious decisions and wise course, has\\nbeen of untold value to the commimitj-. He has\\nbeen fearless in executing the law in regard to the\\nsale of intoxicating liquors in Otsego, and by so\\ndoing has endeared himself to all law-abiding citi-\\nzens. He has done more, perhaps, tlian any other\\nman toward breaking the liquor ring in the\\ntowns, and, to his honor be it said, there is not a\\nlicensed saloon in the place.\\nDr. Chase is a member of the Grand Army of\\nthe Republic, is a Patron of Husbandry, and a\\nRoj al Templar of Temperance. lie is a member of\\nthe State Medical Society, and at the present time\\nis a member of the Board of Pension Examiners\\nin the county. In church relations, Mrs. Chase is\\na conscientious member of the Congregational\\nSociety. The Doctor holds the offices of Secretaiy\\nand Treasurer in the Episcopal Mission, located at\\nOtsego. All in all, Dr. Chase is one of the prom-\\ninent physicians of the county, and we are gratified\\nto be able to place in the hands of our readers, a\\nsketch of so worthy a gentleman.\\nOHN BRASON, a self-made man who is now\\npractically living a retired life on section\\n17, Cheshire Township, Allegan County, is\\na native of the Empire State. He was born\\nDecember 21, 1826, in Monroe County, and is a\\nson of James and Jane (Love) Brason, who were\\nnatives of the Emerald Isle. The father emigrated\\nto Canada in 1820, and there married Miss Love.\\nThe following year he removed to Monroe County,\\nN. Y., where he resided upon a farm but afterwards\\nsold out and took up his residence upon an un-\\nimproved farm in Cattaraugus County. After\\npartiality clearing this, he removed to Allegany\\nCounty. In 1 85 1 the horses which he was driving\\nto a threshing machine ran away and he thus met\\nhis death. His wife survived him until 1864.\\nTliey were parents of two sons and a daughter.\\nThe latter died in 1846, and the brother, who went\\nto California in 1849, is probably also deceased.\\nIn the usual manner of farmer lads, Joiin Brason\\nspent the days of his boj-hood and youth, and his\\nservices were given to his father until he attained\\nhis majority. His educational privilege was limited\\nto a few terms attendance at a district school. His\\nparents were poor and he often had nothing to\\ntake for his lunch but johnny-cake with pump-\\nkin sass ou it. Beginning life for himself, he\\nworked as a farm hand, receiving from 811 to 115\\nper month, and was in the employ of one man for\\nfour years. We thus see that his life was not an\\neasy one, but perseverance and industry ovei came\\ntlie difficulties of those early years.\\nIn 1850, Mr. Brason was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Susanna Pierson, who was born in Liv-\\ningston County, N. Y., April 15, 1831, and is a\\ndaugliter of Jesse and Hannah (Slussar) Pierson,\\nboth natives of the Empire State, the former born\\nin 1804, the latter in 1810. Mr. Pierson was a\\nfarmer and died in 1865. His widow still survives\\nhim aud makes her home with Mrs. Brason. In\\nthe family were four children, three of whom are\\nnow living. One son, Egbert B., was a member of\\nthe Fourth New York Heavy Artillery in the late\\nwar and gave his life in defense of his country.\\nHe was stationed near Ft. Ethan Allen, near Wash-\\nington, D. C, and died in the hospital at City\\nPoint, Va., August 21, 1864.\\nAfter their marriage, Mr. Brason and his wife\\nresided in Allegany Count3 N. Y., until 1860,\\nwhen they bade good-by t) their old home and\\nemigrated to Michigan, locating on section 16,\\nCheshire Township. A wild and timbered tract\\nof land constituted their farm, upon which not a\\nfurrow had been turned or an improvement made,\\nbut with characteristic energy Mr. Brason began\\nits development. Selling out in 1869, he re-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0456.jp2"}, "457": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n4r,i\\nmoved to another farm, iiimhi wliicli lit hiiilt a rcs-\\nirteiH C. barns and fences, and cleared lifty acres.\\nIn 1\u00c2\u00ab7;? he sohl it for ^I.OOO. His present home,\\nhe erected in 18();\u00c2\u00bb, at a cost of 2..s(i0. His farm\\nlie i)urchased from an Indian family, and he now\\nhas sixty acres under a high state of cultivation,\\nleavinir only twentyacres uninipruved. Willi Mr.\\nand iMrs. Ihason reside their adopted daiii;liter,\\nEva Uo.se, and her family. She was Iiorn in Che-\\nshire Township, in lS. )il, and is now the wife of\\nDe Witt C. Smith, by whom she has live children.\\nMr. and Mrs, Brason hold racmbersliip with the\\nMethodist Church, in which he has been Steward\\nand Trustee and in Sunday-.school work tliey also\\nlake an active part, JNIrs. Bra.son having .served\\niMjth as teacher and Superintendent. They have\\nlived upright lives, worthy the esteem and confi-\\ndence of all and have thereby won many friends.\\nIn his political views, Mr. Brason was formerly a\\nRepublican but is now independent. He has held\\na number of ollicial positions, having served as\\nIligliway Commissioner from 1802 until 18(!7, as\\n.Supervisor of Cheshire Township frtmi IHI! until\\n18(!8,and h.-is been connected with the School Board\\nduring almost his entire residence here. We see\\nin our subject a self-made man who, though he be-\\ngan life with nothing, lias steadily worked his\\nway upward, overcoming the difficulties In his |)ath,\\nuntil lie has reached a position of affluence. Great\\ncredit does lie deserve for his success.\\n/r^.VMlEL R. ARTIIIRS. This gentleman\\nis a resident of Covert, where he has been\\nJwL^ iT C 1 hardware store for the last\\ntwo j-ears. lie was born in Portage\\nCounty, Ohio, September 19, 18i;), and is a son of\\n.lohn R. and Francis (Uogei-s) Arthurs, natives of\\nClarion County, Pa., and Portage County, Ohio,\\nrespectively. .Tolin R. .\\\\rthurs emigrated to Ohio,\\nwhen eighteen years old, and worked at his trade,\\nthat of a carpenter, in Portage County, wiiere\\nhe was married and resided until IH i.j. when\\nhe purcha. ^ed a small farm and turned his atten-\\ntion to agricultural pursuits. He died in that\\ncountv, October 18. )!i, when (iftv-two vears old.\\nHis wife de|)arted tliis life, January U!, 1860, when\\nthirly-sevcu years of age. Their family comjiriscd\\nfour children as follows: AVilliam H., who is a\\ncarpenter and resides in Ridgway, Elk Count}-,\\nPa.; Philonzo. who died October 1, 1801, in Port-\\nage ounty, Ohio, at the age of fifteen years; jur\\nsubject, and Mar\\\\- .1., who first married Charles C,\\nLincoln and is now Mrs. Alonzo 15. Smith and who\\nresides in Covert Township.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject was a\\nnative of .Scotland who came to Pennsylvania\\nwhen a young man and there married. .Tolin Ai--\\ntliurs, the grandfather of our subject, was born in\\nPennsylvania, was a farmer by occupation and\\nwas a soldier in the War of 1812. The subject of\\nthis sketch passed his boyhood on his father s farm\\nwhere he attended the district .school until four-\\nteen years of age, at that time going to the oil re-\\ngions of Pennsylvania and clerking in a store for\\none year. He then returned to Ohio, and attended\\na select scliool until the following spring, when\\nhe went to Jefferson County, Pa., and took charge\\nof a general store for an uncle, conducting the\\nbusiness for ftiur years. At the expiration of\\nthat time, he went into the lumber regions of\\nPennsylvania and for one year had ciiarge of a\\nsawmill owned by his uncle.\\nIn June, 1869, Mr. Arthurs again returned home\\nto lake care of his father wiio was very ill and\\nwith whom he lemained until his death. He af-\\nterward worked on a farm until his marriage,\\nJanuary 1, 1873, to Jliss Nettie M. Bostwick.\\nThis lady was born in Portage County, Ohio, May\\n11, 1848 and was the daughter of Agur and Mary\\nC. Bostwick. Of this marriage two children have\\nbeen liorn: Beulon P., born November o, 1871,\\nand Leroy K., .\\\\ugust 2, 1880. After his marriage\\nMr. Arthurs engaged in the live-stock business one\\nyear, and then went on the road with a wliolesjile\\nnotion wagon for Leek, Doriug Co., of Cleve-\\nland, which business he followed for four yeai-s.\\nHe afterward traveled for the same firm three\\nj-eai s more and then entered the employ of Isom\\niV Foote. traveling for them six months, when the\\nfirm changed bauds and he remained with their\\nsuccessors for the rest of the year. He was then\\nemployed for one year in the same capacity with", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0457.jp2"}, "458": {"fulltext": "462\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nAlcott Sager Co., and for the same length of\\ntime with Joseph Horn Ar Co., of Pittsburg. On\\naccount of his health, he was obliged to quit the\\nroad and became superintendent of a stock-farm\\nfor A. A. Kitzmiller, which position he held for\\neighteen months when the farm was sold.\\nMr. Arthurs now rented and conducted a large\\nfarm in Portage County- for one year, when he\\nwent to Kentuck3- to again take charge of the stock-\\nfarm for Mr. Kitzmiller, but only remained two\\nmonths, his family not being satisfied with the\\nclimate. He then came to Covert and purchased\\na farm which he cultivated for eighteen months,\\nwhen he sold out and purchased his present store.\\nMr. Arthurs is an active member of the Repub-\\nlican party and is Chairman of the Republican\\nTownship Committee and alwa^-s read^y to assist in\\nwhatever promises to be for the welfare of his\\ncommunity. He has been frequently solicited to\\nbecome a candidate for office, but cares nothing\\nabout public life. He is a member of the Odd\\nFellows, in which society- he has passed .all the de-\\ngrees.\\n^ILLIAM CRISPE, V. S. This prominent\\n\\\\r\\\\/// business man of Plaiuwell, in addition to\\n\\\\^)ff his duties as a veterinary surgeon, is en-\\ngaged in carrying on a thriving business, speculat-\\ning in horses. He is the son of Edward and Eliza-\\nbeth (Munn) Crispe, natives of England, as was\\nalso our subject, his birth taking place September\\n3, 1834 in Kent County.\\nThe elder ]Mr. Crispe was a miller In- trade, but\\nengaged to some extent in farming. In 1851 he\\nemigrated with his family to America, his first\\nstopping-place being Cleveland, Ohio, where he re-\\nmained for about four years, and in 1855 came to\\nPlaiuwell, Allegan County, when there was little\\nmore than a mere settlement where that now\\nflourishing city is located. He died August 21,\\n1888, when in his eighty seventh year.\\nOur subject is one of a family* of nine children,\\nsix of whom are living. His boyhood daj S in\\nEngland were mostly spent on the farm and his\\neducational advantages limited to the common\\nschools. He accompanied his parents to America\\nin 1851, since which time he has been his own\\nmaster. He worked at various occupations in\\nCleveland, Ohio, and after coining to Plaiuwell\\nlearned milling in the first flouring mill built at\\nthis place. He later was employed in mills in\\nBattle Creek for about one year and previous to\\nthat time went to Minnesota, where he was en-\\ngaged in a like manner; he was likewise en-\\ngaged in the miller s trade in Wisconsin, and at\\nPrairie Du Cliien he conducted a livery for about\\none j ear.\\nIn 1866 William Crispe purchased a livery stable\\nin Plaiuwell and continued successfully in that\\nline of business until 1885, owning a bus line and\\ncarrying the mail in Plaiuwell for about seventeen\\n3-ears. Since disposing of his livery stock, he h.is\\nmaintained a feed barn, and sells buggies, horses,\\netc. Mr. Crispe, after engaging in the livery busi-\\nness, gave some attention to the diseases of horses\\nand made a study of various authentic works on\\nthat subject. He has for years been recognized as\\na most reliable and intelligent veterinary surgeon,\\nalthough not a graduate of any veterinary college.\\nHis judgment in that line is considered second to\\nthat of no man in this section of the countiy.\\nOur subject and Miss Nellie Smith were married\\nApril 3, 1864. i\\\\Irs. Crispe is a native of Cale-\\ndonia, N. Y., a daughter of Martin and Margaret\\n(Campbell) Smith, and by her union with our sub-\\nject has become the mother of one child, a daugh-\\nter, Katie, a most excellent and intelligent young\\nlady and a graduate of the Plaiuwell High School.\\nIn his political predilection, our subject is a thor-\\nough Democrat, finding in the tenets and\\ndoctrines of that party the balance of what is\\ntruest and best in political life. He was honored\\nby his townsmen by being elected to an office on\\nthe lllagc Board for a terra of two years. In\\nsocial matters, he is a Mason.\\nBesides property in Plainwell, Mr. Crispe owns\\na fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres west of\\ntown in Otsego Township. He began life with no\\nmeans, whatever, and is now recognized as oue of\\nthe wealth}- men of the township, a position which\\nhe has attaiued by hard work and good manage-\\nment. He is a self-made man in the truest sense\\nof that term, his success being due to his close and\\nintelligent application to business.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0458.jp2"}, "459": {"fulltext": "UL GRAtJGt 5T.0RE- A. 5TLoLi.\\nALLEGAN, MICH.\\njUi ol", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0459.jp2"}, "460": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0460.jp2"}, "461": {"fulltext": "PORTKAIT AND Bl.DGRAPlUCAL RECORD.\\n105\\nNONTIYOII. M.l).. n Mohawk Indian, whose\\nEnglish name is I ctcr II. Martin, was born\\nin Tuscarora Township, County Brant, Can-\\nada, November 3, 18.t9. His i arents were Georsje\\nand Ciuisteiia Martin, also natives of the Domin-\\nion. His father is a farmer, and roides with his\\nfamily on a farm in the aliove-nained eountv-\\nDr. Onontiyoh spent his boyliood days on the\\nfarm, and is the fourth of the nine ehildren born\\nto liis parents. His elementary education was ob-\\ntained in the district schools, and at the age of\\nthirteen, he entered the Mohawk Institute at\\nBrantford. Canada, where he prosecuted his studies\\ndiligently for two years. Returning to his home,\\nhe spent the following three years on the farm, in\\nthe meantime studying under the Rev. Mr. IJarr,\\nan Kpiscopalian minister, and walking two and\\none-half miles to his recitations. lie later taught\\nschool on the Indian Reservation, three miles from\\nhis home, and in whatever he has undertaken, lias\\nbeen more than ordinarily successful.\\nOur subject appreciated the value which a knowl-\\nedge of books gives, and, anxious to obtain a good\\neducation, he applied to the Rev. James Chance, of\\nTvrconncl for the privilege of doing his chores for\\nhis board during the winter, in order that he might\\nattend school. He remained with that gentleman\\nfor nine mimtlis, during which he made rapid\\nprogress in school, and, in addition to other studies,\\nlearned Latin, under the instruction of the Rev.\\n.Mr. Clianeo. He w.is then engaged to te.ach school\\nunder the supervision of the .Six Nation School\\nBoard, among the pagan Indians of the Onondaga\\ntribe. He remained in that cap.acity for three\\nyears, and w;is extremelj successful as a pedagogue.\\nDr. Onontiyoh, in 1882, was married to Miss\\nSusan Powless, who died .January 8th, the succeed-\\ning 3-ear. .\\\\bout that time our subject had begun\\nthe study of medicine under Dr. Dee, the resident\\nl)hysician of the Six Nations. Later he entered\\nthe medical department of the Buffalo (N. Y.)\\nI niversity, and was graduated therefrom, Feb-\\nruary 23, 1886. He came to Plainville in .June,\\n188G, and began the practice of medicine. By his\\nefficiency and intelligence, he ha-s a very lucrative\\npractice, ami enjoys the confidence and esteem of\\na huge circle of friends.\\n21 A\\nIn September, 1887, Dr. ()noiili\\\\oh was married\\nto .Miss Lillie Steele, of I lainwell, and to them has\\nbeen born a son, Leon Wade. His wife, in her\\nchurch relations, is a Presbyterian, while her\\nworthy husband is an Kpiscopalian. He has never\\nbecome a naturalized citizen of the United States,\\njireferring to remain a subject of the Dominion,\\nill order to receive the benelit of the annuity due\\nhis [leople. He is the possessor of considerable\\nproperty in Canada, from which he derives quite\\na handsome income. Dr. Onontiyoh is one of the\\nintelligent and successful young physicians of\\nI lainwell. and is liighl\\\\ esteemed In- tliose who\\nare ac(iuainled with him. His portrait is pre.sen ted\\nin this connection. Among his personal charac-\\nteristics are those of love of truth, justice and\\nprogress, and a cordial, kindly s[)iril, which makes\\nwarm friends and stanch adherents.\\nIL1!EU .1. CKOSK. This worthy and hon-\\norable gentleman is President of the vil-\\nVW ^^S^ of Dougl.as, Allegan County. Me is\\none of the young and progressive business men of\\nthe place and has shown himself cai)able of the close\\napplication to the duties which la} before hira. He\\nis the son of .Tesse and ^Nlary C. (Writer) Crose,\\nnatives respectively of New Jersey and ermont.\\nThey were pioneers of Kalamazoo County, this\\nState, where our subject was born January 3, 18,5().\\nThe father of our subject came to Michigan in\\n183.5 without a dollar in his pocket. But with a\\nstrong constitution and willing hands he found\\nhe could do wondcis, and at his dece.ise was well-\\nto-do ill a liiiaiicial way. He worked for his\\nfather until reaching bis twentieth year when he\\nwent to IVnnsylvaiiia and leanieil the trade of\\ncarpenter and joiner. He eived an aiiprentice-\\nship of three years, receiving a.s p.ay for his work\\n*G() per year. At the end of the three years, he\\nhad saved *60 which he expended in coming to\\nMichigan. He was prospered in all his under-\\ntakings ami at his ileath left an estate valued at\\n*UO,0( 0.\\nYoung W. .1. (rose altended the district schools\\nof liis lown liip unti! reaching his lifteenth ye\u00c2\u00abr", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0461.jp2"}, "462": {"fulltext": "466\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhen he attended the High School at Schoolcraft.\\nMich., for three years. When finishing his studies,\\nhe eng.aged in fiumiug, but not finding th.it line\\nof work congenial, he opened a grocer_v store in\\nSchoolcraft, which he carried on for eighteen\\nmontlis, tlien went back on the farm for two _years.\\nAfter selling the farm lie removed to Douglas, about\\neighteen montlis ago, when he put in a supply of\\ndrugs, etc. He has now one of the finest drug\\nstores in Douglas and is doing a profitable busi-\\nness.\\nFebruary 13, 1877, W. J. Crose and Miss Mary\\nL. Rawson were married. Mrs. Crose was the\\ndaughter of E. H. Rawson, who was also a pioneer\\nof Kalamazoo County. The union of our subject\\nand his amiable wife has been lilest by the birth of\\nthree children: Pearl, Leah B. and Avon May.\\nMr. Crose votes with the Democratic party and\\nsocially is a member of Dutchess Lodge, A. F.\\nA. M., No. 193, also of the Kniijhts of Honor.\\nJAMES L. BROWN. Tliis genial and cour-\\nteous gentleman is the proprietor of the\\nSaugatuck House. He is probabl3 one of\\nthe best known and most highlj respected\\nmen in Saugatuck Township, Allegan Coimty, where\\nhe has resided since 1881. He is the son of Ben-\\njamin and Eliza Bro^^n, and the grandson of\\nBenjamin Brown, Sr., a native of New York State,\\nwhere his father was also born.\\nJames L. Brown was born in INIonroe Count3\\nN. Y., April 9, 1823. His father followed the\\ncombined occupations of farmer and blacksmith,\\nand was well-to-do in life. Young James w.as\\ngiven a thorough training in farm pursuits and\\nwhen starting out in life for himself chose that as\\nhis occupation, which he followed successfullj\\nuntil July 4, 1847, when he moved to Saugatuck.\\nJennette Clark became the wife of our subject\\nJuly 4, 1848. She was the daughter of Joel and\\nPermelia (Lee) Clark, natives respectively of Ver-\\nmont and Massachusetts. To Mr. and Mrs. Brown\\nhave been born one daughter: Cordelia E., who\\nwas born in Februarv, 18.30. She is the widow of\\nFranklin Keltner, to whom she was married in\\n1868; he died in Schoolcraft in 1872. Mrs. Kelt-\\nner is the main stay of her mother, with whom she\\nmakes her home and who is an invalid.\\nThe parents of our subject came to Michigan as\\nearly as 1837, and, locating in Kalamazoo, were\\nthus among the very earliest settlers. The father\\ndying when .Tames was nine years old, and he\\nbeing the eldest of the family, he was called upon\\nto care for the others. Later in life he went to\\nlive with an uncle .and commenced to save money\\nwith wliich to establish a home of his own. In\\n1880 he purcliased the Saugatuck House and is\\nconducting it in a very satisfactory manner to the\\ntraveling public, making a specialty of summer\\nboarders. I\\\\Ir. Brown also owns and runs a stage\\nline, carrying the mail to New Richmond, six\\nmiles distant. He is the local express agent at\\nSaugatuck and is very much respected bj all with\\nwliom he has business dealings.\\nThe mother of our subject is still living at the\\nadvanced age of eight3 -eight years. She was\\nmarried to Joel Clark, the father of Mrs. Brown,\\nwho died in 1853. Our suliject in politics is a\\nstanch Republican, and socially is a member of\\nSaugatuck Lodge, No. 328, A. F. A. M.; he is\\nalso conuected with the Odd Fellows.\\n^^m\\nQJ^\\nS-\\nENRY L. DARLING is one of the piomi-\\nnent farmers of C.asco Township, Allegan\\nCounty, where he resides on a fine farm\\non section 17. He is the second-bora of\\nthe five children who came to bless the home of\\nWilliam and Sarah (Pope) Darling. Mrs. Darling\\nis a daughter of Benjamin and Sarah Pope. Will-\\niam Darling is a native of Vermont; he was born\\nin 1801, and removed to New York with his par-\\nents when quite 3 oung. The} there located on a\\nfarm in Chautauqua County. The father was a\\nshoemaker and tanner by trade, which work he\\ncarried on in connection with tilling the soil.\\nThe children of these parents were Alanson, our\\nsubject, Benjamin A., Mary J., and William C.\\nOur subject is the only one now surviving. The\\ngood wife and mother passed from this life in", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0462.jp2"}, "463": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGItAPHICAL RECORD.\\n467\\n1833. The father was again ui;iriied, his wife l)c-\\niiiir Mary Pope, a sister of his former wife, and\\nto them were horn three children: Martha I., wlio\\nmarried .Jonathan Eddy; Martin .1. and Mary .1.,\\nthe wife of .lolin Teitscl.\\nJlr. Darling liegan in life after liis lirsl marriage\\nliy purehasing a small farm near liis father s in\\nNew York, lint about the year l.H. ho sold this\\njilaee and removed to Ohio, Iniying a farm in Lo-\\nrain County. This place was unimproved, and\\nafter improving a portion of it he sold and\\nbought another tract partly improved. In 1818\\nhe went to Cass County, from there to IJerrien\\nCounty, then located in Ciisco Township, Allegan\\nCounty, but later removed to Ganges Townsiiip,\\nwhere he lived until his death, which occurred in\\n1887. Politically, he was a Whig in early life and\\nafterward a Republican. The grandfather of our\\nsubject was Aaron Darling, and his wife was Susan\\n(Doty) Darling, both natives of New England.\\nHe of whom we write w.as born Ai)ril 27, 1827,\\nin Chaulaui|ua County, X. V., near Lake Erie.\\nHe was reared and educated in his native i)l!ice,\\nand he had l)ut little education excei ting what he\\naccpiircd by his own reading and observation. He\\nstarted in life on his own account at the early age\\nof thirteen years, working on farms by the month.\\nAt the age of sixteen years he learned the mason s\\ntrade. AVe find him in 1844 in Ohio, working in a\\nwoolen factory. In these factories he worked\\nabout two years, again taking up his former trade,\\nbut this time in the State of Jlichigan, for in\\n1840 he came to Niles, this State. Like many\\nother young men, when the gold excitement of\\nCiilifornia broke out. he could not withstand the\\ntemptation of going West and seeking a fortune\\nin that far-off country. In 1852, lie, in comi)any\\nwith five men, started from Niles with teams and\\nwagons to drive a distance of about three tlious-\\nand miles. At St. Joseph, Mo., they were joined\\nl\u00c2\u00bby otiiers going to the same place. Forming a\\nw.agon train of aliout fifteen teams, they cro.sscd\\nthe plains, meeting with all the hardships that\\nmen in thf se days had to endure. He spent nearly\\nthirty years in the Western country, mining about\\nsix years in Ciilifoniia, then going to San Fran-\\nci co, wiiere he worked at liis trade a numlier of\\nyeai-s. At this time the gold fields of Idalio at-\\ntracted his attention, and after four years seeking\\nthe precious metal in that country, he returned to\\nSan Fr.ancisco and resumed his trade. When the\\nexcitement of the Black Hills broke out, he again\\ngave up his trade, and in 187( went there, but his\\nmining exploits e.ach time were (juite unsuccess-\\nful.\\nThree limes .Mr. Darling returned to his home\\nwhile out West, once by water, crossing the Jstli-\\nmus of Panama, and twice by rail, tlie last time\\nbeing in 1880. In 1883 he purchased his present\\nfarm of ninety acres, having on ^Mav 26, of the\\nprevious year, married Kate Olmstead. Mrs. Dar-\\nling is an adopted daughter of Jonathan C. and\\nEliza Olmstead, who were natives of New York.\\nShe herself is a native of Illinois. To them have\\nlieen boru two children: William J. and (irace O.\\nOur subject has been a member of many diflferent\\nsecret orders during his life and is now a member\\nof the Ancient Free and Acceiited INIasons, which he\\njoined at Niles in 18r)2. He is a Republican, poli-\\ntically, on natitmal (piestions, but in local elections\\ncasts his vote for the best man, irrespective of\\nparty.\\nIIOMAS W. RRAINARD. There is a finely-\\noi)erated farm on section 22, Casco Town-\\nship, Allegan County, that is owned l\\\\v him\\nwhose name appears at the head of this sketch. He\\nwas born in Medina County, Ohio, in 1833, and is\\nthe son of Warren and Lur:i l .i:iin;ird. His father\\nwas !)orii in Connecticut. Janiiaiy 8, 1790. His\\nparents removing to New York when he was quite\\nyoung, he spent his lioyliood days on a farm in\\nJefferson County. The means for obtaining an\\neducation in tlio.se early days were not what they\\nare to-d.ay, and his advantages were limited to the\\ncommon schools.\\nWarien Hrainard was a patriot in the War of\\n1812. During that struggle the British had placed\\na cannon ball on top of the barracks at Otsego,\\nand Mr. IJraiiiarrl wa. given t for procuring the\\nball and carrying it into the camp. .Vftcr the war\\nhe returned honie and married the mother of our", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0463.jp2"}, "464": {"fulltext": "468\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsubject, whose maiden name was Lura, daughter of\\nThomas and Polly Cook, natives of Connecticut.\\nAs early as 1817, Warren Brainard came West to\\nMedina County, Ohio, where he was one of the\\npioneers, and had the honor of erecting the first\\nhouse in Westfleld Township. It was built of logs\\nand its diinensions were 18x26 feet. The following\\nyear his family joined him in his new home, they\\ncoming overland with an ox-team and sled. The\\nhome of Mr. Brainard was always a pleasant stop-\\njiing place to the weary traveler, and at one time\\nfourteen families received shelter under his roof,\\nmany of whom had come for Mr. Brainard to\\nassist them in locating their land.\\nThe father of our subject, when locating in the\\nBuckeye State, purchased one hundred acres of un-\\nbroken land. After improving thirty-eight acres,\\nhe disposed of the remainder of his property.\\nWhile gathering butternuts, in 1820, Mr. Brainard\\naccidentally fell a distance of sixty feet, which re-\\nsulted in his being made a cripple the remainder of\\nhis life. He died in Medina County, in 1818, firm\\nin the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in\\nwhich body both he and his wife were Class-leaders.\\nIn politics, he was a Jacksonian Democrat. His\\nparents were Ansel and Edith Brainard, the father\\nbeing a soldier in the Revolutionary War, who\\nlived to attain the advanced age of ninety-eight\\nyears; his good wife survived him a number of\\nyears, and died at the remarkable age of one hun-\\ndred and four years. They were of English de-\\nscent, Ansel Brainard s father being one of two\\nbrothers who emigrated from England to the\\nUnited States and settled in Connecticut.\\nT. W. Brainard, of this sketch, began to learn\\nthe trade of a carpenter after reaching his sixteenth\\nyear, receiving $4 for his first month s wages and\\nat the end of the second month was given seventy-\\nfive cents per day. He followed his trade for\\ntwenty years and was successful in that under-\\ntaking. On leaving Ohio, our subject moved to\\nMontgomery County, 111., where he remained four\\nyears. At the end of that time, however, he re-\\nturned to his native State, where he made his home\\nfor the twelve succeeding years, and in 1870, came\\nto Allegan County, this State, where he purchased\\nfive acres of his present property. His farm in-\\ncludes thirty acres which is under the most thor-\\nough cultivation, and a portion of which is given\\nto fruit-raising.\\nIn 1851, Mr. Brainard, and Miss Henrietta,\\ndaughter of AVilliam and Louisa Griswold, were\\nunited in marriage. Her parents were natives of\\nNew York, and her mother, who is a very active\\nold ladj makes her home with Mrs. Brainard.\\nMr. and Mrs. Griswold had a family of eleven\\nchildren. Our subject and his excellent wife have |l\\ntwo sons and one daughter: Warren, who married\\nJulia Morris; Frank, who married Alice Godfrey;\\nand Clara (Mrs. Ambrose Usher).\\nIn politics, the original of this sketch is a true-\\nblue Republican, and has held many offices of trust\\nin his townshhip, among which was that of Justice\\nof the Peace, he having been the incumbent of\\nthat position for seven 3 ears.\\n^OHN STEGEMAN. To prove that this\\ngentleman is one of the most pros|)erous\\nfarmers of Allegan County, it is only ne-\\ncessary to mention that he owns three hun-\\ndred and thirt3 -six acres of splendid land on sec-\\ntion 32, Allegan Township, and section 6, town-\\nship of Trowbridge, besides a house and lot and\\nfour vacant lots in Allegan. He is also a member\\nof the firm of Cook Stegeman, furniture dealers\\nin Allegan, and a man of wealth and honor. His\\nbeautiful residence, which is undoubtedly the\\nfinest in the county, was erected in 1871 at a cost\\nof $7,000 and is a fine brick structure, two stories\\nin height, with an observatory and other improve-\\nments. The refined tastes of the inmates is in-\\ndicated by the elegant furnishings and air of com-\\nfort which prevails in every portion of the resi-\\ndence.\\nA native of Holland, Mr. Stegeman was born in\\n1831 and is the son of John and Hendrika (Dunne-\\nwind) Stegeman, also natives of Holland. His\\nfather, who followed the occupation of a farmer,\\nemigrated to America at an early day and settled\\nin Holland, Mich., where he engaged in farming\\nuntil his death. He and his wife reared a large\\nfamily of children, of whom the following facts", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0464.jp2"}, "465": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n469\\nare noted: (larret never came to America, but is\\nstill a resident of Holland; Jenigger is now Mrs.\\nJ. Defrel, of Holland, this State; Wilhelmina is\\nMrs. Mantine, of Holland, Mich.; Hendrika liccame\\nthe wife of W. Deikema, of the same place; Albert\\nis living in Allegan; John, our sulijcct, is the\\nnext in order of birth; Garret and Martin are\\nfarmers of Allegan.\\nAt the age of sixteen years, our sulijcct accom-\\npanied his parents to the I nited Stales, .settling\\nwith them at Holland, this State, where he attended\\nschool during two winters and in the summer was\\nemployed in clearing up his fatlier s forty-acre\\nfarm. Wiien twenty years old, he started out in\\nlife for himself, at which time he came to tiie vil-\\nlage of .\\\\llegan and worked during one summer\\nfor Z. L. (iriswold on a farm. He then attended\\nschool, workuig for his board, and later secured\\nemployment in a livery and .sales stable. During\\none summer he drove a stage and for two years\\nwas employed by Messrs. David ct Miner, at Alle-\\ngan. For about six years he worked as a teamster,\\nand hauled goods between Allegan and Kalamazoo\\nuntil 18G1.\\nIn 18; Mr. Stegeman purchased one hundred\\nand twenty acres of land where he now resides.\\nEighty acres had been improved and a comfortable\\nhouse stood upon the place. Industry and econ-\\nomy enabled him to purch.ase other land adjoin-\\ning and afterward erect his present residence.\\nHere he engages in general farming and also keeps\\nfine gra led stock of all kinds. In 1861 he was\\nmarried to Miss Louisa, the daughter of .August\\nand Mary (Lowburg) Renzenhou.sen, natives of\\nCJcrmany, who came to America in 1815, settling\\nin Ohio and engaging there in farming. They\\ncame to Michigan about 1862 and settled in the\\ntownship of Monterey, .Mlegan County, where he\\nfarmed for some time. He still survives and\\nmakes his home with our subject, but the mother\\ndied in 1H8;(.\\nMr. and .Mrs. Stegeman have six children now\\nliving, namel} Ilettie M.; Isabel, who married\\nMyron S. Moore; .Jolin W., Ciiarles B., .\\\\lbert and\\nFrank. Two children are deceased, Ella l eoiia\\nand Mary who died when about six years of age.\\nThe political belief of Mr. Stegeman brings him\\ninto afliliation with the Republican part} to the\\njirinciples of which he firmly adheres. He and\\nhis estimable wife are members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, of whicii he li.as been Trustee for twenty\\n3 ears. Beneath their hospitable roof, their many\\nfriends, who comprise the most refined people of\\nthe conimunity, are wont to gather iiid pass many\\npleasant hours.\\nOSKPH CHAM rU .K LIN, a well-to-do farmer,\\non .section 16, Allegan Township, Allegan\\nCounty, is the owner of one hundred and\\neiglity acres. He is a native of Wayne\\nCounty, N.Y., born December 2, 1823. His parents\\nwere Jeremiah and Margaret (Moore) Chamberlin,\\nnatives of New York State. The father was engaged\\nin farming in Wayne County, N. Y., and journeyed\\nto Ohio in 1832, settling in Columbia Township,\\nLorain County, on eighty acres of land all covered\\nwith heavy timlier. He erected a log house and\\ndied there in 1838. He was a Democrat and served\\nas Township Trustee. He and his wife were mem-\\nbers of the Baptist Church. He was the parent of\\nsix children, four now living: our subject, John,\\nJane and William A. The mother of this famil\\\\\\ndied in Monterey Township, this county, in 1888,\\nat the age of eighty-two years. Slie made her\\nhome with her son, William\\nOur subject was educated in a log school house\\nin Lorain County, Ohio, and reared as a farmer\\nand sailor boy. When sixteen years old, he went\\non the lakes and remained for five seasons, and\\nwa.s a Captain, sailing from Cleveland to Buffalo,\\nand to Canada, and had an interest in a vessel.\\nAfter leaving the lakes he commenced farming in\\nLorain County, on eightv acres of land at first,\\nand later on one hundred and twenty acres. He\\ncontinued at this until he came to Michigan in\\n1873. He settled in Monterey Township. Allegan\\nCounty, and purchased one hundred and sixty\\nacres. This lie soon sold, and moved to Allegan\\nvillage in 1877, where he now resides, having a\\nfine home. He has held the oltice of School Di-\\nrector, and is a Democrat politically.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0465.jp2"}, "466": {"fulltext": "470\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMr. Chamberlin was married, in 1853, to Miss\\nMartha Brooks, a native of Tompkins County, N.\\nY., and a daugliter of Harris and Clarissa (Co}^)\\nBrooks. The parents were natives of New York\\nState. The father was a miller b_y trade, and fol-\\nlowed it a good many j^ears, until he went to\\nOhio, where he engaged in farming in Lorain\\nCounty. The mother died in New York, and the\\nfather passed away after coming to Ohio. He was\\na Democrat in politics, and a Presbyterian in re-\\nligion. They were the parents of five children,\\nfour now living: Daniel, Davis, Mrs. Chamberlin\\nand Alphonzo. Amanda, who married a man by tlie\\nname of Baker, is the deceased one.\\nMr. and Mrs Chamberlin have had born to them\\ntwo children: Clifton, who married Emma Ro.ss,\\nand is the father of three children: -Jessie, Glenn\\nand Fay; May, now Mrs. Thomas Armstrong,\\nand the mother of two children: Otto and Leo.\\nMr. Armstrong is a hardware merchant at Allegan,\\nand Clifton Chamberlin is a farmer on section 4,\\nAllegan Township.\\nAMES BLACKMAN. This gentleman h.as\\nbeen a resident of Michigan for over half a\\ncentury and is a well-known and respected\\nresident of section 1 2, Trowbridge Town-\\nship, Allegan County. His father was .John H.\\nBlackman, a native of Massachusetts, who was born\\nin 1783, and moved to Ohio in 1808. He was a\\nparticipant in the War of 18r2, and his fatlicr a\\nsoldier of the Revolution. His wife bore the name\\nof AbbieRodgers, and was a native of ]\\\\Iiddlelowu,\\nConn., her father being Constant Rodgers. The\\nliarents of our_subject were married in Ohio and\\nresided there until 1841, when they came to the\\nWolverine State, and settled m the northeast cor-\\nner of Trowbridge Township. They both died\\nhere and lie in the Blackman Cemetery. They were\\nconsistent members of the Disciples Church. The\\nfather was a politician and a strong Jacksonian\\nDemocrat. He served as Justice of the Peace of\\nthis township, and lived to see his farm nearly\\nall cleared up. He was instrumental in the organ-\\nization of this township.\\nOur subject is one of ten children, three of whom\\nhave passed from this life. He was born Jan-\\nuary 1, 1822, in I ortage County, Ohio, and\\ngrew to manhood there, attending the frontier\\nschools. He has alwaj S been a farmer and remained\\nat home helping his father, and also his brother, until\\ntwenty-two. January 1, 1846, James Blackman mar-\\nried Rebecca Cook, a native of PJngland, who came\\nto Allegan County in 1837, with her parents, being\\nbut an infant. At that time there was only one\\nframe building in Allegan.\\nAVhen married, he of whom we write settled on\\nhis present farm and has ever since lived here. He\\nhad to make a road to his farm, and the neighbors\\nassisted him to bridge a deep ravine which he had\\nto cross in order to get to his home. He put up a\\nsmall frame house and commenced in true pioneer\\nstyle. They were stared in the face by many hard-\\nships and trials, but have surmounted them all\\nand are now enjoying the fruits of their labors.\\nThey have had born to them seven children, six\\nof whom grew to maturity: Francis, Owen H.,\\nCharlotte, Wallace C, Lillian, and Ray. Hattie\\nis the name of the one now dead, she dying\\nwhen fourteen years old. Mr. Blackman has sixty\\nacres of land, about two-thirds of which he has\\nfinel3 improved and erected good and commodious\\nbuildings of all kinds. In all his clearing he\\nnever received a day s work from any one, he be-\\ning in too limited circumstances to pay for it.\\nHe has seen this country pass from a vast wilderness\\ninto its present prosperous condition. There were\\nplenty of Indians here when he came, and wild\\ngame and animals of all kinds. He was a hunter of\\nsome note in his younger days and took greater\\ndelight in this than in any other sport. An old\\nbear attacked himself and his dog one day and all\\nhe had to defend himself with was an ax, with\\nwhich he finallj killed Bruin. At one other time\\nhe was followed for over a mile at night by a large\\nand ferocious panther.\\nMr. l^lackman is, in politics, a Democrat, but\\nvotes for the man rather than the party. He has\\nbeen Treasurer of his township, and takes a great\\ninterest in anything that pertains to the enhance-\\nment of education. His eldest daughter has taught\\ntwenty-one terms of school; some of the other mem-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0466.jp2"}, "467": {"fulltext": "I ORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n471\\nbcrs of his family have also been toaeliers. The\\nBlackinau familj- is of good old 2s ew Kiigland\\nstock, and trace their lineage back for many gene-\\nrations. Originally there were three lirothers who\\ncame over from Wales and settled at Bridgeport,\\nCtmii. From these brothers all the Bl.ickmans in\\nthis country descended.\\n-^+^1\\nIKAM J. COX is a well-known gentlcuian\\nresiding on section 6, Casco Township, Alle-\\ngan County. He is a native of the Empire\\n-^j Slate, having been born in the vear 1824.\\nHis worthy parents were Warren and Ruth\\nCox. The father was a native of New Yoi k,\\nwhere he was born in 1803. He was one of a fani-\\nil.V of seven children born to his parents, and his\\nearly life was spent in his native State, on the\\nhome farm, where he followed the oecui)ation of his\\nyouth in connection with his mill business. At\\nthe early age of eighteen years, he was united in\\nmarri.nge with Ruth Duesanbury, a native of ew\\nYork, and to this couple five children came, of\\nwhom oursubject is the fii St-born. After the mar-\\nriage of the father of our subject, he remained\\nwith his parents several yeare. He then drove a\\nstage a few years, and afterward returned to his\\nfather s home, where he spent the remainder of his\\ndays. When our subject was about nine years old,\\nhis mother died, and liis father took for his .second\\nwife .Sirali Livermore, who bore him six children.\\nOur subject, on his mother s side, is descended from\\ngood old Dutch stock. Warren Cox and his wife\\nwere members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand a Whig in politics.\\nAt the age of seventeen, our subject Iiegau to\\nlearn the trade of a tailor, and worked at it in vari-\\nous places in his native .State. In the spring of\\n181. Hiram Cux decided to come to Michigan,\\nand sailed from Buffalo to Chicago, and thence to\\nSaugatuck, at which place he located. There he\\nbegan his own livelihood by driving a team in the\\nlumber woods a number of years. He also worked\\nin the mill sixteen years for ex-Senator Stockbridge.\\nDuring this time, in 18. )2, he bought his present\\nliome, and about ten years after his purchasing it.\\nlie moved his family on the farm and began his\\nhard labor of clearing the forests awaj-. He is now\\nthe possessor of eighty acres of well- improved land,\\nthrough his own undaunted and persistent effort.s.\\nThe lady who so graciouslj- presides over the\\nhome of our subject was united in marriage with\\nhim in 1843. She bore the maiden name of Ellen\\nAdams, and was but seventeen years old at the\\ntime of her marriage. She is a daughter of Curtis\\nand Louisa (Tliomas) Adams. Her parents were\\nalso very early settlers of this county. Mi-s. Cox\\ntaught tiic first school in Manlius Township. The\\nhome of Mr. and Mrs. Cox has been blessed by two\\nchildren: Ella, wife of John M. Carter, who is the\\nmother of one son, Milton D. Etta is the wife of\\nC. E. W eed, and they are the parents of one daugli-\\nter. Bertha. Politically, our subject is a Rei)ubli-\\ncan.\\nf ANTON W. DKHSSEL is a successful far-\\nmer residing on section 10, Ganges Town-\\nll\\\\ ship, Allegan County. He was born in\\nSaxony, in 1833, and is the son of George\\nand Frediicka Dressel. The father was born in\\nSaxony, in 1796, and was in the emplo} of the\\nGovernment, as Recorder. He died in 18.5), after\\nhaving become the father of twelve children viz:\\nMinnie, Regina, William, Anton W. and Barbara,\\nwho are living, and Eredricka, Bertha, Keka. and\\nFlorentine, who are decwused, also two who died\\nin infancy.\\nOur subject received a fair education in his na-\\ntive country, and when choosing an occupation\\nfor himself served an apprenticeship of three years\\nat the cabinet-maker s trade. For two years he\\nworked in (iermany, in order that he might perfect\\nhimself in that occupation, and in 18.54 came to\\nthe United States, and, locating in Erie County,\\nPa., worked at his trade for two years. He then\\nwent to Hamilton, Canada, and was there employed\\nin the ear shops for a twelvemonth.\\nIn 18.i7, Mr. A. W. Dressel and Miss Margaret,\\ndaughter of George Lohmann, were united in mar-\\nriage .and are the i)arents of a family of thirteen\\nchildren, all of whom are living, with the exception", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0467.jp2"}, "468": {"fulltext": "472\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof one who died in infancj Tliey are named, re-\\nspectivel} William, Barhara, Minnie, Katie (who\\nis the wife of L. Smith), Annie, Fred, Fredricka,\\nRosa, Gilbert, (icorge. Bertha, and Hattie.\\nThe original of this sketch is a member of the\\nGerman Lutheran Church. In politics, he votes\\nfor the best man, regardless of party. He came to\\nhis present home, from Canada, in 1859, and lo-\\ncated on forty acres of unimproved land. He\\npassed through all the hardships known to the\\nearly settlers, many times not knowing where the\\nnext meal was coming from. He later added forty-\\nacres to his original tract, which he has put under\\nexcellent cultivation, having twenty acres in fruit.\\nHis industry has been rewarded and he feels\\njustly proud that his present standing in the com-\\nmunity has been brought about by his own perse-\\nverance and labors.\\ni****\\n^Sl\\nANIEL DOW TOURTELLOTTE. We\\nare pleased to present to our readers a\\ncitizen of Ganges Township, Allegan\\nCounty, who stands high in the estima-\\ntion of his neighbors and is justly considered one\\nof the most prominent men in thecount3-. He is\\na progressive and successful farmer, whose estate\\nof eighty-two acres lies on sections 30 and 3L He\\ndevotes twenty-two acres of his farm to the culti-\\nvation of fruit, of which he has some splendid\\nvarieties.\\nThis gentleman was born in 1843 in Westfield\\nTownship,Chautauqua County, N. Y., and is the son\\nof Benjamin G. and Sarah Tourtellottc. The father\\nwas born in Connecticut about 1809, and when\\ntwelve years of age went with his parents to West-\\nfield, N. Y. He was given a thorough training in\\nagricultural pursuits and received a fair education\\nin the commou schools. He was apprenticed to learn\\nthe blacksmith s trade when young, accompan3iiig\\nhis employer to Mentor, Ohio, where he completed\\nhis apprenticeship. Returning to Westlield.N. Y.,\\nhe opened a shop of his own and followed that\\noccupation for a number of years. His health\\nfailing, he abandoned indoor work and went on a\\nfarm.\\nIn .Tanuary, 1843, the parents of our subject\\nwere married, his mother bearing the maiden name\\nor Sarah Mack, a native of New York. Her parents\\nwere Daniel and Rachel (Briggs) Mack, the father\\nbeing a native of Genesee County, N. Y., where he\\nfollowed farming all his life. Our subject s mother\\nhad seven brothers and sisters: Daniel J., Eunice,\\nAbijah, Thomas, Richard, William and Stillman.\\nDaniel Mack, the maternal grandfather of our sub-\\nject, was a son of Abijah and Eunice (Rogers) Mack,\\nthe father a member of the Society of Friends\\nEunice Mack was of Scotch descent.-\\nAbout 1852 Benjamin Tourtellottc came West to\\nOhio, where he remained five j^ears and in 1857\\ncame to Allegan County where he bought eighty\\nacres of unimproved land on section 31, Ganges\\nTownship, He brought that property under cul-\\ntivation and added to it eighty acres more. His\\nhouse was not as rude as those of most of the early\\nsettlers, as it was built of hewed logs and had a\\nshingle roof. The three children included in the\\nparental family, were Daniel Dow, Frank C. and\\nJulia, the latter two deceased.\\nThe paternal grandparents of our subject were\\nAbraham and Abilene (Green) Tourtellottc, natives\\nof Connecticut. Their eight children were Marcus,\\nAbilene, Benjamin, John, Frederick, Dow, Harriet\\nand Polly. The father of Al^rahani Tourtellette\\nwas a native of France and came to New England in\\nan early day. The father of our subject was an\\nOdd Fellow, socially, and in i)olitics voted the\\nDemocratic Ticket.\\nHe of whom we write received a fair education\\nand when twenty-two years of age was married\\nto Sarah E., daughter of George and Elizabeth\\nOverhiser, natives of Steuben County, N. Y. In\\n1840 her parents removed to Fayette County,\\nInd., where they resided until their death. George\\nOverhiser was the son of John C. Overhiser. To\\nMv. and Mrs. Tourtellottc have been born three\\nchildren, viz: Julia S., who is the wife of Stanton\\nWilliamson; George B. and Mack D. They are\\nboth members of the Subordinate, County, State\\nand United States Granges and Mr. Tourtellotte is\\na Director in the Grange Store in Allegan. For\\nmany years he has handled road machines and\\nalso fruit packages during the fruit season.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0468.jp2"}, "469": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0469.jp2"}, "470": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0470.jp2"}, "471": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A^D BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0175\\nTn politics. 3Ii TourtcUotte is a Democrat and\\nsocially- is identilicd with the )ild l-Vlluws at\\nSouth Haven. His beautiful residence, a view of\\nwliich appears elsewliere in this volume. r:uil s\\namong tiie finest in (lautres Townshii).\\n^^TSSEL T. DHiRLE, the present ellieient\\n.Supervisor of Trowliridfje Townshiii. Alle-\\nV gau County, is an agrieulturist residing on\\nsection 2, where he has one hundred and\\nthirty-five acres of land under improvement. His\\nfatiier, Abel Dibble, a native of Connecticut, w.as\\na shoemaker and farmer by occupation. The\\nmother was Chloe Peck, also a native of Connecti-\\ncut. They came to ^Hchigau from Ohio in 1X57,\\nand settled in this township, on a partially im-\\nproved farm. The father died in IHfifi, and the\\nmother in 1871. The father, in his early years,\\nwas in the Inited States Marine Service, and made\\na tri]) around the world. They were the parents\\nof six children, only two of whom are now living.\\nThey did not belong to any particular religious\\nbody.\\nUussel T. Dibble had his birth February 1.5, 183:5,\\nin Fairfield County, Conn., where he was reared\\nand educated. He went to Ohio with his parents,\\nand worked out for eight summers, and in 1855,\\nwhen twenty-one, came to Michigan and bought\\none hunilred and fifty-six and one-half .acres, the\\nplace on whicii he now lives. It was in a perfectly\\nwild state, and but few settlers were in the neigh-\\nborhood. He kei)t batchclor s hall in a shanty for\\na few years, but in 1858 look as his wife and iiclp-\\nmale Sarah Brcsler. a daughter of .loseph and Jlercy\\n(Fisher) 15resler, natives of Pennsylvania and Mich-\\nigan, respectively. Mr. liresler was a carpenter by\\ntrade, but after coming to ]Miehigan followed farm-\\ning. Ho was married liere and resided in Napoleon\\nTownsliii), .Jackson County, and died in 1851, his\\nwife surviving him until 1881. They had eight\\nchildren born to tiiein, four living. Jlrs. Dibble\\nw;us born December 11, 1841, in .I.ickson County.\\nMr. and JIrs Dibble have been blessed by the\\nbirth of five chililren: Ella, Eugene, Eva, Elmer\\nand Estella. Ella is the wife of Wallace IJIackman,\\nand. with her husband and two children, resides in\\ntills lown hip. Eugeiu married Leona Ho(jt, and\\nthey live in this township and are the parents of\\none child. Eva is the wife of Charles Ooiil, who\\nlives ill this township. Our suliject is now resid-\\ning in the third honsi he has erected, which is only\\nfour years old, and all the improvonients upon his\\nplace have been \\\\nit there 1)3- himself. He is en-\\ngaged ill general farming and stock-raising, keep-\\ning line Durham and grade cattle and graded sheep.\\nHe has been a member of the (Grange, and has\\ntaken a lively interest in jiolitical affairs, first\\nbeing a Repulilican, then a (Jrecnbacker, and now\\nworks with the Democracy. He was Justice of the\\nPeicc for one teiin. and is serving iiis third term\\nas Supervisor. He has also been a School Director\\nwliich ollice he held thirteen years. The duties\\nof these ollices lie has discharged faithfully\\nand conseienticnisly, and with not only credit to\\nhimself, but to his constitueiiLs.\\n/AIMES liHOWN We are gratified to be\\nable to pl.ace in the hands of our readers a\\nsketch of Mr. lirown, who is one of the\\nwell-to-do agriculturists of Gun Plain\\nTownship, Allegan County. He is at the present\\ntime making his home on section 8, where he is\\nengaged in cultivating the soil to the best pur-\\npose.\\nKent County, England, was the birthplace of\\nour subject, his natal day being Jlay G, 1824. His\\nparents were also natives of that country and bore\\nthe names of .lames and Celia (IJourn) Brown.\\nThe father followed farming as an occupation\\nand came to .Vmerica with his family in 1817.\\nUpon locating here he lived for three years in\\n:\\\\Ionroe County, N. Y.. and at the end of that\\ntime came to (Uiii Plain Townshi|). Allegan\\nCounty. A log house w.as erected on their pur-\\nchase and a few acres cleared when it came into\\ntheir possession. His death occurred in 1876. his\\nwife preceding him to the better land in 1871.\\nJames Brown, of this sketch, was the oldest but\\none of a family of si.x children, five of whom are", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0471.jp2"}, "472": {"fulltext": "476\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAI HICAL RECORD.\\nliving. He attended the common schools in\\nEngland until ten years of age. He was twenty-\\nthree years of age when his parents took up their\\nabode in the New \\\\Yorld, and three j-ears previous\\nto their coming hither, our subject had worked\\nout, receiving as remuneration for his services\\n\u00c2\u00a310 a year. In Monroe County, N. Y., he\\nalso worked out by the month on the farm, and on\\ncoming to Michigan, in 1850, purchased his pres-\\nent farm. He worked diligently in clearing his\\nland and by a proper rotation of crops it is now\\nmade to 3aeld handsome returns.\\nMr. Brown was married, in 1856, to Miss Eliza\\nHoneysett, also a native of England, who was\\nborn December 18, 1833. She was brought by\\nher parents to America early in the -lOs and was\\na most excellent lady. Mrs. Brown died March 6,\\n1880. To them have been born two children:\\nCharles A., who is married and resides in Gun\\nPlain Township, and William T., who is also\\nmarried and cultivates the home farm. Our sub-\\nject is the possessor of eighty acres of land on\\nsection 8, Gun Plain Township, fort acres on\\nsection 9, eighty acres on section 3 and forty\\nacres on section 10. He is engaged in the breed-\\ning of high-grade stock, in which he has been flat-\\nteringly successful. His persistent industry and\\ngood judgment have won the success which in-\\nvariably comes to the possessor of these traits of\\ncharacter. He started out in life with no means,\\nwhatever, and is to-day one of the wealth} agricul-\\nturists of Gun Plain Township. In politics, he is\\nindependent, reserving his right to vote for the\\nbest man, regardless of part}\\n^m i\\n=-i-\\nv\\nj^ILLIAM CARTER. Many of the most\\nthrifty and intelligent agriculturists of this\\nsection of Michigan were born and reared\\non the other side of the Atlantic, and to England,\\nespecially, is Allegan County indebted for some of\\nher most enterprising and prosperous citizens. To\\nthis class the gentleman of this sketch belongs, who\\nwas born in Chiselliui-st Parish, Kent County,\\nEngland, December 12, 1816. He is a prosperous\\nfarmer, situated on section 8. Casco Township,\\nwhere he has eighty acres of finely improved land.\\nReuben and Bennett Carter are the parents of\\nAVilliam, of this sketch. Reuben Carter was born\\nof poor parents, in the same place as our subject,\\nand there grew to manhood. He followed farming\\nstrictly, making his own living from his youth up\\nby working for other people. He was a man al-\\nways to be depended upon, and his honesty was\\nalwa}s appreciated by his employers, as will be\\nseen when we state that he worked for one man\\nover thirty years. In 1836 he came to the United\\nStates to try and better his fortunes, and located\\nin Wayne County, this State, where he was one\\nof the earliest pioneers, enduring many hardships\\nand privations in clearing his eighty acres of wild\\nland, where he lived until his death, which occurred\\nin 1865. His good helpmate died in March 1852.\\nThe elder Mr. Carter was married to Bennett An-\\ndrews, and to them were born thirteen children,\\nthree dying in infancy: Edward, a resident of\\nOhio; Sarah, now deceased; Charles, deceased;\\nGeorge, residing in Wayne County, this State;\\nRichard, who is deceased; William, the subject of\\nthis notice; Harriet and Charlotte, both of whom\\nare dead; Ann, the wife of Winfield Olds, and\\nAbraham of this township.\\nThe school advantages of our subject were some-\\nwhat poor, and he started out to work on a farm\\nin his native country when thirteen years old. He\\ncame with his parents to the United States not re-\\nluctantly at all, for he foresaw he had so much\\nbetter opportunities in this country to make his\\no^vn livelihood. He located in Wayne County, as\\ndid his parents, and was there united in marriage\\nwith Hannah Crouch, a daughter of Rial and Anna\\n(Clark) Crouch, October 11, 1852. To this happy\\ncouple seven children have come, all of whom are\\nstill surviving, namely: Helen, the wife of George\\nCompton; Charles; William; Anna, who married\\nJames Cummings; Aimer; Julia, the wife of Seth\\nRussell, and Edward. While yet a resident of\\nAVayne County, our subject bought one hundred\\nacres of unimproved land, and improved the greater\\npart; but deciding to come to Allegan County in\\n1866, he sold his other purchase, and located on his\\npresent homestead,which, at the time of his entering.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0472.jp2"}, "473": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n477\\nwas \\\\vil 1. iinliroken Innd. He has conveiierl the\\ni;reater part of it into fertile fjroimd. on whieh lie\\ncarries on mixed farming-.\\nIn ]iolitics, Afr. Carter is a sLineli adherent of tlie\\nprlnei|iles of the Kepulihean party. He and his\\nwife and family are well thojisrht of in the eoiii-\\ninnnitv in whieh tliev reside.\\n1;Cll.Vr)t)l) STU.VTTON is the owner of a line\\nfarm of one hundred acres on section 25,\\n_\\\\ Trowbridije Township. .Mlegan County. Of\\nthis, seventj-fonr acres are under a high state of\\ncultivation and divided into fields of convenient\\nsi7-e by well-kept fences. The improvements arc all\\nthat are found on a model farm, including a om-\\nfortable residence, two large barns and other out-\\nbuildings, and a good ordiard. The neat appearance\\nof the place indicates the thrift and enterprise of\\nthe owner and he is classed among the progressive\\nand representative agricullurisls of liie eoninui-\\nnity.\\nHis father, Thomas Stratton, was a native of\\nVerm(,)nt, and in the Empire State married Pru-\\ndence flyers who was born in New York. For a\\nshort time they resided in Ohio, and in 1836 Mr.\\nStratton came to Allegan County, Mich., in search\\nof a Ioc;\u00c2\u00bbtion. At that time there were only two\\nhouses in the citv and the work of civilization\\nseemed .scarcely begun. He eng.iged in clearing\\nland in order to pay for the new farm of one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres which he located on section\\nlit, Otsego Township. Returning to Ohio, he\\nbrought his family to the new home and for sev-\\neral years devoted his energies to the cultivation\\nof his land. He then returneil to New York, but\\nafter a year again sought a home in this county,\\nlocating on section 18, Otsego Township, where he\\npurchased a wild tract of one hundred and ten\\nacres. He still resides upon that farm, having\\nreached the age of four-score years. His wife died\\nin 18H(i. at the age of eighty. They were the par-\\nents of four sons, all of whom are ^et living: Our\\nsubject; Charles, who served for three j-ears and\\nthree months in the late war as a meinlier of the\\nFirst Michigan Engineei-s; Joseph Mud Nelson.\\nWe now tike up the personal history of the gen-\\ntleman whose name heads this record. He was\\nborn in Ashtabula County, Ohio, February 21,\\n1H;V2, ami was only four years old when brought\\nby his parents to Michigan. His education was\\nacijuired in the old time schools, to which he had\\nto walk a distance of two and a half miles. In\\nearly life he was inured to liard labor for at the\\nage of twelve years he began to follow the |)low\\naiKi day after day saw him turning over the soil,\\npreparatory to the planting of crops. His services\\nwere given to his father until twenty-two years of\\nage, when he began life for himself.\\nIn the year IK. il, Mr. Stratton married Miss\\nBetsy Wood, a native of the Green Mountain\\nState. Her parents came to Michigan in 18.52,\\nlocating in Trowbridge Township, but are now\\nresidents of Manton, Mich. The father has reached\\nthe age of eighty and the mother is now seventy-\\nseven years of age. I poii their marriage Mr. and\\nMrs. Stratton locate(l upon their present farm,\\nwhieh w.as then in its iiriiiiitive condition. With\\ncliaracteristic energy, he began its development,\\nclearing it of the stumps and stones and planting\\ncrops, which in course of time yielded him abun-\\nlant harvests. .\\\\s before stated, he has now seventy-\\nfour acres uiuler a high state of cultivation and in\\naddition to his labors here he has aided his father\\nin improving a large farm. In 18G9 his cabin\\nhome was replaced by a commodious residence, two\\nstories in height, with basement, the main part of\\nwhich is 20x30 feet and the L, lGx28 feet. Jlr.\\n.Stratton got out the timbers for his building him-\\ns lf, three years being required to accoin| lish this.\\nHe has two large barns, one 32.\\\\I4 feet; the other,\\n20x3G feet. This place is complete in all its a|\\n])ointn)ents and one would know at a glance tliat\\nthe owner is a progressive and enterprising man.\\nFive children were born unto Mr. and Mrs.\\n.Stratton, four of whom are now living. They lost\\none son, Frank, who died at the age of two and a\\nhalf years; Charles, a farmer of Otsego Township,\\nmarried Kmnia liullock and they have three chil-\\ndren; r.enjamiii, also a farmer of Otsego Township,\\nwedded Clara Dymond; Nettie is the wife of Walter\\n.Scott, an agriculturist of the town of \u00c2\u00bblsego, by\\nwhom slie has two ehildrcn: and Oliver, who mar-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0473.jp2"}, "474": {"fulltext": "478\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nried Eva Duggett whose parents live in Trowbridge\\nTownship, completes the family. He is an exem-\\nplary young man and is now President of the Ep-\\nworth League of the Methodist Church. Of that\\nchurch INIr. and Mrs. Stratton ha\\\\ e been members\\nfor thirty-six years and are active workers for its\\ninterests. He has served as Class-leader for thirty-\\nthree years, has been Trustee, and for twenty years\\nhas been a worker in the Sunday-school, during\\nwhich time he has failed in attendance on twelve\\noccasions only. His wife has also been a teacher\\nand their labors have not been in vain. Mr. Strat-\\nton has served as School Director and has been an\\nactive worker in the temperance cause. In poli-\\ntics he was a Republican but now affiliates with the\\nProhibition party. His life has been well and\\nworthily spent and his upright, honorable career\\nhas secured him the high regard of all with whom\\nhe has come in contact.\\n4^\\n5^ 9\\nON. .TAMES M. BALLOU. Perhaps there\\nis no more cultured or better educated resi-\\ndent of Allegan County than was the gen-\\ntleman whose name we place at the head of\\nthis sketch. He was one of the prominent business\\nmen of Otsego, being Treasurer of the Otsego\\nChair Company, which is one of the extensive\\nbusiness enterprises of the State. The firm does a\\nlai ge and paj ing business, and is composed of\\nmen whose word is considered as good as their\\nbond. Mr. Ballon was born in Mayfl eld Township,\\nnear Cleveland, Ohio, January 24, 1836. His\\nfather was a native of the Empire State, where his\\nbirth occurred at Little Falls, Herkimer Count} in\\n1802. He bore the name of Danford G. Ballou\\nand was an agriculturist in his native place.\\nThe father of our subject came West to Caj uga\\nCounty, Ohio, when quite a young man, and in\\n1838 made his home in Michigan, where, in St. Jo-\\nseph County, he cleared .and improved a farm. He\\nresided upon that tract until his death, in 1875.\\nHis father, the grandfather of James M., was a na-\\ntive of Massachusetts. He emigrated to New York,\\nwhere he lived for a time, coming thence to Ohio\\nand finally to Michigan, where he died .about I860,\\nand was buried in the cemetery at Otsego. The\\nBallou family are of French descent several gener-\\nations bock. The mother of our subject was Mrs.\\nC_ynthia (Worrallo) Ballou. a n.ative of New York;\\nshe died in 1888.\\nThe parental fainijy of our subject included\\nfour children, onl}- two of whom are living: our\\nsubject and Mrs. Lucy S. Mathewsou, of Men don,\\nSt. Joseph Count} The original of this sketch was\\nreared on a farm and received his schooling in a\\nlog schoolhouse with puncheon floor and slabs set\\non wooden pins for seats. He made the best of\\nhis opportunities, however, and, when nineteen,\\ntaught his first school in a log schoolhouse. He\\nfollowed that occupation for five years, when, in\\n1860, he entered the State Normal School at Ypsi-\\nlanti, where he was graduated two years later.\\nHe of whom we write taught school one year\\nafter coming to Otsego, when he was given charge\\nof the Union schools of the place. He occupied\\nthat position for several years, when he retii cd to\\na farm, but a twelvemonth later returned to Otsego\\nand engaged in a planing mill, manuf.aeturing\\nsash, doors and blinds. That business occupied his\\nattention for two years, and in 1867 he was elected\\nCounty Superintendent of Schools for Allegan\\nCounty, which position required his entire time\\nand attention for two years. In 1869, he returned\\nto Otsego and continued in the manufacturing\\nbusiness, although in a different line, until .Janu-\\nary 1, 1891, when the Otsego Chair Company was\\norganized. The plant of Mr. C. D. Stewart, who\\nhad been doing .an extensive manufacturing busi-\\nness, was incorporated in the new firm and that\\ngentleman was made its President. The capital\\nstock of the company is $60,000, and they employ\\nfrom one hundred to one hundred and fifty men,\\ntheir annual business amounting to $100,000. Our\\nsubject was made Treasurer of the Otsego Chair\\nCompany, which now manufactures all kinds of\\nchairs and does an immense business in that line.\\nIn 1863, the Hon. J. M. Ballou was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Laura M. Foster, a native of\\nStreetsboio, Summit County, Ohio. She ac-\\ncompanied her parents on their removal to Otsego,\\nAllegan County, when only seven years of age.\\nShe received a splendid education in the schools of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0474.jp2"}, "475": {"fulltext": "POIITIIjUT A]SD BIOGliiVl lllCAL KECORD.\\n479\\nMichigan and was a tenclicr for several years prior\\nto lier marriage. Her union witii our subject lias\\nresulted in the birth of one daughter, Ahi. Siie re-\\nceived a thorougii education, paying special atten-\\ntion to music, in which art she has licen a teacher.\\nSiie IS now the wife of Mr. .1. I). WOodbeck, editor\\nof the Ot-sego C^h/o/i, a newsy slicot which has a\\nwide circulation.\\nThe Republican i)arty ever found in Mi-. l al-\\nlou an inlliiential and active worker. He ever\\nshowed liimsclf cajiable of eflicicntly perform-\\ning the duties which la\\\\- hcfnrc him and was\\nelected on the .State Board of Education in 188t,\\nserving for six years. He was President of the\\nlioard for two yeai-s, and during that period was\\ninstrumental in bringing about many worthy re-\\nforms. Our subject was a member of the Congre-\\ngational Church, in wliii li body he served as Dea-\\ncon and Trustee for many years. Mrs. Hallou still\\ncontinues a member of that church. He was also\\nSuperintendent of the Sunday-school for eighteen\\nyears and quite active in every de[iartinent of\\nchurch work. Mr. Ballon was widely known\\nthroughout this section and his wise and judicious\\ncourse when attempting to bring about any worthy\\nobject is well known to those who are acipiainted\\nwith tlie history of the State. Mr. Ballon passed\\nfrom this earth, .Tanuary 2G, 1H )2, of [ineumonia,\\nafter a short illness of four d.ays.\\nThis will cause sincerest regret to nearly every\\ncitizen of Allegan County and to many hundreds\\nabout the State, for Mr. Ballon was widely known\\nthrough his activity in the lields of ethics, educa-\\ntion, Inisine.xs and politics; and in all he had borne\\nhimself as a high type of a Christian gentleman.\\nBusiness did not cause him to lose his interest\\nin educational work, and the advancement of\\nChristianity and good morals. He was always\\nready for any po.ssible saciilice of time and money\\nfor the welfare of his town. The church and Sab-\\nliath-school received his constant attention and\\ntireless aid.\\nAmong the public positions he was called upon\\nto till were these: Member of the Otsego Board\\nof Education for eight years; Trustee of the village\\nsis years, and Clerk and A.ssessor thereof four\\nyears each; member of the State Board of Educa-\\ntion six years its President for two years; mem-\\nber of the .Slate Board of Oeological Survey: res-\\nident of the County Snnilav-.school Association\\nthree years, besides almost constant ollicial plaic in\\nthe Congregational church of Otsego.\\nIt was the good fortune of the writer to be a\\nstudent in the Otsego schools during the time Mr.\\nBallon was their principal, and to have had the\\nbenefit of his personal instruction and, what was\\nmore, of his encciuragement and the noble example\\nof his daily life. To all his students he wxs kindly\\nand helpful in a high degree, meeting their every\\neffort at advancement with aid that was all liut\\npaternal in its earnestness, and was insjiiring and\\neven affectionate. Could this good man have\\nknown the warmth of regard, the sense of obliga-\\ntion that could not be repaid, the gratitude and\\nrespect each of his pupils felt for liiin, as time\\nbrought them to a realiz.ation of his faithful labors,\\nit would have been to him a reward both sweet\\nand suflicient. It is needless to speak of his qual-\\nities in each of his relations to his fellow-men, for\\nthey were much the same in all. His animating\\nmotive was at all times to secure the lietterment of\\nthe material and moral condition of those about\\nliiin, and never did he give way (if ever lie wa.s\\ntempted to do so) to pettiness or harshness of\\nword or action. He has gone to his reward, and\\nthere are none but are sorrowful, none but will\\ncherish him in memory as a pure man, a dear\\nfriend, or a loved one of nearer tie.\\nJ\\nm\\njOIIN BKOWX. This enterprising resident\\nof Monterey Township, Allegan County,\\nresides on his beautiful farm of one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres, on sections 3 and 4.\\nHis estate has been brought to a high degree of\\ncultivation by his persistent industry and good\\njudgment. It is improved with a good brick resi-\\ndence, and bears all the needful farm buildings\\nfor the shelter of stock and the storage of grain.\\nJohn Brown is the son of Henry and Catherine\\n(Keller) Brown, natives of Ohio, where our sut)-\\nject w.as born in Hancock County, April 2(1, IS.Sfi.\\nHis father being a farmer, he was thus trained\\nto agricultural pursuits, remaining at home until\\nreaching the age of eighteen years. But when\\nstarting out in life for himself, he learned the\\ncari)enter s trade, which he followed twenty\\nyears.\\nDecember 9, 18. 8, w.as the date of imr subject s\\nmarriage with Jane, daughter of William Thomas.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0475.jp2"}, "476": {"fulltext": "m\\n480\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n^1\\n81ie was boin June 29, 1839, and by her union\\nwitli Mr. Brown, has become the mother of three\\nchildren: Avilla F., who is married to J. F. Rob-\\nerts, resides in Monterey Township, Allegan\\nCounty; George O., who assists in conducting the\\nhome farm; he went to try his luck at mining in\\nColorado, in 1886, where he remained for four\\nyears, when he concluded that Michigan was the\\nplace for him. Orpha M., the third child, was\\nmarried to Frank Sliip, March 17. 1892, and is liv-\\nin Monterey Township.\\nThe Republican party claim our subject as one\\nof its active members. He came to Allegan\\nCounty m 1864, and has thus witnessed the mar-\\nvelous growth of this section. His good wife is a\\nmember of the United Brethren Churcli, and is a\\nlady, who, by her upright life, has won many\\nwarm friends.\\n^=^EORGE II. ANDERSON, President of the\\nII ^w Michigan Paper Company, is well known as\\n^^ill a pioneer and prominent citizen of Plain-\\nwell, where he has a beautiful residence in an\\nattractive portion of the cit}-. His thrifty and\\npersevering disposition, which has contributed so\\nlargely to his success, is inherited from a long line\\nof worthy Scotch ancestors. His paternal grand-\\nfather, Daniel, emigrated, when a j^oung man,\\nfrom his native home in the Land of the Thistle\\nto the United States, settling in Fulton County\\nN. Y., when it was considered the outskirts of\\ncivilization. He cleared and improved a large\\ntract of land, where he passed away at a ripe old\\nage. His family comprised four sons and two\\ndaughters, onlj one of whom still lives (1892)\\nMrs. Rosanna Richardson, a lady of eight3 j ears.\\nThe fatlier of our subject, John Anderson, was\\nborn in Fulton County, N. Y., December 29, 1797,\\nand was reared to farming pursuits. He was mar-\\nried to Miss Laura Rice, also a native of Fulton\\nCounty, where her birth occurred February 19,\\n1799. Some time after their union, they came West\\nby way of the lakes to Detroit, and from there to\\nGrass Lake, Jackson County. There Mr. Anderson\\nleft his wife and children, and started out on foot\\nin search of desirable Government land. He\\nreached Gun Plaiu Township, Allegan County,\\nJune 20, 1834, when almost the only inhabitants\\nwere Indians, and the county had not yet been\\ndivided into townships.\\nAfter securing a suitable location on the banks\\nof tiie Kalamazoo River, in what is now the village\\nof Plaiiiwell, Mr. Anderson took up about four\\nhundred acres and then brought his family hither.\\nA vacant house stood on the plains about a mile\\ndistant and there the wife and children remained\\nwhile he built a log house for their occupancy.\\nThen he commenced the task of clearing the land\\nand cultivating the soil, which he did with the\\nassistance of the other members of the family.\\nIndians were numerous on both sides of the Kala-\\nmazoo, but they were a friendly triije and often\\nIjrought their white neighbors venison and wild\\ngame.\\nIn politics, Mr. Anderson was first a Whig, hut\\nafter the organization of the Republican party%\\nadhered to its principles. He platted an addition\\nto the village of Plainwell, where he served as\\nPostmaster for twent^^ years. Justice of the Peace,\\nSchool Inspector, Supervisor and Associate Judge.\\nReligious!} he was connected with the Presby-\\nterian Church, which he aided in organizing in\\nPlainwell, and also assisted in the erection of its\\nliouse of worship on the plains, about two miles\\nnorth of the present site of the village. After-\\nward the building was moved to near Plainwell and\\nsold to the Catholics. Mr. Anderson also aided\\nmaterially in the erection of the First Presbyterian\\nChurch, which stands on a lot adjoining the resi-\\ndence of our subject, and served as Trustee and\\nDeacon until his death January 17, 1877. His\\nwife passed away February 19, 1879, on the anni-\\nversary of her eightieth birthday-.\\nOur subject is the only member of the family,\\nwith the exception of a sister, Mariette, the wife\\nof Luther R. Delano, of Plainwell. George H.\\nwas born in Mayfteld, Fulton County, N; Y., Octo-\\nber 22, 1827, and was about six years old when he\\naccompanied his parents to this State. He first\\nattended school in a log house which stood one\\nand one-half miles from his home, and which was", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0476.jp2"}, "477": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGKATHH AI, Iv IXORD.\\n4\u00c2\u00ab1\\nprimitive both in furnisliiiiffs and niothofl of in-\\nstruition. Among tlie plavmates of his chihlhood\\nyears were the Indians, among whom he had numer-\\nous aciiiiaiiitances. Wliile goinsT to and from scliool,\\nlie would often see large herds of deer, and in the\\ndistance could he heard the howling of wolves.\\nAVhen ahout eighteen years old, Mr. Anderson\\nattended the l raneh School in Kalamazoo, when\\nDr. Stone was the iirincipal, and afterward spent\\ntwo years at Olivet College. After his education\\nwas completed, he worked on his father s farm\\nduring the summer season, and taught school in\\nthe winter until he was married. That important\\nevent occurred June 2.5, 1852, his wife being .Miss\\nElizabeth Woodhams. a native of Croydon,. Surrej\\nCounty, England, who was born May 1, 183.3. Mrs.\\nAnderson came to America with her parents (now\\ndeceased), reaching New York October 12, 1846,\\nand coming directh to Plainwell, this .State.\\nIn Sei)teinber, 1852, Mr. Anderson and his wife,\\nwith a party of friends, started for California, sail-\\ning from New York in the ship Green Point\\nand rounding Cape Morn. Eor tweuty-eighl d.ays\\nthe were off the cape in a gale, and during that\\ntime the sun w.as visible for almost the entire\\ntwenty-four hours of the dny. After a voyage of\\nfive months they reached San Francisco, March 11,\\n1853, and soon afterward settled in Santa Clara\\nValley on a ranch near Redwood City, where Mr.\\nAnderson engaged in stock-raising for one year.\\nAt that time Mrs. Anderson was the only white\\nwoman in the valley.\\nReturning to .San Francisto, Mr. Anderson pnr-\\ncha.sed a dairy farm near the city, and there re-\\nmained until the fall of 185 when he sold out\\nand returned to Michigan via the Isthmus of\\nPanama. He engaged in the mercantile business\\nin I laiuwell and also operated two hundred acres\\nnear the village, continuing to manage the latter\\nafter he sold the former in ISfill. He now gives\\nhis alteiiti(ui largely to the management of his\\nfarm of two hundred acres and his property in\\nthe village, which consists of tenement and other\\nhouses. He was one of the original stock-holders\\nand organizers of the Michigan Paper Companj\\nin Plainwell, and for the past three years has\\nserved as its President. The company employs\\nbetween sixty and seventy men, and has ;i cajia-\\ncity of about thirty-live t(jns of [taper per week.\\nMr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of six\\nchildren: George W., who was born March 21t,\\n1H53, in San Francisco, was with the (irand Rajiids\\nIndiana Railroad for seventeen years, serving\\nas passenger conducttu- for fourteen years, and he\\nis now freight conductor on the Chicago A- West\\nMichigan, and lives in Grand Rapids. Edward J.,\\nwhose birth occurred .Sei)tember 1854, in San\\nFrancisco, is a resident of Plainwell and a success-\\nful attorney of this section. Ella E., born .lanuary\\n25, 1857, in San Francisco, is the wife of Frank M.\\nHall, of Grand Rapids, who is connected with the\\nStandard Oil Companj-, of Chicago. Ida M., who\\nwas born in San Francisco, November 18, 1858,\\nmarried .John W. (Jilkey, manager of the Michigan\\nPaper Company. Edith E., who was born Novem-\\nber 1, 1860, in Plainwell, Mich., is the wife of\\nLouis Pfeiffer, jiroprietor of the Windsor Hotel,\\nof South Hend, Ind. Louis C, who was born Veh-\\nruaiy 21, 1876, in Plainwell, Mich., is at home.\\nIn his political atliliations, Mv. Anderson is a\\nRepublican, and has served as delegate to county\\nand district conventions, but has never been an\\nollice-.seeker. He and his wife were formerly identi-\\nfied with the lJa))tist Church, but are now members\\nof the Presbyterian Church at Plainwell. He\\nwas a charter member of Lodge No. 120, I. O.\\nO. F. For several years he has served as a mem-\\nber of the School Board, and h.os alwa\\\\s taken an\\nactive interest in educational matters. For some\\ntime he was President of the Union Agricultural\\n.\\\\ssociation at Plainwell and also served on the\\nVillage lioard.\\n14+\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0[S_\\nVl\\nJUD.SON L. AU.STlN,oiie of the enterprising\\nand succes.sful farmers of Allegan County,\\nresiding on -ection 6, claims New York as\\nthe .State of his nativity. His parents, Au.s-\\ntin G, and .Susan (Van Winkle) Austin, were also\\nnatives of New York, and the father there followed\\nfarming until 1847, when he brought his family to\\nMichigan, For two years he rented a farm in\\nWatson Township, .Vllegan County, ami then pur-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0477.jp2"}, "478": {"fulltext": "482\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nchased land on section 7, Trowbridge Township.\\nIt was a wild farm, entirel} unimproved, but with\\nthe help of his sons Mr. Austin transformed it into\\nrich and fertile fields. The Indians were still nu-\\nmerous in the settlement at the time of his arrival,\\nand the usual experiences of frontier life were\\nborne by the family. Mr. Austin took considerable\\ninterest in political affairs, supporting the Demo-\\ncratic party, and held the offices of Town Treasurer\\nand Town Commissioner. He and his wife were\\nmembers of the Methodist Church, and w-ere highly\\nrespected people. Her death occurred in 1871,\\nbut Mr. Austin survived until 188(5.\\nOur subject was their third child, his birth\\noccurring in Steuben County, N. Y., in June, 1836,\\nbut wiieu a lad of ten summers, he came with the\\nfamily to Michigan. His educational advantages\\nwere limited in earl^^ .youfh, but he afterward at-\\ntended the public schools of Allegan, paying his\\ntuition with money which he had earned. His\\nlifework has been that of farming. He remained\\nat home until he had attained his majority, when\\nhe purchased eighty acres of swamp land from the\\nGovernment, on section 24, Cheshire Township,\\nand removed hither.\\nIn 1861. Mr. Austin married Miss Sarah E.,\\ndaughter of Benjamin W. and Almira E. (Sargent)\\nColburn, who removed from New York to Mich-\\nigan in 1838. After six months, thej located on\\na farm on section 6, Trowbridge Township, where\\nfor miles around there was nothing but woods. A\\nlog cabin was built and continued to be their home\\nfor a number of years. The ceaseless activity and\\nenterprise of Mr. Colburn resulted in the develoji-\\nnient of a highly-cultivated farm. After the death\\nof his first wife, he was again married and is still\\nliving at the age of seventy-seven 3 ears. But two\\nof his children grew to adult age and Mrs. Austin\\nis now the only surviving one. She was born on\\nthe old homestead in this township, April 18, 1843,\\nand prior to her marri.age engaged in teaching\\nschool. Mr. and Mrs. Austin began their domestic\\nlife upon his farm in Cheshire Township, and their\\nhome has been blessed b^ the presence of three\\nchildren: George A., who is a graduate of Ypsilanti\\nBusiness College; Benjamin B., who was a sludent\\nin the High School in Allegan, and Fred P., who\\nI\\nwas graduated from that school. It will thus be\\nseen that the children received excellent educa-\\ntional advantages, and of their sons the parents\\nmay well be proud.\\nDuring the late w ar, feeling that the country\\nneeded his services, Mr. Austin enlisted in August,\\n1862, as a member of Companv B, Nineteenth\\nMichigan Infantry, and with his command was\\nsent to Louisville, Ky. For four weeks he was sick\\nbut on his recoverv joined his regiment at Knox-\\nville, Teun. The command was assigned to the\\nSecond Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps.\\nAt the battle of Spring Hill, Tenn., Mr. Austin\\nwas captured, but,after a month s incarceration in\\nLibbj Prison, was exchanged and returned to\\nduty. He returned and joined his regiment at\\nLouisville, Ky., after which he participated in the\\nAtlanta campaign, during which he was under fire\\nevery day fc r three months, w.as with Sherman\\non the celebrated march to the sea, took part in\\nthe Savannah campaign, in the battles of Resaca,\\nCassvilie, New Hope Church, (Jolgotha, Peaclitree\\nCreek, Savannah, Averysboro, Goldsboro and\\nBentonville, and was present at the surrender of\\nGen. Joseph E. Johnston. He received his dis-\\ncharge, Maj 29, 1865, after three years of faithful\\nservice. He was once slightl3 wounded in the\\nhand, but otherwise escaped personal injury ex-\\ncept that he yet feels the effect of hard service.\\nOn his return to the North, Mr. Austin traded\\nhis farm for his present home, paying 81,200 addi-\\ntional. He has now one hundred and eighty acres\\nof valuable land, ninety of which is under cultiva-\\ntion, although only fifteen acres had been cleared\\nat the time of his purchase. All of the buildings\\nare of his own construction and stand as monu-\\nments to his thrift and enterprise. His present\\nresidence was erected in 1889, and is a comfortable\\nhome. In connection with general farming he\\ncarries on stock-raising, making a specialty of IIol-\\nstein cattle and gr.aded sheep. He also has some\\ngood draft horses and a fine team of roadsters.\\nSocially, he is a member of C. J. Bassett Post, No.\\n56, of Allegan, of which he has served as Comman-\\nder, and was also Master of Allegan Central Grange\\nfor many }ears. His wife has also held offices in\\nthat society. Mr. Austin belongs to the Odd Fel-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0478.jp2"}, "479": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0479.jp2"}, "480": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0480.jp2"}, "481": {"fulltext": "J}l^^J.^Ji", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0481.jp2"}, "482": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0482.jp2"}, "483": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND LlOGRAPlllCAL RECORD\\n487\\nlows Lodijp, in whicli he lias filled all the chairs\\nand is a charter nietulier of the Kncanipnieiit and\\nUniformed Rank, of wiiicli he lias served as Secre-\\ntary. For many years, he has been School Direc-\\ntor, and the cause of education finds in him a\\nwarm friend, lie has served as Overseer of High-\\nways, and, in 1)^!K), was I nitcd States Census\\nKnumerator. lie takes considerable interest in\\n]K)lities, supporting the Republican part3 For man j\\nothei offices he has been nominated, but, owing to\\ntiie large Democratic majority, failed of election.\\nHe and his wife iiuld a iiigh position in the social\\nworld and few ijcopii are more widely, and none\\nmore favuraliiy, known in the community than\\nthey. From a financial stand|)oint, the life of Mr.\\n.\\\\ustin has been an eminently successful one and\\nis now numbered among the substantial citizens of\\nthe county.\\nILLIA.Al (i. \\\\IcCUNTOCK. Among the\\n/-^jll m.any prosperous agriculturists of Alle-\\ny\\n^V^^ g ln County, we call the reader s attention\\nto the gentleman who is located c n section 24,\\nIIoi)kins Township. He is the son of Robert and\\nNancy (Smith) McClintock, natives of Northum-\\nberland County, Pa., who were reared and married\\nin their native State. The father was a soldier in\\nthe War of IH12, and a farmer by occupation. He\\nmoved from Pennsylvania to Livingston County,\\nN. Y., where he cleared up a farm and afterw.ard,\\nin 1H42, came to IMiciiigan and settled on a farm\\nin Irving Township, IJarry County, living in a\\nplank .shanty. Six yeai-s after this move was made,\\nho pas.sed from earth to life everlasting, February\\n10, 184y, the mother dying April 4, 1883. They\\nwere the parents of eight children (four now liv-\\ning), and were members of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, he holding several offices in the church in\\nNew York. In politics he was a Whig.\\nOur subject w.a.s born September 1, 18.32, in\\n(ienesee Township, Livingston County, N. Y., and\\nwas ten years old when the family removed to\\nMichigan. He received but little schooling when\\na boy and worked all summer, when twelve years\\n22 A\\nold driving and Itreaking a team at a salary of\\noil per monlii. He had to work very hard\\nduring the siunmers to get what little learning he\\ndid in the winters. He began for himself when\\nfifteen years old, hiring out b}- the month to Mr.\\nIlanna. Later he worked on a farm during the\\nday and did diores in the evening for William P.\\nHristol about two yeais. The next two j ears\\nwere occupied at a hotel at Il.astings. He next\\nwent tf) Battle Creek, and hired out as a stage\\ndriver between Kalamazoo and Orand IJa|)ids, and\\nthen went to St. .Joseph Count} and drove be-\\ntween Flowcrfield and Constantinc. lie wa.s en-\\ngaged in this business twelve years in all.\\nIn 1858 our subject went to Kalamazoo Count}-\\nand hired out to a farmer for three summers in\\nKiciiland Township. After that he came U) Alle-\\ngan County and |)urchased forty acres of land\\nwhere he now lives. June 10, 1861, was the date\\nof the marriage of our subject and Miss Jane E.\\nWhitney, a daughter of ICzra and Hannah XL\\n(De|)uy) Whitney, both natives of New York.\\nThey came to the city of Orand Rapids when\\nthere were but two or three houses there, and\\ncame to Allegan County in 18.54 where they are\\nnow engaged in the hotel business at Bradley, and\\nare both in splendid health for people of their\\nages. .Seven children came to brighten their home,\\nfour of whom are living. The father was a sol-\\ndier in the late war .is was also his eldest son,Charle3\\nMrs. McClintock w.as born May 4, 1843,at Ca.scade,\\nKent County, Mich., and received a good district\\nschool education.\\nMr. and Mrs. McClintock are the parents of five\\nchildren: Charley C. married Alice Damoth and\\nhas one child; Libbie A., the wife of F lwin\\nBrewer, lives in this towriship and h.as a family\\nof three children; Mina L., the wife of Frank\\nCongden of this township; Mabel whf\u00c2\u00bb is\\ntwelve j-ears of age; Frank Clyde, ten years of\\nage. All have or are receiving a good school ed-\\nucation.\\nThe original of this sketch has a good place of\\none hundred and sixty acres, ail under good cul-\\ntivation except ten acres. He cleared ninet} acres\\nof it himself and at the same time worked for the\\nGrand Rai)ids and Iiiili. inii Kailroad, earning ii 200.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0483.jp2"}, "484": {"fulltext": "488\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn 1884 the fine residence in which the family now\\nreside was erected at a cost of $2,300. It is one\\nof the most substantial and most attractive in the\\ntownship. Two barns also adorn the place, 30x60\\nand 26x50, respectively, and all other necessary\\noiithuildings. Mr. McClintock has lived on this\\nplace thirty-one years and began with almost\\nnothing- but a willing heart and a strong hand.\\nHe carries on general farming and the dair}\\nbusiness, keeping twenty-two splendid milch\\ncows, and has shipped milk to Grand Rapids for\\nthe past ten jears. He has an orchard of two\\nacres on this place.\\nSocially, our subject is a member of the Free and\\nAccepted Masons and has been Secretar}- and Treas-\\nurer of the local order. He and his wife are mem-\\nbers of the Grange, he having been Overseer and\\nshe Flora. He lias been Moderator of the local\\nschool district and in politics is a stalwart Demo-\\ncrat in general elections, but in local affairs votes\\nfor the best man.\\nIn connection with this biographical notice\\nwe are pleased to present the lithographic portraits\\nof Mr. and Mrs. McClintock.\\nj,.}..{..j..5.|-.\\n^p^EORGE BOWLES. In this gentleman we\\n(if excellent example for young men\\n^JJ^ just embarking in the field of active life\\nto follow, showing what may be accomplished by a\\nman beginning poor, but honest, prudent and in-\\ndustrious. He is a substantial farmer on sections\\n21 and 22, Ganges Township, Allegan County,\\nwhere he is carrying on farming and fruit-growing\\nextensively on one hundred and thirty broad\\nacres.\\nThe father of our subject was George Bowles, a\\nnative of Kent County, England, where he was\\nreared on a farm to farming pursuits. In early\\nlife he enjoyed but few advantages. His school\\ndays were few and limited, yet he was a great\\nreader and was well posted for a man of that early\\nday. He led the life of a farmer, and never left\\nhis native country. In 1824, George Bowles, Sr.,\\nwas married to Sarah Knaper, the mother of our\\nsubject, a native of England, where she was born\\nin 1810. To this couple were born nine children,\\nall of wliom grew to years of maturity, except\\none. Those living are named: George, .Jr. (our\\nsubject); William, of England; Henrj of Ganges\\nTownship; and Charles, also of England. The\\ndeceased are Sarah, Mary, Caroline, Edmond, and\\none who died in infancy. The grandfather of our\\nsubject was also named George Bowles, and was a\\ngardener in England.\\nThe gentleman of whom this sketch is a life\\nrecord was born in Kent County, near London,\\nEngland, Ma^ 1, 1827. Here he was reared, re-\\nceiving but poor advantages for an education, and\\nwe find him, at the j outhful age of fifteen years,\\ntr3 ing to make his own livelihood by hiring out to\\nfarmers. He was married, in 1835, to Sarah, a\\ndaughter of .John and Sarah Hardaway. To this\\ncouple nine children came to brighten their home.\\nThree of these died in infancy, and two after\\ngrowing to womanhood: Alice J., wife of K. Sher-\\nman, and Rose A., wife of Thomas Symons. Those\\nyet living are George; John; Sarah, who married\\nWilliam Daily; and Mary, who married William\\n.J. Demiiig.\\nIn 1850, our subject came to the United States^\\nlocating in New York for two years, afterward\\nliving for eleven years in Kosciusko County, Ind.,\\nand in the year 1863 removed with his family to\\nthis count} and took up the farm on wliich he at\\npresent resides. He purchased two hundred .acres\\nof unimproved land, but sold seventy acres, now\\nhaving one hundred and thirty acres which are\\nunder the best of improvements. Twenty-five\\nacres of this is set in fruit, in which he takes a\\ngreat interest and in which he has been more than\\nordinarily successful. Mr. Bowles career was be-\\ngun as a poor boy, as before stated. By energy\\nand perseverance, united with economy and good\\nbusiness qualificatious, he has secured a competency\\nbesides the respect and esteem of all with whom\\nhe comes in contact. He has ever strictly observed\\nthat important factor in the successful public or\\nbusiness-life of anyone honesty. He is a careful,\\nconscientious business man, ever adhering to the\\ndictates of his conscience in matters both of a pub-\\nlic and private nature.\\nMr. Bowles has been honored by local offices,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0484.jp2"}, "485": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n489\\nanioiii; tliiMii hciiiu Iliijlnvay Cdiiiniissionpr, which\\nlie lias liekl two years, and also being Drainage\\nConiniissiouer for two years. Tlic duties of\\nthese iKxilions lie discharged faithfully and\\nconscientiously. He and his worthy companion\\nfire valued and consistent mcinbers of the United\\nHivthreii Church. In i)olitics, 5Ir. Howies casts his\\nvole for the man, irres[)ective of part}- principles.\\ntJ-r\\nI I I 1 I\\nS^- IIAHI.KS fUHSOX, a retired farmer, is at\\npresent residing on his beautiful farm of\\ni^ eighty acres on section 9, Jlonterey Towu-\\nshi)), Allegan County. He has been industrious,\\nand has manifested good judgment in all his nn-\\ndertiikings, and, as is usually the case with those\\nwho [lossess these traits of cliaracter, fortune has\\nshowered blessings upon him. Our subject is the\\nson of James and Mary (I omeroy) Gibson, natives\\nof Westmoreland Countj-, Pa., where Charles was\\nborn October 11, 1811.\\nWhen our subject was seven years old, his par-\\nents came West as far as Wayne County, Ohio,\\nafter which they removed to Hancock County,\\nsame .State. Charles (iibson remained at home un-\\ntil reaching his majority, assisting his fatlier in the\\nwork of clearing and improving his farm, .and\\nthus became acquainted with all the detail of life\\nin the country.\\nCharles Gibson was united in marriage with\\nSarah liaird, November 14, 1833. Their union has\\nbeen blessed by the birth of fourteen children,\\neight of whom are living, three dying in infancy.\\nMi-s. liaird passed from this life, October 16, 1889,\\nbeing seventy-four years of age. William enlisted\\nin the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry during the\\nRebellion, and served until the close of the war,\\nbut died before receiving his discharge, in June,\\n186. The other members of the family were\\nnamed Isaac, John (who died at the age of thirty-\\neight years), Mary Ann, Nancy Loraine, George\\nP.. Charles 15., Jasper L., .Sarah (who died when\\ntwo years of age); Jeremiah F.. who lives with his\\nfather, and married Lilli.an H.. daughter of John\\nW. Cronk, and liy that union has become the father\\nof three children: Gertrude. Sarah K. and Robert\\nE. He manages the home farm for his father, who\\nmakes his home with him, having attained to the\\nadvanced age of eighty years. I.saiah Clinton, the\\nyoungest son, married Klla K. Cronk, and is the\\nparent of three children; Edna ^l., Roy Edward\\nand Flossie May.\\nWhen our subject came to Allegan County, all\\nhis worldly possessions consisted of a yoke of oxen\\nand a few household goods. He was a good hunts-\\nman, and kejit his family sui)i)lied with wild game,\\nshooting the first year eighty deer, fourteen wild\\ncats and forty coons. They endured bravel^^ all\\nthe hardships which life in a new country entails,\\nthe snow the first winter, in 1851, being over three\\nfeet deep. It was thus very difficult to get about\\nbut by hard laljor he soon brought his land to an\\nexcellent state of cultivation, and it to-day j-ields\\na handsome increase. Our subject has forty-five\\ngrand-children living, nine deceased, and tengreat-\\ngrand-childrcn living.\\nkORENZO D. BALLOr, a capitalist residing\\nat Otsego, is prominent in the business cir-\\ncles of Allegan County as au astute and\\nfar-sighted financier, wliose enterprise, at once\\nbold and cautious, has secured him an .assured\\nplace among the mone3 ed men of Southern Michi-\\ngan. He is a native of the neighboring State of\\nOhio, born in Independence Township, Cuyahoga\\nCounty, March 20, 1824. His father was Philan-\\nder Balhiu, who was born in New York in 1800.\\nHe w.as a pioneer farmer and carpenter of Ohio in\\nearh manhood, and was still in life s prime when\\nhe came to ^^lichigan in 1830. He w.as an active\\nand useful i)ioneer of this State during the few\\nshort years of life that were left to him, but his\\ncareer was brought to a close October 20, 183.5. at\\nYpsilanti,by his untimely death. His widow, who\\nbore the maiden name of Sarah Comstock, re-mar-\\nried, and removed to Ctah, where she died.\\nOur subject was one of three children. He\\ngained the preliminaries of his education in the\\ndistrict schuols. and siibseciuently pui-sued a fine\\ncourse of sluily in the High School at Yiisilanti,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0485.jp2"}, "486": {"fulltext": "490\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhere he obtained high rank for good scholarship.\\nHe was yet quite young when he began to battle\\nwith the world, forced thereto b} the necessity of\\nhaving to help support his mother and famil_v.When\\nabout fifteen years old, he went to Kalamazoo to\\nlearn the art of printing, and was an apprentice\\nunder John H. McBride. Later he went to work\\nin the office of the Gazette, and I emained in Kala-\\nmazoo about three years. In 1841 he went to De-\\ntroit and continued his trade in the office of the\\nConstitutional Democrat, and after that set type on\\nthe Free Press. We next hear of him at Niagara\\nFalls, where he prosecuted his calling for awhile.\\nHe finally drifted to New York City in 1845, and\\nwas employed on some of the leading papers of the\\nmetropolis for several j-ears, at first securing a\\nposition in the office of the Sun, then in that of\\nthe Herald, and finally, as an employe in the typo-\\ngraphical department of the Tribune, it was his\\ngood fortune to come under the notice of that\\neminent journalist, Horace Greeley. At the first he\\nacted as sub, but in two weeks was given a regular\\ncase. He even then had an eye for business, and,\\nprudently saving his money, soon had enough to\\nbuy a share of the stock of the paper, purchasing\\nit of .Tohn F. Cleveland, and at a later day selling\\nit to Bayard Taylor, the renowned poet and trav-\\neler. He continued his connection with the Tribune\\nfor several years, and rose high in the esteem of\\nhis employers, who often sent him out as a reporter,\\nand in that capacity he was sometimes a visitor in\\nthe penitentiar} at Sing Sing.\\nIn 1855, Mr. Ballon abandoned newspaper work,\\nleaving the Tribune office, where he had so long\\nlabored, with sincere regret, and coming back to\\nMichigan, he established himself in the mercantile\\nbusiness, in partnership with his brother Byron, at\\nOtsego, and continued in that line until 1864.\\nDuring that time he visited New York twice a\\nyear to buy goods, and he always called on his old\\nfriend Horace Greeley, from whom he was sure of\\na warm welcome. In the year last-mentioned, our\\nsubject, who, like his old patron, had a taste for\\nagricultural pursuits, turned his attention to farm-\\ning in Otsego Township, and devoted himself to\\ntilling the soil until 1872, when he was appointed\\nmail agent, his route extending from Grand I^ap-\\nids to Elkhart, Ind. In 1879, he gave up that\\noffice, and returned to his farm of two hundred\\nand forty acres, which he afterward sold, and has\\nsince resided in the pleasant village of Otsego,\\nwhere he has extensive property interests, and\\nconducts a good business in loaning monej at a\\nsatisfactory rate of interest. He possesses a strong,\\nclear mind that has been broadened by contact\\nwith the world of men and letters, and his wide\\nexperience, knowledge of affairs, and read}- tact\\ngive him weight and inlluence, not only in money\\nmatters, but in all that concerns the best interests\\nof village and county, with which he is thoroughlj-\\nidentified. He is a leader among the Republicans\\nof this vicinity and is active in the councils of his\\nparty at county conventions and other political\\ngatherings. He is fond of traveling, and familiar-\\nized himself with the West by an extensive tour\\nthroughout that part of the United States a few\\nyears ago.\\nIt was during his sojourn in the East that our\\nsubject was married in the city of Brooklyn, in\\n1848, to Miss Sarah E. Bont, a native of Ulster\\nCounty, N. Y. Theirs has been a congenial union;\\nwhose only sorrow has been in the death of two\\nof their sons, Seth H. and Frank. Their only sur-\\nviving son, Dow W., is married and lives at Grand\\nRapids, where he keeps a drug store. Mrs. Ballou\\npassed away from this earth October 23,1891,\\nleaving a large circle of friends to mourn her loss\\nand respected by all who knew her.\\n-5-\\ng i\\ni\\nifiy-\\nOHN F. EESLEY. Business men of Plain-\\nwell, as of other enterprising towns, are its\\nbone and sinew, and draw to its centraliz-\\ning influences such citizens as are of profit,\\nand will forward its prosperity. The genuine push\\nof the Westerner is shown in the gentleman whose\\nname heads this sketch, and who is the proprietor\\nof the Eesley Mills.\\nHamilton County, Ontario, was the native place\\nof our subject, his birth occurring December 11,\\n1859. His father, Alfred R. Eesley, was born at\\nStafford, Warwickshire, England, where he prose-\\ncuted the same business in which our subject is so-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0486.jp2"}, "487": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRArillCAL RECORD.\\n491\\nprofitably cnsra^cd, and which was the occupation\\nof many of his ancestors. On making his iiomc in\\nthe New World, which he did in 1856, Alfred Ees-\\nley came to Ontario, where he was engaged in\\nmilling for several years. At the present time he\\nis engaged in the same business in Birmingham,\\nOakland County, this State. lie is a member of\\nthe IJapUst C luircli, and is a ver\\\\- prominent and\\ninfluential man in his county.\\nMiss .lennie (ioldie was the maiden name of our\\nsubject s mother, and her birthplace was Ayr,\\nScotland. She accompanied her parents to Amer-\\nica in 1H44, they locating in Montreal, Canada.\\nFor twti hundred years or more the male portion\\nof the (4oldie family have been millwrights. Mr.\\nEesley is the eldest of a family of ten children, all\\nof whom are living. His elementary education\\nwas obtained in the village schools of Plottsville,\\nOntario, and later in New York City, where his\\nparents resided for a time. After their removal to\\nMichigan, he again took up his studies in the\\nschools of Hirminghan, and thus to-day is a cul-\\ntured and educated gentleman.\\nOur subject learned the trade of a miller under\\nthe instruction of his father, and in the spring of\\n1881 came to Plainwell, and engaged to work for\\nthe Merrill Milling Company. He remained with\\nthem for about eighteen months, when he went to\\nl.iK kport, 111., where he spent about a twelve-\\nmonth. Later he went South to Eufaula, Ala.,\\nbut soon came to Huntington, Ind., and from there\\nwent to Coshocton and Frazicrburg, Ohio. He\\nworked at his trade in all those different cities,\\nand in 1887 returned to Plainwell, determined to\\nmake that city his permanent abiding place.\\nMr. Eesle3 worked hard at his trade, and, by the\\nexercise of economy, soon saved a sum which en-\\nabled liim to purcli. i.se a mill, and he now ownstlie\\nonly steammill in Plainwell, which is equipped\\nwith all the modern apjilianccs by which he can\\nturn out Hour in a remarkably short time. He\\nmanufactures flour, feed, buckwheat flour, etc ,and\\nsu|)))lics an increasing demand at home and in the\\nnciglilioring towns. Mr. Eesley thoroughly under-\\nstands the art of a millwright, and has the confi-\\ndence of a large circle of friends.\\nMiss Ilelle .Scott became the wife of our subject\\nin 188. She is a native of Oun Plain Township,\\nAllegan C (junly, and a daughter of Henry K. and\\nEliza Scott, natives of the Empire State. Mr. Ees-\\nley, always an ardent temperance man, votes the\\nProhibition ticket. Socially, he is a Knight of the\\nMaccabees, and in his chinch relations is a mem-\\nber of the Paptist society. He is rapidly building\\nuf) foi- himself an enviable reputation, and we are\\npleased to be able to present to our readeis a sketcli\\nof so woitliv a gentleman.\\n11\u00c2\u00ae^\\nk@:E\\nftJLLIAM BAR1S E.S. Among the prominent\\n\\\\jjj// \u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind active citizens of Allegan County we\\nwW point to the gentleman of whom we write,\\nwho is a successful tiller of the soil on section\\nAllegan Township, where he owns a fine farm of\\ntwo hundred and sixty-seven ncies. He is a na-\\ntive-l)( rn sou of New York, having had his birth\\nin Newburgh, Orange County, September 13, 1856.\\nHe is the first in order of birth in a family of\\nfive children born U Nathaniel and Martha (War-\\ning) Barnes, natives of the same place as their\\nsou, our subject. His brothers .and sisters are\\nnamed Emma, .Tames W., Charles L. and F raiik.\\nHe received his education at Newburgh at the free\\nacademy, and afterward taught two years, and\\nwas then a salesman thirteen years in New York\\nCity in the produce business, he having had\\ncharge of the business of S. H. and E. JI. Frost.\\nOur subject was sent by this firm to Allegan,\\nMich., to settle up a business transaction, and re-\\nmained here for three months, and each year there-\\nafter for four years came to Allegan and remained\\nthree months for the tirui. In .Ijiiiuary, 1888, he en-\\ngaged in the road-carl inanufactuiing business\\nwith Willard R. Church, at Allegan, and ran this\\nbusiness two years; he then sold out and purchased\\nhis present farm, and is now engaged in the dairy\\nbusiness. Ho also hius some ver\\\\ line brood mares\\nand fine .lersey cattle.\\nThe father f)f our subject engaged (piite exten-\\nsively in farming and fiuit-i-aising, and also is\\ninterested in the dairy business. He is jet a resi-\\ndent of Orange County. N. Y. He was .Supervisor\\nof Newl)urgh some eight years. In i)olitics, he", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0487.jp2"}, "488": {"fulltext": "II\\n492\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nis a Democrat, and, with his wife, is a member of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Cliurch.\\nWilliam Barnes was united in marriage, in\\n1889, with Miss Louie Draper, of Allegan Count}-,\\nand a daughter of L. N. Draper, also of Allegan\\nCounty. No children have come to bless their\\nfireside. In politics, Mr. Barnes is a Democrat,\\nand is one of the sagacious and well-to-do busi-\\nness men of this county, liked and respected by\\nall and alwa\\\\-s willing to help others in the hard\\nstruggle of life. Tlic beautiful home in which he\\nand his wife reside is surrounded by fruits of all\\nkinds, and is made very attractive b} the wa^y in\\nwhich the grounds are tended.\\njOBERT ADKIN. The farmers and fruit-\\ngrowers of Casco Township, Allegan Count}\\nnumber among their most intelligent and\\nenterprising citizens the gentleman whose\\nname we have just given. He was born in Cam-\\nbridgeshire, England, in 1841, and is the son of\\nJames and Mary (Ilattlej Adkin. His father was\\nalso a native of the above-named counlj in Eng-\\nland, his birth occurring in 1817; the mother was\\nborn in 1819. The elder Mr. Adkin was married\\nwhen about twenty-three years of age, in 1849,\\nand in 1854 emigrated with his family to America,\\nlocating in Clinton County, Canada. He later re-\\nmoved to Dresden, Canada, where he purchased\\nfifty acres of land, on which he is residing at the\\npresent time, being seventy-five years of age; his\\ngood wife passed away in her seventy-third year.\\nThe grandfather of our subject came to Can-\\nada with his son James, where he spent his last\\ndays. Robert Adkin began to make his own waj\\nin the world after reaching his fourteenth j ear.\\nHis father being in limited circumstances, he gave\\nall his wages to help support the family until at-\\ntaining his majorit} The wife of the original of\\nthis sketch bore the maiden name of Mary A. Bur-\\nrow, daughter of John and Elizabeth (James) Bur-\\nrow. Mr. and Mrs. Adkin have been granted a famil}-\\nof four children, viz: Herschel, who married Miss\\nEdith Harrison; Addie, IMaude, and Nellie, who\\ndied when eleven years of .age.\\nMr. Adkin, of this sketch, came to the States in\\n1867, locating immediately in Casco Township,\\nAllegan County. He purchased eighty acres, which\\nis included in his present fine farm. His tract was\\nunimproved at the time it came into his posses-\\nsion, with the exception of a half-acre which had\\nthe timber felled upon it. With his characteristic\\nindustr} he set about the work of clearing and\\nimproving his land, adding thereto as his means\\nallowed, until at the present time he has one hun-\\ndred and seventy acres of as fine land as there\\nis in Allegan County. By a proper rotation of\\ncroi)S, his land has been brought to a high state\\nof cultivation, and the various buildings erected\\nwhich best subserve the purpose of the agriculturist.\\nSixteen acres of his farm is given to fruit-raising,\\nof which he has some choice varieties.\\nOur subject has held many township offices,\\nbut in politics is non-partisan. He is a member\\nof the Subordinate and Count}^ Grange, and, all\\nin all, is one of tlie wealth} and respected resi-\\ndents of Casco Township.\\nr\\nMLLIAM A. REYNOLDS. This gentleman\\n\\\\/\\\\I// retired from the active proprietorship\\nof his farming interests, and now rents his\\nplace, comprising one hundred acres, in Watson\\nTownship, Allegan County. He is a native of New\\nYork and was born in Jefl erson County, March 19,\\n1817. His father, David, likewise born in the\\nEmpire State, was a farmer b} occupation, and was\\nreared in Saratoga County, whither his parents\\nremoved when he was a child. There he was mar-\\nried to Miss Susan Hewett, a native of the same\\nState as himself, and the .young couple located at\\nfirst in Saratoga County. Thence they removed to\\nJefferson County, but after their location upon a\\nfarm therein, difficulties arose and they separated.\\nMr. Reynolds is the only surviving member in a\\nfamily consisting of thirteen children, and was the\\nyoungest child, with the exception of one that died\\nin infanc} His mother took him and some of the\\nolder children under her care, but was unable to\\nmaintain so large a family and, accordingly, when", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0488.jp2"}, "489": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n493\\nWilliam A. was only three 3-eai-s old, he was bound\\nout to a cousin, James Ilevvett. That geutleniau\\ntreated him in such a way that the citizens, becom-\\ninij indignant, took him from beneath his roof and\\nplaced iiim under the protection of anotlier cousin.\\nFrom the age of nine to fourteen, he lived with\\nWilliam ISIillcr, hut upon the death of his motlier\\nwent to live witli .lared Congdon and tliere made\\nhis home until he was married.\\nThat very important event in the life of ^Ir.\\nReynolds took pl.ace Februarj- 5, 1837, when Miss\\nMar^ Russell became his wife. They became the par-\\nents of six cliildren, three sons and tliree daughters,\\nnamely: Edward II., of Cadillac, this State; Jane,\\nthe wife of JIartin V. Kent, of Watson Townsiiip;\\nElizabetli (Jlrs. Milo Barker), a resident of Fenn-\\nville, Mich.; Mary II., the wife of Horace Beach,\\nwhose home is on section 1, Watsou Township; Job\\nE., of Fennville, and William, who died when six\\nmonths old. The mother of these children died\\nMarch 30, 1872. Mr. Rej nolds was afterward\\nmarried, in 1873, to Mrs. Mary Palmer, the widow\\nof David Palmer.\\nA nntive of New Jersey, Mrs. Re\\\\ nolds was born\\n.January 23, 1817. and is the daughter of Chris-\\ntopiier and Sabra (Miller) Crose. Her father was\\nborn in Germany, whence he emigrated to Amer-\\nica, and was married to .Sabra Miller, who was born\\nnear the city of New York and reared in Elizabeth-\\ntown. Mr. and Mrs. Crose were the parents of\\neleven cliildren, all of whom lived to mature years.\\nAfter hk marriage, Mr. Reynolds resided at first in\\nMendon, Monroe County, N. Y., where for seven\\nyears he secured cm])lovment on a farm, being the\\nmost of the time engaged in running a threshing\\nmachine, lie removed from Mendon to Elba, in\\nfienesec County, .and worked land on shares, as\\nwell as operating a threshing machine for four\\nyeai-s.\\nIn 1811, Mr. Reynolds came to the State of\\nMichigan, soj(jurning in .Marshall, Calhoun County,\\nfor foui- weeks, and coming thence to Allegan\\nCounty. He remained one year in Gun Plain\\nTiiwnship, thence removed to Wat: on Township\\nand settled on section 12, where he now resiiies.\\nWhen he first came to this place, December 25,\\n181.J, he took up one hundred and sixty acres of\\nGovernment land and, cutting down some tim-\\nber, constructed a rude log liou.se, 18x24, after-\\nward putting up a log stable, 16x24. He used\\ncattle in breaking and clearing the land, and con-\\ntinued gradually to improve his farm until he\\nbrought it to its present development. In 1866,\\nhe removed from his log house into his two-story\\nframe residence, where he is now tianquillv p.ass-\\ning his declining years.\\nWhile most of his enterprises have met witli\\nsuccess, Mr. Reynolds has experienced some losses,\\nthe most serious of which was the loss of his barn\\nby fire, in 1833. Tiiis substantial building, which\\nwas 34x44 feet in dimensions, w.os taxed to its ut-\\nmost capacit)- at the time of its destruction, con-\\ntaining three hundred and sixty-two bushels of\\nwiieat, a threshing machine, fourteen tons of hay,\\nplatform scales, a corn-sheller, fanning-mill, and\\nmany other useful farming implements. Of h.s\\none hundred acres, eighty are under cultivation,\\nwhile the remainder is used for pasturage. In pol-\\nitics, he is a Republican, and has .served as Justice\\nof the Peace, School Director and Pathmaster. In\\nhis social relations, he is numbered among the\\nmembers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,\\nof Watson, and the Grange of the same place.\\nTEPHEN CASE. An influential position\\namong the farmci-s of Allegan County is\\nheld by this gentleman, who owns and oc-\\ncupies a farm on section 24, Watson Town-\\nshi)). lie was born in Henrietta Township, Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., May 20, 1824. His father, John\\nwas a native of Rhode Island, and was reared to\\nfarming pursuits, which he followed both in his\\nnative St,a,te and in New York. He was one of\\nthe early settlers of ilonroe County, where his\\ndeath took place when less than fifty veai-s old.\\nThe mother of our subject, who was known in\\nmaidenhood .as Elizabeth Holmes, was a native of\\nthe Empire State, and was twice married after the\\ndeath of Mr. Case.\\nStephen Cose is one in a family which numbered\\nfourteen children, two of whom died in infancy\\nand one at the age of nine 3-ears. At present", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0489.jp2"}, "490": {"fulltext": "494\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n(1892) four are living, uamel^y: Hannah, the wife\\nof Norman Boone, of Cuba Township, Allegany\\nCounty, N. Y.; Levi, a resident of Winona, Minn.;\\nStephen, our subject; and Mary, the widow of Syl-\\nvester Fay, and a resident of Cuba, N. Y. At the\\ntime of the death of his father, our subject, who\\nwas the eleventh child in order of birth, was still\\nquite young, and when ten years old he was taken\\ninto the home of his uncle, Charles Case, with\\nwhom he remained until he was twenty-two. His\\nschooling, which was limited, was received in the\\ndistrict schools of his native place and was early\\nbrought to a close by the necessity of self support.\\nFor four years IMr. Case worked upon a farm,\\nhis wages being $12 per mouth. In 1850 he re-\\nmoved to Cattaraugus County, N. Y., and with\\nthe earnings of the four years previous, he bought\\na farm of seventy-five acres and at once com-\\nmenced its cultivation. During the same year,\\n1850, he was married to Miss Sarah, the daughter\\nof Thomas and Mary (Taylor) Harris, natives of\\nEngland. Mr. Harris came to New York when\\nnineteen years old, and his wife emigrated to\\nAmerica when eleven years of age. They were\\nmarried in the Empire State, and became the par-\\nents of eleven children, all of whom grew to man-\\nhood and womanhood. Mrs. Case was born in\\nMonroe County, N. Y., March 19, 1828, and was\\nreared in Cattaraugus County, whither she removed\\nwhen six years old.\\nFor five years Mr. Case remained upon his farm\\nin Cattaraugus County, whence in 1855 he removed\\nto Michigan and located on section 13, Watson\\nTownship, Allegan County. The eighty-acre farm\\nwhich he here purcliased was covered with a dense\\nforest growth, and the first labor attem|)led by\\nhim was the cutting down of some timber and the\\nutilizing of it in the erection of a log house, 16x24\\nfeet in dimensions, and a log stable for the shelter\\nof his oxen. Until 1865 he used oxen in cultiva-\\nting his place, but at that time he sold them and\\nbought a team of horses. In 1870 he purchased\\nthe place where he now resides, and where he and\\nhis wife have established a pleasant home.\\nMr. and Mrs. Case are the parents of four chil-\\ndren, viz: Mary E., who was born in New York\\nin 1851, is the wife of James Fenner, and resides\\nwith her husband and their child on section 24,\\nWatson Township; Ardell S., whose birth occurred\\nin New York in 1853, married William Shepard,of\\nMartin Township; Ella A., who was born in AVat-\\nson Township in 1856, is the wife of William\\nHooper, of Gun Plain Township, Allegan County,\\nand has four daughters: Pearl, Delia, Clara and\\nTlieda; Julia P., who was born in Watson Town-\\nship in 1858, is the wife of Delvan Hooper, of\\njMartin Township. Mr. Case has retired from active\\nagricultural labor and rents his eighty-acre farm.\\nHe is a firm Republican, and at present is serving\\nas Justice of the Peace, Highway Commissioner,\\nand Health Officer of Watson Township, and has\\njust been elected Supervisor of his town.\\n-^3.\\n^-f^[\\nACKSON BAKER. Tliis honored gentleman,\\nwho makes his home on section 3, is tlie\\noldest pioneer in Hopkins Township, Alle-\\ngan County. His father, Harvey N. Baker,\\nwas a native of Massachusetts, his birth occurring\\nin May, 1803. His father, Esick Baker, was a soldier\\nin the War of 1812. The maiden name of the\\nmother of our subject was Catherine Shufelt; she\\nwas a native of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and of\\nDutch descent.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in the\\nEast and there made their home until coming to\\nMichigan, 111 1836. They stopped for a short time\\nin East Plain Township and in 1839 came to Hop-\\nkins Township, and, locating on section 28, were\\nthe third family to settle here. They found their\\nway to their new home by the aid of the blazed\\ntrees, as there were no roads laid out. His father s\\noriginal purchase of land consisted of eighty acres,\\nbut after clearing and cultivating this, he added\\nto it eighty acres and at the time of his decease\\nhad a very productive farm. Although the mem-\\nbers of the family were often supplied with wild\\nmeats, they suffered much from being deprived of\\nmany of the necessities of life and some times had\\nnothing to eat but potatoes and milk. Mr. Baker\\nhad to go to Otsego or Allegan in order to get his\\ngrain converted into flour. He died February 4,\\n1869, and his wife passed away the following year,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0490.jp2"}, "491": {"fulltext": "RE5IDENCL UF JACK30N BAKER, SEC. 3, HOPK i (Jo TR.ALLEGAM CO., MICH\\n^;i-.- r?;i;i; }t\u00c2\u00a3-?53*?=:^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00ab)\u00c2\u00abWJ. 7\\n^^^mf/f^^/^i/ y^^,^^\\n^xei tiff viLV/ or O^CM/wL^- ^-r,\\nsoMUasi^\\n,^,,^.-.^...f. Sr ^-^^^-i..\\n?v\\n^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6c--..\\ni-^ I I u V v r\\nRull rHKi^.RLjiuLi^CL yf ri.v^tiAr\\\\L/LiH,^L^-ijv-^\\\\s^^-^ j ii.,/-ALut", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0491.jp2"}, "492": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0492.jp2"}, "493": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n4^,\\nApril 18. Mr. Baker helped to organize Hopkins\\nTownsliip and was always active in loc-al affairs.\\nBefore the war lie was a Democrat, but later voted\\nthe Repuhlican ticket.\\nOur sul)jecl had thirteen lirotliers and sisters, all\\nof wlioni grew to maturity and eight of whom are\\nliving. He was born March 16, 1829, in Canada.\\nWhen seven years old, his parents came to I\\\\Iichigan\\nand when old encnigli to go to school he attended\\nthe first school ever organized in Hopkins Town-\\nsiiil). He remained at home until reaching his ma-\\njority, assisting liis father in clearing the lionie-\\nstead. At tiiat time lie went to work in the woods\\nand in clearing farms for otlier [leople. He was\\nthus engaged for two years when lie located on a\\ntract of his own.\\nNovember 10, 1854, our subject and Miss Emma\\nC., daughter of Cliester .and Lavina (Sperry)\\nAdams, were united in marriage. Her parents were\\nmarried in New York, of wliicli State the fatiier\\nwas a native, while her mother was born in Con-\\nnecticut. (Jrandfather Adams wasa soldier in the\\nRevolutionary War. Chester Adams, after spend-\\ning a few years in Indiana, came to Michigan and\\nlocated in Branch County when there were only\\nthree families in the township. Both parents died\\nin 1847 after having reared a family of nine chil-\\ndren, seven of whom are now living. Mrs. Baker\\nwas born August 21, 1833, in New York, and w.as\\nfourti en years of age when her parents died.\\nOur subject was married in Hillsdale County,\\nthis State, and located upon the eighty acres of\\nwild land which he had purchased. He now owns\\none hundred acres, almost all of which is cleared\\nand under cultivation. He has resided upon his\\npresent farm for thirty-eight long years and is the\\noldest living pioneer in Hopkins Township. A\\nview of his cozy home, with the attractive rural\\nsurroundings, is presented on another page.\\nOur subject and his wife have been granted a\\nfamily of six children, five of whom are living:\\nClinton R. married Zelma Bear and resides in Hop-\\nkins Townslii|). J. Rosiiia. who is the wife of\\n(ieorge Kilgore, resides in Kalamazoo County. and\\nhas four children. Truman F. married HIaiichc\\nNichols; they make their home in this township;\\ntheir family includes two children. Belle L. is the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wife of Silas Hilhert, is llic inuili.T nl two cliihbcn\\n.Mild also makes her home in this township, as does\\n.loiiii M. who married .Maude E. Finch, by whom\\nhe hiis become the father of one child. The eldest\\nchild of our subject, Mary E., died in ()ctolK;r,\\n1885. She was born February 7, 18.55, and was the\\nwife of Albert T. JIudget. At her death she left\\nthree children: .lacksoii A., Rosa Belle and Carl S.\\nJlr. Baker carries on general farming, havinghis\\nplace well stocked with good grades of horses and\\ncattle. Mrs. Baker is a member of tlie Christian\\nChurch and with her husband belongs to the\\nOrange. Our subject has been a school ollicer of\\nhis district for the past twenty years. He has been\\nConstable of his township and extremely active in\\nevery good work. In politics, he is a Republican,\\nand with two brothers, Mih) and Edwin, served in\\nthe Civil War.\\n\\\\ll^^ EXKV li.VRDEN. Togivetlie sketcli of\\nj) the life history- of a prfuninent agriculturist\\nis a pleasant task, and we are pleased to\\nhave so good a subject as he whose name\\naiipears at the head of this iiaragraph the propri-\\netor of the West View Fruit Farm of eighty acres,\\non section 8, Casco Township, Allegan County.\\nHis tract is un ler excellent cultivation, thirty\\nacres being in fruit.\\nMr. Barden is a native of the Wolverine State,\\nhaving been born in Kalamazoo County. April 10.\\n1845. He is a son of Riciiard and Elizabeth Banlen,\\nfor a further notice of whom the reader is referred\\nto the sketch of .1. K. Harden, elsewhere in this\\nvolume. His early 3 ears were passed on the farm\\nand at the age of nine he accompanied his parents\\non their removal to Allegan County, where the\\nfamily of live made their home in a board cabin,\\ntwelve feet square. That rude dwelling soon gave\\nwav to a more comfortable abode whic-h the father\\nconstructed. There our subject grew to manhood\\nand attended the coiniiion schools, walking three\\nmiles during the .severe winter months to the house\\nof learning.\\nHenry C. Barden engaged to work out by the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0493.jp2"}, "494": {"fulltext": "498\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmouth after attaining liis twenty-seeonci ^^ear, and\\nwhen not thus employed was busy improving his\\nown land, which had been given him by his father\\nand which consisted of eighty acres. He was mar-\\nried, November 18, 1869, to Miss Flora R, daugh-\\nter of Nathaniel and Marietta (Atwood) Munger,\\nborn March 15, 1850. Mrs. Bardeu s mother died\\nwhen she was only three years of age; she is the\\nonly member living of a family of three, the other\\ntwo children dying in infancy. Her parents were\\nnatives of New York and pioneers of Casco Town-\\nship, Allegan County. After the death of her\\nmother, Mrs. Bardeu s father was married to Julia\\nA. Russell, and by that union became the parent\\nof three children, one of whom died in infancy.\\nClara is the wife of Louis Shumway, of Georgia,\\nand ^lary is the wife of Arthur McDowell.\\nAfter his marriage, the original of this sketch\\nlocated on his farm, and with his characteristic en-\\nergy soon placed his eighty acres under excellent\\nimprovement. He has erected good and sulistan-\\ntial buildings on his place, a view of whicli adorns\\nanother page. As a fruit-grower he is one of the\\nmost succesf ul in Allegan County. He is a great\\nlover of horses and has on his place some beautiful\\nand valuable animals.\\nThe union of our subject and his wife has been\\nblessed by the birth of a son and daughter: Charles\\nM. was born November 29, 1870, and Eva H., Jan-\\nuary 1.3, 1873. In politics, he is non-partisan, re-\\nserving the right to vote for the man whom he\\ntliinks will best All the office, regardless of party.\\nAs a citizen of tiiorough integrity, enterprise and\\nintelligence, Mr. Barden is highly prized in Allegan\\nCountv.\\n^I^OBERT CAMPBELL. Among the prominent\\nllUir and prosperous farmers of Allegan County,\\nIrf\\ndi Ji we name the subject of this sketch, who is\\nlocated on section 8, Allegan Township. He\\nwas born in Westmoreland County, Pa., May 13,\\n1815, to James and Jane (Armstrong) Campbell,\\nnatives of Mar3iand and Ireland, respectively. The\\nfather, of Scotch descent, was a large farmer in\\nPennsylvania, where he died. He held the office\\nof Treasurer of Ligonier, Westmoreland County,\\nPa., a number of years. Politically, he was a Demo-\\ncrat and religiously, a Presbyterian and an Elder in\\nthe church. Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell were\\nthe parents of seven children, their son Robert be-\\ning the only one now living.\\nRobert Campliell was reared on the farm to ag-\\nricultural pursuits and was united in marriage, in\\n1843, to Miss Sarah J. Sands, a native of Pennsyl-\\nvania and a daughter of James and Margaret\\n(Pioctor) Sands, also natives of the Keystone State.\\nThe father was by trade a boot and shoemaker.\\nThey had a family of three children, two now\\nliving: Mrs. Campbell and Margaret (Mrs. Nordike).\\nSix years after the marriage of our subject, he\\njourneyed to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where he\\nremained seven years engaged in farming. He then\\nwent to Trenton, Livingston County. Mo., and\\nafter remaining there two 3 ears came to Allegan\\nCountv, Mich., and kept the Allegan House a short\\ntime. The lumber business then attracted the eye\\nof our subject and he went to Heath Township,\\nthis count3 ,and engaged in that business one year.\\nHe then came to the place where he now resides,\\nhaving purchased it five ears previously-. It was\\nall heavil}- timbered and notiiing on the place but\\na small shanty, where he and his familj lived for\\nfive years. He then built his jjresent fine residence,\\nwhich is a model home in every respect. On this\\nplace he carries on mixed farming and stock-raising,\\nkeeping fine Jersey cattle and imported horses of\\nthe Norman, Clydesdale and the Cleveland Bay\\ngrades.\\nMr. Campbell served efficiently as Justice of the\\nPeace of his township two years and was one of\\nthe Board of Review three years; Peach Commis-\\nsioner five years and was on the School Board for a\\nnumber of years. In politics lie is a stanch Demo-\\ncrat. Mr. Campbell has had seven children, six\\nsons and one daughter, all having passed from this\\nearth but one son, Sylvester C.,who is married to\\nEmily Hall, and is the father of four daughters:\\nElizabeth, Dora, Margaret, and Emily. l\\\\Irs. Camp-\\nbell died in 1885. S. C. Campbell took for his\\nsecond wife, in November, 1888, Miss Jennie Tink-\\nler, of Hastings, Mich. Miss Margaret Campbell,\\ndaughter of our subject, married Dartiny Church,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0494.jp2"}, "495": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n499\\nOctober 27, 1869. She passed from tliis earth\\nJune 24, 1878. She left one daujrhter, litliel Milfhed,\\nwho was five years old when her mother died. She\\nwas adopted by her grandparents and now resides\\nwitli llieni and bears their name.\\nHe of whom we write has a tract of land con-\\nsisting of one hundred and ninety acres. Kighty-\\nthree are on section 8, on which he lives, and one\\nhund ed and seven are in Pine Plains ruwnsliip;\\nthe latter he rents out.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2yt^t-w W h\\n]I^ONAl,l) CAMPBELL HENDERSON, of\\nI J) Allegan, was born March 20, 182(;, in\\nThurso, Caithness County, Scotland, and\\nis a journalist by profession. His parents,\\n.James and Isjibella (Campbell) Henderson, were\\nnatives of Scotland, and were related to some of\\ntlie most respectable families of Caithness, among\\nwh(mi were the Campbells, Sinclairs and Mclvers.\\nHis fatlier received a superior education, being\\ndesigned for the law. When a youth he w:is private\\nsecretary to Sir .lolin Sinclair, the admirer and\\ncorrespondent of (ieorge Washington, and the\\ncousin of the renowned British oHicer, Col. James\\nSinclair.\\nIn 1834 James Henderson emigrated to .\\\\merica,\\nand was emi)loyed in Hamilton, Canada, and\\nRochester, N. Y., in the construction of mills. He\\nsettled in Detroit in 1835, and removed from\\nthere to .\\\\llegan in 1838, assisting in the construc-\\ntion of the first flour mill erected here. Subse-\\nquently he engaged in agricultural pursuit-s. and\\nwas ideniilied with farming interests the remain-\\nder of his life. He possessed a line literary taste,\\nand evince(l a studious interest in ever^- branch of\\nintellectual in iuiry, especially in works of a\\nmathematical character. He died at his son s resi-\\ndence, in Allegan, Septemlier 3. 187.5, at the\\nadvanced age of eighty years. His wife, a lady\\nwho was highly esteemed b^- all who knew her,\\ndied in Trowbridge. May 1, 1872.\\nThere were live children in the family of James\\nand Isaliella Henderson, namely: Alexander, now\\ndeceased, formerly .Sheriff of Allegan County for\\ntwo terms; Donald C., the subject of this sketch;\\nJames D., Assistant Quartermaster, U. S. Volunteers\\nin tlie late war; Mr.s. Elizabeth S. Nichols, of\\n.\\\\llegan, and Mrs. Anne B. Clubb, wife of Rev.\\nHenry S. Clubb, of Pliiladelphia. Pa., formerly of\\nGrand Haven, Mich. When his |)arents removed\\nto Allegan, their son, Don.ald C, was left in Detroit\\nto attend the select school of Wa.shington A.\\nBacon, where he had for schoolmates some who\\nafterward became the first men of Detroit. While\\npursuing his studies in that school, he was clerk in\\nthe theological bookstore of A. MeFarren, where\\nthe library of the Young Jlen s .StK iet^ was kept.\\nThere he enjoyed every advantage for the culti-\\nvation of his mind .and the gratification of his\\nliterary t.aste. His youthful readings embraced\\nhistory, ancient and modern worlcs of travel, the\\nstandard English classics, theolog} and all books\\nof literary merit.\\nWhen fifteen years of .age, our subject went to\\nAllegan, and was placed by his parents in the\\nvillage academy, where he completed his studies\\nunder the tuitum of the late E. B. Bassett. He\\nearly f(.)rmed a strong attachment for the standard\\nauthorities in English literature. In 1H42, through\\nthe inlhienceof his father, he obtained a situation\\nin the old Allegan Record printing ollice, where he\\nlearned the art of typography. It was while con-\\nnected with that paper that his first literary efforts\\nweie laid before the public through its columns,\\nand some of the articles of the boy -editor were\\nnot wanting in marked literary merit.\\nIn 1 845 the publisher of the Paw Paw Free Press,\\nJohn McKinney, afterward State Treasurer, gave\\nour young journalist the position of foreman of\\nthat ollice. In that connection he made all the\\nliterary and news selections, but the mechanical\\nwork being too arduous, he abamloned the printing\\nbusiness at the age of nineteen and resumed the\\nposition of book-seller s clerk in Detroit, where he\\nremained until 1847. He proceeded thence to\\nNew York with the inU ntion of engaging in\\nMelropolitJin journalism. There lie formed the\\n.ac(piaintance tif Horace Greeley, by whom he w.as\\ngiven the po.sition of private secretary. He was\\nadvanced by that eminent journalist to the position\\nof reporter and .a.ssociate editor of the New York\\nrrihiiiw, which lie held from 1847 to 185. when", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0495.jp2"}, "496": {"fulltext": "500\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nho became one of the political .writers on the New-\\nYork Herald iu 1855, the time that paper boomed\\nGen. John C. Fremont for the Presidential nomi-\\nnation in 1856.\\nDuring his long connection, Mr. Henderson\\nenjoyed the entire conBdence of its founder and\\ndistinguished editor-iu-chief, the lamented Horace\\nGreeley, b^ whom he was promoted step by step\\nto a leading position in the management of the\\nTribune, a position second only to that occupied\\nby Charles A. Dana, now of the New York Sun.\\nReturning to Michigan in 1856, on April 3, Mr.\\nHenderson founded the Allegan Journal, with\\nwhose editorial management and publication he\\nhas been connected ever since, now nearly thirtj\\nsix years. The whole of this time the Journal has\\noccupied a foremost place in Michigan journalism.\\nEntering upon newspaper work in 1845, Mr. Hen-\\nderson is, without question, one of the oldest and\\nmost experienced journalists in the Northwest.\\nIn his literary association he has been very fortun-\\nate, haying enjoyed the esteem of many of the\\nmost distinguished journalists and litterati of his\\ntime. Among tiie prominent public men whom he\\nhas known and seen are such personages as Abi aliam\\nLincoln, William H. Seward, Heniy Clay, Alex H.\\nStephens, Robert Toombs, Stephen A. Douglas,\\n.Jefferson Davis, Lewis Cass, Daniel Webstei Kufus\\nChoate, .John C. Fremont, Gen. Sam Houston, .John\\nP. Hale, Thurlow Weed, Louis Kossuth, Charles\\nSumner, .James G. Birney, William L. Uarrison, J.\\nR. Lowell and John Van Buren.\\nWith all the interest Mr. Henderson has taken\\nin politics, he has never held any official positions,\\nexcept a few of an honorar3 character, such as\\nCoroner of Allegan County, President of Allegan\\nVillage, Compiler of the Legislative Manual for a\\nnumber of years. Commissioner of the State Road\\nfrom Allegan to Travei se City, Secretary of the\\nCensus JNIarshals of New York City (under Hon.\\nE. W. Leavenworth, Secretary of State of New\\nYork in 1855). lie was appointed by President\\nHarris(m, in 1890, Census Supervisor for the\\nFourth Census District of Michigan, under R. P.\\nPorter, General Superintendent of the United States\\nCensus, Washington, D. C.\\nAt the opening of the war in 1861, Mr. Hender-\\nson was an officer of the Michigan Legislature and\\nproceeded to Washington after the inauguration\\nof President Lincoln, to witness the initial scenes\\nof the War of the Rebellion and to render what\\nservice he could to the Union cause as a scout, for\\nwhich he has received recognition by the military\\nauthorities. He subsequentlj returned to his home\\nin Michigan, engaged in recruiting, helping to\\norganize several companies in Western Michigan,\\nin the early stages of the war. He then enlisted\\nas a private soldier in the Third Michigan Cavalry,\\nand served on the staff of several Union generals.\\nHe was present in 1865 at the surrender of two\\nrebel armies, that of Gen. Richard Taylor, at\\nMobile, Ala., and the forces of Gen. E. Kirby Smith,\\nat Shreveport, La. Mr. Henderson was a delegate\\nto the Republican National Convention of 1860\\nand has attended nearly alt the Republican State\\nand National Conventions from 1856 to the present\\ntime, except during the war.\\nOn March 18, 1876, upon the Allegan JournaVs\\nentrance on its twentieth volume, it appeared in a\\nlarge double-sheet number. Every article in that\\nissue was original. Letters of congratulation were\\nreceived by j\\\\[r. Henderson for the newspaper\\nenterprise evinced on this occasion from President\\nGrant, Acting Vice-President T. W. Ferr_y, Secre-\\ntary Chandler, Gov. Bagley, Schuyler Colfax,\\nGeorge William Curtis, Gov. Croswell, and a large\\nnumber of militaiy, literary and political men\\nthroughout the Union.\\nF. T. Ward, a newspaper man of experience and\\nability, is associated with Mr. Henderson in the\\npublication of the Allegan Journal. The wife of\\nMr. Henderson s junior partner, 5L-s. Kate E.\\nWard, a lady of refinement and fine literary\\nattainments, and an entertaining writer, has charge\\nof the society and literary departments of the\\npaper. The Journal has ever been held in the\\nhighest repute on account of Mr. Henderson s fine\\nrecord as a journalist, his extensive acquaintance\\nwith the prominent public men of all parties\\nthroughout the Union, and his familiarity with\\nthe political histoiy of the country. A favorable\\nnotice from the Journal was never known to\\ninjure tiie political aspirations of anyone. On the\\ncontrary-, the good opinions of its presiding genius", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0496.jp2"}, "497": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n501\\nare always in order by tlie ri^iiiiir men of the State,\\nwlio consult that Western oracle of the press with\\na confidence akin to that accorded of old to the\\noracles of (I recce and Home in the pre-newspaper-\\nial era.\\nMr. Henderson was one of the founders of the\\nHe[)ul)iicau party, and wlien the late Hon. .lacob\\nM. Howard, of Micliii;:an, wrote to Horace (Jreelc}\\nas to a suitable name for the new political organiz-\\nation, he was consulted in reference to tiie matter.\\nPrevious to the organization of the Republican\\nparty, Mr. Henderson was a Free-soil, Anti-slavery\\nWhig. Few men now connected with the press\\npossess a more extensive knowledge of United\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2States English after the style of Horace Greeley\\nand Tliurlow Weed, or a happit r method of ex-\\nl)ressing their views therein, through the columns\\nof a newspaper, than the subject of our biography,\\nwho enjoyed the esteem of those eminent journal-\\nists when they were in life. He is indebted to\\nthem for many valuable suggestions in regard to\\nnews|)aper writing and management. Probably\\nno editor in the State has warmer friends. Even\\nhis most bitter political antagonists admire his\\nsteadfast devotion to iirinciple and the honorable\\nopposition which he uniforml} evinces when deal-\\ning with political foes. lUit few editors have\\nenjoyed a larger measure of success in the field of\\njournalism or won a brighter record therein.\\nEPHRAIM .S. ALLEN, the present efflcient\\nJustice of the Peace of Hopkins Townshii),\\nhas a fine farm on section 1, Allegan\\nCounty. His father and mother were Sheldon and\\nEliza (Wylie) Allen, natives of New York, born\\n.June 3, 1804, and August 2, 1804, respectively.\\nThey moved to Lake County, Ohio, in 1810, and\\nsettled on a wild farm, which the} cleared and cul-\\ntivated. The good wife and mother died May\\n17, 1854, and the father in 1878.\\nOur subject is one of three children and was\\nl)orn September 29, 1833, in Rome Township,\\nOneida County, N. Y. He was brought up on a\\nfarm and received a good district-school education.\\ngrowing to manhood in Ohio. He remaine l under\\nthe parental roof until attaining his majority,\\nwhen he was married, January 1, 1855, to Nancy\\nJ. liarnes, a daughter of Timothy and Ruth (T.ay-\\nlor) Barnes, natives of Connecticut and New York,\\nrespectively, the father being a lumberman. Ho\\nwas captain of a militia company and moved first\\nto Pennsylvania and then to Ohio, in 1838, and\\nsettled in Geauga Count} on a farm, and built a\\ngristTuill, which he operated. Later in life he re-\\ntired from active labor. His wife died in 1850\\nand he in 1875, at the age of ninety-three 3-ears.\\nIMrs. Allen was born Jul}- 27, 1834, in Chautau-\\nqua Count}-, N. Y., and received a fair education.\\nShe has taught school some, and has a wonderfully\\nfine talent in oil painting. She has been painting\\ncontinuously for one year, and has some very line\\nspecimens now in her home. Slie has taken first\\npremiums at county fairs. After marriage our suli-\\nject lived in Lake County, Ohio, until 18G2, when\\nhe came to Michigan and settled on his present\\nfarm. Here forty acres constituted their farm, thirty\\nof which were under cultivation. Mr. and ,Mrs.\\nAllen are the parents of three children, two living:\\nEliza Ruth Allen, wife of T. B. Rose, of Moline,\\nwho has one child; and (ieorge T., who is single\\nand lives at home. Delwin married Vena O. Can-\\ndee, and had two children; he died April 3, 188;\u00c2\u00bb.\\nHe hiid been telegraiih operator and agent on the\\nGrand Rapids Indiana Railroad about seven\\n3 ears. He was a popular man with a bright future.\\nMr. Allen has given his children the best educa-\\ntional advantages within his power and is greatly\\ninterested in such maters. He and his wife arc mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Eiiiscopal Church, in the\\nSunday-school of which Mi-s. Allen has been a\\nteacher. He h.as served as Steward, Clerk and\\nTrustee, also Teacher and Superintendent of the\\nSunday-school. He has held many olBces in his\\nschool district and is at present Director. Socially,\\nhe is a member of the Independent Order of\\nOdil Fellows, and is Noble Gi-and of Wayland\\nLodge. He is connected with the Masonic order\\nand is a M.-jster M.ason, and ha* also l elonged\\nto the Patrons of Industry, and been a member of\\nthe Union League. He traveled for seventeen\\nyears, selling agricultural implements and sewing", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0497.jp2"}, "498": {"fulltext": "502\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nmachiues. In politics, he is a straight Republican\\nand is serving his second term as Justice of the\\nPeace; he is also a Notary Public, and he and his\\nwife are strong temiicrance people and held in the\\nhighest respect in the conimunit}\\n^^=m m\\n-j-\\nOIIN BAKER. We are pleased to be able to\\ngive in our list of the best citizens of Gun\\nPlain Township, Allegan County, a sketch\\nof Mr. Baker, who is one of the })ioueers of\\nthe county. He was born in Cayuga County, N.\\nY., October 15, 182,i,and is the sou of Conrad and\\nPrecilla (Slack) Baker, the father a native of Penn-\\nsylvania and of German descent, while the moth-\\ner^ native home was New York.\\nThe father of our subject w.as a farmer by calling\\nand removed to New York when a young man,\\nwhere he followed the above-uamed occupation,\\nand where he passed his last days. Our subject is\\nthe only living member of their large family of\\nchildren. He was reared on the farm and given\\nvery limited advantages for a schooling. .Tohn\\nBaker came to this State as early as 1847, when in\\nhis twenty-second year, and made a purchase of\\neighty acres of land in Otsego Township, Allegan\\nCounty. Ilis tract, when it came into his posses-\\nsion, w.as in its primitive st.ate, but by working\\nhard and diligently, he cleared off the timber and\\nbrought it to a good state of cultivation. Wild\\nanimals and game of .all kinds were plentiful when\\nour subject came here, and Indians were very nu-\\nmerous. The settlers were very few and far be-\\ntween, and but little indication was given of the\\nthriving towns and beautiful farms that would\\nsoon be scattered throughout the county.\\nJuly 29, 1848, our subject was united in mar-\\nriage with Miss Eveline Holt, a native of Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y. Mrs. Baker was the daughter of\\n.lames and Thankful (Coon) Holt, both of whom\\nwere natives of the Empire State, and died wlien\\ntheir daughter w.as quite young. Three of their\\nfive children are still living. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nB.aker have been granted five children: Charles,\\nwho is married, and makes his home in Otsego\\nTownship; Er.ances, who is the wife of Montreville\\nGood, of Saugatnck, Allegan County; Mary (Mrs.\\nHenry Waite), who makes lier home in Gun Plain\\nTownship; George, who is married, and lives in\\nOtsego Township, Allegan County, and William,\\nalso married, and who farms on the old homestead.\\nThey have all been given good educations, and\\nMary has been a school teacher.\\nIn politics, Mr. Baker votes independently, thus\\ncasting his vote for the best man, regardless of\\nparty. His farm comprises three hundred and\\nsixty .acres of land on section 18, Gun Plain\\nTownship, where, in addition to raising cereals, he\\nmakes a specialty of merino sheep, having some\\nvaluable anim.als. Our subject is a truly self-made\\nman, .as he started in life for himself without a\\ndoll.ar in his pocket, and is to-day one of the well-\\nto-do f.armers of Allegan County. On first com-\\ning to the county he worked out at 110 per month,\\nand, when having saved 1100, made a payment on\\nhis present farm. He remembers distinctly hav-\\ning cut wood for twenty-five cents per cord .and\\nthen paying seventy-five cents per bushel for corn.\\nMr. Baker is one of the very earliest settlers of\\nGun Plain Township and can relate many an in-\\nteresting tale of pioneer hardships and privations.\\n\\\\f OHN HUNT, who cleared a fine farm from\\nthe primeval forests of Martin Township,\\nand still retains a portion of it in his pos-\\nsession, may well be denominated a pio-\\nneer of Allegan County, although many years had\\nelapsed since the first settlement had been made\\nwithin its borders, when he came here to Iniild up\\na home. He has, during the period of his resi-\\ndence here, thoroughly identified himself with the\\nbest interests of the community, and has been .ac-\\ntive in political, religious and educational matters.\\nForty and more years have come and gone since\\nhe sought a home here, and the months in their\\nflight have brought him an ever-incre.asing popu-\\nlarity among his fellow-citizens.\\n.lames Hunt, the grandfather of our subject,\\nwas born in New .Tersey, of English parentage, and\\nwas identified with the Society of Friends.\\nAmong his cliildreu w.as James, Jr., who w.as born", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0498.jp2"}, "499": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n503\\nin Washington County, N. Y., and was reared to\\nfarming pursuits. He married Elizabctli Cooper,\\na native of Ireland, who came to America in 17!)6,\\nwhen slic was six years old. After tlie marrijige\\nof James Hunt, Jr., and Elizabeth Cooper, wliicli\\nimportant event occurred in Washington County,\\nN. Y., they located in the Km|)iro State, on a farm.\\nNine children were born to them, four sons and\\nAve daughter, five of whom are now living, our\\nsubject being the tliird in order of birth. Tiie\\nparents are botii deceased, the mother dying in\\nRensselaer County, N. Y., and tiie father, in Wash-\\nington County, the same State.\\nA native of New York, John Hunt was born in\\nMadison County, JLay 20, 1814, and early in life\\naccompanied iiis parents to Washington County,\\nwhere he grew to manhood. In 18.33 he was\\nmarried to Eliza F. Cory, who was born in Massa-\\nchusetts, February 8, 1816, and the year following\\nhis union, removed to ermont, where he settled\\nin Arlington Township, Bennington County, and\\nremained on a farm there for ten years. After-\\nward he made his home for five years in AVhite\\nCreek Township, Washington County, and thence\\nremoved in 1850 to [Michigan, coming direct to\\nMartin Township, Allegan Count}-, and locating\\nwhere he now resides. At that time the place was\\nheavily timbered, and deer and other wild animals\\nwere plentiful, while the countrj- gave few indi-\\ncations of its present high civilization.\\nImmediately after his arrival here, Mr. Hunt\\nerected a log house, into which he moved his fam-\\nily. The succeeding years were devoted to the\\nimprovement of his place, of which he sold por-\\ntions at various times, until he now holds only\\nfort} acres. He was reared in the belief of the\\nprinciples adoiitcd b}^ the Whigs, and is now a\\nstanch Republican. His first vote was cast for\\nHenry Clay, in 1836, and he has never been ab-\\nsent from an election since. He w:vs Highway\\nCommissioner nine 3 ears, and has served as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for eight years. There has never\\nbeen a law suit since he was elected to the last-\\nnamed position, as he has settled all his cases with-\\nout an appeal to the law.\\nIn educational measures, Mr. Hunt h.as been es-\\npecially interested, and was School Director for\\nmany yeare. When the first .scIk^oI was taught\\nhere, he boarded the teacher at his home, and paid\\nhalf the .salary. He and his famil} arc membei-s\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church of Martin, to\\nthe su|)port of wliich he has always been a gener-\\nous contributor. The parents of Mrs. Hunt, Au-\\ngustus and Sarah I). Wrightington) Cory, were\\nnatives respectively of Khodc Island and Massa-\\nchusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt hail a family of\\nnine children: Joseph, Charles, Sarah, and William\\narc decea.sed; Harriet is the wife of James Henry,\\nof New Brunswick; Hannah, married George W.\\nShcllman, of Kalamazoo; Ella has for eight years\\nbeen matron of the Kalamazoo Asylum; Emma,\\nwas united to G. W. Gregg, and lives in Kansas;\\nJohn resides in Owosso.\\nr^\\ni n\u00c2\u00bb\\nPIIRAIM BROWNELL. This gentleman is\\nthe owner of one hundred and thirty-five\\nacres of finely cultivated land on section 6,\\nAllegan Townshi[), Allegan County, where he car-\\nries on mixed farming and stock-raising. He has\\nerected fine buildings up m his place, and has\\nlirouglit it from a vast wilderness to what it is t^i-\\nday. He has also been quite instrumental in the\\nprosperity of the township and county, and h.as\\nseen it converted from a wilderness to a nourish-\\ning and prosperous county.\\nThe original of this sketch was l)orn April 4,\\n1817, to Ephraim and Sarah (Hicks) Brownell, his\\nbirthplace being Oneida County, N. Y. The\\nfather was a farmer and wa-s also engaged in lioat-\\niiig staves, etc., to Albany on the old Erie Canal.\\nHe came to Michigan with his family in 1838, and\\nsettled on the farm which our subject now owns,\\nand with his help they cut the road to .Vllegaii\\nVillage. He at tirst lived in a rude log house, but\\nsoon erected a giKid substantial residence with\\nItarns and outbuildings, and continued to live\\nhere until his death, in 1863. His wife died some\\nvears liefore him, in 18. )8. He was one of the\\nprominent men of this county, and was a Demo-\\nci-at lu i)olitics. He and his wife were consistent\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Chui-ch, and\\nto them were liorn nine children, five of whom", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0499.jp2"}, "500": {"fulltext": "504\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsurvive: John; our subject; Amy, Mrs. Melvin\\nHogmire; Elizabeth, Mrs. William Rich; Sophroiiia,\\nMrs. John Rowley.\\nOur subject received his education in Monroe\\nCountv, N. Y., and was reared a farmer s boy,\\nremaining with his parents until their death. He\\nwas married, January 6, 184.j, to Miss Eveline\\nTanner, of Monterey Township, this county. She\\nis a daughter of Joseph and Lydia (Kenyon)\\nTanner, who came to Michigan in an early day\\nand settled in Monterey Township.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brownell have had five children\\nborn to them, all but one of whom are living:\\nLelia, who married Dixon O. Chronester, and is\\nthe mother of four children: Ada; Dora, now\\ndeceased C hleo and Leon; Ella, Mrs. George Bar-\\nnum, who is the mother of one child, Edith; Alton\\ntook to wife Lizzie Shumaker, and their home has\\nbeen blessed by the birth of two children, Harry\\nand Lena; and Alice, who is still at home. The\\nlast-named is a twin of Alton. Our subject has\\nbeen Assessor of No. 5 School District for twelve\\nyears, and has held various other oflices of the\\ntownship. He has also engaged in lumbering\\nsince coming to Michigan. He is a Democrat in\\nhis political views. He lielongs to the Grange, and\\nis one of the stockholders of the Allegan Co-\\noperative store, of Allegan, and has taken an active\\ninterest in all matters pertaining to the welfare of\\nboth township and county-. He is a very gener-\\nous man, and can never look upon suffering with-\\nout lending his help. He and his family are highly\\nrespected by all of their man} acquaintances and\\nfriends.\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l-ss*\\n!)HOMAS PATTERSON. The beautiful es-\\ntate of two hundred and forty acres on\\n^^^J section 27, Martin Township, is universally\\nconceded to be one of the finest farms of Allegan\\nCount}-. There Mr. Patterson is engaged in busi-\\nness as a general farmer and stock-raiser, making\\na specialty of merino sheep, of which he has one\\nhundred head. In that department of farm work,\\nhe has been veiy successful, and now averages\\neight pounds of wool per sheep each year, one\\nlarge sheep, of two hundred and ten pounds\\nweight, yielding twenty-flve pounds. The life of\\nMr. Patterson affords another splendid illustiation\\nof the results of indefatigable labor, for when he\\narrived in Martin Township his moneyed capital\\nconsisted of $4, and his present enviable position\\nhas been obtained solel} through his unaided\\nefforts.\\nThomas Patterson, Sr., grandfather of our subject,\\nwas a native of Scotland, where he worked as a\\nship-builder and contractor until his death, at the\\nage of seventy years. His wife, who was known\\nin maidenhood as Agnes Shirrie, was a native of\\nthe same place as himself, and survived to the\\ngreat ago of one hundred. On the maternal side,\\nGrandmother Margaret Ferric lived to be one\\nhundred years and five daj s old, so that on both\\nsides, our subject belongs to a long-lived family.\\nThe parents of our subject were Thomas and Mar-\\ngaret (Alexander) Patterson, natives, respectively,\\nof Barney Parish and Old Monkland, Lanarkshire,\\nScotland. For twenty-four 3 ears after their mar-\\nriage, they remained in Blairtumock, and later\\nsojourned in Milcroft for one year. They next\\nrented a farm in Lanarkshire, which they made\\ntheir home for five years.\\nAfter residing one year in Glasgow, the parents of\\nour subject emigrated to America in 1855, coming\\ndirect to Martin Township, Allegan Countv, and\\nlocating where our subject now resides. At that\\ncomparatively earl} day, no im])rovements had\\nbeen made in this section of the country, and no\\nroads had been opened. The father built a board\\nshant} 26x18 feet, and continued to cultivate the\\nfarm until he died, at the age of eighty. The\\nmother passed from earth when seventy-nine years\\nold. They were the parents of nine children, all\\nof whom grew to manhood and womanhood,\\nnamely Margaret, Thomas, William, Agnes, Robert,\\nChristiana, George, Andrew and Charles.\\nThe second in order of birth in the family is\\nthe subject of this biographical notice, who was\\nborn in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Jan-\\nuary 17, 1832. He received his schooling in his\\nnative place, and in the meantime assisted his\\nfather on the farm. He came to Michigan one", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0500.jp2"}, "501": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0501.jp2"}, "502": {"fulltext": "1\\nII\\nCm,^^^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0502.jp2"}, "503": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n507\\nyear after his parents emigrated liither, and most\\nof the improvements whicli liave been placed on\\nthe old homestead are the result of his arduous\\nexertions. So long as his parents lived, he took\\nthe most devoted care of them, and they lacked\\nfor nothinij which affection and tender solicitude\\ncould suppl} In political matters, he has always\\nbeen a firm Republican, and h.as served as Path-\\nmaster, and in other olHccs of local imporkmce.\\nHe contributes liberally to the support of the\\nI nited Presbyterian Church, of which he is an\\nactive member.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00ac#i#^l|-^ l^ll^^\\n2^\\nSo-^\\n^P:0RGE E. JEWEIT. The fine farm of\\ntwo hundred acres on section 8, Allegan\\nA, Townslni), Allegan Count} was the prop-\\nerty of the late Mr. .Jewett, whose portrait will be\\nnoticed on the opposite page. He was born in\\nJ.incoln County, Me., December 20, 182H, the son\\nof Nathaniel and Alice (Erskine) Jewett, natives of\\ntlie same i)lace as himself. Nathaniel was engaged\\nin agricultural pui suits and in milling, and [tassed\\nhis entire life in Maine. lie reared a family of\\nfive children: Nathaniel; our subject; Laura (Mrs.\\nHopkins); Sarah A. (Mrs. Hopkins); .John A. He\\nwas an old-line Whig, fought in the War of 1812,\\nand was one of the prominent men of his countj-.\\nHis father, James, married Lydia Hilton, tlie^- be-\\ncoming the parents of five children.\\nThe original of this sketch remained under the\\nparental roof until sixteen years old, and after-\\nward engaged in the lumber business in Maine,\\nuntil he came to Michigan in 18-18. He first as-\\nsisted in erecting a sawmill at the mouth of the\\nKalamazoo River, in Allegan Count} and then\\nworked in the same until 1853, when he purchased\\nwhat is now the old homestead. The fii-st purchase\\nwas of tliree hundred and twenty acres of solid\\ntiml er, of which he cleared ninety acres in eight\\nmonths time, and on that place he soon erected a\\neomf u-tal)le and attractive residence. He carried\\non mixed farming, raising grain, fruit, cattle, and\\nhorses.\\nIn 1855, Mr. Jewett was married to Miss Con-\\nstance A. Bingham, of Allegan County. Mrs.\\n23 A\\nJewett is the daughter of Elijah and Caroline 15.\\n(Huck) I5ingham, who were natives of New Hamp-\\nshire and crmont respectively. Her father was\\nengaged in the mercantile business and came West\\nin 183G, settling in Allegan, Mich., and was the\\nfirst Registrar of Deeds and County Clerk of Alle-\\ngan. He also held the otlice of Notary Public un-\\nder three different governors of Michigan, and\\nwas a very prominent and ellicient man in those\\ndays, as well as a scholar of broad information.\\nLater in life he went to Buffalo, N. Y., where he\\ndied very suddenly-. The mother died in Allegan\\nin August, 1837. He and his worthy wife were\\nthe parents of eight children, two now living:\\nMi-s. E. Wilder, of Allegan, and Mi-s. Jewett. The\\nlast-named was a teacher before her marriage and\\nis a lady of culture and refinement.\\n51r. and Mrs. Jewett had a family of four chil-\\ndren: Karl B., who married Gr.ace E. Tomlinson, and\\nis the father of three children: Harry E., Helen W.,\\nand Max B.; Alice E.; Von G., who married Miss\\nAntoinette Sullivan, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, wliere\\nhe resides, and George H. Our subject gave all his\\nchildren fine school advantiiges, and the family\\nmoves in the best social circles of the county.\\nOur subject was President of the Farmers Mut-\\nual Insurance Company, for Allegan and Ottawa\\nCounties, and Adjuster for the same for many\\nyears prior to his decease. He acted as Direc-\\ntor of the Allegan County Co-Operative Asso-\\nciation, for fifteen yeai-s, and Chairman of the\\nExe utive Committee. He was connected with the\\nPatrons of Husbandry in various ways, taking\\ntheir products and shipping them, and assisting\\nthem in bettering their condition. In politics, he\\nwas a member of the Prohibition party.\\nMr. Jewett was recognized as one of the most\\nenterprising farmers in his county, his fine resi-\\ndence, with beautiful surroundings, sul)stantial and\\ncommodious barns and outbuildings, displaying\\nhis good Uiste and his knowledge of what is neces-\\nsary to carry on a good farm. His house is ele-\\ngantly furnished throughout and has all modern\\nimprovements. His fine library, the Iwautiful\\npictures on tlie walls, many of them the work of\\nhis daughter, and the bric-a-brac all give evi-\\ndence of refined and cultured Uistes. In that lovely", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0503.jp2"}, "504": {"fulltext": "508\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RECORD.\\nhome it was the delight of Mr. Jewett to entertain\\nhis many friends.\\nOn the 9th of March Mr. Jewett was taken seri-\\nousl.y ill with that terrible disease, pneumonia.\\nAll that professional skill and kind nursing could\\ndo was done to save him to his wife and familj^,\\nbut an all-wise Providence had otherwise decreed,\\nand on March 22, 1892, surrounded by his devoted\\nwife and affectionate children, feeling that life s\\nwork was done, he wrapped the drapery of his\\ncouch around him and lay down to pleasant\\ndreams, meeting the destroyer with that fortitude\\nwhich had characterized him in all the trials com-\\ning to him in the course of an active life. He\\nwill ever be remembered with affection, not cnlj\\nby his immediate friends, but by all who knew\\nhim. His life was a success, not only financially,\\nbut the world is better for his having lived.\\n1-^+^1^\\nS)\\n\\\\fj OHN VAN RHEE, has met with more than\\nordinary success in prosecuting his calling\\nas a farmer, and since casting in his lot with\\nthe pioneers of Overisel Township, Allegan\\nCounty, almost a half-century ago, he has accumu-\\nlated a valu.able property, and is now classed\\namong the well-to-do agriculturists of this section\\nof Michigan. He owns one hundred and twenty\\nacres of land in this county, where he and his ex-\\ncellent wife are enjoying the fruits of their united\\nlabors, in the comforts of a substantial home on\\nsection 3.\\nA native of Holland, Mr. Van Rhee was born,\\nNovember 6, 1817. He is the son of John Van\\nRhee, also a native of Holland, in which country\\nhe followed the occupation of a farmer. The el-\\nder Mr. au Rhee was married to Miss Hermina\\nBunker, a native of Holland, liaving been born\\nMay 6, 1782. Mrs. Van Rhee was a daughter of\\nGarrit Bunkei-, and was very much esteemed by\\nall her acquaintances. The parental family inclu-\\nded two sons and one daughter, of whom our sub-\\nject was second in order of birth.\\nIn 1847, Mr. Van Rhee decided to make his\\nhome in the New World, and setting sail from\\nRotterdam on the vessel Harvest, after a voy-\\nage of thirty-five days, landed in Baltimore. He\\ncame .at once to Ottawa County, and located one\\nhundred and fifty acres of land, upon which he\\nlived for six months, and, in 1848, made Overisel\\nTownship iiis home, in which i)lace he was one of\\nthe earliest pioneers, and well remembers the pri-\\nvations and hardships which it w.as necessary for\\nhim to endure in order to bring his farm to the\\nfine condition in which we find it at the present\\ntime.\\nMr. Van Rhee was married in Holland, previous\\nto his migration to the United States, the lady of\\nhis choice being Miss Ladlaur, and to them have\\ncome a family of three children, namely: Minnie,\\nRolfe and John. Our subject combines with his\\ncalling as a farmer the trade of a carpenter, which\\nhe learned in his native land. Mr. and ]\\\\Irs. Van\\nRhee are deservedly held in high estimation by\\nthe entire community, as they are among its best\\npeople. Their warm hearts, kind manners and\\nmany thoughtful, generous deeds, have gained for\\nthem the respect and friemlship of their neigh-\\nbors, who feel that they can look to them for help\\nin times of trouble and suffering.\\nOur subject and his family are devoted members\\nof the Holland Dutch Church, and their every-daj\\nconduct is guided by its precepts. In politics,\\nhe is, and alwa^ S has been, a stanch Republican.\\njfjOHN BROWNELL, one of the pioneers of\\nI Allegan Countj and a prominent and pros-\\nI perous resident of Allegan Township, is a\\n*^^fJ successful farmer on section 6, where he\\ncarries on mixed farming and stock-raising. He\\nwas born in Trenton Township, Oneida County,\\nN. Y., Februar}^ 20, 1813, but when nine j-ears old\\nhis father removed his family to Monroe County,\\nN. Y., where oursulijeet was educated. His father\\nwas Ephraim and his mother Sarah (Hicks) Brown-\\nell, natives of Rhode Island. For a more complete\\nsketch of the parents, see the biography of Flphraim\\nBrownell, Jr., on another page of the Recoud.\\nOur subject remained in Monroe County until\\ntwenty-six years old, when he did boating on the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0504.jp2"}, "505": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPII CAL RECORD.\\n509\\nErie Canal five years. lie came to Micliigan in\\n1837, and settled on one hundred and forty acres\\ncovered with timi)er, ereeted a log house and\\neleare l his farm. He now lives in a spacious\\nliouse which is furnisiied witli all the modern con-\\nveniences of to-day. lie lielped for seventeen days\\nto cut a road through to Allegan Village, and there\\nwas then only one house between his pl.ice and\\nAllegan, and some ten or twelve shanties in the\\nvillage. He has been active and willing to help\\nbuild the roads, churches, schoolhouses, etc., in his\\nti)wnshi|).\\nMr. Hrownell was married to Miss Lovina Sad-\\nler, who bore him six children, namely: Charles I{.;\\nMartha I), and Amanda, deceased; Henry, AVilliam\\nand Eva. The good wife and mother passed from\\nthis earth in 187.3, mourned by all her family. Our\\nsuliject was again married, April 1,1874, to Elizalieth\\nHowe, of Monterey Center and the daughter of\\nAlonzo Howe. Our subject is a Republican in poli-\\ntics; ho served as I athmaster thirt} years and also\\nSchool Director and Moderator. He is one of the\\nstock-holders of the Allegan Co-Operativc Store,\\nof Allegan. He is a Christian gentleman, although\\nnot connected with any church, and has always\\ndone what he could to relieve suffering and dis-\\ntress. He raises on his farm of twent}- acres fine\\nstock of all kinds and takes especial pride in sheep\\nand swine.\\ny~ ILLIAIM A. BLISS. The gentleman whose\\nlife record we are al)out to give is a pros-\\nl)crous farmer, making his home on section\\n1.^, Allegan Township, Allegan County. He is a\\nnative of Rochester, Monroe County, Js. Y., where\\nhe w.as Imrn September 17, 1828, to the Hev. Will-\\niam C. II. and Lucy (Petty) liliss. The parents were\\nnatives of Charleston. N. H., and Avon, N. Y.. on\\nthe (ienesce River, respectively-. The father w.os a\\npreaciier in the Methodist Episcopal Church, who\\ncommenced to preach when nineteen years old, and\\nfolldwcd the same calling until a good old age.dying\\nwhen eighty -eight yeais old. The following is what\\nthe Stale Neivs of Detroit says of his death: There is\\nprobably no other Mason in Jlichigan who has Ije-\\nlonged to the order as long as Father Bliss, of Alle-\\ngan, who has just died. He joined the Masons\\nmore than si.Kty years ago, and his loyalty to the\\nfraternity was only equaled by his love for .Meth-\\nodism. He is said to have married half the older\\npeople in his vicarage, and preaciied as many fun-\\neral sermons. He spent sixty-nine years of his\\neighty-eight in the |)ulpit, entering the ministrv at\\nnineteen, while living at Rochester, N. Y.\\nOur subject came to Allegan in 1836, when\\nMichigan was considered the frontier, and spent\\nhis life laboring in Kalamazoo, Cass and Allegan\\nCounties. He was a man of a thousand, and the\\nworld would bo better off with a million like him.\\nThe la-st public act of his life w.as a prayer offered\\nat the laying of the corner-stone of the Allegan\\nCourthouse, when he was eighty-seven \\\\-cars old.\\nHe was live teetten inches in height, and wa-s loved\\nand respected bj- all. He was the father of five\\nsons, our subject l)eing the only one now living.\\nHenry E. and Edward T. lived to years of matur-\\nity.\\nThe good wife and mother lived with this father\\nin Israel sixty-three years, and they were indeed\\nequally yoked. She aided and stayed up his hands\\nthrough all his labors. The latch-string of her\\nhumble home was always out to friend or stranger,\\nnone were so poor but in her the^ found a friend.\\nShe and her worthy husband were co-laborers dur-\\ning that transition period from the wilderness to\\nsmiling fields and broad farms. They are kindly\\nremembered by thousands in the various counties\\nwhere they labored. That they lived, the world is\\nbetter; tlieir dying left a void that can hardly be\\nfilled. We are glad to be the mediums of perpetu-\\nating such lives as theirs, .and by this biography- to\\nembalm them in the historical literature of the\\ncountrv, extending their intluencc on down to the\\nlatest generation.\\nThe grandparents of our subject were TlKim.as\\nand Priscilla (Howe) Bliss, of Salem and Andover,\\nM.ass., respectively. Thomas was a cabinet-maker,\\nand came to Michigan in 183t), and settled in Alle-\\ngan, where he followed his trade. He lived here\\nuntil his death, which occurred in 1838. His fa-\\nther was Thomas T., of Massiidiusctts. who was a\\nsoldier in the Revolutionary War. and held the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0505.jp2"}, "506": {"fulltext": "510\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nposition of Captain. lie was granted by Congress\\na tract of three square miles in the central part of\\nNew York State. His remote ancestors were French\\npeople, who went to England in 1066, and it is\\nthought others came to America about 1600.\\nOur subject received his education at Albion,\\nMich., in the Methodist College. He has been en-\\ngaged in the real-estate business, and opened up\\nhis present farm on wiiieh he now lives in 1857.\\nIt is one of the finest places on the Monterey road,\\nconsisting of one hundred and twenty acres. His\\nlarge house stands in the center of a square acre of\\nland, and has beautiful adornments about it. He\\nhere carries on general farming with great success,\\nand has always taken an active interest in all that\\npertains to the growth and welfare of the town-\\nship and county. In politics, he is a stalwart Dem-\\nocrat, and is often called upon to take charge of\\nfunerals, going many times ten miles from home.\\nHe of whom we write was married, December 4,\\n1851, to Miss Rhoda M. Wetmore, the daughter of\\nChester and JNIary AVetmore. They became the\\nparents of two sons: William II., who is a merchant\\nat Battle Creek, married Alice M. Ilurenden, and\\nis the father of two children, Roy T. and Rhoda\\nM. Wetmore H. is the last born. The good wife\\nand mother passed from this life April 19, 1887.\\nShe was an excellent lady, and was loved and hon-\\nored by all. She did very fine needle work, and\\ntook great pride in it. On the 26th of December,\\n1892, our subject was again married, this time to\\nMiss Martha E. Fawsler, daughter of Moses and\\nElizabeth E. (Kronk) Fawsler, residents of Allegan\\nTownship.\\nI t i p^\\n^r V\\nW\\nAMES K. BARDP:N, a representative farmer,\\nstock-raiser and fruit-grower, living on sec-\\ntion 8, Casco Township, Allegan County,\\nwas born July 15,1849,in Kalamazoo County,\\nthis State. He is the son of Richard and Elizabeth\\nBarden, natives of Ontario County, N. Y., and\\nYates County, N. Y., respeclively. The father was\\nreared on a farm and received a good education,\\ngraduating from a college at Penn Yan, N. Y. He\\nthen tauglit school for several years, after which\\nhe directed his attention strictly to farming. His\\nfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, and lost\\nhis life in that conflict when Richard was a\\nmere lad.\\nIn 1838, Richard Barden and his wile came to\\nKalamazoo County, this State, and located on two\\nhundred acres of land within a few miles from\\nwhere the city now stands. The land was in a\\nwild and unimproved state when he took it, but\\nhe lived to see it all improved and under cultiva-\\ntion. In 1855 he came with his family to Allegan\\nCount3 buying four hundred and forty acres of\\nunbroken laud, for which he paid $5.25 per acre.\\nOf this he cleared and improved two hundred and\\nforty acres, a portion of which is where our sub-\\nject now lives. 1 1\\nRichard Barden was married, at the age of thirtj\\nfour years, to Elizabeth Kinney, a native of New\\nYork State, and a daughter of Peter and Mary\\n(Presler) Kinney, the parents being natives of Ire-\\nland. Our subject is one of five children born to\\nthis couple: Henry, James K., Olive, deceased (who\\nwas the wife of Frank Wood), and two who died\\nin infancy. AVhen the father came to this town-\\nship, he found but few roads here, and had to cut\\nhis way to his land. Politically, he was a Whig in\\nearly life, but on the formation of the Republican\\nparty, went with that party. He was often called\\nupon to hold different olHces in the township, such\\nas Supervisor, Treasurer, Clerk, Justice of the\\nPeace, etc.\\nOur subject remained under the parental roof\\nuntil the death of his father, which occurred in\\n1891, and at the age of eighteen took charge of a\\nfarm. He received only a common-school educa-\\ntion in Casco Township, having to walk three and\\none-quarter miles to the schoolhouse. In 1882, he\\nwas married to Sarah J. Hadawaj a daughter of\\nSamuel and Elizabeth Hadaway, whose sketch ap-\\npears elsewhere in this work. The union of Mr.\\nand Mrs. harden has been blessed with one son,\\nFlo^ d, who is a student at school. Our subject and\\nhis wife are worthy members of the United Breth-\\nren Church. He is a Prohibitionist, and a great\\nworker in the temperance cause. He is now the\\npossessor of a beautiful farm of one hundred and\\nthirty-two acres, most of which is under the plow.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0506.jp2"}, "507": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF W S. KEN Fl LLO ,5EC. l^i., HOPKING lP,ALLFGAiJ CC/i.liCn,\\n^^^S^i:^^S^;^i^2s^^^^\u00c2\u00aeS\u00c2\u00a7^^^\u00c2\u00bb:^5fi^^^^*^:J^\\nA r/^gMl\\nSOUTH- VIEW- FRUIT-AND STOCK FARM RES. OF JAMES K. BARDEN 5tC.8,CA5C0 TR. ALLEGAN CO.\\nMICHIGAN.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0507.jp2"}, "508": {"fulltext": "11", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0508.jp2"}, "509": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPIIiCAL RECORD.\\n513\\nand twenty acres of tlic tract are planted in small\\nfruits. lie is a breeder of tine stock, and the pos-\\nsessor of some of the best grades of Ilambletonian\\nstallions in Western Blicliiijan.\\nOn another page will be uoticcil a view of the\\npleasant liarden liomestead.\\nI^ILLIAM S. KKNFIELD is residing on sec-\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\a// tion 12, Hopkins Township, Allegan\\nJ^ County. He is the son of Eraslus Ken-\\nlield, a farmer of Massachusetts, where his birth\\noccurred in 1801. His grandfather, Erastus Ken-\\nlield, was a soldier in the Revolutionary AVar, and\\ndied when eighty-three years old. The great-\\ngrandfather of our subject was born in Ireland.\\nThe mother of our subject was Clarissa, daughter\\nof .Samuel and Sallie Piper, her father having been\\na soldier in the Revolutionary War. A native of\\nConnecticut, her birth occurred in 1806. She was\\nmarried in the Bay State and resided there a few\\nveai-s, when, with her husband, she came to Medina\\nCounty, Ohio. Tliere they cleared up a farm and\\nmade their home until their death, the father dying\\nin 1882 and the mother in 1887. They had become\\nthe parents of nine children who grew tomaturitv,\\neight of whom are now living. Two sons served\\nin the Civil War, Henry being a member of Com-\\npany Twelfth Oiiio Infantry, .and Lucius of Com-\\npnny H. Second Ohio Cavalry. The former was\\nkilled in the battle of Chattanooga. Mr. and Mrs.\\nPiper were members of the Presbyterian Church, in\\nwhich body they were active workers. In politics,\\nthe father was first a Whig and later a Kepubliean.\\nlie served his fellow-townsmen as Townshiji\\nTrustee.\\nWilliam S. Kenfield was born March 28, 1831, in\\nHampshire County, Mass., and was three j-ears of\\nage when his parents moved to Ohio. There he\\ngrew to manhood on his father s farm, and was\\ngiven a fair education in the schools of the neigh-\\niKjrhood. He came to Michigan in 1855, anrl for\\nthree j-eai-s was employed in working for other\\nparties in Allegan County.\\nJuly 3, 1858, Miss Sarah A., daughter of Jona-\\nthan O. and Sally (Congdon) Round, became tiie\\nwife of our subject. Her parents were natives of\\nVermont, where the father s birth occurred October\\n10, 1809, and the mother s July 4, 1810. The\\ngrandparents of IMi-s. Kenfield were Oziel and\\nAnnie (Olin) Round. Hie Round family origi-\\nnated from three brothers who emigrated from\\nWales at an early day. Annie (Olin) Round wa.s\\na descendant of Chief Justice Theophilus Harring-\\nton, of A erniont. The great-grandparents of our\\nsubject were Oeorge and Martha (Hopkins) Round,\\nMrs Round being a sister of Stephen Hopkins, one\\nof the signers of the Declaration of Independence.\\nGeorge Round w:is a soldier in the Revolutionary\\nWar.\\nThe parents of Mrs. Kenfield were married in\\nRutland County, Vt., in 1830, came to Michi-\\ngan in May 1834, and located temporarily in Corn-\\nstock Tt)wnsliip, Kalamazoo Countv, where they\\nconstructed a log house and floated it down the\\nKalamazoo River to its destination. In 1837 the^\\npernianentl} located in Hopkins Township, then\\ncalled Otsego Township, making their home on the\\nnorthwest quarter of section 2(5. They were the first\\nwhite settlers in the township.and the father had to\\ncut a road for five miles from his bouse, so dense\\nwas the wilderness. His nearest neighbor was five\\nmiles distant, but Indians and wild animals were\\nplentiful. The family numbered four children, of\\nwhom the youngest, Oziel Hopkins Round, was\\nthe first to die in the township, and U r that rea-\\nson this township was givdi its name. The father\\nlived for fifty-three years in Hopkins Township,\\nand for ten years before his death was totally l)lind.\\nHe had cleared one hundred and twenty-five acres\\nof land, erected good buildings thereon, and a few\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ears before his death had retired from active work\\nof any kind. Four of his family of nine children\\nare now living. One son, Ruel J., was a soldier\\nin Company II, Fourth Vermont Infantry, was\\nwounded at the Battle of the Wilderness, and was\\ntaken prisoner and confined first in Libby and\\nlater in Andersonville Prisons. N ery sikui after\\nhis exchange, he dic l. and was liuried near (iolds-\\nl)oro, N. C.\\nJonathan Rounds wjus a very prominent man\\nand helped to orL!.inize Hopkins Township, of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0509.jp2"}, "510": {"fulltext": "514\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\nwhich he was made the first Supervisor. He later\\nfilled the same position in 1855-56, and from 1872\\nto 1875. He was also Township Clerk, and voted\\nthe Democratic ticket. Mrs. Kenfield was born\\nNovember 5, 1838, and was the first white child\\nborn in Hopkins Township. She was given a good\\ncommon school education, and is a very intelligent\\nlady. After her marriage with our subject, they\\nlocated on eighty acres of unimproved land, and\\nare now successfully engaged in general farming\\nand dairying. They have resided on their present\\nfarm for tlie past thirty-tliree years, and a view of\\ntheir comfortable home appears in another page.\\nOne diughter has been gi-anted them, Carrie A.,\\nnow Mrs. G. M. Gaylor, who resides in Otsego\\nTownship, Allegan County. She has one son,\\nElmer R., who is seven years of age.\\nIn politics, William S. KenSeld is a Republican,\\nand has been Overseer of Highways. He is verj\\npopular among his fellow-townsmen, who have\\nkept him in office for the past ten or twelve years.\\ni\\n-j-\\niEORGE REDPATH. Located in the midst\\nof a fine farming country, it is not strange\\nthat the village of Martin has developed\\nextensive grain interests and sends large shipments\\nof cereals to the important commercial centres.\\nMr. Redpath is here engaged in buying stock, grain\\nand produce, and has a mill and elevator, as well\\nas a large warehouse for storing grain. Together\\nwith his partner, P. D. Campbell, he has worked\\nup the most extensive grain business in the county,\\nbuying and shipping large quantities and not only\\nincreasing his personal gains but enliancing the\\nimportance of Martin as well.\\nMr. Redpath is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland,\\nand was born April 20, 1836. His father, John,\\nwas a native of England, his earlj home having\\nbeen on the border of Scotland and England, and\\nhe was reared to farming operations. The mother\\nof our subject was likewise born in the Land of\\nthe Thistle and was known in maidenhood as\\nJanet Purvis. In 1837 the parents emigrated to\\nPetersborough, Canada, and after sojourning there\\nfor three years, removed from thence to Caledonia,\\nLivingston County, N. Y., which was their home\\nfor twelve years. Thence they removed to Mich-\\nigan, coming directly to Allegan Count} and set-\\ntling on section 19, Martin Township. The farm\\nwhich they here purchased w.as gradually improved\\nand remained their home until their death, the\\nfather dying when fifty-six years old and the\\nmother when seventy -seven years old.\\nA prominent man in Allegan Countj- during its\\nearly history, John Redi)ath was a stanch adher-\\nent of the Democratic party and served his fellow-\\ncitizens in various official positions, among them\\nthat of Justice of the Peace, School Director and\\nother minor offices. He and his wife were the\\nparents of six children, all of whom grew to ma-\\nturity. Elizabeth and James are now deceased;\\nMary is the wife of John Gray, and resides in\\nMinnesota; George, our subject, is the next in\\norder of birth; Margaret is the wife of Archie\\nMathews, whose sketch is presented in another\\nportion of this volume; Jane is the wife of P. D.\\nCampbell, the partner of our subject.\\nThe earliest recollections of our subject are not\\nof the land of his birth, but of Canada, whither\\nhe was brought by his parents when one year old.\\nHe was still a mere child when he removed\\nwith them to New York and his schooling was be-\\ngun and finished in Caledonia, that State. When\\nfifteen, he came to Allegan Count} and after his\\nfather s death, when he was twenty-one years old,\\nhe took charge of the farm, which he operated\\nuntil 1890. Since he has resided in Martin, the\\nfarm has been in charge of his son George. He\\nwas married February 13, 1865, to Helen Fox,\\nwhose native home was eight miles east of Roches-\\nter, N. Y., and the date of her birth April 18, 1834.\\nMrs. Redpath is one of two children born to\\nLewman and Mary (Sparks) Fox, both natives of\\nMassachusetts. Her sister Mary is the wife of\\nPorter Delamater of Minneapolis. Mr. Fox died\\nwhen seventy-five years old, but the mother still\\nsurvives and makes her home with our subject.\\nThe union of Mr. and Mrs. Redpath has been\\nblest bj- the birth of three children: George, who\\nmarried I^izzie McVean and resides on the old\\nhomestead; James and Anna, who are still at\\nhome. In connection with agriculture, Mr. Red-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0510.jp2"}, "511": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nai9\\npath formerly en jiMtjed in biiyina: stock and run-\\nning a thresliing machine on his farm of one hun-\\ndred and six acres. Politically, he is a Democrat,\\nand has held various school olfices, besides serving\\nas Postmaster for four yeai-s. lie is prominent as\\naMason and in religious convictions is a member\\nof the Presbyterian Church.\\n^OSIAll K. HARDING, who resides on a farm\\nin Wayland Townshi]). Allegan County,\\ncame to Michigan in the early days, and\\nhas witnessed with pride and pleasure the\\nrapid strides taken by this State from an unbroken\\nwilderness to a country highly improved and\\ndotted over witli large cities, thriving villages and\\nhighly cultivated farms. He was born in Oswego\\nCounty, N. Y., October Ifi, 1826, a son of Solomon\\nS. and Phila (Crissey) Harding. The father was\\na native of Connecticut, from which Slate he re-\\nmoved to New York at the age of twelve years\\nand there followed the occupation of a farmer.\\nThe mother of our subject died when he was only\\nsix months old, and he has but little record of the\\nfamily, l)Ut believes her to have been a native of\\nIrehiTid. When eleven years old he had the mis-\\nfortune to lose his father, and was therefore\\nobliged to look out for himself.\\nMr. Harding had the advantages of a comraon-\\nscliool education, which he improved to tlie best\\nof his ability. At the earlvage of sixteen, he took\\npossession of an eighty-acre farm in New York\\nSlate, wliieh his father had left him, and began its\\ncultivation and improvement. Here he remained\\nindustriously at work until twenty-three years old,\\nwhen, in tlie fall of IHH), he sold out and came to\\nMichigan, locating in Martin Township, Allegan\\nCounty. At that time the county was an almost\\nunbroken wilderness, and he relates many stories\\nof the hardships and trials of tlie pioneer life, one\\nof the greatest of these being the lack of neigh-\\nbors, his nearest, one by the name of Brunson,\\nresiding tliree and a half miles distant.\\nMr. Harding remained on this place only three\\n01 four veal s, when he removed to Hopkins Town-\\nship, two years afterward going to liradley where\\nhe was engaged ill general merchandising for about\\nten years. Since that time, he has resided u|ion\\nhis present farm, which he has been busilj^ engaged\\nin cultivating and improving. He has been mar-\\nried three times, his first marriage taking place,\\nAugust 29, 1847, when he was united to Helen\\nM. Wood, of Oswego County, N. Y. To them\\nwere born three children, two of whom are deceased\\nthose left are Cora E., Ernest B. and Florence I., the\\nlatter being married and living in Philadelphia.\\nOn the death of his lirst wife, Mr. Harding was\\nmarried to Miss Hannah Oardner, by whom he had\\nseven children: Irwin, Emma ,1., Ida Dell, Mina\\nMay, Trudie B., ine and Myrtle G. Of these\\nseven, Emma and Mina are deceased. The present\\nMrs. Harding was before her marriage Miss Mina\\nWoodworlh, of Martin Township. They were mar-\\nried June 20, 1883, and she had two children: Iva\\nMay .and IMaigaret L., both deceased.\\nMr. Harding has always been identified with the\\nfarming interests of this county and is looked upon\\nas one of its suhsiaiilial men. In polities, he is a\\nDemocrat and has held the oflice of Justice of tlie\\nPeace for twelve years, and during Cleveland s\\nadministration was Postmaster of Bradley. He was\\nalso a Director of the school for a number of years.\\nHe formed} belonged to Fen ton Lodge, A. F. fe\\nA. M., at Wayland, also to the Patrons of Indus-\\ntry and the Grange.\\n-^1=\\nc=Ir=.\\nJOSEPH F. WHEATON, a resident of Way-\\nland Township, Allegan Counly, is a son of\\nSamuel and Amelia (Feiitou) Wlieaton. He\\n,,_^ was born Jlay 30, 1829, in Steuben County,\\nN. Y. His father was born and reared in New\\nJersey, and followed farming and carpentering.\\nOn the pateraal side, Mr. Wlieaton is descended\\nfrom Irish stock, and on the maternal side his an-\\ncestors were from Holland. Mrs. AVheaton was\\nborn in Yates County, N. Y., and passed her life\\nin Ihat Slate, dying in November, 1835. The\\nfather died in September, 1878. Our subject was\\nreared and educated in the district schools of his\\nnative county. He learned the trade of a carpenter\\nand worked at it until isrio, when he came to this", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0511.jp2"}, "512": {"fulltext": "516\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nState. He then located in Gun Plain Township,\\nAllegan Countj Mich., but in December, 1861, he\\nmoved to Dorr Township, and one year later to\\nthe village of Wayland. In the fall of 1865, Mr.\\nWheaton located on the place wiiere he still resides,\\ncomprising two hundred and fifty-two acres, about\\ntwo-thirds of which is finely improved.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write was drafted\\ninto the army in the late war. He enlisted in\\nCompany K, Sixteenth ^Michigan Infantry, in 1865,\\nand was in the Army of the Potomac. He was not\\nin any active service. The improvements upon\\nthe place of this gentleman are of the very best\\nand have all been placed there by him. It is con-\\nducted mostly through hired help, he doing little\\nhimself except superintending it, which he does\\nsagaciously and prudently. He has been united\\nin marriage four times, his first wife being Miss\\nHannah Tuttle. His second wife was Roxannia\\nFrench, and after her death Louisa Lovejo}\\nbecame his wife. March 1, 1876, he w.as united\\nto his present companion. Miss Florence C.\\nDot) of AVatsoii Township, this county, and\\nby this union has become the father of five\\nchildren: Charlotte A., John S., Cora M., George\\nA., and Charley K.,who is deceased. The three old-\\nest children are receiving excellent educations,\\nand are studying the art of music. Mr. Wheaton\\nis a Democr.at, politically. By his marriage with\\nLouisa Lovejoy he had one son, William Anson,\\nwho is supposed to have been killed by a wreck on\\nthe railroad near Toledo.\\nE^\\nEIN BRINOIAN is probably one of the\\nbest known men in Allegan County, hav-\\ning been born in Laketown Township, Feb-\\nruary 3, 1852. He follows the occupa-\\ntion of a blacksmith in Overisel, where he receives\\na flattering degree of patronage. He is the son of\\nHendrick J. Brinkman, who was born in Holland\\nand emigrated to America, when a young man,\\ncoming directlj^ to Michigan and locating on\\neightj acres of land in Laketown Township.\\nOur subject s father was one of the pioneers of\\nAllegan County, having come here in 1847. At\\nthat time, neighbors were but few and far between,\\nand many were the discouragements which he suf-\\nfered in improving his purchase. Mr. Brinkman\\nmet and married the mother of our subject, who\\nbore the maiden name of Jane Boars, in Laketown\\nTownship. She was a native of Holland, and by\\nher union with our subject became the mother of\\nfive children, three sons and two daughters. The\\nfather was very prominent in local affairs in his\\nday and was honored with the oflice of Justice of\\nthe Peace, of which he was the incumbent for two\\nterms. He and his wife are now living in retire-\\nment in the village of Overisel, where thej afe\\nenjoying the fruits of their early industry, and are\\nsurrounded bj- hosts of friends, who hope they\\nmaj- be spared many years. They are among the\\nveiy few old settlers of this county who are living,\\nand are greatly esteemed l)y all who know them,\\ntheir circle of acquaintance being very wide in-\\ndeed. Both Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman are conscien-\\ntious members of the Reformed Church.\\nMr. Brinkman, of this sketch, received a good\\neducation, and remained under the parental roof\\nuntil he reached his eighteenth year, when he was\\napprenticed to learn the trade of a l)lacksmith,\\nwhich calling he is so successfully prosecuting at\\nthe present time. He has made Overisel his home\\nfor the past nineteen jears, and hence is one of\\nthe oldest workmen in his line in the village.\\nThe original of this sketch was married in Over-\\nisel, to Miss Mary Browers, the marriage being-\\nsolemnized September 8, 1882. Mrs. Brinkman is\\nthe daughter of Henry Browers, one of the old\\nand prominent citizens of Overisel Township. He\\nwas greatlj interested in all public affairs, and\\nwas a recipient of many offices of trust and respon-\\nsiblity within the gift of the people. He died in\\n1888, and his amiable and excellent wife makes\\nher home on the old homestead.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Brinkman have been granted a\\nfamily of two children: Julia J. and Horace J.\\nMr. Brinkman owns considerable real estate in the\\nvillage, his possessions numbering five acres. In\\npolitics, he is a Republican, having the greatest\\nfaith in the future of that party. He has been\\nurged to accept political positions; he served as\\nConstable for four terms. He, with his wife, who is", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0512.jp2"}, "513": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0513.jp2"}, "514": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0514.jp2"}, "515": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n519\\nan intelligent and estimable lady, is a member of\\nthe Reformed Church. He is a constant worker,\\nand is well known in the county as favorable to\\nall ood causes.\\n11? EE UEUEL. The life of this gentlem.an.\\nI who is a prosperous merchant of Bradley,\\njlL^ furnishes a splendid illustration of what in-\\ndustry and perseverance can accomplish in the way\\nof building up a successful business from a small\\nbeginning. Mr. Deuel was born in Portage County,\\nOhio, February 27, 1840, and is a son of .Jonathan\\nand Polly (.Tones) Deuel. His parents were both\\nbom and reared near Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and\\nhis father was by occupation a farmer. They re-\\nmoved to Ohio about the year 1828, and located\\nupon a farm where our subject spent the first\\ntwelve years of his life. He then went lo Kent,\\nOhio, and was engaged in business with his brother,\\nZebulon T. Deuel. He received his education at\\nthe district school, using to advantage all the op-\\nportunities offered him for mental improvement.\\nMr. Deuel remained with his brother until about\\ntwenty years of age, and in 1861, came to Michi-\\ngan, being variously employed for the next eight\\nyears. In 1869, he bought out the stock of gen-\\neral merchandise of Mr. Harding, at Bradley, Alle-\\ngan Count} in whose store he had been employed\\nas a clerk, for two years previous. He went in\\ndebt for $4,600, having no money atall with which\\nto pa^ for his purchase. It is an evidence of his\\nabilitj- as a financier, and of his energy and indus-\\ntry, that he now has a flourishing business and a\\nfine trade, some j-ears selling goods to the amount\\nof *30,000.\\nMr. Deuel was married, December 31, 1867, to\\nSarah Andrews, of Watson Township, Allegan\\nCount} and of this union, four children were born.\\nTwo of these, Caroline Belle and Alice Maliehdied\\nin infancy; those living are: W. Artiiur and Nor-\\nton G. Mrs. Deuel died, July 15, 188G, and was\\ninterred in the cemetery at Bradley, April 22, 181) 1\\nour snbject was again married, this time to Leona\\nBruce, of Albion, Noble County, Ind.\\nIn addition to general merchandising, Mr. Deuel\\nis also carrying on a feed-mill and grain elevator\\nat Shelbyville, and is interested in the lumber\\nbusiness at that place, spending his time between\\nthe two towns. He is a prominent and inlluential\\nman in his vicinity, and does all in his power to\\naid in furthering the interests of the county. He\\nis a charter member of Bradley Lodge, No. 2 .\u00c2\u00bbG,\\nA. F. A- A. ]M., of liradlcv. Midi.; he is also a mem-\\nber of De Witt Clinton Consistory, of Grand Uaj)-\\nids. He is likewise identified with the United\\nWorkmen and Knights of the Maccabees; has filled\\ntlie offices of Clerk and Treasurer of the township\\nin which he now resides. In connection with this\\nbiographical notice, the reader will be pleased to\\nnotice a portrait of Mr. Deuel.\\nIJAMES ANDERSON. It is conceded tliat\\nthe prosperity of Allegan County lias been\\ngreatly promoted by its foreign-born citi-\\nzens, who have aided in developing its re-\\nsources and advancing its interests. In that class\\nprominent mention belongs to Mr. Anderson, who\\nwas born in Ireland, in 1821, and who for nearly\\nforty years has devoted his energies to tilling the\\nsoil in Allegan County. His father, Joseph, emi-\\ngrated from the Emerald Isle to America, in 18; i0,\\nand died in Rochester, N. Y., at tlie age of sixty-\\nfive years. His mother, Esther (Conner) Ander-\\nson, was born and reared in Count} Kildare, Ire-\\nland, and died in Michigan when past her four-\\nscore years and ten.\\nThe parental family consisted of nine children,\\ntwo of whom died in infancy, and five now survive.\\nOur subject, who is the third son, was reared in\\nCounty Dublin, and there remained until he was\\nabout thirty years old. In 1848, he emigrated to\\nAmerica, remaining six years in Rochester and\\ncoming thence, in 1854, to Watson Township, AIK\\ngan County, where he purchased one hundred and\\nthirty-nine acres on .section 1. I pon the place\\nwhich was wholly unimproved, he built a log house,\\n18x24 feel, and continued to cultivate the soil un-\\ntil 1864, w1ien he bought the farm which he now\\nowns. At that time, only ten acres hail been\\nplaced under cultivation, but through his efforts", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0515.jp2"}, "516": {"fulltext": "520\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRATHICAL RECORD.\\ntliey have been finely improved, and now contain a\\nfine set of farm buildings, among tUem an attractive\\nresidence, which was erected at a cost of ^i l,500.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Anderson to Miss Bridget\\nCrowley, a native of County Clare, Ireland, took\\nplace in Monroe County, N. Y., in 1850, and\\nbrought mutual happiness until the devoted wife\\nwas called hence, March 2, 1882, At her decease,\\nshe left six children, one son dying in infancy\\nMary Ann is the wife of John Maloney, of Watson\\nTownship; Ellen married John [Mart, and resides\\nin Watson Township; .Josepli was united to Mary\\n]\\\\Iyron, and makes his home in the same township;\\nJames married Lizzie Maron, and lives in Wat-\\nson Township; Jane makes her home in Monroe\\nCounty, this State; Charles, who married Delia\\nKelly, resides with his father.\\nAt present, Mr. Anderson is not actively engaged\\nin agricultural pursuits, although he superintends\\nhis farm of one hundred and seven acres. In the\\nsociety of his children and grandchildren, of whom\\nthere are thirteen, he is quietly and happily pass-\\ning- the twilight of his life. He takes considerable\\ninterest in political affairs as a member of the Dem-\\nocratic party, and finds a religious home in the\\nCatholic Church. He has held the various school\\noffices and contributed to the material welfare of\\ntlie community.\\nH\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0B\\ngS C\\n\\\\Tf OSEPH SMITH. The name of this gentle-\\nman is a familiar one throughout Allegan\\nCounty, where he is known as the owner of\\na farm on section 17, Pine Plains Township.\\nIn 1875, he located upon the estate which he still\\noperates, and which comprises three hundred acres\\nof good land. In connection with his agricultural\\npursuits, he manages a sawmill, and both as a\\nfarmer and miller his efforts have been successful.\\nHe is a man of marked energy, and his success is\\nthe more remarkable, when it is remembered that\\nlie was m childhood deprived of the advantages of\\na good education, and was compelled to work his\\nway unaided from an humble to a prosperous po-\\nsition.\\nThe boyhood days of Mr. Smith were spent on a\\nfarm in Union County, Pa., where he was born in\\n1835. His father, Jacob, was a native of Pennsyl-\\nvania, and, at the age of nineteen, married Eliza-\\nbeth, daughter of George W3 ant. They became\\nthe parents of nine children: Julia, John, Cath-\\nerine, Aaron, Isaac, Maria, Joseph, Susan and Rob-\\nert. In 1857, the father, accompanied by his wife\\nand children, emigrated West to Michigan, locat-\\ning near Bristol, St. Joseph County, and there\\noperating as a farmer and miller until his death.\\nEarly in life, our subject was thrown upon his\\nown resources and compelled to make his wa} in\\nthe world unaided. He learned the trade of a car-\\npenter when eighteen, and was engaged for several\\n3 ears in that way. When ready to establish do-\\nmestic ties, he was married to Rosana, daughter of\\nJohn and Lydia Cline. After his marriage, he re-\\nmoved to St. Joseph County, this State, and re-\\nmained upon a farm there until 1875, the year of\\nhis removal to his present place. By indefatigable\\nenergy and unremitting labor, he has gained pos-\\nsession of a splendid farm, and is known as one of\\nthe most successful farmers of Pine Plains Town-\\nship.\\nIn all his enterprises, Mr. Smith has received the\\ndevoted co-partnership of his estimable wife. She\\nwas one of seven children who were named Sam-\\nuel, Polly, James, Joseph, Susan, Sophia and Re-\\nbecca. Her father, who was a native of Pennsyl-\\nvania, followed farming in that State during his\\nentire life. Mr. and ]\\\\Irs. Smith are the parents of\\nseven children, namely: Elnora, wife of Samuel\\nEmery; Emma, wife of John M. Mann; Elizabeth,\\nnow Mrs. Henry Emery; John and James, who\\nmake their homes in South Dakota, and Erank and\\nWiliiam A., who still remain at home.\\nSi-J-S-^-l-b\\nORRIN GOODSPEED, one of the oldest and\\nmost resjtccted residents of Dorr Township,\\nAllegan Countj came to Michigan in 1845.\\nHe was born in the township of Mentor, Geauga\\nCounty, Ohio, on the 6th of August, 1816, to Na-\\nthaniel and Catherine (Miller) Goodspeed. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Miller were both natives of Syracuse,\\nN. Y., and Mr. Goodspeed followed farming and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0516.jp2"}, "517": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n521\\ntanning .as liis life voc.ition. They .ire boHi now\\ndeceased.\\nOur subject was reared on the farm m Ohio, and\\nhis advantages for an education were somewliat\\nlimited. lie came U IMidiigan in 181; and lo-\\ncated in Dorr Tovvn.ship, where he is the oldest liv-\\ning inhabitant. lie took up his land from the\\nGovernment and his neai est neiglil)or was live or\\nsix miles aw.a^-. One hundred and sixt} acres con-\\nstituted the first tr.act he took up, with an addi-\\ntional seventy-one acres, and a forty a little fur-\\nther north. He erected a log cabin, into which he\\nmoved with his wife and family, and for something\\nto protect the house against the storms of winter,\\nhe drove two stakes in the ground, placing a pole\\non them, and setting boards upright against Ihe\\npole. This served the purpose iuite satisfactorily.\\nOn his coming to this State, he brought with him\\ntwelve head of cattle. Of course in the winter\\nthere was nothing for them to subsist on, and Mr.\\nGoodspeed would cut down trees and the cattle\\nwould feed off the tops of them. Hy the next\\nspring he iiad eighteen acres of land cleared and\\nready for the plow. Grand Hapids was the mar-\\nket to which all the settlers in tliis vicinity had to\\ngo, and Mr. Cioodspeed has made many a trip with\\nhis ox-team to that place to sell his produce, and\\nbring other provisions home with him. There\\nwere no roads and it took two days to make the\\ntrip.\\nMr. Goodsi)ced and Jliss .Sarah Curtis were\\nunited in marriage March 9, 1837, the ceremony\\ntaking place in .Summit County, Ohio. Mrs. Good-\\nspeed was a native of Steuben Countj N. Y., and\\nbecame the mother of twelve children, whose rec-\\nord is .as follows: George N., born February 14,\\n1838; Cyrus P:., September 20, 183!); Daniel V.,\\nApril 27, 1842; William R, April 20. 1844; Charles\\nL., June 21, 1846; Orrin A., March 30, 1848; Syl-\\nvia A., May 20, 18. )0; Catherine Jane, May 1,\\n1852; Jolni W. W.. M.ay 24,1854; .Sallie M., May\\n22, 185G; Phebe February 22, 1859. The\\nmother of this family passed to the other world.\\nSeptember 28. 1801.\\nMr. Goodspeed li.as always made farming his vo-\\ncation, and is well known and iiighly respected\\nthroughout the township, lie was present at the\\nfirst township meeting licid in Dorr Township, it\\nthen embracing botli Ibipkins and Watson Town-\\nsliips. The first one in Dtirr Township, after the\\ndivision of the three townships, was held at his\\nhouse, and there were only thirteen voters. He has\\nalwa3-s been a firm Democrat, and li.as been Super-\\nvisor of his township one term, Township Clerk\\nand Highway Commissioner, which he held with\\ngreat satisfaction to the peoi)le.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a24 ,^XJ) 5 {**r\\n-.{..{..j.^. s^^i? .5..i.^..5.r\\nl ILLIAM H. PAKMKLKK li.as a i)le.asant\\nsection It, Hopkins Township,\\nAllegan County. His parents were Alfred\\nand Silvia (Kutty) Parinelee, natives of Con-\\nnecticut, and farmers by occupatif)n. After their\\nmarri.age they moved to Ohio, and located in Sum-\\nmit County, where they were among the pioneers.\\nThey remained there for many years, and, when\\nselling out, moved to Indiana, where tlicy located\\non a farm, and remained until the death of the\\nfather in 18K!. The mother then came to Mich-\\nigan, where she i)assed away about twelve years\\nago.\\nThe parental family of our subject included\\neight children, only one of whom, K.dwin, besides\\nour subject, is living. Mr. and ;Mrs. .\\\\lfred Par-\\nmelee were members of the Congregational Church,\\nand the father took an active part in politics, be-\\ning a Whig. William II. Parmclee w.as born Octo-\\nber 23, 1830. ill .Middlesex County, Conn. He\\nwas taken to Ohio when an infant, by his parents,\\nand was there given a good education, and reared\\non a farm. When completing his studies in the\\ncommon schools, Mr. Parmelee entered Western\\nReserve College, but was obliged to abandon his\\nstudies, when in his .Sophomore year, on account\\nof ill health. He is a truly self-made man, having\\nworked during the summer months to p.ay his way\\nthrough school. He picked up and .^old chestnuts\\nto pay for the fust lexicon lie ever owied. He\\ntaught school while prosecuting his studies. He\\nlater learned the carpenter s trade, which he fol-\\nlowed a .short time, and in 1855 caine to Michigan.\\nThere were but two families Iwatt-d on the\\nnorthwestern ((uarter of Hopkins Township at the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0517.jp2"}, "518": {"fulltext": "522\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntime our subject came here, and his land was then\\nin its primitive condition. lie cleared a portion\\nof his farm, and then returned to Ohio. A twelve-\\nmonth later, he came back to the new home and\\nerected a shanty in which to establish his family.\\nHis tract consisted of one hundred and twentj\\nacres, to which he has since added, until he now\\nhas in his possession one hundred and sixty acres\\nof land.\\nIn, 1857 Mr. Parmelee and Miss Clarissa Bissell\\nwere united in marriage. Mrs. Parmelee was the\\ndaughter of Blodget and Lucinda (Pardee) Bissell,\\nthe father a native of Massachusetts, and the mother\\nof Connecticut. They settled on the Western\\nReserve in Ohio before the War of 1812, where\\nthey were farmers. Mrs. Parmelee was born March\\n27, 1831, in Ohio. Our subject has cleared one\\nhundred acres of his estate, and placed it under ex-\\ncellent cultivation. The log house in which the\\nfamily lived for fifteen j ears has given way to a\\npleasant dwelling. Ills large barn is 40x70 feet\\nin dimensions, to which he has later added an\\neighteen-foot wing. His granary is 18x26 feet,\\nhog house, 16x24, and his poultry house, 14x18\\nfeet. The latter is plastered, has a oement floor,\\nand double windows. He also has a woodhouse,\\ncreamery, etc. The cattle in which he takes special\\npride are the Holstein. He also has Poland-China\\nswine, and gives his attention exclusively to\\nfarming.\\nMr. and Mrs. Parmelee have five children, all of\\nwhom are living, with one exception. Howard E.\\nis a merchant at Hilliard s Station, and married\\nMarian M. Waterman; they have one child. Sil-\\nvia L. is the wife of Jfimes B. Stuch; Harmon B.\\nmarried Laura Shields; and Mason E. is single.\\nThe parents are members of the Congregational\\nChurch at Hilliards, in which body Mr. Parmelee\\nis Deacon and Trustee. He is also quite active in\\nSunday-school work, and is now Superintendent\\nof the same. He has given his children excellent\\neducational advantages, three of them having at-\\ntended institutions of learning awa} from home.\\nMason E. is a graduate of the Business College at\\nValparaiso, Ind.\\nOur subject has taken an interest in school\\naffairs, and has been on the Board for a number of\\nyears. He is opposed to secret societies, and votes\\nthe Republican ticket, although he favors prohibi-\\ntion. He has been Township Clerk, School In-\\nspector, and Supervisor of Hopkins Township.\\nThe Bissell family in America are descended from\\nthree brothers who crossed the Atlantic and\\nsettled in Massachusetts at an early day. The\\ngran df ather was a soldier in the War of 1812.\\ni i iii O J i t j i\\nRTHUR ANDERSON, of Allegan County,\\nis one of the foremost farmers and stock-\\nmen of Martin Township, where he has an\\nextensive and well-appointed farm, which\\nhe devotes to raising grain, and to breeding fine\\nhorses, cattle, sheep, etc. He is a native of Aber-\\ndeenshire, Scotland, November 22, 1838, being\\nthe date of his birth. He is descended from, one\\nof the old Scottish families, and his father and\\ngrandfather, both of whom were named William\\nAnderson, were natives of the same place where he\\nwas born. The father married Elizabeth Ann\\nMurray, who was born in the same locality .as\\nhimself, and in 1852 they emigrated to this country.\\nAfter landing on these shores, they came directly\\nto Allegan County, and located on a farm in Gun\\nPlain Township, where Mr. Anderson devoted\\nhimself to agricultural pursuits for many years,\\nand did his share in developing the countv. His\\nindustry was well rewarded, and in 1874 he was\\nenabled to retire from active business to a pleas-\\nant home in Martin village, where his remaining\\ndaj s were passed serenely until life s close, Novem-\\n4, 1890. He was a true Christian gentleman, and\\na stanch defender of the faith of the church to\\nw.hich he belonged, the United Presbyterian, he\\nhaving been one of the leading members of the\\nsame. His wife had preceded him in death, dj ing\\nin 1861. Tliey were the parents of three children,\\nof whom our subject is the eldest. The others are:\\nWilliam, a resident of Martin Township, and\\nAnnie, wife of Peter McArthar, who lives near\\nOgdensburg, N. Y.\\nHe of whom we write was thirteen years old\\nwhen the familj came to the United States, and\\nthe most important part of his life has been passed", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0518.jp2"}, "519": {"fulltext": "POltTliAir AND lilUGRAl lIICAL RECORD.\\n.-)2.?\\nin Micliitf.in. lie remained an inmate of his\\nfatlier .s liome until he married in tiie spring of\\n1865, and established one of his own. He lived\\nwith his l)ride on his father s place the ensuing\\n3 ear, and in 1866 settled on his farm on section\\n27, Martin Township. He liist hought two hun-\\ndred acres of land on sections 27 and 3t; his next\\npurchase was an eighty-acre tract, to which he has\\nsince added more land by furllicr purchase, and\\nnow he lias in all three iiundred and sixty-six acres\\nof very fine fanning land lying on the two sections\\nmentioned, all of which is improved but twelve acres\\nof valuable timber. It is a iieauliful farm, with sub-\\nstantial and commodious buildings, attractive sur-\\nroundings, and all the conveniences for conducting\\nagriculture after the best modern nictiiods. Mr.\\nAnderson does a general farming Imsiness, and is\\nvery methodical in carrying it on, everything\\nbeing done systematically and pr( nii)lly, and even\\nthe minutest details looked after with care. He\\nkeeps a careful account of his stock, and he lias a\\nrecord of the business that he has transacted eveiy\\nday since he was twenty years old.\\nOur subject had one hundred acres in wheat this\\nyear. and raised other crops in like proportion, all\\nyielding him abundant harvest. He is particularly\\ninterested in tine stock, and is noted llnoughout\\nthe county for his blooded horses and cattle. He\\nhas one hundred acres of excellent iiasture land,\\nand every facility for raising stock to the best\\nadvantage. He first began to handle iiigh graded\\nShort-horn cattle in 1871, commencing on a small\\nscale, and now has a valuable herd of tliirty or\\nforty of that lu eed. In 1878, he commenced\\nshipping cattle, and has continued shipping ever\\nsince, sending a large lot to Manistee in 1889. He\\nalso raised fine blooded iiorses, and has a thorough-\\nbred Clydesdale stallion, Blythc Hen. Hissheep,\\nof which he has about one hundred, are Jlerinos,\\nand are line specimens of the breed.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Anderson and Miss Anna\\nRobertson was solemnized March 8, 1865. Mi-s\\nAnderson is also of Scottish birth and antecedcnt.s,\\nher native pl.ace being in Perthshire, .Scotland, but,\\nlike her husband, she has passed the most of her\\nlife in this country, coming here when a child of\\nseven years, and ever since has lived in Allegan\\nCounty. Her marriage with our subject has been\\nblessed to them by the birth of ten children, as\\nfollows: William, now deceased, and an infant\\nun-named, deceased; .lohn C; .Jessie. I.; .lennicM.;\\nAnna; Arthur .1.; George, deecjvsed; Mary E.; and\\nHan-} Clifford, all of whom are at home with\\ntheir parents.\\nAs will be seen by the perusal of this sketch,\\nour subject is one of the progressive men of his\\ntownship, and has been an important f.actor, not\\nonly in raising the standard of stock bred here,\\nand adding to its agricultural wealth, but he has\\nplayed a responsible part in the management of\\ncivic affairs, often being called ujion l)v his fellow-\\ncitizens, who hold him in high estimation, to\\naccept some position of public trust. He was a\\nmember of the County Board of Supervisors two\\nyears, has been Drain Commissioner, and has been\\nTownship Treasurer, besides Ijciiig School In-\\nspector and holding other otlices at various times.\\nIn politics, he is a strong Republican, and is well\\ninformed as to the political issues of the d.ay. He\\nis prominent in religious circles as an Elder of\\nthe United Presb3-terian Church at Martin, and he\\ngave liberallv of his means toward its upbuilding.\\n^^EORGE A. MOSHER. This gentleman, who\\nIII since a bo^ has devoted almost his entire\\n^^Ij time to the practice of that art preserva-\\ntive of all arts, through whose influence civiliza-\\ntion and the diffusion of knowledge has been made\\npossible in all lands and in all tongues, has worked\\nhis way up from the compositor s case to llic\\neditor s chair, which latter position he most alily\\nfills.\\nMr. Mosher is a native of Allegan Countj and\\nwas born in Wayland Township, February 1 1857.\\nHe is a son of Ambrose and Sarah (Condil) Mosher,\\nhis mother being a native of New York, who is\\nstill residing in the village of Wayland. The\\nfather, a native of the same State as his wife, and\\nwho was a lumberman bj- trade, died when our\\nsubject was but a year old. The latter had only\\nthe advantages of a common-school education, but", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0519.jp2"}, "520": {"fulltext": "524\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlie well improved these, and found a ready use for\\nthe knowledge so acquired when he decided to\\nlearn the trade of a printer, entering the employ\\nof A. V. Hopkins, then editing the Wayland Neivs.\\nHere he remained but one year, when, owing to\\nthe death of Mr. Hopkins, he was obliged to seek\\nemplo.yment elsewhere, soon after going to Petos-\\nkey, Mich., where he worked on the Democrat for\\nabout two years and a half.\\nAt the expiration of this time, Mr. Mosher estab-\\nlished the Petoske3 Record, which he conducted\\nwith success for six and a half years, but on ac-\\ncount of ill health felt that a change of climate\\nwas necessary, and accordingly removed to Colum-\\nbia, Brown County, in what is now South Dakota.\\nHe then, in company with U. V. Thomas, estab-\\nlished the Columbia Dispatch, wliich he carried on\\nfor a year, when he returned to his old home in\\nthis State, and on September 24, 1884, started the\\nWayland Olobe, which he has conducted with\\nmarked ability up to the present time. The paper\\nis classed among the best in this county, is well and\\njudiciously edited, and has a good circulation. Be-\\ning a practical printer himself, Mr. Mosher is com-\\npetent to oversee all the details which go so far to\\nmake a paper attractive in its appearance, as well\\nas interesting in its matter.\\nIn addition to his editorial duties, Mr. Mosher\\nfor two years filled the position of Township Clerk,\\nand was also the Village Recorder for the same\\nlength of time. He was married, November 10,\\n1878, to Miss Sarah Smith, of Petoskey, and they\\nare the parents of two children: Carrie M. and\\nRollo G. Mr. Mosher is identified with the Re-\\npuljliean party and has always been an active\\nmember, taking a great interest in political affairs\\nand also in everything which is conducive to the\\nprogress and development of his native county and\\nthe welfare of his fellow-citizens.\\n4 C^\\n\\\\M\\nBAMUEL FOX, who resides in Wayland\\nTownship, Allegan County, where he has\\nowned and operated a farm for the last\\nquarter of a century, is a native of Ohio,\\nbeing born in Beaver Township, Columbiana\\nCounty, April 9, 1820. His parents, Jacob and\\nAnna (Fox) Fox, were natives of Pennsylvania,\\nbut were reared in Ohio, where his father followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer. At that time country\\nboys had but a poor opportunity for an education,\\nas the settlers were few and far between, the schools\\nwere scarce and the course of study pursued very\\nlimited. In addition to this, our subject was the\\neldest of a family of ten children, and his boyhood\\ndays were spent principally in assisting his father\\nin the manj duties pertaining to farm life.\\nIn 1837, when eighteen years of age, Mr. Fox\\nbegan learning the carpenter s trade five miles\\neast of Salem, Ohio, and after mastering it sufti-\\ncientlj began working for himself, continuing in\\nthis occupation for twenty-seven years, remaining\\nin his native State and working at various places\\nat his trade until 1866. He then purchased a\\ngristmill at Homeworth, in Columbiana County,\\nthat State, which he operated for five years. At\\nthe expiration of this time, he came to Michigan,\\nlocating in AVayland Township, Allegan Countj^,\\non a tract of eighty acres. It was all wild unim-\\nproved land. He also purchased eighty acres, three\\nmiles east of his other place in the same township.\\nThese two pieces of land he has thoroughly im-\\nproved, and as the result of much hard labor and\\ncareful management has brought to a high state of\\ncultivation.\\nThe marriage of our subject occurred December\\n17, 1843, when he was united to Catherine Fox,\\nwho departed this life February 14, 1846. He was\\nafterward married, April 13, 1851, to Elizabeth\\n(Bear) P ox, who died June 27, 1858. He was\\nunited to his present wife, whose maiden name was\\nElizabeth Benner, January 26, 1860. She was the\\ndaughter of Michael Benner, her mother s maiden\\nname being Elizabeth Purkey. Mrs. Fox is a na-\\ntive of Knox Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.\\nBj his first marriage our subjet became the father\\nof two children: Solomon and Katie Ann. By the\\nsecond marriage two children were born: Albertand\\nAnnis. Our subject and his wife are the parents\\nof two children: Viola and Leotis. These chil-\\ndren are both married and residing in homes of\\ntheir own.\\nMr. Fox has retired from active labor turning", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0520.jp2"}, "521": {"fulltext": "yORTRiUT AND BIOHRAPHICAL RECORD.\\no2-)\\nthe work of the farm over to his yoiinp:cst son. He\\ntakes !io particular interest in politieal affairs, al-\\nthough he votes the Democratic ticket, and has\\nnever heen an oHice-holder since coniin to this\\nState. lie and his wife are nienibei-s of the Meth-\\nodist Protestant Church at Bradley, and are highly\\nesteemed by a larj^e circle of friends and acipiaint-\\nances.\\nr^\\nJ/OHN F. BEEBE. A faithful defender of\\nthe Union durinji the late war and an influ-\\nential farmer of Allegan County, located\\non section 20, Watson Township. Mr. Beebe\\njustly merits the confidence of his fellow-citizens.\\nlie is a native of New York, and w.as born in\\nJunius, Seneca County, May 16, 1818. His fa-\\nther, John Beebe. a native of Jlassachusetts, was\\na tanner and shoemaker by trade and died when\\nforty-four j ears old. His mother, Lydia A.\\n(French) Beebe, was also a native of the old Ba}\\nState, and attained to the age of sixty -seven years\\nand thirty-three days.\\nThe family of which our subject is a member\\nconsisted of the following children: Laura, Maria,\\nGeorge, Sophia, Julia, Nathaniel (who died in in-\\nfancy), Albert \\\\V., Cordelia, John F. and Ezra\\nF. Only two are now living, our subject and his\\nsister Cordelia. The former was a child of little\\nmore tlian two years when his father died, and he\\nwas, therefore, early thrown upon his own resources.\\nAt the age of ten years he accompanied his mother\\nfrom the old home in Junius to Milo Township,\\nYates Coiinty, N. Y., where he remained eight\\nyears. In 1H. 5H, ho removed West to Michigan,\\nand commenced to work in Lenox Township, Ma-\\ncomb County, where he arrived witii only five\\nshillings in his possession.\\nBy carefully hoarding his earnings, which were\\n|!13 |)er month, he was enabled to l)uy a tract of\\nland in Macomb County, where he built a house\\nand iiartialiy improved the land. Later, he sold\\nit and bought forty acres in Lenox Township,\\nbut becoming financially involved by sickness, he\\nresumed work at his trade that of a blacksmith\\nwhich he learned in New York. In 185.5, he\\ntraded his place for the one he now owns in Wat-\\nson Townsliip, and here he has since resided. He is\\nprominent in the imlilic affairs of the community\\nas a member of the Republican party and the\\n(Tr. ind Army of the Repul)lic of Allegan. For\\ntwelve years he has served efliciently as Justice of\\nthe Peace, and was also Treasurer one year and\\nSchool Director.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Beebe enlisted in Company L,\\nFourth Michigan Cavalry, and from Detroit\\nmarched to the front, participating in every battle\\nfrom Nashville to Atlanta. He served until the\\nclose of the war, being off duty only two days\\nduring the entire period of his service, and al-\\nthough ofttimes in great peril, yet escaped with-\\nout a wound. He was with the regiment which\\ncaptured Jefferson Davis, and after an honorable\\nservice was discharged at Nashville, Tenn., in\\nJuly, 1865, returning from that place to his home\\nin Allegan County.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Beebe to Miss Lucretia,\\nthe daughter of Jacob and Fannie (Allen) Miller,\\ntook place October 10, 1838. Mrs. Beebe was born\\nin Brighton Township, Monroe County, N. Y.,\\n.September 21, 1817, and came to this .State in\\n1837. She is the mother of six children, as fol-\\nlows: John H., who resides in Otsego Township,\\nAllegan Countj Cordelia, the wife of C. M.\\nJMiiier, and resides in Watson Township; Julia,\\nwho married G. A. Miner, and resides in Watson\\nTownship; Harris, who died when thirteen months\\nold; and two that died in infancy.\\n^IjOIIN FROII.M. Many of Allegan County s\\nI best agriculturists have come to this coun-\\n^=J\\\\ i try from across the seas, and among them\\nl^g// we name the gentleman of whom we write,\\nwho was born March 11, 1815, in Schlcswig, Ger-\\nmany. He is at present a resident of Hopkins\\nTownship, owning a fine farm of forty acres on\\nsection 2, which is taking his time and attention.\\nThe names of the parents of our subject were\\nHenry and Doretta Frohni, natives of the same\\nplace as their son, where the father was born in", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0521.jp2"}, "522": {"fulltext": "526\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1809, and tlie mother in 1811. They were mar-\\nried in the Fatherland and Mr. Frohm served as a\\nsoldier in the German army artillery. They came\\nto America in 1852, and settled in Baldwinsville,\\nN. Y., he working on a farm there two and a half\\nyears. He then came to Michigan in 1855, and\\nlocated in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo Connty,\\nwhere he remained for the same length of time\\nand finally came to Hopkins Township, this\\ncounty. Here he settled on section 3, on a wild\\nswamp farm of eighty acres. It was almost im-\\npassable at all times of the year, and only about\\nten acres of this was at all dry. He paid fifty cents\\nper acre for it and had to support his family by\\nworking out for others. His nearest neighbor was\\na mile away and no roads were laid out around\\nhim. He remained on this place until his death,\\nand made of it a good farm by draining it. He\\ndied in 1888, his good wife preceding him the same\\nyear. They both lie in the cemetery at Ohio Cor-\\nners and a fine monument marks their graves, cost-\\ning $200. They were the parents of ten children,\\nfive of whom survive. The mother was a devout\\nmember of the Christian Church, while the father\\nbelonged to the Lutheran Church. In politics, he\\nwas a Republican.\\nOur subject had but poor chances for schooling,\\nas he had to commence working out when only\\nfourteen j-ears old. His first place was with Nelson\\nChambers, of AV^a3iand. He helped to maintain his\\nparents until after he reached his majority. He\\nworked ten years for Edwin Byles, of Doi r Town-\\nship, in the lumber business. The first land our\\nsubject owned was eighty acres on section 33, Dorr\\nTownship, which he cleared, cropped and stocked.\\nThis was before he was in the lumber business. He\\nthen worked in Kalamazoo for Henry First. He\\nhas owned several pieces of land at different times.\\nHe improved ten acres on section 2, just east of his\\npresent farm, and also eighty acres on section 21,\\nwhere he put up a large granary, erected a house\\nand barn and fenced and drained his place, and\\nlikewise ten acres on section 14. He also built a barn\\non section 35 in Dorr Township where he lived two\\nyears.\\nSeptember 14, 187(), was tlie date of the mar-\\nri.age of our subject with Miss Angelina Clack, a\\ndaughter of Frederick and Susan (Hall) Clack, of\\nAA ^ayland Township, of whom a sketch will be\\nfound in this book. Mrs. Frohm was born October\\n21, 1855, in Dorr Township, and there received her\\neducation. They have become the parents of one\\nchiid, Lena, now nine years of age and attending\\nschool. After his marriage, Mr. Frohm resided for\\none year in Dorr Township and then bought forty\\nacres of his father s farm and cleared half of it,\\nerecting a house. December, 1890, he removed to\\nhis present farm and at once erected a granaiy, and\\nin 1891 built his present attractive residence. He\\nhas been an industrious man all his life and not in\\nthe least afraid of hard work. In politics, he is a\\nstanch Republican and he and his wife are atten-\\ndants of the various churches of the township and\\nare considered good Christian people.\\n-^^SS\\nB\\n-i^\\ni)HOMAS HOWER. This gentleman was\\nborn in the land far across the sea, Octo-\\nber 15, 1827, in Prussia, near the River\\nRhine. He is now a resident of Clyde Town-\\nship, Allegan County, where he is carrying\\non farming pursuits. He is a son of John and\\nCatherine Mower. The parents were both born in\\nPrussia. The father was engaged in farming and\\nbuying grain and remained in that country all his\\nlife. He received a good education and gave his\\nchildren the very best advantages for the same. He\\nwas married to Catherine Gerst and to them were\\nborn five children, namely Anna M., Maiy,\\nThomas, John and Matilda.\\nThe subject of this notice served four years in\\nthe German army, entering in 1847. He was\\nwounded in the left leg and w.as taken prisoner\\nbut soon made his escape. In 1853 he set sail for\\nthe New World, and, upon landing, settled in New\\nYork State, where he remained for some time. For\\ntlie next four years he was in various States. In\\n1857 he was married to Catherine Schrout, a native\\nof lUel, Prussia. Mrs. Hower is a daughter of Mar-\\ntin and Anna (May) Schrout. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nHower five children have been born, three dying in\\ninfancy: Charley is a resident of Grand Rapids and\\nis married to Ilattie Gaze; John is a resident of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0522.jp2"}, "523": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n529\\nCalifornia and follows l)lacksinilliiii!|. Our subject\\nstn-vc d an appi-onlifesiiip to a blaeksinilli and\\nwori ed one year at his trade in Chicago, but since\\nthat time has given his attention to farming. He\\nremoved to Barry County, Mich., beft)re tiie war\\nand came to this county in 1872; he has re-\\nsided on his present farm thirteen years. He is\\nthe possessor of forty acres of fertile land and lias\\nput all the iniproveraents on it iiimself.\\nTiie subject of this sketch enlisted in the late\\nwar in 18G2, on August 14. He enrolled his name\\nwith Company I, Twenty-lifth Michigan Infantry,\\nand fought under Thomas at Nasliville. He was\\ntaken sick and was in the hospital several months.\\nHe was mustered out and honoi ably discharged at\\nDetroit in 18(!4. He now draws a pension, having\\nbeen disaliled in the service. He is a member of\\nthe Grand Army of the Republic at Fennville.\\nOur sul)ject and his wife are members of tlie Roman\\nCatholic Church. In politics, Mr. Ilower is a Dem-\\nocrat but not strictly a party man. In local affairs\\nhe always votes for tiie man and not for the party.\\nHI-^-i^l!^^^\\nLPIIEUS D. TOWSLEY, a prosperous\\nfarmer residing on section 14, Wayland\\nTownshii), Allegan County, is the son of\\nSamuel and Harriet (Hryant) Towsley,\\nnatives of Connecticut and Canada, res|)ectively.\\nThe elder Towsley was a farmer, and came to\\nMichigan from Canada where he had previously\\nlived. His father wa.s a ca|)tain in the British\\n-Vrmy in the War of 1812. .Samuel and Harriet\\nTowsle} were the parents of nine children, of\\nwhom the following survive: William H., who is\\na physician at Caledonia, this Stat\u00c2\u00ab; Lucius M., a\\nresident of Ovid Township, Branch County, this\\nState; Hester Ann, now Mrs. .Tolin (^iiimby, also a\\nresident of Branch County, and our subject. The\\nparents passed a w.ay in Wayland Township, the\\nfather dying September .30, 1884, and the mother\\nMay 12, 1870.\\nAlpheus Towsley was born in Cass County, this\\nState, Scptcml)er 14, 1840. He received a limited\\n24 A\\ncommon-school education, but gained a splendid\\npractical education being of an observing disposi-\\ntion and a great reader. He began the struggle for\\nlife at the age of twenty-two yeai-s, by working on\\nhis father s farm in Brancli County, for two years.\\nIn 1865 he moved to Wayland Township, Allegan\\nCounty, arriving here on the da} that Abraham\\nLincoln was inaugurated for his second term. He\\nsettled on section 11, taking up eighty acres of\\nland in the woods which he immediate!}- set about\\nto clear and improve. He added to this purclia.se\\nfrom time to time, until he is now the fortunate\\npossessor of two hundred and eleven acres of finely\\ncultivated land, the improvements of which he\\nhas completed all by himself. Upon his lii-st settling\\nhere, he built a board shanty, but since has erected\\na more comfortable and commodious residences\\nbesides other excellent buildings.\\nOur subject was married, December 18, 1862, to\\nMiss Theadotia Abbott. Mrs. Towsley w.as born in\\nColdwater, Branch County, this State, and h.as be-\\ncome the mother of f nc child, Rutli B., wlio\\nmarried G. T. Hines, the depot agent at Bradley,\\nAllegan County. They have one child, Ora G. Mr.\\nTowsley and his worthy helpmate, like all early\\nsettlers, endured manj- hardships and privations\\nbut have pulled through victoriously and are now\\nliving in contentment and happiness. He is a\\nmember of the Republican part}- and has been hon-\\nored l)y his [ellow-citizens with the ollices of Town-\\nship Treasurer and for the past fourteen ^-ears has\\nbeen Commissioner of Highways. He has also\\nbeen a member of the School Board ever since he\\ncame to this township, and is always in favor of\\nanything that will enhance the prosperity of his\\ntownship. He is a prominent member of the\\nGrange of his township. On his land Mr. J w.s-\\nley raises a variety of crops, for which he finds a\\nready market, and also keeps a number of good\\ncows, making a considerable amount of fine butter.\\nHo certainly by his thrift and industry made farm-\\nin a success, and is one that can be looked to as a\\nmodel.\\nHe and his wife were formerly meinbeis of the\\nWesleyan Methodist Church, but there being no\\ndenomination of that kind here, thev now attend\\nchurch in Bradley. Elsewhere in this volume will be", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0523.jp2"}, "524": {"fulltext": "530\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnoticed a portrait of Mr. Towsley, also a view of the\\ncomfortable home which he has established through\\npersevering efforts and judicious management.\\nis T^lr^ i\\nL\\\\A 11. TRACY. Among the quiet and\\n(@^lJI| unostentatious, j et thoroughly worthy an d\\n(s eflicietit. members of the farming commu-\\nnity of Ganges Township, Allegan County,\\nwe are gratilied to mention one who bears an hon-\\norable name. He is at present residing on section\\n32, where he has a tine body of land. Mr. Tracy\\nwas born in Ottawa, La Salle County, 111., January\\n17, 1842, and is the son of Thomas and Mary\\nTracy.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Berkshire\\nCount3-, Mass., December 16, 1790. He was there\\nreared on a farm, and attended the common schools\\nof his neighborhood. When twenty 3 cars of age,\\nhe bought his time of his father, paying $50 for\\nthe one j-ear. Previous to that, however, he had\\naccompanied his parents on their removal to New\\nYork, and in 1814 enlisted in the United States\\narmy, and served his countrj five j ears.\\nIn 1832, Thomas Trac} removed West to Illi-\\nnois, where he was later joined by his parents, and\\nwhere they spent their last days. The maiden name\\nof our subject s mother was Mar^ A.Walden, daugh-\\nter of Edward and Lyda Walden, natives of Con-\\nnecticut, but pioneers of Wood County, Ohio. The\\nparental family included the following seven chil-\\ndren: Thomas, who is deceased; Electa, our sub-\\nject. Mar}-, Cyrus and Harriet. The latter three\\nare deceased, and Charles is residing in Arkansas.\\nThe elder Mr. Tracj^ followed farming in Illi-\\nnois until the death of his wife, which occurred in\\n1852, when he returned to Ohio with his family.\\nIn 1853 he came to Michigan, and located on the\\nfarm which is tlie present home of our subject. He\\nwas married again, tliis time to Mrs. Agnes (McCul-\\nlough) AVarner, and to them was born a daughter,\\nRosa B. Mr. Tracy was a prominent citizen of his\\ntownship, and in politics, was a Jacksonian Demo-\\ncrat. He became a member of the Ancient Free\\nand Accepted Masons in 1814, and was a charter\\nmember of that lodge at Ottawa, 111. At the time\\nof his death, November 7, 1879, he was the oldest\\nMason in the State of Michigan, so far as known.\\nAlva H. Tracj remained under the parental roof\\nuntil attaining his twenty-second year, aiding his\\nfather in clearing the new farm. AVhen starting\\nout for himself, he learned the trade of a carpen-\\nter, which occupation he has since followed in con-\\nnection with his farming operations. He has been\\nvery successful as a carpenter, and lias erected\\nmany of the beautiful houses in Ganges Township.\\n.January 16, 1866, our subject was married to\\nMiss Rebecca A., daughter of William and Matilda\\n(Osl)orn) Swaney, natives, respectively, of Penn-\\nsvlvania and Ohio. IMrs. Tracy was born in Vir-\\nginia. In politics, the original of this sketch is a\\nDemocrat, and, notwithstanding Ganges Township\\nis strongly Republican, the high regard in which\\nhe is held is such, that he has been chosen Super-\\nvisor and Treasurer of his township, holding each\\noffice two terms. He is the present Supervisor,\\nand discharges the duties of that responsible office\\nin such a manner as to give satisfaction to his fel-\\nlow-townsmen. He has held many other offices of\\ntrust, and is looked upon as one of the representa-\\ntive citizen of his community. Both he and his\\nwife are members of the Townsliip and Countj-\\nGranges. Mr. and Mrs. Tracy have no children of\\ntheir own, but have taken into their home one\\nniece, Lucy A. Amidan, and two cousins, viz: Es-\\ntella and Anna Higby.\\ni-^^-^E\\n_v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i-^^^-i^\\n^^jHARLES A. TIEFENTHAL. This repre-\\nil sentative farmer, residing on section 8,Hop-\\nkins Township, Allegan County, is a native\\nof Prussia, being born March 15, 1841. His par-\\nents, Arnold and Annie Caroline (Heider) Tiefen-\\nthal, were natives of the same place as their son.\\nThe} were married in that country and always re-\\nsided there. The father was a mechanic bj trade-\\nHe and his good wife were the parents of six chil-\\ndren, three living: William F., iMinuie (Mrs Julius\\nSchoening) and our subject.\\nThe last named came to America when a mere-\\ncluld and lived at Chicago, where he attended the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0524.jp2"}, "525": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAVHICAL RECORD.\\n.5.31\\npublic schools. lie learned Ihc printer s trade and\\nworked in tlie ollice of the A^ational Democrat and\\nthe National Union. August 2, 1861, he enlisted\\nin his adopted country s defense in Companj- A,\\nThird Miclli, ,^an Cavalry. He was promoted to be\\nSergeant-Major and participated in the following\\nbattles: New Madrid, Island No. 10, Farmington,\\nsiege of Corinth, Spangler Mills, Bay Springs,\\nluka, Corinth, Ilatcliie s Hun, Holly .Springs, Ilud-\\nsonville, Liimkins Mills, Oxford, Coffeeville,\\nIJrownsvilk Clifton, Panola, (Jrauada, IJyhalia,\\nWyatt s Ford, Ripley, Orizaba, and Kllistown. He\\nserved until September 24, 1864. when he was\\nhonorably discharged. He was never wounded or\\noff duty while in the service, nor sick a day.\\nUpon his return from the army, Mr. Tiefenthal\\nsettled upon a farm in Allegan Township, tliis\\ncounty, consisting of forty acres of wild land. He\\nat once set to work and cleared thirty acres of it,\\nwhen he traded for a farm of one hundred and\\ntwent} acres in Monterey Township, which was\\npartially improved.\\nOn December 31, 1865, Mr. Tiefenthal was mar-\\nried to Miss Susan Hofmaster, who was born .Tanu-\\nary 3, 1847, in .Springfield, Mahoning Count3\\nOhio. She is a daughter of Joseph S. and Amelia\\n(Lamb) Hofmaster, both of whom are now de-\\ncca.sed and who came to Michigan in 1855, settling\\nin this township. Our subject and his wife are the\\nparents of eight children: Joseph A., born March\\n13, 1867; George W., September 5, 1868; William\\nF., June 23, 1870; Herman A., .September 25, 1875;\\nJohn E., September 30, 1877; Lizzie E., !May 11,\\n1879; Henry A., October 25, 1882, and Susan J.,\\nJune 13, 1885. Our subject moved to Hopkins\\nTownship in 1875 and settled upon his present\\nfarm of eighty acres, which had but few improve-\\nments on it when he purchased. He has cleared\\nsixty acres and has erected a commodious resid-\\nence antl barns and is successfully engaged in gen-\\neral farming, raising cereals of all kinds.\\nSocially, Mr. Tiefenthal is connected with vari-\\nous organizations such as the Harlow Briggs Post,\\nNo. 80. O. A. R.; the Ancient Indejjendent Order\\nof Odd Fellows; the Knights of the Maccabees and\\nthe Patrons of Industry. He has been Past tirand\\nof the Odd Fellows. I n politics, he is a stalwart\\nReiiublican and h.as been Justice of the Peace of\\nhis township, also .School Director in Monterey\\nTownship and has served his township as Jloder-\\nator. He and his family enjoy to an unusual\\ndegree the confidence of the community. Mr.\\nTiefenthal has a very fine talent for penmanship\\nand has cultivated it to some extent. He h.ns\\nman3 excellent specimens of his work in his beauti-\\nful home.\\nJIEOPIIILUS \\\\f. SITHES, of section 12,\\nPine Plains Township, Allegan County, is\\na native of (Juecns County, Ireland, being\\nborn near Dulilin in 1841. He is the son of Henry\\nand Mary (Yates) Sitlies. The father was born in\\nthe same place as his son, in 1805, and was reared to\\nfarm pursuits. At the age of twent3 -two, he w.as mar-\\nried, Mrs. Sithes being a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.\\nYates, both from Lancaster, England. The father\\nof our subject had born to them four children, of\\nwhom one is dead. Those left are Joseph; Mary J.,\\nwife of Robert Simm, and our subject. They were\\nmembers of the IMetliodist Episcopal Church and in\\n1853, emigrated to the United States, locating on\\na farm in .Saratoga County, N. Y. At the expira-\\ntion of three vears, they removed with their fam-\\nily to Canada .and located on a farm in CJr.ay\\nCount} where Henry 8. died in 1891. The rest of\\nthe family are still residents there.\\nMr. Sithes first began active life in Canada by\\nworking on a farm by the month, but in 1864. he\\ndecided to come to the .States and journeyed to\\nMichigan and settled in this county. He w.os in\\nthe milling business about six years, when he bought\\nfort} acres of Ins present farm. It was a new and\\nunbroken tract but he has ince added to his original\\npurch.ase and erected good substantial buildings\\nthereon, and the whole eighty-live acres are in an\\nexcellent condition.\\nDecember 29, 1869, was the date on which our\\nsubject was married to Mary A. Judd, a daughter\\nof Aarrony and Lodica Judd of Allegan County,\\nwho removed here from New York. This couple\\nhave become the parents of two children: Clesson,\\nwho received his education in the Allegan High", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0525.jp2"}, "526": {"fulltext": "532\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nSchool, and Dica who is at present a teaclier of\\nmusic. Oiir subject and his wife are members of\\ntlie Methodist Episcopal Church of Mill Oroveand\\nmost worthy supporters of that denomination.\\nll;-^ IRA^I BAILEY. It is sometimes thought\\nby superficial people, who know nothing\\nof agriculture, that no special intelligence\\nIS required to till the soil, and, indeed, if\\nthe mechanical work was all that was necessary,\\nthis would be so, but, as in every branch of in-\\ndustr} the thoughtful and logical carrying out of\\ntheories that have been tested by experiment and\\nscience is found to be advantageous to the farmer.\\nHe of whom we write is one of the class who\\nbelieve in progression and advancement. He is the\\nowner of one of the finest farms in the county,\\nwhich is located on section 20, Monterey Township,\\nAllegan County. It contains one hundred and\\nsixty acres, and is well improved with all the build-\\nings which are to be found on the estate of a first-\\nclass agriculturist. His beautiful brick residence,\\nwhich was erected in 188G, and is represented by\\na view on another page, is finished in hardwood,\\nand cost over 15,000. Its furnishing indicates its\\ninmates to be people of refinement and education.\\nHiram Bailey is the son of Charles and Betsej-\\n(Fox) Bailey, natives of New England. They re-\\nmoved to Monroe County, N. Y., many years ago,\\nwhere the subject of this sketch was born, his natal\\nday being December 14, 1827. His father was a\\nfarmer in moderate circumstances and young\\nHiram was brought up to a full knowledge of\\nthat occupation. His educational advantages were\\nlimited to the common schools of that period, and\\nwhen eleven years of age he went to live with an\\nuncle. He remained with him until reaching bis\\nmajority when he started out to battle with life on\\nhis own account. He worked at such labor as he\\ncould find to do for a short time and then became\\nsternman on the Erie Canal and afterward captain\\nfor seven years.\\nOur subject has been twice married, his first\\nunion taking place April 15, 1852, with Miss Maria\\nJamison and to them were born three children:\\nEmma,who married Eugene McOmber and resides in\\nMonterey Township; Mary E., who married Henry\\nIluskinson and makes her home in Livingston\\nCounty, this State; and Etta M., now Mrs. Fre-\\nmont Fettenberger, who also makes her home in\\nMonterey Township. INIrs. Maria Bailej^ passed\\nfrom this life September 15, 1868, and our subject\\nwas married a second time in February, 1872. The\\nmaiden name of Mrs. Bailey was Harriet Ashley,\\ndaughter of Joseph Ashley, and by her union with\\nour subject she has become the mother of two\\nchildren, a son and a daughter, the latter of whom\\ndied in infanc} The son, Hiram W., resides with\\nhis parents and is attending school.\\nIn his political relations, Mr. Bailey adheres to\\nDemocratic principles and has been honored by\\nhis fellow-citizens by being called upon to fill\\nnearly all the various town offices. Socially, he is\\na member of Allegan Lodge, No. 180, A. F. A.\\nM. and is also a member of Allegan Chapter, No.\\n50, R. A. M. Mr. Bailey came to the Wolverine\\nState in 1853, and the log house in which the fam-\\nily resided is still standing upon tlie place. He\\nstarted out in life without any aid whatever, and\\nhas to-day the finest farm in Allegan County and\\nis ranked among the progressive and enterprising\\nresidents of his community. We are pleased to be\\nable to place before our readers a sketch of such\\na worthy gentleman.\\nPREDERICK CLACK, a foreign-born citizen,\\n1 and a retired farmer of Wayland Town-\\nship, Allegan County, was born in Cam-\\nbridgeshire, England, December 18, 1820. His\\nparents were both born and reared in the same\\nplace as their S(m, and bore the name of James and\\nAnn (West) Clack. James Clack learned the trade\\nof a shoemaker, which trade he followed most of\\nhis life. Both parents spent their last days in\\nEngland.\\nFrederick was reared to farm pursuits in his na-\\ntive land, and received but scant advantages to-\\nward an education, he having to work the greater\\npart of the time. ilr. Clack came to tliis country", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0526.jp2"}, "527": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0527.jp2"}, "528": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0528.jp2"}, "529": {"fulltext": "P3RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n535\\nin 1851, liis wife remaining in Enjrland until the\\nyear foUowiiiir. His brother Matliias c-anie to Amer-\\nica witii liim, and they located toj^ether in New-\\nYork State. At the expiration of two years, our\\nsuliject came to Battle Creei Mich., and three years\\nlatercame to Dorr Township, and, after some time,\\nhwatcd a place of two hundred and forty acres on\\n.section 2G.\\nSusan Hall was married to Mr. Clack, December 20,\\n1811. She is tlie daughter of John and Ann (Tit-\\nniar.sh) Hall, natives of England. Mrs. Clack was\\nborn December 18, 1823. Twelve children have\\nblessed this home, recorded as follows: Ann, Re-\\nbecca, Eliza; Frederick, born November 1, 18. )2;\\nHarlow, May 10, 1854; Angeline, October 21, 1856;\\nDaria.s, June 1, 18, )9; John, Harry, Matilda, and\\ntwo died in infancy in England. With the assist-\\nance of his family, Mr. Cl.ack has greatly improved\\nand cleared his estate, and now h.as a beautiful and\\nfertile tract, with a commodious house and barn.\\nHe resided on this place for a (juarter of a cen-\\ntin-y, but in 1880 came to the village of Wayland,\\nwhere he makes his liome, retiring from manual\\nlabor. lOacli of his sons has a tr.act of eighty\\nacres of land which they are successfully farming,\\nthe land being owned by the father.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write is, in politics,\\na Republican, and is a naturalized citizen of the\\nUnited .States. He and his estimable wife are faith-\\nful meml)ers of the Methodist Church, uniting with\\nthat faith before coining to America. His son Fred-\\nerick is an exhorter in the church.\\nij^^ ATHAN LEIOHTON, a prosperous farmer\\nI j) on section 36, Clj-de Township, Allegan\\nl^M) l.V, was born on July 26, 1831t. lie is\\na son of Nathan and Abigail (Carll) Leighton.\\nNathan Sr. was born February 2, 1804, at Port-\\nland, Me. When but six years old, he emigrated i\\nwith his parents to Waj ne County, N. Y., and he\\nwas there reared on a farm and received a common-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2school education, but, by his own leading and\\nstudying, much of the time b} the fireplace with\\nno light but the burning logs, he prepared himself\\nfor teaching. Al the aye of eiifhleen, he bou lit\\nhis time of his parents for $50, and began to serve\\nan apprenticeship to learn the trade of a masoii\\nfor three years. After working at his trade but a\\nfew years, he went into the sawmilling business in\\nWayne County, also running a farm at the same\\ntime. In 1853 he left the State of Ne-w York, and,\\nwith his family, located in Ingham County, Mich.-,\\nwhere he bought two hundred acres of land, and\\nthere lived until his death, which occiiired in\\n1883.\\nOursubject is the third-born i l a family of eleven\\nchildren, eight of whom grew to j-ears of maturity:\\nMary L., the wife of S. D.Watson; Stephen P., our\\nsubject; Abigail, the wife of .Silas anetta; Clar-\\nissa, the widow of James Espy; Nancy, who is\\nmarried to B. F. Carll; Sarah L., who married\\nINIarett Chapell; and Susan, who married AV^illiaifl\\nShowerman. The deceased were Ilir.am, who died\\nwhen twelve years old; Surena, also at the age\\nof twelve, and James when but one year old.\\nNathan Leighton liegan for himself at the age of\\ntwenty-three by establishing a general mercliandi.se\\nstore at Williamston, this State, and for two years\\nafterward was engaged in draying, and then en-\\ngaged in farming in Ingham County, which he\\ncontinued about ten years. In 1881, he purchased\\nhis pre.sent farm of one hundred acres in this\\ncounty, on which he carries on mixed farming\\nquite successfully.\\nHe of whom we write w.as married to Julia\\nDancer, a daughter of John and Jane (Powell)\\nDancer. She is one of seven children: Le Roy,\\nFr.ank, Julia, Nelson, Jeremiah, FIdward, and Al-\\nfred. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Leighton has\\nbeen blessed b^ the birth of five children, three\\nof these dying in infancy. The living ones are\\nAda, who is a .teacher of Allegan County, and\\n.Susan, who is attending the district school of the\\nneighborhood. Our subject is a member of the\\nMasonic order of Allegan. He joined this order\\nat Williamston and there served one year as Master\\nMason, for which services liis brethren presented\\nhim with a Past Master s jewel, valued at ^25.\\nAt the time of the late war, Mr. Leighton en-\\nlisted twice, but w.TS rejected each time on account\\nof poor health. He lield many of the local olliees\\nof Ingham Countv, and at present is holding the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0529.jp2"}, "530": {"fulltext": "536\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\noffice of Supervisor of Clyde Township, being the\\nfirst Democrat ever chosen to that office in this\\ntownship.\\nPoliticall.v, the father of our subject was a Jack-\\nson ian Democrat, anil was also a member of the\\nFree and Accepted Masons, and he and his wife\\nwere consistent members of the Universalist\\nChurch.\\n4\\nICHARD B. NEWNHAM, who has been for\\nmany years a resident of the village of\\n4i Saugatuck, Allegan Count3 is a well-\\nI known citizen who stands high in the esti-\\nmation of the people, both on account of his per-\\nsonal qualities and his reputation as a gallant\\nsoldier during the late war. He is the son of John\\nand Lucy (Linney) Newnham, natives of Hamp-\\nshire, England, where lie was born May 24, 1819,\\nin the city of London, his birth taking place at al-\\nmost the same hour as that of Queen Victoria and\\nonly half a mile distant from the place where she\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was born. His father dying when Richard was\\nabout ten 3-ears of age, he went to live with his\\ngraudfathei Linne3 where he remained until\\nreaching manhood. He learned the slioemaker s\\ntrade but not finding it congenial to his taste he\\nentered the police force of London in which he\\nserved over twenty years. At the time of his\\nresiguation he was in command of a division. After\\ngiving up this occupation, he engaged in amerc.in-\\ntile speculation which did not prove a success. He\\nthen came to America, first locating at Cleveland,\\nOhio, in 1863, where he worked at his trade for a\\ntime, soon after entering the army. He was at first\\nemployed in the Quartermaster s Department of\\nthe Tweut3--third Corps which was then attached\\nto the Army of the Ohio. He went through the\\ncelebrated Atlanta campaign, after which he was\\nemployed in the gunboat service until the close of\\nthe war. He saw man3 desperate encounters and\\nserved his adopted country faithfully and well.\\nAt the close of the war in 1865, Mr. Newnham\\ncame to Saugatuck, where he has since resided. He\\nhere opened a siioe shop, in addition to which he is\\nalso interested in fruit-growing. In November,\\n1839, he was married to the lad3 who has presided\\nover his home and shared his fortunes for tift3--two\\n3^ears. Her maiden name was Hannah Harrison\\nand she was a daughter of AVilliam Harri-\\nson. She is a native of Stratfordshire, England.\\nOf this union thirteen children have been born,\\neight of whom are living, four residing in England\\nand four in this country, as follows: John, who\\nmarried Susan Arundel, is an engineer residing in\\nLondon; Lucy married Capt. Edwin Grossman, a\\nsailor, and resides in Bristol; Hannah C. and Mary\\nA. also reside in England, the latter at Tunbridge\\nWells; Richard L. is an attorne3--at law residing at\\nAllegan; Lizzie A. married J. G. Annesly and re-\\nsides in Allegan County Stephen is a lake engineer;\\nMaria C. is a teacher in the High School at Allegan\\nand taught nine 3 ears in Saugatuck.\\nPoliticall3 Mr. Newnham is a Democrat and has\\nheld various local offices. He has been Justice of\\nthe Peace for five terms. Village Clerk, and School\\nDirector for seven 3-ears. Socially, he belongs to\\nthe Masonic fraternity and the Odd Fellows, in the\\nlatter of which he is Past Noble Gr.and, and also\\nChief Patriarch of the Encampment; he is Post\\nCommander of Peter Van Arsdale Post, No. 148,\\nG. A. R. His fainil3- are members of the Episcopal\\nChurch. They are highly respected in tiie com-\\nmunity as intelligent and loval citizens.\\nAMES CRILL, a resident farmer of Pine\\nPlains Township, Allegan County, was born\\nin Lancaster, P^rie County, N. Y., March 16,\\n_ 1813. He is a son of James and Mary\\n(Krows) Crill. James Crill was born in Penns3-1-\\nvania, and his younger davs were spent in his\\nfather s linseed-oil mill. He received a good\\ncommon-school education, and was married in\\nhis native State to the mother of our subject, a\\nnative of the same State. After their marriage\\nthey moved to Erie Count3-, N. Y. The3 were\\nthe parents of nine children. James Crill was a\\nCaptain in the War of 1812, and in politics was a\\nDemocrat. He and his wife were members of the\\nChristian Church. When Mr. Crill first came to", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0530.jp2"}, "531": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n537\\nthis State in 1854, he located on a farm in Branch\\nCounty, wliere lie remained eiijht yeai s. lie llien\\ncame to make his home with our subject, wlicre he\\ndied at the age of eisriity-six years.\\n.lames C rill, Jr., commenced workinii in a saw-\\nmill at sixteen years of age in New York, and\\nwhile yet in that State he took as his life com-\\npanion Eliza Tiiayer and to them have l)een horn\\nsix cliildrcu: William K.. .lames, Nettie, Ilattie,\\nDelia. and Dora B. Mrs. CriU s parents were named\\nJohn and .\\\\nua Thayer. When our suhjec-t came\\nto his pri scnt liomo in 1865, he bought one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of timber land, and now he\\nlias by his own efforts most of it improved. His\\ngrandfather (rill served in the Uevolutionary\\nWar.\\n_j=dg)\\nl i\\nny-\\nLVIN IirTC IIINS. who resides on section\\n3(5, Sauyatuck Township, Allegan County,\\ni is one of the substantial farmers of that\\ncounty, and is indebted to his own indus-\\ntry and perseverance for the position which he\\nnow holds. He owns one hundred acres of highly\\nimproved land, which is devoted to fruit-growing\\nand general farming. His parents, David and\\nSally (Burnell) Ilutchins, were natives of New\\nYork and Connecticut, resi)cctivcly. The subject\\nof this sketch was born in Rutland County, \\\\t..\\nApril 5, 180!t. He was brought up to the occupa-\\ntion of a farmer, and while a boy worked for\\nsome years in the cotton and woolen mills. As he\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was the oldest son, he was obliged to assist liis\\nfather in the supi)ort of the family and remained\\nwith him until he was twenty-four years of age,\\nwhen he started in life for himself.\\nWhen twenty-live years old, Mr. Ilutchins was\\nhappily- married to Clois C. Fuller, and their union\\nhas been blessed with eight children, six of whom\\nare living: Sarah, born June 18, 1835, married\\nJames H. Miller and died September 5, 1852; Min-\\nerva, lK)rn September 9, 1837, became the wife of\\nDavid liarrington and resides in Clyde Townslii|),\\nAllegan County; William W., born October 14,\\n1840, married Hettie Wilson and resides in Fcnn-\\nville; Cornelia, born August 2fi, 1844, became the\\nwife of Walter rulmaii and resides in Cl^ deTnwn-\\nship; David, born October 27, 1846, died Septem-\\nber 5, 1852; Horace, born October 4, 1848, married\\nLessetta Walter and lives in Clyde Townshij);\\nOrrin, born October 1, 1852, married Lnella Mills\\nand resides with his father, assisting him to con-\\nduct the farm; Hattic E., born January 24, 1862,\\nmarried F. N. Arnold and resides in Clyde Town-\\nship. The mother of these children died March\\n24, 1874.\\nMr. Hutchins arrived in Allegan County, Mich.,\\nAugust 26, 1844, with but twent^ -live cents as his\\nentire capital, but by the kindness of his brother\\nIlamson, whose sketch appears elsewhere, he was\\ngiven shelter for his family. He went to work in\\nthe lumber camps and at such other occupations\\nas he could find. Later he cleared up the farm on\\nwhich he now lives and has now a comfortable\\nhome in which to pass his declining years. He is\\na fine example of what may be accomplished by a\\nbrave spirit in the face of overwhelming discour-\\nagements, and has won the respect and esteem of\\nall who know him by his ujiriglit, honest life.\\nIn politics, Mr. Ilutchins is a Rcixililican and takes\\na warm interest in everything relating to the [)ro-\\ngress of his township and county.\\nA\\nI.I.I All GORDEN is successfully carrying\\nfe) on the cultivation of his farm on section\\njj^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 15, Salem Township, Allegan County. His\\nplace numbers fifty-five acres and is improved\\nwith all the buildings which goto make up a first-\\nclass estate. It is further embellished by the erec-\\ntion of a fine dwelling, which lies in the village of\\nBurnip s Corners, of the above-named township.\\nElijah (iorden of this sketch is the son C)f\\nSamuel .and P0II3 (George) Gorden, natives of the\\nKeystone State. His parents were pioneers of\\nHancock County, Ohio, where our subject was born\\nSeptember 28, 1833. His father being a farmer,\\nhe was thus trained in all those duties which make\\nthe cultivation of the soil easy and successful. He\\nremained under the parental roof until attaining\\nhis majority and then learned the trade of a plas-\\nterer. He carried on that occupation in connec-\\ntion with farming until 1865.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0531.jp2"}, "532": {"fulltext": "538\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMiss Elizabeth Tucker became the wife of Elijah\\nGorden in October, 1856. She was the daughter\\nof Joseph Tucker, a native of Bucks County*, Pa.\\nHer parents were also early settlers in Hancock\\nCounty, Ohio, where she was born. The union of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Gorden has been blessed by the birth of\\nthree children: Samuel I., who died at the age of\\nsixteen years; Joseph M., who married Noi-a Jones,\\nis an undertaker and furniture manufacturer at\\nBurnip s Corners, Salem Township,Allegan County;\\nhe has one son, Glenn. Linna B. is now Mrs. J.\\nF. Leader and makes her home in Salem Township;\\nher husband is a plasterer by trade and has one\\nson, Joseph.\\nIn 1865, our subject came to Allegan County,\\nwhich has been his home since that time. In poli-\\ntics, he is a stanch Democrat and has been elected\\nto the offices of Supervisor of Salem Township,\\nwhich he held for six terms, and was also Town-\\nship Treasurer for a number of terms. Socially he\\nis a member of Salem Lodge, No. 169, I. O. O.\\nF., in which order he is Past Noble Grand. Religi-\\nously, he is a liberal contributor to the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nMr. Gorden purchased his farm when in a wild\\nstate, and by persistent industrj cleared and im-\\nproved it, until it is to-day one of the most\\nproductive in the township. His parents are\\nboth deceased, as are also thoseof his wife. Grand-\\nfather Tucker was a patriot m the War of 1812,\\nand our subject had a brother in the Civil AYar.\\n_^]\\n-^3\\ni^\\nRADLEY GILBERT, a retired and influen-\\ntial farmer of Dorr Township, Allegan\\nIJ County, was born in Chester, Geauga\\nCounty, Ohio. He is a son of Joel and\\nCriseilda (Crocker) Gilbert, his birth occurring\\nJune 7, 1827. The father was born and reared in\\nConnecticut and the mother is a native of New\\nYork State, the former following the trade of a\\ncarpenter and a farmer.\\nBradley Gilbert was reared on the iiome farm in\\nOhio, and received what education he could in the\\ncommon district school. He spent the first 3 ears\\nof his maturity in farming in his native county.\\nhiring out to the farmers in the vicinity. He is\\none of a family of four sons and three sisters born\\nto his parents. His father was thrice married.\\nHis second wife was the mother of one son and five\\ndaughters; by his first wife he had one son and one\\ndaughter. The parents died in Ohio.\\nMr. Gilbert was married in Geauga County,\\nOhio, April 2, 1849, to Martha Jane Bates, who\\nwas born in Hampshire County, Mass. She was\\nthe daughter of Erastus Bates and Susan (Thomas)\\nBates, and is now the mother of seven children.\\nThose living are named as follows: Flora Isadore,\\nArthur C, Elmer Lauren, Almon. They have\\nlost three boys Almon, Albert and and Alton, twins,\\nall of whom died when j-oung. Flora I. married\\nE. N. Bates and Arthur married I^mma Ander-\\nson. Mr. Gilbert came to Michigan in November,\\n1855, and located two hundred and eighty\\nacres of wild land. He immediately cleared and\\nimproved this tract. He soon after entered into\\npartnership with his brother L. C. Gilbert to keep\\na dairy, which business he carried on four j-ears\\nin Ohio, before coming West. He has always been\\nidentified with the farming interests of this town-\\nship since coming here and now carries on his es-\\ntate of four hundred and twenty acres by the aid of\\nhis sons and hired help. His sagacious super-\\nvision and good judgment have made of this place\\na fertile and attractive estate, and it yields forth\\nits crops with an increasing profit.\\nMr. Gilbert enlisted himself in his country s\\ncause, enrolling his name with the First Michigan\\nEngineers and Mechanics and he was with Sherman\\non his march to the sea. He suffered greatly from\\nexposure and hardships besides the hard and\\nheavy work he had to do. He was at Savannah\\nwith Sherman, from whence they went to Raleigh,\\nN. C, and after the surrender of Gen. Lee at Ap-\\npomattox Court House be went to a hospital in\\nPhiladelphia, and in July, 1865, in Detroit, he was\\nhonorably discharged. After the close of the war\\nhe returned home and engaged in the pursuits he\\nhad left. In 1878 Mr. Gilbert embarked in the\\nmercantile business at Moline, opening a large\\ngeneral store in partnership with J. Y. Ortou.\\nThey soon sold out to McLeod and Trautman\\nBros, and later, in company with William Y. Traut-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0532.jp2"}, "533": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0533.jp2"}, "534": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A.\\nJ-\\nI\\nW^ A.KNAPP.\\nI", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0534.jp2"}, "535": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n511\\nirrnn, purchased tlic store again. He operated it nntil\\n1890 when lie sold his interest to K. N. liatcs. his\\nson-in-law. Mr. (Jilbert served ediciently in the posi-\\ntion of Postmaster of Moline, and has also been Ex-\\npress Agent of that place. He is now retired from\\nactive labors, enjoying the fruits of a life, well\\nspent. He is a stanch Reputilican in his political\\nviews and has held several ollices of liis township.\\nHe and his worthy wife are consistent and valued\\nmembers of the Congregational Churcli at Dorr.\\nHe is a member of the Grange and formerly was\\na member of the Free Masons.\\ni****t\\nf-S-t-^+i\\nIfen.LlAM A. KXAPP is now retired from\\nV W fli ties of life and lives in .Vllogan.\\nW^ lie is an early settler of Michigan who has\\ndone much for the improvement of this section of\\nthe State. .V man of i)rinciple and integrity, his\\ninfluence is as powerful, in an unconscious way, as\\nit is helpful by intent. As property increased in\\nvalue, he of course grew in weallli until he is one\\nof the prosperous men in Allegan ount\\\\-. Among\\nhis personiil characteristics arc those of a cordial,\\nkindly spiiit which makes warm friends and stanch\\nailherents. He never turns away the oor from\\nhis door without some gift.\\nWilliam A. lvnap|) was born ui Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., December 15, 1820, and is the son\\nof Kbcnezer and Polly (Legg) Knapp, natives of\\nMassachusetts. The family belongs to fine old\\nNew England stock and upon the maternal side is\\nof Scotch descent. Three brotlieis came over in\\nthe \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Mayllower and founded in America a family\\nwhich can trace its lineage back through these\\n1)rotliers,to the illustrious house (jf Argyle.\\nThe father of our subject was a hatter by trade\\nand carried on a large business in Rochester, N. Y.\\nHe came West to Allegan County, this State, where\\nhe conducted the same trade for eight years, then\\nreluming to the Empire State died and was buried\\nin Mt. Hope. He was a patriot in the War of 1812\\nand was present at the battle of lUai k Rock and\\nthe burning of Buffalo. The parents were mem\\nhers of the Presbyterian Church and Mr. Knnpp\\nwas an old-line Whig in politics.\\nOur subject is the only member of the parental\\nfamily of eight children now living. He was edu-\\ncated in Rochester, N. Y., and .assisted his fatlierin\\nhis business of a hatter until sixteen years old.\\nThen, in 183G, he came West to Michigan, coming\\nfrom Detroit to Allegan on foot, a distance of one\\nhundred .and seventy-five miles, and m.aking the\\ntrip in a little less than live days. He crossed the\\nKalamazoo River in an Indian canoe and on ar-\\nriving here went to work in a sawmill, wlieie he\\nlabored for two years. In 1837 he had purchased\\na farm in ^lonterey Township, AUeg.an County,\\nwliich he traded later for a farm, two and one-half\\nmiles north of the vill.age. His tract consisted of\\neighty .acres of heavily timtiered land. He soon\\ncleared and improved it, erecting a frame house\\nwhich is still standing and is now occupied l)y his\\ntenant.\\nIn 1837 William A. Knapp went West to the\\nPacific Coast and engaged in the fur business, trad-\\ning with the Indians. There were nine in the\\nparly when they set out, l)ut four died while in the\\nAVest. Our subject returned to Michigan in 1831).\\nwhen lie went East and brought his parents with\\nhim to the AVolverine State. That was in 1840, at\\nwhich lime he engaged in running a l)oal on the\\nKalamazoo River, from Allegan to Saugaluck,\\ntaking flour down the river and on the return trip\\nbringing back merchandise. He c Mitiniied in that\\nline of work for twelve yeare, after which he fol-\\nlowed farming until 1861.\\nMr. Knapp was the first man in Allegan Town-\\nship who enlisted in defense of his conntr3- after\\nthe first call for seventy-five thousand troo|)s.\\nHe w.as not accepted, however, on .account of a\\nserious woiiml which he rcteiviMl in his :irm while\\nin the sawmill, .\\\\ltlioiigh he could not go to the\\nfront, he did valiialile service in assisting to raise\\ncompanies, one of which was called the Allegan\\nRangers. Mr. Knapp aided in the payment of\\nevery draft made in Allegan Count}- by contribut-\\ning ^30.\\nSince leaving his farm, our subject has resided in\\nAllegan village where he is beloved by all who\\nI know him. He is one of the seven men who formed\\nthe first Re[)ublican club in .Vlleiran. .\\\\fter com-\\ning here, in I8( 1, he wius I nder .Sheriff of the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0535.jp2"}, "536": {"fulltext": "542\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncounty for seventeen years and has been Scliool\\nDirector for twelve j ears, also Pathniasler. Mr.\\nKnapp was married, in 1844, to Miss Sarah Jeiiner,\\na native of England, who was one of the two first\\nwhite girls in Allegan Township, and who went to\\nschool with the Indians. Mrs. Sarah Knapp died\\nJuly 3, 1866.\\nOur subject and his wife became the parents of\\nfour children: Adrian J. married Lucy Niles and\\nthey have three children: Gaylord, Carrie and\\nCharles; Henry F. married Miss Maiy Bentley and\\nthey also have three children: Glenn, Myrtle and\\nHazel; Sarah is Mrs. Kidwell and has become the\\nmotlier of four children: Bessie, Nina, Pieice and\\nMitcliel; AVill C. married Mary Wright.\\nMr. Knapp was married in December, 1866, to\\nElizabeth A. Bentley, daughter of Samuel A. and\\nElecta (Baird) Bentlej ller father was a native\\nof Monroe County, Jlich., and her mother of\\nWayne Count} Ohio; they were married in Mon-\\nroe County, this State. By his second marri.age our\\nsubject has become the father of three children:\\nEmma, a graduate of the High Scliool in Allegan\\nwhere she is now a teacher; Eddy B., and Elizabeth\\nP. Mr. Knapp is a strong Prohibitionist and is a\\nmember of the Union League, iii whicii body he is\\nMarshal for Allegan County. At one time he\\nknew every family in the county; even now he lias\\na wide acquaintance and is greatly respected\\nwherever he is known, and we are pleased to pre-\\nsent his portrait and biographical sketch to our\\nreaders.\\n_y\\nr\\nAMBERT HOFFMAN resides on section\\nIC, Overisel Township, Allegan County,\\nwhere he owns eight} acres of flnel} im-\\nproved land, which he devotes to diversified\\ncrops. The buildings that have been erected upon\\nthe estate are neat and substantial, sufflcienth\\ncommodious for tlieir respective uses, and include\\nevery necessary and convenient edifice. Mr. Hoff-\\nman pursues his calling with zeal and intelligence,\\nwinning from the soil an abundant sliare of the\\nvarious grains whieli he cultivates, and in this\\nway securing for himself and family all the com-\\nforts of life.\\nMr. Hoffman is of good blood, being a descend-\\nant of .James Hoffman, a native of Holland. His\\nmotlier, known in her maidenhood as Miss Ben-\\ndina Klaasen, was also a native of Holland, and\\nwas born in November, 1801. The parental fam-\\nily numbered five sons and three daugliters, of\\nwhom our subject was the first in order of birth.\\nOur subject s parents emigrated to the United\\nStates in 1846, and came to Michigan in 1847,\\nlocating on a farm in Holland Township, Ottawa\\nCounty. Later, they removed to Fillmore Town-\\nship. Allegan County, where they resided until\\ntheir death, the father s decease occurring in De-\\ncember, 1857, and the mother s, in September.\\n1851.\\nThe gentleman, wliose life history is the subject\\nof this sketch, was born August 3, 1823, in Hol-\\nland. He remained in his native country, assist-\\ning his father in whatever way he could, and at-\\ntending school, until twenty-three years of age,\\nwhen, tiiinking he would like to tiy his fortune in\\nthe New World, he embarked on the sailing vessel,\\nIsabelle, and after a voyage of sixty-four days,\\nlanded in New York, coming directlj to Michigan,\\nwhich Slate he lias since made his home.\\nBefore leaving his native land, Mr. Hoffman was\\nunited in marriage with ^liss .Jane Kooz, also a\\nnative of that country, and whose birth occurred\\nAugust 16, 1821. Mrs. Hoffman is a daughter of\\nJohn and Hendrienna Kooz, and is a lad}- greatly\\nrespected by all who know her. Our subject and\\nhis wife have been granted a family of seven chil-\\ndren, who bear the respective names of James, .Jo-\\nhannus, John, Berrien J., Johanna, Bennie J. and\\nHenry J. Johannus is a minister in the Reformed\\nChurch. He is a man who has many warm friends,\\nwho fully appreciate his worth and natural kind-\\nness.\\nWhen our subject located upon his eighty-acre\\ntract of land in Overisel Township, it was in a\\nwild state, but the energy and good judgment he\\nhas displayed in its management has brouglit it to\\na high state of productiveness. Politically, Mr.\\nHoffman casts his vote with the Republican party,\\nand religiously, he is an active member of the Re-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0536.jp2"}, "537": {"fulltext": "POltTllAlT AND BIOGRAl HlCvy;. RECORD.\\n543\\nformed Cliureli, of which body he haslieen nii Elder\\nfor twenty years, and has also rendered valua-\\nble service in preaching, both in Overisel and ihc\\neastern part of Overisel Township. Mr. and .Mrs.\\nIlolTinan are people of many ple.asant social (piali-\\ntie^, and are well liked l y the entire coniniunity.\\nON. FRANKLIN SEVEUKNS, at present a\\nresident of C l de rowiiship, Allegan\\nCounty, where he is residing on a beautiful\\nlittle farm al) )nt three miles south of the\\nvillage of Fennville, is a native of erniont. He\\nwas born October 1. IS 11, in Orleans County, to\\nIsaac and .\\\\bigail (Dean) .Severens. The father\\nwas horn at Salisbury, N. II., and spent his bo\\\\-lu)od\\ndays on tiie home farm until twenty-one years old,\\nwhen he settled on a farm of his own near Derby,\\nVt. lie was at that time married to the mother of\\nour subject, a daughter of Isaac Dean. To Mr.\\nand .Mrs. .Severens, the elder, were horn ten chil-\\ndren, four of whom they reared to manhood and\\nwomanhood. They were James; Betsey (deceased),\\nwho wa- the wife of the late William Moon;\\nHannah, who married .James Dane, is now deceased,\\nand Franklin, our subject. The good wit\\\\ and\\nmother of this family died some years before her\\nhusband. They were both worthy members of the\\nBaptist Church. The husband was again married,\\ntliis time to Mrs. Sarah (Weaver) Pulsipher, of\\nRockingham, t., where they both spent the re-\\nmainder of their daj s. Politically, he was a member\\nof the Whig party and was a member of the Free\\nand .\\\\ece[)ted Masons.\\nUpon reaching his majority-, the subject of this\\nnotice went to Portland, Mc, where he w.as en-\\ngaged as a clerk in a wholesale and retail grocery\\nstore for about two years. He then returned to\\nRockingham, t., and IH. U was married to Eliza-\\nbeth I ulsijiher, a daughter of his step-mother.\\nTo our sul)jcct and his wife were born seven chil-\\ndren, namely: The Hon. Henry F., of Kalamazoo;\\nCharles W. 1 decc-vied; .hinies, of Jlinne.sota;\\nElma. the wife of (Jeorge \\\\V. I crhani; .lefTerson,\\ndece!t ed; .Seymour. of Nan liuren (dunty, and Jesse\\nF., wlio IS decciused.\\nPolitically, our subject was a Democrat in\\nl)rincii)le, and voted for Gen. J.ackson, but was\\nsuch an Anti-Slavery man that when the Republi-\\ncan party was organized he joined that i)arty and\\nhas been since then a stanch supporter of its [ilat-\\nform. In 185!l he was chosen to represent his dis-\\ntrict in Vermont in the State Legislature. This\\nresponsible position he held two regular terms .and\\none special term, in which the body voted $1,000,-\\n000 to be paid by the .State in aiding the war.\\nSince coming to this county, he has often been\\ncalled upon to hold local oHices in his township\\nand was Township Clerk six years. His comfort-\\nable and attr.active home on section 19, Clyde\\nTownship, consists of sixty acres and he is spend-\\ning the evening of his life in retirement frfun the\\nactive world. He and his family are held in the\\nhighest esteem by their lellow-citizens and many\\nacquaintances.\\niMIITNEY HARPER, an intelligent and\\nwell-known farmer residing on section 3;j,\\n\\\\^s\u00c2\u00a7 Trowbridge Towii hip, .VUegan County,\\nwas born July 1(1, 18111, in Wayne County, N. Y..\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2and is a son of James and Polly (I^aml)) Harper,\\nalso natives of the same .State, where they were\\nmarried and spent their entire li\\\\es. The father\\nwas a carpenter and jt)iner l)v trade and died in\\n186.5, at the age of sevent3-two years. The death\\nof his wife occurred in 1880, at the age of four-\\n.scorc years. Their family numbered fourteen\\nchildren, twelve of whom grew to manhood and\\nwomanhood, while five are j-et living.\\nWith his father our sul)ject learned tlie carpen-\\nter s trade, at which he worked until eighteen\\nyears of age, when, in 18. 57, he left home and\\nstarted for Ypsilanti, Mich., where he worked at\\nbuilding railroad bridges. After two years S|)ent\\nin the West, he returned to New York, but again\\nc. iine to Michigan in the spring, making iiis home\\nnear Ann Arbor, where he once more worked on\\nrailroad bridges. As a companion and helpmate\\non life s journey, he chose Mary .\\\\nies, their union\\nbeing celebrated in 1811. Her parents. Robert", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0537.jp2"}, "538": {"fulltext": "544\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand Margaret (Wilkins) Ames, were natives of\\nNew York, and in 1831 came to this State, locating\\nin Saline Townshii AVashtenaw County, on an\\nunimproved farm wliicli lie developed into rich\\nand fertile fields. In 1842 they came to Allegan\\nCounty and settled on a tract of eighty acres of\\nwild land in Trowbridge Township. The deatli\\nof Mr. Ames occurred in 1863. His first wife died\\nin 1823, after wliich he was again married and had\\na large famil3 Bj the first union there were two\\ndaughters: INIrs. Harper and Mrs. Jane Knox. The\\nformer was born in Seneca County, N. Y., Septem-\\nber 8, 1821.\\nMr. and Mrs. Harper liegan tlieir domestic life\\nin Dexter, INHch., but afterward returned to the\\nEmpire State, where they spent eight years. Then\\nagain they came West and started farming in Trow-\\nbridge Township, to whicli our subject has since\\ndevoted his time and attention. He had at that time\\nonly $600. He built a log cabin without windows,\\nand a piece of carpet was hung up for a door. They\\nendured all the hardships and privations of frontier\\nlife and lived in true pioneer style. After ten\\nj ears, in which time Mr. Harper cleared and fenced\\nsixty acres of land and made many other improve-\\nments, he took his family back to New York, and\\nfor three years carried on a tavei-n in Waterloo.\\nWlien he once more came to Allegan County, he\\ntook u)) his residence on his present farm of one\\nhundred acres, ninety of which yields to him a\\ngolden tribute in return for his care and cultiva-\\ntion. His pleasant residence he erected at a cost\\nof $1,000, and he also built a barn, 35x45 feet, to-\\ngetiier with other outbuildings necessary for the\\ncare of his stock and grain. He planted a good\\norchard and his farm is now operated b}- a tenant,\\nalthough he superintends its management.\\nThe union of Mr. and Mrs. Harper was blessed\\nwith a familj of five children: George, who en-\\nlisted in the Third Michigan Cavalry, after a\\nyear s service died of smallpox in the United\\nStates Hospital at Memphis, Tenn., at the age of\\ntwenty years; Charles married Mercy Scott and is\\nliving in Trowbridge Township. He also served\\nin the late war until its close. Newton resides on\\ntlie home farm. Emma is the wife of Frank\\nMcCormick. of Allegan, by whom she has one\\nchild. Ella is the wife of Delos Hicks, a resident\\nfarmer of Trowbridge Township. The children\\nwere all provided with good educational advan-\\ntages and have become useful men and women and\\nrespected members of society.\\nMr. Harper is a Democrat and has served as a\\nmember of the School Board. He is a well-read\\nman, who keeps informed on the questions of the\\nday, both political and otherwise. Although he\\nbegan life empty handed, lie is now a substantial\\ncitizen, having worked his way upward to a posi-\\ntion of affluence.\\ni@^@l .1^^\\nw\\nAMES E. TANNER. This gentleman is a\\nresident on section 34, Dorr Township, Al-\\nlegan County. He was born in Chester,\\nGeauga County, Ohio, March 1, 1840, to\\nJames and Anna (McCououghey) Tanner. The\\nparents were both born and reared in Ohio, and\\nthe father was a farmer. Our subject was reared\\non the old farm and gained but a limited education.\\nHis father was called from this life when he was\\nbut seven years old. He remained under the par-\\nental roof until reaching the age of fifteen 3 ears, at\\nwhich time he left home to take care of himself.\\nHe journeyed to McHenry County, 111. One year\\nlater he came to this State and located in Allegan\\nCounty-. Here he remained and farmed until the\\nspring of 1864, when he sold out and bought the\\nplace where he now resides in Dorr Township.\\nIn October, 1862, the original of this sketch was\\nmarried to Lodema Avery, of Hopkins Township,\\nAllegan County. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner became\\nthe parents of five children: Lucinda, William H.,\\nMary, Agnes and Silas. The oldest daughter is\\nnow deceased. The mother of this family passed\\nfrom earth in March, 1880. Mr. Tanner was a\\nsecond time married, Octoljer 2, 1890, taking as\\nhis companion Mrs. Amy Bullis, a native of Ohio.\\nThis union has been blessed by the birth of one\\nchild, Howard. The estate on which Mr. Tanner\\nnow lives was almost a wilderness when he took it\\nup, there being only fifteen acres cleared and very\\npoor and small buildings on it. He has erected a\\ncommodious and handsome residence and sub-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0538.jp2"}, "539": {"fulltext": "K)RTRA1T AND BICGRAPHJCAL RECORD.\\n545\\nstantial oulbuilr)in js anrl is carry! ng on a flourish-\\ning business in general farming. He pays consid-\\nerable attention to dairy products and at present\\nkeeps twelve fine milch cows. In politics, Mr.\\nTanner is and always has been a stalwart advocate\\nof the Republican party and has been lionored with\\nseveral township olliccs. lie was tlie incumbent of\\nthe position of Highway Commissioner two 3 ears\\nand has held all the school offices. He has been\\na prominent member of the C4range but is now de-\\nmitted. He belongs to the Ancient Order of\\nUnited Workmen and takes an interest m good\\nschools.\\ne^;\\n,,..f LHERTUS KOLVOOHD, senior partner in\\nf^EJli the firm of Kolvoord it Tepavest, proprie-\\ntors of a general store at Hamilton, is un-\\ndoubtedly tlie most successful business\\nman, in his line, in the village, if not in the\\ncount}-. He is regarded as a man of exceptional\\nintegrity and standing in the financial world, and\\nis quite prominent in public life in this commu-\\nnity. The firm carry a general stock of rcad}\\nmade clothing, boots, shoes, dry goods, millinery,\\ncrockery, groceries, meats, etc., etc. The building\\nwhich they occupy is 44x50 feet in dimensions,\\nwith a Kisement the same size. Sir. Kolvoord\\nhas been in business in Hamilton for ten years,\\nand is consequently one of the best-known resi-\\ndents in the county.\\nOur subject was born in Holland Township, Ot-\\ntawa County, February 18, 1856. He is a son of\\nJohn Kolvoord, a native of the Netherlands, and\\nwho made settlement, in 1847, in Holland, with\\nthe Holland Colony. The maiden name of our\\nsubject s mother was Grietje Blink, also a native\\nof Holland. She is still living in Overi.sel Town-\\nship, Allegan Count} aged sixty years. The\\nfather died in 1857.\\nHe of whom we write was the fourth in order\\nof birth in liis parents family of live sons. lie\\nwas reared in Holland and Overisel Townships, and\\nalthough lie started t)ut to do for himself at the\\nage of nine years, made his home under the ])ar-\\nental roof until he reached his majority. When\\nnineteen yeai-s old, lie entered Hope College at\\nHolland, and was graduated from the preparatory\\ndepartment, in 1879. His marriage occurred in\\ntlie above-named year, when he was united to Eliz-\\nabeth J anehouse, who was a native of Allegan\\nCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Kolvoord have become the\\nparents of three ciiildren: Glen, who is deceased;\\nGracie, also deceased; and Leon.\\nMr. Kolvoord started in the mercantile business\\nin 1881, and the present partnership w.is formed\\nin 1891. The firm carry on a very successful\\ntrade, and are noted for the courteous treatment\\nof their patrons. In polities, our subject gives his\\nallegiance to the Republican party. He h. is never\\nsought office, but at the solicitation of his fel-\\nlow-citizens, he has served them as Township\\nTreasurer for two 3 ears, and at the present time is\\nSchool Iusi)ector.\\nJACOB ECllTINAW, a prominent farmer of\\nsection II, Way land Township, Allegan\\nCounty, was born in Mahoning, Ohio, April\\n23, 1843, and is the son of Peter and Re-\\nbecca (Snyder) Echtinaw, both natives of I an-\\ncaster. Pa., the former of whom followed the occu-\\npation of a farmer. Our subject came to Michigan\\nwith his parents when ten yeai-s old, and his edu-\\ncational advantages were but few. They settled\\nin Ovid Township, Branch Count}-, at which\\nplace he grew to manhood. He is the eighth child\\nin his father s family of twelve children. The\\nparents passed away in Branch County, Mich.\\nOur subject enlisted in ilefense of his country s\\nhonor, March 30, 1864, in Company E, Nine-\\nteenth Michigan Infantry. He was with .Sher-\\nman s army in all his campaigns and went on the\\nfamous march to the sea with that illustrious\\ngeneral, and was also present at the (J rand Re-\\nview at Washington. He was honorably dis-\\ncharge at I^uisville, Ky., remaining there some\\ntime. He returned to Michigan and came to Alle-\\ngan County in the fall of 1865. Subsequently\\npurchasing the place on which he now resides,\\nwiiich was then an unimproved piece of land, he", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0539.jp2"}, "540": {"fulltext": "546\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwent to work with a determined will to make an\\nattractive and profitable farm, which he has suc-\\nceeded in doing. He is now the possessor of eighty\\nwell-tilled acres, on which are splendid buildings.\\nJacob Echtinaw mari ied, on the 8th of November,\\n1866, Miss Mary Ann Towsley, a native of Branch\\nCountj-, this State. To them have been born six\\nchildren: Edwin, who is now in Chicago engaged\\nin a nutriment establishment; Rose, who is now\\nSirs. .John Sturgis, of Leighton Township, this\\ncounty, and who taught school previous to her\\nmarriage; John, Harriet, Harry and EfBe, all of\\nwhom are j et under the parental roof. Mr.\\nEchtinaw is a true-blue Republican and cast his\\nfirst vote for Abraham Lincoln. The family stands\\nliigh in the social circles of the township. Mr.\\nEchtinaw is a Master Mason, being a member of\\nJames Fenton Lodge, No. 224, at Wayland, and\\nalso belongs to the Grand Army Post at Bowen.\\nm -^\u00c2\u00a5r m^\\n(^^UOMAH A. BARNES, a resident of Way-\\n/i^S^, land Township, Allegan County, was born\\n^vji/ in Newcastle, Canada, November 30, 1831.\\nHe is a son of Gilbert and Lydia (Lawson) Barnes,\\nnatives of Connecticut and New York, respectivel}\\nThe senior Mr. Barnes was a millwright and ship\\nbuilder, coming to Michigan in 1832 or 1833, and\\nwas one of ten men who founded the city of Grand\\nRapids. His residence in this State was ver}- shoi t,\\nhe having fallen into the Grand River, and was\\ndrowned. His body was not found until the fol-\\nlowing spring, when it had floated down the river\\nto the shore of Lake Michigan. The good mother\\ndied before the family removed to this State.\\nAfter the death of his father, our subject was\\ntaken to his half-brother s in Monroe County, N.\\nY., where he remained until 1840. His advantages\\nfor an education were verj- limited, and he soon set\\nabout to make his own way in the world. He re-\\nturned to Michigan and locating in Ovid Township,\\nBranch County, did whatever he could find to do,\\nbut most of the time worked at the carpenter and\\njoiner s trade, which he had learned while in New\\nYork.\\nMr. Barnes was united in marriage with Mary J.\\nBurley, of Harleman, Newcastle, Canada, the cere-\\nmony taking jjlace October, 1855. Tliey are the\\nparents of five children, two of whom survive,\\nGeorge W. and Daniel E. Those deceased are\\nGilbert W., Andrew J. and Lidey. He enlisted in\\n1863, in Company H, Eighty -second Ohio Infan-\\ntry, and was attached to the Army of the Cumber-\\nland, First Brigade, I^ighth Division, and Twen-\\ntieth Corps, under Gen. Sherman. He was engaged\\nin active operations during the next two years, and\\na part of the time in the guerrilla warfare. He was\\nsick and taken to the hospital at Louisville, Ky.\\nHe was honorably discliarged in October, 1864.\\nAfter the close of the war, Mr. Barnes spent a\\nshort time in Ohio, afterward going to Windsor,\\nCanada, where he remained one and one-half years.\\nHe decided to return to Michigan, and located in\\nGrand Rapids three years. At the end of that time\\nhe came to Wayland Township, where he has since\\nremained. In 1883 he erected a mill for the manu-\\nfacture ofeider, jellies, sorghum and potash, besides\\nrunning a gristmill, which has been very success-\\nfully and profitably carried on. The building is\\n50x50 feet in dimensions, and two stories in\\nheight, employing from four to twelve men. Mr.\\nBarnes is an ardent advocate of the Republican\\nplatform, but has never been an aspirant to office.\\nThe memory of the late war is brought back to him\\nby his connection with the Grand Arm} of the Re-\\npublic at Wayland, being a member of Sterling\\nPost. In religion, he is a free-thinker.\\nOS3\\niICHARD JOHNSON. In this gentleman\\nAllegan County has a most worthy citizen,\\nL who is an excellent type of its farming\\npopulation. He has a good farm lying on\\nsection 22, Martin Township, upon which he con-\\nducts a profitable business as a general farmer and\\nstock-raiser. He claims the township of Gaines-\\nville, W^ oming Countj N. Y., as his native place,\\nand August 10, 1835, as the date of his birth. His\\nfather, who bore the same name as himself, was\\nborn in Dutchess County, N. Y., and was there\\nreared on a farm, adopting the calling of a farmer\\nfor his life work, when he arrived at years of dis-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0540.jp2"}, "541": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n547\\ncretion. lie iiiiirried Ilelona Lester, who was horn\\nand reared on a farm near his birtliplace. Tliey\\nsi)ent a part of their married life in Cattaraugus\\nCounty, N. Y., whence they came to Michigan in\\n1870, and spent their remaining j ears in retire-\\nment in the village of Martin, in the enjoyment of\\nan ample income. The father died at the ripe age\\nof seventy-five, and the mother s life w.as brought\\nto a close when she was seventy years old. They were\\nthe parents of nine ciiildren, three daughters and\\nsix sons, of whom these three are living: Andrew,\\na resident of Castile, Wyoming Country, N. Y.;\\nCharles, a resident of JNIinnesota; and our subject.\\nRichard .lohnson is the fifth child and third son\\nof his parents. He passed his early life in his na-\\ntive county, and completed his education in its\\npublic schools. When he was nineteen years old,\\nhe started out to try life on his own .account, be-\\ning a strong, capable, independent youth, well able\\nto look after his own interests. lie worked out by\\nthe job on a farm until he had laid by suflicient\\nmoney to enable him to marry, that important\\nevent in his career taking place October 11, 1857,\\non which date he was wedded to Miss I^ydia ISIc\\nIntyrc. His wife is also a native of the Empire\\nState, born in MachiasTownsliip, .lanu.iry 24, 1885.\\nTheir parent-s were neighbors in their childiiood,\\nshe being the only daughter of .loseph and I hebe\\n(Lewis) Mclntyre, natives of New York, who had\\nsix ciiildren. of whom live are now living.\\nAfter marriage our subject located in his native\\ntownship on a leased farm, which he operated some\\nsix years. In 18(55, he made u|) his iiiiud that he\\ncould do still better in Michigan, and came hither\\nwith his family, coming directly to .Allegan Countj\\nHe imiiK diately invested his monej in an eighty-\\nacre tract of land in Hopkins Township, of which\\nten acres were improved. He [ilaced upon it many\\nsubstantial liiiinovements during the three years\\nthat he remained upon it, building two barns, set-\\nting out an orchard of one hundred and thirty\\ntrees, and placing considerable more of the land\\nunder tillage. ^Vhen he disposed of the place at\\nthe end of that time, he realized |!1,200 upon it.\\nHe puich.ased his ju-esenl hon e.slead of forty acres\\non section 22, Martin Township, in 1868, and has\\nsince added thereto, making one hundred and live\\nacres of choice land in all. Hcsides raising grain\\nand other farm products, he devotes a part of his\\nfarm to stock purposes, and has a fine fiock of sev-\\nentj -fivc sheep, besides cattle and horses.\\nMr. iind Mrs. Johnson have li.ad seven children,\\nnamely: Ernest, now deceased; Adell, deceased;\\nNellie, the wife of the Rev. Frederick I5en-y, p.astor\\nof the Baptist Church at Koseland, Chicago; Jesse\\nE., who married Miss Nettie Brown, and lives in\\nOtsego; William who lives at Morg.an Park, Chi-\\ncago; and Arthur, who lives at home.\\nOur subject is a man of strong moral character,\\nwho leads a consistent Christian life, and is greatl}\\nrespected by his neighbors and all who know him.\\nHe is strictly temperate in his habits, and an earn-\\nest advocate of prohibitive legislation as regards\\nthe liquor traffic, and casts his vote for the Prohi-\\nbition party. Both he and his wife are members in\\nhigh standing of the Methodist E[)lscoi)al iiuicli,\\nin which he holds the ollice of Steward.\\nA\\n\\\\TS^ UNCAN C. McVEAN. The brief outline of\\nthe life of this eminently useful man, who,\\nby the exercise of industry, good sense and\\nwell-cultivated moral feelings, has been enabled to\\neffect a large amount of good and beneficially\\nto influence the condition of mankind, cannot but\\nbe a valuable addition to this volume. .Mr. Mc-\\nVean is a prominent farmer of Allegan County,\\nand the owner of one hundred and sixty-five\\nacres on section 30, Martin Township, also ninety-\\ntwo acres on section 31, which he has brought to\\na high cultivation. At one time he engaged in\\nbusiness .as a stock-dealer, but at present limits his\\nattention to general farming.\\nMr. McVean traces his ancestry to the Highlands\\nof Scotland, whence his paternal gramlfatlier.\\nDaniel, emigrated to America about 1771, .-nul\\nparticipated in the Rcvolutionaiy War as .S-r-\\ngeaiit. Duncan, father of our subject, was born\\nand reared in Johnstown, N. Y.. where he learned\\nthe trade of a carpenter and wagon-maker, and\\nmade the first wagon he ever owned. .V gener-\\nous, genial man, he was respected by all with\\nwhom business or social relations brouirht hlin", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0541.jp2"}, "542": {"fulltext": "548\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ninto contact, aud when ho died, in 1827, he was\\nmoiuued by a host of warm friends. Tlie mother\\nof our subject, whose maiden name was Jane\\nCi eighton, was a native of New Yoik Slate, and\\nwas there reared to womanhood. Iler father,\\n.John Creighton, was a native of the Highlands\\nof Scotland, and emigrated thence to America at\\nthe same time that Daniel McYean crossed the\\nocean. A devoted patriot, he gave liis services\\nto his adopted country during the War of the\\nRevolution.\\nThe record of tlie parental family of seven\\nchildren is as follows: Janet, Mrs. Porter, is de-\\nceased; Isabel, wife of H. K. Mills, resides in\\nPlainwell, this State; .John and Daniel were twins,\\nthe latter deceased and the former a resident of\\nCaledonia; Margaret is the wife of M. Wylie;\\nDuncan C, the subject of this sketch, was the\\nsixth in order of birth; and Ann, who married\\nWilliam Russell, is deceased. Our subject was\\nborn in Caledonia Township, Livingston County,\\nN. Y., November 29, 1824, and, bereaved by the\\ndeath of his father when three years old, made his\\nhome with his motiier until lie was twentv. In\\nSeptember, 1846, he came to Michigan, locating in\\nMartin Township, and, with his brothers, taking\\nup land from the Government on sections 30 and\\n31. He there built a small frame house, 16x20\\nfeet, and devoted the ensuing 3 ears to the im-\\nprovement of the place.\\nIn November, 1855, Mr. McVean was married\\nto Mar3 A., the daughter of Robert and -Mary\\n(Simpson) Davidson, natives of Scotland. Mrs.\\nMcVean was born in Genesee County, N. Y., Oc-\\ntober 16, 1837, and came to Allegan County with\\nher parents when she was about nine years old,\\nsettling in Gun Plain Township, where she grew\\nto womanhood. Mr. and Mrs. JMcVean are the\\nparents of nine children, namely: Franklin, who\\nmarried Belle Crosby and resides in Gun Plain\\nTownsliip; Daniel, who was united with Lillian\\nPollitt, and is a farmer of this county; Alice, the\\nwife of Chester Roberts, of Allegan Flora, the\\nwife of William Crosby, of Dakota; Lizzie, who\\nmarried George Redpath and resides in Martin\\nTownship; Hugh, .Jennie, milliard and iNIarion,\\nwlio are at home with tlieir parents.\\nPolitically, Mr. JIcYean is a firm Repiil)liean,\\nand in his religious preference is identified with\\ntlie Presb3 terian Church of Martin, in which he\\nhas served as Deacon and Trustee, and has ever\\nbeen liberal in the building up of the church.\\nThe members of his familv are likewise members\\nof that church, and are highly- esteemed in the\\nsocial circles of the community.\\n*^H^\\nNDREW J. KENT. To record the iinpor-\\ntant events in the life of a gentleman of\\nI!) honor, energy and enterprise is always a\\npleasing task, and it is therefore with\\npleasure that the biographical writer invites the\\nreader to the account, in its princijial outlines, of\\nthe life of Mr. Kent, a prominent citizen of Alle-\\ngan County and a farmer on section 14, Watson\\nTownship. The two hundred acres which are in-\\ncluded in his estate have mostly been brought\\nunder cultivation and have been embellished with\\na substantial set of farm buildings.\\nIn New York, in Almond Township, Steuben\\nCount} Mr. Kent was born December 5. 1825.\\nHe is of English descent, his paternal grandfather\\nhaving been a native of England. .Tamos Kent,\\nhis father, was a native of Vermont, and followed\\nthe trade of a blacksmith, both in Almond Town-\\nship, Allegany County, N. Y., and later in Cuya-\\nhoga Count} Ohio. In 1846, he came to Michi-\\ngan, locating on section 22, Watson Township, and\\nbecoming the owner of over one thousand acres in\\nAllegan County. Upon his farm he erected a log\\nhouse and also a log shop, where he carried on his\\ntrade until his death at sixty-six.\\nUnto James Kent and his wife, Hannah (Veley)\\nKent, have been born fourteen children, our sub-\\nject being the sixth in order of birth. He was ten\\n3ears old when he accompanied liis parents to\\nOhio, and he started out in life for himself three\\nyears later, in Raisin this State. For two years\\nhe remained with Mr. Van Nest on a farm, spend-\\ning his winters in the school room and his sum-\\nmers in tilling the soil. He returned to the Buck-\\neye Stale at the age of fifteen and visited there for", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0542.jp2"}, "543": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0543.jp2"}, "544": {"fulltext": "W x^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0544.jp2"}, "545": {"fulltext": "Sc^^y-^^.^ 7^J^^", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0545.jp2"}, "546": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0546.jp2"}, "547": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n553\\ntwo iiiontlis. lie next located in Ridgeway Town-\\ntihip, 1-enawee County, where for twelve months\\nhe worked on a farm, and afterward sojourned in\\nOhio for one year.\\nFor one year Mr. Kent was employed on a farm\\nfifty miles below Chicago, and from there went to\\nIMuskogon, this State, where for two years he\\nworked in tlio lumber woods. He afterwards came\\nto Watson Township and assisted in clearing the\\nfarm where he now resides. He has since his mar-\\nriage, in 1857, received the cheerful co-operation\\nof his wife, whose maiden name was Mary Beard,\\nand who is a native of this State. IMr. and JMrs.\\nKent have reared four children, namely: James A.,\\nwho resides in Watson Township; Elizabeth, the\\nwife of William Jones; Arthur 1)., and Abraham\\n11.. who are at home. Politically, Mr. Kent is a\\nDemocrat, and, with his family, enjo^ s the confi-\\ndence of bis fellow-citizens.\\nOur subject, ever loyal to his country at the\\nage of twenty-two enlisted in Company A, First\\nMichigan Regiment, mider Capt. Cortineus, and\\nwent to the Mexican War where he served for\\neight months, when, becoming unfit for service\\non account of sickness incident to the country, he\\nwas discharged and returned home and w^as under\\nthe doctor s care for two years. Mr. Kent\\nlived in Otsego for seven years, where he carried\\non the drug business, but returned to liis farm in\\n1874, where he has since resided.\\nJOSEPH II. WETMORE. The members of\\nany agricultural community who reside in\\nclose proximity to a city not only find a\\nconvenient market for their produce, butare\\nalile to enjoy all tliq comforts of the city, with the\\nplcajiures of rural life. The estate which Mr. Wet-\\nmore owns and occupies is most advantageousl3\\nlocated in the vicinity of Allegan, now one of the\\nmost enterprising villages of Western Michigan.\\nIt comprises four hundred acres on sections 3 and\\nI, Allegan Township, and is embellished with a\\nlirst-c-lass set of buildings, although .Mr. Wclinore\\nsustained a severe loss in the destruction of his\\nIx-autiful home by fire in October, 1 HH9, Mr. Wct-\\n25 A\\nmore is now living at the old homestead, which he\\npurchased in 1870, and has since occupied, with\\nthe exception of a few years during which he re-\\nsided in Allegan.\\nIn March, 1826, Mr. Wetmore was born in West-\\nford, Otsego County, N. Y., and is the son of\\nChester and Mary (Dutnont) Wetinorc, natives\\nrespectively of Connecticut and Westford, N. Y.\\nAfter the marriage of the parents, which occurred\\nin the Empire State, the father operated there as a\\nfarmer until 1835, when in October he came West\\nto Michigan and settled in Gun Plain Township,\\nAllegan County. There he purchased land and\\nsojourned one year, removing thence to the place\\nwhich is now the home of his son, our subject, and\\nwhich is situated four miles north of the village of\\nAllegan. He had purchased this property on com-\\ning to Jlichigan, and the land being heavil} tim-\\nbered, he was forced to do considerable pioneer\\nwork.\\nWhen the father came to Allegan County, lie was\\ncompelled to open a road to his farm and build a\\nboat to ferry across the Kalamazoo River to\\nbring his household goods to his pl.acc. After his\\n.arrival, he at once built a log house, 20x3(1 feet,\\neighty rods west of the present home, but in 1840,\\nerected the first frame house outside of the village\\nof Allegan. This was 24x36 feet in dimensions\\nand was considered a fine house in those d.iys.\\nWith the various enterprises tending to promote\\nthe interests of the new county-, Mr. Wetmore was\\nclosely identified, and served .as one of the first\\nCommissioners for assessing the county. He was\\nindustriousl} occupied in clearing his land, of\\nwhich he improved one hundred acres, and also\\noperated as a stock-man During the spring fol-\\nlowing his location here, he made a trip to Indiana\\nin company with Mr. Ives and brought back one\\nhundred head of cattle. He was a very benevo-\\nlent m.an and a member of the Haptist Church,\\nwhile his political affiliations were with the Demo-\\ncratic party. His death occurred in 1872, he hav-\\ning survived his wife, who died in March, 1868.\\nOf their six children, only two are now living, our\\nsubject and Albert D. The Wetmore family is\\ndescended from sturdy. New England stock, and\\ntraces its genealogy l)ack to the Pilgrim Fathers,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0547.jp2"}, "548": {"fulltext": "554\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\nthree Wetmore brothers coming over in the May-\\nflower.\\nThe education.al opportunities which were ol\\nfererl to our subject were eagerly taken advantage\\nof, and after he completed his common-school edu-\\ncation he attended the Methodist Seminary at Al-\\nbion, this State. He was reared on his father s\\nfarm and remained at home until he was twenty-\\neight years old, when he purchased eighty acres of\\nthe old honipstead and eighty acres of land ad-\\njoining. He impi-oved the place, and erected a\\ncommodious residence and substantial outbuild-\\nings, adding to his acreage by the jiurchase\\nof the farm belonging to his father, which still\\nremains in his possession. In connection with\\nhis farm, he has been interested in a meat-market\\nin Allegan, and also purchased a mill in Allegan,\\nwhich he ran for a short time. Then he pur-\\nchased another gristmill in that place, which he\\ncontinued to operate until it was sold in 1884.\\nOn October 4, 1854, Mr. Wetmore was united in\\nmarriage with Miss Caroline F. Davison, of Bing-\\nhamton, N. Y. Mrs. Wetmore is the daughter of\\nIra and Julia A. (Rood) Davison, natives respect-\\nively of New .Tcrsey and New York, and her father\\nwas a builder and contractor. He came to Michi-\\ngan in 1838, and settled in Trowbridge Township,\\nAllegan County, where he lived two years.\\nThence he removed to the village .and followed his\\ntrade in connection with an oversight of his farm-\\ning interests until his death in 1890. The mother\\nstill survives at the age of. seventy-seven j ears,\\nand makes her home with Mrs. Wetmore.\\nMrs. Wetmore and her brother, .lason Davison,\\nare the onl}- survivors in a family of eight child-\\nren. She was educated in the schools of Allegan\\nand i^rior to her marriage followed the profession\\nof a teacher. She is the mother of six children,\\nof whom the following are noted: Lillian is the\\nwife of William Neier, and the mother of\\nfive children: Lizzie Olie, Claude, Nera B., .lessie\\nand an infant unnamed; .7. Lee is living with his\\nfather; Ada E., Mrs. A. H. Fostc r, has three chil-\\ndren: Winnifred, Wellington and Hazel; Jesse W.,\\nTruman C. and Carrie F. complete the family\\ncircle.\\nMr. Wetmore is a supporter of the Union Labor\\npart^ and belongs to the Patrons of Industry. He\\nh.as held various official positions, serving as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for two years and as Highway\\nCommissioner. So high does he stand in the con-\\nfidence of his fellow-men, that he could have been\\nnominated for Governor had he consented. He\\nhas received the nomination for Senator three\\ntimes, but failed to secure tlie election on account\\nof his party being very much in the minority.\\nHowever, when votes were counted, the other can-\\ndidates found that they had a foeman worthj of\\ntheir steel. Socially, Mr. Wetmore is identified\\nwith the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and\\ngives his support liberally to all progressive meas-\\nures.\\nA lithographic portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Wet-\\nmore accompanies this sketch.\\nc^F^HOMAS MONTEITH, an influential farmer\\nof Allcg.an Countv, who resides on section\\n.32. Martin Township, was born February\\n2, 1817, in Caledonia Township, Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y. He is the lirother of Walter Mon-\\nteith, whose sketch will he found in .another por-\\ntion of this volume. Our subject w.as reared in\\nhis native i)lace and obtained his education, which\\nwas somewhat limited, in the common schools of\\nthe neighborhood. In 1838, when he had attained\\nto his raiijoritj he came to Michig.an, in company\\nwith his father; two brothers. William and Wal-\\nter, had preceded him hither.\\nFrom tlie Empire State Mr. Monteith came di-\\nrect to Kalamazoo, most of the trip being made\\nby stage, and from Kalamazoo he walked to Plain-\\nwell, thence to Martin Township. Here the father\\ntook up section 32, of which he gave Thomas one\\nhundred and sixty acres, his present farm. At\\nthat time it w.as all raw land, the surroundings\\nwere uninviting and neighbors few, and it was only\\nby the exercise of tireless industry and unceasing\\nperseverance that the place was brought to its\\npresent cultivation. When Mr. Monteith first set-\\ntled upon it he remained with his brothers, but\\nlater built a log house, in which he kept bache-\\nlor s hall.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0548.jp2"}, "549": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n555\\nMoney was scarcp and I lie little received barely\\nsullieed to ])ay taxes, while the products of the\\nfarm were exclianjied for the necessities of daily\\nlife. Each year ten acres of land were cleared,\\nuntil the whole place was lirou i;ht under a good\\nstate of cultivation. When read^ to establish a\\nhome of his own, Mr. iMonteilli was married, Au-\\ngust 18, 1H47, to Mai-ijaret daughter of Robert\\nand .Ienni(^ (Pollock) Campbell, natives of Scot-\\nland. When quite young, Mr. and Mrs. Camp-\\nbell came to America, and their marriage took\\nplace in Saratoga Count}-, N. Y. Their familj-\\ncomprised five children, three of whom are now\\nliving. The father died at the age of fifty-six,\\nand the mother when four-score and nine.\\nIn (lalway Township, Saratoga County, N. Y.,\\nMrs. Monteith was born .June 28, 1824, and when\\neleven years old came to Michigan with her par-\\nents, with whom she remained until her marriage\\nui St. .Iose|)h County. After their marriage, 3Ir.\\nand Mi-s. Monteith settled on the place which is\\nstill their home, and were soon comfortably domi-\\nciled in one of the best log houses in the county\\nthe work of Mr. Monteith. After making their\\nhome in that plain, but comfortable, house until\\nI860, they erected the beautiful residence, which\\nis conceded to be one of the most attr.active. in the\\ncommunity, at a cost of about 11,000. There are\\nalso four substantial barns, as well as other farm\\nbuildings, on the homestead.\\nEight children blessed the union of ^Ir. and Mrs.\\nMonteith. Robert C. married Sarah (J. Living-\\nston, and they reside in Coultersville, Randolph\\nCounty, 111., where he is Pastor of the United\\nPresbyterian Chvu-ch; David P. married Ida B.\\nRoss, of Plainwell Township; Thom.as was united\\nwith Emma C. Henderson, and resides in Martin\\nTownship; Mamie B. is at home wiih her parents;\\n.Maggie S. is the wife of .James E. Harper, a lead-\\ning jeweler of Delhi, N. Y. .lulia A. died at the\\nage of four j ears, and one of a pair of twins died\\nin infancy, while tlie other (.lennie) passed aw.ay\\nat the age of thirteen years.\\nTlie farm of three hundred and twenty acres,\\nwhich is the proi)erty of Mr. Jlonteith, has by his\\ntireless exertions been brought to its pre,sent high\\n^tale (if cultivation. When lie came here, his\\nneighbors were a few scattermg white families,\\nand Indians, who would often come in close\\nproximity to his house. All kinds of wild animals\\nabounded,and displayed the same fearlessness wliich\\ncharacterized the savages. He remembers when\\nthere were onl}- three hou.ses in Battle Creek and\\nvery few in Kalamazoo, and has been a witness\\nof the startling changes which the last half-cen-\\ntury has wrought. Politicall} he was formerly a\\nAVhig and cast his first vote for Gen. Harrison in\\n1840, and is now a member of the Republican\\nparty. For eight 3-ears he served as .Justice of\\nthe Peace, for twenty years as School Director,\\nand has been Highway Commissioner. In the\\nwork of the United Presbyterian Church, he li.as\\nbeen active, and is now Trustee. When the\\nchurch was organized fifty ^ears .ago, its first\\nmeetings were held in a house on IMr. Monteith s\\nfarm, and he and the members of his family have\\nbeen its most liberal supporters since its organ-\\nization.\\n^llAiY ROSSMAN. This gentleman, who\\nl@/ij|| has now retired from .active life and is\\nspending his years in comfort in his beauti-\\nful home in Allegan, has always held a\\nprominent pLace in this county and is well known\\nand respected bj its citizens. He was born in\\nAurelius Township, Cayuga County, N. Y .,.June 14,\\n1812, .and is a sou of George .and Ruth (Wood)\\nRossman, natives of New Y ork and Connecticut,\\nrespectively. His father was an old Revolutionary\\nsoldier and a farmer by occupation, and also a\\nmechanic. He removed to Ohio in an early daj-,\\nwhere his wife died, in ^Madison County. He re-\\nturned to New Y ork and his death occurred atMt\\nMorris, Genesee County, that State.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the youngest of a\\nfamily of sixteen children and was eight years old\\nwhen he went to live with a sister at Springport,\\nN. Y remaining there one year and attending the\\nschool which was two miles distant. After leav-\\ning his sister s, he went to Aubura and was there\\napprenticed to learn the trade of a machinist,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0549.jp2"}, "550": {"fulltext": "556\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nworking in a furnace aud niacliine shop for three\\nyears. He continued at his trade as a journeyman\\nuntil 1836, coming to Michigan in that year, stop-\\nping first at Marshall, in Calhoun County, where\\nhe remained six months building a furnace and\\noperating it, in which he ran the fii st iron and cast\\nthe first plow made in Miciiigan. He then came\\nto Allegan and started a furnace and made the\\nfirst sled made in this county. Later he added a\\nmachine shop and ran it in connection with his\\nfurnace for twenty-nine veal s. He then sold out\\nand built a small store and several houses, and was\\none of a company that erected the Chaflfee Block,\\nwhich is the finest one in the village. He was\\nburnt out in 1869, suffering a severe loss of pro-\\nperty. In that year he removed to his farm which\\nhe had purchased of the Boston Company, and\\nlaid out fifteen acres in village lots, called the Ross-\\nman Addition. He was elected Justice of the\\nPeace and held the office for five years, also serv-\\ning .as Alderman, Village Marshal and Superin-\\ntendent of the Water Works, the building of which\\nwas done under his supervision.\\nMr. Rossman wiis married in 1832 to Miss Ange-\\nline Dickinson of New York and to them two chil-\\ndren have been born: George AV., who married\\nEliz. ibeth Newcomb of Ganges, this State, the\\ndaughter of John and Jane (Harrison) Newcomb,\\nnatives of England. She liad one child, Kate E.,\\nwho resides with her grandparents, her father hav-\\ning died in .Tanu.iry, 1889, and her mother in Sep-\\ntember of the same year. The other child, Mary\\nA., married Capt. Frederick Hart who was the Sec-\\nretary of the ^Michigan State Insurance Companj^\\nat the time of his de.ath in 1877. He was Captain of\\nthe Adrian Guards, and a member of the Knights j\\nTemplar. The mother of these children died in\\n1848.\\nOur subject was married a second time to Mrs.\\nP:iecta Dickinson, the widow of George W. Dickin-\\nson, by whom she had one daughter, Cynthia, who\\nis now Mrs. Henry C. Smith; Mrs. Rossman s par-\\nents were Chester and Cynthia (Gr.anger) Hooker,\\nnatives of Cayuga County, N. Y. Sirs. Rossman\\nhas three grandchildren Dr. Charles H. Smith who\\nmarried Edith Hyde and has one son Lawrence H.,\\nresiding .at Chatt.anooga, Tenn.; Annie E. (Mrs. G,\\nH.Buchanan), who is the mother of two children,\\nA. Louisa and Laura E.; Glenn D., who is Cashier\\nof the Adams Express Company at Toledo, Ohio.\\nMv. Rossman has lieen a sturdy Democrat ever\\nsince he was old enough to vote, his first ballot\\nbeing cast for Andrew Jackson and the List for\\nGrover Cleveland. He is a liberal and public-\\nspirited man and h.as contributed largely to the\\nerection of churches, schoolliouses, etc. He has a\\nbeautiful home which was built at a cost of 15,000\\nand in which with his f.amily he is spending the\\nevening of life in comfort and happiness.\\n^^^l\\nm\\nH\\n1^\\n|Z_^ ON. FRANCIS C;OODMAN. This promi-\\nnent and respected resident of .S.alem Town-\\nship, Allegan County, is living retired\\nfrom the active duties of life on his beau-\\ntiful farm of one hundred and twenty acres, on\\nsection 18. His estate bears all the modern im-\\nprovements, and by a proper rotation of crops,\\nhas been brought to a high degree of cultivation.\\nHe has erected the various buildings on his place\\nwhich best subserve the purpose of a first-class ag-\\nriculturist, aud is ranked among the well-to-do\\ncitizens of Allegan County.\\nThe gentleman whose name heads this sketch\\nis the son of William and Mary E. (Albright)\\nGoodman, natives of Germany, where our subject\\nwas born, March 3, 1827. Three years later, his\\nparents emigrated to America, and located in\\nFranklin County, Pa., near the village of AV.aj nes-\\nboro. There the father rented a farm for two\\n.years, after which he purchased fifty acres of land\\nat the foot of the mountains, which he made his\\nhome the succeeding six years. He then came\\nWest to Richland County, Ohio, and, after a resi-\\ndence there of two years, removed to MariOD\\nCounty, same State, where he erected a log house,\\nand improved his land. Eight years later, he sold\\nhis property and removed to Crestline, Ohio,\\nwhere he remained a twelvemonth, and in 1853,\\ncame to Allegan County, where he entered a half-\\nsection of land from the Government. He made\\nthat tract his home the remainder of his life, and\\ndied August 18, 1882, at the age of eighty-three", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0550.jp2"}, "551": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n557\\nyears. His ffood wife followed liiin, a few years\\nlater, to llie better land, jjussiiig away in 1886,\\naged eighty-four years.\\nThe grandfatlior of Francis Ooodniaii was a na-\\ntive of Alsai i -Lorraine, and served under Napol-\\neon during iiis Russian ciuniiaign. Never nturn-\\ning, it is probaltle, tlial lie perished in the snows\\non their retreat from Moscow. His widow\\nmoved over the line into Ilesse-Darmstadt, where\\nshe reared her only child our subject s father.\\nJlr. toodman, of tins sketch, was onl^ given\\nlimited e(lucational advantages. He aided in the\\nerecti(ni of the first stoi c-building in Crestline,\\nOhio. March 5, 1852, he was happily married to 1\\nCliristine. daughter of Balthaser Slagel. Mrs.\\n(loodman was a native of the I atherlaml, and at\\nthe time of her marriage to our subject was resid-\\ning in Marion County, Ohio. Their union has\\nbeen blest b^- the birth of eleven children: Mary\\nAnn, William H., Elizabeth, David I., Loretta,\\nCaroline S., Katy, IMaggie, Francis A., Savilla,\\nJoseph W. Mary Ann married I-ewis Mooney,\\nand makes her home in Salem, Allegan County;\\nWilliam H. married Alice Hartnian, and resides at\\nHnrniii s CV)rncrs, where iie is engaged in conduct-\\ning a general store; Elizabeth, Mrs. Lyman Baker,\\nis also a resident of Salem; David, who is unmar-\\nried, is assisting in the general store at Burnip s\\nCorners; Loretta, Mrs. Naliam .Snook, lives in\\nGrand Rapids; Caroline S. married Lutlier John-\\nson, and they make their home in Salem Township;\\nKaty became Mrs. Nol)le Moored, and lives at\\nGrand Rapids; Maggie, who is unmarried, is a\\ndressmaker in Grand Rapids; Francis A. is also\\nsingle, and with Savilla, resides with his parents;\\nand Joseph W., who married Lucy Fleser, and is a\\nfarmer.\\nIn politics, the Hon. i lancis Goodman is an inllu-\\nential member of the Republican party. He has\\nIwen honored l v his fellow-townsmen, by i)eing\\nelected to various ofFices of trust and responsibil-\\nity, within their gift, serving as Supervisor of\\nKak m Towiisliip for ten terms. He was also Com-\\nmissioner and Justice of the Peace, serving in the\\nlatter ofliee two terms. He was nominated\\non tlie Republican ticket, to rejiresent the Sec-\\nond District in the Slate lA-gislature, and w.-is\\nelected over liis o|)poneiit, I heodorc Castor, a Un-\\nion candidate, by a majority- of three hundred and\\nsixty-nine. While in that body, he served on the\\ncommittee of the Horticultural and Agricultural\\nCollege. He w.as re-elected to the same otiice in\\nthe fall of 1882, over Henry E. Blaekman, a I n-\\nioii andidate, and luiing that term was Chair-\\nman of the Committee on Horticulture and State\\nInstitutions. Since that time he has not been\\nactive in politics.\\nDuring the late war, our subject enlisted in\\nCompany D, Ninth Michigan Infantr\\\\-, his regi-\\nment being sent to join the Army of the Cumber-\\nland. He served bravely in the defense of his\\ncouiitr\\\\- until the close of the war, receiving his\\nhonorable discharge, June 20, 18(). In 1853,\\nour subject purchased the land on which he re-\\nsides, and, starting out in life with nothing but\\nstrong hands and a determination to win a com-\\npetency, he h.is made a success of his undertaking,\\nas he is one of the prominent and well-to-do resi-\\ndents of the county. Socially, the Hon. ^Ir.\\nGoodman is a member of Salem Lodge, No. 169. I.\\nO. 0. F., in which order he is Past Noble Grand.\\nHe is one of the oldest settlers in Salem Township,\\nand is greatly honored and respected in his com-\\nmunity.\\n4^\\nii^S^ ATHAN B. WEST. There are some men in\\nh community who naturally come to the\\nlit in spite of the lack of early advan-\\ntages, or the many discour.agements which may\\nmeet them in their upward career. The^ have\\nenergy, perseverance and self-assertion enough to\\nmake for themselves the place which they feel that\\nthey arc born to till. These are wliat we call self-\\nmade men, and a most worthy illustration of this\\nclass m-w be fouml in the gentleman whose name\\nheads this sketch.\\n.Mr. West, who is now living a retired life at Al-\\nlegan, is a native of AL issachusetts, lieing bfirn in\\nLee, Berkshire County, May 2:3, 181C. His parents,\\nTimothy N. and Thankful (Bassett) West, were na-\\ntives of the same State, where his father followed\\nfarminsj. The latter came We. -t in lM;i(i. settling", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0551.jp2"}, "552": {"fulltext": "558\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nin AUegau County and purchasing a farm in\\nPine Plains on which he lived a few 3 ears, then\\nmade his home with his son Nathan B.,in Allegan,\\nfor the remainder of his life. The paternal grand-\\nfather of our subject was Ebenezer AVest, who\\nmarried Mehitable Nj e, both being natives of\\nTolland, Conn. Grandfather West was a farmer\\nby occupation, but at one time operated a blast\\nfurnace in the town of Leuox, Berkshire County.\\nLater in life he moved to the township of Locke,\\nN. Y., where he lived a retired life until his death.\\nHe was a soldier during the Revolutionary War,\\nand was at the battle of White Plains, although\\nhe took no active part in it. He was an earnest\\nChristian and a member of the Congregational\\nChurch. He reared a large family of children.\\nThe maternal grandfather was Nathan Bassett, a\\nnative of Massachusetts, who, during the War of\\n76, was the owner of a coasting vessel, which\\ncarried goods from one place to another. He was\\nby trade a blacksmith, but also carried on farm-\\ning. He resided in Lee, Berkshire Count} where\\nhis death took place. He had a family of eight\\nchildren, who were well trained in habits of in-\\ndustry and integrity. He was a thorough Christ-\\nian and a devoted member of the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nNathan B. West was one of a family of four\\nchildren, two of whom are living. His sister\\nRoxanna, Mrs. Edwin A. Murray, resides in Den-\\nnison, Texas, where her son, B. C. Murray, is the\\npublisher of the Sunday Gazetteer. The early edu-\\ncation of our subject was obtained in the district\\nschools of his native State and New York, and he\\nlived upon a farm until he was sixteen years old.\\nHe then learned the house-carpenter s trade, at\\nwhich he was to serve an apprenticeship of four\\nj ears. He, however, purchased his last 3-ear s\\ntime from his employer, who was his brother,\\nAlbert, pa3 ing him one hundred dollars for the\\nsame. He removed from the East to Allegan, in\\nAugust, 1836. The manner in which he reached\\nhis new home was illustrative of the sturdy char-\\nacter of the boy. He had built a row-boat for use\\non the river, and after settling with his brother,\\npacked his wordly goods in the boat and floated\\ndown the river, stopping at Saugatuck, where he\\nwaited for a schooner, and when one came along,\\ntook p.assage in it for Chicago. Here he worked\\ntwo winters, and for one summer in Wisconsin, at\\nhis trade. He then returned to Allegan, and in the\\nfall of 184:1, with his brother, engaged in the manu-\\nfacture of sash, blinds, doors, etc, under the firm\\nname of A. N. B. West. This wiis the first estab-\\nlishment of the kind in Allegan County, and they\\ndid a prosperous business until his brother s death\\nin 1852. Two years later the place was burned\\nand Mr. AYest lost all the property that he had\\naccumulated. In the same year, 1854, Chancy J.\\nBassett, a cousin of our subject, came West and\\nentered into partnership with him, which con-\\ntinued until the War of the Rebellion broke out.\\nSoon afterward C. J. Bassett enlisted in the J^ighth\\nMichigan Infantry. After reaching New Orleans,\\nhe was appointed Colonel of a colored regiment,\\nand wiiile going up the Red River was shot, djing\\nfrom his wounds in a few dajs afterwards.\\nMr. West continued in his manufacturing busi-\\nness until 1864, when he was again burned out.\\nHe rebuilt and successfully carried it on until 1869,\\nwhen for the third time he was so unfortunate as\\nto have his place entirely destroj^ed by fire. In\\nspite of all these discouragements, he was not dis-\\nheartened, but went steadily to work to retrieve\\nhis fortunes. He again rebuilt his place and con-\\ntinued in the business until he was seventy years\\nold, when he retired from active life, but still had\\nan oversight ov^er the affairs of the companj until\\n1890, when he finally sold out his interests in it.\\nThe marriage of our subject took place October\\n30lh, 1845, to Miss Melissa Guiley, a daughter of\\nNicholas and Betsey (Scripture) Gurley, natives of\\nNew Hampshire. Mrs. West was born at Sand}\\nCreek, Oswego County, N. Y. Slie is a most esti-\\nmable woman and with her husband has been a\\nmember of the Congregational Church for many\\nyears. Mr. West has always held a prominent po-\\nsition in the affairs of this county and has helped\\nalong in eveiy enterprise tending to its advance-\\nment and development. He was on the School\\nBoard for ten years and was one of the stock-\\nholders of the First National Bank at Allegan, and\\nalso holds stock in the Kalamazoo, Allegan and\\nGrand Rapids Railroad. He w.as one of the char-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0552.jp2"}, "553": {"fulltext": "pjrtrait and biographical record.\\n559\\ntcr membere of the Congregational Church, of\\nwhicli he has ever been a liberal supporlor, ami\\nlias donated larirdy to other cluirchcs in this c-oiinty.\\nlie has a beautiful luinie on River Street in AUegau,\\nwhich was built in 1844. on ground, which, when\\nlie became owner of it, was covered with trees and\\nstumps. In politics, Mr. West is a Republican)\\ncasting his first vote when in the old Whig party for\\nWilliam II. Harrison, and taking great pleasure in\\ngiving his ballot at the Last election for IJenjamin\\nHarrison.\\nL^^IIOMAS T. TUClvEY, a farmer and stock-\\n(if^^ raiser on section 2, Paw Paw Township,\\n*V^^ Van Buren County-, is the owner of forty\\nacres of well-improved laud, where he carries on\\ngeneral farming aad stock-raising. This gentle-\\nman was born in ]\\\\Ionroe County, X. Y., December\\n7, 1840, to Thomas andLucinda (Rulison) Tuckey,\\nboth natives of New York. The sketch of John\\nTuckey, who is an elder brother of our subject,\\nwill appear in this book. Our subject was .about\\neighteen months old when his parents removed to\\nErie County, Pa., where the father died when he\\nW.1S about eight j-ears old. The mother with the\\nfamily moved back to Monroe Count}-, N. Y.,\\nwhere our subject lived until he w.is sixteen years\\nold. The family then removed to Van Buren\\nCounty, this State, and settled on a piece of land in\\nAntwerp Township, where they remained for four\\nyears, and then went to Tex.as Township, Kal.a-\\nmazoo County. Our subject there resided until\\nhe was about thirty years old, his mother keeping\\nhouse for him. About 18G2 he sold out and bought\\nhis present farm. There was. at that time about\\none hundred acres cleared, and he has cleared\\nabout twenty- more, having in all one hundred and\\nforty acres. The beautiful home is located about\\none mile out of Paw Paw, and Mr. Tuckey has ac-\\ncumulated all that he has b} his own push, i)luck\\nand perseverance.\\nHe of whom we write was first married, Decem-\\nber 28, 1881, to Miss Libbie Kdger, and the good\\nwife and helpmate passed awaj- in 1885. He was\\nagain married, January 26, 1888, to Mrs. Annie S.\\nCopeland, nee Stainton, a daughter of B3 ran and\\nElizabeth (Ward) Stainton, Mrs. Tuckey w.as l)orn\\nin Wa^ne County, N. Y., Augut 10, 1838, and was\\nreared in Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y., receiv-\\ning her education in Ovid Seminary, Seneca\\nCounty. During her senior year she was married,\\nApril 2, 1857, to Charles D. Copeland, and by this\\nmarriage she became the niotherof two sons, Fred S.,\\nborn in Geneva, Ontario County ,N. Y., April 9,1859,\\nwho died in California, June 10, 1886. The second\\nson. Irving, was born in Lima, Livingston County,\\nN. Y. He graduated in 1891 from the Paw Paw\\nHigh School. Mr. Copeland died in Rochester N.\\nY., August 4, 1886. He was a florist at Rochester\\nfor about twelve ^-ears, and was very highly edu-\\ncated. He was a son of John Copeland, a Metho-\\ndist minister and Presiding Elder for a number of\\nyears.\\nOur subject is a Republican in his [)olitical views\\nand cast his first Presidental vote for Abraham\\nLincoln in 1864. He is a member of the Presb}\\nterian Church, as is also his good wife. He is a\\nTrustee in his church, and a member of the Grange.\\nIn 1882, the beloved mother of our subject was\\nstricken with paralysis, from which she partially\\nrecovered, but in trying to walk, fell and broke\\nher hip, and was ever after helpless. She had\\nalways made her made her home with our sub-\\nject, but after the accident made her home part of\\nthe time with with her daughter, Mrs. J^ottie Brit-\\nton, of Kalamazoo, where she died in Januaiy,\\n1889. She was nearly seventy-seven years of age.\\n^m\\nYRUS C. BABBITT. This representative\\nfarmer of Dorr Township, Allegan County,\\ncomes from good old New Jersey stock, as\\nhis father, Aaron Babbitt, was a native of that\\nState and in an early da^ removed to Truml)ull\\nCounty, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of\\nhis life. He followed the trade of a cooper.\\nThe father of our subject was married to Betsey\\nPiatt, a native of Ohio. She passed from this life\\nin Ohio, when her son, our subject, was but eleven\\nj ears old, in 1837. Cyrus C. Babbitt was born", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0553.jp2"}, "554": {"fulltext": "560\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nAugust 3, 1826, in Trumbull County, Ohio, now\\nMahoning County. After the death of his parents,\\nbe went to reside with a Mr. E. B. Babcock, in\\nPortage County, Ohio. When nineteen years old,\\nhe went to learn the trade of a wagon -maker.\\nHe served three years apprenticeship and then\\nworked at it three years. He received a limited\\neducation in the district schools. He never atten-\\nded college, but being of studious habits and\\na close observer, he attained a practical knowl-\\nedge that has served him to good purpose.\\nThe young man was married in Portage C ounty,\\nOhio, on the 10th of October, 1849, to Maria N.\\nMiller. Three children have resulted from this\\nunion and two of them still live: Helen C. and\\nCharles H. Amelia died in infancy. This couple\\nstarted the next spring after their marriage to\\nthis State and located In Dorr Township, this\\ncounty. In the election of that same spring, there\\nwere only ten votes polled in this and Hopkins town-\\nship combined. Grand Rapids was the nearest mar-\\nketing place and it was a distance of sixteen miles.\\nHe would take a hand sled and start on foot, bring-\\ning h.ack his provisions, such as flour and jiork, and\\nwould travel about sixteen miles a day. There\\nwere no roads then, and traveling was done by\\nIndian trails through the woods. Tiiere was not\\na stick cut on the place of three acres which he\\nrented. He was compelled to go to Grand\\nRapids and secure something to do to keep\\nthe family. He was very persistent in his efforts\\nand worked hard at clearing his place, and to\\nmake a few spare dollars he took road jobs.\\nIndians were plentiful and used to come to his\\ncabin to trade vension for pork and other things,\\nbut were always veiy friendly. Mr. Babbitt made\\npine shingles and hauled them to Grand Rapids\\nfor which he received very small pay. He has\\nseen this county grow from a wilderness to its\\npresent flourishing condition. His present fine\\nestate consists of one hundred and forty acres of\\nfertile land, eighty acres of which he has cleared\\nhimself. It is situated on section 11.\\nMr. Babbitt enlisted in the late war in August,\\n1864, in the First Michigan Engineers and Mechan-\\nics. He went with Gen. Sherman to the sea and was\\nat Washington, D. C, in the Grand Review. lie was\\nhonorably discharged in June. 186.5, when he re-\\nturned home and commenced the life of a civilian.\\nHe is a Republican in politics and has held the\\noffices of Township Clerk and Supervisor. Him-\\nself and wife are consistent members of the First\\nCongregational Church of Dorr Township, with\\nwhich they have been valued members for the\\npast thirty j ears.\\n~o2-\\nrCAN STEVENSON. This respected cit-\\nizen of Ganges Township, Allegan Count}^\\na good farm of eighty acres, located on\\nsection 27. His place bears all the buildings which\\nare necessary for the prosecution of his calling,\\nand by proper tillage his land produces abundantly\\nof both cereals and fruits. Mr. Stevenson was\\nborn August 18, 1818, in Allegan County, Pa.,\\nand is the son of William and P^lizabeth Steven-\\nson.\\nThe elder Mr. Stevenson was also born in Penn-\\nsylvania, where he was reared upon a farm.\\nHe followed farming as a life pursuit, with the\\nexception of a few years spent in the distilling\\nbusiness. He was married to Miss Elizabeth Stew-\\nard, also a native of the Kej stone State, and to\\nthem were granted a famil}^ of seven children, all\\nof whom are deceased but our subject and a sister,\\nMargaret.\\nWhen our subject was quite young, his parents\\nremoved to Richland Count}-, Ohio, where the\\nfather purchased a large tract of land. He was in\\nvery straightened circumstances and was com-\\npelled to bind out his five daughters. At bis\\ndeath be had accumulated a handsome property\\nand gave bis eldest son, who was then fifteen years\\nof age, one hundred, acres of land, our subject\\neighty acres, and each of his daughters twelve acres.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject slso bore\\nthe name of William Stevenson and was a native\\nof Ireland.\\nThe hardships through which the parental fam-\\nily passed on locating in the new State of Ohio\\ncan hardly be realized. Our subject related that\\nfor fifteen years they bad little more to eat than\\npotatoes and corn bread, the meal for which was", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0554.jp2"}, "555": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORL*\\n5 (51\\nmade by grating the corn on perforated tin. Tea\\nwas made, of spice wood and sassafras. Wild game\\nwas very pleutifiil and of course they had an\\nabundance of choice meats. One day when our\\nsubject and three of his sisters were playing some\\ndistance from the house, they wei c treed by a num-\\nber of wild hogs and were compelled to remain in\\nthat uncomfortable position for several hours be-\\nfore help could be given them.\\nMi.ss Klizabeth, daughter of Martin and IMar-\\ngaret (McMurtrie) Lance, became Mrs. Stevenson\\nin 184!) and to them have been born nine children:\\nJohn, William, Franklin, David, Stewart, Law-\\nrence, James M., Henry and Eva. Lawrence, who\\nisa druggist in Ohio, is married to a Miss Graves.\\nDuncan Stevenson came to Allegan County with\\nhis family in 1H84 and located on his present\\nhomestead. In politics, he is a Democrat.\\n_^)\\nI secti\\nCounty, wa\\n1{\\\\ ILL ASllLLY,one of the prosperous farm-\\ntion 36, Allegan Township, Allegan\\nwas born in Williamson Township,\\nWayne County, N.Y., on the 6th of April, I8;5o. He\\nis a son of Joseph and Mary (Allen) Ashley, natives\\nof New York. The father was a farmer and came\\nto Michigan in 1841, settling on the northeast cor-\\nner of section 36, on eighty acres of land. He\\nbuilt a board shanty and cleared off the knd.\\nLater he purchased land in Trowbridge on section\\n2, where he died in 1880. He and his worthy help-\\nmate were the parents of thirteen children: John,\\nJulia A., Mrs. John Cook, Henry, Nicholas, Orvill;\\nAlmira, who married William AVest; Harriet, the\\nwife of Hiram Bailey; Lucinda, the wife of Al-\\nbert Kellogg; Matilda; Fannie, now Mrs. Otis\\nCackler; Joscpli Wesley and Charles, who died\\nwhen quite young.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, Nicholas Ashley,\\nremembered many thrilling incidents of the Revo-\\nlutionary War, when he w. is but a boy, and was shot\\nat while crossing a ferry, as he was carrying sujjplies\\nto a fort. The Tory who did the shootuig was af-\\nterward captiircd. Iiul was wounded so that he\\ndied.\\nOur subject w:i.s ten years old when he came to\\nMichigan with his parents, they coming from New\\nYork with a two-horse team. The family then con-\\nsi ted of seven children. They stopped six weeks\\nin Ohio to rest, and there purchased a cow, which\\nthey also brought with them. Mr. Ashley was ed-\\nucated in Trowbridge Township and reared a farm-\\ner s bo3\\\\ He lived at home until twenty-one, and\\nthen worked out b^- the month, and some years\\nlater purchased forty acres of land where Thad-\\ndeus Cook now lives. He chopped down the trees\\nand built the liuildings on the place. Here he\\nlived eight years, when he traded for his present\\npl.ace, which he has cleared, and put up good sub-\\nstantial buildings. He does a general farming\\nbusiness and raises considerable line stock, such as\\nhorses, cows, sheep, and Poland-China hogs. Mr.\\nAshley is a great deer-hunter and has every yeav,\\nwith the exception of the past four or five years,\\ngone north and killed a number of deer.\\nMr. Ashley was united in marriage to Miss\\nCathren Eldred, of Otsego, Allegan Count3% The\\nceremony took place at the house, Oka Town,\\nJanuary 1, 1863. Mrs. Ashley is a daughter of\\nAlbert f^ldred. Our subject and his estimable\\nwife have a famil}- of live children: Horace L.,\\nwho married Jessie Hughs, is the father of one\\nchild Rena P., and resides in Watson Town-\\nship, Mich.; Abbie E. married Albert Hoffmaster,\\nof Hopkins Township, Allegan Couut3-; Nancy A.;\\nRose E., and Albert J., who are at home. Our sub-\\nject is a stanch Democrat and one of the promi-\\nnent men of the township.\\nV ^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^=\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^=v\\nJ|08EPH W. ELY is deserving of more than\\npassing notice in this Biographical Recorti,\\nas he is one of that grand army of men that\\nsaved this Union from disruption during\\nthe trying times of the Southern rebellion, the\\nopening years of his manhood beinggiven in loyal\\n.service to his country on the battlefields of the\\nSouth, where his bravery and eHieiency won him\\nthe position of a non-commissioned otHcer in his\\nregiment. He is now a i)rominent citizen of Al-\\nlegan County, residing in the village of Allegan,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0555.jp2"}, "556": {"fulltext": "562\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhaving been identified in various ways with the\\ninterests of this part of the State since the war,\\nand is now devoting himself to farming on his\\nwell-improved farm on section 24, Allegan Town-\\nship.\\nMr. Ely was born in Oswego County, N. Y., in\\n1840, and is a son of David and Hannah (Terry)\\nEly, natives of England. They came to America\\nin 1838, and spent the first few years of their life\\nin this country in New York State, but in 1845\\nthey came hither and cast in their lot with the\\npioneers of Allegan Township, and are still living\\nhere, greatly respected for their sterling merits.\\nWhen the family came here, Mr. Ely bought a\\nsmall place just outside of the village of Allegan,\\nand established himself at his calling as a me-\\nchanic. He is a Democrat, and is firm in his al-\\nlegiance to his party.\\nOur subject is the oldest of eleven children. He\\nwas reared under wholesome home influences, and\\nwas given good educational advantages in the Al-\\nlegan High School. He was living quietly at\\nhome when the war broke out, and he continued\\nunder the parental roof, watching with youthful\\nardor the progress of affairs at the front until such\\na time as he was enabled to join the brave boys in\\nblue and lend a hand in the fighting. It was in\\n1862 that he enlisted in Company B, Nineteenlh\\nMichigan Infantry, and he then saw the war to\\nits bitter end. He took part in twenty-two differ-\\nent battles and skirmishes, and his gallant conduct\\nwon for him the commendation of his superior\\nofficers and raised him to the rank of Corporal.\\nThis promotion was richly deserved, as he never\\nshirked a duty, was always prompt in obeying or-\\nders, was cool and courageous when face to face\\nwith the enemy, and was found by his superior\\nofficers to be thoroughly reliable. He did not go\\nunscathed during those times that tried men s\\nsouls and showed of what stuff they were made,\\nbut suffered his full share of the hardships of a\\nsoldier s life. He was wounded June 15, 1864,\\nwhile bravely fighting near Golgotha Church, and\\nlost one finger by a ball. He was taken prisoner\\nnear Thompson Station, and for one month en-\\ndured all the horrors of prison life at Libb^^ His\\narmy experience was brought to a close after the\\nwar by his being mustered out at Washington, and\\nreceiving his discharge papers at Detroit.\\nWhen he returned from the South to his old\\nhome in Michigan, he turned his attention to the\\nbrewery business at Allegan, and was engaged in\\nthat occupation for ten years. He next took up\\ncarpentering and bridge-building in the same\\nplace and devoted his attention to that business\\nthe ensuing four years. At the expiration of that\\ntime, he turned his attention to farming on the\\nland that is still his home. The farm embraces\\nforty-one and a half acres, lying on section 24,\\nAllegan Township. Mr. Ely has everything about\\nit in a fine condition, and has worked hard to\\nimprove it in various directions. It is provided\\nwith comfortable buildings, its soil has been thor-\\noughly cultivated, and it is a veiy desirable piece\\nof property in all respects.\\nOur subject does not live on his farm now, but\\nhas his residence in the village of Allegan. He\\nstands high in the estimation of his fellow-citizens,\\nand is i)rominent in social circles as a Grand Army\\nman, and as one of the leading Odd Fellows of\\nthis section. He has be(Mi Grand Representative of\\nthe latter order to the Sovereign Grand Lodge,\\nand was in 1881 Grand Patriarch of the State of\\nMichigan. In his political affiliations he is a\\nsteadfast Democrat. He has held the office of Con-\\nstable, and at all times we find him doing his duty\\nas a loyal and law-abiding citizen.\\nMr. Ely was first married, in 1867, to Nettie Hall,\\nof Allegan, and they lived happily together until\\nthe death of the wife in 1877. She left two chil-\\ndren: Fred, of Otsego, who married Belle Black-\\nman, and May, wife of Judson Ross. The maiden\\nname of Mr. Ely s present wife was Cornelia Pul-\\nlen. This union is blessed by one child, Georgia,\\nwho is now twelve years old. She is a native of\\nAllegan, a daughter of William and Nancy (Field)\\nPullen, who weie born and reared in New York,\\nand, in 1836, became pioneers of Allegan Count}\\nsettling on section 24, Allegan Township. The\\nland upon which they located was covered with\\ntimber, but in time Mr. Pullen had it cleared and\\nimproved into a fine farm. The latter part of his\\nlife he lived retired in the village of Allegan.\\nHe and his wife had a family of ten children.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0556.jp2"}, "557": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n563\\nseven now living, n;iniel_y: INfrs. Sarali E. Van\\nKeui-en, William W., IMis. I hebf A. Priest, Mis.\\nCornelia El.y, Jlrs. Klleii Lonsbury, Mrs. Anastasia\\nS. Warner, and .lolin W. Mrs. Ely received a lil)-\\neral education in the scliools of Allegan, wliereby\\nshe was qualified to teacli, and she has been en-\\ngaged in the profession in various schools tlirough-\\nout the county. She belongs to the Women s\\nAid Society, and is active in every good work in\\nthe conimunitv.\\n+4\\ni.j..^.}^i^\\n\u00c2\u00abj, ^;ILL1AM E. KOWE, M. 1). Une of the\\n\\\\pJl/ prominent physicians of Allegan is\\n^7^ the gentleman whose name heads this\\nsketch, and who is a native of Lawrence, an\\nBuren County, this State, born May 18, 1857. He\\nis a son of Dr. Sylvanus and Helen P. (Carpenter)\\nHowe, natives of Steuben and Essex Counties, N. Y.\\nThe father of our subject was marriedin Le Claire,\\nScott County, Iowa, where he studied medicine,\\nafterwards entering the Eclectic Medical College,\\nat Cincinnati, Ohio, from which he was graduated\\nin 1847. He t)racticed in Iowa for six years, then\\nremoved to Van Buren Couutj this State, and\\nsettled at Lawrence, where he h.as been in constant\\npractice ever since. Our subject s i)atcrnal grand-\\nparents were William and Mary (Pike) Kowc, who\\nwere natives of New York, where the father was an\\nextensive farmer. He removed to Iowa about\\n1830, becoming a pioneer of Scott Count}\\nand living there unlil his death. He was a\\nmember of the liaptist Churcli, and had a large\\nfamily The UTiternal grandparents, Elisha and\\nAbigail (Parsons) Carpenter, were also natives of\\nNew York and farmers, who came to Le Claire,\\nScott County, Iowa, and there si)ent the remainder\\nof their lives. They mere members of the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church, and also reared a large\\nfamily. Mr. Carpenter was a soldier in the War of\\n1X12.\\nThe [larents of our subject reared afamily of four\\nchildren namely: (ieorge W., Cora E. (.Mrs. Ban-\\nter), William E., and Ellie (.Mrs. Agiell). Our\\nsubject obtained his early education in the High\\nSchool, at Lawrence, an Buren County, and when\\neleven years old accepted a (wsition in a drugstore\\nas clerk, afterwards attending school for awliile, and\\nthen returning to his position in the drug store,\\nin which he remained for seven years altogether.\\nDuring a part of tiiis lime he was Deputy Post-\\nmaster, having the whole charge of the office. After\\nleaving the drug business, he studied medicine for\\none year with his father, and then became a stu-\\ndent in the medical department of the University\\nof Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which he w.as\\ngraduated in ,7une, 1879. He returned to Lawrence\\nand began the practice of his profession, remaining\\nthere for eight years and coining to Allegan in\\n1887. During his residence in Lawrence, he was\\nClerk in the Corporation Board, and Trustee of\\nthe school. Since coming to this place, he w.as ap-\\npointed Cit}- Health OHicer for one year.\\nDr. Rowe was mariied, .luly 19, 1887, to Miss\\nEmma, a daughter of Anson and .Julie Rowe.\\nMrs. Rowe is i)roprietor of the leading millinery\\nhouse of Allegan. They have a beautiful home\\nand are highly esteemed. Dr. Rowe is a Republi-\\ncan, and socially belongs to the Knights of the\\nMaccabees, of which he is Commander and Deputy\\nGreat Commander. He and his wife are members\\nof the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a\\nTrustee.\\ni\\nI I I\\nEUGENE D. NASH, the present efficient\\nJustice of the Peace of Bravo, Clyde Town-\\nship, Allegan County, is discharging tlie\\nduties of his ottice with great al)ility and con-\\nscientiously. He was born in West Bloom Held,\\nOntario County, N. Y., November 6, 1841, and is\\na son of Augustus W. and Susan Nash. Our sub-\\nject s father was born in Massachusetts and his\\nearly life was spent both on the farm and in the\\nvillage. He received a good academic education\\nin his native Stale and also served an ap[ renlice-\\nshi[) at the carpenter s trade and while working\\nat this trade he licgan ihe study of law. After tak-\\ning a course of lectures, he began his professicmal\\nlife at AVest Blooinfield, N. Y., where he had pre-\\nviously moved. At that time he held many of\\nthe lesponsible local ollices. In 1854 he brought", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0557.jp2"}, "558": {"fulltext": "564\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhis family to Van Buren County, this State and at\\nonce commenced to practice his profession. While\\nin that county, he was chosen .Judge of Probate\\nCourt, which position he held twelve j-ears. He\\nspent the evening of his life on his farm, leading a\\nquiet and retired life.\\nWhen the father of our subject was twenty-five\\nyears old, he was married to Susan L. Demmon\\nMrs. Nash was a granddaughter of the noted Lewis\\nMorris, one of the signers of the Declaration of\\nIndependence. Our subject is one of nine chil-\\ndren born to this couple, five of whom are living\\nand bear the names of Albert, Charles, Eugene,\\nEdward and Clayton M. The father of this family\\nwas a great worker in the temperance cause and\\nwas a member of the Independent Order of Odd\\nFellows.\\nThe boyhood days of our subject were spent in\\nthe cit3 of Paw Paw, A^an Buren County, and he\\nthere received a good common -school education,\\ngraduating from the High School at that place.\\nHe at one time thought he would like the trade of\\na printer for his work in life but he soon dropped\\nthe idea of this. He was married when twenty\\njears old to Amelia Buck, a daughter of Orin Buck.\\nTo himself and wife have been born four children,\\nCharles V.; William A.; Ella, a teacher in Wyo-\\nming; Belle (deceased), who married MiloConklin,\\nof Chicago.\\nAfter the marriage of our subject, he purchased\\na farm and remained on it until 1863, when he en-\\nlisted in Company C, Thirteenth Michigan In-\\nfantry, and was under Sherman s command. He\\nwas in active service most all the time while in the\\nwar and fought at places with Sherman on his\\nmarch to the sea, among tliem being Atlanta and\\nSavannah. He was slightly wounded once by the\\nexplosion of a shell. He participated in the Grand\\nReview at Washington and there received his hon-\\norable discharge in June, 1865.\\nUpon his return from the war, Mr. Nash came\\nto Allegan County, where he engaged in tlie\\nlumber business two years. He then obtained a\\nposition as Freight Agent on the Chicago West\\n^Michigan Railroad at Bravo. While here he\\npicked up telegraph} and was operator at that place\\nseventeen years. Mr. Nash was appointed Post-\\nmaster at Bravo during Gen. Grant s Administra-\\ntion, and was the efficient incumbent of that office\\nfifteen years. He is a stalwart Republican politic-\\nally and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.\\nHe was elected .Justice of the Peace in 1878.\\nSocially, he is a member of the Grand Army of the\\nRepublic, No. 371, of Fennville; of the Free and\\nAccepted Masons and of the Independent Order\\nof Odd Fellows.\\nAMES JOHNSON. Perhaps there are no\\nmore enterprising residents of Allegan\\nCounty than those, who, like our subject,\\nJ^ one of the first-class farmers in Clyde Town-\\nship, are natives of a foreign country. Mr. John-\\nson was born in 1857, in Denmark, and at tiie\\npresent time is industriously engaged in cultivat-\\ning his tract of eighty acres on section 19.\\nNelson and Mary Johnson, the parents of our\\nsubject, were married in 1856, the mother s maiden\\nname being ISIary Araran. Mr. Nelson Johnson\\nwas born in Denmark, in 1827, and spent his earlj\\nlife on a farm in his native country. After attain-\\ning his majority and beginning life for himself, he\\njiurchased a brick-3ard and has been engaged in\\nthe manufacture of brick since that time. He has\\nalways resided in Denmark.\\nOf the family of eight children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Nelson Johnson, seven are yet living, of whom\\nour subject is the oldest. They bore the respective\\nnames of Hannah, Erasmus, Durthe, Andrew, Mary\\nand Christian. James Johnson was given a good\\neducation in his native land, and at the age of\\nfourteen engaged to work on a farm. After\\nreaching his majority, he set sail for the New\\nWorld, coming at once to Kalamazoo, where he\\nwas employed by the Hon. Judge Severns, for two\\nyears. He later came to Clyde Township, Allegan\\nCounty, and worked on shares for the above-named\\ngentleman for two more years.\\nIn 1881 Mr. Johnson purchased forty acres of\\nhis present home farm, which he brought to a high\\ndegree of cultivation and then added another forty\\nacres. He has all the necessary buildings on his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0558.jp2"}, "559": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n5C5\\nplace, and is so situated that his land nets him\\nlarge returns. For several years after purchasing\\nhis farm, our subject acted .as general manager of\\nthe estate of tlie Hon. .Judge Severns, but at the\\njjresent time gives his entire attention to tiie cul-\\ntivation of his own property.\\nIn 1882, Miss .Tentina, daughter of Andrew and\\nLorena Johnson, became the wife of our subject,\\nand h.as become the mother of tliree children,\\nviz.: Nelson, Mary and Andrew. In his political\\nbelief Mr. Johnson is a strong Democrat. Our sub-\\nject raises both grain and vegetables on iiis farm,\\nhaving for tiie last two years been a large shipper\\nof the latter-named product to St. Louis, Mo.\\nJA!Sn :s E. LONSIUTRY. This progressive\\nfarmer has for manj j cai S been a resident\\nof Allegan County, where he follows agri-\\n_^_^ cultural pursuits on section Watson\\nTownsiiip. The farm which he here owns and\\noperates comprises eigiity .acres of highly cultiva-\\nted land and is emljellished with a substantial set\\nof buildings adapted to the varied needs of lural\\nlife. Besides this pl.ace, lie formerly owned another\\neighty-acre tract, which he gave to his son. His\\nintegrity of character has brought him the confi-\\ndence of his fellow-citizens, whom he has served in\\nmany oflicial cap.acities, having been Highway\\nCommissioner for six 3 ears, Justice of the Peace\\nfour j ears. Township Treasurer one year, and also\\nholding the school oHices.\\nSome time prior to the Revolutionaiy War, there\\nlived in Connecticut one Nathaniel Lonsbury, a\\nnative of that State, who had seven sons, all of\\nwhom served valiantly during the War of the Re-\\nvolution and one fell in battle. The other sons\\npa.ssed through mauyof the most deadly coinbat^s of\\nthe war,but escaped uninjuied.anddiedatagood old\\nage. J.acob w.as a son of Nathaniel. Among his chil-\\ndren was Nehemiah, wlio w.-us born in Connecticut,\\nin 1784, and grew to manhood in his native place\\nlearning the trade of a cooper. In 1817 he re-\\nmoved toCiieene County, X. V.. where he made his\\nhome near CatskiU, and in 1823 went to Wayne I\\nCounty, the same State. Some years prior to his\\nremoval from Connecticut, he married Miss Clarissa\\nLonsbury, and during their residence in Arcadia\\nTownshij), Wa3-ne County, N. Y., a son was born\\nto them, Miiy 6, 1824, whom they named James K.\\nAfter following the trade of a cooper in tlie Em-\\npire State until 1836, Mr. Lonsbury, .Sr., migrated\\nWest to Michigan, purchasing a tract of land in\\nLenawee County and devoting the remaining\\nyears of his life to its improvement. On that\\nhomestead he p.assed aw.ay in 1 8.j4. A brave sol-\\ndier like his father, he also served in his countr^^ s\\ndefense. During the second war with Great\\nBritain lie enlisted, in February, 1813, under Capt.\\nCharles Smith, and served until peace was declared\\nreceiving injuries in the battle of Stony Creek.\\nHis wife survived him several j ears and attained\\nto the good old age of (eighty -seven j cars.\\nThe family to which our suliject belonged con-\\nsisted of eight children, all of whom grew to ma-\\nture years. Eliza, who w.as born in Connecticut,\\nin 1808, became the wife of Shcphard Spaulding\\nand died when thirty-six j ears old; John II., who\\nwas born in Connecticut in 1811, lived to be three-\\nscore and five; Nancy M., whose birth occurred in\\nConnecticut in 1813, became the wife of Edwin\\nFoster, but afterward married Asa Morse (deceased)\\nand makes her home at present in C.asco, this\\nState; Nehemiah, who was born in Greene Count^^\\nN. Y., in 1818, died when seventy; Clarissa A., who\\nwas born in CatskiU, N. Y., in 1821, first married\\nBenjamin Ousted, but is now the wife of Morse\\nButterfield, and resides in Lenawee County; our\\nsubject w.as the next in order of liirth; (ieorge W.,\\nwho was born in AVa^ ne Count}^ N. Y.,now makes\\nhis home in Allegan; Joseph E., a native of Wayne.\\nCounty, died in Michigan when nineteen years\\nold.\\nJames E. was twelve years old when he accom-\\npanied his parents to Michigan, and liis schooling,\\nwhich was commenced in New Y ork, was com-\\npleted in a log building in Cambridge Township.\\nLenawee County. In his early man lu od he bought\\na farm in Lenawee County, which he sold to his\\nfather in 18,52, and, coming to Watson Township,\\npurchased the farm where he now resides, on section\\n16, and afterward bought another eighty-acre tract\\non section 21. lie w.is married, July 4, 18.53, to", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0559.jp2"}, "560": {"fulltext": "566\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nMiss Mariette Miner, daughter of William F. aiul\\nEliza S. Miner, natives of Connecticut.\\nMrs. Lonsbury was ))orn in Blonroe County, N.\\nY., October 30, 1829, and accompanied her father\\nto this county in 1836. At present she and her\\nbrother Cliarles are the oldest surviving settlers of\\nWatson Township. Mr. and Mrs. Lonsbury are the\\nparents of one son, Alfred J., who was born in\\nWatson Township, November 20, 1856, and with\\nhis wife, formerly Miss Fanny White, and their\\ntwo children, Mariette A. and Arthur A., resides\\non the old homestead. Politically, our subject is a\\nRepublican, and in his social connections is identi-\\nfied with the I. O. O. F.,the Grange and the Royal\\nLeague.\\nr^\\nI^OBERT ROUSE, the present .Justice of the\\nPeace of Pearl, Cl^ de Township, AUeg.an\\nCounty, is also the owner of a fine mercan-\\ntile store. He was l)orn in Kings County,\\nNew Brunswick, November 24, 1842, He is a son\\nof the Rev. E. A. Rouse, also a native of New\\nBrunswick, where he was liorn in 1809. The father\\nwas reared on a farm, and always followed farm-\\ning. Although his advantages for acquiring an\\neducation were very limited, by hard study and-\\nclose reading he prepared himself for the Univer-\\nsit3 and became a local Baptist preacher, follow-\\ning the ministry for over thirty years. He was\\npurely a self-made man.\\nIn 1850 the parents of our subject moved to\\nBrant County, Canada, remaining there for nine\\nyears, when they came to Barry County, Mich.,\\nand ten years later came to this county, wiiere the\\nfather passed away in 1881. The good wife and\\nmother is 3 et surviving, and is now seventy-six\\nyears of age. She bore the maiden name of Jane\\nWilcox, and is a daughter of Robert and Jane\\n(Monroe) Wilcox. Mrs. Rouse bore her husband\\nnine children, four of wliom still survive: John\\nL., Edward W., Robert, and Eliza A., the wife of\\nW. H. Andrews. Although the father of our sub-\\nject was past the allotted age for entering the\\narmy, yet he enlisted, but was not accepted by the\\nexaminer. The grandparents of our subject were\\nJohn and Mary (Biger) Rouse, natives of New\\nBrunswick, and John being a mechanic b\\\\ trade. He\\ndied in 1846, in his native country, where he al-\\nwa3 s resided.\\nAt the age of seventeen, our subject began teach\\ning school in Barry County, Mich. He himself re-\\nceived but little schooling, but was a great reader\\nand a close observer. He followed the profession\\nof a pedagogue until 1887. During this time he\\nwas engaged in farming during the summer months,\\nand between the years of 1887 and 1889, put his\\nwliole attention to farming. He then entered into\\nhis present business as a general merchant at Clyde\\nCenter. He is also the possessor of three hundred\\nand twenty acres of finely improved land.\\nMr. Rouse was chosen Supervisor of Clj de Town-\\nship in 1 88 1 and held that position until 1 89 1 He is\\nat present theefticient .Justice of the Peace, which\\nofliee he has held for the past ten years with great\\nsatisfaction to his constituents. He has also served\\non nearly all the school offices. Politically, lie is a\\nstandi Republican and has voted for every Repub-\\nlican President since 1864. He of whom we write\\nenlisted in the late war, September 30, 1 864, in\\nCompany K, Fifteenth Michigan Infantry, and was\\nunder Gen. Sherman s command. He participated\\nin some of the most famous battles of the war,\\nalthough the majority of the time was on detach\\ndiit} He was honorably discharged Ma} 30. 1865,\\nat AVashington. He is now connected with the\\nAbb Fenn Post, No. 336, G. A. R., at Fennville Cen-\\nter, and the Fennville Lodge, No. 338, I. O. O. F.,\\nclaims him as one of its leading members.\\nOSES HICKS, a farmer, residing on section\\n26, Trowbridge Township, is numbered\\namong the early settlers of Allegan\\nCounty. A native of the Green Mountain\\nState, he was born in Franklin County, in August\\n1847, and is a son of Martin and Sarah (AVeeks)\\nHicks, both natives of Vermont, the former born\\nin 1816, and the latter in 1818. They were mar-\\nried in 1838. Two jears previous Martin Hicks\\ncame to Michigan, and worked for Mr. Ely, then", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0560.jp2"}, "561": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n5C7\\nthe most prominent citizen of Allegan. After a\\nyear, lie returned home and worked for his father\\nuntil hismarriajje, when heengaijcd in farming for\\nhimself, and continued his operations in the East\\nuntil 18, when he brought his family- to Michigan,\\nlocating on the farm which is now the home of our\\nsubject. It then comprised eighty acres, eighteen\\nof which were cleared, and a log cabin constituted\\ntlie improvements.\\nIn the East, iMr. Hicks had e ngagcd in the lumber\\nbusiness, hut it proved a failure, and he afterward\\nsuccessfully manufactured bricks for a few j-ears.\\nIn Michigan he liegan farm life in earnest, and at\\nthe time of his death had one hundred and twenty\\nacres of land under a high state of cultivation.\\nHe was nxiinbered among the inlluential citizens of\\nthis community. Himself and wife were consist-\\nent members of the Methodist Church, and took\\nan active part in its work. He was instrumental\\nin establishing the church, and before that time\\nwent regularly to Otsego to attend divine service.\\nHe served as Trustee and Class-leader for many\\nyears, took an active part in Sunday-school work,\\nand served as local preacher. He was a powerful\\nexhorter and through his earnest entreaties led\\nman} to accept the Gospel. The cause of temper-\\nance also found in him a stanch advocate, and the\\nupright life which he lived certainly made the\\nworld better. His wife was called to her final rest\\nin 1881, and Mr. Hicks passed away in 1886.\\nThey were the parents of eleven children, six of\\nwhom are yet living. One son enlisted in the\\nFifth Michigan Cavalry, and served two years\\nunder Gen. Phil Siieridan. lie was killed in\\na skirmish, at Smithville, Va.\\nIn.Tanuary, 1868, Martin Hicks and his wife\\nwent East on a visit. On the night of February\\n20, two of their children were sleeping down stairs\\nand four alK)ve, when one of the children woke\\nand discovered that the house was full of smoke, i\\nThey were nearlj- suffocated, but our subject man-\\naged to arouse and get them out of dooi-s. It was\\na bitter cold night and there they stood in bare\\nfeet while their home sank in ashes. Moses went\\nback into the house to get out two watches, but\\nwas iK wildered by the smoke and had he not Ijeen\\nguided bv the voice of his brother, who called to\\nhim, would probably- not have made his way out\\nagain. He had just reached the open air when the\\nwalls fell, having saved from the household effects\\nonly a feathia- bed. He then took the little ones\\nto the next neighbors, where they were csired for\\nuntil the return of the parents, who came back to\\nfind their home in ruins, but kind friends and\\nneighbors extended to them a helping hand and\\ntheir loss was soon retrieved.\\nUnder the parental roof, Closes Hick remained\\nuntil his marriage in 1861), when Ellen, daughter\\nof William and Mary Sebring, became his wife.\\nHer people came from New York to ^Michigan in\\n1856, locating in Otsego Township, but both arc\\nnow deceased. Mrs. Hicks was born February 13,\\n1841, and died July 5, 1888, leaving one son,\\nGeorge Howard, who now attends school in Otsego.\\nMr. Hicks was again married in June, 1890, his\\nsecond marriage being with Emina Allison, who\\nwas born in Detroit, Mich., February 11, 1861, and\\nis a daughter of William Allison, now a resident\\nof Pittsfield, iVIich. She is an intelligent and cul-\\ntured lady and has an excellent musical education.\\nOne child has been born of this marriage: Azella\\nMay, born October 3, 1891.\\nThe year succeeding his first marriage, our sub-\\nject spent on his father s farm, and then purchased\\neight} acres of wild land on section 36, Trowbridge\\nTownship. His first home was a little board cabin,\\nwhich was his residence for six yeai-s. During that\\ntime he cleared fortj- acres of land, set out an\\norchard, and made manj other improvements. He\\nthen sold, and cleared ^600 upon the place. By\\npurchase, he then became owner of his present\\nfarm of one hundred and twenty acres, of which\\none hundred acres is under a high state of cultiva-\\ntion and well improved. He is a successful and\\nindustrious farmer, who by his own efforts has ac-\\nquired a handsome property that yields him a good\\nincome.\\nIn temperance work, Mr. Hicks has always taken\\na great interest, and has done much for the ad-\\nvancement of the cause. His views on that subject\\nbeing embodied in the Prohibition party, to it he\\nnow gives his support. Formerly he voted with\\nthe Republican part} Himself, wife and son are\\nmembers of the Methodist Church, and also belong", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0561.jp2"}, "562": {"fulltext": "568\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nto the Epworth League. He has served as Class-\\nleader for eighteen years, has also been Steward\\nand has long been Sunday-school Superintendent.\\nHis wife serves as organist and is also a teacher in\\nthe school, and is a member of the Ladies Aid\\nSociety and Secretary of the Home Missionary\\nSociety. We find in Mr. and Mrs. Hicks people of\\nsterling worth and integrity who rank high in\\nsocial circles where intelligence and uprightness of\\ncharacter are received as passports into good soci-\\nety.\\nsp^ QUIRE HENRY SCOTT is a retired farmer\\nwho was for twenty years or more Justice\\n||d/lj) of the Peace of Trowbridge Township,\\nAllegan County, where he is located on sec-\\ntion 25. His father was Richard Scott, a native of\\nCanada, and a farmer. His mother was Mere}\\n(Healey) Scott, a native of Rhode Island. They\\nwere married in Canada, and lived there until they\\ncame to Michigan in 1855, when they settled on an\\nvinimproved farm in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo\\nCounty. They remained thereabout six years, and\\nthen came to Trowbridge Township, this county,\\nand located on section 27. He died in 1880, at\\nthe age of eighty-six j ears, and the good wife and\\nmother died one 3 ear later, at the age of eighty-\\nseven. They had born to them eight children,\\nfive surviving. The mother was a member of the\\nMethodist P^piscopal Church.\\nOur subject was born May 17, 1818, in Canada,\\nwhere he grew to manhood with poor chances for\\nan education. He has always, been a farmer and\\nis also quite handy with tools. He remained at\\nhome until he was twenty-seven years old, when\\nhe established a home of his own on a farm in\\nCanada. All the children assisted in improving\\nthe old homestead. The date of his wedding was\\nApril 14, 1845, and he took as his helpmate and\\nlife comjjanion Milona Pierce, a native of Canada,\\nwho was born February 23, 1821. They lived\\non their farm about five years, clearing it and im-\\nproving it, when Mr. Scott sold out and purchased\\nanother unimproved one. In 1853, he again sold\\nand came to Michigan, settling on his present farm.\\nThere were no loads either south, north or west of\\nhim and all was a vast wilderness, with but few\\nneighbors, none of whom are now living. He\\nwas in very poor circumstances when he came here\\nand a log house was his residence, with but few\\nfurnishings. He cleared and cultivated his place\\na little ata time until he now has eighty-five acres,\\nall his own work. His fine apple orchard consists\\nof two hundred and fifty trees. The present com-\\nmodious residence in which he and his family re-\\nside was erected in 1860 by himself. He also has\\nput up three barns, 30x40 feet, 30x44 feet, and\\n26x36 feet, respectively, besides all the other neces-\\nsary farm buildings. His estate covers an area of\\none hundred and forty acres, he having improved\\none hundred and nine of it, and it is now carried\\non by his son AVilder. Mrs. Scott died in 1870,\\nwhen past forty-eiglit years of age. She bore her\\nhusband seven children, all but one now living:\\nNancy, the wife of Theodore Randall, of Otsego\\nTownship; they have two children. Martin is\\nmarried to Laura Leavitt, of Portland, Ore., and\\nis the father of one child. Mercy married C harles\\nHarper, of this township. Emeline is the wife of\\nCharles Dunton; they are residents of this township\\nwitli their three children. AVilder married Lottie\\nLeversee, and resides on the old homestead; they\\nhave two children. Calvin F. is single and lives\\nat liome. Milo W. is the deceased son who left a\\nwife and two children.\\nMr. Scott was again married in 1875, this time to\\nEllen O Donnell, a widow. She died December 15,\\n1882, at the age of fifty-one j-ears. The third mar-\\nriage of our subject took place in 1883, to Elizabeth\\nLeversee. She was born March 2, 1818. Mr.\\nScott is a Free-will Baptist in belief, and he has\\ngiven his children the best education that could\\nbe obtained. He hasalwaj-s taken a lively interest\\nin schools and was one of the School Board for\\nyears. His son Wilder is Moderator for the dis-\\ntrict in which they live. Mr. Scott is a prominent\\nmember of the Masonic order at Otsego, and in\\npolitics casts his vote with the Democratic party,\\nas do his sons. He served his fellow-citizens as\\nJustice of the Peace for twenty years, and was\\nHighway Commissioner for eight. He has also\\nbeen a delegate to county conventions, and promi-\\nnent in politics.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0562.jp2"}, "563": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0563.jp2"}, "564": {"fulltext": "^^U]S^,XX ^cxAyvjddc", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0564.jp2"}, "565": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n671\\nIIAHI.KS L. I?AKRI-:T r. The pmtinit on\\ny-, the o])pusite page represents a leading ofli-\\nclal of Allegan County, who occupies the\\nposition of County Clerk, discliarging its various\\nduties with much ability. His father, Alarvin Bar-\\nrett, was a native of New York State, and was one\\nof the oldest pioneers in Kalamazoo County, IMich.,\\nto whicli he came in 1832. He carried on a farm\\nin Richland Township during the remainder of his\\nlife, dying in 1.S.SI. IIis wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Helen -M. Dtilson, was also a native of New\\nYork and still lives at Ricliland, aged .sixty-one\\nyears.\\nHorn in tlie State of New York, Marvin Barrett\\nwas reared upon a farm and resided, until he was\\ntwenty-seven years old, with liis [jarents, Hildah and\\nElizabeth (Cummings) Barrett, who were natives\\nof New York, and farmei-s liy occupation. They\\ncame to ^lichigan in 1832 and settled in Kalama-\\nzoo County, where the^- died. Hildah l arrett was\\none of the organizers of the Presbyterian Church\\nat Hichland and loaned the money to erect the\\nchurch building, at that time being one of the\\nwealthy men of the county. He and his wife were\\ndevoted Presbyterians and reared a famil of eight\\nchildren. The father of our subject was formerly\\nan Abolitionist and later a Republican, and occu-\\npied many prominent offices in his township. He\\nand his wife were memljers of the Presbyterian\\nChurch at Richland in which he lield man}- respon-\\nsible offices.\\nThe parental family consisted of nine children,\\nsix of whom are now living, as follows: Our sub-\\nject, Mrs. Emma Little, James, P^-ank W., William\\nE. and George M. The maternal grandfather of\\nour subject, .lohn H. Dolson, was a native of New\\nYork C it3-,of which he was one of the early settlers.\\nHe was a Revolutionary soldier, serving through-\\nout the war. He was married three times and be-\\ncame the father of twenty-seven children, seven\\nsons and two daughters by each wife. He was a\\nfarmer through life and came to Michigan in an\\nearly day, settling where Battle Creek now stands\\nand where he is buried.\\nIn Kalamazoo County, this State, Charles L.\\nBarrett was born August 2, 1818. He received his I\\neducation at the seminary at Richland and the\\n26\\nNorthwestern I niversity at Evanston, HI. After\\nleaving school he taught for several winters, also\\nfollowing farming at Richland. He came to Alle-\\ngan County in IMTtSand eng.aged in the mercantile\\nbusiness at Mill (jrovc, which he followed for some\\nfour years. Afterward he purcha.sed a farm in Pine\\nPlains Township, where he has since lived and\\nwhich is located three miles from the village of\\nAllegan. He has held the office of Township\\nClerk for four years and has been ])irector in the\\nschools for some time, always taking a deep inter-\\nest in educational matters. Jlr. Barrett was elected\\nto his present position as County C lerk in the fall\\nof 1886 and is now serving his third term, which\\nproves his popularity with the people.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Barrett, October 1.5, 1872,\\nunited him with Miss Emma Crosb}-, of Richland,\\na daughter of Randall and Elizabeth (Miles)\\nCrosby, natives of New York, who came West at\\nan early da} and settled on a farm in Richland\\nTownship. The father died on the old homestead;\\nthe mother passed away in Allegan. To our sub-\\nject and his wife were born seven children, as fol-\\nlows: Randall M., Carl H., Florence B., Hattie C,\\ni\\\\Iargery N., Florine ^f., and an infant unnamed.\\nIn politics, Mr. Barrett atliliates with the Republi-\\ncan party and socially is a member of the Knights\\nof Pythias and the United AVorkmen.\\n^ZRA A. PALMER, M. D. The profession\\nisf] which represents the beneficent healing art\\nL^ h.is many noble members, whose lives are\\nfilled with acts of goodness and whose most stren-\\nuous efforts are to attain that skill which is neces-\\nsary in saving life and restoring health. Such a\\nlife work raises a man above the sordid motives\\nwhich .ictuate many jieople and gives to life a\\nmeaning which more mercenary callings cannot\\ngrant. We are therefore always gratified to be\\nable to introduce to our readers the phj-sicians who\\nhave won for themselves a high place in the jiro-\\nfession in Van Buren County.\\nDr. Palmer, of Hartford, is one of the prominent\\nphysicians in the county and has a lucrative prac-\\ntice. He was born in Orleans County, N. Y., in", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0565.jp2"}, "566": {"fulltext": "572\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1850, and was brought by his parents to Paw Paw,\\nthis State, when three years old. He is the son of\\nHenry R. and Margaret (Plantz) Palmer. The\\nfather was born in 1815 in New York and was the\\nson of Samuel Palmer. Our subject was the only\\nson of his parents, but had three sisters, namely:\\nLucretia, who is the wife of Harvey Clarke; Nancy\\nA. and Lovella.\\nDr. Palmer grew to mature years in Van Buren\\nCounty and began the stud} of medicine while\\nteaching school, which profession he followed five\\nyears. He entered the medical department of the\\nMichigan University in 1874 and, when graduating\\nfrom that institution, at once began the practice of\\nhis profession in Hartford. In 1886 Dr. Palmer\\ntook a post-graduate course in the Chicago Med-\\nical College and bears a wide reputation in this\\nsection as a skillful and progressive physican.\\nSocially, he is a Mason and in political matters\\nvotes with the Republican part}\\n-m^\\nj^\\\\ RS. ELIZABETH JOYCE, widow of H. D.\\nJoyce, is a woman of marked capability\\nand excellent business qualifications, and\\nshe is managing her well-ordered farm on\\nsection 25, Charleston Township, with the best of\\nsuccess. She is a native of Rush Township, Mon-\\nroe County, N. Y., her birth occurring February 9,\\n1828. Her father was Joseph Fishell, a son of\\nHenry Fishell, both of whom were natives of Penn-\\nsylvania, and were of German descent. Mrs. Joj ce s\\nfather was born near Pittsburg, but when he was\\nyoung his parents removed to Monroe County, N.\\nY., and there he grew to man s estate. He adopted\\nthe calling of a farmer, and in 1846 took up his\\nresidence in Genesee County, N. Y., where he en-\\ngaged at his occupation the remainder of his life,\\nbecoming one of the largest farmers of his com-\\nmunity, and one of its foremost citizens. He died\\nat the age of seventy-two years. He was a Dem-\\nocrat until 1840 when he voted for the grand-\\nfather of our present President, and on the for-\\nmation of the Republican party he gave it his\\nallegiance. The maiden name of the mother of\\nour subject was Amelia Leiter. She was born in\\nMaryland, and lived in that State until she was\\ntwenty years old. She then went to Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., where she was married. After the\\ndeath of her husband, she came to Michigan, and\\nspent her last days with her daughter, of whom we\\nwrite, dying at the age of ninetj -one years. She\\nwas the mother of nine children, four daughters\\nand five sons, one of whom died at the age of\\neleven years, and these five are 3 ct living: Henry,\\na resident of New York; Elizabeth; Eveline, wife\\nof Dr. E. Cobb, of Perry; Susan, wife of Martin\\nAmidon, of New York; and Joseph, a resident of\\nIonia County.\\nMrs. Joyce is the fourth child and second daugh-\\nter of the family. She was well trained in her\\nhome and became an excellent housewife. She\\nwas eighteen years old when her parents removed\\nto Genesee County, N. Y., and there her marriage\\nwith Mr. H. D. Joyce took place February 11,\\n1858.\\nMr. Joyce was born in Herkimer County, N. Y.,\\nFebruary 14, 1826. He was a son of John J.\\nJoj ce, a miller who plied his trade in Herkimer\\nCounty until his removal to Genesee County in\\n1840, his death subsequently occurring in that\\ncounty. He married Mary Smith, a native of\\nNew York. Mr. Jo3 ce was the oldest of their\\nfive children. After marriage, he and his wife came\\nto Michigan to build up a home in Kalamazoo\\nCounty, casting in their fortunes with the pioneers\\nof Charleston Township, where they at first set-\\ntled on section 26. They lived there about seven-\\nteen years, and then took up their residence on the\\nfarm on section 25, adjoining on the east, where\\nMrs. Joyce still makes her home.\\nSeptember 14, 1887, Mr. Joyce was killed by his\\nteam running away, and all that is mortal of him\\nnow lies in the cemetery in Charleston Township.\\nDj ing thus in the midst of a busy career, which\\nhad been alike honorable to himself and to his\\nadopted township, he was greatly missed in this\\npart of the county where he had lived so long and\\nhad labored to such a good purpose in developing\\nits resources, and his memor} is warmly cherished\\nby the entire community by whom he was so well\\nknown and so highly regarded for those sterling\\nqualities that marked him in all his relations with", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0566.jp2"}, "567": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAi HlCAL RECORD.\\n573\\nothers, lie was always njroatly inferosled in what-\\never ooiiceriK d tlic township and county, and took\\npleasure in their advancement, contributing liber-\\nally to all feasible plans for internal improve-\\nnientj or for t)ther purposes. Politically he was\\na good Democrat, and stood firmly by his party.\\nAfter her husband s death, IMrs. Joyce bought\\nthe interest of the other heirs in the estate, and\\nhas ever since had charge of the farm, giving it\\nher personal supervision, looking carefully after\\nevery detail, and there is no better managed farm\\nin the vicinity than hers. She is an indefatigable\\nworker, requiring no assistance in the management\\nof her household affairs, which receive due atten-\\ntion, notwithstanding her multiplicity of cares.\\nShe h.as always done her own housework, never\\nhaving had a girl work for her but for three weeks\\nwhile her husband lived. She hires a man to attend\\nto the farm the year round, and during the busy\\nseasons has extra men working for her. She is a\\ngeneral farmer and stock-raiser, having her farm\\nwell supplied with standard stock, and deriving a\\ncomfortable income from her business.\\n^OllN B. SIIEHED. The gentleman whom\\nwe here represent is one who enjoys the\\nconfidence of the business community, where\\nhis word is considered as good as his bond.\\nHe may be classed among the thrifty and intelligent\\ncitizens of Waverly Township, Van Huren County,\\nand both he and his excellent wife are highly es-\\nteemed members of society, lie is a native of\\nVenango, Crawford County, Pa., and was born\\nFebruary 28, 18;?2. His father was .Jacob Shered,\\na son of Andrew Shered, whose father came from\\nGermany and settled in Pennsylvania during the\\nCoUinial days.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was born in\\nWhitley County, Pa., in 1772, and was a currier in\\nhis early days, but afterward became a farmer. His\\ndeath occurred in 18; at the age of eighty-two\\nyears, in Crawford County, Pa., whither he had\\nremoved. He wa.s a member of the Democratic\\nparty, and a firm Ijelievcr in the tenets of the Re-\\nformed Church. The maiden name of the grand-\\nmother of our subject was Elizabeth Mower. She\\nbore her husband a famil3 of eighteen children,\\nand died also in her eighty -second j ear.\\n.Jacob Shered s birth also occurred in Whitley\\nCounty, Pa., his natal day. being August 22, 1800.\\nHe w.as two years of age when his parents removed\\nto Crawford County, where his decease occurred\\nin August, 1891. He was a member of the Lutheran\\nChui ch and a man greatly respected in his com-\\nmunity. The mother of our subject was Mrs. Mary\\n(Braden) Shered. The following are the names of\\nthe parental family of thirteen children: AVilliam,\\nLucy, Josiah, Mar}- A., Hiram, Simon, .John B.,\\nAndrew, George T., Elizabeth, .Jacob, Susan R.\\nand Hannah A. Mrs. .Jacob Shered died in 1889,\\nin Pennsylvania, in her eight^y-sixth yC i She\\nwas of Irish origin.\\nThe gentleman whose name we have placed at\\nthe head of this sketch was given limited school\\nadvantages, but made the most of his opportuni-\\nties, and to-day ranks among the intelligent agri-\\nculturists of Waverly- Township. He was reared\\non a farm and when twenty 3 ears of age began life\\nfor himself by working out at #11 per month. He\\ncontinued in that line of work for two 3 cars,when\\nhe W.1S married, and was variously employed for\\nthe succeeding few years, the greater [lart of his\\ntime, however, being devoted to his trade of a ma-\\nson. In 1861, he felt that he could better his con-\\ndition in the oil regions, and thus began drilling\\nwells, at which he engaged for a twelvemonth.\\nHe then abandoned his occupation and began\\nteaming, making ij!7,000 in eighteen months. He\\nwas so unfortunate, however, as to lose half of his\\nbard earnings by speculating in an oil well.\\nIn April, 186.5, Mr. Shered came to Michigan, his\\npossessions at that time including #2,000 in monej\\nand forty acres of land in Paw Paw Township, this\\ncounty, on section 16. In August, 1867, he re-\\nmoved to that farm, which he made his home until\\n1876, having added twent\\\\ -two .acres thereto. He\\nthen traded that tract for ninety .icres on section\\n16, in Waverly Township, the same county,\\nwhere he now resides. Together with his son, he\\nadded fifty acres to his ninety, and his son besides\\nthat owns fort}- acres in his own right.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0567.jp2"}, "568": {"fulltext": "574\\nPOSTEAIT AND BIOGRAPPUCAL RECORD.\\nMr. Shered has been Drain Commissioner and\\ntakes an active interest in the welfare of liis town-\\nship. The Democratic pait^- numbers him among\\nits influential members, witli which body he always\\ncasts his vote.\\nFebruary 21, 1856, our subiect was married to\\nRebecca Larkin, who was liorn in Erie, Pa., and is\\nthe daughter of Joim and Mary Ann (Corigan)\\nLarkin, natives of Sussex, England. The jjarents\\nwere married in Montreal, Canada, where tlie father\\nfollowed the trade of a lirick-mason. lie died in\\nMeadville, Pa. Mr. Larkin was twice married,\\nbecoming the father of four boys and three girls\\nby his first marriage. His second wife was Mrs.\\nMarj A. (Hemler), McFarlin, who bore him two\\nsons and two daughters. In religious matters, he\\nwas a Unitarian.\\nTo our subject and his estimable wife have been\\nborn one child, a son, Jlilton J., who married Miss\\nIsadora, daugiiter of Theodore and Mary A. (Skin-\\nner) Snell. They have one child, named Glen E.\\nMr. and Mrs. Shered were formerly Baptists in re-\\nligion, but are now identified with the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nENRY J. KELLOGG is a prominent farmer\\nin Porter Township, Van Buren County,\\nthe tract which he operates being located\\non section 33. lie is a son of Joseph and\\nSarah (Voris) Kellogg, natives respectively of\\nMassachusetts and New Jersey. After their mar-\\nriage, the parents of our subject became residents\\nof Otsego County, N. Y., where the father was a\\nmechanic. He was born January 12, 1778, and\\nthe mother November 28, 1786.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our suliject, Silas\\nKellogg, served in the War of 1812, and died in\\nhis eighty-sixth year. James Voris, his maternal\\ngrandfather, served in the War of 1812, and died\\nat Fenton, N. J., when sixty years of age. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Joseph Kellogg are deceased, the mother\\ndying March 30, 18.58, and the father passing\\naway September 30, 1863. The^ became the par-\\nents of thirteen children, only three of whom are\\nliving. Our subject and his brother, William J.,\\nserved in the Civil War in the same regiment.\\nWilliam J. was Captain of Company H, One Hun-\\ndred and Fifty-second New York Infantry-, and\\nduring the three years he was in the army saw\\nmuch hard fighting.\\nHenry J. Kellogg was born September 15, 1827,\\nin New Lisbon Township, Otsego County, N. Y.,\\nand received a common and high school education.\\nHe acted in the capacity of pedagogue for ninety-\\nnine terms, beginning to teach when only fifteen\\nyears of age, in New York State. He was married,\\nOctober 3, 1854, to Emma M., daughter of Peter\\nand Rachel (.Johnson) Bower, Vidio resided in\\nTompkins County N. Y. On the paternal side of\\nthe house, Mrs. Kellogg is of Dutch ancestry. Mr.\\nBower died Februar3f 13, 1865, and his wife passed\\naway April 30, 1882, when in her seventy-ninth\\nyear.\\nMrs. Emma M. Kellogg was born September 12,\\n1826, in Genoa, Cayuga Couutj N. Y. August\\n26, 1862, our subject enlisted in Company H, One\\nHundred and Fifty-second New York Infantry,\\nand was Hospital Steward of his regiment, serving\\nuntil April 3, 1864. His duties were principally\\nin Lincoln and Emory Hospitals at Washington,\\nD. C. After his return from the armj Mr. Kellogg\\nwas sick for nearly two years. When able to work\\nagain, he began teaching, which occupation he fol-\\nlowed until he came to Michigan, Ai)ril 12, 1867,\\nand settled on one hundred acres which is his\\npresent home. When it came into his possession\\nit was in a perfectly wild state. He immediately\\nset about clearing and improving his tract, erecting\\nthereon a comfortable residence and all the neces-\\nsary outbuildings. His large barn has a good\\nbasement under it and is 30x50 feet in dimensions.\\nHe also has two fine orchards on liis place and\\nraises various kinds of fruits.\\nMr. and Mrs. Kellogg of this sketcli have had\\nborn to them two children: Ella Kl., who is the\\nwife of George Fuller, has two children: Cl3 de G.\\nand Earl K., and resides in Porter Township. Cora\\nA. resides at home with her parents. Mr. Kellogg\\nhas given his children excellent educations, the\\neldest having been a teacher for some time. Our\\nsubject and his wife are active workers in the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which denomina-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0568.jp2"}, "569": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0569.jp2"}, "570": {"fulltext": ",.5^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0570.jp2"}, "571": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\n577\\ntion Air. Kello j j lias been a Class-leader and Super-\\nintendent of the Suiida3--scliool for a number of\\nyears. While in New York State he was Superin-\\ntendent of a Sunilay-seliool wiiieli numbered over\\ntwo hundred pupils; he has also acted in that ca-\\npacity at Marcellus.\\nlie of whom we write has been on the School\\nUoard of his district for a number of terms and\\nis a (irand Army man, belonging to the post at\\nMarcellus, of which he was Conunandcr for two\\nyears. He is now serving his seventh 3 ear as\\nChaplain of the same. In politics, he is a stanch\\nRepublican, and is a friend of temperance. He\\nIkhs been Justice of the Peace and in 1871-72-73,\\nserved ;is County Superintendent of Schools in\\nan Uuren County. He has been Notary Public\\nnearly all his life, and is a very prominent man in\\nthis lotalit}-.\\nt I\\nI I I\\n^AIL II. SCIIUH, a resident of Wayland, is\\nwell known as a good citizen who has the\\nbest interests of his community at heart, and\\nwhose influence is always cast on the side\\nof right. Therefore his biography and jjortrait\\nare valuable additions to this volume. His par-\\nents, David and Elizabeth (Schenabarger) Schuh,\\nwere natives of Germany and Maryland, respect-\\nively. They settled in Richland County, Ohio,\\nwhere our subject was born A])ril 20, 1826, being\\nthe third in a family of five children. He was\\ngiven the advantages of a common-school educa-\\ntion, but, by observation and careful reading, has\\nbecome a well-informed man. His father was a\\nminister of the Luthei an Church, but he decided\\nU) learn a trade, and, at the age of fifteen yeare,\\nlearned the harness business at .Medina County.\\nOhio, serving two and one-half years, and then\\nsecuring employment at jolj work liy himself about\\nthree years.\\nHaving determined to enter in business for him-\\nself, Mr. Schuh located at Spencer, Medina County, j\\nOhio, where he remained for four years. Thence\\nhe removed to Akron, where he resided four years,\\nand then returned to Medina, where he remained J\\nfor six vears. November .30, 180(5. he came to I\\nWayland, where he has since been engaged in the\\nharness and saddler}- business. He now makes a\\nspecialty of manufacturing a patent neck-yoke.\\nAs a business man, his uprightness and judicious\\nmanagement are universally recognized.\\nMr. Schuh was married Mayl, 1850, to Margaret\\nE. Blanot, of -Medina, Ohio, and they are the par-\\nents of three children: Maurice, deceased; William\\nH., and one that died in infancy. William H.\\nSchuh is a partner with his father, having been\\nconnected with him since his majority, and is now\\noperating a fruit farm. He married Nenali Lillie,\\nof Kalamazoo, and they have two children, George\\nand Norris. Mr. Schuh belongs to the Prohibi-\\ntion party, has held the office of Alderman for a\\nnumber of terms, and has also been a member of\\nthe School Board. He and his wife are members\\nof the Congregational Church, and are active in\\nall good works. They are among the substantial\\nresidents of Wajiaud, and are highly esteemed by\\na large circle of friends.\\nENRY S. ROCKWELL. The plea.sant farm\\nI located on section 3;5, Portage Township,\\nKalamazoo County, is the home of oursub-\\n^1 ject. He has placed his estate under excel-\\nlent cultivation, and by a proper rotation of crops,\\nreaps a fine income. He is honest and upright in\\nall his dealings with his fellowmen, and is held in\\nhigh esteem Ii}- his neighbors an l accpiaintances.\\nHe of whom we write is the son of the late Na-\\nthaniel and Maria (A an Hoesen) Rockwell. The\\nfather was born in .Schoharie Ct)unt_v, N. Y., and the\\nmother in New York. Thej- made the journey to\\nthis State in the fall of 18 )2, coming hither from\\nAVyoming County and locating in Tortagc Town-\\nship. They made this place their home until the\\ndeath of Mr. Rockwell, which occurred in .lanu-\\nary, 1865. The mother still survives and makes\\nher home with a daughter in Hinsdale. III.\\nOf the parental family of four sons and four\\ndaughters, Henry S. was the liflh child, his birth\\noccurring in Wyoming County, N. Y., June 8,\\n1837. He accompanied his parents on their re-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0571.jp2"}, "572": {"fulltext": "578\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ny\\nmoval to this State, and grew to manhood on the\\nfanii in Portage Township. August 4, 1864, he\\nwas married in Kalamazoo to Miss Florence Brown,\\nwho was born in Schoolcraft Township, this count}\\nand by whom ho has become the father of two chil-\\ndren, Lena M. and Floyd N.\\n]\\\\Ir. Koclvwell has been Township Treasurer for a\\nperiod of two years, and, in politics, is an active\\nand earnest Democrat. He has always been en-\\ngaged in agricultural ))ursuit.s. and owns at the\\npresent time one hundred and lift^ -nine acres of\\nimproved jiroperty.\\nYLVANUS X. PIKE. The varied exper-\\niences of a half century have given to this\\ngentleman a broad knowledge of human\\nnature on the one hand, and a goodly\\namount of this world s possessions as well. He re-\\nsides in the village of Martin, where he and his\\nfamily have estal)lished an attractive home and en-\\njoy an acquaintance among the best people of the\\ncommunity. The business which chief!} engages\\nhis attention is the buying and selling of cattle,\\nand his ventures in that direction have been finan-\\ncially remunerative. He rents his splendid farm,\\nwhich consistsof one hundred and twenty acreson\\nsection 23, Watson Township.\\nThe Green Mountain State was the early home\\nof S ylvanus a nd Alniira (Streeter) Pike, parents\\nof our subject, andboth were born in Whitingham,\\nWindham Count}^, Vt., the father June 23, 1811,\\nand the mother in 1807. They passed their earl}\\nmarried life in Vermont, but removed thence to\\nNew York and later came to Jlichigan, where the\\nmother di(^d May 23, 1869. The father still sur-\\nvives at an advanced age and makes his home in\\nsection 23, AVatson Township. They were the par-\\nents of five children, only two of whom are now\\nliving: the subject of this notice, and James L.,\\nwho resides in Trowbridge Township.\\nAt the age of seven, our subject accompanied his\\nparents from his native home in Whitingham, Vt.,\\nwhere he was born April 18, 1842, to the State of\\nNew York. After remaining in St. Lawrence\\nCounty one year, he accompanied his father to\\nJefferson County, the same State, and there so-\\njourned four years. Later he went back to Ver-\\nmont and after spending one winter there, returned\\nto the Empire State and from there i)roceeded\\nwestward to Lenawee Count} this State, where he\\nlocated on a farm. He engaged in agricultural\\npursuits in that county for five years and then\\ncame to Allegan County in 1860, locating where-\\nhe now resides and at once commencing the work\\nof improvement.\\nOn April 18, 1869, Mr. Pike was married in\\nOtsego, this State, to Martha L. (Wilson) Kent, the\\nwidow of James Kent. Mr Pike was born in\\nOntario County, Canada, August 6, 1840, and her\\nunion with Mr. Pike has brought to them foiir chil-\\ndren. ,as follows: Alniira S., Sylvanvs S., Sarah A.\\n.and Linton A., all of whom are now at home with\\ntheir parents. By her first marriage, Mrs. Pike be-\\ncame the mother of two children: Alice J., the wife\\nof Lewis Holmes, of Kalamazoo; and JlarvE., who\\nis Mrs. John Russell, and resides in Martin. The\\nfarm of one hundred and twenty acres which Mr.\\nPike owns is well improved and contains a good\\nset of buildings.\\nIn former years Mr. Pike was a firm Repuliliean\\nbut he is now a Prohibitionist in principle and\\ncasts his ballot for the candidate whom he believes\\nbest qualified for the office. He has served with\\nefficiency as Pathmaster, and was School Director\\nsis years. He is a member of the Grange of Wat-\\nson Township, and has for years been an active\\nworker in the Church of God, where he is now\\nDeacon and has been Secretary for ten years. His\\ninfluence as an upright citizen has been extensive,\\nand his long life of integrity has won for him the\\nuniversal esteem of his fellow-townsmen.\\nj-,^ sILES S. RATHBIIN, who has engaged in\\nthe grocery business in Decatur since 1878,\\nwas born on the 26th of ^larch. 1821, in\\nCayuga County, Is. Y., and is one of eleven chil-\\ndren whose parents were Joshua and Diadama\\nRatlibun. His father was a native of the Green\\nMoinitain State and by occupation w.as a farmer.\\nRemoving to New York, he located in C:iyuga", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0572.jp2"}, "573": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHICAL RECORD.\\n579\\nCounty, where he followed agricultural pursuits.\\nHis de.ith occurred in Allegany County, N. Y.,in\\n1826, and ills wife followed him to the grave witii-\\nin a month. Of their children all grew to mature\\nyears and the average age of the five j et living is\\nover seventy- five.\\nNiles Kathbun was left an orphan when a lad\\nof five summers. He was then taken care of by\\nhis brother Kdward, witii whom he remained until\\nhe had attained his majority, when he began work\\nas a farm hand and was thus employed for two\\nyears. At tlie expiration of that period, he com-\\nmenced buying and selling horses, cattle and\\nsheep and soon afterward purchased a farm in\\nC.iyuga County, which lie oi)erated in connection\\nwith his stock business. At the age of thirty-one,\\nhe left the county of his nativity and going to\\nAllegany County liegan carrying on a hotel. Heal-\\nso operated a livery stable and while there residing\\nw.as elected Justice of the Peace, which position he\\nheld for eight years. In 1867, lie determined to\\ntry his fortune in the West and located in Oak\\nClaim City, Wis., where he engaged in loaning\\nmoney. He liad resided there only a year when\\nhe w.as elected .Justice of the Peace, serving as\\nsuch for eight years. He also carried on the gro-\\ncery and lumber business until a decade had passed\\nwhen he came to Decatur. His fitness for the of-\\nfice of .lustice seems evident, for during the first\\nyear of his residence here he was elected and served\\nfor four years.\\nIn 1802, in Allegany County, N. Y., :Mr. Rath-\\nbun and Miss Lucy Cheesbro, a native of that\\ncounty, were married. Unto them were Itorn two\\nchildren but the elder died at the age of nine\\nyears. Their son, Kdwin N., who was bom in\\n18.j0,isone of Decatur s rising young business men.\\nHe is now engaged in the real-estate business, is\\nNotary Public, counselor at law and correspon-\\ndent for several of tbe city newspapers.\\nIn his political alliliations, Mr. Kathbun is a\\nHepublican and his wife is a member of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He embarked in the grocer}\\nbusiness in Decatur in 1K78, and has continued it\\nuninterruptedly since. He is a successful busi-\\nness man and one who is highly respected for his\\nintegrity and just dealing.s. He carries an excellent\\nand complete line of goods, and the liberal patron-\\nage which is now accorded him is well merited as\\nthe result of his industrious and enterprising ef-\\nforts. The people rejtose in him the utmost\\nconfidence and their trust has never been mis-\\nplaced.\\nEPIIAS S.KENT. The citizens of Michigan\\nf|( _^ who have come from New York have al-\\n^^7 most invariably brought with tliein such\\ntraits and habits of life as have rendered them of\\nvalue in their new home. Their industry and\\nfrugality and their rugged pei-severance have\\nhelped them to attain such a degree of success as\\nenchances the prosperity of their neighbors. .Such\\na one we find in the man before us.\\nCephas 8. Kent was born in Oswego County, N.\\nY., March 31, 1839, and was the son of Ahira and\\nTiyphosa (Tuckerman) Kent, natives of Vermont\\nand New York, respectively. The paternal an-\\ncestors of our subject were English and this grand-\\nfather was a soldier in the War of 1812. The\\nKent family also figured prominently in the\\nRevolutionaiy struggle. Our subject was fifteen\\nyears of age when his parents came to this State, he\\nwith an older brother coming overland by the\\nway of Canada and with the family located in\\nCharleston Township, Kalamazoo County. Their\\nmother died September 18, 1891; the father still\\nmakes his home on the old farm and is pa-st four-\\nscore years of age.\\nHe of whom we write was reared to man s estate\\non his father s farm and afterattaiuing his majority\\nengaged for four j^ears in the merchandising busi-\\nness in Augusta. He was given a good education,\\nsupplementing his i)rimary studies at the common\\nschools by a course at the Albion College. May\\n19, 1864, be was married to Miss Harriet C. Wood-\\nward, a native of Cliautnu(|ua County, N. Y., her\\nnatal day being September 24, 1840. Mrs. Kent\\nwas the daughter of .lohn and Sarah (Eddy)\\nWoodward, who were natives of the Empire .State.\\nHer parents were of English descent and Grand-\\nfather AVoodwafd w.as a patriot in the Revolution-\\nary War. In 1853, Miss Harriet accompanied her", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0573.jp2"}, "574": {"fulltext": "580\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAIHICAL RECORD.\\nparents on their removal to Michigan, where they\\nlocated in Richland Township, Kalamazoo Countj\\nTiiey passed their last days in Augusta village.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Kent have been born tlie fol-\\nlowing four children: Albert; Mary, who is a\\nteacher in the public seliool; Glenn, who is also\\na teacher, and Richard. Mr. Kent owns one hun-\\ndred and ten acres of cultivated land, upon which\\nhe has made all the improvements which stamp it\\nas a first-class estate. Mrs. Kent is identified with\\nthe Ladies Library Association of Augusta and al-\\nso with the Ladies Aid Society. In politics, our\\nsubject is a Republican.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nm m\\nETH VROMAN isahighly respected citizen\\nof Kalamazoo Countj-, where he has ac-\\nquired a comfortable property by his farm-\\ning operations, although he has had much\\nto contend with since he settled in Brady Town-\\nship, and began to build a home and improve a\\nfarm on section 21. He was born in the town of\\nAurora, Erie County, X. Y., June 19, 1841. Lewis\\nVronian, his father, was also a native of New York,\\nand was born Octoljer 10, 1807. His parents came\\nfrom Germany, and died wlien he was only eight\\nyears old. He was a cooper in earlj life, and alsf)\\nengaged in shoemaking and in farming after mar-\\nriage. He came to Michigan in 1858, journeying\\nby Lake Erie to Detroit, and from there Ijy wagon\\nto this county. He settled in Brad} Township,\\nbut a j ear and a half later he went to Kansas in a\\ncovered wagon, and was five months on the way\\nthere and back, as he did not make a verj- long\\nstay in that then troublous Territory. Returning\\nto Brady Township, he located on a farm here, and\\na year later bought forty acres of the farm now\\nbelonging to our subject. He died on his homestead\\nApril 16, 1875, and thus rounded out a useful and\\nhonorable life of sixty -seven j ears, six months and\\nsix days. His faithful wife did not long survive\\nhim, but died September 14, 1876. Her name\\nwas Sarah Tripp, and she was born in ermont,\\nAugust 3, 1810. Both she and her husliand were\\nconscientious, consistent Christians, .and members\\nof the Congregational Church. They reared six\\nout of their seven children, namely: George, Lu-\\ncius H., Seth, Augusta M., Jane E., and Charles H.\\nThe ancestors ou the mother s side of the house were\\ngenuine New England Yankees. Grandfather\\nTripp was a farmer. He lived to be nearly a hun-\\ndred years old. His wife died December 18, 1856,\\naged seventy-nine j-ears and two days. They had\\nseven children.\\nThe early life of our subject was much as that\\nof other farmers boys. He attended the district\\nschool, which was taught under the I ate-bill sj s-\\ntem, and on his father s farm gained a good in-\\nsight into farming. He came to this county with\\nhis parents in his eighteenth 3 ear, and also accom-\\npanied them in their journey to and from Kansas.\\nThe country in this region was then but sparsely\\nsettled, with here and there a cabin in the woods.\\nDeer were plentiful, and our subject occasion-\\nally secured some venison with his trusty rifie,\\nwhen he found time to hunt. At the age of twenty-\\none he began life for himself, having worked out\\nby the month for several seasons before he attained\\nhis majority. He bought forty acres of land and\\nstill continued an inmate of the j^arental home\\nwhile lie farmed it. April 6, 1865, he cast aside\\nhis work to enlist, and became a member of Com-\\npany K, Twelfth Michigan Infantry. He was\\nmustered in at Kalamazoo, and sent to the regi-\\nment at Devall s Bluff, Ark., where he and his\\ncomrades engaged in some skirmishes with the reb-\\nels. Army life did not agree with him and he was\\ntaken sick. He was placed in the hospital at that\\npoint and remained there about three weeks. His\\nmilitary career was brought to a close by his hon-\\norable discharge, at Little Rock, July, 1865. Ho\\ncontracted a chronic disease while at the front,\\nwhicli entitles him to a pensic)n of fourteen dollars\\na month.\\nMr. Yroman returned to Brady Township when\\nhe left the army, and settled here permanently.\\nHe has a good farm of one hundred and fortj\\nacres, the most of which is under a high state of\\ncultivation, and buildings of a commodious, sub-\\nstantial order adorn the place. He erected his\\nresidence in 1886, and has a roomy, pleasant dwel-\\nling, supplied with every comfort and convenience,\\n.and he has several barns and other outhouses.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0574.jp2"}, "575": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0575.jp2"}, "576": {"fulltext": "t\\nm^hw^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0576.jp2"}, "577": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n583\\nlfj_^ ARRISOX lUTCIIINS. This woitliy old\\nlljl^ pioneer, wiiose portrait is shown on tlie\\nil^^ opjiosite page, is at present residing on\\nsection 1, (ianjjcs Town. ^hi]), Allegan\\nCounty. lie was born in Rutland County, t., in\\nX 181A, and is a son of David and Sally Ilutchins.\\nThe father was horn on a farm in the Green Moun-\\ntain State and r^ ceived a very limited education,\\nas when quite ^-oung he was engaged in lumbering\\non the St. Lawrence River.\\nOur subject s mother was .Sally, daughter of\\nSamuel Hurnel, anativeof Connecticut, who spent\\nmost of his life in ermnnt. Jlr. Hurnel was a\\nfarmer, and during the Uevolutionarv War served\\nHe engages in general farming, and raises Perch-\\neron hoi es, cattle of good grades, and both line j\\nand coarse wooled sheep, and has some of the for-\\nmer variety that he i)rocurcd in Pennsylvania,\\nthat are registered. Mr. A romau stands with the\\nRepublicans in politics, yet, notwithstanding that\\nfiict, he has held the offices of Treasurer and Iligii-\\nway Commissioner several terms, although the\\ntownship is largely democratic. He is popular\\namong his fellow-citizens, who recognize his fit-\\nness for public life, and have sensililj- elected him\\nto responsible positions, regardless of party ties,\\nas they know him to be a man of sound, round-\\nabout sense, of clear discernment and good business\\nhabits. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge,\\nNo. 194, at Yicksburg. It is ISIr. l\u00e2\u0096\u00a0olnan s i ridc\\nthat all tiiat he has he has made himself, never hav-\\ning as much as a cent given to him, nor receiving\\noutside aid in any shape. He has met with several\\nreverses. Atone time he lost ^1,000 on his wheat\\nby storing it and another man s selling it, which\\nleft him penniless.\\nOur subject was married, January 2;j, 18G5, to\\nMiss Ella IJlair. w ho was born in this township, in\\n1846; she died witliout issue in 1879. Mr. Vro-\\nman was a second time married, February IS, 1880,\\nMiss Mary J. (!uyer becoming his wife. She was\\nborn in Pennsylvania, February 18, 18(). i. Three\\nchildren are tiie fruit of this union, named Pearl,\\nErmaand Minnie.\\nhis country from the beginning to the close of hos-\\ntilities. He was very prominent in i)olitical affairs\\nin his community and served several terms in the\\nVermont Legislature, finally declining further\\nollice on account of his advanced vears.\\nHarrison Ilutchins was one of a family of eleven\\nchildren, born to his parents, only four of whom are\\nliving. Two died in infancy, and the remaining\\nnine bore the names of So|)hia, Adeline, Alvin,\\nLouisa, Samuel, David, Harrison, Cynthia, and\\nSarah. David Ilutchins, on removing to New-\\nYork, first located in St. Lawience County, where\\nhe was eng.aged in running a sawmill. His next\\nremoval was to .Jefferson County, where he followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer. Fourteen years later\\nhe came to Allegan County with his family, where\\nhe lived until his death. He w.as a prominent\\nmember of the Jlasonic fraternity, and stood by\\nhis order during the strong excitement of the\\nMorgan episode.\\nAlthough his school days were few, our suljjecl\\nwas diligent in prosecuting his studies at home,\\nand thus acquired a good fund of information.\\nOn attaining his eleventh year, he went to work\\nin a factory, and three years later migrated to\\nCanada, where he was employed in a brickyard.\\nHe came to Michigan when twenty yeare of age\\nand, in 1838, located in (ianges Township, .Vllegan\\nCounty, where he was the first settler. His pio-\\nneer life is well described in the following poem,\\nwritten I)y his wife and read at an Old Settlers\\nmeeting in Allegan a few years ago. It is only a\\nsmall portion of the poem, .and the sturdy j-outli\\nreferred to is her liusl)and:\\nNo rushing cars in noisy haste\\nAt Fcnnvillc depot called.\\nNo logs from out the pinery\\nTo Fennville e er were hauled.\\nThe Indian built his wigwam then\\nIJeside the lake .so fair.\\nAnd feasted on the shining ba.ss,\\nThe muskrat and the bear.\\nThe houses then in .Mlegan\\nWere numbered by the score\\nI pon it.-i i)ublic scjuare, my friends.\\nThe pine trees numbered more.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0577.jp2"}, "578": {"fulltext": "584\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe rippling waves of Hutcliins Lake\\nThe unbroken green encased,\\nAnd where you now view verdant fields\\nThere lay a wooded waste.\\nMcCormick, the first pioneer,\\nTlie emerald surface broke,\\nAnd from his clayey chimney\\nFirst arose the white man s smoke.\\nAnd next there came a sturdy youth\\nHis future home to make.\\nAnd cut a path and built a house\\nBeside the shining lake.\\nHis step, so firm and buoyant then.\\nIs not as lithe to-day;\\nHis forehead bald, his raven locks\\nOld Time lias turned to gray.\\nAs time rolled on new neighbors came,\\nA handful, three or four,\\nAnd while they much of hardship saw,\\nThey d courage to endure.\\nO er rooty road from Allegan\\nThe oxen drew their food,\\nAnd pumpkin dumplings in those days\\nWere reckoned pretty good.\\nOn coming to Ganges Township, Mr. Ilutchins\\npurchased the one hundred and thirty acres of\\nland which is his present home. Here he built a\\nlog caljin which contained but one room, and com-\\nmenced the work of improvement. To day his es-\\ntate is made more valuable by the election thereon\\nof all the buildings which best subserve the purposes\\nof an agriculturist. The pride which he feels when\\nviewing his broad acres is justifiable wlien we learn\\nthat his present standing in the farming commun-\\nity has been brought about solely by his own efforts,\\nseconded by the wise judgment and economy of\\nhis good wife.\\nMr. Hutchins has been a member of the Baptist\\nChurch for the past thirty years, in which body\\nhe has filled the oUlce of Deacon. He built the\\nfirst Baptist Church in Ganges Township, and\\nhas always been a warm supporter of that faitli.\\nIn politics, he is a Republican.\\nMiss Laura C. daughter of Milo L. Hudson, be-\\ncame the wife of our subject, June 8, 1847. Mr.\\nHudson was born October 1.5, 1791, in Goshen,\\nConn., and was the son of David Hudson, born Feb-\\nruary 17, 1761. The latter named gentleman is a\\ndescendant of the discoverer of the Hudson River,\\nas is proved by the following: Ilendrick Hudson,\\nwho discovered the Hudson River in 1609, named\\nhis youngest son David, who in turn named his\\nyoungest son David. Thus the name of David was\\ncarried down for seven generations. The grand- ij\\nfather of Mrs. Ilutchins was the sixth of that line,\\nbeing born in Blanford, Conn., February 17, 1761.\\nThe paternal grandmother of Mrs. Hutchins was\\nAnna M. Norton, and after her marriage with David\\nHudson they resided in Goshen, Conn. In 1799,\\nthe} moved to iSummit County, Ohio, with their\\nsix children, one child having died prior to their\\nremoval. It was there, in a one-roomed log house\\nin the midst of an unbroken forest, that the eighth\\nchild was born, October 22, 1800, who was the first\\nwhite child born in Summit County, Ohio. In\\n1805, another son, David, was added to the house-\\nhold. Our subject s wife was afterward born in\\nthe same house, on the same farm, which was\\nafterward sold to the noted .John Brown. The\\nhouse has since been carried awaj in pieces by tour-\\nists, who visited that historic place.\\nMrs. Hutchins parents died when she was very\\nyoung, and she was then taken into the home of\\nher grandparents. Her grandfather was one of the\\npatriots in the Revolutionery War and her great-\\naunt was the second wife of Ethan Allen. Her\\ngrandfather, Constant Rogers, was a lineal descend-\\nant of .lohn Rogers, the martyr of Smithfield. Mi-s.\\nHutchins taught the first school in the Union Dis-\\ntrict. The happy married life of our subject and\\nhis wife is shown forth in the following lines,\\nwhich were written, and read at the fortieth anni-\\nversary of their marriage, b} their daughter, Mrs.\\nEmily H. Ilafford, June 8, 1887:\\nTwas fifty years ago or more,\\nA _vouth with earnest, honest air,\\nDeparted from the Empire State\\nAnd sought the Western forests fair\\nSome brave resolves were in his thoughts,\\nAnd braver still his hardy heart,\\nFrom out the great wild wilderness\\nHe d carve himself a humble part.\\nHis bank account was principle.\\nHis stock in trade a sturdy arm\\nWith outfit strapped upon his back\\nHe sought in Michigan a farm.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0578.jp2"}, "579": {"fulltext": "PORTRAJT A^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2D BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n585\\nFrom far Detroit to Allearan,\\nAlong tlie woary, windinj, way,\\nTlirouij h many forest green lie trod\\nWhere beasts were free and birds were gaj\\nHis father traveled by his side,\\nAll other friends were left behind\\nLike ^Eneas, of aneient lore.\\nThe youth possessed a filial mind.\\nTlie muse would fain pursue him elose\\nTlirough all the seenes of daily life,\\nDescribe how brave with jjoverty\\nHe waged a hardly hopeful strife.\\nHow oft at night, nealh liranehingtree,\\nHe laid his wear^- form to rest\\nAVliere lonely hoot and dismal sereech\\nProclaimed him an unwelcome guest.\\nMarked trees were oft his only guide\\nWhile traveling through the lonely wood.\\nAnd tlcsh of bear and venison\\nMade pioneer a wholesome food.\\nHe said he would not catch a bird\\nWithout a cage to put her in.\\nIf, then, the bird must sure he caught\\nTo build the nest he must begin.\\nTo toil no stranger lad w.as he.\\nHe gloried in his muscle strong\\nWhat wonder that he owned a farm\\nWith house and barn and team ere long?\\nThe bro.adening acres dressed in green\\nProclaimed the spring from year to year,\\nAnd garners stored with yellow corn\\nAwaited winter s lonely cheer.\\nA loving sister followed soon\\nAnd sat beside his cabin hearth;\\nShe baked his bread, prepared his meal.\\nAnd kindly proved a sister s worth.\\nAbout the home with feeble tread\\nHis mother s step ere long was heard;\\nThe cage was done, the nest was built.\\nHad he forgot to cateli the bird.\\nA maiden taught the village school.\\nTile youth had seen her gentle worth.\\nAnd soon the bird was in tlie cage;\\nHe took her to his heart and hearth.\\nTwas forty years ago to-day,\\nThe man beside the maiden stood,\\nAnd their two lives united were\\nFor weal or woe, for ill or good.\\nThe years c ame on, the years went by.\\nWith much of trial, much of care.\\nGod gave to them prosperity.\\nThe orchards bloomed, the fields were fair,\\nAnd infants sweet from time to time\\nFound shelter in that glad home nest.\\nAnd each one found a welcome place,\\nTill eight the liappv parents blessed.\\nThe muse could tell of washing d.ays.\\nOf logging fires and harvest limes.\\nCould picture maiile-sugar camps,\\nOr tell of childish pranks and crimes,\\nBut time goes by on restle-ss wings:\\nThe children grew to thoughtful years.\\nAnd each in turn forgot their toys.\\nTheir childish pleasures, joys and fears.\\nTwo forms are missing from our band\\nTwo faces still remembered well.\\nOur darling Mary early slept.\\nAnd our beloved Samuel.\\nAnd some have left the dear home nest;\\nLike roving liirds on restless wing.\\nSoon far away the fledglings (lit,\\nAnd for themselves they build and sing.\\nBut we have all come home to-d.a^\\nTo wish our jiarents happy cheer,\\nAnd we do foudly hope .and pray-\\nThat they may reach the golden year.\\n_^\\nVILLIAM H. IH tiSLKY, a very inominent\\nfarmer and stock-raiser on section Paw\\nPaw Township, an Burcn County, is the\\nowner of eighty acres of land in a splendid con-\\ndition. He was born November 21, 1844, in Devon-\\nshire, England, and came to this place when ten\\nj-ears of age. Here he w.as reared on a farm and\\nreceived a common-school education, making the\\nbest of his opportunities. He began to do forhim-\\nself when al)Out twenty -one yeai-s old. He cleared\\nland for liis father a year or two and then worked\\nby the month for him a year or more, making con-\\nsiderable money.\\nMr. Piigsley was married December 25, 186!), to\\nMiss Sarah A. Harris, of I aw Paw Township and a\\ndaughter of Schuyler and Hannah (.Sherman)", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0579.jp2"}, "580": {"fulltext": "586\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHarris. Mrs. Pus^slcy was born in Jackson County,\\nMich., May 31, 1850, anil received a fair education\\nin the district schools. In 1871, our subject re-\\nmoved to Mishawaka, Ind., and worked in the Mil-\\nburn Wagon Factory, in the woodwork department.\\nHe stayed there two years, returning to Paw Paw\\nwhere he rented a farm for four years. In 1877, he\\npurchased his present home, the greater part of\\nwhich was in heavy timber and no buildings on it.\\nHe set to work with a will and now has nearly all\\nof it cleared and splendid buildings upon his place.\\nThree children have been born to our subject\\nand his estimable wife: Verne, born in Mishawaka,\\nInd., on June 21, 1874, was educated in the\\ncountry schools and attended one term of three\\nmonths in the Paw Paw schools. She was able to\\nget a certificate to teach at the age of sixteen years,\\nand in teaching is more than ordinarily success-\\nful.. May, the second child, had her birth Septem-\\nber 9, 1876; Clarence Ray was born in Paw Paw\\nTownship, February 12, 1883. Mr. Pugsley is a\\nDemocrat in politics and is a member of the Free-\\nwill Baptist Church, to which his wife also belongs.\\nS)\\nRut\\nI ^ARREN F. FRENCH, the present efficient\\n\\\\/iJ// P\u00c2\u00ab sor of Almena Township, Van\\n^y^ I5uren County, is a capable farmer, having\\nhis residence on section 23. His parents were\\nEzra and Phrebe (Taylor) French, both natives of\\nRutland, Vt.. where they were married and re-\\nsided eight or nine years. The father was a\\nfarmer, and served in the War of 1812. In 1827,\\nthey settled in Franklin County, N! Y., on a new\\nfarm, and the father died at the advanced age of\\nninety-three years and seven montlis, while the\\nmother died April 11, 1890, aged ninety-one.\\nThoy lived for sixty-two years on their farm in\\nNew York, and also spent a happy married life\\ntogether for seventy-two years. He was Justice\\nof the Peace for many years, and held other\\ntownship offices. They were both Baptists in\\ngood standing, and took an active part in church\\nmatters. They were the parents of ten children,\\nsix of whom grew to maturity and four are now\\nliving. All the children received good educa-\\ntions, and the youngest son, Hiram T., was a\\nstudent at Middlebury College, and served in the\\nCivil War. He is now the Cashier of the People s\\nNational Bank, at Mai one, N. Y.\\nOur subject is the flrst-born of his father s family\\nand had his birth, September 8, 1819, in Rutland\\nCounty, Vt. He was reared to farm pursuits, and\\nobtained a great deal of experience in clearing\\nup heavy timber. He remained at home until\\ntwenty-one, when he began at his trade of a car-\\npenter and joiner. He was married, December 9,\\n1841, to Sarah A. Eager, a daughter of Benjamin\\nand Sallie (Brigham) p]ager, both natives of Mas-\\nsachusetts. They lived in Vermont for many\\nyears, and finally made their home in Franklin\\nCounty, N. Y., on a wild farm, where the mother\\ndied in 1832, and the father in 1853, in Allegan\\nCounty, Mich., where he had come in 1836. They\\nwere the parents of fourteen children, five now\\nliving. Mrs. French was born June 2, 1819, at St.\\nAlbans, Vt., and received her education in a log\\nschoolhouse.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject lived in Frank-\\nlin County, N. Y., until he came to Michigan in\\n1846, and settled on this farm. The road which\\npasses his place is an old Territorial one, laid out\\nby an Indian trail. He erected a frame house,\\n16x20 feet, and began clearing, etc. He also\\nworked at his trade for forty years, and has put\\nup a large number of buildings in the township.\\nThis couple had nine children born to them, six\\nof whom are living: Mary J., the wife of Levi A.\\nBrown, of this township; Henry A., who married\\nCharlotte Crofoot, resides in Mecosta County;\\nElla married W. C. Edgerly, of Montcalm County;\\nWalter F. lives in Wyoming on a stock ranch;\\nPhoebe, who is the wife of George Langden, lives\\nin Almena Township, and Hiram P., who married\\nCarrie C. French, lives in Oregon. He is Pro-\\nfessor of Agriculture in a college there, and is a\\ngraduate of the Michigan Agricultural College, as\\nis also his wife. Our subject gave all his children\\ngood educational advantages.\\nMr. French and his wife have been members of\\nthe Grange, of which he was Master and Secre-\\ntary. He helped to organize the school district\\nhere, and was Director for over twentj^ years.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0580.jp2"}, "581": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRArillCAL RECORD.\\n587\\nIn polities, lie is a Deniocral, aiul liold the offiee\\nof Township Clerk for ten years, and was Treas-\\nurer of the same one year. lie is at present the\\nincunilnnit of the office of Supervisor, which he\\nhas held for ten years past, and the duties of\\nwliicli lie IS discharging faithfully and conscien-\\ntiously, lie has lieen a candidate for county\\noffices a number of times. Ilis farm consists of\\ntwenty-one acres, all under the best iniiirovements,\\nand which is carried on by himself.\\nK^i^y\\nii-^-i^ll\\nUGUSTINK 15. CHASE. This geulleman,\\nwho holds the responsible position of\\nCasliier of the West Michigan Savings\\nBank at Bangor, was born near Galena,\\n111., and at the age of sixteen was apprenticed to a\\nmerchant at Savannah, where he remained a little\\nmore than two years. At the expiration of this\\ntime, he entered Cornell College, and attended\\nscliool there one year, improving his advant.ages\\nand fitting himself for mercantile life. He was\\nafterwards employed in a general store at Elizabeth,\\nand then in one at Hanover, 111., a-s clerk and book-\\nkeeper, being so engaged in these two towns for\\nfour yeai-s. In 1870, Mr. Chase went to California\\nwiiere lie remained only one year, coming from\\nthere to this State and locating at South Haven\\nwhere lie opened a book and news store, and also\\nserved as Deinity Postm.istcr from 1871 to 1877.\\nHe also held the office of Town Clerk for seven\\nyears.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Chase took place at South\\nHaven .January 14, 1872, at which time he was\\nunited to Miss Julia, daughter of the late S. B.\\nMoorehouse, one of the pioneer settlers and prom-\\ninent merchants of South Haven. Of this union\\ntwo children have been born: Albert B. and Hattie\\nM. In October, 1878, JMr. Ch.ase came to Bangor\\nand operated a general store for one year, at the\\nend of which time he sold out and accepted the\\nposition which he now holds.\\nMr. Chase inherits much of his sterling integrity\\nof character and correct notions of right and wrong\\nfrom the training received from his adopted\\nparents, Augustine and Laviiia (Pudly) Chase, the\\nformer of whom was a native of W rinont and the\\nlatlerof England. His gieat-grandfatlicr took an\\nactive part in the Colonial .\\\\rniy and assisted in\\nestablishing thel nioii. Oursiibjecl and his family\\nare highly cslecincd niemliers of sociely and consist-\\nent members of the Disciples Church. He is giving\\nhis children every advantage in the w.ay of ed-\\nucation and his son Alliert is a senior in the Micli-\\nigan Agricultural College. Politically. .Mr. Chase\\nis a strong Republican and now holds the position\\nof Secretary of the Soldier s Kclief Commission of\\nVan Buren County, receiving his appointment\\nfrom the Probate .Judge. Sficiallv, Mr. Cliase is a\\nmemlier of the ]\\\\Iasonic fraternity and belongs to\\nthe chapter at Bangor. He is Secretary of the\\nChapter and Blue Lodge. He has held the oHice\\nof Master of Collinlmry Lodge, A. V. S: M., for\\nthree years. He has been a member of the High\\nSchool Board twelve years. President of the vil-\\nlage, and is now a member of the common coun-\\ncil of the village.\\nT\\nm\\nW^ UAX 5Ii KEYES. Among the leading mer-\\nchants of Lawton m.ij be cl.assed this gen-\\ntleman, who carries a fine stock of goods\\nand commands an extensive trade. He is a\\nnative of this .State, being born in Berrien County,\\nAugust 26, 1842. He is a son of Samuel and Roxy\\n(Ta3 lor) JMcKeyes, both natives of Connecticut,\\nfrom which State the father came to Michigan in\\n1832 and settled in Berrien County. He there fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer and was married\\nin Kalamazoo County. Our subject was the only\\nchild born of this union. His parents had lioth been\\npreviously married, the father having five children\\nby his first marriage and the mother three. Samuel\\nMcKeves was the first Supervisor of Baiiibridge\\nTownship on its organization. He died in .\\\\ugust,\\n1853, and the mother the following year.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared upon a farm\\nand educated principally in the district schools of\\nKalamazoo County. For four yeai-s he held the\\nposition of Civil Engineer with the Chic.igo, Bur-\\nlington ik Quincy Kailroad Comitany. In 18().5 he\\nbuilt a large flour mill at Lawton which he oper-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0581.jp2"}, "582": {"fulltext": "588\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nated some ten years; he then sold out and engaged\\nin the drug business in the same place in which he\\nwas engaged from 1875 until 1887. He then sold\\nhis drug store, and in 1888 entered into the mer-\\ncantile business in Lawton in jjartnership with T.\\nR. Smith, which he is still carrying on. He has a\\nfine stock of goods valued at 17,000. Mr. McKe^ es\\nwas married in Kalamazoo, February 2, 1865, to\\nMiss Maria E. Cowgill. She is a native of Kala-\\nmazoo County, her birth taking place August 4,\\n1846. She is the daughter of James and Eliza\\n(Smith) Cowgill, early settlers of this State. Of this\\nunion two children have been born: Frank H., his\\nbirth taking place in June, 1867, and Grace in\\nJune, 1875, Mr. McKeyes held the office of Su-\\npervisor of Antwerp Township for five years and\\nhas served as Village Trustee and Village Presi-\\ndent.\\n|i7 EONARD S. EVANS makes his home at\\nJ the present time in Galesburgh. He was\\nil^V born in Chatham Township, Columbia\\nCounty, N. Y., December 24, 1818. He is the sou\\nof Oliver Evans, a native of Dutchess County,\\nN. Y., and a farmer by occupation who came\\nto Michigan in 1848 and located in Richland\\nTownship, Kalamazoo County. He was a Demo-\\ncrat in politics and a member of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s mother was\\nSallie Davis. She was born in Columbia County,\\nN. Y., and died in her seventy-fourth year. The\\nparental family included three children, of whom\\nour subject is the youngest and only one now liv-\\ning. In 1824, he accompanied his parents on their\\nremoval to Yates County, N. Y., where thev re-\\nmained until 1831 and then made their home in\\nWayne County. In 1837-38 they made another\\nremoval, this time making Orleans County their\\nabiding place, until 1848 when they came West to\\nMichigan.\\nLeonard S. Evans remained with his parents un-\\ntil reaching his majority, having been given a good\\neducation at Lyman, N. Y. Previous to coming to\\nMichigan, he had been married, in 1840, in New\\nYork to Emil3 Brown, also a native of the Empire\\nState. The young couple located upon a farm in\\nOrleans Count} where they made their home until\\n1848, the date of their coming to Michigan. Mr.\\nEvans purchased one luindred and eleven acres of\\nland in Richland Township, Kalamazoo County,\\nwhich was partially improved, and there made his\\nhome until 1853. At that date he sold his property\\nand purchased another farm in Kalamazoo Town-\\nship which is now within the corporate limits of\\nKalamazoo and is the race track of Mr. Brown, an\\nextensive stockman. He made that tract his home\\nfor five years, when he disposed of the estate and\\npurchased property m Richland Township, which\\nconsisted of one hundred acres. He there gave his\\nattention to general farming until 1863, when he\\nsold and purchased another farm in. Charleston\\nTownship, which included two hundred acres of\\nimproved land. Mr. Evans is now living retired\\nfrom active business in Galesburgh.\\nThe original of this sketch was married twice,\\nhaving six children by his first wife, namely:\\nYoungs A. B., residing in Marshall, this State;\\nPalmer S., a groceiyman at Battle Creek; Vivian,\\nis the wife of Park Burdick, who is engaged in the\\ngrocery business in Kalamazoo; Oliver L. is a\\ngrocer in (Jalesbuigh; Charles B. is a photographer\\nin Kalamazoo; and Clara M. is the wife of William\\nCaywood, of Comstock Township. Mrs. Emily\\nEvans died January 10, 1871, and our subject was\\nthen married to Athaline Hunt, a native of New\\nYork.\\nIn politics, Mr. Evans is a Democrat and has been\\nSupervisor of Richmond and Charleston Town-\\nships. He lias also been on the School Board in\\nGalesburgh and is greatly respected in his com-\\nmunity.\\n\u00c2\u00abw*\\n^1*.\\nON. ORVILLE H. FELLOWS. This gen-\\ntleman has shown himself capable of close\\ni^ application to the duties which lie before\\n,^3) him and his judicious decisions when at-\\ntempting to bring about a worthy object are well\\nknown to those who are acquainted with the his-\\ntoi-y of the State. He is an old settler in this re-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0582.jp2"}, "583": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT A^ D BlOGRAPIl CAL RECORD.\\n589\\ngum and is at present residing on section 30\\nPrairie Runde Townsiiij), Kalamazoo County.\\nTiie father of our subject, Abial Fellows, was born\\nin I.itclifieid Conntv, Conn., while liis mother,\\nwhose maiden name was Dorcas Hopkins, was a\\nnative of Luzerne County, Pa. Tiiey came to\\nMichiaai; in Ot toher, 182 ,l, where they pre-empted\\none hundred and sixty acres of land and also\\nboutrht a like amount in Prairie Ronde Township.\\nThey continued to make tlieir residence on section\\n36 until their death, the father dying in 1833 and\\nthe mother in 1866. Of the thirteen children\\ncomprising their liouseliold, our subject was the\\ntenth in order of liirth, his natal da^- being July\\n24, 1820.\\nOur subject accomjianied his i)arents hither when\\na lad of nine years and grew to manhood in this\\ntownship which has since been his home, with the\\nexception of one year spent in California, and one\\nyear in Iowa. For three years he was engaged in the\\nmercantile business and in manufacturing plows.\\nlie is the iiossessor of two hundiod and forty acres of\\nexcellent land which his industr} and good judg-\\nment have placed under the best cultivation. His\\nestate bears all the modern improvements in the\\nway of m.achiner^- and buildings and is so managed\\nas to bring him in a fine income.\\nOrville II. Fellows was married. Ma} 17, 1846,\\nto Miss Sarah, daughter of Cornelius and Lucy\\n(Clark) Van Camp, natives of New York, where\\nthey (lassed their last days. Mrs. Fellows was born\\nin r uffalo, X. Y., July 24, 1822, and by her union\\nwith our subject has become tiio mother of six\\nchildren: Lucy E., who is the wife of Bishop An-\\ndrews; Alice E., Mrs. Wilbur Ilackett; Orra I., who\\nmarried S. C. Carpenter; Anna L.; Maude L., who\\nis the wife of L. Augustus .\\\\spinwall. One daugh-\\nter, Sarah, died in November. ISSl. whi iilwenty\\nyeai-s of age.\\nIn the fall of 1 S62. the original of this sketch\\nwas elected to the Michigan Legislature and so\\nwell and faithfully did he fulfill the duties of that\\nlionoraldc position that he wa.s re-elected in 1864\\nand again was the incumbent of that ollice in 1866,\\nserving three terms. For four 3-ears he served\\nPrairie Ronde Townshi]) acceptably as its .Super-\\nvisor and was elected .luslice of the Peace but re-\\nfused to (pialify. He has always taken an .active\\npart in political affairs and has been identilied\\nwith the Republican party since its organization,\\nlie has alw.ays been greatly interested in educa-\\ntional affaire and served .as a member of the School\\nBoard for a number of years. Mr. Fellows is a\\nMason socially, being connected with .Schoolcraft\\nChapter and Blue Lodge. There are very few\\nmore cultured or enterprising resident* of Kalama-\\nzoo County than our sul)ject, who is one of the\\npopular and prominent men in his community.\\nThe maternal great-grandfather of Mr. Fellows,\\nDr. Samuel Hopkins, was a Presbyterian clergyman\\nof Great Barrington, M.ass.\\n*^^1\\nwm\\nvm\\nests are centered in Paw Paw Township,\\nis one of the progressive and enterprising\\nfarmers and stockmen of this section, whose prac-\\ntical knowledge of agriculture and sound business\\nmethods have contributed largely to the sulistanlial\\ngrowth and enduring prosperit} of \\\\:\\\\n Buivn\\nCounty.\\nMv. Phillips was born at Waterford, Upper Can-\\nada, August 12, 1848. He comes of good old New\\nEngland and Revolutionary stock, and is a mem-\\nber of a family that w.as well represented in the\\nUnion army during the late war. His parents were\\n.\\\\aron and Tiyphcna (Chapiii) Phillips, the former\\na native of New Hampshire, and the latter of Can-\\nada, born respectively, December 27. 1801, and\\nJuly 1(), 1812. The maternal grandfather of our\\nsubject, Gordon Chapin, served throughout the\\nWar of 1812, and won a good military record.\\nOur subject s maternal great-grandfather, Isaac\\nWhitney, w.is a brave soblier in the Contint iital\\narmy, devoting himself to the patriotic duty of\\nliel[)ing to gain his country s freedom until the\\ntriumphal close of the Revolution, and he was in\\nWashington s army during that terrible winter of\\nencampment at Valley Forge when the troops suf-\\nfered so dreadfull}-.\\nAaron Phillips was a self-made man, and his en-\\ntire career was such as to command the respect of\\nall who knew him. He received a common-school", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0583.jp2"}, "584": {"fulltext": "590\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\neducation, and learned the trade of a shoemaker in\\nhis j onth, working at it as long as he was able. He\\nwas also a farmer. The early part of his wedded\\nlife was passed in Canada, but when his son of\\nwhom we write was about four j ears old, he re-\\nmoved with his family to La Grange County, Ind.,\\nwhere he bought land, which he cultivated until\\n1860, when he sold it, and then sought a new home\\nin Decatur Township, this county. He bought fifty\\nacres of wild land, a part of which he cleared, and\\nhe lived thereon comfortably for several years.\\nHis last days were spent in Arlington Township,\\nand he passed awaj October 3, 1889, at a ripe old\\nage. He was a Democrat, and a good citizen, but\\ndid not care much for politics.\\nWilliam Phillips, the subject of this biographical\\nreview, is the eleventh in order of birth of a fam-\\nily of twelve children, of whom ten are still living,\\nand the following is recorded of his brothers and\\nsisters: Amasa II., the eldest, is a resident of Vaa-\\ndalia, 111., is married and has two children; Charles\\nA., a farmer of Arlington Township, is married and\\nhas three children Horace A., a farmer in Noble\\nCounty, Ind., is married and has six children;\\nMary Ann married Joseph Edmonds, a hardware\\nmerchant at Goshen, Ind., and has one child; Ad-\\neline married Monroe Selby, a farmer of Branch\\nCounty, and has five children; Aaron, a dealer in\\nhorses at La Grange, Ind., is married and has four\\nchildren; Isaac W. died, leaving a family of four\\nchildren; Cordelia is the wife of Erastus Cash;\\nEliza Jane is the wife of Frank Wood, and the\\nmother of two sons; Alexander, a farmer in Arling-\\nton Township, is married and has four children.\\nThree of our subject s brothers did honorable ser-\\nvice in the late war; Amasa served three years as\\nveterinary surgeon; Aaron was also in the army\\nthree years, saw much hard service, whereby he\\nlost his health, and had to lie in the hospitals a\\ngood deal. He has never fully recovered from .c\\neffects of the hardships and privations that he un-\\nderwent, and now gets a pension of $12 a month\\nfrom the Government as part payment for what he\\nsuffered for the old flag; Isaac W. went as a substi-\\ntute, but was only gone about three months, and\\nnever was in a battle.\\nOur subject was educated in the public schools\\nof Indiana. He was a stirring, wide-awake lad, act-\\nively interested in the various labors of the farm,\\nin which he early became very proficient, and as\\nhe had a natural aptitude for farming, he adopted\\nthat calling for his life work. Well equipped for\\nlife s battle, he entered into the arena to fight it 11\\nout on his own account at the age of twenty-one.\\nSoon after his marriage, he settled on a tract of\\none hundred and twenty acres of land on section\\n1), Paw Paw Township, which his bride had inher-\\nited. But little of it was under cultivation, and\\nhe bent his energies to the severe pioneer task of\\nredeeming it from its natural wildncss, and as a\\nresult of his labors, he now has under his control\\none of the most valuable farms in this vicinity,\\nsupplied with all the modern improvements that\\ngo to make up a model farm, including a substan-\\ntial set of buildings, and it is completely stocked\\nwith cattle, horses and sheep of high grades. In\\n1888, he met with a loss in the destruction by fire\\nof a fine large barn, which was filled to the roof\\nwith the products of the harvest. He has since\\nreplaced it with another, which is still more roomy\\nand is very conveniently arranged. Mr. Phillips\\ndeals quite extensively in stock. He handles sheep,\\nwhich he feeds for the market, and he also deals in\\nhorses, formerly in heavy draft horses, but of re-\\ncent years he has turned his attention more par-\\nticularly to fine roadsters. He is meeting with\\nmarked success in his stock ventures, as he is thor-\\noughly familiar with all the good points of horses\\nand sheep, is a good judge of those animals, is\\nquick to take advantage of all good opportunities\\nto make a fair sale, and is prompt and clear-sighted\\nin all matters pertaining to his line of business. He\\nmaintains a high standing in financial circles, and\\nis one of our most substantial men. He is a sound\\nRepublican, but his personal affairs absorb too\\nmuch of his attention to allow him time to dabble\\nin politics.\\nMr. Phillips was married, February 22, 18C0, to\\nMiss Elizabeth Markley, of Paw Paw Township,\\nwho has ably and cheerfully co-operated with him\\nin the upbuilding of their attractive home. They\\nhave three sons, of whom the following is recorded:\\nFrank, born October 2, 1872, was well educated at\\nthe school at Paw Paw, and is now in the under-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0584.jp2"}, "585": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a2rrj", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0585.jp2"}, "586": {"fulltext": ".^J^^^ ^^z/T/J", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0586.jp2"}, "587": {"fulltext": "^*K^^ i.\\nMii B.W. COLBURIM.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0587.jp2"}, "588": {"fulltext": "41\\n41", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0588.jp2"}, "589": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND ]J10GKArilICAL RECORD.\\n595\\ntakinir bii.sinct S; Cliarles M. was born in Paw Paw\\nTownsliip. Scpteinhor 16, 1875; Kdwiii .1. waslidiii\\nill I aw Paw Township, June 8, 1877. Mrs. Phillips\\nis a native of Monroe County, N. Y., Iwrn October\\n27, 181.S, the only child of .lolin and Eunice (Tup-\\nl)er) IMarkley. Her father was born in Pennsyl-\\nvania, December Il IMOil, and was of Dutch ante-\\ncedents, ller mother was l)orn in ^lonroe County,\\nN. v.. April I.S12. The niarriane of !icr parents\\ntook place at Innchville, N. Y.,.lanuary 2!\u00c2\u00bb, 1839.\\nThey continued to live on a farm in Monroe Counts-\\nsome fourteen years, and then sold and removed\\nto Ciiurchville, in the same county, where Mr.\\nJIarklev worked in a furnace until 18G5, when\\nthey came to Michigan. Mr. JIarkley bought one\\nhundred and twenty acres of land in Paw Paw\\nTownship, the same on which his son-in-law of\\nwhom we write is now living. He cleared a small\\npari of it, our subject clearing the most of it, and\\nhe carried on farming to some extent, although he\\nwas by trade a carpenter and joiner, of great me-\\nchanical iicnius, besides being a natural machinist,\\nand his principal work was in his mechanical capa-\\ncity, lie died March 11, l.sss. and thus rounded\\n(uit a long and honorable life, and his township\\nmourned the loss of a valuable citizen. His wife\\nhad departed this life but a few nmnths after his\\ndeath, she dying October 7, 1889.\\n-5-\\nniiENJAMIX W. COLRURN. The State of\\nMichigan has her various occupations,\\nmany of which are thriving, but her farm,\\ning interests stand among the head, and\\namong those actively interested in this latter\\nnamed |)ursuit, we mention the gentleman whose\\nname initiates this .sketch. He owns a splendid\\nfarm of eighty acres on section 31, Allegan Tnun-\\nship, .MIegan County, and one of forty acres in\\nTrowbridge Townshii), which is finely improved\\nand adorned with excellent buildings. He is\\ncarrying on mixed farming and gives a great deal\\nof his attention to the raising of line graded stock,\\nthe Hol teins being among his favorite breeds of\\ncattle.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was born\\n27\\nin Ilollis, Ilillsboro County, X. II., October 5, 1813.\\nHe is a son of Robert and Keziah. (Wright) Col-\\nburn, natives of New Hampshire, where they were\\nreared and married. The father was a farmer by\\noccu()alion and spent the List days of his life in\\nMassachusetts. He was a participant in tiie War\\nof the Revolution and an old-line Whig in politics.\\nHe was the father of a family- of seven sons and\\ndaughters, our subject and his sister Sarah A.\\n(^Iis. Powers), of Hollis, X. II,, being the only liv-\\ning ones.\\nOur subject received his education at Ilollis,\\nN. II,, and was reared to the occupation of a farmer\\nand cooper. He left New Hampshire when eighteen\\nyears old and removed to Monroe County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he remained four years, engaged in the\\ncooper business. He was married, in 1833, to Miss\\nAlmira Sargeant, the daughter of Ebenezer .Sargeant,\\na native of New Ilam|)shire, The father w.as a\\ncabinet-maker early in life and later followed\\nfarming. Our subject came to Michigan in 1836,\\nwith his wife, journeying in the old primitive\\nway by wagon, and passing through Canada on\\nhis way to this county, lie located in Allegan\\nVillage through the summer and the following\\nwinter, and in the early spring moved to Trow-\\nbridge Township on section 7, and cut the first\\ntree cut by a white man. He purch.ased eight}\\nacres of land from the Government and erected\\na log house eighteen feet square, cleared off\\nthe land and lived on the place over forty\\n3 ears. At the end of this time he sold his estjite\\nand came where he now lives. He has also im-\\nproved this pl.acc and elected good and substantial\\nbuildings thereon. He is engaged in mixed farm-\\ning and has some tine llolstein cattle, and some of\\nthe finest breeds of swine.\\nMr. Colburn was the lirst Coiist.able of Trow-\\nbridge Township and was also Overseer of the\\nIlighways. He taught singing school while in\\nTrowbridge Township. Mrs. Colburn p.a.ssed from\\nthis li(e in 1850. She was the mother of live chil-\\ndren, only one of whom is yet surviving: Sarah\\nE, (.Mrs, .\\\\iistin), who is the mother of three chil-\\ndren: George A,, Benjamin H,. and Ercderick P.\\nOursubject was again married, this time, in 18. to\\nElizabeth R. Wright, of Hollis, N, II,. aud si.x chil-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0589.jp2"}, "590": {"fulltext": "596\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ndren came to hless their home, two now living:\\nLucy A. mairied William II. McC ani, and two\\nchildren have been born to them; Lillie A. and\\nFloyd E. Ettie E. is the name of the other daugh-\\nter. The beloved wife and mother was called\\naway by death in 1891.\\nOur subject isa Prohibitionist in politics, and a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church with\\nwhich he has been connected for more than thirty\\nyears. He is a very prominent man in the town-\\nship and has always been foremost in church mat-\\nters. He has superintended the Sunday-school,\\nbeen Class-leader and Steward and at present is\\nTrustee. He is seventy-eight years old. He was\\nchorister for twenty years, and takes an active\\ninterest in everything that will suppress evil.\\nFor almost forty years Mr. and Mrs. Colburn\\nstruggled side by side, sharing their joys and sor-\\nrows, and we are pleased to present their portraits\\nand life sketches in order that their example and\\ninfluence, as well as their kindly lineaments, may\\nbe jjerpetuated for coming generations. It may\\ntruly be said of them that the world is better for\\ntheir having lived in it.\\neHARLES HATHAWAY has one hundred\\nand forty-eight acres of land on section 19,\\nLawrence Township, Van Buren Countj\\nwhere he is engeged as a farmer and stock-raiser.\\nHe also has a tine apple orchard of three hundred\\nand twenty-five trees, and a peach orchard of fif-\\nteen hundred trees. Mr. Hathaway was born in\\nArgyle Townshi|), Washington County, N. Y.,\\nOctober 16, 1825. He is the son of Elisha and\\nSusannah (Wilcox) Hathaway, the father a native\\nof Connecticut, of Yankee parents, while the\\nmother was boin in New York, and is of Irish de-\\nscent.\\nThe elder Mr. Hathaway was a farmer, and re-\\nmoved to Ashtabula County, Ohio, when our sub-\\nject was eleven j ears of age. There the father\\npurchased a farm; upon which he resided until his\\ndeath, which occurreil in 1879, at the advanced\\nage of eightjr-ftve years. Our subject grew to\\nmanhood in the Buckeye State, and received a\\ngood common-school education. He began to\\nearn his own money when a lad of eleven years,\\nand soon after reaching his majority rented a\\nfarm which was furnished with all the necessary\\nmachinery. The drouth that season caused the\\nhay crop to be very short, so tiiat in order to win-\\nter his dairy cows be ran in debt $150. That un-\\nfortunate event was the year succeeding his mar-\\nriage with Miss Caroline Cramer, of Ashtabula\\nCounty.\\nMr. and I\\\\Irs. Hathaway have been granted a\\nfamilj of six children, four of whom are still liv-\\ning. Mr. Hathawaj did better iu his farming op-\\nerations after his first effort, buying a small farm\\nwhich he sold and made a snug little sum. In\\nDecember, 1854, he came to Lawrence Township,\\nVan Buren County, and purchased eighty-eight\\nacres of land, which was all in timber, and which\\nfornjg a part of his present beautiful estate. He\\nerected a log house for his famil3 in which thej-\\nmade their home for three years, when he was en-\\nabled to build a frame dwelling, which is still\\nstanding upon the farm. Mr. Hathaway has em-\\nbellished his estate by the erection thereon of a\\ncommodious and convenient residence, which bears\\nall the modern improvements. His farm is further\\nimproved with all the needful buildings and ma-\\nchinery, and ranks among the first-class estates of\\nVan Buren County.\\nMrs. Caroline Hathaway died February 18, 1886,\\nand of their five children, Caroline married Ed-\\nwin Geer; they have four children, and reside\\nupon a portion of her father s farm. George is a\\nfarmer in Pennsylvania, is married and has one\\nchild; Elisha is married, has two children, and\\nmakes his home in Vermont, where he is employed\\nin making carpenters squares; Lottie died in in-\\nfancy; and William C. lives at home. He gave\\nhis children every possible advantage for an edu-\\ncation, and George taught school for a number of\\nyears, beginning when nineteen.\\nJanuary- 27, 1892, our subject was married to\\nMrs. Henrietta Stafford, nee McNutt. Mrs. Hatha-\\nway was born in Ashtabula County, Ohif-, Novem-\\nber 5, 1842. She was married September 7, 1860,\\nto Jonathan Stafford, of Erie County, Pa., by", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0590.jp2"}, "591": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND tlOGRAPHlCAL RECORD.\\n597\\nwhom she became tlie mother of one child, John\\nC, wlio was I)oru June 11, 18(!G, in Ashtabula\\nCounty, Ohio. Tlic son is married and operates a\\nportion of our sui ject s farm. Mr. Stafford was\\naecidentall} killed by the cars at Oirard, Pa., March\\n14, l\u00c2\u00abfi8.\\n^Ir. IlathaNv.ay in early life was an old-line\\nVViiig-. In 1852, he voted for Clay, and in 1856\\nfor Fremont. He supported the Republican party\\nsome years, but now votes the indei)endcnt ticket.\\nHe has never been an offlce-seeker, but has been\\nCommissioner of IIi ;invays of his township for\\nseven years. Our subject has traveled extensivelj-,\\nhaving visited the States of Jsew York, Pennsyl-\\nvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wiscon-\\nsin, iSIinnesota and Iowa. He has also been a\\ngreat hunter, especially of pigeons, and has netted\\nthose birds when they were so thick that they\\ncould carry off the net. In that business he\\ncleared 1450 in five weeks and two days. Mr.\\nHathaw.ay is a member of the Christian Church,\\nand also of the Orange.\\nAfter the death of her first husband, Mrs. Hath-\\naway carried on the millinery business in which\\nlie had been engaged, and at the present time owns\\na millinery store in Lawrence, which is ranked\\namong the flourishing business enterprises of the\\nl)lace.\\ni -j..}..5.4._\\n\\\\i?ACOB LEMON. Among the worthy pio-\\nneer residents of Brady Township, Kalama-\\nzoo County, we gladly mention the gentle-\\nman, whose brief history wc here give. He\\nis a native of Orange County, N. V., born April 8,\\n1815. Samuel was the name of his father, who\\nwa.s a native of I ondon, England, and is supposed\\nto have been the victim of a conspiracy. When\\nseven years old, he was kidnai i)ed and taken on\\nboard a man-of-war, and sailed on the waters\\nuntil twenty years old. He then settled in Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., and commenced to learn the trade\\nof a stone mason. In 18.31, he started on a jour-\\nney to New York City, but never reached there,\\nhaving been drowned in a squall which upset the\\nslot)p. Samuel Lemon was a man of intelligence\\nand was well liked by all. In his political views\\nhe was a Democrat, lie married Almira Rockraan\\na native of New Jersey, who bore him eleven\\nchildren, all of whom grew to be men and women,\\nnamed as follows: J. Nelson, Samuel, Jane (Mrs.\\nReed), Rachel (Mrs. Piper), Jacob, William, Mary\\n(Mrs. Wood), Josejih, George, Cinthia and Mason.\\nFour of this family yet survive: Nelson, our sub-\\nject, William and Mason. The good mother died\\nin her scventy-liflh year, and was a consistent\\nmember of the Methodist Church. The maternal\\ngrandfather of our subject was of Irish descint\\nand a farmer by occupation; he died when about\\nsixt3 -five years old.\\nOur subject was reared on a farm in his native\\ncounty, where he w:is also educated in the district\\nschools, conducted on the rate-bill system. InMa}\\n1831, when sixteen years old, our subject moved\\nto Chemung County, and two weeks later his\\nfather was drowned. The date of his coming to\\nthe Wolverine State was April, 1835. From Pal-\\nmyra he journeyed to Buffalo on a canal boat; to\\nDunkirk on foot, a distance of forty miles; by\\nsteerage p.assage to Detroit across the lake and fin-\\nally reached Ann Arbor after another tedious jour-\\nney on foot. His financial possessions were com-\\nposed of onlj one cent, but he was so fortunate as\\nto here meet a man living in Jackson County,\\nwho hired him to work on his farm for \u00c2\u00a71 1 a month.\\nThis was .Saturday evening, and our subject walked\\nthe distance of forty-one miles, arriving at the\\nfarm Monday night. He had had nothing to eat\\non his journey excepting one cookie. t)n July 1,\\nJacob Lemon left the emploj of this gentleman\\nand walked back to Ann Arbor and worked there\\nuntil fall. With the savings he had laid by, he\\nwas enabled to purchase forty acres of land near\\nGrass Lake, Jackson County, and in December,\\n1835, he hired to Piatt, Hughes iV Gillas. a new\\nstage firm, to carry mail and passengers from De-\\ntroit to Chicago and intermediate points. He re-\\nmained with this firm until the fall of 1836, when\\nhe spent the winter willi his mother in Washtenaw\\nCounty.\\nThe following spring, Mr. Lemon became an\\nagent for the stage company of Frink it Walker,\\nof Chicago, buying grain, horses, etc., and driving\\nto Springfield and Central Illinois. He formed the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0591.jp2"}, "592": {"fulltext": "598\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nacquaintance of Abraham Lincoln and Douglas at\\nSpringfield. In 1840, our subject came to this\\ncounty, and after a stay of three 3 ears, went first\\nto St. Louis, Mo., and later to Burlington, Iowa.\\nWhile at the latter place, he was engaged with a\\nstage firm for a few months, driving to Rushville,\\nMo. The City of New Orleans attracted his atten-\\ntion, and he there drove a public hack until\\nMay, 1844, at which time be returned to this\\ncounty. In the meantime, he had pre-empted\\neighty acres of his present tract, which belonged to\\nthe Pottawaltomie Indian Reservation. Here he\\nbuilt a log house in the woods and was surrounded\\nby Indians, deer, bears and, in fact, all kinds of\\nwild animals. Tlie land was a vast wilderness, and\\nwith ax in hand and a willing heart, he set about\\nto clear away the forest and convert tiie place into\\nproductive and attractive acres. He is the oldest\\nliving settler in Brady Township and has been in-\\nfluential in enliancing the prosperity of the town-\\nship, having been its efficient Supervisor. The\\npresent fine estate is composed of four hundred\\nand thirteen broad acres, the most of which is un-\\nder splendid cultivation, and three hundred acres\\nof it have been improved by himself. He carries on\\nmixed farming with success, raising grain and stock\\nof all kinds. He attributes his success to industri-\\nous, persistent and economical habits, and, being\\npossessed of a sagacious judgment, he has gained\\nhis full quota of this world s goods. Mr. Lemon\\nhas bought and sold a great deal of stock from\\ntime to time. The fine large, capacious dwelling-\\nhouse was erected in 1860 and forms the main at-\\ntraction of the estate. It is surrounded by beau-\\ntiful evergreen trees and shrubbery of different\\nkinds, and on the place is a fine large chestnut tree\\nwhich he set out himself and which is now two feet\\nin diameter. All necessary barns and outbuildings\\nare to be found here, which from their neatness\\nshow with what management the place is con-\\nducted.\\nThe honorable gentleman whose name heads\\nthis sketch has been twice married. His first wife\\nbore the maiden name of Anij Spicer, and the\\nceremony took place January 1, 1838. Mrs.\\nLemon, was born in Livingston County, N. Y.,\\nApril 28, 1831, and bore her husband four chil-\\ndren. Mary (Mrs. AVorthington) and Mercy (Mrs.\\nMoore) now survive. The good wife and beloved\\nmother died Februarj 6, 1843. Mr. Lemon was\\nagain married, October 18, 1847, this time to\\nHannah Spicer, a sister of his first wife. She\\nwas also born in Livingston County, N. Y., May\\n13, 1827. She came to this State with her par-\\nents in 1849. By this union our subject be-\\ncame the father of twelve children, seven of whom\\ngrew to years of maturity: Nora (Mrs. Richard-\\nson), Sarah (Mrs. Persil, now deceased), Eva (Mrs.\\nTillitson), Charles, Fred, Sanford and Frank. The\\nworthy parents of this family are members of the\\nChurch of God, and have been for many years.\\nIn politics, Mr. Lemon is a stanch Republican, but\\nhas too much business to attend much to politics.\\nHe is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to\\nLodge No. 208, at Vicksburg. He and his estima-\\nble wife are people who command the esteem and\\nrespect of the entire community in which they\\nlive.\\nv_\\nTERNE L. RIPLEY, deceased, was a pio-\\nleer of Van Buren County, and one of\\nthe most highly esteemed residents of\\nBangor Township, with whose agricultural\\ngrowth he had been closely identified for almost a\\nquarter of a centuiy. In the meantime he had de-\\nveloped a choice farm, located on section 28, from\\nthe wilderness that he found when he came here,\\nand placed it under substantial improvements.\\nOur subject was born in Livingston County,\\nN. Y., October 31, 1821, in which place he passed\\nhis youth and received a good education. Deciding\\nit was not good for man to live alone, he married,\\nin 1845, Miss Mary C. Stedman, who was a\\nnative of the same county as himself, having been\\nborn in 1825. In the fall of the same j^ear as their\\nmarriage, they came to Bangor Township, this\\ncounty, and buying a farm began in true pioneer\\nstyle to clear and improve it, and by strict integrity\\nand economy he succeeded in making of it a valu-\\nable estate, and on this place resided until the\\nbreaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the\\ndefense of his country s honor. He took up arras", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0592.jp2"}, "593": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0593.jp2"}, "594": {"fulltext": "(^^-\u00c2\u00bb.rtS.^^\\nK", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0594.jp2"}, "595": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n601\\nwith the Thiirl Michigan Avtillery and served with\\nliiem uiilil 18()3, whenhe died at St. Louis, Mo.\\nHis (lentil w.is y:ieiitly mouniod thioughoiit this\\nvicinity- as h_v it the township .nnd eouiily lost an\\nhonest, reliable and worthy citizen.\\nMr. Hiph v was the eldest in a family of four\\noliildren horn to his parents, namely: Sterne L.;\\nMaria .1.. who married M. S. Hawley. of Haugor;\\nCurtis, now a resident of Terre Haute, Ind.; and\\nGeorge F., also a resident of Terre Haute. The\\nparents of this family bore the names of P^-ramB.\\nand Harriet (lilaUe) Kipley.both of whom belonged\\nto the leading families in Livingston County, N.Y.\\nAfter the death of I\\\\Ir. Ripley, his widow married\\nMr. Matthew Oik. of this county and township.\\nMrs. Ulk is a member of a famil} of nine children:\\nFidelia, Henrietta, Sibyl, Mrs. 01k, Elcanah, Esther\\nand three who died in infancy. Our subject and\\nhis wife became the parents of one daughter, whom\\nthey named Ilattie E., and who is now the wife of\\nLawrence Drake, of Bangor, and lives on the old\\nhomestead.\\n=-^-^+^1\\nylLLIAM T. FINCH, who for a number of\\nyears filled wisely, judiciously and con-\\nscientiousl} the ofliceof Sheriff of Allegan\\nCounty, came to Plainwell in 1865, which, late as\\nit may seem to a resulent in an older Slate and\\ncounty, sliowed very few of the present improve-\\nments. Mr. Finch was born in Kalamazoo County,\\n.lanuary 26, 18;W, and is the son of Samuel and\\nElizabeth (Cornell) Finch, natives of New York.\\nThe i)arents of our subject came to Kalam.azoo\\nCounty as early as 1833, and at the time of locat-\\ning here were among the very earliest settlers of\\nthe county. Grandfather F inch also came at that\\ndate, and entered from the Government an eighty-\\nacre tract of land for each of his nine children.\\nHe was a native of New York, but passed his last\\ndays in Kalamazoo County. Samuel Fincli cleared\\nand improved the tract of land which fell to his\\nshare, and made his home thereon until his death,\\nwliich occurred in .June, 1871. His wife followed\\nliim to the better land in 1884, a firm believer in\\nthe tenets of the Baptist Church.\\nThe gentleman whose name introduces these\\nparagraphs, and whose portrait is presented on the\\no|)posite page, was the third child and eldest son\\nof his parents family, and received a fair educa-\\ntion, such as was given the j outh of his day.\\nWhen reaching his majority, he started out to\\nbattle with life on his own account by learning\\nthe carpenter s trade. He came to Plainwell in\\n186; and continued to work at his trade, many of\\nthe best residences of the village being erected\\nunder his supervision.\\nMr. Finch took for his wife IMiss Eliza Woodard,\\ntheir marriage being celebrated in 1861. Mrs.\\nFinch w.as a native of Cooper, Kalamazoo County,\\nand died two years after her marriage, .Tuly li).\\nOur subject was married a second time, .lanuary\\n14, 1869, his bride being Lois Lillie, also a native\\nof Cooper, and the daughter of Joel and Hester\\n(Downs) Lillie, who were natives of Vermont and\\nOhio, respectively. They were farmers by occupa-\\ntion, and have since died. Mr. and Mrs. Finch\\nare the parents of two children: Freddie, who is\\ndeceased, and Cora.\\nSoon after his second marriage, INIr. Finch took\\nto farming, and continued thus engaged for three\\nyears, at the end of that time returning to Plain-\\nwell, where he is residing at the present time. In\\npolitics, he was a Republican until 1872, when he\\nbecame identified with the Democratic party. He\\nis a veiy prominent man in his township, and for\\ntwo years was a member of the village council, and\\nwhile in that position used his influence in pro-\\nmoting the best welfare of his community. For\\none terra he occupied the responsible office of\\nTreasurer of Gun Plain Township, and was\\nelected Sheriff of Allegan County in the fall of\\n1886 on a fusion ticket. His majority over his\\nRei)ublican opponent at that time was about two\\nhundred and fifty votes, which fully illustrates the\\nhigh estimation placed upon him as an cHicient\\npublic oHicer. He was a candidate for re-election\\nin 1888, but was defeated by a few votes. Mr.\\nFinch proved himself callable of close application\\nto the duties which lay before him as an ofHccr,\\nand his wise counsel when attempting to bring\\nabout any worthy object is well known to those\\nwho are acquainted with the history of the State.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0595.jp2"}, "596": {"fulltext": "602\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHe had always been diligent in the discharge of\\nhis dut3 and all violators of the law met with\\nspeedy arrest, and no doubt his watchfulness had\\na tendency to defeat him for re-election.\\nHe is a prominent member of the Masonic order,\\nand has been for over thirty years, and has repre-\\nsented his party as a delegate to county and State\\nconventions. The Ancient Order of United Worlv-\\nmen claim him as one of their influential work-\\ning members, and he is also a Knight of the\\nMaccabees. Mrs. Finch is a most excellent lady,\\nand is a regular attendant at tlie Presbyterian\\nChurch, of which denomination she is a member.\\nMr. Finch is still engaged in the carpenter work,\\nand has erected many of the pretty residences in\\nthe village of Plainwell. He may be considered\\none of the prominent citizens of the place, and we\\nare thus pleased to be alile to place his sketch in\\nour Rkcokd.\\nHARLES GIBSON is an extensive fruit-\\nIll r e 0 ^i of South Haven, his pleasant home\\nbeing located on the lake shore, within three\\nmiles of that tliriving village. His farm comprises\\nseventy-three acres on tlie northwest quarter of\\nsection 23, his residence here dating from 18.54.\\nHe is a native of Michigan, being born in Oakland\\nCounty, May 8, 1827.\\nThe father of our subject, Henry Gibson, was\\nbom in Yorkshire, England, where he was reared\\non a farm and united in marriage with Elizabeth\\nGreen. They came to the United States in 1817,\\nand resided in Philadelphia, Pa., some five 3ears.\\nThey then migrated to Canada, whence they came\\nto Michigan and settled in Troy Township, Oak-\\nland County. They there improved a good farm\\nand resided on it until their removal to Farming-\\nton Township, Oakland, where they cleared and\\ncultivated a second tract of laud. The father\\ndied in 1837, being about seventy 3 ears of age.\\nThe mother then removed to Hudson, Lenawee\\nCounty, where she died about 1848.\\nThe parental family of eight children were,\\nbesides our subject: Thomas, who was born\\nin England, March 13, 1808, died in Troy, Oak-\\nland Couuty, this State; John, who was born in\\nEngland, April 2, 1809, resides in Livingston\\nCounty, this State; Henry F., born in England, July\\n2, 1812, died in the above-named county; George,\\nalso born in England, January 26, 1814, resides\\nwith our subject; William, born in England, Aj)ril\\n27, 1816, died in OakLand County, this State; Han-\\nnah, who was born in Philadeljihia, Pa., died in in-\\nfancy; Elizabeth,who was born in Philadelphia, Pa.,\\nJanuary 27, 1820, died in Oakland County, this\\nSlate.\\nCharles Gibson of this sketch, who was the only\\nmember of the family born in Michigan, passed his\\nboyhood days on the farm and in the district\\nschool. lie was but ten 3 ears old when his father\\ndied, when he was obliged to assist in the work on\\nthe home farm. About 1847 he removed with his\\nmother to Hudson, Lenawee County, and in 1854\\ncame to Van Buren Count3 Here with his brother\\nGeorge he purchased a tract of three hundred and\\ntwenty acres of timber land, and, boarding with\\nsome neighbors they commenced clearing their\\nacreage.\\nMiss Sarah Leisenring became Mrs. Charles Gib-\\nson, in May, 1855. She was born April 23, 1834,\\nin Seneca County, N. Y., and was the daugh-\\nter of David and Stirnh (Christopher) Leisenring,\\nwho were natives respectively of Penns3lvania and\\nNew Jerse3 Her parents were married in New\\nYork State, and in October, 1849, came to Michigan,\\nand settled on a farm near Hudson where their de-\\ncease occurred. Their family included eight sons\\nand three daughters.\\nAfter his marriage our subject located on his\\nland and commenced the work of clearing and im\\nproving it. On the outbreak of the Civil War he\\nenlisted as a private but was rejected by the medi-\\ncal exanuners. In 1864, he was drafted and en-\\ntered the service in Company H, Thirteenth Mich-\\nigan Infantry, and participated in all the battles\\nwith his comi)anv until discharged, July 16, 1865.\\nReturning home he resumed work on his fai in and\\nduring the past fifteen years has given considerable\\nattention to fruit-growing, his peach orchard in-\\ncluding thirty-five acres. His farm embraces one\\nhundred and thirt3-three acres and boasts of first-\\nclass improvements. In politics, Mr. Gibson is a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0596.jp2"}, "597": {"fulltext": "1X)RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n603\\ntrue-blue Republican and is a member in good\\nstaiifling of the Grand Arraj- of the Republic. Mr.\\nanil Mrs. Gibson have a daughter Kliza E., who\\nwa.s born November 3, 1852. She is the wife of\\nDavid Leisen ring and has two children: Ora E.,\\nborn March 7, 1883, and Charles D., boin .Vugust\\n21, 1888.\\ni i\\nUDSON J. MOSE.S, who is numbered among\\nthe thrifty farmers of Van Buren County,\\nowns and operates a tine farm of eighty\\nacres in Arlington Township. Splendid\\nimprovements have been made upon the place,\\nand good buildings have lieen erected for the stor-\\nage of grain and the shelter of stock. The family\\nresidence is a c:omniodious dwelling, neatly fin-\\nished without and tastily furnished witliin, while\\nthe surroundings indicate the careful supervision\\nof the proprietor. The farm was purchased by\\nMr. Moses in April. 18(it!, and has liy liini been\\nbrought to its jjiesent development. He had, how-\\never, been a resident of the country for ten years\\nprior to the inirch.ase of the place, and is well\\nknown as one of tlie early settlers of the town-\\nship.\\nMr. Mose was only fifteen years old when he\\nremoved from the county of his birtli Genesee\\nCounty, N. Y. to this State, his birth having\\noccurred in 1841. He was a stalwart youtii of\\ntwenty years, when in the fall of 1861 he enlisted\\nin Company C, Third Jlichigan Cavalry, and\\nserved eleven months with distinguished valor.\\nAt tiie end of that time he was disabled on account\\nof measles, and was confined to his room for four-\\nteen months; eveu after he was able to engage in\\nactive labors, it was many years before be entirely\\nrecovered from the effects of his illness.\\nIn 18(;2, Mr. Moses was married to Miss Sophia\\nPrater, the daughter of William and Sophia\\nPrater, and unto them have been born six chil-\\ndren, wliose names are. Minnie, Andrew, Maud,\\nMay, Arthur and Allen. Minnie is the wife of\\nWesley Nicholas, of .\\\\rlington Township, and the\\nother children still remain under the parental roof,\\nwhere they are receiving careful training in all\\nthat will make them honorable and upright men\\nand women. In his political belief, Mr. Moses is\\nliberal and votes for those candidates whom he\\nconsiders best fitted for the otlice in (piestion. He\\nbelongs to the Masonic fraternity, and is identi-\\nfied with the G. A. R. Post at Lawrence.\\nThe family of which Mr. Moses is a member\\ncomprised eight children who were born toSethand\\nSophia (Pease) Moses, named as follows: George,\\nHiram, jNIartha, Seth, Judson J., Andrew, !Mary\\nand L3 dia. Andrew enlisted in 1861 (at the same\\ntime that our subject became a member of the United\\nSlates Army), and died in May, 1862, at Hamburg\\nLanding, Tenn. The father of our subject, who\\nwas born in 1804, was one of six children, viz.:\\nAugustus, Laura D., Seth, EInathan, Alonzo and\\nEliza, who were born of the marriage of Rufus\\nand Lydia (Rarasdale) Moses.\\nFrom Rufus Moses we trace the family ancestry\\nback through EInathan to Benoni Moses, wlio w.os\\na Revolutionary soldier and a carpenter by trade,\\nbeing a man of considerable |)romineuce in his\\ncommunitj His father, John, lived in Simsbury,\\nConn., and w.is married in 1705. Before him was\\nanother .lohn !Moses, who came from England to\\nNew England, and located at Plymouth between\\nthe years 1630 and 1640. The great grandfather\\nof our subject, EInathan, removed at an early day\\nfrom the parish of Simsbur3- to Rutland, Yt., where\\nit is probable he spent the remaining years of his\\nlife.\\nMLLIAM H. SPAYDE is a leading mer-\\n\\\\/y// t druggist of Bloomingdale, Van\\nBuren County, where he has acquired a\\nreputation as an enterprising, thorough-going busi-\\nness man, and, in consequence, is succeeding ad-\\nmirably in his present occupation. He is a native\\nof Ohio, being born in Scott Township, Sandusky\\nCounty, December 6, 1856. He is the son of\\n(Jeorge and Catherine (Peck) Spayde, who were\\nborn in Pennsylvania and New York, respectively.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was William\\nSpayde, who was of Dutcli origin. George Sp.ayde\\nwas a blacksmith and manufacturer of lumber, and", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0597.jp2"}, "598": {"fulltext": "604\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbeing desirous to more rapidly increase bis for-\\ntune, he went to California, where he died. The\\nmother was born in Alban3% New York. ,Sbe was\\nan active member of the United Brethren Church.\\nTlio parental family- consisted of two children:\\nMary, who became Mrs. Tice, and is now deceased,\\nand who left a son and daughter, and William IT.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm,\\nand his education was received in the public\\nschools of his native place and at P ostoria and\\nWesterville, Ohio. At the age of fifteen he began\\nteaching, continuing this occupation for five\\nyears. When twenty years old, he began the study\\nof medicine and chemistry at Gibsonburg, first\\nengaging in the drug business at Helena, Ohio.\\nIn 1882 he came to K.alamazoo, where he estab-\\nlished a drug store under the firm name of Spayde\\ni Co()kson. In August, 1884, he came to Bloom-\\ningdale, where he was engaged in the drug and\\ngrocery business until May, 1889, when he formed\\na partnership with William II. Harrison, and now\\noperates a general store in connection with the drug\\nstore. This is one of the largest, best conducted\\nstores in the county, having an extensive trade,\\nand carrying about -$12,000 in stock.\\nMr. Spayde was married, December 20, 1877, to\\nMiss MoUie Marvin, daughter of J. W. and Martha\\nMarvin, of Sandusky County, Ohio. Tiiey are\\nthe parents of one child, Emerson D. Mr. Spayde\\nis an active Republican, and uses his influence for\\nthe best interest of his town and county. He is a\\nrepresentative business man, and has been the\\narchitect of his own fortune. He is a leading\\nand honored member of the Masonic fraternity and\\nthe Independent Order of Odd Fellows.\\njj^IXLEY .IITDSON. Kalamazoo County fur-\\nJ) nishes a fitting arena for the exercise of\\nI r energy and industry, which bring their re-\\nl ward in prosperity and often in wealtii.\\nAmong the popular citizens of Coinstock Township\\nis Mr. Judson, who resides on section 12, and is\\nspending the twilight of his useful life undisturbed\\nby the perplexing cares of poverty and toil. He is\\nretired from the active work of tilling the soil\\nwhich, engaged his close attention through many\\n3 ears and the estate which he accumulated is now\\nconducted b) his son.\\nBorn in Oneida County*, N. Y.,.Ianuary 2:3, 1811,\\nMr. Judson is the son of Ephraim and Polly (Cur-\\ntis) Judson, natives of Connecticut. His parents\\nwere married in their native State, and thence re-\\nmoved to New York, where the father died a few\\nyears afterward. Orphaned at the earl^ .age of\\nsix, our subject was thrown upon his own resources\\nin childhood and has been self-supporting almost\\nfrom his earliest recollections. Not only did he\\nsupport himself, but he also aided in maintaining\\nhis younger brothers.\\nAt the age of twenty years, Mr. Judson removed\\nto Seneca Falls, N. Y., where he worked a short\\ntime and thence went to Auburn, the same State.\\nIn 18.33 he came West to Michigan and located in\\nMonroe County, returning, however, in a short\\ntime to Auburn, where he was niari-icd. His sec-\\nond journey to Michigan was made in the fall of\\n1834, at which time he located in Charlestown\\nTownship, Kalamazoo County, and took up eight}\\nacres of land, paying for the property from his\\nearnings. A log house, 20x23, was one of the\\nfirst improvements placed upon the farm, and\\nother buildings were erected and the soil cultivated\\nfor a number of years.\\nAbout 1846, Mr. Judson sold his farm and\\nmoved to Climax, where he remained one year,\\nand afterward settled upon his present homestead.\\nFebruary 26, 1883, he was deeply bereaved l\\\\v the\\ndeath of his devoted lielpm.ate, whose maiden name\\nwas Polly Ann Johnson. They were the parents\\nof six children, namely: Mary F,., who keeps house\\nfor her father and has always been tenderly de-\\nvoted to his welfare; William E., whose home is\\nin Petoskey, this State; Charles L., who resides in\\nCoinstock Township; Lucretia L., the wife of S. E.\\nBlanchard, of Hillsdale, this State; Edgar L., who\\nhas never married but resides with his father; and\\nGeorge R., deceased.\\nThe farm of seventy acres which Mr. Judson\\nowns is operated by his son who is enterprising\\nand ambitious. He is a Republican and voted for\\nGen. Jackson the second time he was elected Pres-\\nident. In various positions to which he has been", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0598.jp2"}, "599": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0599.jp2"}, "600": {"fulltext": "s?:;-\\nS-f^l Ste.\\nai.-nyi ^ix^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0600.jp2"}, "601": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfid?\\ncalled by his fellow-citizens, he has ably discharged\\nthe varied duties of the offices and won the con-\\nfidence of others, irrespective of party. Since 1 833,\\nlie lias been a mcnil)er of the Methodist Episcopal\\nC iinrch, and has served as Trustee and Steward for\\nmany years and contributed ijencrously forcliiirch\\nand charitable purposes.\\nUSSEL 15. FENNEU. This prominent\\nfarmer is one of tiie old settlers of Allegan\\nCounty, as he came here in 1811. He is at\\npresent making his home on eighty acres of\\nland located on sections 4 and 5,(!un Plain Town-\\nship. In addition to the cultivation of his tract of\\nland, lie has followed threshing for the past eleven\\nyears, and raises on his place all kinds of stock.\\nMr. Kenner was born in Pompey, Onondaga\\nCoiinly, N. Keliruary 1!(, IHI I. and is the son of\\n.lames L. Kenner. a native of Long Island. The\\nfather served in the War of 1812, and was a\\nfanner and niilhvriglit by occupation. He was vcr^^\\n))roinineiit in his community, having held many of\\nthe local ollices. lie died when seventy-four years\\nold. )ur subject s mother bore the maiden name of\\nHet.- ey Perry, a native of Jlassachusetts. and a\\ncousin of Commodore Perry. She died several\\nyears before her husband, passing away at the age\\nof sixty-eight years. In her church relations she\\nwas a Haptist.\\nRiissd P.. Kenner is the fifth child of the six sons\\nand three daughters born to his |)arents. He re-\\nceived a coniMion-school education and remained\\nunder the i)ai( iital luof assisting his father on the\\nfarm until reaching his majority. He then de-\\ncided to leain the carpenter s trade and with that\\nin iiiiiul apprenticed liiinsi lC li U.ini the business.\\nHe soon abandoned the idea, however, as he was\\ncalled upon to manage his father s farm, which he\\ndid in a most prolitablc and satisfactory manner.\\nMr. Kenner was married, in 1837. to Miss Hannah\\nV. Si hcnck, a native of the same county anil State\\nas our subject. She was the daughter of Hulcf\\nand Klsie (Haird) Schenck, natives of New .Icrsey\\nand the parents of a large family of eleven cliil-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Ireii. only three of whom are living at the present\\ntime. The father of Mrs. Fenner was a mason\\nand farmer and a man very much respected in his\\ncommunity. She, herself, was a member in good\\n.standing of the Congregational Church, and died\\nwhen seven t\\\\ -two 3-ears of age; her husband passed\\naway at the age of seventy-six years.\\nAfter his marriage, our subject c m tinned to cul-\\ntivate the soil until the fall of 184 1, when he de-\\ncided to come West to Michigan, liringing his\\nfamily hither, they made the journey via the lakes\\nto Detroit, thence by rail to Marshall and by team\\nto Martin Township, Allegan County, where he\\nlocated on land, which his father had previously\\npurchased. Before a suitable home could be pro-\\nvided for the family, he was compelled to haul\\nthe lumber and other material from the nearest\\ntown. They arrived in the township, October 10,\\nand December 5 took up their abode in their new\\nhome. The dwelling was 2l)x34 in dimensions and\\nalthough not fitted up with all the conveniences\\nwith which their later home was provided, they\\nwere very happy, (iamc was plentiful and thus\\ntheir table was always supplied with choice meats.\\nIndians made frequent visits to their home and\\noften spent the night on the floor in front of the\\nfire.\\nThree years after coming here, our subject, with\\nhis brother Darius, erected a sawmill in Martin\\nTownship, which was run by the water power\\nfrom a creek. This was the first mill in the\\ntownship and thej operated it very successfully\\nfor a number of years. In 1855 our subject traded\\nhis farm in JIartin Township for his present estate\\nin Gun Plain, which bore but few improvements\\nwhen it came into his possession. Hy a proper ro-\\ntation of crops, the land has been brought to a high\\ndegree of cultivation, while he has erected tlie va-\\nrious buildings which best subserve the i)nrpo.sesof\\na first-class agriculturist. The family of Mr. and\\nMrs. Kenner includes five children: Byron R.,\\nEliza E., William P., Rnlef James and Kranklin M.\\nByron married Miss Caroline X.ash, and they have\\ntliive children, Byron, .lennic and Nina; Eliza E.\\ni the wife of Heniy Scott, of Plainwell, and they\\nhave a family of seven children; William P. mar-\\nried ^lissTliornberg and they have six children\\nJames took to wife Miss Marv Ca-^c and they have", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0601.jp2"}, "602": {"fulltext": "608\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\none child; Franklin M. married Hannah I.\\nHoneysett and has four cliildren.\\nIn his pohtical affiliation, our subject is a firm\\nDemocrat, casting his first vote for Andrew Jaclison\\nfor President. Mr. Fenner has shown himself ca-\\njjable of close ap| lieation to the duties which lay\\nbefore him, and his judicious decisions and wise\\ncourse during the twelve years lie was Justice of\\nthe Peace are well known to those who are\\nacquainted with the history of the Township. He\\nhas also been Highway and Drain Commissioner,\\nand, as a representative citizen, we are glad to\\npresent his portrait and biographical sketch to our\\nreadei s.\\nJ^iEOROE P. REDPATH is a good farmer of\\nmuch practical experience, who is doing his\\n5^ part in carrying forward the agricultural\\ninterests of Comstock Township, where his farming\\ninterests lie, and also of Kalamazoo County, of\\nwhich he has been a well-known resident for more\\nthan thirty years. He is of Scottish birth and an-\\ntecedents, born in the shire of Roxburg, October\\n30, 1835. His father, Robert Redpath, was also a\\nnative of Scotland, and he died in the Old Country.\\nHis wife, whose maiden name was Christina Purves,\\ncame to America and died in Richland Township,\\nKalamazoo County. She was the mother of eight\\nchildren, three daughters and five sons, all of\\nwhom grew to maturity, and seven are still living.\\nOur subject was the third child born to his par-\\nents. His home was on his native heath until\\n1858, and in its invigorating air he grew strong\\nand active and was well fitted to cope with the\\nvicissitudes of life, when he came to fight its bat-\\ntles on his own account. He learned the trade of\\na carpenter and worked at it in the old country\\nuntil the year mentioned, when he emigrated to\\nAmerica. He came directly to Michigan after\\nlanding on these shores, and located in Richland\\nTownship, where he lived for several years.\\nAfter his marriage, in 1871, he came to his present\\nfarm on section 5, Comstock Township, which un-\\nder his wise management has become one of the\\nmost desirable ))ieces of property in this locality.\\nIt is well supplied with good buildings and fine\\nmachinery, and its one hundred and forty acres\\nare very productive under his system of cultiva-\\ntion. He has a fine herd of cattle of good grades,\\nbesides other well-bred stock. The neat and well-\\nbuilt residence in which he lives was erected by\\nhim at a cost of -?2,000. Besides attending to the\\nimprovement of his farm for fourteen years, Mr.\\nRedpath did a good business in operating a thresh-\\ning machine in different parts of the county. He\\npossesses in a full measure many of the best traits\\nof his race and has proved an invaluable citizen\\nsince he took up his residence in Comstock Town-\\nship, being always ready to help on any |)ublic\\nimprovements. In politics, he is a Republican of\\nno uncertain tone. Religiously, he is a member of\\nthe Presbyterian Church, as is his wife also, and\\nboth are active in helping forward any good work\\nin which it may be engaged.\\nIn March, 1871, our subject took unto himself a\\nwife in the person of Miss Eliza Chapman, a daugh-\\nter of .Tames and Mary (Wilson) Chapman, nati\\\\-es\\nof England, and pioneers of this county, and his\\nsuccess in after-life is partly attributable lo her\\ncheerful and capable co-operation. Mrs. Redpath\\nis a native of this county, a daughter of one of\\nits picmeer families, and she was born j\\\\Iarch 9,\\n1846, in Richland Township. Her marriage with\\nour subject has brought them four children, two\\nsons and two daughters: Robert, who died at the\\nage of three years; James, who is a student in the\\nbusiness college at Kalamazoo; Mary and Christ-\\nina, at home with their parents.\\ni\\n^^x,ATIIAN SLAWSON, Justice of the Peace,\\nI jjj resides on section 10, Ross Township, Kal-\\n/ii^ amazoo County. His farm, although not\\nso large as some estates in the community, is never-\\ntheless made to yield the ver3^ largest results possi-\\nble, through a careful fertilization of the soil and\\nproiier rotation of the crops; its eighty acres are\\ndivided into fields of convenient size, while the\\nlatest imiirovements in farm machinery have been\\nintroduced.\\nMr. Slawson was born in Yates County, N. Y.,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0602.jp2"}, "603": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\n609\\nApril 28, 1832. He comes of Scotch-Irish descent\\nand his paternal ancestors located in Rhode Island\\nin Ifi. JO, ten years after the first settlement had\\nbeen made in tiiat State. Both his paternal and\\nmaternal grandfather were soldiers in tiie Revolu-\\ntionary War, and his father, Rufus, served in the\\nWar of 1812. A brother, Ira M., who is now de-\\nceased, was a valiant soldier in the defense of the\\nUnion during the Civil War, so that it will be seen\\nthat our subject belongs to a patriotic family.\\nTlie ])arents of our subject, Rufus and Clarissa\\n(Jum|)) Siawson, were natives of Orange County,\\nIs. v., and were people of great worth of character.\\nNathan was reared in his native county, where,\\nworking in connection with liis father, he becane\\nfamiliar with fanning pursuits. After completing\\nthe coui-seof stud}- in the common schools of Yates\\nCounty, he attended Rushville, X. Y., Academy\\nfor a siiort lime, and suljsequenlly engaged as a\\nl)rimary teacher during the winter season.\\nNovember 22, 1855, Jlr. Siawson was married to\\n.lane Cairns, who was born in Seneca Cuunty,\\nN. Y., and came of Scotch extraction. Tliree chil-\\ndren wcie lioiii of the union, all of wiiom are de-\\nceased, and tiic wife and mother passed awav Octo-\\nber 2(1, 188(;. A few years after liis marriage, Mr.\\nSiawson removed to Barry County, lliis State, and\\nlocated near Hickory Corners in 18(;(;, engaging\\nthere in farming pursuits for a number of yeare.\\nIn 1877, he came to Kalamazoo County and settled\\non his present farm, where he has since resided, witli\\nthe exception of two j cars when lie was engaged\\nin publishing a weekly paper at .\\\\ugusta.\\nTlie union of Mr. Siawson to iiis present esti-\\nmable wife took place April 2, 1889. Mrs. Siawson\\nwas born in Country Antrim. Ireland, May .T, 1845,\\nand is tlie daugliter of William and Margaret\\nCrawford, natives of tiie Nortli of licland. When\\nabout seventeen years old, she emigrated to Amer-\\nica and was married in New York to Peter Red-\\nmond, becoming the mother of two children:\\n.lames and Peter. After bis death, she became the\\nwife of .lolin (Jeer, of Ross rownship, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, one son being born of the union, William\\ndeceased.\\nIn his religious belief, Mr. Siawson is a memlier\\nof the Wesleyan Methodist Church. Politically, he\\nis a Republican and is now serving as Justice of the\\nPe.ace in Ross Township, to which office he was\\nelected five years ago. He is also a Notary Public.\\nBesides his farm he is the owner of village property\\nin Augusta, and has his .affairs on a sound financial\\nbasis, the result of constant energy and iini-cmit-\\nting labor on his part.\\nd 5* 5* *3*(i\\n=l*++**\\nJ^l NSON L. RANNEY. A high place in the\\n(@\u00c2\u00a3Jll estimation of the citizens of Kalainazf)o\\nCounty is lield by this gentleman, who\\nowns a farm of one hundred and fifty-one\\nacres, pleasantly located on section .^0, Comstock\\nTownship. Born in Augusta Township, Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., June 21, 1811, he is the son of\\nEbenezer and Almeda (P.arlholomew) Ranney,\\nnatives of JIassachusetts. His father, who was a\\ncarpenter by trade, followed the occupation of a\\nfanner in his early life and was a preacher in the\\nBajjtist denomination.\\nIn his young manhood, tiic father of our sub-\\nject removed to Oneida County, N. Y., where he\\nlocated on a farm. His last d.ays were quietly\\npassed in Madison County, where he died at tlie\\nage of eighty-three years. He was a i)rominent\\nman in that section of the State and held a num-\\nber of responsible offices, serving for man} years\\n.as Su[)ervisor of Augusta Towiiship. His political\\natliliations were with the Whig party and both in\\npublic atTairs and in the work of tiio Baptist Church,\\nhis opinion carried great influence. His wife died\\nwhen four-score \\\\ears of age.\\nOf a f.amil} of eight chiblrcn. only onesurvives\\nbesides the subject of tliis notice: O. Russell, of\\nOneida Township, Madison County, N. Y. After\\ncompleting his education in the Madison I niver-\\nsity of Madis(m County, N. Y., our subject taught\\nschool for one term near Wilkes Bane, Pa., and\\nthen entered the mercantile business at Stockbridge,\\nN. Y. He carried on a general store for eleven\\nyears in that place and at the same time operated a\\nmill and farm.\\nSelling his pi-o))erty in 18(13. our subject came to\\nComstock Township, and |)urcliased his present\\nhomestead, tlun only partially improved. The one", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0603.jp2"}, "604": {"fulltext": "610\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhundred and fift^ -one acres are now well-improved\\nand embellished with good liuildings. In this task,\\nwhich has been arduous, Mr. Ranney has received\\nthe cheerful co-operation of his wife, to whom he\\nwas married in Madison County, N. Y., September\\n27, 1838. Her maiden name was Eleanor T. Mur-\\nray and she was born in New York. Seven children\\nwere born of the union: Adelle, wife of Eberle\\nUnderwood, of Galesburgh; Orlo, a physician in\\nKalamazoo; Maurice M., who has charge of the old\\nhomestead; Ida M. is with her parents; Bernard\\nD. lives in Kan.sas, and Estella M. is at home.\\nMaurice M., who manages the farm, makes a\\nspecialty of celery and is now devising a celcry-\\ndiggei-, which promises to be ver}- helpful. Our\\nsubject is a Republican, and has served as High-\\nway Commissioner, Supervisor, and in other local\\noffices. In the Baptist Church at Kalamazoo, of\\nwhich he is a faithful member, he has been Deacon\\nfor a year and is prominent in religious and benev-\\nolent enterprises.\\n5\\ny\\n=.j.^=*\\nA\\n^SCAR F. CAMPBELL, a competent, well-\\nto-do farmer, is now engaged at his voca-\\ntion in that part of Kalamazoo County\\nembraced in the rich farming region of Comstock\\nTownship, his farm and home ver}^ pleasant]} situ-\\nated on sections 2 and .3. Victor Township, Ontario\\nCqunty, N. Y., is the native place of our subject,\\nand November 28, 1822, the date of his liirth.\\nHis father was Capt. Charles Campbell, who was\\nborn in Connecticut and reared in Vermont. He\\nwas an officer in the War of 1812, bearing an act-\\nive part in the piincipal battles, notably those of\\nSackett s Harbor and Plattsburg. He was a promi-\\nnent man in his commnnity, and lived to the ven-\\nerable age of eighty-five years. His father, Nathan\\nCampbell, was born in Argyloshire, Scotland, and\\ncame to this country with his parents, who settled\\nin Connecticut in Colonial days. He was a volun-\\nteer at the battle of Bunker Hill, and did good\\nservice during the Revolution as a cour.ageous and\\nefficient soldier. He was a man of fine physique,\\nweighing two hundred and fift^ -six pounds, and\\nstanding six feet eight inches in height, and so\\nstrong was he that he could take a man in each\\nhand and hold him out, and could perform other\\nwonderful feats of strength. He died when fift}\\neight years of age.\\nThe mother of our subject was Esther McComber\\nbefore her marriage. She was born in Massachu-\\nsetts, but was reared among the green hills of er-\\nmont. She lived to be eighty-seven j ears old,\\nlacking two days. Her father, .Jonathan INIcComber,\\nis supposed to have been a native of Massachusetts.\\nHe was a regularly enlisted soldier in the conti-\\nnental army during the Revolution, and fought\\nwell in the various battles in which he took part,\\nuntil he was finally taken prisoner at the battle of\\nNew York and put on board of a British prison\\nvessel. He was so reduced and weakened by the\\nsufferings that he underwent during his imprison-\\nment that his friends thought that he had starved\\nto death. But they managed to restore him to\\nconsciousness, and he lived to be seventy-seven\\nyears old. He was a pensioner of the Govern-\\nment. His father was a native of Scotland, who\\ncame to this country in Colonial days and was one\\nof the settlers of Massachusetts.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in Ver-\\nmont, and made their home in Rutland County, on\\nthe shores of Lake Cliamplain, until they removed\\nto Ontario County, N. Y., where they remained\\nabout nine years. Tliey then went to Canada and\\nspent six years there before tlie^- returned to New\\nYork. Their remaining 3ears were jiassed in\\nEvans Township, Erie County. They were the\\nparents of six daughters and seven sons, and\\neleven of their numerous progeny grew to man-\\nhood and womanhood, ten of them being alive\\nwhen the youngest attained the age of fifty years.\\nThese four of the number still live: Martha, wife\\nof Orin Dunning, of New York; Harvey, a farmer\\nin Ingham County; Cordelia, wife of George\\nIMurray, of New York; and our subject.\\nOscar F. Campbell is the ninth child and fifth\\nson of the family. He remained with his parents\\nuntil he was twenty-one, and during all that time\\nhe never slept out of the parental home, even for\\none night. He received his schooling in the Evans\\nDistrict School, and he utilized his education by", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0604.jp2"}, "605": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n611\\ntcachin r three terms. lie and his brothers after-\\n\\\\v:ir(I fanned togi tlier in llieir native Stale. lie\\nfirst came to Michigan in 1815, and lumhcred for\\none winter in Si.K ^Iills, i)elow CJrand Ra| ids on\\nthe tlrand Kiver. lie then returned to the old\\nfarm in New York, and was with liis fatlier until\\nthe follow! nil September. In tliat month, he went\\nto Ohio witii ills ohlest brotlier, and built a saw-\\nmill, lie afterwaid sold his interest in the mill to\\nhis lirother and went back to New York. He was\\nmarried in Lorain County, Ohio, July 11, 1847, to\\nMiss Electa Iliggins, and, returning to New York,\\nhe worked his father s farm the ensuing two years.\\n(u)ing liack at the exi)iration of that time to Lo-\\nrain Countj Ohio, he dwelt there two years. In\\nthe sjiring of 1851 his wife died, leaving two lit-\\ntle children Ellen, two years old, now deceased;\\nand Electa, four weeks old, who is now married to\\nDavis Maze, of Oceana County, Mich. Again he\\ntook up his residence with his j)arcnts, and man-\\naged the old homestead until the spring of 1857.\\nIn the meantime, he had been West and had bought\\na farm in .Muscatine County, Iowa, comitrising a\\nquarter of a section near the village of West Lib-\\nerty. He traded that for one hundred and six\\nacres in Erie County, N. Y., and the ensuing two\\nyears were spent on that place.\\nIn Ai)ril, 1859, Mr. Cami)bell came tmce more to\\n^lichigan, journeying b\\\\ water to Detroit, and\\nfrom tliere coming directly to Kalamazoo County\\nwith a team, he having resolved to make his home\\nhere permanently. He at fii-st located in Cooper\\nTownship, where he bought fort3 acres of improved\\nlan l. On that jilace two of his children were\\nhorn: Jaspoi .lohn, A[)ril 27, 18(50, now living\\non tiie farm on section 3, Comstock Township; and\\nMaria S., wife of Oliver D. Carson, of Richland\\nTownship. Mr. Cam|)bell sold his Cooper T(^wn-\\nship farm at the end of three years, and bought\\nthe place where his son resides on section 3, Corn-\\nstock Township. It comprises one hundred and\\nforty-four acres vf well-improved land, and is one\\nof the most desirable farms in the locality. The\\nplace on which our subject and his wife reside\\ncomprises twenty-two acres of choice land and is\\nthe property of Mi s. Campbell. They are people\\nwho are looked up to liy the entire community on\\naccount of their many pleasant qualities, their\\nfriendliness and consideration in their intercourse\\nwith all who come in cimtact with them, and for\\ntheir trustworthiness in all matteis. Mr. Camp-\\nbell is a man of stable, strong character, firm in his\\nconvictions and outspoken in his views when he\\nhas need to express them. In politics, he is a sturdj\\nDemocrat. He was Master of the (i range for man^-\\nj ears, and in all things has sought to promote the\\nadvancement of his township and count} He is\\nof a robust constitution, coming of fine old stock\\nand a long-lived race, is temperate in his habits,\\nand during the thirty-three 3-e.ars that he has been\\na resident of Jlichigan he can boast that he has\\nnever seen a sick day.\\nMr. Campbell s second marriage, which occurred\\nJanuary 31, 1859, was with Harriet, the youngest\\ndaughter of John and Salome (Sawyer) Barrell.\\nShe was born in the town of Evans, Erie County,\\nN. Y., July 22, 1840, and lived there until her\\nmarriage with our subject. On her father s side\\nshe is descended from the Pilgrims of the May-\\nflower, the family being among the colonists of\\nPlymouth, Mass., who came over in that vessel.\\nHer mother s people were from Scotland, her ma-\\nternal grandmother, JIary Dimick, having been\\nborn in that country. Her mother was a very\\npowerful woman, of strong physique and forcible\\ncharacter.\\ni^^-^P=-\\ny ^ILLLVM M. BARNE.S. This name will be\\nrecognized by many of our readers as that\\nof a gentleman who is taking a prominent\\npart in developing the agricultural resources of\\nA an Buren Count} He owns and operates a farm\\ncomiu ising seventy acres in Arlington Township,\\nand his efforts to improve the pl.ace have resulted\\nvery satisfactorily, for it is now numbered among\\nthe best improved farms of the townshij). Al-\\nthough not containing as many acres as some oth-\\nei-s, yet every spot of ground is made to produce\\nthe very best results, and the entire estate has\\nbeen redeemed from the primitive wilderness.\\nMr. Barnes traces his ancestry to one of two\\nbrothers, who, soon after the close of the Revolu-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0605.jp2"}, "606": {"fulltext": "612\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntiouai War, emigrated from England and settled\\nin the State of Connecticut. One of these brothers\\nwas Abel Barnes, the father of Uriel T., and the\\ngrandfather of William M.,the subject of this bio-\\ngraphical sketch. Kot long after his settlement in\\nConnecticut, Abel Barnes removed frem that State\\nto Schoharie Count} N. Y., and a few years later\\nto the town of Eloyd, Oneida C ounty, in the same\\nState. He married Miss Mindwell Roberts, and\\nthey became the parents of eleven sons and three\\ndaughters, most, if not all, of whom were born\\nafter their removal to New York.\\nThe fourth son of Abel and Mindwell Barns was\\nnamed Uriel T., aud was born in Schoharie Count}-,\\nN. Y., October 14, 1794. While still a mere child,\\nhe removed with his parents to Floyd, where, Au-\\ngust 30, 1821, he married Huldali A., daughter of\\nZenas and Mary (Merrill) Gibbs, of Broome County,\\nN. Y. The 3 0ung couple settled in Floyd, where\\ntheir daughter Adelia was born. Their eldest son,\\nTrumas S., was born in Westmoreland, N. Y., and\\nsoon afterward Mr. Barnes removed to a small\\nfarm which he had bought in Oswego County.\\nThere were three children born to him and his wife;\\nWilliam M., the subject of this sketch, who was\\nborn April 26, 1828; Mary S. and Harlow G.\\nAbout that time, the father sold his farm with\\nthe ultimate design of leaving the sterile land and\\nsevere climate of Northern New York to establish\\na better home in the West. However, instead of\\ncoming West at once, he began to work in a saw-\\nmill in Durhamville, and thus engaged during the\\nwinter of 1831-32. In the spring of the latter\\nyear, he was so severel} injured by the machinery\\nof the mill that he remained a helpless invalid for\\nmonths. During the following December, being\\nunable to perform any manual labor, he commenced\\na grocery business at Whitesboro, N. Y., but soon\\nfound he could not prosper in that unless he would\\nsell ardent spirits. That he would not do. His\\nprinciples would not admit of him supporting his\\nfamily by carrying desolation into the families of\\notheis, so he sold his business and left Whitesboro.\\nDuring his stay at that place, his daughter Sarah\\nwas born, January 2, 1833.\\nHaving somewhat regained his health, Mr. Barnes\\nstaid for a time in Geneva, where he chopped\\nwood for $26 per month and house rent. April\\n10, 1834, he set out with his family for Michigan,\\nby way of the Erie Canal and Lake Erie. Upon\\nreaching Detroit, they engaged a man to convey\\nthem aud their few household goods to Jackson\\nCountj^, where they arrived about May 1. The\\nfirst settlement was made in Albion, where he en-\\ngaged to work for Tenney Peabody, but his family\\nbeing taken sick, his $50 was soon exhausted.\\nHowever, he resolutely clung to his determination\\nto secure a home, and took up some Government\\nland. His neighbors aided him in building a cabin\\nwhich was warm and comfortable, though there was\\nnot a pane of glass in it, nor was there a nail or\\nsawed plank or board used in its construction. Into\\nthat dwelling the family moved in January, 1835.\\nDuring the entire summer of 1835, Mr. Barnes\\nwas sick with the ague, and to add to his troubles\\na speculator purchased his land and demanded\\nimmediate possession. Being unwilling to proceed\\nto extreme measures, he paid Mr. Barnes $50 to\\nvacate. This money he invested in fifty acres of\\nland, and with the help of his neighbors erected a\\npole cabin upon it. In that cabin the family were\\ncomparatively comfortable.\\nIn the fall of 1837, Mr. Barnes sold his land near\\nAlbion for $800 in wild-cat money, and in Jan-\\nuary, 1838, removed to Lawrence, Van Buren\\nCount} His family settled in a log house on what\\nis now the Baker and Richards farm. Not long\\nafterward, he purchased from Eaton Branch, for\\n$200, the eighty acres on which his son A. U. now\\nlives. On that land he put up a frame house and\\nwent energetically to work to convert the wild\\nland into a productive farm. He cleared almost\\nthe entire eighty acres with his own hands, besides\\ndoing a large amount of work for others. In the\\nyear following his settlement, he was chosen Com-\\nmissioner of Highways, and was elected Justice of\\nthe Peace in 1840, being a member of the Board at\\nthe election held at his house in tlie fall of the\\nyear that Gen. Harrison was elected President of\\nthe United States.\\nIn June, 1853, Mr. Barnes had a sudden and\\nviolent illness, which baffled the skill of the phy-\\nsicians who were called to attend him. He sank\\nrapidly and died on Sunday, July 3. At his fun-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0606.jp2"}, "607": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPPUCAL RECORD.\\nU13\\neral, July 4, the Rev. E. S. Dunham preached from\\nthe text Precious in the siglit of the Lord is tlie\\ndeath of his saints. ]\\\\Irs. Barnes survived her\\nhusband thirteen _years and died September 30,\\n1866. She was respected and beloved by all who\\nknew her, bearing with patience all the trials of\\npioneer life, and her children rise up and call her\\nblessed. Jlr. Barnes was converted in 1820 and\\nbecame a member of the Baptist Church.\\nOur subject grew to mature years in Jlichigan\\nand was married, in 1857, to Miss F.annie Gates.\\nOf that union eight children were born, namel^y:\\nAda, wife of Fraidt Fuller; Albert married Miss\\nMattie Rome; Carrie married Eugene liaughman;\\nCharles, Frank, Clifl urd, Lena and Ivan. In the\\nsame ^^ear in wliich his marriage occurred, Mr.\\nBarnes purciiased his farm and liere he has since\\nresided. Mrs. Barnes is a daughter of Daniel and\\nPamelia (Brown) Gates, natives of Vermont and j\\nNew York, respectivelj-, who came to Michigan in\\n1855. Politically, Mr. Barnes IS a Republican. Dur-\\ning the late war, he was drafted into the army and\\nwent out in Company I), Fourteenth jMichigan In-\\nfantry, lie was in the Western Corps and was\\npresent al the time of .Joiinston s surrender. An\\nupright, conscientious man, he is highly esteemed\\nand enjoys the confidence of his large circle of\\nacquaintances.\\n^^^ORMAN 11. ADAMS. An excellent exam-\\nI l P f^ of the results of industry and enterprise\\njt^^j is to be found in the life of tliis gtnitleman,\\nwho is a well-known resident of Breedsville. Dur-\\ning the period of thirty years tiiat have elapsed\\nsince he came to this village, he has risen from a\\ncondition of poverty to comfortable circumstances,\\nand while increasing his personal possessions has\\nby no means neglected the welfare of the commu-\\nnity, but contributed to the advancement of its\\ninterests and the development of its resources. He\\ncontrols extensive business interests in the vil-\\nlage, and is also the owner of a well-improved\\nfarm, comprising sevent} acres in Columbia Town-\\nship, an Buren County.\\nThe father of our subject, Asa C, wiis a native\\nof New York, where he followed the profession of\\na teacher, and was al.so Deputy .SherilT. lie re-\\nmoved from the Emi)ire State to Massachusetts,\\nsettling near Northampton, llampdon County, and\\noperating a small farm. His (lc;itli occurred tlieie\\nat a good old age. His wife, whose maiden name\\nwas Mary Thorp, was born in Connecticut, and be-\\ncame the mother of four children: Angeline, Nor-\\nman II., David and George. The two last-named\\ndied in childhood. Norm.an II. was born August\\n22, 1826, in RensselaerviUe, Albany County, N.Y.,\\nand accompanied his parents when they removed\\nto Massachu.setts. The common-school education\\nwhich he gleaned from the text-hooks used in the\\ndistrict schools was afterward supplemented by a\\ncoui-se of study in the High School.\\nAt the age of fifteen, the school days of our sub-\\nject were brought to a close, and he commenced to\\nearn his own living by working first on a farm, and\\nlater in a tannery for a Mr. Conklin for a be lit three\\nyears. After he removed to Massachusetts, he was\\nemployed in a tannery in West Springfield, and\\nfrom that place removed to Brattlehoro, t., where\\nhe remained four years. In the spring of 1855, he\\ncame West to Michigan, and worked at his trade in\\nNiles. The early part of the year 1861 marked\\nhis arrival in Breedsville, where he purchased a\\none-half interest in the tanneiy establislied by\\nMessrs. Knowles it Barrows. He first conducted\\nhis business in partnershii) with another gentle-\\nman, but after four years spent in that way, a\\nchange was made and he formed anotiier partner-\\nship. Since 1876 he has licen in business alone,\\nand has dealt in hides, as well as supervised his\\nfarm.\\nThe political attiliations of Mr. Adams have\\nbrought him in syiii|)athy with the principles of\\nthe Kepulilican party, and prior to its organization\\nhe was a Whig. He served as Supervisor two\\njxars, Justice of the Peace ten years. Notary Pub-\\nlic for three years, and is now Township Clerk. So-\\ncially, he is a memljer of the Masonic order. He\\nwas married, May 30, 1817, to Miss Emily Wood-\\nford, who was born in Rcnsselaervlllc, N. Y., No-\\nvemlier 20, l!-i27. Mrs. Adams is the daughter of\\nWilliam II. and Sarah (Crocker) Wr)odford, natives\\nof New York. The fatiier, who was a shoemaker", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0607.jp2"}, "608": {"fulltext": "614\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nby trade, removed to Portland, Me., at an early\\nday, and from there to Readfield, Me., and tbenee\\nto Massachusetts. In January, 1855, he came to\\nNiles, Mich., where he died April 6, 1883. His\\nwife passed away August 14, 1878. They were\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and\\nthe parents of eight children.\\nSix children have been born to our subject and\\nhis amiable wife, four of whom are still living,\\nnamely: AVilbert E., Frank A., diaries A. and\\nArthur T. For some 3 cars Mr. and Mrs. Adams\\nwere identified with the Congregational Church,\\nbut now for a period of thirty years they have been\\nactive members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nThey are honored and respected wherever known,\\nand have a host of warm personal friends.\\n^S^LIPHALET S. BRLSTOL. The agricul-\\nl^ tural element that has been so largely in-\\nJ*^ slrumental in the upbuilding of Kala-\\nmazoo County is well represented by this gentle-\\nman, who is the proprietor of two valuable farms\\nin this jiart of Michigan, both of which are well-\\nequipped and stocked with fine breeds of cattle,\\nhorses, etc. One is located in Ross Township, and\\nthe other, the one upon which he makes his home,\\nis pleasantly situated on section 3, Charleston\\nTownship.\\nMr. Bristol was born December 12, 1821, on the\\nfarm that Ids grandfather, E. Bristol, had hewed\\nout from the primeval forests of the township of\\nCannore, Columbia County, N. Y., that old home-\\nstead also being the birthplace of his father, E.\\nBristol, where he was reared and died, his age\\nat the time of his death being eighty-eight years.\\nHe was a prominent farmer in his township, and\\nwas a liberal giver to all good causes. He was a\\npeaceful, law-abiding citizen, who never sued any-\\none or was never sued himself, he being univers-\\nally liked by the entire community where he\\nspent a life of nearly a century. In politics, he\\nwas a sturdy Democrat. The paternal grand-\\nfather of our subject was a native of Connecti-\\ncut, where he was reared and married. He re-\\nmoved to New York in an early day, and took up\\nthe farm on which his son and grandson, of whom\\nwe write, were born. lie was of English descent.\\nThe mother of our subject, Lucy Cripeu, was\\nborn in Columbia County, N. Y. She died when\\nonly forty years of age. She was the mother of\\nseven children, three sons and four daughters, all\\nof whom grew to manhood and womanhood; all\\nmarried and reared families, and five of them are\\nliving, namely: Albert, a resident of Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y.; Benjamin, a resident of INIadisou\\nCounty, N. Y.; Eliphalet S.; Luc} widow of\\nJames Lock wood, and a resident of Calif oruki;\\nand Lydia, wife of E. Stoubenbaugh, of New York.\\nThe father was married a second time, Laura\\nCrocker becoming his wife, and from that union\\nsprang two sons: Horace, who resides on the old\\nfamily homestead in Columbia County, N. Y.; and\\nAbel, now deceased.\\nOur subject is the youngest child of his father s\\nfirst marriage, and remained at home with him until\\nhe attained his majority. After his marriage, in the\\nwinter of 1845, he and his wife began life together\\non a farm of one hundred acres that belonged to\\nhim, and was located in his native county. He\\ncarried on a good business as a general farmer on\\nthat place until 1867, when he came to Michigan\\nand located where he now resides in Charleston\\nTownship. He has here one hundred and fift}\\nacres of choice land, mostly under cultivation,\\nand provided witli a good class of buildings. Mr.\\nBristol has one hundied acres of laud in Ross\\nTownship, which is a fine stock farm and is amply\\nsupplied with all the modern improvements that\\nare usually found on such a farm.\\nJanuaiy 14, 1845, is the date of the marriage of\\nour subject and Miss Ann M. Janes, the young-\\nest of the ten children of Nathaniel and Aclisah\\n(Barnes) Janes. Her father was a native of Con-\\nnecticut, who went to New York when he was\\nseven j cars old, and in time became a prominent\\nfarmer of Columbia County. The mother was\\nborn and reared in the Empire State. Mis. Bristol\\nwas born in Columbia County, N. Y., November\\n29, 1811), and there grew to womanhood. Her\\nbrothers and sisters were all teachers, her brother\\nElislia lieing a prominent educator in those parts,\\nand she, being the youngest, was obliged to stay at", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0608.jp2"}, "609": {"fulltext": "b", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0609.jp2"}, "610": {"fulltext": "r\\\\\\n^4", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0610.jp2"}, "611": {"fulltext": "I\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n617\\nliDinc to assist her mother, wliieh was good dis-\\ncipline for lier, as she aei]iiired a notable skill in\\nhousehold affairs. Her marriage with our suiijcct\\nliiis l)cen blessed by the birth of one son, Walter,\\nwho was born in Columbia County, N. Y. He is\\na resident of the city of Kalamazoo, where he is\\nen!\u00c2\u00bbaged in the grain business. He married rNIiss\\nViola Webster, and they have three children:\\nMorris, Mar.\\\\- and Bertha. Young Hrislol is a\\nmember of the Congregational Church, at IvHlama-\\nzoo, and is a valued worker in the Sunday-school.\\nMr. Hristol has a well-i)oiscd mtellect, is keen\\nof vision, and is lirm and resolute when he is siu e\\nhe is in the right, his many friends and ae(|uain-\\nlanees always linding him truthful and upright.\\nHis political views are in harmony with the doc-\\ntrines of the Repui)lican party. Religiously, he is\\na Congregationalist, very inlhiential in cliuieh\\nmatters, and a Deacon of his church. lie and his\\nwife are ardent workers in the .Sunday- school, she\\nhaving taught for several years, and he acting as\\nSuperiiUeiiilcnl for eighteen years.\\nJ\\nKNIJV W. I .ISIIOI The farmers anil\\nI ,i fruit-raisers of Caseo Township, .VUegan\\nLy*;^ County, have among their number man\\\\-\\n(i\u00c2\u00a3)) whose intelligence, activity and cnlerpriM\\nare a credit alike to themselves and the county\\nin wiiieh they make their home. These help to\\ngive to Allegan County a standing for intelli-\\ngence, productiveness and business ability, ipialities\\nwhich enrich every farmer within its i)ounds.\\nThe gentleman whose portrait appears on tiie\\nopposite page was born in Rirnungham, Kngland.\\nin 1\u00c2\u00ab10, and is the son of Thom.as and Klizabeth\\n(liabington) Hishop. The father w.as born in\\nHirniingham, in 1H(I3, and, when a boy, \\\\vas ap-\\n(ircnliced to a baker, to learn that trade. His ed-\\nucation was limiU-d to the common schools, but,\\nmaking tiie best of his advantages, he became\\nthoroughly ver ed on all topic of general inter-\\nest. Thomas 15ish \u00c2\u00bb|i followed the baker s trade\\nin Kngl:inil for over twenty years, and, in 1H|:{.\\nsol ail for the Initcd Slates, Incaling al once in\\n28\\nSt. Clair County, this Stiite. There he bought an\\nimproved farm, and commenced tilling the soil.\\nIn about live years he disposed of that tract, and,\\ngoing to Di lroit, opened a boarding house, .-uid\\nlater, a grocery store. A few years thus occupied\\nended his city life, and he again turned his atten-\\ntion to farming i)ursuits, this time, however, near\\nKatlle Creek, where he had bought eighty acres.\\nHe continued to live upon that property for some\\nlime, and then removed to Saginaw, where he re-\\nsided a few years. He then lived with his s(\u00c2\u00bbn\\nHenry for nearly three years, after which he re-\\nmained until his death, in 1887, with his daiigii-\\nter Alice, in Sanilac County\\nHenry W. Hishop had nine l)rolhcis and si l(M s,\\nviz: Jlartha, William, Klizabeth, .lane; the last\\nthree ii:imed are deceased; Thonuas; Sarah, de-\\nceased; Benjamin, Mary and .Mice. When three\\nyears of age, our subject accomi)anied his parents\\non their emigration to America. His mother dy-\\ning the year following, he remained at home until\\neight years of .age, and then went to live with an\\nelder sister, with whom he made his home until lif-\\nteen years of age. At that age he started out in\\nthe world for himself, hiring out to work by the\\nmonth as a farm hand. During his younger days,\\nhe attended the common schools, and, after reach-\\ning manhood, took a special course at Y[)silanti,\\nand prepared himself tote.ach, which occupation he\\nfollowed, however, only a shoi l time.\\nOn coming to the Wolverine St.ate, our subject\\nfirst located in Sanilac County, where he made a\\npurchase of forty acres of land. He improved his\\n|)itiperty, and. after making various remov.als. in\\n187(1 came to Allegan County, and made perma-\\nnent settlement on his present farm. In 18(!2, he\\nenlisted in the War of the Rebellion, and joined\\nCompany K, Twenty -secon l ^lichigaii Infantry.\\nHis ri giment w;ls :issigncd to the Army of the\\nCumberland, and while participating in the battle\\nof Chickamauga. he received a gun-shot wound in\\nIds arm. which necessitated its amputation. He\\nw.as lirst Uiken to the field hospital at Nashville,\\nand from there w:is sent lo St. Clary s, and later.\\nHarper Hospitals. .-It Detroit. He was unable to\\nreturn home until .lune 50. |S(;. at which dale he\\nrerei\\\\ed his hoh(]rable discharge.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0611.jp2"}, "612": {"fulltext": "618\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nNovember 18, 1877, Mr. Bi-shop and Miss Mary,\\ndaughter of C.ilviii and Laura Drake, were united\\nin marriage, in Kewaunee County, AVis. Mrs. Bish-\\nop s ])arents were residents of that place at the\\ntime of her marriage, but were natives of New\\nYork, who, in 1881, removed to Geneva, Van\\nBuren County, Blich. Our subject is a member\\nof the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of\\nSouth Haven; also of tlie Grand Army of the Re-\\npublic, of the same city. He is a strong Republican,\\npoliticall} and represented his township in many\\nofficial positions, among which was Township\\nTreasurer. He and his wife are members in good\\nstanding of tiie Congregational Church, and are\\ngreatly esteemed in Casco Township.\\nELIAS B. WILLISON. The village of Au-\\ngusta is proud to count amoimg its citizens\\na number of retired farmers, who, after\\nlives of severe toil, have by industry and enter-\\nprise accumulated a handsome competency, and\\nare now taking their comforts in this village.\\nAmong them there is none more honored than\\nElias B. Willison, whose sterling integrity and\\nearnest advocacy of every movement in favor of\\nmorality have given him the respect, and have\\nearned him the gratitude, of all with whom he\\nhas been associated.\\nThe original of this sketch was born August 22,\\n1825, in Allegany County, N. Y., and was the son\\nof Samuel and Eliza (Banks) Willison, natives, re-\\nspectively, of New York and Connecticut. His\\nGrandfather Willison was a native of Ireland and\\nhis gi-andmother was born in AVales; they emi-\\ngrated to America i)rior lo the Kevolutionary War,\\nin which conrtict the grandfather fought.\\nOur subject came to Michigan witli his parents\\nas early as 1837, locating in Barry County.\\nTheir new home was ni the woods and the nearest\\nneighbor was three miles distant. On making the\\njourney to the Wolverine State, the elder Mr. Wil-\\nlison came overland with two yoke of oxen, camping\\nout by the wayside at night-and being four weeks\\nmaking the trip. Elias B. Willison was reared to\\nman s estate among the pioneer scenes of Michi-\\ngan and has done his full share of redeeming land\\nfrom its primeval state. He received his primary\\neducation in the regulation log schoolhouse and\\nlater attended school at Battle Creek.\\n]Mr. Willison, .June 15, 1848, was united in mar-\\nriage to Miss Nancy Harkness, who was born\\nMarch 16. 1830, in Ontario, Canada. Mrs. Willi-\\nson was the daughter of .John and Nancy (Sack-\\nsmith) Harkness, natives of the Empire State.\\nWhen six years of .age, she accompanied her par-\\nents to Kalamazoo County, where they located in\\nAlamo Township, which place was their home foi\\nthree years. The} then removed to Bariy County,\\nwhere Mr. and JMrs. Harkness died, leaving a\\nfamily of whom five are living, namely: Mrs.\\nMargaret Mott, Mrs. William Willison, Mrs.\\nRobert Marshall, Mrs. Elias Willison and Sam-\\nmuel R.\\nTo our subject and his wife have been born\\neight childi cn, seven of whom are living: Melvin\\nJ., George E.; Agnes, who is the wife of .John\\nTrick; Estclla, Mrs. Charles Noble; Frank L., Wil-\\nford E. and Eva D. Mr. Willison is the proud\\npossessor of two hundred and forty acres of ex-\\ncellent land, which bears all the improvements of\\na first-class estate. He was Supervisor of Barry\\nTownship, Barry County, for one year and also\\nserved as Road Commissioner in that county.\\nMrs. Willison is a member of the Congregational\\nChurch, and in politics our subject is a stanch\\nDemocrat.\\n^1\\n^^i\\n\\\\m\\nm\\nEYMOUR S. CUMMINGS, ex-Postmaster\\nif Ricliland and an early settler of that\\ntownship, was a native of New York\\nState, his birth having occurred in Sclie-\\nncctady County, March 12, 1830. His parents,\\nBenjamin and Elizalielli (Hamlin) Cummings, were\\nalso natives of the Emiiirc State. His paternal\\nancestors were said to have been Scotch, while on\\nhis mother s side he is of English descent.\\nThe father of our subject came to Ivalamazof)\\nCounty in 1831, several years before the Territory\\nwas adinitlcd into the I liion as a Slate. The\\nfamily joined him in the new home the following", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0612.jp2"}, "613": {"fulltext": "Portrait and inoGRArniCAL kkcord.\\nt)19\\nyear and located in Richland Townshii) where he\\nliail prepared a home for thciii. The elder Mr.\\nCmimiings was married twice and l)ccame the\\nfaUuT of the following-named children: Hen-\\njaniiii F., William II.; .lulia E., the widow of\\n(iGorsje Walkins; Irene 15., Kphraim II. and Sey-\\nmour S. He dei)arted this life in 1818, and in his\\ndeath the county lost one of her early pioneers\\nand well-to-do citizens. lie was a millwright by\\ntrade and built many of the bridges in this county.\\nIn politics, he voted the Democratic ticket.\\nMr. Ctimmings of this sketch was reared to\\nman s esUite amid the pioneer scenes of Kalamazoo\\nCounty and was trained to all the pursuits per-\\ntaining to a farmer s son. The advantages af-\\nforded the voutli of that period were not what they\\nare to-day, Imt Mr. Cummings made the best of\\nhis opportunities anil now ranksamong the intel-\\nligent and well-read citizens of the county.\\nXovcmber 15, I860, the original of this sketch\\nwas married to Martha Cook, who was horn in\\nOneida County, X. Y., September 10, 18:38. Mrs.\\nCummings was the daughter of Norris and Syrcna\\n(Waring) Cook, her |)arcnts being natives also\\nof the Empire State. Ilcr ancestors on I)oth sides\\nof the house were well-to-do English people. In\\n18.3. with her parents, she cmigi-ated to this\\ncounty, where the family located in Richland\\nTownshii There Mr. Cook died in 1871); his wife\\nsti^l survives at a good old age. having been born\\nin 1817. Of the i arenlal famil\\\\- of live children,\\nall are living with one excci)tion. Mary A., is\\nthe wife of Morv Nichols; Martha is Mrs. S. S.\\nCummings; Harriet I. married SU |)hcii Wood and\\nEllen H. is the wife ofOeorge .Slieaii.\\nMrs. Cuiiunings is a member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch and is an active worker in the Ladies Aid\\n.Society of the same. In I88(), our subjoct was ap-\\npointed Postmaster of Richland under President\\nCleveland, and served for a period of three years\\nand eight months. He is a firm rx-inocrat in poli-\\ntics and IS highly esteemed .as a moral and upright\\ncitizen. Mr. and Mrs. Cummings are very popular\\nincnilu i-s .of s(H iety in Richland and contribute\\nlilKn-ally of their means for the furtherance of all\\ngood ol)jects. The estate of our subject includi-s\\nninetv acres of valuable land and is located on\\nsection 28. Although he does not reside upon\\nhis farm, he gives it his [)ersonal supervision .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mil\\nreaps a handsome income therefrom. A sister of\\nour suliject, Irene P. Cummings, makes her home\\nwith him.\\n/p^ILPERT LAMMON. Amung the iiromi-\\nll (_^ iient and enterprising citizens of Hartford,\\n^^^S! Pureii County, no one is more worthy\\nof note than he whom we here name, who is\\ncarrying on the furnituri I)usiness. He was born\\nin .lefferson County, N. Y., May IS). 182(5, and there\\ngrew to mature years, and married in the county\\nof his birth in 18 18. The ladv of his choice bore\\nthe maiden name of Ellen .Vvei-y. In I8;\\nthey came to Michigan ami located on a farm in\\nVan Purcn County, wliiili hv cU ared and still\\nowns. The place is situ. ited two miles east of the\\nvillage. When he came to this county there was\\nnothing but a wild forest where Hartfoid now\\nStands.\\nMr. Laminon isasonof Noah and Nancy ((4ault)\\nLammon, natives of New York State, the father be-\\ning l)orn in Ridgewatcr in June, 1786. Our sub-\\nject was one of a fainil.\\\\- of seven children, and to\\nhimself and his worthy wife have been born two\\nchildren: Erank and (icorge. The former resides\\non the home farm, and the latter, in partnership\\nwitli his father, is carrying on the largest business\\nof its kind in the village. Poltically, our subject\\ncasts his vote and inlluence with the Republican\\nparty. The beloved wife of our sulijed was\\ncalled to the world beyond in August, 1888, and\\nis mourned by all who knew her.\\n-t\\n-f= S}\\ni l\\n(A\\nO.SES S. HAWI.EY has been a resident of\\nMichigan for many yeai-s, and in his early\\nl\\\\\\nIS life here w.is prominent as an educator\\nFor the past thirty-live years, he h.is been\\nidentified with the fanning interests of Van Puren\\nCounty, and has a good farm iile:tsanlly situated\\nin Paiigor Township. The birth of our subject took", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0613.jp2"}, "614": {"fulltext": "620\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nplace in Ontario County, N. Y., in the year 1812,\\nUe being the eldest in the f.aniilj of eight children\\nof Daniel and Currant (Blake) Hawley. His father\\nwas born in Connecticut, and was a valiant sol-\\ndier in the War of 1812. lie was a son of Moses\\nand Mary Hawley, the former of whom was a sol-\\ndier of Kevohitionary fame. Tlie names of the\\nbrotlier and sisters of our subject are as follows:\\nAvigustus, who was one of the most prominent citi-\\nzens of Jaclvson until his death in that city; James\\nH. and Henry 15., twins; .Julia A., Mary PL, John\\nC. and Lyman C.\\nHe of whom we write was thoroughly educated\\nat Hamilton College, in New York, and early\\nadopted the profession of teacher, in which he en-\\njoyed a successful career of several years dura-\\ntion. In 1845, he sought the 3oung and growing\\nState of Michigan, for a broader field for his laliors,\\nand in a short time attracted notice as an instructor\\nof more than ordinary talent for imparting knowl-\\nedge, who was progressive in his modes of teach-\\ning, and had his scholars under firm control. His\\nfirst experience was at St. Joseph, where he taught\\nschool two 3-ears; he then accepted the professor-\\nship of the Albion Seminary, which position ho\\nheld four years; and after that he was Superinten-\\ndent of the Ypsilanti schools for a like length of\\ntime. He also taught in other places in tliis State.\\nEarly in 1856, he began his course as a farmer, on bis\\npresent farm, and has displayed an equal adaptation\\nto this vocation. Energetic and well-directed pio-\\nneer labor was rerpiired to bring his land to its\\npresent excellent condition, as when it came into\\nhis possession it was in its primeval state, and he\\nhad literally to develop his farm from the wilder-\\nness. It is now under good cultivation, is fenced\\ninto convenient fields, whose well-tilled acres yield\\nabundant harvests, and it is supplied with all the\\nfacilities for conducting agriculture after the most\\napproved modern methods, besides being stocked\\nwith cattle, horses and hogs to its full cai)acity.\\nMr. Hawley was married while still a resident of\\nNew York, tf) Miss l\\\\[aria J. Ripley, a native of\\nLivingston County, that State, whose devotion to\\nhis interests has been a great help to him in his life.\\nOf the six children born to tliem, four are deceased:\\nWarwick, who died in infancy; Sinedley S., who\\ndied when a child; Mary S., who married James\\nSteward, and died in the bloom of early woman-\\nhood; and Jennie JI., who died when a child. Two\\nchildren are sjiared to bless their declining years,\\nand to make their home cheerful: Mills fJ. and\\nHattie B.\\nPossessing a mmd well trained by a lilieral edu-\\ncation, and balanced b^- strong common sense, to-\\ngether with other ti aits that win confidence, our\\nsuliject from the first has occupied a high position\\nin the councils of his fellow-citizens. He has rep-\\nresented Bangor Township on the County Board\\nof Supervisors, and has held many other responsi-\\nble offices. He has ever been firm and consistent\\nin his support of the Democratic party. Relig-\\niously, he and his family are Presbyterians, and\\nthey are among our best people, socially. The\\nwife and mother departed this life, January 11,\\n1S!)2.\\n(i[ IKILLIAM L. DAVIS. This successful farmer\\nmpj/f Kalamazoo County owns and manages\\n^^/\\\\f/ a farm consisting of about one hundred\\nand eighty -seven acres, pleasantly located on sec-\\ntion 23, Prairie Ronde Township. Although not\\none of the early settlers of this county, his resi-\\ndence here of more than thirty \\\\ears has made him\\n]jroniinent in the public affair.-- and well known\\namong the citizens. Much of his prosperity is due\\nto the fact that he keeps abreast with the times, is\\na ijractical agriculturist and thoroughly acquainted\\nwith every detail of farm worK.\\nThe parents of Mr. Davis were natives of\\nPennsylvania and were b} name Alexander W.\\nand Elizabeth B.(Livingston)Davis. After the death\\nof Mrs. Davis, which occurred in the Keystone\\nSlate, became West to Illinois and for eight years\\nmade his home in Will Countv, removing thence\\nto Kalamazoo County, this State, in 1862. For\\ntwenty years he was identified wiili the citizens of\\nPrairie Ronde Township, and his death in 1882\\nwas mourned by a large circle of acquaintances.\\nThe eldest of the family of three children,\\nWilliam L., was born in Centre County, Pa., De-\\ncember 2(1, 1.S12. He spent his cliildhood in tin\\nKeystone State and accompanied bis father to Will", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0614.jp2"}, "615": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0615.jp2"}, "616": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^.\u00c2\u00b0^4\\ncJiaA^ CJ /T-^\\nI I", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0616.jp2"}, "617": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n623\\nI\\nCounty, 111., when he was about eleven years old.\\nIll Fel)rii:irv, 1 S()2, he caiiie to Prairie Htnule\\nTowiisliip, where he has since resided. A few _vears\\nafter coining liitlier. lie was married in Lawton,\\nthis State, .laiiuarv I, IHIJT, to Miss JIary dnuuii-\\nter of the late Kansford C. and Harriet (Hair)\\nHoyt, wliose sketch, together witli tliat of her two\\nbrothers, Owen L. and .lonathan C, appears in an-\\nother part of this volume. She was born in the\\ntownship which is now her home, September 2,\\n18;)0, and is highly esteemed by llie peo|)le among\\nwhom her entire life has been passed.\\nMr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of two chil-\\ndren: Alice I,., who is the wife of Clark D. (iil-\\nchrist, and Willard II. Jlr. Davis has been too\\ncloselj- occupied with iiis farming interests to de-\\nvote any considerable attention to political mat-\\nters, and is neither an active partisan nor an oftice-\\nseeker, preferring quiet domestic pleasures to the\\ne.\\\\citement and dissatisfaction of public life. Me\\nbelieves that the [ilatform of the Democratic party\\nis the best adajited to promote the welfare of the\\nGovernment, and therefore favors its principles in\\nNational issues.\\n_y\\nillLl.lA.M G. PLUMMEH. The gentleman\\n\\\\pj// whose lineaments are perpetuated in the\\nportrait on the opposite page is probalily\\none of the best-known men in this portion of the\\nState. He was born in Kalamazoo Count3 in 1832,\\nand is at present cultivating tiie soil of sections\\n25 and 17, West Casco Townsiiip, Allegan Count}-,\\nwhere he has a good estate. lie is the son (if Daniel\\nA. and .lane Phimnier. the f:ithi r a native of Con-\\nnecticut.\\nThe father of our subject was reared upon the\\nfarm of his parents, and. on their removal to Ohio,\\naccompanied them thither, locating in Medina\\nwhen that portion of the State was quite new.\\nThe elder Mr. Phiinmer w.as a veteran in the IJIack\\nHawk War and located in Kalamazoo Count v,\\nMich., iu 1830. He there met and married the\\nmother of our sul)ject, who bore the maiden name\\nof .lane Giddings. In 1831 the ^oung coui)le\\nremoved to Saugatuck, where they were the third\\nfamily to settle at the mouth of the Kalamazoo\\nRiver. There the father followed ship-carpentering\\na few years and later came to Allegan and operated\\nthe old Exchange Hotel, also the Allegan House.\\nIn 1849, Daniel A. Plummer crossed the plains\\nto California in company with several other gen-\\ntlemen, they Ijciiig six months on the road, travel-\\ning overland with ox-leams. He engaged in min-\\ning at Placerville, Georgetown, and numerous\\nother places in the State. He was very successful,\\nbut, growing tired of mining, decided to locate in\\nOakland, Alameda County, Cal.. and there died in\\n1888.\\nWilliam G. Plummer w.as one of three children\\nborn to his parents, his brother and sister being\\nCharles and Mary, the latter of whom is deceased.\\nWhen fourteen years of age our subject began to\\nearn his own living. He went to work on a farm\\niu Wisconsin, remaining, however, only a few\\nmonths, when he commenced sailing on the lakes.\\nHe was thus engiigcd for a twelvemonth, when he\\nreturned to his old lu)nie in Saugatuck Township,\\nand went to work in the lumber woods. He later\\ncommenced sawmilliiig, being so emploj ed for\\ntwenty jears.\\nWhen twenty-five 3 eai-s of age, our subject and\\nMiss Susan, daughter of Timothy and Emeiine\\nMcDowell, were united in marriage. Their union\\nhas been blessed by the advent of seven children,\\nviz.: Charles E., living in .San Francisco, Cal.;\\nAlice, deceased; Tiinotliy; Mary I., who is the wife\\nof E. Holly; Susan, a dressmaker in South Haven;\\nLucy, a teacher of South Haven; and William, who\\nis dece:ised. Mrs. Susan Plummer died in 1884,\\nand our subject later married Miss Anna M. Shaw,\\na native of Ohio.\\nThe original of this sketch located on his present\\nbeautiful estate in 1864. His home place numliers\\nninety .acres, which at the time it came into his\\n[lossession w.as an unbroken wilderness. Mv. Pluin-\\nnicr can relate many an interesting tale of pioneer\\nhardships which have made a Lasting impriv\u00c2\u00absioii on\\nhis mind. At one time, he relates that, in com-\\npany with another man, he went to the iiioiith of\\nthe HInck Hiver and made hay a week on the pres-\\nent site of the thriving village of South Haven,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0617.jp2"}, "618": {"fulltext": "624\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhen there was not a liniise to mark the spot.\\nSotnally, Mr. Plunimer is a Mason, and l)elongs to\\nboth the township and county Grange. In polities,\\nhe is a stanch Hepiililican. His good wife is a\\nmember of the Congregational C hureh at South\\nHaven and is a very capable and intelligent lady.\\nEDWIN A. LOEIIR. This enterprising and\\nindustrious citizen is the leading painter\\nand decorator in South Haven. From\\nGerman ancestry he derives the instincts of\\nfrugality and careful consideration of wa3-s and\\nmeans. He is a native of Ohio, having been born\\nNovember 2, 1853, in Stark County. His ])aternal\\ngrandparents, .Tolin J. and Mary E. (Snider) Loehr,\\nwere natives of Germany, and on coming to the\\nUnited States located in Ohio.\\nThe father of our subject, Jacob J. Loehr, was\\nalso born in Wahlhallien Bezirk, Zweibruecken\\nCanton, Waldfischljach, Rheinkreize Beiern, on the\\n26th of August, 1814, and was six years old\\nwhen his parents came to the New AVorld. He grew\\nto manhood in the Buekej e State, and became a\\nwheelwright by trade. On .Tune 1,5, 18.57, he es-\\ntalilished a home of his own by his marriage with\\nCatherine Shearer. He continued to follow his\\ntrade, and tilled a farm which he owned, until his\\ndeath on April 4, 1888. His wife died December\\n30, 1891, at her home in Stark County, Ohio.\\nWe make the following mention of the parental\\nfamilj of our subject, which included nine\\nsons and one daughter: .losiah is a farmer in Co-\\nlumbia Township, this county: Washington was a\\nmember of Compan} B, One Hundred and Fif-\\nteenth Ohio Infantrj and Alls a soldier s grave at\\nMapleton, Stark County, Ohio; Henry S. is resid-\\ning at Paris, Stark County, Ohio; Reul)en died in\\nchildhood; John J. resides in Stark Count} Ohio;\\nonr subject was the next in order of birth; Charles\\nmakes his home in Carroll Count} Ohio; George\\ndied in childhood; Lincoln resides in Stark County,\\nOhio, as does also Caroline, who is the widow of\\nH. B. Singer.\\nEdwin A. Loehr passed his early life atten ding-\\nschool and engaged in farm pursuits. When quite\\nyoung, he began earning money for himself l)y sell-\\ning sewing machines, and when twenty-two com-\\nmenced work at painting. Onr subject came to\\nMichigan in 1H76, and, locating in Blooniingdale\\nTownship, followed his trade for about eight years,\\nwhen, on account of ill-health, he purchased a farm\\nin Cheshire Townshii), Allegan County, and for\\nfour years tilled the soil. At the end of that time,\\nin 1888, he came to South Haven, and since locating\\nhere, has been engaged as painter, decorator, and\\nhardwood finisher, being a contractor in these lines.\\nMiss Callie Van V oorhees and Edwin A. Loehi-\\nwere united in marriage in 187G. Mrs. Loehr was\\nthe daughter of .Tohn and Christina (Kenney) au\\nVoorhees, prominent farmers in Stark County,\\nOhio. Their union has Ijeen blessed by thelnrth of\\ntwo children: Delia B. and Charles .S. Politically,\\njNIr. Loehr is independent, and in religious matters\\nis an active memlier of the Congregational Church.\\nHe is an Odd Fellow, and has filled all the chairs\\nin that order. He is also a member of tlie Na-\\ntional Union, in which he is and has been Secre-\\ntary, from the founding of the order in South\\nHaven, known as South Haven Council, No. 82.\\nMr. Loehr erected his pleasant residence in 1891,\\nand it ranks among the very best in South Haven.\\nHe is an industrious and I espected citizen, and one\\nwhose word is considered as good as his bond.\\nJohn Van Voorhees, our subject s father-in-law,\\nwas born in Osn.aburgh, Stark County, Ohio, Sep-\\ntember 19, 1824; C hristina V,an Voorhees, nee\\nKenney, was born in Canton, Stark County, Ohio,\\nSeptember 27, 1827.\\ni^ILLIAM W. BROWNELL. The repre-\\n\\\\rJI sentative of a famil.v that h.as been nota-\\nJ^/Ny ble in the annals of the history of Vermont\\nand ISIicliigan, our subject is now in the enjoyment\\nof rural life on his fine farm, situated on sec-\\ntion i). Portage Township, Kalamazoo Count}\\nHe is the son of Giles Brownell, who was probably\\na native of Vermont, while his mother, who bore\\nthe maiden name of Lydia Baker, passed her last\\ndays in Kalamazoo, this State.\\nThe orisiual of this sketch was the youngest of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0618.jp2"}, "619": {"fulltext": "PORTRMT AND BIOGRAPHIC^LL RECORD.\\n625\\nthe parental family of four cliildren. his birth oc-\\nC urrinsi in Pownal. t.. I )ccciiiliri- ISI .t. lie\\nwas Imt nine months old lien his fallicr died and\\nills niotlic i- married .lohn Nichols, with whom she\\nremoved to Penns3ivania and seltiod in AV.in-en\\nCounty where our snhjeet u:re\\\\v to manhood. lie\\npassed his early years in farm work in the summer\\nand lumbering in the winter, continuing to reside\\nwitli liis niotlier until .\\\\pril, 18\\nWilliam AV. ISrownell was married, .\\\\ugust oO,\\n1842, to Miss Mary, daughter of .John and Eliza-\\nbeth (Baker) Sellens, natives of England. The\\nmother died in Warren County, Pa., while the fa-\\nther, who eame West, passed his last days at the\\nresidence of our subject. She was the eldest of\\nthe two children born to her parents, her natal da^\\nand birthplace being November 16, 1825, Sussex,\\nEngland. At the time of his marriage. Mr. Pirownell\\nwas engaged in agricultural pursuit* in the Ivej\\nstone State, but in April, 1855, came to Michigan\\nand located on a tract of land in Kalamazf)o Town-\\nshi|), this county, where he made his home for nine\\nyears. He then removed to his present residence\\non section 5, w-here he ha.s a very productive and\\nvaluable esUite. His possessions aggregate one\\nhundred and seventy -eight acres, which is provided\\nwith a good and substantial set of liuildings, not\\nthe least among which is his comfoitable brick\\nresidence.\\nMrs. lirownell is a most estimable lady and is\\nnoted throughout the county as being a model\\nhousewife and caretaker. Bj- her union with our\\nsubject have been born eight children, viz: Thomas\\nG., who is engaged in the railroad business in Kan-\\nsas City, Mo.; William II., enlisted in the Union\\nArmy and joined Company E, Eleventh Michigan\\nCavalry, and was killed near King s Salt Works in\\nVirginia by bushwhackers; Clarence is a merchant\\nin St. Mary s. Kan.; .lohn V. is a manufacturer of\\nwindmills; Alfred W. is also engaged in the same\\nbusiness; Marion .1. is a farmer; ^lary is now Mrs.\\n(i. Di Long and Francis E. is a farmer in this town-\\nship.\\nThe subject of this sketch has heen the incum-\\nl)ent of nianv of the minor ollites of his township,\\nserving twelve 3 ears as .luslice of the Peace and\\nsix years as Highway- Commissioner. In politics,\\nhe votes the straight Republican ticket and takes a\\ngreat interest in all matters pertaining to his com-\\ninunity. With his good wife, he is a ineml)ei of\\nthe First Presbyterian Church and gives liberally\\nof his means to the support of all good works. He\\nhas been a great worker in the Sunday-school and\\nhas done efficient service as Superintendent in that\\nbody. The friends of Mr. Brownell are as numer-\\nous as his acquaintances and he bears the good-will\\nof all who know him.\\nOHN KELLOGCi, a representative farmer\\nand stock-raiser of Richland Township,\\nKalamazoo County, makes his home on\\nsection 12. He is a native of Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y., and w.-is liorn December 14, 18.33,\\nto .Justin and .Julia (Loomis) Kellogg, natives of\\nConnecticut. In the spring of 1844, our subject\\naccompanied his parents to ^Michigan, they becom-\\ning early settlers of Washtenaw County, where\\nthey both died. They were blessed by the birth\\nof six children, three still surviving: .John.tieorge\\nand Richard.\\nOur subject was reared to manhood in AVashte-\\nnaw County, and has been a lifelong farmer. He\\nattended the district schools when a boy and later\\nattended the old Ypsilanti Michigan Seminary two\\nyears. Mr. Kellogg was married, October 14. 1M61.\\nto .Jane Pearson, a native of Washtenaw County,\\nhaving been born June 19, 1839. Mrs. Kellogg is\\na daughter of .James and .Jane (Muir) IVarson,\\nwho were natives of Scotland. Her mother died\\nin AVashtenaw County, and the father in Ottawa\\nCounty, Mich.; they had six children, three now\\nliving: Ezekiel, Andrew and Mrs. Kellogg.\\nOne son, Andrew .1., and one daughter, Carrie\\nJ., who died at the age of twenty-three yeai s, have\\ncome to bless the home of our subject and his\\nworthy wife. The son is in business in Chicago,\\n111., at No. 4309 lierkelev .Avenue, where he deals\\nin electric bells, speaking tubes, does locksmithing\\nanrl repairing of bicycles, locks, wnngei-s, guns,\\ntrunks, carpet sweepers. um!)rellas, etc. In 1862,\\nour subject went to Harry County, where he re-\\nsided until 1864, at which time he came to this", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0619.jp2"}, "620": {"fulltext": "626\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArfflCAL RECORD.\\ntownship and county and with tlie exception of\\nfour years lias li\\\\o(l licro since. He now owns\\none hundiod and one-(|\\\\iaiter acres of land and is\\na self-niade man in tiie strictest sense of the word.\\nHe afliliates with the Democratic party in politics.\\nThe Masonic order at Hicliland claims liim as one of\\nits memliers, and he and his wife are active in tlie\\nsociety circles of the townshii). Mrs. Kellogg s\\nsister, Maggie Pearson, made her liome with our\\nsubject for many years and died theie in .lune,\\n18it0.\\nS^I)WARD P. HERSEY has been a resident\\nILa] of Wayland Township, Allegan County, for\\n1*^ more than twenty-five years, and is consid-\\nered one of its substantial and representative\\nfarmers. He was born in Chester, Geauga County,\\nOhio, February 2 1 1840. His iwrents were Daniel\\nT. and Mary (Holiart) Ilersey, his father being a\\nnative of Northampton, Hampshire County, Mass.\\nand his mother of Cattaraugus County, N. Y.\\nHis father was by trade a carpenter, but also car-\\nried on farming, to which occupation our subject\\nwas reared.\\nBetter facilities for acquiring an education were\\ngiven our subject than were granted to the major-\\nity of boys in that day. He attended the com-\\nmon schools for sevcial j cars and for two terms\\nwas a student at Chester Seminary in Oiiio. He\\nremained at home until nineteen years of age,\\nwhen he went to Wisconsin, and for two years fol-\\nlowed farming. At the age of twenty-one years, he\\nreturned home, and was married, January 1, 1862,\\nto Harriet M. Morton, of Russell, Geanga County,\\nOhio. By this marriage, four children have been\\nborn, namely: Minnie C, Fred D., Mary L. and\\nZora B., all living.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. Hersey resided in Ohio\\nfor three j ears, coming to Michigan .Tanuary 1,\\n1865, and locating in the township where lie now\\nresides. He took up a place in the unbrolvcn for-\\nest and began the hai-d work of clearing it and\\nItrejiaring it for cultivation. He now has a fine\\nfarm of eighty acres, on which he has pl.aced ex-\\ncellent improvements and which amply rep.ays. by\\nits abundant harvests, the care that has been be-\\nstowc l upon it. Besides general farming, he car-\\nries on stock-i-aising, and during one year was\\nengaged in the manufacture of cheese. In 188r),\\nlie erected a lai ge two-story frame residence on\\nbis place, a view of which is presented in this vol-\\nume, and which forms a comfortable, convenient\\nand delightful home.\\n^Ir. Hersey is a Republican ni politics and takes\\ngreat interest in everything connected with the\\nwelfare and progress of his townshi|) ami ct)un(y.\\nHe IS especially interested in educational matters\\nand brings iiis influence to beai in the matter of\\nemplojing competent teachers and building good\\nschoolhoiises. He has held the olllce of Drainage\\nCommissioner. He and his wife are members of\\nthe Congregatif)nal Church at Wayland, and arc\\nforemost in every good work. Ills son Fred is a\\nstudent in the medical institute at Indianapolis,\\nju eparing himself for the profession of a physician.\\nJfary is engnged as a stenographer at Grand Ra|)-\\nids. All the children have received excellent edu-\\ncations and have been engaged in teaching school.\\nThe family is one of the pi ominent and highly\\nesteemed of Wayland Township.\\ntd, j Q j(\\nyr;ILLIAM A. CHENEY is a prominent\\nfarmer on section Allegan Township,\\nwhere he operates ninety-eight and a half\\nacres of excellent land. He is a native of Canada,\\nhaving been born INIarch 19, 18.3.3, and is the son\\nof John L. and Eliza (Thornton) Cheney, natives\\nrespectively of Connecticut and Canada. The fa-\\nther was engaged extensively in the lumber luisi-\\nness, and continued to reside in the Dominion\\nuntil his death. The parental family included\\nthree children: our subject; Marv, Mrs. I. Lucas:\\nand Eliza, Mrs. H. Robinson.\\nWilliam A. Cheney received a good education\\nin the schools of Ohio, whither he went when quite\\nyoung. He woi ked in the mills near Cleveland,\\nthat State, until reaching his seventeenth year,\\nand then came to Michigan and located in Branch\\nCounty, where he remained for two years. At the\\nend of that time, he came to Allegan County.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0620.jp2"}, "621": {"fulltext": "^.,:T-t^^..tjr^-.ililriSixite, Sti.\\nresidence: or WILLIAM a, CHENEY, sec. 5,ALLEGAN TP.ALLEGAN CO., MICH.\\nRESIDENCE OF ANDREW A. PLUMMER, SEC. 8. .GANGES TR, ALLEGAN CO., MICH\\nRESlDEt^oL ^r L^^^ i ^^^S EY SEC. 5 .V/^r u/.. D TF.,h.^^-^\\n-0 .MiCH.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0621.jp2"}, "622": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0622.jp2"}, "623": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPITTCAL RECORD.\\n629\\nwliicli \u00c2\u00ab;is ill Fol)ruarv, 1854, niul, luciiliiio: in Al-\\nIcLTMii \u00e2\u0096\u00a0r p\\\\Mislii|i. ciiifMijed to clear scvoiity-f oiir\\niU irs of li( :i\\\\v timlicf l;iinl, in euiiipnny with (!il-\\nl)ort SliHU Ho then woiived in ii sawmill in Al-\\nlegan for lluoe ars. and in IS. iH. Iia\\\\ inn I nr-\\nfliasi d a farm of forl\\\\ acres in section 7. he eoni-\\nnienced its impi ovement. lie ert C led a frame\\nhouse tni his [)laee. anci continued to niaki that\\nhis home nntil the outlireak of Ihe Civil War.\\nOur sulijecf enlisted in C()ni|)any i hird\\n.Michigan Cavalry, a.s a private. His comiiany\\nwent to (Jrand Rapids, where he was detained for\\nIhiee months; then the^ wore sent to St. Louis,\\nMo., where thej remained for a like [period.\\n(ioingdown tlie Fatlior of Waters, the first battle\\nin which they i)artici|iated was at Farminiiton,\\n.Mi.ss. He later took part in many important liat-\\ntles and skirmishes, and was undoi command of\\nCells. Kosecrans and .Sherman at ditTeront time.s.\\n.Mr. Cheney was nuistercd out with the title of\\nSorire. int, receiving his honorahle discharge at\\nItrownsville, Ark. He saw tlirce years and two\\nmonths of hard fighting, and during that time was\\nonly in the hospital for cloven weeks.\\nOn returning home, Mr. Cheney- began farming\\nin .Martin Township, Allegan County, where he\\nremained for two years, and then, soiling his prop-\\nerty, purchased another tract in section .5. Ho\\nmade that his home for two years, when he dis-\\nposed of his farm and accepted a position as\\nOverseer of the Poor Farm. He continued in that\\ncapacity for eleven j-ears, and gave the most com-\\nplete satisfactif)n to both the inmates and the town\\nauthorities. During the time he was the incum-\\nbent of that office, his wife died, September Ifi,\\n1KS2, two children having preceded her to the\\nbetter land. In 1881, Mr. Cheney purchased the\\nplace on which he resides at the present time, and\\nthe same 3-ear his wife died he moved hither. His\\nestate is embellished by a beautiful residence, a\\nview of which is presented on another page, and\\nis in every way fitted to l o the home of an enter-\\njirising and progressive gentleman, such as is Mr.\\nCheney.\\nHo of whom we write was married, in 18r)7, to\\nMiss Sjirah, daughter of Harvey and Sarah (Brown)\\nHowe, natives of Vermont, who came hero at an\\nlarly da\\\\ and locitid in Heath Township. Al-\\nlegan County. Mr. anil iMrs. Cheney became the\\nparents of three children: Alice, Charles H. and\\nKlmer, all of whom are decea.sed. Our subject,\\nwho has been engaged in mixed farming, is ex-\\ntremely successful in his calling. In politics, he is\\na Ivcpuhlicaii, and is a member of the (irand Army\\nof the Kepulilic. He is also identilied with the\\nOdd Fellows, and is one of the prominent men in\\nthe county. He served his fellow. townsmen as\\n.Iiistice of the I eace for a term, with entire satis-\\nfaction to all concornod.\\nNDHKW I l.l.M.MKli. This well-known\\nand respected citizen of (langes Town liip,\\nAllegan County, is making a success of\\nagriculture on sections 8 and 17, where he\\nowns one hundred and two acres of land. His\\ninoperty liears all the improvomenis which arc to\\nbo found on a lirst-class estate, and ho h.as twent^y-\\ntive acres devoted to the raising of fruit.\\n.Vndiow Flummer was born in Saugatuck in ls;J\\nbeing the first white child born in the tt)wnship.\\nHis parents were Benjamin an l lOlvira I lninmor,\\nthe father born in October, 1812, in Maine. The\\ngrandiiarents of our subject removed to Wayne\\nCounty, Ohio, in an early day. IJenjaniin Pluin-\\nmer aecoin|)anied them hither and received a fair\\neducation in the sc-hools of his neighborhood. His\\nfather dying when he was yet in his teens, he. was\\nthrown upon his own resources, but being strong\\nand willing, he .soon made a home for himself.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in\\nWayne County, Ohio, and in 18;M came to Michi-\\ngan, locatingat Saugatuck. They were transported\\ndown the Kalamazoo River on a raft which the\\nfather constructed and on arriving at their desti-\\nnation made lhem.selves comforUible in the littli\\nlog cabin which had been prepared for thorn. The\\nolder .Mr. Plummer erected the first sawmill in this\\nlocality and, in addition to superintending its opor\\ntion, cleared the land which he had purchased\\nfrom the Oovornment. In 18. )0, ho purchased\\nproperty in Oaiiges Township, whence ho removed\\nhis family, also lieing the first man to build a saw-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0623.jp2"}, "624": {"fulltext": "630\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\nmill llieio. Tlio p.irontal family included (he\\nfollowiiig-uaiiK d seven children: Frederick, An-\\ndrew, William 11., Lucinda, Elnora, Mary J., and\\nSarah, the latter four deceased.\\nAndrew Plummer thought to try his fortunes in\\nthe State of Minnesota, whither he went after\\nreachint; his twenty -second year. lie there pur-\\nchased land from the Government, but being dis-\\nsatisfied with his venture, went South to Mississippi\\nand Texas, in 1860, and was compelled to remain\\nuntil the close of the war. On his return home, in\\n1865, he was married to Caroline, daughter of Cy-\\nrus and Cynthia (Bigsby) .Terrels. To them have\\nbeen born four children: Otis, who died at the age\\nof twenty- years; Elmer, Lewis and Benjamin.\\nOur subject purc hased the forty acres included\\nin his present home farm in 1870. His estate now\\naggregates one hundred and two acres, which bears\\nall the modern improvements in the way of build-\\nings and machinerj In connection with this\\nsketch will be noticed a view of this pleasant rural\\nabode. In politics, Mr. Plummer casts his vote\\nalways with the Republican part^-. A sketch of\\nhis brother, William II. Plummer, will be found on\\nanotlier page in tills volume.\\nON. GILBERT E. READ. This prominent\\nand respected gentleman has been a resi-\\ndent of Richland, Kalamazoo County, since\\n1842. He is a native of Windsor County,\\nVt., his natal day being May 6, 1822. His parents\\nwere Rufus and Rhoda K. (Dean) Read, the former\\na native of Connecticut and the latter of Massa-\\nchusetts. The Read family traces its ancestry\\nback to the seventeenth century, when the ances-\\ntors were residents of the Bay State. On the pater-\\nnal side of the house, our subject is of English de-\\nscent. His maternal great-grandfather was a sol-\\ndier jn the Revolutionar} War, being a Captain,\\nand was killed at New Haven, Conn.\\nGilljert E. Read was fifteen years of age when\\nhis parents removed to Claremont, N. H., and there\\nthey made their home until coining to Kalamazoo\\nCountj^ in 1842. The family made settlement in\\nRichland Townshii), and there our suliject r( cei\\\\od\\nhis primary education. He later attended different\\nacademies in the State, and for five winters was en-\\ngaged in teaching. Mr. Read has been a great\\nstudent all his life and is a gentleman who is well\\ninformed on all current topics.\\nThe original of this sketch was the second son\\nin the paternal family and was reared to manhood\\non the home farm. March 6, 1856, the Hon. Gil-\\nbert E. Read was married to Mary A. Daniels, who\\nwas born October 7, 18.31. Mrs. Read was the\\ndaughter of David II. and Mary H. (Brown) Dan-\\niels, the former now residing in Galesburgh, this\\nState, in his eighty-seventh 3^car. He was a native\\nof Rhode Island, while his wife hailed from Mas-\\nsachusetts. Mrs. Read accompanied her parents to\\nRichland Township, this county, in 1832, the} be-\\ning among the very earliest settlers here. Her\\ngrandfather. Deacon Samuel Brown, came to Rich-\\nland Township in 1831.\\nMrs. Mary A. Read was educated in the public\\nschools and what is now known as the Old Branch\\nSeminary and for two terms thereafter was engaged\\nin teaching. By her union with our subject, five\\nchildren have been born, four of whom are living,\\nnamel} Harriet, who is the wife of Justin Cook,\\nof Homer, this State; Charles F., living in Trav-\\nerse City, this State; Clajton A. and Fannie K. are\\ngraduates of the Michigan Universit^^, Miss Fannie\\nbeing engaged in teaching at the present time;\\nMinnie R., another daughter, is deceased.\\nFor a number of 3 ears, Mr. Read served as Sup-\\nervisor of Richland Township, and while an in-\\ncumbent of that position acted as Chairman of the\\nBoard. He has also been Township Clerk and\\nSchool Inspector. He was elected in 1860 to the\\nLower House of the Michigan State Legislature and\\nwas su(^cessfully re-elected in 1862-64, serving in\\nsix sessions, there having been three extra sessions,\\nowing to the war excitement. During his third\\nterm, the Hon. Mr. Read was elected Si)eakerof the\\nblouse, during which time he established for him-\\nself a State reputation and is ranked among the\\nprominent and influential citizens of this section.\\nDuring his first term in the Legislature, Mr. Read\\nwas made Chairman of the Committee of Reform\\nSchools and also served on the Committee on", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0624.jp2"}, "625": {"fulltext": "PORTKAJT AKD BlOGRAi lUCAL RECORD.\\nfi31\\nIJaiik;-, liic )r|(iii:iti()ii.s, etc. niiriiisj Iiis mtuikI\\n.session, lir served :i,s liainuiiii of the Coininitlcc\\non State Affairs and tlie Slate I lison and was in-\\nstiiinieiital in passinj^^ the hill for the LriantiiiiJi; of\\ntlietiiand U apids A- Indiana Raih oad. He was a\\nveiv active nieMilier of the Leirislatiire and it was\\nlaiL(el\\\\ tlironiili his inllnenee that the a] |ir(i|iria-\\ntioii was made for estahlisliiny the Insane Asylum\\nat Kalnina/.oo.\\nIn 187(), the Hon. (iilhert K. Read was eleetod\\nState Senator, sorvin 2; one term with c-redit to him-\\nself and satisfaction to his eoiistituents. Four\\n3ears later, he acted as Deputy I niled States Mar-\\nshal, his duty licing to take the census for the\\neastern portion of the county. .Mr. liead has been\\nsuccessful finaneially, aiul owns lars^e tract-s of\\nland in this vicinity. With his estimahle wife, he\\nis a member of the Presbj teriau Church, where\\ntliey are active in all ij:oo 1 works and aic rreatly re-\\nspecter]. He has been .Suiierintcndent of the Sun-\\nday-school and gives liberally and cheerfully of his\\nmeans to the support of the church.\\nSocially, our subject is a member of the Inde-\\npendent Order of Odd Fellows and in [lolitics is a\\nstanch Re| ublican. He has shown himself cap.a-\\nble of close a| plication to the duties which lay be-\\nfore hiui, and his judicious decisions and wise\\ncourse when attempting to liring about a worthy\\nobject are well known to those who are ac(|uainted\\nwith tlie liislorv of the State.\\n-J-\\na\\ni:i.S()N 1 WOODRFFF. a representative\\nfarmer, residing on section G, I ine (irovc\\nJl ^j Township, Van Buren County, is a native\\nof .Monroe County. N. Y., born December 7, IH.T8.\\nHis father was liirdsey WoodriitT, a native of New\\nYork, born in 17!(G,a soldier in the War of is 12,\\nand a farmer by occupation. The mother of oui\\nsubject l)ore the maiden name of Sarah IJovee,\\nalso a native of New York. She died in 1839. The\\nfallier married again, his second wife being Kuniee\\n!!ennett,who died in IHHl. He came to Michigan\\nin ISi iH. and settled in Hillsdale County, on a\\npartly improved tract of lan 1. where he dieil in\\n188 at the age of ninety-one goal s. I .y the lii-st\\nmarriage nine children were born, live now living:\\nMrs. Ilynu s. .lames I!., .Sarah li., Louisa .M.,and\\nOUI- subject. The i)arenls were members of the\\nP ree-will liaplist Church.\\nAt the age of eightc^ u, our subject became inde-\\npenilcnl. cornrni ncing to work on a farm, lie was\\nmarried, Noxcinlier 12, I8(;(i. to Frances Sweet, a\\ndaughter of illiam and AnnaC. (Mensch) Sweet,\\nboth of Xew ork .State. They removerl to ^licli-\\nigan in 1818, and located in Marshall, C.-dhoun\\nCounty, and for years he carried the mail from\\nDetroit to Marshall, following the Indian trails.\\nHe lived in Hillsdale County awhile, when he\\ncame to this county, and lived in Hartford.\\nand tinally located in Oobleville, and Ihoiice back\\nto Hartford. He died in .Tune, 1887. and his wife\\nin JIareh, 188,5. Six f)f tlieii- seven children sur-\\nvive: .Mrs. Weston. Mrs. Woodruff. Fnuiklin 15..\\nCelia Redmond, William W. and Willou^hby W.\\nThey arc members of the Methodist Kpiscopal\\nChurch.\\nThe wife of our sultject was born December 7,\\n1844, in Xew York, and received a district-school\\neducation. Our subject came to .Michigan in\\n1860, and. in 18()2, enlisted in Company F, Kigh-\\nteentli Jlichigan Infantry. They were sent to\\nKentucky, and fought tiie guerrillas through that\\nState. The regiment took part in the following\\nbattles: Perrysville, Athena, Fawn .Springs, two-\\ndays fight at Decatur, Ala., and in a number of\\nskirmishes. He was honorably discharged in 186.5,\\nafter serving a full term fif three \\\\ears.\\nOn his return from the army, Jlr. Woodruff set-\\ntled in Hillsdale County, and worked his father s\\nfarm three years. In 1861t, he removed to Allegan\\nCV)unty. and bought a small f:iiin in Allegan\\nTownshii), where he li\\\\ed nine years. At the expi-\\nration of that time, he sold and came to this counl.\\\\\\nand settled on a farm in Blooniingdale Tbwii-\\nshiji one yeai The next year Mr. Woodiuff eanu\\nto his present f:irm in I inc Crovc Township,\\nwhich w:i.s a raw tr.act of fifty acres. Thirl\\\\ i f\\nthis is well cleared, and all the present sul)slanlial\\nbuildings he has himself erected.\\nMr. anil Jlrs. Woodruff are the parents of four\\nchihlren: Lester, born November 12, 186.H: Bes-\\nsie, May 15, 1882, now living. They are members", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0625.jp2"}, "626": {"fulltext": "632\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof tlio Motliorlist Episcopal Cliurcli, and are active\\nill the same, Mr. Woodruff being one of the\\nbuilding coramitlee. He is giving his children ex-\\ncellent school advantages. The Grand Army of\\nthe Republic claim him as one of their leading\\nmembers, and he is at present Sergeant-Major. lie\\nbelongs to the Knights of Pythias, and in politics\\nis a stanch Republican. He and his wife are\\nfriends of the temperance cause.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S**^\\nk\\nKVI ACKLEY, the owner and occupant of\\na finely improved farm on section 30,\\nColumbia Township, is one of the best\\nknown and most highly esteemed citizens of Van\\nBuien County. He traces his ancestry back through\\nseveral generations to Sterling Ackley, a resident\\nof Vermont, who was descended from English\\nstock. The son of Sterling was Calvin, a native\\nof the Green Mountain State, who, at the age of\\nsixteen, enlisted in the War of Independence.\\nAfterward he removed to Schoharie County, N.\\nY., of which he became a very early settler, and\\nabout 1819 removed thence to Licking County,\\nOhio, engaging in farming there until his death at\\nthe age of ninet3 -four. Politically he was a\\nstanch Democrat.\\nThe wife of Calvin Ackley was known in maid-\\nenhood as Pliebe Sillick, and was the mother of\\ntwelve children, eleven of whom attained to ma-\\nturity, viz: Levi, Clarissa, Ezra, Whitfield, Wal-\\ngrave, Leman, .Julia, Eliza, Philetus, Emily and\\nChester. The member of the family in whom we\\nare particular interested is Whitfield, who was\\nborn in Schoharie County, N. Y., May 7, 1805, and\\naccompanied his parents to Ohio when fourteen.\\nHe was a well-informed man, but his education\\nwas mainly self-acquired. He served as Justice of\\nthe Peace and in other official capacities in the\\nBuckeye State.\\nIn 1836, Whitfield Ackley removed to Putnam\\nCounty, Ohio, where he entered a tract of eighty\\nacres and for many years devoted his attention to\\nits improvement. In 1854, he came West to La-\\ngrange, Ind., wheie he was bereaved by the death\\nof his wife, an estimable lady, known in maiden-\\nhood as Mary Chambers. She was born in Wash-\\nington County, Pa., and was the daughter of James\\nand Jane (AVharrey) Chambers, who emigrated\\nfrom County Down, Ireland, to the United States,\\nprior to the AVar of 1812. Their first home was\\nin Pennsylvania, and from that State they re-\\nmoved to Ohio, settling in Licking County. They\\nreared a family of six sons and five daughters.\\nMr. Chambers, who participated in the War of\\n1812 as a private, followed the trade of a farmer\\nand weaver. Religiouslj he and his wife are mem-\\nbers of the Presbyterian Church.\\nEight children were born to Whitfield and Maiy\\nAckley, namely: Levi, our subject; James H.;\\nAlexis and Martha J., who died at the ages respect-\\nively of nineteen and thirty-two years; Deme-\\ntrius; Edwin R., who died in childhood; William\\nW., who passed away when twenty-four; and Ho-\\nmera Robbiiis. Whitfield Ackley removed to\\nMichigan in 1867, and made his home with his\\nchildren until his second marriage, in May, 1871,\\nwhen he was united with Mrs. Ililliard, of Berrien\\nCounty. He died in that county, in January,\\n1890. He was a man of upright character and un-\\nflinching integrity, and, in his religious views,\\nwas identified with the Presbyterian Church.\\nOur subject was born July 27, 1828, his birth-\\nplace one and one-half miles north of Newark, in\\nLicking County, Ohio. He received a good edu-\\ncation and remained at home until he attained to\\nhis majority, when he began for himself. He was\\neng.aged in farming during the summer seasons,\\nand followed the profession of a teacher for fifteen\\nwinters. He accompanied his father to Putnam\\nCounty, Ohio, whence, in 1867, he came to A aii\\nBuren County, and resided in Arlington and Ban-\\ngor until Janurjr, 1870. He then purchased and\\nremoved to his present farm, where he has since\\nmade liis home. As a member of the Republican\\nparty, he takes considerable interest in local poli-\\ntics, and both in Ohio and Michigan has filled va-\\nrious official positions. He has served his town-\\nship as Treasurer, Supervisor, and Superintendent\\nof schools for six j-ears.\\nIn October, 1862, Mr. Ackley enlisted in Com-\\npany K, Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, and after serv-\\ninsJ for nine mouths was honorably discharged at", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0626.jp2"}, "627": {"fulltext": "POHTRAIT AND IJIOGRAPIPCAL RECORD.\\n633\\nthe expiration of his term of enlistment. Several\\nyears prior to liis war service, he was married,\\n.V| ril I, 1851, to Eliza Twcoilalo, who was born\\nin County Antrim, Ireland, April 11, 1835. Her\\nparents, Robert and Isabellc (Melntyre) Tweedale,\\nwcro likewise natives of County Antrim, wliocmi-\\ni^rati d to the United States in 1838, settling in\\n.luniata County, Pa., where the father secured\\noiii| loynient .as a blacksmith. In the spring of\\n18 15, he removed to Pandora, Putnam County,\\nOhio, where he died November, 1854, at the age\\nof fifty-live. His wife survived until October,\\n1871, when she passed aw.ay at IJloomingdale,\\nMich.\\nThe family to which Mrs. Ackley belongs com-\\n))rised six children: William, Alexander, Eliza,\\n.Tanc, .John and Robert. .John entered Company\\nE. rwcnty-liflli Ohio Infantry, and fell in the\\nbattle of Gettysburg; Robert enlisted in company\\nFii-st Ohio Cavalry, and was taken prisoner\\nafter the battle of Gettysburg. He died while in\\nprison at Jacksonville, Ela., April 25, 1864. Our\\nsubject and his excellent wife have had six chil-\\ndren, namely: Mary I., who died when four\\nyears old; Wallace, of Mitchell, S. Dak.; Leman,also\\na rcsidoiil of South Dakota; Jane, the wife of\\n(ieorge L. .\\\\bbott; Emma and .lolm, who still re-\\nmain at home.\\nr\\nE*S==*\\ni^jLIJAH WARNER was born in Orle.ans\\nr^ County, N. Y., November 27, 1828, and is\\n/I -J at present residing on a beautiful farm on\\nsection I, Porter Town.-ihip, an Huren County.\\nHis parents were Leonard .and l-ovina riiurston)\\nWarner, natives of the pjnpire Stale, where the\\nfather, who was a farmer and luml)erman, died in\\nIH17, his good wife p.ossing away in 188(1. They\\nwere the parents of nine children, six of wliom are\\nliving.\\nElizah Warner was reared on his father s farm\\nand received a district-school education, lie re-\\nmained at home until reaching liis twentieth year,\\nam! in 1851 weiil Id :iilf rni:i by way of the\\nIsthmus, buying what he supposed to l)e a through\\nticket. It proved to be good only as far as the\\nIsthmus of Panama and he was thus detained in\\nthat pl.ace for two weeks. An English bark com-\\ning in, the five hundred passengers, who had also\\nbeen imposed upon, chartered the vessel and with\\nprovisions for sixty da^ S started out on the Pacific.\\nIn about five weeks they found themselves to be\\nwithin one degree of the equator, and m three weeks\\nmore were obliged to be put on half rations. They\\nwere becalmed under the equator for two weeks,\\nwhen the crew began to get sick and the rations\\nwere again cut down. After about two months\\nspent in sailing around, they had reached fourteen\\ndegrees north latitude. Their rations at that\\ntime were a half-pint of water and a little rice\\nwhich were portioned out every twent3-four\\nhours.\\nOn that perilous voyage to the Golden State,\\nfifty of the p.assengers died from thirst and star-\\nvation, and, when within five hundred miles of\\nland, they had only three days provisions, at the\\nlowest possible rate per day. That night a wind\\nsprang up and in three days they were landed in\\nIMansinillo, Mexico, and went into port with five\\ngallons of water on board. During that period\\nour subject lost fifty pounds of (lesh. The party\\nwas still fifteen hundred miles from California, in\\na .strange country without money or friends. They\\nwere provided with food by the Mexican authori-\\nties for six weeks, and at the end of that time they\\nw^aited upon the American Consul at San Bl.as.\\nThat gentleman said he could not give them aid, as\\nthey were gold hunters. They then ai)|Mied to the\\nEnglish Consul, who, upon learning that they had\\nfive hundred tons of stone coal upon their vessel,\\nwhich was verj valuable at that time, agreed to\\nsee them safely to their destination. The Consul\\ndisposed of the coal to the Pacific Steamship Com-\\npany at Acapulco and with the proceeds chartered\\nanotlier ves-sel and sent the party on their way re-\\njoicing. The vessel was provisioned and tilled\\nwith leaky water casks. They again started out\\nfor a voyage of thirtj -two days and after two\\nweeks were put upon short ralif)ns. In four weeks\\none-half of the coiilenls of the water casks harl\\nleakc l out. when a gu:ird was |ilaced over the casks\\nand provisions. After sailing for three weeks they", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0627.jp2"}, "628": {"fulltext": "634\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwere within three days voj-age of the Sandwich\\nIslands, jind after being out sixty-five days passed\\nthrough the Golden Gate and entered San Fran-\\ncisco. They anchored beside a clipper ship which\\nwas ready to start for Australia. The captain\\nrolled u|) fifteen barrels of crackers and told the\\nstarving passengers to help themselves.\\nWhen landing on the shores of California. Mr.\\nWarner could not walk more than two rods at a\\ntime. Accepting the offer of a captain of a boat\\nbound for Sacramento to take as many of the pas-\\nsengers to that city as wanted to go, our subject\\nmade one of the company. On arriving there, he\\nwas taken sick and for two weeks lay in an hotel,\\nwhere he received kind treatment from the land-\\nlord. From Sacramento, IMr. Warner went to\\nMarysville and then to Park s Bar, where he bor-\\nrowed a pick and pan from a miner. He was ob-\\nliged to l)eg his dinner after the first day s labor,\\nand then went down the river again to Marysville.\\nFor some time he was unable to find employment,\\nbut finally was engaged to wheel clay u[) out of a\\nbed in a brickyard. His poor health would not\\nallow him to continue in that line of work and he\\nwas then occupied turning over bricks in the3ard.\\nHe worked thus f ir three weeks.\\nAfter leaving the lirickyard, j\\\\lr. Warner went\\nto Hangtown and upon arriving there had \u00c2\u00a510 in\\nhis pocket. He was so fortunate as to fall in with\\nan old accjuaintance, who owned a ranch, and found\\nemployment with him for a time. He later met a\\nfriend who gave him ^30, with which to procure\\nsome better clothing. He i)aid-i?10 of that amount\\nto get his hair cut, for a shave, bath and shampoo,\\nand *1.5 for a vest, two shirts, hat and necktie. He\\nwas emi)loyed nine months .as tail sawyer in a saw-\\nmill, working half of the day and night, for which he\\nreceived ^75 and his board. On one occasion, when\\nreturning from the mill at midnight, he was met\\nby an Indian who began to string his bow and\\npick out an arrow. Mr. Warner drew his revolver\\nwhen the red man immediately made off.\\nAfter spending about a year in the Golden\\nState, our subject had regained his former vigor\\nand strength and had saved ii!l,(l()n. At that\\ntime, in company with two other men, he pur-\\nchased a sawmill which tliev operated in partner-\\nship about twelve months, then moving it sixty\\nmiles into the mountain region, continued to\\nwork together for four years. At the time they\\nbegan in Lhe sawmill business, lumber was selling\\nat $300 per thousand feel, and the amount of\\nwork which they tuined out soon reduced the price\\nto $100 per thousand. For the first two years they\\ndid a business amounting to $100,000. Selling\\nout his interest in the mill. Mr. Warner again be-\\ngan mining, this time in l lue Canyon and for four\\nyears was veiy successful in his undertaking, at\\none time operating twenty claims and his assess-\\nments running as high as $700 per week.\\nMr. Warner had a fine house cat in his camp, when\\nall of a sudden it turned up missing. A few\\ndays later, in company with several of his compan-\\nions, he was invited tea Chinese dinner, which re-\\nl)ast he enjoyed very much. A short time after,\\nhe was told by an old Cliinaman that he had helped\\ncat his cat himself. He got even with the China-\\nman, however, by giving him a very old hawk for\\na chicken.\\nOn leaving; Blue Canyon our subject went to\\nDutch Flat and engaged in hydraulic mining for\\ntwo years. In the meantime, a brother had joined\\nhim m the Western country and they made their\\nhome in a log cabin with a canvas roof. A short\\ntime after arriving there, the brother was taken se-\\nriously ill and Mr. Warner went nine miles over\\nrough mountainous roads for a doctor, crossing a\\nriver three times on a dark night. Two California\\nlions had been killed on that road onl3 a short\\ntime before. The doctor on arriving at their rude\\nhome ordered the sick man to be removed from\\nthe shanty, and our subject carried his brother on\\nhis back to an empty house, half a mile distant.\\nThe doctor s fee on that occasion was $50.\\nThe mining operations of Mr. Warner at Dutdi\\nFlat were very successful. He was made President\\nof a camp which had a capital of $2.50,000 and\\nsuperintended the damming of the middle fork of\\nthe American River. He completed the work\\nwithin five hundred feet of the flume, the dam\\nbeing twenty feet wide and four feet deep. In\\n1862 our subject returned home to New Ycirk after\\nan absence of eleven years. During his residence\\nin California, he was sent as delegate to the State\\nI", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0628.jp2"}, "629": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n635\\nDemocratic Convention in 1856, and was also\\nLieut naiit of a volunteer company of California\\nState Militia. With his partner, he erected the\\nlirst hotel in Dutch Flat, Cal.\\nAfter returning to New York, lie of whom we\\nwrite, toiiether with a lirother, liuilt a canal boat\\nn:iinefl the L. H. Ilcrnck, which they operated for\\nyear on the Erie Canal; then taking their vessel to\\nWasliiiigton, D. C, it was put into the Oovern-\\nnieiil service as a trans[)Ort. lie ran it a year and\\nduring that time sailed on all the prominent rivers\\nin Virginia. Gen. Sherman crossed a river with all\\nhis troops on the deck of this little boat. Selling\\nhis boat, (uu- subject returned home and was en-\\ngaged to press hay for the United States (lovern-\\nment and, while tlius employed, crushed his right\\nhand and was not able to work for two years.\\nIn .Inly, 186f). Mr. Warner and Jliss Frances ^I.\\nriiipl)s, of New York State, were united in mar-\\nliage. Mrs. Warner was a daughter of Aaron and\\nJudith (Pratt) Phipps. of Oneida County, N. Y.\\nThe Plii|)ps I nion Seminary, of .Mbion, N. Y., was\\nfounded by an aunt of Mrs. Warner, in which in-\\nstitution, she with a sister, w.as a te.acher. Miss\\nFrances was l orn .\\\\pril 12, 1836, and received .an\\nexcellent education in the above-named seminary,\\nmaking a specialty of music.\\n,\\\\fter their marriage, Mr. .and Mrs. AVanier came\\nto Michigan and located on their present farm\\nwhere they have since resided. The estate in-\\ncludes (ifty .acres, all well improved. They have\\nadopted two children Hattie, who is now the wife\\nof George Hubbard, lives in Paw Paw and has\\nthree children; Chester is fourteen ye.ars of age\\nand is attending school. The} were both taken into\\nthe home of our subject when infant-s. Mrs. Warner\\nis a member of the IJaplisl Church nnd h;is been Sup-\\nerintendent 111 the Siin(l:i\\\\-school: Ml ^Varner is\\nalso a menilMT of lh;it society and has tilled the\\notlice of Treasurer. He h.as lieen a member of the\\nMiisonic order for thirty years, being influenced to\\njoin that scieiety by .seeing the care taken of the\\nMa.sonic |)a.sscngeis when on his trip to California.\\nHe is Treasurer of his lodge. He is also a inemhcr\\nof the chapter at Paw Paw and h.as been Master f f\\nthe (irange for the past ten years. His wife was\\nSecretary, Flora and Treasurer of the .same tirder.\\nMr. AVarncr has been an active Democrat and has\\nbeen sent as a delegate to everv county convention\\nsince coming to Michigan. He has lieen Highway\\nCoinniissioner for two termsand Siipervisorof Por-\\nter Township for four terms, although the townshi|\\nis strongly Republican. He was candidate for Re|)-\\nrescntative to the State Legislature, but w.as de-\\nfeated by the Republicans. He is interested in the\\nLawton Co-operative Packing F^actory and h.as\\nbeen a Director in that conii)au} every since its\\norganization.\\n-\u00c2\u00a33.\\n!^H-^[\\nW,\\n\\\\flOHN M. WILSON, a well-to-do farmer and\\nan old resident, living on his finely ecpiipped\\nfarm on section 29, Climax Township, will\\n^J .always hold an lionor.able jtlace in the\\nhistory of Kalamazoo County as one who has ma-\\nterially aided in the development of its rich ogri-\\ncultnral resources. Bradford County, Pa., is his\\nnative place, and .Tuly 21, 1837, the date of his\\nbirth. His father, .lohn Wilson, was born in Eng-\\nland, but he was only a year old when his ])arents\\nbrought him to this country. They settled in Pcnn-\\nsj lvania, where he grew to manhood, and he be-\\ncame a manufacturer of furniture, manufacturing\\nthe wood screw bedstead for a long time, both in\\nPennsylvania and Kentucky. He moved from\\nKentucky to Indiana and located at Huntington\\nwhen he was fifty years old. He w.as deeply relig-\\nious, a preacher in the Methodist Church, and he\\nfollowed a circuit in Pennsylvania for some vears,\\nafterwards preaching locally during his residence\\nin Kentucky and Indiana. He w.as a Whig in pol-\\nitics. ^Ir. Wilson married Isabella Cole, a native\\nof Pennsylvania. She, loo, was (|uite active in the\\nwork of the Methodist Chnrch, of which she wa.s a\\nmember until her invalidism in later life prevented\\nher parlici|)aliiig in the work. She was forty-live\\nyeai S old when she died. She and her husband\\nreared five children, named respectively: Elisha,\\nHelen,. John M., Leroy and Elizabeth.\\nOur subject lived in Pennsylvania until he was\\neight years old, and the next few years of his life\\nwere passed in Sprlnnville, Ky., where the f;iinil\\\\\\nremained until he waii thirteen years of age. He there", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0629.jp2"}, "630": {"fulltext": "636\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1\\n1\\nattended the village scliool.andalso went to school\\nin Huntington after the removal of his parents to\\nthat Indiana town, vvliere he lived until their death.\\nHis education was completed after he came to this\\ncounty at Flourlield. lie was only thirteen years\\nokl when he began te earn his own living by\\nworking out by the month in summer, his winters\\nbeing devoted to schooling. November 20, 1854,\\nmarks an important era in his life, as on tiiat date\\nhe came to Kalamazoo County, and bought forty\\nacres of woodland that is included in his home in\\nClimax Township. He thus became a pioneer of\\nthis section, which was still in a very wild con-\\ndition when he came here on that fall day nearly\\nforty years ago. There were not a great many set-\\ntlers here, and those had made ))ut little headway\\nagainst the forces of nature. There were no roads,\\nand but few evidences of the approaching civiliza-\\ntion that would soch.nnge the face of the country.\\nOur subject was unmarried at that time, and he\\nboarded with his brother while he sought diligently\\nto reclaim his land. He has added to his original\\npurchase, and has one hundred and twenty-two\\nacres of choice land, one hundred acres of which\\nare under substantial impiovcment, he having de-\\nveloped his farm himcielf, and he devotes it to\\nmixed farming, raising grain and stock, and keeping\\nmany sheep and horses. In 1881, he erected a frame\\nhouse, commodious in size, and he has a large\\nframe barn, a part of which was built in 1866, and\\nthe remainder in 1890, his buildings all being first-\\nclass. Mr. Wilson is highly thought of in his\\ntownship, and his fellow-citizens have solicited\\nhim to take public oflice, but he has always refused,\\npreferring the couifoit of his cozy fireside to the\\ntuiiuoil of civic life. In his i)olitical sentiments,\\nhe i a Keiiublicaii. His social relations are with\\nthe Ancient Order of I uiled Workmen, at Climax\\nVillage. Our subject has accumulated his i)roperty\\nby sheer force of diligent and well-directed labor,\\nseconded by excellent judgmentand wise economy.\\nFifty cents was his sole capital when he started\\nout in the world, and he only had the small sum\\nof one hundred and fifty dollars left hiin from his\\nfather s estate.\\nJlr. Wilson was married, Scptomlier 26, 1860, to\\nMiss Fanny Wolcott, a good woman and true, who\\nhas been to him a hel[)mate in every sense of the\\nword. Mrs. Wilson was born in the village of\\nHcotts, February 2, 1810, into the pioneer home of\\nHiram and Mary (Campbell) Wolcott, who were\\nnatives respectively of New York and Ireland.\\nThey came to Michigan in 1836, and settled on\\nland, on a part of which the village of Scotts now\\nstands, bu\\\\ing it from the Government. Mr. Wol-\\ncott was one of the leading i)ioneersof the county,\\ndeveloping several farms, and Ijecoming a man of\\nwealth. His death occurred .\\\\pril 2 J, 1871). Mr.\\nand Mrs. Wilson have had four children, three of\\nwhom are living: ]\\\\Iary, wife of Edgar Cheney;\\nI^illie, at home with her parents: and Jennie, wife\\nof Owen Ilass.\\nILAS \\\\)ii LONG, President of the village of\\nthe many patriotic citizens\\nivho bravely fought for the\\nold flag, is a native of Clinton County, N.\\nY., being born in 1840, and where lie lived until\\n1855. In his early youth, he w.as Inouglit to Mich-\\nigan b} his })arents, who settled in Bangor, \\\\ni\\\\\\nBuren County, where he has since made his home.\\nHe was reared on the farm and accustomed to\\nhard labor, receiving a liberal education in the\\ncommon schools of this county.\\nEarly in the year of 1862, this gentleman en-\\nlisted in Company G, Nineteenth IMichigan Infan-\\ntry, and at the battle of S|)ring Hill, Tenii., was\\ncaptured and detained in Libb^ Prison about one\\nmonth, at which time he was paroled and returned\\nhome. He soon joined Sherman s army in its cam-\\npaigns of the South, and in front of Atlanta, Ga.,\\nwas wounded in the leg, which causod him to be\\nan inmate of the hospital for a year, and has cri[)-\\npled him for life.\\nAt the close of the war, he engaged in the mer-\\nchandise business, and with the exception of four\\nyears, from 1868 to 1872, has been continuously in\\nbusiness, and is an eminently successful man. lie\\ngives attention to every depaitment of his l)usi-\\nness, and is a thorough and sagacious man.\\nIn the year 1872, he was united in marriage to\\nMiss Lissie Landon, an excellent Christian woman.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0630.jp2"}, "631": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0631.jp2"}, "632": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0632.jp2"}, "633": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n639\\nTlu v arc l)()tli valued iiu iiiIkts of tlio Disci|)k s\\nCliinvli. aii l Ljivi of tlieii- means most liheiully to\\ntlie sii|i|M it of tlie eliuicli. Sil:i I )e Loult lia- a\\nIirotlier, llem y. liviiiir in Uiis eitv. who is a prom-\\nineiit fuiiiitiire dealer, and wiic also served as a\\nsoldier in the late war to preserve the Tnion. lie\\nenlisted in IHfil. and served until the elose of tlie\\nwar.\\nThe parents of our subject arc Allen and L^ dia\\n(Uovnton) l)c T.ong. the former horn on (Irand\\nIsle in Lake Chamiilain in IHOl, and the latter\\nprobably a native of New York State. The father\\nwas a son of Francis De Long, who w:i.s born i)rob-\\nably in North Carolina in IToS, and served in the\\nWar of the Revolution. He lived to be over one\\nhundred and two years old, d^yini;: in this eouiitv\\nin liStJd. While a soldier, he was captured and\\ntaken prisoner to Jamaica Island, where he was\\nkept in prison seven years.\\nKNRV IRIAH I IMOIIN, M. 1)., was horn\\n|i in Richland Township, Kalamazoo County,\\nJuly 22. 1.H4.S. and died after an illness of\\nIJ^ two weeks, January 2. 1887. at his home\\non South Street, Kalamazoo. For many years be\\nwas prominently connected with the icrowtli of the\\ncity, and was one of its most popular citizens. At\\nthe organization of the Upjohn Pill and (iranule\\nCompany he became an equal i)artner in that insti-\\ntution, and gave it much of his attention, con-\\ntributing to make it one of the most successful\\nand lucrative enterprises of the State.\\nAt Richland Seminary, Dr. Upjohn prepared\\nhimself for college. In his early life he applied\\nhimself to mechanics, and having an inventive\\nmind, during his leisure moments he devised a\\nnumber of agi icultural im|)lem(!nts, the most im-\\nportant of which was a corn-planter, with which\\nmuch .acreage in Richland was planted. He also\\nconstructed a feed cutter, which hail an extensive\\nnianufaeture, and later secured a patent for a self-\\nbinder with self-tying-knot attachment; also made\\na self-rake attachment to the Kirby Reaper. Mean-\\nwhile he read medicine with his father. Dr. Uriah\\nUpjohn, a successful practitioner in Richland.\\n29\\nHis connection with the Kirby Reaper took our\\nsubject to lUilTalo, N. V., where he engaged in the\\ndrug trade. Returning to Michigan, he and his\\nsisters and brothers went to Ann Arbor, ni.akiiig\\ntheir home in that city and entering the .State\\nIniversity. I rior to commencing his collegiate\\ncourse, however, he engaged for a time in the\\nhardware business, and wdiile thus employed \\\\iov-\\nfected a niiichine for rolling tinware. He had de-\\ncided to take ii)) the study fif medicine, and, ac-\\ncordingly, entered the medical deiiartinenl of the\\nUniversit} from which he graduated in 1M71.\\nImmediately after graduating, the young Doe-\\ntor opened an ollice for practice at Kalamazoo, and\\nfor eight years resided on South Burdick Street,\\nadjacent to the ^^errill Block. He then erected a\\nstore building, with a frontage of eighty-six feet,\\nincluding four stores. He also secured a tract\\nof celery land in the northern {)art of the village,\\nand became a somewhat extensive grower, as well\\nas one of the first shippers of the place, his enter-\\nprise netting a fair income. Having a powerful\\nphysiipie and robust health, he felt that he could\\nendure an extraordinary amount of hard work,\\nand conseipiently dcvt ted himself with such assid-\\nuity to the demands of his practice and his various\\nbusiness enterprises, that he was stricken with ty-\\nphoid fever, which terminated fatally.\\nThe Doctor had given much thought to ceonuin-\\nical subjects, and especially to those matters relat-\\ning to the iienefit of the poor, and w.as revolving\\nan idea that would result in their securing cheap\\nand suitable homes, .as well as constant work. He\\nwas a member of the various medical societies, and\\nhis death was greatly mourned by those organiza-\\ntions, as well as the general public. On .all ))oint\u00c2\u00ab\\nrelating to his profession, he was tluu oughly read\\nanil had the greatest faith in the future of the\\npill and gr.anule business, a faith which has seen\\nits fulfillment in the practical issues of the pres-\\nent.\\nDecember 18, 1872, Dr. Upjohn was married to\\n.Miss Millie, daughter of W. Kirby. of Chaile\\nton Township, and a native of Saratoga County.\\nN. Y. To the Doctor and his wife were born six\\nchildren, viz: Lawrence N.; Ida Rowena. who\\ndied when eight years old; William Kirli\\\\. I", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0633.jp2"}, "634": {"fulltext": "640\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCai l, Hubert S. and Donald Ileiirv. Lawrence N.\\nis a graduate of tlie High Soliool, and he and the\\notlier sons reside witii their niotlier at ^so. G17\\nSouth Park Street. ;\\\\Irs. rpjoiin, who is a lady of\\nsuperior culture and education, graduated from\\nMt. Hoiyoke Seminary in 1871, and after her mar-\\nriage commenced the study of medicine, graduating\\nin 1875, at the State I nivcrsity of Michigan, and\\nafterward assisted her husban l in his practice.\\nShe is a member of the JMethodist Chui-ch and a\\nsincere Christian.\\nA strictly temperate man. Dr. Upjohn not only\\ndid not use tobacco, liquor or profane langu.age,\\nbut he greatly objected to the prescribing of whis-\\nkey for his patients. During his later years he\\nvoted with the Prohil)ition party. His portiail is\\npresented in connection with this sketch of his life.\\n(il i^ILLlAM S. DELANO. In piescnting to\\n\\\\r\\\\j// our readers the biograiihical sketches of\\nprominent pioneers of Kalamazoo County,\\nconspicuous mention belongs to Mr. Delano, who\\nis engaged as a farmer on section 28, Cooper\\nTownship. His father, Stephen B., was born in\\nProvidence, Mass., September 29, 1795, and in his\\nearl} manhood studied medicine, which he\\npracticed during the remainder of his life. Tiie\\nfamily of which he was a member came of French-\\nEnglish extraction, and his father, .lonathan, was\\nin early life a sea-captain, and later followed the\\ncalling of a farmer, until his death, about 1825.\\nThe mother of our subject, Lydia Smith, was\\nborn in Oneida County, N.H., November 16, 1799,\\nand was orphaned when quite young. After the\\ndeath of Dr. Delano, which occurred May 20,\\n1827, she was married to Gilbert Benedict, becom-\\ning by that union the mother of three children.\\n.She and her first husband were the parents of three\\nchildren, two of whom are living. At the ad-\\nvanced age of three-score and three years, .she passed\\naway,,Tuly 28, 1862.\\nIn Wayne County, N. Y., the subject of our\\nsketch was born December 17, 1H19. He was the\\neldest in the little f.amily, and was only a small\\nchild when he was orphaned b}- the death of his\\nfathei after which he went to make his lK)me with\\nhis uncle, Ichabod Hart, remaining with him until\\nhe was of age. In the meantime, he attended the\\ndistrict school until he was seventeen. and, in 1k;5H,\\naccompanied his uncle to Michigan, settling in\\nCooper Township, Kalamazoo County.\\nIn the fall of 1843, Mr. Delano purchased his\\npresent farm, of which eight acres had been jiartly\\ncleared, and, iqion making it his home, he built a\\nlog house and commenced to cultivate the soil.\\nHe was married, May 5, 1841, to Louisa C. Skinner,\\nwho was born in Providence. Saratoga County, N.\\nY., December 17, 1818, and died .luly 1, 185;i.\\nHer parents were Henry and Deborah Skinner, the\\nformer born in Rutland Count} Vt., October 27,\\n1717. Mrs. Delano was a teacher during the early\\ndays of this count} and was identified with the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church for many years prior\\nto her death.\\nFour of the six children in the family of Mv.\\nDelano and his first wife attained to maturity.\\nStephen, who was born September 4, 1842, die l\\nSeptember 1, 1862, at Tuscumbia, Ala., after hav-\\ning served for one year in the Third Michigan\\nCavalry. Joseph E., who was born .luly 5, 1844, is\\nmarried, and makes his home in Barry County,\\nUiram A., who was born July 12, 1847, resides in\\nAllegan, where he is a prominent banker. Louisa\\nC, born November 3, 1849, is the wife of Peter liell.\\na farmer of Tuscola County. The children re-\\nceived good educations, and were formerly teachers.\\nJanuary 18, 1854, Mr. Delano and Miss Hannah\\nM. Blanchard were united in marrifige. This lady\\nwas born in Persia, Cattaraugus County, X. Y..\\nJanuary 12, 1826, and died March 22, 1888. Her\\nparents, Herman and Betsey M. (Taylor) Blanch-\\nard, natives, respectively, of New Hampshire and\\nNew York, came to Michigan about 1842, and set-\\ntled in Cooper Townshi)), where they cleared and\\nimproved a farm. The father died May 3. 1883, and\\nthe mother p.assed away January 23, 1885. Prior\\nto her marriage, Mrs. Delano was a successful\\nteacher, and as she was a refined lady and kind-\\nhearted friend and neighbor, she occupied a high\\nplace in the confidence. of all whom she met.\\nThe following is the record of the children born\\nof the second marriage of Mr. Delano: Herman", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0634.jp2"}, "635": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n641\\nH.. who was horn .hily Kl, 185. died Octoher 21,\\n1H74; (ieorge E., I)orii August 5, 1857, is engaged\\nin tlic grocery husiness in Allegan County; Al-\\nheit W., horn Scptoniher 22, 18;j!t, is married and\\nresides in Cooper Township; Fred S., wliose hirtii\\noccurred Deeemher 20, 1861, also maiics his liome\\nin Cooper Township; Lydia M., who was horn\\nNovcniher 10, 1HG3, is the wife of Henry Clark, and\\nlives in Cooper Township; Laura J., born April 19,\\n18(;(;, and Ariyn .1., horn IM.ay 3, 18()8,are at home.\\nStephen 15., of whom previous mention has been\\nmade, enlisted Novemijer 1, 1861, in Company K,,\\nTliird Michigan Cavalr} .and served with distin-\\nguislied courage and valor at the l)attles of New\\nMadrid, Farmington, and the sieges of Island No.\\n10 and Corinth, lu sides other engagements of\\nminor importance. His death occurred September\\n1, 1862, in a hospital.\\nMr. Delano has served as Township Tre.asurer\\ntwo terms, Supervisor, one term, and is a member\\nof the Democratic party. He is a Mason, and for\\nmany years h.as belonged to Cooper Lodge, No. 149.\\nIn the Congregational Church, of which lie lias long\\nbeen a member, lie has served as De.acon for a num-\\nber of years. He now owns one liundred and\\ntwentv acres on section 28, .and h.as recently sold\\ntwo farms of over one hundred acres each. Success\\nhas crowned his efforts, and while he has been\\nprospered financially he has also won the confi-\\ndence of his fellow-citizens by his unflinching in-\\ntegritv.\\nIL^ f)N. MILAN WIG(HNS, a representative\\nand prominent citizen of Van Buren\\nCounty, was born April 29, 18-17, in Inde-\\n])endence, Cuyahoga County. Ohio, and\\nwas a son of Naliurn and Pii i bc (l)unliam) Wig-\\ngins. His grandfather. Fzr.a_\\\\Viggiiis, was born in\\nVermont, where he was a farmer, and came to\\nOhio aliout 1820. He died in Newburgh, that\\nState, at the age of seventy, his wife surviving\\nuntil she was over ninety yeai s of .age. The\\nfather of our subject was born near Montpelier,\\nl., came with his parents to Ohio, and died at In-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lependence about 18. 1, aged forty-two years. He\\nleft a widow and two children, Milan and Cullin\\nH. He was a very active and progressive citizen\\nand w.as engaged in farming and merchandising,\\nlie w.as an old-line Whig and a member of the Odd\\nFellows. The mother of our subject was born in\\nOhio and was the daughter of .John and Elizalieth\\n(Hungerford) Dunham. Her father served in the\\nWar of 1812 as a musician, and removed from\\nNew York to Ohio, where he followed the occupa-\\ntion of a farmer. He reared a family of seven\\nsons and three daughters, all of whom lived to a\\nripe old age, none dying under seventy years.\\n-Vfler the death of our subject s father, his mother\\nmarried E. W. Thompson, and of this union two\\nchildren were Iwrn, Lizzie and Asa.\\n.Vftcr his father s death. Milan Wiggins resided\\nwith his uncle, .1. H. Dunham, until eighteen years\\nof .age. He received his elementary education in\\nthe district schools, suiiplemeiiting it by a course\\nat Oberlin College. He spent four years teiiching\\nin the common schools of Ohio, Iowa and Michi-\\ngan, and at twenty began his business life as a\\nsalesman in a store in Cleveland, Ohio. Two j-ears\\nlater, he commenced operations on his own account\\nand continued in the business for five j ears, being\\nengaged one year in a commission line. In 1876,\\nhe came to Bloomingdale, A an Buren County,\\nwhere he purchased one hundred and twenty\\n.acres on section 9, and h.as since been cn-\\ng.aged in operating a daiiy. He also owns another\\nfarm of eighty acres. In 1878, he established a\\ncheese factory, which he is still carrying on. In\\n1880, he formed a partnei-ship with Warren Haven\\nin the mercantile business in Bloomingdale, and in\\n1888 associated himself with F. AV. Hul bard, car-\\nrying a large stock of dry goods. He also ha-s an\\ninterest in the gristmill in Bloomingdale. Mr.\\nWiggins has a most estimable wife, whose maiden\\nname was ^laric Hubbard, and the} are the parents\\nof four children: Ibittie, Nellie, Luvern and Ar-\\nthur 15. Mr. Wiggins is an .active and leading\\nRepublican and takes a lively interest in political\\naffaii-s. He attends both State and National Con-\\nventions and uses his intluence in selecting the l est\\nmen on the ticket. He h.as served in various town-\\nship ollices and h.as represented Ins county in the\\nState Legislature for two terms. He is a proini-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0635.jp2"}, "636": {"fulltext": "642\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\niient momlicr nf tlic Masonic fratpniity. Mr.\\nWiggins has made his own way in the world, and\\nis now. witli his wife and family, enjoying a com-\\nfortaliie home and the esteem (il tlieii- many friends\\nin the eonim unity.\\nKNUV SKINNER. The oldest settler\\nIj now living in Cooper Townshi| Kalama-\\nzoo County, witii the exeei)tion of one\\nother, is this intelligent and progressive\\nfarmer, who owns and operates one hundred and\\ntwenty acres on sections 21 and 22. His com-\\nmodious residence was built in 1868, wliile other\\nstructui es for the storage of grain and slielter of\\nstock have been added when needed.\\nThe father of our subject, Joseph Skinner, was\\nborn in Saratoga County, N. Y., April 28, 1801,\\nand always followed the calling of a farmer. In\\nOctober, 18.33, he removed witli his family to\\nMichigan, coming via Erie Canal and Lake Erie\\nto Detroit, and proceeding thence to Washtenaw\\nCounty, where he settled two miles southwest of\\nAnn Arbor. He purchased a tract of land, and\\nsettled upon it, but in April, 1835, removed to\\nKiilamazoo County, and settled in Cooper Town-\\nship.\\nThe journey hither was made in a wagon drawn\\nby two yoke of oxen, and loaded with houshold\\ngoods, and those who walked drove the few head\\nof cattle. The first night spent in Cooper Town-\\nship, the little party slept on the ground, and\\nduring the night six inches of snow fell, adding\\nto their discomfort. Mr. Skinner took up two\\nhundred and forty acres of Government land in\\n1834, when not a tree had been cut down in the\\ntownship, and wild game and Indians were numer-\\nous. The following year, two men built shanties\\nsome distance south of his farm, while a few\\nfamilies of Indians lived one-half mile north.\\nIt was a common occurrence for the Indians to\\nhave green corn dances, upon which occasions as\\nmany as five hundred families passed the Skinner\\nhomestead, which was near one of the trails. The\\npatent for Mr. Skinner s land was signed by Pres-\\niden*^ Andrew Jackson, and his firsc house was\\nconstructed of logs, about 18x20 feet, although a\\nmore commodious residence was soon erected.\\nVeiy soon after he settled on the land, he cleared\\nand broke five acres, which he planted in corn,\\nl)otatoes and buckwheat. He cleared ten .aci-es\\neach succeeding year, until the entire farm was\\nbrought under cultivation, and upon the im-\\nproved homestead he resided until his death, in\\nNovember, 1885.\\nA i)rominent man in the community, Mr. Skin-\\nner served as Highway Commissioner and Asses-\\nsor, and w.as influential in the organizaticm of the\\nMethodist Episeoi)al Church in Cooper Township.\\nHe was well and favorably known over a wide\\nscope of territory, and his death was sincerely\\nmourned. His wife, Nancy Veeder, was born in\\nSaratoga Count} N. Y., in 1805, and was of Hol-\\nland descent. After her death, which occurred in\\n1845, he married Sojjhia Lillie, who still survives.\\nOur subject is the onl} survivor among the six\\nchildren born of the first union, and one child of\\nthe second marriage is now living.\\nIn Orleans County, N. Y., where he was born,\\nJune 26, 1827, Mr. Skinner passed the first six\\nyears of his life. From there he accompanied his\\nparents to Michigan, walking from Detroit to\\nWashtenaw County. His educational advantages\\nwere limited to a brief attendance at the district\\nschool, the first school in the township being\\ntaught y Mrs. George Hart, who is still living in\\nthe vicinity. After he was twenty-one, he worked\\nat the trade of a carpenter for about three ^-ears\\nand also chopped wood, receiving twenty-five cents\\nper cord. He took great pleasure in hunting deer\\nand turkeys, many of which fell beneath his un-\\nerring rifle. After game became scarce in this\\nsection, he went north each fall for several years\\non a hunting expedition.\\nAbout 1853, Mr. Skinner commenced to farm\\nupon his present estate. He was married Decem-\\nber 1, 1852, to Miss Mary M. Delano, who was\\nborn in Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo County,\\nApril 18, 1835. Her parents, Ephraim B. and\\nNancy (Gillett) Delano, were natives of Saratoga\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2and Orleans Counties, N. Y., respectively, he\\nhaving been born in 1803, and she in 1808. They\\ncame to Michigan in 1832, rem.aining in Wash-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0636.jp2"}, "637": {"fulltext": "K7RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n-643\\ntenaw County two years, and settling in Cooper\\nTownsiiip in 183o. Here they tooii up land, and\\niiMiminod until called hence hv death, the mother\\nin l.slH. ;iiid llie father in 1872. They were\\noriijinally nuiiiliers of the Methodist Kpiscopal\\nChnrcli. The father died in the faith of the Con-\\ngregational Church. They were worthy jjeople,\\nhighly esteemed throughout the community, and\\ndevoted to their seven children, whom (hey trained\\nfor re.sponsihie positions in life.\\nMr. and Mrs. Skinner are the i)aronls uf (hree\\ncliildren. namely: .lay J., who was born .lanuary\\n18.J5, is now married, and lia^ four children; Hert\\nK., wlio was l)orn .June 23, I860, lives in Kalama-\\nzoo; the third chiM died in infancy. I olitically,\\n^Ir. Skinner is a Democrat. He has licld many of\\nthe local ollices of the townshii), has been High-\\nway Commissioner for almost twenty yeaj s, and\\nhas also served as delegate to county conventions.\\nlie and his wife are members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church, and contribute generously f)f their\\nmeans and intluence in behalf of all measures cal-\\nculated to bcnelit the community at large or those\\nin need.\\n1^^ YLN KSTKIJ M. IIKSS. .Vmong the Icad-\\ning Inisiness firms of Lawrence, an Kuren\\n\\\\fM Co\\\\inty, stands that of .S. M. A- C. S. Hess,\\ndealers in general merchandise, and who\\nhave built up an excellent trade by their upriglit\\nand honest dealings. The senior member of this\\nlirni was born in Delaware County, X. V., Septem-\\nber 10. 1H. )I. to William C. and Margaret (Myers)\\nHess, the father a native of New York, of (ierinan\\nand Knglish ancestors, and the mother also a native\\nof New York, of (ierman and English .ancestry.\\nThe f;itlier followe l farming, and moved to Wis-\\nconsin when (lui- subject was about live j ears of\\n.igu, and pre-empted land where he made his home.\\nThe father of our subject w:is a soldier in the\\nlate Rebellion, enlisting in Company C. Eighteenth\\nWisconsin Inl anlr\\\\-. and participated in the battle\\nof IMlL-buru Landing, with a number of other im-\\nportant conllict, I le w:is tjdven sick .and honorabU\\ndi-seharged, when lie came liome and died al)out\\nsix months afterward. After tliis sad event, the\\nfamil} were scattered, the motlier going back to\\nNew York, where she died in a few ^ears; one\\nlirother, George E., remained in Wisconsin, and\\nthe other three, including our subject, came linally\\nto Michigan. The only sister, L(niisa C, married\\nL. C. Marigold and lives in .Muskegon, IMich.\\nCharles S. is married and lives in Lawrence, being\\nthe partner of our subject. A sketch of the latter\\nwill be found elsewhere in this volume.\\nOur subject and his brother Charles went to\\nIndiana to live with an uncle, on the death of\\ntheir father, and remained a year or more. When\\nour subject was twelve and a half years old, he\\ncame to Michigan and located at Three Oaks, Ik-r-\\nrien County, where Ilc worked ffir his board and\\nwent to school, lie began clerking in a general\\nstore when fifteen and continued in this otrcu|)ation\\ntwo j^ears. He worked si.\\\\ months for |8 and\\nboard. AYlien seventeen years old, he began to\\nwork in the freight ollice of the ^lichigan Central\\nRailroad at Three Oaks, and was there about one\\nyear, when he was ))romoted and sent to Decatur,\\nand did ollice w(n-k there, obtaining some knowl-\\nedge of book-keeping. He was at this place four\\nyears, .and then changed his occupation, wttrking at\\na grain elevator for two years. On reaching his\\ntwenty-fifth year, l\\\\Ir. Ile.ss began the manufacture\\nof .staves and heading at Hartford, Mich., in con-\\nnection with Alljert W. Rogers, which business he\\ncarried on four j eai-s. At the end of this time,\\nMr. Hess came to Lawrence with his partner, but,\\nat the end of four years, they dis,sol ved the partner-\\nship, and our subject began in his present business\\nin 188.T. in partnerslii|i with a Mr. Whiteman for\\ncnie year. lie then bought his partner s inteiest\\nand carried on the business until Fibruary 1, IK.S8.\\nwhen he took his brother, CiiarU^s S. Hess, as jiart-\\nner. antl they are doing a splendid, lucrative bnsi-\\nnes-s and are held in the highest respect for their\\nstraightforward business lives.\\nTiie original of this sketch w,as married when\\ntwenty-seven years of age in Lawrence, this county,\\non the 2\u00c2\u00abth of August, 187H. The lady of hi-\\nchoice was Miss .Jennie IJibloji. of i.Mwieiu e.\\nShe was born in I aw I .iw. .Midi.. November", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0637.jp2"}, "638": {"fulltext": "644\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n30, 1856, to .Tolin 51. and Sarah M. (Phelps)\\nRlblon. By this union our subject and his wife\\nhave become the parents of five children: Margie\\nR.. born IMarch 26, 1880; Blanch L., Octolx-r\\n13, 1881; E. Lueile, May 18, 188.5; J. WillLani,\\nAugust 9, 1889; and Hugh C, November 28, 1890.\\nAll tliese children were born in Lawrence, except\\nthe eldest, she having liad her birth in Hartford.\\nThose who are old enough are attending school\\nand gaining good educations.\\nThe subject of this sketch is a Democi-at in i)ol-\\nitics, and has been on the Board of Trustees for\\nthe villiige; served as Township Treasurer; has\\nalways been much interested in good schools, and\\nhas acted as one of the School Board. He was ap-\\npointed Postmaster of Lawrence during Cleve-\\nland s administration and served one and one-half\\nyears. He has Ijeeu ajjpointed delegate to various\\ncounty conventions. ]\\\\Ir. Hess is one of the lead-\\ning members of the Masonic Lodge at Lawrence,\\nhaving now taken his ninth degree. He joined\\nthis order at Decatur.\\na \u00e2\u0096\u00a0=^np:=i g c!S\u00c2\u00bb_\\nUTHER .SUTTON, who is at present resid-\\nI ing in Hartford, was born in Onondaga\\njlLJC County, N. Y., in 1825. In 1834, his pa-\\nrents removed to Washtenaw Countv. this State,\\nand located just east of where the State Ihiiversity\\nnow stands. They remained there two ye.ars and\\nthen removed to Lawrence Towushii), Van Buren\\nCounty, and made their home on a farm in the\\nwilderness, when there were but five log cabins\\nin the township.\\nLutlier Sutton grew to inauliood in the above-\\nnamed countv, and was married. January 3, 1849,\\nto Miss Priscilla .1. Bancroft, and unto them have\\nbeen born three children: Warner P., born in\\nOctober, 1849; Ada E., born in April, 1853; and\\nEva M., l)orn 1863. Ada is the widow of William\\nJ. Philpot, and Eva is Mrs. Alexander Beeney.\\nOn the outlireak of the Civil War, our subject en-\\nlisted in what was known as Birges First Regiment\\nWestern Sharpshooters, which afterward became\\nthe Fourteenth Missouri, and later the Sixty-\\nsixth Illinois. Mr. Sutton served until May, 1862,\\nat which time he was discharged on account of\\ndisability, caused from a wound received at Stur-\\ngeon, Mo.\\nOn returning from the army, Mr. Sutton en-\\ngaged in farming and carpenter work until 1877,\\nwhen he edited the Hartford Day Spring. He\\nconducted that paper for five years with signal\\nsuccess and was identified with that journal\\nmore or less until 1882. The parents of our sub-\\nject were Orrin and Betsey (Branch) Sutton, the\\nfather born in 1800, in Onondaga County, N.Y.,\\nand the mother s birth occurring in Vermont, in\\nAugust of the same year. Thej^ became the pa-\\nrents of five children: Rox} A., who was the wife\\nof .lohn L. Northrup, of Bangor; our subject, who\\nwas the second in order of birth; Nancy, Mrs.\\nBenjamin Randall, who is residing in Northwest\\nNebraska; .luliet married Nathan De Long, now\\ndeceased; and Ann E. married Maynard Randall,\\nnow deceased.\\nThe paternal grandparents of our subject were\\nRoswell and Nancy (Atwell) Sutton, natives of\\nthe Green Mountain State, the grandfather being\\nof Welsh ancestry. In politics, he of whom we\\nwrite is a Republican and a member of the. Grand\\nArmy Post at Hartford. Socially, he is an Odd\\nFellow. His son, Warner Sutton, was appointed\\nConsul to Northern IMexico in 1878, a position he\\nhas since held with distinction. He received his\\nappointment under President Hayes and fulfilled\\nall the duties of that responsible office with credit\\nto himself and entire satisfaction to all concerned.\\nHe was married in .South Haven, in 1874, to Miss\\nMary L. Aiidrus.\\n_=]\\nSI\\n_\u00c2\u00a7\\n^3\\nt_,^^ON. SIMPSON HOWLAND. This respec-\\nted gentleman, who is one of tlia prom-\\ninent and in lluential citizens of RossTowu-\\nsliip, Kalamazoo County, is widely and\\nfavorably known throughout this section as a man\\nof progressivenessand public spirit. Mr. Ilowland\\nis a native of Stillwater, Saratoga Countv, N. Y.,\\nhis natal day being May 18, 1822. He is the\\nson of Edward K. and Mai^aiol (Siiii[)suu) How-\\nland, also natives of the Empire State.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0638.jp2"}, "639": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n645\\nTlie paternal ancestoi-s of our subject are said to\\nhave l)cen Knirlisli, as the llowland family traces\\nits ancestry liack to throe hrothei-s wlio eini-\\n;ratc() from Knglaiul and located in New Bedford\\nIvefore tiie I\\\\evolutionary War. Ills maternal\\nancestors are also said to have licen Knirlish. The\\norijiinal of liiis sketch was a lad of thirteen years\\nwhen his parents came to Kalania/.oo County and\\nlocated on the tract of land whicli is his present\\nhome anil which is now known as llowlandsburg.\\nEdward K. llowland was one of the earliest pio-\\nneers of Uoss Townsiiip. haviiii,^ come hither with\\nhis family in l\u00c2\u00bb;J(i. lie iiere made his home until\\nhis death, Septemlier 12. lt .Sl.\\nThe parental family of our subject included six\\nchildren, only three of whom are livinjj: Simpson,\\noursultject; Mary, the wife of II. 1). Palmer, and\\nMariiari l. Mrs. L. H. Martin. Mr. llowland was\\nreared amid the pioneer scenes of this locality,\\nwho.se hardships and privations have made a last-\\ninj; imiiression on his mind, lie received his ed-\\nucation in tile common scln)ols of that period, but,\\nmakinj; the best of iiis opiMirlunities, became a\\nwell-read and intelliucnt iicntlcman.\\nThe lion. .Simpson llowland was married, .March\\n.t, 1848, to Miss Sarah IJerger, a native of New\\nYork State, and to them have been granted a fam-\\nily of three children, one of whom is deceased.\\nThey bear the respective names of Uewitt, deceased;\\nAlice v.. Mrs. .lames Spier; and Alliert The\\nfather of our subject erected the pioneer gristmill\\nin this section, which is now the property of the\\noriginal of this sketch, lie also built and operated\\na sawmill for a number of years, and was very\\nprominent in business circles.\\nThe original of this sketch has occu|\u00c2\u00bbicd the\\nollice of Justice of the Peace and for years served\\nas .Supervisor and Treasurer (jf Ross Township,\\nKalamazoo County, lie wasalso Townshi|i Asses-\\nsor and very active in all local affairs. Mr llow-\\nland was elected to the State Legislature in 187.5\\nand re-clcclcd in 1877, serving with due credit to\\nhimself and satisfaction to his constituents. While\\na niendier of that body, he olliciate 1 as Chairman\\non the Important comndttcesof Fisheries and Muni-\\ncipal Corporations.\\nI he lion. .Simpsiin llnwlancl is the proprietor of\\na large farm in this section and lia-s l)een more than\\nordinarily successful in all his undertakings. lie\\nis virtually a self-made man, as his vast i)0.s.sessions\\nare the result of his industry and good manage-\\nment. In early life a Whig, our subject now casts\\nhis vote and influence in favor of Republican\\ncandidates. Although not a member of any par-\\nticular denomination, Mr. llowland is a liberal and\\ncheerful eontrilmtor to all the various religious\\norganizations and is in favor of all movements\\nwhich have for their object the u|)liftiiig and up-\\nbuilding of his community.\\nMrs. llowland is a daughter of Henry and\\nHannah (King) liergcr, prominent pioneers of\\nCalhoun County, where they bear the reputation\\nof honest \\\\i|)right people.\\nN#^||-^H^|i^ii#i-\\nJ\\nN.SON I). P. \\\\AN lUKKN. Thisgentle-\\n(\u00c2\u00a9/(Jll man, who resides i n Jalesburgh, is the pres-\\nli^ ent Clerk of Comstock Township, Kala-\\nmazoo County, and in addition to the du-\\nties of this offlce he carries on a si)lendid insurance\\nbusiness. Mr. Van Buren \\\\v. is born in Kindoihook\\nTownship, Columbia County, N. V.. the date\\nthereof being April 21, 1822. His father wa.s a\\nnative of the same place as was our subject, and\\nwas a cousin of ex-President JIartin Van Buren.\\nThe elder Mr. A an Buren was a farmer b} occu-\\npation and in 1826 removed from his native place\\nto Oneida County, N. Y., where he made his home\\nuntil 1836, the date of his coining to Michigan.\\nHe located near Battle Creek, in the then Terri-\\ntory, where he entered a tract of land from the\\nGovernment, lie was an active member of the\\nPresbyterian Church, and a strong temperance\\nman. lie [i.-issed from this life in 186(). The\\nmaiden name of our subject s mother was Olive\\n.lay, a de.sccnd.ant of Gov. John Jay. of New York.\\nJlrs. Van Buren was born in Little Falls. X. Y..\\nwhere she grew to womanhood. She met and was\\nmarried to the father of our subject in Columbi.-i\\nCounty and became the mother of nine children,\\nfour sons and live daughters, all of whom are mar-\\nried and have homes of their own. Iary married\\nL. 1). .Spence and resides in California; Sarah be-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0639.jp2"}, "640": {"fulltext": "646\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPfflCAL RECORD.\\ncame Mrs. E. Dickinson and died in Chillicothe,\\nMo.; Atlanta married George W. Spencer, and\\ndied at Three Rivers, this State; Eliza, who is de-\\nceased, married Benjamin 51. King, who was a\\nvery early settler and pioniinent man in this State.\\nMartin came to Michigan in 18.36, and is at pres-\\nent residing in Cass County; Harriet married Isaac\\nSmith, of Kalamazoo County, and makes lier home\\nin Cliarleston Township; Ephraim also came to\\nthis State in 1836, and for a number of years re-\\nsided in Battle Creek; he now makes his home in\\nAllegan County, where he has a fine fruit farm.\\nAbner J. made this State his home in 1840, but\\nis now residing in Charleston Township. Kalama-\\nzoo County.\\nThe original of this sketch is the youngest of\\nthe parental family and came to the Wolverine\\nState with his parents as early as 1836. He re-\\nceived his first scliooling in Whitestowai, N. Y.\\nHe became a teacher in 1838, having charge of a\\nschool in Battle Creek Township, Calhoun County,\\nthis State. He occupied that position until 1843,\\nand then attended for four years a branch of\\nthe Michigan University at Kalamazoo. He later\\ntook a course of study in the Michigan University\\nat Ann Arbor, from which he finished his studies\\nin 1849. He was then given charge of the Battle\\nCreek High School, where he taught one 3 ear, and\\ntlien took charge of the Union school, at the same\\nplace, for one year. He organized the first school\\nin Dowagiac, this State, and went South to Miss-\\nissippi, in 1857, wliere he was engaged as a peda-\\ngogue in an academy established by the wealthy-\\nplanters of that section.\\nIn 1859, Mr. Van Buren returned to Michigan\\nand wrote a book entitled Jottings of the South,\\nwhich had a good sale. Our subject taught\\nhis last school in the academy at Climax, this\\ncountv.\\nTlie f)riginal of this sketch was married, in 1856,\\nto Mary L. Gilson, of Reading, Pa. The young\\ncouple tlien located in Galesburgh, where Mr. Van\\nBuren engaged in the insurance business, repre-\\nsenting several fire insurance companies. He lias\\nheld the position of Township Clerk for the last\\nlifteeu years. He has been a correspoudi iil u( llie\\nDetroit Fust, now the Detroit TriOune, since its in-\\ncorporation. He also holds a like position on the\\nBattle Creek Journal and man} other papers. Mr.\\nVan Buren is a member of the committee of the\\njNIichigan Pioneer Historical Society of this State,\\nwith which body he has been connected for six-\\nteen years. He is also a member of the Ameri-\\ncan Academy of Political and Social Science, of\\nPhiladelphia, Pa., and is a correspondent of the\\nsame.\\nMr. Van Buren is one of the committee of the\\nKalamazoo County- Pioneers Society, in wliich or-\\nganization he is a historian. He is a strong tem-\\nperance man and has been an active worker in\\npromoting the cause of prohibition in this section.\\nHe is a member of the Congregational Church, and\\nis widely known and highh esteemed in the\\ncounty.\\nPARWIN McKEE, who follows farming on\\nsection 24, Decatur Township, is one of the\\nworthy citizens which New York has fur-\\nnished to A^an Buren County. He comes of an old\\nNew England family. His father, Chancey Mc-\\nKee, was born in Old Hartford, Conn.. February 3,\\n1794, and, when a lad of thirteen years, removed\\nwith his parents to .Jefferson County, N. Y. In\\n1810, he married a daughter of Judge Edmonds\\nof that county, and six years later removed with\\nhis wife and two children to Niagara Country,\\nN. Y., where he purchased a farm, operating it un-\\ntil 1844. He then bought land north of John-\\nson s Creek, in Niagara County, and there resided\\nuntil his death on the 26th of August, 1875. His\\nfirst wife having died, he married Lucy Loomis, a\\nnative of Rutland, Vt. Three children, all yet\\nliving, were born of the first union: Milo, a shoe\\nmanufacturer, of Middleport, N. Y.; Clarissa, wid-\\now of David Hulbert, and a resident of the Em\\npire State, and Lewis, who served throughout the\\nlate war as one of the boys in blue. Seven sons\\nwere born of the second union, but only tlirec\\niirew to mai)li(i id: Ivlwin. a farmer if Ilartlnnd,\\nN. Y.; Darwin, of t,lii nulice, and Delos, an igri-\\nculturist of North Dakota, lu early life, the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0640.jp2"}, "641": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0641.jp2"}, "642": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0642.jp2"}, "643": {"fulltext": "l\\\\)RTliAlT A NO BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n649\\nfather was a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, Iml iii later yx U S joined the Weslexaii\\nMethodist. He lived a devoted Christian life, and\\nat iiis deatii many friends mourned his loss. His\\nsecond wife, who was also a ineinl er of llie church,\\ndied ill Royaltown, N. Y., in 1845.\\nDarwin McKee was twrn in Royaltown, August\\n8. 1828, and there acquired his education. At the\\nage of seventeen, he went with his father to Hart-\\nland, Niagara County, and there made his home\\nuntil twenty-six years of age, when, in 1855, he\\ncame to Michigan, hoping to better his financial\\ncondition by removing westward. He was ac-\\nconnjanied by his wife, having been married some\\nyears previous. The lad^y of liis choice was Adelia\\nAndrus, who wa-s born in New York, June 29,\\n18;i t, and is a daughter of Abel .\\\\ndrus, of Ver-\\nmont, who removed to the Empire State in an\\nearly d.ay. On coming to Michigan, Mr. IMcKee\\npureha-sed a tract of land heavily timbered, and it\\nwas no easy task to clear it, but with character-\\nistic energy he began the work, and in the course\\nof time wliere once stood the monarchs of tlie\\nforest heaving fields of grain met the eye. A\\ncabin home sheltered tlie family until about six\\nears ago, when a comfortable frame residence\\nwas erected. Other substantial improvements\\nhave been made, which add to the value and at-\\ntractive appearance of the place.\\nThe family cii-cle of Mr. and Mrs. McKee num-\\nbered six children, of whom live are yet living:\\nBenjamin Franklin, born .January 5, 1856, is now\\nfaming near Lakeside, Mich.; Leonard Cole, born\\nin Royaltown, N. Y., October .31, 1858, aids in the\\noperation of the home farm; Darwin, born in\\nHarlland, N. Y., March 8, 1860, resides in Decatur\\nTownship with his wife and two children; Ella\\nDell, born February 1 1. lHi;2, died Jlay l.J, 1865;\\nllattie, born .lanuary 20, 1H66, in Decatur Town-\\nship, is now the wife of .Vllison Ives, a resident\\nfarmer of that townshiii; and Sarah Eleanor, bom\\n.lune 25, 1K74, is still under the parental roof.\\nMr. McKee is an independent Repiibllean in\\npolitic:-, has served two yc:iis on the School Board,\\nand the cause of education finds in him a stanch\\nfriend. It has been his eainesl doirc to give to\\nIlia diildrcu good educuliuU6, Ihua lilting Ihcui for\\nthe practical duties of life, and he ha.s lived to see\\nthem become useful men and women, and re-\\nspected members of society. His farm comprises\\neighty acres, and, in connection with general\\nfarming, he engages in fruit-growing, which adds\\nnot a little to his income. The principal products\\nwhich he raises are wheat, corn, oats, potatoes,\\ngrapes and peaches.\\nI\\nf I I I III\\nyA. ENGLE, M. D. Probably there is no\\nmore respected citizen of Van Biiren\\nCounty than the gentleman whose por-\\ntrait and life-sketch we present to our readers, and\\nwho is practicing his profession in Hartford. \\\\U\\nwa.s born in 1827, in .Vllegan^- County, N. Y.. and\\nwas the third in order of birth in a famil\\\\ of eight\\nchildren, all of whom lived to re.acli mature years\\nand become heads of families.\\nThe parents of our subject were .lolin and Sarah\\n(Alvord) Engle. The father wiis born in German-\\ntown, Pa., about 1795 and was a son of J. ^V.\\nEngle, who served in the Revolutionary War. lie\\nw.-us a very prominent gentleman and w.as elecleil\\nmany times to rei)resent his district in the State\\nLegislature. The P^iigle family came originally\\nfromtiermany and the great-grandfather of our\\nsubject [)articiiialcil in the noted Gcrmantown\\nkaltle.\\nHe of whom we write grew to mature years in\\nAllegany County, N. Y., and was graduated from\\nthe I liiversity of Alfred of that county. He came\\nto Michigan in 1S55, and began the study of med-\\nicine in the Michigan I niversity at Ann Arbor,\\nfrom which institution he was graduated with the\\ndegree f)f Doctor of Medicine in 1856. l^ater he\\nlocated in Hartford anil Itegan the practice of his\\nprofession. He is the oldest [n-acticing physician\\nin the village and his pleasant and genial manners\\nnever fail to make warm friends for him wherever\\nhe goes. He engaged in the drug business about\\n1875 and now has one of the best stores in Hart-\\nfi rd.\\nDr. Engle was married in 186:1 to Mrs. Emily D.\\nWoolsey. daughter of D:iiiiel an .Viikcn, of Bangor.\\nMr6. Engle had uuu aou by her furuicr iiiarriu^c,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0643.jp2"}, "644": {"fulltext": "650\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nFred F., who is employed iu the store of our subject.\\nOf her union with Dr. Engie liave been born two\\nchildren: Mar^-, who is the wife of J. L. Ingalls,\\nand Manlius A., at Big Rapids. Our subject is\\nconnected with the ^Methodist Episcopal Cliurch\\nand is a member of tlie Michigan Stale Medical\\nSociety in which organization he is ver^ promi-\\nnent, being one of its oldest adherents. Dr. Englc\\nis very talented as a poet and in 1883 liad a Ijook\\nof i)ocms [uiblished which has received many com-\\nmendations. He has at present a work of poems\\nready for publication. lie was Postmaster of Hart-\\nford for ten years, Ijeing appointed to tiiat position\\nby President Lincoln. Dr. Engle stands very high\\nin professional circles and ranks among the skill-\\nful and progressive physicians of Van Burcn\\nCounty.\\neHARLES C. REYNOLDS. This rei)rcsen-\\ntative farmer and stock-raiser of Alamo\\nTownship, Kalamazoo County, owns one\\nliundred and two acres of land on sections 34 and\\n.3.5. His estate is emlii llished with a large and\\nhandsome residence, and all the farm buildings\\nwhich best subserve the interests of an agricultur-\\nist. In addition to raising the cereals, Mr. Rey-\\nnolds devotes a great deal of time and attention\\nto the breeding of Short-horn cattle and Merino\\nsheep, raising the latter for breeding purposes.\\nCharles C. Reynolds is a native of the above-\\nnamed township and county, his birth occurring\\nXovemljer 3, 1841). His father was George W.\\nRe3 nolds, a native of Niagara County, X. Y., who\\ncame to Michigan as early as 1837. Locating in\\nAlamo Township, he entered land from the Gov-\\nernment, and was among the very earliest settlers\\nof the count}-. Mr. Re3 nolds was very fond of\\nhunting, and found many an opportunit}- to dis-\\npla}^ his talent as a good marksman. George\\nW. Reynolds cleared and improved his land, and\\ndied April 12. 1888, in the seventy-first year of\\nhis .Tge.\\nThe maiden name of our sulijecl s mother was\\nEhira Ford, and her native State, Ohio. She is\\nstill living, and has liecome the mother of seven\\nchildren, five of whom are still living. Our sul)-\\nject was given a common-school education, and\\nresided under the parental roof, assisting his father\\nin improving the new farm, until twenty-seven\\n3 ears of age. He purchased his present home\\nabout 1874, and was married two vears later to Hat-\\ntie Brocka way. a native of this State. ]Mrs. Ilattie\\nReynolds died (October 7, 1883, and left one daugh-\\nter, Bessie. Mr. Reynolds was again married in\\n1888, this time to Christina Rutherford, a native of\\nCanada. She came to Miciiigan when quite young,\\nand was the daughter of James and Christina\\n(Brockie) Rutherff)rd, natives of Scc)tland, where\\nthey were married. Mrs. Rutherford died in 1871.\\nafter having become the mother of eight childieii,\\nall of whom arc living, with one excei)tion. The\\nfather is a fanner in Oshtemo Townshii). Kalama-\\nzoo Count}-.\\nJNIr. and Mrs. Reynolds have two children: Fan-\\nnie and Charles Raymond. In politics, our sub-\\nject is a Republican, and has lield many of the lo-\\ncal ollices of his townslii[). He is well known and\\nhighly esteemed throughout the community, and\\nis making a success of his calling, as farmer and\\nstock-raisei\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^H-^*\\n0^ EL R. IIOYT. The village of Schonl-\\ncraft is the home of a number of gentlemen\\nwho ai\\nare prominently connected with the\\nagricultural interests of Kal.amazoo County, and\\nare the owners of large and highly improved\\nfarms. The estate which Mr. Hoyt owns and man-\\nages is pleasantly situated on section 3, Prairie\\nRonde Township, and the two hundred and forty\\n.acres which it comprises are finely cultivated and\\nembellished with good farm buildings. Although\\nhe supervises its management, his home is in\\nSchoolcraft, where he occupies a neat and tastily\\nfurnished residence.\\nThe family of which our subject is a member is\\none of the best known and most highly resi)ected\\nill the county, and its meinl]eis have aided greatly\\nin the develoiiment of the agriculliiral resources of\\nPrairie Ronde Townshi}). Lovcl R. is one of a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0644.jp2"}, "645": {"fulltext": "PORTliiUT A D BIOGRArillCAL IMXUllD.\\n651\\nfamily iiumlierinij Uiii-t iMi rliildrcn. whose father,\\nK;iii f(ii (l now passed from (he seenes of earth,\\nwiis for iiiaiiy years identified with this township.\\nFor further information in regai d io the parental\\niiistiiry. the reader is referred to liic liiograiiiiy of\\n\\\\i. Iluyt, wliich is presented elsewhere in this\\nvolume.\\nIn I rniric Honde Townsliip, where lie was horn\\nMarcli IM, 1843, Lovel R. lloyt passed the yeai-s of\\nhis hoyiiood and youth in a soniewliat uneventful\\nmanner, iiis seliool studies l)eing varied hy tiie us-\\nual ciiildish sports as well as the work ineident to\\nfarm life. IIavin i: passed his entiri life on a farm,\\nhe is jierfeetly familiar with .agriculture in it.s va-\\nrious departments, and is a successful and practical\\nfarmer. He and his wife, who was formerly Mi.ss\\nKva H. Keen, of Porter Township, \\\\an lUiren\\nCounty, arc the parents of two hright and talented\\nchildren, Lena and Tra, who are at homo with their\\nparents.\\n=^=m m^\\n^p^EOKOK II. WKI.DIN is .successfully cul-\\nII tivating a (lortion of the soil on section .3,\\n^^^ij) Porter Township. an Buren County. His\\nfather, Lewis II. Weldin. was born in 17 ,IM, in\\nTom()kins County, N. Y.. and was a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812. The maiden name of his mother\\nwa-s Betsey Merritt, a native of Pennsylvania.\\nThe elder ^Sfr. Weldin went to the Keystone State\\nwhen a young man and tiiere met and married the\\nmother of our subject. They remained there but\\na short time, however, and in 1831 came to Michi-\\ngan and rented the Kidsey farm in Washtenaw\\nCounty which he operaterl three years.\\nIn the spring of 1837. tiie parents of our subject\\ncame to au r.iircn County and settled on a farm\\non section 21. Toiter Townshii). which the father\\nentered from the (iovernment. His estate, which\\nconsisted of one liundred and seventy ;icres, was\\nall wild land and located between Lake Cedar and\\nOrass Lake. His nearest neighbors on the east and\\nwest at th. it time were about tliree miles distant.\\nHe cleared an l enltivaled hi farm and continued\\n(o make it his abi ling-place for thirteen years.\\nerecliiig theivou ii fruiiie house wiiicli who llii; lirst\\nnice residence in Pcu ter Town.ship. lie also built\\nthe lirst frame l)arn in that locality and otherwise\\ngreatly improved his farm.\\nMr. Weldin, Sr., in 18.50 removed to section M\\nof the above-named township and again com-\\nmenced the work of improving a raw farm. The\\nframe house which he erected on the jjlace was\\nburned, but he soon replaced it and at the time of\\nhis death had become the owner of a splendid tract\\nof land. His good wife died in 18.50, which broke\\ninto the plans which he had made of moving to\\nIowa. He survived his companion a number of\\nyears and died in 1865, having become the parent\\nof eight children, live of whom are living. The\\nfather of Mrs. Weldin was a minister in tiie Free-\\nwill Baptist Clnucli.\\nGeorge II. Weldin was the sixth cliiiil in tlie\\nparental family and was born in AVashtenaw\\nCounty, tiiis State, November 20, 1831); he was an\\ninfant at the time of his parents removal to an\\nBuren County He attended the first sehoolhouse\\nin the township, which was built of logs, until\\nreaching his fifteenth year. He was very ambitious\\nto become a well-educated man, however, and,\\nmaking his home with an uncle in Wisconsin, he\\nsawed wood to pay for his tuition. He later made\\nquite a trip in com|iany with his father through\\nthe Western Stales and then returned home.\\nPurchasing a trad of raw land in Pine Grove\\nTownship, an Huren County, our sul)jcct cleared\\ntwenty acres of it and then sold his estate. He\\nwas married. .lannary 20. 18()2. t i Miss Margery\\nTurner, a native of Fngland, her birth occurring\\nin February, 1837. .Mr. and Mi-s. AYeldin are the\\nparents of four children, viz: Lewis 11., who mar-\\nried AiHiic Peterson, lives at Lawton; Cora, who\\nmarried Henry Mauk, has two children !ind makes\\nher home in I orter Township; Nora .1., Mrs. .1.\\nDai-sey, lives in .Michigan City: Merritt resides at\\nhome.\\nMr. AVeldin rented and operated his father s farm\\na twelveniuiitli. ilien removed to section 10, where\\nhe remained for several years and then locateil\\npermanently on his present farm. His possessions\\ninclude two hundred ami .seventy-three acres of\\ncxielleht land. I\\\\vent\\\\-live of which are inside the\\nI corporate limits of Liiwtou. Forty acres of Lia", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0645.jp2"}, "646": {"fulltext": "652\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nproperty are rlevotetl to a vineyard, and although\\nhe does a general farming business, he gives a great\\ndeal of attention to fruit culture.\\n.Mrs. Margery Weldin died in 1884 and July 3,\\n18;i0, our subject was married to Marilla Smith, a\\nnative of Lake Count}-, Oliio, and the daughter of\\nG. C. and Elizabeth (Billington) Ray. Iler par-\\nents had a large family of tliirteen. Tliey are both\\nnow deceased. Mrs. Weldin was born August 16,\\n183;(,and with her liusband is a member of tlie\\nMethodist Episcopal Church at Lawton, in which\\ntx)dy Mr. Weldin is Steward and Trustee. They\\nare lioth .active in Sunday-school work and our\\nsubject has been Superintendent of the same.\\nSocially, he of wliom we write was a memlier of\\nthe Grange, in wliich order he was Lecturer for\\nseven years, and was Steward of the County\\nGrange. He also belongs to the Farmer s Club\\nand was its (irst Vice-president. He has been\\nSchool Director and Treasurer and was Collector of\\nrate Bills. In politics, he was in early life a Re-\\npublican and cast his first vote for Abraliain Lin-\\ncoin; he now votes the Proliibition ticket and is\\nSecretary of the County Committee of that body.\\nYRl S THAYER, who represents Cooper\\nTownsliip on the Hoard of Supervisors of\\nKalamazoo County, is a prominent and\\nprogressive farmer and stock-raiser. His fine farm,\\nwhich is valued at a))out ^26,(100, comprises two\\nhundred and fifty acres on sections 15 and 16, be-\\nsides eiglit} acres on section 20. Wiiile he raises\\nthe various cereals, he makes a specialty- of wlieat,\\nof whicii his average crop is three thousand\\nliusliels. In 18.S .I, he phmted ninety-six acres in\\nwiicat, and harvested three thousand Imshels, or\\nover thirty busliels U) the acre.\\nNahum P. I hayer, f atlier of our subject, was\\nborn in Canada in 1801, and followed the trade of\\na carpenter. In 1827, he emigrated to Michigan,\\nsettling in what is now Springwells Townsliii),\\nWayne County, where he continued work at his\\ntrade, and also cleared a farm of one hundred and\\nsixty acres. On account of service as Cobmel in\\nthe Black Hawk War, he was faniiliaih known as\\nCol. Tliaver. He was .Justice of the Peace, and\\nwas closel} identified with the progress of the\\ncommunity until his death, in 1851.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject was a\\nnative of Canada, and lived to the great age of\\nnearly one hundred years. Lavina (Swick) Thayer,\\nour subject s motliei was liorii in Canada in\\n1808, and passed from earth about 1881. Her\\nfamily comprised ten children, six of whom are\\nliving. Cyrus, who w.as the fifth in order of\\nbirth, was born in Wayne County, iSIich., .Tuly 4,\\n1832. After receiving a limited education in the\\nl)ioneer log school house of the district, he started\\nout for himself in the fall of 1850, and worked in\\nthe Flint Saginaw i)lank road, at a time when\\nthere was only one house and barn in East Sagi-\\nnaw.\\nMarch 1, 1852, ^Ir. Thayer came to Kalamazoo\\nand aided in building the plank road l)etweeii\\nKalamazoo and (irand Rapids. .Tune 1, of the\\nfollowing year, he took passage on the .ship In-\\nde|)endence from New York, and while en route\\nto California was wrecked on the island of ^Mar-\\ngaretta, in the Pacific Ocean. When the ship was\\nabout four miles from the island, it struck a\\nrock and sprang a leak; an effort was made to\\nreach the island, but within one-half mile of the\\nport the vessel caught on tire and the passengers\\nwere obliged to jump overboard, about three hun-\\ndred lieiug drowned.\\nLeaving his money and clothes on bf)ard slii|).\\nMr. Thayer plunged into the water and a short\\ntime after was rescued by a whaling-vessel. Among\\nthe rescued passengers were about twelve ladies.\\nFor four da^s and nights they remained on the\\nisland without food or drink, and their sufferings\\ncannot be described. During tlie first day a child\\nwas born, .and was named Margaretta. When San\\nFr.ancisco was reached, a purse of 1100,000 \u00c2\u00abas\\nl)iesciited to the mother and child, the liusban l\\nand father having perished witli the slii[).\\nFor four months, Mr. Thayer remained in llic\\nmines of California, on the north folk of the\\nAmerican River, after which he was employed in\\nmaking shingles until he returned East, at the ex-\\npiration of one year. The ship which he boarded\\nat San Francisco took lire, Init the flames were ex-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0646.jp2"}, "647": {"fulltext": "rORTRAIT AND BIOO RAnilCAL RFX ORD.\\n053\\ntinu^nislipd hpfore sonons diimage was rloiio. After\\nliis i-( tiiiii lu Kahiiiiazoo C oimtv, lio st ttli (l in\\nC oupi-r s rownsliip, wtiero li lias since ivniaiiicd.\\nAImiuI 1H7:5, lio pun luuscd his prcstMil farm, wliifli\\nIII has groatly iin|irovpd.\\nI ho niarriatfo of Mr. Thayer to Jliss Adeline\\n.M. Smitli look place July 2. lH. )-2. Mrs. riiayer\\nwas horn in Cooper. Deeenihcr 1h;U;. and is tlu\\ndaii^liler of Ira and .\\\\nn 1). (Stearnes) Smith, n.a-\\ntives respectively of Ohio and New York. They\\nhecame early settlers of Cooper Township. lure\\nhe passed away Decemlier l.ss .t,at tiie ajje of\\nfour-score and one. Mrs. Smith ilied Octoher 4.\\n1887, when sixty-seven years old. They were the\\nparents of seven children, six of whom survive.\\nMr. and Mrs. Thayer are tlie parents of eiglit\\nchildren, namely: Almira M.. wife of Charles\\nFisk, railroad aiicnt at Ypsilauti; Ira, who is mar-\\nried and resides on the old homestead; Iva\\nwife of Frank Lillie. who is with the McCormiek\\nReaper Company, in Kalamazoo; Ida, who mar-\\nried Frank Fisher, a farmer in Cooper Township;\\nAda A., an accomplished [lianist and teacher of\\ninstrumental music; Myrtice M., a graduate from\\nthe Kalamazoo High School of the Class of 92;\\nCharles M. and Kdna M., who are at home.\\nMr. Thayer is a Democrat politically, and has\\nserved as a delegate to county, district and State\\nconventions. He was Treasurer two years,and is now\\nserving his third term as Supervisoi-. For several\\nyears he h.as been Director in his school district, and\\nis greatly interested in educational matters. He h.os\\nbeen a Mason for a quarter of a century, and is\\nidentified with Cooper Lodge, No. 14!\u00c2\u00bb. Mrs.\\nThayer belongs to the ISfethodist K|)iscopal Church,\\nin the faith of wliicli tlu cliildren have lieen\\nleared.\\nS^ DMOND M. I RFSTON. Too much praise\\nfe) cannot he bestowed upon those brave |)io-\\nIL^ neers, who, during the early rlays of this\\nStale, came hither an l hewed a path for cou)ing\\ncivilization. .Much danger fell to their lot and\\nmany hardships had to be endui-ed, ere they could\\nclear the land and l)egin the cultivation of the\\nsf\u00c2\u00bbil. On every hand they were expo.sed to peiils,\\nnor were they less in danger from the insidious\\nfoes miasma, and fever and ague canseil by the\\nupturning of tlie sod. l,li;in they were from wild\\nanimals and sav.ages. .M.-uiy of the early settlers\\ndied before they reaped the rewards of their hard\\nlabor, but. fortun. itely, some have survived to en-\\nyi\\\\ these ihi\\\\s of prosperity, and among llic l:ilter\\nclass is Mr. I lvston, a farmer of ,\\\\rlingtnu Tdwii-\\nship. Nail Iiuren County.\\nermont was the nati\\\\-e home of .Mr. I restoii\\nand, at White River .lunction. he was born in ls2(i.\\nHe is one of two children, the other being Klisha,\\nwho died when lifteen years old. His parents were\\nIJenjamin and Hannah (Whcelei l rest m. jirobably\\nnatives of N ernionl. The maternal grandparents\\nof our subject were .lonas H. and .Vmy (Parkers)\\nWheeler, with whom our subject remained until he\\nwas fifteen years old. At that age, he located in\\nPenn.sylvania, sojourning in that Stale for three\\nyears, whence he removed to New York, where\\nhe remained seven j-eans. In both States he w.is\\nengaged in farming pursuils. lint he w:is not satis-\\nlied to remain in the East, when the West otTered\\nsuch glowing o])portunities to the young.\\nIn 1847, Mr. Preston removed to Michigan, set-\\ntling in Arlington Townshii), A an r ui-en County\\nwhere he has since resided. His occui)atit)n has\\nalways been that of a farmer, anil he is thoroughly\\nacquainted with the late.st methods of developing\\nthe soil and rotating crops so !is to produce the\\nbest results. For ft)rty years he has made his home\\nat his i)resent place and is therefore one of the\\noldest settlers of Arlington Township. He was\\nmarried in 1849. his bride being Miss Anna K.,\\ndaughter of J. P. and Charlotte ((iray) Fisk, both\\nof whom were born in Massachusetts in IHdG. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Fisk reared a family of seven children.\\nThey came to A an lUiren County in IKI. i, and\\nhere l)oth passed away.\\nThree children came to bless the home of .Mr.\\nand Mrs. Preston, but only one of whom, Orra.\\nlived to mature years. He marrie l and .settled in\\nNew Buffalo. He was a conductor on the Chicago\\nA- West Michigan Railroad, and lost his life in the\\ndischarge of his duty. At his death, which oc-\\ncurred in 188(;. he left two children, Ethel M. and", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0647.jp2"}, "648": {"fulltext": "654\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nNina A. Politically, Mr. Preston adheres to the\\n[)riiic iijl( s iif tlic Dcmooratic party and in his social\\ncouuectious is a member of the Masonic fraternity,\\nbelonging to the lodge at Lawrence.\\nH.\u00c2\u00ab ..H\\n(OSIAII LOEIIK, who owns and man.ages a\\nfarm comprising one hundred and tvvent}\\nacres on sections 25 and 26, Columbia\\nTownship, is honored as one of the early\\nsettlers who have developed the resources of an\\nBuren County, and as one of the patriotic and\\ncourageous defenders of our Government during\\nthe Civil War. He is descended from German an-\\ncestors, his grandparents, .John J. and Mary K.\\n(Snider) Loehr, having emigrated from the Father-\\nland in 1820 and settled in Pennsylvania. In\\n1838, Grandfather Loehr removed to Stark County,\\nOhio, where he followed the trade of a shoemaker\\nuntil his death, at the age of seventy-two. He w.as\\nan upright man and a member of the Lutheran\\nChurch.\\nThe grandparents of our subject had a family of\\nfive children, namely: I rederick P., Otilda, Mary\\nE.; John J., Jr. and Louisa, all of whom were born\\nin Germany, with the exception of the youngest.\\n.John J. Jr., the father of our subject, was born\\nAugust 26, 1811. and .accompanied his parents to\\nthe United States. He received a common-school\\neducation in Pennsylvania and learned the trade of\\na wheelwright, his specialty being spinning wheels.\\nDuring the latter part of his life, he followed\\nfarming pursuits and w;is successful in accumulat-\\ning a modest competency. His death occurred in\\nStark County, Ohio, April 4, 1888, when he was\\nabout seventy-four years old.\\nCatherine (Shearer) Loehr, mother of oursuijject\\nwas born in Mapleton, Stark County, Ohio, Novem-\\nber 14, 1819, and died December 30, 1891. Ten chil-\\ndren were born of lier union with Mr. Loehr, Jr.,\\nviz: Caroline, Josiah, W.ashington, Reuben, Henry\\nS., John J., Edwin, Charles, George (who died in in-\\nfancy), and Lincoln. Washington enlisted in Com-\\np.any B, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Infanti y,\\nand died at the hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn.,\\nNovember 29, 1863. John J. and Catherine Loeiir\\nwere consistent members of the Lutheran Chureli\\nand iiighlj- esteemed in the community- where tliey\\nresided. The maternal grandparents of our subject\\nwere Henrj-and Doroth} (Grimm) Shearer, natives,\\nrespectively, of York and Beaver Counties, Pa.\\nHe was a weaver by trade and also engaged in\\nfarming operations during a portion of his life.\\nHe and his wife reared three children: George,\\nCatherine and John.\\nOhio was the native State of our subject, and in\\nStark County he was born, August 30, 1840. He\\nwas reared to manhood upon a farm and made use\\nof the common-school education which he received\\nby following for one term the profession of a\\nteacher. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company\\nB, One Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Infantry and\\nparticipated in tlie b.attles of Smyrna and Murfrees-\\nboro, Tenn. In December, 1863, on account of\\nillness, he was sent to hospital No. 2, at Murfrees-\\nboro, and, after regaining his health, was detached\\nfrom regular service and remained a nurse in the\\nhospital until May, 1864. He then rejoined his\\nregiment and remained at Miufreesboro until\\nordered home in 1865, receiving his discharge in\\nJuly of that year, at Cleveland, Ohio.\\nIn August, 1865, Mr. Loehr came to Blooming-\\ndale, this State, and bought one hundred and\\ntwent}- acres of land on section 26, Columbia\\nTownship, Van Buren County, where he now re-\\nsides. With the aid of his excellent wife, he has\\naccumulated a comfortable propertj and is now\\none of tlie most prosperous farmers of the commu-\\nnity. His farm is embellished with a set of good\\nbuildings, and h.as been brought to a high state of\\ncultivation. Mr. Loehr was mariied, .January 6,\\n1867, to Cordelia A. Weaver, who was born iu\\nCanton, Ohio, December 15, 1845. Mis. Loehr is the\\ndaughter of Joseph iind Sarah (Baer) Weaver. Her\\nfather was born near Johnstown, Pa., and fol-\\nlowed his trade of a cabinet-maker and a carpenter\\nin various portions of the Buckej e State. For\\nthirteen j^ears he was a resident of Milford, Ind.,\\nwhence he removed to Breedsville, this State, in\\n1865, and to K.alaraazoo in 1844. In the last men-\\ntioned place, he engaged in mercantile pursuits\\nuntil his death, April 24, 1888, at the age of four-\\nscore and ten. He served with efficiency as Justice", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0648.jp2"}, "649": {"fulltext": "POinRAlT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\n655\\nof till I eace and in other lixal dllii ts. Mrs. Weaver\\nstill survives, as do also tluvc ul Iut live ciiildii ii:\\nC onU iin A., Zcllii A. and .loscpliiiic.\\nThe uniiin of .Mr. and Mis. Loelir has been\\nlilessed by tin- liirlli of five cliil(h-eii, namely: May\\nK.. Harvey I-., Kdwiii .1., Clara L. and Arlliiir\\nIn their relijiioiis eoiivietions, Mr. and Mr-. Liu hr\\nare identilied with the Lutheran liincli. It lias\\nlii cn liy arduous exertion alone thai Mr. Loelir has\\naiiiiMiiilated his present property, and he may\\njustly be termed a self-made ni.an. as everythiiiii\\nhe n(\u00c2\u00bbw has represents the toil of his hands and\\nbrain. His farm is one of the Iwst improved in the\\ntownship, and the air of thrift perva ling the plaec\\niH speaks the industry and eiieruy of the proprit^-\\ntor.\\nc=r\\nJHLO M. KROWN, one of the representa-\\ntive farmers residing in Pine (irove Town-\\nship, Van liuren County, is a son of Daniel\\n15. lirown, a native of Pittsford, \\\\t., born\\nAusjust 15, IHOU. He was a C!vr|)enter and joiner\\nby trade. The mother was Fannie (Pike) Brown,\\na native of Bennington, Vt., born in 1804. The3\\nwere married in ermont, and removed to New\\nYork State, and thence to Warren County, Pa.,\\nwhere they resided until 1849, and at that tune\\ncame to Michigan and settled in Waverly Town-\\nship, this county, on a wild farm. Neighbors were\\nvery scarce, and the land was all veryheavilv tim-\\nliered. He worked at his trade and resided there\\nuntil 1865. when he decided to come to Pine Grove\\nMills, and remained here the rest of his life, ilying\\nin November, 1886. The mother died February .I,\\n1\u00c2\u00ab72. They were the parent* of twelve children,\\nlive now surviving. Seven of the sons served in\\nthe Civil Wtir, and Krastus was a prisoner at An-\\ndei-sonville. The father gave hut little attention\\nto politics, but always took an interest in good\\nschools and gave his children good educations.\\nThe mother was a meml)er of the Free-will IJaptist\\nChurch.\\nThe subject of this sketch w.as the youngest\\nchild and was born December 4. IM~, in Warren\\nCounty, Pa., and came to Michigan when but two\\nye,ni-s f)ld. He li.as alw.iys l een a farmer and re-\\nniaineil at Innne and cared for his parents when\\nthey were old. He was married .lune 26, IHIi .t. to\\nAmanda M. Myers, a native of this count} He\\nsettled on his present farm of wild and unbroken\\nland in 1865 and has improved the farm himself.\\nIt consists of seventy-live acres, and adjoins the\\nvillage of Pine (!rf)\\\\e Mills, his residence being in\\nthe village. ]\\\\Irs. Ihown passed from this life M;i\\\\\\n.J, 1H7;!. The original of this skctrh was a second\\ntinu united in marriage, taking as his wife, April\\n15, 1875, Miss llattie (lallon, a native of Kiigland,\\nhaving been boi ii there in lH5t(. and come to\\nAmerica when a child.\\nMr. Brown is a member of the Knights of Pvlhi.as\\nand has held all the otliccs in that lodge, e.\\\\cept\\nChancellor Commander. He was largely instru-\\nmental in l.iying out Pine (irove Mills, a large part\\nof which lies on his farm. In politics, he is a\\nstanch Republican, but has never had any desire\\nfor oflicial positions. Mr. Ihown and his family\\nare held in the highest esteem by all their neigh-\\nbors and acquaintances for their sagacious, indus-\\ntrious and honest habits.\\n^p\u00c2\u00a7 FORGE .S. HOWARD. Whatare now uni-\\nversally conceded to be the best families c f\\nAmerica are those who through gener-\\nations have evinced those sterling qualities of\\nm.anly worth and womanly virtues which have\\nhelped to elevate the general ccmimunity. Such a\\nfamily is th.at which is represented by our subject,\\nwho is occupying a pleasant home situate l on sec-\\ntion 6, Portage Township, Kalamazoo County.\\nGeorge S. Howard was the youngest of six\\nchildren comi)risiiig the family of .Stephen and\\nFli/.a (Payne) Howard, his birth occurring on the\\nold homestead on section 6, December 21, 1H4H.\\nHe wiis there reared to man s estate, attending the\\ncommon sclioolsand iierforming such duties upon\\nthe farm as fall to the lot of a farmer s son.\\n.Miss Pearly L. Prouty became the wife of Mr.\\nHowanL the date of their marriage l)eing Decem-\\nIx r 21, 1871. Mrs. Howard wius the daughter of\\nLeander.s. and Almira (Crandall) Prf uty, and the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0649.jp2"}, "650": {"fulltext": "656\\nPORTRAIT ANT) BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsistci of Uif uilV of William A. Gibbs. Ilci birth\\noccurred in Alleoan, Octolier 16, 1852. liy her\\nanion with our subject have been born three chil-\\ndren: Stephen J., Alice M, and George L. S. Mr.\\nHoward has alw.ays been actively interested in all\\nmeasures that iiavcfor tlieir object the upbuilding\\nand development of his conimunity and is (|Uite\\npi ominent in local affairs. Politically, he casts liis\\nvote and iiillucncc in favor of Republican candi-\\ndates. He is liberal in his religious views and\\nsocially is a member of Kalamazoo Lodge, No. 22,\\nF. Si A. M.\\nMr. Howard h.as always devoted his time and\\nattention to agricultural i)ursuit,s and at present is\\nthe possessor of an estate including one hundred\\nacres, whicli is thoroughly cultivated so .as to bring\\nthe best returns to itsoAvner.\\n1 1 |l F\\nRS. LUCINDA (HINSDALE) STONE.\\nTills venerable lady is not only esteemed\\nby the citizens of Kalamazoo, but occupies\\na warm place in the affection of manj of\\nthe foremost men and women of the State. She\\nwas born in Ilinesburgh, Vt., September 30, 1814,\\nand is the daughter of Aaron and Lucinda (Mitch-\\nell) Hinsdale. Her earliest recollection is of her\\nfather s death, which occurred when she was two\\nand one-half years old; the death-bed scene, the\\nagony of her mother s face, the tears of her sisters,\\nhave come back to her often in her life and encour-\\naged tlie belief that no experience of life can be\\nentirely lost, but some alchemy of nature will\\nbring it back to our clear vision.\\nThis father whom Mrs. Stone so early lost was\\na man of great kindness of heart, kind and gener-\\nous to the need sympathetic with those in dis-\\ntress, humane to the dumb animals, and inclined to\\nthe belief of the Universalists. The mother, who\\nafter his death was left to provide for twelve chil-\\ndren and carry on a large farm, was a benevolent\\nwoman, who would cheerfully have divided the\\nlast loaf of bread with a needy neighbor, and\\nwhose contributions to the church were regular and\\nliberal.\\nHineslmrgh is a little inland town, east from\\nLake Champlain .about eight miles, .and midway\\nbetween the two great colleges f)f the State, Mid-\\ndlebury College being twenty miles south and Ver-\\nmont Universitj at Burlington, fourteen miles\\nnorth. It was in advance of surrounding villages\\nin the intellectual tastes of the people, its advan-\\ntages for education and the uncommon interest\\ntaken in schools by its people. Mrs. Stone lived\\na mile and one-half from the village, but the dis-\\ntrict school had the reputation of being quite as\\ngood as that in the village, which w.as the result,\\nprincipally, of the ambition of the Hinsdale\\nfamily.\\nAfter completing the course of study in the dis-\\ntrict school, Mrs. Stone, at the age of twelve years,\\nentered Ilinesburgh Academy, one of the best of\\nNew England schools, where m.any j oung men\\nwere fitted for college. A library connected with\\nthe Lyceum was her inspiration, and Itecame her\\nmodel for the founding of many of the Ladies\\nLibraries which she was afterward consulted about\\n.and helped to form in this State. Books were rare\\nand precious in those days, and were carefully\\nkept.\\nIt was the custom then for girls of fourteen\\nand fifteen to read and .analyze Milton s jweras,\\nas well as those of Byron, Scott, AVordsworth,\\nColeridge and Shakespeare. When more th.an\\nthirty years afterward Mrs. Stone found herself\\nable to visit the Lake District in England, it\\nwas the interest in scenes awakened by those early\\ndiscussions that made Wordsworth s home, his\\nname and Coleridge s and John Wilson s carved\\non the f.ace of a rock, Mrs. Heman s Dove s Nest,\\nwhich travelers were permitted to visit more freely\\nthen than they are now, seem nothing less than\\nbits of heaven to her.\\nThe great event of the year was to go to com-\\nmencement at Middlebuiyor Burlington, and these\\ncelebr.ations constituted formative influences in the\\nlife of Mrs. Stone and kindled an interest in educa-\\ntion which she has retained to this, the seventy-\\neighth year of her life. She finished the course .at\\nthe academy and then attended the INIiddlebury\\nFemale Seminary, where she remained one year.\\nWhile pl.anning to enter Mrs. Willard s Seminary,\\nin Troy, she w.as advised by her minister to return", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0650.jp2"}, "651": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0651.jp2"}, "652": {"fulltext": "i,Jr, n,dt(/yit\\ni", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0652.jp2"}, "653": {"fulltext": "X,;^9^#;;^", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0653.jp2"}, "654": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0654.jp2"}, "655": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n6G1\\nto the academy and lake the course with the .young\\nmen wlio were littiiig for college. Tiiis slie did,\\nstudying Latin, (ireek and mathematics with llicm,\\nbesides carrying on extra studies alone.\\nFrom the academy, Lucmda Hinsdale wcnl out\\nas a teacher, following the profession in Burlington\\nFemale Seminary and going thence to Natchez,\\n.Miss., where she remained three years. She loved\\nteaching, and never wore out or broke down under\\nthe labor incident to it. In 1840, she was married\\nto Dr. .1. A. B. Stone, of whom it was often said\\nthaf he was a natural-born teacher. He came to\\nKalamazoo in 1843, to take charge of a Branch, so\\ncalled, of the university located at Kalamazoo, and\\nat the same time had charge of the small Baptist\\nChurch in the place.\\nUpon coming to K.alamazoo, !Mrs. Stone .soon\\ntook charge of the Ladies Department of the\\nISranch of the State University, wliicii for many\\nyears was very flourishing and from which have\\ngone out noble women, now well known in various\\nprofessions. The branch was subsequently discon-\\ntinued, and in its place was revived the Baptist\\nInstitute, the ohiest literary institution in the\\nState. Through Dr. Stone s efforts, this institute\\nwas devclo))ed into Kalamazoo College, for which\\nhe ol)tained a charter. He was appointed its first\\nPresident and continued so for nearly twenty\\nyears, during which time Mrs. Stone was Principal\\nof the Ladies Department of the same. Dr. Stone\\nwas a warm advocate of the highest education of\\nwomen and for co-education in all our colleges.\\nHe believed it would come, he often said, as much\\nas he believed the next morning s sun would rise.\\nHe also believed that equal suffrage would be\\nadopted, .\\\\fter the abolition of slaverj-, of which\\nhe was an advocate even when it was very unpop-\\nular to be an Aliolitionist, he t)ften said that the\\ngranting of suffrage to women was the next\\nprogressive step that he wanted to see taken, and\\nhe believed that it would come it must come. The\\nwhole trend of the age wsis toward it. and it was\\nthe inevitalile evolution f)f the Declaration of In-\\ndependence.\\nIn those first j-eare of abolition, the residence of\\nDr. Stone w.as the home of lecturers on that siili-\\njeet, a-s it w.-vs a little later of lecturers on woman\\n30\\nsufTr.age. Thus they entertained nearlj all the\\ngreat leaders of advanced thought: Emereon, Al-\\ncolt, Wendell TliiUips, Fred Douglass, Mrs. Stan-\\nton, Susan B. Anthony, Mary Livermore, Lucj\\nStone and a host of others. Dr. Stone was veiy\\nanxious that the Republican party should right it-\\nself on the subji!ct of woman suffrage. It had\\nbeen the party of progress, and he was anxious to\\nsee it fulfill its earlier promise.\\nIn November, 1864, i\\\\Irs. Stone laid down the\\nwork in Kalamazoo College, where she had taught\\nfor nearly twenty years with little reward, except\\nwhat she had found in teaching and in seeing the\\nintellectual and spiritual development of her pu-\\npils. Into the building up of Kalamazoo College\\nshe and her husband put the strength and vigor\\nof their lives and sacrificed property tli.nt would\\nhave secured them an easy competence all their\\nlives.\\nLeaving the college threw Mrs. Stone into an-\\nother line of educational work, that of the forma-\\ntion of Women s Clubs for the education of\\nwomen. Spending some weeks in Boston, just\\nafter the formation of the New England Woman s\\nClub, she came home to transmute what had been\\nher historical classes into a Woman s Club, the first\\nin the State. She has also taken many classes\\nof young ladies abroad for the stud3 of history\\nand art, thus visiting the countries of Europe,\\nEgypt and Palestine, and seeing the places with\\nwhich, through books, she had long been familiar.\\nThus even in her old age she continues her stud-\\nies, so that she will, as she believes, go fully pano-\\nplied and equipped to continue the highest learning\\nof this world in the next.\\nDr. and Mrs. Stone were the parents of three\\nsons. Clement Walker was educated at Kalamazoo\\nCollege, and on the breaking out of the Civil War\\nenlisted in the Second Michigan Infantry. He\\nserved first as Quartermaster and was subsequently\\npromoted to the rank of Captain, serving with\\nvalor for four years, at the expiration of which\\ntime he returned home with enfeebled health.\\nPrior to entering the army, he was married to Miss\\nCarrie Moore, of Mooreville, Mich., and they had\\ntwo children. His death occurred October 3,\\n1887. The second son, Horatio Il.ackett, was edu-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0655.jp2"}, "656": {"fulltext": "662\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncated a( Kalamazoo College aiirl aicd in 1884.\\nBoth the lu others were newspaper men and for\\nseveral years engaged in publishing the Kalamazoo\\nTelegraph. .lames II. Stone, who also received his\\neducation at Kalamazoo College, was for many\\nyears manager of the Detroit Trihune,a.\\\\\\\\A now re-\\nsides in Detroit. lie married \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Sliss Margaret Web-\\nster, of Plymouth, N. I!., and they have three\\nchildren.\\n4^\\n^EV. JAMES A. 15. STONE, was horn in\\nPiermont, N. II., October 28, 1810, He was\\ni*A \\\\V educated in the district school of his native\\nvillage and fitted for college in Royalton,\\nVt. In 1834, he graduated from Middlebury (Vt.)\\nCollege, having sustained through his college\\ncourse a high reputation for scholarshii) and char-\\nacter, and graduating with high honors. He was\\nmade tutor in the same institution immediately\\nafter completing the course. From Middlebury,\\nhe accepted the position of Principal of llinesburgh\\nAcadem} which flourished greatly under him for\\ntwoj ears. He was a natural teacher, and in teach\\ning lost sight of everything in iiromoting the best\\ninterest and progress of his pupils. No one under\\nhis instruction ever forgot him or the benefit they\\nreceived therefrom.\\nMr. Stone possessed the remarkable faculty of\\nkindling in his pupils a desire to know, an en-\\nthusiasm for study. There were few dullards in\\na school of which he was teacher. He knew per-\\nsonally every pupil in his school and everyone\\nknew him, and he contrived to find out some way\\nin which a love for the study of some thing could\\nbe awakened in the dullest. His influence in this\\nrespect will never be forgotton in the town of\\nllinesburgh, while one remains who there came in\\npersonal contact with him.\\nFrom llinesburgh, Dr. Stone went to Ando-\\nver Theological Seminary, where he remained\\nfor three years, and a year after his graduation\\nacted as Librarian and taught at intervals in\\nPhilip s Academy in Andover. His first settle-\\nmentas a minister was at Gloucester, Mass., wliich\\nplace he left to fill the professorship of Biblical\\nLiterature and Interpretation for Dr. Iloratifi B.\\nHaekett, during his absence foi a year or two in\\nEurope, for the purpose of study in the (Jernian\\nuniversities. This he did with great acceptance\\nto students, trustees and Dr. Haekett himself.\\nDr. Stone was married, .lune 10, 1840, at Grand\\nRapids, Mich., to Miss Lucinda Hinsdale, of Ilines-\\nl)iiigli, t. She accompanied him to Gloucester,\\nwhere he fully entered into his work as a minister,\\nespecially what might be considered the educa-\\ntional work in his society. In 1841), Dr. Stone\\nreceived a call from a small liaptist Church in\\nKalamazoo, and also to take charge of the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Branch of the Michigan University, located\\nthere. There were eight of these Branches in the\\nState, which, when they were established as feeders\\nfor the University, or schools preparatory to the\\nUniversity course, it was supposed were to be .as\\npermanent as the University itself. But after a\\nfew jears, the State funds not proving sutlicient to\\nsustain these Branches, they wei C cut off, and the\\nState appropriations ceased to be made to them.\\nVery earl} after the first settlement of Kalama-\\nzoo, the Baptist Convention of Jlichigan had\\nfounded there the first literary institution in Mu^\\nState, called tiie Baptist Institute. This had\\nbeen suspended when a Branch of the Univer-\\nsity had been located in Kalamazoo, upon a pro-\\nmise made to the Trustees of the Institute that\\nif the} would suspend instruction in their school,\\nthe Baptists might nominate the principals of the\\nr.rancli. But when the Branches were cut off from\\nthe University, there was no longer any jeason\\nfor suspending instruction in the I nstitute, which\\nwas therefore revived and mainly through Di-.\\nStone s efforts, this Institute was converted into\\nKalamazoo College, for which he was instrumental\\nin obtaining a charter from the Legislature and of\\nwhich he w.as made President .and continued lo be\\nso for nearly twenty years.\\nTo this work Dr. and JMrs. Stone gave the best\\nyears of their lives in service as arduous, unre-\\nmitting and unselfish as was ever performed. No\\nthought of self ever came between them and their\\neducational work. There was also connected with\\nKalamazoo College a theological seminary, at the\\nhead of which Dr. Stone was placed. So flourish-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0656.jp2"}, "657": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND HIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n663\\ning was this college under Ur. Stone s administra-\\ntion tiial it suinctimes numbered four liuiidred and\\nliflv stuilcnts. N( n\u00c2\u00bb of llie local colleges stood\\nhigher its to nunilier of sludeiils or grade t)f\\nseholarslii|). From this standard there was a great\\nfalling off upon Dr. Stone s resii;ii;i1i pn, wliieh\\noccurred in 1861.\\nWe copy the following from a volunu issued\\nupon the occ:u ion of the Reunioi. of the former\\npupils of Dr. and Mrs. Stone in 1885:\\nWhile Dr. Stone has employed the larger part of\\nhis life in teaching, he has found time to bestow con-\\nsideialilc hard W(jrk upon other pursuits. His exper-\\nience as a journalist commenced more than fifty\\nyears ago, and it will lie recollected that he was for\\nseveral years editor and publisher of the Kalamazoo\\nDaily and Weekly Telajraph. He was also Post-\\nmaster at Kalamazoo four years during President\\n(Jrant s administratitm. He was at one time Presi-\\ndent of the Michigan State Teachers Association\\nand afterward President of the Michigan Publish-\\nei s Association. Several of his sermons, lecttnesand\\naddresses, and numerous letters from Europe and\\nthe Orient, have been imblished from time lo lime.\\nHe has visited the Eastern Continents twice, spend-\\ning at one lime several months in different Mo-\\nhammedan countries, including Egypt, Arabia, Pal-\\nestine, Asia Minor, and visiting Troy. Constanti-\\nnople and tireece.\\nAlthough now seventy-live years old, his health\\nis good, far lietter than during a part of the last\\ntwentv-live ycai-s. and he does not liimself believe\\nthat his vital activities are yet exhausted. He is\\nnow engaged in ])reparing a volume of Pleasant\\nMemories, made up of reminiscences of notable\\nmen and events that have come under his observa-\\ntion during a long life, devoting about equal\\nparts to what he has seen in New Hampshire,\\nVermont, INfassachusetts, Michigan and foreign\\ncountries.\\nDr. Stone was eminently a public-spirited\\nman, and in all the educational, intellectual\\nand benevolent interests of Kalamazoo and the\\nState he took a deep interest, giving to tliein\\ntime, labor and money, according to his utmost\\nmeans. The arduous labors of his life told se-\\nriously ujion his health in the last five or six years\\nof his life, during which he was subject tf) ])arox-\\nysms of terrible suffering, which he bore with great\\npatience and cheerfulness, often regaining his\\nbreath after one of thein with a look of death upon\\nhis face, but with a joke so characteristic as to pro-\\nvoke irresistible laughter in those watching with\\nintense anxiety to see if a heart-beat or the sus-\\nl)ended breath would ever come again. But as\\n.soon as breath was restored, his book, a newspaper\\nor writing was resumed and scarcely an allusion\\nwas ever made to any suffering endured.\\nHe died instantly, seized with one of tho.se\\nparoxysms of pain to which he had long been sub-\\nject, while on a visit to his son, .lames H. Stone,\\nof Detroit, May lit, 1H88. He left the memory of\\na good and just man. In his literary tastes he was\\na great lover of the old classics, especially Homer,\\nwhom he read up to the last days of his life, some-\\ntimes inviting in the young people to read Homer\\nto them, explaining to them passsiges in the [^won-\\nderful Iliad and (Jdyssey and showing them how\\nSchliemann s excavations, in which he always took\\ngreat interest, had corroborated Homer s story.\\nSo thumbed and marked are his Bryant s trans-\\nlations of those great poems, which he greatly ad-\\nmired and which he closely compared with other\\ntranslations and with the original Greek, that it\\n1 would seem, as has been remarked by persons com-\\ning into his library, as if Dr. Stone might speak\\nfrom either of these volumes.\\nDr. Stone had tlie spirit of a true reformer. IK-\\nnever asked, who had embraced this opinion or\\nthat, or Is it popular? but rather. Is it true or right.\\nThus, though lu ouglit up in the Congregational\\nfaith, educated in a Ctmgregational college and\\ntheological seminary, convinced from his own\\nstudy of the scriptures that immersion was script-\\nure baptism, to the great astonishment and dis-\\nappointment of his fellow-students in Andover, he\\nwas l)aptized and joined a little Baptist Church,\\na most unpopular act in that stronghold of Con-\\ngregational orthodoxy. So, too, with the most\\nunpopular anti-slavery doctrine among Andover\\nstudents, he avowed his cordial acceptance of it,\\nhis firm belief in it. and his l)elief in its ultimate\\ntriumph. He would go down to Boston from An-\\ndover to hear Garrison and Wendell Philli|)s, in\\ndays when anti-slavery sentiments were very un-\\npojiular among the students, when (iarrison was\\nlead through the .streets of Boston, hooted and\\nst-oned l)y the mob, with a tarred rope around hl^\\nneck. But from the lirst utterance of anti-slaverv", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0657.jp2"}, "658": {"fulltext": "664\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsentiments ill tlie seminary, Dr. Stone said: This,\\nmy hrotliers, is tlio true Gospel; the infidehty is\\non tlie other side; no m.in can believe in the fa-\\ntherhood of God. the brotlierhood of man, .accept\\nChrist s teacliings in the Sermon on the Mount,\\nand helievc in the I ighteousness of slavery at tlie\\nsame time. Tiiis newtrnth is God s trnth and it\\nis sure to prevail.\\nIt was the same vvlien the question of Woman\\nSuffrage came before the ]iul)lic. He said; This\\nis right; it is the n.atnral. and must lie tlic inevit-\\nable,evolution of the Declaration of Iiuk iiendence.\\nTaxation and representation are inseparalile must\\nbe in a true Republic. From this o))inion he\\nnever swerved, always expressing it on any occa-\\nsion when his opinion or vote was called for. He\\nalways said that jNIary Woolstoncraft struck the\\nkeynote in this subject nearly one hundred years\\nago, when she based woman s rights on human\\nrights woman suffrage on the rights of all\\nsuffrage and the rights of human beings.\\nDr. Stone was a believer in co-educati(m and did\\nmore than any man in the State to secure the ad-\\nmission of women to oiu- State University. He\\nthought they had a right to all its privileges, and\\nit was for them to decide what they wanted to\\nstudy. Men could not judge for women, any\\nmore than women for men, as to what tastes they\\nmight indulge, or what thej^ were to do in life.\\nHe was not a fanatic in anything, but never made\\nany compromises with expediency. He was an\\nhonest and sincere Baptist, but much of the\\ntrouble which caused his resignation from the Pre-\\nsidency of Kalamazoo College .arose out of his in-\\nsisting upon an open, rather tiian purely Baptist\\ncorporation for the college. He said he saw the\\nday of purely denominational colleges waning,\\nand thought that the great good of such colleges\\nwas that they might appeal to manj- persons for\\ntheir support, who would not otherwise be led to\\ngive anything for educational purposes. He\\nwanted Kalamazoo College to be an educational\\ninstitution, not merely a Baptist College. As\\nsuch he wanted it to take hold of the people of the\\ncity and State, and be a moral and intellectual\\ninfluence here. It is now plain to be seen, that,\\nhad such counsels been regarded, its condition to-\\nday would have been very different from what it\\nis now.\\nNo (me ever more freely or magnanimously\\nforgave a most cruel injury attempted against him-\\nself, or more deeply lamented the harm done to\\nthe college liy the wild fanatical persecution of\\nhimself and wife, carried on by f.ilsehoods, for-\\ngeries and pei-juries, than did tlif Doctor, and\\nwhen, some years after his resignation, he learned\\nthat a President of the college had permitted the\\nportraits of himself and wife, which were the gift\\nto the college of private indivi luals and were\\nhanging on the w.alls of the college chapel when\\nhe and his wife resigned, to be taken down, ban-\\nished to the wood cellar of the college, where they\\nwere found, turned face to the wall and jammed\\nin between the stone foundations and floor above,\\ncovered with dirt and cobwebs, as a spite to the\\noriginals, who had really built the college and\\nrendered it most faithful service during twenty\\nyears; when he was told tif this attempted insult,\\nhe turned very pale, his lips trembled for a moment\\nand the tears started, but the cloud quickly passed;\\nhe smiled and said: God forgive those who have\\ndone this, is all 1 have to sa}^; those better than\\nwe and who have made greater s.acrifices for the\\ngood of the world, have suffered more ignomin-\\nious treatment from the hands of their enemies\\nthan this. God forgive them. He knows that I\\nwould not harm a hair of the head of one of them\\nif I could. Revenge or implacability was not in\\nhis n.ature or heart. Of no man who ever lived\\ncould it l)e more truly written as an epitaph upon\\nhis tomb: With malice toward none and good-\\nwill toward all, lived and died this man.\\nThe portrait of Dr. Stone presented on another\\npage perpetuates his lineaments for those to Mhoin\\nhis fame has extended, as well as those wlio in\\nfuture years will learn of his life and deeds.\\nLIVER R. .SCHUYLER. This gentlem.an is\\nthe owner and occupant of a productive\\ntr.act of land on section 21, Columbia Town-\\nshii). Van Buren County, a part of vvhich he pur-\\ncha,sed, and has had in his pos.session for two de-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0658.jp2"}, "659": {"fulltext": "K)RTRA1T AM) BlUGKArilJCAL UECOUD.\\n665\\ncjuU S or more. The fai-m consists of one hundred\\nand Uveiily acirs, bears the usual iinin-ovenients.\\nand is so niaiiagi (l as to hiin i- fortii abuu(hinl crops\\nof good (nialilv.\\nOur sulijeel conies of a good family, being a son\\nof Hansom and Catherine K. (Dow) Sciuiyler, who\\nwere natives of the Knipire State. The father was\\na son of David Scliulyer, wlio, in turn, was a son\\n(if (ieorgc Schuyler, born in (ierniany, and a\\nbiiiliiei of (ien. Schuyler of UevohUionary fame,\\nwho came to .Vmeriea in 17.)o and settled in New\\nYork Slate. He was a brother-in-law of Gen. Her-\\nkimer, and was killed in tlie battle of Hiskeney.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was liorn in New\\nYork, and married Mchilable Snulli, wlm bore him\\nIhirteen children, of whom they reared two sons\\nand six daughters, lie was a coo|)er b_\\\\ trade and\\ndied in Madison County. N. Y.\\nRansom .Schuyler was a farmer, born in Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., .Seplemlier IHl 1, and moved to\\nOhio about 1838, settling in (icorgia. lu iJsll.lie\\ncame to Lawrence. X-.iu Huren County, coming\\nhere by the old, primitive mode of travel by\\nwagon and ox-team, lie Ml lirsl Ijought only\\nseven acres, which he subseiiuenlly sold ainl i ur-\\nchased forty acres. Some years later, .about lis. )l,\\nhe came to tlii township and x ltlcd on section\\n22, and entered forty acres which he later traded\\nfor a like number near Paw Paw. lie thence\\nmoved to Decatur Township. In l.s. ).s, he located\\nin Ottawa for one year, then returned to Bloom-\\ningdale. and lin.ally spent his last years in Colum-\\nbia Township, dying August 17, 1X77.\\nThe parents of our subject had eight ithildren\\n\\\\Villiam, who died at the age of twenty-eight\\nveal s; Amantla; Susan, who died when six years\\nold; Mary, Oliver H.. Richard. Franklin and\\n(ieorge. The father was a member of the rnited\\nbrethren Clmrcli, and tlicmothri- of the Methodist\\nKpiscopal. The mother of our subject was a\\ndaughter of .lames and Klizabeth (-lay) Dow. na-\\ntives of Connecticut and New York, resjiectively.\\nMr. Schuyler w.as ri aied upon the farm and ob-\\nUiined his education in the common schools, and\\nat the age of fourteen years commenced to make\\nhis own way in the world. M the age of twenty-\\none years, he began workinij out bv the month.\\nand in this manner spent three years, when he\\nlearned the carpenter s trade, which he h.-us ever\\nsince followed. In lH7o. he bought f(\u00c2\u00bbrly acres of\\nland where he now resides and cleared and ini-\\nl rt)ved it. In 1H7H, he added eighty acres more,\\nu|ion which he has .also placed good impfovements.\\nHe has a fine orchard, covering forty acres, piinei-\\n|)ally of peach trees, although he raises all kinds\\nof fruit.\\nMr. Schuyler was married. .Inly 1, 1X71, to Net-\\ntie Gilbert, a native of Ontario County, N. Y.,\\nand a daughter of Daniel 1 .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid l Miiiiie .M. (Peper)\\nGilbert, who were liorii at Ontario, and Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., respectively. Mr. i ilberl, who was a\\nson of Daniel and .Viina (Kiiapp) Oilbcrt, was a\\nshoemaker bv trade and removed from New York\\nto Portage County, Ohio. In the spring of 186.),\\nthe^- came to Columbia Township, and purch.nsed\\ntwenty acres of land on section 13, where he rcwided\\nuntil his death, October 5, l\u00c2\u00ab7(i. Mr. and .Airs.\\niilberthad six children, of whom lliree arc now\\nliving: Milford M., Lelah K. and Nettie, wife of\\nour subject. !Mr. (iilbertwas a member of the Or-\\nder of Odd Fellows.\\nOur subjet t and his wife are the i)arent~s of live\\nchildren: (ulbeit R.. Charles M.. Clara M.. Cleve-\\nland and Maude. Mr. Schuyler is au honoreil .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid\\nrespected member of the .Masonic fraternity and\\nis highly esteemed .as an intelligent and worthy\\ncitizen, who has made a place f(n himself in the\\nworld bv his own eneriiv and industr\\\\-.\\nILl.L^M COOPFIi. Ilaviiigihe full eoiili-\\niV/V// *lt c and esteem of the people among\\nwhom he has passed his entire life, the\\ncareer of Mr. Cooper furnishes an excelleiil illustra-\\ntion of the success which rewards painstaking and\\nenergetic efforts. One of the most enteri)rising\\nmerchants of Schoolcraft, in fact, |ii Oinineiit among\\nthe dealers of Kalamazoo County, his facilities for\\ndoing business are complete and everything i-on-\\niiectcd therewith bcais- the mark of order and .sy.\\nlein. I he Ihoidugh knowledge of business t.actics\\nwhich he possesses and the line slock of griods", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0659.jp2"}, "660": {"fulltext": "666\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhich he carries have made his store the popular\\nplace for trade among the citizens.\\nThe parents of our subject were .Justin and 1j jw-\\nville (Hazzard) Cooper, natives of Sencen and\\nAVashington Counties, Js. Y., respectively-. They\\nremoved to St. Joseph County, this State, in 1831,\\nand three years later came to Schoolcraft, where\\nthey have since resided. Their family comprised\\nseven children, William being the fifth in order of\\nbirth. He was born in Schoolcraft Township, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1842, and was reared on his father s\\nfarm, his education being gained in the common\\nschools of the district and the jiublie school in\\nKalamazoo.\\nAbout 1870 Mr. Cooper left the parental home\\nand settled on a farm in Schoolcraft Townsiiip.\\nwhere he resided for two years. He then came to\\nthe village, and was for three years employed as a\\nclerk in a store, after which he embarked in business\\nas a merchant. As above indicated, he carries a tine\\nstock of goods and is the leading merchant of the\\n])lacc, being widely known .as a successful tiusiness\\nman and public-spirited citizen. He owns six hun-\\ndred acres of land in South Dakota, and also is the\\nowner of considerable propert\\\\ in Schoolcraft, the\\nvalue of which is constantly increasing.\\nDecember 7, 1869, Mr. Cooper was united in\\nmarriage, in Schoolcraft Township, with Miss Re-\\nbecca Bogardus, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., and\\nan estimable lady whose position in social circles\\nis prominent. .Air. Cooper has always stood aloof\\nfrom political affairs, preferring the pleasures of\\nhome in his leisure hours to the excitement of\\npolitical contests.\\nS7 EANDER CANNON. Upon section 7, Brady\\nI Township. Kalamazoo County, resides Mr.\\njiL^ Cannon, one of the representative agricul-\\nturists of this county, and a gentleman who is well\\nand favorably known. He is an old resident of\\nthis place, and a native of Cayuga County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he was born August 8, 1830, to Thomas and\\nAmelia (Craft) Cannon, natives of New York\\nState. The grandfather, Thomas Cannon, was a\\nRevolutionary hero, and a native of Dublin, Ire-\\nland. He came to America in early life and\\nbought land of the Government at a sixpence an\\nacre in Cayuga County. N. Y. He was married to\\nAbigail Slot, a native of Germany, and became the\\nfather of a family of four boys and five girls. His\\ndeath occurred when he was aljout ninety years\\nold, and that of his good wife when about the\\nsame age. He drew a pension from the Govern-\\nment for his services in the Revolutionary War.\\nThe father of our subject was a farmer, who died\\nin Ca} uga County, when about sixty years of age.\\nHe owned a place of one hundred and twenty acres\\nin his native State. Socially he was a Mason, and\\nliolitically a Democrat. He married Amelia Craft,\\na native of New York, and by their union two\\nchildren were born: Leander .ind Adaline. The\\nmother of our subject was a second time married,\\ntliis time becoming the wife of .James Wilson, by\\nwhom she had two children, Mortimer and Laura.\\nShe died .at the age of forty. Her father, William\\nCraft, the maternal grandfather of our subject, w.as\\na Scotchman by birth, and a shoemaker by trade.\\nHe died when past his three-score years and ten.\\nOur subject was reared on the home farm, and\\nobtained his rudimentary education in the district\\nschool. His father died when he was but four\\nyears old, and he lived with his mother and stej)-\\nfather until reacliing his eighteenth year, when he\\nstarted in life for himself. He came to this State in\\n1837, and located at West Le Roy, Calhoun County,\\nmaking the journey* by horse-team to Buffalo,\\ncrossing Lake Michigan, and finishing the trip liy\\nteam. He settled in the forest and liuilt a log\\nhouse, where he w.as siirrouniled by wild animals of\\nall kinds. Mr. Cannon came to this county in\\n1841, and settled witii his father-in-law, working\\nby the month for half a year, receiving a recom-\\npense of 16 per month. There were but very few\\nsettlers here tiien. it being little but a vast wilder-\\nness, infested by wild animals of all kinds, and as\\nhe w.as very fond of hunting, he was enabled to do\\na great deal of it.\\nWlicn he of whom we write was twenty yens\\nold, he purchased seventy-five acres of land wliicli\\nwas but little improved. lie had nothing when\\nhe commenced for himself but is now the posses-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0660.jp2"}, "661": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BlU(iUAVlllCAL RECORD.\\n667\\nsor if two liiiiuhi l and twenty broad and fertile\\nacres in Urady T( \\\\vnslii| and oiirlity acres in\\nWaUesluna Townsliij). inniving liiree luindred acres\\nin all. He Ivceps a good grade of :stock. and makes\\na s|H ciaUy of wheal growing and llie raising of\\nswine, riie present fine brick residence of our\\nsubject was erected in 1861, at a cost of *5.0()().\\nSplendid buildings of all kinds adorn the place,\\nincluding tlii ee neat lianis, wliich have been erected\\nat different times.\\nThe worthy gentleman of wlioui we write was\\nunited ill marriage, February II, 1853, to Miss\\nCh.-iilotte M. Houghton. Mi-s. Cannon w.as born\\nill ISatavia, N. Y., December 25, I8;i(). and liy her\\nunion with oiir subject has become the motlier of\\nfive children: Mabel (^Irs. Oleason), Tluimas E.,\\nWarren dertrude, and Claude. Miss (lertrtide\\nhas a very line talent for piano playing which she\\nexercises beautifully and also engages in teaching\\nmusic. She does very line oil painting, of which\\nelegant work is to be found in the home. Mr.\\nC:iniion in his political views at present alliliates\\nwith the F. irnieis Alliiiiu c, but was foriiierlv a\\nDemocrat. Socially, he is one of the leading mem-\\nbers of the Masonic I.od^c. No. 10. j lirtage\\nTownship.\\n\\\\^^D\\\\\\\\.\\\\i;i) IIM.I.V. Iliis enterprising and\\nI7S] eneruetic Imsiness man of Ilaitford is very\\n1^ popular in this section fur his thorough\\nand lionot way of dealiiii; with his fellow-men.\\nlie was liorn in Palmyra, N. V., in I85;i, and w.as\\na son of Patrick and IJridiret (Kaley) inley, na-\\ntives of Coiinly (allow, Ireland, where tlu V were\\nmarried and had one child Ixirii to them.\\nIn .luiie, IH, )1. the elder Mv. Finley emigrati d\\nwith liis family to the New World .and located at\\nEast Walworth, N. V. Three years later, they\\ncame West to an Huren County, this State, mov-\\ning hither when our subject was an infant. They\\nlocated on section {5, IJjingor Township and the\\nold home farm still remains the properly of the\\nfamily.\\nIvlwaid Finley was one of a family of eight\\ncjiilcjien liorii to his parents, viz: Mary, FMward.\\n:{C-\\nJennie E., John, James II.. Ella. William T, and\\nLouis, all of whom are residents of an Unren\\nCounty. Our subject served as Postmaster of\\nHartford during Cleveland s administration and\\nin 1889 engaged with llor. ice M. Olne.v, under the\\nStyle of H. ^I.Olney iV Co., in luiying.and sliipi)ing\\ngrain, seeds, and wool. They also handle coal and\\nare r.-mked among the [iiogressive and successful\\nyoung liusiness men of the pl.aee, ]\\\\Ir. inle.v has\\nnever married. In polities, he casts his vote and\\ninlluence in favor of Democratic candidates.\\n)XATII.\\\\N C. IIOYT. A prominent part\\nin the upbuilding of Kalamazoo County has\\nbeen borne by Mr. Iloyl. an influential\\nfarmer on section 2.!, I rairie Roiide Town-\\nship. Having been engaged in agricultural pur-\\nsuits throughout his entire active life, he is tlK r-\\nouglily familiar with the best methods of cultivat-\\ning a f:irm, and has been very successful in his\\nchosen calling. He owns and oper;iles two hun-\\ndred and sixty acres of fertile land, which he has\\nac iuired through his unaiiled exertions.\\nFor information in reganl to the parents of Mr,\\nIloyt, the reader is referred to the sketch of Kans-\\nford C. Iloyt, which appears in another portion of\\nthis volume. Jonathan C.was born in Prairie Ronde\\nTownship, December 2, 1848, and was reared on\\nthe homestead, wliich he now owns. His boyluiod\\nw,as passed in the soniewhal uneventful manner of\\na farmer s son, his winters being spent in the com-\\nmon schools and the summer seasons being devoted\\nto the tilling of the soil.\\nApril 1), 1874, Mr. Iloyt was mari ied to Miss\\nVienna Smith, who was born in Prairie Honde\\nTownship, May 12, 185. 5. Her p.iieiits, .lolm and\\nCatherine (Ennis) Smith, came to this township\\nin 1852 and have since resided here, being kindly,\\ngenerous jieoplc, wh i stand high in the estei m\\nof their neighbors. Mr. and .Mi-s. Iloyt are the\\nparents of six chihlren. namely: Monroe H., ere\\nC., Vinson. Lee W., .lessie and (Jrace. The chil-\\ndren are at home with their parents, with the ex-\\nception of Vinson, who ilied in childhood.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0661.jp2"}, "662": {"fulltext": "668\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThere is no measure proposed for the develop-\\nment of Prairie Ronde Townsliip, or the advance-\\nment of its interests, which fails to receive the\\nmost hearty S3^mpath3 and co-operation of Mr.\\nHoyt, who has contributed his quota to the growth\\nof the community alike in its educational and\\nagricultural interests. He believes that the welfare\\nof the Government is best promoted l)^ the prin-\\nciples of the Democratic partj and accordingly\\nhe advocates its pliitform and upholds its candi-\\ndates. Realizing his peculiar fitness for official po-\\nsitions, his fellow-citizens have called ui)0)i him to\\nrepresent them in various pulilic posts of duty and\\nresponsibility, and he h.as served as School Direc-\\ntor, Drain Commissioner and Township Treasurer\\nwitli efficiency. 1 n his social affiliations, he is a\\nmember of the Masonic fraternity and the Order of\\nMaccabees.\\n^i^EORGE A. MYERS, proprietor of Fruitl.and\\njll Sumraei Resort. This beautiful hotel is\\n^^JJ^ located on the lake shore, in the south-\\nwestern portion of the village of South Haven, in\\nthe midst of four acres of ground. In October,\\n1890, the land was as nature had left it. It was\\nthen that IMr. INI^ers conceived the idea of pur-\\nchasing the land for the purpose of making a resort\\nwhere the many summer visitors to South Haven\\ncould be creditably entertained. He at once com-\\nmenced grading the ground and building. On\\nanother page will be found a view of the hotel,\\nwhich is 100x28 feet, with wing 24x.32 feet, and is\\nthree stories in lieight. His forty sleei)ing rooms,\\nlarge, airy reception, dining and other rooms, are\\nall well furnished. He hsis also a bowling-alley,\\nbilliard rooms, tennis court and bath houses. The\\ngrounds are embellished with fountains, fish ponds,\\netc., with a fine view of the village and surround-\\ning fruit country. It borders the lake and is sixty\\nfeet above the lake level.\\nMr. Myers was born in Plattsville, Greene\\nCounty, New York, February 16, 1843. His great-\\ngreat-grandfather was born in Germany, near the\\nRiver Khlne. where he wa m.iiricd and reared a\\nfamily of three sonis and two daughters. He then\\ncame to America and located on the banks of the\\nHudson River, in New Y ork. His son, Steiihen,\\nmarried and resided in Schoharie County, where\\nhe carried on farming and reared a family of seven\\nchildren: Stephen, Harmon us,. John, .Jacob, Cathar-\\nine, Charity .and Eliza. Of that famil3 Jacob\\nwas born, m 1789, and married Caroline Becker.\\nAfter their marriage, they resided in Prattsville,\\nGreene County, N. Y., where he died. The mem-\\nIjers of Ills family were named Henry B., Katie A.,\\nThomas, Eliza, William, .John, Addison, Rosalia,\\nWillis, Sabina and Caroline. Heni\\\\v B. was born\\nin Prattsville, June 26, 1813. His father, although\\nhe had never learned the trade, carried on an ex-\\ntensive business in making wagons, etc. Our sub-\\nject when only ten years old commenced to work\\nin the shops and, like his father, was naturally a\\ngood mechanic. He learned the cabinetmakers\\ntrade and became a general wood-worker.\\nHenry B. Myers, the father of our subject, was\\nmarried, in 1839, to Mary Ann Randall. Ten\\nyears later, he left the family in New Y ork and\\ntraveled for nine years. In 1851, the family re-\\nmoved to Michigan, and first settled in Flowerfield,\\nSt. Joseph County, where tiie father worked at his\\ntrade. His wife died soon after coming to the\\nWolverine State, leaving a family of six children.\\nThey were Helen, the wife of .John C. Dale, of\\nKaus.as; George A., the subject of this sketch; Rosa-\\nlia, the wife of Jesse Earl, of California; Mary Ann,\\nthe wife of .Jesse M. Crose, of Kalamazoo County;\\nCharles E., also of Kalamazoo County, and Harriet,\\nthe wife of F. D. CobI), of California.\\nIn 18.56, the father of our subject removed to\\nSchoolcraft, this State, where he resided and fol-\\nlowed his trade until 1891, when he came to South\\nHaven to make his home with our subject. He\\nhas been married f((ur times. George A. Myers\\nreceived a good business education and when he\\nattained his majority engaged in business in School-\\ncraft, which he carried on with marked success un-\\ntil 1889, when he came to South Haven. Here he\\npurchased a farm of forty acres, which he still owns,\\nand engaged in its cultivation until launching\\nout in the hotel business.\\nJlr. ]M\\\\ers. of this sketch, has bcuu twice married.\\nIn 1865, Miss Celia Walsh, of Ithaca, N. Y became", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0662.jp2"}, "663": {"fulltext": "o\\nI\\no\\nI\\n3\\no\\ncc\\nlJ\\no\\ncc\\no\\nJ\\nI\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ntt:\\nLJ\\n0.\\no\\nlL\\no\\nu\\nq:\\nQ\\nID\\na:", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0663.jp2"}, "664": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0664.jp2"}, "665": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n671\\nhi* wife; slic died in lS7fl. and was the mother of\\noni child, who died in infancy. In 1S71, our\\nsiiliject was married to Ida Sliannun. a native of\\nFriendship, N. Y., and by tlnit \\\\ini in i\\\\Ir. flyers\\nhas hccoinc llie fallier of two fliihhcn: Henry 15.\\n;in(] Olive G. In polities, he is a firm Democrat,\\nand in his rcliijious lielief is a nionilier of the Bap-\\ntist C hureh.\\nS)\\ncs_\\nARLKX S. SMITH. .M. I). Tlie profession\\n)j) of medieine invarialily attracts to its prac-\\ntice men of learninjr. whose scientilic re-\\n[^j searclies have contriliiited to its advance-\\nment. .\\\\monij this nninher maybe mentioned Dr.\\nSmith, a prominent and successful physician of\\nSclioulcraft, who ranks amoni; the foremost men\\nof his profession in the county. He is identified\\nwith tiie Ivalamazoo .Vcademy of Medicine and\\nvarious local organizations, taking an active in-\\nterest in all medical investigations and keeping\\nal)reasl witii the latest di.scoveries in therapeutics.\\nThe family of wiiirli our subject is a member\\ntraces its origin to England, and one of it-s first\\nrepresentatives in this country was Stephen .Smith,\\nwho died in New York State. His son, Ilezekiah,\\nmade his home in the western part of the Empire\\nState, where, at an advanced age, his life was\\nbrought to a close. The next in line of descent\\nwas .Steiihen, who was born in New York, where he\\nwas a farmer and merchant. During the late war\\nhe came to Michigan and settled in Schoolcraft\\nTownship, where he has since engaged in farming\\npursuit.s. He married Harriet Smith, a native of\\nNew York, who still survives.\\nThe eldest of the four children boin to Ste|)hen\\nand Harriet Smith was Ilarlen S., the subject of\\nthis sketch, who was born in (atl.-iiaugus County,\\nX. Y., .\\\\(iril 7, ISti. He grew toarobusi manhood\\nin his native State, receiving his education in the\\ncommon schools and flrillith Institute, after which\\nlie commenced to read medicine. At the age of\\nniiieleen years, he entered the employ of llie (lov-\\nernment, being comiei Ud with the :u Depjirl-\\nment.aiid wa.- thus engaged until the fall of 1SC 7.\\nMuuuwUUe hi: continued his uicUical studies and\\nwas a student in the medical department of the\\n(ieorgetown Medical College, where he graduated\\nin 1867.\\nResigning his position with the (lovernment\\nduring the following year, the young doctor trav-\\neled through the West in search of a location.\\nFailing to find one which he considered suitable,\\nhe returned to New York and opened an olliee for\\npractice in Ellicottsville, remaining llieie about\\nthirteen years and l)econiing known ;is a skillful\\nphysician. In 1879, he came to Michigan, and,\\nafter a sojourn of one year in Kalamazoo, located\\nin Schoolcraft, where he h.as since resided in the\\nenjoyment of an extensive and lucrative practice.\\nThe marriage of Dr. .Smith, at F^liicottsville, N.\\nY., united him with Miss Sophie M. Skinner, a na-\\ntive of Cattaraugus County, X. Y., and they are the\\nparents of three children: Florens V. Z., Leslie G.,\\nand Stephen II. The Doctor is identified with the\\nAlasonic fraternity and the Rei)ublican party, ex-\\ntending his influence in aid of those [lublic meas-\\nures which he considers calculated to promote the\\nwelfare of the people.\\nEORGE C. FAXCKBOXER. I his popular\\nn citizen of Schoolcraft w.a.s l)orn in Helvidere,\\nWarren County, X. .1., .lune 11, 182!).\\nWhen eight years old, he accoijipMiiied his paicnt.s\\nto Kalamazoo County, settling in I rairie Ronde\\nTownship, and growing to manhood upon his\\nfather s farm. Possessing an industrious disposi-\\ntion, he commenced to learn the trade of a carpen-\\nter when about eighteen and served an ap|)rentice-\\nship of three years, meanwhile remaining with his\\nfather.\\nP\\\\)r twelve years, Mi I anikbonei- followed the\\ntra k of a carpenter and met with considerable\\nsuccess in the |iursuit of the trade. l)eiiig engaged\\n|)rincipally in the vicinity of Schoolcraft. For\\ntwo years of that tune, he also operated a farm,\\nafter which he followed the vocation of a farinei\\nfor twelve seasons, mean while running a tliieshiiig\\niii;n-hine foi- neigliboi s. In Fi bruai\\\\\\\\ 1H(;7, lie n--\\nMlo\\\\ I d to Scliool(i;ift wlieri for another lwel\\\\e\\nyears he tullowed the U udc of a butcher uud at", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0665.jp2"}, "666": {"fulltext": "672\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe same time sold agricultural implements anrl\\nmanaged his farm.\\nThe next business to which Mr. Fanckboner\\ndevoted his attention was tlie manufacture and\\nsale of monuments and gravestones, in which he\\ncontinued some three years. lie owns a splendid\\nfarm of one hundred and twenty-eight acres, be-\\nsides village property of considerable value, and\\nsince 1881 has engaged exclusively in farming.\\nHe still supervises the place, although a ten. int re-\\nsides upon it and cultivates the land. Although\\nhis personal affairs have required his almost undi-\\nvided thought, he is a keen observer of men\\nand things and contributes his quota to public\\nenterprises. Especially has he maintained close\\ninterest in the County Fair and was largely in-\\nstrumental in securing the location of the Fair\\nGrounds at Schoolcraft.\\nNovember 1.5, 185,5, Mr. Fanckboner was united\\nin marriage in Prairie Ronde Township, to Miss\\n.\\\\deline McCreary, tiie sister of George IMcCreary,\\nwliose sketch mav be found elsewhere in this vol-\\nume. Mrs. Fanckljoner was boru in Prairie\\nRonde Townshii), March 29, 1835, and was edu-\\ncated in the public schools of the community. A\\nlady of great amiability and culture, she luas been\\nespecially active in temperance work, having\\nsigned a pledge when she was young and kept it\\n.sacred ever since. She h.as l)elonged to almost\\nevery temperance society which has been organized\\nin the vicinity of her home, having been iden titled\\nwith tiie Sons and Daugliters of Temperance, (iood\\nTemplars, Crusade Society, White Ribbon, Blue\\nRiblion, Prohibition and Woman s Christian Tem-\\nperance Union, and in all of which she has held\\noHices of trust and honor.\\n^Ir. and lrs. Fanckl)oner are the jiarents of\\nthree children, namely: Lottie A., wlio married\\nFrank Drumniond. and died Octolicr 15, 1888;\\nPreston W., who chose as his wife Miss Anna Mack-\\nlin, and Hattie E.. who is also greatly interested\\nin temperance work and is an .active member of\\nthe Young Woman s Christian Temperance Union.\\nShe is connected with the Methodist Church, of\\nw hich she is organist. Mr. Fanckboner has served as\\na memlier of the illage Board and w.as itsl iesident\\nfor four terms. While residiui;- in Prairie Ronde\\nTownship, he filled the position of Constable and\\ntakes considerable interest in i)ublic matters, al-\\nthough he is independent in his political attiliations.\\nHe contributes to the support of the .Methodist\\nChinch, of which his wife is an active menilier,\\nand .as old settlers and iiromlnent citizens, both\\narc highly esteemed liy their aciiuaintances.\\n\\\\|^DWIN VOSBUH ;iI. In all his enterprises\\njl^ this gentleman has met with marked mic-\\nmLs^ cess, and is now one of the solid business\\nmen of Kalamazoo County, having for many years\\nsuccessfully engaged in farming pursuits on section\\n24, Ross Township. He owns one hundred and\\nsixty acres of good farming land, one hundred .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiid\\ntwenty of which comprise his home pl.ace. and he\\noccupies a beautiful residence, erected in 18 J1.\\nAVayne County, N. Y., is the native place of Mr.\\nVosburgh, who w.as born December 7, 1835. His\\nparents, David and Sophronia (Loomis) Vosljurgli,\\nwere natives of New York, and he was reared u[M)n\\na farm there, meanwhile gaining such schooling .as\\nwas possible at that day. In 1847, he accompanied\\nhis parents to Michigan and located with thciii in\\nCharleston Town.ship, Kalamazoo County, where\\nhe was a witness of the development of the county.\\nIn the home there established, his parents spent\\ntheir remaining years, and at their death were\\nsurvived by five children: Alonzo, Edwin, .John,\\nMilford and Susan.\\nThe hardships of pioneer life, the clearing of\\nland, removing brush and \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2tumps, turning the first\\nfurrows in the soil all this work was participated\\nin by IMr. Vosburgh. Soon after commencing for\\nhimself, he was married to IMiss .lane Romans, and\\nlive children were l)orn of the union, three of whom\\nstill survive, namely: ^larshall, who married Cora\\nFoard; Sarah, wife of Benjamin Piper, and Ella,\\nwho l)ecame the wife of Joseph Hudson.\\nThe second matrimonial alliance which was con-\\ntracted b} Mr. N osburgh brought to his home a\\nbride whose maiden name was Ellen Roiiian iiid\\nwild is an estimalilc lady of great kindness of heart.\\nThey are the parents of seven children, namely:\\ni", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0666.jp2"}, "667": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRArH CAL RECORD.\\n673\\nCora, now ^frs. Clinrlos Stratton; DiMinis. who is\\nlivinij ill W;isliiiigt()ii Slate; Manioy. David, .Susan,\\nWalter and Hertlia. Aiiout the time of the close\\nof the Civil War, Mr. osbiirirli .settled upon his\\n])iivient farm, where he has since remained, eni^ag-\\ning in ajjricultural pursuits with success.\\nThe Domoeralic jiarty has a stanch adherent in\\nMr. osbul\u00e2\u0080\u00a2gh, who uses liis influence and l)allot\\nfor It-i principles and candidates. Xo measure is\\n])reseiiled of piililie importance wliicli fails to re-\\nceive Ills hearty symi)atliy and .active .assistance.\\nHis life has lieen such as U win liie confidence of\\nall with whom luisiness or social rel.ations have\\nlirouglit him in contact, and his success is the re-\\nsult of the sterling traits of character which he pos-\\nsesses.\\nI^M ICMAEL C. CRONIX, M. I)., one of the\\nmost prominent physicians of Van Buren\\nCounty, resides in I angor, where, in the\\nfew years since he came to that place, he\\nhas built u|i an extensive practice, and has secured\\nhosts of friends, nfit only through his successful\\ntreatment of tiie ills which flesh is heir to, but\\nhy his affable manners and courteous treatment of\\nevery one with whom he comes in contact.\\nDr. Cronin is a native of Indiana, his birth talc-\\ning place at Muncie, September 9, ISOfi. At the\\nage of eight years, he accompanied his parents to\\nHartford City, Ind., where he was educated at\\nRidgevillc College. He afterward taught school\\nfor five terms and then began reading medicine.\\nIn IH7H, he entered the medical department of the\\nButler I lii versitw in iiis native State, from which\\nhe was graduated in 1X81. He followed the prac-\\ntice of his iirofessinii at Hartford for .a shoil time,\\nanil then located at South Haven, Mich., where he\\npracticed ff r nearly two years in part^iersliip with\\nW. C. Ransom. In the fall of 18H2, he came to\\nBangor, where he h.i-s since resided, and has been\\nemiiieiitly successful. He has always been a close\\nstinlent and has kept alireasl of the times in seien-\\ntilic disctivcries ami in everything whicli would aid\\nill tile bettor kllowlecIu;r of Hie lllllli:ill lrlil Mild\\nthe effects of drujjs. in the fall of l\u00c2\u00bba7, Dr. Cronin\\nwent to Xew York and took a post-graduate course\\nin Bellevue Hospital and College, thus adding\\ngreatly to his practical experience in both medi-\\ncine and surgery.\\nThe parents of our subject, .Tohn and JNIary\\n(Trant) Cronin, were natives of the Emerald Isle,\\nbut emigrated to .Viiierica earl_y in life. The\\nfather is still living at Ilartffird City, Ind., where\\nheh.as four sons in business, one beinga phj sician,\\nanother in the medical college, the third a iner-\\ncliaiit, and the remaining son interested in buying\\nand selling land.\\nDr. Cronin was married in M.ay, 1880, to Miss\\nEmma Willison, of an Burcn County, rolitically,\\nthe Doctor is a Democrat and strongl} attached to\\nhis party, which he believes holds the correct\\nviews on national government. He li.asa beautiful\\nresidence and a fine office, in which may be found\\na well-selected library of books, the m.ajority of\\nwhich treat especially on the subject-s connected\\nwith his professif)n. Dr. Cronin is a man wIk) has\\nlived a bn.sy and useful life, is liberal and generous\\nto all demands made upon his time or pur.se, and\\nwho counts his friends b^- the score.\\n4#=\\nAFKRT SLOTMAN. The gentleman whose\\nname heads this sketch has atl. iined con-\\nsiderable |iromiiieiice in agririiltiiinl circles,\\nby reason of his intelligence and iirogre.ssive tend-\\nencies and also by his genial and frank ways. He is\\nat present residing on his comfortable farm on sec-\\ntion 21 Overisel Township, Allegan County, where\\nhe gives his time and attention to the cultivation\\nof the sfiil. and by a proper rotation of crops his\\nland has been brought to a high degree of cultiva-\\ntion and made to yield handsome returns.\\nMr. Slolman is a son of Lafert and .lohaiiiin\\n.Slotman and was liorn March I, 1818, in Syracuse,\\nX. Y. He was an infant when his parents re-\\nmoved to this State and ktcated in Overisel Town-\\nship, where he has since made his home. He was\\ngiven a fair education in the .schools of his neigh-\\nborhood and when eighteen years of age starteil\\nout to do for liiinsolf. by working out by the\\nmonth as a farm laborer.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0667.jp2"}, "668": {"fulltext": "674\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nAlice Wagner became tlie wife of our subject,\\ntheir marriage taking place in Overisel Township.\\nMrs. Slotman is a native of Holland and is the\\ndaughter of Cornelius Wagner, also a native of\\nHolland. She was brought to Grand Haven, this\\nState, when a child of seven years and was given\\na good education in the common schools of her\\nneighborhood. Her father died in Muskegon,\\nwhere her mother is now residing at the advanced\\nage of eighty-two years.\\nSeven children have come to bless the liome of\\nour subject and his wife, six of whom are living\\nat the present writing (181)2). They bear the\\nnames respectively of Johanna, Katie, Willie, Lena\\nFlora and Lawrence. One child died in infancy.\\nMr. Slotman is the owner of eighty acres of excel-\\nlent land which has been brought to its present\\nprosperous condition by his own hands, .as it was\\nin its primitive state when he purchased it. He\\nhas erected good and convenient buildings on his\\nfarm and everything about the premises bears the\\nmarks of the industry and good management of\\nthe owner.\\nMr. vSlotman has occupied the responsible i)osi-\\ntion of Township Tre.isurer, occupying the ollice\\nfor two years, and during tliat period giving entire\\nsatisfaction. In politics, he is a firm adherent of\\nDemocratic principles. He, with his family, is a\\nmemljer of the Reformed Ciiurch and is highl3- es- i\\nteemed as a valuable addition to the farming com-\\nmunity with which he has been idenlilied for so j\\nmany years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S-^+s\\nr~\\n~x\\nAMKS HALE, wIlh is one of the prominent\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ukI representative farmers of Antwerp\\nTowiishii),A an Buieii County, resides on sec-\\ntion 3, where he has a finely cultivated place.\\nHe is a native of England, liaving been born in\\nDevonsliire. February 27, 1827. His parents, Will-\\niam and Mary (Lettaby) IJale, were natives of the\\nsame shire, where the fatlier was a house-builder by\\noccu|)ation. liotli parents died m their native\\nland, the father in 18:31 and the mother in 184 J.\\nThey were consistent members of the Eitiscopal\\nChurch.\\nOur subject received a good common-school ed-\\nucation in Devonshire, and at the age of sixteen\\nlearned the cari)enter s trade which he followed\\nuntil 1849. In this year, on April 1, he was mar-\\nried to Miss Eliza Pugsle^-. She also was a native\\nof England and born in 1822. Five children were\\nborn to these parents, of wlioni four are living:\\n^lar\\\\ wife of Albert Mosher, who has two cliildrcn,\\nLena and Roy; .Jennie E., who is at home; Waldin\\n.T. married Miss Clara B. Sheldon, and they\\nhave one daughter named Beatrice; Henrietta,\\nwife of E. H. Babbitt, resides in St. Louis, Mo.,\\nand they have iwo children, .James B. and an in-\\nfant, William Dean; Eva died in 1853 at the age\\nof two 3 ears.\\nIn 1819, ]Mr. Bale emigrated from England\\nto the United States, coming at once to Micliignn\\nand settling on a farm in Paw Paw, this county,\\nwhere he worked at his trade until the sjjring of\\n18.59 when he removed onto a farm one mile from\\nPaw Paw. Here he lived for several 3 ears, wiicii\\nhe sold that farm and moved onto the place where\\nhe now lives, which consists of two hundred and\\nfifteen acres. Here his wife died, February 22,\\n1881. She w^as an excellent woman and a nieml)er\\nof the Methodist Episco|)al Church. Mr. Hale\\nwas again married, December 2, 1882, this time to\\nMrs. Isabella (McBain) Chesebro. She is a naiive\\nof Albany, N. Y., born Felnuary 19,1840. Mr.\\nChesebro was a native of New York, born October 5,\\n1830, and was principal of the High School at\\nGrand Rapids, Mich., for a number of ^-cars and\\nalso held the office Of School Inspector. lie was a\\nUnion soldier in the late war, serving from 18()3\\nunlil the latter part of 1861, when he was taken\\nill and died in Ai)ril 1865. He united with tiie\\nMethodist Episcopal Church when a small lioy.and\\nlived an upright Christian life. This coujile were\\nthe parents of three children: Croinbie S., who\\nlives in Des Moines, Iowa; Grant, who was born\\nJune 10, 1860, died February 13, 1888, leaving one\\nson; Jennie, born August 29, 1857, is the wife of\\nFrancis E. Everts, and resides at (irand Rapids,\\nMich.\\nMrs. Bale is the daughter of William and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0668.jp2"}, "669": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0669.jp2"}, "670": {"fulltext": "trvAArn,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0670.jp2"}, "671": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n677\\nIIpIph (C r \\\\vip) McBaiii. llcr |i;iiciil wcrr iiativps\\n(if Soillniid. wlicif the r. itlit r \\\\v;is a li:unpss-in:il ci-\\nliy trado. vvliich iM(ii|i:ili in he follciwcil in tin\\npally ])ail )f life, hi I8/)!\u00c2\u00bb, lip piiijijratpd to Micli-\\niijaii, spttliiig in (!rand Rapids, and PUijaijinL; in\\nfannini; wliicli he fnlldwcd until his death, wliicli\\noppiii iimI July I. IHHl). Tlu nudlier died Feliiiiary\\n13, l.SSd. Tlipy wpipllie [laiPiilsof live eliildi-eii:\\nKlleii, wife of Kven Ilendeisliot. a resident near\\n(irand Rai)i ls; .lessii wife of Pliilip .lewetl. re i(l-\\ningin(irand Rapids. Mieli.. William- .lanie. de-\\nee.aspd; and Isaliplla. They were lioth nienilieis of\\ntlip CtinjiTPgalional Church.\\nMr. Halp is liip only child liviiii; of the (larental\\nfamily, nine in numher. Of his inarriasc with his\\nlast wife, lip has no cliildrpn. In IM-llt, Mr. r alp\\nJoined tlip Methodist Episcopal Church, in which\\nlip li.as borne an active part ever sincp, liaving\\nhpen .Stpvvard, Trustppand Class-lpadpr in tliP I aw\\nPaw Church for a nund)pr of cars. His wife is a\\ninenilier of the same elmreh and lliey are active\\ninp\\\\prv good work\\nffl\\nM m\\n3)\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ng^^ HARLKS .S. .MAYXARD, M. D. Ihpre is.\\nperhaps, no pliysician and surgeon in Paw\\nPaw more skillfid and jirogressivo than the\\ngentleman whose name we place at the head of this\\nsketch, an l whose portr.ait on the opposite page\\nperpetuates liis lineaments. He was lx rn in IJata-\\nvia, N. Y.. April 1, 1H:5(), and is the son of William\\nS. and Lovina ^tuart) Maynard, the father horn\\nin Sudbury. Afass., in 18(). 5, and of .Scotch-Irish\\nancestry; the mother was born in Morrisvillc. N. Y.\\nTiie parents of our subject removed to Forest-\\nvillc. Chaulauf|ua County, N. Y.. when he was an\\ninfant, to liulTalo when he w.as eight ^ears old, and\\nt-o (Jirard, Erie County, P.a., when he was thirteen.\\nThey remained in the latter place until Charles S.\\nreached his majority. He was given an excellent\\neducation, I)eing graduated from the academy at\\n(iirard wlien thirteen years of age. He took a\\nthorough cour.se in Latin. Erench and (lerman.and\\nbecame a lluent speaker in both the latter lan-\\niruages. He was a great lover of music and at the\\nearly age of twelve years received training in that\\nait. studying both vocal and inslrnmental music.\\nHe alsii taught music in the old-fashioned singing-\\nsehnols and can relate many an interesting tale of\\nhis exi)cricnce in that line.\\nFrom his earliest boyhood, Dr. Maynard had de-\\ntermined to study medicine, but .is he had to make\\nhis own way in the world, it was not until he\\nreached his twenty-lifth year, that he was enabled\\nto carry his resolution into eflect. Our sidiject m\\nreaching Ins majority was married in Pennsylvania\\nto Miss Cynthia Ann Weed. He attended the Ec-\\nlectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in\\nISoS-, being graduated in the spring of the\\nlatter year. He then came to I aw Paw, where he\\nhas since resided, and h:is built up an enviable\\nreputation.\\nDr. Maynard was commissioned .Assistant Sur-\\ngeon in the Twelfth Michigan Infantry during the\\nlate war. by (iov. lUair. but ilid not accept the\\nposition, as he was needed at home. Had he\\nobeyed his inclinations, he would have entered the\\nservice, but professional duty forbade him to do\\nso, and he contented himself with aiding to rai.se\\ncompanies. He was at one time offered a Lieuten\\nant s commission. The Doctor was a Republican\\nin politics in carl^ life, having been reared a Whig\\nHe supported H.ayes in 1H7(!. but shortly after\\njoined the Greenback ijarty, who (ilaced him on\\ntheir ticket as a eandidatp for Rei)resentative.\\nIn the spring of 1878, Dr. M.aynard was elected\\nPresident of Paw Paw and served most acceptably\\nfor one term. One year intervening, he w.as again\\nelected to that responsible imsition. holding the\\noflice for four years, which was twt) and a half\\ntimes .as long a.s any other incumbent; he declined\\nto serve a. sixth term. Dr. JIaynard was also\\nTownsliip School Inspector for two yeai-s. He is\\nthe present Health Olliccr of Paw Paw Town-\\nship, liaving held that ollice for the past ten years.\\nHe has been Director of the Raw Paw Schools\\nsince 1882, and has devoted a great deal of his\\ntime and influence to building up the schools here,\\nand may well be proud of the result of his lalnirs,\\nas the city has as g if)d institutions of learning as\\nare to be found in Michigan.\\nIn 1884, Dr. Maynai d became a l)pni(K rat and\\nsupported Cleveland. In 18nH. he received the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0671.jp2"}, "672": {"fulltext": "678\\nPORTRAIT AND EIOGEAPHICAL RECORD.\\nDemocratic iioiniiiation for Congress from the\\nFiiiirlli Districl. ainl. allhiiui;li that section was\\nstrongh lU pulilican, lie ran alieail of his tici et by\\nseveral luuuh ed votes. The Doctor is very prom-\\ninent in political affairs, anil has been a delegate\\nto various conventions, helping to nominate the\\nsuccessful ticket at (irand Rapids, in 18 ,\u00c2\u00bb0.\\nOur subject, although reared a Methodist, is now\\na memlier of the Christian Church. The four chil-\\ndren born to the Doctor and his wife are: Ella,\\nwidow of Sidney Lewis, who has a daughter, Miss\\nXellie Lewis; Kate, who married James E. Ander-\\nson, has four children; Ilattie, who is a teacher of\\npenmansliip and book-keeping in the Paw Paw\\npublic school; and William S., the youngest child,\\nwho was drowned at the ,age of sixteen.\\n-i- i ^4 i i\\n-^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i-i-i- mm \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i-i-i-i-h\\n^in^jENJAMIN F. IIECKERT, attorney-at-law\\nllMv^ Probate Judge of Paw Paw, Van Buren\\n/(fM)llj Count3-,was born inWa^aie Count} Ohio,\\n^^f March 29, 1840, to John D. and Saloma\\n(Hersh) Heckert. The father was a native of Vir-\\nginia and died t)n a farm in Ohio, in 1844. The\\nmother was born in Pennsylvania and died in 1877.\\nOur subject remained on the farm in Wayne\\nCounty until eighteen, when he took a course at\\nCanaan Academ\\\\-, and began teaching at nineteen,\\nlie taught two terms, the last one the winter be-\\nfore the w-ar.\\nOn April 18, 1861, three da.vs after the Presi-\\ndent s proclamation for seventy-flve thousand\\nmen, our subject enlisted in Company K, Six-\\nteenth Ohio Infantry. He was in the first engage-\\nment of the war, at Pliilippi, also Ricli Mountain\\nand Carrick s Ford. At the end of three months,\\nAugust, 1861, he helped to get up a company\\namong his old schoolmates and neighbors. In that\\ncompany he was appointed Orderly-Sergeant, and\\nin February, 1862,was promoted to be Second Lieu-\\ntenant. They went into camp at Camp Tiflin,\\nAVayne County, Ohio, and then at Camp Dennison,\\nwhere they remained a month and then went to\\nLexington. Ky. January 1. 1862, they were\\nordered to Mill Springs, and from there to Cuin-\\nlierland Ford, and in June of that year they helped\\nto capture Cumberland Gup. Here they remained\\nuntil August, and then went to Tazewell, Tenn.,\\nwhere they fought Kirby Smith s command. From\\nhere they retreated to the Oliio River,on account of\\nsupplies being short. They had to live by fora-\\nging on the country, mostly for green corn which\\nwas grated and baked. They refitted at Gallipolis\\nand went np theKanahwa Valley to Charleston, W.\\n\\\\a.. From Portland they started for Memphis,\\nTenn., and there went into camp. From Slemphis\\nwas organized tlie expedition against Vicksburg,\\nand the regiment was under Sherman. They took\\ntransports to Johnson s Landing on the Yazoo\\nRiver, where, after skirmishing two or three days,\\nthey charged the enemy s works on December 29,\\n1862, and were repulsed. Our subject was cap-\\ntured at this place and held prisoner five months\\nat Vicksburg, Jackson, Mobile, Atlanta, and\\nfinally at Liliby Prison, two mouths of the time.\\nIn May, 1863, he was exchanged and joined his\\nregiment in front of Vicksburg. He was at the\\nfall of Vicksburg and then w-ent with Sherman to\\nJackson, Miss., and fought Johnson. After a while\\nat various places in the South, the regiment went\\nto Ft. Esperanza, Tex., and remained there till\\nApril, 1864. They then went up the Red River to\\nre-inforce Gen. Banks, and his regiment helped to\\ndam the river and float the federal gunboats over\\nand down the rapids. They went into camp at\\nMorganza Bend, on the Mississippi River, and\\nthat fall, his term of enlistment having expired,\\nhe w.as ordered to Columbus, Ohio, to be mustered\\nout. In the spring of 1865, he began to attend\\nschool at Il.aycsville, Ohio, where he remained a\\nyear and a half. He then entered the University\\nat Ann Arbor, Mich., studying in the Law De-\\npartment in the fall of 1867.\\nThe subject of this sketch was graduated from\\nthe Tniversity in 1869, and located at South Ha-\\nven to practice law. He was married in Wayne\\nCounty. Ohio, April 30, 186\u00c2\u00ab, to Miss Emily M.\\nBarr, a daughter of the Rev. Thomas II. and Ca-\\nroline (Metcalf) Barr. Her father is a Presbyte-\\nrian minister. Our subject lived at South Haven\\nsix years, where he was Village Attorney and Jus-\\ntice of the Peace, and was elected Circuit Court\\nCommissioner in 1872. In July. 1874, he was ap-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0672.jp2"}, "673": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n679\\nixiiiitcil Prospftitiiig Attonicy for llii- cuiinly. niiil\\nIII Oi-tiilicr, 1S7. lie locntcil in l :i\\\\v l :i\\\\v. Mr.\\nlU ekoil was tlireo limus i-li-cU-d I loseciilinj; .Vt-\\ntorney after that, lie l)e fan lii.s practice liere,\\nami, in 1888, w.i.s elected Judije of l rol)atc Court,\\ntiu iliilii s of wliicli ollicc lie is f;iillifiilly discliarji;-\\niiiii Ill liMS also lieeii illa^i Attorney a niini-\\nlier of yeai In tlie fail of 1886, lie went In Kan-\\nsas Cily, l)ul reinaiiu il there only a few nionlhs.\\nwhen he returned. In (lolitics, this jijentleniaii is\\na stalwart He|iiil)lii:iii.\\n1^ OlM) H. Cl MiMINGS, deceased. In llie\\ndeath of this If en 1 1 email. Hicli land rownslii|).\\nKalamazoo t oiiiity, was deiiii\\\\cd of one of\\nits active .and representative citizens wlio hacl lonu\\nlieeii an honored and mlhiential resident of this\\nplace. The State of hisljirth was New York, where\\nhe was liorii Feliriiar\\\\ I .t, l.S2(J. His |)arents were\\nBenjainiii and Elizahelli C uinmiiiu;s. and he was a\\nluother of S. S. Cummings, ex- Post master of IJicii-\\nInnd.\\nMr. Ciinimings was a mere lad when he jour-\\nlieye l to this county with his i)arenl,s and was here\\nreared to ni.an s estate. Ilisearly youtli was pcnt\\non the farm, assisting his father and altcnrlino ilic\\nconimon schools. He took as his life companion,\\n.Inly 2, 185!), Miss Einily Stewart, a native of I or-\\ntage County, Ohio, having had her Ijirlii August\\n6, 18:58. Mrs. C uinmiiigs is a daughter of Tiioiii; s\\nand .Syliila (Waller) Stewart, the father coming\\nfrom Ireland and the nxjther from Conneclicut.\\nThey came to this county about 18|.j, and located\\nland in Richland Townshiii. where the father\\npa.ssed away in 18;)0 and the mother in 1M72.\\nThey had horn to them ten children, of whom the\\nfollowing-named survive: Waller; Mrs. Cummings;\\nIJet-sey, the wife of Alexander Pliilow. aiicl .lulia.\\nwife of (leorge Mason.\\nFor a time, our subject engaged in the grocery\\nliii iness at Chicago, III., and after his marriage\\nsettled on the farm where his good widow now re-\\n-ii|r~. He cultivated this place and did general\\nfanning until hi death, wliioli oeeiirred December\\n:i, 18KK. When he look the place, it was liut a\\nwilderness and he made a splendid e tate of it,\\nerected good substantial buildings of all kinds and\\neffected excellent improvements. He was a hard\\nworker and jiaid close attention to his busines.s. He\\ntook an active part, in school matters and served\\non the .School Hoard of his district and wji-s al-\\nways in favor of anything that would better the\\ncondition of the schools and the township. He\\nwas a kind and loving father and husband and\\nan obliging neighbor and not only is he mourned\\nby ills family but by the whole community.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write and his esti-\\nmable wife had born to them two children, whom\\nthey named Harriet and Nettie. They are both\\nfirst-class teachers in the public schools of this\\ncounty. Mi s. Cummings resides on and has the\\nsupervision of the homestead of one hundred and\\nlive acres and the place shows her sagacious judg-\\nineiit and business ability. She is a lady nuicli\\nlike() and res|K clcd, as are also her two daughters\\nwho are active niembers of the best societs in the\\ntownship. Mrs. Cummings is a consistent and\\nvalueil member of the Presbyterian Church.\\n^I[\\nm^\\nH\\nESSE S. P ART()X, a prominent citizen of\\nPaw Paw, was born in Washtenaw County\\nthis .State. .luly 17, ls:!.s. and is the mui of\\nWilliam and Cliarity (Stevens) IJailon,\\nnatives of New York, who removed to aii I .uren\\nCounty when Jesse S. was a youth of fourteen.\\nHe received a common-school education and was\\nreared on a farm. When about eighteen, he coni-\\nnienced in life for himself and bought a trad of\\nwild l:ind, comprising eighty acres in Almen.a\\nTownship, which he cleaied and afterward sold.\\nHe now owns one hiiiiilred and sixty .acres in Al-\\nmeiia Townshiii. and is prominently connected\\nwith the Inisiness interests of the coininunity.\\n.laiiuary 2.i, l\u00c2\u00ab i(!, Mr. liarton w.as married to\\nMiss .\\\\nna swick, who was born at IJig Flats, N.\\nY., October 26. 1.S42. Her father, Rev. P.. R.\\n.Swick, was born in New York .lanuary 2, 1808,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0673.jp2"}, "674": {"fulltext": "680\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArfflCAL RECORD.\\nanrl was a weli-kiinwii Baptist clergyman of West-\\nern New irk. Ik was united in marriage witli\\nHila Ann Armstrong, born in New York State,\\nJnly 15, 1805, and tlie union was blest by the birth\\nof ten children, seven of whom attained to mature\\nyears. They now reside in Michigan with the ex-\\nception of Mrs. Mary Burnett, whose home i^ in\\nLisbon, Dak. The mother of the familj died in\\nBath, X. Y., ill April, 1850, but the father survived\\nuntil August, 1370, when he passed awaj mourned\\nby all wlio knew him.\\nBy a course of study in the common schools and\\nthe Genesee Wesle3 an Seininaiy at Lima, N. Y., Mrs.\\nBarton prepared herself for the profession of a\\nteacher, which she entered upon at the early age of\\nseventeen, teaching some five terras in New York.\\nShe came to Michigan in October, 1862, and com-\\nmenced to teach, continuing to follow that profess-\\nion until she was married to Mr. Barton. At the age\\nof thirteen, she was converted and became a mem-\\nber of the Baptist Church. When quite young,\\nshe began to write for publication, her first poems\\nbeing i)ublished when she was seventeen.\\nAt that time Mrs. Barton had no thought of\\never collecting her writings, but in later years,\\nwhen her health failed, she interested herself in\\ncollecting her various poems, which she published\\nin 1882 in an edition entitled For Friendship s\\nSake. As a writer, her stjde is pleasing, clear\\nand flowing, while the sentiment of her produc-\\ntions is lofty and noble. However, she is equall.y\\nwell known through her ministerial work, which\\nprobably had its origin in the spring of 1874, when\\nshe was requested by the Sundaj -school Superin-\\ntendent at Waverly to take charge of the Young\\nPeople s Bible Class. With great reluctance, she\\naccepted that responsible position, which she re-\\ntained for three years, when the class became so\\nlarge that she was compelled to divide it.\\nAs the reward of her consecrated efforts, Mrs.\\nBarton saw her husband profess Christ in 1876, as\\nwell as the majority of the members of her class,\\nnumbering more than fifty. During the absence\\nof the pastor, Rev. B. L. Prescott, at the Centen-\\nnial, she was requested to read a sermon, which\\nshe did, and afterward aided her pastor in revival\\nservices. The following winter she was called to\\nbe pastor of a newly organized church at Glidden-\\nburg, six miles west of Paw Paw, and accepted\\nthe charge, remaining there for one j ear. She\\nthen accepted a call from her home church at\\nWaverly, where she remained two years.\\nOn account of nervous prostration, Mrs. Barton\\nwas compelled to cease fi-om the ministiy for per-\\nhaps three years, and upon recovering her health\\nshe commenced evangelizing in various places.\\nAfterward she remained for a few months as pas-\\ntor of the church at Gliddenburg, and from there\\ngoing to Oshtemo, where she was pastor of the\\nchurch for one year. In the winter of 1886-87,\\nshe assisted in revival work at Paw Paw, and\\nduring the following spring accepted a call to the\\nFree Baptist Church here, where she has since la-\\nbored with excellent results. In December, 1886,\\nshe was ordained to the ministiy, and will doubt-\\nless devote her energies to her chosen work so\\nlong as life shall last.\\nIn her home, the Rev. Anna Barton is a devoted\\nwife and loving mother; as a friend, she is faith-\\nful, and as a neighbor unselfish and generous. Her\\nlife is an exemplification of her Christian belief,\\nand in all her actions and writings she is actuated\\nby an overwhelming desire to win mankind to\\nChrist. Iler labors have been blest and through\\nher ministration of the Word many have pro-\\nfessed Christianity. She has ever been a tender\\nand wise mother and counsellor to the three chil-\\ndren that have blest her union. Of her family-,\\nthe 3 oungest child alone remains under the paren-\\ntal roof, the others having established homes of\\ntheir own.\\nThe only daughter, Minnie, who was born in\\nAlmena Township, November 14, 1864, graduated\\nfrom the Paw Paw High School in 1888 and after\\nteaching for a few years was married, August 19,\\n1891, to Elmer Aseltine, a native of Vermont and\\na teacher in the schools of Gobleville. William\\nB., who was born in Almena Township, September\\n27, 1866, now resides in Dowagiuc, this State, lie\\nwas married, March 11, 1867, to Miss Anna Snyder,\\nand they have one child, Leta. Phineas Almond,\\nwas born in Almena Township, April 29, 1871,\\nand expects to follow the calling of a farmer. He\\nis not married.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0674.jp2"}, "675": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0675.jp2"}, "676": {"fulltext": "Mrs. Walter monteith", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0676.jp2"}, "677": {"fulltext": "Walter Monteith", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0677.jp2"}, "678": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0678.jp2"}, "679": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n685\\nIfeALTKH MONTKITII. a rcUierl faiiiier.\\n\\\\/\\\\li/ iiniie is in Martin, was born July\\nW^ 2^1 1815, in Caledonia Townsliip, Living-\\nston County, N. V. lie is descended from a lonn\\nline of wortiiy Scotch ancestors, and has inherited\\nthe ((ualities of perseverance and thrift, wiiieh\\ncharueteiize the natives of the Land of the This-\\ntle. Grandfather William ^Ionteilh,\\\\viio was born\\nin 1743, in Scotland, emigrated to this country,\\nsettling in Montgomery County, N. Y., where he\\ndied. During the Hevolutionai}- War, he served\\nwith bravery and was especially conspicuous for\\ncourage and valor at the battle of Sackett s Harbor.\\nThe maternal grandfather, William Allen, was\\nlikewise a native of Scotland, and, emigrating to\\nthe Fnited Stjites, s|)ent the last years of his life in\\nNew York. Thomas Mouteith, father of our sub-\\nject, was a native of the Empire State, and his\\nbirthplace w.as forty miles west of Albany. Tliere\\nhe w.as reared and also married, choosing as his wife\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lane Allen, a native of East Galwa^-, N Y. The\\nyoung couple removed soon after marriage to\\nCaledonia Township, Livingston County, N. Y., I\\nand for twenty years resided on a farm there,which\\nthey improved. In 1841, they came West to this\\nState, settling in \u00c2\u00bbMartin Township. Allegan\\nCount}-, and at once commenced to cultivate a\\nfarm on section 29.\\nIn that place the parents spent their remaining\\ndays, and there the father died when more than\\nthan three-score years, and the mother when p.ost\\nfour-score. Their eight children attained to ma-\\nture years and, of the number, five are now living,\\nnamely: AVilliam; Walter, our subject; Thoin.is, of\\nwhom see sketch on another page of this volume;\\nJohn and Mary. Mr. Monteith was reared in Cal-\\nedonia and, in 18:?/), when twenty years old, came\\nto Michigan, .settling in Hillsdale County, and\\nMo-scow Township. There he cast his first vote.\\nSomewhat later, he returned to New York and\\nafter remaining there until .March G, 1837, once\\nmore sought Michigan, coming direct to Martin\\nTownship, Allegan County.\\nWith his brothei-s, our subject erected the third\\nhouse that was built in Martin Township, and it\\nwas located on section 32, south one-half of the\\nsouth southeast quarter. They not onl\\\\- built the\\n31 A\\nhouse, but cut the logs for its sides and otherwise\\nimproved the [iliice by planting orchards, fencing\\nthe land and putting up farm buildings. After\\nyears of arduous toil, Mr. Monteith retired from\\nthe .ictive duties of farming, and, moving into the\\nvillage of Martin, established a home in a com-\\nfortable residence where he is quietly passing his\\nclosing years.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Monteith, which took place\\nMarch 21), 181(1. united him to Elizabeth, daugh-\\nter of Duncan and Margaret (Mc.-Vrthur) McMar-\\ntin. Mrs. Mouteith was Ijorn in Montgomery\\nCounty, N. Y., .Vpril 14. 1814. Her father, who\\nwas born in .Scotland, came to New York when a\\nyoung man and there married Margaret McArthur,\\nwho was born in .lohiistow^n. that State. The fa-\\nther died in Montgomery Count}-, N. Y., when\\nseventy, and the mother at about seventy-two\\nyears of age, w-iiile living in Gun I laiii, Allegan\\nCouLit3 ,Mich. All of their twelve children grew to\\nmature years, and four are now- living, namely:\\nI eter.who is a minister in the Presbyterian Church\\nat Plainwell; .John, who is a farmer of the same\\nplace; Catherine, the widow of William Anderson,\\nand Mrs. Mouteith.\\nEight children were boru of the union of .Mr.\\nand Mrs. Monteith, as follows: Thomas II., who\\ndied at the age of one year and eight months;\\nElizabeth, wife of Robert Wylie, of Martin Town-\\nship, and the mother of four sons; Eleanor J., who\\ndied at the .age of eighteen months; Arthur, w-lio is\\na lawyer in Belton, Dell County, Te.K.; Mary, who\\nresides with her parents; Peter, who died when\\nabout tw-o years old; Millaid, a telegraph operator\\nin Chicago, anil Catherine, the wife of Daniel Me-\\nLeod, a resident of Manistee, this State. Mr. Mon-\\nteith is the owner of three hundred and thirty-\\ntwo acres of well-improved land, the mostof w-hieh\\nhe cleared himself. When he started out in life\\non his ow-n account, he w-jis not only without capi-\\ntal, but was in debt 114, and his present posses-\\nsions, with the exception of one hundred and sixty\\nacres which he received from his father, represent\\nhis unaided efforts.\\nWhen Mr. Monteith came here, the country was\\na wilderness and show-ed iK)l the least indication\\nof its present prosperity. lie aided in building", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0679.jp2"}, "680": {"fulltext": "686\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe first hfidge across tlio (Inn Rivoi- in I lainwell,\\nalso the lirst bridge across the Ivahimazoo River at\\nPhiinwell.and tlie first mill in tlie \\\\illao eof (Jtsego.\\nIn liis political alliliations, ho was lirst a Wliig and\\nlater a Heiiuhlican. In 1839, he was elected Iligli-\\nway Commissioner and lieljiod in malving many\\nroads in the conntry. lie has been Assessor for\\ntliree townships Martin, Wayland and Layton\\nand also served as Commissioner in the same.\\nFoi- many years, he served as School Director and\\nPathmaster, and was Justice of the Peace for four\\nyears and Postmaster eight years. In woid and\\ndeed he is a sincere Christian and holds menibei-\\nshiji in the United Presbyterian Church, of which\\nhe has liecn Trustee for many years. He has been\\na generous contributor to the cause of religion\\nand has aided in liiiilding two churches, one of\\nwhich cost $7,000.\\nThe attention of the reader is invited to tlic\\nlithographic portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Monteith,\\nwhich are presented in this connection.\\nS^+^\\nET\\nEN.7AMIN 0(^^IIOKST. The gentleman\\nwhose name stands at the head of this\\nsketch is a prominent meichant in Overisel,\\nwhere he is carrying on a thriving general\\nmerchandise business, dealing extensively in hats,\\ncaps, drj -goods, groceries, crockcryware etc. His\\nplace of business is located in Overisel, and is\\n40x22 feet in dimensions, every inch of which is\\nutilized to good purpose.\\nMr. Voorhorst is a native of Overisel, his birth\\nhaving occurred here September 21, 1865, and\\nalthough still a .young man, he has established a\\nbusiness which is one of the best paying in the\\ntownship, and by his honesty and coui teous dealing\\nwith his customers has a large patronage, carrying\\neverything needful for both country and city\\nhouseholds. The parents of our subject were Cor-\\nnelius and Fredricka (Kleinneksel) Voorhorst, na-\\ntives of Holland, the father being born in 1818,\\nand the mother in 1830. The elder Mr. Voorhurst\\nspent the earlier part of his life in his native land,\\nand in 1847, wishing to know something more of\\nthe land beyond the sea, emigrated to America\\nand, landing in New York, remained there only a\\nshort time, when he came to Allegan County, and\\nmade his home for two years in Holland. He was\\na surveyor and real-estate agent, which business\\nhe followed with great success for twenty-five years.\\nHe was married to the mother of our subject in the\\nWolverine St^te, in 1841), and to them was born a\\nfamily of eleven children, four s ms and seven\\ndaughters.\\nThe father of our subject was more than ordi-\\nJiarilv successful after coming to the New World,\\nas he started out in life with nothing but a willing\\nheart and strong determination to succeed in what-\\never he undertook. He chose wisely and well in\\ndeciding what would be his life work, and at liis\\ndeath was the owner of one hundred acres of\\nvaluable land, upon which were all the necessary\\nfarm buildings. He bad owned one hundred acres\\nin Ottawa County, but disposed of it prior to his\\ndeath. He was one of the most prominent men in\\nthe township, and took an active interest in local\\npolitics, having held the office of Supervisor for\\nseventeen years in succession and was an incum-\\nbent of that position, in all, thirty years. In pol-\\nitics, he was a stanch Democrat, and was looked\\nupon .as one of the most active workers in the\\nranks of that party. He also served his fellow-\\ntownsmen in the oftices of Township Treasurer,\\nJustice of the Peace and Notary Public, and\\nindeed so popular was he that from the time of his\\nadvent into the county until his death in 188!i.\\nhe occupied some official position. His wife [ire-\\needed him to the better land some years, her\\ndeath occurring in 1865. Mr. Voorhorst was a\\nman who possessed the full confideuce of the peo-\\nple of his community and was greatly mourned\\nwhen he p.assed away. He was an active member\\nof the Reformed Church of America.\\nBenjamin Voorhorst, of whom we give a brief\\nsketch, W!is reared in Overisel, where he received\\na good education in the English branches, and re-\\nmained under the paternal roof until reaching his\\nnineteenth year. At that date he and his brother\\nFred engaged in the mercantile business, and con-\\ntinued together for two 3 ears, or until 1888, when\\nour subject purchased his brother s Interest and\\nhas since carried on the enterprise alone. That he", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0680.jp2"}, "681": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BK nJAl IlKAL HKCORD.\\n687\\nIms lu en successful in liis undertakiiijioan Iiciiscim-\\ntiiiiicd l y a visit to iiis store, wliicli is stociicd with\\na well-selected grade of iioo ls of every variety\\nearned y jjeiieral inereliaiit.s. lie is liuildiiiii u|)\\nfor liiinself a line liiisiness and the i)eo|)le of )ver-\\nisel may well lie [iroiid to niiinlier among her en-\\nterprising citizens so energetic and amhitious a\\nvoung man.\\nMi: Vooihorst is a member of the IJefoinied\\nCliurcii of America, to the snpi\u00c2\u00bbort of wliicli he\\ncontribntes of his means liberally and cheerfully.\\nThe Republiean party claim liini as one of its in-\\nfluential nieml)ers. He very much prefers to give\\nhis entire time and attention to his business; at the\\nsame time his iirogressiveness leads him to keep\\nthoroughly posted in political affairs, in which he\\nis much interested.\\nOIIX II. SKMON is actively aiding in con-\\nducting the great farming interests of Alle-\\ngan County, and his farm on .section 8,\\nAllegan Township, is the site of one of\\nthe most attractive homes within its borders. Mr.\\nSemon was born in Rensselaer County, N. Y.,\\nMay 10, 1841, into the household of David D. and\\nAdeline (I lawley) Semon, who were also natives\\nof that county. The father was a farmer, and in\\n1855 cninc to Michigan to hew out a farm from\\nthe forests of Allegan Township, lie bought a\\ntract of eighty acres of heavily-timbered land on\\nsection 8, Allegan Township, and by years of hard\\npioneer labor developed it into a valuable farm.\\nHe cleared away the trees, put the soil under ad-\\nmirable tillage and subsequently replaced the\\nsmall frame house that lie at lirst erected to shel-\\nter his family with a commodious residence, and\\nbuilt a good barn and other out-buildings. He\\ncontinued to live on his homestead until his hon-\\norable career was closed by his death in 1H70, when\\nhis township lost one of its most valued citizens,\\nwho lia l contributed his (piota to its upbuilding,\\nhad always been public-spiriteil, and was a man i)i\\nsound head and true heart, who was universally\\nrespected. He had a noble record as a soldier in\\nthe L nion army during the war. With devoted\\np.-il riot ism. he had abandoned the comforts of home\\nand his personal interests to go to the front to\\nhelp fight his country s battles, enlisting in 18G2,\\nand serving with (idelity throughout the Rebel-\\nlion. He accoini)anied Gen. Sherman on his\\nfamous march to the sea, and was in other cam-\\npaigns. In his p litics, Mr. Semon was a Demo-\\ncrat. His wife survived him until the year IHHf),\\nwhen she, too, passed awa.v. They had six chil-\\ndren who lived to grow uj), and live of them are\\nstill living: Henry, .lohii, (ieorge, Oscar and\\nCharles. Henry w.as a soldier during the war\\nand did good service in the ranks.\\nJohn H. Semon had good educational advan-\\ntages in the |)ublic schools of New York and\\nMichigan, and was well grounded in all that per-\\ntains to agriculture during his youih. At the\\nage of nineteen, he returned to his native State,\\nand was employed in tiie lumber business in Or-\\nleans County the ensuing two years. At the end of\\nthat time, he came back to Michigan to tjike charge\\nof the old homestead, as his father and brother\\nHenry went into the arm) After the war closed,\\nhe piiicliased a farm of forty acres opposite his fa-\\nther s, and lived thereon until 1890, when he\\nremoved to this i)lace on section 8, Allegan Town-\\nship, where he has a fine home, with pleasant sur-\\nroundings. He owns forty-four acres of farming\\nland and a ten-acre wood lot, and has all the con-\\nveniences for carrj ing on agriculture after the\\nbest modern methods. He is a man of sound\\nsense, of excellent business capacity, and is one of\\nthe prominent citizens of his township. He is a\\nsteadfast adherent of the Dem x iatic party, and\\nkeeps himself well-informed in iiolitical matters.\\nA man of his calibre is well suited for civic posi-\\ntions, and he has liehl various town.-hip oflices\\nwith marked ability.\\n3Ir. Semon wsis married, in 1865, to Miss Nellie\\nDoland, and theirs is a felicitous domestic life.\\nThey are blessed with three children: Carrie K.,\\nMrs. Cathe, of Milwaukee, Wis., who is the mother\\nof two children. Hazel and Wilina; Oeorge W.;\\nand Ivlna M. Mrs. Semon was born in the town-\\nsliiii of (iroveland, Livingston County, N. V.\\nHer parents, Philip and Mary (More) Doland,\\nwere also natives of the Kmitire SUite. where her", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0681.jp2"}, "682": {"fulltext": "688\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfather was ongau-cil in I ariniiio- until a slioit time\\n[jiior to Ins deatii, wiiicli oeciined veiy siifl(lenl\\\\-\\nin lH4;i, wliile Im was (in a tiij) to Mexico. Mrs.\\nSemon s mother came l\u00c2\u00abi Miehiiian in 18C7, and\\nlived witli her until her death in ISCis. Two of\\nher three children still live: Mrs. Klizalieth Howe\\nand Mrs. .Semon. Iler son Peter was killed at\\nthe haitleOf Cold llarhor.\\n^^APT. EDWARD CirNMNGIIAM. who is\\nIII residing on section 32, Ganges Township,\\n^i^^ Alleo-an Cotinty, was born in White Hall\\nTownship, Washington County, N. Y., January 2.5,\\n1843. He is a son of .lames and .Sns.an Cunning-\\nham, the father born in Glasgow, Scotland, where\\nhe spent his early years. When very young, he\\nwent into the Briti-sh Army and served three years.\\nAbout 1840 the father of our subject came to the\\nUnited States and settling in New York was mar-\\nried to Susan Mullen, a native of Ireland, but of\\nScottish parents. Mrs. Cunningham was the daugh-\\nter of David and Mary Mullen, the father a shi|)\\ncarpenter in his early life, but who on coming to the\\nXew World became a general mechanic. He was\\nengaged in the construction of the Delevan Hotel\\nat Albany, N. Y.\\nCapt. Edward Cunningham had two brothers\\nand a sister: AVilliam, Henry, and Belle, who is\\nthe wife of Melvin Bassett. The elder Mr. Cun-\\nningham first located in W.ashington County,\\nN. Y.; later he removed his family to Cayuga\\nComity, and finally, in 1871, came to Eaton\\nCounty, this State, where he made his home for\\neighteen years. In 1889, he came to his present\\nhome in Ganges Township, Allegan County. An\\nuncle of James Cunningham served for a number\\nof years in the British navy as Lieutenant, under\\ncommand of Lord Nelson. While in the .service\\nhe lost an arm, in consequence of which misfortune\\nhe drew a large pension from the F ritish Govern-\\nment.\\nHe of whom we write began to earn his own\\nway in the world when fourteen years of age. He\\nreceived an excellent education, being graduated\\nfrom the Port Byron Academy at New York in\\n18G3. Then, although but .seventeen years of age,\\nin conipany with twelve of his classmates, he en-\\nlisted in the Union army, being mustered into\\nBattery A, Third New ork Light Artillery of\\nNew York. He fought with tlic Army of the (iulf\\nand a portion of the time under Gen. Butler. Ho\\nenlisted as a private but was soon promoted to the\\nposition of Lieutenant and when mustered out was\\nCaptain of his company. He jtarticipated in the\\nfollowing-named engagements: Rainbow Bluff,\\nLittle Surf Cieek, Little Washington, Cold Creek,\\netc. Our subject received a wouml in the chest at\\nthe battle of Wi.ses Forks, N. C, for which he le-\\nceivesa pension of 124 per month.\\nOn returning to New York after the war, Mr.\\nCunningham traveled four years for the Onondaga\\n.Salt Company. He was married in 1871 to Caro-\\nline, daughter of Abram and Ann .Sturge, natives\\nof New York. Four children have been granted\\nthem, namely: James, who is now attending 01i\\\\el-\\nCollege, this State; Maggie, who is a graduate of the\\nOlivet High School; Minnie and Susan. Our sub-\\nject has always been greatly interested in educa-\\ntional matters and for nine years taught school iii\\nNew York. He was Superintendent of Schools of\\nl-^aton County for a number of years and has been\\nidentified with the School Board wherever he hns\\nlived. In politics, he is a strong Republican, and\\nis a member of Jacob Fry Post, No. 46, G. A. R.\\nHe was formerly connected with and cominiuidei-\\nof Lewis Clnrk Post, of Eaton County.\\ntei W w t i h\\nRI BAKER, of Martin, was born in Arling-\\nton, Bennington County, \\\\t., November\\n14, 1809. and now enjoys the distinction\\nof being the oldest surviving settler of Allegan\\nCounty, the three white men who were the only\\nresidents of the cotinty at the time of his arrival\\nhaving long since passed away. His father, Ileinan,\\na native of Connecticut, removed in early man-\\nhood to Arlington, Yt.. where he was married to\\nClarinda Hawley, a native of that place. The\\njoung couple settled on a little piece of land, com-\\nprising four acres, and there Mr. B.aker established", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0682.jp2"}, "683": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n68y\\na cooper sliop. J lionce lie removed to Maeedon,\\nAVavne Couiily, N. V., and engaged in liusiness as\\na cooper until his death when seventy-throe.\\nI lic niotliur of our subject had Iteen married\\n[iriur to her union witii .Mr. Hakcr, lier first hus-\\nl)and being I ri Young, and three children had been\\nl)orn of the union: Curtis, William and Betsy, ail\\nof whom are deceased. Our subject was the only\\nchild of her second marriage, and she died when lie\\nwas only a few months old, passing away February\\n10, 181(1. .Vfterward Ileman liaker w.as again mar-\\nn( l. choosing as his wife Patience Steele, and they\\nbecann the parentsof live children, namely: Chaun-\\ncey, St inour 11. and C clia (twins). Sheldon and\\nHushrod AV., all uf whom aic now deceased. So\\nfar :is is known, our suliject is the only s\\\\uviving j\\nmember of the liaker family.\\nWhen our subject was ten years old. he went to\\nlive with his maternal grandparents, Curtis and i\\nnannah (French) l!awley,:uid remained with them\\nfor six years, (iraudfather llawley, who was a na-\\ntive of tiic Creen Mountain Sljite, was a farmer l)y\\nf ccupation, and served during the Kevolutionary\\nWar, t4iking i\u00c2\u00bbarl in the battle of lieiuiinglon. \\\\l\\nthe age of sixteen, our subji ct went to Wayne\\nCoinity, N. v.. ;ind for about two years resided\\nwitii ills father. Thence he removed to Lodi. the\\nsame State, where for one year, he worked at any\\noccupation which furnished the means of earning\\nan lionest livelihood. .Vs early is 18 2M, he c:ime\\nWest to the Territory of Michigan, proceeding to\\nwhat is now Otsego Township, Alleg.-in County,\\nand assi ting to build the lirst sawmill here, it be-\\ning located on I iiu Creek.\\nIn removing hither, Mr. l :ikercame in company\\nwith Turner Aldrich. of Lodi, N. V., for whom he\\nworkcil ten ye;\\\\rs in the sawmill. For a tinu- he\\nowneii a one-third interest in the mill, lint during\\na flood, lo t what represented the accumulated sav-\\nings of yi iu s. .Vflerward he again worked by the\\nmonth until he removed tolnill Prairie (now Kich-\\nland I owuship). Kalamazoo Countv, where he so-\\njourue(l two year Next he l)Urchased a small\\niace conl.-iiiiing two ;icres. :nid loc;itcd in the\\ntown of I rHirieville. Harry County, which con-\\ntinued to be hi home iiutil his removal to wlijil is\\nnow ^(lrkville. Al ler (irkiiiir in a sawmill there\\nfor one and one-half years, he purchased a lot, and\\nbuilt a dwelling house, which he traded for forty\\nacres of tinil)ered land on section 2!), JIartin Town-\\nship.\\n\\\\l once ^Ir. liaker commenced to clear and im-\\n[U ove the i)lace, on which he found a log house\\nand some outbuildings. In order to reach his\\nlilace, he cut the road from where the hotel now\\nsUmds for one mile esist, and endured all the\\nprivations incident to frontier life. It was seldom\\nthat his solitude was cheered even by the coming\\nof a letter, for the postage on each letter was\\ntwenty-live cents, and as the country w.is sparsely\\nsettled, he worked alone and unaided. At no time\\nwhile working for others did he receive more than\\n^I per day salary, with the exception of one day,\\nwhen he received ^1.50.\\n.Vt that early daj those things which the present\\ngeneration considers the necessities of existence,\\nwere dillicult t j obtain, and very e.x[)ensivc. On\\none occasion, Mr. Baker paid 1^8 for one-half bar-\\nrel of salt, and ^3. DO for six yards of shirting,\\nwhile for his wheat he i\\\\ ceived forty-two cents per\\nbushel. His journey to this section of country was\\nmade under adverse circumstances, and he was\\ncom|)elled to sleep out of doors from the time he\\nleft INIonroe until he arrived at Prairie Ponde.\\nFor three weeks he and his friends subsisted on\\nlilackberries and milk, and sometimes were unable\\nto procure even that scanty diet. While in Kala-\\nmazoo, he hel[)ed to rai.se the lirst building there,\\nand wa.s in Clrand Rapids when there was only one\\nframe building in the village. The nearest grist-\\nmill was n the St. .loe River, seventy miles from\\nPine Creek, while the nearest postotlice was at De-\\ntroit, one hundred and sixty miles away.\\nMr. Baker was married in Otsego Township,\\nAllegan County, in lH;!l,to I)ia lema Aldrich, a\\nnative of Lodi, N. V., who died after one year\\nof wedded life. In 18;}.t, Mr. B:iker w.as united\\nto yiiivy Putnam, a native of Macedon, Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y.. where her marriage occurre(L Three\\neliildren ble.s.sed the union: Lydia Ann, who died\\nwhen sixteen years; Laura A., who was taken\\nhence by death when nine; and Stephen IL, who\\npas-ie l away at lifteeii. I lie mother of these chil-\\ndren lied in I8I:?. .\\\\fterward Mr. Bakei- wa mar-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0683.jp2"}, "684": {"fulltext": "690\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nried to Anna M. Saxe, a native of Vermont, who\\nwas born in Ilighgate, Franklin County. Mrs.\\nAnna M. Baker died April 18, 1891, aged eighty-\\nfour years and ten months.\\nTwenty-six years after Mr. Baker settled on the\\nfarm on section 21), lie removed thence to the vil-\\nlage of Martin, where in quiet happiness he is\\np.assing his declining years. His work in behalf\\nof the county has won for him the respect of\\nevery true patriot, and so long as the brave pio-\\nneers shall have a place in the hearts of genera-\\ntions yet to come, so long will his name be cher-\\nished with affection. Politically, he is a stanch\\nDemocrat, and years ago, while in his prime, served\\nwith etliciency as School Inspector and Postmaster,\\nas well as in other positions of trust and responsi-\\nbilitv.\\niORUM W. GORTON. The labors which\\nhave resulted in the present high state of\\n^^jj development of Allegan County were for\\nmany years participated in by this gentleman, who\\nis now deceased. A native of New York, he was\\nborn August 29, 1829, in Henrietta Township,\\nMonroe Count^^ and was the son of AVilliam II.\\nand Electa (Hitchcock) Gorton, natives of the Em-\\npire State. His parents remained in New York for\\nsome years after their marriage, liut finally came\\nto this State and spent their last years here. The\\nyoungest member of the family was our subject,\\nwho was reared in his native State, whence he re-\\nmoved to Michigan in 1852.\\nUpon his arrival in this State, Mr. Gorton came\\ndirectly to Watson Township, Allegan County,\\nand settled on section 1.3, where his widow now\\nresides. The land had been taken up from the\\nGovernment in 1836, by Thomas Gorton, our sub-\\nject s grandfather, but no improvements had been\\nplaced upon it. As soon .as possible, he put up a\\nlog house, 16x26, and commenced to clear the land.\\nThe years which intervened before his death, were\\nbusily devoted to the work of developing the\\nplace, which he enibollislied with a first-class set of\\nbuildings. His death occurred March 21. 1882,\\nwhile yet iu the prime of his useful existuuce. He\\nwas a consistent Christian, identified with the Bap\\ntist Church, and in his political affiliations was a\\nRepublican.\\nMrs. Gorton, whose maiden name was Mary A.\\nMellows, was liorn June 30, 1830, in Henrietta\\nTownship, Monroe County, N. Y., and is the\\ndaughter of Thomas Mellows. The latter was\\nborn in Nottinghamshire, England, and there re-\\nmained until he was twenty years old, when he\\ncame to America. He landed in New York City\\nwith fifty cents in his pocket and from that city\\nworked his way to Rochester, N. Y., where he\\npurchased some Government land and commenced\\nfarming. He gradually added to his first purchase\\nuntil he owned two hundred acres, for the Last of\\nwhich he paid $100 per acre. On that place his\\ndeath occurred, August 24, 1871, at the age of four-\\n.soore years. Success crowned his efforts, for from\\nhis original fifty-cent piece he increased his pos-\\nsessions until he had $6,000 in the bank, besides\\nhis fine farm. In his political belief he was a Re-\\npublican.\\nThe mother of INIrs. Gorton bore the maiden\\nname of Jane Davis and was born in Hampshire,\\nEngland, whence she emigrated to America as a\\nnurse when a young girl. She was early bereaved\\nby the death of her parents and thus sadly or-\\nphaned, was compelled to support herself when\\nstill very young. She attained to the advanced\\nage of seventy-seven years, and passed away, April\\n7, 1878. She was the mother of eight children,\\nfour sons and four daughters, n.aniely: John,\\nwho is deceased; Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas\\nNewton and a i-esident of Monroe County, N. Y.\\nMary, Mrs. (Jorton; Thomas, deceased; Ann, the\\nwife of Jacob F. Slenker, who lives in Three Rivers,\\nthis State; Jane, the widow of Clinton Woodruff,\\nof Henrietta Township, Monroe County, N. Y.;\\nWilliam, who is deceased; and James, whose home\\nis in Henrietta Township, Monroe County, N. Y.\\nThe early years of Mrs. Gorton were passed in\\nher. native i)lacc, her time lieing occupied in home\\nduties and studying. In 18.50 she w.as united in\\nmarriage with G. W. Gorton, in Monroe County,\\nN. Y.. and two years later came West to IMichigan,\\narriving iu this SlMtc Alay 3, 1K52. Airs. Gorton\\nis the mother of three children, namely; Electa J.,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0684.jp2"}, "685": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n691\\nthe wife of Morris Kent, of Sturijis, ^licli.; Rosell\\n.1., wlio in. irriiM] .Miss Clarice Koiiiul, of Ilo|iivins\\nTowiisliii). Ailciran County, and is tlie father of\\ntiiree ehiidrcn: Itoliiii (I., ]\\\\Iaiiiie and Cl\\\\ dc 15.; and\\n.laeoh W., who resides witli his mother, and super-\\nvises tiie ohl hoiiie teail. Since liie death of lier\\nhusli.-md, Mrs. (iorlon has earrie l mi her farm with\\nniarl ed executive ability and has kept its one\\nliundred .Mnil four acres under good cultivation.\\nShe now lias tiie ellicient assistance of her younger\\nson. and witii him conduct s a general farming and\\nstock-raisin^ business.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ti IfcAI-TKI! S. lit )DGKS. secretary and origin-\\nV r.!fi al stoikliolder in the Kardecn I aper Coni-\\n\\\\V7vy pany.al )tseg(i.wliich he helped to organize.\\nis a native of this State, and a popular and talented\\nyoung liusiness man. who has already accpiired .an\\nen viable ri putation in linancial liicles. He vv;is\\nliorn ill (iale^burgh, Ivalama/.oo County, Decem-\\nber 1, l.s. ).j, a son of apt. George .S. Hodges, a\\nlislingnislied ollici r in the late war, and a well-\\nknown pioneer and prominent citizen of Stuithern\\nMichigan until his death. His father was born\\niie.ar Uatavia. N. V. In the vigor of early nian-\\nliood, he came to ]Micliigan, in tlic year 1H:J8, and\\nwas one of tlie early settlers of Com tock Town-\\nship, where he purchased improved land. He was\\nactively engaged in f.arming under the [lionccr cfin-\\ndilioiis that llii ii prevailed, and he developed his\\nland into one of the linest farms in the neighbor-\\nhood. He u.sed to sell his produce in Kalamazoo,\\nwhen Ihe town was too small to afford milch of a\\nmarket. He was married in .lanuary. 18. to Ma-\\nrion I lllis. daughter of .Stephen KUis. a prominent\\nman of .\\\\ttica, N. V.\\nAfter his marriage. Capt. Hodges returned to\\nMichigan, and bought :i farm in Ch.arleslown\\nTownship. Kalamazoo County, in IH/i;!. He live l\\nthere until during the war. when he iemove4l liis\\nfamily to (ialesbiirg. wlu re he resided for a short\\nlime. In the o|iening year of the rebellion, lie\\nolTered his ser\\\\ ices to lii lp defend the honor of\\nlii.s beloveii coujitry, aujl was mustoied inter. Com/\\npany T, Second ^lioliigan Cavalry, as Second Lieu-\\ntenant. He saw four years of hard fighting, and\\nat the close of the war was lionorabl^ discharged\\nwith the rank of Caiitain, having been twice pro-\\nmoted for meritorious conduct on the field of\\ndanger, when he h:id shown ail the high courage\\nand true devotion to the Inion, that characterized\\nboth otiicers ;iiid men in f)ur army and led to vic-\\ntory, lie fought in nianv note l battles. He was\\nat the front in the engagement at Franklin, .lune\\n4, 1863; faced the enemy with his regiment at\\nDandridge, December 24, 1863; and led his men in\\nthe encounter of the Federal and Confederate\\nforces at Moss^- Creek, December 2 1863. These\\nbattles are particularly mentioned, as on their fields\\nhe especially distinguished himself and won honor\\nand preferment. The men who servetl under him\\nwere devoted to him. and were proud of his\\ntriumphs, and, as a token of their admiration, pre-\\nsented their leader with a handsome gold watch\\nand chain at the close of the war. on which were\\ninscribed the above names and dales. The Cap-\\ntain was witl^ Carter on his famous expedition,\\nand dnriug that time he was in the saddle twenty-\\ntwo days and nights. Although he was often in\\nthe heat of liattlc, he was never wounded, but he\\nhad a horse killed under liiiii in one fight.\\nCaptain Hodges continued to live in Galesburgh\\nafter he retired from the army until 1870, and was\\nengaged in business there. In that year he took\\nup his residence in Kalamazoo, and remained in\\nthat city until death closed his career in 1878.\\nHe served ,as l)e|)uty I nited .States Mai-slial two\\nterms, and .as I lider Sheriff in Kalamazoo County\\ntwo terms. He wasa son of l.oriii Hodges, a New\\nYork farmer, who died in l.sld. To tin- parents\\nof oursubjcct were born three children, of whom he\\nis the only survivor. His mother is vet living.\\nOur.subject laid the foniidation of a libeial edu-\\ncation in the common schools of ;;ilesl)urgh. was\\nsub.se((nently a student at the Kal.amazoo High\\nSchool, and later pursued a careful course of tuily\\nin I arsons IJusiness College, from which he was\\ngraduated .September .5, 1877. .\\\\fter leaving\\nschcHil, he spent a year in connoction with his\\nfather s bu ines and. alter the hitter s deadi. he\\nciiii. i _ e l with the firm of F. S. St im iV- Soir; wlw hv-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0685.jp2"}, "686": {"fulltext": "692\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsale and retail grocers at Kalamazoo, for a year.\\nHe suhse iuentl3 spent a short time in the whole-\\nsale and retail crockery business with T. S. Col)l\u00c2\u00bb\\nit Son, of Kalamazoo. The ensuing five 3 earshe\\nwas with the United States and American Express\\nCompanies. He next began work for the Kalama-\\nzoo Paper Company, in 1882, as bookkeeper. In\\n1887, he, among others, suggested the organiza-\\ntion of the Bardeen Paper Company-, and, in con-\\njunction with INIessrs. Bardeen, Bryant and Hoek,\\neffected his purpose, Otsego, at his suggestion,\\nbeing selected .as the best site for the mill, which\\nwas erected and put in running order .as soon as\\npossible, and to-day it is one of the most import-\\nant industries of the State of Michigan. He has a\\nmaterial interest in the concern as one of the stock-\\nholders, and he ii.as had charge of the books .as\\nhead bookkeeper ever since the firm began busi-\\nness. He has thrown his whole soul into his work,\\ndevoting himself to the extension of the business,\\nand the prosperity it enjoys is due in no small de-\\ngree to his energetic labors in its behalf. lie and his\\namiable young wife have established a charming\\nhome in the vilhage, which is the center of a pleas-\\nant hospitality, and both are .active m social circles.\\nIn his political relations, Mr. Hodges is an ardent\\nRepublican.\\nOur subject w.as married October 31, 1882, to\\nMiss Nettie, daughter of Peter .S. and Elsie M.\\n(Hall) Carmer. To them has been born one son,\\nwhom they have named Carmer. Mrs. Hodges pa-\\nrents were natives of New York. Her father came\\nto Michigan when a young man, and became a\\npioneer of Galesburgh, where he was eng.aged in\\nbusiness twenty years. He w.as afterwards ap-\\npointed Superintendent of the Kalamazoo County\\nPoor Farm, and acted in tliat capacity fourteen\\nj ears. In April, 1884, he removed to Otsego, and\\ndied here the following .Tune at the .age of sixty-\\ntwo years. He bore a prominent part in the man-\\nagement of pulilic affairs during iiis residence in\\nGalesburgh, holding many of the local offices, and\\nserving often on the village board. His wife sur-\\nvives him, and is a welcome inmate of the home\\nof her daughter and son-in-law, of whom we write.\\nMrs. Hodges is her only ciiild. She was well eilu-\\ncated in the schools of Galesburgh, and before her\\nmarriage taught the children in the infirmary of\\nwhich her father was Superintendent. She is a\\nmember of the Episcopal Church, and her name is\\nassociated with its good work.\\n-i\\nm^\\nW OSEPH THORN. The attention of the p.as-\\nI sing stranger is sure to be attr.acted by the\\nbeautiful residence owned and occupied by\\nMr. Thorn and by him erected in 1869 .at\\nthecost of 14,000. Elsewhere in this volume will\\nbe noticed a view of this pleasant homestead, with\\nthe rural environments which contribute greatly to\\nthe general effect. Other buildings suited for\\ntheir various needs may be found on the place\\nwhile the one hundred and sixty acres comprised\\nin the farm have been brought to a good cultiva-\\ntion by the close attention and prudent watchful-\\nness of the owner, who has here resided since the\\nfall of 1852. Besides this estate, which is located\\non section 25, Monterey Township, Mr. Thorn\\nowns eight} acres in Hopkins Township, whose\\nimprovements indicate a careful hand and wise\\njudgment in man.agement.\\n.loseph Thorn, father of our subject, was born in\\nTrumbull County, Ohio, November 3, 1804, and\\nwas united in marri.age, April 16, 1829, to Cath-\\nerine Mathews, who was born in Butler County,\\nPa., October 22, 1802. He located with his wife\\nin Trumlnill County, and passed away from\\nearth shortly after the birth of his son .Joseph,\\nwhich there occurred, May 16, 1830. The widowed\\nmother was afterward married to .lohn ^McCurdy.\\nwith whom .loseph lived until he attained the age\\nof nineteen, when he w.as given his time and\\nstarted out in life for himself. His education was\\ngained in the Ci^mmon schools of the district and\\nwas su]i]ileinented bv attendance for one year at\\nKinsman Academy. His portion of the inlierit-\\nance was fifty .acres, which he traded for one hun-\\ndred and sixty .acres in Allegan County, and there\\nhas since resided.\\nDecember 20, 1855. IMr. Thorn was united in mar-\\nriage to Miss Mary L., daughter of Hiram Wilson.\\nHer father, one uf the pioneers of .Vllegau County,\\ncleared the town plat of Allegan in 1835 and also", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0686.jp2"}, "687": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0687.jp2"}, "688": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0688.jp2"}, "689": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n695\\nsuperintended the construction of the dam on the\\nKalamazoo Kiver at Allegan. The only ohild of\\nMr. and Mrs. Tliorn, Charles K., wns horn Octoher\\n2, 1856, and died .June 18, 1860. Mr. Thorn re-\\nlates some interesting incidents in connection willi\\nhis journo}- to Allegan County, whither he came\\nin October, 1852. The lirsl railroad he ever .saw\\nwas at Detroit, and when he reached Kalamazoo he\\nw.ns obliged to walk the remainder of the way to\\nAllegan, meeting en route with (juite a thrilling\\nexperience, as two men attempted to .secure from\\nliim the few dollars he had in his possession. ^Vf-\\nter his arrival at Allegan, he worked for a time by\\nthe month for Iliram Wilson, who afterward be-\\ncame Ills father-in-law.\\n]n politics, ^Ir. Thorn is a ihorough-going Re-\\n|)ublican, and has been honored b} his fellow-citi-\\nzens with various local oflices, .serving as .Justice of\\nthe Pe.ace and in other i)ositions of responsibility.\\nHe has been actively identified with the Grange\\nand, with his estimable w-ife, holds membership in\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Clnircli. This worths-\\ncouple are tranquilly passing tlie twilight of\\ntheir useful lives in their beautif\\\\il home. They\\narc surrounded by the comforts which have been\\naccumulated by years of industrious toil, and en-\\njoy the esteem of their host of friends, who wish\\nfor them many years of continued happiness.\\nl^OLLIN M. CONGDON. The e.arly history\\nb*^ of Michigan w\\\\as a familiar one to the gentle-\\nJi man whose name heads this sketch and his\\nj-emini.^cences of those pioneer days were very\\ninteresting, cs[)ecially to tho.se who know this\\nwestern countiy only as it appears after years of\\n(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iilljvation anil iniprovenieiil have tuiiifcl ilic\\nbroad prairies into fertile lields. the forest into\\nthriving towns and villages, and the rude log\\nhouse into a liand-some, comfortabh residence of\\nbrick or stone.\\nThe parents of our subject, ICrastns and Emma\\n(Spcrry) Congdou. were natives of N ermont, going\\nfrom there to Ni w ork. wiieie their marriage\\nliiok |iImc( Leaving tli.it Nt.itc in IM. i I, they came\\nto Michigan and located in Kalamazoo County,\\nlater removing to Hopkins Township, Allegan\\nCount\\\\- in wliicli township Mr. Congdon w.as one\\nof the first to settle. At that time AFichigan was\\nyet a Territory, the Indians were still camping in\\nmany parts of the country, and wild animals\\nroamed through the woods, and played havoc with\\nwhat little poultry- or young stock the settler\\nmight happen to possess. Neighbors were few\\nand far between, and a good log house was the\\nheight of a pioneer s ambition in the way of a\\nresidence. It is not to be wondered at, that, under\\nthese circumstances, but few educational advant-\\nages were offered to the children of the early set-\\ntlers, and our subject w.is eleven years old before\\nhe ever saw a schoolhousc. His early disadvant-\\nages in this respect were, however, overcome by\\nlater reading and observation and he was a well-\\ninformed man. who held prominent places in this\\ncommunity.\\nRollin ]M. Congdon was born in Yates County,\\nN. Y., September 2, 1831, and was but three years\\nold when his father removed to ISIichigan. When\\neighteen 3 ears of age, he began work for himself,\\nhis first attempt being at breaking prairie with six\\nyoke of oxen, no easy task for a lio} and requiring\\nmuch patience and endurance. He worked out by\\nthe mouth until he was twent --eight years old.\\nHe then decided to make a home and undertake\\nfanning on his own account. The lady who has\\nso well filled the position of wife and helpmate\\nwas Lucy I. Eldred, of Wayland Town.ship,\\nAllegan County, whose father w.as a farmer of that\\ntownship. Tiieir marri.age took phace November\\n15. 1859, and of this union one child has been born,\\nAlmon B., whose birth occurred August 21, 1860.\\nHe has received an excellent education and has\\nmade a good record as a teacher.\\nMr. Congdon owned a number of places in\\ntills county, but the one on which he resided, in\\nAV:iyland Township, is the only one which he cul-\\ntivated, ll w;is partially improved by its former\\nowners who were relatives of his wife. Our\\nsubject bought it in 187; When the Civil\\nWar broke out. Mr. Coiigili)ii. in common with\\nhundreds of others who fell Ihat the interests\\nof the country were at sljdvc, laid aside his .-igri-\\nuullural pursuiUi aud in 16\\\\ii culistcd iu Cum-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0689.jp2"}, "690": {"fulltext": "696\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npany K, Michigan Engineers and Mechanics, and\\nwas with Sherman on his famous march to the sea.\\nIn .Iiine, 1865, he was lionorably discharged from\\ntiie service and returned to liis liome.\\nMr. Congdou was a Republican in i)olitius and\\nalive to all that pei tains to tiic advancement of\\nhis section of the country. He held the office of\\nTownship Treasurer for two years, and was Super-\\nvisor of his township, which responsible position\\nhe filled with ability. lie belonged to the Ma-\\nsonic fraternity and was a member of tlie Grand\\nArmy of the Republic. He died January 17, 1892.\\nOIIN II. SLOTMAN. On section 21, Over-\\nisel Township, Allegan County, may be seen\\na beautiful farm which is adorned with\\nfirst-class farm buildings. This is the prop-\\nerty- of the gentleman whose name we have just\\ngiven and who was born January 1. 1842, in Hol-\\nland. He is a son of Levi and Johanna Slotman,\\nfor a fuller history of whom the reader is referred\\nto a sketch of Levi Slotman, elsewhere in this vol-\\nume.\\nThe gentleman uf whom we write was reared in\\nHolland initil reaching his fifth year, when he was\\nbrought by his i)arcnts to the New World, and who,\\n111 locating in Michigan, were among the early set-\\ntlers of Overisel Township. His parents were poor,\\nand lie was thus given but limited school advantages,\\nbut since locating here he has become thoroughly\\nwell ac(piainted with the English language and is\\nclassed among the intelligent agriculturists of the\\ncommunity.\\nMr. Slotinau, upon the outbreak of the Civil\\nAVar, obeyed the call for volunteers, and, October\\n8, lcS6 1, enlisted in Coiiiiiaiiy I, Thirteenth IMichi-\\ngan Inf.antry and |)arlicii)ated in all the engage-\\nments ill which his company was conierned until\\nthe close of the war, when, Jul} 25, 1865, he was\\ndisch.arged. He entered the army as a private, but\\nas a reward for his gallant conduct in times of\\ndangei, he w.as promoted to lie Sergeant, Oclolicr\\n1, 1861. He participated in the lialUes of Hari ids-\\nburg, Shiloh, Murfreesboro, Chickamaugu, ^Mission\\nRidge, Chattanooga, Savannah and BentonviMe,\\nand during the entire period of his enlistment\\nwas never wounded or taken prisoner.\\nIn 1868, our subject was married to l^elia Peters,\\nwho was born in Holland and was an infant when\\nher parents came to Overisel Tovvushij). She was\\nthe daughter of Gerrit and Johanna Peters, who\\nwere among the earliest settlers of this locality, and\\nthus the early pioneer scenes through which Mrs.\\nSlotman passed have made a lasting impression\\nupon her mind, and she can relate many an inter-\\nesting tale of bygone days. Her parents both died\\nin Overisel Townshij).\\nMr. and Mrs. Slotman are the parents of five sons\\nand four daughters, namely: Lena, IJenjamin (de-\\nceased), Henrietta, Zena, .James, Alice, John, Harry\\nand Daniel. In 1867, our subject made a purchase\\nof eightj- acies of land, but at the present time\\nowns seventy acres, all of which he cleared and\\n[lut under thorough cultivation, until, by a rotation\\nof crops, the land has been brought to a high de-\\ngree of cultivation. The various buildings have\\nbeen erected which best serve the purpose of an\\nagriculturist, and he has all the appliances for car-\\nrying on his first-class farm.\\nHe is a firm believer in the iiriiuiples advocated\\nliy the Democratic party and has been honored liy\\nhis fellow-townsmen by being elected to the ollices\\nof Highway Commissioner, Constable and Justice\\nof the Peace, being the present incumbent of the\\nlatter office, and has been for the past seven years.\\nMr. Slotman is highly esteemed personally, and we\\nare glad to lie able to present his sketch in this\\nKi;((ii;ii.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^I^-^ H^I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^lOIIN C. NEUMAN, a native of Dorr IViwu-\\nship, Allegan County, where he was born,\\nApril 29, 1866, is a resident of the same\\nplace. He is a son of Joseph and IMary\\n(Elger) Neninan, both natives of Germany, where\\nthey were reared and married. The father was liy\\noccupation a mercliant and opened the first store\\nJH ld ill this lownship. He and his good wife eaiiie\\nlo this cutiiiliy ill Septemljcr, 1857. He liad\\nto go to Grand Hapids to gel. his goo(l\u00c2\u00a7,-aml he", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0690.jp2"}, "691": {"fulltext": "POETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n697\\nused to drive there with an ox-team and wagon.\\nThis was tliirty-four years ago, and tlie site ot tlie\\nvillage of Dorr was then but a wilderness, infested\\nwith wolves and other wild animals. He also did\\nsome farming, and cleared a place near to what is\\nnow llu village. Joseph Neuinan took for his\\nsecond wife ^Irs. .\\\\nna Riemer. This union was\\nchildless.\\n.John Neunian was given a pretty fair education,\\nhut. being of a very observing disposition, he has\\nprobably gained a great deal moi C than he could\\nhave obtained from books alone. He attended the\\nSwingsburg College, at Grand Rapids, one year.\\nHis fatiicr died in 188;?, at Dorr, and the mother,\\nFebruary 2, 1878. In the parental family were\\nlive children, of whom our su})jcct was the third\\nborn. His brother Joseph died in the spring of\\n18itl. The others are Annie, Carrie and Theresa.\\nOur subject began life for himself at the age of\\nnineteen, as a clerk in the village of Dorr, and\\nclerked for six years. In the spring of 1891, be\\nliought the general store of Mr. Kisher, and since\\nhe h.as conducted a lucrntive bvisiness under the\\nname of J. C. Neuman it Co., his sister Theresa\\nbeing the company. He is a true-blue Repub-\\nlican politically, and he and his sisters arc mem-\\nbers of the Catholic Church at North Dorr.\\nS)\\n^H^\\ni=y RED V\\nil\u00e2\u0080\u0094fe l l i\\niL also tl\\nRED W.\\\\DE. This gentleman, who is the\\n(rielor of tlu Lakf Shori Conimcrcial, is\\n/|5s also the popular Postm.a-ster of the village\\nof Saugatnck. receiving his appolMlnicnt during\\nthe present administration of (icn. Harrison. He\\nis the son of George and Mary (I pdyke) Wade,\\nnatives of Canada and New York, respectively\\nHis father was one of the pioneers of ,\\\\llegan\\nCounty, and laid out tiic village of Douglas wiiicli\\nwas at lirst n:iMic l Dudlcyville. after an uncle of\\nthe subject of this sketch.\\nThe subject of this .sketch was born in .Mlegan\\nCounty, Jtuie 29, ]Ht r iind was educated at\\nDouglas, afterward sradiiating at the High S -hool\\nat Krenionl. lhi State. In liie Cl.a.ss of i\\\\l. lie\\nlr:irncil llif piinl r li;idi .iiid In 1 SXR bouglil the\\npaper which he is at present couducliug. He is a\\nman of ability and has been successful in his en-\\nterprise. In October, 1883, Mr. W.ade w.as happily\\nmarried to Miss Ida Nies, and to them have been\\nborn one son, Frank. In politico, Mr. Wade is a\\nRepublican, .and does what he can in the interest\\nof that party. Socially, he is a member of lx)dge\\nNo. 328, A. F. it A. M.. and also of the Knights of\\nHonor.\\nv_.\\nIMITll P. ALBERTSON. As an example\\nof those whose success should inspire\\nothers lo greater elTorts and nobler deeds,\\niiiay be mentioned this gentleman, a prom-\\ninent resident of .Vllegan County, and a i)rogrcs-\\nsive farmer of Watson Township. He was born in\\nDutchess County, N,Y., March 31,183.5, and is the\\nson of Daniel and Maria (Peters) Albertson. the\\nformer born in IXOCt and the latter in 180.5, m\\nDutchess County. The iiateriial grandfather of\\nour subject, .Tosepii. was born in New York, of\\nDutch parentage, while on his mother s side, he is\\nthe grandson of Sniitii Peters, a resident of the\\nEmpire State.\\nThe parents of our subject had a family of five\\nchildren, one daugliter and four sons, all of whom\\ngrew to years of mat\\\\u-ity. The father pursued\\nthe calling of a farmer in his native State, and\\nalso in Kalamazoo County, Mich., where he located\\nin 1854. His death, in 1876, was a loss to the\\ncommunity in which he resided for more than\\ntwenty years and where he had gained an enviable\\nrc|)utatlon as an upright and Industrious man. Tin\\nsubject of this biographical notice accompanied\\nhis father to Michigan at the age of nineteen\\nyears, and about the sanu time was married, April\\n25, 185t, to Miss Mary .\\\\ngevine, the daughter of\\nBartholomew and Sarah (T etcre) Peters.\\nA native of New Voik, Jlrs. Alljertson was born\\nIn Colunibia County, May 22, 1H37, and was the\\nyoungest chlhl In the family circle. Her mother\\ndied when she was only four years old, and, in\\n185 1. she came witii her father to MIchlg.-in. .\\\\fler\\ntlieir inairi:ii;e. oui- iilijerl and his wife loealed\\nlirst In Cooper Tinvn^liili, K:ilania/.oo County, on\\na routed farm, but one year later removed lo", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0691.jp2"}, "692": {"fulltext": "698\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nPrairieville Township, Bairv County, where an-\\nother twelvemonth was passed on a rented farm.\\nAfterward Mr. Albertson liought a farm and for\\nthree years was engaged in its imiirovenienl. Tlien\\nselling out, he removed to Otsego Townshii), Alle-\\ngan County, aiKJ after renting there for one .year,\\npurchased the place which he still owns and which\\nis plcasantl_^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0 located on section 27, Watson Town-\\nship. Its eight_v acres have been brought to a high\\nstate of cultivation and various needed Iniildings\\nhave been erected from time to time, until now\\nthe farm is one of the liest in tlic community.\\nMr. and Mrs. All)ertson are the parents of one\\nchild, a daughter, I lattie, now the wife of Aaron\\nTreece. In iiis political affiliations, Mr. Albertson\\nwas, prior to 18S1, a stanch Democrat, l)ut since\\nthat year has used his inrtuence in behalf of the\\nprinciples of Prohibition, lie has served, with\\ncredit to himself and to the general satisfaction, in\\nvarious official capacities. In l^i84, he was Super-\\nvisor of Watson Townshiii; he has also served as\\nSchool Inspector, and in the school offices, and at\\npresent is Notary Pulilic. Socially, he is connected\\nwith llie iiaiigi and in the various measures for\\nthe lienelit of the |ieo|)le. takes great interest. His\\nlife demonstrates the fact tiiat energy and integrity\\nwill lead to success in any honorable vocation, and\\nhis wide-awake and generous jjublic spirit has\\nhelped the community along the lines of education\\nand i)hilantliropy.\\n^Tf RCHIBALD M A T II E W S Witliin the\\n@/L-i limits of Allegan County it would be\\nIji !i difficult to find a more highh\\\\ cultivated\\nestate than that owned and 0|)erated by\\nMr. Mathews. It comi)rises one hundred and\\nsixty acres, pleasantly located on section 20, Jlar-\\nlin Township, and, with the exception of eight\\nacres, the entire jjlace has been finely improved.\\nThe residence is one of the most attractive in the\\ntownshii) and was erected at a cost of \u00c2\u00a72,((0(),\\nwhile the outbuildings correspond in every respect\\nwith the general air of thriflapparent. .\\\\mong the\\nfarm buildings is a substantial barn, lUUx3G lectin\\ndimensions, a shed, 40x22. tool-house, 30x30, be-\\nsides other convenient Iniildings.\\nAt a very early day, the paternal grandfather of\\nour subject emigrated from Ireland to the United\\nStates, and here his death occurred when his son\\nJohn was a small boy. The latter, who was born\\nin Westmoreland County. Pa., was reared in his\\nnative place and was there married to Jliss Agnes\\nTrimble. The young coui)le located on a farm,\\nwhere they sojourned until 1811, removing at that\\ntime to Summit County, Ohio, and there engaging\\nin agricultural pursuits, near Northfield. From\\nthat [ilace, in 1852, they came direct to Michigan,\\nlocating in Martin Townshii), Allegan County,\\nthere passing their declining years. t)n the home-\\nstead wliicli they there estaljlished, the father\\ndied when sixty-two and the mother when aliout\\nlift_\\\\-two years old.\\nSeven children comprised the family of John\\nand Agnes Mathews, all of whom grew to man-\\nhood and womanhood, l)Ut only three now survive,\\nnamely: Archie, Jemima and James. Our subject\\nwas born near Ligonier, Westmoreland County,\\nI a., February 23, 1833, and was eight years old\\nwhen he accompanied his parents to Ohio, where\\nhis I)oyliood dajs were passed. His education,\\nwhich was somewhat meager, was ol)tained in the\\ndistrict schools of the Buckeye State, and the wide\\ninformation, which he now possesses, has Ijeen\\ngained l)y constant study and observation. He\\ncame to Michigan with his parents when he was\\nnineteen, and two years later started out in the\\nworld for himself, with no nujiieyed capital, but\\npossessing good haljits and indefatigable industry.\\nSeptember 18, 18(il, IMr. Mathews was married\\nto Margaret Redpath, a sister of (ieorgc Kedpath,\\nwhose sketch appears elsewhere in this viilume.\\nMrs. iMathcws was born in New York, July 22,\\n1837, and became the mother of two children:\\nJohn, who resides at home, and Willie, who died\\nat the age of thiee years. When he first started\\nout for himself, Mr. Mathews purchased the place\\non which he now resides und which then had no\\nimprovements When he lirst settled here. In-\\nbuilt ;i small house, which remained his home\\nuntil lie erected his pres nt elegant residence.\\nHe also has a good house and burn on the north-\\nH", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0692.jp2"}, "693": {"fulltext": "KjRTRAIT and llIOORAPinCAL RECORD.\\nfio;*\\nerii pari of tlio f.irin. and, in connoplion with gen-\\neral fHririmyj.olM nilt s willi ^.ll(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(\u00e2\u0080\u00a2t\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ss as a slnck-raiser.\\nI oliticall.v. Ill- is a Kcpiililicaii, aiic) ii Iiuiously, a\\nint inln r of the I leslivlci ian Climvli. wliili his life,\\nliy it.-- integrity and npriglitnoss, lias won foi liini\\na IlijsI I if warm |icrsiiiial fiii iMN.\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00bbT\\nI I .^1\\nDAM \\\\V. Mi l.l.i;i;. riic i.ioik.t lalM.is\\nC^y/-) resulting in tlif U vel( piiiciii Allegan\\nCounty were largely participated in liy\\nthis gentleman, whose tillraetive home is\\non SPetion 7, Martin Township. A native of New\\nYiu k. lie was lioi-n in Owasco Townshii), Cayuga\\nCounty. Feliruary 12, 1810, and is a son of Isaac\\nand Klizaheth C. (Welly) Miller, natives of Cayuga\\nCounty. N. Y.. and 1 ennsylvania. respectively. His\\nfather, who was a farmerby occupation, resi led for\\na time after his marriage in Cayuga County, whence\\nhe removed to Williamson Township, Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and from there to ^Marion Township,\\nthe same county, where he died when only lliirty-\\nsix. His wife survived \\\\nilil forty-live years old.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our suhjeet. Simeon\\nMiller, was a native of New -lersey. whence he re-\\nniovetl to New York in an early da\\\\ Iiecoming\\n(jne of the early settlers of the State, and s|iending\\nthe remainder of his life there. The maternal\\ngrandfather. Adam Welly. w:is horn in (lermany.\\nand, when a small child, emigrated to the Cniled\\nsuites with his parents and was reared to manhood\\nin Pennsylvania. He was a soldier in the Revolu-\\ntionary War, anil an ui)right. honoralile man. Of\\nthe seven children comprising the family of Isa.ac\\nand Klizalieth Miller.all hut one grew to manhood\\nand womaidiood. Our suhjeet w.as the eldest in\\nthe family; Simeon. Phili[) and Kli/.ahcth are de-\\nceased; .\\\\lfred is a coo|)er in Kalama/oo County;\\nCornelia is the wife of Cyrenius Kddv.of William-\\nson, N. Y.\\nThe childhoo l tlays of our suhjeet were |).a.ssed\\nin Williamson and Marion Townships. Wayne\\nCounty. N. Y., and after the death of his father,\\nhe remained at home with his mother until he was\\ntwenty-two. He then liegan to earn his livelihood\\nl y any liOnestfK Cupation.and. returning to Owasco.\\nN. Y., his native place, worked by the month on a\\nfarm for aliout six years. He was married, April\\n2!), 18:38, to Miss Sarah Ann Harton, the daughter\\nof Silas and Isahel (Stewart) Barton, natives of\\nNew York and Massachusetts, respectively. The\\nmaiden name of the grandmother of Mrs. Miller\\nwas llaiic ick, and she was related to .lohn Han-\\ncock, of historic fame. Mr. r..-irlon followed the\\nIradeOf a shoemaker niul died at the age of sev-\\nenty-two. He served in the War of 1812. in the\\nOntario Regiment. The mother survived until\\nfour-score and four.\\nMrs. .Miller is one of seven children, all Imt one\\nof whom survived to maturity, .as follows: William\\n11. II.. Sarah Ann; Lucy M.. deee.a.sed; Lama H..\\nthe widow of Kleazer Finley, of .I.ackson. ^^ell.;\\nCharles S. and .Mlcii Fayette, deee.ased. The na-\\ntive home of .Mrs. Miller is AValworth, Wayne\\nCounty. N. Y., and the date of her hirth. May 51.\\n1818. A short time after their marriage, our suh-\\nject and his wife came to .Michigan, arriving in\\nMartin Township. Allegan County. Octol)er 1. 18,SK.\\nand at once located on the place which still re-\\nmains their home. Mr. Miller soon huilt a small\\nlog house, 18x20. cutting the logs for the cabin in\\nwhich he and hi- wife hcgan housekeeping. At\\nthat early day, no roads hail lieen oiiened and\\ntravelers used marked trees for guides. Indiana\\nand wild animals aliounded, liut white settler*\\nwere few.\\nThe eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Miller was\\nMary .lane, who married Sidney .Jenkins, and he-\\ncame the mother of two children: Alice and Emma\\nW. Alice, who married (ieorge N reeland, is now\\ndeceased, while Emma is the wife of Reuben Rage,\\nof Martin. Philip A. was born Seiitember 28. 1818,\\nin Martin Township, and married Caroline Hatch-\\nelder, bv whom he became the father of two chil-\\ndren: Lucia 15. and Willis 15. He resides on the\\nold homestead with our subject. Isaliel E. is the\\nwife of .lohn Moore, of Wayland Township. Alle-\\niran County, this Stale, and they have five chil-\\ndren: Harry. Allen P., .lennie, Fred and one\\ndeceased. Mr. Miller is also a great-grandfather,\\nhis descendant.- in the third generation being Roy\\nE. and liessie. the children of Mrs. Emma Page.\\nThe homestead where Mr. Miller is happily and", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0693.jp2"}, "694": {"fulltext": "700\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nin contentment passing liis old age, comprises one\\nbundled and sixt3 -one and one-half acres, most of\\nwhich is under cultivation. lie has ceased from\\nactive w irk and tlie farm is under the supervision\\nof his son. ill IS;5I lie cast liis liallut for the Anti-\\nMasons, afterward liecaiiie a Whig and still later a\\nRepublican, hut is now a firm adiierentof the Pro-\\nliibition party. Since he came to tliis Slate, in\\n18.38, he has never failed to vote when opportuii-\\nit} w.as offered, lias never lieen aljsent from a town\\nmeeting, and lias voted at every Presidential elec-\\ntion, save one. For many years he served as As-\\nsessor and also filled other olHcial positions witli\\nmarked aliility.\\nIn 1888, Mr. ^liller and his good wife celebrated\\ntlieir golden wedding, on which important occa-\\nsion their children and friends gathered to con-\\ngratulate them and wisli them many returns of tlie\\nha[ p3- day. This worthy couple are devoted inem-\\nliers of tlie Methodist Episco|ial Church, of Martin,\\nof whicli lie is now Trustee and was for many\\nyears Steward. For tiiirty-livc years he was chor-\\nister and lias in every possible way taken a promi-\\nnent i art in church work. Iiv his generous con-\\ntributions, he lias aided in erecting churches, and\\nduiiiig the earl.\\\\ days of the county used to walk\\nwitli his wife four miles to attend the services of\\nhis church.\\nONHAI) WALTER. Wiiile this gentleman\\nis known as a practical farmer, he has at-\\ntained liis greatest success and is most\\nwidely known as a fruit-grower. He resides upon\\na fine farm, comprising one hundred acres on sec-\\ntion 8, Watson Township, Allegan County, and is\\nalso the owner ()f forty acres on section 17. From\\nhis orchard of one hundred and seventy bearing\\napple trees, he secures each season more than four\\nhundred barrels of apiiles, while his peach orchard\\nof twenty acres contains about three thousand\\ntrees, from two acres of which he has cleared as\\nmuch as ^400 per year. He uses great skill and\\nexcellent judgment in selecting varieties of fruits,\\ngrafting and caring for trees, and consequentl_y\\nlias made of his business a financial success.\\nAn extended account of the parentage of Mr.\\nWalter may be found in the sketch of his brother\\n.Teremiali, which appears in another portion of this\\nvolume. He w-as born in Dauphin County, Pa.,\\nJanuary 7, 1836, and when three years old was\\ntaken by his parents to Wayne County, Ohio,\\nwhere he remained for ten years. His school edu-\\ncation, which was commenced in the Buckeye State,\\nwas completed in Monroe County Mich., whither\\nhe came at the age of thirteen. He commenced\\nJ life for himself when eighteen years of age, coming\\nto Watson Township, Allegan County, and for\\ntwo years was employed in digging wells. Upon\\nhis return to Monroe County, he worked for his\\nuncle, Michael Fishborn, during one season.\\nNovember 29, 1857, Mr. AValter was married in\\nj Monroe Count}-, to Elizabeth D., daughter of\\nI Thomas and Mary (Bingins) Clark. Her parents,\\nwho were natives of Ireland, emigrated to America\\nabout 1833, first settling in Quebec, Canada, and\\nfrom there removing to Vermont, thence to Mich-\\nigan, where Mr. Clark followed his occupation of\\nI a blacksmith in Monroe. During their residence\\non a farm in La Salle Township, Monroe County,\\ntheir daughter Elizabeth was born, October 8, 1839,\\nand in that home three years later the eyes of her\\nfather closed in death. Mrs. Clark died when fifty-\\ntwo years old. Of their ten children, all but three\\nattained to maturit}-.\\nAfter his marriage, Jlr. Walter resided for one\\nyear with the relatives of his wife, in Monroe\\nCounty, whence he removed to AVatson Township,\\nAllegan County, and located on section 7. During\\nhis short sojourn on that place, he erected a log\\nhouse, 18x20 feet, and improved the land, which\\nhe sold at a good advance. Then returning to\\nMonroe Count} he worked for two years on\\nshares, and upon his second removal to AVatson\\nTownship, in 1861, located on a rented farm and\\ncontinued to operate as a renter for about six\\nyears, buying, in 1867, the place where he now re-\\nsides. Politically, he is a Rejniblican and has\\nserved as School Treasurer and Pathmaster. For\\nmore than thirty yeare, he and his wife have been\\ndevoted members of tiie Seventh-day Advent\\nChurch, and are earnest and consistent Christians.\\nMr. and Mrs. Walter are the parents of ten chil-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0694.jp2"}, "695": {"fulltext": "l^RTRAir AM) r.IOr.UAPIIICAL RKCOUIJ\\n7(11\\nciii ii. ii;iTiU l\\\\ Siisiui I,.. v,\\\\U uT .l.-u-oli N;isli. ;in l\\ninolliiM- iif four cliililion; Yiilicita. wlio \\\\v: s imilcil\\nlo l)ui:i Nash; l,aw.s()n C, who inai iied llatlie\\nFancier ami lias one (laiiglitiM Adelia I,.; l-illif\\nAdclia. till wife of C lavonce Nash, of ()l,so!io;\\nMimiif l- ,.,a giadualc of the State Normal at Ypsi-\\nlaiiti. ami now a teaelic-r at St Joe, this Stale;\\nAnna A., who is followini the profession of a\\nteachei- in (llseiin rowiishi[), Alleyan Coiinly;\\nAaiipii and llaiinali Maydora, wlio are at home;\\n.Moses and a rliild iinnanied dieit in infancw\\n*^E*E\\n_y\\nellAKLI .S i;. r.liOWN, one of the indus-\\ntrious and eutorprising farmers of Way-\\nland Township, Allegan County, is a na-\\ntive of the old IJay State, his liirtli having taken\\nplaee in Brimfield Township, Hampton County.\\n.^^ass., .lanuary 10, 1814. His parents, Dauphin\\nand Alibic 15. (Nutting) Brown, were natives of\\nthe same State, his father being born within one\\nmile of our suljjeet s birthplace. The father was\\nby occupation a farmer, and for nearly a lifetime\\na Deacon of the Congregational Church, at Hrim-\\nfield. His grandfather IJrown came to Kalamazoo\\nCounty, this State, in 1832, and was one of the\\nearliest settlers of the county, there being but one\\nfarmhouse in the county at the time when he lo-\\ncated there.\\nOur subject enjoyed the advant.ages of a dis-\\ntrict-school education until he was fifteen years\\nf ld, after that attending school for a time at IJriin-\\nlicld. When he was only seventeen years of age,\\nthe Civil War having broken out, he enlisted in\\nCompany Forty-sixth Massachusetts Infanliy.\\nhis company being composed of men frt)ni the\\nfour neighboring townships. The regiment was\\nsent to Newbern, N. C, and formed a part of the\\nKighteenth Army Corps under Gen. Foster. He\\nwas in the engagements at Kingston, Whitehall.\\nlohlsboro. and I lymouth, N. C. He passed sue-\\ni-essfully through all these battles without meet-\\ning with any injury, and was honorably disi liarged\\nin May, l.St;;j. He returned to his old homo and\\nthe next spring came to Jlichigan and located at\\nUichlaml. in Kahinia/oo (duiily. where he re-\\nmained for two years, lie then went back to\\n.Massachusetts, where he remained for awhile, le-\\ntnniing again to Itlchland, where he was mairicil.\\nNovember lit. 18(!;i, to Miss Mary K. Smith, of\\nthat i laee. Of this union five children have been\\nborn, all boys, namely: Ira I).. Kdgar S.. Carl 15.,\\nOeorge Keezler and Fi-ank F.\\nIn the spring of 1870, .Mr. Ilrown located on a\\nI arni in Pavilion Township, Kalamazoo Comity,\\nwhere he lived for live years. Ih; then sold out\\nhis inteiest, ami in IS came to Allegan County,\\nwhere he took charge of the place on which he at\\npresent resides, the property being his wife s. It\\nwas for the most part unimproved, and he h.as by his\\nown exertions brought it up to its present slate of\\nhigh cultivation and attractive ap])earance. The\\nhouse has been remodeled, and is now a comfort-\\nable and convenient residence.\\nIn politics, Mr. I5rown is a Kepublican, and\\ntakes enough interest in political affairs lo cast\\nhis vote on the side of right and progress, but has\\nnever been a candidate for an ollice of any kind.\\nAs will be supposed from his record as a soldier,\\nhe is a member of the (uiiiid .Viniyof the Ue-\\npiiblic. He is warmly interested in educational\\nmatters, and has been a School Director most of\\nthe time since his residence in this count\\\\ His\\noldest son, Ira D.. is a telegraph operator at W.ay-\\nland. The family are well known and highly re-\\nspected, and are among the best citizens of Way-\\nland Township.\\n-y-^m B\\nay-\\n4-\\n\\\\|/_^ r.MlMIRKV (;AKDNFI{ has f,,,- many years\\nbeen a prominent resident of Wayland\\nTownship, Allegan County, where he owns\\na large tract of land. He was born in\\nWyoming County. N. his birth taking i)laee in\\nAttica Township. December 27, IS 19. He was\\nthe son of Daniel and Lorena (F.nsign) (lardner,\\nhis father being born and reared in 15riinlield,\\nMass., while his mother w.as a native of New York.\\nHis father was a farmer by occui)ation, and oui-\\nsubject was reared upijii a farm. He received the\\nailvantages of a coinnion-scliool education until he", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0695.jp2"}, "696": {"fulltext": "702\\nportrtut and biographical record.\\nwas fifteen years of aop. His fathei- liavin j rlied\\nwhen lie was but five years old, be was early\\ntaught to look out for himself, and when nine-\\nteen years of age went to Kane County, 111.,\\nwhere he remained eight years. When twenty-\\nseven years of age, he came to Allegan County,\\nMich., where he has since resided.\\nAt the time of bis removal to this St.ate, our\\nsubject located in the town of AVayland, whicb\\nwas then a part of Martin, and w.is set off soon\\nafter his arrival in tlie pl.ace. He here bought a\\ntract of land from the Government, whicb at that\\ntime was new land, entirely without improvements,\\nand he has himself placed upon it all the im-\\nprovements whicb now make it one of the most\\nfertile and best managed estates in the county.\\nIn September, 1844, Mr. Gardner established a\\nhome of his own, taking for his wife Miss Mary\\nBrown, of Kane County, 111., who became the\\nmother of two children: Florence and Loren,\\nboth now deceased.\\nAfter the death of his first wife, Mr. Gardner was\\nagain married, October 24, 1866, this time to Miss\\nSylvia Brown, in McLean County, 111. Of this\\nmarriage three children have been born: Olive,\\nHumphrey and Clay, the eldest being deceased\\nand the others residing at home. Mr. Gardner s\\nfine place consists of four hundred and ninety\\nacres, of whicli he still retains the supervision,\\nbut on whicli he does but little active work. In\\naddition to fanning, he lias been a very successful\\nstock-raiser, owning many fine graded animals.\\nMr. Gardner was originally a Whig, but when\\nthat party was merged into the Republican party,\\nhe joined it* ranlis and has t.aken a lively inter-\\nest in everything that pertains to the best interests\\nof his State and county. He has always held a\\nhigh place in the estimation of his fellow-citizens,\\nas is evinced by the fact that he has hold the\\noffice of Township Treasurer for about twenty\\nyears. He is a friend of education and has al-\\nwaj S been in favor of giving the best advantages\\nin that line to the children of his township and\\ncount} He has watched with great interest the\\ngrowth of this State from its infancy, and its\\nprogress from an untraveled wilderness to a well-\\ncultivated and prosperous section of the country\\n.and an influential member of the sisterhood of\\nStates. He has traveled quite extensively through\\nAVisconsin, Kansas and Iowa, but thinks that\\nMichigan is the Banner State of the Union.\\n^^^^4\\n^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6\u00e2\u0099\u00a6i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i-*** \u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i- M-F\\nOHN A. BAIRD is profitably cultivating\\nthe soil on section 15, Hopkins Township,\\nAllegan County. His father was Robert H.\\nBaird, a native of Massachusetts. He died\\nin 1846 when fifty- two years of age. His mother\\nbore tbe maiden name of Thankful Streeter and\\nwas born in Chester, Mass., in 1795; she died in\\n1876. Tlie parents were married in the Bay State\\nand came West to Ohio in 1842 where they located\\non a farm in Portage Count}-. Their familj in-\\ncluded nine children, five of whom are now living.\\nOur subject was born October 14, 1827, in\\nMassachusetts and was fourteen years of age when\\nhis parents removed to the Buckej^e State. He re-\\nceived a- good education and remained at home\\nuntil reaching his majority. For six years he was\\ntraveling salesman for Baird Dewej and in the\\nspring of 1856 came to Michigan in company with\\nhis brother Robert A. and E. II. Waite, Ijoth of\\nwhom are deceased.\\nJohn A Baird was married in February, 1849, to\\nMary, daughter of .Jared and Sarah (Alderman)\\nAtwater. both of whom were natives of Connecti-\\ncut and who moved to Ohio in 1837. They came\\nto Kalamazoo County in the fall of 1856 and soon\\nafter removed to Hopkins Township, where tbey\\nlocated on a farm on section 23. There the father\\ndied in IMarcb, 1873, and the mother in March,\\n1876. They were the parents of four children, two\\nof whom arc living. Mrs. Baird was bom October\\n16, 1828, in New Haven, Conn., and received a\\ngood education.\\nOur subject and his wife have been granted three\\nchildren: Robert H., who married Lizzie Fossy,\\nlives in Hopkins Township, and has one child,\\nFremont L. Baird; Jared Alraon married Lydia\\nBeaman and also resides in Hopkins Township;\\nBertha Z. remains at home with her parents. When\\nour subject first came to Michigan, he was employed\\nin a sawmill erected by the two men who accom-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0696.jp2"}, "697": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0697.jp2"}, "698": {"fulltext": "41\\n^A/\\n5i6 ^f-*-\u00c2\u00bb T\u00e2\u0080\u0094", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0698.jp2"}, "699": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0699.jp2"}, "700": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0700.jp2"}, "701": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n707\\npaiiied liiin liillior, und wliich was tlie first steam\\nsawmill in tiio tuwiisliip. At the end of that time,\\nhe located uixm liis present farm, which was then\\nlittU more than a wikieniess. Ilis estate includes\\nciffhty acres, upon wliich he has erected all the\\nnecessary buildings wiiicii make of it a fii-st-class\\nfarm. lie gives his attention to general farming.\\nMrs. Baird was a member of the First Congre-\\ngational Church. Mv. Baii-d has been much inter-\\nested in educ. itional affairs and has been on the\\nSchool Board for a number of years. In politics,\\nhe is independent, reserving the right to vote for\\nt lie best man. Mrs. Baird died August 21, 1891.\\nand her loss has been dcepl} felt in her commu-\\nnity. Our subject has one brother, Piiilander O.,\\nwho is living in Hopkins Township.\\nON. GAYLORD M. BALDWIN. This\\ni well-known and res|)ected citizen of Alle-\\ngan Clounty is now engaged in farming on\\nsection 27, Hopkins Township. His father\\nwas James M. Baldwin, a native of Aurora, Ohio,\\nwhere he was Iwrn in 1810; his mother was Jane\\nF.issell in her maiden da3-s, and a native of Aurora,\\nOhio, born in 1813. They were married in Ohio,\\nin 1833. The grandfather, Caleb, of Connecticut,\\nwa.s a soldier in the War of 1812, and died while\\nat home on a furlough. The grandmother, BlKcbe\\n(Gaylord) Baldwin lived at Cleveland, Ohio, when\\na j oung girl of about ten 3-cars, and but one log\\nhouse, a trading post, was there at that time. She\\nwas a pioneer of the Western Reserve, and traveled\\nthe greater portion of the journey hither on foot,\\ndriving cattle. The Baldwin family wei e also\\nearly settlers of the Western Reserve. The mater-\\nnal grandfather of our subject, Justus Bissell, a\\nnative of Massachusetts and a soldier of the War\\nof 1812, moved to Ohio about 1804.\\nThe parents of our subject, after their marriage,\\nsettled on a farm in the wilderness of liainbridge,\\n(Jeauga County, Ohio. He there cleared uj) a farm,\\nlater learned the trade of a blacksmith, then stud-\\nied medicine at the Homeopathic College at Cleve-\\nland, and graduated in IH.Ol. He at once began\\n32 A\\npractice at Sc lon, Ohio, but two years later came to\\nMichigan and .settled on a farm. It was then all\\nwild, with no roads opened, and crtily about eight-\\neen families lived in Hopkins Township, lie\\nserved as Supervisor and Township Clerk, Justice\\nof the Peace and Highway Commissioner, with sat-\\nisfaction to nil.\\nIn 1858, James M. Baldwin was elected to the\\nLegislature of Michigan, of wliich he was an active\\nmember. He held various local oflices in Ohio,\\nsuch as Justice of the Peace and Trustee, and was\\na strong anti-slavery man and Republican. He was\\nmuch afflicted during his life with sickness, and\\ndied in 1878. His good wife still survives, but has\\nbeen blind for twenty years. She makes her home\\nwith our subject. She is a member of the Christian\\nChurch and the mother of three children, two now\\nliving. J. Herman is engaged in real estate at In-\\ndianapolis, Ind., where he has resided for thirty-\\nfive years, having been engaged in the mercantile\\nbusiness, but is now retired. His wife is Mar-\\ntha R. (Ilarpliam) Baldwin and the mother of\\nfive children.\\nThe subject of this record was born December\\n15, 1836, in Bainbridge, Ohio, and was there reared\\nand educated. He always lived at home and\\nhelped his father clear his farm, and came to Mich-\\nigan with him. After the death f)f his father, he\\ntook sole charge of the homestead. On November\\n7, 1858, he was married to Miss Marj E. Ingerson,\\na daughter of William R. and Betse3 (Noyes)\\nIngerson, both natives of Vermont. The mother\\ndied in 1845. Six children were born to them,\\nbut the^- were scattered and have never met. The\\nfather married twice afterward, came to Michigan\\nin 1849, and settled on a farm in this townshi]).\\nHe was Highway Commissioner, Constable and\\nDrain Commissioner of Hopkins Township, and\\ndied in 1884, at the age of sevent3- j-ears. His\\nwidow still resides on the old homestead. Mrs.\\nBaldwin was born Ma^- 2, 1838, in Vermont, and\\ncame to Michigan in 1857.\\nMr. and Mre. Baldwin have three children.\\nMartha J., the wife of Willis A. Buck, resides in\\nthis township, and has four children. She attendid\\nschool at Indiaiiaii()lis and also at Valparaiso.\\nLottie A. and A. Blanche have also received good", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0701.jp2"}, "702": {"fulltext": "708\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\neducations, lie lias two liiniflred acres of land,\\none hundred and sixty of which are under culti-\\nvation. The family residence, erected in ISfil, was\\nthe largest and best iu the township, and is hand-\\nsomely furnisiied. He carries on general farming,\\nand has been extensively engaged in the daii y\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Baldwin has been quite a prominent man,\\nboth politically and socially, being a member of\\nthe Knights of the Maccabees, and Master, Lecturer,\\nSecretary and Treasurer of the Grange, of which\\nhis wife was Lady Assistant and Steward. He h.as\\nheld all the school offices and at jiresent is Moder-\\nator of District No. 3. In politics, he is a stalwart\\nBopublicau and is serving his ninth term as Super-\\nvisor of Hopkins Township, which exceeds the\\nterm of an} other one man in that oltice for this\\ntownship. Mr. Baldwin was elected to the Mich-\\nigan State Legislature in 1888, and w.as a very\\nactive member of the House. He served on the\\nCommittee on Roads and Bridges, Drains, and\\nCriminal Insane, and w.as Chairman of the first-\\nmentioned committee.\\nThe lithographic portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Bald-\\nwin accompany this sketch.\\nOLIVER VAN KEUREN. Although not one\\nof the earliest settlers of Allegan County\\nour subject is entitled to an honoi able place\\namong the pioneers, whose unremitting and ener-\\ngetic toil redeemed it from the wilderness, and\\ncontributed in no small degree to make it what it\\nis to-day, one of the richest and best developed\\nagricultural centres of Southern Michigan. Our\\nsubject s farm on section 13, Allegan Township,\\nwas a tract of forest land when it came into his\\npossession more than forty years ago, and he has\\nmade of it a beautiful home, ivith neat and at-\\ntractive surroundings.\\nIn the township of Crawford, Orange County,\\nN. Y., Mr. Van Keuren first opened his eyes to\\nthe world, August 3, 1823, being the son of\\nJacobus H. and Phebe (Rumsey) Van Keuren, who\\nreared a family of nine children, of whom these\\nfive are living yet: Morris; Rachel, Mrs. Smith;\\nOliver; Julia, Mrs. Barnes; and Jennie, Mrs. Van\\nSteenburgh. The parents of our subject were life-\\nlong residents of the Empire State. His [lateinal\\ngrandfather was Hazael A an Keuren, who was a\\nfarmer of Ulster County, N. Y., of which he was a na-\\ntive. He and his wife had a family of nine children.\\nHe was a Democrat in politics, and he was a true\\nChristian gentleman. The father of our subject\\nwas a man of prominence in the church, and in\\nthe public life of the township of Crawford, of\\nwhich he was Assessor a number of times. He was\\na thorough Democrat in his political views, and\\nwas very public-spirited, all schemes for the ad-\\nvancement of his township meeting with his ready\\nencour.agement and material help.\\nOur subject received a very good education in\\nthe schools of Crawford, and was well drilled in\\nall that appertains to carrying on a farm. At the\\nage of eighteen, he left the parental home for the\\nl)urpose of learning the trade of a carpenter, and he\\nwas engaged at that occu[)ation in his native State\\nuntil he came to Michigan in 1848. Here he im-\\nmediately entered upon his successful career as a\\nfarmer. He had to begin at the very foundation,\\nfor his present farm, which he purch.ased at that\\ntime, then formed a part of the primeval forests\\nthat once [jievailed in this region, and he had to\\nfell the timber and remove the stumps before he\\ncould till the soil. His farm of one hundred and\\nthree acres of finely cultivated land presents a\\nvery different appear.ance from what it did previ-\\nous to his commencing to clear it. A h.andsome\\nand well-arranged set of buildings adorns the [jlace,\\nand everything about it is indicative of the best\\nof care, and shows that our subject is an en-\\nlightened farmer, who has a full understanding of\\nhis calling.\\nMuch of the comfort and happiness of our sub-\\nject h.as come to him through his ple.asant domestic\\nlife, upon which he entered in 185. with Miss\\nSarah E. Pullen .as his bride. Mrs. Van Keuren is\\na native of Allegan Township, and is a daughter\\nof William and Nancy (Field) Pullen, who came\\nhere from New York, their native State, in 183G,\\n.and were among the first to settle in Allegan\\nTownship. Mr. Pullen purchased a tract of tim-\\nber land on section 24, Allegan Township, and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0702.jp2"}, "703": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n709\\ndid some spliMidid jMonoor work in evolving tliore-\\nfi om .1 good fiuin. The latter part of his life, he\\nlived retired in tlu village of Allegan. lie and\\nhis wife had a family of nine children, of whom\\nseven arc living: Mrs. A an Keuren: William \\\\V.;\\nPhebe, now Mrs. Priest; Mrs. Cornelia Ely; Mrs.\\nEllen I onslnirv; Mrs. .\\\\nnie .S. Warner; and .Tolin\\nW. These are the live living cliildren of our sub-\\nject and his wife: Sarah J., now Mrs. .Shumaker,\\nwho is the mother of three cliildren: John, !Mary\\nand Lizzie; William L., who married Miss Carrie\\nDavis; Harry E., who married Mrs. Zilpha Z. Mar-\\ntin, by whom he has one child, Lora; Charles F.;\\nand Mary E., now Mrs. Pond, who hiis one son,\\nCla\\\\ ton. The second child of Mr. and Mrs. Van\\nKeuren, Jlrs. Alice Hargie, died December .5, 1888,\\nleaving one child, James A.\\nOur subject is well endowed mentally, is a man\\nof strict moral rectitude, and is implicitly trusted by\\nall who know him, and he has an extensive ac-\\n(luaintance, having lived in this county the best\\npart of his life. He has held the ollice of Modera-\\ntor of his District, has been Road M.ister, and has\\nserved his township in various ways, always mani-\\nfesting a commendable public spirit in matters\\nconcerning the well-being of the community. He\\nh.as strong temperance princii)Ies, and is an out-\\nspi ken Prohibitionist. In his religious belief, he\\nis a Wesleyan Methodist, and, with his wife and\\n:ind children, is a member of that church.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2s^\u00c2\u00ae-\\nOHN TRUAX, one of the highly respected\\ncitizens of .Mlegan County, has Ijeen en-\\n^^1 gaged in gencial farming on section 12,\\n\\\\^y I bipkins Township, for about a quarter of a\\ncentury, and has been prominently identified with\\nthe history of this community. He comes of one\\nof the old New lOngland families. Ilis father,\\n.\\\\iidrew Truax, was a farmei-. and a native of .\\\\ew\\nYork. He married S.-ilIie Welch, a native of the\\nold (Jranite State, and a daughter of Benjamin\\nWelch, one of the Revolutionary heroes who\\nserved under Gen. Anthony Wayne against the\\nIndians and died at the age of four-score years. Ilis\\nwife reached the advanced age of ninety-six years\\nan l a paternal uiutle of our subject, Elias Truax,\\ndied in Franklin, Vt.. at the .age of one hinidred\\nand three. Andrew Truax was called to his final\\nrest in 1870, and his wife passed aw.a}- in 1873.\\nOur subject was one of ten children, but onl}^\\ntwo are now living. He was torn upon his father s\\nfarm in Canada, July 17, 1817, and there grew to\\nmanhood, no event of special importance occurring\\nto vary the monotony of farm life. At the age\\nof twenty-two. he bade good-hy to his old home,\\ncame to Michigan in 1839, and worked in a wagon\\nshop in Otsego for Mr. Mansfield. Possessing\\nsome natural mechanical ability, he w.as not long\\nin acquiring a dexterous use of tools and for two\\nyears continued his labors in the w.agon shop. He\\nthen returned to liis native hind.\\nThe purpose of this trip was seen when in 1842,\\nMr. Truax led to the marriage altar Miss Agnes\\nJohnson, who was born in Scotland in 1H22, and\\ncrossed the Atlantic to Can.ada when a maiden of\\neighteen j-ears. Our subject there built a wagon\\nshop and carried on business for himself for four\\nyears, when he again came to Michigan, locating on\\na wild farm in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo\\nCounty. Three years later he sold out and came\\nto Allegan County, purch.i.sing a tract of wild\\nland on section 3, Hopkins Township, where he\\nmadehis home for ten years. Having cleared thiitj-\\nacres he then again sold, afterward purchasing a\\nforty -.acre tract which constitutes his present farm.\\nThe entire amount is now under cultivation and\\nyields a golden tribute in return for the care and\\nlabor bestowed upon it. He abandoned the plow,\\nhowever, during the late war to join Company C,\\nof the Seventeenth Michigan Regiment. The most\\nimportant battles in which he participated were\\nthose of South MounUiin and Antietam. When\\nthe war was over, he wius honorably discharged and\\nreturned to his home.\\nIn 188(5, Mr. Truax was called upon to mourn\\nthe loss of his wife, who died on the 1st of June.\\nShe was a member of the Presbyterian Church and\\na lady whose many excellencies of character won\\nher the love of all who knew her. Of their children,\\nthese have grown to mature yeai-s: Mary, wife of\\nT. B.Garrett, of W.iyland Township, by whom she\\nhas five children; Andrew, a farmer of Dorr Town-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0703.jp2"}, "704": {"fulltext": "710\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\nsliij). will) maii-ied Sylvia Perkins, and li:is seven\\neliildren; Leonard, wliu married and lias six cliil-\\ndren; William, uf Hopkins Townsliii), who wedded\\nGeorgijiua Geer, by wliom lie has one child; and\\nJames, who follows fanning in Dorr Township. He\\nmarried Lenora Van Patten, and their union has\\nbeen blessed with five children.\\nThe first school held in this neighborhood met\\nin the log house of jMr. Traux. He has lieliied to\\nbuild three schoolliouses in the township, has\\nserved as School Director, and has been Treasurer\\nof the school district at different times. He held\\nthe office of Highway Commissioner, and was Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for one term. In politics, lie is\\na supporter of the Democracy. He still resides\\nupon the old homestead, his granddaughter being\\nhis liousekeeper. In liis life he has met with ad-\\nversity-, yet on the whole his career has been a\\nprosperous one, and he has nfiw a comfortable\\ncompetence.\\nS EREMIAH L. HUMPHRY, a representative\\nfarmer residing on section 14, Hopkins\\nTownship, Allegan Count3-, is a native-born\\ncitizen of this count^ having had his birth\\nin Montere_v Township. His father was Sylsbre R.\\nRumery, a native of Lockport, N. Y., where he was\\nborn in 1820. The mother was Betsey Jane Lay\\nin her maidenhood, a native of Schoharie Count}-,\\nN. Y., bom in 1826. They were married in\\n1847, and settled on a farm. The father was a\\nmember of the New York Militia. Mr. Rumery\\ncame to Michigan in 1839 and worked for a rela-\\ntive in Calhoun County one year for eighty acres\\nof timliered land, located in Monterey Township,\\nAllegan County, on section 26. He settled in the\\ndense forest, during the winter 1843-4, and has\\nsince added to his land until he now is the posses-\\nsor of two hundred and fort}- acres. He cleared\\ntwo hundred acres and improved it, erecting good\\nbuildings thereon, and carried on farming until\\nhis death, August 23, 1884. He also sold agricul-\\ntural implements in connection with his farming,\\nand bought about the first chilled iilow in the\\ncounty. He suggested tlie name of Monterey for\\nthe township, just after the battle of Monterey in\\nthe Mexican War. In politics, he w-asa Whig and\\nlater a Republican and Almlitionist. and still later a\\nDemocrat. He has held the otiice of Highway Com-\\nmissioner. The father w-as twice married, the\\nsecond union lieing with a sister of his first wife.\\nThere were three children by the first marriage,\\ntw-o now living, our subject and Amantns B.\\nThe second marriage w.os fruitful of three children,\\ntwo of whom are living. Horatio L. and Lee W.,\\nboth of whom are married and reside in this\\ncounty; Maria M. married Frank C. Ingham and\\nleft one child at her death. The parents w-eie\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and\\nin 1856 became Seventh-day Adventists. Mr.\\nSylsbre Rumery was one of the first meml)ers of the\\nGr.ange in Monterey Township, and assisted to\\nbuild the Grange Hall m that Township.\\nOur subject had his birth November 8, 1844, .and\\nwas reared and educated on the farm and in the\\nschools of his townsliip and later attended the\\nHigh School at Battle Creek. He remained at\\nhome until reaching his majority, and has always\\nbeen a farmer, with the exception of two years en-\\ngaged in manufacturing rubber stamps at Allegan,\\nHe was married, March 22, 1868, to Harriet K. Buck,\\na daughter of Harry G.and Jane E. (Butler) Buck,\\nboth natives of St. Lawrence County, N. Y. When\\na .young man, Mr. Buck learned the trade of a cur-\\nrier and tanner, also that of a shoemaker, and\\nabout 1840, he began pre.acliing in the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. He and his w-ife still survive\\nin Montere} Township, on section 33, at the ages\\nof sixty-nine and sixty -eight, respectivel}-. They\\nare the parents of three children, tw-o now living,\\nMrs. Rumery being the oldest child, having been\\nborn October 10, 1847, in Franklin County, N. Y.\\nShe is well educated, having attended the High\\nSchool at Battle Creek and the seminary at Allegan,\\nand has also taught seven terms of school. John 11.\\nis a traveling man, engaged with the Michigan\\nStamp Works. Mr. and Mrs. Rumery are the par-\\nents of four children, Mina ISL, .Vlonsa J., Alfred\\nSib, and Katie lone. Mina was graduated from the\\nAllegan Seminary in ISfll.and is now- a te.acher in\\nWayland Township.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0704.jp2"}, "705": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPmCAL RECORD.\\n1 1\\nAfter his marriage,our subject lived in Fredonia\\nTownship, t ullioun County-, one year, and tlien\\ncame to Allpyan County, and lived in Jlonterey\\nTownsliip until IMSO, wiicn lie came to Allegan\\nTownship, anil, ill the spring of 1891, settled on his\\nl)ri sent farm of one hundred and twenty acres, all\\nlinely impnived. lie is engaged in general farm-\\niiii; and (lie dairy business. He and his family are\\nall nu mliors of llie Seventh-day Adventist Church,\\nan l .Mr. Rumery h.as superintended the .Sabbath-\\nschool for several years. He li.as been local Elder\\nof the Monterey and Allegan Churches, and\\nalso Clerk and Treasurer of his church. lie\\nand his wife have organized Sund.ay-schools in\\nthe country, of which he was Sui)erintendent, and\\nhave been and alwa\\\\s are .nctive in all matters of\\nthis kind. In politics, Jlr. Rumcry is a Republican\\n;ind a teetotaler all his life and a friend totemi)er-\\nance.\\nIn the early days he bad to go to Otsego Iv mill\\nwith a wagon and a yoke of oxen. One time he\\nstarted to mill with no grease to use on his wagon.\\nHe went as far as Allegan, where he got some soft\\nst)apaiid used that. But this dried up and he had\\nto stop all night on the ro.ad. He fortunately\\nkilled a coon and so obtained grease for his wajjon.\\nAl.TKH W. WOODHAMS, who is con-\\nlucting a general st(jre in IMainwell, is an\\nenterprising citizen, whose father is well\\nknown as a pioneer of this section of country.\\nThe subject of this sketch was l)0rn in London,\\nEngland, November 27, 1842. His parents, Will-\\ni. iiii 11. and Elizabeth (Clark) Woodhams, were\\nborn in Kent, England. The father owned a small\\ntract of land near Limilon. wliciv be followed\\ngardening for a number of 3eai-s. In 18tfi, he\\nenugrated with his family to America, five weeks\\nbeing occupied in the vo^-age. They landed at\\nNew York, and came directly to Michigan, settling\\nin (inn Plain Township. Allegan County, where\\nlie had purchased land l)efore leaving England.\\nHis family consisted of a wife and eight children,\\nand they look up their residence in a log house\\nwhich had liccii liuilt souie lime before. Mr.\\nWoodhams had learned the milling business in\\nEngland, while he was occupied .as a gardener, and\\nhe was desirous to build a mill in the new country.\\nHis farm w.os located on the river where Plainwcll\\nnow stands, and a few years after his arrival he\\nbecame one of a company whic h built a mill race\\nand erected a large mill. He devoted the principal\\npart of his time, however, to the clearing and im-\\nproving of his land, and liroke the ground on\\nwhich the town now stands with three yoke of\\noxen.\\nAt that time Indians were plentiful in the vicin-\\nity and a large number were camped on the oppo-\\nsite side of the river. They would frecjuently\\ncome over to visit their new neighbors. |)eering\\ninto the doors and windows at night, but never\\nattempting to do any harm. Deer were plentiful\\nand all kinds of wild game. Mr. Woodhams sold\\nthe land on which the first house in Plainwcll wjis\\nbuilt. He afterward platted sixty-three acres of\\nland for a town, which was named Woodhams, after\\nits founder. He sold lots with the stipulation that\\nthe houses built on them should be kept well\\npainted. Ilis original farm, with the exception of\\nabout ten acres, is now covered by the town. This\\nworthy pioneer died in 1888, when eighty -seven\\nyears old. He was a member of the Haptist Church,\\nand was verj- successful tinancially, being a money-\\nloaner almost from the time of his settlement\\nhere. His wife, who was also a member of the\\nBaptist Church and an exemplary woman, died in\\n1878, when sixty-eight years old.\\nWalter W. Woodhams was one of a family of\\neight children, all but one of whom are living, he\\nbeing next to the youngest in order of birth. He\\ngained his early education in the district schools,\\nafterward spending a year in Kalamazoo College\\nand the same length of time in Olivet College. In\\n1K()0, he started out in life for himself, becoming\\na clerk in the store of William H. Clark. yejir\\nlater he entcu ed the office of the Kalamazoo TV-/*\\nwhere he learned the printer s trade. In\\nthe fall of IHfi;?, he went to Virginia City. Nev.,\\nand was eni|iloyed in the /Jaily Union office, of\\nwhich paper Mark Twain was editor at the time.\\nRemaining there for about two years, Mr. WimhI-\\nliains next traveled into Idaho, along the Snake", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0705.jp2"}, "706": {"fulltext": "712\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nRiver, and followed mining for two years in the\\nJordan Creek diggings. Indians were troublesome\\nat this place, stealing their horses and otherwise\\nannoying them, and they had several skirmishes\\nwith the savages.\\nMr. Woodhams returned home in 1866, and en-\\ngaged in farming for a short time. He then went\\ninto the grocery business in Plainwellin partner-\\nship with C. O. Gilkey. A year later he purchased\\ntlie interest of his partner and has since carried\\non the business alone.\\nMe has a general store, dealing in dr3 -goods, etc.,\\nand also has a storehouse which he purchased about\\nfifteen years ago, and in which he carries a stock\\nof seeds and grain of all kinds, with tlie exception\\nof wheat.\\nMr. Woodhams was married, in 1873, to Miss\\nMary Copp, a native of Cattaraugus County,\\nN. Y. They are the parents of two children, Flor-\\nence and Mabel. Mr. Woodhams is a Republican\\nin politics, and a member of the Baptist Church,\\nwhile his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch. Tliey occupy a very handsome residence\\nwliich has been recentlj^ erected and the family is\\none of the most popular and prominent in Plain-\\nwell. In addition to his other propert3 Mr.\\nWoodhams owns a farm near the town.\\n^^ERKIT II. NYKERK. This progressive and\\nIII intelligent citizen of Allegan County en-\\n^:^l joys the confidence of the business com-\\nmunity of Overiscl, where he is carrying on a\\nthriving boot, shoe and furniture business. He is\\na native of this county, having been born in\\nOverisel Township, December 22, 1851. His fa-\\nther, Gerrit J. Nykerk, was born in Holland, Janu-\\nary, 1821. He remained in his native country until\\n1849, when, desiring to know something more aliout\\nthe New World, he emigrated to America, coming\\ndirectly to Michigan where he was among the very\\nearliest settlers in Allegan County.\\nThe maiden name of the mother of our subject\\nwas Johanna B. Ijankheet, a native of Holland.\\nShe was a daughter (jf Ilendrikus J. I.anklieet who\\ncame to the United btalcs and made settlement iu\\nthis county as early as 1848, at a time when there\\nwere very few white settlers in this region. The\\nparental family included three sons and two daugh-\\nters. On locating here, the father purchased a tract\\nof sixtj^ acres, which he brought to a good state of\\ncultivation and later added forty acres more, until\\nnow his estate comprises one hundred acres of ex-\\ncellent land, located on sections 19 and 31, Overisel\\nTownship. Mr. Nykerk served three years in the\\nstanding army in Holland and on coming to this\\ncount}^ became identified with the Reformed\\nChurch of America, in which denomination he has\\nbeen a minister for the past thirty-five years. He\\nis now living in retirement on his beautiful farm,\\nfully enjoying the rest which he has so well earned.\\nHis wife died in September, 1861, and he was again\\nmarried to Gerretdiena Schipper, who was born in\\nHolland and to them have come a family of three\\nsous and tliree daughters.\\nThe gentleman of whom this sketch is written\\nwas reared in Overisel Township where he attended\\nthe common schools. He later entered the pre-\\nparatory department of Hope College, at Holland\\nthis State, from which he was graduated in 1870.\\nAfter closing his school life, our subject taught for\\ntwo j ears, when he purchased a farm and engaged\\nin cultivating the soil until 1890, at which date he\\ncame to Overisel and launched out into the boot\\nand shoe business in partnership with Mr. D. Kor-\\ntering. Mr. Nykerk is a pleasant gentleman,\\nthoroughlj reliable in every way, and is meeting\\nwith the success which he so justly merits. In ad-\\ndition to his business in Overisel, he also owns\\ntwenty acres of land in Overisel Township, which\\nbrings him in a comfortable income.\\nMr. Nykerk has been honored by the Republican\\nparty in having been elected Townshij) Treasurer,\\nan olHce which Jie held for four years. He was\\nState Census-taker for his township iu 1882 and\\nhas lieen Supervisor for se^en years in succession.\\nIn all })ositious of trust to wliich he has been\\nelected, he has given the most perfect satisfaction,\\nbeing a man of honar and integrity who performs\\nconscientiously every dut} imposed upon him.\\nMiss Mary Hulsman became the wife of our sub-\\nject Xovcmlier 22, 187li. She w;is born May 1\\n1807, iu Overiscl Township and is the daughter of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0706.jp2"}, "707": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND KIOGRAPFHCAL RECORD.\\n713\\nMaiinos aii l Teiintje (Scliipper) Ilulsmaii, natives\\nof Ilollaiul. who came at an early day to Mioliitian,\\nlocating in the al)ove-naine(l township, where\\ntliey still make their home, being well-to-do farm-\\ners.\\nMr. and .Mrs. XyUerk, of wlioni we give this brief\\nsketch, are the [larents of live children, one of\\nwhom lic I in infancy. .lohanna 15. is also deceased.\\nJMie remainder of the family are Gerrit J., Minnie,\\n.]oli!inna H.. and Trudie.\\nI.ONZO C. HIRNIIAM. Many of the re-\\nv I, sidents of -Vllegan County have become\\nli \u00e2\u0096\u00a0vvcll-do-to while following the calling of\\ngeneral farmers and stock-raisers, and in\\nthat chuss ctinsi)icnoiis mention justly belongs to\\nMr. Buniham, who owns and operates a farm of\\none hundred and fifty acres on section 7, Watson\\nTownslii|). He make a specialtj of .Short-horn\\ncattle, in which he has been successful, as he has\\nalso l)een in his farming operations. In former\\nyears a Republican, but now a Prohibitionist, he\\nhas always been alike prominent in both parties,\\nand has served as Highway Commissioner and\\nSchool Director, holding the latter po.sition for\\nnine years. Socially, he is a meml)er of Watson\\nLodge, No. 266, I. O. K.. and the C. .T. Bassett\\nPost. C. A. R., of Allegan.\\nOhio is the native .State of Mr. Uiuiiiiain, who\\nwas horn in Ilartland Township. Huron County,\\nMarch 14, 1811. The lii-st represenUitives of the\\nliurnham family in America emigrated hither from\\nKngland in ICOO, when three brothers of that\\nname cros.sed the .\\\\tlantic to make settlement in\\nthe I nitcd States. The grandfather of our sub-\\nject, Sylvanus H. Burnham. a native of New York,\\nfollowed farming operations, and died in Ohio at\\na good old age. George W., father of our subject,\\nwas l orn in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1816, and\\nfollowed the trade of a cooper both in his native\\nState and in Huron County, Ohio, whither he\\nmoved in 1810.\\nThe Rnckoye State was not the permanent hfinie\\nof (ieorge W. liurnham. who remf ved thence to\\nMichigan, stopping iluiiiig one simiiiicr in Hills-\\ndale County and coming from there to Watson\\nTownship, Allegan County, where he purch.t.sed\\nan eighth-acre farm on sections 8 and 9. He\\nerected a log house, 18x24 feet in dimensions, ancl\\ncleared the farm, which remained his home until\\nhe removed to Otsego Township, and on the place\\nwhich he there bought, he passed away at the age\\nof seventy-four years. He was a Republican and\\nan active worker in the Advent Church, in which\\nhe held various official positions. The mother of\\nour subject, whose maiden name was Elizabeth\\nCarter, was born in New York in 1818 and still\\nsurvives at the age of seventy-three years, lier\\nhome being in Otsego. Her father, who was\\ndescended from Scotch ancestors, was a native of\\nNew York and a soldier in the War of 1812.\\nThe union of the parents our subject, which\\ntook place in Wa\\\\ne County, N. Y., in 1836,\\nbrought to them twelve children, all of whom, with\\none exce[)tion, attained to mature years, but at\\npresent onh four are living, namely: Lovina, the\\nwife of Joseph W. Pearce, of Martin Township;\\nAlonzo C, our subject; Eunice, who is married and\\nmakes her home in .Muskegon County-, and Laf.ay-\\nette W,, who is a resident of Battle Creek, Jlicli.\\nOur subject was reared in Huron County, Ohio,\\nuntil he was thirteen, when he came to this State\\nwith his parents. His education, which was com-\\nmenced in Ohio, was completed in Watson Town-\\nship, at least so far as school advantages were con-\\ncerned. In 1862, Mr. Burnham enlisted in Com-\\npany L, Fourth Michigan Cavalry, at Detroit, and\\naccom[)anied his regiment to .leffersonville, Ind.,\\nthen .across the Ohio River at Louisville, whence\\nhe fought his way to Nashville and followed Mor-\\ngan on his raid. The regiment participated in\\nmore than one hundred engagements, the most im-\\npf)rtant being at Stone River, Chickamauga, and\\nthe siege of .Atlanta. They afterward captured .lefT-\\nei-son Davis, whom they escorted to Fortre.ss\\nMonroe. Mr. Burnham has in his pos.session a\\nsabre which was t;iken from a b.iggage wagon in\\nthe possession of the Confederate President. rp(\u00c2\u00bbn\\nreceiving his discharge in .Iiily, 186.5, at Nashvillr,\\nTenn., our subject returned to .Vllegan County.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Burnham to Miss Mary E.\\nBeats w;is celebrated in Kalamazoo. Eebruarx 11.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0707.jp2"}, "708": {"fulltext": "714\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1867. Mrs. Burnbam was bom in Norfolk Town-\\nship, St. Lawrence County, N. Y., .January 11,\\n1849, and is the oldest daughter of Arteraus W.\\nand Lucretia (Bloss) Reals, natives of New York\\nand Vermont, respectivelj-. Her parents came to\\nAllegan County in 1836 and settled in Watson\\nTownship, but after a sojourn here of only a few\\nyears, removed to California, where they remained\\nfive 3 ears. Later tliey resided in New York for a\\nshort time and from there came to Michigan, where\\nthe father died in Watson Township, in 1880. The\\nmother is still living and makes her home in Trow-\\nbridge Township.\\nMrs. Burnham is one of four cliildren, the others\\nbeing: Ruth E., who is married and resides in\\nFairi ort, N. Y.; Bliss F., whose home is in Trow-\\nbridge Township, and Nathaniel, who died in Cali-\\nfornia. After his marriage, our subject located on\\nsection 4, Watson Township, building a log house\\non his unimproved farm and devoting his atten-\\ntion to clearing the place until .January 17, 1881,\\nwhen he sold and purchased a farm on section 1 8.\\nOne year later he l)0ught his present place, lie\\nand his wife are the parents of five children,\\nnamel} Florence I., the wife of John Wall, of\\nAllegan County; Edith M., Nellie 0., Lillie R. and\\nArietta M., who are at home.\\nMrs. Burnham and iier two daughters belong to\\nWatson Grange, No. 154, P. of H. She is holding\\nthe office of Master and her daughter Edith M.\\nholds the office of Lady Assistant Steward.\\nI LI H. PAGE. This respected farmer of Al-\\negan County is engaged in cultivating the\\nsoil of section 10, Hopkins Township. His\\nparents wereEnos and Cinderilla (Baldwin) Page,\\nthe father born in 1806, in Connecticut, and the\\nmother born in 1813 in the same State. They\\nmoved to Portage County, Ohio, in their youth\\nwhere they were married and located upon a farm\\nfor which the father paid $2 per acre. He died\\nAugust 5, 1885; the mother still survives and\\nmakes her home in Ohio. They became the par-\\nents of five children, three of wliom are now liv-\\ning. They were members of the Close Com-\\nmunion Baptist Church, in which body Mr. Page\\nwas a Deacon. He took an active part in poli-\\ntics, was first a Whig, then a Free Soldier, and later\\na Republican. He served his township as School\\nDirector and was frequently called upon to act as\\na juryman.\\nMr. Page was born March 13, 1838, in Portage\\nCounty, Ohio, where he remained upon his father s\\nfarm until reaching his m.ajority. He then learned\\nthe trade of a wagonmaker in which undertaking\\nhe was quite successful. During the late war he\\nwas emplo^^ed in the Quartermaster s Department\\nunder Gen. Geoige H. Thomas, at Nashville, Tenn.\\nHe also served in the corps of .Squirrel Hunters\\nand hiis a discharge issued by Gov. Todd of Ohio\\nand which bears the date of September, 1862.\\nMarch 13, 1861, our subject and Miss Amelia A.,\\nthe adopted daughter of Elisha and Lucy M. (Holt)\\nLane, were united in marriage. Her jjarents were\\nnatives of Connecticut and early settlers of Sum-\\nmitt County, Ohio, where they carried on farming.\\nThey are both now deceased and were members of\\nthe Presb3 terian Church. Mr. Lane was a AVhig\\nand later a Republican in politics. Mrs. Page was\\nborn .January 11, 1842, in Cliester Ohio. She was\\nadopted into the family of Mr. Lane when only\\nfour years of age, where she received a good edu-\\ncation and careful training.\\nAfter their marriage, our subject and his wife\\nmade their home for a time in Portage County and\\nlater lived in Summit County. In the fall of\\n1864, Mr. Page came to Michigan and settled on\\nhis present farm which was then nothing but a\\ndense wilderness. It originally- included one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres, but he has disposed of a por-\\ntion of his estate, and now reserves for himself\\none hundred acres. Seventy acres are under cuUi-\\nvatioii and the remaining thirty are devoted to a\\nsugar bush. The pleasant residence of ilr. Page\\nwas erected in 1886 and cost *2,. )()0. His farm is\\nembellished with all necessary outbuilding and he\\ndoes a general farming and dairy business.\\nMr. and Mrs. Page of this sketch have had three\\nchildren, two of whom are deceased. Olie B. is the\\nwife of Benjamin S. Foote and makes her home\\nill Hopkins Township; she has one child, Ina May.\\nMr. Page has been on the School Board for twenty-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0708.jp2"}, "709": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n715\\nfivej eare. He is a member of tlie Patrons of In-\\ndustry and has been Guide in that order three\\nterms. He lias represented the Repulilican party\\nas a delegate to county conventions but is now in-\\ndependent in politics. He is connected with the\\n(Irand Army of tlie Repulilic and Mrs. Page is a\\nmember of the Women s Relief Cor|)s. Oursul)ject\\nis a deinitted member of tlie Masonic Order and lias\\nheld the offices of Ro.ad Overseer of his townsliip\\nand Constalile, and was once a member of the\\nHoard of Review. He is at present County Treas-\\nurer of the Patrons of Industry, to which [losition\\nhe was elected in January, 18U2.\\niiHOMAS II. LITTLE, a resident of Leigh ton\\nTownshii), Allegan Coiinly, is a loyal citi-\\nzen of his adopted country, liis devotion to\\nwhose interests he lias proved by taking part in the\\nWar of the Reliellioii on the side of tlie Union.\\nHe was born in England, in Lincolnshire, October\\n18, 1843. and is the son of Holicrt and Mary Ann\\n(Spenceley) Little. His parents were natives of\\ntiie same shire as himself, and emigrated to Amer-\\nica when their son was liutfive j-ears old, locating\\nin Canada. His father wa.s a farmer by occupation,\\nand our subject was given the advantages of a\\ncommon-school education. ^Vllen he was twelve\\nvears old, his |)arents removed to Yates County,\\nX. Y., where his father carried on farming and the\\nson assisted him in tlic various duties connected\\ntiierewith.\\nAt tlie early age of eighteen years, soon after\\ntile Civil War broke out, our subject fell called\\nupon to give iiis aid in the juitling down of the\\nRelK llion, and coiise(pieiitly on .Vugiisl II, 18G2, 1\\nhe enlisted in Company U, Une Hundred and For-\\nty-eighlli New York Inraiilry, his regiment being\\n.as.signed to the Army of the .lames, in iigiiiia, un-\\nder (ieii. IJeiijamln lUiller. He was in a number\\nof iiiipoitaiil engagi iiieiils, among tlieiii being\\nthose of Cold Harbor, I eteisbiiig and others. He,\\nhowever, was too young to stand the severe hard-\\nships of war, -and spent much of his liiiu in the\\nhospitals, being in the one at Portsmouth for\\nulevuu mouths He wa; discharged at UicUmoud,\\nJanuary 22, 1865. returning to New York and be-\\ning engaged there in farming for eight yeai-s. A\\nportion of this time he also worked in a sawmill.\\nIn 187.3, he eaine to Michigan, locating in Allegan\\nCounty and township. Here he resided the next\\nnine years, until 1882. when he purchased Ins pres-\\nent place, in I-eighlon Township, whit h he li.is oc-\\ncupied ever since.\\nMr. Little was married in New York, December\\n30, 1869, to Hannah M. Covert, of .Steuben County,\\nthat State, and they are the parents of eight chil-\\ndren, as follows: Anna, Arthur, Lizzie, Perry,\\n(ileun, Laverne Irving, Stanley and (irace Bell,\\nall residing at home with their parents. Mr. Little\\nis an earnest Rcimblican and takes great interest\\nin political affairs. His first Presidential vote was\\ncast for Lincoln. In religion, his views coincide\\nwith those of the Second Adventists. His daugh-\\nters, Lizzie and Anna, are membersof the (irange.\\nMr. Little receives a small pension from the fiov-\\nernment. in recognition of his services during the\\nwar. He is c(mnected with Sterling Post, No. 2 J,\\nG. A. K.. at Waylaiid.\\nAMES B. STREETEH, 1). 1). S. This gen-\\ntleman, who is a large Landed proprietor in\\nAllegan County, where lie deals extensively\\nin real estate, has done much toward its de-\\nvelopment and iiiiproveineiil and has also aided\\nmatorially in the building up of the town of .\\\\lle-\\ngan, where he resides and where he h;is erected\\nmany dwelling houses. He is also engaged iu the\\nmanufacture of lumlier. .is well asthatof paper.and\\nis one of the most enterprising and public-spirited\\nbusiness men of Allegan.\\nDr. Slreeter isa native of Rochester, N. Y., his\\nbirth t:iking place .luly 1, I82 .l. His parents were\\nElias and Julia (Bowen) Slreeter. His father\\nwas one of the earliest piimeers t)f this village,\\nhaving come herein 183. when there was but one\\nlog bouse in the place, and no man w:is more inti-\\nmately identilied with the growth and development\\nof this town than he. Trior locoliiilig to this State,\\nMi Stieeter was assoviated iu Rochester, N. Y., with", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0709.jp2"}, "710": {"fulltext": "716\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArHICAL RECORD.\\nthe family of Alexander Eli in the lumbering busi-\\nness and was easily persuaded to follow their fort-\\nunes when they came West. He settled in the wilder-\\nness and turned his attention to lumbering, ijeing\\nalso actively engaged in building, and was em-\\nployed by the Boston Company in furthering the\\ninterests of the new village, which has since be-\\ncome the thriving town of Allegan. Mr. Streeter\\nwas a native of Phelps Township, N. Y., where\\nhis parents, Thomas and Ruth Streeter, resided at\\nhis birth. He had most excellent home training,\\nwhich in after years showed its results in his bus-\\niness capacity. He was a man who was loved and\\nrespected for his great worth and died in July, 1868\\nin Ids seventieth 3 ear. To him and his wife were\\nborn ten children, of whom seven arc living, as\\nfollows: Allen L., James B., Thomas E., Harriet,\\nthe wife of Mr. Conklin, editor of the Independent\\nat St. Cliarles, Mich., Jennie Vj. (Mrs. Marsh), Mar}\\n(Mrs. Fosdick) and Nellie.\\nThe subject of tliis sketch received his early ed-\\nucation in the district schools at Allegan, and at\\nthe early age of sixteen began the study of med-\\nicine with Dr. Calkins, continuing the same until\\ntwenty-one years of age. He then studied with\\nFrederick Avery, a dental surgeon, for one year,\\nattlie end of which time he opened an office and\\ncontinued practice for sixteen years, having a\\nbranch office in Chicago, and practicing at otiier\\nplaces in this State. He was the lirst one in tliis\\npart of Michigan to administer chloroform and was\\nvery successful during all his years of jiractice. He\\nabandoned his profession at tlie close of the war,\\nin 1865, and engaged in the lumber business, in\\nwhich he lias continued ever since. He commenced\\nthe paper business in 1882 and carries it on to a\\nlarge extent, emi)loying from thirty to forty hands.\\nHe is also interested in the Allegan Oil and Min-\\ning Compan} Dr. Streeter was married in June,\\n1865 to Miss Carrie R. Currey, a native of Canada\\nand a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Currey. Two\\nchildren have been born of tliis union: James B.,\\nCashier of the First National Bank at Larimore, N.\\nDak. He received his business education at Bryant\\nStratton s Business College, Chicago. Hiram C,\\nwho was a student in tiie Valley City Conniiercial\\nBusiness College, is now a clerk and liookkeeper\\nI\\nfor the firm of Streeter Son. Dr. Streeter was\\nfor a number of years in company with II. B. Peck,\\nnow a resident of Kalamazoo, under the firm name\\nof Peck lir Streeter, in tiie lumber business. They\\nbuilt a large sawmill and shingle mill, which was\\nburned down in 1880. Mr. Peck was for a time\\nalso connected witli tiie paper mill, Dr. Streeter\\nsubsequently purchasing his interest in tiie same.\\nThe Doctor has been for a number of years inter-\\nested in the real-estate and loan business and is\\nconnected with several insurance companies. In\\njiolitics, Dr. Streeter is a Democrat and socially be-\\nlongs to the Masons and Knights of Pytliias.\\nENRY CONRAD. Tliis gentleman is an old\\nresident of Leighton Townshii), Allegan\\nCounty, liaving owned and occupied the\\nfarm on which he resides for over thirty-\\nlive years. He was born in Cattaraugus Count}-,\\nN. Y., November 26, 1831. He conies of good old\\nVermont stock, his parents, Joseph and Lucy\\n(Thatcher) Conrad, being natives of the Green\\nMountain State. His father died wlien he wa.s\\nabout five years old, and his niolhcr, who was liorn\\nMarcii 10, 1802, and will be ninety j-ears old her\\nnext birthday, is now residing with her son.\\nMr. Conrad liad but few educational advantages\\nwhen a boy and was reared to farm work. Some-\\ntime after the death of liis fatlier, his mother was\\nmarried to Ricliard Freer, and the family removed\\nto Seneca Count}*, Ohio. From the age of eight\\nyears, our subject had lived with an aunt, Mrs.\\nLake. AVhcn twenty-one years of .age, he came to\\nMichigan, where he began life for himself as a\\nlumberman. He also took up one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land in Allegan County, which was\\nat that lime in the wilderness. On tliis lie made\\nall tlie necessary improvements, doing tlie work\\nhimself, and began its cultivation, at the same time\\nworking as a hand in a sawmill. This busy life he\\ncontinued for two or three years.\\n]Mr. Conrad was married, in 1857, to Phebc A.\\nLester, who was a native of Seneca Count} Ohio.\\nThey were the i)arents of four children, of whom\\none, Olie, is deceased. Those living are Seth, Sid L.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0710.jp2"}, "711": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPX ORL*.\\nand Nettie, all of whom are married; the latter\\nis teacliing school at Martin s Corner. Tiic mother\\nof tliesc children died in 18(55, and, a few j cars\\nafterward, Mr. Conrad wa.s iiniled to AIniira Les-\\nter, a sister of his first wife. 15y this_ union one\\nchild, I/O, lias heen liorn. lie. also, is married.\\nMr. Conrad has been successful in his farming\\noperations, having his place well improved with\\nall necessary conveniences and carries S(jine good\\ngrade of stock, lie does not take much interest in\\npolitics, but votes with the Democratic party and\\nhas held some of the minor i)(lices.\\nt=r\\\\\\nS)\\nJKRK.MIAU \\\\N ALTER. The farm owned\\nand operated by this gentleman is, although\\nof small e.Ktent, one of the best in Allegan\\nCounty, and is pleasantly located on section\\n4, Watson Township. Here he has resided since\\n1868, busily engaged in tilling tlie soil. He was\\nborn in Ilarrishurg, I a., August 11, 1828, and is the\\nson of .lacoband Margaret (Griner) Walter, natives,\\nrespectively, of Lancaster and Dauphin Counties,\\nPa. The father, who was a tanner and blacksmith\\nby trade, came to Michigan in 1848, locating in\\nl^lonroe County, and from there removing to St.\\n.Io.scph County, where he resided many years. His\\nlast days were spent with our subject, until his\\ndeath at the age of seventy-twf\\nThe i)atcrnal grandfather of our subject, Jacob\\nWalter, Sr., was probably a native of Germany,\\nwhence he emigrated to America and followed his\\ntrade of a wagon and [)low maker until his death,\\nat the age of eighty years. I iiilip (Jriner, our\\nsubject s maternal grandfather, w.as a native of the\\nKeystone SUile. and a farmer by occupation. .lacob\\nand Margaret Griner were the parent* of fifteen\\nchildren, of whom tiiiileeii grew to nianiiood and\\nwomanhood, and eight are now living. Our sub-\\nject, who was the eldest in the family, was nine\\nyear. old when he went lo Ohio with his parent-s,\\nand for the ten ensuing years he made his home in\\nthe lJucke\\\\e Stflte.\\nW iien nineteen years old, our subject came West\\nto Michigan, where he worked out by the month\\nin Monroe County. At the tiuie of his aettlciueul\\nin Ohio, he had been hired out by his father for\\n^2.50 per month, and from the age of nine ^ears\\nuntil the date of his m.arriage, all his wages were\\ncontributed to the supiwrt of the family. In De-\\ncember, 1848, he was married to Miss Amy K. Kel-\\nle3% who was born in Dauphin County-, Pa., Feb-\\nruary 8, 1826. The young couple located on a\\nrented farm in Monroe Township, Monroe County,\\nand one year later bought an eighty-acre farm in\\nthe same county. The place was entirely unim-\\nproved, but through the efforts of Mr. Walter, a\\nsmall house was built and the land cleared.\\nIn 1852, leaving his wife and children with his\\nfather-in-law, Mr. Walter made an overland trip\\nto California, arriving in Placerville six months\\nafter he left his home, and working in the mines\\nabout six months. For a time he was engaged in\\nhis trade of a car[)cnlcr, and was successful in his\\nenterprises. He remained on the Pacific .Slope\\nabout eighteen months, and came home via the\\nIsthmus of Panama and New York Cit\\\\-. Soon\\nafter his return, he purchased one hundred and\\nsixty acres on section 7, Watson Township, Alle-\\ngan County, where he built a log siianty and re-\\nmained about three years. Next he bought a farm\\nof twenty acres in Monterey Township, which he\\nsoon sold at a good advance, and then purchased\\nforty-four acres on section 8, Watson Township,\\nmaking that his home until the war.\\nIn August, 1864, JNIr. Walter enlisted in Com-\\npany E, Twenty-eighth Michigan Infantry, and,\\nwith his regiment, inarched to Louisville, Ky.,\\nNashville, Tenn., Jlorehead City and New lierne,\\nN. C. Prom the last-named pl.ace he went to the\\nfront, participating in the battle of New Salem, and\\nreceiving his di. cliarge in Raleigh, N. C, Novem-\\nl)er 1, 1865. After the war closed, he returned lo\\nMichigan, and made his home in Cass County for\\nI two years, removing from there t(j his present\\nfarm in 1868. When he located here, the place\\nwas in alino.st its |)rimeval condition, but through\\nhis tireless exertions he has brought it to a high\\nstale of cultivation. Having recently sold forty\\nacres, he now owns only the same amount.\\nMr. Walter biTarne the father, by his first m:ir-\\nriage, of ten cliiMrcn, six of whom :(ll:iine to ma-\\nturity, us follows: Subou E., now Mi s. Jacob liautz;", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0711.jp2"}, "712": {"fulltext": "718\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nJacob, whose home is in Missouri; William, John\\nA.; Alice, wife of Myron Baker; and Caroline,\\nwho married Harry Barniim. With the exception\\nof Jacob, the children reside in Hopkins Township.\\nThe second marriage of Mr. AValter took place in\\n1885, when Miss Abbie Bentley became his wife.\\nSlie was born in Monroe Township, IMonroe County,\\nthis State, September 20, 1841, and at the age of\\nten years accompanied her parents to Watson\\nTownshi)), Allegan Count}-. Her father, Samuel\\nA. Bentley, was born in Monroe County in 1819,\\nand is. therefore at tlie present time seventy-two\\nyears old. Her mother. Electa (Baird) Bentlej\\nwas born in Wa3 ne County, Ohio, in 1822, and\\ncame to this State when a child, remaining here\\nuntil called hence by death, September 15, 1862.\\nThey were the parents of eleven children, three of\\nwhom died in ciiildhood.\\nIn his political views, our subject is a Prohibi-\\ntionist. For years he has been a member of tlie\\nWesleyan IMetliodist Church, of Hopkins, in the\\nworlcof which he has taken an active part, and oc-\\ncasionally is called upon to preach. A sincere\\nChiistian, he carries his religion into his practical\\neveryday life, and ministers to the poor and desti-\\ntute. He is higlily esteemed, and his family shares\\nwitli him the respect of the community.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^s\\n_/\\nIKRRIT 11. SLOTMAN. The owner and\\nIII I\u00e2\u0080\u0094\u00e2\u0080\u0094, resident of the line farm located on sec-\\n^ii:^ tion 21, Overisel Township, is a native of\\nHolland, where his Ijirtii occurred August 9, 1835.\\nHe is the sun of Levi and Johanna Slotman, also\\nnatives of Holland, wliere they reared their family\\nof eight children. The parents emigrated to\\nAmerica and located in Syracuse, N. Y., where the\\nfalher s death occurred 1848. The motiier\\nHi. uried a ^\\\\x. Oolbekking and by that marriage\\nbecame the mother of live sons and two daughters;\\nshe died in 1887.\\nTlie suljjcct of this sketch was a lad of twelve\\nyears when he accompanied liis jiarents to Amer-\\nica and with them locate l in Syracuse, N. Y.,\\ntlienct^ to Overisel Tuwnshii) with his mother,\\nwhere he has continued to reside since his advent\\nhere, with the exception of the period he spent\\nin fighting for the Union. He enlisted in 1861 in\\nCompany I, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and\\nwith his companj- participated in the following\\nbattles: Shiloli; Murfreesboro, Tenn.; Chickamauga,\\nand numerous skirmishes. At the latter-named\\nplace he was taken prisoner and sent to Belle\\nIsland, where he was kept for two weeks and then\\ntaken to that vile den Libby Prison where he\\nwas held for three months, when he was sent to\\nDanville and after remaining there for three months\\nmore was sent to Audersonville. He remained in\\nthat foulest of all foul [jrisons for six long months\\nand was then sent to Charleston where he was\\nheld for two months; last of all he was sent to\\nFlorence, N. C, where he was held in captivity for\\nfour mouths and as the war was then ended, he\\nwas jiaroled and returned home, having served\\nduring the entire period of the war.\\nMr. Slotman was married October 1, 1865, to\\nIlendrika Dangremond, also a native of Holland,\\nand to them was granted a family of ten children,\\nviz: Levinius, Lucas D., William, IMinnic; Gar-\\nrit, deceased; Johanna, Hattie, Julia, Gerrit H.\\nand Lillie. The original of this .sketch is the\\nowner of eighty acres of land which, at the time of\\nhis purchase, was in its primeval state, but by a\\nthorough course of cultivation, it has been made to\\nyield handsome returns. At tlie time of his lo-\\ncation here, he was among the very earliest settlers\\nof this section and thus has l)een an eye-witness\\nto the marvelous growth and development of the\\ncounty. He is a Rei)ublican in his political l\u00c2\u00bb-\\nlief and has always voted with that party.\\nAMUEL FISK. There are doubtless few\\nmore attractive homesteads in Allegan\\nCounty than that which is pleasantly lo-\\ncated on section 22, Watson Township, and\\nwhich is the property of the gentleman aliovc-\\nnamcd. The attention of the visitor is first\\ndirected to the lieautiful residence, whie-h was\\nerected in 1879 at a cost of |il.8()0and contains\\nthirteen rooms, tastefully and comfortably furn-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0712.jp2"}, "713": {"fulltext": "PORTKATI AM) I .inflTJArillCAL RECORD.\\nTl!\\nislicil. Till liiiu ii.si iiis of tin inaiii liiiil liii r aro\\n2(;x2(i. whilo tin; two 1/s are 1 Ix2(; and 14x30\\nfoot in (linionsions, resi)cc tivcly. In the rear may\\nhe soon a fino wiiuhnill. anil snlwlanlial harn\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2inxCH, with an addition 18x10, and a tool i-hed\\n2(tx30 foot. Tho air of tlnift ahoul llio farm in-\\ndioato.s that the proprietor is an enersrctic and\\nontorprising man. who uses oxcoilont judifinont\\nin the ciillivalion of tlio soil.\\nNelson Fisk, father of our sulijeet, was horn in\\nISIO. in Ot.sego County, X. Y., of which Ids father,\\nDavid, was one of the earliest settlers. In 1K31\\nho was married to jMargaret Hieok, who was born\\nin Otsego County, in 1813. After their union\\nthe young couple located in Tcnn.sylvanin, whence\\nthey removed .about 1836 to Niagara County, N. Y.\\nIn 1840 they came to Allcg.in County, locating on\\nsection 21, Watson Township, and removing in\\n18fi3 to section of the same township. In 1877\\nthey located on section 22, where the mother still\\nresides, hut tho father has p.a.ssed away, his death\\noccurring in 1887. Politically, he was first a Re-\\npublican but latterly a Prohibitionist. He served\\none year as Township Clerk, and was Deacon in\\nthe Christian Church from the time of its organi-\\nzation until his death, being a prominent member\\nand a liberal contributor to its support.\\nThe family to which our subject belongs com-\\nprised five children, namely: .Teanotte, wife of\\nNoah Ilouscr, of Watson Township; Samuel, of\\nthisskotch; Livonia, the widow of Morgan May-\\nbee, now a resident of ^outh Ilavon; David D.,\\nwho died in 18C2, while in the service of his\\ncountry, and Caroline, the wife of Samuel Martin,\\nand a resident of Watson Township. Our subject\\nw.as only two years old when his parents reinovoil\\nto Niagara County, N. Y., from Krie County, Pa.,\\nwhore his birth occurred January 27, 1834. At\\nthe .igo of sixteen vears. he .accompanied his [lar-\\nonts to this State, and two yoai-s later engaged as a\\nschool te.acher in Allegan Township, continuing\\nin that way for seven terms.\\nApril 10, 1860, Mr. Fisk w.as married to Maria,\\nthe daughter of Thomas and Mary (Taylf)r) Harris.\\nMrs. Fisk w.a.s Iwrn in Cattaraugus County, N. Y.,\\nJanuary 26, 1830, and came of Knglish parenUige.\\nHer father, who was a farmer, dieil in Now York.\\nher mothei dird .Ian nary 2 .l, 18 .t2, aged oighty-\\nthrco years and six nioiiths in Cul a, N. Y. Aftei\\nhis marriage. Air. Fi k located on section 16, Watson\\nTownship, on :i farm which he had previously\\npurcha.-iod. and there he remained until 1864. lb-\\nwas enrolled in Com|)any C, Ninth Michigan In-\\nfantry, and servc(l until the close of the war,\\nreceiving an houoralilc discliargo at Nashville,\\nTenn., June 20. 186. and retiu ning to his North-\\nern home.\\nTho farm which .Mr. Fisk now owns and oper-\\nates was purchased by him in 186 and comprises\\nninety acres of tinely im|)roved land. I olitically,\\nhe is a Prf)hibitionist, and h.as .served as Township\\nClerk, Sc1k)oI Inspector and Supervisor, being ap-\\npointed to the latter position in order to till a\\nv.acancy. He is a member of the Wheeler Post.\\nGrand Army of the Republic, of Martin, and is\\nTrustee in the Christian Church at Watson, of\\nwhich he and his wife arc charter members. A\\ndevoted Christian, Mr. Fisk hasalw.ays been char-\\nacterized in every action l\\\\v a spirit of earnestness\\nconsistoiuy and charity, and with his wife h.is\\naided in elevating the moral and religious status\\nof the comniunitv.\\n-i-\\n^M^;\\ni\u00c2\u00a3S-^\\nI\\nSAAC F. AUSTIN. This enterprising citizen\\nof Allegan is tho proprietor of the Oil City\\nLivery and Bus Line. He purch.oscd his liv-\\nery stable in 18!)1 and koei)s on hand a variety of\\nvehicles which will best upiily the wants of tho\\ntraveling public. Mr. Austin is a native of Alle-\\ngan County, having been born in Watson Town\\nship, in 18. )0. His parents were Lloyd and Sarah\\n(Nichols) Austin, natives of Wayne County, N. Y.\\nThe father of our subject was a farmer and came\\nto Michigan in an early d;iy. Ho well romemboi-s\\nhelping to cut the timber from the i)rescnt site of\\ntho courthou.so. and otherwise aided greatly in the\\nde\\\\elopnient of this county. On hK ating hero, ho\\ncommenced in the now .State by working for .lud-\\n.s))! Ely. Later, however, he purch.asod a trad of\\nwild land in Watson Township, upon which he\\nerected a log house, and commenced tho work of\\nimprovement. He cleared one hundred aoi-es, on", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0713.jp2"}, "714": {"fulltext": "720\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nwliic li lie resided until his death, in llST .t. His\\nwife survived liirn ten _yc. irs, d iug iu 1889. The\\nelder Mr. Austin was ver}- prominent in loeal af-\\nfairs and held the office of Su|)ervisor for ten jears.\\nHe was also Township Treasurer, Justice of the\\nPeace, and held many of the minor offices. In\\npolitics, he was a stanch Democrat.\\nIsaac F. Austin has a brother, Xathan L., in Han-\\ncock County, Oliio, they two being the only mem-\\nbers of the parental family of four living. William\\nD. Austin, a brother of our subject, was a soldier\\nin the Elighth jMichigan Cavalry. He was in service\\ntwelve months when he was taken sick and, return-\\ning home, died a short time afterward.\\nThe original of this sketch has had excellent edu-\\ncational advantages, being a graduate of the Otsego\\nand Ann Arlior High Schools, receiving his di-\\nploma from the latter institution in 187). After\\ncompleting his studies, he returned and superin-\\ntended his father s farm for two years, and then\\npurchased a farm in the same township, and tilled\\nthe soil on his own account for twelve years. Mr.\\nAustin then disposed of his tract, and, going to\\nKansas, engaged in the stock business on the In-\\ndian Reservation for three 3-cars. His father dying\\nwhile he was out West, our subject returned and\\ntook charge of the farm and cared for his mother.\\nHis mother died, however, in 1889, when he sold\\nthe homestead, and went to Ohio, and purchased\\nan interest in an oil well. He was very successful\\nin his undertaking, and soon returned to Allegan,\\nwhere he had left his family when going to the\\nBuckeye State.\\nWhen taking up his permanent residence in Al-\\nlegan, Mr. Austin entered into partnership with\\n.Julius EUinger, and formed what is known .as\\nthe Allegan (las Oil Mining Company. They\\nsunk a well twelve hundred and seventy-four feet,\\nand striking oil now receive six barrels a day.\\nOur subject has a beautiful home on the corner of\\nTrowbridge and Cedar Streets, which is presided\\nover by his excellent wife, to whom he was mar-\\nried m 1872. She bore the maiden name of Sarah\\nPallet, a daughter of .Tames and Rebecca Pallet. ^Mr.\\nand Mrs. Austin have not been blessed with children\\nof their ovyn but are performing the part of parents\\nto an adopted daughter, named P^dith. In polities.\\nMr. Austin is independent and socially an Odd\\nFellow. He ranks among the prosperous business\\nmen of the county, and for his cordial, kindly\\nmanners, is greatly resi)ected by all who know him.\\nWILLIAM P. SHERMAN has a pleasantly\\nlocated farm on section 27, Ganges Town-\\nship, Allegan County. Addison County,\\nYt., was his native place, and his natal day, May\\nIG, 1822. His father, Nathan Sherman, was born\\nin New York State, about 1790, while his mother,\\nPhebe Dunlap, was born in Yermont in 1790.\\nNathan Sherman spent his early days on his\\nfather s farm, but his parents dying when he was\\nyoung, he was bound out. When reaching years\\nwhen it became necessary for him to choose a vo-\\ncation, he apprenticed himself to learn the trade of\\na blacksmith, which occupation he followed the\\ngreater part of his life. Going to Yermont, he was\\nmarried to Miss Phebe, daughter of William and\\nEunice Dunlap. He remained in that State until\\n1834, when, coming West to Newburg, Cuyahoga\\nCounty, Ohio, with his family, he resided there a\\nshort time and then went to Lorain County, where\\nhe spent his last years, dying when fifty-five years\\nof age. His wife survived him about twenty-five\\nj ears. They had become the parents of five chil-\\ndren, viz.: our subject; Rebecca, deceased; Dj er;\\nRhuby, and Eunice, both deceased.\\nWilliam P. Sherman began to earn his own\\nmoney by taking care of horses in Newburg, Ohio.\\nHis education was limited to the common schools.\\nWhen reaching his twenty-third .year, he estab-\\nlished a home of his t)wn by his marriage with\\nMiss Adeline P. Eaton. Mrs. Sherman was the\\ndaughter of Royal C. and Sall3- (Chandler) Eaton,\\nand Was one of six children born to her parents,\\nwho were natives of New York. By her marriage\\nwith our snliject, Mrs. Slierinan has become the\\nmother of five sons and daughters: John W.,\\nPhebe A.; Lena, who died when three years of age;\\nRoyal, and Addie L., who died when twent} j ears\\nof age.\\nOur subject leanied the trade of a blacksmith", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0714.jp2"}, "715": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nr2i\\nfrom liis I atlii i-, Imt the l:ist twoiil y-^iix yours of his\\nlife liavi liccii given entirely tociiltivjitiiiii: the soil.\\nIn IKC. i. lie e. ime U) Mieliigsiii and loe.ated on his\\n|preseiil f:u in, wl ieh \\\\ns partially improved at th.it\\nlime. He later added forty neres to his original\\ntract and has at dilTerenl timesowned Iwohundrcd\\nacres in (langes rownsliip. His [dace is well im-\\nproveil with all needful buildings and mnehinery,\\nand he is making a success of his undertaking. The\\nBaptist C liureh claims IMr. and Mrs. Sherman as\\namong its most active members. In politics, our\\nsubject is a Republican.\\n4^\\nO g\\nLI KK!^ MIMA. Few still remain of the\\nV ^SILJi brave pioneers, who, coming to Allegan\\n;i I County when it was a forest primeval, de-\\nvoted their energies to its upbuilding.\\nAmong those who yet survive, surrounded by the\\ncomforts which they have accumulated, and enjo_v-\\ning the esteem of their fellow-men, is Mr. Mnma.a\\n])rominent citizen of Pine Plains Townshi|). He\\narrived in this count}-, February 6, 1837, and was\\nfollowed a few weeks later b\\\\- his father and the\\nother members of the famil\\\\-, who located on sec-\\ntion 22, Allegan Townshi)). At that early day,\\nthe country was sparsely settled, except by Indians,\\nanil scarcely a furrow had been turned in the soil.\\nThe grandparents of our subject, Jacob and\\nBetsy Munia, wore natives of Oermanv, whore they\\nwere reared and married. The} emigrated from\\nthe Fatherland to America, locating first in Penn-\\nsylvania and removing thence to Canada, where\\nthey died. The father of our subject, George\\nMnma, was born in Lancaster County, Pa., Septeni-\\nl)er 2, 1777, and when a small child .accompanied\\nhis parents to Canada, where he grew tt manhood.\\nDuring the War of 1812, he w.is drafted into the\\nBritish Army, but served only six weeks, as his\\nsympathies were on the side of the United St,ites.\\nHe married Sarah Goodhue, who was lx)rn Febru-\\nary 18, 1800, in New York, whence she removed\\nto Canada while she was young.\\nDuring the most of his life, George Muma fol-\\nlowed the calling of a fanner, but for a time was\\nengaged in Imnbering in Allegan County. Politi-\\ncally, he was a Democrat, and, with his wife, held\\nmembership in the Methodist Kpiscoi al Church,\\nNine children were born of his union, seven of\\nwhom still survive, namely: Anna, the wife of\\nCharles Carpenter; .Tano, widow of B. Wheeler; Al-\\nfred, f)f this sketch; Ebenezer; Sarah, widow of\\nWilliam Finn; Almira, who is the wife of .Miner\\n.1. Warner; and Olive, who married (J, H. Hill.\\nThe mother of this family passed from earth Sep-\\ntemlier it, IHo. i, but the father attained a g pod old\\n.age and died August 18, I88!l.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was born\\nNovember 28, 1822, in Hamilton, Canada, whore\\nhe passed his boyhood d.ays. He was liftcen years\\nold when he came to Allegan County, and hero\\nworked in the lumber woods and on a farm. He\\nwas married to ]Miss Ann, daughter of Daniel and\\nAbigail Grove, of Ionia County, this State. Mr.\\n(irove, who was engaged as a cooper anrl farmer,\\nw.as a native of New York, and his wife of Canada.\\nMr. and Mrs. Muma are the; parents of tliiee chil-\\ndren: George O., who married .Sarah Majies; Fmma\\nM., who married Kdgar M. Colins; the other child\\ndied in infancy.\\nIn his social connections. Mr. Muma belongs to\\nthe Canada Lodge, No. 212, F. it A. M., but h.a.s\\nnever united with any order in the I nited .States.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat. He aided in organ-\\nizing the school districts of Allegan and Pine\\nPlains Township, and has hold a dircctoi-ship for\\nthirty-two years. He represented his township fin\\nthe Countj- Board of Suiioi visors during one term,\\nserved as Highway Commissioner nineteen veal s,\\nand has been .Justice of the Peace since 18r)2.\\nv^EORGF II. I1I:NIKA. of Wayland, Allegan\\nIII County, w.as borninGorham Township, On-\\ntario County, N. Y., January 31, 1835, He\\nis a son of Frederick and Lucy (Pratt) Ilenika, his\\nmother being a native of the same tfiwnship :\u00c2\u00bbs\\nhimself, while his father was l orn in Connecticut.\\nThe latter was by occupation a farmer, and to this\\nbusiness our subject w.as reared on a farm in Now\\nYork. He w.as given but a limited education at\\nthe common schools, which he attended until six-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0715.jp2"}, "716": {"fulltext": "722\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nteen years old, at the age of eigliteeu coming to\\nMichigan and settling at Kalamazoo. He there\\nlearned the cabinet-maker s trade, working at it\\nfor nine years. The parents of our subject spent\\ntheir last da^-s in Madison, Wis., the mother dj\\ning in November, 1891, while the father survived\\nuntil March 27, 1892.\\nIn 1861, Mr. Heiiika removed to this place and\\nopened up an undertaking and furnishing goods\\nestablishment. This he has conducted for the past\\nthirty 3ears, having built up a fine trade, be-\\ncoming well known for his energy and industry, his\\nreputation being that of an honest and upright\\nman. He was married, March 7, 1861, to Julia A.\\nWhite, of Kalamazoo, a daughter of William E.\\nWhite, who was at one time Sheriff of Kalamazoo\\nCounty.\\nMr. Henika owns a farm of forty acres in Way-\\nland Township, this county, which he has culti-\\nvated by hired help. He has also one hundred\\nand sixty acres of fine land in South Dakota. He\\nis identified with the Republican paity, but has\\nnever taken the trouble to become an office-seeker.\\nHis interest in politics is manifested by casting\\nhis ballot for the best man to fill the offices needed.\\nHe is much interested in the cause of education,\\nand has served upon the School Board. He is a\\nconstant attendant of the Congregational Church,\\nalthough not a member of any religious society.\\nHe is regarded as a most estimable citizen and\\nworthy of the consideration in which he is held.\\nIt was the sad misfortune of Mr. Henika to lose\\nhis chcrislied companion January 19, 1892. Their\\nunion w.as childless.\\nSJ SAAC V,. FOSTER is engaged in cultivating a\\nI portion nf tlic soil in section 32, Trowbridge\\nII}, Townsliip, Allegan County. Ilis parents were\\nArchiliald and Lucy (Collier) Foster, the former a\\nnative of New York, and the lattei of Vermont.\\nThey went to Ohio wlien young, where they were\\nmarried and resided in Lorain County on a farm\\nuntil their removal to Micliigan, in 1854. When\\ncoming to Allegan County, the} located in Trow-\\nbridge Township where they made their home un-\\ntil their death, the father passing away in 1 874,\\nand the mother, one 3 ear later. They were the pa-\\nrents of nine children, onlj four of whom are liv-\\ning. The elder Mr. Foster had been married pre-\\nvious to his union with our subject s mother.\\nOur subject was born, March 1.3, 1839, in Lorain\\nCounty, Ohio, and was fifteen years of age when\\nhis parents came to the Wolverine State. One\\nyear later, he went to work in the lumber woods\\nand received a man s wages. He followed that\\nline of work until after his marriage. Mr. Foster\\nenlisted in the Union Army in December, 1862,\\nand joined Company F, Eighth Michigan Cavahy,\\nas a private. He was soon promoted to be Ser-\\ngeant, with which rank he was mustered out.\\nThe regiment to which he belonged was organized\\nat Mt. Clemens, this State, and was sent to Coving-\\nton, Ky., where they were attached to the Twenty-\\nthird Corps, under Gen. Bird. Thence they went\\nto Camp Nelson, and, later, participated in the\\nbattle at Triplett Bridge, Ky. He helped to drive\\nout Gen. Forrest from Tennessee, and took part in\\nthe fight at Kingston, that State, also at Cleveland,\\nCalhoun, Athens and Loudon Station, Sweet Wa-\\nter, Piiiladelphia, siege of Knoxville, Bean Station,\\nStrawberry Plain, New Market, Moss Creek, Dan-\\ndridge, Sevierville. His regiment was then sent to\\nKentucky, and engaged in the battle of Mt. Ster-\\nling. From there they went to Georgia, and saw\\nfight at Kenesaw Mountain, Covington, Chattahoo-\\nchee, Sunshine Church, Eatonton, Mullierry Creek,\\nHarper s Ferrj Atlanta and Macon. At the latter\\nplace, they were all captured but sixty-seven.\\nMr. Foster was one of the fortunate ones, and,\\nbreaking through the reliel lines, wandered about\\nfor eleven days without either shelter or food ex-\\ncept blackberries and green corn. Finally he\\njoined the Union forces at Marietta, Ga., and\\nwith a small squad was sent to Kentucky to recruit.\\nHe was taken sick, and lay in the hospital at Camp\\nNelson until January, 1865, and then returned to\\nPulaski, Tenn. They spent their time in skirmish-\\ning, until they were mustered out in September,\\n1865. Although serving three jears in the arm}\\nMr. Foster was never wounded. He had one very\\nnarrow escape, however, when a rebel shot at him", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0716.jp2"}, "717": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7ii^^h^^^^U:i!JJ^ i;^M-h.-J Jm-\\nBA5E LlNt LAKE AND RES. OF ISAAC B. FOST ER StC.iii, TROWBRIDGE TP.AL^LGAU Cu.j^lCH.\\nRES. or ROBERT AND ELIZABETH M ABBS SEC. 18 ALLEGAN TP, ALLEGAN C0.,MICH I CAN.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0717.jp2"}, "718": {"fulltext": "1\\ni", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0718.jp2"}, "719": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n725\\n:it. slioil laiiiff, the li:ill just iiiissiny his face ami\\nburning iiis car.\\nDn rclurnin.i; honic afler the cessation of lius-\\ntilities, Mi: Foster located upon liis i)resent farm,\\nwhich then consisted of tiiirty-four acres. lie was\\nmarried in .lanuarj-, 18G0, to Jliss Mary Wilkinson,\\nwlio was a native of New York. She was born in\\nIX N, and her parents were early settlers of Trow-\\ni)ridi, e Townsiiip, Allegan County. She was one\\nof a family of nine children, six of whom are liv-\\ning. Ml and Mrs. Foster are the parents of four\\nchiUlren, two living: Anah R. and Mar} L.\\nOur subject now owns eighty acres of land, six-\\nty-live of which are under excellent cultivation,\\nlie has a comfortable residence on his place, a\\nview of which may be found elsewhere in this vol-\\nume, and all his pos.sessions are the result of his\\ninilustr} and good management. His health is\\nsuch tliat he cannot do any hard work, but he\\nsuperintends the operating of his estate. Mr. and\\nMrs. Foster are members of the Christian Church,\\nin which body he is a Deacon. He is greatly- in-\\nterested in Sunday-school work, and Mrs. Foster\\nis also a teacher in the Sunday-school. He is a\\nmember of the J. H. Hassctt Post, No. 56, G. A. R.,\\nof ,\\\\llcgaii, in which order he has been .Sergeant-\\nM.ajor. In politics, he is a Republican, and a\\nslnmg advocate of ten)perance. lie has given his\\nchildren good educations, and .Miss .Viiaii is a\\ntine performer on the organ.\\nI I I I\\nI I\\nYOHFHT MAMHS. This Covernment is\\ngreatly indelited to the loyalty and\\nfaithful service in her behalf of tho.se citi-\\nI y.PHs of her adojition who fought for her\\npreservation during the Civil War. It is of one of\\nthese, Robert Mabbs, of whom the following is re-\\ncordecl. He enliste l as a private during the re-\\nbeiliuii but his valor and other line soldierly (piali-\\nties won him deserved promotion through the\\nvarious ollicial ranks until he held .a commission as\\nLieutenant of his regiment, and his military career\\nrertected honor on Ihe soldiery of this State. His\\nciti/.enslii| has also U cn of value since tho.se days\\n3:5 A\\nthat tried men s souls in that awful conflict be-\\ntween the North and the South, and Allegan\\nCounty linds in him one of her progressive farmers\\nand stock-raisers. He has a finely equipped farm\\nof one hundred and sixteen acres on section IS,\\nAllegan Townslii|), whose improvements are of a\\nhigh order, and are among the best in this locality.\\nMr. JIabbs was born in Chalhain. Kngland. in\\n1\u00c2\u00ab2(), a son of William II. and Hannah H. (Stjice)\\nMabbs, who were also of English birth. In 1833,\\nthey left (heir old home with their family and\\ncrossed the waters to seek another in this country.\\nThey lived in New York City until 183\u00c2\u00ab, and then\\ncame to Michigan to settle in the wilderness, that\\nthey might avail themselves of the cheap lands\\nand other advantages offered in a ncwiy-scttled\\ncountry to peoi le fif little means to secure a com-\\nfortable home. They spent two years in J.ickson\\nCount} and after that were identified with the\\npi meers of Hillsdale County, locating among the\\nearly .settlers of the Town.shii) of Ran.som, where\\nthe father fanned until his death, which dei)rived\\nhis community of one of its most usefulaiid highly\\nrespected citizens. He was a man of sterling habits\\nwho walked uprightly, keeping to the ways of\\nhonesty and truthfulness, and in him the Congre-\\ngational Church found a consistent Christian\\nmendier. His wife, who died in Rranch County,\\nwas also a devoted member of that church. They\\nhad a family of eight children, of whom these four\\nare living: John, Robert, Austin and Soi)hia.\\nA lad of niiie years when he came to America\\nwith his parents, our subject completed his educa-\\ntion in the schools of New York City. He accom-\\npanied the family in their migration to Michigan,\\nand remained an inmate of the parental home un-\\ntil he attained his majority. .Vt thatage, he began\\nhis career .as a farmer in Hillsdale County, having\\npreviously had good instruction in that line under\\nhis father s tuition. He fanned that place two\\nyears, and then sold it, and spent the ensuing two\\nyears in .MIegan, and at the end of that time lo-\\ncated on his farm on section 18, Allegan Township.\\nIt was then in its jirimitive condition, being com-\\n])letely covered with forest, whose trees were the\\ngrowth of centuries, and had never before In-en\\ndisturbed by the axe of the pioneer;- He fvHed the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0719.jp2"}, "720": {"fulltext": "726\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntimber, and after clearing the land, put it into a\\nhigh state of cultivation, and placed upon it\\nmodern improvements in the shape of a beautiful\\nbrick house, well supplied with all the latest con-\\nveniences, and large barns. He does a mixed farm-\\ning business, and has liis farm stocked vvith a good\\nclass of horses, cattle and swine. A view of his\\nresidence will be noticed on another page.\\nMr. Mabbs entered the United States service in\\n1862 as a member of Company B, Nineteentli Mich-\\nigan Infantry, and remained at the front until the\\nclose of the war, being promoted from time to time\\nuntil he became Lieutenant. He was with Gen.\\nSherman ou his famous march to the sea. At\\nSpring Grove, Teun., he was taken prisoner, and\\nwas confined in Libby prison one month. In the\\nfifteen battles in which he took part, he showed of\\nwhat metal he was made by the coolness and cour-\\nage with which he fought, and by his prompt\\naction and fearless conduct in cases of emergency.\\nOur subject was happil^y married, in 1850, to Miss\\nElizabeth Sadler, daughter of John and Mary\\n(Mackelray) Sadler. Her parents were natives of\\nIreland, and both were of Scotch descent. They\\ncame to America in their 30Uth, and were subse-\\nquently married in Albany, where they had been\\npreviously living, and there he carried on his\\ncalling as a boot and shoe maker some three years\\nlonger, their daughter, Mrs. Mabbs, being born in\\nthat city in the meantime. In 1841, the family re-\\nmoved from New Yorlv to Michigan, and settled in\\nthe village of Allegan, where the father still con-\\ntinued to make boots and shoes. He also had a\\nsmall piece of land on section 6, this township,\\nupon which he lived. Some years later, he removed\\nwith his wife and children to Heath Township, and\\nwas one of tlie lirst settlers of that townsliip, and\\nthere he remained until death rounded out his life.\\nHe and his wife had a family of seven children, of\\nwhom only four are living, namely: Mrs. Martha\\nWilcox, Mrs. Mabbs, .Tonathan and Jlrs. Marilda\\nStafford. The parents were prominent members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church, and were very\\nestimable people. Mr. and Mrs. ISIabbs have four\\nchildren, as follows: James A., a physician, re-\\nsiding at Holland, Mich., who married Miss Mary\\nWright, and has one child, Ray; Eltah L.; M.\\nJennie (who was born while her father was a\\nprisoner in Libby Prison), and William J.\\nOur subject is a man of superior intelligence\\nand progressive views on all subjects with which\\nhe is conversant. He is of an energetic disposi-\\ntion and strong character, and has not tarried to\\nquery whether or no life is wortli living, but has\\nmade it so by always performing his duty wher-\\never placed. He is classed among the foremost\\ncitizens of his community, and takes an active in-\\nterest in whatever concerns its welfare. He has\\nheld many official positions in the township, is a\\nGrand Army man and a Granger, and, politically,\\nis identified with the Republicans. He is a stock-\\nholder in the Allegan County Co-Operative Asso-\\nciation, and is associated with the best interests of\\nthe county.\\n|r^ LISHA B. WELLS. The owner of the finely\\nl^ cultivated tract of land on section 7, Clyde\\n/l^^ Township, Allegan County, is he whose\\nname is at the head of this sketch. He is the son\\nof Eason and Polly Wells, and was born in Rutland\\nCounty-, Yt., in 1833. His parents were also na-\\ntives of that county, where the father was reared on\\na farm. Like many of the ^^onths of that period,\\nhe did not have good educational advantages, but\\nmade the most of his opportunities. He is still\\nliving, over ninety years old, and is one of the\\nmost prosperous and intelligent men of his town-\\nship.\\nPlason Wells, when reaching his majority, took\\ncharge of the homestead and cared for his parents\\nuntil their death. He also remained upon the farm\\nwhere he was l)orn until the death of his wife when\\nhe went to live with a daughter in Rutland County.\\nHe was the son of. Perry G. and Maria (Bump)\\nWells, the father being a native of Rhode Island\\nwho went to the Green Mountain Stale when\\neighteen years of age.\\nThe original of this sketch began life on his own\\naccount after reaching the age of fourteen years, by\\nworking out on farms by the month. He came to\\nthe Wolverine State when attaining his twenty-\\nsecond year, and located in Cass County. In a few", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0720.jp2"}, "721": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\nyoai-s, liowever, he came to Allegan County, where\\nhi at once pui-chased eighty acres of land in Pine\\nPlains Township, lie remained upon that tract\\nfor three veal s, when he changed his location to\\nM ction 7. Clyde Township, his present abiding-\\nphice. His estate includes one hundred and sixty-\\nseven acres, and at the time it came into his pos-\\nsession, was little more than a wilderness, located\\non the south shore of llulchins Lake. The perse-\\nverance and economy which characterized his life\\nin the new country have been rewarded, as he is the\\nowner of as line a piece of property as there is in\\nClyde Township.\\nThe lady who liecame Mrs. Klisha 15. Wells iu\\nI.S()1 bore the maiden name of .lulia, a daughter\\nof Henry and Eureka .lunke. Their union has\\nlicen blessed by the birth of four children: Louitsa,\\nnow Mrs. Levi Morris; Eason, Uerniina and Fred-\\nerick. The Democratic party claim Mr. Wells as\\none of tlieir stanch adherents.\\n^=m^-i^-\\n1^^\\nENRY .1. KLOMPAKEN.s. Those inler-\\nY estcd in pioneer experiences would derive\\nmuch pleasure from conversation with this\\n^J^ gentleman, who well reraeml)ers man}- in-\\ncidents of frontier life in Allegan County-. He is\\nresiding on his beautiful farm on section 23, Fill-\\nmore Townshii), where, in addition to cultivating\\nills broad acres, he ships hay and grain. He was\\nlH rn in CiatTschrap, Hanover, Cerinany, January\\nM, l.s;J8. He is a son of Albert and Fanny (.leu-\\nrink) Klomparens, natives also of Hanover.\\nThe father of our subject was in the king s army\\nfor three years, but was by calling a farmer. In\\nIH17 he made a trip to America and came directly\\nto Fillmore Township, Allegan County, where he\\nmade .settlement on a farm of twenty .acres. He\\nthen removed to Lake Town, remaining there for\\nfourteen yeai-s, when lie again came to Fillmore\\nTownship, purchasing a farm of sixty acres, where\\nlie lived a retired life until his decc-Uje, September\\n50. 1\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00bb0. The mother is still living, aged eighty-\\nseven yeai s.\\nOur suliject was a lad of scvi ii years when he\\naccompanied his parents to the New World and I\\nsince locating in Allegan County Las made this\\nhis home. He remained under the [larental roof\\nuntil reaching his majority, in the nieantime re-\\nceiving his education in the common schools. He\\nwas married to Jane Hellenthall, dauglitcr of\\nJohannus and (iertie (IJosch) Hellenthall. in\\nMarch, 1862. Jlrs. Klomparens was one of a fam-\\nily of four daughters and lliiee sons. IIer[)arents\\ncame to Jlichigan from Holland in 1817 and were\\namong the very first settlers of Fillmore Township,\\nwhere the father had located a farm of eighty acres,\\nupon which he resided until his death, which\\noccurred September 28, 1889. He had been hon-\\nored by being elected to many township oHices,\\nand peiformed all the duties of the respective\\npositions with credit and satisfaction.\\nMr. and Mrs. Klomparens have had born to them\\ntwo daughters and one son, namely: Fanny, who\\nis Mi-s. Steyink, resides in Muskegon; Alice re-\\nmains at home with her parents, and Albert A.,\\nwho is engaged in the wholesale and ret:iil Hour,\\nfeed, lime and brick business at Muskegon, in [lart-\\nnership with Herman BroAvcr. They also have a\\nwell-equipped livery stable.\\nMr. Klomparens has always followed the occu-\\npation of a farmer and is the |)roi)rietor of one\\nhundred and fifteen acres of well-tilled land. His\\npossessions are the result of his industr3 and en-\\nterprise, as he started out in life with nothing but\\nstrong hands and a willing heart. In addition to\\nhis farm property, our subject owns twelve lots at\\nMuskegon Heights and also owns a store and livery\\nbarn in Muskegon. In [lolitics, he of whom we\\nwrite is a stanch Republican and has Ijeeu favored\\n1)3 his party witli the olllces of Constable for one\\nterm, Highw.ay Commi.ssioner for one term, Town-\\nship Treasurer for six years. Justice of the Peace\\nfor twenty years and li.as been on the School Hoard\\ntwenty-four yeai s. He was Township Supervisor\\nfor live years and is Chairman of the ]5oard of Su-\\npervisors, which ollice he fills at the presenl time.\\nHe and his family are members of the Holland\\nReformed Church. Mr. Klomparens has always al-\\ntendetl strictly to his own affairs. letting other |M o-\\nl le s business alone and alw.ays gets along well\\nwith his neighboi-s. He begrudges happiness to no\\none, is no man s enemy and has no enemies of hi\u00c2\u00bb", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0721.jp2"}, "722": {"fulltext": "728\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nown, but on the contrary has many friends. As a\\nsuccessful agriculturist he has won an enviable\\nreputation in business circles, and is accorded high\\nesteem and confidence. His life furnishes an\\nexample that busy bread-winners would do well\\nto imitate.\\n^H- y\\nr~\\n?OHN R Dl JMONT, a retired farmer now\\nmaking his home in Allegan, was born in\\nNew York, August 3, 1820, and is the son\\nof Peter and Sarah (Baskins) Dumont, na-\\ntives respectively of New Jersey and New York.\\nHis father, who was a farmer by occupation, re-\\nmoved in 1835 to Plainwell, Allegan County, this\\nState, where lie i)urchased a partially improved\\nfarm the same year. He entered all of section 6,\\nAllegan Township, from the Government, and\\ncontinued to cultivate that place until his death\\nat the age of sixt3 -three. For a time he belonged\\nto the Anti-Mason party, and during the latter\\nyears of his life was a stanch Republican. In local\\npolitical affairs, he took a prominent part, and\\nserved as Postmaster of Plainwell, as well as in\\nother public capacities. His wife attained to the\\nripe old age of eighty-two years, four of her nine\\nchildren surviving her: Henry, John B., Mrs. La-\\nFleur and William.\\nThe subject of this notice was educated in the\\nschools of Rochester, N. Y., and Plainwell, Mich.,\\nand gained a practical knowledge of agriculture\\nwhile still a mere lad. After the death of his fa-\\nther, he purchased the old homestead and man-\\naged five hundred acres of land, on which he\\nbuilt a sawmill and transacted an extensive busi-\\nness for twenty ^ears.- lie made his liome on his\\nfarm until 1889, when he removed to Allegan\\nand built a tine house south of the Kalamazoo\\nRiver, where he now resides. He was prominent\\nin the organization of the Allegan k Ottaway\\nFarmers i\\\\Iutu,il Fire Insurance and was Presi-\\ndent of the company for ten years. During the\\nyears 1852-53 he was engaged in the mercantile\\nbusiness in Allegan.\\nFor a conaiderable period of time, Mr. Dumont\\nhas been engaged in survejing. In 1843, he was\\nin the employ of the Government, and with a\\nforce of men was sent to Kickapoo County, ^Yis.,\\nto do section work in five townships. While thus\\nengaged, a tornado swept over the country- and\\nfelled timber for a distance of five miles, cutting the\\nlittle company off from the base of supplies and\\nleaving them alone in the wilderness. As their\\npacker could not reach them liy a straight route,\\nhe was compelled to go a long distance out of\\nhis waj and was one week late in reaching the\\nparty. In the meantime they had used all their\\nprovisions and stirvation stared them in the face.\\nAs a last resort, they killed their faithful dog, and\\ntheir sole means of subsistence at the time of their\\nrescue consisted of the soup thus made.\\nIn 1852, Sir. Dumont was married to Miss\\nFrances P. Emerson, who died three months after\\nthe union. His second marriage, in 1856, was to\\nElizabeth, the daughter of George C. Smith, a na-\\ntive of Massachusetts. This union was blest by\\nthe birth of five children, onl3 one of whom now\\nlives: John B., .Jr. Mrs. Dumont passed away in\\n1868, and Mr. Dumont afterward contracted a\\nmatrimonial alliance with Mrs. Susan M. Watson,\\na sister of his former wife. Both he and his wife\\nare identified with the Congregational Church,\\nand their everyday lives are guided by their re-\\nligious principles. In politics, he is a stanch ad-\\nherent of tlie Republican party and prominent in\\nlocal ciicles.\\nENJAMIN FOX. A prominent position\\namong the residents of Allegan County is\\noccupied by this gentleman, who is a\\nfarmer on section 28, Martin Townshiii.\\nHe is a native of New York, and was born in Pala-\\ntine Township, Montgomery County, September\\n29,1836. His paternal ancestors originally came\\nfrom Germany, and his grandfather, Daniel Fox,\\nwas probablj born in the Empire State. He was a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812, and followed the trade\\nof a blackMiiith; he also kept a tavern in the !Mo-\\nliawk alley. The parents of our subject, John and\\nAmelia (Fox) Fox, were natives of the same", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0722.jp2"}, "723": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPXORD.\\n729\\ncounty as was tlicir son, and the father operated\\nas a farnu i as well as a blacksinitli. lie was a man\\nof lioiior and probity, and his death, when only\\nforty-six yeai-s old, was sincerely morncd by his\\nfellow-citizens.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject, Will-\\niam Fox, was a native of New York State and wit-\\nnessed nnich of its growtli from its original primi-\\ntive condition to the foremost position among the\\nsuites. His daughter Amelia, although bearing\\ntlie same name prior to marriage as afterward, be-\\nlonged to a different family from that of her hus-\\nband. The family of which our subject is a mem-\\nber comprises one child besides liimself, Emily, now\\nthe widow of James Trumble, and a resident of\\nMontgomery County, N. Y. IJenjamin was reared\\nin his native place and obtained his education in\\nPalatine Township. At the age of twelve 3 ears,\\nhe commenced to learn the trade of a tailor with\\nan uncle, with whom he remained three years,\\nmeanwhile attending school as opportunity af-\\nforded.\\nReturning to his father s home at the age of\\nfifteen j eai-s, Mr. Fox there remained and engaged\\nin farming operations until he came to Michigan\\nin IH08. He Hrsl located in tiie city of Kalama-\\nzoo, and came thence to Martin Township, Allegan\\nCounty, in 1861, purchasing a tract of forty acres\\non section 2G, and adding thereto until the farm\\nattained to the size of one hundred and ten acres.\\nThe linest improvements were placed upon the\\nestate, which was cleared of its heavy timbered\\ngrowth and embellished with a substantial set of\\nbuildings, among them a small frame house in\\nwhich the family resided for a long time. After\\nremaining upon that farm for eighteen years, Mr.\\nFox removed thence to his present place, in 1889,\\nalthough he still has in his possession the place\\nwhere he formerly- resided.\\nThere is doubtless no more attractive residence\\nin Martin Township than is the one which is the\\nhome of Mr. Fox, and which was erected at the\\ncost of ^3,000. A commodious, two-story frame\\nbuilding, it is modern in style of architecture and\\nbeautiful in its finishing and funiishings. It is\\npresided over l\\\\v Mi-s. Fox, who became the wife\\nof our subject, April 2. 1851I, in Palatine, Mont-\\ngoiiu iy County, N. Y. She was formerly Miss\\nEmily Smith, and is a daughter of Jo.seph and\\nClara (Potter) Smith, both natives of New York\\nState. Grandfather Joseph Potter, a native of\\nEngland, came to America as a IJritish soldier\\nduring the Revoliitionaiy War, but deserted the\\nranks and joined the Colonial Army. At the\\nclose of the contlict, he took up fiovernment land,\\nwhere now stands the citj of Providence, R. I.,\\nbut later removed to New York, purchasing a farm\\nin Oneida County and making it his home until\\ndeath called him hence. His Rhode Island prop-\\nerty was never legally disposed of. as his wife did\\nnot sign the deed.\\nAs is her husband, Mrs. Fox is a native of the\\nEmpire State and was born in Westport, Essex\\nCounty, September 7, 1835. When seven years\\nold, she accompanied her parents to Amsterdam and\\nlater removed to St. JohnsviUe, N. Y. Although\\nMr. and Mrs. Fox have never had any children of\\ntheir own, the^- have adopted into their family and\\ntenderly cared for live children. One of these.\\nFred Davis, was adopted when five years old, and\\nremained with them until he attained his majority.\\nHe then married Miss Emma Sherman, niece of\\nMi s. Fox, and now resides in Es.sex County, N. Y.\\nDelos Trumble was taken into their home when\\nnine yeai-s of age and was given the best of advan-\\ntages in his youth. When he w:vs twenty -one, he\\nwas married to Miss Blanche Bentley (wlio had\\nbeen adopted by Mrs. Fox when but eight years\\nold), and the young couple reside in Martin\\nTownship, on the old homestead. The other\\nadopted children still remain with Jlr. and Mrs.\\nFox and arc by name (ieorge Lone and Eva Lena\\nBroughton. A little girl named Alice Potter also\\nreceived from them every attention which love\\ncould bestow, but after spending two happy years\\nunder their roof, she passed from the scenes of\\nearth. In addition to these may be mentioned a\\nniece of Mrs. Fox, Emily Better, who has always\\nlooked to Mrs. Fox for advice, when in need\\nand made her home with them a good deal of the\\ntime. She is now married to Daniel Lewis, a farmer\\nof Missaukee County.\\nIt will thus lie seen that the inlUience exerted by\\nMr. and Mrs. Fox is extended and that thev are", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0723.jp2"}, "724": {"fulltext": "730\\nPORTRAIT AND lilOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\npoopio of affeotionate im[)iilso and generous lienrts.\\nFor thirty years, iNIrs. Fox lia.s been a member of\\ntlie Metliodist Episcojjal C liureli, and liei- sincere\\nf^liristian life lias won for her the hjuiiest esteem\\nof the people, in which respect her husband sliaris.\\nIn his political sympathies, Mr. Fox is a Republi-\\ncan, believini; that the (irinciples of that party will\\nbest jiromote the interests of tlie (iovernment. He\\nis by no means a ])olitician. but devotes his atten-\\ntion exclusively to his farm anil, dui-ing his leisure\\nhours, finds rest and fpiiet enjoyment in his home.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00945-\\nm\\nli\\nAUREN C. GILBERT, a well-to-do and\\npi ominent farmer, owning a fine farm of\\nthree hundred and seventy-three .acres on\\nsection 2, Dorr Township, Allegan County, h.as\\nresided here for a quarter of a century. He is the\\nsou of Joel and Christiana (Crocker) (Gilbert, his\\nbirth having taken place. March 17. 1830, in Ches-\\nter Township, Geauga County, Ohio. The parents\\nwere both born in Hartford, Conn., and were mar-\\nried in New York State. The father was a clock\\nmaker previous to his marriage, after which lie\\nfollowed farming. They became the parents of a\\nfamily of seventeen children, fourteen of whom\\ngrew to years of maturity. They have both passed\\nfrom tbis life.\\nOur subject was given the best school adv.in-\\ntages that the district schools afforded. They were\\nvery few and the qualification of tlie teachers were\\nnot such as would advance the cause of education\\nto any great degree. He began working out by the\\nmonth on farms and in the dairy Inisiness for two\\nj ears, and in ISoS came to the Wolverine .State.\\nHe took up land where he now resides, the only\\nimprovement on it at that time being a log house.\\nHe has since brought it to its present state of pro-\\nductiveness, and was one of the very first settlers\\nin Dorr Township. Grand Rapids was then the\\nnearest market and postofHce, and he used to drive\\nwith an ox-team through the woods to that place.\\nThe very best improvements now adorn his pl.ace,\\namong them being a commodious house and a fine\\nbarn.\\nMr. Gilbert was married, on the 3d of March,\\n1851, in Geauga County. Ohio, to Miss .Tuditli\\nWisner, a native of that State. Six children have\\nbeen born to this couple, namely: Wall.ace B., Sam-\\nuel .Tasper, Lauren B.. Oliver L., Frederick C. and\\nNellie S., who died when twenty-three years old.\\nThe youngest attends school at Big Rapids, Mich.\\nOn Mr. Gillierl s coming here, he worked at tln^\\ncarpenter trade. He enlisted, in August. 180], in\\nCompany L, First JMichigan Cavalry, in the late\\nwar. He was under Col. Broadhead and was in\\nthe Army of the Potomac. He participated in all\\nthe battles in which his regiment took i)art and\\nserved throughout the entire war. At the close of\\nthe conflict, he wiis sent to Salt Lake City with his\\ncompany and fought the Indians for (jne year. In\\nthe spring of 1866, he returned home after a long\\nand gallant service.\\nMr. Gilbert is eng.aged quite extensively in\\nstock-raising, making a s])eeialty of sheep produc-\\ning the finest wool. Holstein cattle are the breed of\\nhis choice, and he kee|)s the best grades of Cleve-\\nliind B.ays and Hambletonian horses. In jxilitics,\\nhe is an ardent Repuldiean, and has held the re-\\nsponsible offices of Town Clerk .and Drain.age\\nCommissioner. He and his wife are consistent\\nmembers of the Congregational Church.\\nIjt^^ON. THOMAS SHEPHARD. an honored\\npioneer of the county of Allegan, now\\nliving retired in the vill.age of Martin, has\\nwitnessed the greater jiart of the devel-\\nopment of this section of Michigan since he came\\nhere nearly half a century ago, li.as pl.ayed an im-\\nportant part in its public life, and has been influen-\\ntial in the upbuilding of church and society, and in\\nall that tends to elevate a comnumity. Born in\\nthe town of Argyle, Washington County, N. Y.,\\nMay 19, 1821, he comes of a sterling Scottish\\nancestry, his parents, AVilliam and Margaret\\n(Anderson) Shephard, both being natives of Aber-\\ndeenshire, Scotland, where they were reared .and\\nmarried, and spent the early years of their wedded\\nlife. His father was a carpenter and joiner, and a\\nmost excellent mechanic. He thought that his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0724.jp2"}, "725": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND ETOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\nrsi\\nskill would command better wages in the New\\nWorld, and that he would iiave a bolter opportuu-\\nity to exercise lii.s callinir with liie iirofitthat would\\ninsure his family irood advantages. Accordingly\\nhe and his wife emigrated to these shores in 1816,\\nand located in the town of Argylc. In 1H32, they\\nremoved thence to the village of Gait, Canada,\\nwhere he worked at carpentering. Rutins useful\\ncareer was suddenly terminated in the summer of\\n1H34 by his death from cliolera. which was then\\nraging as an epidemic throughout the country.\\nThe mother of our subject and an older brother\\nalso died at the same time. The Shephards had\\neight children, four sons and four daughters, all\\ngrowing to manhood and womanhood, except one,\\nwho was sixteen years old when he passed away.\\nThe names of the family are as follows: William,\\nCatlierine, Thomas, Alexander, Agnes, Duncan,\\nMartha and .Margaret. Four of them are yet liv-\\ning.\\nOur subject is the third child and the second son\\nof the family. lie was a bright and active lad of\\ntwelve yeai-s when he accompanied his parents to\\ntheir new Canadian home, and was nearly four-\\nteen when their sad death left him an orpiian.\\nlie thus had to begin his brave struggle with the\\nworld at an early age. lie worked out on a farm\\nby Ihc month, and remained in Canada until liS14.\\nIn that 3 ear he came to Michigan in the freshness\\nand vigor of a stalwart young manhood, and idcn-\\ntifietl himself with the pioneers of Allegan County.\\nHe bought one hundred and seventy-three acres\\nof land on section .30. Martin Townshii), which\\nw.os all surrounded by the forests primeval, and\\nwas covered with trees that had stood there from\\ntime immemorial. At the time of his marriage, he\\nhad fclU l the timber from ten acres, and had\\nerected a small frame house on the clearing thus\\nmade. With characteristic energy, he applied him-\\nself assiduously to its further improvement and\\nfinall} brought it into a fine condition, with one\\nhundred and fifty acres under a liigli stale of cul-\\ntivation, and amply supplied witli buildings and\\never} convenience for carrying on agriculture ad-\\nvantageously. In 18S1, he sold his old homestead,\\nwhere he had lived and toiled for so many years,\\nand removed Uj the villasje of Martin, where he\\nbought a substantial residence and five acres of\\nland, and is quietly passing his time in pleasant re-\\ntirement.\\nIn January, ISlC.our subject was married to\\nAliss Isabel Monteith, a native of New York, a\\nsister of William, Thomas and Walter Monlcith.\\nand a daughter of Thomas and .lane Monteith,\\nwho came to Michigan in 1841. Her death oc-\\ncurred in September, 18 .t|,and thus was ended a\\ntrue marri.age of forty-live years duration, in\\nwhich she acted well lier part as wife, mother and\\nfriend, and in dying left behind her a sweet mcmorj-\\nthat is sacredly cherished in the hearts of those\\nwho knew and loved her. To her and our subject\\nwere born these six children: William, who is in\\nthe hardware business in partnership with Mr. Pat-\\nterson, in the vill.age of Martin; Thomas H., who\\nhas a general store in that village; .\\\\gnes, wife of\\nAndrew Patterson; Mary, wife of Is.aac Shultis,\\nstation agent at JIartin; David W., who married\\nMiss Belle Holcomb, and is in the store with his\\nbrother Thomas; and INIargaret, who died at the\\nage of three yeai-s.\\nEver since he became a resident of Allegan\\nCounty, in the days when it was beginning to\\nmerge from its primitive wilduess. our subject s\\nname has been associated with its rise and progress,\\nand it h.as found in him an ollicial of marked abil-\\nity, whose aim has always been to promote inter-\\nnal improvement, and who has always gladly en-\\ncour.aged all things tending to its advancement,\\nmaterial or otherwise. His fellow-citizens early\\nrecognized in him that clearness of vision, unerr-\\ning judgment, .and excellent capacity for man-\\naging aflfaii-s that have characterized his course\\nboth in public .and in private life, and entrusted\\nto his care various weighty oHices. His first posi-\\ntion was as Commissioner of llighw.ays. He w.as\\n.Justice of the Pe.ace twenty years, was a memlter\\nof the Allegan County Board of Supervisors for\\neight years, and has been School Director, Assessor,\\netc. In 1868, he was called t(j a still higher post\\nby the suffrage of his fellow-citizens, who selecteil\\nhim to represent .Vllegan County, the Second Dis-\\ntrict of Michigan, in the State Legislature.\\nHe was at one time President of the I nion\\nAgricultural .Societj and in that capacity did", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0725.jp2"}, "726": {"fulltext": "732\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmuch to further the object for which the society\\nwas fonnert, iiolding the office for tliirteen years.\\nOur siihjoct was a. AVhig when lie cast liis first\\nI rcsiflential vote, l)iit lie has niarciied with the\\nRepublican party since its organization. He lias\\nbeen among the foremost in securing religious\\nprivileges for himself and his fellow-men in liis\\ncoinmunity, taking an active part in the upbuild-\\ning of the United Presl\\\\vterian Church in the\\nvillage of Martin, lie having been a member of\\ntiiat denomination for many years, serving as\\nTrustee of his church twenty years, and lie is now\\nits ruling Elder. He h.as also been an earnest\\nworker in the Sundaj -school, and for thirty years\\nhas lieen a tcaclier therein.\\n4^\\nI^ILLIAM H. MrCORMICK, a resident\\n\\\\/\\\\j// farmer of Clyde Townshi|),Allegan Count}\\nis a native-born citizen of this county, his\\nbirth taking place in Manlius Township, March 27,\\n1840. His father, James McCormick, was a son of\\nNatlianiel McCormick, a native of Ireland and of\\nScottish descent, who came to Canada when a\\n3 oung man.\\nThe father of our subject was born in Canada,\\nnear Oeorgetown, in 1806, and went with his par-\\nents to Niagara County, N. Y., where lie grew to\\nmanhood. He received but few educational ad-\\nvantages and was married, at the age of twenty-five,\\nto Maria Billings, daughter of Walter Billings, who\\nwas the father of seven children. He and his wife\\nsettledon a farm where they resided until 1837,\\nwhen they came to Allegan County and located in\\nManlius Township. The journey was made by the\\nold mode of travel ox-team and wagon from\\nNew York.\\nMr. McCormick purchased one hundred and\\nsixty acres from the Government during Martin\\nVan Buren s time. It was on this place that he\\ndied, July 26, 18111. He was a member of the Odd\\nFellows order at .Saugatuck and later became a char-\\nter member of the lodge at Fennville, No. 338, and\\nwas Past Noble Grand. He was a Spiritualist in\\nreligion. He held many official positions in the\\ntownship. His good wife died in 1879. She was\\nthe worthy mother of twelve children, seven of\\nwhom are yet living, named as follows: Ellen, wife\\nof Morton B. Somes; William II., our subject; Belle,\\nwho was the wife of Harvey F. Pullman, is now\\ndeceased; Nathan, George, Robeit C, and Etta, who\\nmarried II. Stiinpson and is now deceased. Our\\nsubject s father lived to clear and improve his land,\\nand at the time of his death was the owner of two\\nhundred and fifty acres.\\nAt the age of twenty-one, in 1861, our subject\\nenlisted in the three-months service in the State\\nmilitia, and at the expiration of that time he en-\\nlisted in the general army in Company A, Third\\nMichigan Cavalry, and was in the Army of the\\nWest under Gens. Rosecrans and Grant. He par-\\nticipated in some of the most important battles of\\nthe war, among them being Corinth and Sliiloh.\\nHis company was on detached duty a greater part\\nof the time. He was honorably discharged at\\nBrownville, Ark., in 1864, and during his service\\nwas never wounded nor captured, and never oft\\nduty.\\nAfter his discharge from the army, Mr. McCor-\\nmick came home and purchased eighty acres of the\\nhome he now owns. It was then a dense wilder-\\nness and unimproved, but by his own persistent\\nefforts, he has wonderfully ch.anged the pl.ace to\\nfertile fields, and for the original log cabin is sub-\\nstituted the beautiful residence, a view of which\\nis shown on another page. He has ever been an\\nenergetic man, and instead of being discouraged\\nwith his first small purchase, he was contented and\\nset about to obtain more, and lie is now the happy\\npossessor of three hundred acres.\\nThe subject of this notice was united in mar-\\nriage to Helen Crawford, in 1867. Mrs. McCormick\\nis the daughter of Arba N. and Eunice (Alack)\\nCrawford, and has become the mother of one\\nchild, B\\\\ rinna E., who was born August 24, 1868.\\nHer (larents have spared neither attention nor\\nmoney in order to give every educational advan-\\ntage to their only child, who spent one _year at\\nthe Ursuline Convent in Canada, also studied\\nfor one term in the business college at Grand Rap-\\nids. During the Garfield administration, she had\\ncharge of the Fennville postollice and is now book-\\nkeeper for a large wholesale house in Grand Rapids.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0726.jp2"}, "727": {"fulltext": "^^y\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0l^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^j^-\\nt S\\na v\\nJ:.\\n1 L\\nC\\ni\\n1.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0727.jp2"}, "728": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0728.jp2"}, "729": {"fulltext": "PORTRAJT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RF.CORD.\\nr35\\nIn liis social relations, our suhieet is identified\\nwitli, Miiil w:is ;i cliMl tcr mumiiIht (if. Ilii l iiii\\\\illt\\nl,( iii;( 1. (I. F. Ill also hclonjis to the lUiie\\nL(Mli, o. No. l!i;i, ;il Doii-rliis. A. F. A A. M., and\\nKiireku h:i|iter. No. j(l. at Alleii;iii. lie was in-\\nstrmnental In the ortrauization of the .laeoli Fi v\\nPost of the C. A. R. I olitieaily.he is a Deuioerat\\nand a strony siip|)oilei- of the party. Our siilijcet\\nis a liroliier of the late Hon. James .MeCor-\\nniiek. who was chosen twice to represent his dis-\\ntrict in the State Legislature and once in the Stale\\nSenate on the Re])ulilican ticket.\\nif OIIN YRELINK. He of whom we write is\\na nati\\\\e of Holland, his liirlh liavint;- oc-\\ncurred there January 22, lK:{(i. He is the\\nson of Gerrit and Jennie (Peters) Vrelink,\\nalso natives of Holland and parents of a family of\\nthree sons and Ihree daughters. The parents em-\\nijirated to this country in 1848 and came directly\\nto Overisel Township, Allegan County, where the\\nfather settled upon a tract of eighty acres, which\\nhe cultivated and where he continued to reside\\nuntil Ills death, which occurred in 1855; the mother\\nsnrvivefl him a number of years, her(leceasc taking\\nplace in 1887. The elder Mr. relink has always\\nfollowed the t)ccupation of a fanner and thus\\ntrained his .son, our subject, in all those duties\\nthe knowledge of which makes the cultivalit)n of\\nthe land much easier.\\nThe subject of this sketch is carrying on farming\\non section 8. Overi.sel Township, where he is\\njnaking an entire success of his calling. .Mr.\\nVrelink remained in Holland until reaching his\\ntwelfth year, there being trained to a fuller knowl-\\nedge of his native tongue and, when accompanying\\nhis parents to the New World, located with them\\nin Michigan and h.as resided in Overisel Townshi[)\\nsince that time. Having come here at such an\\nearlv day in the history of this county, he well\\nrememliers seeing deer come close to the house and,\\nalthough living so far from markets and thus\\ndenied many of the actual necessities of life, yet\\ntheir table was always supi)lied with the choicest\\nof wild game which could be had for the shooting.\\nand in thai day our siiliject \\\\va.s considered a good\\nshot.\\nMiss W. Minnie Teesllink became the wife of\\nour subject, the ceremony being celebrated June\\n15, lH(;i. ill Overisel and to them have cornea fam-\\nily of seven liildreii. namely: Dena, Henrietta,\\n.loliii. Annie, .leiinie, Lena and George, all of\\nw liom are living and ar being given good ed-\\nucatiiuis. Ill politics, .\\\\L relink is a Irne-blue\\nHepublicaii jiid heiK c always votes with the cau-\\ndid.ates of tliat body. His pl.ace is improved by\\nhaving erecteil lliereon good and convenient Imild-\\nings and is situate l so .as to prosecute his calling\\nill the most satisfactory and remunerative manner.\\nHe and his good wife are highly esteemed bv their\\nneighbors and friends and have done much toward\\nliiiildiiig up the coininunity where they make their\\nliom(\\nLKXANDKH I I.V.MI l.ToN. This gentle-\\nman is one of the inlliiential and respected\\n(li residents of (Jaiiges Township, .Mlegan\\nCounty, residing on section 2 t. He is ex-\\ntensively engaged in fruit-growing and the nursery\\nbusiness. He was born )ctober 18:i( in Hallon\\nCounty, Canada, to James and Relwcca Hamilton.\\nJames Hamilton w.os l)orn in the North of Ireland\\nand was there reared to farm pursuits, his educa-\\ntion being limited to the coinmon .schools. In early\\nlife, he learned the linen weaver s trade, but never\\nfollowe l his trade after coming to .Vmeriia, which\\nwas about 1828. He located in Halton, Canada,\\nwhere he was married to Rebecca Lawrence, a\\ndaughter of Ca|)t. Richard Lawrence. Her father\\ndied when she was very young and she was reared\\nby an older sister. Nine children were given to\\nthis couple, two of whom died when young.\\nThose living are Richard, of Canada: .\\\\lexander.\\nour sidjject; Mary J., wife of .Samuel Wanner;\\nllad:ussah. widow of .lolin McCuehen; the Rev.\\n.lames, of Coldwater. Mich.: William .1.. of Canacla.\\nand K. Lizzie. .Mthoiigh .lames Hamilton lived\\non a faun in Canada, yet his general business w!is\\ndealing in real estate Both in Ireland and in\\nCanada, he w.a-s a memlier of the Orangemen s", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0729.jp2"}, "730": {"fulltext": "736\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nSociety. He died in IS. JS. liis wife living until\\n1890. Tlie parents of James Hamilton were James\\nand Mary Hamilton, natives of the North of Ireland\\nbut of Scotch descent.\\nOur subject began working out at the age of\\nseventeen, at the death of his father. He was the\\noldest son at home and heljjed to educate his\\nyounger brothers and sisters. lie comi)leted Ins\\nown education after the age of twenty-one years.\\nIn 1864 he came to Michigan, locating at Benton\\nHarbor on a small fruit farm, where he made good\\nfinancial success, but like a great many people\\nin that city, he wanted to go West and after tak\\ning an extensive trip in different Western Stiiles,\\ncame to the conclusion that Michigan was a good\\nenough State for him and so, in 1866, came back\\nto this State and located in Allegan County, where\\nhe now resides. Here Mr. Hamilton lias given his\\nattention to fruit-growing and the nursery busi-\\nness. He has iieen very successful in this line of\\npursuits and has an orchard of one thousand trees\\nnow bearing. He raises annually one hundred\\nthousand peach trees for market, and until about\\n1880 all was raised on his farm in this count}\\nTiie greater part of liis nursery is now situated\\nnear Grand Rapids, Kent County. His largest\\nsales are in this county, and lie sold one year one\\nhundred thousand trees within a radius of ten\\nmiles of his own home. His trees and fruits are of\\ntiie choicest varieties .and he is visited by custom-\\ners from all the counties around. He is well liked\\nfor square dealings and his genial manners and he\\nhas secured a competence .as a result of personal\\nindustry and good judgment, put forth in a field\\nwisely selected.\\nThe original of this biography was married on\\ntlie 2Gth of May, 1868, to I^Iiss Sophia Ensign.\\nMrs. H.amilton is a native of Ohio and one of four-\\nteen children born to Horace and Lucinda Ensign,\\nn.atives of Mass.aehusetts. Nine of this family arc\\nyet living. Tliey arc Caleb, Electa, Lysander,\\nSophia (Mrs. Hamilton), Cora, George, Hattie,\\nSummer and Denning. Our subject and his ami-\\nable wife arc the parents of five children: Blanche,\\nthe wife of A. G. Robinson; Maude, deceased;\\nAlice, Harry and Willie. The parents of this fam-\\nily are members of the County Grange and ^Irs.\\nHamilton is a member of the Congregational\\nChurch. In politics, ^Ir. Hamilton votes for the\\nman he think best qualified for the position, irres-\\npective of the party.\\n\u00c2\u00bbi I I I\\nI I I IV..\\n^^EORGE LOWE. Among the natives of the\\nf|| Empire State who are prosperously engaged\\nV^Jll in agricultural pursuits in Michigan may\\nbe numbered this gentleman, a prominent farmer\\nof Allegan County .and the owner of a fertile\\ntract of land on section 27, Allegan Township.\\nHe was born at Stuy vesant Falls, N. Y., August 6,\\n1837, and is the son of James and Mary (Pimley)\\nLowe, natives of England- In 1838, his father\\ncame to Michigan on a jirospectiug tour and\\nbought six hundred acres of land in Allegan\\nTownship, a iiortion of which is now the property\\nof our subject. Two years later he brought his\\nfamily hither and after sojourning in the village\\nof Allegan for one year, located on his farm and\\nthere remained until his death in 1843.\\nIn his social connections James Lowe was a\\nmember of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows\\nand, religiously, was identified with the JMethodist\\nChurch, as was also his wife. They were the par-\\nents of six children, five of whom still survive.\\nThey are Edward P., George, Sarah A. (Mrs. Stege-\\nman), Mar.y (Mrs. Patrick), and James, the last-\\nnamed being twins. The subject of this notice was\\nabout two years old when he was brought by his\\nparents to Allegan Township and remembers no\\nother home than this. His childhood days were\\nuneventfully passed in the school .and on the farm.\\nWhen about twenty-two, he went to California, in\\n1861,. and for more than ten years engaged in min-\\ning at Silver Mountains, Alpine County. He em-\\nploj ed a large number of men in working his sil-\\nver mine at that place and was successful in his fin-\\nnancial ventures and mining speculations.\\nUpon his return to Michigan, Mr. Lowe opened\\na lumber yard and also dealt in grain, lime and\\nfeed. He c(mtinued in that w.ay about six years,\\nhis yards being in the vicinity of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad depot; he sold his lumber in-\\nterests prior to the purchase of his present farm.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0730.jp2"}, "731": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPITTCAL RECORD.\\n7M\\nHis estate is well oultivateel, and has a fine set of\\nl)uil(lin besides a lieaiitifiil. attraetive resideiict\\nIn 1H7I?, Mr. I.nwc \\\\v:is Tiiiu-iicd U Miss Maria A..\\ntlitMl. uigiitei of Wells and MaiT A. (Mackintosh)\\nKii ld, natives rcspeetively of New York and Mas-\\nsachusctli*. Kiel(l,wlio was a farniei came to\\nMicliignn in IH.S6 and fora lime flerked for Col.\\n.losepli Kisk in Allojian. Later he was proprietor of\\ntlic Allci^an House for ahoiU two years, after\\nwhieli he resided for four years upon a farm in\\nWatson Township.\\n.Mr. Field also was for a time employed in a store\\nin AUeifan; he tlien sojourned on his farm in Wat-\\nson Township and later eame to Allesfan, where he\\nerected a comfortable residence and made i1 his\\nhome until death called him hence, December\\nIH .K). His devoted wife had passed aw.iy in\\nthe spring before his demise. They were the par-\\nents of six children, of whom the following sur-\\nvive: .lane A., Maria A. and Delia .S. In poli-\\nties. Mr. Field w.as a Republican, and fora number\\nof years served as Supervisor and Ilighw.ay Com-\\nmissioner. The union of our subject and his estim-\\nable wife li.as been blessed by the birth of three chil-\\nren, two dying in infancy one son, Glenn F., is still\\nliving. Mi-s. Lowe is a lady of great refinement\\nand intelligence and for some yeai-s followed the\\nl)rofession of a teacher. Mr. Lowe is prominent\\nboth in the order of Masons and the ranks of the\\nRepublican part} and his decision of character\\nand uprightness of lifeai C rewarded by theconlid-\\nence of his fellow-citizens.\\n^l\\nm\\n1^^\\n|l I LLL\\\\M DORNAN,one of theold pioneers\\nMichigan, is at present residing on\\nwW section 7, Ganges Township. Allegan\\nCounty. lie w.as born in Cohimbia County. Ohio,\\nin 1H2(I. and is the son of .John and IJachcl Dor-\\nnan, llis father was born in Washington County.\\nPa., and there grew to manhood, receiving a goo l\\neducation. The i)arents of our subject were mar-\\nried m the Keystone. State, the maiden name of the\\nmother l)eing liachel Crow, a daughter of Abraham\\nCrow, the latter being of Knglisli parentage. Mrs.\\nDoruan was one of a family of eight children, and\\nby her nnion with the father of oin- subject, be-\\ncame the mother of six children, viz.: Drusilla,\\ndecea.sed, was the wife of Samuel M. Thompson,\\nwho was the first settler on the lake at Pier Cove,\\nthis township; Delila, deceased; our subject, Lem-\\nuel, .lohn; (ieorge, decea.sed.\\n.lolin Doruan followed the vocation of a farmer.\\n:ind ill IH2() moved to Ohio, Kxating in oluniliia\\nCounty, where he remained until is;} when he\\nwent to Seneca County, same State. After five years,\\nhe emigrated with his family to Brown County,\\nlud., and in 1845-10, while emigrating still fur-\\nther West, to Illinois, he w.as taken sick and died.\\nMrs. Dornan pas.sed away when our subject was a\\nlad of eight yeai-s. and his father w.as a second\\ntime mari-ied, this time to AVauey Wilson, and to\\nthem were born three children: .Samuel, .lames\\nand Racliel.\\nThe elder Mi Dornan was a son of .lohn Dor-\\nnan, a native of Irel.and, who emigrated to the\\nTniLed Slates when young, and w;vs there married\\nto a Miss Caldwell. Iktth the grandfathers of our\\nsubject served in the Revolutionary War. Will-\\niam Dornan began to make his own living when\\ntwelve j-ears of age by engaging to work in a\\nbrick }-ard. He w.as next employed by the (Jov-\\nernment as mail carrier from Wellsville to New-\\nLisbon, Ohio. Afterward abandoning that occupa-\\ntion, Mr. Dornan engaged in teaming and farming\\nff)r a number of yeai s.\\nDecember 30. 1847, our subject and Miss Nancy,\\n(laughter of William and Nancy McClurg, were\\nunited in marriage. The parents of Mi-s. Dornan\\nwere natives of Pennsylvania and of Irish descent.\\nOur subject and his wife have become the parents\\nof eight children: Marcus; Isabella, who is the wife\\nof Fraidv Wooden; .lohn, Robert, fieorge. .Matilda.\\nIra. and Ilarvey. who is deceased.\\n.Mr. Dornan emigrated with his family to\\n(iaiiges Township. Allegan County, in 18. )1. where\\nbe liought an nnin)prove l tr.act of land on .secti jn\\n20. He continued to make his home there until\\nafter the late war, when he disposed of his prop-\\nerty and bought another tract on the same section.\\nLater he became owner of a farm on sections 20\\nand 29, and, in 1880, bought and moved to his\\npresent estate, which is located on the banks of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0731.jp2"}, "732": {"fulltext": "738\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nLake Michigan. Mr. Dornan has given four of\\nhis sons each forty acres of land, and the fifty\\nacres wliich he has reserved for iiimself are util-\\nized entirely for fruit raising.\\nMrs. Nancy Dornan passed from this life in\\n1870, greatly mourned by all who knew her. She\\nwas a very capable and intelligent lady, and aided\\nher husband greatly, by her good advice and econ-\\nomy, in attaining his present financial standing in\\nthe agricultural community. Mr. Dornan was later\\nmarried to Mrs. Mary J. (Ralfhdaifer) Simpson.\\nOur subject is regarded with great respect by the\\ncitizens of Allegan County, as his influence in the\\ndevelopment of the communitj in which he lives\\nis as powerful, in an unconscious wa}^ as it is\\nhelpful by intent.\\n_^]\\n^-i^\\nVILLIAM H. SOUTHWICK. Not only in\\nMartin Township, where he owns a fine\\nfarm on section 20, Init also throughout\\nAllegan County, Mr. Southwick is well known,\\nand highly esteemed. He is a native of New\\nYork, and was born in Tyre Township, .Seneca\\nCounty, February- 1831. His paternal grand-\\nparents, David and Kunice (Deming) Southwick,\\nwere reared in the faith of the Shakers, which\\nthej left when the\\\\ were married about 1800.\\nThe^ then removed from tlieir native State, Mass-\\nachusetts, to New York, settling jn Seneca County,\\nand in that place spending the remainder of their\\ndays.\\nDavid Southwick, .Jr., father of our subject, was\\nborn in Junius Township, Seneca County, N. Y.,\\nMa3 20, 1804, and spent his entire life in his na-\\ntive county-. In his political attiliations, he was first\\na Whig, and later, a Republican, and held various\\noftices of trust in his community. He married\\nMiss Aurelia Hyde, who was born in Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., about 1810, and M-as descended\\nfrom uinight and (lod-fearing ancestors, whose\\nfirst home in this country w.as in Connecticut.\\nThe parents of our subject are now deceased, the\\nmother passing away in 1847, and the father in\\nNovember, 1867. Their marri.age, which was sol-\\nemnized in 1830, brought to them five children,\\nwhose record is as follows: William H., the eldest\\nin the family, is the subject of this biographical\\nnotice; Ann Eliza is the wife of Orson Porter,\\nof Wolcott, Waj-ne Count\\\\-, N. Y.; Maria, de-\\nceased, was the wife of William A. Stevenson;\\nDavid, when last heard from, was in the South;\\nand Albert is a resident of Washington. The\\noldest child in this family was reared in his\\nnative place, and, until he was twenty-six years\\nold, lived in the house where he was born.\\nHe received a good education and completed his\\ncourse of study in Waterloo, N. Y., after which he\\nengaged as a teacher during one winter. He was\\ntwenty-five years old when he w.as married, Jan-\\nuary 23, 1856, to Harriet N. Traphagen, the\\ndaughter of Henry and I\\\\Lary (Sherwood) Trap-\\nhagen. Mrs. Southwick was born March 29, 1835,\\nin Junius Township, Seneca County, N. Y where\\nshe grew to womanhood in her father s home.\\nAfter his marriage, ]Mr. Southwick remained at\\nhis father s home, and engaged in cultivating the\\nfarm until the spring of 1857, when he proceeded\\nto Illinois, and bought a farm in Loda Township,\\nIroquois County. He worked there one year, and\\nthen, returning to the Empire State, lirought his\\nfamily back with him, and settled on the place\\nwhich remained his home until 1864. That year\\nmarked his arrival in Michigan and his location\\non section 20, ALartin T jwnshi]i, Allegan County,\\nwhere he liought a partly improved place of\\neighty acres. Eight years after settling on that\\nfarm, he purchased the estate which is now his\\nhome. He owns one hundred .and thirt}* acres,\\nwell improved and eml)ellished with a set of good\\nbuildings, and is ranked among the most practical\\nfarmers of the county.\\nFive children came to bless the home of Mr.\\nt and Mrs. Southwick, two of whom are deceased.\\nOf the living, only one is unmarried the young-\\nest, Lois A. The eldest, Maiy E., is the wife of\\nFrank Pollitt, and lives on the home place, and\\nthe second, Aurelia, is now Mrs. John Wylie, and\\nlives in Richland, Kalamazoo County. Ever since\\nthe organization of the Republican part.v, Mr.\\nSouthwick has been firm in his allegiance to its\\nprinciples, and cast his firet vote for Gen. Scott, in\\n1852. He is at present Justice of the Peace, and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0732.jp2"}, "733": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n7Sd\\nhas served as Township Treasurer for seven teriDS,\\nSupervisor for four successive 3 ears, Scliool Di-\\nrector, and in other positions of a local nature. lie\\nand ills wife iiold nienil)ersiiip in the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, and take an active part m re-\\nlijjioiis work. For twenty years he was chorister\\nin tlie church at Martin, and is now Steward and\\nTreasurer.\\ni^A^MTKL M. K(;(;LI:sT()\\\\ is successfully\\nenjiaged in operating his farm on section\\n1 !i, Hopkins Township, Allegan County. His\\nfather, J. K. Eggloston, was a native of the\\n(Jrass River section, born in 180(5, in St. Lawrence\\nCounty, IS Y., and was a farmer by occupation.\\nThe maiden name of the mother was Lucy E. Buck-\\nley, wlio was born in 1812, in Fariuington, Hart-\\nford County, Conn. Thej^ accompanied their re-\\nspective parents to Ohio in tiieir youth, and were\\nmarried in 1830, in Portage County. The paternal\\ngrandfather, JLartin Eggleston, w.as a pioneer of\\nI oitagc Countw liis nearest neighbor being fifteen\\nmiles distant. He was one of the two Abolitionists\\nin Aurora, Ohio, during the infancy of th.at partj-.\\nA lirother of Martin Eggleston, who bore the name\\nif Chauncy, earned the title of (icneral in the De-\\ntroit Indian war. Five brothers of our subject s\\ngrandfather located in Ohio during .Jefferson s ad-\\nministration, and became very prominent citizens\\nof Portage County.\\nThe parents of our subject made permanent set-\\ntlement on the Western Reserve in Ohio, and there\\nthe father died February 3, 18 J0; the mother still\\nresides on the old homestead. They became the\\nparents of seven children, all of whom are living\\nwith the exception of Adol|)hus, who served in the\\nCivil War. Mr. and Mrs. .1. K. Eggleston were\\nmembers of the Haptisf Church, in which denomi-\\nnation Mr. Eggleston was a Deacon. He took an\\nactive part in politics, and voted the Republican\\nticket.\\nS. M. Eggleston was the eldest child of his par-\\ncuts, anil was liorn October 20, 1831, in Portage\\nCounty, Ohio. He w:is well acquainted with James\\nA. Garfield, in his youth,. as tliey lived in the same\\nlocalitv. (Jur subject grew to manhood in his na-\\ntive county, and was given a fair education. lie\\nwas married, in 185. to Eliza M., daughter of\\nThomas and Emclinc (Eggleston) Smith, the fa-\\nther a native of Massachusetts, and the mother of\\nNew York. They were early settlers in the Buck-\\neye State, where they were farmers. Both are now\\ndeceased. Mrs. Eggleston was born June 2, 1835,\\nin Geauga County, Ohio, and received a good edu-\\ncation.\\nFor three years after their marriage, our subject\\nand his wife lived on the Smith homestead in\\nGeauga County, but in 1858 they came to Michi-\\ngan and located on their present farm, which was\\nthen in its primitive condition. He erected a log\\nhouse, and commenced the work of improving his\\nland, which included eighty acres. He has since\\nadded to his possessions, until he now owns one\\nhundred and twent^-flve acres, ninety of which are\\nunder excellent improvement. He has erected a\\npleasant dwelling on his farm, set out an orchard\\nand gives his attention to general farming and\\ndairying. He has been a resident on his present\\nfarm for thirtj -thrce yeai-s, and has the satisfaction\\nof knowing that his accumulations arc the result of\\nhis own industry and i)erseverance, as he started\\nout in life with nothing but a determination to\\nsucceed.\\nMr. and Mrs. Eggleston, of this sketch, have four\\nchildren, namely: Lizzie, who is the wife of Will\\nKintncr, lives in Denver, Col., and has four chil-\\ndren; Nellie, Mrs. Frank White, lives in Allegan,\\nand is the mother of four children; Charles mar-\\nried ^Minnie Thompson, makes his hcune in Hop-\\nkins Township, and has one child; and Ava resides\\nat home, and is attending school.\\nOur subject and his wife are members of the Con-\\ngregational Church, in which !)ody Mr. Eggleston is\\nTrustee. He is interested in educational m:itleis,\\nand h:is been on the School Board for a number (\u00c2\u00bbf\\nyears. In politics, he has always been a Republican,\\nand has served his fellow-townsmen as Township\\nTreasurer and Supervisor. He w:is also elected\\n.lustice of the Peace, but did not t|ualify. lie wjts\\nHighway Commis.-.ioncr for a long period, ami\\naided in laying out nuuiy of the roads in the lowu-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0733.jp2"}, "734": {"fulltext": "740\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nship. He is a strong temperance man, and lias done\\niniicli toward furthering the cause of prohibition in\\nhis locality. For two years, our subiect. in com-\\npany with Mr. O. Lewis, ran a cheese factory in\\nHopkins Township, but since that time Mr. Egglcs-\\ntou has given his attention exclusively to farming.\\n]Mr. Eggleston has a fine sugar bush on his place,\\nof one thousand trees, from which he has an annual\\noutput of about fifty-live hundred pounds of pure\\nmaple sugar.\\n/OllX DOZKMAX is numbered among the\\ngentlemen of Holland I irtli and parentage\\nwho make their home in the prosperous\\ntownship of Ovei isel, Allegan County, and\\nhe is generally conceded to be one of the most sub-\\nstantial and enterprising men in the entire com-\\nmunity. His residence is comfortable and lie is\\nnumbered among the well-to-do men of his town-\\nship, having by his natural ability and energy ac-\\ncumulated a competency.\\nMr. Dozeman was born in Holland, March 2,\\n1832, and is the son of Henry and Gracie (Lier)\\nDozeman, also natives of Holland. The parents\\nwere married in their native land and had a family\\nof three sons and one daughter. The father had\\nalways followed the ()e.aceful pursuits of an agri-\\nculturist and was enabled to give his children a\\nfair education. Our subject was brought to Amer-\\nica by his parents, ill 1848. They settled in Ottawa\\nCounty, where the father purchased a farm of one\\nhundred and forty acres, which he brought to an\\nadmiralile state of cultivation. He remained upon\\nthat farm until his decease, which occurred in De-\\ncember, 1877, when seventy-five years of age.\\nOur subject was little more than sixteen years\\nof age when his |)ai-eiito made the trip to the New\\nWorld. After the death of the father, the mother\\nwith her family came to Overisel Township, Alle-\\ngan County, and INIrs. Dozeman passed awiiy in\\nMarch, 1879. Previous to coming to Allegan\\nCounty, our subject had been united in marriage to\\nMiss .Tanc Brower, a native of the same country as\\nwas our subject, whose birth took place A|iril 4,\\n1837. Mrs. Dozeman is the daughter of Arthur\\nBrower, a native also of Holland. To Mr. and\\nMrs. Dozeman have been granted a family of nine\\nchildren, five sons and four daughters: Henry,\\nAlice, Gracie, Arthur, John, Katie, Jacob, Hattie\\nand Ralph. When our subject first came to the\\ncounty he purchased forty acres of land, the same\\nupon which he at present makes his home. He has\\nsince added to it by subsequent purchases until he\\nnow has four hundred and ten acres, all of which\\nis under most excellent cultivation. He has, in\\nconnection with his farming, been engaged in the\\nmercantile business, which he has carried on for\\ntwenty-live years.\\nOur subject is a self-made man, for when he\\ncame to American he worked out for five years by\\nthe day, but he can now look with pride over his\\nbroad acres and know that they have been brought\\nto their splendid condition by his own energy and\\ngood judgment. Mr. Dozeman is gentlemanly,\\ncourteous and considerate in his dealings with all,\\nand is among Allegan County s best citizens, in\\npolitics, he votes with the Republican party.\\n-^^m\\n-i^\\nEKDETT MORSE, deceased, was a native\\nof Allegan County, his biilh having oc-\\njjnj curred in Allegan Township, February 8,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S-^ 1842. He was the son of Asa and Alma\\n(Miller) Morse, pioneers of this county, where they\\nwere engaged in farming and passed the remainder\\nof their lives. Our subject received a fair educa-\\ntion and, when starting out to do for himself,\\nlearned the trade of a carpenter and joiner, which\\nhe followed for some j cars. He was also engaged\\nin farming in Allegan County, but at the time of\\nhis death, in 1886, was carrying on a profitable\\nmilk business.\\nMiss Caroline Pfanstiehl became the wilV of our\\nsubject in 1875. .She was given a good education at\\nThree Oaks, this .State and in Michigan City, Ind.\\nHer parents were Frederick and Martha E. (Zeph-\\nfelder) Pfanstiehl, natives of Germany. Her fa-\\nther came to .\\\\merica in 1851 and located at Three\\nOaks, this .State, where he purchased a farm. One\\nyear later, he sent for his family to join him in the\\nNew World. Severe weather inevailed on the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0734.jp2"}, "735": {"fulltext": "PORTllAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n741\\nocean at tlie time of llieir coiniiiii^ and the journey\\noeeuiiieil nine weeks. While cinning oveiland to\\nMiehi j;an, the train which they were on collided\\nwith another train, killin r both enirineer and lire-\\nman, hnt injuriny^ only a few of tiie passengers.\\nMrs. Morse was only eight years old at that time\\nand the imjiression made npoii her mind liy the ac-\\ncident will never he forgotten.\\nThe f;iinily of Mr. Pfanstiehl on reaching their\\ndestination went to live on the farm which he had\\npnrchased. His death occurred a short time after\\nhe located here and the mother died some time later\\nin .Michigan City, Ind. He was by trade a baker,\\nwhich occupation he followed in his native land,\\nwhere he also was captain of a company of soldiers,\\nlie and his good wife reared a family of eleven\\nchildren, si.K of whom are now living: Charles,\\nWilliam, Augusta, Caroline, Mary and Robert.\\nThey were both members in good standing of the i\\nLutheran Church.\\nMrs. Caroline Morse before lii-r marriage worked\\nat dressmaking, and is (|uite a business woman.\\nBy her marriage with our subject, one daughter,\\nGrace A., was born. She is now a student in the\\nHigh School of .\\\\llegan. Mr. Morse was a trne-\\nl luc Hepnblican and a man possessing those traits\\nof character which made for him warm friends\\nand stanch adherents. Mrs. Morse is a regular at-\\ntendant at the Baptist Church. She is at present\\nresiding on Seminary Hill in a small three-room\\nrented house.\\nc\\n\\\\A\\\\VAIV MICIIMKHsmi/.KX. This gen-\\n1W//II1 tlenian is engaged extensively in buying\\niii and selling stock, at the same time carry-\\ning on general farming on section IH,\\nt )verisel Township, .Vllegan (innt.\\\\ He is a na-\\ntive of this township, ancl hence takes great inter-\\nest in everything that pertains to the welfare and\\ndevelopment f f this section. He is the son of\\nHenry and Ilendrika .1. Kosenclump) .Miclimer-\\nshnizen, and wa iHjrn .lul\\\\ I J, 1852.\\nTill (parents of our subject weri foreigners, claim-\\ning Holland as the country of their uulivity, but\\nwere married after coming to Allegan County.\\nThey were very poor when they stjirted out in\\nlife, but set to work to .accumulate the wherewithal\\nto buy a home of their own, and now are the proud\\nl)ossessors of ninety .acres of good, tillable land.\\nMr. Michmershnizen is very justly called a i)ioneer\\nof the county, as his advent here was in IHlH, at\\nwhich time he took up forty acres from the(iov-\\nernment. His place is embellished with conifortji-\\nble and substantial buildings in which he stores his\\ngrain and shelters his stock, and, indeed, every-\\nthing about the place indicates it to be in the\\npossession of a man of enleri)rise and push.\\nThe gentlem.an of whom this sketch is written\\nwas the second child in order of birth of his par-\\nents family of seven. Pioneer life is familiar to\\nhim and its hardships and ventures have made a\\nlasting impression upon his mind. He started out\\nto do for himself a i)oor boy, his father not l)eing\\nable to aid him in a mouied wa3 but he w.as given\\nan education equal to that of any of the boys of his\\ntime and locality and was thus the better enabled\\nto battle with life on his own account.\\nThe father of our subject was ((uite a prominent\\nman in his locality and served his fellow-towns-\\nmen in the ollices of .Justice of the Peace and\\nSchool Director and was Constable for a number of\\nyears. In politics, he has always been a lirm be-\\nliever in Democratic principles. He and his wife\\nare both living, having attained to a good old age,\\nand are widely known and thoroughly respected\\nin Allegan County, where they have spent their\\nentire life since coming here, with the exception of\\nsix years when the}- made (Iraiid Rapids thi ir\\nhome.\\nMr. Albert Michmer.-liuizen wiis married in Kala-\\nmaz io, November 21, 1H8I, to Miss Katie Kools, a\\nnative of that city and the daughter of John\\nantl Alice (Cook) Kools, natives of Holland. To\\nthem have been granted a family of live children,\\nwho are named respectively, Alice, Henry (i.,.Iolni\\nK., Arthur .1., and Hurry L.. all u( whom are\\nliving.\\nOur sulijeit i the owner of twenty acres of ex-\\ncellent laud, lie ide a hoii.-e and lot in the vill:ige\\nof Overisel. ami feds a jii l priile in the fact that\\nwhat he has has been the direct result of his own", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0735.jp2"}, "736": {"fulltext": "742\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nindustry anrl economy. He is now carrying on a\\nsuccessful business in buying and selling stock and\\nis looked upon as one of the inrtuential men of\\ntlie township. In politics, like his father, he is a\\nDemocrat, and was appointed Deputy Sheriff,\\nholding the [wsition for two years. Together with\\nhis wife, he is an active and influential member of\\nthe Holland Reformed Church, and is highly re-\\nsjiccted as a man of honor and uprightness.\\nfe= c^\\n=^i\\nWILLIAM II. FLUMMER owns a beautiful\\ntract of one hundred and forty acres of\\nland in Ganges Township, Allegan County.\\nHis estate is located on sections 7, 8 and 18, and\\nthirty acres are devoted to fruit-raising. On\\nanother page will be found a view of the pleasant\\nhomestead of Mr. Plummer. He is a son of Ben-\\njamin and Alvira Phunmer and was born in this\\ncounty, in 1841. He is therefore greatly interested\\nin whatever pertains to the welfare of his native\\njilace. The father of our subject was born in\\nMaine, but, when young, accompanied his parents\\nin their removal to Ohio. The_y located on a\\nfarm in Wayne County where lienjamin Plummer\\ngrew to man s estate. He was married in Wayne\\nCounty to Elvira, daughter of Elijah Andrews.\\nTiie parents of our subject came to Allegan County\\nin 1834 and located in Saugatuck Township.\\nWhen moving to this county, Benjamin Plum-\\nmer built a raft on Pine Creek, on which he placed\\nhis family and floaletl down to the mouth of the\\nKalamazoo River. JNIrs. Plummer was the second\\nwhite woman in this jiart of the country at that\\ntime. In 1850 Mr. Plummer moved to Ganges\\nTownship, whicii was then little more than a wild-\\nerness. The seven ciiildren cominising the paren-\\ntal household bore the respective names of Fred\\nN., Andrew A., William II., Luciuda, Elinor, Mary\\n.Land Sarali. Mr. Plummer was a Spiritualist in\\nreligion, and first a Whig and later a Republican\\nin politics.\\nWhen twenty-one years of age, William II. Plum-\\nmer established a home of iiis own by his marriage\\nWilli ]\\\\Iiss Mary Smith. The parents of Mrs. Plum-\\nmer dving when she was voung, she was taken\\ninto the home of an aunt, where she grew to mature\\nyears. Their unif)n has been blest by the birth of\\nnine children: Ella, who is tiie wife of Henry Ens-\\nfield; Leo, Leonidas, Harry, Frank, Oselus, Aretas,\\nVern and Glad ins.\\nFor two years after his marriage, our subject\\nworked his father s farm and in 1864 moved to\\nCalifornia, locating in the Sacramento allev,\\nwhere he was engaged in agricultural pursuits for\\nnine years. In 1873 he returned to Michigan and\\nlocated where he resides at the present time. He\\nis now the proud possessor of a fine tract of land,\\none half of which he has improved himself. He\\nis a member of the County Grange and greatly\\nresi)ected in Allegan Count}\\n^^EORGE W. GRIGSBY, one of the well-\\nf|| known and leading farmers of Allegan\\n^V^j[j County, is a resident of section 14, Trow-\\nbridge Township. He is a son of James and\\nMartha (Patterson) Grigsby, natives of England.\\nThey were there married and came to America in\\n1840, settling in Wayne County, N. Y., on a farm,\\nwhere they remained several 3 ears. They then\\npurchased a farm in McKean County, Pa., and re-\\nsided there a number of years. They then went\\nto AViscousin and located near Eau Claire, where\\nthe father died in 1874, the mother passing away\\nsome years previous, in 1846. They were the\\nl)arents of five children, four yet living. The fa-\\nther was a second time married, and had two chil-\\ndren by that union.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born iNIay 6,\\n1836, in Kent County, England, and came to\\nAmerica with his parents when about four years\\nold. He was the first-born, and his father being\\nvery poor, he Consequently obtained but little\\neducation until after twenty years of age. He\\nearned money for himself and attended the acad-\\nemy at Coudersport,Pa., and when he first began\\ncould only read in the Third Reader. He labored\\nhard and became proficient in languages and\\nmathematics, especially in algebra and geometry.\\nHe went to the Rocky Mountains in 1862, and at\\nOmalia purchased a small book on chemistry and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0736.jp2"}, "737": {"fulltext": ".Jfc.^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0,1c\\nt^^Ts^ ^t^^PNS^^\\nCi^s^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0* aL-C; -.T -.\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^.cV^^^^\\n^^^J^.Z^^\\n0-\\nresidence: of -^^.h. plummer, sec. t., Ganges Th-, /^lllu^ji uj\\n1\\n-^\u00c2\u00abti,\\nRESIDErJCL or G. W. bKl U5tiT :jLl., i^t.^i KUWDrti DuL ir.MLLLuAii i.L/,ivin^n", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0737.jp2"}, "738": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0738.jp2"}, "739": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n745\\nstudied it while on the way, also philosophy, geol-\\nojry. etc. He has always been a close student,\\nand has taught school ten terms.\\nSeptcinlicr IS), 18(;. Mr. (Irij^shy was married to\\nMiss Thankful Freeman, a native of Potter County,\\nPa., where she was horn May 1H3U. Iler f.a-\\nther was .Iudi;e Seneca Freeman, an old settler in\\nPennsylvania. Both her parents arc deceased,\\nthe father dying at the advanced .age of ninety-\\ntwo 3 ears. In the spring of 1864, our subject\\ncame to Michigan and rented a farm in Otsego\\nTownship, this county, during the summer. He\\nerected a little shanty, 10x16 feet, on this farm\\nwhen it was nothing but a wilderness. He h.ad\\ncomparativelj nothing to start with, but by his\\nown persistent efforts has made for himself what he\\nhas to-day. He is the deserving possessor of one\\nhundred and eighty acres, of which one hundred\\nand twenty are under the plow, wholl} done by\\nhimself. He has here an orchard of over one hun-\\ndred trees, and also a number of ornamental trees\\nabout his place. He has been very successful in\\nhis farming pursuits, and the reader may judge\\nof his thrift by a glance at the view of his place\\npresented on another page.\\nMr. Grigsby and his wife are the i)arcnts of live\\nchildren, one being deceased, Harlan. The others\\nOctavia, Orrell, Arthur and Iluldah have received\\ngood schoolings, and the two eldest are teaching\\nunder second-grade certificates. Arthur was grad-\\nuated from the Commercial College at Grand\\nRapids with lumors. Mrs. Grigsby is a member\\nof the l\\\\Icth Klist Episcopal Church, where she is\\nan .active worker. The son is a prominent mem-\\nber of the Sunday-school, and has been President\\nof the Kpworlli League.\\nMr. Grigsby takes an interest in local schools,\\nand has been Director of his district. He is full_\\\\-\\nin sympathy with American affairs, was formerly\\na DeiiKicrat, but of late years ha-s been a Hepuli-\\nliam. He has served as Townshi[) Clerk four\\nyeai-s. Supervisor two years, Treasurer, Town-\\nship Superintendent of Schools the lii-st one in\\nthe township and Sch(K)l Inspector for several\\nterms. He is a temi)erale man in his habits, and\\nis an extensive reader of periodicals. A fine li-\\nbrary adorns his home, containing some scientific\\nworks and Appleton s Encyclopedia. lie has\\nerected a good rain gauge, and reports the rain-\\nfalls to the State olllce; also has a very fine set of\\nthermoincters, and has made weather reports at\\nLansing to the I nited .States Government for\\nthree years.\\nWe cannot close this sketch without pointing\\nout to our readers what energy and perseverance\\ncan accomplish, when coupled with economy and\\nintelligence. Mr. Grigsby entered the strife empty-\\nhanded, and, with the assistance of his estimable\\nwife, who has given him her cheerful co-opera-\\ntion in all his efforts and by her good counsels\\nencouraged him in his life s work,- he has beat\\nback the forests until now he has broad acres and\\nsmiling fields to gladden his eyes and fill his\\ngranaries. Children have grown to manhood and\\nwomanhood around his hearthstone, and have\\ngone out into the world with strong muscles,\\nfrugal habits and minds stored with such knowl-\\nedge as will enable them to carve their way in the\\nworld, alw.ays having the example of their father\\nfrom which to draw their inspiration. We arc\\ngl.ad to embalm such examples in the literature\\nof our country, and thus perpetuate them for\\ncoining generations.\\nNCiKLHKRT H. HORN. This geulleman.\\nwho is the proprietor of the .\\\\llegan Wagon\\nct Carriage F.actory, established in business\\nliere in 18.il, having resi le l here since |8. )1. He\\nmanufactures all kinds of road cart.s, and h.a.s\\nin his employ the very best workmen. His factory\\nis one of the very largest in .Michigan, and he\\nships his goods all over the Lnitcd States.\\nOur subject Wits born April 17. 18:i;i. in Na-ssau,\\nGernianv. and is the son of .Martin and .Margaret\\n(Young) Born, also natives of the Fatherland. The\\nfather was a contractor for the (iovernincnt. and\\nwith his family belonged to the Catholic Church.\\nHis father was lleiiiy IJoiii, a native of Germany,\\nwhere he followed the tra(h- of a biitclier ami\\nrfK)fer.\\nThe parental family of our subject numlH-red six\\nA", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0739.jp2"}, "740": {"fulltext": "746\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nchildren, all of whom grew to manhood and wo-\\nmanhood, and came to America. They bore the\\nnames of P^ngelbert, Henry, Anna, John, Jacob,\\nMargaret and Daniel, respectively. John was killed\\nat the l)attle of Baton Rouge. La., August 5, 1862,\\nit being tlie first battle in which he was engaged.\\nHe was a member of Company G, Sixth Michigan\\nInfantry. Our subject received a fine education in\\nhis native land, and taught three months witli Prof.\\nFlach, at I indenholzhansen, Germany, filling a\\nvacancy\\nMr. Born came to America in 184i(, just at the\\nclose of the German Revolution. He landed in\\nNew Orleans on the sailing vessel Fides, from\\nAntwerp, mailing the iKissage in forty-nine days.\\nLanding in the New World, he had but five cents in\\nhis pocket, and was obliged to borrow money to\\npay his passage on tlie steamboat to Cliicago, 111.\\nOn arriving in Peoria, he was taken sick with the\\ncholera, and was the only member of their company\\nof four who survived that terrible disease. lie was\\nonly sixteen years old at that time.\\nThe original of this sketch reached Chicago in\\nMay, 184 J, where he was engaged to Icaru the car-\\nriagemaker s business, the shops being located on the\\nsite now occupied by Ilooley s Theatre building on\\nRandolph Street, and the lumber-yard being on the\\ncourthouse square. Sir. Born remained thus en-\\ngaged for two years, when he crossed the lake to\\nSt. Joseph, and from there walked througli the\\nwoods to Allegan in two days. His first occupa-\\ntion here was in tlie turning-shop of Charles Rich-\\nards Brotlier, with whom he remained for a\\ntwelvemonth, lie then returned to the wagon-\\nmaking trade, and worked until September, 1854,\\nfor King Wilkes, at which time he went Ijaek to\\nChicago. He made that city his home only a short\\ntime, .and later returned to Allegan, which has been\\nhis permanent abiding-i)lace ever since.\\nIn 1854, Mr. Born rented Iteiich room of Harry\\nKingsburry, and bought lumber for which he agreed\\nto pa3- at some future time. He was the first man\\nin Allegan to build a complete wagon. His busi-\\nness prospered, and in a short time he was enabled\\nto build a fine shop, wiiich was the first of its kind,\\non AVater Street, and which was 22x28 feet in di-\\nmensions, and three stories in height. In 18(54, he\\npurchased another three-story building, adjoining\\nhis wagon-shop, and in the fall of 1882, bought the\\nplant of the Allegan INIauufacturing Company on\\nIsland No. 2, near the Eagle Foundry. The works\\nincluded three buildings, one 28x60 feet, to which\\nhe added forty feet, and two other buildings, 20x80\\nfeet each in dimensions. All his work is done by\\nthe day, and no piece-work is given out.\\nIn 1884, our suliject was burned out, but rebuilt\\nthe following year. His insurance was light, and\\nthe loss thus occasioned was very great. He keeps\\nin his employ from sixteen to twenty fine work-\\nmen, and IS the oldest manufacturer in Allegan.\\nThe daj- succeeding the loss of his works on Water\\nStreet by fire, liis creditors offered to take fifteen\\ncents on the dollar of his indebtedness, but, al-\\nthough IMr. Born was ^6,000 worse off than noth-\\ning, he would not listen to sucli a proposition, and\\npaid every one of them one hundred cents on the\\ndollar, although it crippled, lived for many years\\nafter.\\nIn 1875, Mr. Born spent five months in Europe,\\nvisiting England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium,\\nFrance and Switzerland, and his descriptive letters\\nwere published in the Allegan papers at that time\\nand many extracts copied by European journals.\\nIn 1889, he again crossed the Atlantic, accompanied\\nby Mrs. Born, the trip being made in a little less\\nthan seven days, in the City of New York, of\\nthe Inman Line, and landing at Queenstown. They\\nvisited Ireland, Scotland, England and Belgium,\\nmaking the longest sojourn in Germany, and vis-\\niting all the prominent cities, old castles and ruins\\non the Rhine between Cologne and Bingen, thence\\nto Berlin, Leipsic, Dresden, Cassel, Frankfort-on-\\nthe-Main, Wiesl)adeu, Heidelberg and Baden-Ba-\\nden.\\nFrom tliere they journe\\\\ ed to Alsace-Lorraine,\\nthence through Switzerland and France, stop-\\nping ten days in Paris, where they cnjo3 cd the\\ngreat sights of the Exjiosition of 1889, and climbed\\nthe famous Eiffel Tower. En route to Liverpool,\\nthey visited Dieppe, thence crossed to Newhaveu,\\nfrom there went to Brighton, one of the famous\\nsummer resorts of England, and thence to London,\\nwhere they staid several days. At Liverpool they\\ntook passage to New York on tlie steamer City of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0740.jp2"}, "741": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n747\\nParis, of llii Ininaii Line, which made the short-\\nest trip across the Athiiitic on record up to that\\ntiiiK viz: live days, niiieti^Mi liours, and eigliU-cMi\\niiiiiuitos. AVhilc (111 tlial trip, Mr. Horn wrote sev-\\neral k tleis wliich were piihlisiicd in llic Allegan\\nBcaml :\\\\ud Allegan Democral,inn\\\\ whidi proved that\\nhe could manipulate the pen with as good results,\\nas he could swing the liamincr and jack-iilane.\\nJliss Mary S. Dickinson, who liecaiiic the wife of\\nMr. Horn in December, 1855, was the daughter of\\nCharles Dickinson, who came to Allegan in IHtiii,\\nbeing one of the pioneers, and who had six children\\nCharles M., William G., Grace M., Lillian N., Ed-\\nward I), and Engelbert. Mrs. Mary Horn died in\\n1877, and our subject was a second time niarrieil,\\nin 1881, choosing as his wife ]Mrs. Margarft Wad-\\ndell, a native of Canada. The three oldest sons\\nare mechanics in their father s factory, and the\\nyoungest son, Hert, as he is familiarly called, is a\\ngraduate of the Parsons Ilorological Institute, of\\nLa Porte, Ind., where he learned watch-making,\\nlilting eye glasses, and the trade of a jeweler.\\nSocially, Mr. Born is a member of the Indepen-\\ndent Order of Odd Fellows, and in politics, is a\\nDemocrat. He is a member of the Hoard of Edu-\\ncation, also a member of the Hiiilding Committee\\nof the schoolhouso, coni|ileted in .January, 18 .*2.\\nlie has aided all churches of whatever denoniin.a-\\nlion in the county, and is one of the progressive\\ncitizens of .MlcLraii.\\nl b I P P\\nI I L T.H...\\nlAPT. RALPH C. HHITTAIN, who resides\\nin Saugatuck, -Vllegan County, is a well-\\nknown steaniboalniaii, who is highly popu-\\nlar wherever known, and who, bj his own efforts,\\nhas attained a prominent place among the public-\\nS|iirited citizens of Allegan County. He is the\\nson of William and Catherine (Case) Hrittain, na-\\ntives of Pennsylvania and Connecticut, respec-\\ntively, and w.as himself born ii? .Sus(|uehanna, Pa.,\\n.\\\\iigiist 6, 1842. His father removed to Illinois\\nin 1815, and settled two miles west of Waukegan,\\nwhere he remained until 1850, when he sold out\\n:iiid removed to Muskegon, this .State, and there\\nengaged in the luniher trade. At this time there\\nwere but seven houses in the village. Here our\\nsubject spent his li(iylio() l,and necessarily had but\\nfew educational advantages, attending chool\\nonly one winter, and that when he was fouiteen\\nyears of age.\\nThe next year, our siil)ject began life for him-\\nself, going to New York City and finding employ-\\nment on a merchant vessel. His sea-faring life\\nwas one of varied e.\\\\perieiices, and in the course\\nof the live 3 ears he spent upon the ocean, he had\\nthe opportunity of visiting various parts of the\\nworld. He visited the West Indies and also ports\\non the Mediterranean Sea, thereby gaining a\\nfund of information which he never could have\\nderived from books. He returned to New York\\nin 1863, from there coming to Michigan and\\nspending the winter with his jiarents. The next\\nspring he went to Chicago and engaged in steam-\\nboating, which he li.is pursued ever since. After\\nworking for E. C. Ludington for about one j ear,\\nhe took charge of a propeller, The Merchant,\\nwhich is still in existence at Duluth, rijuningher\\none year, when he went .South and followed\\nstcamboating on the Southern rivers for two\\nyears, with liead iuarters at Vicksburg. The cli-\\nmate not lieing congenial, he returned to the lakes\\nand purchased an interest in the steamer operating\\nbetween Grand Haven and Pentwater. This ves-\\nsel he operated for about eight years, when it was\\ndestroyed b^ fire, and for a time he gave nj) Ixiat-\\ning. He then took a trip to California, going by\\nthe way of Panama and returning via New York.\\nHe finally decided to locate at .Saugatuck, where\\nhe h.as since resided.\\nCapt. Hrittain has met with many los.-ics by\\nwrecks and fire, but, with an undaunted courage\\nand perseverance, he has surmounted all the dif-\\nficulties which beset him and is now financially in-\\ndependent. He has a controlling interest in\\nseven vessels. .Since residing in Saugatuck, he\\nhas built no less than thirteen ve.ssels, and has\\npaiil out for labor and material in this village\\nalone not less than *2(in,00(). Capt. Hrittain, lie-\\nsides his steamboat interests, owns two fruit\\nfarms in Allegan County, and is largely inteivsled\\nin real estate in Indiana.\\nCapt. Hrittain has been twice marriid. ilii lii-t", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0741.jp2"}, "742": {"fulltext": "748\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntime in 1880, when he was united to Florence Sny-\\nder, who bore him two children Leonard S. and Col-\\nborn R., wlio reside with their father. The mo-\\nther of these children died January 6, 1885. On\\nOctober 5, 1888, our subject was again married,\\nhis bride being Ettie Spaulding, daughter of Leon-\\nard Spaulding, of AVaukegan, 111. Of this union\\ntwo children also have been born: Catherine M.,\\nwho died at the age of eighteen months, and\\n.Julia Elizabeth, born December 24, 1889. The\\nCaptain is a thorough-going Republican in poli-\\ntics, and, sociality, belongs to Lodge No. 328, A. F.\\nA. M.; Corinthian Chapter, No. 84; the Con-\\nsistory at Grand Rapids, and also to the Inde-\\nl)endent Order of ()dd Fellows. He and his estim-\\nable wife occupy a very comfortable residence, in\\nwhich they hospitably entertain their large circle\\nof friends. Capt. Brittain is looked upon as one\\nof the most public-spirited citizens of Saugatuck,\\nand has been greatly instiumental in the progress\\nand prosperity of the village.\\n11^^\\n^j^ ETER VAN ANROOY. Among the foreign-\\nJl) born residents and early pioneers of Allegan\\nf^ Count} may he numbered Mr. Van Anroo}\\nI who is residing on section 6, Fillmore Town-\\nship. He began life empty-handed, but by unre-\\nmitting industry, seconded by sound judgment\\nand shrewd business faculties, he lias acquired a\\ncomfortable ]jroperty and competency. Our sub-\\nject is a native of Holland, in wliich country he\\nwas born, November 29, 1831.\\nThe gentleman f f whom we write is a son of\\nJohn F. and Willielmina R. (Stighart)Van Anrooy,\\nnatives of Holland. The parental family numbered\\neleven children, six of whom died in infancy. In\\n1847, the parents came to America with their fam-\\nily, where the father located a farm of twenty\\nacres in Fillmore Township. He was a merchant\\nin his native land, but upon coming to America\\nfollowed the calling of an agriculturist, which\\noccupation lie carried on for seventeen years, pass-\\ning away September 16, 1864. The mother sur-\\nvived her husband several years, dying in March,\\n1872. While carrying on his personal affairs with\\nzeal and enterprise, Mr. Van Anrooy found time to\\nengage actively in the public affairs of his locality,\\nhaving been Highwaj Commissioner for six 3 ears,\\nSchool Assessor and member of the School Board\\nfor a number of years. lie gave the Reiniblican\\nparty his hearty support. He was always a law-\\nabiding citizen and was held in the esteem due to\\nhis personal qualities and honorable life. He with\\nhis family was a member of the Holland Christian\\nReformed Church, in wliich body he was Deacon\\nand afterward Elder.\\nOur suliject was sixteen years of age when he\\ncame to the United States with his parents. He\\nremained under the |)arental roof until reaching\\nhis maturity, when he started out in life for him-\\nself. His first purchase of land consisted of forty\\nacres, to which he has since added forty more, all\\nof which he has placed in excellent condition and\\nimproved with good buildings. Our subject also\\nowns one hundred and sixty acres of land in Os-\\nceola County, this State, located on section 3,\\nHighland Township. Our subject may be consid-\\nered one of the early settlers of Allegan County\\nand has done much to promote its material pros-\\nperity He is self-made, as he started out in life\\nwith but little education. A cool head, sound\\ncommon-sense and good business tact have, perhaps,\\nserved his purpose better, as by hard work and\\nclose economy he has placed himself among the\\nwell-to-do farmers of this part of the count}\\nMr. Van Anrooy was married when twenty-four\\nyears of age to Zwaantje Vos, who was born,Decem-\\nber 16, 1835. in Hanover, Germany. Mrs. Van\\nAnrooy is a daughter of Beerend and Jenny (Hoff-\\nmeyer) Vos. who were the parents of one son and\\nfour daughters. To our subject and his wife have\\nbeen granted a family of ten children, one of\\nwhom died in infancy. Those living are John F.,\\nJane, Benjamin, Jacob, Willielmina Rozina, Gerrit,\\nAbraham, Frederick and Kathrina Elizabeth.\\nOur subject is a strong advocate of Republican\\nprinciples and has served his townsmen as Asses-\\nsor and School Moderator, at the present time lidd-\\ning the office of Assessor. He and his wife are\\nmembers of the Holland C hristian Reformed\\nChurch and take a conspicuous part in church mat-\\nters. Frederick Van Anrooy, the son of our sub-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0742.jp2"}, "743": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n749\\njcct, is a graduate of tlie grammar department of\\nHope College and is now in the Kreslunen year of\\nthat institution. All of the children of our sub-\\nject are residing at home, with tlie exception of\\nJohn F. and Henjamin, the former of whom is\\nmarried and resides in Holland, Micii., and the lat-\\nter makes his home in (irand Rapids. .lohn K. was a\\nteacher in Allegan County, and also taught two\\nterms in Orange City, Iowa.\\nIn 1847, Mr. Van Anrooy set sail for America\\non tlic vessel Prince of Hanover. .Several per-\\nsons died on the voyage, and on June 6th they\\nlanded on American shores. Two days later, lie\\nwent to Albany and thence went to lUiffalo by\\nwa^ of the canal, arriving in that citj- June IHih.\\nHe then came to Michigan, June 27, 1847, and\\nsince becoming a resident of Allegan County h.is\\nexerted a great influence for good ni iioth so(i;il\\nand religious matters.\\nI TIIER MERCHANT is residing on section\\njj, 7, Trowbridge Townshi[), Allegan County.\\nHis parents were Zobinah and Lorcna\\n(Blackman) Merchant, natives of ermont, where\\nthe. father was a manufacturer of pearl ash. They\\nmoved to .Steuben County, N. Y.. where Mr.\\nMerchant died. His mother came to Michigan\\nwith our subject and passed from this life in 1850.\\nTlie parental family included .seven children, four\\nof whom are living.\\nLuther Merchant was born August 29, 1814, in\\nVermont, and .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iccomi)anied his parents on their\\nremoval to the Em()ire .State, when (jiiitc young.\\nHis father being in limited circumstiinces, his ad-\\nvantages for obtaining an education were few.\\nHe began to make his (jwn way in the world when\\ntwenty years of age b} working out by the monih\\non a farm. He was married in 1836 to Miss\\nMartha Baker, a native of New York. Mrs.\\nMerchant died in 1845, in her twenty-fifth year.\\nThey became the i)arents of five children: Levi,\\nJosiah, .lulia E.. Mark and Francis Marion. .losiah\\nwas married to Mariah Haviland and has three\\nchildren: Charles, .Vmelia and Clark; Amelia mar-\\nried Elta Warren, who is now ileceased, and has\\none child, Florence. Julia, Mrs. L. W. Austin,\\nresides in Cheshire Township, Allegan County,\\nand became the mother of live children: Addie,\\nwho married William Foote, died leaving two chil-\\nlrcn, Floyd and Pearl; Sherman, who married\\nLilly Whistler, is now deceased; Charles iiiairicd\\nLavina Pulsifer; Susan, deceased. Mark is a\\nlawyer. Fiaiicis Jlarion was a soldier in the late\\nwar, being a memlier of Company L, Fourth Mich-\\nigan Cavalry, enlisting when sixteen years of age.\\nHe was taken sick while in the service and died\\nin the hospital in 1863.\\nOur subject came to Michigan in 1847 and\\nsettled on his present farm when it wsus little more\\nthan a wilderness. He erected a log liopse and\\nindustriously began the work of clearing and im-\\nproving the land. Mr. .Merchant w.as a second\\ntime married, in 186i\u00c2\u00bb, to Lydia I)., daughter of\\nSamuel and Sarah (Beech) Harvey. The father\\nwas a native of Rutland County, N t. and the\\nmother was born in St. Lawrence County-, N. Y. Mr.\\nand Mre. Harvey were married in the Empire State\\nand remained there until their removal to Michi-\\ngan in 1852. On locating here, the father piir-\\nch.ased a farm on section 6, Trowbridge Township,\\nwhich he improved and continued to make his\\nhome until his death in 1878, in his sixt}- -second\\nyear. Mrs. Harvey still lives at the age of seven-\\nty-one years and makes her home with .Mrs.\\nMerch.ant.\\nMrs. Harvey became the mother of live children,\\nfour of whom are living: Lydi:i I).; Refine; Eliza.\\nMrs. Hunt, and Orin. Mrs. Merchant was lM rn in\\nNew York in August, 1842, and in 1857 w.os mar-\\nried to Lemuel Foster. By that union she bccaine\\nthe mother of three children, all of whom are living\\nwith one exception: Roxie is now the wife of\\nWilliam Hale, lives in Allegan Township and h.os\\nfour cliiUlren: Guy, Rav, Mary and Lucy; Frank\\nin:irried Deett Barlow and lives at Mt. Ple.asant.\\nMr. and Mi-s. Merchant, of this sketch, have one\\nchild, Marion L., who was born in August, 187(1,\\nand is now^ married to Carrie Tlioin.a-s. )ur subject\\nh.is eighty acres of land, almost all of which is\\nunder good tillage, and improved with all neces-\\nsary farm buildings and machinery. He began in\\nlife empty-handed and feels pixuid to know that", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0743.jp2"}, "744": {"fulltext": "750\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhat he owns has been the result of his industry\\nand good management. He has lived on his\\npresent farm for forty-live years and is well and\\nfavorably known throughout Allegan County.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write and his good\\nwife are strong advocates of temperance, and in\\npolitics Mr. Merchant votes the Democratic ticket.\\nV\\nips^ AMUEL B. GUYOT. The gentleman whose\\nname is quoted above is engaged in the\\nlll/^j livery business in Allegan. He also owns\\n(MU -half interest in the bus and hack line,\\nkeeping in his employ four men and using twenty\\nhorses. The bai-ns of the comi)any are located\\non Hubbard Street and they make every train on\\nthe Lake Shore Michigan Southern, the Cliicago\\nk West Michigan and the Cincinnati, Jackson ife\\nMackinaw Railroads. Mr. Guyot has, in addition\\nto the business spoken of above, a farm at Diamond\\nSprings, Monterey Township; one at Monterey\\nCenter, and another in Salem Township, Allegan\\nCounty. He has other real-estate interests and is\\nprospering in all his undertakings.\\nOur subject was born in the town of North East,\\nDutche;s County, N. Y., November 19, 1824, and\\nis the son of John and liachcl (Mallery) Guyot,\\nnatives of Rensselaer County, N. Y and Connect-\\nicut, respectively. The father w.as a painter by\\ntrade, but later in life he engaged in farming in\\nthe Empire State. His father was also named\\nJohn and was a native of France; he came to the\\nUnited States with Gon. La Fayette s army as a\\nsutler and remained with the army luilil the clo.sc\\nof the war. He then located in the townsliip of\\nSand Lake, Rensselaer County, N. and engaged\\nextensively in farming. He was married in that\\nState and became the i)arent of two children, John\\nand Oliver. He was a gentleman of education and\\nwas among the better class of French people.\\nThe father of our subject came to the Wolver-\\nine State in 1850 and located in Monterey Town-\\nship, Allegan County. He there purciiased a farm\\nof one hundred and sixty acres, upon which he\\nlived until his death. He was a prominent man in\\nhis township, having held the office of Justice of\\ntlie Peace for man\\\\ j ears. In politics, he was a\\nRepublican and, socially, a Mason. The parental\\nfamily included five children, four of whom are\\nliving: Eliza M., Mrs. H. Russell, of Montcalm\\nCountj% this State; our subject; Henry, who is a\\nfarmer in Monterey Township, and William, who\\nmakes his home in Grand Rapids.\\nSamuel B. Guyot received a meager education\\nin the common schools of Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nand had as a schoolmate Gordon Granger, now\\nGen. Granger, who aided him greatly in his matii-\\nmatical studies. He remained at home until\\nleaching his sixteentli 3 e.ar, then eng.aged to work\\nfor a (Quaker gentleman, farming and looking\\nafter the stock, in Farmington Township, Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y. He remained with that gentleman\\nfor six years, later assisting liim in Ijujing and sell-\\ning stock and in transacting his banking business.\\nWhen leaving his employ, he became steersman on\\nthe Erie Canal for two years, and, in the fall of\\n1840, came to Michigan and settled in Monterej\\nTownship, Allegan County. Here he purchased\\neight} acres of timber land which he cleared and\\nimproved and made his home for five years. lie\\nthen sold that tract .and purchased another of eighty\\nacres. On it he erected a board house, in which\\nhe lived for some years, and during that time he\\nimproved forty acres of his purchase. The forty\\nacres which he had cultivated he sold, and the re-\\nmaining forty were traded for a farm in Kal.amazoo\\nCounty. He removed thither, where he remained\\nfor four years, when he disposed of it .and bought\\none hundred and twenty acres in Monterey Town-\\nship, which w.as [lartly improved. About ten years\\nago, on account of failing heallli, our subject re-\\nmoved to the village of Allegan.\\nPrior to making this vill.age his home, Mr. Guyot\\npurchased a lot on the corner of Hubbard _ and\\nWalnut Streets, where he erected a beautiful res-\\nidence and where he now lives. Some nine years\\nago, he purchased a half interest in the bus line,\\nbut later sold out and engaged in the livery bus-\\niness. The hack and bus line of Allegan now eom-\\nm.ands a great deal of his time and attention, as\\nhas been stilted in our opening paragraph. In his\\nlivery barns he keeps flrst-class turnouts, well", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0744.jp2"}, "745": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n751\\nsuited to supply the wants of the traveling pul)lic.\\nMiss Marielte Miller became the wife of Mr.\\nGuyot in IH5;{. She passed from tliis life in 1866\\nand our suhjeet w.os .again married, this time to\\nMorosia Cady, of Monterey. In politics, Mr. (iuyot\\nis a Democrat .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid, socially, is a iirominent Mason.\\nHe takes an active part in all affairs of the town-\\nship and held the ollice of Townshii) Treasurer for\\none ye.ar. He was also Constable, and in every posi-\\ntion to which he has l)pcn olcclcd he has oiveii\\nentire satisfaction.\\nlikMy OSKS ni.( )WKRS, a resident of Dorr Town-\\nship, Allegan Count}-, is a native of Onon-\\nd.aga County, N. Y., where he was born,\\n.lanuary 18, 1816. He is a son of Moses and\\nRethsheba (Lewis) Blowers. The father was a na-\\ntive of Washington Count}-, N. Y., and one of the\\nfirst settlers of Central New York. He was by oc-\\ncui)ation a farmer, and died at the age of eighty-\\neight years, on the place he had .settled when\\nseventeen yeai-s old. The good mother was born\\nin Vermont, and died in 1821.\\nOur subject was reared on the old iinmestead\\nuntil re.aching his majority. He attended the com-\\nmon schools, and afterward spent six months in an\\nacademic school. He is the seventh in a family of\\neleven children, the oldest brother having been\\nborn in 17!t8. On reaching his majority, Mr.\\nBlowers set about to earn some money by hiring\\nout to different farmers. He came directly to\\nMichigan, and remained in .Adrian three years.\\nIn 1810, he returned to his old home, and pur-\\nchased a pl.ace, where he remained until 18.56.\\nAfter that, he went to Minnesota and farmed there\\nfifteen years. Besides his farming, he learned the\\ntrade of a carpenter, and worked at this a little\\nIn 1870, we again find Mr. Blowers in .Michigan,\\nbut this time to stay. He located in section 36,\\nDorr Township, Allegan County, and took up one\\nhundred and sixty acres. This place was entirely-\\nwild land, with no improvements whatever, but\\nMr. Blowers immediately went to work to convert\\nit into a fertile and productive estate, in which he\\nhas wonderfullv succeeded. It is adorned with\\ngood and substantial outbuildings, and in 1872, he\\nerected a line and commodious residence in which\\nhe and his family reside in )H ace and happiness.\\nEmily Lucinda Stew-art is the maiden name of\\nthe lady whom Mr. Blowers chose as his life com-\\npanion. They were married in March, 1811, in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., of which pl.ace Mrs.\\nBlowers was a native. This union has been\\nblessed by the birth of four children, three of\\nwhom are living: Mary married E. N. Woodward,\\nand is now deceased; she w-as the mother of three\\nchildren. Herl)ert lives at home and assists his\\nfather on the farm; p]mina is the wife of Lee Cal-\\nkins, and Irene married Ernest Calkins. Mr.\\nBlowers is a Republican in politics, \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2nid held the\\noffice of Justice of the Peace for four years, and for\\none year was .Supervisor of Maple (irove, Minn.\\nSince coming to Michigan, he h.as never sought\\nollice of any kind. He and his wife and all his\\nchildren arc valued members of the Christian\\nChurch of Wayland. and are held in high regard\\nby their man}- friends and acquaintances. He and\\nhis wife have been inembei-s of the Grange for one\\n\u00c2\u00ae^-^s=-i-\\nI OHN C. HOLMES, the able editor and propri-\\netor of the Fennville Dis[Kitch, is an honored\\nresident of Fennville, I^Ianlius Townshij).\\nAllegan County. He w:is born in Liverpool.\\nEngland, .July 19, 1839. He is a son of Thomas\\nHolmes, a native of Liverpool, where he spent his\\nboyhood days and received a common-school ed-\\nucation. In his younger days, heserved an apiiren-\\nticeship to a boilermaker and worked at that trade\\nthirteen years in Liverpool at the auxhall Eoun-\\ndry. When quite young in j-ears, he w.as married\\nto Catherine Williams, the mother of our subject.\\nShe w.is a daughter of David Williams and l ore\\nher husband eight children: .Mary E., the w-ife of\\nV. II. Butterlield; .lohn C; Sarah, the wife of Sam-\\nuel .Vmy; Thom.as. who was killed in the l)attle of\\nthe Wilderness; William O.; Anna, who married\\nLyman Ogden; Jennie, who l)ecame the wife of\\nMartin Saundei-s; and Eliza, the wife of Frcil\\nZimmerman. In 1850, Thom.as Holmes emigrated\\nwith his family to the United States, locating at Mil-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0745.jp2"}, "746": {"fulltext": "752\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwaukce and there worked at his trade a year. He\\ntheu came to Marshall, Mich., where he lived until\\nliis death, which occurred in 1857. His good com-\\npanion still survives him and makes lier home in\\nCalhoun County. He and his wife were great\\nworkers in the cause of temijerance. The father\\nwas a member of the Odd Follows Society of Eng-\\nland and also in this country, and a strong sup-\\nporter of the Democracy.\\nAt the age of thirteen years, our sulijec t started\\nin life for himself as devil in the Battle Creek\\nJournal office under W. W. Woolnough. Previous\\nto this, lie received but little education in tlie com-\\nmon schools but ho was not a boy to be discoiu aged\\nby life s hardships, for we afterward see him attend-\\ning night school, studying hard, improving his\\nidle moments and preparing himself for the life be-\\nfore him. After one year at Battle Creek, he went\\nto Saginaw and worked for the first paper ever\\npublished in that city. He was in that city about\\ntwo years and theu for several years following,\\nwas in different towns and cities in Michigan and\\nalso in Canada, working at the jjrinter s trade. In\\n1866, he took the management of the Allegan\\nD nocrat and then the Allegan Journal. He finally\\npurchased the Democrat, which he ran for over a\\nyear, making in all nine years in Allegan. Mr.\\nHolmes was at South Haven for one year and, in\\n1883, located at Fcnnville, where he started his\\npresent paper, which is a spicy sheet published in\\nthe general interests of the locality. He began\\nwith only ninet\\\\ -two supporters and now has a\\nsubseripton of six hundred and twenty-four. Al-\\nthough Mr. Holmes is a stanch Republican in pc)l-\\nitics, his paper is strictly independent.\\nMr. Holmes enlisted in the late war in .Tuly,\\n1861, in Company F, Forty-second Illinois Infan-\\ntr} and has a record one may lie proud of. His\\nregiment was attached to the Army of the Cumber-\\nland and the Tennessee and was present at many of\\nthe leading battles of tiie war, such .as Island No.\\n10, Farmington, Stone River, Chickamauga, and\\nthe Atlanta Campaign. He was wounded at Lost\\nMountain by a gun-shot in the left arm. He was\\ntaken prisoner at Stone River and was in Libby\\nPrison thirty days. At the close of the war, he re-\\neulisled and went to Texas a few months, where\\nhe received his honorable discharge at Port Lavaca\\nin December, 1865. AVhile our subject was home\\non a furlough, he was married at Coldwater, this\\nState, to Eliza J. Strong, a daughter of Anson and\\nMaria Strong, of Burlington, Mich. This couple\\nhave had no children, but through the kind-\\nness of their hearts they have thrown open their\\ndoors and have adopted Miss K.ate Godfrey. Mr.\\nHolmes is united with the Odd Fellows of Allegan\\nand belongs to Post No. 371, G. A. R., at Fcnnville,\\nof which he is Commander. He has held the office\\nof School Inspector and at i)rescnt is Notary Public\\nand a memlier of the Town Council of Fcnnville.\\nHe and his family move in the best social circles\\nof Fcnnville and are esteemed by every one.\\nOHN W. LINSLEY. This progressive citi-\\nzen of Hopkins Township, Allegan C ount}^\\n^,^1 is at present residing on section 21. He is\\nthe son of John P. Linsley, a prominent\\nfarmer in this locality, whose sketch appears on\\nanother page in this volume. Our subject was\\nborn at Parkman, Ohio, August 26, 1843, and came\\nto Michigan with his parents, wiiere he was edu-\\ncated in the common schools.\\nJ. W. Linsley was married lo Miss Lj dia Cham-\\nberlain, September 5, 1867. She was the daughter\\nof Peleg Chamberlain, who settled in Hopkins\\nTownship, in 1855, and is now deceased. Mrs.\\nLinsley was born January 18, 1849, in New York\\nState, and by her union with our subject has be-\\ncome the mother of seven children: Ileiman W.,\\nEmma E., Lucy P.. James H., Burdette E., Alfred\\nand Bertha I. Emma E. is the wife of Ernest\\nTucker and has one child.\\nIn Jul} 1862, our subject enlisted in Companj\\nL., Fourth Michigan Cav.alry, and served his coun-\\ntry for three years. During that period, he was in\\nactive service, with the exception of tliree months,\\nwhen, having received a wound in the leg at\\nKingston, Ga., he w.as in the hospital. He was one\\nof the detachment who captured Jefferson Davis,\\nand fought in the States of Kentucky, Mississippi,\\nAlabama. Georgia and Tennessee, under Gens.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0746.jp2"}, "747": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n755\\nIJiiell, Rosecrans, Grant, Sherman, Thomas and\\nWilson. Returning iionio after liie dose of hostil-\\nities, Mr. Lin.sley UK-ated on liis farm and lias\\nsince given his entire attention to siiperintonding\\nits ini|)rovement.\\nWliilo loading a cannon at Ohio Corners, Alle-\\ngan County, July 4, 1\u00c2\u00ab70, Mr. Linsley lost both\\narms by its premature explosion. One limb was\\ntaken off at the elbow and the other at the shoul-\\nder. He also at that time lost the hearing of one\\near and the sight of one eye. He is a gentleman\\ngreatly respected in Allegan County, and we are\\npleased to l)c able to place his sketch in the hands\\nof our numerous readers.\\nAIJTIN T. RYAN, editor and proprietor\\nof the Allegan Democrat, was born in New\\nYork in 1833. He commenced to learn\\nthe trade of a printer at the age of eleven,\\nbut being of a roving disposition, as soon as he\\nhad linished his term of apprenticeship, com-\\nmenced traveling. He visited nearly every State\\nin the Union, and worked at his trade in all the\\nlarger cities. Not content with a knowledge of\\nhis countrj- alone, he shipped on a whaler and\\nvisited the ports of South America and the islands\\nof the Pacific, going as far north as the Arctic\\nOcean.\\nWhen the vessel landed at the Sandwich Islands.\\nMr. Ryan stopped at Honolulu, and there followed\\nhis trade for several months. From that place he\\nsailed to California and pa.ssed through tlie varied\\nexperiences of a miner until, l ecoming tired of\\ntlie (Jolden State, he shipped as a sailor on the\\n(ireat Republic and made the voyage around\\nCape Horn to New York. In that city, he shipped\\n:is matt of a vessel going to the Mediterranean,\\nand visited many of the ports of that sea. On\\nhis return to the United States, he resumed work\\nat his trade until the breaking out of the Civil\\nWar, when he enlisted, in 1S61, in the service of\\nhis country, and served two veal s for the preserva-\\ntion of the Union.\\nIn IKfi .l, Mr. Ryan came to Alleg.an. and after\\nthe death of Mr. Austin, the founder of the Di-nw-\\ncral, he, with Mr. Kurber. [purdiased tlie paper,\\nand, with the exception of about six years, has\\nsince retained its management. His f.ainily con-\\nsists of his wife and two children, a son and a\\ndaughter. The son, W. K., is an attorncy-at-law\\nill (iraiid Ixa|)ids.\\n(ft--. ORACE C. BENERLY, a progressive citi-\\nIj zen of Allegan County, and the cllicient\\nPostmaster of Mill Grove, came to his\\npresent home on section 12, Pine Plains\\nTownship, in 1854, but had located in the county\\nthe j-ear before. For many years after settling\\nhere, he operated as a miller and farmer, and now\\nowns forty acres of improved land near the village\\nof Mill Grove. By industry, energy and integrity,\\nhe has .iccumulated a competencv,and is now Ix-ar-\\ning his part of that responsibility which falls in\\ngreat or small degree to every true American citi-\\nzen. His sympathies are quick, and ever on the\\nside of right as he perceives it, while his generous\\nheart and unflinching integrity are among his chief\\ncharacteristics.\\nThe parents of our subject, Pcilee and Eunice\\n(Hazard) Beverly-, were born in New York, the\\nformer April 28, 1802, and the latter in 1804.\\nTheir union, which took place February 28, 1828,\\nwas blessed by the birth of three children: Our\\nsubject, Sarah and Charles, all of whom are living.\\nThe grandparents of our subject, Asa and Sarah\\n(Curtis) Beverly, removed at an early day from\\nNew England to the State of New York, where he\\nengaged as a carpenter, and attained to the age of\\nabout one hundred yeai-s. (Jraiidfather Il.azard\\nalso lived to a great age, his death occurring when\\nhe was one hundred and four yeare old. He was\\na hatter by trade, and served in the War of 1812.\\nAfter the death of Mi-s. Eunice Beverly, which\\noccurred when she w.as thirt} years of age, ow\\nsubject s fatlier was again married, in 1835, choos-\\ning as his wife Miss Lucetta Parsons. Five chil-\\ndren were Iwrn to them: Cornelia. Mary C.,t;eorge,\\nFrancis and James. Perlee IJcverly ahv.ays lived\\non a farm and followed agricultural pursuits until\\nhis death at the age of seventy-two. In his politi-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0747.jp2"}, "748": {"fulltext": "756\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ncal affiliations, he was a Jacksoniaii Democrat, and\\nreligiously, held membership in the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church. The mother of onr subject was\\nalso a sincere Christian, a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church, and a lady possessing many graces\\nof character.\\nHorace C. Beverlj was born in New York, May\\n28, 1829, and received a somewhat limited educa-\\ntion in his native State. At the age of nineteen,\\nhe commenced life for liimself, by working in the\\nlumber woods, and when he came to Michigan, in\\n18.53, operated as a miller and farmer. He was\\nmarried, January 20, 1852, to SabrinaS. Tallmadge,\\nwho was one in a family of seven children born to\\nHiram and Martha (Burnside) Tallmadge. Mr. and\\nMrs. Beverly are the parents of four children, as\\nfollows: Mary R.,the wife of D. F. Collins; Martha,\\nnow Mrs. William Huskinson; William H.; and\\nSarah, who married Lee Wynne.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Beverly enlisted in Company B,\\nNinth Michigan Infancy, under C4en. Sherman,\\nand was never off dut} for even one day (except\\nwhile a prisoner) from the time he entered the\\nservice until his honorable discharge at Detroit in\\n1865. He was captured at Springhill,Tenn., in 1863,\\nand was in Libby Prison for nineteen daj S. He is a\\nmember of Chauncy Bassett Post, No. 56, Ct. A. R.,\\nof Allegan, and politically is a Republican. He is\\nat present Clerk of Pine Plains Township, as well\\nas the popular Postmaster of Mill Grove, and\\nserved as .Tustice of the Peace for eight years, be-\\nsides filling most of the township offices. Sociall^^,\\nhe is identified with Lodge No. 105, 1. 0. O. F., of\\nAllesran.\\neHARLES MINER. Among the successful\\ncitizens of Allegan County, there is pro-\\nbably no one more in touch with that wide-\\nawake and generous public spirit which has mater-\\nially promoted the best interests of this section of\\ncountr3r, than Charles Miner, of Watson Township.\\nAs a farmer, success has crowned his efforts, and\\n3et material prosperity is not the greatest of his\\nachievements, for he has sjained what is even\\nbetter the confidence of his fellow-citizens and\\nthe esteem of all with whom business or social in-\\ntercourse has brought him in contact.\\nThe father of our subject, Chester A., was a\\ncooper by trade and emigrated to Allegan County\\nin 1836, taking up eighty acres of land and build-\\ning thereon a log cabin, 12x12 feet in dimensions.\\nAt that early day, white settlers were few, while\\nIndians and wild animals were numerous. Those\\nwho enjoy the comforts of cultivation little real-\\nize the trials and hardships which fell to the lot of\\nearly settlers and which were borne with patience\\nand even cheerfulness by those brave pioneers.\\nNor was Chester Miner exempt from the usual dis-\\ncomforts attending settlements in a new country,\\nbut as time passed, he cleared a farm, erected sub-\\nstantial buildings, and, when he died at the age of\\nsixty-five, had become well-to-do.\\nIn his political belief, Mr. Miner, Sr., was a\\nstrong Republican and served as Treasurer of the\\ntownship, Justice of the Peace, Township Clerk,\\nand in various other local offices. He married\\nMiss Sarah Miller, a native of New York, who\\ndied at the age of fiftj^-eight years. Their family\\nnumbered eight children, three daughters and five\\nsons, Charles being the second in order of birth.\\nHe was born in Brighton Township, Monroe\\nCounty, N. Y., January 3, 1835, and w.as about one\\nyear old when his parents removed to Michigan.\\nHis schooling was obtained in a log cooper shop\\nbelonging to his father and he completed his edu-\\ncation in the district school.\\nWhen Mr. Miner started out in life for himself\\nat the age of twenty-one, he had nothing hut forty\\nacres of wild land (the gift of his grandfather), lo-\\ncated on section 17, Watson Township. He cleared\\nthat place .iiid erected a house, and to the home he\\nthere established brought his wife, who was un-\\nited in marriage with him in February, 1856. Mrs.\\nMiner was known in maidenhood as Lucy R. Ed-\\ngerton and was a native of New York, where she\\nwas reared in Niagara Count} They are the par-\\nents of four children, namely: Frank, who died\\nat the age of four years; James A., who is at home;\\nMartin C, who is a farmer on section 17, Watson\\nTownship; and Fred C, who is at home.\\nTo the original fort}- acres, Mr. Miner added an-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0748.jp2"}, "749": {"fulltext": "I ORTRAJT AND BlOGKAl lllCAL RECORD.\\nother Inipt of Uk saim? size and tliere made his\\nhome until IHDl, when lie located on his present\\nfaiin. He owns three hundred aercs of well-im-\\nproved land in Watson Townshi)); four and one-\\nhalf acres within the corporate limits of Allegan:\\nand property in OtK^eiici, where he is erecting a\\nlarge brick \u00e2\u0096\u00a0itore-huilding. )n his farm, he has a saw-\\nmill, as well as a tine race track, where he trains\\nhorses which are brought to him from ditTerenl\\nportions of the county, lie owns forty horses and\\nhas a splendid stable, capable ot accommodating\\nfifty horses, and containing all the conveniences of\\na lirst-dass barn. His business engrosses his atten-\\ntion to such an extent that he devotes little at-\\ntention to politics except to cost his ballot for the\\nReiml)lican ticket. He served at onetime as High-\\nway Commissioner, but with that exception has\\navoiiled public positions.\\nr--\\nJHOHN ST;MPS()N. Many of the most pros-\\nperous citizens of Allegan County have em-\\ni igrated hither from foreign lands, and\\namong them may be mentioned this gentle-\\nman, who li.as a fine farm on section 4, Watson\\nTownship. He was born in County Antrim, Ire-\\nland, in 182 1, and is a son of John and Deborah\\n(Clark) Simpson, natives of the same country .as\\nhimself. His father, who w.as a farmer, died in iiis\\nnative place, at the .age of eighty years, ami the\\nmother p.assed away at the same age.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice is the\\ntiiird in a family f)f nine children, live sons and\\nfour daughtei-s, all of whom attained to mature\\nyears. He remained at home until he was twenty-\\nseven years old, when, having resolved to seek a\\nhome in the United States, he crossed the Atlan-\\ntic, in 1848, and for a time sojourned in Rochester,\\nN. Y., where he wi)rkcd by the month. In 1H. )2,\\nhe came West to Michigan, settling in .Vllegan\\nCounty, upon the farm which is still his home. Its\\none hundred ami sixty acres were then nniniproved\\nand scarcely- a furrow ha I been turned in the\\nsoil.\\nMr. Simpson first i-rected a log house, 1(5x21\\nfeet in dimensions, and, having established Lis fam-\\nily in that primilive home, cumnienced to clear\\nand cultivate the land. It retpiired arduous exer-\\ntions on his part to biing the pl.acc to its present\\nhigh state of develo|)inent, and the prosperity\\nwhich has crowned his efforts has not been gained\\nby t hance, liiit is the result of ceaseless labor. He\\nwas married in Brighton Township, Monroe\\nCounty, N. V.. to Miss Ann (Jaley, a native of Ire-\\nland, and their uiilnn was blessed by the birth of\\nfive children, namely: .lames, Mary .1., .Ifihn, Sam-\\nuel and Moses. Mrs. .\\\\nn Simps jn died in 185.5.\\nDuring the Civil War, Mr. Simpson enlisted in\\nCompany C, First Michigan Infantry, and served\\nabout ten months, receiving his discharge at .lack-\\nson, this State. At the expiration of his term of\\nservice, he returned home and shortly afterward\\nwas married to Miss Agnes Askin, whose native\\nhome was in Ireland, and who h.os become the\\nmother of five children, viz: Sarah, Anna, IJachel,\\nMargaret, and one that died in infanc} In his\\npolitical views, Mr. Simpson is a firm adherent of\\nthe principles of the Republican parly, and is also a\\nmember of the (Irand Army of the Republic. He\\nis an active member of the Methodist Church, and\\na lilieral contributor to its support.\\nB\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0m\\nIM^*\\nox. .lUllX W. GAin Kl.INK. This pro-\\ngressive, intelligent ami thrifty agricultur-\\nist and old pioneer of Fillmore Township,\\nAllegan County, is a resident on section S.\\nHe is a native of the Netherlands, having been\\nborn in the Province of flelderland, Decemlier i,\\n18153. He is the son of (lerhardus and (irada\\n(Aaderink) Garvcliuk, both natives of the Neth-\\nerlands. Our subject was the third in order of\\nbirth of a family of four sons and two daughters.\\nThe father of our subject w.isa baker and miller\\nbv trade, with which he combined the occupation\\nof a fanner. In 1HI7. he came with his famil\\\\ to\\nMichigan, locating two hundred and twenty acres\\nof land in Fillmore Township, Allegan County.\\nTwo years after coining to this country, he was\\ncalled from life, in 1S4 .I, the mother having i ro-\\nceiled him to the better huid in 1H4K. He was a\\nman of good education and was fairly successful", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0749.jp2"}, "750": {"fulltext": "758\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nin all his undertakings. He and his family were\\nmembers of the Holland Reformed Church, of\\nwhich denomination he was a regular attendant\\nand liberal contributor. When coming to Fillmore\\nTownship, Mr. Gaverlink was one of the earliest\\nsettlers, and our subject has thus been an eye-wit-\\nness to tlie marvelous development of this part of\\nMichigan.\\nOur subject had been fitted to better cope with\\nthe difficulties of life in anew and strange country\\nby receiving a good education in Holland. At the\\nage of sixteen he was left an orphan. Together\\nwith a brother two years his senior, he took cliargc\\nof the famil} working out by the month on a farm,\\nin order to supply them with the necessities of life.\\nWhen twenty-five years of age, Mr. Garvelink\\nwas married to Miss Everteen Schrotenboar, and to\\nthem eight children have been born, viz.: Gerhar-\\ndus, Susan, .lolin, Grada, Johania, Hermenia, Her-\\nman and Hendr} all of whom are living at this\\nwriting. He of whom we write has always fol-\\nlowed farming pursuits, and upon his brother Her-\\nman and himself fell most of the work of clearing\\nthe tract of land taken up by their father. He re-\\nceived forty acres as his share of the estate upon\\nthe death of the father, and to this he has since\\nadded one hundred and eighty-five acres, making\\nan aggregate of two hundred and twenty-five acres\\nof land, one hundred and fifty of which are under\\na most excellent state of cultivation. He has added\\nto the value of his place bj erecting good buildings\\nthere, all of which present a neat and attractive\\nappearance and stamp their owner as a man of\\nthrift and enterprise.\\nHerman Garvelink enlisted in the war for the\\nUnion in Compan}- I,Fifth Michigan Cavalry, and\\nwas killed near Richmond in 1864. In politics,\\nour subject is a Republican, believing that party\\nto be in the right. He did efficient service as the\\nfirst Clerk of Fillmore Township when only twenty-\\none years of age, holding the office for two j ears.\\nHe was further honored by having the office of\\nTownship Supervisor conferred upon him, and so\\nwell did he perform the duties connected with the\\nposition that he was made its incumbent for\\ntwenty years. His interest in educational matters\\nis manifested by the fact tliat he has served as Di-\\nrector for twenty-one years and over. At the\\nl)resent time, he is School Inspector, having held\\nthe office for nianj j-ears. He has also been .Justice\\nof the Peace for about thirty years, holding the\\noffice at the present time. He represented the Sec-\\nond District of Allegan County in the Legislature\\nduring the years 1873-74 and 188.3-84, and also\\nrepresented the counties of Van Uuren and Alle-\\ngan in the Senate during 1891-92. He is a purely\\nself-made man, as is seen by the fact that he never\\nattended school in America, having received his\\ntraining in Holland previous to attaining the\\nage of fourteen. He began life at the bottom\\nround of the ladder, and by his industrious\\nand persevering energy, he has attained to the\\npossession of a liandsome property. He and his\\nfamily are members in good standing of the Hol-\\nland Christian Reformed Church at Graafsehap.\\nThe Hon. Mr. Garvelink is a stockholder in the\\nFirst National Bank of Holland, in which insti-\\ntution he is also one of the Directors. In church\\nrelations, he has been Deacon of his congregation,\\nbut at the present time is Elder. He is a man\\nwhose prosperity is rejoiced in liy all who know\\nhim.\\n--1^+^\\nOHN P. LINSLEY. On section 2.3, Hop-\\nkins Township, Allegan County, is a beau-\\ntiful estate, which is the property of our\\nsubject. His father, James Linsley, was a\\nnative of Branford, New Haven County, Conn.,\\nhis birth occurring in 1771. He followed the\\ncalling of a carpenter and joiner and was quite\\nl)roininent in local affairs. The maiden name of\\nour subject s mother was Lucia Parkman. She\\nwas a native of Cherry Valley, N. Y., and three\\nyears the senior of her husband. After their\\nmarriage, tliey emigrated to Ohio, in 1836, and\\nlocated in Parkman Township, Geauga County.\\nThe township was named in honor of the mater-\\nnal uncle of our subject, who was the first settler\\nthere. To that same family belonged the Park-\\nman who was killed by Dr. Webster in Boston.\\nThe family trace its history back twelve years\\nbefore the time of Queen Mary, of England.\\nThe parents of our subject were residents of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0750.jp2"}, "751": {"fulltext": "PORTILUT AND BluriKAVlUCAL RECORD.\\n759\\nOhio for eight yeni-s, and there the father died in\\n1815, tlie mother liaving preceded liim to the\\nworld beyond iu 1840. They reared a family of\\neleven children, only three of wliom are now liv-\\ning, .lames II. is a resident of I arkman, Ohio,\\nand Alex P. lives near Madison, Wis. Our sub-\\nject, wlio was the Noungest of the family, was born\\nKel ruary 10,1811), in Oneida County, N. Y. and\\nwas seventeen years of age when liis parents moved\\nto Ohio. lie received a good cilucalion in his na-\\ntive county and soon after locating in the lUickeje\\niState started out to earn his own living, choosing\\nthe occupation of a farmer.\\nDecember 18, 1810, our subject was married to\\nHiss Anna Eliza, daughter of Joel and Lydia\\n(Tower) Huttou. The father was born August 22,\\n1773, and the mother April 12, 1780. Their mar-\\nri.agc was celebrated March 9, 1796, and their emi-\\ngration to Ohio occurred in 1819, when they\\nsettled in llirain. Portage County. They were\\namong the pioneers of that county, where the\\nfather took up a farm which he im[)roved. Mr.\\nButton died in 1826 and llie motlior passed away\\nin September, 1858. They were the parents of a\\nlarge family of fourteen children, only three of\\nwhom are living.\\nMrs. Linsley was born IMaich 11, 1819, in Por-\\ntage County, Ohio, only ten days after tlie arrival\\nof the family in tiieir new- lionie. She is well\\nacquainted with the familj- of ^Irs. .lames A. Oar-\\nlield, and has held tliat lady on licr lap when a\\nlittle girl, .\\\\ftor his marriage, our subject located\\nupon a rented farm and later purcliascd a wild\\ntract of land in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, which he\\nimi)roved and resided u|)on for nine years. In\\n1853, he came to Miciiigan :\\\\n located upon his\\nl)resent farm of thirty .acres, which is under good\\ncidtivation. He gives his attention exclusively to\\ngeneral farming and is making a success of his\\ncalling.\\nMr. and Mr Linsley have had born to them\\nfive children, only two of whom are living:\\nEdgar .S., who w.as born in 1811, is a widower and\\nhius four children; .lolin W., who w.as lx)rn iu 1.h|;5,\\nserved through the Civil War in the Fourth Michi-\\ngan Cavalry. lie married Lydia Chamberlain and\\nresides in this township. For a fuller sketch of\\n.Tohn W., the reader is referred to his biogr.-vphy on\\nanother iwge in tills volume. The deceased chil-\\ndren of our subject were Ellen ,T.. Emma E. and\\n.James E. Mrs. Linsley is a member of the Christ-\\nian Church, and, in politics, her husband is a He-\\npublican. He has been .Justice of the Peace for\\neight years. His son Edgar has been County\\nSuperintendent of Schools for eight years, and is\\na refined and intelligent gentleman.\\nIn the f.all of 1880, Mr. Linsley met with ((uite\\na serious accident while outdriving with his niece.\\nThey were crossing the track of the Lake Shore\\nRailroad when the passenger train struck the\\nbuggy, threw them both out and killed their\\nteam ofhoi^ses.\\n_y\\nLONZO BUTTON is farming a tr.act of\\nland on section 11, Hopkins Township,\\nAllegan County. His parents were .Joel\\nand Lydia (Tower) Button, natives of\\nNew York, the father born in 1775 and the mother\\nin 1780. His paternal grandparents were apt.\\nand Airs. Mathias liutton, the grandfather having\\nreceived his title of Ca[)tain in the Revolutionary\\nWar.\\n.loel Button was a farmer in New York State\\nand at one time lived on Tliurman s Patent. His\\nson, Mathias, .Ir.. w.as the first white child born in\\nthat locality. The parents removed to Chenango\\nCounty, where they made their home until 1817,\\nat which date they went to Ohio and located in\\nHiram Townslii|), Portage County. There .Joel\\nButton cleared his farm and improved it, setting\\nout two large orchar ls. He died in .Tune, 1825,\\nand his wife, who survived liiin until Se|)tember,\\n1858, was again married, this time to .Ichial Maltbie,\\nof New York. Our subject had thirteen brf)thei s\\nand sisters, three of whom are living: Mrs. Eunice\\nDolph, of Danbury, Neb.; Mis. .1. P. Linsley resid-\\ning in Hopkins Township, and our subject. The\\nelder Mr. Button was a member of the Congreg.a-\\ntional Church, and, in politics, was a Whig. Alonzo\\nButton was born .Viigiist 22, 1825, at Hiram,\\nPortage County, Ohio, He had limited ad vantiiges", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0751.jp2"}, "752": {"fulltext": "760\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfor an education and at the age of eighteen started\\nout to make his own way iu the world. He went\\nto Cuyahoga County, and worl ed on a farm for $8\\nper month and a year later bought a tract of raw\\nland at 17 per acre. He worked very hard and\\nsoon had placed his acreage under good cultiva-\\ntion.\\nFebruary 26, 18.52, our subject and Sally Ann\\nProsser were married. JMrs. Button was the daugh-\\nter of Capt. Willet and Harriet M. (Whitford)\\nProsser, natives of New York, where the father\\nwas born in April, 1797, and the mother January\\n5, 1804. They were married at Ravenna, Portage\\nCounty, Ohio, March 13, 1827, whither Mr. Prosser\\nhad gone iu 1820. In 1832, he located upon a farm\\non the Kent Road in Portage County, and re-\\nmained there until his death, December 7, 1881.\\nHis wife died January 20, 1854. They were the\\nparents of six children, four of whom are now liv-\\ning: Mrs. Iluldah A. Bradley, Sirs. Eliza B. New-\\nton, Mrs. Lydia M. Shurtleff, and Mrs. Alonzo\\nButton. Mr. Prosser cast his first Presidential vote\\nfor James Monroe and his last for Gen. Hancock.\\nMrs. Button was born June .5, 1832, at Ravenna,\\nOhio, and received a good education iu the com-\\nmon schools. After her marriage with our subject,\\nthey located upon a farm in Cuyahoga County,\\nOhio, until 18.14, when they sold out their prop-\\nerty and, coming to Michigan, located in Hopkins\\nTownship, Allegan County. A small log house\\nhad been erected on their land which comprised\\none hundred and sixty acres. Mr. and Mrs. Button\\nhave lived upon their present farm for thirty-\\neight years and have sixty acres out of the seventy\\nwhich they own under cultivation. Their comforta-\\nble residence was erected in 1872.\\nOur subject and his wife have four children:\\nCharles W., who married Nettie E. Bigelow, has\\nthree children and resides in Hopkins Township;\\nEmily E., Mrs. Alfred Emmons, lives in Dorr\\nTownship; Arthur P. remains at home, as does also\\nHelen A. They have all been given good educa-\\ntions, three of them having been school teachers.\\nMrs. Emmons taught thirty-two terms, while Helen\\nhas taught twenty terms.\\nl\\\\Ir. Button takes an active i)art in all township\\naffairs and has served on the School Board of his\\ndistrict. He is a member of the Grange, Patrons\\nof Industry and the Union League. He has also\\nbeen Overseer of Highways. In politics, he is a\\nRepublican and a strong temperance man. His first\\nvote was cast for Gen Taylor.\\nlECHER VANDERKOLK. This i.ruuii-\\nnent member of the agricultural commun-\\nity is the possessor of a beautiful tract of\\nland lying on section 5, Overiscl Townshii), Alle-\\ngan County, where he is successfully prosecuting\\nhis calling, thus adding to the welfare of the com-\\nmunity. Holland was the place of his nativity-\\nand his birth occurred December 6, 1819.\\nThe parents of our subject were Levi and Emma\\n(Eyerburtun) Vauderkolk, also natives of Holland,\\nwhere they were born, lived and died. His mother\\nwas an excellent lady and trained her large family\\nof live sons and four daughters to lives of useful-\\nness and uprightness. The parents were farmers\\nin their native land. The father died in 1858 and\\nthe mother in 1848.\\nOur subject received a good schooling in his na-\\ntive tongue and was also trained in the work upon\\nthe farm, thus paving the way for his later success\\nas an agriculturist. He remained in Holland until\\n1848, when he decided to try his fortune in the\\nNew World, and on coming to this country made\\nMichigan his home. He worked in a sawmill in\\nGrand Haven, and in 1856 came to Overisel Town-\\nship, Allegan County, where he located upon a\\ntract of one hundred and twenty acres. The land\\nwas in its primitive condition when it came into\\nhis possession, but, with his characteristic energy\\nand perseverance, he set to work to clear and im-\\nprove it and at different times added thereto, until\\nat the |)resent writing he is the proud possessor of\\nalmost three hundred acres of land, his tract in-\\ncluding two hundred and ninety-four acres. The\\nmost of that vast extent is under excellent culti-\\nvation and yields the proprietor a handsome in-\\ncome.\\nMr. Vanderkolk of this sketch was married in\\nMay, 1856, the lady of his clioice jjeing Miss Jen-\\nnie Plasman. She died in Gnmd Haven, and our", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0752.jp2"}, "753": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPtUCAL RECORD.\\n761\\nsubject was again married. Miss llenrieUa Kollcn\\nbecoiuiiifi: liis wile. She was a native of Ilollaiid\\nand has borne her husband tlie following chil-\\ndren: Ileiuy and .lolin II., twins; Eijbert, Sena,\\nLena; Edward D., deceased; Einnia I)., William\\nand George II.\\nThe gentleman of whom we give this short bio-\\ngraphical sketch has made his own way in the\\nworUl and feels a just pride wlien viewing his\\nbroad acres, knowing that they are the result of his\\nown industry and economy. He is one of the lead-\\ning agriculturists in the township, and we aregrat-\\nilied to be able to pl.ace in the hands of our read-\\ners a sketch of so worthy a gentleman, lie is\\nwidely known throughout the county .and is most\\nhighly esteemed personally. In ixilitics, he is an\\nactive and stanch Republican. Our subject, wife\\nand family, all belong to the Reformed Church, Mr.\\nanderkolk having been Deacon for fifteen 3 cars,\\nand contributes liberall}- to its support. Morn-\\ning, noon and night, like the patriarchs of old, he\\ngathers his houseliold about him and .acknowledges\\nhis allegiance to that allwise Trovidcucc that has\\never been his guide and [)rotector. Although in\\nthe evening of life, his mind is clear as ever, and\\nlie retrains the management of his large farm. He\\nand his family are highly respected by all who\\nknow them. We arc glad to present our readers\\nwith this life experience, trusting that the young\\nan l rising generation may draw from this sketch\\nsuch inspiration as will enable them to be as suc-\\ncessful in life as he of whom we write.\\nON.Vril.VN ERKED, a resident of Waylaiid\\nTownship, Allegan Count.y, W!us born in\\nlieaver County, Pa., November 27, 1827, .and\\n\\\\i^ is a son of Abe and Susannah (Showator)\\nl-rccd, who were natives of Pennsylvania, and of\\n(Jerinan descent. His father was by occupation a\\nfarmer, and had also learned the trade of a car-\\npenter.\\nMr. Freed w.as given a common-school education\\nin his native .Stiite, where he was reared to man-\\nhood, at the .age of twenty-live years removing to\\nMichigan and locating in Allegan County, lie w.is\\nmarried to Miss Anna Norton, of Trumbull County,\\nOhio. l?_v this union six children were born, of\\nwhom three are deceased: Mary, Lizzie, and George\\n1 the latter dying at the age of eight ycai-s.\\nThose living are Nanc3 who is married and h.as\\none child; Linnie, Addie, and Myrtle. Mrs. Freed\\nde|)arted this life five years ago.\\nUpon coming to Michigan, Mr. Freed took up\\neighty .acres of land on which he h.as made all the\\nimprovements and has done much hard work, being\\na most industrious, energetic farmer. In politics,\\nhe is a Democrat, but never found time to become\\nan ollice-secker. He is a member of the Methodist\\nChurch, and formerly belonged to the Patrons of\\nIndustry. He carries on mi.xed farming and stock-\\nraising, and has been successful in his undertak-\\nings.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 5 5 |^^-5 5-t-\\n\\\\fi OHN W. SPRAU IS one of the enterprising\\nresidents of Burnip s Corners, Salem Town-\\nship, Allegan Ct)unty, where he carries on a\\nthriving and profitable business in retailing\\ngroceries, boots and shoes. His parents, Henry and\\n\\\\Iargarct E. (HolTiiian) Sprau, were natives of\\nGerman} They emigrated to the United States\\nmany years ago and located in Seneca. Ohio, where\\nour subject was born .Tune 30, 1811.\\nThe father of our subject was a tiller of the soil,\\nand .luhn W. remained at home .assisting in its cul-\\ntivation until reaching his seventeenth year. When\\nstarting out to do for himself at that early age, he\\nlearned the trade of a earriagemaker, in which he\\nwas (piite successful. He was twice married. Miss\\nAlviua Rowe being his first wife, to whom he was\\nunited in I8fi:5. Their union was bles.sed by the birth\\nof three children: Laura M., Ida A., and one who\\ndied in infancy. Mrs. Alvina Sprau died in 1874,\\nand our subject w.as married to Susan, daughter of\\n.lames Huriii)), in 187(). Mi-s. Sprau s father w.as a\\npioneer of .Salem Township.\\nThe latter marriage of our subject resulted in\\nthe birth of two children, Floy A. and Ilallie .J.\\nHe came to Allegan County in 1865, and worked\\nat his trade until 1871, when he engaged in the\\nfurniture business for about two years in liiirnip s\\nCorner.-*. At the end of that time, he purchiused an\\ninterest in the general store of Burnip s Corners,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0753.jp2"}, "754": {"fulltext": "762\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwith F. Goodman, and they remained together\\nuntil October, 18111. At that date, Mr. Spraii\\nsold out his interest in the store and oi)ened up in\\nthe grocery business, carrying also a full line of\\nl)ools and shoes. He is very gentlemanly and\\ncourteous in his treatment of customers and by his\\nfair dealing has built up an excellent trade.\\nIn i)olitics, i\\\\Ir. Sprau is a Republican. He is\\nconnected with Salem Lodge, No. 169, I. O. O. F.,\\nin which order he has been Past Noble Grand, and\\nalso Past Chief Patriarch in the Encampment.\\nARVEY A. SEARS, Postmaster of Hamil-\\nton and Supervisor of Heath Township, is\\nwell known in Allegan County, and is\\ngreatly resi)ected for those qualities of head\\nand heart which have won him the esteem and\\nconfidence of all with whom he associates. He is\\npopular in his official capacity, and is discharging\\nthe duties of his respective positions with charac-\\nteristic fidelity, and greatly to the satisfaction of\\nall concerned.\\nA native of the Empire State, Mr. Sears was\\nborn in Port Byron, Cayuga County, April 26,\\n1846. He is a son of Luke Sears, who w.as a na-\\ntive of Nova Scotia, and was born on the 17th June,\\n1815. The father was fourteen years of age when\\nhe came to New York, and engaged to work in a\\ntlouring mill for a number of years. He was mar-\\nried to the mother of our subject in October, 1839.\\nThat lady was a native of New York State and\\nbore the maiden name of Mary Tefft. She bore\\nher husband two sons and two daughters, namely:\\nCharles F., INIary .1., Harvey. A. and Sarah A.\\nLuke Sears made Michigan his home in 1851,\\nfirst locating on a farm in Kent County, which\\nhe still owns; he has always followed the oc-\\ncupation of a farmer and has been fairly successful\\nin his chosen calling. The mother of our subject\\npassed from this life at Cortland, Mich, August\\nA2, 1891. The fatlior makes his home with his\\nchildren.\\nOur subject was a lad of five years when he was\\nbrought to the Wolverine State by his jxarents, and\\nremained under the parental roof until reaching\\nhis majority, in the meantime finishing his educa-\\ntion in the Otsego High School. When starting\\nout for liimself, lie of whom write did not take\\nkindly to farming pursuits, but decided to become\\na carpenter, which trade he has followed more or\\nless since learning it. After being graduated in\\nOtsego, however, he followed school teaching for\\nal)out ten j ears.\\nMr. Sears, May 5, 1869, was united in marriage\\nto ]\\\\fiss Jeanette AVill^-ard, the marriage cere-\\nmony being performed in Fillmore. IMis. Sears is\\na daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Smith) Willyard,\\nthe father a native of Ohio and the mother of\\nNew York. Mr. Willyard comes of good old Ger-\\nman stock and followed the combined occupations\\nof jobber, lumberman and farmer. He made IMichi-\\ngan his home in 1861, and resided in Allegan\\nCounty until his decease, which occurred in ]March,\\n1875. Mrs. Willyard is still living and makes her\\nhome in Hamilton.\\nFive children have been granted to our subject\\nand his wife, viz: Hallie K.; Carrol C, who is de-\\nceased; Don M., Verner G. and Hattie .J. Mr.\\nSears spent one year in Rockford, Kent County,\\nbuying and selling grain, but in 1873 came to\\nHamilton, which he has since made his home. He\\nhas been engaged as a teacher but at odd times\\nfollows his trade as a carpenter. He is the pos-\\nsessor of eighty acres of excellent land in Heath\\nTownship, lying on section 7.\\nSince Mr. Sears has resided here, he has been\\nprominently identified with public and political\\nlife and is a sound and consistent Republican. He\\nis a man of much energy, tact and business ca-\\npacity-, and his fellow-townsmen have not failed to\\nrecognize his superior merits and qualifications,\\nand have called him to responsible positions. He\\nhas filled the office of School Inspector for a num-\\nber of years, and was elected Township Clerk in\\n1880, serving for several years; indeed, he has been\\nthe incunilient of that position continuously since\\nthat time, with the exception of two years. He has\\nalso lieen Justice of the Peace, which office he now\\nholds. He served his country bravely and well\\nduring the Civil War, enlisting in Company H,\\nTwenty-first iMicliigan Infantry, in 1864, and re-\\nmaining until the close of hostilities. In addition\\nto the numerous offices mentioned above, our sub-\\nject has been School Director and was ai)i)ointed\\nto his present position as Postmaster during Har-\\nrison s administration. He is considered one of\\nthe most suljstantial, as well as one of the most\\nrespected, residents of the county,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0754.jp2"}, "755": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0755.jp2"}, "756": {"fulltext": "R,w. Talbot", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0756.jp2"}, "757": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n765\\nTT^j lAL W. TALHOT. Allegan is llie home of\\n|ii*f inaiiy eiitorprisiiii; men who arc ardiitocls\\n^*mV and l)uil h r.s, prominent among whom for\\n^p several years was our su!)jcft, the late Mr.\\nTalhot, whose portrait aecompanies this sketcli.\\nHe was a native of Ononda.ifa County, N. Y., w liero\\nliis l)irth occurred in 1831. His i)arents were Dr.\\nAlvin and Paulina (Hill) Talbot, the father a na-\\ntive of Pom] ey Hill, and the mother of Guilford.\\nConn.\\nThe senior Mr. Talbot was a physician and sur-\\ngeon, which profession be followed through life.\\nHe was a graduate of Philadelphia Medical Col-\\nlege, and held many positions of trust in his com-\\nmunity, being one of the successful and prominent\\n|)hysicians of the E.ast. His parents, Samuel and\\nRebecca (Page) Talbot, were natives, respectively,\\nof Massachusetts and Maine. Samuel Talbot was a\\nfarmer, and came to Ponipey, N. Y., where he prose-\\ncuted his calling until his death; he was a man of\\nwealth, and a member of the Baptist Church.\\nHis wife, the grandmother of our subject, was a\\nmember of the Christian Church. The father of\\nSamuel Talbot w:is Peter Talbot, a native of Bos-\\nton, Mass., and Peter s father came from England.\\nThe parents of our subject had a family of\\ntwelve children, man^ of whom passed away from\\nthe busy scenes of earth. Rial W. was given a\\ngood education in the acadenn- at Pompey Hill,\\nN. Y., after which he studied architecture in the\\nabove-named cit3 and Syracuse. After learning\\nthe carpenter s trade, he commenced taking con-\\ntracts for building, carrying on a good business in\\nRochester, N. Y.\\nOur subject came West in 1882, and engaged in\\nfarming near the village of Allegan. He also\\nowned property in other portions of the county.\\nIn 1886, he commenced to work at his trade of\\narchitect and builder, in partnership with Alplionso\\nF. Howe, whose sketch will be found on another\\npage in this volume. They took most of the heavy\\ncontract work in this vicinity, and, at the time of\\nthe death of Mr. Talbot, were engaged in building\\nthe High School, which is the finest school build-\\ning in the county.\\nIn 186G, Mr. Talbot was united in marriage with\\nMiss Minnie, daughter of Dr. .\\\\dams. n native of\\n35\\nKabius Township, Onondaga County, N. Y. They\\nbecame the parents of four children: Maude, Ma-\\nmie, F.annie and Rcxford. June 3, 1882, Mrs. Min-\\nnie I albot jiassed frfim earth. Some years after-\\nward, Mr. Talbot was again married, August 15,\\n1888, his wife being Miss Sarah Harrison, of Alle-\\ngan. In his political alliliatioiis, Mr. Talbot was\\na Hepublican, believing the principles of that party\\nbest adapted to tlie public progress.\\nMarch 2, 18!I2, Mr. Talbot li.ad just returned\\nfrom Iowa, whitiier he had gone to bury his sister\\nDelia. On the evening of that day, while talking\\nwith his wife about the journey, he was suddenly\\nstricken with apoplexy, and passed awa3 about ten\\nminutes afterward, having been unconscious from\\nthe moment of the attack. The whole community\\nwas shocked to learn of his sudden decease, and\\nmany expressions of sympathy were uttered in be-\\nhalf of his family, on wlK)m the teriible Ijereave-\\nment had so suddenly fallen. He li.ad a large cir-\\ncle of acquaintances, and no citizen of Allegan was\\nmore beloved than he. His family mourn not as\\nthose without hope, but are looking forward to a\\nhappy reunion beyond.\\nA\\\\ II) 1. l- KirZ is a gentleman of i romi-\\nnence and wealth, residing on a beauiful\\nfarm on section 20, Wakeshrna Townsiiiii.\\nto whose energy, forethought, business\\nacumen, and marked ability as a farmer, thfs por-\\ntion of Kalama/oo County is greatly indel te l fvv\\nthe substantial aid he has afforded in developing\\nits rich agricultural resources, and promoting its\\nwelfare generally.\\nMr. Fritz is of the sturdy pioneer stock that peo-\\npled the neighboring State of Ohio, and is himself\\na native of that Commonwealth, born in^Colum-\\nbiana County, September 5, 1835. His father was\\nthe late Daniel Fritz, who was born in York County,\\nPa., March 9, 1806, and was of German desceiil.\\nHe W.1S reared there on a farm. In his youth he\\nbegan to learn the trade of a hatter, but he never\\ncompleted his apprenticeship, as he liked farming\\nbetter. He w.is married to Esther Xailor. who was", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0757.jp2"}, "758": {"fulltext": "766\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nalso a native of York Countj, born in June, 1810,\\nand reared tliere on a farm. Tliey spent tlie earlj-\\nyears of their married life amid the familiar scenes\\nof their birth, and then migrated to the more newly\\nsettled State of Ohio, journe3ing over the inter-\\nvening mountains with a team, and being among\\nthe first to settle in Columbiana County. They re-\\nsided there six or seven j ears, and partiall) im-\\nproved a farm. Their next move was into Trum-\\nbull County in 183G, and there Mr. Fritz developed\\na farm of one hundred and fortj -four acres. Eleven\\nyears later, he made still another move with his wife\\nand children, and became a resident of Medina\\nCounty, locating on a new farm of one hundred\\nand thirty-four acres, which he improved finely,\\nlie became very prosjjcrous, and though he began\\nlife in poverty, he accumulated a handsome prop-\\nerty, consisting principally- of several farms in Me-\\ndina County. In 1860, he came here and lived re-\\ntired until his death at P\\\\ilton, February 1, 1886,\\nat a ripe old age, and all that is mortal of him was\\ndeposited in Center Cenieter\\\\- by tiie side of his\\nwife, who had died in 1877.\\nOur subject was a member of the Reformed\\nChurch, and took a great interest in it. He and\\nhis wife were the parents of fourteen children, of\\nwhom they reared these ten to maturity: Rebecca\\n(Mrs. Crotser), Samuel, David I., Frederick, John,\\nAngeline (Mrs. Mathes), Alinira (Mrs. Lance), Cath-\\nerine (Mrs. Mathes), Sarah (Mrs. Carr), Priscilla\\n(Mrs. Lance). The maternal grandfather of our\\nsubject was a farmer, born and reared in York\\nCountj Pa. His father was a full-blooded English-\\nman, native of England, who came to this country\\nsome time during the last century, and settled in\\nPennsylvania.\\nOur subject was drilled in the rudiments of learn-\\ning in the t3 pical pioneer log schoolhouse. At the\\nage of eighteen, he began to acquire a knowledge\\nof the trade of a carpenter, but after he had worked\\nat it a year, he was obliged to abandon it on ac-\\ncount of ill-health. At the age of twenty years,\\nhe commenced life for himself, and soon took a\\nwife. He worked out by the month the first year,\\nand then rented the home farm four years. At the\\nend of that time, he bought seventy-one acres of\\nlaud in Medina County, Westfield Township. In\\nthe spring of 1865, he sold that place in order to\\nsettle in Kalamazoo County. He drove through\\nfrom Ohio, arriving here April 14, while his fam-\\nily came by rail. He bought his present farm in\\nWakeshraa Township, a log house and a log barn\\nconstituting the chief improvements when it came\\ninto his possession. Indeed this part of the countj\\nwas very little developed, and was mostly covered\\nwith the primeval forests, in which there were\\nplenty of deer and wild tin-key, and the present\\nthriving town of Fulton could boast then of but\\none house, which was constructed of logs.\\nIn the busy and eventful years that ollowed his\\nsettlement here, Mr. Fritz cleared and reclaimed\\nnearly the whole of his land, which comprised one\\nhundred and eighty-six acres, of which he recently\\ngave his son forty acres. He has his farm fitted\\nup with all the modern improvements and con-\\nveniences for carrying on agriculture, and he has\\na fine set of buildings, including a commodious\\nframe residence of a tasteful style of architecture,\\nbuiltiu 1870, and a large frame barn. The latter was\\nerected in 1866, rebuilt and made a basement barn\\nin 1881. Mr. Fritz has devoted himself to mixed\\nfarming, and has raised a good deal of stock, espe-\\nciallj many sheep. He has met with more than\\nordinary success, accumulating a handsome prop-\\nerty, and is one of the solid moneyed men of Kala-\\nmazoo County. Throughout his career, he lias dis-\\nplayed due caution and care in managing his\\naffairs, and at the same time has been bold and re-\\nsolute in financial matters, his good sense, accurate\\njudgment and cool calculation rarely leading him\\nastray in any of his transactions.\\nOur subject is well endowed mentally, is liberal\\nminded, is of a frank, generous, open nature, and\\nholds a warm place in the hearts of the entire com-\\nmunit} his fellow-citizens valuing his friendship,\\nand always finding in him a wise and safe coun-\\nselor. They not only have confidence in his in-\\ntegrity, but in his native ability, and they have\\noften called him to important ottices, which he has\\nfilled to the satisfaction of all, regardless of party.\\nThree times he has been a member of the Kalama-\\nzoo County Board of Supervisors, representing\\nWakcshma Township in the years 1877, 1880 and\\n1881. Twice he has been Township Treasurer, hold-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0758.jp2"}, "759": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n767\\niiigtli.it re.si)onsil lo position several years, tlie first\\ntime from 186H to 1M77, and the next time in the\\nyears IMH7 and IHH8. For the past two years, he has\\nbeen a member of the Board of E(iualization,and for\\nnine years he has been loeal School Director. His\\nsocial relations are with the Masonic order at Ful-\\nton, with which he has been connected since 18(58.\\nHe w.as a member of the Farmers Alliance, and\\nwas M.aster of the Orange here until it ceased to\\nexist.\\nMr. Fritz was reared under the tenets of the\\nDemocratic party, but ever since he li.as had the\\nprivilege t exercising the right of suflfr.age, he has\\nstood faithfully by the Republican party. He h.is\\na war record as a member of the Ohio National\\nGuards. He was invistered into the ranks Maj 14,\\n1864, w.as despatched with his regiment to Wash-\\nington, and he and his comrades relieved older\\ntroops by doing guard duty at Arlington Heights.\\nHe was honorably discharged September 7, 1864,\\nhaving been of good service and shown excellent\\nsoldiership. Mr. Fritz and his wife identified\\nthemselves with tiic religious interests of the com-\\nmunity immediately after llie3 came here, connect-\\ning themselves with the Methodist Church, and\\nthey arc to-day among its most influential mem-\\nbers. He is Steward of this district now, and has\\nbeen Class-leader and Treasurer. He has given\\ngenerously of his means in the upbuilding of the\\nchurch, and in extending its usefulness.\\nMr. Fritz w.as married August 5, 1856, to Miss\\nMary Stine. She was born in Richland County,\\nOhio, November 17, 1838, a daughter of Samuel\\nand Catherine (Seaman) .Stine. Her parents were\\nnatives of Berks County. I a., the father born April\\n19, 1811, and the mother .lune 6, 181-2. He was\\na farmer by oocui)alion. and went to Ohio in 1836,\\ngoing with a team over the mountains, to develop\\na farm in the primeval woods of that SUite. He\\nimproved a good-sized tract of land, but afterward\\nsold it, and. removing to Medina County, came\\ninto possession of a farm in that State. Later, Mr.\\nStine took np his residence in Sandusky County,\\nwhence he came to Michigan in 1867. He settled\\nin W akeshma Township on a farm of eight} acres\\nthat he bought, and here he died March 23, 1890.\\nHis wife is still living in Kent Countv. this State.\\nShe has been a member of the Ev.angelieal Church\\nthe greater part of her life, as was also her hus-\\nband. In politics, he was a Republican.\\nMr. and .Mrs. Fritz have had eight children, of\\nwhom six grew to maturity, namely: Kllen, wife\\nof John Goldsmith, a farmer in Brady Township;\\nCatherine, who died at the age of twenty-eight\\nyears; Charlotte, wife of I sual Everett, a farmer\\nof Wakeshma Township; Franklin, a farmer in the\\nsame townshit), who married Miss .lennie Crum;\\nSherman, a farmer in Wakeshma Township, who\\nniiuried Miss Annie (Joldsmilh; Eli, who is m.an-\\naging the home farm, was married, December 27,\\n1891, to Maud Woodruff, of Eeonidas Township.\\nSt. .losepli County.\\n4^\\nGEORGE II. REMINGTON, the popular\\nPostmaster of liangor, is one of the most\\n^^5) active and prominent business men of that\\nplace, where he bears the leputation of a go-ahead,\\nenterprising man, and also has an enviable record\\n.as a brave soldier during the late war. Mr. Rem-\\nington is a native of Dutchess County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he was born in 1848, but w.as reared to man-\\nhood in Wayne County, the same Slate. From\\nthis county he enlisted in 1862, in Company B,\\nOne Hundred and Eleventh New York Infantry,\\nserving throughout the entire war and enduring\\nthe hardships and suffering of many a hard-fought\\nbattle. His command w.as in the Army of the\\nPotomac under Col. McDougall, and fought at\\nHarper s Ferry, where they were taken prisonei-s,\\nthrough the mismanagement of Gen. Miles. They\\nwere afterward paroled and sent to Camp Doug-\\nlas, at Chicago, where they remained ten months,\\nand where they were exchanged in time to take art\\nin the battle of the Wilderness. Succeeding this, our\\nsubject was in all the engagements in which his\\nregiment participated.\\nMr. IJeiniiiglou wjts married, in 1861, to .Miss\\nMarian Bixby, and resided in New York until\\n1 873, at which time he came to liangor. and was\\niniployed by the Bangor Furnace Company, tak-\\ning charge of the buj-ing of wood, etc., for the\\nconcern, and remainiiiir with them for fifteen sue-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0759.jp2"}, "760": {"fulltext": "768\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\neessive years. He then went into business for him-\\nself, but at the expiration of one year returned to\\nthe furnace company, working for them one 3 ear\\nlonger. He then ilevotcrl his attention again to\\nhis store until the election of President Harrison,\\nwhen he was appointed Postmaster of Bangor, and\\nhas since held that jiosition. He and his wife are\\nthe itarentsof two children, Bert and Minnie. The\\nson is a book-keeper in Chicago. Mr. Remington s\\nparents, William M. and Ann .Jeanette (Hood) Rem-\\nington, were natives of New York, the Remington\\nfamily being of English descent. In politics, Mr.\\nRemington is a Republican, and takes an active\\npart in political affairs and in ever^-thing in which\\ntiie welfare of his town and county- is concerned.\\nSocially, he is a meinlier of the Masonic fraternit}\\na member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Ban-\\ngor; Council Lawrence; Peninsular Conimandery,\\nNo. 8, of Kalamazoo, and the Shrine, of Grand\\nRapids.\\nOHN W. FREE, Cashier of the Savings Bank\\nof Paw Paw, is numbered among the most\\nprominent men of Southwestern Michigan,\\nand his life furnishes an instance of the\\nfact that industry and enterprise, combined with\\nthe exercise of sound business judgment, find in\\nthis section of country a fitting arena for their de-\\nvelopment, and bring compensation in prospent}-,\\nif not wealth. Although a native of this State, he\\nis of P^nglish parentage, his father, .John, having\\nbeen born in England, April 19, 1815. His mother,\\nAnn (AVhaley) Free, was born August 16, 1825, in\\nNew York.\\nAVhen he was about twenty-one, .John Free, Sr.,\\nemigrated from his native land to America, and\\nsome j^ears later was married to ]Miss Ann ^Vlialey,\\nthe wedding ceremony being solemnized in Kala-\\nmazoo. For further reference to this worthy\\ncouple, who are passing their declining years in\\nPaw Paw, the reader is referred to the biogi-aphieal\\nsketch of .John Free, which appears elsewhere in\\nthis volume.\\n.lohu W. Free was born in Kalamazoo, December\\n16, 1843, and when three years old was brought\\nby his parents to Paw Paw, where he grew to a\\nvigorous manhood. He attended school until he\\nwas fourteen, when he commenced to clerk in a\\ngeneral store for .J. R. Foote, with whom he re-\\nmained for two j ears. Later he clerked aliout\\ntwelve years for the firm of A. Sherman Co.,\\nand during that period established a home of\\nhis own. He was married, October 18, 1864, to\\nMiss Arlette S., daughter of Abram M. and Sarah\\n(Gilman) Lane, of Antwerji Township, Van Buren\\nCounty.\\nMr. and Mrs. Free are the parents of one child,\\nA. Lynn, who was born in Paw Paw, April 9,\\n1868, and was graduated in the High School when\\neighteen years old. He then entered the Agricult-\\nural College at Lansing, where he continued for a\\ntime, and then entered the Michigan University\\nin the literary- course, and later entered the law\\ndepartment, graduating in .Tunc, 1891. Afterward\\nhe took a post-graduate course of one year and the\\ndegree of A. M. was conferred upon him. He is a\\nyoung man of rare promise, to whose future his\\nparents ,ind friends look with the expectation of\\nliigh honors and influential positions.\\nIn 1872, Mr. Free commenced business for liim-\\nself as a hardware merchant, which he carried on\\nfirst in partnership with E. Martin. He bought\\nout his partner s interest in 1883 and continued\\nalone for two years, when he sold the business and\\nbought the i^laning and sawmill in which he still\\nowns a one-h.alf interest. His first connection\\nwith the savings bank was in Ma_v, 1886, when the\\nbank was organized. He then accepted the posi-\\ntion of Cashier and he still retains that responsible\\nposition, besides being a stockholder in that institu-\\ntion.\\nIn liis political affiliations, Mr. Free was origin-\\nally a Democrat, but is now identified with the\\nProhibition party. He has served as Supervisor\\nof the township for about three yeare, also as Re-\\ncorder, President of the vill.age and member of the\\nBoard of Trustees of the village. He has been a\\ncandidate for Representative on the Prohibition\\nticket a number of times, and has always made a\\nstrong canvass, although with no expectation of\\n))eing elected. In 1876, he became a member of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0760.jp2"}, "761": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AKD BIOGR^iPHICAL RECORD.\\n769\\nthe Prcsbyt.eriiin Cluii-di, of wliii-Ii lio is ixiw Kldur.\\nlie lius been closely idonliliod willi Siinibiy-scliool\\nwork, having been Superlnteiidfiil siiieo 1M77, ;iiid\\nI li sidenlof the oiinly Suiiday-sehooi Association\\nsince IH.si. His estimable wife also finds a leli-\\n{^ious home in the I li sbylerian Clinrch, of which\\nshe is a faithfid member and active worker.\\nJ-\\nr-RANC lS GAY is a prominent farmer and\\nstock-raiser, and resides in Richland Vil-\\nlage, Kalamazoo Connty. lie is a native\\nof Somersetshire, England, his birth occurring\\n.June 10, 1812. His parents, Isaac and Hester\\n(Currell) Gay, were also natives of I jigland, and\\nwhen our subject was six years of age emigrated\\nio America, locating in Onondaga County, N. Y.\\nThey were four weeks en route to the New World,\\nhaving embarked at Liverpool in a sailing vessel.\\nAfU r remaining about five years in the l- -mpire\\n.State, the elder .Mr. Gay came West to Kalania/.oo\\nCouiit\\\\-, and, locating in Richland rownship, there\\nS()enl his last days, his death occurring March\\nr, 1.S72. Mrs. Ga^ .survived her husband .several\\nyeai-s, pa.ssing away September 2, 1886.\\nOur subject had two brothers and a sister, .lames.\\nWilliam and Khoda (.Mrs. Selway). Francis aided\\nhis father in clearing the farm from the wilderness\\nand has done his fidl share of pioneer work. His\\neducation was received in the schools of that period,\\nand has later been supplemented by a thorough\\nco\\\\irs(r of reading. He is to-day thoroughlj in-\\nformed u[)on all the current events, and is an in-\\nteresting convei salionalist.\\nDecember 2;?, 1877, was the date our sulijeet was\\nmarried to Miss Fiances M. Young, who was born\\nin aii iiuren County, this State, May 18, 1858.\\nMrs. (iay was the daughter of .lohn and Sarah\\n(Clark) Young, natives of England. The father\\nemigrated to the New World about 18.50, the\\nmother joining liim in this country sf)me years\\nlater. Mr. and Mi s. Young settled in the w^)ods in\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0an Huieii County and reared a large family of\\nt*n children, only one of whom is deceased. Emma\\nis the wife of .John l :iverty; Louisa is Mrs. Hoberl\\nGrcnough; SIr.s. Gay was the third in order of\\nbiith; Su.san married Mark .Shepherd; Cai-rie is the\\nwife of William Myers; Lillie is Mrs. Willi;im\\nIMaxon; George, Minnie and William.\\nJlr. and !Mrs. Gay have had boin to them live\\niliihlren. who are named respectively Isaac, Ettie,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Jessie M., Herbert L. and Wayne E. The estate of\\nour subject inchules one hundreil and llfty .icres,\\nwhich liear all the impi iivements in the way of\\nbuildings and machinery which are to be found\\niil)on lirst-class estates. He is self-made in the cor-\\nrect use of that term, as his possessions are the di-\\nrect result of his industry and good management.\\nIn polities, he is a I roliibitionist and is .active and\\nprogressive in all benelicial measures.\\nJl OIIN WILSON, farmer and stock-raiser on\\nsection 8, Paw I aw Township, served his\\nadopted country with true patiiolisin dur-\\ning the late war, making a very creditable\\nrecord as a valiant and cai)able soldier. He is of\\nEnglish birth and breeding, born in Cambridgeshire,\\nOctober 6, 1812. one of a family of ten children of\\nFrancis and Rebecca (Senkons) ilson. His father\\nwas a laboring man. Four of the family came to\\nthis country. William came when our subject did,\\nand is now a prosperous farmer in Huron Connty,\\nwhere ho has a |ileasant home with a wife and two\\nchildren; Francis, a successful farmer of Tuscola\\nCounty, is married and h.as four children; Eliza-\\nbeth married William Nichols, and lives in Huron\\nCounty. Four of the family are still living in\\nCamltridgeshire, p^ngland: Jami s and three sisters,\\nRebecca, Margaret and Martha. Rebecca is the\\nwife of George Kinightel.\\nOur subject was a hard-working lioy, whose\\nchances for an education were exceedingly limited,\\nas he had to l egin the battle of life early. Hi- thus\\nbecame sturdy and .self-reliant, and was a manl\\\\\\nactive lad, when he sought the United States for a\\nbroader field for his energies, hoi ing to be better\\npaid for his labors than in his native land. He lo-\\ncated in Wood County, Ohio, and was residing\\nthen- when he made up his mind to enter the army\\nto WiiUi for the (Jovernment, under who.se institu-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0761.jp2"}, "762": {"fulltext": "770\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntioiis he had come to make a home. He enlisted\\nin the Eigiity-sixth Ohio Infantry in 186.3, and\\nhad a full and bitter experience of a soldier s life,\\nhut showed through it all true valor and an un-\\ndaunted front in the face of tlie foe, and every ill\\nthat befell him. While taking part in the pursuit\\nof Morgan, the bold rebel raider, he was hit on the\\ncheek with a bullet from an enemy s rifle. When\\nhe was on jiicket duty near Cumberland Gap, he\\nwas taken prisoner in the night, but he managed to\\neffect his escape after being held six daj s. At one\\ntime he had au attack of typhoid fever, compli-\\ncated with asthma, and was sick ten weeks. After\\nthirteen months hard service, he was honorably\\ndischarged in 1861, and is now in receipt of a pen-\\nsion of $12 a mouth as a recognition of what he\\ndid and suffered on Southern battlefields.\\nMr. AVilson returned to Ohio after he retired\\nfrom the army, and in the spring of 1866 came to\\nMichigan. He located first in Van Buren County,\\nbut subsequently removed to Tuscola Countj\\nwhere he bougiit a quarter-section of land, upon\\nwhich he lived and labored for nine years with all\\nthe zeal of a pioneer. He had cleared off sixty acres,\\nhad erected suitable buildings, and was very com-\\nfortably situated, when the great forest fires that\\ndevastated that region nearl.y caused his ruin, and\\nduring a wliole week of peril and suffering, he\\nhad to fight the flames to save his property, aided\\nby his brave wife. His fences were burned, his\\nhouse caught fire three times, and his barn twice,\\nand it was only by the uttermost exertions that\\nthey were saved from destruction, while forty acres\\nof the timber on his place was burned. When the\\nfire broke out near them, Mrs. Wilson took the four\\nchildren, and, with the flames shooting above their\\nheads on both sides of the road, ran with them for\\nshelter to a neighbor s, and then returned to as-\\nsist her husband.\\nThree daj S after the fire, Mr. Wilson gladly dis-\\nposed of his property in Tuscola Count} and re\\nturned to Van Buren County. He bought eighty\\nacres of land, and lived upon it a few years, but\\nsoon after the death of his wife, in the spring of\\n1886, he sold that place and purchased his present\\nfarm in Paw Paw Township. This comprises eighty\\nacres of fine farming land, with an abundant sup-\\nply of pure well and spring water, a good barn and\\noutbuildings, and a beautiful location for a house.\\nMr. Wilson was married in this county, .January\\n12, 1871, to Miss Charlotte Moden, in whom he\\nhad a devoted wife. She died March 9, 1886,\\nleaving four children, of whom the following is\\nthe record: George E., v.-as born October 8, 1873;\\nAnna Rebecca, February 7, 1875; .Tames Frederic,\\nJune 2 J, 1877; and .John, .June li), 1879. Francis\\nEdwin, the eldest child, died when five months;\\nMary L. died when ten months old. The birthplace\\nof all was in Tuscola County. Our subject was\\nmarried to his present amiable wife, formerly Miss\\nEllen Hymes, March 9, 1888. She was born in Porter\\nTownship, August 31, 1863, and is descended from\\nsome of the original pioneer stock of Van Buren\\nCounty. .She is a daughter of Alonzo and Melissa\\n(Stillwell) Ilymes, natives, resjjectively, of New\\nYork and Porter Township, this county. Mr. Wil-\\nson is as stanch in his allegiance to the Republican\\nparty as in the d.ays when he helped to make its\\npolicy triumphant on the battlefields of the South.\\nHis worth as a solid, reliable citizen has also been\\nproven since those trying da^^s, by his work as a\\npractical farmer. He is a member of the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic, and does all that he can to\\nfurther the interests of the Post with which he is\\nconnected.\\nINIORY S. BRIGGS, member of the firm\\nY^ of Briggs Co., of Paw Paw, was born in\\nArlington Township, Van Buren County,\\nthis State, .January 30, 1864, and is the son of\\nEmory and Susan (Stanley) Briggs, natives of\\nNew York. His father, who was a prominent\\nfarmer, was also the owner of extensive milling\\nproperty and engaged in the real-estate business.\\nAbout 1866, he removed to Paw Paw, where he\\naccepted the [losition of Cashier of the First Nat-\\nion.al Bank and attained prominence among his\\nfellow-citizens as a man of the utmost probity and\\ngreat enterprise.\\nThe life of Emor}- O. liriggs affords another\\nillustration of the power of energy and integrity\\nto overcome poverty and adverse circumstances.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0762.jp2"}, "763": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1\\nWlieii lie and liis brother moved from New York\\nto Michigan, they were ahnost penniless, their\\nonly possession heing a horse which they owned\\nin partnership. By the exercise of shrewd judg-\\nment, he liecame well-to-do and at his (U atli,\\nFehruary II, \\\\HH. left a conii)ctency to his fani-\\nil} In political circles, he was well known !us\\nan adherent to the i)rincii)les of the Democratic\\nparty, which he served in various ollicial positions.\\nFor ninny years he was Supervisor, and wa.s also\\nTre:isurer and Register of Deeds for two terms.\\nOur subject was the youngest in a family of six\\nchildren. His sister Ilattie married Charles Ilog-^\\nmire and lives in Kdwardshurg, this State, where\\nhe is engaged as a manufacturer of fanning mills.\\n.Alattie was twice married and by her first union\\nbecame the mother of one son, K. Na.sh. She is\\nnow the wife of Charles Heatlcy, a traveling sales-\\nman of .lacksonville. 111. George A. was a grad-\\nuate of the I aw I aw High School and completed\\nthe course in the literary department of the TTni-\\nversity of Michigan in liS7(!. For one year lie\\nwas Superintendent of the I aw I aw High School,\\nafter which he visited Kurope an l look a literary\\nand scientilic course at Leipsic. After traveling\\nextensively over the Continent, he returned to\\nPaw Paw, and accepted the position of Superin-\\ntendent of the city schools. On account of ill\\nhealth, he resigned his position and entered the\\nmercantile business in Marcellus. He afterward\\nsold out and returned to Paw Paw. wluic lie died\\nDecember 13, 1881.\\nThe best advantages of the schools if Paw Paw\\nwere offered onrsubject, who completed the coui-se\\nof study here as far as the senior year, when he\\nentered the Agricultural College at Lansing. One\\nyear later, his school studies were ended by the\\ndeath of his brother, George A., after which hi;\\nreturned home and took charge of the iiiill. in\\nwhich he owns one half interest. He was married\\nJlay 2, 1888, to Miss Maliel, daughter of F.manuel\\nand Lurilla (Field) Neff.\\nMrs. Ihiggs was born in Buffalo, N. Y., April 17,\\n18(55. and at the time of hermarri.age w.as residing\\nin Paw Paw. One child has been granted to Mr.\\nIJrigg* and his estimable wife Carrie, who wsus\\nborn .liily- il, 188 In his political atlilialions. he\\nr^\\nis a strong Democrat and is now a member of the\\nHo:ird of Trustees of Paw P.-iw. A m:in of force\\nof cliar.acter and strength of mind, he is inllucntial\\nin the business circles of this section of country,\\nand his opinion h.as consi lerable weight in the\\ncommunity.\\n^f OIIN KINF;. This prominent member of the\\nfarming community is at present residing\\non his excellent farm located on sec-\\n2// tion 21, Schoolcraft Township, Kalamazoo\\nCtiunty. He was Itorn in what w.os then Un-\\nion County, Pa., but which was afterward di-\\nvided and is now Snyder County, October .31,\\n1830. He spent the first twenty years of his life\\nin his native county and then came West to Ohio,\\nspending the succeeding five years in Sandusky\\nand Seneca Counties, where he was employed at\\nhis trade of a carpenter.\\nOn leaving the Ikickeye Stale, .lolin Hine went\\nto Elkhart County, Ind., where lie was engaged in\\nfarming for about ten years. Selling out at the\\nend of that time, he came to .Joseph Coiiiity. this\\nState, where he purchased a tract of land in I ark\\nTownship. He made his home there for eight\\nyears and then came to his present abiding-place,\\nwhere he owns a tract of one hundred and forty\\n.acres, which is under good tillage.\\n.John I\\\\inc was married in Snyder County, Pa.,\\nFeb. 23, 1854, to Matilda Arbogast, who was a\\nnative of that county. They h.ave Ijccoine the\\nparents of six children, of whom the eldest died\\nin infancy. Sarah is the wife of Allen Weltliy;\\nGeorge died, .aged twenty-four yeai-s; Catherine is\\nthe wife of .Terome F^astman Klizabeth died when\\nin her second year and Margaret is Mrs. Firman\\nCliapin.\\nThe original of this sketch ha.- held many of the\\nminor otiices of his township and in politics votes\\nthe Republican ticket. Mr.s. Rine died in School-\\ncraft Township, February 12, 1885. With her hus-\\nband, she wa.s a devoted and conscientious member\\nof the Lutheran Church. Our subject is the pos-\\nsessor of one hundred .acres of land in .\\\\llegan\\nCounty, and one hundred and eighty-four acres", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0763.jp2"}, "764": {"fulltext": "772\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nin St. Josei)h County. He has been very success-\\nful in life and is ran kcfl among the wealthy citizens\\nof Kalamazoo County.\\nThe father of our subject, George Rine, was\\nborn in the Keystone State, where he followed the\\noccupation of a farmer and passed his last days in\\nSnyder County. The maiden name of his mother\\nwas Elizabeth Walter, who was also born in Penn-\\nsylvania and was the daughter of the Rev. Conrad\\nWalter, a Lutheran clergyman. The parental family\\nconsisted of four sons and seven daughters, of whom\\n.John was the second in order of birth. Mrs. John\\nRine s father, -Tolin Arbogast and her mother, Sarah\\n(Reimstone) Arbogast, lived and died in Snyder\\nCounty, Pa. Mr. Rine, who is one of the repre-\\nsentative citizens of his community, is also classed\\namong its liberal and respected citizens and we\\nare pleased to be able to place his sketch in the\\nhands of our readers.\\nE^\\nANNIBAL- M. MARSHALL, a dealer in\\ngeneral merchandise at Lawrence, Van-\\nBuren County, was born at Antwerp, .Jeff-\\nerson County, N. Y., on February 22, 1835.\\nHe is a son of Nelson and Elvira (Gibbs) Mar-\\nshall, both natives of New York. The father was\\nof Scotcli, and the mother of German, ancestry.\\nThe year our subject was born, they moved to Oak-\\nland County, Mich., and lived there three years\\nwhen they bought land that had been entered by\\nour subject s maternal grandfather. Dexter Gibbs,\\nin Lawrence Township. Our subject s brother,\\nJerome B., still owns a jiart of tlie original one\\nhundred aad sixty acres.\\nHannibal is the oldest in a family of four child-\\nren, all still living, the others being Jerome B.,\\nIsabelle, Walbridge and Adelaide. Our subject\\nreceived a good education at Lawrence, walking to\\nand from school a distance of two miles. He com-\\nmenced teaching before he was twenty. He was\\nso successful with his school two winters that he\\nwas offered the same place again. Being some-\\nwhat of a natural musician, he used to play the\\nviolin at parties, at which he earned over 1500.\\nHe went into the sawmill business after teaching.\\nand followed that for two years and, in 1859, be-\\ngan to clerk for Dr. Rowe. After clerking about\\nsix months, on December 31, 1859, the store was\\nburned and soon after our subject bought out the\\nDoctor and began the business for himself, paying\\n$500 and giving a mortgage for Sl,300. In this\\nbusiness he has been very prosperous and in 1874\\nerected a large brick store of three stories, known\\nas the Marshall Building. In 1875, he built his\\npresent fine residence, which is of the most modern\\narchitecture.\\nOctober 11, 1860, is the date on which Mr. Mar-\\nshall took as his wife Dorleski L. Goodenough, a\\ndaughter of David and Laura (Tr^ on) Goodenough.\\nShe was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., Octo-\\nber 25, 1834. By this union two sons have been\\nborn: Charles C, who is married and clerks for his\\nfather, and Clarence H., who resides in Denver,\\nCol. Mr. Marshall is a Republican in politics and\\ncast his first vote for John C. Fremont and has\\nserved on the Board of Trustees and been\\nClerk and Treasurer of Lawrence. He was elected\\nCounty Clerk in 1876, and served one term, when\\nhe found he could not afford to leave his business.\\nHe has also been delegate to County and State\\nConventions and took part in the convention\\nwhich nominated Gen. Alger for Governor. The\\nMasonic order matriculated him in 1874 and he is\\na member of the Chapter and Council.\\nh M\\n^fl/ RVIN OLIN, a prominent and representa-\\n(@7l||| tive citizen of Kalamazoo County, is a\\nresident on section 36, of Richland Town-\\nship. He is a native of Livingston County,\\nN. Y., born March 25, 1842, and a son of Heman\\nand Perces (Tuttle) Olin, who were born in Ver-\\nmont and New York respectively. The Olin fam-\\nily is of Welsh descent and the great-grandfather\\nis thought to have been a Revolutionary soldier;\\nthe grandfather Tuttle was a soldier in the War\\nof 1812,\\nHe of whom we write this brief life record was\\nreared in his native State and when quite J oung\\nbecame engaged in tilling the soil, receiving his\\nlimited schooling in New York State. In 1860,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0764.jp2"}, "765": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0765.jp2"}, "766": {"fulltext": "^/O^T^/tZ -^5,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0766.jp2"}, "767": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n775\\nwith liis parents, lie oinigraled to this county :ind\\nState and for :i short time resided in Ross Town-\\nship after wliich ho came to Richland Townsliip\\nwiiere he piirciiascd his present land. His father\\nand mother lioth (lassed their last days here and\\nwere the [)arents of seven children, of whom the\\nfollowing survive: Cordelia, the widow of Will-\\niam Doan; Jonathan, Iliram. and JIary, wife of\\nIsaac Carson.\\nThe marriage of liie gentleman of whom we\\nwiite look place Decemher 19, 1857, at tlie home of\\nthe bride s sister in Portage County, Ohio. Mrs.\\nOliii liore the maiden name of Elizabeth Thompson\\nand was born October 3, 1812. She is a daughter\\nof John and Elizabeth Thompson, born in Scotland.\\nThey came to Ohio in 1826, and both died in that\\nStale. To Mr. and Mrs. Olin have been born two\\nchildren: Helen and flertrude, to whom they have\\ngiven good educational advantages. Our subject\\nis a Republican in his political affairs and has been\\nhonored by his fellow-citizens by the gift of the\\nollice of Township Treasurer. He and his estima-\\nble wife move in the best circles in the com-\\nnuinity and are liked by everyone. ]Mr. Olin is a\\nmember of the Knights Templar of the Peninsular\\nCommandcry No. 8. at Kalamazoo.\\nThe line farm on which this gentleman resides\\nis composed of one hundred and sixty-five acres\\nwhich he has under the very best cultivation and\\non which mixed farming is successfully conducted.\\nON. l- OSTKK PR.VTT, M. 1)., President\\nof the Uoiud of Trustees of the Jlichigan\\nAsylum for the Insane, occupies a leading\\nposition among the medical fraternity of\\nthe State. For many years, his home has been in\\nKalamazoo :ind during the [leriod of his residence\\nhere, he has served the city as Mayor and in other\\nofficial ca[)acitics of honor. The present effective\\nsystem of sewerage is largely due to his efforts\\nwhile serving a.s Commissioner of Sewers for three\\nyears, and is not the lea.st of his services in behalf\\nof his fellow-townsmen.\\nAn al)lc contributor to medical journals :ind\\nlocal papers, the Doctor has exerted a wide influ-\\nence through his forcible depth of thought and\\npleasing style of expression. In 1882, he wrote a\\nvery elaborate and exhaustive review of that por-\\ntion of the tenth census relating to criminals, pau-\\npers, insane, idiots, the blind, deaf and dumb. In\\nthe paper he advocated the idea of which he was\\nthe pioneer viz: the restriction of the indiscrim-\\ninate emigration to the Ignited States of objection-\\nable persons, or those having a tendency to debase\\nsociety and produce criminals.\\nTwo years after the landing of the Pilgrim\\nFathers, three brothei-s came to America, two of\\nwhom settled in New England and the third in\\nBaltimore, Md., and they became the founders of\\nthe Pratt family in this country. They were of\\nEnglish and Welsh extraction. Rev. Bartholomew\\nI Pratt, father of our subject, was the eighth gen-\\neration in descent from the original representatives\\nin the United States and w.os a minister in the Pres-\\nbyterian Church until his death at the age of eighty-\\none years. Susan (McNair) Pratt, mother of our\\nsubject, was a native of Livingston County, N. Y.,\\nand the daughter of Judge Hugh McNair, a sur-\\nveyor and civil engineer. About the year 1818,\\nhe w.as made Clerk of Ontario County, at a time\\nwhen it included a large extent of territory, and\\nhe also surveyed many of the lands in Central and\\nAVestern New York. Mrs. Susan Pratt died in\\nSteuben County, N. Y., near the old Indian town\\nof Painted Post, while her husband p.as.sed away in\\nKalamazoo at the residence of our suiiject.\\nThe Doctor, whoso portrait and biography we\\nherewith present, is the only survivor among three\\nchildren, his two sisters being deceased. He was\\nborn in Mt. Morris, Livingston County, N. Y., Jan-\\nuary 1823, and spent his boyhood days there\\nand in Wayne, Yates and Steuben Counties.\\nAfter coiniilcting the course of .study in Franklin\\nAcademy, at Prattsburg, he entered the College\\nInstitute on the west shore of Seneca Lake, Yates\\nComity. He then became Principal of Angelica\\nAcademy and held the position until he was com-\\nl)ellcd to leave on account of sickness.\\nIn the spring of 1811, our subject went to Vir-\\nginia to tiike charge of a private school in Hamp-\\nshire County and, while there, studied medicine", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0767.jp2"}, "768": {"fulltext": "776\\nPORTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwith Dr. A. J. Sangsler. He afterward spent two\\nyears in the medical department of the University\\nof Pennsylvania, from wliich he graduated in the\\nspring of 1849. He then returned to Virginia and\\nin the following fall was married to Miss Mary L.\\nGamble, of Moorefield, Hardy County, W. Va. Mrs.\\nPratt is the danghter of James Gamble, who for\\nthirty years was Clerk of Hardy County.\\nThe Doctor continued to practice in tlie old\\nDominion until 1856, when he removed to Kala-\\nmazoo and has since been in charge of an exten-\\nsive and lucrative practice. Two years after loca-\\nting here, he was elected to the State Legislature on\\ntlic Democratic ticket, in whicii he served with dis-\\ntinguished ability. At the opening of the late\\nwar, he was appointed Surgeon of the Thirteenth\\nMichigan Infantry, with which he remained nearly\\nfour years, his regiment being assigned to duty in\\ntlie Southwest and participating in the battle of\\nPittsburg Landing, in 1862, also the engagements\\nof Stone River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Look-\\nout Mountain, Missionary Ridge and the march to\\nthe sea with Gen. Sherman. He was [)resent at\\nthe surrender of Gen. .Toseijh .Johnson, after which\\nlie participated in the Gr.and Review at Washing-\\nton.\\nDr. Pratt was Chairman of the State Central\\nCommittee for four years; was district delegate\\nto the National Democratic Convention at New\\nYork, in 1868; at Baltimore in 1872; and dele-\\ngate-at- large at Cincinnati in 1880. P^or two\\nyears he was Secretary of the Grand Lodge, F.\\nA. M.; President of the State Medical Society two\\nyears; member of the American Medical Associa-\\ntion for twenty years; and President of the local\\nMedical Society. Since 1887, he has been a mem-\\nber of the pension examining board, of Kalamazoo.\\nIn 1871, he was elected Mayor of the City of Kal-\\namazoo, where he was effective in introducing\\nmany needed reforms in municipial legislation.\\nHe became a member of the Hoard of Trustees of\\nthe Insane Asylum in 1882, and is now its Pres-\\nident.\\nAs a member of the Democratic party, Dr. Pratt\\nhas taken an active interest in politics, where his\\nchoice diction as a writer and rare eloquence as a\\nspeaker have been made effective. While Secre-\\ntary of the Grand Lodge of Masons, he was the\\nauthor of the present code of Masonic laws for\\nthe Michigan jurisdiction, a task requiring a\\nthorough knowledge of the fraternity, as well as a\\nperfect familiarity with its characteristic jurispru-\\ndence.\\n\\\\I| UTIIER HUBBARD, who resides on a fine\\nI farm on section 25, Antwerp Townshij),\\n/l Y, Van Buren County, came to tiiis State\\nwith his father in 1840, and has witnessed the won-\\nderful growth and jirogress of this section of the\\ncountry from an almost unbroken wilderness to a\\nState second to none in the Union in its fertility\\nof soil and enterprise of its people. Mr. Hul)bard\\nis a native of Erie County, Ohio, where he was\\nborn August 18, 18.31. His father, Roswell llul)-\\nbard, who was a native of Connecticut and a ship-\\nbuilder by trade, was married in that State to\\nEmily Bell. He removed from his native State to\\nOhio in 1815, where he resided until 1840, at\\nthat time coming to Michigan and buying a large\\ntract of land, which he farmed quite extensively\\nfor a number of years. He then sold his place and,\\ngoing to Indiana, located near South Bend, where\\nhe bought land and farmed for several years.\\nOnce more he came to Michigan, removing after-\\nward to Iowa, where he lived until his death in\\n1866. His wife died in 1852. This couple were\\nthe parents of eight children, five sons and three\\ndaughters, of whom five are now living: Horace J.;\\nRoswell,. Ir.; Eliza, George W. and Luther. Those\\ndeceased were: Polly A., William and -Julia A.\\nOur subject was brought up to the life of a\\nfarmer and was married in 1852 to Miss Minerva\\nBell, who died in 1854. One son, William, was\\nborn to them, who is now deceased. ]\\\\Ir. llul)bard\\nwas afterward married, in 1856, to Miss Amelia\\nMurraj and of this union six children were born,\\nfour of whom are living: Charles G., Orin W.,\\nI^leanor N. and John. Minnie B. and Cora are de-\\nceased. Mrs. Hubbard died in 1873 and our sub-\\nject was married to his present wife, April 4, 1875.\\nShe was Mrs. Margaret J. Hosner, the widow of\\nPhilander Hosner, and the mother of two children.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0768.jp2"}, "769": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n777\\nPatrick and Ivoswt ll. Mr. Ilosner was a farmer\\nliy ocL upation and died in 187. 5. Mrs. Hubbard\\nis a daiii;lilor of .Jane and Hannaii (Hcnisey) Grif-\\nlin, natives of Ireland. When she was (juile\\nyouny, lier parents went, in 1841, from Ireland to\\nAustralia. I lie lirst vessel tliey sailed on was the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sir Robert Peel; from Australia to Van Dicman s\\nLand tlicy sailed on the J aura l^rii^rgs and from\\nthere back to Australia on the Ulue IJorder.\\nThe father died on the vessel Great liritain\\nand was buried at Williamstown, Australia, in\\n1854. The family came from Liverpool to Phil-\\nadelphia on the Westniorcland. The mother\\ndied in 18()4. Mrs. Hubbard was born in New\\nBedford. Ireland, October 1, 1841. Mr. Hubbard\\nhas a line farm, well improved, and is an industrious\\nman.\\nOIIN M. VANAUKEN. To the energetic\\nlabors, business acumen, thrift and foresight\\nof .John M. anAuken and his fellow-pio-\\nneers, an lUiren County- is greatly indebted\\nfor its high state of development and substantial\\nl)rosperity. Our subject s name is intimately asso-\\nciated with the rise and progress of Bangor Town-\\nship as one of its early settlers and most successful\\nfarmers and stock-raisers, whose farm, literallj\\nhewed out of the forests, is jt linely improved and\\nvaluable estate and beautiful home.\\nThe town of Knox, .\\\\ll)any Comity, N. Y., is\\nthe birthplace of our subject, and there he was\\nliorn March ISlC. into ihc household of Aaron\\nand Helena (Sperl)eck) an Auken, one in a fam-\\nily of nine children. His parents were both na-\\ntives of New York, his father descended from an old\\nI)utc-h family, and his mother f f fierman descent.\\nWhen their son .luhn was young, the3- removed to\\nMontgomery C ounty in the same State, and sub-\\nsc(iuenlly settled in Waviio County, when he was\\ntwelve years old. There .as the years rolled by, his\\nchar.acter was molded aixl strengthened for the\\nwork he was to perform in the future as a ))ractical,\\nwide-awake [lioneer, in helping to transform a va.st\\nwilderness in a newly settled country into a well-\\nimproved farming region, and in the si)ring of\\n1833 he left the [jarental home, a courageous, manly\\n30utli of seventeen, to try his fortunes elsewhere.\\nHe continued to live and labor in his native State\\nuntil the siiring of 1846, frugally saving his earn\\nings, and he then came to Michigan, as he wisely\\nforesaw that he could make his money and labor\\ncount for more on this rich virgin soil, when once\\nhe had cleared a farm, than he could in New York.\\nHe immediatel}- invested in a tract of one hun-\\ndred and lifty acres of timber on section 33, Ban-\\ngor Township, and from that time to this h.as been\\nnumbered among our best citizens in Van Buren\\nCounty. With characteristic energy, he set aliout\\nfelling the forest growth, i)lacing the ground under\\ncultivation after the methods best adajjted to its\\ncondition, and erecting a line class of buildings,\\nand his farm now stands among the best within a\\nradius of many miles. It is advantageously lo-\\ncated a short distance from McDonald, and is in\\nall respects an attractive place. Jlr. Van Auken\\nhas devoted it to general farming, and besides cul-\\ntivating grain and other produce, has raised much\\nchoice stock, having a high reputation for his tine\\nand well-ke|)t cattle.\\nJlr. Van Auken was married, in 1840 to Jli.ss\\nPhebe A. Dawley, a native of the town of Lyons,\\nWa3ne Count\\\\ N. Y., her parents also being na-\\ntives of the luniiire State. Nine children were\\nborn to our subject l)y this marriage, live of whom\\ngrew to maturity: .John L., a resident of Bangor;\\nM. Jane, wife of Anson Goss; Caroline, now de-\\nceased; Phebe, wife of Stei)hen Stowe. The\\nmother of these children died in November, 1856,\\nleaving behind her a record of true devotion as wife,\\nmoiher, and friend. In 18()0, Mr. Van Auken was\\na second time married, taking as his wife Mrs. I).\\nJ. Northrop, nee Kingston, a native of .lelferson\\nCounty, N. Y. She was a most estimable woman,\\nand her death, .Vpril 22, 1H69, left a sad vacancy\\nin her husband s household. Mrs. Van Auken s\\nyoungest daughter, Mrs. Stowe, now presides over\\nhis home, and looks carefully after his comfort.\\nOur subject has a well-poised intellect, a keen\\nvision in regard to buiness and other matters, an l\\na resolute will, and his many friends and acipiaint-\\naiiees have alwa^ S found him to be a man of\\nhonor and unswerving rectitude in all the relations", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0769.jp2"}, "770": {"fulltext": "778\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPX ORD.\\nthat he has held toward others. lie is liberal in\\nhis religion, and has a broad outlook on life, In\\npolities, he has always been loyal to the Repub-\\nlican party (^vei since it sprjuiif into existence.\\nE()R(;i W. SiMI I ll. In tlic twilight ul an\\nJ-\u00e2\u0080\u0094, honored life, this venerable^ pioiu cu of Ross\\n^IlJ^J Townsiiip is liviiij^ in tranquil comfort\\non his pleasant honicslcad. Not only is he (piite\\nwell known tiiroiii;lioul Kalamazoo County but he\\nis esU^enied wherever known and the recoid of his\\nuseful life merits the conlidiMicc of iiis feliow-inen.\\nHis farm on section I 1 coniprises eif ^hty-scven\\nacres,and althouirli li is not at pi csent actively en-\\ngaged in its cultivation, li(^ still retains its manage-\\nment.\\nThe pannits of our subjcict, Russell and Betsy\\n(Wis(^man) Smith, wer(! natives of Vermont .and\\nwere of Scotch and English descent, respectively.\\nTiic f!ith(MS(nv(!d during tlii^ War of 1812 and w:is\\na farmer by occupation. (JtMirgeW. was born in\\nthe Green Mountain Sta,t April 21. IHIH, and,\\nwlu^n ipiiU! small, iccompanied his parents to\\nNiagara Country, N. Y., where he icsidcul about\\nfourteen years. Then, in company with his par-\\nents, ho removed to Cattaraugus County, the same\\nState, where he aided in the suppoilof his father s\\nfamily. Heing the eldest son and the f;il,licr hav-\\ning poor health, he early becam(! not only self-sup-\\nporting but was the main de|)endence of the fam-\\nily.\\nJn October, IhCi .t, Mr. Smith was united in mar-\\nriage to I laniuih VVIiiting, who w.as boni m Alle-\\ngany County, N. V.. February 12, 1820. Her\\nparents, .lames and I Isthcr (llutcliings) Whiting,\\nare supposed to have been u:itives of New luigland,\\nand her father was a solilicr in llic War of 1812.\\nMr. and Mi s. Smith became the |)arcnts of seven\\ncliildien, si,\\\\ of whom snivive, as folhjws: Schuy-\\nler; IClleanor, vvif(! of Abram raven; Alvira, who\\nm. uiied Leman Smith; I oiler, Ozro; Viola, now\\nMrs. Willis (^tiiick. One son, Tyler, is dec(!;ised.\\nSoMir Ibiic (Ini-ing tlu! .OOs, Mr. Siiiilli with bis\\nf. iniily ai rivcd in Kalamazoo ouut\\\\- and settled\\non the place wliere he has since resided continu-\\nously. It Was in the midst of the woods .and its\\nonly improvements consisted of a, log (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2al)iu which\\nstill stands, a landm.ark of that early i i vlli/.ation.\\nLater Air. Smith built tlu; .attijiclive and coniino-\\ndious residence which now .adorns his place. In\\nall his labors he has r(^ceiv(^d the ch(H rfnl and ac-\\ntive aid of his noble wife, and it was ;ui event of\\nunusual im|)ortance when, October 7, 188i), this\\nworthy couple celebrated their golden wedding.\\nAlways a Rei)ublican, Mr. Smith is proud of the\\nfact that he cast his lirst vote for (!eu. Iliurison\\nand his last foi- the grandson of that f.amous hero,\\nlie has served as Highway Commissioner, and\\nTreasurer of Ro.ss (irange. No. 21, contributing in\\nthose positions to the progress of the community\\nwhich he h.as seen transformed from .an unculti-\\nvated waste to an attractive and highly impioved\\nsection, the home of rclincd people, the site ()f\\nthriving villages .and the abo(le of happy families.\\nAVID CURRY, who is engaged in gen-\\neral farming and stock-raising on section\\n;il, Decatur Township, an liuren County,\\nwas born in Pennsylvania, Dc^cember Id,\\n1807, ,ind is of I risli descent. When he was a boy,\\nhis p. ucni-s removed to Ohio, and, in 18;]0,(\\\\ame to\\nMichig.an, locating in Voliiiia, Township, Cass\\nCounty, where David made his honu^ for about\\ntwo years. In April, 1 832, he married l ;iizabeth\\n(iard, daughter of .losephus and Sarah (iard, who\\nwere natives of New Jersey. Her father was a\\nl)ioneer farmer of Cass County. In the family\\nwere eight children, Klizal)etli being the seventh\\nin order of birth.\\nAfter his niaiiiagc, David C urry camc! to De-\\ncatur Tovvnslii|i, Vail Uiiren County, .and purt ha.sed\\neighty acres of land, .also entert^d one huiidicd and\\nsixty !u:res from the (iovernnient on section il. In\\nS(4)teniber, 1832, he removed to his farm, cleared\\naway the timber, and built a log cabin, 18x20 feet,\\nwithout windows, doors or lloor. lie hauled lum-\\nber from Wliitmansville, twelve miles distant, and\\nli:i(l tliconh s. iwed Moor in tlic t.owiiship. There\\nwas only one house between Ins hiuise and Paw Paw,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0770.jp2"}, "771": {"fulltext": "VOiriKAir AM) lUOC.IJArilKAI- KK.COKI).\\n779\\nMiul Mil (iiily sclllcrs in lliis locjility tliMl liiiic\\nwcif Duliihiii !iii(] Smiiuu I Morris, (Jcuiiic rilllc,\\n.liiliii l ,ck(MilnT j( r, Lounnid Audorsdii .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2uid II. D.\\nSwift. iMr. Ciiiiy 1 liis fiiiiiily ox|H i i( iici il\\nllu iisiiiil li:ii(lslii|i,s anil |iii vjilions of jjionccr lift\\nhill siici codt i] in (Icvcinpin :i ijooil Iriini. iiixm\\nwliii li 111 niiiilc his lioinc until his death. In an\\nOJiily ih\\\\\\\\, lu si ivi d as Coinniissionor of llii;h\\\\v!iys,\\n!ind WHS a proiuincut and wi ll-known citizen of\\nthis conununity. lie died Mareli 20, IHI(!,and was\\nliiiiied in the eeinetery of oliuia. His wife passed\\n.Mway .Inne 20, \\\\H7H, and was laid hy the side of\\nlier hiisliand.\\nI nto tiiis wortiiy couple were horn nine chil-\\ndren, seven of whom reached yeai s of inalnrity.\\nJonathan, who was horn on the old honiest-eiid,\\nMay H, IH.TJi, has there spent almost his entire life.\\nWhen twenty-one years of af e, he took a drove of\\ncattle to Iowa, and traveled over lli:it State\\nand Illinois, where, for a jieriod, he I lifiaiicd in\\nfarniini;. lie has held the ollice of Highway Coni-\\nmi.ssioner for seven years, lias lieeii ollici.ally (con-\\nnected with the .schools for aliout twenty years,\\nand is an inlluential citi/.eii. In ])olities, he is a\\nDemocrat, and is a memher of the ralrou.s of In-\\ndustry. Joseph (J. was horn Oetoher G, 1H:M, on\\nthe old homeste.ad, and has there spent his entire\\nlife. Like his hrollicr, he is a Democrat, and has\\nserved as Constahle of his township. Juliet, horn\\nApril I, IH:i(;, died AufTust 1 I, IHKO; David\\nhorn Septcinher 2r 1H. like his liiollu is, has\\nknown no other home than the old farm, lie, too,\\nis a supporter of the Democracy, and has scived\\nas Overseer of Ili};hways and School Diieclor.\\nDurint; the late war, he enlisted, Auifiist IHr)2,\\nas a meinher of (N)m|)!uiy t Konrtli Michi}, an Cav-\\nalry, and i)artieipatcd in the Itatllcs of Miirfrecs-\\nhoro, Franklin, Slielhyville, Nashville, Chieka-\\nmau;, and the siejje of Atlantii. Altofjether, he\\nw:is in ninet3 -six battles and skirmishes, lie par-\\nticipated in the capture of Jeff Davis, and luis a\\npair of sad llc liai;s, taken from (ien. Ucaj^an, who\\nlii liinncd to the aliinet of Davis. In .Inly, I8(i5,\\nhe was niustercd out after throe years of service.\\nThe next memher of the Ciirry family, I ^lizahelh,\\nwa.s horn March 27, 1811, and is still living on\\nthe ohi lioniestend; Marv .lane, horn l el riiarv 20,\\nIHl;i, is the wife of .lacoh lliyh, a resident farmer\\nof Cass Counl-y; Nancy, horn March 20, l.sli.died\\nDi cemlicr 20, IHKi; .lohn I .i luUlicld, who was\\nhorn on the old lionicslc:id, Nu\\\\ciiilier IHKl,\\ndied .lanu. iry 2. I S(i,\\nThe CiiriN hrotlieis .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iie niiiiilicn il aiiioii!.; the\\nleadini: !ij,friciilturists of this community. I liey\\nown and operate two hundred and sixty acres of\\narahle land, which is now under a hifjh state of\\ncnllivjition, and well improved, and .also h.avo one\\nhundred aiul sixty acres elsewhere in this eounly,\\nh inji near 11111 partially within the corporation\\nlimits of Marseilles. On it is a half-mile track.\\nriie Curry farm is widely know 11 for the line stock\\nthere raised, incliidiny i hiiih nr. idc of horses,\\nShort-horn cattle and I olaiid-Cliiiia lioy;s, while\\nDavid also raises do {s, haviiifi; some of the llnest\\nShepherd collies in the State. The Ciiny lainily\\nwell deserves representation in this volume, for,\\nsince a ver\\\\ early day, its niemheis have heeii eon-\\nneclicd with the IiisIdi-v of in Ihircn oiinI\\\\-.\\n4^\\n\\\\]l^^OK. STKl IIKN ItlJOWN. In present-\\ni] inj; the hiofi:iapliical notice of oikc of the\\nleading men of Kalam. i/.oo County, and a\\njjcntleman who is tlioronfi;lily representiiti ve\\nof ihs progressive element, we deiMii it our duty to\\nlirst lirielly advert to the life story of those from\\nwhom lie draws his origin. The paKMits of our\\nsuliject, .lohn and Nancy (Mel lierson) liiowii, were\\nnativesof lioudoiin County, a., where they were\\nrear(!d, married and continued to ri side until tlieit\\nremoval to Michigan ill IHISO. On locating in this\\nthen Territory, the elder Mr. Ilrowii with his fam-\\nily settled in Scluiolcraft Township, Kalama/.oo\\nCounty, where they lieeame respected and promi-\\nnent citizens. They m. ide that place their home\\nuntil their death.\\nThe p. irental family of onr suhjeet niimhercd\\nscviii (hildreii, of w lioiii lie was the oldest hut one.\\nIli hit 111 occurred Decemher I! I, lisi .i.in Loudoun\\nCounty, a., ami he was thus a lad of eleven years\\nwhen his parenhs came West to this Stjite. lie grew\\nto iii. inhood ill this township, where ho received\\ntliorouji;li ti. iiniii j in all the duties perlMining to", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0771.jp2"}, "772": {"fulltext": "780\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nan agriculturist, wliicli ueciipation he has followed\\nall his life. His estate hears all the modern im-\\nprovements in the waj of machinery and build-\\nings and Mr. I rown is ranked among the progress-\\nive and wealthy citizens of the county.\\nThe original of this sketch was united in mar-\\nriage in Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo County,\\nJuly 4, 1841, the ladj of his choice being Miss\\nMaria L. Patrick. The father of Mrs. Brown,\\nJames Patrick, died in Oneida Count} N. Y.,\\nwhen she was in her fourteenth year. Her mother,\\nwho bore the maiden name of Harriet Colgrove,\\nalso passed from this life in the above-named\\ncounty when Mrs. Brown was an infant of two\\nyears. Her parents reared a family of five chil-\\ndren, of whom she was the youngest, her birth oc-\\ncurring December 15, 1824.\\nTo our subject and his estimable wife have been\\ngranted a family of four children, viz: Franklin\\nM., J^dgar D., Florence and Clarence. Franklin\\nM. was a soldier during the late Civil War, enlist-\\ning in Company L, Fifth Michigan Cavalry; he\\ndied at Schoolcraft January 11, 1876. P^dgar D.\\nis following the practice of law at Nelson, Neb.; he\\nalso enlisted in defense of his country .and joined\\nCompany C, Sixth Michigan Infantry and after\\nserving a short time was discharged on accoiint of\\nphysical disnliility. He re-enlisted, however, in\\nCompany L, Fifth Michigan Cavalry, and was dis-\\ncharged later on account of a wound which he re-\\nceived at Fairfax Courthouse, Ya., while on picket\\nduty. Florence is the wife of Heniy Rockwell, and\\nClarence is a resident of Schoolcraft.\\nIn 18.56, Mr. Brown was elected to the Legisla-\\nture on the Repulilican ticket and so well and\\nfaithfully did he perform the duties of that posi-\\ntion that he was re-elected, in 18.58. In 1860, he\\nwas chosen and elected State Senator, which\\noflice he again filled in 1864 and in 1884. It is\\nthus very obvious that the Hon. Mr. Brown must\\nhave alwa^ s fully availed himself of all the priv-\\nileges of instruction to which he found access, and a\\ndistinguishing characteristic of his is the possession\\nof quickness of mind and talent.\\nThe Hon. Stephen F. Brown was the first Master\\nof the State (Irange of Michigan, of which body he\\nwas Treasurer for a period of ten years. He takes\\na very active part in .ill political measures and\\nis a strong Rei)nblican, believing that party to\\nbe In the right. In early years, he was a Whig of\\nthe Henry CLay stamp. During campaigns he very\\noften takes the stump but never becomes excited\\nand acts only after mature deliberation.\\nHe of whom we write is the possessor of a fine\\nestate of two hundred and twelve acres, on which\\nhe has placed all the modern improvements in the\\nway of farm machinery and buildings. His prop-\\nerty makes one of the most beautiful spots in the\\ncounty, and by a proper rotation of crops is made\\nto yield a handsome increase. ISIr. Brown is Pres-\\nident of the Pioneer Society of Kalamazoo Count}\\nand is regarded as one of the most prominent men\\nof the county. In the summer of 1885, he was\\npresented with a gold-headed cane by the Senate\\nas a token of the appreciation of his service and\\nthe high esteem in which he was held. He w.as a\\ncolleague of Jay Hubbard and many other promi-\\nnent and well-known men. It is with pleasure\\nthat we present the sketch of this honored gentle-\\nman whose name will be held in reverence long\\nafter he shall have been gathered to his fathers.\\nENRY BI SHOP. Now in the twilight of his\\nhonored and useful life, Mr. Bishop is liv-\\ning retired in his pleasant home at Kalama-\\nzoo. None deserves better than he the title of\\nself-made, for he commenced the battle of life\\nunder the most adverse circumstances, and, from a\\nposition of poverty, rose to a comfortable compe-\\ntency only after the most arduous struggles on\\nhis part. Successful as a fln.ancier, he is no less\\nfortunate in having gained the confidence and\\nesteem of his fellow-citizens, who recognize his\\nforce of character, sturdy integrity and mental ca-\\npabilities.\\nDorsetshire, England, was the early home of Mr.\\nBishop, and there he was born, November 23,\\n1813. His father, Joseph Bishop, followed the oc-\\ncupation of miller and farmer, and our subject\\nfound constant employment in his early years, both\\nin the mill and on the farm. His mother, whose", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0772.jp2"}, "773": {"fulltext": "PORTRMT AND BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n7S1\\niniiidon iiaiiu wjis ]\\\\Iaiia Lane, dit d a1 tlic affc of\\ntliiitv-livi leaving a family if eighl c-liililri ii.aiid.\\nalioiit the same time, liis father s affairs became so\\nc ntaiii;l( (l liial lie was called upon to assist in sup-\\nporting the family, at a time when other hoys of\\nhis age were going to school an 1 enjo^ ing the\\nusual hoyish sports.\\nlietwcen the years of eight and twelve, Mr.\\nHishop was mainly eniploye l in the mill, and\\nfrom that time till he was seventeen, he aided in\\nfarm work. The custom of the country was to\\npurcliase all the wheat on certain days at the mar\\nket towns, wheie the millers and farmers congre-\\ngatecl, and where all grain was hought from sam-\\nples, the price beiiiggoverned by the weight of the\\nmeasured bushel. The tlonr was sold by the mil-\\nler himself or by his agent, who wont to all the vil-\\nlages and cities in his neighborhood, sold to ba-\\nkers, and m.-ide collections therefor.\\nIn that way, Mr. Bishop found his principal oc-\\ncupation during the last three years of his life in\\nI Jigland, but on account of the Wars of Napoleon,\\nliusiness was everywhere depressed, and he under-\\nwent all the trials generall.v known only to those\\nof mature years. Finally, affairs assumed such an\\nasiicct that it w.as necessary- for Mr. ISishop, Sr., ei-\\nther to become hopclessl} bankrupt in lMigl;ind, oi-\\ntry his fortune in a new country with the remnant\\nleft him after s.atisfying his creditors. He conclu-\\nded to try the latter, and our subject well remem-\\nbers how. when he was .assisting the [)lowman to\\nturn over a furrow on the edge of a deep gully,\\nhe broached the subject of going to America, and\\nin(|uired if he would like to go. The reply was,\\nI would go anywhere, could we better our con-\\ndition by so doing.\\nBut little more w.a.s said, and in three weeks\\nfrom that time, in March, 1!^. !0, our subject was\\non lioard ship, riding at anchor in Bristol Chan-\\nnel. an l experiencing all the sulTerings incident to\\nsca-siek humanit} T jward the close of the voy-\\n.age, he recovered somewhat, although it w.as not\\nuntil he was on the Krie Canal that he could ap-\\npreciate l arry Cornwall s song of the sea: If the\\nwincl ^houhl blow, what mjitter? what matter? I\\ncan ride anil leep. On arriving at Buffal he\\nlirst saw the Indians, also the steamboats Supe-\\nrior and Henry Clay, which were objects of\\nadmiiation to the citizens, who Hocked to the\\nwharf in large numbers to witness their arrival\\nand de|)arture.\\nMr. Bishop, Sr., |)urchased a farm near Buffalo, and\\nshortly afterwards our subject was on his w.ay back\\nto Knglaud alone, in order to bring the rest of the\\nfamily to the new home. During the pleasant\\nvoyage of seven weeks, he acted as cabin boy, and\\nreached the Mother Country at a very small ex-\\npense. As soon as the family were ready, the re-\\nturn tri|i was made with six children j ounger than\\nour subject, besides a little boy .sent in their com-\\npany to Buffalo, and a cousin. On the passage, the\\nsteward of the ship met with an .accident which\\neri|ipled him, and he therefore called ujiou our\\nsubject to assist him. After a very rough voyage\\nof seven weeks and four days, by North Uiver and\\nthe Erie Canal, the little party reached their desti-\\nnation.\\nDuring his first winter in .\\\\merica, our subject\\nwas employed to haul cordwood to liulTalo, and\\nthe following year removed with his father some\\neight miles farther cast, to a farm belter improved.\\nHowever, Mr. Bishop, .Sr., failed to succeed in this\\nconntr} and he therefore sold his pf)sse. sions and\\nreturned to his old home, hoping U recover some-\\nthing from the wreck of his fortune there. The\\nchildren then became scattered, depending upon\\nstrangei-s for a home. Henry went into a grocery\\nand i)rovision store in Buffalo, and clerked for the\\nfirm of N. Willard A- Company until he came to\\nKalamazoo County, Michigan, in the spring of\\n183.5.\\nMr. Bishop worked for the same firm two years\\nin New Buffalo, selling goods :uid looking after\\ntheir interests as i)art proprietors of the town. In\\nthe winter of 18;3H-;3;i, he returned to BufTalo, N. Y.,\\nan l, during the following spring, CAme West on\\nbusiness for a former partner. The business .ac-\\ncomiilished, he eng.aged to clerk for the firm of F.\\ni\\\\s A. Beals, of Schoolcraft, and in August, 1839,\\nin comi any with D. B. Kimberly, bought out the\\nbusiness, which he conducted fifti en years success-\\nfully. He came to Kalamazoo in 1862. Here he\\nengaged in settling estates, and, for a few veal s, in\\nselling dry-iroods with his son, under the firm name", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0773.jp2"}, "774": {"fulltext": "782\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof II. liisliop it Son. In June, 1847, he married IVIrs.\\nSarah M. Ilinnian, nee Balch, by which union they\\nhad four children, three of whom died in infancj\\nthe surviving- child is Henry L. Bishop, who de-\\nvotes his attention to farming. Mrs. Bishop died\\nJuly 8,1891. Mr. and Mrs. Bishop both attended the\\nUnitarian Church. Politically, in the earlj- daj-s,\\nMr. Bishop was first a Whig, and he assisted in the\\norganization of the Republican party in Micliigan,\\nand, during the war, was a staunch Union man.\\nHe was elected Town Clerk in New Buffalo, also in\\nSchoolcraft, and served the county of Kalamazoo\\nthree years as Superintendent of the Poor, and\\nfour years as one of the Trustees of the village of\\nKalamazoo. Mr. Bishop is recognized as an hon-\\nest, upright citizen, and has the respect and confi-\\ndence of his fellow-citizens.\\nd****,^\\n5- **-5^F\\n{\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 t\\nGRACE H. PIERCE. Pierce is a familiar\\nname in the annals of Kalamazoo County,\\nand has been from the earl} daj s of its\\nsettlement, when Isaac Pierce first came on\\nthe scene and became a conspicuous figure in its\\nindustrial and public life, to the present time, in\\nwhich the son of that honored pioneer represents\\nthe family, and is prominent as a farmer of large\\nability and much wealth, who controls extensive\\nfarjning interests in Climax and Charleston Town-\\nships, m.iking his home on section 4 of the former\\ntownship.\\nThe subject of this life record was born in Niag-\\nara Count} N. Y., March 3, 1831, a son of Isaac\\nPierce, who was bom amid the beautiful hills of\\nBerkshire County, Mass., July 28, 1803. His\\nfather s name was Longworth Pierce, and he\\nwas a native of Rhode Island, where some of his\\nEnglish ancestors had settled in Colonial times.\\nAt some period of his life, he resided in Berkshire\\nCount}-, Mass., whence he went to Livingston\\nCounty, N. Y.. in 1811. He hewed out a farm\\nfrom the primeval forests of that region, and, sell-\\ning it in 1830, removed to Niagara County, in\\nthe same State, and there his life was brought to a\\nclose at a ripe old age.\\nIsaac Pierce was well trained in farming on iiis\\nfather s farm, and in early m.anliood he became\\npossessed of a partly developed farm in Niagara\\nCounty. In 1835, he sold that place in order to\\ncast in his lot witli the pioneers of the Territory\\nof Michigan. He first visited Kalamazoo County,\\nto select a suitable location, and bought a quarter\\nof a section of land, on apart of which the village\\nof Climax now stands. Returning to New York\\nfor his family, he came back here the following\\nspring, accompanied by his wife and children, and\\nmade the journey with a wagon and team through\\nCanada as the most available route, several weeks\\nbeing consumed before they arrived at their desti-\\nnation. The land tiiat he had bought was but\\nvery little improved, but there was a log house on\\nit and into that Mr. Pierce and his family moved.\\nHe then energetically turned his attention to the\\nmaking of a farm. He was a man of unusual push,\\nvigor and enterprise, and with good courage sur-\\nmounted every obstacle on the road to the fortune\\nthat became his by the sheer force of persistent in-\\ndustry, seconded by rare powers of discrimination,\\nunerring judgment, and a thorough comprehen-\\nsion of agriculture in all its branches. He was\\neducated largel} in the school of observation and\\nexperience, but he had much natural ability\\nand very strong mental faculties. He bought and\\nsold considerable land and dealt quite extensively\\nin stock. In early times, he drove hogs to Ohio,\\nand brought back sheep. He passed through every\\nphase of life from poverty to wealth, and was one\\nof the richest men in the village at the time of\\nhis death, owning upwards of a thousand acres of\\nland around and near the villagg of Climax.\\nThe father of our subject was prominent in the\\npublic and political life of his community. He\\nwas origin.ally an old-line Whig and a strong Abol-\\nitionist before and during the war, and so, being\\nin sympathy with the Rei)ublicans, he united his\\nfortunes with that party, but before liis death he\\nwent over to the Democrats. He was elected Jus-\\ntice of the Peace at the first townsiiip meeting,\\nand held that office for a great many years, making\\na careful study of law, and conducting a case with\\nability. He served as a member of the County\\nBoard of Sujjervisors several terms and represented\\nthe interests of Climax Township with fidelity.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0774.jp2"}, "775": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0775.jp2"}, "776": {"fulltext": "1\\nX.\\nc/.ry-u^y^ ^c\\n0/^H^e^ /^^^r^^^wC^^T^?/", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0776.jp2"}, "777": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n785\\nMr. I icicc was twice iiKiirii d. His lir.st wife,\\ntlie inollioi of our .suhject, was liorii in Caiuula\\nin lf ()l. She died in 1877. Eleven children were\\nIxun of that marriage: Polly, Loren, Je.inette, ,]ea-\\nnette (second). Rowlaiul. Orion; Willard and Luc-\\ninda, twins; Angeline, Kli/.alietli. and Horace. Hy\\nhis second marriage, with Catherine .\\\\rclier. I\\\\Ir.\\nPierce lia l four children.\\nHorace II. I ierce was in liis sixth year wlicn liic\\nfamily cimc to this county, and lie retains a dis-\\ntinct recollection of the pioneer life that )l)tained\\nhere in his childhood. He attended school in a\\nhouse that was furnished with jilank benches that\\nwere sujiported with wooden pins. The school was\\nconducted on the rate-liill system, and the teacher\\nhoarded around anujiig tiie parents of the scliolars.\\nIndians used to come to his home and his mother\\noften cooked food for them. He rememliers seeing\\na little Indian run up to tiie taMe and snatch a\\npiece of hot meat fron a plate and burn his fingers\\nwith it. There was an abundance of deer and\\nother game, and wolves often disturl)cd the slum-\\nbers of the sellhus by their howls, and even bears\\nwere not uncommon. Detroit was the city to\\nwhich the pioneers mostly went for supi)lies. Tlie\\npeojile were principally home-livers, and the skill-\\nful iiand of the mother of our subject spun and\\nwove the clothing worn by iiimseif. his brother\\nand sisters.\\nAt the age of twenty- four years, our subject en-\\ntered upon his independent course ,as a farmer,\\ncoming then to this pl.ace, where he has ever since\\ndwelt. He has always conducted mixed farming,\\nraising a great deal of grain, and paying much at-\\ntention to rearing stock of all kinds. He has four\\nhundred acres of land in all, two hundred anil\\neighty acres in Climax Townslii]i, and the re-\\nmainder in Charleston Townshi|). He lias a model\\nfarm in iiis homestead, and has it sup|)licd with a\\nline classof buildings. In 1 8(58, he erected a frame\\nhouse of commodious dimensions, and well fitted\\nup; and he h.as a large frame barn, 4()x72 feet in\\nsize, besides a granary and other necessary build-\\nings. He derives a good profit from renting out\\na good deal of his land.\\nThe marriage of our subject with Miss .lulia E.\\nPratt was celebrated S^ejitemlwr 17. 18. I. They\\n3G\\nhave had five childrt ii. four of whom are living:\\nHcrliert H., a druggist and grocer in the village\\nof Climax; Ida E.. now Mrs. ISest, of Dillon, Mont.;\\nand .ludson W. and .lettie F. at home with their par-\\nents. .Jessie died at the age of fourteen months.\\nMrs. Pierce was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y.,\\nDecember 1.0, 18. 57. ami she came to Micliigan in\\n18.52.\\nOur subject is of a resolute, vigorous, practical\\nnature, possessing mucli natural aliiiity, a large\\nshare of common-sense, and the faculty to plan\\nwell and to cany out his .sciiemes in a business-\\nlike manner. He is independent, iiaving a mind\\nof his own, and is fearless in exi)ressing liis opin-\\nions. Especially is this true in regard to his political\\nsentiments, which are of a radical Hepublic-an order.\\nHe was once elected to the position of .Justice of\\nthe Peace, but he refused to accept the honor, as\\nhe cares not for ofMce. He is well known in social\\ncircles as a member C)f the Masonic order at Climax,\\nand of the Ancient Order of Cnited Workmen.\\nt=i\\n-S]\\n^+^1\\nON. EMERY II. SIMPSON, one of the most\\nenterprising and thrifty farmers of Hart-\\nford Township, \\\\an liuren County, was\\nborn in Orleans Count3 N. Y., .Tanu.ary 17,\\n1828, and is the eighth in a family of ten children,\\neight of whom grew to maturity. His parents were\\nAsa and Minerva (Fish) Simpson, the father born\\nin Onondaga County, N. Y., in 1790, and the\\nmother, probabl} in C:iyuga County, in 1794. Our\\nsubject s paternal grandfather, .lohn .Simpson, w.as\\nof English descent.\\nOur subject grew to mature years in his native\\ncounty and received liiseducation in the common\\nschools and on the farm. He was married in Or-\\nleans County, .January 8, 1851, to Miss Mary A.\\nThompson. In the year 1863 he came with his\\nfamily to Hartford Township. Van lUiren County,\\nand located on the farm where he has since lived.\\nHe was soon elected Supervisor of his township,\\nwhich ollice he held one year, and in the fall of\\n1872 was elected to the Legislature and re-electe l\\nin the fall of 188G. He has been rather an active\\npolitician, li.as served as delegate to many conven-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0777.jp2"}, "778": {"fulltext": "786\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntions, and has the distinction of having hehl every\\noffice for which he has run.\\nMr. Simpson is the possessor of two hundred and\\nforty acres of finely- improved land on sections\\n24, 13 and 14. He commenced active life at the\\nage of twenty-one witli %!100 and all that he now\\nowns in due to liis own industry and business\\nenterprise. In his iKilitical views he casts his vote\\nand iutluence with the Reiiul)liean party. Socially,\\nhe is connected witli no secret order at all. He is\\na gentlcmau who is lilced by every one who knows\\nhim for his kind and genial manners.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Simpson have lieen born eight\\nchildren, six of whom are living: Clara B., AVendell\\nL., Ada M. (uow Mrs. Slierwood), Nathan F., Frank\\n(i. and Fred L. Wendell L. attended the military\\nschool at West Point, f]oni which he graduated in\\n1884. For three years he was on the Western fron-\\ntier, and for about the same period was military in-\\nstructor at the Agricultural College, in Lansing, at\\nthe same time serving as Professor of iMathematics\\nand Mechanics, to which he was elected by the State\\nBoard. He is now First Lieutenant and with his\\ncompany is located atSackett s Harbor.\\nNot only the present, but coming generations as\\nwell, will be pleased to notice in connection with\\nthis life sketch a lithograi)liic portrait of Mr.\\nSimpson.\\n\\\\|^ANSOM NLTTING, who now lives a retired\\nIWf life in Decatur, and is classed among: its\\ni*i Vll leading citizens, is a native of the old B.ay\\nState, and comes of an earl\\\\ New England\\nfamily of Iri.sh origin, that was founded in Amer-\\nica during early Colonial days. His grandfather,\\nDavid Nutting, served in the Revolutionary War,\\nand died August 11, 1818. He was quite wealthy.\\nHis son Ebenezer, father of our subject, was born in\\nBrimfield, Mass., December 3, 1776, and married\\nLucy Bryant, who was born in Plymouth, Mass.,\\nNovember 18, 1778, and traced her ancestry back\\nto the Pilgrim Fathers. Ebenezer Nutting was a\\nfarmer and blacksmith by trade. He died in Frank-\\nlin County, Mass., September 11, 1847, in the faith\\nof the Baptist Church, to which he belonged. His\\nwife died in Leverett, Mass., August 19, 1857.\\nUnto them were born seven children: Oliver, Bry-\\nant, Lucius, Asa, Harrison, Alden, and Ransom, who\\nis the (mlj one now living, although six of the\\nnumber grew to mature years.\\nThe birth of our subject occurred in Leverett,\\nFranklin County, October 26, 1818, and in the\\npublic and private schools he acquired his educa-\\ntion. We see in him a self-made man, who at the\\nearly age of fifteen years started out in life for\\nhimself, and lias since made his own way in the\\nworld. He learned the tanner s and curiier s trade\\nwhich he followed for about fifteen years in Spring-\\nfield, Wire Village and Worcester. During that\\ntime, on the 17tli of .lul^-, 1844, he wedded Mary\\nT. Stratton, daughter of Samuel Stratton, a prom-\\ninent Massachusetts farmer, their union ))eingcele-\\nbi ated in Gill, Mass. For about five years after\\nhis marriage, Mr. Nutting continued to act as su-\\nperintendent of a tanner3 when his employer\\nfailed, owing him about t!l,000. It was in 1853\\nthat he came to the West with his wife and chil-\\ndren, and, locating in Decatur, engaged in the tan-\\nning business for himself. For twenty years he\\ncarried on operations in th.at line, and in his under-\\ntakings met with signal success, acquiring thereby\\na handsome competence, which now enables him to\\nrest from all labors.\\nUnto Mr. and Mrs. Nutting were born two chil-\\ndren: Addie J., the elder, who was born in Lever-\\nett, Mass., March 7, 1850, died on the 25th of Feb-\\nruary, 1865; and Carrie L., born October 14, 1853,\\nmakes her home with her father in Decatur. The\\nfamily have here a pleasant residence, supplied with\\nall the comforts and many of the luxuries of life,\\nwhich have been obtained through the well-directed\\nbusiness efforts of our subject.\\nJlr. Nutting exercises his right of franchise in\\nsupport of the Democratic party, and takes consid-\\nerable interest in political affairs. For thirteen\\nyears he was Supervisor of Decatur Township, was\\na member of the School Boai d for a number of\\nyears, and .served as its Treasurer, and was nomi-\\nnated for Treasurer of the county, but, owing to the\\nRepublican majority, failed of election. During\\nPresident Cleveland s administration he was ap-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0778.jp2"}, "779": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n787\\n|ioiii(c(1 I o.sliiiaslcr of Dccnt iir. mikI tlic dulii s of\\nllial ollli i have iicviT liot ii more faitlifully or clli-\\nc ioiitlv (liscliarjiod tlian iiiuk i liis ailministialion.\\nlie iii:uli a iioiiiilai- ollicci-, and won the coninicnda-\\ntion of nil cont oinod. Ik- lias fr( i|ucntly sewed as\\nCliairnian of llu- Dcniocratif Coiinly Convention,\\nand liis opinions aie leoeived with deference in the\\n(councils of his party. For some years Mr. Nutlinsr\\nhas sutTered from asthma, whieh has beeni much\\nworse of late.\\ni -^r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(QV^\\nOBEHT .IIt KMNG,an eminently worthy\\ncitizen of Kalamazoo County, and a pros-\\nt*i perous farmer of Comstook Township, re-\\nl^siding on section 6, was horn in Xorfulk-\\nshire, Knglandjin the village of Ilitehani, September\\n2, 1821. Robert .lickling, his father, was a native\\nof the same place, born May 2, 1791. In 1835, lie\\nemigrated with his familj- to Overbeck, Canada, the\\njourney across the water and into the interior of\\nthe country being accomplished in seven weeks and\\nthree days, lie became an early settler of the\\ntown of Woodstock in Upper Canada, and there\\nspent the rest of his da^ s at his occupation as a\\nfarmer, dying April it, 1872, at a good old age.\\nHe was a son of Valentine Jickling, who was an\\nKnglishinan, ;in(I born in the same shire a him-\\nself.\\nThe mother of our subject was Mary Lee in her\\nmaiden days, and slic was born in 178K in the same\\nEnglish shire as her husband and other members\\nof the family. She died December 10, 18:51, at\\nthe age of foi ty-three years. She bore seven chil-\\ndren, two of whom died young, one in infancy\\nand one at the age of seven years. John and\\nGeorge are residents of Canad.-i; Sarah is the wife of\\nAbrara Bray, who resides near Woodstock, Canada;\\nMary is the wife of William Everets of the village\\nof Mitehell, Canada. After the death of the mother\\nof oursidiject, his father married Mary Whitby in\\n1832. She was born in England, December 30,\\n1S()7, and became the mother of ten children, as\\nfollows: William F., who has been on the police\\nforce in Chicago for nineteen years, and who was\\na soldier in the Civil War; Elizabeth, wife of Will-\\niam .MeClain, of Manitoba; .lohn 1).. a lesident of\\n.Jasi)er County, Iowa; Susan, wife of William\\nWood, of Canada; Thomas, a resident of Canada;\\nRowland, deceased; .Samuel, who was a member of\\ntht! Seventeenth Michigan Infantry during the late\\nwar, and is now at Annai)olis; Hannah and Re-\\nbecca deceased; Joseph B., a resident of Manitoba,\\nlie of whom we write is the third son and third\\nchild of his parents. He remained at home with\\nthem until the family came to America, and he\\nw.ns then bound out to David Ford, with whom he\\ncame to Michigan, and remained with him un-\\ntil he was twenty-six years old. .\\\\t that age, he\\nwas married in (Talesbiirgh tt) .lulia Ann, the oldest\\nchild of Fa\\\\ and Lura (Johnson) Aldricli,tlic mar-\\nriage ceremony l)eing performed by George Sim-\\nmons, December .5, 1847. And thus for more than\\nforty-four years they have lived and labored to-\\ngether in a wedded life that has brought them as\\nmuch joy as usually falls to the lot of mortals, and\\namong its attendant blessings arc the eleven chil-\\ndren born to them, namely: Adeline, born Oct-\\nober 1, 1848, and the wife of Frederick Shay, of\\nRichland Township; Marquis, born August 2,\\n1850, now a farmer of Richland Township;\\nLura, born Octolter 3, 1852. and the wife of\\nJoseph Newell, of Richland Township; Mary, born\\nOctober 2(5, 1854, wife of Gordon 15. Brig-\\nham, of Richland Township; Sarah, born ^lay\\n25, 1857, married Henry Tolhurst, of Ric-hland\\nTownship, and died May 9, 1888; Ella, born\\nMarch 13, 18C0. wife of Sabin B. Nichols, of Kala-\\nmazoo;Alberl, born August II, 18( 2, foieman of the\\nDewing Manuf.acturing Company, at Kalamazoo;\\nWalter W., born Sei)teinber 28, 1H( 1, residing with\\nhis parents; Emma, liorn June 10, 18(57, died May\\n22, 1889; Clara E., born December 29, 1869, wife\\nof the Rev. John Humphreys, pastor of the\\nCongregational Church at Rylander, Wis.; How-\\nard B., born October 20, 1873, a student at the\\nBusiness College at Kalamazoo. The wife of our\\nsubject w.as l)orn six miles from the town of Angel-\\nica, Allegany County. N. V., and she came to\\nMicliigan with her parents at the age of four years.\\nThe journey w.is made with an ox-team, and led\\nthrough the famous Maumee Swamp. The family\\nwas among the first to settle in Charleston Town-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0779.jp2"}, "780": {"fulltext": "788\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nship. Mrs. Jickling s father and mother were na-\\ntives of New York, as was her paternal grandfather,\\nAbram Aldrich, and he too was an early settler of\\nKalamazoo County, coming here in 1833, and\\ntaking up land from the (Tovernment.\\nMr. Jickling located where he now resides after his\\nmarriage, buying the land of his old cmploj er, Mr.\\nFord. There were no imiirovements on the place\\nexcept a small log house, 18x20 feet in dimen-\\nsion, and the roof covered with shakes. lie and\\nhis wife lived in that humble abode nine j ears.\\nAll the furniture they had when they set up\\nhousekeeping was just barelj sufficient for their\\nwants a primitive cook-stove, a chest, that served\\nas a table, and a few other indispensable articles.\\nThe surrounding country was a wilderness, and\\ntliere were no roads or scarcely any evidences of\\ncivilization, and our suliject and his wife liad to\\nface many a hardship and to endure many trials\\nl)efore the land was brought into its present fine\\ncondition, and provided with neat buildings and\\neverything to facilitate farming. INIr. .Tickling has\\nnow a fine farm of one hundred and ninety-two\\nacres, all of which is under cultivation, but about\\ntwenty acres. One hundred and forty acres of\\nthis land have been cleared by himself. Mv. Jick-\\nling has made a name and a place for himself in\\nhis adopted township second to that of no other\\nman, and he is greatly respected by the people\\namong whom he has lived for so many years. In\\nhis political relations, he is a Republican. He has\\nhelped forward the cause of education in this lo-\\ncality in his capacity of School Director, which of-\\nfice he has held many terms.\\n1\\nOHN H. DIX, ex-Sheriff of the county, now\\nresiding in Kalamazoo, has the honor of\\nbeing a native of the county. He was born\\n^fJ in Schoolcraft-, on the 13th of J.anuary,\\n1842, and is the third in the family of four chil-\\ndren whose parents were .luhn and Sallie C.\\n(Brown) Dix. Both were natives of the Green\\nMountain State. The Dix family is of English\\ndescent and the mother of our subject was of\\nScotch lineage, her father being Putnam Brown, a\\nfarmer of the Empire State, born of Scotch par-\\nentage. John and Sallie Dix became earlj- settlers\\nof Kalamazoo Count} Mich., locating in School-\\ncraft where the father engaged in merchandising\\nand also carried on farming. He likewise kept a\\nhotel in an early day and built the woolen mills at\\nThree Rivers. His death occurred at that place in\\n1843. His wife is still living in her eighty-fourth\\nyear and resides in Schoolcraft.\\nOur subject has spent almost his entire life in\\nthis county and has been identified with its up-\\nbuilding and its history from an earlj day. His\\nprimary education, acquired in Schoolcraft, was\\nsupplemented by a course of study in Cedar Park\\nSeminary, a Baptist school, and having thereby\\nfitted himself for teaching, he pursued that profes-\\nsion through four winter seasons. In 1864, he en-\\nlisted in the naval service of his country on board\\nthe United Stales gunboat Nymph on the Missis-\\nsippi and Red Rivers and took i)art in several skir-\\nmishes. After a j ear s service, he received his dis-\\ncharge on the 27th of June, 1865, and returned to\\nthe North.\\nEntering the United States Mail Service, Mr.\\nDix devoted his energies to the faithful discharge of\\nthe duties of that position, which he filled for four-\\nteen years, his route l3 ing between Cleveland and\\nChicago. For three years, he continued to hold\\nthe position under President Cleveland, but was\\nthen removed on account of being an offensive\\npartisan. He then took a trip to Salt Lake\\nCity, Utah, ynd after spending six weeks in travel\\nreturned to the county of his nativity. On the\\nRepublican ticket, he was nominated for the office\\nof County Sheriff and, when the election returns\\nwere received, it was found that he was the people s\\nchoice. In January, 1888, he assumed the duties\\nof the office .and by acclamation was nominated\\nfor a second term but this time lost the election by\\nfifty -one votes, owing to a combination of the\\nPatrons of Industry and the Democrats. AVhen\\nhis term had expired, ho retired to private life.\\nMr. Dix has been twice married. His first union,\\ncelebrated in 1871, was with Miss Ida Burnett of\\nSchoolcraft, whose death occurred in February,\\n1875. The lady who now bears the name of Mrs.\\nDix was in her maidenhood Miss Ella Dibble, of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0780.jp2"}, "781": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0781.jp2"}, "782": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0782.jp2"}, "783": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n791\\nSandusky, Ohio, (laiiijlitcr of Daniel I)it)l)li Tiicir\\nunion has l)eeu l)lcs.se(I with two chiUhon: Jlary C\\nand John Waivonian. Socially, Mr. Dix is a mcm-\\nl)cr of tho Knij^iil-s of Pythiius, and the IMaccahecs,\\nalso of I ost No. ol);i, G. A. H., of Schoolcraft, lie\\nis not now actively engaged in business but is a\\nstockliolder in the Kalamazoo Corset C onipauy.\\nHis residence in the county covers a period of lif I3\\nyears and he h.is therefore witnessed the greater\\npart of its growth. He h.os taken a coniniendalilo\\ninterest in everything ijcrtaining to its welfare\\nand adv.ancemcnt and his duties of citizenship\\nhave been ever faithfully performed.\\nAMKS .M. DAVIS, ,Iudge of Trobate, is one\\nof the most inlluential citizens of Kalamazoo.\\nWhile his life is (piiet and unostontatiousi\\nchielly occupied by the labors incident to\\nhis profession-lhat of law-yet it is no exaggeration\\nto say that few men have effected greater prac-\\ntical good or acconijilislied larger results for the\\nwell-being of their fellow-citizens.\\n1 1 is a noteworthy fact that many of the em-\\ninent men of this and other Stales were born and\\nreared on farms. The biography of Mr. Davis,\\nwhose portrait adoins the opposite p.ige, furnishes\\nanother instance of this kind. His early yeai-s\\nwere passed ui)on his father s farm in Lake County,\\nInd., where he was born September 11, 1842. His\\nfather, Samuel C, wa.s Ijorn in Carroll County.\\n(Huo, in IKIG, and married Mary .T., daughter of\\n.losepli McSpcrren, a Pennsylvania farmer, who\\nw.is of .Scotch-Irish descent. His x cupation was\\nthat of a farmer, and his life, which was an hon-\\norable and upright one, proved the pos.session of\\nthe sturdy principles impl.anted in a long line of\\nKnglish ancestors.\\nIn IH 10, Samuel C. Davis removed from Ohio\\nto Lake County, Ind., .settling near Crown Point,\\nthe county-seat, and engaging in farming. His\\nwife pas.sed from earth in 18GG, but he still sur-\\nvives in good health at an advanced age. Of his\\nlive children. .lames M. wiis the second in order of\\nbirth. His iMuhood days were spent in almost con-\\nstant allendauce in the schools and academics of\\nhis State. After completing a course in the com-\\nmon-schools of Crown I omt, he entered the .aciid-\\nemy of that town and later w.as a student in the\\nN alparaiso Male and Female College. His school-\\ning was linished in the Asbury (now Dc Pauw s)\\nUniversity, where he was graduated in 1868.\\nAfter teaching school for a short time, Mr,\\nDavis entered the law department of the Univer-\\nsity of Michigan, where he studied one year, then,\\nin the spring of 1870, opened a law ollice in Kala-\\nmazoo and has continued in the pr.actice of his\\nprofession to the present time. In 1872, he was\\nelected .Justice of the Peace, and two years later\\nwas appointed Circuit Court Commissioner for a\\nterra of two yeai s, and, being re-elected, served\\nfour years in all. ^laj- 2, 1883, he received the\\nappointment of United States Commissioner for\\nthe Western District of Michigan, which office he\\nstill holds. His election .-is .ludge of Probate took\\npl.ice in 1888 and he assumed the duties of the\\noffice .Lanuary 1, 1889, for a term of four years.\\nMarch 22, 1867, .ludge Davis was married to\\nMiss Estella, daughter of Thoma.s 15. Kldred, of\\nClima.x, this State, and they are the parents of\\nthree children, namely: Dora, Thomas K. and\\nPerc} L. The .ludge and his estimable wife have\\na pleasant home at No. 136 Thompson Street,\\nwherein they entertain their many friends with\\ngracious hospitsility. They are membei s of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which he litis held\\nvarious offices. He has also served as President of\\nthe County .Sunday-school Association for two\\nyears. His fii-st Presidential vote was cast for\\nAbraham Lincoln and he hius continued ever since\\na stanch adherent of the i)rinciples of the l{e[)ub-\\nlic.an I arty.\\nANIHL SPICEK. One of the most suc-\\ncessful groceries in this section of country\\nis carried on by D. Spicer it Co., of Paw\\nPaw, who have been conducting a praspcr-\\no us busine.ss since 1881. Possessing a thorough ap-\\npreciation fif the demands of the trade, and niaking\\na careful study of the markets in oider to |)laee", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0783.jp2"}, "784": {"fulltext": "792\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbefore customers the choicest goods olitaina)ile, it\\nIS not strange that Mr. Spicer has built up an ex-\\ntensive business and is known as a reliable mer-\\nchant.\\nMr. Spicei- was born in Orleans, N. Y., Septem-\\nber 26, 1840, and is the son of Darius H. and\\nDorcas (Pratt) Spicer, natives of New York and\\nVermont, respectively, lie was reared on a farm\\nin his native county until he was eighteen, in the\\nmeantime receiving a common-school education,\\nand then came West to this State, locating in\\nPlymouth, Wayne County, and engaging to work\\non a farm. In February, 18C0, he commenced to\\ntravel for a firm dealing in fanning mills and\\nsafes, and making general collections on outstand-\\ning indebtedness, until 1863.\\nAfter visiting Michigan, Indiana, Illiuois and\\nWisconsin in the interest of his business, Mr. Spicer\\ncame to Van Buren Count_y, where he began re-\\ncruiting for the army. lie enlisted in .lulv, 1861,\\njoining the Twenty-eighth Michigan Infantry in\\nCompan} C. He saw service in the F irst Division,\\nSecond Brigade, Twentv-third Army Corps, was in\\nthe battles of Nashville, Alexandria, and others of\\nminor importance. At the battle of Kingston,\\nMarch 8, 1865, he was wounded in the right wrist\\nand was confined in a hospital from that time until\\nthe close of the war. He commenced service as a\\nprivate but later received the commission of Sec-\\nond Lieutenant, and now on account of injuries\\nsustained, he receives a [lension of ^H per month.\\nAfter the close of tlic war, Mr. Spicer once more\\nengaged as a traveling man and for five years sold\\nfarming niaciiinery, etc. During that period, he\\nwas married, November 29 (Thanksgiving Day),\\n1866, to Miss Araminta, daughter of Thomas A.\\nand .Tulia Granger, whose sketch may be found in\\nanother portion of this volume. Mr. and Mrs.\\nSpicer are the parents of one child, Harry, who was\\nborn in Lawton, September 23, 1879. After his\\nmarriage, iMr. Spicer resided in Lawton until April,\\n1880, where he clerked and also engaged in buying\\nand selling produce.\\nMr. Spicer owns one hundred and eighty acres\\nin Lawton, of which forty-four acres are planted in\\nfruit trees, thirty-two being in grapes and ten in\\npeaches and cherries. After locating in Paw Paw,\\nhe engaged for a time in shipping apples, and\\nflnallj in 1881, commenced in the grocery bus-\\niness, which he still continues. Politically, ho is a\\nRepublican and has filled various local offices, hav-\\ning been a member of the Village Board for six\\nyears, besides serving in other capacities. He be-\\nlongs, sociall3 to the ludeiiendent Order of Odd\\nFellows, and the Grand Armj- of the Republic, and\\nis now serving as Assistant Quartermaster-Generel\\nof the Department of Michigan, to which he was\\nelected in Muskegon in 1891.\\nAVID B. MERRILL, who is one of the most\\nextensive manufacturers in the State, is Pre-\\nsident of the Merrill Milling Company.\\nThey have four mills, two located at Kalamazoo,\\none three miles south of Kal.amazoo and one at\\nPlainwell. which bear the names of Kalama-\\nzoo, Cold Stream, Eagle, and Plainwell\\nMills, respectively. The company began business.\\nMarch 1, 1887, with a capital stock of $100,000, all of\\nwhich was invested in the business. Their mills\\nare supplied with the roller process and have a-\\ncapacity of six hundred barrels per day, or .an\\nannual cai)acltj of one hundred thousand barrels.\\nThe original of this sketch started out in his\\npresent business in 1858, buying the Kalamazoo\\nMill. Three year later, he became the proprietor\\nof the Cold Stream Mill, in 1872 purchased the\\nPlainwell Mill, and in 1876, the Eagle Mill. His\\nfirst partner was George W. Fish, with whom he\\ncontinued for a j^ear and a half, and then became\\n.associated for three years with F rancis H. Chase.\\nAt the end of that time, W. II. McCourtie became a\\nmember of the firm, continuing as such until 1882.\\nDavid B. iMerrill was born in Peru, Clinton\\nCounty, N. Y., on the 6th of .Tune, 1833, and is\\nthe son of Arthur 11. and Rhoda (Stearns) Merrill,\\nnatives of Claremont, N. H. Our subject was the\\nyoungest in the parental family of nine children,\\nof whom four sons are now living, two making\\ntheir home in Illinois, and one in Peru, N. Y. lie\\nwas given an academic education, and taught three\\nterms of school, commencing when fifteen years of\\nage at Peru. Later he taught two terms at Long Is-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0784.jp2"}, "785": {"fulltext": "PORTK.VIT AM) BIUGKAPHICAL RECORD.\\n793\\nland. Tie then rleiked for a twelvemonth in a gro-\\ncery store in New York City, at the end of which\\ntime he returned to I cni and became bookkeeper\\nin a miU. He oci upied that position for two years,\\nand for a similar period carried on a general nier-\\nch.andise business at Clintonvillc.\\nHe of whom we write came to Kalam.azoo in\\nApril. 18, )M. and eight years later, in company with\\nMr. McCourtie, platted an addition of twelve .acres\\nto the city. In 18(). he purchased a one-half in-\\nterest in the Stuart .\\\\ddition, where he erected a\\nnumber of (hvclling houses. Later he became the\\n|iroprietor of a tract of one hundred and seventy-\\ntwo acres, twelve of wiiich he platted and sold the\\nrest in .acre lot.s. l- or live years, Mr. Merrill was\\nan extensive stave manufacturer, and success h.as\\ncrowned his efforts in every branch of work. In\\npolitics, he is a Republican.\\n^liss ,]ulia Hatch became the wife nf our subject\\nin IMoG. She pa.^ised from this life in Aiiril, 18.59,\\nat Kalamazao, and in 1 Mil 1. ;\\\\Ir. Merrill was married\\nto Mrs. Annie La Due, of Milwaukee, Wis. She\\nwas the daughter of S. 1!. Davis, an old resident of\\nthis city, who ran the first line of stages from\\nDetroit to Chicago. He w.a.s well known to all the\\npeople of this vicinity, as his death occurred only\\n.about ten years ago, which sad event w.as occa-\\nsioned by his being thrown from a wagon, his head\\nstriking a tclegrai h [lole and killing him insUint-\\nly. Mrs. Merrill died August 11, 18!)0, at\\nI etoskey. She had become the mother of one\\ndaughter, l la, now the wife of (!eorge Winans, a\\ncarriage nianuf. icturcr. Mr. Merrill had liorii to him\\none son by his lirst marriage, Charles li., who died\\nin 1876, aged nineteen years.\\nSeptember 15, 1891, the original of this sketch\\nwas married to INIiss Ida L. Uowley, of this city,\\nand the daughter of Mrs. .1. Rowley. Miss Ida\\nwas for live ycare in the em|)loy of Mr. Merrill as\\nhis stenographer. They are members f)f the Fiist\\nCongregational Church, of wliieh society our suli-\\nject has been Trustee, an intliicntial member and\\nlilieral contributor for thirty years. He is a Direc-\\ntor and heavy stockhfilder in the First National\\nIJank of this city ami is otherwise interested in\\npublic enterprises.\\n.Mr. Merrill vi itec| Scoll:ind and Kn^land din-\\ning Jlay and .Tune of 1891. He has one of the\\nmost desirable mtxlein residences in the city, which\\nis presided over by his refined and intelligent wife.\\nIt is pleasantly located at No. 410 West Lovell\\nStreet.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^4-\\nT\\n\u00c2\u00a5I1,LI.\\\\.M II. CONVERSE, an influential\\n[)ioneer of Kalamazoo County, Ross Town-\\nship, residing on section 12, was born in\\nCayuga County, N. Y., December 10, 182( He is\\na .son of .Tosiali and Betsey Lal)erteaux) Converse?\\nthe former a native of New England. With the\\nexception of two years spent in the milling busi-\\nness, he has spent his entire life in farming pursuits\\nand is a thorough and practical .agriculturist.\\nIn 1853, Mr. Converse came to Kalamazoo\\nCounty andat first was employed on different farms,\\nbut one year after settling here, he |)iirchased one\\nhundred acres of land in Ross Township, which he\\nstill owns. He was married, .August 8. 18. )5, to\\nIMi.ss .Sarah M., daughter of Harvey and .Vlsamena\\n(Downing) Cooley,and a native of W.ayne County,\\nN. 1 born August 7, 18. 1. Her parents, who\\nwere natives of New York, emigrated in 18;5(;, to\\nCalhoun County, this State, the journey being\\nmade overland to the new hoiiieliy w.ay of Canada,\\nby wagon.\\nWhen Mr. Cooley .settled in Calhoun County,\\nthe nearest neighbor was six miles away, and the\\nland was covered with a dense forest grf)wfli. He\\nentered one hundred and sixty acres of l;uid from\\nthe Government, the [nice being ^l. 2^ per acre,\\nand settled in the woods of Bedford Township,\\nwhere he cleared and cultivated one of the l)est\\nfarms c)f the county. He served as Supervisor of\\nthe township, and w.as in other ways closely iden-\\ntified with the progress of the county. In their\\nold age, he and his wife removed to Battle Creek,\\nwhere, surrounded by the comforts of life, they\\npassed their closing days.\\nThrough his tireless exertions. Mr. Converse\\ncleared and improved his farm and is now the\\nowner of one hundred and forty acres, comprising\\none of the best estates of the county. In the pub-\\nlic life of the township, he is always interested and", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0785.jp2"}, "786": {"fulltext": "794\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nis known as a firm Republican. He has served as\\nHigliway Commissioner, and is a member of Ross\\nGrange No. 24, of wliicli lie has been Treasurer for\\nmany years. He contributes liberally to the sup-\\nport of the Methodist Ejiiscopal Church, of which\\nhis wife is a member.\\nMr. and Mrs. Converse are the parents of five\\nchildren, as follows: Eliza, wife of Dr. W. H.\\nIlaughey, of Battle Creek; Henry C; Minnie, who\\nmarried William Greer; William H. and Frank.\\nMrs. Converse is one of eight children, three of\\nwhom are now living, viz: P. J., of Chicago; Mrs.\\nConverse, and Cyrus, of Barry County. The posi-\\ntion occupied by Mr. Converse and his excellent\\nwife in the social circles of the community is a\\nhigh one, and their influence is felt in moulding\\nthe opinions of others.\\n\\\\fl AMES C. BENNETT is the senior member\\nof the firm of James C. Bennett Son,\\ndealers in boots and shoes in Kalamazoo,\\nMich. The business was established in 1859,\\nby S. O. Bennett, father of our subject, and carried\\non by him, in company with liis sons, L. T., .J. C.\\nand John, foi several years. Ilis death occurred in\\n1884, in his eiglitieth year. The following was\\ngiven in the History and Directory of Kalamazoo\\nCounty, issued in 1861): S. O. Bennett Sons,\\nmanufacturers of, and dealers in, boots and shoes\\nat No. Ill Main Street. The firm began business\\nunder this name in January, 1866. S. O. Bennett,\\nhowever, came here in 18.59, and began trade in\\nthe fall of that year. In December, 1867, the store\\nwhich he had purchased and fitted up was des-\\ntro3 ed by fire, but with characteristic enterprise lie\\nbegan to rebuild in April, and in August finishc l\\nthe handsome and commodious brick store now oc-\\ncupied by the firm at No. Ill Main Street, which\\nis a favorite and popular place for the purchasers\\nof sole goods of every kind. S. O. Bennett has\\nbeen a most valuable citizen, contributing by his\\nenterprise and liberality to the wealth and beauty\\nof Kalamazoo. The firm is composed of S. O. Ben-\\nnett, father, and James C. and John, sons, gentle-\\nmen thoroughly versed in the conduct and require-\\nments of the shoe trade, and- citizens of position\\nand influence.\\nJames C. Bennett, whose name heads this sketch,\\nis the eldest son of Stephen O. and Sarah (Cailen-\\nder) Bennett. The father was born near Saratoga\\nSprings, N. Y., and the mother in New York City.\\nShe was a daughter of AVilliam Callender, who was\\nengaged in the West Indian trade. They were mar-\\nried in New York City, where Mr. Bennett en-\\ngaged in mercantile pursuits for several years. In\\n1832, he removed with his family to Lorain County,\\nOhio, and afterward to Cleveland. In 1841, he\\ntook up his residence in Racine County, Wis.,\\nwhere lie carried on general farming and stock-\\nraising until 1859, when became to Kalamazoo and\\nestablished the boot and shoe business as alxive\\nstated.\\nOur subject was born in New York City, August\\n13, 1831, acquired his early education in Ohio, af-\\nterward attended the academy at Racine, and com-\\nl)leted his school life in the University of Wiscon-\\nsin. He then engaged in teaching for two years,\\nand afterward in farming in AVisconsin for ten\\nyears, but in 1826 came to Kalamazoo, Mich.,\\njoining his father in liusiness. Another store was\\nestablished in Grand Kapids, and in 1873 James C.\\nbecame sole proprietor of the Kalamazoo store,\\nwhile the father took the other. He continued\\nalone in business until 1884, when he admitted to\\npartnership his son, Lorenzo T., and the firm name\\nwas changed to James C. Bennett it Son. They\\ncarry a large and complete line, and have a well-\\nordered establishment, which is the oldest concern\\nof the kind in Kalamazoo Count3 Their store is\\n22x100 feet, and three stories in height, and is\\nbuilt on the site of that which was burned. They\\ndo a strictly cash business, and have a large and\\nconstantly increasing trade, which they have won\\nthrough industry, perseverance and the courteous\\ntreatment which marks their intercourse with their\\ncustomers.\\nIn 1853, Mr. Bennett wedded Miss Margaret\\nThompson, of Racine County, AVis., daughter of\\nRobert Thompson, a wealthy farmer of that county.\\nHe was for many years superintendent of the Mon-\\nsou Woolen Mills of Monson, Mass., which is the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0786.jp2"}, "787": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0787.jp2"}, "788": {"fulltext": "^ci/ti^^e^i^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0788.jp2"}, "789": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BICXJRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n797\\nl)irtlil)lace of Mrs. Bennett. Five cliildreii liiivc\\n1)0011 liorn to our subject .and his wife, two sons\\n.111(1 three daughters: ]Marv K., Lorenzo T., S. Jen-\\nnie, Isal)ella G. and Robert S. The parents are both\\nineniliers of tiie First Baptist C liurch, in which Mr.\\nBennett h;us lield the olliee of Deacon since 18(57;\\nalso that of Trustee for ten years. lie was for nine\\nyears Superintendent of the Sunday-school in R.ay-\\nmond. Wis., and, since coming to Kalamazoo, has\\nbeen a te.aelier in the Sunday-school, and an active\\nworker in the church here. lie was also Superin-\\ntendent of the iiublic schools in Racine County. He\\nhas led an hoiior.ible, upright life, thereby winning\\nthe confidence and regard of all with whom he has\\ncome in contact, and of the citizens of Kalamazoo,\\nwe know none more worthy of representation in\\nthis volume than our subject.\\nA.I. WYLLYS CADAVKIJ- HANSOM,\\nwho is a prominent and iulluential resi-\\ndent of Kalamazoo, w.as born at Towns-\\nhcnd, Windham County, Vt, April 28,\\nHis father was Gov. Epapliroditus Ransom,\\nwhose biography will appear on another p.age in\\nthis volume. His mother bore the maiden name of\\nAlmira CadwoU, daughter of Wyllys Cadwell, a rei)-\\nrescntative citizen and merchant of Montpelier, Vt.,\\nwho was among the first settlers of the new capi-\\ntal after its removal from Vergennes, which had\\nbeen the seal of Government since the admission\\nof the State intt) the Union.\\nIn 1834, (iov. Ransom emigrated to .Michigan,\\nhaving been preceded here by his brother and\\nsister, and, locating in Kalamazoo, began the prac-\\ntice of law. This now prosperous city at that\\ntime was little more than a hamlet, containing\\nabout twenty houses and one hundred iuhabitant-s,\\nbut being founded mostly 63 New Knglandere,\\nwho brought all their usual thrift and enterprise\\nto the tiisk of building up the infant village, it\\nrapidly increased in imporUmec and population,\\n.and w.as soon provided with churches and good\\nschools. Among the latter was a branch of the\\nState University where our subject was prepared\\nto enter the Sophomore class at the main institu-\\ntion at .\\\\nn Arbor, in isi. lie w.as there gradu-\\nated three years later, and was ai)pointed Private\\nSecretary to his father in the executive ollice, in\\nwhich capacity he continued to act until the close\\nof the ollici.al term, in 18.50.\\nAt the expiration of the time above mentioned,\\nour subject entered the oflice of the Auditor-Gen-\\neral under Hon. .John J. Adam, who was verj\\nprominent among the early ollicers of the State,\\n.and who was a man of exceptional ability in the dis-\\ncharge of his public duties. Mr. Ransom remained\\nin his ollice for two years, when he returned to Kal-\\namazoo, and was here engaged in business pursuits\\nuntil 1857, when, having been tendered an import-\\nant position in the ollice of the SurveNor-General\\nof Kansas and Nebraska, he left Michigan for new\\nfields of duty.\\nMr. Ransom reached Kansas iu the most critical\\nperiod of its history, and although a Democrat in\\npolitics, he at once upon his arrival there joined\\nthe Free State party, and on one or two occasions\\nnarrowly- escaped severe consequences from his\\nopen denunciation of pro-slavery outrages. In\\n1858, the Surveyor-tieneral s ollice being removed\\nto Nebr.aska City, our subject accompanied it\\nthither and remained on duty, a portion of the time\\nas chief clerk, until the fall of 1800, when he went\\nto Ft. Scott, Kan., in charge of the Register s De-\\npartment of the United States Land Ollice for the\\nOsage District, located at that i)lace. He discharged\\nthe duties of thai important oflice until April,\\n1861, when, uiion the fall of Ft. .Sumter, he at\\nonce entered the services of the LTnion as First\\nLieutenant of Company K, Second Regiment Kan-\\nsas Volunteer Infantry a regiment organized for\\nthree-months service under President Lincoln s\\nfirst call. Upon the |iromotion of his Captain to be\\nLieutciiaut-CoU)nel, at the organization of the reg-\\niment, Mr. Ransom w.as commissioned to fill the\\nvacanc}\\nJuly follwiiig, Ca| t. Ransom was detailed by\\nGen. Nathaniel Lyon to raise the .Sixth Kan.sas\\nCavalry Regiiiiciil, which service he performed in\\na brief time, and was commissioned Major of the\\nsame in March, 1H()2. .Vlmost immediately there-\\nafter, he waj* given a separate command iu the\\nfield, and for nearly two years was engaged in th*", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0789.jp2"}, "790": {"fulltext": "798\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmost arduous and perilous service, in pursuing\\nand fighting the numerous bauds of guerrillas\\nthat infested the .States of Missouri and Arkansas.\\nHe was present and participated in the battles of\\nHickory Grove, Lone Jack, Cedar Creek, and on\\nthe pursuit of the Rebel General, Jo Shelby, upon\\nthe occasion of his raid into Missouri, in 1863.\\nOur subject was mustered out of the service in\\nIMarch, 1865, meanwhile serving in the capacity\\nof Chief of Ordinance of the District of the Front-\\nier, and once as Judge Advocate on the staffs of\\nGen. Thomas Ewing, Jr., Gen. Samuel R. Curtis,\\nGen. George Sykes and Gen. James G. Blunt. Re-\\nturning from the army, Maj. Ransom located in\\nKansas City, Mo., where he was engaged in the\\nsale of real estate. Soon, however, he was ap-\\npionted by Gov. Fletcher, to the position of Clerk\\nof the Circuit Court of Jackson County. This\\nwas the period of the re-construction of Missouri as\\na free State. In July, 1866, he was attacked in\\nthe streets of Kansas City by a party of his old\\nbushwhacker enemies, who at once fired on him.\\nAfter a fight which lasted some minutes, Maj. Ran-\\nsom fell, severely wounded in three places. He\\nhas never fully recovered from the effect of that\\noutrageous attack.\\nDuring the year 1865, Maj. Ransom was Presi-\\ndent of the Kansas City Cameron Railroad Com-\\npany. Four years later he took up his residence\\nin Lawrence, Kan., as Auditor and Assistant Treas-\\nurer of the Leavenworth, Lawrence Galveston\\nRailroad Company, where he remained until 1877,\\nwhen he accepted the appointment of Auditor of\\nthe Chicago Lake Huron Railroad Company, of\\nMichigan, and, returning to Michigan, located at\\nPort Huron. He made his home in that city until\\n1881, when he was appointed Deputy-Commissioner\\nof Railroads of Michigan under the Hon. W. B.\\nWilliams, of Allegan. He held that position\\nthrough five administrations, and retired to priv-\\nate life at the expiration of his term of otlice, in\\n1891, and returned to his old home in Kalamazoo,\\nwhere he is still residing.\\nMaj. Ransom, himself a ripe scholar, h.as always\\ntaken a deep interest in educational affairs, and\\nwas President of the Board of Education for many\\nyears at Lawrence, Kan. In politics, our subject.\\nthough early educated in the Democratic faith, has\\nvoted the Republican ticket since 1860. He was\\nmarried, in 1853, to Miss Mary E., eldest daughter\\nof the late Dr. William Mottram, a prominent phy-\\nsician of Kalamazoo. Mrs. Ransom has shared the\\nfortunes of her husband through his eventful ca-\\nreer, even to camp life, where she became a prime\\nfavorite with the soldiers. Seven children have\\nbeen born to them, all of whom are living with the\\npromise of honorable and useful lives before them.\\nThe portrait of Maj. Ransom appears on another\\npage of this volume.\\nRS. ADELIA L. BRIGHAlM. This hon-\\nored and esteemed lady of Richland Town-\\nship, Kalamazoo County, is a native of\\nthe State of Vermont, where she opened\\nher eyes to the light December 14, 1828. Her par-\\nents were William L. and Jerusha (Harris) Granger,\\nnatives also of Vermont. Her paternal ancestors\\nwere of English stock, as is also the ancestry on\\nthe mother s side, and the grandfather Granger was\\na hero in the Revolutionary War.\\nWhen five years of age, Mrs. Brigham with her\\nparents removed to Canada, settling near Chatham,\\nthe mother dying soon after their arrival in that\\nProvince. The father survived until the fall of\\n1886, when he too died. At the age of nine years,\\nour subject came with her father and family to\\nKent County, Mich., and resided in that county\\nuntil fifteen years old when the family came to\\nKalamazoo County, settled in Richland Township,\\nand with the exception of about three years slie\\nhas been a resident here since. She attended the\\nfirst academy established at Grand Rapids and re-\\nceived a veiy good education.\\nThe original of this sketch was united in mar-\\nriage, July 2, 1846, to Barna L. Brigham, a native\\nof the Bay State. Mr. Brigham was reared in his\\nnative State, was a cariienter and joiner and erected\\na number of buildings in Richland Township, and\\nall the buildings, with the exception of one, on his\\nfarm where his esteemed widow now resides. After\\ntheir marriage, this couple settled on their farm in\\nRichland Township, he having owned the place a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0790.jp2"}, "791": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAVHICAL RECORD.\\n799\\nuuniber of years previous. Mr. Brigliain developed\\nand cleared it and made of it one of the finest and\\nmost altr.ac tivo farms in the township and it is to-\\ndiiy a stimding monument to his industry and hard\\nlabor. He saw mueh pioneer labor and w.as called\\nfrom tills life to enjoy the recompense due his long\\nand useful career in ISTfi. lie w.as a man highly\\nesteemed and much lionored lor his sterling quali-\\nties and honesty and in his death the count\\\\ lost\\none of its inHuential and intellectual pioneer citi-\\nzens. He w.as not connected with any church, but\\nw.as a man who was a Christian and wanted to be\\njust in everything.\\nMrs. ISrigham resides on the home farm of one\\nhundred and sixty-one acres and ranks among the\\nfirst pioneer women of the township. To her\\nand her husliand seven children were born: fior-\\ndon 1).. Charles H., AViliiani L.. Frances E., .Jennie\\n.1., Adelia L. and Anna M., who are all well liked\\nby all who know lliem. The father of this family\\nwas a kind husliand and loving father and an\\nobliging neighbor and enjoyed the confidence of\\nthe business comniunitv.\\ny\\nr\\nI LAS W. KENDALL. )np of tlie men who\\nhas been prominently interested in the de-\\nvelopment of Oshtemo Township, Kalama-\\nzoo County, is this gentleman. He is a\\nson of Homer S. Kendall, a native of Berkshire\\nCctunty, t., where he w.as born in IH() I he\\nfather was an only son, and liis faMier w.as also a\\nnative of New England who died when Homer wa.s\\nbut a young Ikjv, leaving him the care of his mother.\\nHe at first worked by the month, receiving but k\\nper month in return for his hard labors. He then\\nlearned and followed the tra le of a inillvvright, in\\nwliicli he was (juite successfuL He was married to\\nBeulali Scott, a native of Windham, Vt., and a\\ndaughter of Uufus .Scott, the ceremony taking\\nplace on New Year s Day of 1824, in Allegany\\nCounty. N. V. i hey came to Michigan in 18.56,\\nbringing live children, our subject being the young-\\nest. The father settled in Oshtemo Township, this\\ncounty, in IHST, where he l)ought eighty acres on\\nsection 31. He died October 22, 1891. He w.as an\\nactive and prominent man in his younger days in\\nall public movements. His good wife died on the\\nKith of March, 1872.\\nSilas W. Kendall, the subject of this sketch, had\\nhis birth in -Vllegany County, N. Y., .September 21),\\n18 16, and there spent his boyhood days attending\\nthe common schools. He came to this State with\\nhis parents and was married, in 1873, to Lucy S.\\nDrummond, a daughter of Jacob Drummond, an\\nold settler and one highly esteemed by his many\\nacquaintances. Mrs. Kendall is a pleasant, sociable\\nand motherly woman, and is highly spoken of by\\nall. Our subject is .an active man and quite popu-\\nlar and h.as run for Supervisor of his township a\\nnumber of times, but, being in the minority has\\nfailed to secure an election. In his politics, he\\nalliliates with the Democratic party.\\nHe of whom we write has erected a fine house\\non the estate consisting of eighty acres on section\\n34, and everything around shows the thrift and\\nenergy of the owner. Mr. and ]Mrs. Kendall have\\none child, to whom the3^ have given the name of E.\\nVernon, who is now nine years old, the pride and\\nhope of the family. Mr. Kendall has two brothers\\nand one sister now living. J. W. is living in Kal-\\nam.azoo City, Smith II. in Pine Grove Township,\\nand Nancy S. Thompson is a widow living in Kal-\\namazoo. His sister Electa died in Dakota. .1. W.\\nKendall w.-is a soldier in the Twenty-fifth Michi-\\ngan Infantry in the late war and served his coun-\\ntry three years.\\n^^33J\\ni\\nLCIV^\\n-^,1 NDKIAV .1. HOLMES, dentist, a member of\\ni@0| the popular firm of Holmes k iMoflfett, was\\nIS torn -Vugust IH, 1H34, in the vicinity of\\nWilloughby, I ake County, Ohio. He is\\nthe second son and seventh child in a family of\\neight born to Ezra and Maria (I elton) Holmes.\\nThe father w.as a native of Connecticut and tlie\\nmother of New York, and were married in Living-\\nston County, of the latter-named State.\\nThe parents of our subject came West to Laki\\nCounty, Ohio, as early as 1830, where Mr. Holmes\\nwas engaged in general farming and daiiyiug.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0791.jp2"}, "792": {"fulltext": "800\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmanufacturing a fine qualit^^ of cbeese, for which\\narticle he took first inemiuni in the county and\\nState fairs. He p.asscd from this life in 1861,\\nwhen in his sixty-fourth year. His good wife had\\npreceded him to the better land many years, her\\ndeath taking place in 1837. in Lake County, Ohio.\\nAfter the death of his mother, the father of our\\nsubject was a second time married, the lady of\\nhis choice being Maria Peters, who is now deceased\\nand who had become the mother of five children.\\nAndrew J. Holmes received his primary educa-\\ntion in the common schools of his native town,\\nand later attended the Kirtland Academy at Kirt-\\nland. Ohio, .\\\\fter being graduated from that in-\\nstitution, he taught school for two years and then\\nbegan the study of dentistry at Willoughby, Ohio.\\nAfter completing his course in that profession. Dr.\\nHolmes began the practice of dentistry in the\\nabove-named city, where he was more than ordin-\\narily successful in building u[ a lucrative practice.\\nIn January, ISG .t, the original of this sketch\\nwent to South Haven, this State, where he re-\\nmained for two years and then came to Kalamazoo\\nin 1871, where he has since been a resident.\\nDr. Holmes is quite extensively interested in real\\nestate, and, in addition to the property which he\\nowns in this city, is the proprietor of a good farm\\nat Grand Forks, Dak. At one time he was interested\\nwith P. Poyneer, under the firm name of Poyneer\\nCo., dealing in fanning mills and selling them\\nthroughout the Eastern States. He was thus em-\\nplo3-ed during the ^ears of 188.3-84, but since that\\ntime gives his attention exclusivelj to the practice\\nof his profession.\\nDr. Holmes was married, in March, 1868, to Miss\\nMarion E. Webster, of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Mrs.\\nHolmes was born in Kirtland, Lake County, Ohio,\\nand was the daughter of Trucsdale and Mary\\n(Peterson) Webster. Our subiect and his wife\\nhave become the parents of one son, Frank W.,who\\nis now a student in the dental department of the\\nMichigan University.\\nSocially, Dr. Holmes is a Knight of Pythias and\\na member of the Ancient Order of United Work-\\nmen. In church matters, with his wife, he belongs\\nto the Unitarian denomination, in wliicli body he\\nwas a Trustee. Mrs. Holmes now holds that posi-\\ntion, however, and the church is presided over by\\na lady minister, Mrs. Bartlett. The beautiful home\\nof our subject and his wife is located at No. 703,\\nWest Main Street, where they entertain their\\nfriends, by whom they are held in universal es-\\nteem.\\nSo~\\nIHKE W. NOYES, Assistant Adjutant-Gcn-\\ner.al of the Department of Michigan, G. A.\\niii^ R., was born in Lcroy, Genesee Count}-, N.\\nY., April 22, 1830. He traces his lineage\\nback to the time of William the Conqueror, when\\nhis ancestors came from Normand^ to England and\\nsettled at Salisbury. At an early day in the his-\\ntory of the colonies, reinesentatives of the family\\nemigrated hither and located in New Hampshire,\\nwhere were born the parents of our subject, David\\nW. and Olive (Allen) Noyes. The mother was\\na distant connection of the famous Ethan Allen,\\nso that both as pioneers and patriots the members\\nof the family have labored for the development\\nof the Union.\\nIn October, 1831, our subject was brought by his\\nparents to this State, where he was reared on a\\nfarm in Macomb County, and attended school\\nwhenever opportunity offered. However, his edu\\ncation was principall} gained under the instruc-\\ntions of his father, who was a te.acher as well as a\\nfarmer. When he arrived at the age of twenty-\\none, he hired out to work by the month, making\\nan agreement that he was to receive as much as\\nwas paid by any one in town. Later, he attended\\nthe Disco Academy and in the winter of 1851-52\\ntaught school. At the close of his term of school,\\nhe engaged to work on Government surveys in the\\nUpper Peninsula, and during the following winter\\nclerked in a country store.\\nIn March, 1853, INIr. No^ es sailed from New\\nYork for ]\\\\Ielbourue, Australia, and, after a voyage\\nof one hundred and live days, landed at the des-\\ntined port on July 4tli. For a month he was em-\\nl)l03 ed by an uncle of George Francis I rain as\\nclerk in a bonded warehouse, and after (piitting\\nthat pl.ace went into the gold mines, where he\\nworked witii varying success until February, 1855.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0792.jp2"}, "793": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHTCAL RECORD.\\n801\\nlie found at that time lie h:ul iiiuiu v enough to\\npny his pMssnijc homo, and, accordingly, he em-\\nl)arkod for London, whicii he re.ached after one\\nhundred and forty-two days on the ocean. Among\\nhis feiU)w-|)as.senger.s was an uncle f f William K.\\nGla lsl()ne, Charles Ewart by name. It was l)erl)y\\nDay when he arrived in London, and after making\\na short visit in that city, he sailed from Soutli-\\nhami)ton and landed in Jscw York during June.\\nFrom New York, Mr. Noyes proceeded to Bos-\\nton, thence to the former home of his father in\\nNew Hampshire and from that place to Niagara\\nFalls. In July, 1855, he returned to his father s\\nhome in Macomb County, this State, ami, after vis-\\niting at home for a short time, went to Chicago\\nand entered Bell s Coninicrcial College, from which\\nhe was graduated with second honors in a class of\\nfifty. In tiie spring of 185G, he cng.agcd with a\\nlumber lirm, l y the name of Ad.ams, Blinn fe Co.,\\nas book-kce]icr and general manager, and was sent\\nby them across the lake to South Haven, where he\\nhad charge of their interests, managed their store\\nand w.as foreman of their employes at that place\\nThe i)anic of 1 57 not only bankrupted the firm,\\nbut caused liim to lose his entire salary and the\\nmoney he had loaned his employers.\\nAbout that time, when !Mr. Noyes w.as, perhaps,\\nsuffering more from adverse circumstances than at\\nany other |)eriod of his life, he wjis married, Janu-\\nary 10, 1853, to Mettie L., the daughter of Howe\\nand Harriet (Lampliear) Covert. At the time of\\nher marriage, ]\\\\Irs. Noyes w.as a resident of South\\nHaven, but her native place was in Ovid, Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., where she was born March 2, 1839.\\nTen children have been born to Mr. and IMrs.\\nNoyes, one of whom died in infancy. Arthur J.\\nis engaged on the street railroad in Chicago;\\n(ieorge W born Kcbruary 22, 1H61, resides in\\n^landan, N. Dak., and is one of the foremost taxi-\\ndermists in the Lhiitcd States; Bertha E. is the wife\\nof K. J. Harrington, a farmer of I aw Paw Town-\\nship; David W. lives in Paw Paw, where he is\\nclerking in the establishment of J. C. Warner; Al-\\nliert, who is blind from the effect of injury re-\\nceived when ten ^-ears old, remains under the p.a-\\nrental roof; Ralph G., who is also a taxidermist and\\nresides in D.akota: Harrv S. is a student in the Paw\\nPaw High School; Joe and Merta remain at home.\\nIn 1859, Mr. Noyes p(u-chased eighty .acres of\\nwild land near South Haven, upon which he lo-\\ncated in the spring of the following year. He en-\\ngaged in cutting wood and averaged a cord each\\nd.ay during the winter months. On December 2,\\n1862, he enlisted in Coiiiiiany I), First Michigan\\nSharpshooters, and went into cami) at Kalamazoo.\\nDuring the following month, he went to Dear-\\nborn Arsenal, near Detroit, and iii .Inly, with his\\nregiment, marched to Indiana, following the INIor-\\ngan raiders through that State to the Ohio line\\nand engaged in several sharp skirmishes. After\\ndoing provost duty in Indianapolis for a time, he\\nwas ordered to Detroit to prevent draft riots.\\nThe regiment received orders in August to\\nmarch to Chicago and guard .Morgan s men at\\nCamp Douglas, and thence, JIarch 23. IHOl, they\\nproceeded to Annapolis, Md., to join I .mnside s\\nexpedition. They crossed the Hapidaii Kiver and\\nengaged in the battle of the Wilderness, May 5,\\n1864, going into .action. May fitli, with seven hun-\\ndred and thirty-eight enlisted men and thirty-six\\ncommissioned otlieers. They participated in all\\nthe eamp.aigns of the Army of the Potom.ac and\\nduring the siege of Petersburg occupied the near-\\nestapproach to the lebel lines, guarding the mouth\\nof the mines run under the rebel works. When\\nthe city fell, the regiment planted the tirst Hag\\nover the ruins.\\nAt .Spottsylvania, on May 13th, Mr. Noyes was\\nwounded in the left arm and. on July 30tli, re-\\nceived injuries at the blowing up of the mine. A\\nshell exploded near him which caused p.artial par-\\nalysis of the right side, deafness in the right ear,\\nparalysis of the right larynx, and broke two toes\\nin the left foot. On September 30th, at Peebles farm,\\nhe w.as again wounded in the left limb above the\\nknee and was t\u00c2\u00abken prisoner, being kei)t at Libby\\nPrison for a few daj S and thence removed, on Oc-\\ntober 6th, to Salisbury, where he remained one\\nm(mtli. Together with others, he planned escape,\\nbut the plot being discovered, he w.as removed to\\nDanville. Ya., where he wa.s held until February\\nand tlien returned to Libby Prison.\\nOn February 22, 1865, Mr. Noyes was paroled.\\nand going to the hospital at Annapolis, soon ob-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0793.jp2"}, "794": {"fulltext": "1\\n802\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD=\\ntained a leave of absence and eanie home. On\\nApril 15tli, before he had learned of the assassina-\\ntion of President Lincoln, he was impelled b.y a\\nstrong inward feeling to return to the army, and\\nmeeting his company, did duty until July 28th,\\nwhen he was mustered out and participated in the\\nGrand Review at Washington. He had enlisted\\nas a private, and by a series of promotions passed\\nfrom Orderly .Sergeant to First Lieutenant and\\nCaptain. Before receiving his commission for the\\nlatter position, he was appointed Adjutant, in\\nwhich c. ipacit} he was serving at the time of his\\nresignation.\\nLTpon returning home, Mr. Noyes began to clear\\nand improve his farm, on which he resided until\\n1872. He is a prominent Republican, and, in 1857,\\nwas elected Townshii) Clerk; in 1860, Justice of\\nthe Peace and. in 1862, Supervisor. His first vote\\nwas cast, in 1852, for John P. Hale, and four 3 ears\\nlater he supported John C. Fremont. In 18G7,he was\\nelected Supervisor of South Haven, which posi-\\ntion he retained until 1870, serving as Chairman\\nin 1869-70. He served two terms as Register cf\\nDeeds and has served as Justice of the Peace for\\nabout five 3 ears. For a number of \\\\ears he was man-\\nager of a general store in I aw Paw, finally buying\\nout the stock. In Ma}^ 188G, he was appointed assis-\\ntant book-keeper in the land office at Lansing, and\\nserved m that capacity until May, 1890, when he\\nwas appointed State Trespass Agent. In Januaiy,\\n1891, he resigned that position and the following\\nMarch was appointed to his present responsible and\\ninfluential position in the Grand Army of the Re-\\npublic, and has since been appointed by President\\nHarrison to the position of Postmaster at Paw\\nPaw.\\n1 i\\nil felLLTAM CLARK RANSOM, M. D.. lo-\\n\\\\jij// cated at South Haven in April, 1881, and\\nW^ li s since become one of the leading busi-\\nness men of the place, as well as a jjopular phj si-\\ncian. He is a member of the firm of Hempstead\\nBros. Ransom, clotliing merchants, and is also\\na dealer in real estate and interested in commerce\\non the lakes. Di-. Ransom was born in Belmont\\nCounty, Ohio, December 6, 1828, a son of James\\nand Elizabeth (Anderson) Ransom, the Ransom\\nfamily being ()f Irish ancestry. Samuel Ransom,\\nthe grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in\\nthe Revolutionary War and was never heard of\\nthereafter, it being supposed that he was killed by\\nthe Indians.\\nJames Ransom, the father of our subject, was\\nborn in Union County, Pa., in 1806, where he\\nlearned the trade of a blacksmith and emigrated to\\nOhio. There he married Elizabeth Anderson, a na-\\ntive of Maryland, born near Baltimore, in 1809, and\\nof Scotch ancestiy. They resided in Belmont and\\nGuernsey Counties, Ohio, until 1836, then remov-\\ning to what is now Blackford County, Ohio, where\\nMr. Ransom cut a road ten miles into the dense\\nforest and settled down live miles distant from\\nany other white man. Here he cleared a farm and\\nmade a iiome. He died in 1862, his wife surviv-\\ning hini until 1873. They had thirteen children,\\ntwelve of whom attained to mature j^ears, married\\nand reared families.\\nThe subject of this sketch is the eldest of the\\nparental family and one of three sons who chose\\nthe medical profession. Two sons became merch-\\nants and one a contractor and builder. On attain-\\ning his majority. Dr. R.ansom worked one year for\\na livestock dealer. In 1850, he w.as seized with\\nthe gold fever and started for California via New\\nOrleans, Cuba, Mexico and the Sandwich Islands\\nand thus after a journey- of nine months ar-\\nrived in San Francisco without any money. He\\nworked one year on a ranch at iiil25 per month.\\nHe then took a claim on what is now the site of\\nSan Jose, which he sold for $6,000 and deposited\\nthe money in a bank. This failed and he thus\\nlost all his hard-earned wealth. He then worked\\na few months in the mines, accumulating $1,500,\\nwhich he loaned a merchant, but through his dis-\\nhonesty again lost all his savings. He was not\\ndiscouraged, however, in spite of all his hard luck,\\nand immediately set about retrieving his fortunes,\\ntaking up a new line of work. He had never at-\\ntended school to amount to anything, but in his\\nboyhood days, during his leisure moments, he was\\nfond of j)erusing medical works and when he went\\nto California carried a number of these with him.\\nHe now entered a private hospital at Sacramento.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0794.jp2"}, "795": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n803\\nwlii ie lu workod Iwo years, tlu ii went witli tlie\\nSiirgcon-CJi iieral and a coiiipaiiy of militia into\\nNurllicrn Califoiiiia and Orcfrnn, liaviiij^ care\\nof the sick soldiers for foui- years. At the end of\\nthis time, lie went onto an Indian Heseivation in\\nDel Noite County, .Sinitii River N .allcy, Cal.\\nIn l.sdi. Dr. Hansom pureliMsed *I00 worth of\\ndings and sailed for the Island of Otaheite in the\\nsouthern I aeilie )eean. The journey was made on\\nan American schooner (carrying the Otaheite Hag)\\nto Otaheite. The voyage to China and Africa was\\nmade prior to this on a man-of-war. lie stopped\\nat the capital, Papeiti, of the island and eared for\\nsome whale fishers who were there siek. lie next\\nwent to the Feejee Islands, New Zealand, and\\nAustralia, where he shipped for alparaiso, Chili,\\nlanding on the Gth of March, IHC and remained\\nuntil July Ifi, 1865, there hearing for the first time\\nof the capture of Richmond and the assassination\\nof President Lincoln. Prom VaI|)araiso, he sailed\\nto Callao, Peru, where he remained two weeks,\\nthen went tc) (^tiiiteel, P^cuador, and made a visit to\\n(^uito. He then sailed to Panama and from there\\nto New York and in the fall of 1H(). returned to\\nhis old home at Hartford, Ind., and hung out his\\nshingle as physician and surgeon. Dr. Hansom\\nnow took a course in the Cleveland Medical Col-\\nlege and in 1870 was graduated from the Indiana\\nMedical College, remaining at Hartford until he\\ncame to South Haven.\\nAfter his removal to South Haven, Dr. Hansom\\npracticed his profession and also engaged in deal-\\ning in real estate and soon hecome a prinninent\\nfactor in the Imsincss of the town. In 1884, he\\nbuilt a schooner loaded with produce and with his\\nfamily on hoard started for New )rleans to visit the\\no.Kposition. The trip required one hundred days\\nas he hunted and fished along the route. He sold\\nthe cargo and hoat at New Orleans. He has since\\nbuilt three other boats and sold them at the place.\\nHe h.as built the Harvey Hansom, which sails on\\nthe lake, and has been interested in other vessels.\\nSince 1888, the Doctor has been a member of the\\nfirm of Hempstead Brt s. A- Hansom and has built\\nseveral residences in South Haven. Dr. Hansom\\nwas married. .laniiary 1. 1866, to Emily Hodson,\\ndauiihter of Samuel and Phiebc Hiidsun. She was\\nborn in Grant County, Ind., November 22, l sl8.\\nThey are the parents of one son. Thomas Harvey,\\nwho w.as born in Hartford, Ind., August ;3, 1870,\\nand w.as graduated from the Indiana College of\\nPhysicians and Surgeons in 18!\u00c2\u00bb1, a few days be-\\nfore he was twenty-one years of .age. He is now\\nassociated with his father in practice. Dr. Ransom\\nis a stanch He|)ublii an liut cannot be called a i)oli-\\ntician as he takes but little interest in the work-\\nings of the machine, and h.as never sought\\npublic oltice. He became a member of the Odd\\nFellows in 1855, h.-is p.asscd all the chairs in both\\nthe subordinate and the encampment lodges and\\nserved as Deputy Grand Master in Oregon and in\\nIndiana. He is a member of the Scientific, .Medi-\\ncal, and Business Societies of South Haven.\\nILLLVM S. DOWNEY, Sheriff of Kalama-\\nzoo County, claims Ireland as the land of\\n^j his nativity, and is one f)f the worthy citi-\\nzens which that country h.as furnished to Mich-\\nigan. His birth occurred in the city of Belfast,\\nIMareh 2. 1852, and he is the eldest son of William\\nand Mary (.McConnell) Downey. In 1802, his par-\\nents crossed the Atlantic to (Quebec, and thence\\ncame direct to Michigan, locating on a farm in\\nKalamazoo County, where Jlr. Downey engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits until his death, which oc-\\ncurred October 6, 1872. He took iuite a promi-\\nnent part in public affairs, an l was very active in\\nthe campaign of Seymour and I .lair. He was a\\nstrong believer in the doctrines of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, and the views of .loliii Knox. All who\\nknew him respected him for his honesty of purpose\\nand fidelity to the right. Ilis wife died in Ireland\\nin 18G1. The family numbered twc) sons and a\\ndaughter: James A., now of Chicago; Maty, wife\\nof John Gilmer of the firm of flilmer r.rothers,\\ndry-goods merchants of Kalamazoo; and William\\nS., of this sketch.\\nOur subject w.as trained in the labors of the farir.\\nand acijuired his education in the public schools,\\nand in the I^ptist College of Kalamazoo, which he\\nattended for two vears. He then beL;:in earninsT", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0795.jp2"}, "796": {"fulltext": "804\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhis own livelihood, and for four years was an em-\\nploye in the Michigan State Asylum for the Insane,\\nafter which he took a trip tiirough the West, and\\nspent some time in Leadville and Gunnison City,\\nCol., remaining away from home for nearly two\\nyeai S.\\nOn his return to Kalamazoo, Mr. Downey was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Maria Grimes, daugh-\\nter of .Tohn Grimes, an old resident of Sclioolciaft,\\nMich. The lady died in 1884, leaving a little\\ndaughter, Julia May, then only ten months old. In\\nJune, 1891, Mr. Downey was .again married, his\\nsecond union being with Lizzie Cody, of Toledo,\\nOhio, who was born near Howard City, Mich. This\\nworthy couple are well and favorably known in\\nKalamazoo, and rank high in social circles.\\nUnder Mr. Montague, Mr. Downey served for\\ntwo years as Deputy Sheriff, and was then elected\\nConstable, serving for three years. He was the\\nonly one elected on the Democratic ticket, and in\\n1891 he was elected Sheriff of Kalamazoo County,\\nreceiving a majority of fifty -one votes in a county\\nwhere there is a Republican majority of one thou-\\nsand. This plainly indicates two facts: his great\\npersonal popularity and the confidence placed in\\nhis ability. He entered upon the discharge of the\\nduties of the oflieeon the 1st of Januar3 1892, and\\nis proving a capable and trustworthy official. He\\nhas always taken quite an active part in local poli-\\ntics, and is a stalwart advocate of Democratic prin-\\nciples. He is connected with several civic soci-\\neties, being a member of Kalamazoo Lodge, No. 22,\\nA. F. A. M.; Saladin Temple Nobles of the Mys-\\ntic Shrine; Deloit Clinton Consistory Ancient Ac-\\ncepted Scottish Rite; the Knights of Pythi.as; Burr\\nOak Lodge, No. 270, I. O. O. F; and the Indepen-\\ndent Order of Red Men.\\nWILLIAM L. WELSH. The character of a\\npeople is displayed in their dwellings and\\npublic buildings. Be they educated or\\nignorant, resthetic or depraved, elevated or de-\\nbased, the beauty or ugliness of their architecture\\nis a sure criterion by which to judge the public\\ntaste. No city of its size in the entire country can\\nboast of so many handsome edifices for the home\\nlife of its people as has Kalamazoo. Its broad ave-\\nnues and boulevards are lined with stately edifices,\\nconstructed according to the modern style of\\narchitecture in brick, stone and wood.\\nThe efforts of many minds and hands have con-\\ntributed to this general grand effect, but it is safe\\nto say that no man is entitled to greater credit\\nthan the gentleman whose imme introduces this\\nsketch. With a natural inclination toward the\\ncontemplation of mechanical designs, and the early\\ntraining in company with his father, he soon de-\\nveloped a taste for architectural ornamentation.\\nlie has attained a name second to none as a super-\\nintendent and builder, and his interior finish and\\ndecorations are surpassed by none, equalled bj\\nfew.\\nA native of England, Mr. Welsh was born in\\nDevonshire, November 13, 1842, and is a son of\\nJoseph and Eliza (Lenthorn) Welsh. When about\\nnine years old, he came with his parents to Can-\\nada, settling at London, where his father followed\\nthe trade of a carpenter. At the age of twenty-\\ntwo, he came to Kalamazoo and engaged as a car-\\npenter, his connection with his father continuing\\nuntil the death of the latter, in October, 1879, at\\nthe age of sixty years. The widowed mother died\\nthree years afterward.\\nThe parental family comprises five children,\\nWilliam L., being the eldest; Thomas resides in Kala-\\nmazoo; John makes his home in Colorado; Rich-\\nard lives in Montana; Sarah, formerly the wife of\\nT. H. Gilbert, died at Leadville, Col. In 1869, our\\nsubject began as a contractor, and has continued\\nthus engaged until the present. He erects all\\nkinels of structures, and takes contracts for brick,\\nstone or wood. He employs from five to twentj-\\nmen, and has built some of the finest buildings in\\nthe cit} among them the elegant residence of Mr.\\nLawrence.\\nJune 29, 1868, Mr. AVelsh was married at Kala-\\nmazoo to Miss Isabella Priest, who w.as born at\\nBeverly, Canada, and is descended from Scotch and\\nAmerican ancestors. .She resided at Beverl3- until\\nher removal to Kalamazoo about 18.58, and prior\\nto her marriage was occupied as a teacher. For\\nsome years past, she has been an invalid and un-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0796.jp2"}, "797": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0797.jp2"}, "798": {"fulltext": "Jy^ y74^2j^ 2f 2^^---7 /^^^-jj/7 iM^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0798.jp2"}, "799": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n807\\nable to give much attention to either literary or\\ncliiiivli work. :iltl:ougli sill is a inoiiiher of the\\nJletiiodi.sl Church. She lias two fliiklreii: Freder-\\nick diaries, a fresco painter of Kalamazoo; and\\nCora Pauline, a yonno; lady of rare heauly of face\\nand inin l. and at present a student in tlie High\\n.Scliool. The family re.sidenee at No. 11; W. Dut-\\nton Street is a model house throughout, and pos-\\nsesses all the essentials of modern comfort on an ex-\\ntensive scale.\\ngGJ- -fj\\ni^ LDER JAMES HENRY HAMMOND, pas-\\n1^ tor of the Christian Church of Decatur,\\nw!is born in (Ircenc County, N. Y., April 1,\\n1847, and is of English descent. His grandfather\\nwas .lonatlian Hammond and his father horc the\\nname of Nathaniel. The latter was horn in E.ast-\\nern New York, October l.*), 181,5, and married\\nCaroline Sears, also a native of the Empire State.\\nBy trade he was a cabinet-maker and followed\\nthat occupation during the greater part of his j\\nlife. He died in Ulster County. N. Y., in 185fi,\\nand the death of his wife occurred in Delaware j\\nCount} N. Y., in 1883, whither the family had j\\nremoved after the death of the fatiier. I\\nAll of their eight cliildreii grew to mature years\\nand live are still living: R. S. is a resident of\\nDelaware County. N. Y.; Nancy .lane, widow of\\n.lohn .Merciiant, resides in Delaware County; Frank\\ndied in that county in 1883; D.aniel 1 and David\\nF.. twins: tlie former died in 18S2,aiid the latter re-\\nsides in Delaware County: Herbert S. makes his I\\nhome in Dakota; and Hector N. die(l in Delaware\\nCounty, in 1H70.\\nWhen only seventeen years of age, .lames H.\\nHammond enlisted for the late war as a member\\nof Company M, Fifteenth New York Heavy\\nArtillery, on the 8tli of February, 186 1. The\\nregiment was sent to join Grant in his campaign\\nand partici| ated in all the important engagements\\nuntil the close of the war. Our .-subject Wiis wound-\\ned in the capture of the Weldon Railroad, August\\n18. 1864, by a minie ball, which p.assed through\\nhis right side. He was then sent to the hospital\\nat City Point, and afterward to Lincoln Hospital\\n37\\nat Washington, where the surgeon said that had\\nthe ball gone one-sixteenth of an inch farther, it\\nwould have caused his death. As it is, he lias\\nnever yet fully recovered from his wound. He\\nwas honorably discharged on the 22d of August,\\n1865.\\nWhen the country no longer needed his services,\\nMr. Hammond returned to Delaware County, N.\\nY., where for a time he worked on a farm and\\nthen entered Stamford Seminary to prepare him-\\nself for teaching, which profession he afterward\\nfollowed for a number of years. On leaving New\\nYork, he emigrated to Ogle County, 111., and after-\\nward engaged in teaching for two terms in Rock\\nIsland County, that State. It was there that he\\nunited with the Christian Church and formed the\\nresolve to devote himself to the ministry. He\\nentered the Bible College connected with Ken-\\ntucky University, a school of the Christian Church,\\nand after a time engaged in preaching for one\\nyear in Dubuque, Iowa. He then returned to\\nschool and was graduated from Bible College in\\nLexington on the 14th of .June, 1877, .and carried\\noff .second honors in his class. His first call, sub-\\nsequent to that time, was from the church in !Mid-\\nway, Ky., where he remained a year and then\\nwent to Pompcy Hill, N. Y., the former home of\\nHoratio .Seymour. His next charge was at Grand\\nRapids, where he remained four years, during\\nwliich time he did effective work in that place and\\nw.as largely instrumental in building up the church.\\nJanuary 1, 1 883, Elder Hammond was united m\\nmarriage, in Paw Paw, Van Buren County, to\\nMary Grace, daughter of Le (Jrand R. AnderMUi,\\none of the earliest settlers of this county. Unto\\nthem have been born three children: Mary Gr.nce,\\nborn Feliruary 27. 1887; Clara Susie, born Jan-\\nuary 21, 188il; and Ue (J rand horn April 6.\\n1891.\\nOn leaving (Jrand Rapids, Mr. Hanunond lie-\\ncame pastor of the church in Painesville, Ohio,\\nwhere he labored a year and then ,aecej)ted the\\n[losition of Stale Evangelist of Michigan. A year\\nlater he took charge of his father-in-law s farm\\nwhich he operated for two years and at the same\\ntime (illed the pulpit in Bangor for several months\\nand held a number of revival meetings. His next", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0799.jp2"}, "800": {"fulltext": "808\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\npastorate was at South Bend, Ind., and after about\\ntwo j ears lie went to Mt. Ayr, Iowa, where he\\npreached one jear. In Jul}-, 1890, he came to\\nDecatur and lias since \\\\xen pastor of the church\\nat this phice. It is a new organization with\\nabout one hundred members and has been greatly\\nbuilt up by the labors of Elder Hammond. The\\nfirst year he devoted part of his time to the church\\nin Kalamazoo, but now gives his entire time to the\\ncongregation here. He is alike esteemed by his\\nown members and those outside of the church.\\n.Socially, he is a member of the Grand Army Post\\nand of the Good Templars Society. During nearly\\nhis entire residence in Michigan, he has been a\\nrainnber of the State Board of Missionsand is now\\nPresident of the Christian Missionary Association\\nof the State.\\nIn connection with his sketch will be noticed a\\nlithographic portraitof Mr. Hammond.\\neARL W. WILLISON, who operates a saw-\\nmill in Decatur, was born on the 15th of\\nApril, 1842, in Licking C ount3 Ohio, and\\ncomes of one of the old families of Maiyland.\\nHis great-grandfather, Jeremiah Willison, was a\\nnative of Lancaster County, Pa., and married Miss\\nSarah Death, by whom he had a large family. He\\nremoved to Maiyland, and was Crier of the first\\ncourt ever held in Cumberl.and. The grandfather\\nof our subject, John Willison, was born in Cum-\\nberland, and wedded Miss Sarah Moore, a ladj of\\nScotch descent. He followed farming in pursuit\\nof fortune, and died in 1851. The following\\nchildren constituted his family: Elitlia, Elisha,\\nLarry, Asbury, Isaiah, Singleton and Abel.\\nThe father of our subject, Abel Willison, was\\nborn in Flintstone, Md., August 15, 1802, and his\\nmarriage to Melinda Castile, a native of Bedford\\nCounty, Pa., was celelirated in 1833. He made his\\nhome in the city of Cumberland, and engaged in\\nfarming. He died in the faith of the Methodist\\nChurch, November 22, 1867, having survived his\\nwife only eight days. She, too, was a member of\\nthe Methodist Church. Seven children oraced\\ntheir union, all of whom grew to mature years:\\nThomas J., of Illinois; Eliza M., wife of Robert\\nHolvie, of Wabash County, Ind.; John W., of Pre-\\nble County, Ohio; Mary H, who died in early\\nwomanhood; David L., a resident farmer of South\\nDakota; and Martha E., wife of James Acton, of\\nPreble Count}^ Ohio.\\nIn the Buckeye State, Carl Willison spent the\\ndays of his boyhood and youth, his educational\\nadvantages being limited to the privileges of the\\ncommon schools. At the age of eighteen, he started\\nout to earn his own livelihood, and in the fall of\\n1860, with his brother J. W., went to Illinois,\\nwhere he was emplo3 ed as a farm hand until the\\nspring of 1861. Prompted by patriotic impulses,\\nhe responded to the country s call for troops, en-\\nlisting in Company B, Eighth Missouri Infantry,\\nunder Capt. D. P. Greer. The trooi s were first\\nsent to Cape Girardeau, Mo., and thence to Ken-\\ntucky, where they took part in the battles of Ft.\\nDonelsoi Shiloh, siege of Corinth and of Vicks-\\nburg, and the battles of Memphis, H0II3 Springs\\nand Jackson. At the latter place, Mr. Willison\\nwas taken sick and sent to the hospital. On ac-\\ncount of disability, he was discharged at Padueah,\\nK} in July, 1863, and went to his brother s home\\nin Indiana. Subsequently, he went on a visit to\\nhis parents in Ohio, after which he re-enlisted, join-\\ning Company B, First Indiana lleav.y Artillery.\\nHe participated in the siege and capture of Ft.\\nMorgan, in August, 1864, and tliecapture of Spanish\\nFort. After the close of the war, he was discharged\\nin January, 1866.\\nMr. Willison then returned to his iiome in Indi-\\nana, whither his parents had removed in the mean-\\ntime, and in October of that year he came to\\nMichigan, locating in Cass County, where for one\\nyear he worked in a sawmill. We next find him\\nemployed in a similar manner in Decatur Town-\\nship, where he remained until 1872. On the 16tli\\nof April of that year, his mill was dcstroj ed by\\nfire, and he went to Howard City, Mich., where he\\nengaged in the manufacture of shingles for one\\nyear. He then again carried on a sawmill, and en-\\ngaged in the mill business in Cass County for a\\nj ear, when he removed to Dowagiac, Mich., where\\nhe operated a sawmill, and was employed in a fac-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0800.jp2"}, "801": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n809\\ntory for ciiiht yciirs. At Ihc cxiiiinlidii of that\\ntiiiii lu camo to DwaliM, wlicic liu has since re-\\nsided. Again iiis null was linrned, on the Gth of\\nOctober, 1891, hut wiMi ihaiaoteristic energy lie\\nrehuilt and tiie new mill was (ilted out with all\\nthe modeiii iniprovenients and machinery. He is\\nnow enjoying a good Imsiness, which is e nislantl\\\\-\\nincreasing.\\nMr. Willison and Miss Mary K. Warner weiv\\nmarried in .Inne, 1H7(I. The lady is a native\\nof Decatur Township, and a daughter of .Joseph\\nWarner, one of the early settlers of the county.\\nTheir union lias heen hlessed with two children:\\nMal el, horn October 25, 1872; and Mollie, horn\\nAugust li), 1881.\\nMr. Willison takes consideralile interest in civic\\nsocieties, holding ineniliership with the Masons, the\\nOdd Fellows, Kniglits (jf r3thias, and Grand\\nArmy Post, and li.is filled all the offices in the\\nsecond-named organization. He is a stanch advo-\\ncate of Ke|)ul)liean [iriuciples, taking a deep inter-\\nest m the growth and success of his party, but lias\\nnever been an ollice-seeker. Although he has met\\nwith reverses, he is now doing a lucrative business,\\nand by his industry, enterprise and good manage-\\nment, has acquired the competence which places\\nliim among tiie substantial citizens of tiie com-\\nmuiiitv.\\nd****^\\nbijoux MALLOW, one of the prosperous .and\\nwell-to-do farmers of section 1, School-\\ntj craft Townshii), Kalamazoo County, is a\\nI native of Alsace, France, now a part of\\nGermany, where he iiad iiis birth September 25,\\n1825. His father, a farmer wiio bore the name\\nof I eter, came to America in 1811, jjcing forty-\\ntwo days on the ocean. He settled near IJiirr\\nOaks, Mich., and died there four months later,\\nwlien sixty years of age. lie ami his good\\nwife, C iiristina Mallow, were members of the\\nLutheran Church and the parents of six children,\\nnamely: Catherine. Sarah, I eter, (Jeorge, Chris-\\ntena, and John.\\nOur subject is the only member of the familv\\nnow living, and he came to America with his fa-\\nther when about fifteen years old. He had studied\\nboth (ierman and French In his native schools,\\nand soon learned the Kiiglish langu.age after com-\\ning here. After the death of the father, our sub-\\nject lived with a brother one winter, when he\\nstarted out foi- himself, working ten years by the\\nmoiilli. He at lirst received *G a month, and\\nlinally received *12 a month. He worked in La-\\n(i range County, Ind., three years, and, .as soon as\\nhe had saved sufficient money, he |nirchased\\neighty acres of his present farm in 1845. Seven\\nacres were cleared, and a plank house alreadv stooil\\non the place.\\nMr. Mallow was married and settled here in\\n1852, the wedding taking pl.ace May 18, to Miss\\nMary E. Davis, a native of Ohio. By this union\\nthey became the parents of five children, four of\\nwhom grew up: Homer. .Sarah (now deceased),\\nEffie K. and Clara. Mrs. Mallow died in 1804,\\nand in November of the following year, our subject\\ntook as his second wife Catherine Clipfell, a na-\\ntive of the Empire State. I5y this union three\\nchildren have been born: Charles (deceased), Fred\\nand Mary. Mrs. Mallow is an estimable lady and\\nhas taken great pains to educate her children,\\nhelping and encouraging them in c\\\\c]y way pos-\\nsil)le. She has been a true helpmate to her hus-\\nliand, and much of their success is due to her dis-\\ncretion and intelligence.\\nAVhen Mr. Mallow settled here, there was not\\nmuch development. Deer and bears roamed at\\nwill in the forests, and the foruier were so tame\\nthat they used to come into his garden. He h.as\\nalways been a very industrious man, and is now\\nthe deserving possessor of live hundred and\\neighty acres in different parts of this and St. Jo-\\nseph Counties. Two hundred acres conii)ose the\\nliome farm, where he carried on mixed farming,\\nraising (juantities of grain, and has fed a great\\nmany cattle. He is now retired from active\\nlife and is enjoying the fruits of his early la-\\nboi-s and tlie coniforl,s and luxuries wealth af-\\nfords.\\nIn the year 1860, Mr. Mallow erected his pres-\\nent fine fr.ame residence, and also .several lame\\nbarns. He is inclined to the Congregational\\nfaith, to which church his wife belongs, .and he is", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0801.jp2"}, "802": {"fulltext": "810\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\na stanch supimrter of the same. He assisted in\\nbuilding l)oth the Congregational and Metliodist\\nCliurchcs at Vicksburg. Politicall} he is a Demo-\\ncrat, and has been a member of tlie Board of Re-\\nview a number of times. He attriliutes his success\\nin life mainly to close attention to business af-\\nfairs, economical habits and sagacious judgment,\\nand b} these has not only made for himself a\\nsplendid competency, but has gained the respect\\nand esteem of the entire community.\\ncs_\\n0 HARLES STRATTON, a soldier in the\\nTnion Arm} who served hiscountrv nobly\\nduring the late war, is a native of Otsego\\nTownship, bom of one of its earliest pioneer fam-\\nilies, and is to-d.ay one of the foremost of the skill-\\nful and enlightened farmers .and stock-raisers who\\nare carrying on the large agricultural interests of\\nthis part of Allegan Count}-.\\nMr. Stratton was born October 2.3, 1842, and is\\na son of Thomas Sti atton, who was one of the first\\nsettlers in Otsego Township west of Pine Creek,\\nand is still an honored resident of this county,\\nwhose entire development he has witnessed, bear-\\ning his part in promoting its growth .and solid pros-\\nperity. He underwent all the hardshij)S and pri-\\nvations incident to pioneer life while improving\\nhis farm, but with it all he found many compen-\\nsations, among which was the fine opportunity\\nthat the forests, swamps and prairies, in their\\noriginal wildness, afforded him for hunting, in\\nwhich he took a keen delight, as he wiis an expert\\nmarksman and many a deer has fallen at his un-\\nerring aim, as he luas been known to shoot three\\nin one day.\\nA native of the Green Mountain State, Mr. Str.at-\\nton,.Sr., went to live in Wayne County, N. Y., in\\nhis boyhood, and remained there until 1832, when\\nhe set out for the forest wilds of the Territory of\\nMichigan. He was without means, but he was en-\\ndowed with health, strength and a good capacity\\nfor labor. He worked out for some months at\\nfirst, but soon took up a tract of Government\\nland in Otsego Township, which he sold ere long,\\nand returned to New York. He remained two or\\nthree years in that State, and then, coming back\\nto Michigan, took up a fine piece of land on the\\nopposite side of the line from where he was for-\\nmerly located. This farm he cleared and im-\\nproved, and is still living upon it, at the age of\\nseventy-nine years. He has been a Steward in\\nthe Slethodist Episcopal Church for many years\\n.and is an exemplary Christian. The companion\\nof his early manhood and later yeai s has departed\\nthis life, dying in .lune, 1886, m her ^eightieth\\nyear. She was a faithful Cluislian, and for many\\nyears a devoted member of the Methodist I^pisco-\\npal Church.\\nOur subject is the second of the four ciiildren\\nborn to his i)arents, all of whom are living. He\\nobtained his education in an old-fashioned log\\nsclioolhouse, and grew up surrounded by pioneer\\ninfiuences. In his youth he assisted his father on\\nthe farm, and also worked out. The breaking out\\nof the war excited his patriotism, and, though but\\nnineteen, nay only eighteen, years of .age, he en-\\nlisted September 13, 1861, as a member of the First\\nMichigan Engineers and Mechanics. He served\\nthree years, and proved a very useful soldier in\\nthat branch of service, which was such a necessary\\nadjunct of the army. He took direct part in only\\none battle, that at Lavergne, Tenn., as his duty lay in\\nother directions. His regiment w.as employed in the\\nimportant work of preparing roads, constructing\\nbridges, etc., for the convenience of the troops.\\nMr. Stratton succumbed to the effects of exposure\\nand hardship .and May 1, 1863, M as placed on the\\nsick list of hospital No. 1, at N.ashville. Before\\nhe had recovered sufficiently to go on duty again\\nwith his regiment, he made himself useful in var-\\nious ways about the hospital, .and w.as finally con-\\nnected with the commissary department. He was\\ndischarged in October, 1864, after he had returned\\nto his regiment, as his term of enlistment expired\\non that date.\\nAfter the war, our subject returned to his old\\nhome in Michigan, and bought his present farm in\\n186.5. It was heavily timbered, but he h.as cleared\\nit all himself, and has one hundred and twenty\\nacres of .as fine farming land as can be found in\\nall Otsego Township. It is beautifully located on\\nsection 31, and is fully supplied with modern im-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0802.jp2"}, "803": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-3g\u00c2\u00bb ^ay:i\\nRESIDENCE OF DANIEL WH ITE, SEC 9 .ALLEGAN TR, ALLEGAN CO., MICH.\\nMrrjir, HOMCSTEAD PROPERTY OF O.^.SCHOKKO SEC. at i J. iOt^ L TP,KLLLG/^;. ou.^ivllCH\\nRESIDENCE OF CHARLF.S ST RATIO N SEC 31. OTSEGO TP, ALLEGAN CO., MICH", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0803.jp2"}, "804": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0804.jp2"}, "805": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n813\\nprovemcnts, including a good set of buildings and\\nthe line fraino residence that he erected in 18Hit,\\nwhich is complete in nil its ai)pointmcuts and a\\nview of whicii is shown in connection with this\\nsketch.\\nOur sul)ject w.as married to the wife who presides\\novi r this pleasant iiome in 1865. To them have\\nlieen horn two cliildren, Wilfurd C. and Harvey\\nN., to whom thcv have given good educational ad-\\nvantages. Mrs. Stratlon, who hore the maiden name\\nof INIary K. Seining, is a native of Wayne County,\\nN. Y., hut she was reared mostly in Michigan, as\\nher parents brought tier here when she was only\\nseven years old.\\nMr. Stratton has always fnllillcd his duties as a\\ncitizen, and, although he has never asiiired to\\nollicial honors, is Justice of the Peace of this\\ntownship, having been elected to this ofHce two\\nyears ago. Ilisstrong temperance principles have led\\nhim to abandon the Reimhlican party to identify\\nhimself with the Prohibitionists. Both he and his\\nwife are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChinch, (if which he has been Steward almost\\nevery j-ear since 18()5, and he has been a power\\nfor much good in the upbuilding of his church.\\nr\\n,.SC.\\\\R S. SCHORNO. To have the esteem\\nof one s fellow-men, and especially of those\\nwho know you most intimately in the\\neveryday relation of neighbors, is worth niiich, and\\nto gain it is the worthy ambition of any honorable\\nman. We may trul} say that the gentleman\\nwhose name appears at the head of this sketch has\\nattained this desideratum, as he is well spoken of\\nl)y all who know him, and has honorably attaintid\\nto a broad and true friendship with many.\\nMr. Schorno was born in Fillmore Township,\\nAllegan County, on the farm where he now re-\\nsides, October 23, 1816. His parents were Anton\\nand Mary (I ncks) Schorno. The father was a\\nnative of Switzerland, in which country he re-\\nmained until tlie age of twenty years, when he\\nwent lo Oermany and there met and married\\nMar\\\\ I neks. I o them were iKtrn thirteen chil-\\ndren, eight sons and five dauglitei-s, one of whom\\nI died in infancy. They made the trip to the\\nUnited States in 183, and, after spending one\\nwinter in New York, came to Michigan and were\\namong the first .settlers at Siiigai)ore, where the\\nfather licl|)ed to erect a sawmill and the first light-\\nI house. He then purchased land in Killmore\\nTownship, on which our subject makes his honu\\nAnton Scliorno worked in Saugatnck, .MIegan\\nCounty, for four years, in the employ of Wells ife\\nJohnson and otheis in the lumber Itnsiness, and\\nhauled lumber from that place to erect his house.\\nHe lived six miles from the nearest neighbor\\nand eleven miles from market. His circum-\\nstances were such, however, that he hired a teacher\\nto come to his home and educate his children, and\\nin this manner the} were enabled to gain a good\\nknowledge of books, whicli vva,s more than could\\nbe said of the avcr.age |)ioneer s children. The\\nmother of our subject died in Fillmore, Jlay 14,\\n1861. The father passed away March 18, 1879,\\nand at his death left an estate of two hundred and\\nj seventy-five acres. His interest i.n educational\\nI matters is shown by the fact that he served as\\nSchool Director for a number of years. lie also rend-\\nered his township good service in the ca|)acity of\\nTownship Treasurer, Justice of the Pe.ace and\\nI Highway Commissioner. Although not a memlier\\nI of any church, he always tried to do to his fellow-\\nI men as he would be done b}-. Two brothers\\nof oursubject are in Washington and two in Port-\\nland, Ore.\\nOur subject was reared on the home farm and\\nat the death of his father he purch.ased the inter-\\nest of some other heirs of the estate and now tiwiis\\none hundred and twenty acres of the original\\nhomestead. When a young man, he spent three\\nyears in K.ansas, returning Iheiiee to the old home.\\nJanuary 1, 1880, he took unto himself a wife and\\nhelpmate in the person of Mi.ss Amelia Kirschnian,\\nwho was born October 26, 1859. Her |)areiil.s were\\nAdam and Mary Kirschnian, who were of Ooriiian\\ndescent and early settlers of Ann Arbor. After\\ncoming to Manliiis Township, Allegan County,\\nthe mother died, February 7, 1881; the father is\\nstill residing at that pl.ace.\\nMr. and Mrs. Schorno have bi-come the parents", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0805.jp2"}, "806": {"fulltext": "814\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof fonr children, namely: Josephine, Elsie A.,\\nErnest O. and Mj rtle, all of whom are living. Mrs.\\nSchorno died November 2, 1889; she was a lady\\nheld in high esteem by her neighbors and asso-\\nciates. In addition to carrying on general farm-\\ning, our subject breeds Short-horn cattle, and lias\\nsome very fine animals on his place. He is enter-\\nprising and energetic and fully deserves the high\\nestimation in which he is held by his townsmen.\\nSocially, he is a member of Unity Lodge, No. 191,\\nF. A. M. In politics, he is a Democrat, but has\\nno ambition to hold office, preferring to give his\\ntime and attention to his farm labors. He has a\\nsubstantial and convenient residence, a view of\\nwhich accompanies this sketcli, but for memory s\\nsake has still standing on tlie farm tlie old\\nshanty in whicli he was born and which was\\nerected in 1841. He has the best wishes and\\nkindest regards of all who know him.\\nANIEL WHITE. The estimable gentle-\\nman to whom we would now call the\\nattention of our readers is one of the\\nprominent farmers of Allegan Township.\\nHe has accumulated a sufficiency of this world s\\ngoods to enable liim to live comfortabl} on his\\nbeautiful farm of forty acres, on section 9. lie\\nwas born in Wayne County, N. Y., .January 9, 1817,\\nand is tlie son of .Tohn and Nancy A. (Landon)\\nWhite, natives respectively of Connecticut and\\nRhode Island.\\nThe parents of our subject were married in\\nOneida Count}-, N. Y., but farmed in Wayne\\nCounty until their death. Their family of chil-\\ndren numbered six, of whom our subject was the\\nyoungest, and is the only one now living. He was\\ngiven a good education in tlie schools of his native\\ntown, and lived at home until reaching his major-\\nity, when he combined with his occupation of a\\nfarmer the trade of a boot and shoemaker. He\\ncontinued to reside in Wayne County until tlie\\nspring of 1854, and for a short time previous to\\nhis locating in Allegan County, engaged in the\\nmercantile business. His present fine farm bears\\nexcellent improvements and is in every way a\\ncredit to its enterprising proprietor.\\nDaniel White was married, October 28, 1852, to\\nMiss Pliebe, daughter of Orrin and Elizabeth\\n(Prosceous) Parsons, natives respectively of Con-\\nnecticut and New York. Mr. Parsons was in early\\nlife a miller, but passed his later days on a farm in\\nWayne County, N. Y. His parents were .Joel and\\nPliebe (Bailies) Parsons, natives of the New Eng-\\nland States. They reared a large famil3 ,and lived\\nand died in New York. Mrs. White was one of a\\nfamily of twelve children, eight of whom are liv-\\ning and named: David, Paulina, Mrs. White, Sarah,\\nWealthy A., Laura E., Edward I^. and Priscilla M.,\\nrespectively.\\nOur subject is not an adherent of an} creed, but\\nbelieves in science, and is a liberal thinker. He\\nrather inclines to the doctrines advocated by\\nRobert Ingersoll. In politics, he is a Republican,\\nand his cordial, kindly spirit makes him warm\\nfriends and stanch adherents. Elsewhere in this\\nvolume will be noticed a view of the pleasant\\nhomestead occupied by Mr. White.\\ny... DELBERT C. MARTIN, editor and sole\\nKM owner of the Trve Norther im; is not only\\nih the leading newspaper man in Paw Paw,\\nbut occupies a prominent position among\\nthe journalists of Southwestern Michigan. His\\nottice, which is located in the IMasonic Block, con-\\ntains every convenience for the rai)id completion\\nof work, and steam power is used m driving the\\n(tresses. The prominence to which he has attained\\nin the newspaper arena is the result of his enter-\\nprise and perseverance, and from poverty in his\\nboyhood, he has arisen to a position of influence\\nand prominence. Aside from the ownersliip of\\nthe True Northerner, he has a half-interest in the\\nHartford Daij Spring and the Bangor Advance and\\nRefledor.\\nMr. Martin traces his ancestry to Germany,\\nwhence his great-grandfather emigrated to Amer-\\nica. His parents, Lawrence and Amanda (Ciiat-\\nlield) Martin, were natives of Pennsylvania, wiiere\\nthe former operated as a tanner. Misfortunes", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0806.jp2"}, "807": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n815\\ncaused llic loss of his property and when he came\\nto Michijjaii in l? )(j lie was a poor iiinii, willi mily\\nfifty cents ill his possession and having no knowl-\\nedge of any oilier trade than that of a tanner.\\nHowever, he soon liecaiiie an exi)ert in the use of\\ntill? axe, and cleared tlie lifty acres of land\\nwhich he took up. About 1803, he went into the\\narmy, leaving his wife and two children on the\\nfarm.\\nIn Siismiclianiia Cuiinty, Pa., our sul)ject was\\nhorn, November 13, 1850, and when about six years\\nold accompanied his parents to this State. He w.as\\nreared to manhood under adverse circunistaiiecs\\nand through his youth fought a constant battle\\nag. iinst poverty. When attending school in Law-\\nton, it was his custom to arise at four o clock in the\\nmorning and begin his studies for the day, that he\\nmight have time to attend to his work as janitor.\\nOne lesson was always learned while on his way to\\nschool, .\\\\fter he tinished the course in the Union\\nschool at l.awton, he eng.iged as a teacher during\\none winter and later was a student at the State\\nNormal for one year.\\nOn .laniiarv 1, 1S7(), Mr. Martin was married t i\\nMiss Cora, ilaugliter of Klisiia and Allie (Killuirii)\\nDurkee, of Lawton. Mrs. Martin was born in Paw\\nPaw, .\\\\pril IK, lK. i,and is a lady of great culture,\\nfamiliar with the Latin and (ierman languages, as\\nwell as being an English scholar. Prior to her mar-\\nriage, she was a teacher in Paw Paw, beginning in\\nthe |)riinary department of the public school and\\nworking in every grade until she was finall}- elected\\nPrincipal of the High School. .Vfler her union\\nwith our sul)ject, she aided him in his school work\\nand for eight years taught with him. I- or one\\nterm Mr. Martin was eng. iged as t aclier in White-\\nhall, and for seven succeeding years was Siijierin-\\ntendent of the schools of llangor. Next he returned\\nto l.awton and for two years was Superintendent\\nof the school where he had once been janitor.\\nAfter continuing as a teacher for about ten\\nyeai-s, Mr. Martin entered the newspaper luisincss\\nby purcha.siiig a one-half interest in the Tnw\\n^ortJienit f and has since followed journalistic work.\\n.Mthoiigh the duties connected with the successful\\nmanagement of his paper are large, he still finds\\ntime to look after other matters and iiai* become\\nthoroughly versed in the German language. He\\nhas also spent some time in the study of law and\\ncould be admitted to the bar at any time should he\\ndesire. For live years he has been a meml)cr of\\nthe County IJoard of School Examiners, of whicli\\nhe was Secretary three years. When only twenty-\\none, he became ideiitilied with tiie Masons, since\\nwhich lime he has .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2itl;iiiu d to the riiirty-sccoiid\\ndegree. In his political atliiialioiis, he is a stanch\\nadherent of the Republican party, of which his\\npaper is the organ.\\nI I i r^r i^ TV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^[EROME D. H.VMILTON, M. D. This pro-\\nminent iihysiciaii and surgeon of Paw Paw,\\nwas born at .Scotts, Kalamazoo County,\\n.Tniy 18()2. He was the son of Monroe\\nM. and Caroline Hamilton, natives of New York.\\nThe father was a pioneer of Kalamazoo County,\\nand is at [iresent residing on a farm entered from\\nthe (Jovernmeiit b} the grandfather of our subject,\\nUriah Hamilton.\\nWhen only fourteen years of age, our subject\\nentered (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0aleslniigh Higli School, about six miles\\nfrom his home, lie studied for three yeare in\\nthat institution, and left just two months before\\ngraduating, in order to enter the medical depart-\\nment of the Michigan l iiiversit\\\\ in the f.all term\\nof 1880. He prosecuted his studies there the fol-\\nlowing two years and then entered the Detroit\\nMedical College from which he received the de-\\ngree of Doctor ot Medicine in the spring of 1884.\\nDr. Hamilton was married February 17, 1884,\\nabout two weeks before his graduation. The\\nmaiden name of his wife w.as .leniiie NewlK)ld,\\nof Detroit. She was born at Fair Grove, this\\nState, May 7, 1862. Our subject began the prac-\\ntice of his profession at Martin, .MIegaii County,\\nwhere he built up an enviable reiiulation as a\\n|)hysician and remained until 1890. He came to\\nPaw Paw in April of that year and is ranked\\namong the eminent and skillful doctors of that\\ncity. He also owns the Wolverine Pharmacy,\\nwhich is one of the finest drug stores in this vi-\\ncinity.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write is a Repuli-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0807.jp2"}, "808": {"fulltext": "816\\nPOKTEAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlican in politics, but prefers to devote his time to\\nhis profession ratiier than to public affairs. Al-\\nthough not a member of any Church, Dr. Hamil-\\nton is a regular attendant at the Presb3teriau\\nChurch, with which denomination his wife is con-\\nnected. The doctor is a member of the State Med-\\nical Society, al ^o of the State Pliarmaceutical So-\\nciety.\\n^SCAR F. COLEMAN. Tliis gentleman, who\\n1 a prominent citizen of Kalamazoo, is suc-\\ncessfully engaged in a variety of business,\\nbeing a tire, life and accident insurance agent, also\\nJustice of the Peace, a dealer in real estate and a\\nmoney-broker, having his place of business lo-\\ncated at No. 114 South Burdick Street. He was\\nborn at Newark, AVayne County, N. Y., .June 2,\\n1827, and is the son of John and Jane (Reury)\\nColeman. The father was born in New York and\\nis of Irisli and English descent, while the mother,\\nwho is also a native of the above-named State,\\ncomes of good old German stock.\\nThe fatlier of our subject was a millwright, who\\nalso learned the carpenter s trade. In 1836, he\\ncame to Michigan, and, locating at Jackson, helped\\nto erect the first mill in that place. In 1838, he\\ncame to Kalamazoo County, and in 1862 removed\\nto Wayland, Allegan County, where his death oc-\\ncurred five years ago, when in his eighty-first\\nyear. Mr. Coleman built the mill at Homer, this\\nState, and also the AValdbridge mill at Kalamazoo.\\nThe mother of our subject died the j-ear after lo-\\ncating in Jackson.\\nOscar F. Coleman worked at his trade of a car-\\npenter for a time and then assisted his father in\\nbuilding a vessel at the mouth of the Kalamazoo\\nRiver. The parties for whom they were working\\nfailing, our subject shipped as cook on a boat for\\none summer. The succeeding year, he assisted in\\ncompleting the vessel, and on the outbreak of the\\nMexican War, he enlisted, in 1847, and raising a\\ncompany of volunteers at Kalamazoo, was attached\\nto Col. Stockton s regiment and joined Gen. Taj--\\nlor s army at Vera Cruz. They were later sta-\\ntioned at Cordova and Orizaba and participated in\\nthe bombardment of the latter-named place. His\\nregiment was also engaged in guerrilla warfare and\\nserved in the army until the treaty of jicace was\\nsigned, when he was mustered out at Detroit. He\\nhad asked to be discharged at Vera Cruz, as he\\nwished to visit the gold region of California, but\\nhis Captain brought him home, together with his\\nbrother John M.\\nOctober 9, 184U, Mr. Coleman was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Mary J. Sweezy, of Cooper, this\\ncounty. lie continued to work at his trade until\\n1852, at which time he went into the employment\\nof L. D. Strong as head clerk for four years, and\\nthen entered into partnership with Mr. Strong,with\\nwhom he was interested for a number of years. At\\nthe same time, he was elected Township Treasurer.\\nIn 1856, our subject opened a first-class restaurant,\\nwhich he conducted successfully- until the close of\\nthe late war.\\nMr. Coleman being in poor health, It was found\\nnecessary to change his business, and in 1867 he\\nbecame proprietor of a general store in (Jslitenio.\\nA short time after locating there, he was made\\nPostmaster of the village and agent of the Michi-\\ngan Central Railway; he also had charge of the\\nAmerican Express of that place. After being thus\\noccupied for a time, Blr. Coleman returned to his\\nfamily, which he had left in Kalamazoo, and again\\nengaged in the grocer}- business.\\nIn 1857, the original of this sketch was elected\\nTownship Treasurer for the second time, and was\\nre-elected to that oftice again in 1873. In the lat-\\nter-named year, he defeated the same man who\\ncaused him to lose the ollice in 1872. In 1875,\\nMr. Coleman disposed of his grocery and has since\\nbeen doing a general insurance business. He was\\nelected Justice of the Peace in 1889, and re-elected\\nin 1891, for four years. He also acts as Notary\\nPublic and is one of the most prominent business\\nmen of the city.\\nThe residence of our subject is located at No.\\n714 West Lovell Street, where he has made his\\nhome since 1850. A Whig in former da\\\\ s, our\\nsubject votes the Republican ticket and is quite\\nactive in camiiaigns. With his wife, he is a mem-\\nber of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and has\\nbeen for the past thirty ^ears. The family of our", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0808.jp2"}, "809": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0809.jp2"}, "810": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0810.jp2"}, "811": {"fulltext": "PORTliAlT AAD lilOGliiVl lllCAL RKCOliU\\n819\\nsiiltjecl incliidos flio followinu; cliildrcn: Aiiu lia A.;\\nMillie, wlio is Mi,s. K. E. Comfort, her imsband Ije-\\niiii, Sii|ieriiiteiuleiit of tlie Mexican Central Hail-\\nroad and residing at Juarez, Mex., wliieli lias been\\nhis home for the past eight years; Kiinice, who\\nmarried Charles 11. Crylc. who keeps a stalionerv\\nand hook-store at Kalamazoo; Willis A., a wholo-\\nsalo dealer in meats in Kalamazoo, is a member of\\nthe linn of Pierce A Coleman; Minnie 11.. wlm is\\nstenographer in the pensit n otliec of Col. Koote;\\nand Carrie K., who has been a teacher in the inc\\nStreet School for the past four or live years.\\nSocially, Mr Coleuuin is identitied with the Ma-\\nsonic order, belonging to Lodge o. 22, at Kala-\\nmazoo, lie also belongs to Kalamazoo Chapter, No.\\nl. and reniusular Commandery Xo. 8. lie has\\nbeen very activ(! in lodge work and has p.assed all\\nthe chairs in liotli Chapter and Commandery. He\\nha.s attended the National Conclaves and is Senior\\nWarden in Blue Lodge an l Nobles of the Mystic\\nShrine, lie occupies a high position in JIasonic\\ncirclts and devotes a great deal of time and atten-\\ntion to the same.\\n^1\\nm^m\\n1^\\n^OSEIMI 11. WHITE. Among the pro.sper-\\nousfarmersof .\\\\llegau County, a [irominent\\nposition is occui)ied by the gentleman whose\\nportrait appears on the opposite page, and\\nwho is successfully prosecuting his chosen calling\\non section 1 1, .Monterey Township. He is a worthy\\nrepresentative of a family well known in Scotch\\nhistory, his ancestors on the maternal side being\\nnumbered ann ng the tirst Scotchmen who pro-\\nclaimed their allegiance to the Calvinistic doctrine,\\nand were exiled to Ireland in consequence of their\\nreligious views.\\nThe genealogy of the White family is as follows:\\n(1) Thomas White, born in England in I llll), came\\nto America about 1625 and settled in Weymouth,\\nMass.; (2) Capt. Josepli, born in Weymouth, Ma^ss.,\\nin ltj;?o, settled at Mendon, Mass.; (8) Thom.as,\\nborn in April. ll 65, settled in I xbridge; t)\\nSamuel, born in I xbridge, September 21, 170(1;\\n(5) Paul, born December K 174 L was the father\\nof three sons, namely: Elijah, born l eliiuaiy 1,\\n1769; Calvin, .August 30, 1771 and Paul, January\\n2G, 1777 Jtmas, born in Saltoii, Mass., Novem-\\nber 19, 179, the latter being the father of our\\nsubject.\\nJonas White was united in marriage with Jliss\\nSarah, daughter of Lemuel McGregory, a native\\nof Scotland, and after their marri.age the young\\ncouple located in .Massachusetts, where Joseph II.\\nwas born October in, 1\u00c2\u00ab2I. In 1823, the father\\nremoved from Massachusetts to Portage County,\\nOhio, the journey l eing made with ox-teams, and\\noccupying six weeks. The various members of\\nthe family have been noted for their intellectual\\nability and literaiy attainments. A sister of our\\nsubject, Emily, was considered the best speller in\\nthat .section of Ohio in earl^- days; another sister,\\nMary E., who died at the age of thirty-four years,\\nwas for years a prominent teacher in the Cleve-\\nland .schools; Prof. Emerson E. White, who\\nresides in Cincinnati, is the author of AVhite s\\nSystem of School Publications.\\nAt the time his father removed to Portage\\nCounty, Ohio, Joseph II. White was two years old\\nand he resided there until he was thirty. At the\\n.age of twenty-one, he started out in life for him-\\nself, with no ca|)ital but his industrious habits and\\nrugged health, lie came to Michigan when he was\\nthirty years old, settling in Allegan County, where\\nhe has since resided.\\nOn the 21th of Decemljer, 1841, our subject\\nwas united in marriage to Jliss Harriet Clark,\\nof Troy, Ohio, and they became the parents of six\\nchildren. Frances C. is the wife of Henry W.\\n(4eorge, and resides in Findlay, Ohio; ^lartha and\\nMary are twins, the lirst-named being the wife of\\nEnos Smith, of Allegan, and the latter the wife of\\nSamuel Cumniings, also a resident of Allegan;\\nCharles E. married Nora Oilkson, and makes his\\nhome in Allegan; Calvin E. chose as his wife\\nMolly (iould, and lives in Cincinnati, C)hio;\\nOrville (J. married Katie IJaxter, and lives on the\\nold homestead.\\n.\\\\pril 14, 1887, Mr. White was again married,\\nhis wife being the widow of Ephraim Jarvis, and\\nthe daughter of Harvej- Town. She is the mother\\nof twelve children, six daughters and six sons,\\neight of whom are living. The family residence", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0811.jp2"}, "812": {"fulltext": "820\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nX\\nis a beautiful rural home on section 14, and the\\nsurroundings are those of plent} and comfort.\\nThe farm includes one hundred and twenty acres\\nof good land, finely iniitroved, and ranks among\\nthe best estates in the township, toward the de-\\nvelopment of which Mr. White has rendered effect-\\nive service. He belongs to the Grange, and is in\\nsyrapath} with the principles of the Republican\\nparty.\\ny~;n.LIAM II. COBB, Chief of Police in\\nKalamazoo, was born at Orwell, Vt., Nov-\\nember 1, 182.5, and is the son of Horace\\nand Tiiankful (Bascomb) Cobb, natives of the\\nGreen Mountain State. IliTis the second of three\\nsons, of whom the 3-oungest died in infancy and\\nthe eldest, James B., is represented elsewhere in\\nthis volume. His father was a second time married,\\nchoosing as his wife Aliigail Nichols, and by tliat\\nunion became the father of two children: .Jane F.,\\nwho resides in Grand Rapids, and Mary A., who is\\ndeceased.\\nThe father of our subject served as a valiant\\nsoldier in tlie War of 1812, and afterward received\\neighty acres on a soldier s warrant. He removed\\nfrom his Vermont home about 1832, making settle-\\nment at Brighton, N. Y., where his death occurred\\nin 1850. At tlie time of the removal to New York,\\nour subject was a lad of some seven years and he\\ngrew to manhood in the P^mpire State, remaining\\nat home until 1854 and conducting the farming\\nojjcrations.\\nIn 1853, Mr. Cobb came to Kalamazoo and pur-\\nchased a farm on the Indian Fields, four miles\\nsouth of the city, upon which he settled in the\\nspring of the following year. It continued to be\\nhis home until 1886, when he removed to Kalama-\\nzoo and estal^lished his present home at No. 916\\nS. West Street. During the past fourteen years, he\\nengaged in liuying wool in connection with his\\nbrother, James B., and handled between four hun-\\ndred thousand and eight hundred thousand pounds\\nannually, giving tlie matter his close attention prior\\nto the acceptance of his present ollice.\\nMr. Cobl) has purchased the farm of one hun-\\ndred and thirty acres adjoining his old homestead\\nand there he conducts fanning operations after tlie\\nmost approved methods. For ten years he has\\nl)een President of the Farmers Mutual Insurance\\nCompany, and for manj years served as President\\nof the Kalamazoo Agricultural Society, it being\\nlargely through his influence that it was revived\\nand became prosperous. He is also one of the\\nDirectors of the State Agricultural Society, and\\nchairman of the committee that erected the public\\nbuildings in Detroit and Kalamazoo. He was Al-\\nderman for the Third Ward for two years, Presi-\\ndent of the Council, Chairman of the Committees\\non Finance and Streets and Bridges.\\nIn April, 1891, Mr. Cobb was appointed Chief of\\nPolice by tlie City Council. At the time, he\\nwas lying at home very ill and the Council waited\\na week to see whether he would live or die, Init as\\nhis illness took a favorable turn, the appointment\\nremained in effect. He gives liis position his en-\\ntire attention and keeps the police force up to a\\nhigh standard, much of the effectiveness being due\\nto the direct personal attention and supervision of\\nthe Chief. He is by no means a partisan, but is a\\nstanch Republican in his political affiliations and\\nuses his influence for the party of his choice.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Cobb, in 1850, united him\\nto Miss Laura Ann Wilson, of Brighton, N. Y.,\\nand their children are named as follows: Horace.\\nCharles Oscar, .James Bascomb and William Henry,\\nall of whom are deceased; Harriet Thankful, and\\nHorace E., who is a traveling salesman for a New\\nYork firm. Harriet married C. F. Rude, of the\\nhardware firm of Foster, Stevens ife Company, of\\nGrand Rapids. Charles married Claia Pomeroy, of\\nKalamazoo, and died at the age of twenty-four.\\nOne cliild was born of his marriage, Sharley, now\\nnine years old, who since the death of her mother,\\nin 1890, has made her home with our subject. Mrs.\\nCobb passed from this life March 21, 1892, dying of\\nbroncliial pneumonia.\\nMr. Cobb is a Trustee in the First Presbyterian\\nCliurch and a man of great l)eiievolenee and char-\\nit3 He is one of the charter members of Portage\\nLodge, F. A. M., and a prominent member of\\nsocial circles, where liis versatility of talent and\\ngenial disposition render him a valuable acquisi-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0812.jp2"}, "813": {"fulltext": "POliTKAlT A^D lilOGliAl lIICAL RKCORD.\\n821\\nlion. lie received a (lii)loiiia from tlie Kal. uiiazoo\\nAirriciiUural Society for liaviHL;: liii licst,-iiiaiiai;ctl\\nand coiuliicled farm, and a visitor to liis place\\nwill sec at a glance lliat the reward was justly\\nlicstowed.\\nij^ AiMl KT. HAWKINS. The oldest resident of\\nX ickslmrg, and one wlio is liigiilj respected\\nlil/jft for liis long and self-.sacrificing services in\\nl)elialf of the place, which he has seen grow\\nfrom a liamlel with only a few houses to a pros-\\nperous village of fourteen luuidred inhabitants, is\\nthe genlleinan who is alTectioiiatel\\\\ known as\\nS(iuirc Hawkins. He was born in C olebrook, Coos\\nCounty, N. H., .laiuiary 7, 1816, and is of English\\ndescent. Tradition says that tiie family was first\\nrei)rescnled in America by a 30utii of tliat name,\\nwho was kidnapped and brought to the United\\nStates in the care of the cai)tain of a ship, during\\nColonial times. The family name was originally\\nspelled -Holkins.\\n.b)sei)h Hawkins, father of our subject, was born\\nnear Hartford, Conn., and at an early daj- settled\\nin the nt)rlherii part of New Hampshire, where he\\nengaged in farming until 1821. He then removed\\noverland to the Western Reserve, and settled in\\nAshtabula County, Ohio, on what is known as the\\nNorth Ridge, one and one-half miles from the\\nshores of Lake Erie. The journey from Uulfalo\\nto Erie, N. Y., was made by sled on the ice down\\nLake Krie. The day before reaching Lake Erie,\\nthe ice tliawed and separated so that it w:is .lmost\\nimpossible to land. The shore was Steep and rug-\\nged, but by throwing felled trees across the oi)en-\\ning along the shore and throwing a bed cord out,\\nthe members of the family were hauled ashore in\\nsafety.\\nIn Ohio, where he was one of the pioneers, .los-\\neph Hawkins develoi)ed a farm, and remained\\nthere until his death at the age of seventy-eight.\\nHis wife was ^lahetibel Terry, a native of Connect-\\nicut, a lady of extraordinary intelligence and\\nal)ility, and noted for hor goodness of heart and\\nwatchful care over her family. She reared to ma-\\nturity nine children, six sons and three daughters,\\nall of whom are deceased excejit the subject of this\\nnotice, who is the youngest member of the family.\\nOne brother died recently at the age of ninety, and\\nthe mother jjassed away at a good old age.\\nOur subject recollects some of the events of the\\njourney to Ohio, where he w.as reared in a dense\\nwilderness of hemlock woods, and educated in the\\nprimitive log sclioolhouses of that period, the like\\nof which, at this enlightened day, would .astonish\\nthe 3-outh of our piiljlic schools. The schoolhouse\\nwas built of round logs, with large open iiieplace,\\nstick and mud chimney, slab benches, .and punch-\\ncon lloors, and the school was conducted on the\\nrate-bill plan, the teacher boarding around among\\nthe pupils.\\nAt the age of twenty-three 3 ears, Mr. Hawkins\\nwalked from his Ohio home to Beloit, AVis., and\\nspent two years in the Rock River country. Re-\\nturning to Ohio, he was married, and, in the fall\\nof 1844, came to Michigan in a covered wagon,\\nspending some months with relatives in St. .Joseph\\nCounty, this State. He then came to Mckshurg,\\nand settled on the corner of Main and Prairie\\nStreets, where now stands a two-story brick block.\\nA house or two and a sawmill at that day consti-\\ntuted the village, and deer roamed at will about\\nthe country, while Ijears were not uiifreiiuently\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2seen.\\nIn 1847, Mr. Hawkins was appointed Postmast* r,\\na position which he held more than three years.\\nHe also kei)t a tavern and boarding-house for\\neight j-ears, and for four years was engaged in\\nimproving a fort^ -acre farm in Brady Townshii).\\nDuring the second terra of President (Jrant, he\\nwas again appointed Postmaster, acting in that ca-\\npacity for eleven years, and serving altogether\\nunder eight administrations. He is a stanch Re-\\npublican, and a man who.se judgment and intelli-\\ngence arc everywhere recognized. I \\\\ir twent^--\\nlive years he has served as Justice of the Peace,\\nand, while occupying that position, has decided\\nmany important cases, only one of which h.as ever\\nbeen reversed by a higher court.\\nNovember 12, IMIo. Mi-. Hawkins w.a.s married\\nto Marinda .\\\\niiis, who w,as born in Clarendon,\\nOrleans County. N. V., February 27, I8I9. Her", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0813.jp2"}, "814": {"fulltext": "822\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nparents, Thomas and Sallie (Bruce) Annis, were\\nnatives of New York State, who settled in Aslitabula\\nCounty, Ohio, in 1837, and there developed a\\nfarm. They finally removed to St. Joseph County,\\nthis State, and there died, the father when only\\nforty-seven, and the mother at sixty-four years.\\nThey had a family comprising nine children, one\\nof whom, a daughter, died in infancy, and the\\nothers, six sons and two daughters, attained to\\nmature years. Four of the family are now liv-\\ning.\\nMr. and Mrs. Hawkins are the parents of three\\nchildren: Ellen E., who married II. Foster, of\\nMissouri, and is now deceased; .Joseph E., who mar-\\nried Ida Potter, and is a farmer and celery grower\\nnear the village of Vicksburgh; and .Tessie B., who\\nmarried B. F. Keed, a clerk in the School Seat Fur-\\nnishing Company, at Battle Creek. November 12,\\n1890, our subject and his estimable wife passed\\ntheir fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mrs. Hawkins\\nis a member of the Congregational Church, and\\nhighly esteemed among her neighbors.\\nDuring the past five 3 ears, Mr. Hawkins has\\nbeen cultivating celerj* on his farm near the vil-\\nlage. He there has thirteen acres of celery marsh,\\nwhich is said, by experts, to be the best in the\\nState, and is so arranged as to be conveniently ir-\\nrigated from springs and ditches. During the\\nseason of 1891, the product was six thousand\\ndozen, and it is the expectation of- Mr. Hawkins to\\nincrease the amount each year. He now ships to\\nChicago, Pittsburgh, Washington and other promi-\\nnent markets.\\nYtpsDWARD II. DENNISTON has had a hand\\nlU] in the making of Kalamazoo County and\\n/I I has built up here one of its many attractive\\nhomes, beautifull}- located on section 6, Pavilion\\nTownship, where l;e has a finely equipped farm,\\nwhich he devotes to general agricultural purposes,\\nhaving it well stocked with thoroughbred Durham\\ncattle and Merino sheep. Mr. Denniston was born\\nin Roscommon County. Ireland, March 2, 1821.\\nThe family for generations lived in the North of\\nIreland, and his fatlier, .John Denniston, was a na-\\ntive of the city of Londonderry. He was reared\\nto the life of a farmer, and in 18.36 emigrated to\\nthis country. He located first at Northampton,\\nHampshire County, Mass., but shortly after he\\nwent South to prospect for a suitable place of set-\\ntlement. He finally returned northward and bought\\na farm on the old Buffalo road, between Batavia and\\nAlexandria, in Genesee County, N. Y. That was\\nthen a newly settled region, forming a part of the\\nHolland Purchase. Mr. Denniston settled on his\\nland in the fall of 1838, and developed the greater\\npart of it, devoting himself assiduously to the hard\\ntask of cutting trees and placing the soil under\\ncultivation. In 1857, he removed from that place\\nto this county, and lived retired in the city until\\nhis death in 1859, at the age of sixty-four years.\\nHe was a sound Democrat in jiolitics, and both he\\nand his wife were valued members of the Episcopal\\nChurch. His wife, whose maiden name was Alice\\nDowling, and who was also a native of Roscom-\\nmon Count}^ Ireland, died at the age of seventy-\\nfour years, and both are sleeping their last sleep in\\nMaple Grove Cemeterj Comstock Township. They\\nwere the parents of five sons and two daughters:\\nEdward, William, John, James, Thomas L., Alice\\n(Mrs. Scott), and Anna (Mrs. Sowden).\\nEdward Denniston, of this biography, had the\\nadvantages of a liberal education, of which he laid\\nthe foundation at an Episcopal college at Elphiii,\\nIreland, and after he came to this country with\\nhis parents at the age of fifteen, he attended the\\nHigh School at Northampton, Mass. He was thus\\nequipped for the battle of life, which he began on\\nhis own account when still scarcely more than a\\nboy, by acting as shipping clerk for his uncle,\\nJames Denniston, a jobber on Williams Street, New\\nYork City. He was engaged in that capacity two\\nyears, and then spent one year with his father in\\nGenesee County, N. Y He did not like it there,\\nhowever, and as the other boys were old enough\\nto be helpful, he took his affairs in his own hands\\nagain, and, without his father s knowledge, once\\nmore set his face away from home to enter upon\\nan independent career. His father at that time\\nthought him too young to go away by himself, but\\nhe was a liigh-s)iirited, venturesome lad, with\\nplenty of the sturdy, self-reliant traits of his ances-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0814.jp2"}, "815": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n823\\ntry to insure liissiicoes.s in wliatever lie inifjlit under-\\ntake, lie \\\\v:is without means, so he wsiiked to Buf-\\nfalo, earrying: his bundle of clothes, and in that city\\nhe sold his extra suit to a second-hand dealer for\\nenouuh money to pay his passage to Detroit. On\\nhoard the hoat he made the acquaintance of a man\\nwill) had a load of leather that he was goins to take\\nto .Vhoolcraft, and he rode to that i)oint with liirn.\\nlie arrived in this county, June 1, 1840, and thus\\nsaw the country in its primeval wildness, at least\\nthe greater part of it, as it was still in the hands\\nof the pioneers, and settlements were few and scat-\\ntering. Kalamazoo was a small village with hut one\\nor tw(j stores and but comparatively little of the\\nland had been improved.\\nAfter his arrival, amid these unaccustomed\\nscenes, young Dcnniston lost no time in securing\\nwork, obtaining a situation of Mr. Chaffee on In-\\ndian P^ields at ^9 a month. He was so engaged\\nuntil he had earned eighty acres of land in pay-\\nment for twenty months of steadj labor, but he\\ndid not settle on it, continuing to hire out by the\\nmonth for seven years, until 1847, when lie located\\non an eight}--acre tract of land on Gourdneck Prai-\\nrie. He busied him.self in improving that jil.ice about\\neighteen months, and then sold it in order to go\\nto TtTre Haute, Ind., where he obtained a position\\nas clerk and weigh-master in a pork-packing estab-\\nlishment. He w.is there until the winter of 1841t,\\nwhen he joined a company bound for the gold\\nregions of California. He and his companions\\njourneyed down the Mississijipi River to New Or-\\nleans, where they diverged from their intended\\nroute on account of the cholera that w.as then rag-\\ning, and, hiring an old German with an unsafe boat\\nto transport them to the mouth of the Rio Grande\\nRiver, they crossed Mexico on mules, and finally\\narrived at their destination in .June, 1849. Our\\nsubject worked some in the mines, but was not suc-\\ncessful at that. He next bought into a company\\nthat had been formed for the puri)o.se of turning\\nthe North Fork of the American River to seai-ch\\nfor the precious metal in its bed. This enterprise\\nwas prosperous until the Hoods came and swept the\\nworks awa3% and Mr. Denniston lost all he had.\\nNothing daunted by his misfortune, he went to Sac-\\nramento, and. borrowing ^iJOO of a friend, bought\\nfour yoke of oxen and ,a wagon, with which to do\\nteaming and to carry people to the mines. The first\\nweek he made over !fc600,and buying another team\\nconiitH nced to transport goods. He iiiadea good deal\\nof money and invested -isT.OOO in cattle at the head\\nof the Sacramento River, where he went into part-\\nnership with a ranchman. He and his friend were\\ndoing finely when six months later the linlians\\nswooped down upon them, killed some of their\\nmen, and drove off all their cattle. Mr. Denniston\\nw.as thus nnancially ruined again, but he got a few\\nmore cattle together and started in once more with\\nthe same result, as in less than a month the Indians\\nmade another raid and left hiin with but a few\\nstraggling cattle, one horse for stock and 11,000\\nin money. Tiring of his rough, adventurous life\\non the frontier, in the summer of 1851, he retr.iced\\nhis footsteps eastward, bringing back with him a\\nsick man to Terre Haute. Ind.. and then returned\\nto this county.\\nAfter coming back liorc. Mr. Denniston went to\\nWiscf)nsin to invest in some land and bought two\\nhundred and forty acres. He soon returned to\\nmarry, in the spring of 1853, and, selling his land\\nthere, located on his present farm in Pavilion\\nTownship, buying one hundred and twenty acres\\nof it then, of which ten acres were cleared, on\\nwhich stood a log house He now owns a quar-\\nter-section of fine farming land, of which one\\nhundred and forty acres are improved. His farm\\nis amply provided with buildings, modern in archi-\\ntecture and appointments, including a large frame\\nresidence, built in 1871, and several commodious\\nand conveniently arranged barns, the first built in\\n1859, another in 18()G, and two in 1883.\\nOur subject was first married, March 17, 18.53,\\nto Miss Margaret Hawkins, who was born in (ien-\\nesec County, N. V., October 7, 1821. Four boys\\nwere born to them, of whom two are dead: George,\\nand one that died in infancy. The othei-s are Jesse\\nK. and Kdward C. August 2, 1871, death removed\\nthe loving wife and tender mother. I n October,\\n1873, Mr. Denniston was again married, this time\\ntoLydiaJ. IJeckwith, who was born in Washington\\nCounty. N. Y., June 4, 1818. She has thoroughly\\nidentilieil herself with his interests and looks care-\\nfully after his comfort. She is a Christian, and a", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0815.jp2"}, "816": {"fulltext": "824\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nmember in high staiuling of the Methodist Cluirch.\\nMr. Denuiston is a man of wide expeiieuee, and\\nhis life career furnishes anotlier of tlie numerous\\nexamples that we find in this volume of what our\\nself-made men have accomi)lished by persistent\\neffort, directed by a good knowledge of men and\\naffairs, and an accurate judgment in business mat-\\nters. Wealth has crowned his labors, and at the\\nsame time he has been potent in advancing the\\ngrowth of the township, favoring all measures that\\nwould in an}- way benefit it, and doing it good ser-\\nvice as a public official in various capacities. In\\npolitics, he is first, last and always a true Repub-\\nlican. Socially, he is identified with the Independ-\\nent Order of Odd Fellows.\\nV/ EBEUS CORNELIUS CIIAPIN, M. D.\\nI fi^ i iicr prominent physician of Kala-\\njlL^ mazoo was born in Gilbertsville, Otsego\\nCounty, N. Y., July 5, 182.3, and died in Kalama-\\nzoo, November 20, 1885, of heart disease. The\\nChapin family has long been identified with the\\nhistory of New England. We find that Deiicon\\nSamuel Chapin, who was a native of Wales, settled at\\nSprir.gfield, Mass., in 1642, and it is probable that\\nhe resided in the United States some years prior\\nto that time. In 1654, he was made a magistrate,\\nand assisted in keeping the records pertaining to\\nthe early settlers. His death occurred in 1675.\\nHis descendants to the present daj- have been iden-\\ntified with Springfield.\\nJosph and Martha Chapin were the grandparents\\nof our subject, their son Joseph being his father.\\nHe and his wife, Fannie Farnum, were natives of\\nPanisa, Mass., and were the parents of nine child-\\nren, of whom Lebeus was the fourth. When he\\nwas nine years old, he accompanied his parents to\\nWattsburg, Erie County, Fa., and settled on a farm,\\nwhere his father died in 1844.\\nAVhen our subject was about seventeen, he en-\\ngaged in the carpenter s trade, working with his\\nbrotliers, and, after a time, found his wa} back to\\nthe old home in Massachusetts. When nineteen,\\nhe was in the employ of the Howe Truss Works, of\\nBuffalo, N. Y., and four j-ears afterward went\\nSouth, engaging as a teacher in Mississippi, until\\nthe climate affected his health to such an extent\\nthat he found it necessary to return North. Hav-\\ning a natural aptitude for schoolroom work, he\\ncontinued to teach, and was thus engaged at Mun-\\nson, Mass.. after which he entered Amherst College\\nin 1848.\\nWhen about to enter the junior year, our sub-\\nject transferred to Yale College, from wliicli he\\ngraduated in 1852. He then resumed the profes-\\nsion of teaching, and for two years was Principal\\nof Guildford Academy, at Laconia, N. H. Leav-\\ning that institution, he accepted a professorship in\\nYale College, succeeding Dr. Olmstead as Professor\\nof Chemistrj and Physics. He was drawn toward\\nthe subject of medicine, and, after acceptably teach-\\ning in that great university for five years, he en-\\ntered its medical department as a student, and\\nwas graduated in 1864.\\nA surgeon s commission was at once offered\\nthe Doctor by the United States Government,\\nwhich accepting, he was stationed as Hospital\\nSurgeon, at Beaufort, S. C, and later was trans-\\nferred to Burlington, Vt., from which place he was\\nmustered out, in 1865. He then engaged in general\\npractice at his home in New Haven, until he came\\nWest in 1867. The wife of his brother, Rev. Lu-\\ncius D. Chapin, Professor of Physics in the State\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor, was formerly a Kalama-\\nzoo lady, and our subject w.as led to locate in this\\ncity through her influence. Before settling here,\\nhowever, he traveled over much of the AVestern\\nterritory, visiting Rockford, 111., and other cities.\\nFor fourteen years. Dr. Chapin devoted himself\\nassiduousl.y to the demands of his patrons in Kal-\\namazoo. Having a cheerful disposition, his friend-\\nship w.as sought for and pi-ized, and his attention\\nto details, and kind solicitude for his patients,\\ndrew liim to them, and formed cords of friendship,\\nsevered only b}- death. In 1871, he became con-\\nnected with William Lawrence in the manufac-\\nture of agricultural implements, and the business\\nassuming liuge proportions, he henceforth devoted\\nmuch of his attention to it up to the time of his\\ndeath.\\nThe summons cftme unexpectedly and cast a\\nshadow over every home in the city. His noble", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0816.jp2"}, "817": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n825\\ntniits of i-lianu ter had endeared liiin to tlie coin-\\nimmitv, and I vei V one felt 1 lis loss as that of a\\npersonal friciul. His body was lioine to its last\\nhome with the hij^liest eivic honors, and various\\nsocieties passed earnest resolutions of resiwet for\\nhis memory.\\nI houjjrii never .1 politician, tlu sympathies of\\nDr. Chapin were witli tiie Hepuhliean paity. He\\nwas for a lonu lime closely identified with the\\neducational interests of the city, being a memlier\\nof tiie Sciiool Hoard. His experience eminently\\ntended to make him a valualile addition to tliat\\nbody, where his opinion (formed only after due\\ndeliberation) always had weight. Ilis early train-\\ning had been in the Prcsb3 terian Cluiich.but din-\\ning his later life he w.as A estryman of St. Luke s\\nEpiscopal Cliiireh, the views of which more nearl}-\\ncoincided with his belief. A thorough student,\\nhe w.as versed in various literatures an l languages,\\nand wielded the pen witli easy gr.ace and purity\\nof diction.\\nLofty in his t.astes and elevated in every\\ntliouglit, the Doctor was a fitting companion to\\nthe wife whf) survived him a short time, and the\\nfamily of intelligent children whose every impulse\\nand ambition lie w.as wont to guide, and to whom\\nhe was a loving father. He was married, April 25,\\n1h:) .I, at Cincinnati. Ohio, to Mrs. Sallie Elliot, the\\nwidow of William II. Elliot, of New llavi ii. and\\nwhose maiden name was Sawyier. She was born\\nin Chillieothe, Ohio. December 29, 1829, and died,\\nMay 21. 1889. The children are: Kitz Henry,\\nEaiinie. Bell and Maud.\\nitkM: ARION C. SHERWOOD. The (inn of\\n.Sherwood, Griswold Co. conducts an ex-\\ntensive business at Allegan, and carries a\\ncomplete stock of dry-goods, clothing,\\nboots and shoes, carpets, etc. The firm w.as estali-\\nlished in IHfiG and in 1871 removed to their jires-\\nenl location on the corner of Locust and Hubbard\\n.Streets. Tlie establishment was destroyed by fire\\nin 1881 and they then built their present elegant\\nstore, one of the finest in this part of the .State. It\\nis a brick structure, )2x8 feet, of which they oc-\\ncupy two lloors, the remainder l)eing tilled with of-\\nfices, etc.\\nThey also eng.aged in the lumber business, in\\n1878. under the name of .Sherwood (Iriswold,\\nand manage an extensive business, carrj ing about\\none million feet and being one of the largest lum-\\nber firms in the .Slate. The members are directors\\nand stockholders in the First National Hank of Al-\\nlegan and li.ave an interest in extensive tracts of\\nfarming and pine lands.\\nMr. Sherwood was born in Otsego Township, Al-\\nlegan County, .laniiarvl 1.1 83.3, being one of the first\\nmale children born in the county. His parents were\\nHull and .hilia A. (Crittendon) Sherwood, natives of\\nWestern New York. His father was a carpenter and\\ncontractor by trade and was a pioneer of Michigan,\\ncoming here in 1832. The paternal grandfather\\nwas Hull Sherwood, a native of Massachusetts, who\\ncame to Michigan in 18.30, and settled in t)tsego\\nTownship, Allegan County. The grandfather was\\na farmer by occupation and built the first grist and\\nsawmill on Pine (reek, which are still known as\\nSherwood s Mills. Here he lesich d until his death.\\nHe w.as a wealthy man and owned a large amount\\nof Land. He had a family of ten children, all of\\nwhom became residents of Michigan. He w.as a\\nWhig in politics, and a man of great energy and\\nintelligence.\\nThe father of our subject remained in Michigan\\nsome fifteen years, then returned to Hochester, N\\nY., where his death took place in 18.j;3. His wife\\nreturned to Michigan and is now a resident of Ionia\\nCounty. The maternal granilpareiiLs of Mr. Sher-\\nwood were Chauncy and Olive (Scott) Crittendon,\\nnatives of M.assachusetts, where the father was a\\nlarge farmer. They removed to New York State\\nand settled in Brighton, Monroe County, where he\\nsi)ent the remainder of his life. They were the\\npatents of six children, of whom three are living:\\nAlvira A. (Mrs. Sherwood), who is living in Otsego\\nTownship, this county, aged eighty-five ycai s; Ju-\\nlia y\\\\., the mother of our subject, who is now\\neighty-two years of age, .and Wallace W., of Brigh-\\nton, N. Y., aged seventy-three. Mr. Crittendon\\nw:us a Minute-man in the War of 1812, and w.as\\ncalled out, but saw no active service. The Slier-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0817.jp2"}, "818": {"fulltext": "826\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwoods are descendante of the Euujlish and Seotcli.\\nOur subject s father was a Whig and served as .Su-\\npervisor of Otsego Townsliip, Allegan County,\\nbeing the first one to fill that ofHce in that place.\\nHe had a family- of four children, three of whom\\ngrew to maturity: Marion C; Adaline W. (Mrs.\\nCrittendon), residing at Lyons, Ionia County, and\\nNathan B., residing at the same place.\\nThe subject of this sketch attended the district\\nschools in his native township until fourteen\\n3^ears of age. when he spent some time in the\\nschool at Brighton, N. Y., afterward becoming a\\nstudent in the Henrietta Academy, at East Henri-\\netta, in that State. In 1848, he became a clerk in\\na store at Rochester, N. Y., where he remained for\\nnine j ears, after which he came to Chicago, where\\nhe was eng.aged in the drug business, on the cor-\\nner of State and Monroe, which he carried on for two\\nyeai S and a half, when he sold out and in 1861\\nCAme to Michigan. He spent some two years\\nclerking in Otsego and Plainwell, then removed to\\nAllegan, where he was occupied in the same wa}\\nfor two j ears more. During tlie war, he went\\nSouth as a sutler for a regiment, returning from\\nthere in 1865 to Kalamazoo, where he was em-\\nployed in a dry-goods store. He then came to\\nAllegan and engaged in business for himself.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Sherwood took place Sep-\\ntember 19, 1866, when he was united to MLss Mary\\nM. Griswold, a daughter of S. L. Griswold, of Al-\\nlegan. Three children have been born of this\\nunion: Rub} M., Martha G., and Bernath P. Mr.\\nSherwood coincides with the Rei)ublican party in\\nhis political views and is a member of the Masonic\\nfraternity. He is a Trustee of the Congregational\\nChurch, of which he, his wife and eldest daughter\\nare members. Thej- take an active part in every-\\nthing conducive to tlie best interests of the cliurch\\nand the communit} in which tliey live.\\nIn 1888, Mr. Sherwood built in Allegan a resi-\\ndence of which he may trul} be proud. Among\\nthe elegant homes that may be found here, it ma}-\\nbe justly said that there is none in which the\\narchitect has reflected greater credit upon himself\\nor where the proprietor has displayed more correct\\nidea of the harmonious and beautiful tlian in this.\\nThe amjile grounds are well laid out. with plants\\nand shrubs to heighten the general effect. The\\nbarns and other outbuildings are in keeping with\\nother portions of the estate. The interior arrange-\\nments are all that could be desired for beauty and\\nconvenience. The parlors and hall are finished in\\noak, the dining-room in cherry, while the floors of\\nthe hall and dining-room are inlaid with colored\\nwoods. The upper story is finished in ash. The\\nhome has all the modern improvements, is ele-\\ngantly furnished throughout, beautiful pictures\\ngi-ace its walls, while the articles of vertu and\\nbric-a-brac give evidence of culture and refine-\\nment. Within this lovel}- home, Mr. and Mrs.\\nSherwood welcome their friends and dispense gra-\\ncious hospitality with a generous hand.\\ni\\nAPT. ROLLIN C. DENISON, deceased, was\\nborn at Castleton, Vt., Januar} 29, 1823.\\nJJ and was the son of Mason N. and Phebe\\n(Ward) Denison, natives also of the Green Moun-\\ntain State. He spent his early life in his native\\nState, and after removing to AVashington County,\\nN. Y., was married, June 25, 1846, to Miss Caroline\\nC. Penfield. Mrs. Denison was a native of Pawlet,\\nVt., her natal day being October .30, 1825.\\nThe original of this sketch came to Kalamazoo\\nCounty, this State, in April, 1844, where he en-\\ngaged in the mercantile business, and also operated\\na flouring mill for three j ears. He then removed\\nto Barry County, where he again started in the\\nmilling business, at the same time conducting a\\ngrocery store. His next removal was to Dow.agiac,\\nwhere for nine years he carried on a grocery store.\\nOn the outbreak of the Civil War, our subject or-\\nganized Companj M, First Michigan Cavalrj and\\nwas made its Captain. He led his company in the\\nfight at Cedar Mountain, and soon after was sent\\nhome to recruit before the battle of Antietam.\\nHis health being so impaired, Capt. Denison was\\nnot able to return to the front, and in 1863 was\\nmade Provost-Marshal, with head(piarters at Kala-\\nmazoo, and continued as such until the close of\\nthe war.\\nCapt. Denison, after the cessation of hostilities,\\neng.aged in the livery business. He was soon.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0818.jp2"}, "819": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0819.jp2"}, "820": {"fulltext": "^^^4\\n1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0820.jp2"}, "821": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\n829\\nliowever, sent to I tali as I)i [mty I i ovost-JI;usli;i!.\\nuiulcr Provost Ararslial Maxwell, for two and a\\nhalf j-ears. and, until 1876, lie was in the (lovcrn-\\ninont emiiloy. His death occurred March 4, 188.5,\\nhaving heen a prroat sufferer for years. In politics,\\nhe w.as an active Uepulilioan, .uid durinir the war.\\nfew men did more toward raisma: troops lliaii did\\nCapt. Denison.\\nI lie family of our sulijee.t included Mai y.\\nMrs. George McDonald, whose hushand is a\\ndruggist, and Horace P., assistant lM okkeei)er for\\nthe Michigan Uuggy Company. Socially, the Cap-\\ntain was a Kniglit Templar, and w.is a liighly\\nrespected citizen and a warm friend. His remains\\nlie luiried in the Mountain Home Cemetery. The\\nparents of Mrs. Denison were Horace and Caroline\\n(Chandler) Pentield, natives of Pawlet and Kair-\\nlield,^ t. The father was a saddler hy irade and in\\n1848 came to Michigan, dying in 1864. His\\nwidow is still living, and makes her home, at the\\n.age of eighty-seven years, with Mrs. Denison.\\nThe latter-named lady had two lirotheis. (iiiy and\\nJohn Penfield. and one sister. .John died at Raii-\\ntoul. 111., in Octolier, 188H. fJuy makes his home\\nat Iterkelev, Cal.\\nZKL K. n.VHTLKTT. the humorist, whose\\nportrait is presented on the o[)posite page,\\nwas born in Ilin.sdale, Berkshire County,\\nMass.. November 27. 1827. His father s\\nname was .luliiis liaitlett, of Revolutionary aiite-\\ncedenls. The family moved in 1832 to Cuniiiiing-\\nton. Mass.. a iii;iiiit secluded hamlet, since famous\\n.OS the birthplace of William Cullen Urvant. It\\nwas then noted, like many other small towns in\\nthat and adjoining counties, for the fxld eliaracter-\\nistics of some of its old-time citizens, whieh left\\ntheir impression upon the boyish mind of the\\nfuture humorist, and afforded him a uevi r-failing\\nsource from which to draw and (lictiiie forth many\\nof his after \u00e2\u0080\u00a2Sketehes of New England. He\\nmoved to Michigan with his father s family at the\\nage of ten years, aflerwanl going to New York\\nCity to attend school. He went from there to the\\nCuinmington Academy in Massachusetts, where he\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2is\\npuisue l Ills studies for awhile, then, armed with a\\nllatleriiig tcsliniouial from Prof. Gilbert, he went\\nto rittstield, Mass.. and clerkcil in a book-store\\nthere, bis brother. Dr. C. E. Hartlett, being at that\\ntime a student in the IV rksliire Medical Institute,\\nand a class-mate of Dr. Holland s. Dr. .Tolin\\nTodd, the author of the Students Manual. and a\\nnoted divine, even in those days, was settled there,\\n(ieoige Oscar IJartlett, the first publisher of The\\nMerchants Magazine^ now the famous Hunt s Mei\\ni-hont s Morjazine; also .lulius L. Bartlctt, the tal-\\nented clerg3 man, were his brothers. They were\\nalso writers of rare ability.\\nAt the age of aboutsixteen. young Hartlett went\\nto Boston to seek his fortune, and fortunately ol\\ntained a situation with Crocker it Brewster, at\\nthat time the leading book-sellers of Hoston. Here\\nhe remained for nearly ten years, advancing in a\\nfew yeare to the position of head salesman of the\\nhouse. It was here that he had the opportunity\\nof meeting most of the famous literary and noted\\nmen of New England. Daniel Webster was a fre-\\nquent visitor at the sttue of Crocker it Brewster,\\nwho were his intimate friends, and then f)Ui- youth-\\nful humorist used to visitand hobnob with the\\n(iodlike Daniel, and amuse him while he might\\nbe waiting the arrival of the linn. He remembers\\nat one time trying on his hat, which was a large\\none; Daniel Webster was noted for the size of his\\nhead, as (Trover Cleveland is for the size of his\\nneck. There were giants in those days. Rufus\\nChoate, Everett. Emerson. Longfellow. Whittier,\\nI hillips, Lyman Heecher, Garrison. Holmes, Moses\\nStuart. Whii)i)le. Robinson, Lowell, Wood, the bot-\\nanist and others, since famous in the world of let-\\nters, were frequenters of the old store of Crocker\\nit Brewster.\\nEortunate in an early contact and ae ]uaiiilance\\nwith such as these, it imparted a literary turn of\\nmind to the subjectof our sketch, and having un-\\nlimited access to books and an insatiable thirst for\\nreading, he was stoiinghis mind with material from\\nwhich to draw upon in after years. The old firm\\nof Crocker it Hrewster eelel)rated the seventy-fifth\\nanniversary of their iissociation together, the old-\\nest firm, where both original partncre were living,\\nin the I nited States, probably in the worlil. Mr.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0821.jp2"}, "822": {"fulltext": "830\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nBrewster still survives. Horace Greelej^ s advice\\nto young men to Go West w.as having its effect\\nat that time and Mr. Bartlett moved to Detroit\\nand formed a partnershii) there with a book-selling\\nhouse, and D. M. Fcrrj-, the triple millionaire\\nSeed Man of the world, then a boy, was their\\nclerk at the time. Mr. Bartlett, at the age of\\ntwent3 -six, married .leannctte L. Packard, the\\ndaughter of I rof. IJussell Packard, of Albany, N.\\nY. From Detroit Mr. Bartlett moved in 18.54 to\\nKalamazoo, Mich., and eng.aged in the book and\\nbaazar business for twenty 3 ears or more. He was\\ncontinuously in the Ixjok business for over thirty\\nyears. He was prominent in business and social\\ncircles and over ready to aid in any cnter[irise for\\nthe benefit of Kalamazoo and for the interest of\\nothers. Although a stanch Republican, he was not\\na partisan in politics and would help to get a politi-\\ncally, or really blind or crippled Democrat to the\\npolls on election day as readily as though he was\\nof his own political faith, and, what was stranger\\nstill, would help him home again.\\nHe was a valued contributor to many of the early\\nBoston newspajjers forty jears ago. It is only\\nuntil lately that he has begun to make his mark in\\nthe literar3 world, as many of his writings have re-\\nmained in manuscript for many years, but when-\\never brought to the light they have not only at-\\ntracted the highest eonunendation from the press\\nof this country, but have reached England on their\\nmerits and a number of them have been pulilished\\nby one of the largest book houses and newspapers\\nin London. Asa humorist, he has been compared\\nmost favorably with hving, Mark Twain, Bill Nye,\\nBurdette and Will Carleton.\\nThe following are among tiie best known pro-\\nductions of his pen, some of whicli have achieved\\nnational popularity: \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2The Comic Angler, Hum-\\nors of the Rod and Gun, The Frogs of Saginaw,\\nDeacon Bigelow s Struggle with a Gigantic Mus-\\nkallonge, all of which have been published in F^^ng-\\nland. His Boston lectures at Faneuil Hall on The\\nHumors of the F rog, Legends of Lightning\\nBug and Sleep Hollow, The Young American\\nMustache, The Snorer, Horrible Death of the\\nMince-Pie Eater, The Judge and the JMilkmaid,\\nScauldam.ann, or, the Traged}- of the Turkish\\nBath, A Tale of Constantinople, Tiie Giant\\nand the Cake of Yeast, Sketches of Eccentric\\nCharacter of New England, Wit and Humor of\\nthe Times, and many others, newly revised and\\ngreatl} enlarged and illustrated editions of which\\nare contemplated. A prominent New York mag.a-\\nzine has been in correspondence with him, desiring\\nto make arrangements with him as a regular corres-\\npondent and to publish his biography with his\\nportrait as a frontispiece.\\nWe close this sketch with the following testimo-\\nnial from Hon. George Willard, cx-member of\\nCongress:\\nThe productions of Mr. A. E. Bartlett, the\\ngifted humorist, I have read with great interest\\nand pleasure. Some of his recent books and manu-\\nscripts certainly possess rare and conspicuous\\nmerit.\\nThe writer is fortunate in his remarkable fidel-\\nity to nature, in his rich and delicate humor, in\\nhis abounding sympathy with the topics treated,\\nand in the uuwa^ ering felicity of expression ap-\\njiarent in all the products of his pen. These pro-\\nducts appear to me to be among the ver\\\\ best\\nyielded in the field of humorous literature in our\\ncountry.\\nI I Ml\\nOLOMON S. FOX, present Supervisor of\\nWayland Township, Allegan County, is\\none of the pioneers of this section of coun-\\ntrj where he has occupied a prominent\\nposition and holds an enviable record, not only as\\nan enterprising and worthy citizen, but as a brave\\nsoldier who did his part in the AVar of the Rebel-\\nlion. He was born in Marlboro Township, Stark\\nCounty, Ohio, April .30, 1844. His parents, Samuel\\nand Catherine (Fox) Fox, were natives of the\\nsame State, his father being a carjienter bv trade,\\nwho also operated a mill, and in his later years fol-\\nlowed the occupation of a farmer.\\nOur subject came to this State at the age of\\ntwenty-three vears, and engaged in teaching, in\\nconnection with which he also carried on farming.\\nHe had a good education, having attended the\\ncommon .schools during his 3 ounger days, and also\\nfor a while the Normal School in Ohio. After com-\\ning to Michigan, he taught for twelve terms in the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0822.jp2"}, "823": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n831\\npublic schools, mnkino; a good record as a teacher.\\nDuring this tiino, he bougiit a tract of fort^y acres\\nof unimproved land, upon which he worked dur-\\ning the suninicr inontlis, clearing and inii)roviiig it.\\nIn 18G2, he enlisted, August IH, in Company D,\\nOne Hundred and Fifteenth Ohio Infantry, going\\nat first to Cincinnati, and being in the Army of\\nWest Virginia for one year. In 1863, with his\\nregiment, ho was sent South, a part of the time do-\\ning mechanic s work, and a part of the time guard\\nduty. He was in some of the engagements during\\nHood s campaign, and was in the pursuitafter Gen.\\nForrest, an I at Murfreesboro. He saw much of the\\nhard i)art of a soldier s life, being often engaged in\\nskirmishing with bushwhackers. He received his\\ndiscliargc in .Inly, 1865, and remained in Ohio the\\nfollowing two years, when he came to Michigan.\\nMr. Fox was married, November 1, 1866, to Mag-\\ngie A. (ilass, of Ilomewortli, Ohio, the daughter of\\nJohn Gl.ass, a carpenter and farmer of that place.\\nBy this marriage, nine children have been born:\\nWilliam II., Minnie R., (irace L., Nora II., Karl ,1.,\\nHoy S. S., Lee erne, Clark L. and (iu3,all living.\\nIll 1882, Mr. Fox entered the employ of Mr. Lee\\nDeuel, of Uradley, as a salesman, in which occupa-\\ntion he has continued ever since. During the\\nyears when the law provided for a Township fSu-\\nperintendent of i)iiblic .school, our subject held that\\noHice all the time, with the exception of four\\nmonths. He li.as also held the oflice of School In-\\nspector, and is at [iresent .lustice of the Peace and\\nTownship Treasurer of Way land Township. In\\nl)olitics, he is a Republican.\\nMr. Fox and his family hold a high pl.ace in the\\nestimation of this community, in which they have\\nso long resided.\\nILLIA.M lil SKI UK, a self-made man, resid-\\ning on section 21, IIo| kins Township, Al-\\ny\\nlegan County, is a son of Abram Huskirk,\\nSr., a native of Preble, Cortland County-, N. V.,\\nwhere he was born in 1795. The mother of our\\nsubject was Nancy (iarrison, a native of Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y.. who with her husband removed to\\nOhio, in 18.38, settling in Lorain County for a short\\ntime. The father bought a small [liece of wild land\\nin Avon Township, and lived on it three j eai-s.\\nHe then solil this and took up another tract which\\nhe cleared and sold. His next move was to Mich-\\nigan In 1853, where he settled on a farm ail wild,\\nwitli no improvements whatever. He lived there\\nuntil his death, January 11, 1881, at the age of\\neighty-five years. His wife died April 18, 1872,\\nal the age of sixty-seven years.\\nThe parents of our subject had born to them\\neleven children, seven of whom now live: Abram;\\nour subject, Peter, Isaac, Daniel, Jane and Klipha-\\nlet. Allan (deceased) and Daniel both served in\\nthe Civil War in a Michigan regiment.\\nOur subject was born December i, 1825, in Sen-\\neca County-, N. Y. He was reared on a farm, and\\nhad but very meager chances for an education\\nHis parent* were poor, and he stayed at home\\nassisting them on the farm until twenty years old,\\nwhen he went to Ohio and commenced working\\nout by tiie montii. He was united in marriage,\\nJuly 23, 1847, to Sophia Saddler, a daughter of\\nChristian and Elizabeth (Root) Saddler, both n.a-\\ntives of Erie County, N. Y. They moved to Ohio\\nin 1836, and settled on a farm in Cuyahoga County,\\nwhere the} made a permanent home. The father\\nwas a soldier in the War of 1812. He died in 1872,\\nand the mother two years previous. The}- had\\neleven children, nine living. Their daughter, Mrs.\\nHuskirk, was born April 25, 1826, in New York.\\nWhen our subject w.os married, he bought a piece\\nof land in Dover Township, Cuyahoga County,\\nOhio, and improved and lived on it until 1851,\\nwhen he came to Michig.an and took up one hun-\\ndred and sixty acres, where he now lives. It w.os\\nall a vast wilderness, and there were but very few\\nimprovements in this locality. He erected a log\\nhouse, and considered himself in good circum-\\nstances for that d.ay. He now owns one hundred\\nand thirty acres, .and has eightj -two acres cleared\\nand fenced, and highly improved. He erected a\\nhandsome house in 1870, at a cost of iji3,000, and\\non his place carries on general farming and dairy-\\ning successfully.\\nMr. and Mrs. IJuskirk are the parents of seven\\nchildren, six living: Thomas C. married Ellie Hen-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0823.jp2"}, "824": {"fulltext": "832\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGllAnilCAL RECORD,\\nnett, and lives in Kalamazoo County; Alva L. mar-\\nried Celia Richmond, and lives in Wayland Town-\\nshiji, this county, and has four children; Henry\\nF. married IJlIian Iloyt. and lives in Wayland\\nTownsliii), an l is tlie father of one child; Lizzie E.\\nis the wife of .lay Crabh, of this township, and\\nthey have two children; Clara A; and John D.,\\nwho married Eilitli Lane, has one child, and\\nresides at (Irand Rapids. Our suiiject and his\\nwife are members of the Congregational Church,\\nand in politics he has been a Republican, but is\\nnow asUanch Prohibitionist, having always been a\\ntemperate man. lie lias served on the local School\\nBoard, and lias given his children the best of edn-\\ncati(\u00c2\u00bbns, they all having l)een students of the High\\nSchool. Henry was graduated from the Michigan\\nAgricultural College in 1877; Tliom.as C. is a doc-\\ntor of medicine; and .John D. is a veterinary sur-\\ngeon.\\nim\\neHARLES BROTT. This respected citizen of\\nthe fanning community of Geneva Town-\\nship, Van Buren County, is successfully\\nprosecuting his calling on section 1. He Is de-\\nscended from two brothers f)f that name, who came\\nfrom Holland .and located in New York City in an\\nearly period of the liistor} of that city. Charles\\nBrott, grandfather of our subject, came at an early\\nday to Ohio, and from that State to Michigan,\\nwhare he died. The father of oursul)ject, Reynolds\\nBrott, w.as born near Sj racnse, N. Y., about 1800.\\nHe grew to maturity in his native county, and,\\nwhen starting out in life for himself, traveled on\\nfoot to Ohio, where he settled on a farm in Lake\\nCounty.\\nThe mother of our subject bore tlie name of Ma-\\nlona Abbott, and by her union with i\\\\Ir. Brott,\\neleven children were born, of whom Charles was\\nthe fonrth in order of birth. Tlie original of this\\nsketch was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in Sep-\\ntember, 1832, .and w.as reared just across the line\\nin Lake County. In 1855, he came to an Buren\\nCounty, this State, and purchased a tract of one\\nhundred and two .acres of wild land. A year later,\\nhe w.as married to Miss Saiihionia, daughter of\\nHiram Chappcll. and to them have been granted\\nthree children: Hiram grew to mature years and\\ndied of consumption in 1883; Sarah married Will-\\niam Myers, and resides in Allcg.an County, this\\nState; and Lucy I. w.as the third in order of liirth.\\nIn 1863, Mr. Brott enlisted in the service of the\\nUnion, and in 186+ joined the Third Michigan\\nCavalry and served with his regiment until the\\nclose of the war. He was on board the .John Ham-\\nilton when it blew up on iMoljile Bay, but escaped\\ninjury. The winter of 18G5-66, he spent in camp\\nat San Antonio, Tex. He enlisted .as a blacksmith,\\nand kept one hundred and ten horses shod. At\\nthe close of the war, Jlr. Brott returned to the\\npeaceful jiiirsuits of farm life, and has since given\\nhis attention to the cultivation of the soil.\\nIn politics, he of whom we write is a true-blue\\nRepublican. With his family, he is a member of\\nthe Evangelical Church, and socially is connected\\nwith the Masonic fraternity. He also belongs to\\nAbraham Lincoln Post, No. HI, O. A. R., at Bangor,\\nand is a gentleman who is highly esteemed in ien-\\ne\\\\a Township for his upright and honest life.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0y OSIAH ,J. MILLER, This gentleman, who\\nis one of the prosperons .and enterprising\\nfarmers of Bloomingdale Township, Van\\nBuren County, was born, November 10,\\n1826, in Milford Township, Somerset County, Pa.,\\nand is the son of John and Elizabeth (Flick) Mil-\\nler. His grandfather, Henry Miller, was a farmer\\n.and cooper, and p.assed his entire life in Pennsyl-\\nvania. He married Miss Elizabeth Kizer, and they\\nreared a family of five sons and six daughters, all\\nof whom grew to maturit} The maternal grand-\\nfather of our subject was Frederick Flick, a native\\nof Somerset County, Pa.\\nJohn Miller, the father of onr sul)ject, w.as born\\nin Somerset County, Pa., and, about 1854, reni(i\\\\ed\\nto M.acon County, 111., where he located on a farm,\\n.and died about six months later. His family\\nhad remained behind in Pennsylvania, where the\\nmother s death took place. She was a good woman,\\nand a member of the Presbj-terian Church. The\\nfamily of this worthy couple consisted of three\\nchildren: Josiah .1., Lydia. and Mary A.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0824.jp2"}, "825": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0825.jp2"}, "826": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0826.jp2"}, "827": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND lilUCiliArillCAJ. RECORD.\\n835\\nI\\nOur suliji ct was reared upon a farm, and had\\nhut fi w advanlayi s for an t-ducation, gaining what\\nknowh dgi he possessed more from reading and\\nohsi ivatioti. than frt)ni the .study of texl-hookfi.\\nIK was early oliiiired to earn his own living, and\\nworked u| in a farm until nineteen years old,\\nwhen he learned the trade of a eoo|ier. In tlie\\nspring of lK.j(i, he eanie to Miehigan and liought\\none hundred and sixty acres of land on section\\n2!1, Itloomingdale Townshii), this county, for which\\nhe paid \u00c2\u00a5SII0, cash, rnfortunately, the man from\\nwhom he liought the land was dishonest and had\\ngiven a mortgage on the place, although he claimed\\nit was free from encumhranee. Mr. Jliller\\nI searched the records but there were no claims to\\nbe found. \\\\l the end of four years, the land was\\nst ld in the Court of Chancery as there w;is no re-\\nlletnption. Mr. .Miller then bought it again from\\nthe man who entered it. lie has cleared and\\nimprovi d his land, and has it under a high state\\nof ciillivntion, and has also erected a line residence\\nand liarns. He has made his way in the world en-\\ntirely unas-sisted, exce[)t l)^- his faithful and de-\\nt voted wife.\\nMr. Miller was marrii-d, .January 18; t, to\\nCatherine Darr. She was horn in Somerset County,\\nI a., .Inly 21, l.s.i, the daughter of Philip and I\\nMargaret (Shenamen) Darr, who were natives of\\nSomerset County, I a. The father, wlio worked at\\nshoe-making and carding, was a member of the\\nLutheran Church. Their childi-en were Klizalieth,\\nMollie, .Margaret; Henry, who died when twenty-\\none yeare of .ige; Mary, Ann M., Sarah, Catherine,\\nand riiilip, who served during the late war, and\\ndied while in the army. The father of tliis fam-\\nily ilied ill Pennsylvania in l.S(;,s, at the age of\\neighty years, and his wife sometime later, when\\neighty-seven years old.\\nThe grandfather of Mrs. Miller, Tragut Ferd-\\ninanil Shenamen, attended school in (iermany when\\nlietween the ages of seven and fourteen, and later\\ntu(iied medicine. When alK)Ut twenty-one years\\nold, lie came to this country, soon after which he\\nentered the army to serve during the Revolution-\\nary War. and was under (ien. (ieorge Washington.\\nAfter the war, he settled in Pennsylvania, where\\nhe purchased a farm of one hun(h ed and sixty\\nacres, and there passed his remaining years. I nto\\nhim and his wife, whose in.-iiden name was Mary\\nMargaret Faust, were Itorn the following-named\\nchildren: Henry, .Maigaiet, Catherine, Sarah, Dan-\\niel, Christian, Ferdinand, Frederick, .lohn, and\\nIJenjamin.\\n.Seven children have been horn to our subject\\nand his wife, .as follows: ,\\\\llen, who resides at\\nLaGrange, Ind.; JIargaret, the wife of Charles\\nAllen, who lives at Deliance, Ohio; .Simon; Abel;\\nSarah E., who die l at the age of three years; Mary;\\nand .1. who died when fomteen years old. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Miller were ft)rmerly Lutherans, but are\\nnow members of the Disciples Church. They arc\\nliigldy esteemed in the cornniunity in which they\\nlive, and are among its most popular residents.\\nA view of the i)lea.sant homestead of Jlr. Miller is\\nshown on another page.\\naHAKLES POTTEW COV. In every de-\\npartmeut of work, whether of a business,\\npolitical or social nature, Mr. Coy has for\\nyears been a prominent citizen of Kalamazoo. He\\nis descended from worthy and patriotic ancestor,\\nand is the third in line of descent from a Scotch-\\nman who removed from the Land of the Thistle\\nand settled in Connecticut.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, David Coy, w;is\\na Revolutionary soldier and fought the battles of\\nliberty with valor and patriotism. He attained to\\na ripe old age, dying when ninety-nvc yeai-s, five\\nmouths and ten days old. His son, who was also\\nnamed Da\\\\id P.. was a prominent man in Myron,\\nN. v., where he served as Supervisor for twentv-\\none years and in other positions of honor and\\nresponsil)ilit\\\\ He died in that place when in his\\nsixtieth year.\\nThe .second among live children born to l :ivid P.\\nand Hannah (Sprague) Coy was Charles P., who\\nw.is born at Byron, X. Y., March 17, 1\u00c2\u00ab2L His\\nyouth was spent on his father s farm liul when he\\nliecame of age, he settled in .Stafford Township,\\n(lenesee County, N, Y,, and was married .lanuarv\\n1 I. LSI!), in that township, to .Miss Martha Kel-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0827.jp2"}, "828": {"fulltext": "836\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL EECOED.\\nlogg, a native of New York and the daughter of\\nRussell and Harriet (IMiller) Kellogg.\\nIn 1853, I\\\\Ir. Coy removed to the vicinity of\\nMarshall, this State, and purchased a farm comjjris-\\ning about four iiundred acres. Later he settled\\non a farm near Albion, whence he removed to\\nBattle Creek and for nine years followed farming\\noperations near that city. He did not locate in\\nKalamazoo County, until, after m.akinga tour of\\nthe Southern States, he decided that this county\\noffered the best prospects for investment. Ac-\\ncordingly, he bought a large farm on Gull Prairie,\\nin 186.5, and there made a specialty of wheat, in\\nwhich he was very successful. He disposed of the\\nfarm in 1881 and, moving to the city, has Iiere\\nsince resided.\\nA Repulilican in his politics, Mr. Coy has served\\nhis fellow-citizens in various official capacities. He\\nwas Supervisor while at Battle Creek and assisted\\nin furnishing troops during the war. He is a stock-\\nholder in the Kalamazoo National Bank and owns\\nconsiderable real estate in the city, the value of\\nwhich is constantly increasing. In his religious\\npreference, lie inclines to the belief of the Pres-\\nbyterian Church, whicli he and his wife attend. In\\nevery opinion of importance lie holds decided\\nopinions and concedes to others the same right\\nwhich he demands for himself that of liberty of\\nthought. He and his wife have one daughter:\\nMarion C, wife of Charles F. Davis, of the firm of\\nP. C. Davis Comi)any, of Kalamazoo.\\nn RA V. HICKS. There is scarcely any enterprise\\nI in Kalamazoo which contributes more directly\\nii\\\\ to the prosperity of its citizens than the Hicks\\nCarriage Company. The present works were estab-\\nlished by our subject in November, 1890, and\\nsince that time he has been successfully engaged\\nin the manufacture of toj) and o|)en buggies\\nand carriages of the latest and most approved\\nstyles.\\nThe carriage manufactory and otHces of the coin-\\npany are located in a fine building, 50 x 175 feet in\\ndimensions, and three stories in height. The\\nmachinery is the latest and most highly improved.\\nand the vehicles, which are of a superior quality\\nand finish, are shipped to different points through-\\nout the State as well as to other portions of the\\ncountry. Forty skilled employesare kept through-\\nout the year and the business is growing very .sat-\\nisfactorily.\\nNew York was the native State of Mr. Hicks,\\nwho was born in Tompkins CVninty, July 17, 1834.\\nDavid, his father, was also a native of the Empire\\nState, and engaged as a manufacturer of farm im-\\nplements. A good business man, of keen foresight\\nand great force of character, he was prominent in\\nhis community and exerted great influence among\\nhis fellow-citizens. The mother was known in\\nmaidenhood as .Tanc an Wager and was born in\\nNew York. James Hicks, grandfather of our sub-\\nject, was of English descent on his father s side\\nand through his mother traced his ancestry to Hol-\\nland.\\nIra v., who was the second of foiu children,\\npassed his bo3 hood in the Empire State, receiving\\nonly a common-school education and early as-\\nsisting his father in his work. When sixteen years\\nold, he commenced to learn the trade of a carriage-\\nmaker, at which he served an apprenticeship of\\nthree years. He then worked as a journeyman and,\\nin the prosecution of his trade,went to Willoughby,\\nGiiio, then to Cortland, N. Y., where he was em-\\nplo3 ed by the Cortland Wagon Company, of Cort-\\nland, for four years.\\nIn 1881, IMr. Hicks came to Kalamazoo and\\naided in the organization of the Kalamazoo Wagon\\nCompany, his partners being F. W. Meyers and\\nM. H. Lane. The business of the company was\\nthe manuLacture of buggies, in which Mr. Hicks\\nengaged with great energy and remarkable success\\nuntil July, 1800, when he sold out. His private\\naffairs have engaged his attention so closely that\\nhe has mingled little in the political life of the\\ncity, although he adheres to the principles of the Re-\\niniblican party and casts his ballot for its can-\\ndidates.\\nWhen at leisure from his business cares, Mr.\\nHicks finds his greatest pleasure in the society of\\nhis wife and children, at their home. No. 507\\nStewart Avenue. Mrs. Hicks, who prior to 1854\\nwas known as Sarah Casar, was born and reared", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0828.jp2"}, "829": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) ];10(;RA1 1I1CAL RIXORD.\\n837\\niiiTuiupkins County, X. v., and is a daughter of\\n.lacoh and I ,li/.alp( tli Nottinuliain) Casnr. Slio is\\na lady of supcridr Mtlainnu nls. a (ii votcd liclii-\\ninate, and a tiMuU r niotlicr to licr lliicc MirvivinL;\\nchildren: llonry. assistant inaii;ii;(M in the works;\\nLlovd and Nottio. lanUic died in l.S.Sl).\\nSD\\nIIARI.KS a. HAI.DWIX. the ellicicnt I ost-\\nmailer of N ickshurij;, is well known throuyli-\\ni^ out tliis section of country as tlie editor and\\njnopiielor of the Cirmmcrcial, a hriij^ht and spicy\\n|)aiier which is indei)en(U nt in politics and de-\\nvoted to the social and liusiness interests of the\\nconinuinity. In former years, it was published in\\nKalamazoo and for six months prior to purchasint;\\nit, Mr. Baldwin was local correspondent fiom this\\nplace. When lielionirht it in 1881 and estalilislied\\nthe ollice in VicUslinr i, there was another i)apcr\\nthe Monitor published here, but it soon died,\\nsince which time the Ounmcrcial has been the sole\\nrepresentative of the newspaper interests of the\\nvillage.\\nNot only has Mr. IJaldwin a very valuable plant,\\nbut his ollice is well ccpiipiied in every respect and\\nsupplied with Fair Haven power press, as well as\\na fine line of job and news type. The work turned\\nout is of a superior (piality and style, while, through\\nits entrance into hundreds of homes, the i)aper is\\nwiehling a powerful inllueiice over the opinions of\\nthe peo[)le. In .lune, 18811, Mr. Baldwin was ap-\\npointed Postmaster at Vieksburg, which was made a\\nTresidential ollice April 1, 18!)1. llis previous ex-\\njierience as Postmaster in Arkport, X. Y., enabled\\nhim at once to adopt the best measures for the\\ncon luct of the office, and the mail agents give him\\ntiie credit of putting up the mail and keeping his\\notlice in the liest order of anyone along the line.\\nI he family of which Mr. Baldwin is a represcn-\\nt4itive traces it-s ancestry to Scotland, whence at\\nan early day some of its members emigrated to\\ntills country. Ichaliod Baldwin, grandfather of\\nour subject, was born in the State of Xew York in\\n17!lli and followed the (i( upation of a gardener\\nand faiMier until his death in .\\\\llegany County, N.\\nY., at the age of sixty-four. .\\\\mong his live\\nehildren was WillianiN., who was born in Allegany\\nCounty, Octoljer 5, 1820, and there was reare(l iii\\na farm, receiving his education in the district\\nschools. When twenty years old, he (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2oinnienceil to\\nlearn the trade of a blacksmith, which he followed\\nat Franklin and Arkport, X.\\nFor six years William X. Ualdwin served as\\nPostmaster at .Vrk|)ort, and, being a man of intell-\\nigence and excellent judgment, lie was frequently\\nconsulted with reference to general political matters\\nas well as of affairs of local iniporl;ince. I rior to\\nthe administration of President Buchanan, he was\\na, Democrat, but afterward joined the Keimblican\\nparty. In the Presbyterian Church, he was an\\nactive worker until his death, whii h occurred in\\n-Vrkport, .\\\\ugust Sfi, 1806. The mother of our sub-\\nject, Mary B. Jordan, was born in Delaware Count3\\nX.Y.. .V|iril 1. 1844 and is still living, her home\\nbeing in A icksliurg, 5Iich., where she is known as a\\nlady of great worth of character and a prominent\\nmemljer of the Congregational Chiiiili. Her par-\\nents, .lared AY. and Betsey (.lones) .Ionian, were\\nnatives of New York and reared ten children,\\nlinally passing away at a good old age.\\n^Ir. Baldwin is one of three ehildren, the others\\nbeing Simon S., of Kalamazoo, and i^lizabetli, now\\njNIrs. MeMaster. Charles was born in Franklin,\\nDelaware County, N. Y., March 1), 1846, and when\\nhe was one year old was taken by his parents to\\nArkiiort, N. Y., where he received his education\\nin the common schools. At the age of sixteen, he\\nwas examined and given a permit to act as assis-\\ntant mail clerk on all the lines of the F.rie Hail-\\nroad. For four years he perfornied substitute\\nduty, and was then apiiointed regular clerk, serv-\\ning as such for four years between Dunkirk, N.\\nand .lersey City, N. .1. During that time, he was\\nin three railroad .accidents and narrowly escaped\\nbeing killed.\\nAfter the death of his father, .Mr. Baldwin re-\\nceived the aiipointnieiit of Postmaster at Arkport,\\nand held the ollice six years, meanwhile engaging\\nin mercantile pursuits. In the spring of 1872, lie\\nresigned his position, and, selling out his property,\\ncame to Michigan, where he was engaged on the\\nSchoolcraft Exiinss for a short time. He then\\nopened an ollice in Vieksburg, becoming a lire in-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0829.jp2"}, "830": {"fulltext": "838\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsuiance agent, and still acts as agent foi seven old-\\nline companies. November 2, 1880, he bought a\\nfarm of seventy-seven acres in Brady Townshi|),\\nfifty acres of which is a hucklel)crry marsh and\\nvery remunerative.\\nMarch 21, 186(5, ]Mr. IJaldwiu was married to Helen\\nF. Newsom, who was born in Steuben County, N. Y.,\\nt)ctober 12, 1848. Her parents, William and\\nElizabeth (Zeliff) Newsom, were natives respec-\\ntively of England and (lermanyand reared a fam-\\nily of thirteen children. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin\\nare the parents of two children: Mary E. and\\nCharles E. Mrs. Baldwin passed from this life\\n.Tanuary 30, 1892. They are members of the ]Meth-\\nodist Church, in which they are earnest workers.\\nPolitically, ilr. Baldwin is a Republican and\\nhas been connected with the Republican Countj\\nCentral Committee. Notwithstanding the fact\\nthat the townshi]j of Brady had a majority- of\\nscventy-flve Democrats when he was nominated\\nfor the position of Township Clerk, such was his\\nj)Opularity that he was elected by a majority of\\nthirty-seven. He is a member of Lodge No. 36,\\nK. of P., and the Modern Woodmen, in which he\\nhas occupied man3 of the chairs and exerted con-\\nsiderable influence.\\neONRAD CHRISTOPHER GUNN,a resident\\nof Oshtemo Town^hil), Kalamazoo County,\\nwas born Feliruary 1, 1848, in Ashtabula\\nCounty, Ohio. He is a son of Westrell Willoughby\\nGunn, a native of Herkimer County, N. Y., where\\nhe was born February 25, 1808. He was a gradu-\\nate of Yale College, in the law department, and\\npracticed in Lockport, Pa. He was married soon\\nafter leaving college to Betsey Sharp, a native of\\nNew York, and in 1829 left Lockport, Pa., and\\nsettled in Ashtabula County, Ohio, continuing in\\nthe legal business and also engaging somewhat in\\nfanning in connection with droving, being one of\\nthe oldest dealers in cattle in Ohio. He drove\\ncattle to Buffalo until 1.S67, in which year he\\nmoved to Eaton County, this State. When on a\\nvisit to his daughter in LaPorte, Ind., iul876, he was\\ntaken sick and died, aged sixty-eight years.. His\\ngood wife died in Eaton County, in 1886, at the\\nage of seventy-flve j ears. They had fourteen\\nchildren born to them, eight boys and six girls,\\nten of whom are now living. Two of the sons.\\nPerry and Conrad, enlisted in the army, Perry in\\nthe Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry, serving nine\\nmonths. He was injured at the battle of Pittsburg\\nLanding, and was discharged from the service.\\nOur subject worked on a farm until fifteen }-ears\\nof age, when he enlisted in the army on the 16th\\nof Januaiy, 1864, in Company E, Sixth Ohio Cav-\\nalrj He joined his regiment at Warrenton, \\\\^a.,\\nand did picket duty inside of three months time.\\nHe was in the campaign of 1864 under Sheridan.\\nHe participated in the battle of the Wilderness\\nand W.1S on Richmond raid, fighting all the time.\\nHe was also in the battles of Todd s Tavern, Spott-\\nsylvania. Cold Harbor, Five Forks, Cliickaiiominy,\\n^Malvern Heights, and the second battle of Weldon\\nRailroad. At the last-named place, they stopped do-\\ning picket duty until the spring of 1865, when they\\nbroke camp and followed the rebels on retreat and\\ncontinued to fight until Lee s surrender. The\\nregiment then staid at Warrenton on detached\\ndutj- for three months, and Mr. Gunn was mus-\\ntered out, August 7, 1865, and honorably discharged\\nat Cleveland, Ohio, August 7.\\nOn leaving the army, our subject made a short\\nvisit home and then came to Kalamazoo. He\\nremained but a short time, however, as he went\\nto live in Indiana, where he remained for seven\\nyears. From there he removed to this town-\\nship, in 1876, and was married to Helen C.\\nSlack, ill the same year. Mrs. Gunn was the widow\\nof .lohii Slack and a daughter of William Alford,a\\nnative of iSIassachusetts. Her grandfatlier partici-\\npated in the Revolutionary War. A fife that was\\nplayed liy him in the battle of Yorktown and at\\nthe surrender of Cornwallis, and afterward b} his\\nson William Alford, in the War of 1812, is in the\\npossession of the family. The father of Mrs. Gunn\\nwas married at the age of twent3 -uine years, in\\nCanada, having moved there soon after the AVar\\nof 1812. He lived in Guelph, Ontario, but at the\\ntime of the Rebellion in Canada, not wishing to\\nfight for or against his own country, sold his prop-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0830.jp2"}, "831": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0831.jp2"}, "832": {"fulltext": "cu.\\nlJj^^c^ 6^^^ yc.iy?^^^/^.^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0832.jp2"}, "833": {"fulltext": "POliTltAlT A ;D B10(;UAVIUCAL liECORD.\\n841\\niTty nnd tvinic to riclii!j;aii, Uikiiijf up land in\\nAlamo Town.siiip, in iy;37, wlierc lie resided until\\nhis death, which occurred in 1849. His good wife\\nis still living and makes her homo witli her son in\\nTexas Township. She hove iier hushand fourteen\\neliildren and was again married in 1H. )2 and he-\\neaine the mother of one child.\\n.Mrs. (Junn was married to her tirsl imslianil in\\nIMC I. lie died March 30, 187.5. By this marriage,\\none ehild wa.s horn, William, who is now studying\\nmedieine. 15y her second marriage. Mi s, (iunn h.as\\nheeome the mother of two children: Conrad Glenn,\\nhorn .lune 2!), 1888, and Irwin Simpson, born May\\n10. 1H8().\\ntur subject is a member of )reutt Post, G. A. R.,\\nat Kalamazoo. Mrs. Guiin had two brothers in the\\nlate war, William and (icorge. The latter was\\nwounded at Port Hudson and died from the effect\\nof his wounds. lie belonged to Company D, Sixth\\n^liciiigan Liglit Artillery. William was in the\\nNineteenth Michigan Infantry, Company F, and\\nwas wounded at Hcsaea, Ga.. was taken prisoner,\\n^lareh IHtKi, at Spring Hill, Tenn., and conlined\\nin Lililiy Prison twenty-seven days.\\n_w^)\\ni -^^\u00c2\u00abei\\n?3j^\\n-4 TeLKN M. (LP.)OILN) KIKKLAND, M. D.,\\nI I of Kalamazoo, the eldest of a familj of\\ntwelve children of the venerable pioneer\\nof medicine, Dr. I riah I pjohn, wa.s born in Hich-\\nhmd, Mich., February 21, 18. 51l. In her girlhood\\nshe received the best educational advantages the\\nlittle village afforded in it.s public schools, and for\\nseveral years attended the Prairie Seminary, which\\nat that time was a tlouri liing and poimlar school.\\nLater, she entered the liaiitisl College at Kalama-\\nzoo, becoming a member of the senior class, hut\\nnot graduating.\\nSubsetpiently, our Mibjeet engaged in the pro-\\nfcssi jn of a teacher, and was thus occupied for\\nthree or four years, teaching in Hichland, also in\\nIowa during the two or three years the family\\nlived there, excei)ting that she returned to ^lieh-\\nigan to attend school for one year. .Soon after\\nher father moved back to Michigan for the sake\\nof better educational advantages for his grow-\\ning family. After her cour.se at the Baptist Col-\\nlege, she taught private classes in French, botany\\nand drawing, which to her was a very ple.asant\\npastime, she having a taste for those studies.\\nWishing to become proficient in something, she\\npursued the stud} of art for a few years, receiv-\\ning instruction in Chicago, Kalamazoo, and later\\nin Ann Arbor. Several years were spent at home,\\nassisting her mother in the care of her large\\nfamilv.\\nIn 1869, her father, seeing the necessity of\\n|)roviding his children with better educational .ad-\\nvantages, [)urchased a large house in Ann Arbor and\\nsent eight of his older children there at one time.\\nHelen, being the eldest, took charge and managed\\nthe household of 3 ounger brothers and sisters. She\\nalso found time to pursue her painting and attend\\nProf. Wiuchel s lectures on botany and geology.\\nThat year the doors of the Michigan rniversity\\nwere thrown oi en to women in all its departments.\\nHaving acquired an interest in her father s pro-\\nfession and practice, she determined to study medi-\\ncine, and returned home to read under his instruc-\\ntion, entering the I liiversity at Ann Arbor in\\n1870, .and graduating in the mediciil department\\nin 1872, being one of a class of six lirst lady\\ngraduates.\\nThe Doctor at once began an active i ractice in\\nKalamazoo, in connection with her father and\\nbrother. Dr. Henry I pjohn. Six months after\\nbeginning ()ractice, she went to Boston, and there\\nand in New York was eng.aged for six months in\\nhospital work. Returning thence to Kalamazoo,\\nshe at once secured a lucrative and desirable\\npractice, which she still continues at her ollice at\\nNo. 619 Main Street. She has evinced great skill\\nin her practice, stands high in the [irofession, and\\nfor the p. u-il twenty years has practiced with re-\\nmaikalile suctos. rare faithfulness and con.scien-\\ntiousness. Her practice h.as been general, and she\\nis recognized as being able and accurate in the\\ndiagnosis of diseases. She is a memlx r of the\\nKalamazoo Academy of Medieine, Michigan State\\nMedical SiK-iety. and .Vmerican Medical Associa-\\ntion, having been a delegate to the latter organ-\\nization from the local soeietv. Her marriage, which", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0833.jp2"}, "834": {"fulltext": "842\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\noccuiTed November 19, 1875, united her with\\nHugh Kirkland.\\nDr. Kirkland is a woman of aliilitj^ and finds\\ntime be^ ond the duties of her profession to all}\\nherself with tiie advanced thouglitof the daj and,\\nwhile not assuming a leading part in the great\\nquestions affeeting woman and woman s work,\\nher opinion and counsel are sought and respected.\\nShe is a member of the Ladies Library Associa-\\ntion, and is in close sympathy with the advanced\\nthinkers of the age.\\nORNELIUS VAN ZWALUWENBURG, M.\\n(if^l D., one of the prominent practicing phj si-\\ncians of Kalamazoo, was born in the county\\nwhich is still his home, November 17, 1862, and is\\na son of R^-er and Sarah (Kools) Van Zwaluwen-\\nburg, botli of wliom were natives of Holland (the\\nNetherlands). When young they came to Kalama-\\nzoo Count} where they were married, but began\\ntheir domestic life on a farm near Holland, Mich.\\nEarly in 1868, the father established a grocery\\nstore in Kalamazoo and continued business in this\\nline until 1871. He is now residing on a farm in\\nOttawa County and is one of the liighly respected\\ncitizens of the commanity In the family are five\\nchildren, the brothers and sisters of our subject be-\\ning as follows: Abraham, an analytical chemist, and\\na graduate of the University of Michigan, now re-\\nsiding in San Luis Potosi, Mexico; James G.,\\na student at Hope College; Alice, now tlie wife of\\nDr. Crimers, ex-Mayor of Holland, Mich., and\\nAnna, wife of Jacob Poppen,a minister of the Re-\\nformed Church.\\nThe early boy hood dajs of our subject were\\nspent in Holland and its vicinity, and in the com-\\nmon schools of the neighborhood he acquired his\\nearly education. He then entered Hope College,\\nwhere he remained as a student from 1877 until\\n1880, after which he embarked in the profession of\\nteacliing, which he followed through two winters,\\nand at the same time, in his leisure hours, he read\\nmedicine, hoping to make its practice his life-work.\\nTo further fit himself for practice in that line, he\\nentered the medical department of the University\\nof Michigan, situated in Ann Arbor, and after\\npursuing a thorough course of study was gradu-\\nated from that institution with the class of June,\\n1885. Being now fitted to begin his chosen work,\\nhe opened an ollice in Kalamazoo, and has since\\nengaged in the practice of medicine continuously\\nat this place. The liberal patronage accoi ded him\\nattests his ability and skill, and he has won a place\\nin the foremost ranks of the medical fraternity in\\nthis county.\\nOn the 6tli of April, 1886, the Doctor w:is\\nunited in marriage to Miss Adrianna Wabeke, of\\nZceland, Ottawa County, and unto them have been\\nborn two children: Mai lel and Bertha. Himself and\\nwife are members of the Second Reformed Church,\\nof which he has been De.acon since 1886, and in\\nsocial circles they rank liigli, being worthy [leople,\\nwell deserving the high regard in which thc\\\\ are\\nheld.\\nThe Doctor is an honored member of the Kala-\\nmazoo Academy of Medicine, of which organiza-\\ntion he was Secretary for some ftuir years, and also\\nbelongs to the State Medical Society, with which\\nhe has been connected since 1888. In April, 1891,\\nhe was made a health officer for the city of Kala-\\nmazoo, and has faithfully discharged the duties of\\nthat office, in 1892 being re-elected to the same\\noffice. He is a student of his profession, keeiis\\nabreast with all its discoveries and the high man-\\nner in which he is spoken of by all is proof that\\nhe is a capable and earnest [ihysician.\\nI \u00e2\u0096\u00a0i idii i i\\nti? YMAN M. GATES is an extensive man-\\nil ufacturer of boilers and engines, and is\\njiL^. President of the C. II. Dutton Company, thei r\\nplace of business being at No. 826 Grace Street,\\nKalamazoo. Of the above-named company, L. M.\\nGates is President; E. L. Gates, Secretary and\\nTreasurer; George E. Dutton. Vice-president, and\\nMrs. C. A. Dutton. stockholder. The capital stock\\nis !f20,000. The business wms established by C. II.\\nDutton in the fall of 1880, and at his death, Jan-\\nuary 25, 1891, w.as in a very prosperous condition.\\nC. Holstel w.as a member of the linn until 1885.\\nThe C. II. Dutton Companj has just erected a", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0834.jp2"}, "835": {"fulltext": "PORTliAlT AND J;iO(il, Al irCAL KECOliD.\\n843\\ntwo-story addition, 42x50 feet in dimensions.\\nTlicir plant now covers an acre of ground, witli fa-\\ncilities for shipping on the Grand Rapids and In-\\ndiana, and the Lake Shore railroads. Tliey give\\neniployinont to lliirty or forty men, and rank among\\nthe leading nianuf.acturers of the city. George F.\\nDutton h.as occupied the position of foreman of the\\nsJKips since tlieir existence.\\nLyman M. Gates has been a resident of Kalama-\\nzoo since 1855, and for a number of years wsls en-\\ngaged in the hardware l)usiness at Galesburgh.\\nLyman M. Gates lived for one year near La\\nGrange. Ind., and made his advent into this county\\nin the siiring of 1855, at that time locating five\\nmiles east of this city. There he cleared and im-\\nl roved a farm, and at the same time taught school\\nin (Jalcslnirgh for four years, having attended Gen-\\nesee College, at Lima, N. Y., for four years.\\nIn 1870. he was elected Sheriff of Kalamazoo\\nCounty on the Republican ticket, aiul was re-elected\\nto that responsible position in 1872. lie later\\nliought a one-half interest in the Ti Jer/raph and\\nwas connected with that jiaper as its manager a\\ntwelvemonth.\\nIn I87(j, IMr. (Jatcs was again elected to the of-\\nfice of SheritT, and again re-elected in 1878 for the\\nfourth time. lie was ai)i)ointed Postmaster by\\nPresident Arthur immediately after Garfield s\\ndeath, and faithfully i)crf()rmed the duties of the\\notlice for four jeai-s. He was elected Chief of Po-\\nlice and ^larshal of the city in 1887-88. Though\\nnot a Prohibitionist .as a party man, Mr. Gates is\\nstrongly in favor of temperance, and has done\\nmuch toward furtliering the interests of that cause\\nin the city.\\nHe was born in Monroe County, N. V., .lanuary\\n7. 183;$, and is the son of Reynold M. and Clarissa\\n(Parnielee) (iates, also natives of the Emi)irc State.\\nHe was married, March 13, 1854, at Mendon, Mon-\\nroe County, N. Y., to Miss ^lary K. Williams, a na-\\ntive of Newburg, Ohio. They have become the\\nparents of one son: Albert M., who is City Passen-\\nger Agent for the Sant;\u00c2\u00bb Fe Railway, at Kansas\\nCity, where he li.is been for the \\\\tasl live years.\\nOur sulijeet was an exceedingly popular official,\\nboth as Sheriff and Postmaster. He is a shrewd\\npolitician and is considered one of the party lead-\\ners in Kalamazoo and this part of the State, his\\njudgment on party policy lieing very sound. He\\nis very careful in business transactions, and his\\npersonal infiuence backing any venture will almost\\nalways insure its success. Mr. Gates is of fine, ro-\\nbust physique. He is very prompt and decisive in\\naction and enjoys a story or a well-timed joke witli\\nhis mail}- rriciids and .-issociates. His handsome\\nresidence is located at No. 625 West Main Street.\\nJlr. and Mrs. Gates are members of the Congrega-\\ntional Church.\\n^^EORGE CHAPMAN. The countries of the\\nll J- Old World have sent us many joung men\\n^^sft whose home opportunities were limited,\\nand who saw in the new country beyond the .\u00c2\u00abca a\\nchance to win for themselves both name and for-\\ntune. These we have welcomed to our shores, and\\nin due time they have risen to positions of promi-\\nnence and wealth. One of this class of enterpris-\\ning young men may be found in the person of our\\nsubject, who came here in 1873 a poor boy, begin-\\nning as a clerk in an hotel, from which he entered\\nthe West Michigan Savings Bank, at Bangor, as\\nbookkeeper, and his industry and intelligence be-\\ning recognized In those interested, he Wiis pro-\\nmoted to be Assistant Cashier, which responsible\\nposition he now holds.\\nGeorge Clia])niaii comes of good old Knglish\\nstock, his grandparents on the paternal side being\\nRobert and Mary Chai)man, and his parents James\\nand Esther (IJladydon) Chapman, natives of Eng-\\nland. Our subject was born at Cambridge, in that\\ncountry, November Ifi, 1859, and w.as the eldest\\nof seven children, all of whom remained at theold\\nhome in Cambridge. At the early age of thirteen,\\nour subject decided to cross the ocean and mark\\nout a path for himself in the New AVorld. On ar-\\nriving in the United States, he came to Michigan,\\nlocating first at Paw Paw. where he remained\\nabout three yeai-s. He then went to Chrisman, 111.,\\nwhere he spent about the same length of time,\\ncoming from there to I?\u00c2\u00abngor. where he Inu* since\\nresifled. He became identified with the West", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0835.jp2"}, "836": {"fulltext": "844\\nPORTRAIT AJsU BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\nMichigau Savings Bank in 1881, beginning, as has\\nbeen stated, as a bookkeeper, and being promoted\\nto his present position. He is industrious and en-\\nergetic and a man of the strictest integrity of\\ncharacter, and, in consequence, has gained the\\nesteem and respect of liis employers and associates.\\nMr. Chapman was married in July, 1883, to Miss\\nEtta Long, and to them have been born four chil-\\ndren: Alfred George, Harry Grover, Ollie G., and\\nUna.\\nAMUEL R BROCKWAY is one of the\\nsubstantial and well-to-do farmers of\\n\\\\\u00c2\u00a3-M Brady Township, Kalamazoo County. He\\nwas born in Steuben County, M. Y., Febru-\\nary 25, 1838, and is a son of Alvin Brockway, a\\nnative of New York, of Yanlvee descent. He was\\na shoemaker by trade and followed farming. He\\nowned forty acres in Steuben County. The jour-\\nney was made all the way by team to Michigan in\\n1845, by way of Ohio. The family located on\\nthe present farm of our subject, which was school\\nland and entirely covered by woods. A log\\nhouse was erected and the father set about to clear\\nand improve the place. He died when sixty-eight\\nyears and ten months old. He was a stanch Re-\\npublican, politically.\\nThe father of our subject married Ruth A.\\nAVard, a native of C.-iyuga County, N. Y., and they\\nreared four boys and one girl: James (deceased),\\nSamuel R., Albert, George W. and Harriet (de-\\nceased). The good wife and mother died when\\nabout sixty years old.\\nOur subject was reared to manhood on a farm\\nand came to this State when seven years old. Here\\nhe attended the primitive log school house, with\\nits slab benches and i)in legs, open fireplace, mud\\nand stick chimney, and conducted on the rate-bill\\nsystem. Deer were very plentiful in those days, as\\nwere bears and other wild animals, and at one time\\nwhen our subject was hunting for a lost hog, he\\njumped up on a log on the other side of whicli\\nlay a large bear- There were also eighty Indian\\nwigwams and a great number of Indians on the\\nbank of the creek near their place. Our subject\\nwas very much afraid of them and in going after\\nhis cows would keep on the watch around their\\ncamp and run like a whitehead at the sight of\\none.\\nSamuel R. Brockway remained at home with his\\nparents until twenty-four years of age. He then\\nbought forty acres and lived on it seventeen years,\\nwhen he purchased forty more north of it and re-\\nsided there nine years. Selling this out, eighty\\nacres were purchased where he lived until 1871,\\nbuying the old homestead, on which place he has\\nmade his home since. He was married, in the year\\n1852, to Jane Vroman, who was born in New York,\\ntwenty miles from Buffalo, in 1844. They have\\nhad born to them three children: Sardis I., Pliilii)\\nS. and George M. Sardis is married and a resident\\nof the State of Washington, where he is teaching\\nschool; he owns a farm there. Philip is marrieil\\nand resides in this township; George is still at\\nhome. ]\\\\Ir. Brockway carries on mixed farming\\nand keeps some good Durham cattle and all kinds\\nof stock in general. Our subject has always been\\na Republican with independent proclivities. He is\\na member of the Masonic fraternity of Vicksburg,\\nto whicii he has belonged for twentj -five years.\\nSamuel Brockway in the early days had to go to\\nFlourlield and Kalamazoo with an ox-team to mar-\\nket and has seen this country converted into a fer-\\ntile region. The liist party he attended he took his\\ngirl with an ox-team and wagon. He is now the\\nfortunate possessor of two hundred broad and fer-\\ntile acres, most of which are under splendid culti-\\nvation.\\nE^\\nlEORGE N. DRAKE, one of the prominent\\nimers of Kalamazoo, is making his home\\n^^^5^1 on section 19, Kalamazoo Township. He\\nis a native-born citizen of this county, having had\\nhis birth in Oshtemo Township, February 7, 1835.\\nHe is a son of Benjamin Drake, a native of New\\nJersej who was born in 1787. This gentleman\\nmade quite a fortune on the Delaware Kivei\\nin the lumber liusiness, but on the lireaking\\nout of the War of 1812, he lost all his property.\\nAfter getting another start in New York, the father", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0836.jp2"}, "837": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n845\\nof our sulijoi t moved to Cniiada, wlicre lie was\\nmariieil. Dceenihor 29, ISH), to IMaiia ()i; leii,a na-\\ntive of till Dominion. I liis (\u00e2\u0080\u00a2on|il( after residing\\nin Ohio for two years after their niarriaii:e. came\\nto Mieliigan and settled iii St. (lair County, in\\n1824, and engaged in the cattle business for six\\nyeai-s. At the expiiation of this time, Mr. Drake,\\nin IH. Jfl.eanii to this county and located in(lslitenio\\nTownship, on section l. i, tlie land till heinu i\\nhahited liy tiic Indians, who lielpcd iiim erect a log\\nhouse.\\nThe elder Mr. Diake had to walk to White Pig-\\neon to enter his land and on tiie way passed two\\nIndians. Paying no attention to them, one gralihed\\nhim and w.as aliout to kill iiim, when he in turn\\nseized the Indian, and dragged him to the top of the\\nhill, intending to i)ut an end to him, when a Mr.\\nCanipcau,an 1 ndian trader, happened to come along.\\n^^r. Canipeau talked to the Indians and detained\\nthem until Mr. Drake made his escape. )ursuliject s\\nfather iiiiproxeil his land, and at his death owned\\nthree hundred and sixty acres of line laud. Il is\\nsaid to he one of the best farms in the State. In\\npolitics, he was a Hepiibliean and was a tliorough\\nbusiness man. The (iolden Hule was his religion,\\nand he always lived up to it, being very kind to\\nthe poor and unfortunate and did mucli to assist\\njieople in locating here. Altogether he w.as an\\ninlluential and respected man. lie died at his\\nhome inOshtemoTownshiii, in September, IHH. i.in\\nhis ninety-eighth year.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Henjamin Drake, four sons and\\nfour daughtei S have been born. The mother\\np.a.ssed away in IHXO, .aged eighty-niue years. Our\\nsubject w.as reared on the home farm and remained\\nunder the parental roof until reachinghis majority,\\nwhen he engaged in shipping stock in the winter\\nand farming in the summer. Our subject purchased\\ntwo hundred and four .acres of his father, where he\\nnow makes his iKime and on which he has erected\\nall the buildings and made the splendid improve-\\nments. He h.as dealt (piite largely in stock lie-\\nsides his general farming, in which he is very suc-\\ncessful. Mr. Drake, of this sketch, is an adherent\\nof the Republican party, hut is not an :is|iiranl to\\nlocal ollice; socially, he is a Master M.ason and a\\ninemlier of the Kalamazoo I.odtre. No. 22. Our\\nsubject was educated in the common scl Isof Kal-\\namazoo and also the Seminary at that place, lie was\\na nieiiiber of tlie State Militia and diiiing tlie w.ar.\\nfurnished a substitute, as he could not leave here,\\nas he at that time carried on his own farm and\\nand that of his father.\\nThe original of this sketch was united in mar-\\nriage to Nettie Allen, in Oshtemo Township, this\\ncounty, Decemlier 1(!. 1H1)2. Mrs. Drake is a native\\nof Barry County, Mich., and is a daughter of .John\\nR. Allen, of Oshtemo Township. This couple is\\nwell-liked and respected by the entire c \u00c2\u00bbmni ,iuity\\nin which the\\\\ live.\\n^^EORGE P. HOPKINS. This prominent\\nIII j-_ attorney of K.alamazoo possesses the legal\\n\\\\i^ acumen, sound common-scnso and genial\\nsocial (jualities, which have won for him the conli-\\ndence of liis fellow-citizens. He is well-doweretl\\nwith Lalents of no common order and h.as con-\\nducted himself in the various relations of life in\\nsuch a inaniieras to gain the esteem of all. In the\\nvarious oflicial positions wiiich he has held, he is\\nknown for his integrity of character, his careful\\nexamination of all matters coming within the\\nrange of his authority, and his elllcient discharge\\nof his duties.\\niMr. Hopkins li.as passed most of his life within\\nKalamazoo, where he w.as born September 1, 1S; )0.\\nHis father, David S., was a native of New York,\\nliorn 111 Washington County, and w.as by trade a\\ncarpenter and architect, many of the tinest struct-\\nures in Kahimazoo and {!rand Kapids having been\\ndesigned and constructed under his supervision.\\nfJiandfather Charles C. is still living at the ad-\\nvanced age of ninety-one and resides at Lainont.\\nOttawa County, this State. He was a very early\\nsettler of Kalamazoo, where he settled in about\\nl.Si:?, and clearecl a farm near the village.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Mary A. Eaton, is a native of Allegan County,\\nand the daughter of A. S. Katon, who, at the age\\nof eighty-two, is living on a farm in this conntj\\nThe oldest of four children^all sons (leorge P.\\nspent his childhood in study at the common schools,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0837.jp2"}, "838": {"fulltext": "846\\nPORTRAIT AND EIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nalternated with the iisiial boyisli sports. After study-\\ning in the academy at Plainwell, Allegan County,\\nand graduating from the Plainwell High School,\\nhe entered the law department of the University\\nof Micliigan at Ann Arbor, graduating in 1882.\\nReturning to Kalamazoo, Mr. Hopkins spent\\nthree years in the law ofHce of Dallas Boudeman.\\nassisting in clerical work and the preparations\\nof briefs. Afterward he was elected on the\\nRepublican ticket to the position of Circuit Court\\nCommissioner, which he filled four years. In the\\nfall of 1888, he was elected Prosecuting Attorney,\\nassuming charge of the office .January 1, 1889, and\\noccupj ing the position for a term of two yeai S.\\nResuming his law practice, he opened an oflice in\\nthe Sebering Block, where he is now occupied in a\\ngeneral law business and practices in all the courts.\\nAside from membership in Anchor Lodge, No.\\n87, A. F. A. M., he takes little interest in social\\norganizations, but confines his attention to the\\nduties of his profession.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S^ DWARD N. DINGLEY. A foremost posi-\\n1W| tion among the joui nalists of Michigan is\\noccupied by this gentleman, who is the edi-\\ntor and publisher of the Daily and Weekly Tele-\\ngraph, of Kalamazoo, the most influential organ of\\nthe Republican party in Southwestern Michigan\\nand one of the leading newspapers of the State.\\nTlie Telegraph has for man} years molded the po-\\nlitical sentiments of the people and exerted a\\npowerful influence in advancing the interests of\\nthe county. It is a welcome guest in thousands\\nof homes, and, being conducted on sound business\\nprinciples, has proved financiall\\\\- remunerative.\\nA native of Maine, Mr. Dingley was born in\\nAuburn, August 21, 1862, and when one year old\\nwas taken by his parents. Nelson and Salome (Mc-\\nKenne} Dingley, to Lewiston, that State. lie\\nprepared for college in the public schools, and in\\nthe fall of 1879 entered Bales College, at Lewiston,\\nremaining there for one year. In September,\\n1880, he entered the Sophomore class of Yale Uni-\\nversity, where he was graduated in 188.3. After\\ncompleting his literarj course, he l)egan to study\\nlaw at the Columbian University, in Washington,\\nD. C, and in June, 1888, was graduated with the\\ndegree of LL.B. While in the Capitol City, he\\nacted as newspaper correspondent.\\nUpon passing his examinations, Mr. Dingley\\nwas admitted to practice at the Bar of the State\\nof Maine, in September, 1885, but never followed\\nthe legal profession. About that time, he com-\\nmenced his newspaper career as a member of the\\nstaff of the Lewiston Journal, where he remained\\nOne _\\\\ear. From September, 1886, until June,\\n1887, he was employed as a political writer on the\\nBoston Advertiser Record, and from October,\\n1887. to May, 1888, he was one of the editors of\\ntho Leavenworth (Kan.) Times.\\nThe purchase of the Kalamazoo Daily and\\nWeeklj Telegraph was made in August, 1888, since\\nwhich time Mr. Dingley has officiated ably as its\\neditor and manager. The Weekly Telegraph was\\nfounded in 1844, and is one of the oldest news-\\npapers in the State, while the Daily was estab-\\nlished in 1859. Under the management of its\\nvarious editors and publishers, the Telegraph has\\nassisted in developing the resources of the State\\nand promoted the interests of the city in early\\ndays by attracting hither a good class of settlers,\\nand aiding in the election of efficient men for\\npositions of trust.\\nI-\\nellARLES W. BARBER is probably one of\\nthe best-known men in Alamo Township,\\nKalamazoo County, having held the posi-\\ntion of station agent of the Michigan Central Rail-\\nroad at Alamo since its completion, Januar} 12,\\n1870. He has held an official position in the town-\\nship for sixteen consecutive years and is highly\\nesteemed b} all who have the honor of his acquain-\\ntance. He owns a beautiful tract of land on sec-\\ntion 16, comprising eighty acres and which bears\\nall the improvements to be found on a first-class\\nestate. He is a well-educated and pleasant gentle-\\nman, and is making a success of his undertakings.\\nCharles W. Barber was born Jul}- 13, 1828, in\\nOnondaga County, N. Y., and is a son of Uel\\nBarber, a native of the Green Mountain State,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0838.jp2"}, "839": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n847\\nwIrmv he ciiri iod on tlie Ivtxdc of a sliooiiuiki r. The\\nehler Mr. B;iilK r removed to New Vork when a\\nyoiiii man and came West in Mareh, IMI 1, locat-\\ning in Alamo I own.sliip, where he died in 1852, in\\nhis sixty -second year. In religious matters, he was\\na eonscienlioiis memlier of tiie Presbyterian Chiireh.\\nHis wife, tiie mother of our suhjeet, was known in\\nher maiden days as I eninnah Searles, also a native\\nof N ei Mioiit, whci c her death occurred in IM. tS.\\nI )ur subject is llie youngest of a family of four\\nciiildreu, two of whom arc deceased. His educa-\\ntion was limited to the common sclu)ols, but he\\nmade tlie best of his oi)[iortunities and is to-day a\\nwell-informed and intelligent gentleman. He be-\\ngan doing for himself at the early age of fourteen\\nyears, working out by the month. He continued\\nso emi)loyed until reaching his nineteenth year,\\nreceiving sis remuneration for his labors per\\nmonth, until the last 3 ear, when his salary was\\nraised to tlie magnificent sum of ^i) per month.\\nHe, of whom we write, emigrated to Michigan in\\nOctober, 1817, and, locating in Alamo Township,\\npurchased oiglity acres of wild land. He com-\\nmenced the work of clearing and imi)roving his\\ntract, and erected thereon a plank shanty. Indians\\nand wild game were plentiful and the hardships\\ntlirough whicli he passed in paving the way for\\nthose who should follow him have made a lasting\\nimpression upon his mind. In 18; Mr. ISarber\\nwas married to Agnes Tallman, the daughter of\\nJames Tallman, whose sketch appears on another\\npage in this volume. Five children have been\\nlK)rn to oursuliject and his wife: Elvira, who is the\\nwife of Daniel ^lorrison, lives near Paw Paw;\\nLizzie is deceased; Stella is Mrs. James D. Fergu-\\nson, and resides in Hangor, an Ihircn County;\\nWarren (i. is also deceased; and Ora P. is the wife\\nof Frank M. Long, an l makes her home in Alamo\\non her father s farm.\\nThe original of this .sketch is a Republican in\\npolitics, and ha.s represented his party as a dele-\\ngate to county, district and State conventions. He\\nwas elected Justice of the Peace in 1854, and\\nserved in that rcsjionsilile position for several\\nyears. He was Township Clerk six years, and at\\ndifferi iit times was Treasiu cr and .Supervisor, hold-\\ning the latter olllce two terms. During the Civil\\nWar, Mr. Barber was enrolling officer for his town-\\nship. As before mentioned, he has served for\\ntwent3 -one years as station .agent at Alamo and is\\nwidely kiKiwn throughout the State of Michigan.\\nUoth Mr. and Mrs. Ilarber are membei s of the\\nCongregational Chuivh. In connection with his\\nduties as .agent, our subject buys grain for Sea-\\nbreing A Co., of Kalamazoo. He is a thorough-\\ngoing business man, and ranks among the well-to-\\ndo anil progressive residents of the c ninty.\\nLI DOlTiLASS is one of the oldest resi-\\ndents of Kalamazoo, and also one of the\\nmost honored. He was born on Onion\\nRiver, in Chitlenden County, t., fourteen miles\\nfrom Burlington, and is a son of Richard and\\nRhoda (Clawson) Douglass. His father was a\\ntanner and shoemaker. I nder the i)ar nlal roof,\\nthe days of his childhood and youth were passed,\\nbut at length he deterinineil to leave hoineandtry\\nhis fortune for himself. In 18;?;5, he bade good-\\nbye to his family and friends nnd came to Wa.sh-\\ntenaw County, Mich., resi ling for two years ten\\nmiles west of Lodi Plains, on the River Kaisin. He\\nthen located Government land near (Jrass Lake, in\\nJackson Count3 where he devek)ped and im-\\nproved a small farm. In 1836, we find him a resi-\\ndent of the e.astern part of Texas Township, Kala-\\nmazoo County, where he cultivated a lour hun-\\ndred acre farm, making it his home for about\\nthirty years. In 1866, he came to KalamaziKi Imt\\nhas since si)ent about ten years on his farm, the\\nremainder of the time his home being in the city.\\nIn May, 1836, in .laekson County, Mr. Dougla.ss\\ninari ied Miss Eliza Walker, daugliter of Daniel\\nWalker, a pioneer of J.ackson County. Several\\nof Mr. Dougla.ss brothers also came West and .set-\\ntled near him. The parents died a few years later.\\nMr. Douglass found in his wife a faithful com-\\n|)anioii and helpmate, who traveled life s journej\\nbj- his side for more than half a centuiy and at\\nlength passed away, November 26, 1888, at the age\\nof seventy-two years. I lito them were born foui-\\nchildren, the eldest of wIhuii, Maria AL, became", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0839.jp2"}, "840": {"fulltext": "848\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRArfflCAL RECORD.\\nthe wife of Closes Long3 eai of Grass Lake, Jack-\\nson County, wlio rlied nineteen years ago. She\\nis now living with her fatlier and has five children,\\nas follows: Willis D., who was connected with\\nthe Kalamazoo National Bank until two years ago\\nand is now teller in a Los Angeles, Cal., liank; Nel-\\nlie, wife of Alljert Baiiies, of Kalamazoo, now re-\\nsiding With Mr. Douglass; B3ron O., who died at\\nthe age of thirteen; Marian L, a stencgrapliei- and\\ntype writer who graduated from Parsons Business\\nCollege; and KitticJ., who graduated from tlie high\\nschool in 1891, and is now a teacher in the public\\nschools. Daniel, the second child, for some years\\nresided in Western Iowa and Nebraska and is now\\nin California. Emily is the widow of Charles\\nAbbott, of Kalamazoo, and George is a fanner\\noperating the old homestead.\\nIn politics, Mr. Douglass has been a life-long\\nDemocrat, and has held the office of Supervisor\\nand Road Commissioner for a number of years.\\nHis integrity is proverbial and he has been fre-\\nquently chosen as administrator of estates, having\\nin charge more than thirty, some C)f them exten-\\nsive properties, and although many have been\\ncomplicated, all have been settled satisfactorily.\\nHe possessed good business ability, was progres-\\nsive though not venturesome, and by his industry,\\nperseverance and good management won a hand-\\nsome competence which surrounds him in his de-\\nclining years with peace and plenty. He is now\\neighty-two years of age, yet is as hale and hearty\\nas many men of seventy .and is easilj and quietly-\\ndrifting down life s stream. In looking back over\\nhis past life, he need feel no regret for lost oppor-\\ntunity.\\nOIIN T. RETALLICK stands among the\\nforemost of the wise, progressive and enter-\\nprising farmers and stock-raisers to whom\\nKalamazoo County is largely indebted for\\nits liigh standing as one of the richest and best\\ndeveloped agricultural centers in the State of\\nMichigan. He has met witli unmeasured success\\nin his farming operations, and has two finel3 ap-\\npointed farms lying side l)v side in Climax Town-\\nshi[), his beautiful home being on one of them on\\nsection 2. The3 are unsurpassed as to fertility of\\nsoil, cultivation and improvement by the best\\nfarms in this part of the county.\\n.lohn Retallick was born in Penns^ivania, Sept-\\nenilter 11, 18. 54, a son of Richard Retallick. His\\nfather was a native of England. He was a car-\\npenter and joiner and came to this country when\\na young man to seek employment at his trade. He\\nafterward went l)ack to his old home to marry,\\n.and, returning to America with his bride, settled\\nin Pennsylvania. His career w.as cut short by his\\nuntimely death when his son of whom we write\\nwas only a babe, But ver}- little is known of him\\nor of his antecedents.\\nThe mother of our subject, thus bereft of her\\nhusband, was left in very poor circumstances. She\\ncame to Michigan with her child to make her home\\nin Charleston Township, where she had a brother-\\nin-law, Robert Ilawk, who was an itinerant Meth-\\nodist preacher. As she was so ver3 poor and\\nscarcely able to support her son, the preacher in\\nhis rounds called on Daiuel Eldred and his wife,\\nwho were childless, and asked them if the3- did not\\nwant to take a bo3 to raise. The3- agreed to do so.\\nwent to claim our subject, who was a little ragged\\nfour-3 ear-old, took him to their home and hearts,\\nand tenderly reared him as if he were of their own\\nflesh and blood. His mother afterward married a\\nman by the name of Sherman, and died while yet\\nyoung.\\nOur subject attended school in his bo3 hood in a\\nlog house which was furnished with slab benches,\\nand the school was conducted under the rate-hill\\nS3Stem, the teacher boarding around first with one\\nfamily and then another. His adopted father died\\nwhen he was fourteen 3 ears old, and when he was\\nsixteen, so capable and ambitious and helpful was\\nhe, he took the full management of the farm, and\\nkept it up finely. Ilis adopted parents left him\\none hundred acres of land, but the remainder of\\nhis three hundred and thirty-two and one-half\\nacres have been acquired by himself. He lived on\\nthe old place until 1884, and tiieii moved to the\\nfarm on section 2 upon which he now lives, which\\njoins the other. It is said that there is not a finer\\nfarm in Climax Townshi)) than this. Its improve-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0840.jp2"}, "841": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF EDWARD BIGELOW SEC. 2 2., A L AM TR, KALAMAZOO CO .MICH.\\nRE5IDLNCt FARM PROPERTY OF JOHN T. RETALLICK SEC. 2.,CLIMAX TP, KALAMAZOO CO.,MICH.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0841.jp2"}, "842": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0842.jp2"}, "843": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n851\\niiients are inodcni ind first-class, including one of\\nllio larm st barns in the townsliip. lipsides two\\niitlicrs. and a new, iiandsomely Iniilt, and clejrantly\\nfurnished frame residence, a view of which appears\\non another pai e. There are two hundred acres of\\nland in this farm. an 1 the otlier one omiirises tlie\\nremainder of Mr. Retallick s landed estate. That\\nis also amply su)(plied with good buildings, hav-\\ning a large fiamp residence, a half mile east of his\\npresent home, and four barns. Our sul ject raises\\nlinth grain and stock. lie keei)S some of all kinds\\nuf stock, and usually ships a car-load of shee|)\\nevery season, keeping al)i)ul a liundreil head on\\nhand.\\n]\\\\Ir. Uetallick w.-is married, April 1(1. 18.56, to\\nMiss Ililinda Newton, who has materiall} assisted\\niiim in the accumulation of his property by her\\ncheerful co-operation and careful oversight of\\nhousehold matters. She was born in Canada,\\nOctober 30, 1837, to Dudley and IX-borah (Terry)\\nNewton, who were natives respectivel) of Con-\\nnecticut and N ew York. They came to this State\\nin 1836 and were among the pioneers of Kent\\nCounty. Mr. Newton w.as a farmer, and took up\\neighty acres of land from the (iovernmcnt. lie\\nlived to be an old man, his death (\u00c2\u00bbccurring at\\ntighty-onc years of age, while his wife died at the\\nage of forty-three 3-ears. They were the parents\\nof thirteen children, eleven of whom grew to m.a-\\nturity. .Mrs. Ketallick w:us their eighth child in or-\\nder of hiith. and one of the six now living. Her\\npleasant wedded life with our subject has lieen\\nblessed by six children, of whom these five are\\nliving: Newton E., a conductor on the Grand\\nTrunk Railway, who married Miss Eunice Eldrcd;\\n.Jennie T., wife of William II. Sheldon, a farmer,\\nwho.se estate lies on the edge of the village of\\nClimax; Milan C.. who married Miss Ilatlie Smith,\\nof Charleston and resides in Charleston Towiisiiii\u00c2\u00bb,\\nKalamazoo County; Eurie I?, and Klta M.. who are\\nat home with their parents.\\nOur subject is weallhy. one of the solid citizens\\nof the count} owing his good fortune not alone\\nto the help given him by his foster i)arents. but in\\ngreat part to those characteristics that mark him\\n!is a man of more than average ability, push and\\nenergy, with a masterly talent for l)Usiness, and a\\n311\\ncapability of judging matters with discrimination\\nand accnr.acv. lie is looked ui) to by his fellow-\\ncitizens with confidence and esteem, and they have\\nshown their api)reciation of his character liy calling\\nhim to public life, lie has held the office of Town-\\nship Treasurer for a number of years, and other\\nminor offices. He has been mentioned as candidate\\nfor .Sni)ervisor to represent the township on the\\nCounty Hoard, but has refused to allow his name\\nto be used in a caucus in that connection. Soci-\\nally, he is a member of the Masonic order in the\\nvillage of Climax; and politically, is with the Re-\\npublicans. He gives liberally to the support of\\nchurches, but is not a member. His wife belongs\\nto the Methodist hurcli. and is one of its most\\neffective workei s.\\n-^1=\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i^-j\\nEDWARD IJKiELOW. This respected and\\nsuccessful farmer is one of the [mpular citi-\\nzens of Alamo Township, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, where he is engaged in cultivating one\\nhundred and twenty acres of land on sections 31\\nand 32. He was born in Summit County, Ohio,\\n.Tunc 27, 1833, and is the son of Marlin Rigelow\\nwho was born in Massachusetts in 1800. The fa-\\nther came West to Ohio and located in Summit\\nCounty in an early day. There he cleared and im-\\nproved a wild tract of land on the banks of the\\nRock River. In l.sdl, he disposed of his interests\\nin f)hio and removed to Shelby County, Mo., and\\nlocated at Sholbyville, where he was eng.aged in\\nfarming and also in monej loaning to some ex-\\ntent. He was cai)tain of a company of militia-\\nmen in Ohio in an early day and at his death,\\nwhich occurred while on a visit to the Buckeye\\nSUite, in 1881, he left a comfortalilc fortune. He\\nhad also learned the trades of blacksmith and stone\\nmason, which he followed for some time.\\nThe [jaternal grandfather of our subject w.-us a\\nnative of Ma.ssachusetts, where he carried on farm-\\ning. Mrs. Marlin Bigelow bore the maiden name\\nof Mabel Sheltlon and died in 1852, after having\\nreared a family of thirteen children, six of whom\\nare still living. The education of our subject w.as\\nlimited to three months attendance at the district\\nI", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0843.jp2"}, "844": {"fulltext": "852\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nschool. He remained under the jjarental roof until\\nreaching his nineteenth year, when he began to\\nwork out by the month. He thus earned money\\nenough to stait out on his own responsibility and\\ncame to Michigan in 18.53, working in Kalamazoo\\nand Allegan Counties until he purchased his pres-\\nent fai m in 1860. His [jroperty was an unbroken\\ntract, little more than a wilderness, and there he\\nerected a board shant\\\\ 16x22 feet in dimensions.\\nHe endured bravely and uncomplainingly the hard-\\nships and privations of pioneer life and the result\\nof his labors is seen in his beautiful home farm, a\\nview of which accompanies this sketch. Soon after\\nhe had paid for his place, he was drafted into the\\narmy in 1863 and was compelled to hire a substi-\\ntute, whom he paid 1300. In order to procure the\\nmoney, he was compelled to mortgage his farm.\\nIn the spring of 1861, Edward Bigelow was mar-\\nried to Miss Louisa Alchin, who was born in\\nKent, England, December 26, 1838. Mrs. Bigelow\\nwas the daughter of Richard and Ann Alchin, na-\\ntives of England, where the father was engaged for\\na time in the boot and shoe business. Mr. and Mrs.\\nAlchin came to America in 1849 and spent a month\\nin New York. At the end of that time, they came\\nto Washtenaw County, this State, and located in\\nPittsfield Township, where Mr. Alchin engaged in\\nfarming. lie died in 1883 when eighty-three j cars\\nold; the mother survived her husband a numljcrof\\nyears and died in 1889, in her eighty-third year.\\nThey reared a family of seven children, five of\\nwhom are living. In religious affairs, they wei c\\nmembers of the Eitiscopal Church.\\nMrs. Bigelow was given a common-school educa-\\ntion and after attaining lier fifteenth 3 ear, as her\\nparents were unalile to send her to school, she\\nworked out and earned a sulticient sum of money\\nto pay her tuition. She taught her first school\\nwhen seventeen years of age and followed the life\\nof a teacher for several terms. She full} ap-\\npreciated the value which a knowledge of books\\ngives to men and women and, making the best of\\nher opportunities, is to-day a well-educated and\\nintelligent lady.\\nFour of the five daughters horn to our subject\\nand his estimable wife have followed in their\\nmother s footsteps and have been school teachers.\\nCora N. died in Vicksburg, this county, while teach-\\ning; Olive married Charles II. IIo3t and is living\\nin Rutland Township, Barry County, this State;\\nshe was also a school teacher as were also Lizzie\\nand Mabel. Edith is the youngest of the famil}\\nThe Prohibition party claims our subject as one\\nof its warm adherents. With his wife he is a\\nmember of the Congregational Church, lie de-\\nserves a great deal of credit for the success he has\\nmade in his chosen calling, for, as we have stated,\\nit has been the result of his industrj and good\\nmanagement, together with the aid and counsel of\\nhis good wife.\\nUDGE JAY RANDOLPH MONROE, de-\\nceased. This honored and respected pio-\\nneer of Van Buren County was born in\\n1806, in Surrey N. Y. He died in South\\nHaven, October 30, 1876, when seventy years old.\\nWhen a boy, he accompanied his father s family\\non their removal to New York, where they lo-\\ncated in Madison Count}-. He there grew to a\\nvigorous manhood, and, when starting out for\\nhimself, thinking that the Western country af-\\nforded better opportunities for young men, he\\ncame to Michigan in 1826 or 1827. He made his\\nhome in Detroit for a few years, where he was em-\\nployed by the late Gen. Cass and a Mr. Campeau\\nin the location of lands. He then returned to\\nNew York, where he made his home for the fol-\\nlowing two years, but in 1830 or 1831 came again\\nto Michigan, and made his headquarters at Prairie\\nRonde.\\nMr. Monroe was the tirst white man to explore\\nthe region of what is now Van Buren County, and\\nin 1833 or 1834 entered the land which is now the\\nsite of South Haven, and ei ccted the first house in\\nthis locality, which until recently was standing a\\ntenantless I uin near the shore of the lake. He\\nopened the first road from South Haven to Prairie\\nRonde, and in 1836 was married to Miss Fannie\\nRawson, who still survives. The 3 ear following,\\nthe young couple located on section 2, Lawrence\\nTownship, where all their children were born, and\\nwhere three died. There Mr. Monroe made his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0844.jp2"}, "845": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n853\\nlioine for the remainder of his life, and became one\\nof the largest hmdowners in tiie county-. He he-\\ncame a trusted cunlidanl and a lvisor of tiie in-\\niialiitants for miles around, and was called upon to\\ntake an active part in all public matters. He was\\ngreatly intorestefl in educational affairs, and did\\nmuch toward organizing the schools of his district.\\nFor twenty-five years he was Commissioner of the\\nPoor, and served most satisfactorily in the ollice\\nof Judge.\\nThe subject of fairs enlisted much of the atten-\\ntion of our subject, and he, with others, was the\\nfirst to inaugurate the State Agricultural Society,\\nand suhseciuently was one of the originators of\\nthe County Society. He always attended and\\nplaced his products on exhibition at such times,\\nnot that he might get the prize, but for the pur-\\npose of stimulating others and creating a mutual\\ninterest in improvements of ill kinds and elevat-\\ning the character of society in inlclligence, re-\\nfinement and morals.\\nWhen the Centennial Exposition was talked of,\\nMr. Monroe was very anxious to take his family\\nto l hiladel|)hia that the} might gain a wider\\nknowledge of the growth and grandeur of our na-\\ntion during the first centur\\\\ While returning\\nfrom the fair held in Grand Rapids, Mr. Monroe\\nreceived .an injury from which he never recov-\\nered, although he attended to his business and\\ntook a deep interest in all passing events. Oursul)-\\nject being one of the oldest, if not the oldest, pio-\\nneer in Van lUiren County, was greatly interested\\nin the formation of the Pioneer Association, and\\nupon its organization w.as made its President.\\nMr. Monroe, with his family and a few friends,\\nwent to I hiladelphia to attend the Centennial.\\nBut, upon arriving in that city, he was taken sick\\nand was enabled to attend the fair but one d.ay,\\nand then only for a few hcmrs. His heart turned\\nat once to his home in beloved Michigan, .and al-\\nthough watched over and cared for hy his loving\\nwife and children, tlie^- at once hiistened home,\\nwhere his death occurred at the residence of his\\ndaughter, Mrs. Kunice M J0re.\\nJudge Monroe was a man of strict integrity of\\neharacter. just and upright. He possessed a cordial,\\nkindly spirit which made \\\\\\\\\\\\m warm friends and\\nstanch adherents. His death was keenly felt by\\nall who knew him, and a v.acant pl.ace w.as left in\\nthe many enterprises which he cherished so warmly\\nwhile he li\\\\ c(I.\\n;4l MLLIAM E. UPJOHN, M. 1). Of the vari-\\n\\\\/U// ous industrial establishments of Kalamazoo,\\nW^ none has a more extended infiuence or\\ncontributes more effeclivel} to the advancement\\nof mankind than the I pjohn Pill it Granule Com-\\npany. This manufacturing plant stands unique\\nand alone. Its products are found in every clime\\nwhere efl orts are made to alleviate human ills, and\\nits promulgators and proprietors are justly entitled\\nto great credit as public benefactors.\\nThe needs of the medical fraternity had long\\nbeen felt and endless efforts had been made to pro-\\nduce a medicated [till that woultl always be in a con-\\ndition to receive prompt action by the gastric\\njuice of the stom.ach and would not with .age be-\\ncome hard and unsuited for use. Nothing better\\nhad been found th.an the old form of p.aste pill\\nwith all its imperfections, until Ur. Upjohn turned\\nhis attention to the production of the desired arti-\\ncle. Having in view the idea of what he wished\\nto produce, he devoted man} anxious hours and\\nd.ays to the process and finally was rewarded with\\nsuccess.\\nThe Doctor at once secured letters-p.atent on\\nthe machinery he had invented and began in a\\nsmall wa} to manufacture the long-sought globule.\\nHe had succeeded in making a friable pill that\\nwould pulverize under any atmospheric condition\\nwith slight pressure and that would not lose its\\nfriability by long age. His letters- pa lent covere I\\nthree principal m.achines for shaping, coating and\\ncounting the pills. Noexcipient is used and hence\\npills do not dry out or become hard and insol-\\nuble.\\nThe foundation of what has proved an immense\\nestablishment was laid by Dr. Upjohn in connection\\nwith his l)rother. Dr. Henry U., in 18M6. The be-\\nginnings were vt course on a limited scale but met\\nwith such a cordial reception .at once from the\\nmedical profession and the trade that in fine year", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0845.jp2"}, "846": {"fulltext": "854\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe present company was incorporated with a caj)-\\nital stock of 160,000 and arrangements perfected\\nto increase many times the capacity of the business.\\nTo tiie present day, success lias crowned every ef-\\nfort.\\nThe plant, consisting of a handsome five-story\\nbrick factory, laboratory, office and salesroom, and\\ncovering a floor space of tliirt^ -two thousand square\\nfeet, was erected at a cost of -^20,000. Employ-\\nment is constantlj^ given to fifty skilled men and\\nwomen and $150,000 is now invested in the busi-\\nness. The annual output exceeds -^200,000, and\\nmore than two tiu usand kinds of pills are made,\\nof which at least five hundred are kept as staple\\narticles of the trade.\\nTills institution has the reputation of being the\\nlargest consumer of several standard drugs in the\\nworld. Its use of caffeine, acjtanilid, is greatly in\\nexcess of any other, as is its consumption of quin-\\nine, which is frequently from twenty thousand to\\none hundred thousand ounces per month. While\\nthe main office is in Kalamazoo, the business has\\nassumed such immense proportions that it was\\nfound necessary to oiien branch offices at New York,\\nBerlin and London. Space precludes detailed des-\\ncription of the interior workings. Suffice it to say\\nthat no similar machinery is in use in any other\\ninstitution and that the simplicity and novelty of\\nthe machinery, which is patented by Dr. Upjohn,\\nare simply astounding and .are excellent examples\\nof machines that are so perfect in self-adjustment\\nthat they may almost be said to jjossess reasoning\\npowers inherent in themselves.\\nDr. William E. Upjohn, the President of this\\ngreat institution, is a native of Kalamazoo County)\\nborn in Richland Townslii|), June 5, 1853. His\\nfather, Dr. Uriah Upjohn, was a pioneer physician\\nin this section of the State. Our subjectat an early\\nage was induced to commence the study of medi-\\ncine. He spent some time in the capacity of drug\\nclerk in Kalamazoo, after which he entered the\\nmedical department of the State University, grad-\\nuating in the class of 75. lie opened an office\\nfor practice at Hastings, where he met with success\\nand where he began to experiment in his later de-\\nvelopmen I.\\nFor ten years. Dr. Ui john continued to practice\\nat Hastings, until he came to Kalamazoo to estab-\\nlish what is the most successful manufacturing\\nplant of AVestern Michigan. He was mariied,\\nDecember 24, 1888, to Miss Rachel, daughter of\\nDr. I. J. Babcock, of Kalamazoo, and they are the\\nparents of three children: Winifred, Harold and\\nDorothj\\n\\\\T/OHN W. BUDROAV, editor and proprietor\\nof the .Schoolcraft Express, is one of the able\\nand successful 3 Oung business men of the\\nvillage and under his active su|)ervision the\\npaper is rapidlj coming to the front as one of the\\nmost newsy and influential journals of Kalam.azoo\\nCount}-. Strictly independent in its political\\nopinions, it invariably supports the best candidates\\nfor official positions and those measures which are\\ncalculated to promote the public welfare.\\nThe father of our subject, .John L. Budrow, was\\nborn in Moscow, Livingston County, N. Y., De-\\ncember 24, 1820. His mother, known in maiden-\\nhood as Esther Burson, was born in Columbiana\\nCounty, Ohio, May 26, 1820, whence she removed\\nto Schoolcraft with her father, Abiier Burson, when\\nshe was one year old. Mr. Budrow, Sr., followed\\nhis trade of a carpenter in Schoolcraft Township,\\nwhere he was married and has since made his home.\\nAbout 1888, he began to lose his eyesight and has\\nsince that time been nearly blind.\\nThe four sons who complete this family circle\\nare .Tames, a farmer in Schoolcraft Township;\\nFrank L., a cariienter m the village; John W., the\\nsubject of this sketch; and Joseph, who is a fanner\\nin Amenia, N. Dak. John W. was born m School-\\ncraft Township, March 4, 1850, and was educated\\nin the common schools of the distiict. He entered\\nthe printing-office of V. C. Smith, in Schoolcraft,\\nwhen he was about sixteen years old and was em-\\nl)loyed there for two years. Afterward he was em-\\nplo^yed ill printing-offices at Centreville, Kalama-\\nzoo, Hast Saginaw, Lansing, Detroit and Allegan,\\nthis State.\\nIn January, 1886, Mr. Budrow bought out the\\nSchoolcraft E.r]rivss, since which time he has been", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0846.jp2"}, "847": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n855\\neditor and proprietor of the paper, which lias a cir-\\nciiiatioii of eight liiuulred and is rapidly- taking\\nphicc among tiie solid journals of the county. Mr.\\nIJudrow was united in marriage at Sclioolcraft, o-\\nveniher l!t, 1M88, to Miss Lizzie Camphell, wiio\\nwas liorn in Kalamazoo County. Mrs. lUidrow is\\nthe daughter of the late Hugh Caini)!)ell, and is\\none of the iiiosl highly esteemed ladies in the vil-\\nlage. The prosperity of .Schoolcraft is ever u[\\nperinosl in Mr. ISudrow s mind, and as a member\\nof the ^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0illage Board, he does all in his power to ad-\\nvance it-s interests. Socially, he is connected with\\nthe Masonic fraternity, the IndeiKMident Order of\\nOdd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees.\\nMOS H. PALMEIJ. The farmers who\\nhave plaj ed so important a part in the\\ndevelopment and substantial prosperity of\\nA an Buren County are well represented\\nby this gentleman, wlio.se valualile farming inter-\\nests lie on sections 4 and 9, Paw I aw Township,\\nand who is [)roniinent in political and social circles\\nin this part of the State. A native of Niagara\\nCounty, N. Y., he was born May 7, 1838, to Amos\\nand Catherine (Herkimer) Palmer, who were both\\nnatives of the Empire State, the father of Oneida\\nCounty, and the mother of Otsego County. Both\\nhad been previ ^)usl3 married, and the latter had\\ncome to Michigan during the life-time of her first\\nhusband, who died in this State. The father of our\\nsultject, losing his lii-st wife in New York, subse-\\nquently came to Michigan on a visit, and here\\nmade the ac iuaintance of his second wife. He\\nmarried her, and took her back to New i ork, where\\nour subject, their only child, was born. They lived\\nthere until he was almost eighteen years old, and\\nthen came to Paw Paw, and here p.assed their re-\\nmaining yeai-s, making their home with their son\\nthe host part of their lives the father dying in\\nl\u00c2\u00abf)(;, and the mother October 24, 1877. The fa-\\nther was a farmer by occupation, and w.os a man\\ngreatly respected for his excellent char.acter.\\nOur subject had good opportunities to ol t;xin a\\nsound education, .and was not slow to avail him-\\nself of the means offered to iniprf)ve his minil. lie\\npursued the in-eiiaratory course in tlie college at\\nCooperstown, N. Y., and won a good reputation for\\nscholarship in that excellent institution of learning.\\nHe was thus well prepared for the duties of life,\\nhaving had besides a careful training in all that\\ngoes to make an intelligent, prosperous farmer. He\\nearly acquired a taste for that calling which\\nHorace Greeley so aptly termed the noblest if\\n[irofessions, and was giving his attention to agri-\\ncultural pursuits when the war broke out. His\\n|)atriotism was aroused at his country s peril, and\\nhe longed to enter the army to fight for the Union.\\nHe attempted to enlist two or three times, but for\\nsome reason was disqualified and the recruiting\\noHicers would not accept him. But loyal men were\\nneeded at home, and |)erhaps his services were as\\nellicient here in the harvest fields .as tlie\\\\ would\\nhave been on the battlefield, for food was needed\\nto feed that great army of men, and the3 needed\\nstrengthening and encoiir.agement in other di-\\nrections. Our subject has made his mark as a\\nfarmer and stock-raiser, and his line farm of one\\nhundred and twenty acres, lying partly on section\\n9, where he 1ms his home, and the remainder of it\\non section 4, compares with the best in Paw Paw\\nTownship in regard to its cultivation and the value\\nof its improvements. It is well stocked, especially\\nwith Shropshire shee|), of whicli Mi-. Palmer makes\\na specialty-.\\nOur subject was hapjnly married, November 28,\\n1860, to Miss Carrie Mathews, of Marshall, Mich.\\nJlrs. Palmer is a native of this .State, bojii in the\\ntown of Oale. .biiigh, December IT), 1810, a daugh-\\nter of a pioneer family of Kalamazoo Couiitv. Her\\nparents, Gideon and Matilda (M:ison) Mathews,\\nwere natives, respectively, of Massachusetts and\\nerinont. They were married in Cleveland. Ohio,\\nand came to Michigan in 18;i7, lieing among\\nthe early settlers of Galesburgh, where Mr. Mathews\\nkept a hotel many years, and was a well-known\\nfigure in that region. He died .laniiary 21. 187t\\nHis wife survives him and makes her home with\\nher daughter and our subject. She has attaiiu d\\nthe venerable age of eighty-three years, having\\niK cn born August II, 18(18. Mrs. Palmer is the\\nyoungest of three children, of whom one died\\nvoung. and the olhcr, Mrs. Ks ina Slreatur. i a", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0847.jp2"}, "848": {"fulltext": "856\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nresident of Antwerp Township. Mrs. Palmer re-\\nceived a good education in tlie public schools, .and\\nwas early instructed how to properly care for a\\nhousehold, so that she was amplj able to preside\\nover a home of lier own when she married. One\\nson, Elmer A., lias been born to her and our sul)-\\nject.\\nMr. Palmer is a man of sagacious and tlirifty\\nl)usiness habits, a skillful farmer, and a good man-\\nager. He is frank and straightforward in his man-\\nner, and his dealings are always open and .ibove-\\nboard. He takes a deep interest in all that con-\\ncerns the welfare of his township and county, and\\nis especially alive to the political questions of the\\nday. He is an ardent Re[)ublican, and has been\\nsince he first began to exercise his privilege of\\nvoting by giving his enthusiastic support to\\nAbraham Lincoln for President. lie is a familiar\\nfigure in the councils of his part} frequently serv-\\ning as delegate to county conventions, of which he\\nhas never missed but one since he cast his first\\nvote. He is one of the leading members of the\\nMasonic fraternity in this section, has held all the\\noffices in the lodge, and is thoroughly informed in\\nall that pertains to Masonry. His son is also prom-\\ninent in that order, and has been an incumbent of\\nthe various offices, and is now Worshipful Master.\\nHe, too, is an active worker in the r.anks of the\\nRepublican party.\\nU^^ILAS HUBBARD. The hardy frontieis-\\nman wlio ventured into IMicliigan as early\\n.as 1836, and .assisted in developing its\\nvast resources, justl} deserves the hon-\\nored name of pioneer. Such a one is the gentle-\\nman who forms the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, and who, through a long series of years,\\nhas lived honorablj^ and uprightly- in the quiet\\ndischarge of his duties as a citizen, friend, neigh-\\nbor, husband and father.\\nThe ancestors from whom Mr. Hubbard traces\\nhis descent were English people of sturdy char-\\nacter and enterprise. His grandfather, Jonathan\\nHulibard, was liorn in 1732, in M. =sacliusetts,\\nwhere he remained until 1800, going then to Cort-\\nland, N. Y., where his last years were passed. In\\nhis removal, he was accompanied by his son .James,\\nwho was born in 1782, in the old town of Brim-\\nfield, Mass. The mother of our subject, whose\\nmaiden name w.as Iluldah Andrews, w.as liorn in\\nLitchfield County, Conn., in 1780, of English an-\\ncestry, and in 1808 became the wife of James\\nIlulibard.\\nSettling on a farm in Tompkins County, N. Y.,\\nthe parents of our subject were busily occupied\\nfor many years in .agricultural duties and in rear-\\ning to usefulness their children, four in number,\\nviz: Sylvester, Silas, Huldah and Harmon. In\\n1836, the father, having been bereaved by the\\ndeath of his wife six years previous, sold his farm\\nand moved into the village of Cortland, where he\\ndied at the age of eighty years. He was a man of\\nsterling virtue and Christian character, whose\\ninfluence in the community was alw.ays for good.\\nA native of the Empire State, Silas Hubbard\\nwas born in Grotoii, Tompkins County, Jul}- 29,\\n1812, and was reared on his father s farm. His\\nboyhood days were somewhat uneventfully passed\\nin tilling the soil and attending school whenever\\noccasion offered. In 1836, he started out for him-\\nself, coming to Michigan and settling in Washte-\\nnaw County, where he remained two years. May,\\n1838, witnessed his arrival in Kalamazoo, then\\nsparsely settled, except by Indians, who abounded\\nin the surrounding country.\\nThe winter following his arrival, Mr. Hubbard\\nwas employed as the te.acher in the village school,\\nafter which he embarked in the business of buy-\\ning, selling and improving real estate, and loan-\\ning money, and continued successfully operating\\nin that line until 1870. Meanwhile, he witnessed\\nthe growth of the village until it has become one\\nof the most important cities of the State, foremost\\nin education.al and business interests. The Kala-\\nmazoo Paper Company was organized through his\\nefforts in 1868, and he has ever since been close!}\\nconnected with its growth. As a property-holder,\\nhis interests are extensive and remunerative, in-\\ncluding interests in the paper mill at Otsego, this\\nState, besides several valuable farms.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Hubbard to IMiss Mary,\\ndaughter of Daniel Loomis, of Hudson, Mich.,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0848.jp2"}, "849": {"fulltext": "PORTKAIT AM) I5I0GRAPHKAL RECORD.\\n85;\\nwas oclebrated in October, 1851, anri tlioy tu\\\\- Uic\\nparents of three (laughters, to whom every ad-\\nvanU\\\\!^e for literary and inusieal culture was given,\\nand who now preside over homes of their own.\\nCaroline I. is the wife of Carl G. Kleinstuck, of\\nKalamazoo; Mary II. married II. H. Iloyt, of Kala-\\nmazoo; and Frances I. was the wife of R. 0.\\nKuhn, of Cleveland, Ohio. She died Fel)ruary 1,\\n18!\u00c2\u00bb2. The pleasant home at No. 20;} West\\nLovell .Street, where ]Mr. Iluhhard and his ami-\\nalile wife have resided for many years, is the cen-\\nter of a gr.acious hospitality often enjoyed by their\\nlarge circle of personal friends. The Republican\\np:irty linds a stanch adherent in Mr. lhibl)ard,\\nwho h. is served his fellow-citizens as Supervisor\\nand Assessor, and in various other positions of re-\\nsponsibility and honor.\\nEBKNEZER BARKINGER. This retired gen-\\ntleman is a resident of section 9, Almena\\nTownjhi|), an Buren County, and w.as born\\n.January 10, 1807, in Rensselaer County, N. Y. His\\njyarcnts were Frederick and .Martha (.Spring) Bar-\\nringer, natives of New York and Connecticut, re-\\nspectively The father was a farmer, and made a\\npermanent home in his native State, where they\\nIwth died.\\nOur subject is one of four children, and the only\\nsurvivor. He was born and rcaretl on a farm, and\\nhis father dying when he w.as but three and one-\\nhalf years old, he commenced for himself in active\\nlife when twelve years old. He lived on a farm\\nuntil eighteen, and then clerked in a store for\\na short time. Tlie next year he clerked in Troy,\\nN. Y., and finally bought some groceries and put\\nthem in a room in the tavern owned by Henry\\nI ^nsign at Poci^tenkil!, N. Y., and kept store until\\n1827. He then rented a regular shop and in the\\nspring of 1828 closed u|) and started out to seek his\\nff rtune. With Daniel Rhoades, he went to New\\nYork City, and Ixiarded on live shillings a day fora\\nfew days, when our s\\\\ibject bought some goods and\\nstarted out to peddle. He traveled along the Hud-\\nson River, across a portion of Pennsylvania among\\nthe Dutch, to Philadelphia, .ind then to B.altiiiioi(\\nHe returned to New York State, and thence went\\nhome and commenced to lit himself for teaching.\\nThat same year he went to Pittstown and engaged\\nto teach sc1rk)I four months for ^11 per month.\\nHe soon gave it up, and taught his home district\\nschool eighteen months, when only twenty.\\nWhen a little past twenty-three, our subject was\\nmarried, the ceremony taking place May 1, 1830.\\nHe was united to Miss Jane .Sliter, a native of\\nNew York .State. He made a trip in 1830. to^Iich-\\nigan, and came fifty miles west of Detroit. He re-\\nturned home without locating. The young wife\\nremained with a brother-in-law of her husband s\\nduring his absence. That fall and winter, Mr.\\nBarringer taught school in Sand Lake Village, N.\\nY., for *16 a month. The spring of 1831 found\\nthis gentleman the owner of the same store he had\\nrented at Poestenkill. He also i)urch.ased a house\\nand lot adjoining his store, and lived there. He\\nwas in debt some l 1,800, and gave a mortgage on\\nhis property .at seven per cent, but after several\\nyears was enabled to p.ay the debt. In the year\\n1834, he tended both his store and the tavern,\\nand rememliers well the great snf)w storm in the\\nmonth of IMay of that vear. In 1838, Mr. Bar-\\nringer gave up his public house, hut his purch.aser\\nfailed and wanted a release, so he .again sold to\\nanotliei Our subject remained in the store until\\nafter his children were all born. They are: Charles,\\nborn in 1831; Charlotte in 1831; Albert in 1838;\\nand Webster in 1810.\\nOur subject bought a farm in Sand Lake, in\\n1810, for *800, but three years later gave itu|)and\\npurch.oscd eighty-three acres in Monroe County.\\nHe sold out his store and also purchased lifty acres\\nof woodland in the mount-ains, and subsc(iuently\\nsold it. In connection with working his farm, he\\nsold goods, but through misfortune lost them all.\\nIn the spring of 1811, our subject started with his\\nfamily by canal to Monroe County, N. Y. In his\\nold home he .served twice jus Justice of the Peace.\\n.\\\\fter twenty years of economy and thrift, he was\\nenabled to p.ay ft)r his farm, and remained there\\nuntil I8t)0, when he purchased forty acres more.\\nHe sold out his old farm and piirch.ased twenty\\naere.s, on which he made some gooil imi rf)vements,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0849.jp2"}, "850": {"fulltext": "858\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nbefore disposing of it. In 1870, Mr. Barringer\\nremoved to Micliigan, and located in Almcna\\nTownslii)), where lie now resides. The farm con-\\nsisted of one liundred acres, with forty adjoining it\\non the south. Considerable improvements have\\nbeen made in the way of fencing, clearing and the\\nerection of necessary buildings. He now has two\\nhundred acres, one hundred and forty of which are\\nimproved.\\nAfter a married life of lit ty-three years, his good\\nwife was called away, .January 22, 1884, at the ad-\\nvanced age of eighty-one, and of their family of\\nfour children, one is deceased. The loving mother\\nwas a member of the Baptist Church, to which her\\nfamily also belongs. In politics, he was a Whig,\\nand has voted with the Republican part^ since its\\nformation. His first ballot was cast for John iuincy\\nAdams, and his last vote for Benjamin Harrison.\\n1=^\\n-S]\\n[^_\\neAPT. ABNER D. DOUBLEDAY. This gen-\\ntleman is honored as a valiant soldier of\\nthe late war and a public-spirited citizen of\\nKalamazoo. He was born in Otsego County, N.\\nY., March 9, 1829, and is the son of Demas A. and\\nSally (Calkins) Doubleday. Love of country is\\nhis inheritance, for his grandfather was a Revolu-\\ntionary patriot, and with five brotliers fought for\\nhis country at P.unker Hill. His cousin, Gen. Ab-\\nner Doubleday, is famous in the annals of our\\ncountry for service at Sumter and Gettysburg.\\nAfter attending common schools in his youth,\\nour subject Itegan to teach at tlie age of seventeen\\nand continued thus employed for five years. In\\n1848, he entered Oberlin College, Ohio, and, after\\nstudying there for some time, returned to the Em-\\npire State, where he followed mercantile pui-suits in\\nNew York City for seven years. Through the ad-\\nvice of physicians, he engaged in agricultural pur-\\nsuits as a means of regaining his health, then some-\\nwhat shattered, and so tilled the soil until the out-\\nbreak of the war.\\nWhen the Civil War broke out, our subject took\\ncare of his mothers and sisters in addition to the\\ncharge of his own family, and his brother, Ulysses\\nF., entered service as First Lieutenant and, through\\nthe death of his superior officer, received the ap-\\npointment of Captain, serving in that capacity\\nuntil his death at Fredericksburg in 1863. Prior\\nto that battle, he had participated in a number of\\nengagements with conspicuous valor.\\nAfter his brother s death, Abner D. disposed of\\nIlls business affairs and sold his store at Richfield\\nSprings, N. Y. He then took up the sword that\\nthe brother had carried and enlisted in the I nion\\nservice as a member of Company L, Second Regi-\\nment, New York Heavy Artillery. After serving\\nsix months as a private, he was promoted for val-\\niant services to be Second Lieutenant, June 10,\\n1864, at Cold Harbor, Va. During the continual\\nfighting at Petersburg, his superior officers being\\nkilled, he acted as Captain and Adjutant on the same\\nday.\\nAugust L5, 1864, Capt. Doubleday was disabled\\nl)y sunstroke and sent to the field hospital, after-\\nward being transferred at different times to three\\nothers and l)eing finally sent to Washington, where\\nthe surgeons decided that he was unable to continue\\nthe service. He then resigned, but his resignation\\nwas not accepted until 186.5. At the close of the\\nwar, the Cai^tain came to Michigan and located on\\na farm in Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County,\\nwhich his father had purchased from the Govern-\\nment. Our subject bought the same farm of two\\nhundred acres in 1853.\\nAfterward Capt. Doubleday disposed of the farm\\nand liouglit a small farm adjacent to Kalamazoo.\\nIn 1883, he divided the place into town lots and\\nit is now known as Doubleday s Addition to Kala-\\nmazoo, being one of the finest subdivisions in the\\ncity and many of the lots are already built upon.\\nHe retains a number of fine lots in his possession.\\nThe public measures of the city and Nation awaken\\nhis deepest interest and he is a labor sympathizer in\\nthat important issue. In Orcutt Post, G. A. R., he\\nis a prominent member and has occupied the vari-\\nous chairs.\\nMr. and Mrs. Doubleday are the parents of four\\nchildren, namely Ward, who lives in Kalamazoo;\\nUlysses F., manager of the Bell Telephone Com-\\npany in Battle Creek, this State; Grace, widow of\\nC. B. Lieder, of Chicago; and one that died in in-\\nfancj The Captain and his estimable wife occupy", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0850.jp2"}, "851": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0851.jp2"}, "852": {"fulltext": "II\\n^M^i^^S^- ^caJ^^ /hi. 2\\n1", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0852.jp2"}, "853": {"fulltext": "PORTli^UT ANli lilUUKAl lllCAL KECOliD.\\n861\\na hifjli i)IafC in the rcirard of llie citizens \u00c2\u00ab)f Kala-\\nniazDn, Iv wiiicli they are entitled l)y tlieir nobility\\nof character and genial social qualities. Politically,\\nhe is an Independent.\\nLBERT 8. IIASKIN. M. 1)., a practicing\\n^^StJ i)hy.^ician of Lawrence, is a native of Es-\\nsex County, N. Y., having been born\\nthere, September 15, 1827. II is parents\\nwere Samuel K. and Lusetta (Smith) llasivin, both\\nnatives of Vermont. The father returned to Ver-\\nmont soon after the birth of his son Albert, located\\nin Hrttckport when he was seven years old, and\\nwhen twelve years of age went to Indiana, coming\\nfrom that State to Michigan, and settling in Cass\\nCounty about 1848.\\nAlbert Il.-iskin w.as married, April 0, 18.i4, toJIi.ss\\nOlive Pickett, who died nineteen months after her\\nmarriage. Our subject then began the study of\\nmedicine under Dr. AVilliam E. Clark, then of\\nDow.agi.ac, but now a resident of Chicago. He also\\ntaught school for the sake of getting funds, and in\\nthe fall of 18.56 entered the medical department of\\nthe Michigan niversity at Ann Arbor, where he\\nstudied one year. lie then came to Lawrence and\\nIjegan practicing in 18.57.\\nDecember 17, 186(1, is the date of the second\\nmarriage of our subject, when he took as his wife\\nMiss Martha .1. McKniirlit, of Lawrence, a daugh-\\nter of .lohn IJ. and Mary (Ilaynes) McKnighl. She\\nw.as Ijorn in Wood County, Ohio, October 20, 18.30,\\nand came with her mother to Lawrence when seven\\nyears old. She received a good common-school\\neducation and has made this her home since lirst\\ncoming here. They have had no cinldren of their\\nown, but have reared several, who are now\\nmarried.\\nOur subject is the fifth in order of birth in a\\nfamily of ten two dying in infancy, eight grow-\\ning to mature years and seven now living. The\\nyoungest brother, Charles 11., is a physician at\\n.lackson, Mich. Dr. Ilaskin has been successful as\\na i)iaclitinner and lia a f;iir liarc of this world s\\ngoods, llelijus Im cu especially fortunate in doctor-\\ning young children and was called for a great deal\\nduring the epidemic of cerebro-spinal menin-\\ngitis in 1861. He finally took the disease himself\\nand was laid u)! for eleven months. He is a\\npleasant, whole-souled man. admired and respected\\nby all.\\nDr. Ilaskin is a stalwart Kcpublican and h.-ts\\nstood b}- the party since its foundation, casting\\nhis lirst vote for John C. Fremont, in 1856. He\\nhas served his township in various waj s, Itcing\\nSchool Inspector, member of the Board nineycai-s,\\nand a Director for six years of the nine; Coroner\\ntwo terms; President of the village two years and\\nDelegate to County, Congressional and State Con-\\nventions. Socially-, the Doctor is a member of the\\nNational Bee Union and the Bee Keepei-s Associa-\\ntion, both the Northwestern and the Michigan\\nState Associations. He is also a member of the\\nKalamazoo Academy of Medicine, in which he\\ntakes an active part.\\nOn another page will be noticed a lithograi)hic\\nportrait of the Doctor.\\n_wje)\\nm\\nON. .TAMES R. COBB. The fn-st reprcsent-\\nf))] ativc in America of the family to which this\\ngentleman belongs was one Sylvanus\\nCobb, who emigrated to the United States\\nsomewhere between 1620 and 16.iO and soon be-\\ncame identified with the village of Canterbury,\\nConn. Ilis son Benjamin was the father of El-\\nkanah, whose son (lideon, born at Canterbury\\n.luly 7, 1716, settled at Pawlet. t., where he died\\n.Inly 21. 17 ,\u00c2\u00bb7. The family have since resided at\\nPawlet, and the line of descent is through Elkanah,\\nJohn and Horace to James B.\\nnative of Vermont, our subject was born in\\nOrwell, May 18, 1823, and is a son of Horace .lud\\nThankful (Bascomb) Cobb. When eleven years\\nold. he removed to Uochester, N. V., where he at-\\ntended the Institute and engaged in teaching\\nduring two winter terms. He then became agent\\nfor a paper mill at Pair Haven Vt., and for four\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ears traveled in it-s e^nploy through ermont\\nand New York. Later he sojourned in Rochester\\ntwo years, and then became agent for a (louring\\nmill at Burliujiton Vt.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0853.jp2"}, "854": {"fulltext": "862\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn 1854, Mr. Cobb came to Michigan and in con-\\nnection with his brother, AVilliam H., bought a\\nfarm in Kalamazoo Township, two and one-half\\nmiles south of Kalamazoo and on that place of\\none hundred and fifty acres he resided twenty\\nyeai S. In 1863, he was elected to the Legislature\\nand served through three sessions, being re-elected\\nin 1865. Ills opponent was Tiiomas S. Cobb, of\\nKalamazoo, recently deceased. While an incum-\\nbent of that honorable jiosition, lie was Chairman\\nof the Committee on State Affairs, also member of\\nthe Committees on Asylums and State Prisons.\\nIn 1873, Mr. Cobb was appoijited County Treas-\\nurer, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the\\nincumbent, and during his term he engaged in the\\nwool trade, which he has continued to the present.\\nHe and his brother William H. have operated in\\nthat way for seventeen years and during 1891\\nhandled six hundred thousand pounds of wool\\nfor a Rhode Island firm. Since his removal to\\nthe city in 1873, he has served as Supervisor of the\\nFourth Ward for nine years, and was a meniljer of\\nthe Board of County Buildings at the time of the\\nerection of the present Poor House. On his farm\\nwhich he still owns and manages, he keeps a large\\nflock of thorough-bred Merino sheep and other fine\\nstock.\\nTlie marriage of Mr. Cobb, .lanuary 23, 1851,\\nnnited him with Miss Helen M. McCall of Roches-\\nter, N. Y., and their family comprises tiie follow-\\ning children: Helen Isabella, who died in infancy;\\nAnna Louisa, who passed away when fourteen\\nyears old; Maud Mary and Gertrude L. (twins);\\nAlice Campbell and Carlos M. (twins). Maud\\ndied December 2, 1889; she was a lovely young\\nlady and was greatly esteemed by all who knew\\nher. The surviving children remain with their\\nparents. Gertrude is an author of more than ord-\\ninary ability and her articles have been widely\\nread and copied. Alice and Ca\u00c2\u00ab1os, who are grad-\\nuates of the High School, attend to all the clerical\\nwork for their father, and Carlos is also interested\\nin the wool business.\\nThe beautiful home of this family is located at\\nNo. 530 S. Burdick Street and was erected in 1887,\\nJlrs. Cobb sii|iplying tlie designs. The family\\nholds membership in the Presbyterian Church and\\nMrs. Cobb is a member of various clubs and ladies\\nsocieties. She and daughters have done much to\\nmold the opinions of their friends and their in-\\nfluence is felt in every home. Every year for the\\npast seventeen, Mr. Cobb has gone East and fre-\\nquently visits the scenes of his boyhood.\\nA man of genial temperament, brimful of good\\nnature, Mr. Cobb possesses the excellent attributes\\nof the steadfast friend and congenial companion.\\nHis liberal views have been cultivated by extensive\\nreading and close observation, and while he has\\ndecided opinions of his own, he recognizes the\\nrights of others to different views. He is scrupu-\\nlously exacting in every official transaction, be-\\nlieving that public service demands the same ex-\\nalted talents which one gives to his private bus-\\niness.\\nAs a legislator, Mr. Colib was painstaking, care-\\nful and methodical, and the i)reseiit fine condition\\nof many of the State institutions is the result of\\nthe line of policy advocated by him. His judg-\\nment is a safe guide, and its influence is felt in\\nalmost every branch of municipal and county\\naffairs. Ever having a good word for the unfor-\\ntunate, a helping hand for the needy, his friends\\nare numbered in every walk of life, and now that\\nthe sorrws of many winters have whitened his\\nlocks, he can look back over a life well spent,\\nknowing that a warm place is kept for him in the\\nhearts of his countrymen.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i^s H\\n_y\\nr\\nH-^H-\\nAMUEL APPLETON GIBSON, Superin-\\ntendent and Manager of the Kalamazoo\\nPaper Company, possesses the confidence\\nand esteem of his liusiness associates to a\\nremarkable degree, and his business ability, tact\\nand judgment are unquestioned. He is a native\\nof New Hampshire and was born at New Ipswich,\\nAugust 17, 1835, his parents being Col. George C.\\nand Alvira (Ap|)leton) Gibson.\\nThe father of our subject was born in New Ips-\\nwich, March 10, 1805, and served in the New\\nHampshire State Militia for many years. His wife\\nbelonged to a worthy and distinguished family.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0854.jp2"}, "855": {"fulltext": "PORTli^UT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n863\\nher iiiu li .lolin Appleton, liaving; been ;i proniincnl\\niiu inlicr of llic Muiiie Ilaraiifl having served several\\nterms as Judge of the Sui)reme Court. After coni-\\nl)k ting the course of study in tiie schools of Ips-\\nwich, Samuel A. entered the Applcton Academy at\\nNew Ipswich, where he finished his education. In\\nthe intervals of study, lie aided his father in his\\nshoii, where the manufacture of carriages and sleighs\\nwas carried on.\\nWlien twenty years of age, ISIr. Gibson entered\\nliie postollice at Concord, Mass., where he olliciated\\nill the capacity of derk for two years, and then\\nacce|)ted a clerkship in a general store at .Vshby,\\nMass. Having gained a thorough knowledge of\\nthat line of enterprise, he embarked in business as\\na grocer in 18.511, the scene of his operations being\\nKitchburg, Mass., where he continued successfully\\nfor a number of yeai s. In 1867, he removed to\\nKalaiii.TZoo, and has since resided in this city.\\nTlie Kalaiii.azoo Paper Company was organized\\nOctober 1, 1866, Mr. Gibson being one of the orig-\\ninal stockholders. A mill was built on the Grand\\nKapids Kranch of the Lake Shore and Michigan\\nSouthern Railroad, two miles south t)f the city of\\nKalamazoo, the plant being valued at !l()(),(l(10. A\\ncapital of 200,()00 was required to conduct the\\nbusiness, which rapidly grew to its present propor-\\ntions. ISIr. (iilison entered the employ of the com-\\n))an3 a* mechanic and book-keeper, retaining the\\nlatter position until 1H70. lie then assumed the\\nmanagement of the business as Superintendent,\\nwhich position he still holds.\\nDuring the first year of its existence, the com-\\npany cmiiloyed about lifty people and was con-\\nfined to the manufacture of common paper and\\nextra newspaper. Hut the mill has since been\\ngreatly cnlai gcd, new material has lieon added,\\nand lithograph, music and colored papers are also\\nmade, the specialtj* l)eing lithograph paper. Among\\nrecent imi)roveinent.s is a water tiller, with a capac-\\nity of one million gallons daily, through which\\nwhat was formerly considered nearly pure water is\\npassetl, and all sediment and other impurities are\\ndrawn. Other e(|ually necessary im|)rovemcnl.s have\\nl)een added to increase the elliciency of the plant\\nin the output of it.s justly celebrated finer gi-ades\\nof paper. Mr. (iibson is thuroiighly informed as\\nto every detail of the immense business and his\\npersonal attention is exclusively given to its man-\\nagement.\\nIn addition, SIr.Gibson is interested in other en-\\nterprises. He is Director in the Kalamazoo National\\nBank and member of the Board of Trustees of the\\nKalamazoo College. He united with the Congrega-\\ntional Church in 1858 and is Trustee in the church.\\nPolitically, he is a firm Republican, although by no\\nmeans partisan in his alliliations. His em[)loyes\\nregard him as their warmest friend, and their in-\\nterests are to him second only to the success of the\\ninstitution\\nOctober 14, I860, Jlr. Gibson was married to\\nMrs. Mary A. Bardeen, daughter of Deacon A.\\nFarnsworth, of Fitchburg, M.iss., and they are the\\nparents of two children: Alice (iertrudc, wife of\\nF. D. Haskell, and Susan Edith, who married F. M.\\nHodge. Both jNIessrs. ILoskell an 1 Hodge are con-\\nnected with the paper company and reside in Kal-\\namazoo.\\ni \u00c2\u00bbj i i\u00c2\u00ab I I I\\nI I\\nZRO IIEAI^Y, a retired farmer now resid-\\ne/Oil ing ill Kalamazoo, is an excellent example\\nof a self-made man who has achieved suc-\\ncess through his own efforts, and his life\\nmight well serve to encourage others who, like\\nhim, have to make their own way in the world.\\nHe was born in the town of Shoiehani, .\\\\ddison\\nCounty, Vt., January 20, 1814. His father, Joshua\\nMealy, a native of Massachusetts, removed with\\nhis parents to N crmont when a child. He took\\nquite a i)roniinent part in public affairs, especially\\nin politics, serving as County .Tiulge and repre-\\nsenting his district in the State Legislature for two\\nterms. He married I-ucy Willson, a native of the\\nGreen Mountain State, and a daughter of William\\nWillson. Removing to Steuben County, N. Y.,\\nthey settled near the town of Dansville, upon a\\nfarm which continued to be their home through-\\nout the remainder of their lives. They were the\\nparents of eleven children, ten of whom grew to\\nmanhood and womanhood. Of the seven sons and\\nfour daughters, nine are yet living.\\nThe subject of this sketch attended the district", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0855.jp2"}, "856": {"fulltext": "864\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nschools in Steuljen County, N. Y., and remained\\nupon his father s farm until he had attained his\\nmajority, when he started out in life for himself.\\nHe chose the West as the scene of his future labors,\\nand iu 1835 came to Michigan, where he was lirst\\nemployed as boss on the Michigan Southern Rail-\\nroad for $50 per month. In the spring of 1837,\\nhe, having accumulated some money, went to Ohio\\nand bought nine yoke of oxen. He began break-\\ning prairie and turned the furrows upon fourteen\\nhundred acres of virgin soil. Next, purchasing\\none hundred and sixty acres of land, he cleared\\nand began its development, jjlacing it under a\\nhigh state of cultivation, lirst sowing it in wheat,\\nand when tiie crop was harvested sold his grain\\nfor forty-five cents per bushel delivered at St. Jo-\\nseph. He lost heavily in this venture, but ere\\ntwo years had passed he had paid all indebted-\\nness and again started square with the world.\\nOn the nth of April, 18311, Mr. Healy was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Eliza, daughter of\\nEzekiel and Catherine (Shaw) Everingham. The\\nlady is a native of Dansville, Steuben County,\\nN. Y., and by her marriage became the mother of\\nsix children, four of whom are yet living: AVal-\\nlace died at the age of ten years; Helen was the\\nwife of William Boardman, and after his death\\nslie wedded Oliver K. Olmsted; Marion died iu\\ninfancy; B. J. is Chief of the Eire Department of\\nKalamazoo; Charlie A. resides in Kalamazoo; and\\nCatherine E. is at home. During tlie time of the\\nbuilding of the Jlichigan Central Road, he took a\\ncontract to grade and place the ties on the grade\\nfrom the Kalamazoo bridge to one mile east of\\nthe city.\\nMr. Healy has taken no active [lart in political\\naffairs In his religious views he is a Unitarian.\\nHe owns a Hue residence, and has built several\\nhouses in Kalamazoo. He also is the owner of a\\nfine farm situated near the corporation limits, val-\\nued at S200 per acre. In politics he is a sturdy Demo-\\ncrat. Among the honored pioneers of the county is\\nhe numbered, having borne the trials and [irivations\\nof pioneer life. In the winter of 1837, he took from\\nthe timber over four hundred thousand feet of lum-\\nber, at a time when the snow on the ground lay two\\nfeet in depth. He sold the logs at $4 per thou-\\nsand feet, and did most of the hauling with nine\\nyoke of oxen. His lirst home was a board shanty,\\n20x20 feet, in which his men slept, and in which\\nthe cooking and eating were done. Overcoming\\nall obstacles iu his path, he worked his way up-\\nward and was successful in his undertakings. He\\npossessed what the Yankees called grit, and his\\nenterprise and industry won him i)rosperity. At\\nthe present time, he is engaged largely in raising\\nand shipping celery also dealing in real esUite.\\nIn 1889, Mr. Healy was called ui)on to mourn\\nthe loss of his wife, who died on the 5th of De-\\ncember, at the age of seventy years, and was\\nburied in the Mountiiin Home Cemeter} He is\\nnow well advanced in years, but still retains much\\nof the vigor of earlier manhood and is a genial,\\ncordial old gentleman, whose friends are almost as\\nmany as his acquaintances. His sterling worth\\nhas won him high regard, and he is respected by\\nall.\\nARVEY J. EDGELL. This respected gen-\\ntleman, who is the proprietor of Spring\\nHill Fruit Farm, at South Haven, is also\\na dealer in real estate. Licking County,\\nOhio, was his native place, his birth occurring\\nAugust 15, 1835. His great-grandfather was Sir\\nWilliam Edgell of England. His grandfather was\\nalso born in England, and came to the United\\nStates in company with four brothers. He first\\nlocated in Maryland, whence, in 1802, he removed\\nto Ohio, where he became a pioneer in Licking\\nCounty. He only remained there a short time,\\nhowever, when he went to Franklin County, and\\nlater to Shelby County, where he died at the age\\nof seventy-five years. He was a volunteer soldier\\nin the War of 1812, and had four sons: James,\\nWilliam, John and Wilson.\\nThe father of our subject, William Edgell, was\\nborn in Ohio, and, in early life, learned the trade\\nof a tanner and currier. In 1833, he was united\\nin marriage to Sarah Holden. She was the great-\\ngranddaughter of Sir William Parr, who came\\nto America prior to the Revolution, and during\\nthe struggle for independence aided the Colonists.\\nThat was considered suHicient reason for confiscat-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0856.jp2"}, "857": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n865\\niiiLT Ills t statt in Knu:l:iii(l. so lie diil not rotiirn Imt\\nsettled in Liciiinir t oiint.v,01iio. 1 1 is daugliter mar-\\nried Lewis Iloldcn, and they became the parents of\\nSarah Iloich ii, who married M\\\\: Kdijell.\\nThe ehh^- Mr. and Mrs. Kdyell resided in l-iekiiig\\nt onnty initil alMuit istT. where tliey were engaged\\nin farming. In I.S7(i, tiiey removed to Ciiicago,\\nwhere tlie motitcr died in 1H73. The faliier is still\\nliving in that cit} He was a stanch Repuhlican,\\nand hefore the organization of that party was a\\nWhig. The parents were earnest and eonseicntious\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Chureli. and\\nreared a family of ten children.\\nHarvey .1. Edgell during his boyliood assisted\\nhis father about the tannery and attended the dis-\\ntrict school. At the age of thirteen, he became a\\nclerk in a general store and four yeai-s later was\\none of the proprietore of a country store at Haven s\\nCorners, near Columbus, Ohio. He was subse-\\nipiently eng.aged in business in Delaware Count}\\nOhio, .and during the Civil AVar carried on a whole-\\nsale notion business. He atteniled to his duties\\nclosely and worked so hard that in a few years, his\\nhealth being impaired, he w.os obliged to retire\\nfrom active life. In accordance with the advice of\\nliis iihysician.he sought a home near the lake shore\\nand in M.ay 28, I8( 9, reached South Haven. Here\\nhe purchased eighty acres of timber land locatc l on\\nsection 11, South Haven Township, locating his\\ntract with the aid of a compass. He laid out a\\nroad to his place and commenced the arduous task\\nof clearing it from the timber and underbrush.\\nHis brought his farm to an excellent state of cul-\\ntivation and in a few years began to grow fruit.\\nIn IH.sd our subject received a sunstroke so\\nthat it became necessary for him to give up all out-\\ndoor work, for a time at least. He then engaged\\nin the ical-cstatc busines-s, thinking it a line of\\nwork out of which he would be able to drop at any\\ntime. lUit business incrcjised so rapidly and li.-is\\ngrown to such .an extent that he will no doubt\\nm.ake it a life work. He is wide-awake to the in-\\nterests of South Haven and has been the leading\\nspirit in advertising and making it the (jopular\\nsummer resort which it h.-is become. His fruit farm,\\non which he resides, contains forty ,aeres which arc\\nthoroughly and protitable improved.\\nMr. Edgell was married in X to Miss Mary,\\ndaugiilcr of William Ilcadley, a pioneer of Frank-\\nlin County, Ohio, where Mrs. Edgell was born. )nr\\nsubject and his estimable wife have liecn granted a\\nfamily of three children: Nellie A.; Mattie, who\\ndied at the .age of four years, and Carlos L. Mr.\\nEdgell is an ardent supporter of the Republican\\nparty and socially is a member of the Masonic fra-\\nternity and the Independent Order of Odd P ellows.\\nHe is .also connected jirominently with the Enter-\\nprise Club. He with his goo I wife is a menilK rof\\nthe Congregational Church and is most highly\\nesteemed by all who are .acciuainted with the history\\nof tins section.\\nlIpV ElMTOLD IHLl.NC;, of the firm of Ihling\\nIW^ Brfis. it Evcrard, is one of the prominent\\n!k: and successful business men of Kalamazoo,\\nA^and has attained to his enviable position,\\nfinancially and socially, thrtiugh the exercise of in-\\ndomitable energy an l unusu.al perseverance. The\\nbusiness in which he is engaged lias .assumed gigan-\\ntic proportions and is numbered among the most\\nsuccessful enterprises of Kalamazoo, its success be-\\ning mainly due to the energetic management of the\\nIhling Bros.\\nAmong the foreigners who have sought homes\\nin the United States, many have come hither from\\n(icrmany and have bronglit with them (|ualitics of\\nthrift, perseverance and industry, which, while es-\\ntablishing their own private fortunes, have also pro-\\nmoted the public welfare. Mr. Ihling is a (ierman\\nby birth and parentage and was born February 1 1\\n1848, When only four years old. he w.os brought\\nby his parents to the rnitcd Slates and grew to\\nmanhood in Milwaukee.\\nWhen thirteen years old, Mr. Ihling commenced\\nto learn the trade of a shoemaker and afterward\\nlearned the book-liinder s trade in all its branches\\nat Milwaukee and has since followed this business,\\nhaving a complete knowledge of the business in\\nevery detail. He then entered his brother s cm-\\nploy and for eighteen months remained in that\\nconnection, aflerwanl aiding in the establishment", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0857.jp2"}, "858": {"fulltext": "866\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof tlic present liusiness. Ililing Bros. A Everard,\\nprinters, have an assured reputation in Kalamazoo\\nand vicinity, and tlie book-binding department is\\nin charge of our subject, wlio employs thirty-five\\nhands and is pushing iiis branch of the business\\nwith great energ}\\nThe pleasant residence of Mr. Ihling at No. 508\\nWood Street is presided over b3 ids wife, to wliom\\nhe was married, August 24, 1875, at Racine. Wis.\\nMiss Alice Schumacher, as Mrs. Ihling was known\\nin maidenhood, was l)orn at Hartford, Conn., and\\nwas carefully reared under the tuition of efficient\\nteachers and affectionate parents. She is the\\nmother of seven children, viz: Alma, Carl, Arno,\\nLillian, Paul, Walter and Alice, bright and intelli-\\ngent children who are being educated in tlie\\nschools of Kalamazoo.\\nIn his social affiliations, Mr. Ihling is identified\\nwith the Masonic fraternity. Blue Lodge and\\nChapter and the tJermanic Society. While he has\\nbut little time to devote to public affairs, he ad-\\nheres tt)the ])rinciples of the Rcpulilican party and\\nadvocates those enterprises which will advance the\\ninterests of the community\\n4^\\n0 RRIN SNOW, a retired farmer and one of the\\nrespected citizens of Kalamazoo, claims New-\\nYork as the State of his nativitj He was\\nborn in Oswego County, Septem))er 27, 1829, and\\nis a son of Ansel and Arbelia (Wilmouth) Snow,\\nboth of whom were natives of Massachusetts and\\ncame of old New England families of English\\norigin. In March, 1837, with their children, they\\nemigrated to Michigan, locating on Grand Prairie,\\nfour miles northwest of Kalamazoo. After two\\nor three years, the} removed to Oshtemo Township,\\nwhere one of the daughters had married and settled\\nthe preceding August. The family numbered three\\nsous and four daughters. They are, Permelia, who\\nbecame the wife of Alonzo Wyman, and both are\\nnow deceased; Hannah, Mercy Ann, Cordelia, Or-\\nson and Orrin. One brother, Orla, was born after\\nthe family came to this county. In 1866, Orson\\nand Orla removed to Macon County, Mo., where\\ntliey now reside. Hannah became the wife of Sol-\\nomon Forbes and died a number of years ago.\\nMercy Ann was the wife of Samuel Johnson, of\\nKalamazoo Township, and her death also occurred\\nmany years ago. Cordelia is the wife of Anson\\nForbes, of Macon Count}-, Mo. The father of this\\nfamily followed farming throughout his entire life.\\nHe secured quite an extensive tract of land and\\nbecame well-to-do. His death occurred October\\n14, 1864, at the age of eighty-one, and his widow\\ndied in August, 1880, at the age of eighty-five\\nyears in Missouri, where she had gone with her\\nson.\\nTlie subject of this sketch came to Michigan\\nw-lien a lad of eight summers, and amid the wild\\nseenes of frontier life was reared to manhood. He\\nremained at home until twenty- four years of age,\\nwhen, in 1853, he w-cnt to California, making an\\noverland trip, and for a year and a half was en-\\ngaged in mining. On his return, he resumed the\\noccupation of farming and after a year and a half\\nchose as a companion and helpmate on life s jour-\\nney Miss Catherine, daughter of A. II. and Cath-\\nerine (Chandler) Hill, now of Plainwell. The\\nmother is deceased. She is a native of New York\\nand when two years old was brought to Michigan.\\nTheir marriage was celebrated April 16, 1856, and\\nunto them have been born four children: Milo A.\\noperates his father s farm; Frank and Fred, who\\ndied in childhood; and Katie, a student in the\\nHigh School.\\nMr. Snow continued to engage in agricultural\\npursuits with marked success until three years ago\\nwhen he came to Kalamazoo, where he has since\\nlived a retired life. He engaged in breeding\\nshort-horn cattle and was very successful in his\\nbusiness. He still owns five hundred acres of val-\\nuable land and is accounted one of the well-to-do\\ncitizens of the community. He certainly deserves\\nmuch credit for his success, for itis due entirely to\\nhis own efforts. He has held a number of public\\noffices, was Township Treasurer, Justice of the\\nPeace and Supervisor. The Republican party finds\\nin him a stanch advocate, and he has frequently\\nattended its State and county conventions. He\\nhas been connected with the Kalamazoo Count}\\nAgricultural Society for twenty years and has just\\nbeen, for the sixth time, elected to the office of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0858.jp2"}, "859": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD\\n867\\nPresident. Wc find in Jlr. Snow a typical roprc-\\nsi ntjitive of tin lionoiH d pioni-er, man in whom\\novvry one lias implicit (\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(inlidciice. He is a sui\\nporler of all that tonds to advance the intoi Psts of\\nthe county, is a man of broad views, piihlic-spiriled\\nand progressive. In i)crsonaI appearance, he is a\\nlari^e, line-lookinu nentleman, and liy his pleasant,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i enial manner rea(lil\\\\ wins friends.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2i i-** t^^^++**F\\nALK P. KAUFFF:R,oneof the leading busi-\\nness men of Kalamazoo, is President of the\\nPage Manufacturing Company, which is an\\noutgrowth of the factory established in 1873\\nfor the manufacture of handles by Calvin Forbes\\nand .Messrs. .Morse, Darrin and lleebe. Hale W.Page,\\nan uncle of oiu sul)jeet, became a stockholder in the\\ncompany whicli afterward failed. He later resumed\\noperations, which he carried on until IS.Sl, when the\\nplant was destroj-ed bj- lire. In that year Mr. Kauffer\\nl)ecainc associated with him and they rebuilt, since\\nwhich time tlie^ have donoagood and constantly-\\nincreasing business. The jilant covers between\\nthree and four acres with the building and lum-\\nber, and about *3(),0()0 is invested in the business.\\nForty men are emploj-ed, most of whom are skilled\\nworkmen. They make a specialty of handles for\\nfeather dusters, which are linished and polished\\nread} for use, also manufacture agricultural frames,\\ncounters, tal)lcs, shelving, etc., and do a business\\namounting to *(jO,(iO(t annually. .Mr. KaufTer, who\\nis President of the company, lias full charge of the\\nbusiness.\\nMr. Page, who is now deceased, was born in\\nShirley, Mass., and died in May, 1887, at the age\\nof seventy-one years. He engaged in manufactur-\\ning almost his entire life. In Filchburg, M.ass., he\\nmade all the piano cases foi- the Ilallet iVr Davis\\nCompany, and during his residence in the Way\\nState w.as twice a member of the Legislature. He\\ncame to Kalamazoo in 1870, and thenceforward\\nwas one of its leading citizens. Forming a part-\\nnership with R. F. Lyon, he wa.s engagt d in build-\\ning up apai)ermill In Plainwell, which was known\\nas the Commonwealth Mills, up to the time of his\\ndeath. He served as Alderman of Kalamazoo and\\nwas one of the popular and highly resiiected citi-\\nzens of the community. Me ranked high in both\\nbusiness and social circles. His wife, whose maiden\\nname was Sarah AVMieeler. survived her hiisliand\\nabout two years. Their daughter l)ecame the wife\\nof the Rev. Kendall Brooks, who for years was\\nPresident of Kalamazoo College and is now in\\nAlma, Mich.\\nMr. Kauffer, whose name heads this record, was\\nborn in Melhueu, Ma.ss., .Tanuar} 1, 1810. .and is a\\nson of Francis and Kunico (Page) Kauffer. Learn-\\ning the foundry liusiness, he for some time had\\ncharge of the Gage AVorks in Fitchburg, M.oss., or\\nuntil 187 2, which year witnessed his arrival in\\nKalamazoo. He here became connected with a tin\\nand sheet-iron company and ran a line of jwddler\\nwagons until 1878. The two succeeding years of\\nhis life were passed in Colorado, and on his return\\nto Michigan he became connected with his uncle,\\nMr. Page, in the factory of which he is now the\\nhead. He has bought the entire plant and gives\\nhis attention exclusivel} to the business.\\nIn 1871, in Manchester, N. H., Mr. Kauffer was\\nunited in marriage to Miss Henrietta .St. Clair, a\\nnative of the Green Mountain State, and inlo\\nthem has been Ixjrn a daughter, Nellie, a cultured\\nyoung ladj who possesses considerable musical and\\nartistic talent. The family have a plea.\u00c2\u00abant home\\nat 323 South Rose Street and are well and favora-\\nbly known throughout the community, their friends\\nbeing many in Kalamazoo. Mr. Kauffer is a straight-\\nforward, upright, business man and is meeting with\\nwell-merited success. He has worked his waystead-\\nilv upward and has now a handsome competence.\\nHFRON FR.\\\\NCIS GIDDINGS, the efli-\\ncient and honored Clerk of the Cit} of\\nKalamazoo, was born December 2.5, 1813,\\nin Charleston, this county. He is the eldest of\\nthree children born to Orrin N. and Harriet A\\n(Cock) Giddings. (.See sketch of the father, to be\\nfound elsewhere in this work.)\\nIn 18. )3, when ten ^-eai-s old, the father of our\\nsubject brought his family to this city from Au-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0859.jp2"}, "860": {"fulltext": "868\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\ngustii, nntl it was hero that he received liis educa-\\ntion, taking a course finally in the Kalamazoo\\nCollege. In 186,5, our subject commenced with his\\nfather as assistant in the State Quartermaster s De-\\njiartnieut of Michig.an, m Detroit, and thus became\\nfamiliar wit!) the details of the olfice and made\\nthe acquaintance of a large number of public men\\nof the State. He had, prior to this, served three\\nyears in the office of the Auditor-General, Piniil\\nAneke, at Lansing. His knowledge of business\\nmatters and official detail eminently fitted him\\nfoi- an active business or official career. After\\nleaving his position in the Quartermaster s office,\\nhe returned to Kalamazoo Citj and, having tlie\\ndesire to go West, he settled among the peo-\\nple of Kansas and oi^ened a real-estate office at\\nTopeka, where he remained with varying success\\nfor some time. Not realizing the fond anticipa-\\ntions hope had pictured the Western plains would\\ndevelop, he decided to return to Michigan.\\nOur subject again came to Kalamazoo, and soon\\nengaged in the mercantile business, adding the\\nmanufacture of saddlery and harness, hardware\\nand trunks, and, though he had become connected\\nwitii tiie county in an official capacity, he held his\\nbusiness until 1885. In 1875 he was elected to\\nthe responsible position of Township Treasurer,\\nand also held other local offices. His tempera-\\nment was that of a politician, and, being a man of\\ngenal character, and having had a training not\\nusually found in applicants for public life, he was\\nchosen, in 1879, County Clerk of Kalamazoo County\\nby the Republican part} Proving to be an exceed-\\ningly popular man and an accommodating official,\\nhe was repeatedly elected and held the office con-\\ntinually for twelve years. In 1890, he declined a\\nrenomination and became a candidate for Auditor-\\nGeneral of tiie State, but, being caught in a Demo-\\ncratic landslide, he was defeated. His services\\nhave been of so valuable a nature that .January 1,\\n1891, he was unanimously chosen by the Citj\\nCouncil as Clerk of the City. No man has ever\\nfilled a clerical i)Osition in the count} or city ad-\\nministration who was so popular with the people\\nregardless of iiis party principles, as is Mr. Giddings.\\nWhile he has been an active Republican and an\\nardent camiiaigner, he has not antagonized people\\nof opposite political affiliations, many of his\\nwarmest friends being members of the Democracy.\\nOn .lune 1, 1891, Mr. Giddings was appointed\\nby the United States Comptroller, Receiver of the\\nNational City Bank of Marshall, and he is at\\npresent engaged in closing the affairs of that de-\\nfunct institution. Possessing an attractive person-\\nality that draws friends to him, Mr. Giddings\\nhas become identified with many fraternal asso-\\nciations, and in all he has taken an active part.\\nHe has filled neai ly all the chairs in the local\\nbodies of the Masonic order and is at present\\nPast Grand High Priest of the High Chapter of\\nthe State. He is also P.ast Commander of the\\nUniformed Rank of the Knights of Pythias.\\nMr. Giddings was united in marriage on .January\\n4, 1869, at Buffalo, N. Y., to Miss .Tulia E. D Ar-\\ncamble. Mrs. Giddings is a daughter of Charles\\n5. and Agnes S. D Arcamble, of Kalamazoo. By\\nthis union, four cliildren have been born, of whom\\nonly one is living, a daughter, Bessie, who is a\\nlovely young lady of seventeen summers, and a\\nstudent of the High School of this city. Mrs. Gid-\\ndings is an active member of society and is found\\nprominent in the Ladies Society and in doing\\nChristian charitable work.\\ns F^n\\n*i|? ACOB DOUGHTV, a farmer and stock-raiser\\non section 2, Paw Paw Township, Van\\nBuren County, was born in Dutchess Count}\\n^_^ N. Y., .Tune 3, 1826. He is a son of George\\nand Emcline (Storms) Doughty, both natives of\\nthe Empire State. Our subject lived in New York\\nState until he was about eighteen years old, receiv-\\ning a fair common-school education in a Quaker\\nschool, as his grandfather, Thom.as Doughty, was\\na Quaker. The father of our subject, who was\\nborn April 1, 1800, moved from New York to\\nHartford, Ohio, when our sul)ject was eighteen\\nyears old. He only remained in Ohio aliout five\\nyears when he returned to New York, residing\\nthere but one winter. The family removed to\\nMichigan in 1849.\\nOur subject is the oldest in a family of twelve,\\nthe two younger children being born after com-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0860.jp2"}, "861": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0861.jp2"}, "862": {"fulltext": "i pu\\n^H--in", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0862.jp2"}, "863": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND TJlOGR-VrillCAL RECORD.\\n871\\ning to tliis State. Eleven of tliis family are\\nnow living. After the family iiad been here aliont\\none year, our .subject returned to New York and\\nattended seliool a year and a half, at a (Quaker\\nschool in Washington IIolk)W. The father at one\\ntime liad about three hundred ami twenty icres,\\nof which our subject now owns one hundred and\\ntwelve. He lives in the Siime liousc in which his\\nfather lived before iiim.\\nJacob Doughty was united in marriage with\\nMrs. Hannah I roal, \u00c2\u00bbw Luce, May 7, 1859. Mrs.\\nDoughty is a daughter of Henr^- and Rose (Shel-\\ndon) Luce, the father being born on the Mohawk\\nRiver of mixed Irish and English ancestry, and\\nthe mother being born in Connecticut of good old\\nYankee stock. The wife of our subject was born\\nin Orleans County, N. Y., December 17, 182G. Her\\nparents moved to Calhoun County, this State,\\nwhen she was but ten years old, and she was\\nabout eighteen when she married John E. I roal, b}\\nwhom she had three children, two still living.\\nMary, who died when sixteen years old; Alice, the\\nwife of Rickelson Doughty, the brother of our sub-\\nject. Her son, Henry Drake Proal, lives in Ludiiig-\\nton, Mich. Our subject is the father of two chil-\\ndren Lottie Louise, the wife of John Clapp, lives in\\nPaw Paw and has one child; Linda married Erastus\\nL. Moe, who lives in I aw Paw, is a carpenter by\\ntrade and owns eightv acres of land; they have two\\nboys.\\nOur subject is a stanch Republican in politics,\\nbut has never been an olllce-seeker. He is a mem-\\nber of the Free-will Raptist Church, to which his\\nwife also belongs.\\nThe father of Mrs. Doughty was a soldier in the\\nWar of 1812, and at one time he was gone so long\\nthat the family thought he had been killed, but\\nan Indian brought word that he w.is still alive.\\nHer giand father, Drake Luce, was a noted and\\nwealthy man of New Y ork. His marriage took\\nplace in New Y ork, and his wife was a Miss O Neal.\\nHer father leased the land for ninety-nine years\\nyears on which Trinity Church now stands. It is\\nthe land about which there is so much litigation and\\nMrs. Doughty is one of the heirs. Henry Luce\\nwas a lawer by profession when in New Y ork,\\nand on coming to Michigan bought a large tract\\n40\\nof land. He reared a family of thirteen children,\\nall of whom came to Michigan. Only two of this\\nfamily now survive, .Mrs. Doughty. an l her brother\\nZephaniah, who resides in .Mbion and is a poultry\\nfanciei\\n\\\\f EROME T. COBI5. Perhaps in no connec-\\ntion is Mr. Cobb so widely know as through\\nhis labors in behalf of the Grange. For\\nalmost a score of years he occupied the re-\\nsponsible position of State Secretary and during\\nthe greater portion of that time he vv.as editor of\\nthe Grange Visitor. So efficient were liis services\\nin the interest of this organ i7.alif)n that, at the\\nmeeting of the State Grange held at Lansing, in\\nDecember, 1891, Ex-Gov. Luce presented him\\nwith an elegant gold-headed cane as a token of\\nthe appreciation and esteem in which he is regarded.\\nThe reader will note with interest his portrait on\\nthe opposite |)age and the following outlines of a\\nlife of more th.aii ordinary interest.\\nIt is supposed that the family of which our sub-\\nject is a member originated in Wales. They\\nwere earl3 residents of Sutlield, Conn., where\\nGrandfather David Cobb passed his entire life.\\nHis son Nathan w.as born in Tolland, that State,\\nwhence he emigrated to Michigan, arriving in\\nKalamazoo County, September 30, 1830, when\\nthere were but two log cabins in what is now the\\ncity of Kalamazoo. Settling in .Schoolcraft Tt)wii-\\nship, he entered a tract of land northeast of the\\nvillage. In his native State, he had engaged as a\\nmanufacturer, but operated .as a farmer in Kalama-\\nzoo County until lii.s death, which occurred\\nAugust 14, 1833. He was a man of sturdy and\\nhonorable character, and although he resided here\\nonly a few years, gained a high i)lace in tlie es-\\nteem of his fellow-pioneers. His wife, who bore\\nthe maiden name of Sally Thompson, was born in\\nGoshen, Conn., and died in Schoolcraft Township,\\nFebruary 4, 1865.\\nThe fifth among eight children, Jerome T. was\\nbora in Goshen, Litchfield County, Conn., Decem-\\nber 2! 1H21. He was a lad of nine years when he\\naccomiianied his parents to Michigan in the fall of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0863.jp2"}, "864": {"fulltext": "872\\nPORTRAIT AND EJOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1830, and grew to manhood upon the farm which\\nliis father entered from the (iovernmeut. It re-\\nmained his home until he removed to the village\\nof Seliooleraft in 1865, and here he has since re-\\nsided. In Sfhoolcraft Township, he was engaged\\nin farming pursuits and also engaged in the nian-\\nufaeluring of staves and heading to some extent\\nuntil April, 1873, when he accepted the respon-\\nsible position of Secretary of tlie State Grange.\\nDuring the years which intervened until Decem-\\nber, 1800, Mr. Cobl) gave his attention wholly to\\nthe labors of the Grange, and in 1876 assumed the\\neditorship of the Gmnije Visitfir, which he con-\\nducted with great success for fourteen years. lie\\nhas also been closely identified with the political\\nlife of the village and county, serving in many\\npositions of trust and honor. He was County\\nSuperintendent of the Poor for a period of about\\ntwenty-five years; Oil Inspector for four years\\nunder Gov. Luce; and County Agent for twelve\\nyears; also Supervisor of Schoolcraft Township\\nseveral terms, and occupied other township offices.\\nHe has taken an active interest in polilics and casts\\nhis ballot according to his best judgment, l)eing in\\nreality an independent Republican.\\nMr. Cobb was first married in Dutchess County,\\nN. Y., to Miss Julianne Benton, and they became\\nthe parents of two children, onl3 one of whom\\nsurvives: William B., who is now Sujiervisor of\\nSchoolcraft Township. Mrs. Julianne Cobb died\\nSeptember 20, 18.50, at her home in Schoolcraft\\nTownship. Mr. Cobb contracted a second matri-\\nmonial alliance, April 22, 1852, choosing as his\\nwife Miss Harriet Felt, who was born in Chenango\\nCounty, N. Y., April 2, 18211. She is a lady of\\nnoble character, a faithful niemlicr of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church, and presides over tlioir\\nbeautiful home with gracious hospitality.\\nm m\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nON. WILLIAM J. KIRBY, of Kalamazoo,\\nwas born in Milford, Otsego County, N. Y.,\\nFebruary 11, 1845. His i)aients were AVil-\\nliam and Jane (Dickson) Kirby, both na-\\ntives of the Empire Stale. Samuel Dickson, his\\nmother s great-grandfather, was a pioneer of Cheriy\\nYalle) Otsego County-, having settled there as\\ne.irly as 1745. During the fearful massacres of the\\ntime of the Revolution he and his family were\\nidentified with the community and the old home-\\nstead remained in the possession of their descend-\\nants until quite recently.\\nWhen William Kirby was a mere boj his parents\\nreturned to Cherry Valle} and he was reared on\\nthe old Dickson homestead. When he reached the\\nage of fifteen, he entered the engineering depart-\\nment of Yale College and spent some time in per-\\nfecting himself in the science of a civil engineer,\\nafter which he was employed some time on railroad\\nsurveys. However, he soon returned to the old\\nfarm at Cherry Valley, it coming into his possession,\\nand engaged in farming operations there until\\n1.S76. He then disposed of his extensive interests\\nand two years later came to Michigan, becoming\\nidentified with his father-in-law, Lewis Haight, in\\nPavili(jn Township.\\nAssuming the management of Mr. Haight s ex-\\ntensive estate, Mr. Kirb} has since given attention\\nto the operations of that large farm and h.is secured\\nthe highly-improved place formerly owned by Sen-\\nator Waldbridge, consisting of over one thousand\\nacres. Much of his business attention is devoted\\nto that estate. He is an extensive breeder of sheep\\nand a successful grower of wheat. His place is\\nwell adai)ted to miscellaneous fanning and being\\nwell Improved with splendidly-equipped buildings,\\nfinely watered and kept in a high state of cultiv.a-\\ntion, is conceded to be one of the most desiiable\\nfarms of the county.\\nIn 1875 Mr. Kirby was married to Miss Sarah\\nHaight, daughter of Lewis Ilaight, and the two\\nfamilies have been closely connected ever since. The\\nunion has been blessed by one son: Lewis Haight,\\nwho was born in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Kirby have\\nerected a commodious city residence at No. 616 S.\\nWest Street, and much of their time is passed in\\nthis tastefully-furnished and cosy home, although\\nthe farm operations are given personal attention.\\nThe business sagacity and ability of Mr. Kirby\\nhave been recognized by his fellow-townsmen who\\nelected him Township Supervisor. In 1887 he was\\nelected as the candidate of the Republican partj\\nfor Representative in the Lower House of the State", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0864.jp2"}, "865": {"fulltext": "PORTIIAIT AKD BIOGRAPIUCAL RECORD.\\n873\\nLcgisl.atiiie niid Iiis service (luriii tliat session was\\nmarked hy a ilispla} of good sense and :i regard\\nfor tlie needs of liis constituents. He was a mem-\\nber of tlie C oniinitt es on Kducalion and Airricul-\\ntural Colleges. His mind was (juick to grasp the\\nvarious iihases tliat important (luestions assumed\\nanil Ills op|)oiient- found in liim a keen, re.ady in-\\ntellect and a debater wliose points were made in a\\nclear, forcible style, gi\\\\ ing lne deference to the\\nhonest opinions of others.\\nMr. Kirliy is not an unyielding jiartisan, hut a\\nman who recognizes merit wherever it is shown\\nand holds the position that it is better to yield a\\npoint when the principal features of his measure\\ncan thus be carried, rather than to lose it all by an\\nobstinate and unreasonable persistency. He holds\\nthe confidence and respect of the people of his party\\nan l no citizen of the county is held in higher\\nestimation by all. He has been active in the suj)-\\nport of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Pavilion\\nand in no work tending to advance his neighbor-\\nlK)od hits he stood back.\\nI\\n/I II I I\\nFU.VNKLIN UOWEN. This gentleman,\\nwho was born in Oneida County, X. Y..\\nISIay 2. 1810, is engaged in farming and\\nstock-raising on section 1, Lawrence Town-\\nship, Van Buren County. He is the son of Henry\\nand Lydia (Snow) Rowen, both of whom were na-\\ntives of New York. The father died in I tica,\\nthat State, when our subject was but two veal s\\nof age. The parental family included thiee chil-\\ndren, of whom H. Franklin was the youngest. The\\neldest son, .lared \\\\V., died in New York, when\\nforty-eight years of age, leaving a family (leorge\\nW., the third child, is also deceased, pa.ssing away\\nin Oswego County-, X. Y.; he too was married.\\nAfter the death of her lirst husband, our subject s\\nmother was again married, this lime to K. 15. Harris.\\nn. Franklin made his home with her until reaching\\nhis fifteenth year, when he started out to make\\nhis own way in the world by learning the carpen-\\nter s trade. He soon abandoned that occupation,\\nhowever, and engaged to work on the Erie Canal.\\niK irinniuir a.s driver and en ling as a Captain.\\nAugust 27, 1843, our subject and Miss Xancy L.\\nHicks, ofOnond.aga County, X. Y., were united\\nin marriage. Mrs. Bowen was Ihitu in the above-\\nnamed county, .Inly 7, 18 2;1, and was the daughter\\nof Harney- and .lane (l)ycknian) Hicks. Her father\\nwas a sailor, but it is not known in what State he\\nwas born; the mother was a native of New York.\\nThe maternal uncle of Mrs. Itowen, Evert 15. Dyck-\\nnian, liuilt the Dyckmun House in I aw I aw. .\\\\fter\\nhis marriage, our subject followed the canal for a\\ntwelvemonth, and in the sining of 181. came to\\nMichigan and purchased eighty acres of land on\\nsection 25, Arlington Township. There they re-\\nmained for about two years, at the end of which\\ntime they moved to I ine (irove Township, Van\\n15uren County, where Mr. IJowen w.as engaged in\\nlumliering for .ludge Dyckman, and was the sec-\\nond voter in that township.\\nII. Eianklin Bowen remaineil in I ine Orove\\nTownship for five years, having in the meantime\\ndisposed of his farm in Arlington Township. He\\nthen purchased eighty acres of wild land three\\nmiles east of Paw I aw, now known as the Waitc\\nfarm. He cleared and im[ roved sixty-five acres\\nof that tract, erecting a house and barn on the\\nplace, and made it his home for a lout six\\nyears. He then sold out his interests and, return-\\ning to New York, located at Syracuse, expecting\\nto make that liis permanent home. One ^-ear w:us\\nenough of the East, however, and again making\\nMichigan his al)iding place, Mr. Bowen purchased\\nfort} acres of land in Antwerj) Township, upon\\nwhich he remained a twelvemonth.\\nIn 1860, our sul)ject went to Lawton and opened\\nup a grocery and meat market, in which he en-\\ngaged one year. He then returned to the farm,\\nwhich lie carried on for a like period, and in \\\\i i\\nmoved to South Haven, where he wa.s engaged in\\nthe livery business. For three years he ran a stage\\nfrom Lawrence to South Haven, carrying the mads.\\nThen dis|)osiiigof his livery liarii, he launched out\\nin the grocery business, operating a store for one\\nand one-half years and later trading it for an hotel\\nin South Haven. He operated as mine host for\\ntwo years and a half and then traded the hotel\\nfor his present farm of one hundred and thirty-five\\n.acres, which is his present home and on to which", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0865.jp2"}, "866": {"fulltext": "874\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhe moveri in 1872. He remained Uiere for tlie fol-\\nlowins: ten j ears, when lie sold his property and\\nbought sixty acres in Paw Paw Township, upon\\nwhicli he lived for a like period and then tr.aded\\nit for iiis present farm.\\nThree children have been granted Mr. and Mrs.\\nBowen: Mertice E., who was born in Onondaga\\nCounty, N. Y., October 26, 1844, married Allen\\nIlarwick, a farmer of Antwerp Township, Van\\nBuren County and h.as three cliildren. George W.\\nwas t)orn in Arlington Township, Van Buren\\nCounty, .Tune 2.5, 1846, is married, lias one child\\nand carries on a farm near St. Cloud, Minn.\\nChauncy L., the thiid child, w.as born October\\n22, 18G2; he married Carrie II., daughter of p]ras-\\ntus and .Jennie (Pierson) Cash, whose sketch ap-\\npears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Chauncy L.\\nBowen w.as born in P.aw Paw, Maj- 24, 1865, and\\nhas borne her husband two children Harry ,who was\\nborn in Paw Paw, November 18, 1886, and Bessie\\nM., also born in Paw Paw, December 27, 1887.\\nMr. Bowen in early life was a Whig and cast\\nbis first Presidential vote for Gen. Harrison. He\\nlater, however, became a Douglas Democrat, and\\nstill later a Greenbacker and is now a Prohibition-\\nist. In Arlington Tow nship, he served .as Highway\\nCommissioner, and. while in Pine Grove Town-\\nship was elected Justice of the Peace, being one of\\nthe first two elected at Lawton. He h.as been Con-\\nstable and Marshal of South Haven and with his\\nwife has been a member of the Free-will Baptist\\nChurch since 1876. in which body he is a Deacon.\\nHe is a Mason and holds membership at Lawrence.\\nAM M. BERRY, a retired real estate\\ndealer of Kalamazoo, and one of the well\\nand favorably known citizens of the com-\\nmunity, claims New Jersey as the State of\\nhis nativity. He was born March 12, 1820, in\\nMorris County, and is a son of Martin S. Berr}\\nwho was born in New Jersey in 1788. He followed\\nfarming throughout his life and died in 1826. The\\npaternal grandfather, Samuel Berry, was of Hol-\\nland descent, .about five generations remote, and the\\nfamily for long years had resided upon one farm.\\nTlie mother of our subject, whose maiden name w.as\\nSophia Terhune, was born June II, 1788, in New\\nJersey and her father, Albert Terhune, was also of\\nHolland lineage. After the death of her husband,\\nshe removed with her family to New York in 1837,\\nlocating in Orleans County upon a farm, where\\nher deatli occurred February 1, 1838. The faniil3\\nnumbered seven children, sis of whom, three sons\\nand three daughters, grew to mature years.\\nMr. Berry, whose name heads this record, was\\ntlie sixth in order of birth. His educational ad-\\nvantages were limited, being onlj those afforded by\\nthe common schools. His mother .and older brother\\ndied within six weeks of each other and the care\\nof the family then devolved upon him. He oper-\\nated the farm of two hundred and fifty acres, con-\\ntinuing its cultivation until 1850, when he removed\\nto the village of Lindenwell, about two and a half\\nmiles from the farm. He there made his home un-\\ntil 1857, when he determined to try his fortune in\\nthe West, and the young but rapidly growing city\\nof Chicago was chosen as a favorable location.\\nThere he resided for five years, devoting his time\\nand energies to the real-estate business and money\\nloaning. We next find him a resident of Joliet,\\n111., where he continued to reside until the spring\\nof 1865, when he made a visit to the old home in\\nthe liast. It was a ple.asant trip, spent in visiting\\nthe scenes of his childhood and renewing acquaint-\\nance with many old friends.\\nIn 1859, Mr. Berry was united in marri.age to\\nMiss Sarah McKcnnan, a native of the Empire\\nState, born in Richfield Springs, and a d.aughter of\\nEzekiel IMcKennan. Unto them have been born\\nsix children, three sons .and three daughters, of\\nwhom Charles A. and Arthur H. are the only sur-\\nvivors, the latter being yet a student. Tlie fainil}-\\nattend the Presbyterian Church, of which the\\nmother and her son Arthur are members. Mr.\\nBeri althougli not a member, is a liberal con-\\ntributor to the church and to all other interests\\ncalculated to benefit or upbuild the communitj\\nThe son Charles, who was born in 1860, died in\\n1885, when a J oung in.an of twenty-four years.\\nAt the time of his de.ath he w.as in the employ of\\nBurnham Root, of Chicago.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0866.jp2"}, "867": {"fulltext": "rOliTK^UT AMD lilUGliAl lIlCAL liECORD.\\nK75\\nMr. llorry ri tiiriied U) tlie Wi st. in tlie spring of\\n18()(!, and tliis time cliusc Kalamazoo as tlie scene\\nof his fulnie laliors. For some time lie was en-\\ngaged in loaning money and the real-estate bnsi-\\nness hut is now living a retired life, having hy his\\nInlior in former years acquired a eoiiipetency which\\nnow enaliles him to lay aside all husiness cares. In\\n187(1, he built his fine residenee at No. tlC South\\nA\\\\ est Street, lie also owns a three-story brick\\nblock which he erected in 1880, together with a\\ngood farm of forty acres well iiniiroved. His suc-\\ncess in business is due to his own enterprise, In-\\ndustry and good inanagemeut and is therefore well\\ndeserved.\\ny^^-\\njr-yfliX SK C. MYERS, M. I)., of Kalamazoo, is\\none of the native-born citizens of this\\n/*j State, who have contributed their enter-\\nprise and business sagacity as wi ll as professional\\nskill to improve the moral, educational and religi-\\nous status of mankind and to alleviate the ills to\\nwhich liuiiiaiiity is heir, llis ollicc is conveniently\\nlocated in the Chase lilock and consists of a (deas-\\nant suite of rooms, well e(pii[ i)ed with the various\\napi liances of the healing art.\\nThe father of our subject was Kev. W. H. H.\\nMyers, a i)ioneer minister of an lUiren County,\\nwho settled in Blooniingdale Township as a inis-\\nsionarv and preached in the lirst church erected in\\nI aw I aw. Ills death occurred soon after the close\\nof the Civil War; his widow, whose maiden name\\nwas liet^ey Ilerron, still lives in Gobleville, and at\\nan advanced ago retains full possession of her men-\\ntal faculties.\\nIll I lbioniingdalc Township, aii Buren County,\\nour sulijeet was born April 2! 18. He is the\\nsixth of eight children, seven of whom survive\\nall sons the most of them residing in (Jobleville.\\nOn the homestead of his father, Frank C. was\\nreared to manhood, meanwhile attending the High\\nSchool ill Gobleville and assisting in the farm work\\nduring the sninmcrsea.son. Having resolved upon\\nundertaking a professional career, lie road medi-\\ncine with Dr. K. Iiulsoii. of Hiblfville, ami in\\n187 ciitcrc(l the medical department of the Stale\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor, graduating with the\\nClass of 83. Since that time he has taken a cleri-\\ncal course at the Chicago I olj technic by his\\nown efforts m other words, he worked his way\\nthrough, [)ayiiig all the expenses of his education\\nhimself, with the cxce|)tioii of 250 received as his\\nshare of the estate.\\nResides the regular studies of the course, the\\noimg Doctor devoted special atleiition to elec-\\ntricity and upon receiving his diploma, located, in\\n1883, near Ludington, a little town on the Flint\\nand Terc Marquette Hailroud, going thence to\\nOshteino and later to (iraiid Rapids. He returned\\nfrom that city to )shteiiio, where he remained six\\nyears, or until the fall of 1888, when he located in\\nKalamazoo. He has established an extensive and\\nlucrative practice, the demands of which are con-\\nstantly increasing, and in addition he retains many\\nof his former patients in Oshtemo.\\nApril 20, 1887, the Doctor was married in Osh-\\ntemo to Miss F^mma, daughter of W. C. and Mary\\n(Kempsey) Wilde, of Oshtemo, and they are the\\n[Kirents of two children: licssie and Ixlieta. Mrs.\\nMyers is a lady of superior education aiicl for\\nabout four years followed the profession of a\\nteacher in the [uiblic schools. She is also a musician\\nof great skill and iiii usual ability, and lia,s taught\\nmusic. Religiously, the membciship of the family-\\nis in the Baptist Church, liolh the Doctorand his\\nwifeliave taken the Chautaiuiua literary and scien-\\ntific course, in which they are graduates. Politi-\\ncally, he is a Kepublican, and interested in all\\npublic measures for the welfare of the citizens of\\nKalain.azoo.\\nDWIN W. DiAOi:. Ill all the cities, we\\nfind citizens whose business precepts teach\\na conservatism which is too often a clog to\\nprogress, and, on the other hand, we meet with gen\\ntlemen whose energies and abilities are directed not\\nonly to the accuninlatioii of individual wealth, but\\nalso to the development of the city s resources, the\\nwelfare of its citizens aii l the furtlu iancc of its\\ninterests. Among the latter class in the city of", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0867.jp2"}, "868": {"fulltext": "876\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nKalamazoo, prominent mention belongs to Mr.\\nDeYoe, who has for many years been successfully\\nens^aged in the real-estate, loan, insurance, claims\\nand collection business.\\nBorn at Waterloo, Seneca County, N. Y., Feb-\\nruary 2, 1835, oui subject is the son of William\\nand Hetta (Clute) DeYoe. His father was born\\nin Balston, Saratoga Count}-, N. Y., in 1796, of\\nHuguenot ancestry, and his mother was born in\\nWaterford, Saratoga County, the same State, in\\n1799, being a descendant of good old Knicker-\\nbocker ancestors. Grandfather (iradus Clute, in\\ncompany witii Stephen Van Rensselaer, organized\\nand conducted successfully the first bank in Albany,\\nand was also an extensive landowner.\\nThe paternal grandfather of our subject, Israel\\nDeYoe, resided for many 3 cars in Ulster County,\\nN. Y., and was prominently connected with the\\nDutch Reformed Church. His wife, Ruth Hall,\\nwas born in Providence, R. I., and came of Pur-\\nitan stock. It will thus be seen that the blood of\\nworthy and patriotic ancestors flows in the veins\\nof Edwin W. DeYoe, whose life has lieen such .as\\nto reflect and add lustre on the honored name he\\nbears and who inherits from his forefathers cjual-\\nities of thrift, perseverance and integrity.\\nAfter attending the common schools of his\\nnative town, our subject entered Waterloo Aca-\\ndemy, where his education was still further ad-\\nvanced. Upon starting out to earn his own living\\nin 1849, he became salesman in a wholesale and re-\\ntail confectionery est.ablisinnent, but in the follow-\\ning year he re-entered the academy, where he pur-\\nsued his preparatory course for Hobert College,\\nand two years later became a student in the Gen-\\neva Grammar School. In the spring of 1863, he\\nfollowed the Star of Empire as far West as Kal-\\namazoo, arriving here June 1, and on the same\\nday entered tiie United States service as Deputy-\\nPostmaster under his lirother, AVilliam II., the\\nPostmaster.\\nI pon his retirement from the ottice, April 1,\\n1861, Mr. DeY oe established himself in business\\nas a general real-estate, claims, collecting and in-\\nsurance agent, in which he has become widely and\\nhonor.ably known. While giving to his business\\nhis close attention, he nevertheless takes consid-\\nerable interest in public affairs and is a stanch ad-\\nherent of the principles of the Democrat party.\\nHis fellow-citizens have called him to man offices\\nand he has invariably served with efficiency and to\\nthe satisfaction of all.\\nIn 1861 and 1869, Mr. DeYoe was Township\\nClerk; in 1870, Village Clerk; in 1878, Trustee\\nand Chairman of Committees on Finance and\\nClaims; in 1883, President of the village; in 1885,\\nINIayor of the city. This was a town of Repub-\\nlican politics by a large majority, and he wiis the\\nfavorite nominee of his party-the Democratic-\\nand though often beaten, defeat never diminished\\nhis popularity or hurt his feelings. He w.as de-\\nfeated for the Legislature, both for Representative\\nand Senator, although he made a close run each\\ntime, fighting the political battle of the campaign\\nagainst superhuman effort and odds, including\\nbarrels of money. Ed, as he is familiarly\\ncalled by his friends, is in constant demand in\\nsocial circles and has joined all the secret orders\\nexcept the Ku-klux and Sons of Malta.\\nThe marriage of Mr. DeYoe to Miss Harriet P.\\nFreeman occurred at Grace Episcopal Church,\\nSandusky City, Ohio, .J.anuary 9, 1862. Mrs.\\nDeYoe is the daughter of the late Kev. Dr. L. U,\\nP reeman, former rector of St. Luke sand St. John s\\nChurches, Kalamazoo. Two children have been\\nborn of this union, a daughter, Lillian G., and a\\nson, William M., the latter being a partner in bus-\\niness with his father. Mr. DeYoe is a thorough\\nbeliever in the doctrine of the Apostolic Succession,\\nis an active member of St. Luke s Episcopal Church,\\nand was for about twenty years a Warden and\\nVestrym.an of the old St. John s Church, of Kal-\\namazoo.\\nONATHAN ELIJAH GOBLE, who is en-\\ngaged in general farming and stock-raising\\non section 34, Decatur Township, is a rep-\\nresentative of one of the honored pioneer\\nf.amilies of Van Buren County. In fact, his grand-\\nfather, Elijah Goble, was the first wiiite m.an.asfar\\nas is known, to set foot on Van Buren Conntj-\\nsoil. He w.as born eight miles north of the city of", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0868.jp2"}, "869": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n877\\nCincinnati, in tlic year 1805, and wa-s of Holland\\nlinea;::* his parents, natives of Holland, havini\\neiniiiiated to this eoiuitrv in the last centni V, locat-\\niiii; in ]\\\\lciiristown, N. .1., from whence they rc-\\nniuved to Ohio, in 1801. With their family, they\\nremoved to I relile Connty, that Stale, in 1818, and\\ntwo years later lieeanic residents of Franklin\\nCounty. Ind., wlieie Elijah (Johle remained until\\nIlls emitrratiun to the Territory of Mieliiyan in\\n1828. Aeeompanied hy .lonathan (iolilc, he made\\na lour of inspeetion over the Slate. In the spring\\nof I82 .t, he retuiiied and made a location on Lit-\\ntle I rairic Kondc. The entire county was then\\nan iinliroken wilderness, hut the same year several\\noilier families moved to Ihis locality, and our pio-\\nneer was not long left alone. In September, 1831,\\nhe married Kliza Tittle, who died several years ago.\\nMr. (Jolile ke|)t a hotel at Charleston for twenty\\nyears and did a good business, for Charleston was\\na slAi e station during half of that period. He is\\nstill living, his home being in Lawrence Township,\\nand many thrilling and interesting incidents can\\nhe relate of tiie pioneer days of an lUiren County,\\nwlien the Indians were far more numerous than\\nthe wliite settlers, and wild animals made it often\\nunsafe to venture forth.\\nIs. iac (iobic, father of our subject. an l a son of\\nthis honored pioneer, was born in Charleston,\\nCass County, Midi., and amid the wild scenes of\\nfrontier life was reared to manhood. When a\\nyoung man, he eng.aged in teaching penmanship,\\nbut made farming his principal occupation through\\nlife. He married his cousin, KlizalK th A. (ioble,\\nwho still survives him, and is residing in Decatur.\\nHis death occurred in 1861.\\nOur subject was the only child born unto this\\nworthy couple, lie Mist opened his eyes to the\\nlight of day on his father s farm, December 11,\\n18. )li, anil in the usual manner of farmer lads, the\\nilays of his boyhood and youth were p.as.sed. He\\nbegan iiis education in the common district school,\\niind ipleted it by his graduation from Shaws\\nSchool, ill Decatur Township. Until twenty-eight\\nyears of age. he aided in the t)peration of his fath-\\ner s farm and engaged in running a threshing\\nniachiiii Ill now owns a fine farm of eighty\\nai ies. all which is under a hiirh stale of cultiva-\\ntion and highly improved, the well-tilled fields\\ngiving evidence of the supervision of a careful\\nmanager who tliorouglil\\\\ understands his busines\\nin .all its details.\\nOn Christmas Day of l.s.Sh, .Mr. (ioblelcd to the\\nmarriage alt;ir INliss (iladys Ziinmcrman, daughter\\nof .lohii Zimmerman, and a native of Cass County,\\nJNIich. She was born in 18G7, and after a short\\nwedded life of about llirce months, died on the\\n25th of March, 1889. Her remains were laid to\\nrest in the cemetery at Charleston. Mr. (ioble is a\\nwide-awake and industrious 3 ouiig farmer of good\\nbusiness ability, and is making his life a successful\\none. He has traveled considerably, especially in\\nthe West. This li.as had its part in making him the\\ninteresting companion and .agreeable conversation-\\nalist that he is known to be.\\n34.4. .3.4. 4.4.4. f^p\\nlEORGK RKESK. A life well spent and dii-\\ntics well performed deserve a serene and\\n^^1 happy recess in the afternoon of life, |)re-\\nparalory to the greater activity to begin in the\\nother dawning. Our subject has retired from the\\nactive labor of life, having for years lieen a suc-\\ncessful business man in K.alamazoo. He has a\\nbeautiful home at Ncf. 1:50 E. South Street, where\\nhe is enjoying to the full the results of his early\\neconomy and industry.\\nThe original of this sketch was Itiu n in western\\nOneida County, N. Y., October 2.3, 1811, and is\\nthe son of John and Nancy (Wagner) Hce.se, na-\\ntives of Montgomery County. N. V. I lio nialcr-\\niial graiidfalher of our subject was a native of\\n(Icrmany, as was also his paternal grandfather.\\nGeorge Reese remained in his native county until\\nreaching Ins twentieth year, when he went to On-\\nond.aga County, and near Syracuse was employed\\non a farm for about three years.\\nWhen twenty-three yeai-s of age, our subject and\\nMiss Eve IJort were united in marriage. Mrs.\\nReese was a native of Montgomery County, and\\nafter marri.agc resided with her husband on a farm\\nin Onondaga County which was her property.\\nTliev continued to make that their .abidiii^ -placc\\nuntil 1851. when they came wc-i K;il:iiii:i/o.i.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0869.jp2"}, "870": {"fulltext": "878\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwhere Mr. Reese engaged in the livery business.\\nAfter being thus engaged for three years, he sold\\nout and opened up a restaurant which he con-\\nducted for two years. lie later engaged to work\\nin a livery stable by the month, and was so em-\\nployed two years, when he rented the barn and es-\\ntablished a feed business. He suffered the loss\\nof his barn Ijy fire two years later, losing all his\\nearthly possessions.\\nMr. Reese entered into partnership with Albert\\nBoardmau in the hack and bus business. Tiiey op-\\nerated together for fifteen or sixteen years. At the\\nend of that time, our subject purchased the interest\\nof his partner and continued alone until INIarch,\\n1890, when he sold the -line in which he had in-\\nvested 16,500. Since then he has erected the\\nReese Terr.ace on Pitcher Street. It includes four de-\\npartments, and cost 15,000. His residence is loca-\\nted at the corner of Pitcher and South Streets and\\nis furnished throughout in a comfortable manner.\\nMrs. Reese died January 14, 1888. Their family\\nconsisted of Margaret, who married Albert Board-\\nman and is now deceased; Nancy C. is living at home\\nwith her father. In politics, our subject is a Dem-\\nocrat, and has held the position of Alderman. He\\nwas one of a family of seven children, two broth-\\ners and two sisters of whom are living, but Mr.\\nReese is the only one who niakes his home in Kal-\\namazoo. Adam Reese, his brother, accompanied\\nhim on his removal to this place, but died a few\\nyears later. Mr. Reese is a well-preserved old\\ngentleman and takes life easy, having a good\\nincome.\\njl? EANDP:R SIMMONS, a farmer and stock-\\nI (j^ raiser, residing on section 3, Pine Grove\\nj|LA\\\\ Township, Van Buren County, is a son of\\nIsaac and Mary (Beeman) Simmons, natives of\\nNew Jersey and Canada, respectively. The father\\nremoved to Canada when a young man, and was\\nthere married. In the fall of 1842, he came to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Gun Plains Township, and, af-\\nter remaining there a short time, removed to Cooper\\nTownship, Kalamazoo County, and settled on one\\nhundred and sixty-six acres of partly improved\\nland. The father met his death in a tornado, April\\n6, 1882, aged sixty-eight years. The good mother,\\nat the age of seventy-seven years, still lives on the\\nhomestead, which is one of the finest farms in the\\ncounty. Of her three children, two are now living.\\nShe is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nin which her husband had served as Steward and\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Class-leader.\\nOur subject is tlic flrst-born of the family, hav-\\ning had his birth January 29, 1840, in Canada, com-\\ning to Michigan when an infant. He received a\\ngood district-school education, and remained at\\nhome until reaching his majoritj He has alwa^-s\\ncarried on farming, and in April 27, 1863, came to\\nthis county and located on his present farm. It\\nwas then a dense forest, and no roads opened to\\nhis place. He elected a little board shanty, and\\nwas a bachelor for several years. For six long\\nweeks he never saw a human being. The woods\\nwere infested with wild animals of all kind, and\\nIndians were plentiful.\\nOctober 27, 1866, is the date on which Leander\\nSimmons took as his life companion Miss Margaret\\nHazen, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Gilbert)\\nH.azen, natives of New Jersey and Canada, respec-\\ntively. The parents were married in the latter\\nplace, and lived there the remainder of their days,\\nshe dying in 1854, and he in 1857. They were the\\nparents of ten children, six now living. Mrs. Sim-\\nmons was born January 28, 1844, in Canada, and\\nreceived a district-school education there.\\nMr. Simmons has three hundred and eight acres\\nin this township, and sixty-four in Cooper Town-\\nship, Kalamazoo County. He has cleared one hun-\\ndred and sixty, stumped, stoned and fenced it, and\\nerected his handsome residence in 1887, at a cost\\nof $3,200. The place is also adorned with sub\\nstantial and neat outbuildings. He carries on\\nmixed farming, and has interested himself in the\\nraising of Spanish Merino sheep. He has some tine\\nspecimens now among his one hundred and seventj\\nfive head, and bears a good reputation for fine sheep.\\nIn horses he has some flne roadsters of the Wilkes\\nand Noble families. The cattle arc of the Red-\\nlioUed and Devonshire breeds.\\nOur subject and his estimable wife have had", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0870.jp2"}, "871": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0871.jp2"}, "872": {"fulltext": "K", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0872.jp2"}, "873": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAnUCAL RECORD.\\n881\\nhorn to tlioni four eliildrcn: Elgy, Arlliiir, Elmer\\n!iii(] JIary. The two okJcst ones arc .sludents at\\nI ai-sons Business Collenfc at Kalamazoo. Tlie otli-\\ners are atteiidiiiij tlie district scliool liorc. !\\\\Ir.\\nSimmons lias been a member of the School IJoard\\nnearly all the time he has lived here, and in poli-\\ntics is a stanch Republican. lie has served as High-\\nway C onimis.sioiK r and Townshij) School Ins[)ector.\\nlie has been a candidate for Supervisor repeatedly,\\nbut as there was a Democratic majority in the\\ntownship, he was never elected. The grandfather\\nof Mrs. Simmons, Col. Isaac Gilbert, of the British\\narmy, who was stationed in Norfolk County,\\nCanada, was connected with military affairs\\nfor over forty j ears, and was one of the finest drill\\nmasters in the British army. He served in the\\nWar of 1812, and died at the age of sixty-two ^ears,\\nleaving a widow and five children. The pater-\\nnal grandfather, Beemcr Simmons, died at Lundy s\\nLane in the War of 1812. Our subject s father\\nwalked one day from 7 a. m. to i) i: m., a distance\\nof seventy-live miles, by the (Queen s survey. Next\\nday he was feeling .as well as ever. He w.as a very\\npowerful man physicall} The maternal great-\\ngrandfather was William Gilbert, his wife being\\nMary (Rowland) (Gilbert, both natives of England,\\nwho emigr.ated to Nova Scotia, then Lower Canada,\\nand their remains lie buried there. The grand-\\nmother s people were from (iermany.\\nlin) A. OLNEY. For\\nthe following\\ngenealogy of the Olney family we arc in-\\ndebted to James II. Olney, of Providence,\\nI\\\\. I. From what li.as been gathered across\\nthe se.is, it appears that the name h.as a Saxon ori-\\ngin. It was in existence very early in the ninth\\ncentury, and was probably derived from the local\\nsurroundings of the place where the family lived.\\nBy others it is claimed that tlie first bearing the\\nname was Rogerus, or Richard, DeOlne} who came\\nfrom Normandy with William the Conipieror, in\\nUKKi. and after the conquest of England, with a\\nnumber of otlicrs, became permanent occupants of\\nthe soil. The name appears in the Doomsday Book,\\nwhich describes the aiiiiorlionuienl of land to the\\nfollowers of the Conqueror. To some future anti-\\nquarian is left the labor of deciding to a certainty\\nthe true origin, the family meanwhile being content\\nto be descended from the sturdy stock of old\\nEngland, whether it be Saxon, Norman, or both.\\nThe flret representative of the family in America\\nwas Thom.as Olney, who was born in Hertford,\\nHertfordshire, England, a city that formed [lart of\\nthe parish of St. Albans, the seat of one of the\\nmost ancient mon.asteries and long celebrated in\\nP^nglish history as the center of spiritual influence.\\nOf his earl^ life nothing is known. He received\\na iiermit to emigrate to New England, April 2,\\nl()3r and came to Salem, jM.ass., in the ship\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Planter. He was appointed a surveyor in Janu-\\nary, 1636, and granted forty acres of land at Jef-\\nferey Creek, now known as Manchester, near Salem.\\nDuring the same year, he was m,-ide a freeman and\\nearly .associated with those who .accepted the pecu-\\nliar views of Roger Williams. With a number of\\nothers, he was excluded from the colony March 12,\\n1G38.\\nHowever, prior to that event, Mr. Olney, with\\nothers, visited Narr.agansett Bay, seeking some\\nplace where they might live outside the jurisdic-\\ntion of the Massachusetts Colony and had decided\\nupon the west side of the Seekonk river. Accord-\\ningly with eleven others, a new settlement was\\nformed at the head of the bay, which they named\\nProvidence, in remembrance of their deliverance\\nfrom their enemies. They thus became the thirteen\\noriginal proprietors of Providence, having pur-\\nch.ascd their rights from the- Indians in July, 1639.\\nHis prominence in the colony is shown by the\\nvarious duties he was called upon to perform. In\\n1638, he was chosen the first Treasurer; in 1647, was\\nmade Commissioner to form a town government;\\nthe following year w.as appointed A.ssistant for\\nProvidence and held that office almost continuously\\nuntil 1663. In IG.i.i, with Roger Williams and\\nTlioma-s Harris, he was chosen Judge of the Jus-\\ntice s Court, and in the ensuing year was appointed\\nto treat with Mass.achusett-s Bay about the Paw-\\ntiixel lands. In 1663, his name appears among the\\ngrantees of the Hoyal Charter of Charles II, and\\nin the same year he was chosen Assistant under tlie\\nnew charter.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0873.jp2"}, "874": {"fulltext": "882\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe next in order was Epenetns, who was born\\nin England in 1G34, and was, probably less than\\none year old when brouglit to this country, lie\\nmarried Mary, daughter of John Wiili)i)lc, March\\n1), 1666, and died June 3, 1698. Though not so\\nprumiucnt in public matters as his older brother,\\nyet we find him an active member of tlie little\\ncolony, taking an active part in the administration\\nof its affairs, and serving as a member of the Col-\\nonial Assembly and of the Town Council.\\nJohn, the next in line of descent, was bora in\\n1678, and married Rachel Coggeshall, August 11,\\n1699. His home was in Smilhfield, R.I., where he\\ndied November 9, 1754. Following John, was Ne-\\ndcbiah, born February 10, 1714. He married Nan-\\ncy or Marcy Davis, and moved to New York\\nState about 1760 or 1762. Of his children but little\\nhas been learned, although it appears there was a\\nlarge family.\\nThe next in order was Nedebiah, who was born\\nabout 1746, married Susan IJrown, and died in\\n1829. With his father, he went to New York State\\nas early as 1762 or 1763. With forty others, he\\nwas captured bj the Indians, carried to the border\\nof the Ohio River, and subjected to every torture\\nfrom their inhuman captors, such as running the\\ngauntlet, etc. From their sufferings all perished, ex-\\ncept young Olney and one other, and they were\\nadopted by the Chief s wife. After several years\\ncai)tivity, they made their escape and found their\\nway back through the wilderness to their homes.\\nWhile among the Indians, Nedebiah Olne^ acquired\\nwhat was then called the black art and in after\\nyears he occasionally gave specimens Cf the science,\\nto the great wonder and amusement of his friends.\\nThe lineage is traced next to Davis, who was\\nborn December 7, 1777, and married Olive Rowe,\\nDecember 31, 1806. His home was in New York\\nState, and he died October 14, 1868. Following\\nhim is the subject of this sketch, Burrill A., who\\nwas born February 18, 1812, married Elvira Ely,\\nAugust 2, 1827, and died August 26, 1888. He\\nresided iu Hartford, Mich., and vras extensively\\nengaged in the lumber trade, from which he ac-\\nquired an ample fortune. He was liorn in the\\nTownship of Rutland, Jefferson County, N. Y., and\\nmade his home with his parents during his youth.\\nBy working out and saving what he earned, at the\\nage of twent^ -four, he had bought and paid for\\nthree hundred and twenty acres of land on section\\n33, in the township of Hartford, this Stale, at the\\nGovernment price of ^1.25 [ler acre.\\nAt that time there was no township of Hartford,\\nthe territory of Keeler and Hartford not having\\nbeen divided and all being known as Keeler. Wlieii\\nthe division was made, the naming of the new town-\\nship was left to one Ferdino Olds, who called it\\nHartland, but that name was rejected on account\\nof another township of the same name in the\\nState. As a compromise, Mr. Olney gave tiie\\ntownship the present name of Hartford. He had\\ntrusted the locating of his land to others and did\\nnot know the nature of the property until he came\\nWest to investigate it. He arrived March 14, 1837,\\nin company with James vSpinnings and Thomas\\nConklin, but fortune seemed inclined his w.aj when\\nhe found his land in the midst of a dense wilder-\\nness, and it proved to be three hundred and twenty\\nacres of Southern i\\\\Iichigan s best soil.\\nWith the assistance of Mr. Spinnings, our sub-\\nject built a log shanty, chopped, cleared and\\nplanted with corn and potatoes six acres, by June\\n1. He returned to the Empire State in the month\\nof June and remained until his marriage iu August,\\nwhen he brought his bride to their future home,\\narriving in September. The first j^ear they lived\\nin a log shanty covered with a bark roof, doing\\nthe cooking witliout a stove and enduring all the\\nhardships of pioneer life. Their finances had\\nbeen depleted by their Westward journey, until\\nMr. Olney had only $1.25 and his wife about 17,\\nwhich, with a little credit, secured the first cow.\\nThe farming was done by hand labor until 1838,\\nwhen a pair of oxen was purchased.\\nDuring much of the first summer here, Mr. Olney,\\nwith Mr. Spinnings, worked out in Little Prairie\\nRonde, twenty miles distant, leaving Mrs. Olney\\nalone in the little cabin in the woods, and to her\\nbravery, economy and enterprise, much of tiieir\\nsuccess was due. At night wolves would howl\\nabout the house and during the day numerous\\nIndians, of the Pottawatomie trilte, would come to\\nthe windows and look in, but tliey were friendly\\nand were never known to commit any depreda-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0874.jp2"}, "875": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AMD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n883\\nlions. It required the efforts of men and women\\nof no small energy to go into such a country anil\\nliravc the i)rivations of pioneer life.\\nMr. and Mrs. Olney became the parents of five\\nehildri ii, namely: Davis, who resides at Luding-\\nton, Mich.; Luman I)., wiio died at the age of\\ntwenty years; Lodema O., wife of D. W. Gooden-\\nougli, of Ludington; Horace M., of whom mention\\nis made below; and Isidore, who died at the age\\nof three years. Mr. Olney lived on his farm until\\n1862, and at that time had accumulated a hand-\\nsome property. He was the first Township Clerk\\nof Hartford, served .as Supervisor, and Justice of\\nthe I e.aee for many j ears in succession. His coun-\\nsel was sought by his neighbors and his sound\\njudgincnt on all (picstions wa.s remarkable. Up to\\nlH{!2,his whole energy had lieen exerted in chang-\\ning his land from a wilderness into a productive\\nfarm. I n the spring of that j ear, he removed with\\nhis family to Watervliet, Mich., engaging there in\\nthe lumbering and milling business, in company\\nwith I. N. Swain and G. !M. Kisher, of Detroit,\\nunder the firm name of Swain, Olney Si Fisher.\\nTwo years thereafter, the firm was succeeded b3\\nSwain. Olney t^- Co., Mr. Fisher retiring and George\\nParsons and W. M. IJaldwin entering the new firm.\\nMr. Olney stdl superintended operations on his old\\nfarm, as well as several others which he had ac-\\n(piired, in addition to which he wa.s interested in\\nan extensive mercantile business and superintended\\nthe manufacture of lumber and flour. In later\\nyears, he wiis extensively engaged in the purch.asc\\nof grain, wool and live stock. He made Water-\\nvliet his home until 18H.5, when he removed to\\nChicag(j and there made a large purchase of real\\nestate. A short time prior to his decease, he again\\ntouk up his residence at the old farm and thence\\ncpiietly passed to the world beyond in 1888, his\\nwife liaving prccede l him five years.\\nIn the truest sense of the term, Mr. Olney wjts a\\nself-made man. lie possessed great physical energy\\nand business ability, had the faculty of making\\nfriends and a lasting impression u|)on those whom\\nhe met. As may be judged from the accfunpany-\\ning portrait, he was of a fine pci-soual appearance.\\nHe was scrupulously upright in his dealings, and\\none of his common savings was that he could tell\\nhis money from others as quick as he saw it. It\\nis told of him that while in San Francisco, Cal., one\\nmorning as he was taking a stroll along one of\\nthe princii)al streets, a tram|)came along and asked\\nhim for a quarter to get breakfast. Jlr. Olne^ re-\\nplied, Go right back on the other side of the\\nstreet and work there. I am working this side\\nmyself.\\nIn politics, 15. A. Olney was a Democrat, and he\\nhad great sympathy for the Indian and colored\\nman, one of his last politic:il utterances being,\\nThe Indians are nearly all gone; the colored man\\nwill be the next. This is the white man s country.\\nIn all legislation, he believed that the interests of\\nthe masses, and not the few, should be protected,\\nand he often said that the rich man is getting too\\nrich and the poor man too poor. As to foreign\\nemigration, he expressed it as his opinion that\\nthis country has been a free country too long\\nalready.\\nMr. and Mrs. Olney s last resting place with that\\nof their two children is in Keeler Cemetery, where a\\ngranite monument of elegant design marks their\\nlast resting place. The names of Hurrill and Klvira\\nOlney will be as lasting in the memory of the in-\\nhabitants of Southwestern Michigan as the monu-\\nment that marks their graves.\\nHorace M. Olney, the son of our subject, resides\\nin the village of Hartford, where he has been en-\\ngaged in various business enterprises for the last\\ntwenty-four years. In company with his brother-\\nin-law, D. AV. Goodenough, in 18(18, he entered the\\nmercantile business, and continued in that partner-\\nship for two years. Then, in connection with G.\\nW. .Smiley, he built si.x miles of the Chicago it\\nWest Michigan Railroad, between Bangor and\\nHartford. In 1871, he embarked in the drug busi-\\nness at Hartford and after lieing thus occupied for\\nseven years, took up his present line of business,\\nunder the firm name of Olds, Olney it Co., with\\nheadquartei-s at Hartford, engaging in buying and\\nshipping grain, seeds and wool. He also carried\\non a large business at Bangor, Watervliet and Paw\\nPaw. Mr. Olds retired from the firm in 1884,\\nafter which the business w.as conducted under the\\nfirm name of B. A. Olney it Son, the father lieing\\na silent partner for two yeare.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0875.jp2"}, "876": {"fulltext": "884\\nPOUTEAIT AXD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\nIn 1889, Mr. Olney associated with him Edward\\nEinley, under the present title of II. M. Oluey ife\\nCo. He has worlied up a (ine trade in Hartford,\\nand liis integrity is shown by the fact that he has\\nshipped more tiian sixty thousand busliels of wl:eat\\non orders simply for the wheat, leaving f.ie price\\nto be fixed by him, and the first complaint has yet\\nto be made of an overcharge. He lias filled vil-\\nlage, township and county offices with ability and\\ncredit. While Superintendent of the Poor of Van\\nBurcn County, he originated the first set of blanks\\never used b} the Board, which greatly simiilifled\\nthe business, and have since been ado[)ted through-\\nout tire State. Politically, he is a Democrat.\\nJanuary 3, 1867, Mr. Olney was married to Miss\\nChloe A. Landon, of Hartford, the daughter of\\nDaniel and Polly (Curtis) Landon, formerly of\\nNiagara, N. Y. Mrs. Olney is a refined, cultured\\nlady and by her many graces and kindness of heart\\nhas endeared herself to her large circle of friends.\\nShe especially delights in deeds of charity to the\\nneedy and many a heart has been ligiiteiied by her\\ntimely aid and counsel.\\n-2?5i\u00c2\u00a35ra$;.g-^\\n^^ii-^-i^i\\nS^i\u00c2\u00a320_\\nsy ^so\\nLVIN P. HOLMES, a resident farmer of\\nI^/lJII section 36, Almena Township, Van Buren\\nli County, is the sou of Rezin and iMerinda\\n(Taj lor) Holmes, natives of Pennsylvania\\nand Connecticut, respectively. The grandfather,\\nWilliam, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War,\\nand the grandfather on the mother s side was a\\nnative of Scotland and also a Revolutionary hero.\\nHe was in the British arm^-, l)ut desei-ted and\\njoined the American lines. The i)arents of our\\nsubject were married in Ohio, where they resided\\nuntil coming to Michigan in 1830, locating in\\nKalamazoo County. In 1836, they came to Van\\nBuren County and located on section 1, Antwerp\\nTownship, which was little less than a howling wil-\\nderness, with plenty of Indians, wolves, deer, bears\\nand i)antliers. Pie settled upon one hundred and\\nsevent3--five acres of Government land and our\\nsubject now lias the original deed, signed l\\\\y Presi-\\ndent Van Buren. He erected a siianty of boards,\\nin which he lived for a short time, and then erected\\na frame house which was the first in the township.\\nThere is one of the most lieautiful springs on this\\nfarm that can be found in Michigan, it giving\\nforth mineral water. The father resided on that\\nfarm for thirty years and died in August, 1868,\\nhis good wife passing away in 1857. They were\\nthe worthy parents of six children, two only now\\nliving. Two of their sons grew to maturity and\\nboth served in the Civil War. The father and\\nmother were members of the Methodist Episcoi)al\\nChurch, the father being Steward and Class-leader.\\nI n his politics he was first a Whig, and later a stanch\\nRepublican. He served his fellow-citizens as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace sixteen years and was also lligii-\\nway Commissioner and was a very prominent man\\nhere. He was a member of the first jury that con-\\nvened in Kalamazoo County.\\nOur subject was born August 2, 1828, in Fair-\\nfield County, Ohio, and was an infant when\\nbrought to Michigan. He grew to manhood on\\nthe old homestead among the Indian children.\\nHis education was obtained in the little white\\nschoolhouse in this district. When seventeen\\nyears of age, he began an apprenticeship to a wag-\\non-maker and followed that business until the\\nbreaking out of the Civil War.\\nAlvin Holmes enlisted, October 5, 1861, in Com-\\npany II, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry and was a\\nSergeant in ills company. He took part in the\\nfollowing named battles: Shiloh, Farmington.\\nOwl Creek, Corinth, Mumfordsville, Perryville,\\nDanville, Gallatin, Stewart s Creek, Stone River,\\nEagleville, Pelham, Lookout Valley, Mission\\nRidge, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Lookout Moun-\\ntain, Florence, Savannah, Catawba River, Averys-\\nboro and Benton ville. He took part in Sherman s\\nMarch to the sea. At Bentonville he was wounded\\nin the left knee by a rifle ball and was in the hos-\\npital at New Berne, and gangrene setting in, lie was\\nsent to Detroit and honorably discharged from tiie\\nHarper Hospital July 2!J, 1865, after a service of\\nthree years and nine months, during which he was\\ncontinually on duty with his regiment.\\nMr. Holmes, after his discharge, returned to liis\\nhome in Van Buren County, and on April 19,\\n1866, was married to Miss Cordelia E. Earl, a\\ndaughter of Jesse and Mary (Clapp) Earl, both", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0876.jp2"}, "877": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGRAPmCAL RECORD.\\n885\\niiiitives of New York, wliocnme to iMicIiiifan before\\ntheir murrmge in 1832, and with tiieir parents set-\\ntled in Kalamazoo County. Tiic fatliei- was a\\nmiller and farmer by trade and resides on a farm\\nin tliat county where he has lived for lifty-three\\nyears. His wife died in ISHS and was the\\nmother of live children. Mrs. Holmes w.as born\\nAusiust 1, 1810, on the homestead in Kalamazoo\\nCounty and has been a student at U\\\\g\\\\\\\\ School and\\nthe Seminary at Kalamazoo. She h.as taii ;ht three\\nyears. Mr. Holmes has cleared off and improved\\nhis farm splendidly. The wife is a member of the\\nConijretratinnal Church .at Mattawan. During the\\nCivil War, she was an active worker of the Sanitary-\\nCommission, and was Secretarj of Comstock, Kala-\\nmazoo County, and forwarded the supplies to the\\nfront. She served during the existence of the so-\\nciety which was three years. Mr. Holmes is a\\nmember of the G. A. R. Post at Mattawan, and\\nhe and his wife are both connected with the lo-\\ncal (i range. He is Lecturer and she is Chaplain.\\nIn his political views, he is Re]iublican and is\\natpre.sent on the School Board, also serving as the\\nellicient. Justice of the Peace of this township. He\\nhas always been a temperate man in his habits and\\nhe and his wife arc well-known and respected\\npeople.\\nV\\nT.PKRT \\\\V. EARL, Postmaster at South\\nHaven, has been a resident of this place\\nsince 1866. He is a native of Allegan\\nCountj his birth occurring Jul}- 22, 1843.\\nHis parents were Henry and Lovina (Weed) Earl,\\nnatives resiiectively of (ienesee County, N. V.,and\\nMt. Eaton, Wayne County, Oliio. The parents\\nwere married after coming to Allegan County,\\nthis State.\\nHenry Earl, the great-grandfather of our sub-\\nject, was a soldier on an English man-of-war, and\\nwas born in England. The grandfather, lUMuy\\nEarl, w.as born in New York City, and fought in\\nthe War of 1812. In 1810, lie came to Allegan\\nCounty from New York, and. locating upon a\\ntract of unimproved land, at once set about its\\ncultivation. Our -iubject s father was also a\\nfarmer and died in Van Huren County, August 31,\\n1881, when sixty -seven years of age. His good\\nwife survived him until April, 1886, when she,\\ntoo, passed away.\\nThe parental family of .Mlxrl W. Earl included\\nnine children, seven of whoin lived to reach ma-\\nture _years, and of whom we make the following\\nmention: Mary E. is now Mrs. Hall, of Cass\\nCounty, this State; Albert W. was the second\\nchild; Nathaniel E. died in .Inly. IH .II, at his\\nhome in Grand Rapids, where he w.as a prominent\\nlawyer; Henry was a teacher in .South Haven and\\ndied in 1875; Bertha is now Mrs. Westgate, also\\nof .South Haven; Hattie is Mrs. Jlarsh and re-\\nsides in Peoria, III.; Charles is a farmer in Lin-\\ncoln County, Kan.\\nAlbert W. Earl was reared on his father s farm,\\nand was six years of age when his parents came\\nto Arlington Township, A an Buren County In\\n1861, our subject enlisted in Company K, Thir-\\nteenth Michigan Infantry, an l with liis regiment\\nparticipated in the following-named battles: Cor-\\ninth, Miss.; Stevenson, Ala.; Perryville, Ky.; Stony\\nRiver, Chickamauga, and was with Sherman on\\nhis memorable march to the sea, participating\\nin all the engagements. He went thence to W.ash-\\nington, D. C, and witnessed the Grand Review.\\nAugust .5, 186,5, he was mustered out at Louis-\\nvdle with the rank of .Sergeant.\\nAfter peace was declared, our subject returned\\nto his home in Van Buren County and aided his\\nfather in clearing his farm in South Haven Town-\\nship. Miss Eliza Conrad became the wife of Mr.\\nEarl December 13, 1869. Mrs. Earl was the\\ndaughter of Adam and Hannah Conrad. She was\\nborn near Phd-nix, N. Y., and came with her\\nf.amily to Michigan in 1850. Our sul)ject con-\\ntinued on the farm until 1887, when he came to\\nSouth Haven. In December, 1889, he received\\nthe appointment of Postma.stcr under President\\nHarrison.\\nMr. and Mrs. i^arl have become the parents of\\nsix children: Mabel, Mary, Daniel. .lohn. Nellie\\nand Benjamin II.; all remain with their parents.\\nIn politics, Mr. Earl is a true-blue Republican,\\ncasting his lirst vote for Abraham Lincoln when\\nin Kinnfston, Ga.. in 1864. He ha-^ l\u00c2\u00ab ii much in-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0877.jp2"}, "878": {"fulltext": "886\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nteresteil in polities, and has re presenter! his party\\nas delegate to county conventions. He is pronii-\\nnentl} connected witli tlie Grand Army of the\\nRepublic, and is a member of the Ancient Order of\\nUnited Workmen. He is liberal in his religious\\nviews, and gives liberally to the support of all\\ngof d works.\\n\\\\f?AME.S HENRY KINNANE, Attorney at\\nLaw in Kalamazoo, was born in Kalamazoo\\nTownship, Februar} 18, 1858, and is the\\nson of Patrick and JNIarj (Sullivan) Kin-\\nnane, natives of Count} Clare, Ireland. He was\\ntlie eldest in a family of nine children, eight of\\nwhom arc now living, and was reared on the farm\\nwhere his parents made settlement in 1855, and\\nwhich is still their home.\\nAt the age of twenty, Mr. Kinnane commenced\\nto teach in a district school and afterward attended\\nKalamazoo High School, graduating with the Class\\nof 81. After spending one 3-ear in Kalamazoo\\nCollege and teaching one term, he entered the law\\ndepartment of the State University at Ann Arbor\\nand graduated in 1884. In the literary work\\nthere, he took a conspicuous part, being Society\\nPresident one term, and also representing his\\nsociety in the inter-society oratorical contest.\\nIn 1883, Mr. Kinnane was admitted to the bar\\nof Washtenaw County and passed the summer of\\nthat year in the ofHce of Thomas R. Sherwood, the\\nSupreme Judge. After graduating in 1884, he\\nimmediatcl}- opened an odice at Kalamazoo for\\npractice and continued alone until 1888, when he\\nformed a partnership with Dorr O. French, under\\nthe firm name of Kinnane A French. In the fall\\nof 1884, he was candidate for prosecuting attornej-\\non the Democratic ticket, but suffered defeat, ow-\\ning to the large Repulilican majoritj-. The Citv\\nCouncil, in April, 1881), appointed him Cit^ Attor-\\nney, which ottice he filled two years in a very satis-\\nfactory way.\\nFor four years Mr. Kinnane was attorney for the\\nMichigan Board of I harmacj as prosecutor and\\nconducted in a skillful manner the prosecution\\nthroughout tiie State of the violation of the phar-\\nmacy law. He practices in all the courts of the\\nStates and is recognized as one of the foremost\\nmembers of his profession. From 1886 until 1890,\\nhe was Chairman of the Democratic County Com-\\nmittee, and has been on the stump during each\\nCongressional campaign.\\nSepteinlier 1, 1887, Mr. Kinnane was married to\\nMiss Hattie Blane}-, of Kalamazoo, the ceremony\\nbeing performed by Bishop Borgess, of the Cath-\\nolic Church. They have one child, Charles J., who\\nwas born in 1889. Mr. Kinnane is a brilliant\\nyoung attorney, and one whose opinions are not\\nhastilv formed, l)ut after due consideration and\\ncareful investigation. His mind is characteris-\\ntically a legal one. and he brings to bear upon le-\\ngal discussions a fund of general information. He\\nis an able advocate and is rapidly taking front\\nrank as a trial lawyer. Coming from the ranks of\\nthe farm, liis native talent urged him on to a higlier\\nambition and no man possesses to a greater degree\\ntlie confidence and esteem of his former friends\\nand childhood associates.\\nThe ability of Mr. Kinnane was early recognized\\nby Judge Sherwood, whose counsel and assistance\\nwere freely given to assist the rising young attor-\\nney. His Democracy is inherited and has since\\nbeen confirmed b} independent research and com-\\nparison. His knowledge of constitutional history\\nand law is profound and he possesses to a remark-\\nable degree the power of independent reasoning\\nfrom the fundamental law principles. Anj case\\nplaced in his hands will not fail for lack of re-\\nsearch or able support of its advocate.\\nA man of broad principle, Mr. Kinnane uses ev-\\neiy honorable means to cany his point, but his\\nexalted scruples will not allow him to stoop to the\\npetty tricks of the unscrupulous lawyer whose\\nonly thought is to win. He is a fearless advocate,\\nand in making his plea before Judge and Juiy, is\\nanimated hy his subject, and his eloquence Ijccomes\\nthe beacon light that indicates the jilain way\\nthrough the lab3 rinth of error or the sophistry of\\nopponents. As Chairman of the County Demo-\\ncratic Committee, he served his party faithfully\\nand enthusiastically, and much of the success of\\nhis party has been owing to his brilliant leadership\\nand able counsel.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0878.jp2"}, "879": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n887\\n11^ U. XATHANIKL I). THOMAS, who is cx-\\nI Jl) teiisively ongaLfed in f.irTniiiii- niul daiiy-\\ningon section 36, Decatur Township, Van\\nBnrcn County, was horn, March T), 182C,\\nin I.oiran County, Oliio, an 1 is the eldest of eight\\ncliihlren horn unto Abel and Rehecca Thom.is.\\nHis fatlier wa.s i)orn in North Carolina in 1803,\\nand was a son of Natlianiel Thomas, also horn in\\nthat State. The latter was a prominent tjuaker, a\\nseriovis, soher-iiiinded man, and a preacher in\\nthe church (\u00c2\u00bbf his i-hoice. lie married l)()rcas llar-\\nri ,aiid unto them were liorii seven children. I liey\\nremoved to Ohio when iVhel was two years old.\\nThere he acquired an education and learned the\\ncaliinel-m.ikcr s trade, whi h he followed for a few\\nyears. Rcniovinj; to Logan County, Ohio, he there\\nengaged in farming for ahout six ye.irs. when he\\neiiihaiked in merchandising in East Lilterty, being\\nthus employed for ight years, when he went to\\nL uion County, lie there operated a gristmill on\\n.\\\\s a public speaker. Mr. Kinnane stands pre-em-\\ninent, lie has a pleasing address, is self-contained,\\nand no matter how rigorous his .assailant, he nevei-\\nloses his self-control, and his arguments, l)cing\\nIwscd upon the experience of years, are ever given\\nwith an energy and enthusi.asm that bring con-\\nviction. His happiest efforts are when surrounded\\nby friends on t)cca.sions of social lian(iuets, when\\nafter-dinner speeches are in order. His extempo-\\nraneous remarks on those occasions arc models of\\nelegance and diction. His mind is given full scope to\\ndraw ujton its fund of humor and pathos, eithei- of\\nwhich he handles with dexterity.\\n.Mr. Kinnane is the hainn- possessor of a m.agnif-\\nicent physi(iuc, not unlike the great Donnelly, in\\ncommon with whom he has many other points of\\nresemblance, such as a poetical temperament, a\\nremarkable command of lucid langu.age and a\\nvigorous and forcible manner of expressing his\\nwell-matured thoughts. His love of truth and\\ncanilor arc no less, and he devotes his whole soul\\nto his princii)les with no less vigor llian ehaiac-\\ntcrizes Ignatius Donnelly.\\nthe bank of ^lill Creek for six years, after which\\nwe lind liiui residing in Plain City, while as a con-\\ntractor he was eng.aged in the building of the Pan-\\nllandle Railroad through that .section of country.\\nOn his removal to Columbus. Ohio, he retired from\\nbusiness. His death occuniMl in that city, March\\n20. 1888, and his wife died in I nion County, Ohio,\\nin 1818. Mr. Thom.as w.as a Whig in early life, and\\nafterward became a Republican and served as Jus-\\ntice of the Peace for many years. His affalile.\\ncordial manner made him quite |)opularand he liad\\nmany friends who esteemed him highly for his\\nstrict integrity and sterling worth.\\nAfter his parents left Kast Lilierty, our subject\\nengaged in teaching, which profes.sion he followed\\nfor twelve winter seasons, and also attended college.\\nFor two terms, he was a student in Ohio Central\\nCollege and for two years pursued his studies in\\nthe Ohio Wesleyan rnivcrsity. Wishing to make\\nthe practice of medicine his lifework. he began\\naopiainting himself with that profession in the\\notlice of his uncle. Dr. M. N. Tlioiiuus. of .School-\\ncraft, Mich., and after studying three years at-\\ntended Starling Medical College, of Cohimlms,\\nOhio, for one year. On his return to .Michigan, he\\nbegan the practice of his (irofession in Klowerlield.\\nSt. Joseph County, where he remained for three\\nyears, and during that time w.as married, on the\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a224th of October, 18.50, to Marcia Smith, daughter\\nof James .Smith, a prominent merchant of School-\\ncraft, Mich.\\nOn leaving Flowerfield, Dr. Thomas removed to\\nLittle Prairie Ronde,where he entere l upon practice,\\ncontinuing the profession at that i)l.ace until 187!t,\\nwhen he purchased his i)resenl farm, and has since\\ndevoted his energies to agricultur.al |iui-suils. He\\nown a line farm of four liundred and twelve acres,\\nthree hundred of which arc under cultivation, an l\\nhe means to bring it up to a higher state of devel-\\nopment by the use of fertilizers. He is also exten-\\nsively engaged in the dairy business and feeds his\\nstock with ensilage food. He sujiplies butter to a\\nnumlicr of private families in Chicago, and the in\\ncome which he derives from the dairy is not a little.\\nThe Doctor pf ssesscs industry, perseverance and\\nan enterprising spirit, characteristics which are es-\\nsential to success ill any line iif traile.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0879.jp2"}, "880": {"fulltext": "888\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nThe family of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas numbers five\\nchildren: Marcus S., a resident of Volinia, Cass\\nCount} and a graduate of the State Agricultural\\nCollege; .Jessie, a graduate of the State Normal, now\\nengaged in teaching in the public scliools of Grand\\nRapids; Willard L., .also a graduate of the State\\nAgricultural College; Isabella S., a graduate of the\\nState Normal, who is also a teacher of Grand\\nRapids, and May, at home.\\nIn his political affiliations, the Doctor is a Re-\\npuliiican, and though he feels an interest in politics,\\nas every true American citizen should do, has\\nnever sought or desired public office. The family\\nhas a pleasant home which w.as erected by our sub-\\nject and is the abode of hospitality. The members\\nof the household rank high in social circles and\\nare widely and favorably known tlirougliout the\\ncommunity.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^E\\nLH\\nm\\nTIMOTHY COOLEY, who is a well-known\\nfarmer in Bloomingdale Township, Van\\nBnren County, is a self-made man, who is de-\\nserving of all the good things of life which he now\\nenjoys, and also of the high esteem in which he\\nis held by his fellow-citizens. He was born in Weth-\\nersfield, Wyoming County, N. Y., November 14,\\n1823. His father, Chester Cooley, was the son of\\nTimoth}- Cooley, who was the fifth generation\\nfrom Scottish ancestr}-. Timothy Cooley married\\nRebecca Smith, and they were the parents of four\\nsons and three daughters.\\nChester Cooley was born in Berkshire, Mass.,\\nremoving to Wyoming County, N. Y., at an early\\nday. He was a wagonmakei by trade and served\\nin the War of 1812. He removed in 1828, to\\nPortage County, Ohio; from there to Eaton, Lorain\\nCounty, and about 1850, came to Michigan. He\\nwas born March 29, 1790, and died in Cheshire,\\nAllegan Count} this State, December 24, 1857. He\\nwas a Democrat and a member of the Christian\\nChurch.\\nBorn in Bridgewater, Mass., January 31, 1797,\\nthe mother of our subject was known in maiden-\\nhood as Azubah Johnson. She traces her geneal-\\nogy as follows: Polly .Johnson, her mother, was\\nthe daughter of Thomas Johnson, and through\\nhim the ancestr}- is traced back to Major Isaac,\\nCapt. David and Isaac, the latter a Captain, Rep-\\nresentative, and magistrate, who came to Bridge-\\nwater in 1700. On the paternal side, the mother\\nof our subject is descended from this same Isaac\\nJohnson, grandson of John Alden of historic fame,\\nwhose estates passed into the possession of the\\nJohnson family.\\nThe union of Chester Cooley and Azubah John-\\nson, which was celebrated in 1812, brought to them\\nten children, nine of whom were reared to man-\\nhood and womanhood, as follows: Chester, Rebecca,\\nHarrison, Latlirope, Timoth} George, who was a\\nsoldier in the late war; Egbert, Mary and Maria.\\nThe mother of these children, who was also a mem-\\nber of the Christian Church, died in Bloomingdale,\\nJune 8, 1869.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared upon a\\nfarm, and from eight years of age has earned his\\nown living. His educational advantages were ex-\\nceedingly limited, as, when thirteen years, old he\\nwas bound out and worked until twenty-one years\\nold for -f 100 in money and 150 in stock. During\\nthis time he bought three months of his time so\\nthat he might attend school. He was married\\nwhen twenty-three years old, and since that time\\nhas been engaged in farming. He came from\\nLorain County, Ohio, to Bloomingdale, in Febru-\\nary, 1863, and purchased eighty acres of land,\\nwhere he now resides and which he has mostly\\ncleared himself. He now owns forty-two acres, on\\nwhich he has one of the most delightful homes in\\nthe vicinity. A view of this place is shown else-\\nwhere in this volume.\\nMr. Cooley was married, January 21, 1846, to\\nMargaret A. Stone, who was born in New York,\\nand is a daughter of Daniel and Polly (Bailey)\\nStone. Two children were born of this marriage,\\nHattie A. and George L., the latter dying October\\n3, 1865. Mrs. Cooley departed this life July 3,\\n1873. She was an excellent woman, and had been\\na consistent member of the Christian Church from\\nher fifteenth year. The second wife of our subject,\\nwhose maiden name was Eliza H. Ward, was born\\nin Sweden Township, Monroe County, N. Y., and", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0880.jp2"}, "881": {"fulltext": "RESIDENCE OF G. G. BON D 5EC.1., BRADY TP, KALAMAZOO CO., MICH.\\nEVERGREEN HILL RL5ii_;lUCE OF TIMOTHY COOLEY BLOOMINGDALL, VAN BURt i, Co .M .UH.\\nRESIDENCE or HORACE COYKEN GALL, 5EC. 29.,ALAM0 TR, KALAMAZOO CO.,MICH,", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0881.jp2"}, "882": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0882.jp2"}, "883": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n891\\nis tllC llilUijIlllM of .Idllll Mild Ill tsi V (Sl(lIH \\\\V!U 1.\\nnatives of Madison and Monroe Counties, N. V.,\\nrespeetively. Her father was a son of William\\nWard, a soldier in the War of IKTi, and followed\\nthe oeenpation of a farmer. Mr. Cooley is a mem-\\nber of the Christian Chiireh and his wife of the\\nBaptist Church. Thej are honored and respected\\ncitizens, and foremost in all ijood works.\\n\\\\f^^ GRACE CGYKENDALL, who is one of the\\njjl well-to-do farmers of Kalamazoo Connty,\\nis residing on section 29, Alamo Township.\\n(^J) He was born in Springwater, Livingston\\nCount3% N. Y., .Tune 1, 1848, and is the son of\\nDaniel C. CoykendalI,also a native of the Empire\\n.State, who came to Michigan in 1856 and located\\nin .Jackson County. He w.as a farmer by occupa-\\ntion and died in IHfiO. when in his forty-fourth\\nyc.^r.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s mother w.as\\nLouisa Strowl)ridge. She was born in New York\\nand died in 1874, after having become the mother\\nof nine children, six of whom are living. Gur\\nsuiiject w.os given a very limited education, for\\nduring three years of liis early life he w.as crippled\\nand w.as thus prevented from walking to school.\\nHe started out to make his own way in the world\\nwhen fifteen years of age and received i per\\nmonth for his first year s wages. He was in the\\nemploy of one man for live years and when reach-\\ning his majority had saved a sudicient sum to en-\\nable him to purchase a farm. His first property\\nwas located in .Jackson County, just six miles ca.st\\nof .laekson.\\nIn ISG;), Horace Coykendall sold his farm in the\\nabove-named county and two years later came to\\nKalamazoo County where he purchased eighty\\nacres on section 2!l, Alamo Towushi]). Twentj\\nacres of that tr.nct iiad been (jartially impnjved but\\ndill not boast of either house, barn or fence. He\\nhas since added to his estate until he now has two\\nhundred and fort}- .acres, and the splendid barn\\nwhich he has erected thereon is one of the linest in\\n41\\nthe township. I lie farm is under tin very best\\neultivation and one of which its owner may well\\nbe proud. .Miss Laura Putnam, a native of .lack-\\nson County, this State, was married to our subject\\nMay 2ii, 180:?. One daughter h.as been lK)rn to\\nthem Ettie, who is the wife of Foster Deal and\\nhas three children, viz: Linn.Koli H. and ArlieL.\\nMr. Coykendall keei)s a good grade of stock on\\nhis farm, raising Short-horn cattle and line-wool\\nslieep. He started out in life with nothing more\\nthan his strong and willing hands and a determin-\\nation to succeed, and now ranks among the pro-\\ngressive and thrift}- farmers of Alamo Township.\\nIn politics, he is a Republican.\\nIn this connection will be noticed a view of the\\nattractive residence of Mr. Coykendall. and its\\npleasant rural environments.\\nEGRGE G. BOND, a farmer and st(Kk-\\n_-, raiser, owning one of the best equipped\\n^^^j farms in IJrady Township, finely located on\\nsection 1, is a native-born citizen of Kalamazoo\\nCounty, and is distinguished as l)eing one of the\\nheroes that represented his .State at the front dur-\\ning the trying tiuies of the War of the Rebellion.\\nHe was born March 15, 1843, and is a son of Amos\\nBond, who w!\u00c2\u00bbs a pioneer of Hrad}- Township. and\\none of its leading citizens during his life.\\nThe father was born in Vernu)nt, in 17 lie\\ncame to .Michigan in the 30s, and wiisan early set-\\ntler of Oakland County, where he lived until\\n1840. He then came to this county with a team,\\nand pre-cm|\u00c2\u00bbted the southwest (piarterof section 1,\\nBrady Township, which is now occupied Iiy his\\nson of whom we write. It was a part of the\\nPottawatomie reservation, and was in its natural\\ncondition. He built a log house, and, in the\\nyeai-s that ftdlowed, cleared fort}- .acres of the\\nlanil, and put it under excellent cultivation. He\\ndied Novemlmr 21. 1851, and his fellow-citizens\\ndeplored the loss of one who w.os an active factor\\nin the great work of redeeming the country from\\na wilderness, and one to whom they l(M)kcd for ad-\\nvice or assistance if thev were in doubt or trouble.\\ni", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0883.jp2"}, "884": {"fulltext": "892\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHe was a hard worker, and was a very strong man,\\nof commanding stature, six feet and one incli in\\nheiglit.\\nAs a soldier of the War of 1S12, Amos Bond\\nmade an honorable record, serving throughout the\\nentire contest between the United States and Eng-\\nland as a member of the Twenty-sixth New York\\nCavalry. He took an active jiart in politics, and\\nwas a firm Democrat. While a resident of Oakland\\nCounty, he was Sheriff, and after his removal here,\\nhe was Postmaster of Brad} Township. lie was a\\ncharter member of the first Masonic lodge in the\\ncount3% which was established at Schoolcraft. His\\nwife survived him until 18.59, and then died atthe\\nage of forty-eight years. They had been married\\nin 1811, at Galesburgh, this county, and she bore\\nhim two children: Anna (Mrs. Canavan), and our\\nsubject. Mrs. r ond was boiii in Greencastle, Pa.,\\nFebruary 1, 181 1, iier maiden name being Nancy A.\\nGossard. She was lirst married in Pennsylvania,\\nto William Downej by whom slie had five chil-\\ndren: Rachel, Robert, William, John and JMar3\\nShe and her first liusljand came to Michigan in\\n1837, where he died three years later.\\nBorn on the farm which is still his home, our\\nsubject grew up here under the invigorating in-\\nfluences of the pioneer life that prevailed when he\\nw.as a boy. He went to school in a primitive log\\nhouse, that was furnished witli slab benches, sup-\\nported by piu legs, the tloor being made of pun-\\ncheon; it was heated bj the first stove used in\\nthe county. The school was conducted under the\\nrate-bill system. He attended school winters, and\\nworked on the farm in the summer time. The war\\nliroke out, and found liimtlius employed. He w.as\\nbut a boy, but he was e.ager to drop the hoe for the\\nrifle, and his patriotic ambition to be a soldier, that\\nhe might hel]) fight his country s battles, even as\\nhis father had done nearl3- half a century before,\\nwas gratified b} his enlistment, September 1.5, 1861,\\nat tlie age of seventeen. His name was enrolled\\nas a member of Comi)any I, First Michigan Cav-\\nalry, which was subsecpiently consolidated witii\\nCompany \\\\j.\\nAlthough so young, our subject proved to have\\nthe riglit spirit for a soldier, and he did valiant\\nservice in the sixt^ -eight battles and skirmishes in\\nwhidi he met the enemy face to face. The most\\nprominent of these areas follows: Winchester, Va.;\\nOrange Court House, a.; Bull Hun, Va.; Gettys-\\nburg, Pa., wliere he had a horse shot from under\\nhim while he was in the thickest of the fight; the\\nbattles of the Wilderness, Va.; Beaver Dam, Cold\\nHarbor, Trevilian s Station, Winchester, Opequaii,\\nBrandy Station, Yellow Tavern, Richmond, Mt.\\nCrawford, Cedar Creek, Madison Court House,\\nFive Forks, South Side Railway Sailor s Creek and\\nAp()omattox Court House, all of the above battles\\nfrom that of Gettysburg being fought on Virginia\\nsoil; and at Willow Springs, Dak., he took part in\\na des[)erate I).attle with the Indians, he having ac-\\ncompanied his regiment, after the (irand Review\\nat Washington, across the plains. At Union ]\\\\Iills,\\nVa., he was thrown from his horse, made senseless\\nby the fall, and his comrades had a hard time\\nbringing him to. He was finalh mustered out at\\nSalt I ake City, Utah, March 10. 18G(), after more\\nthan four years long and arduous service, which\\nentitles him, in common with the thousands of other\\nnol)le, self-sacrificing soldiers, who gave up the\\nbest years of their manhood to their country, to\\nlive in peace and happiness under a reunited Gov-\\nernment.\\nWhen he retired from the army, ]\\\\Ir. Bond re-\\nturned to his old home, and was gladly welcomed\\nliack by his many friends, and ere many months\\nelapsed, his patriotism and bravery during his mil-\\nitarj career were well rewarded by the hand of one\\nof the fair daughters of iiis native State, Miss Eliza-\\nbeth Eberstcin, to whom he was wedded, December\\n4, 18G6. She is a very line woman, filling in a\\nperfect measure her position as the home-maker,\\nthe true wife and mother. Iler union with our\\nsubject has brought them one son, George Amos.\\nMr. and INIrs. Bond celebrated their silver wedding\\nDecember 4, 18!U, which marked a congenial mar-\\nriage of a quarter of a century. Thej had sixty-\\nseven guests from among their hosts of friends,\\nwiio gave them many substantial evidences of their\\nregard, among the numerous presents being a liand-\\nsome silver set.\\nMrs. Bond was born in Calhoun Counly. INIich.,\\nNovember 20, 1841, a daughter of Conrrid and\\nLena (Setzler) Eberstein, pioneers of that count}", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0884.jp2"}, "885": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n893\\nand both natives of Germany. Her father was\\nlK)rn in IHOH, und her niolh(!i- in 1817. lie came to\\nAnierionin 182;), and siiein 1830. lie landed in Bos-\\nton, and spent a year in that city, afterward jiassed\\nsix months in Detroit, whence he went to Sandusky,\\nOhio. He was there married, liis hride having set-\\ntled on a farm at that point with her parents.\\nThat year, 1831, they came to ]\\\\Iichii;an, an l lo-\\ncated in Calhoun County, making tlie journey with\\nan ox-team, and while swimming the Maumce\\nRiver, they came near being drowned. In the\\nspring of 1840, Mr. Kberstein |)re-emi)ted the north-\\neast quarter of the same section on which (lur sub-\\nject lives from the (government, it then forming\\na part of the Indian reservation. lie developed a\\ngood farm, where he and his good wife dwelt in\\ncomfort and happiness many yeai-s. After a mar-\\nried life of lifty-thrce years, they died in 181)0, liis\\ndeath occurring in February, and hers in April.\\nThey reared eleven children, all of wliom arc mar-\\nried and living at the present time.\\nAfter his marriage, our sul)ject took iX)sses-\\nsion of this part of the old homestead on which he\\nhas ever since lived. But fifteen acres were under\\ncultivation, and there was not a building on the\\nplace. With characteristic energy, he entered upon\\nhis pioneer laljors, lii-st building a log iiouse for\\nhimself and his bride, Ij.ack of the site of hi pre-\\nsent residence. He worked hard to fell the timber\\nand prepare his land for tillage, and in time brought\\nit into a line condition. He has purchased other\\nrealty, and now has a choice farm of one hundred\\nand nineteen and one-fourth acres, one hundred\\nof whidi are linely imiirovcd. In 187.J, he erected\\na large frame barn, painting it red; in 1891, he\\nbuilt a handsome frame house, a view of whidi is\\nshown on another page, and which is fitted u|) in\\nmodern style. A neat and attractive set of build-\\nings further embellish the (ilacc. He conducts a\\ngood business in mixed farming, keeping .some line\\nNorman horses and roadsters, and has a llock of\\nfine wool sheep.\\nMr. IJond is a man of line presence, tall, muscu-\\nlar and well formed, has a keen, intelligent eye and\\na vigorous, comprehensive mind, and withal, he\\nhas a frank, pleading personality. He is greatly\\niiitereste l in National politics, and stands with the\\nRepublicans in regard to the issues of the day. He\\nhas been a memberof the Masonic order since 18()7,\\nbekmgiiig to Lodge No. 208, at icksburg. He is\\nalso a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge,\\nNo. 36, in the same village, anrl his militaiy life\\nis commemorated by his membership with the Grand\\n.\\\\rmv Post at Vicksburg.\\nRA A. RANSOM, President of the Kalamazoo\\n(Jas Light Comi)any, was born in Castlcton,\\nJi Vt., February 21,1 815, and is the son of Justice\\nH. ami Sarah (Northrop) Ransom, natives of er-\\nmont, and now deceased. Ira A. was the third of\\nthe four children whom his parents reared to ma-\\nturity, three being sons and one a daughter.\\nAmid the iiicturesqiie scenery of the (Jreen\\nMountain SUite, and associated with his father in\\nthe cultivation of the farm, the lad grew from boy-\\nhood to man s estate, acquiring meanwhile those\\nsturdy virtues of character and eiiteri)risiiig busi-\\nness qualities, which were carefully developed\\nthrough ])arcntal training. The rudiments of his\\neducation were gained in the common school of\\nthe district, and the knowledge there .acquired was\\nlater supplemented by a course in the home acad-\\nemy and Flusiiing Institute.\\nIll 1865, Mr. Ransom came to .Michigan, and.\\nsto|)[)iiig at Kalamazoo to visit a friend, was so\\npleaseil with tlie pl.ace that he concluded to remain.\\nSoon after he entered the employ of the Michigan\\nCentral Railroad Company and remained in the\\nfreight and baggage department for two years.\\nHe afterward accepted a clerkship in the hat and\\ncap store of II. S. Parker, with whom he w!is en-\\ngaged alwut three years. The business knowledge\\nwhich he gained while in the em|)loy of others, he\\nutilized in a practical manner, and, moving to .Mar-\\nshall, this .State, cinlmrked in the boot and shoe\\nbusiness, which he carrieil on successfully for nine\\nmontlis.\\nSelling out his stock and returning to Kalama-\\nzoo, Mr. Ransom became connected with the Kal-\\namazoo (Jas Light Company as Superintendent, an l\\nretained that position until the leatli of Mr.Wood-\\nburv. when he succ-eeded that gentleman to the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0885.jp2"}, "886": {"fulltext": "894\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPfflCAL RECORD.\\nPresidency. The arduous duties of tliat position\\nhe is ably qualified to discharge through eminent\\nnative abilities and an unusual amount of sound\\ncommon-sense. He is one of the principal stock-\\nholders of the company, in addition to which he\\nis largely interested in various public measures.\\nHe is President of the American Playing Card Com-\\npany, Director of the Phelps and Bigelow Wind-\\nmill Company, Director in the Upjohn Pill and\\nGranule Company, stockholder and Director in\\nthe Featherbone Corset Company, and Director in\\nthe Michigan National Bank; also stockholder in\\nthe Kimball Engine Company. He is closely con-\\nnected with some of the most famous and prosper-\\nous organizations of K.alamazoo.\\nIn 186!), Mr. Ransom was married to Miss Emma,\\nthe youngest daughter of Hon. J. P. AVoodburj-,\\nand they .are the parents of one surviving child:\\nWoodbury, who assists his father in the office.\\nAllen A. died in infancy. Mr. Ransom and his\\ncultured wife have established an attractive and\\ncozy home at No. 204 S. Park Street and are prom-\\ninen M(|^he social circles of the city. Mr. Ransom\\nis a pro^Plpnt member of the Masonic fraternity\\nand is i(lenLJ|jj.il with Kalamazoo Lodge No. 22,\\nwhere he has occupied the liighcsl cliairs.\\nf OHN C. GOODALE, funeral director .and\\nundertaker, is one of the prominent busi-\\nness men of Kalamazoo. He keeps a full\\nline of undertaker s goods .and has in\\nstock as fine an assortment as can be found l)e-\\ntween Detroit and Chicago. A genial gentleman,\\nills ple.as.aiit manner is a part of a sunny disjjosi-\\ntion, and while his business is one of the most\\nsolemn nature, he is capable of enjoying the good\\nthings of life, and his companionable attributes\\npartake of no characteristic of a funereal nature.\\nThe store in which Mr. Goodale conducts his\\nbusiness is a four-story, gray stone front structure,\\nwith a frontage of fiftj^ feet on South Burdick\\nStreet and a depth of two hundred feet. In the\\nrear is the morgue and the stables for his handsome\\noutfits. Though coming to Kalamazoo a lad with\\nbut fifty cents in his possession, and having met\\nwith financial reverses ata time when the furniture\\nbusiness was depressed, he had that indomitable\\nperseverance which always wins. By close appli-\\ncation to his work, he li.as made steady financial\\nadvancement and has the satisfaction of knowing\\ntliat.an honest competence has been gained through\\nhis efforts.\\nA native of this State, Mr. Goodale was born at\\nAnn Arbor, July 15, 1838, and is the son of Leon-\\nard C. and Pliebe F. (Crandall) Goodale, natives\\nof New York. His father, who was an early settler\\nin W.ashtenaw County, w.as editor of the Washte-\\nnaw T17*/y/, and at the time of his death, in 1846,\\nw.as serving .as Count3 Clerk. When fourteen\\nyears of age, our subject left home and came to\\nKalamazoo, where his brother was working as a\\ncabin et-m.aker. With him he learned the trade, and\\nafter working in his employ for three years bought\\nout the business, which he has since continued.\\nAbout 1858, Mr. Good.ale embarked in tlie man-\\nufacturing business at Battle Creek, but the ap-\\nproach of war decreased the rates to such an extent\\nthat he w.as forced to abandon the plant. During\\nthe following two years, he was employed at Ann\\nArbor, and then returned to Kalamazoo, where he\\nong.aged in the manufacture of show-cases. After-\\nward he added the undert.aker s business, to which\\nhe finally gave his entire attention and increased\\nit to its present magnitude.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Goodale to Miss Ellen (i.\\nSterling took pl.ace at Kalamazoo, .lanuary 24,\\n1861, and they are the parents of eight living\\nchildren, of whom the five youngest Bert, Pigeon,\\nAnna, .John C, ,lr., and Hazel remain in the par-\\nental home, on the corner of South and Burdick\\nStreets. Nettie married H. A. IMcCrary, a ticket\\nbroker of Kansas City; Edward is in the furniture\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0and undcrt.akiiig business .at Paw Paw; Jennie is\\nthe wife of Cl.aik A. Shaw, who owns a raisin vine-\\ny.ard in Ilesperia, Cal.; and Bert is employed in the\\nMicliigan Central Freight Office at Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Goodale has excellent business s.agacity,\\nand his ventures in real-estate investments have\\nproved the correctness of his foresight. He was\\ninstrumental, among others, in securing the present\\nlocation for the postofflce, an l invested money in", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0886.jp2"}, "887": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n895\\ninopi ily in that vicinity. With his fuinily. lie\\noci ii|)ies :i hii, h ))hicu in tho o^tconi of his tVlh)\\\\v-\\ncitiz.ons, and ho andliis wife aic idcntilicd witii tin-\\nCongregatidnai hui li. Mr. (JoikI. iIc lias ivcfntl\\\\-\\nadded to Ids undoitalvinic Inisincss a lino lino of\\nniailile and granite eoniotery woi-k, at No. ;i lUir-\\ndiok Street, oi)[)osito tlic postollice.\\n_=] _\\nS]\\nf^\\n(S_\\nF^JCIIARI).\\ntsrr Farmers\\nICIIARI) A. SYKKS, who is Seorctary of the\\ns JIutual Insurance Company, of\\ni*i Kahimazoo County, is one of the worth3\\n\\\\!iQ: citizens that New York lias furnislied to\\nMichigan, lie was born in Niagara County, Oc-\\ntober 17, 1836, and is the only living son of Alan-\\nson and llannali (Strickland) Sykes, the former a\\nnative of Massachusetts, and the latter of the Em-\\npire State. In the spring of 1837, the family re-\\nmoved Westward and settled on a farm in Portage\\nTownshij), six and a half miles from the city\\nof Kalamazoo. The death of the father occurred\\nin 1857, at the age of seventy-one years, and his\\nwife died in 1868, at the age of eighty-two years.\\nWe now take up the personal history of our\\nsubject, who, in the usual manner of farmer lads,\\nW.1S reared to manhood and remained at home\\nuntil thcsjjringof 1870, having charge of the farm\\nafter Ills father s death. As before sUited, he is\\nthe only surviving son. However, he li.as one sis-\\ntor, Martha, now the widow of I,s,aac Weeks, of\\nKalamazoo. .VI)andoning tho occupation to which\\nhe was reared, in 1870, Mr. Sykes came to Kalama-\\nzoo, and for four jx ars was engaged in the agri-\\ncultural implement liusincss, when he returned to\\nthe farm and tliere remained for ten yeare. In\\n1885, he Ijccame Secretary of the Farmers Mutual\\nInsurance Company, which w.as organized in 1863.\\nlie w;us one of its lirst one liunilied members, and\\nh,a.s since carried insurance with it. On the 1st of\\n.laiiiiarv. 18 ,t2. there were one thousand, eight huii-\\ndied and lifty-five members, and tho amount of\\nthe policies was ^1,514,350. Tho percentage of\\ncost since the organization amounts to .00131 per\\nannum. The olliceis of the insurance company at\\nthis writing, are W. II. Cobb, President; Richard\\nSykes, Secretary and Treasurer; ami Williani\\nStrong, David R. Cliaiidlor and .Malachi Cox,\\nDirectors. Tho original members of the company\\nwere John .Millham. .Moses Kingsley, Samuel\\nCrooks, William I nimbull, Isaac Cox, .lo.sepli\\nHockly and Albert 1-atta. Tho three last-iianiod\\nare still living.\\nMr. Sykes has been twice married. In December,\\n1865, he wedded Mi s Opiiolia Harris, of Portiigo,\\ndaughter of TlKunas and .\\\\nn L. (Carpenter) Har-\\nris, who settled in Portage in 185G. The parents\\nwere married in New York City, and the mother is\\nstill living with .Mr. Sykes. His liist wife died\\nAugust 26, 188;\u00c2\u00bb, and on the 1st of July, 1891, he\\nwedded Miss Mary C. Ilallock, of Kalamazoo, a\\nhalf-sister of his lirst wife. She is a lady of culture\\nand refinenu iit and for eleven years was a success-\\nful teacher in the city schools.\\nAside from his business interests, .Mr. Sykes ii:is\\nfound time to devote to public affairs and from\\n1875 until 18711, inclusive, served :is Supervisor.\\nHe is a stanch advocate of Republican princii)les\\nand does all in his power to promote tho interests\\nof that i)arlv. but his father was a Democrj^l^lle\\nis a man of groat personal inllneiice, |iu^flii\\\\and\\nhas an extended acquaintance tlywAighout the\\ncommunity. His life has lieon well and worthily\\nspent, and those who know him respect him for\\nhis sterling worth.\\nSAAC A. I .ROWN, one of the well-to-do citi-\\nzens of Kalamazoo, now living a retired life,\\n_ is a native of the (irecn Mountain Statt;, his\\nbirth having occurred in Windsor ouiit\\\\-, on the\\nmil of .\\\\pril, 1817. His father, Israel P. Urowii,\\na native of M.issacliusctts. w.is a farmer by oi-cu-\\npation and died on tin? old homestead in erm inl.\\nwhere lie had lived for sixty-live yejirs. The\\ngrandfather w.as .Vilam Urown, and he w.ns of\\n.Scotch descent. The mother of our subject bore\\ntho maiden name of Sally Ihiggs. She. also, wxs a\\nnative of the (ireen Moiint.nin State, an I a daugh-\\nter of .Asa Hriggs. who was of English lineage. In\\nthe family were thirteen children, clcxcn of whom\\ngrew to mature years.\\n(lur subject w;is the ninth in older of birth.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0887.jp2"}, "888": {"fulltext": "896\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nUpon liis father s farm lie spent the days of his\\nboj hood and youth and in the winter season at-\\ntended the common schools, where he acquired a\\ngood English education. On leaving home he be-\\ngan life for himself as a clerk in a general store,\\nwhere he remained for three years, when, having\\nacquired some experience and a small capital, he\\nemharl ed in the mercantile business on his own\\naccount, continuing for three years, when he sold\\nout. The gold fever was then prevailing in the\\ncounty, and to California went Mr. 15rowii, by way\\nof the Isthmus of Panama. His friend who ac-\\ncompanied liim died soon after their arrival, so\\nMr. Brown started back with the remains, which\\nwere taken to Vermont and there interred. The\\ntrip to him proved an expensive one and his health\\nilso became greatly impaired thereby. On his\\nrecovery, he secured employment with tlie Rutland\\nBurlington Railroad Company, having charge of\\nits store, and also acting as freight and pas-\\nsenger and ticket agent. Thus his time was em-\\nplo^ ed for ten years, and he carried on a successful\\nbusiness in the interest of the company.\\nIn 1842, Mr. Brown led to the marriage altar\\nMiss Mary A. Brown, a native of Essex County,\\nN. Y., where the days of her maidenhood were\\npassed. Unto them liave been born two children:\\nRev. Belno A. Brown, D. D., an Episcopal clergy-\\nman of Milwaukee, wlio is also a medical practi-\\ntioner, having made a specialty of the eye and\\near. Angela died at the age of ten years.\\nMrs. Brown, in tliese later days of iicr life, has\\ntaken up painting as a recreation and pleasure, and\\nhas exhibited a great deal of skill, and many beau-\\ntiful landscapes adorn the walls of their home,\\npainted by her hand. Particularly has her skill\\nbeen exhiliited in an eminent degree in artistically\\narranging the vari-colored sea-moss of the Pacific\\nocean into beautiful pictures of mountain and\\nforest scenes, especially noticeable among which is a\\nrepresentation of Minneliaha Falls.\\nIn 1862, the family came to Kalamazoo, Mich.,\\nwhere Mr. Brown engaged in the loan business as\\nagent for Eastern parties. At the same time, he\\nbuilt business blocks, which he afterward sold be-\\nfore completed, and dealt in real estate for himself\\nand others. He carried on a successful business\\nfor some years, and as the result of his industry,\\ngood management and well-directed efforts, has\\naccumulated considerable property. In politics, he\\nis a Republican. At each election he exercises his\\nright of francliise in support of that party, of\\nwhose principles he is a stalwart advocate. His\\nhome is a handsome brick residence situated at\\nNo. 427 Soutli Burdick Street, where he is now\\nliving a retired life, surrounded by many comforts\\nand luxuries, the fruits of his own labor. ISIr.\\nBrown is well deserving of a representation in this\\nvolume for he is one of the prominent citizens of\\nKalamazoo, and it is with pleasure that we record\\nhis sketch.\\nV,\\n*==*=*_^\\nOHN E. RANKIN, M. D., who is a promi-\\nnent physician in Bloomingdale, Van Buren\\nCounty, was one of the many citizens of\\nforeign birth who enlisted in the service of\\ntheir adopted country during the late war and gal-\\nlantly fought on the Union side. He was born\\nDecember 29, 1841, in County Longford, Ireland.\\nHis parents, Robert and Catherine ((TOvers)Rankin,\\nwere also natives of tlie Emerald Isle, who came to\\nthe United States in the spring of 1842, settling in\\nVandeburg County, Ind., where the father died\\nabout 1845, leaving a widow and two sons, John\\nE. and James A. The latter is a resident of Dow-\\nagiac, this State. He was also a soldier in the War\\nof the Rebellion, serving in the Sixteenth New\\nYork Cavalry. The mother of our subject resided\\nwith him until her death, in 1878. She and her\\nhusband were members of the Episcopal Church.\\nOur suliject received his early education in the\\npublic schools at Buffalo, N. Y., to which \\\\nce his\\nmother had removed after her husband s death.\\nAt the age of fifteen, he was employed as clerk in\\na store, and, in .lanuaiy, 1858, came to Blooming-\\ndale, where he worked by the month on a farm,\\nuntil August 12, 1862, at which date he enlisted in\\nCompany M, Fourth Michigan Cavaby. He took\\npart in the battles of Sparta, Tenn., and Lavergne,\\nat which latter place he was captured and confined\\nin Libby Prison for three months, being then ex-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0888.jp2"}, "889": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n897\\nh;iii^c (l. lie w;is in tlie l)att!cs at riiickaniaiii;:!\\nami Mission Riiljji In the spriny; of 18( lie w;us\\nthrown from his lior.-r ami fractured his left wrist,\\nand was sent to Colninliia, IVnn., where he re-\\nniainod nine months, most of the lime aeting as\\nSteward of Post Hospital No. 1. lie then rejoined\\nhis reiijimeiil at Xasiiviile, and was in the ijaltles of\\nSelma, Ala., and at Columbia, ia., and was with\\nthe party tliat caiiturcd Jeff Davis, lie was dis-\\nchari^ed at Nashville in .luly, 1H(!. and was mus-\\ntered out as Corporal\\nReturning to Hloomingdale, our subject soon\\nafter entered UulTalo Medical rniversity, being\\ngraduated from that college in 18.S1, and at once\\nbegan the i)ractice at Bloomingdale, where he has\\nresided ever since. He was united in marriage,\\n.luiu^ G, 18G7, to Miss PInebc L. Lane, who was\\nborn in Hrockport, N. Y., and was a daughter of\\n.Samuel and Orrt (Cooley) Lane, natives of New\\nYork. They are the parents of two children,\\nashti and Cora. I)i liankin is a I\\\\e|)ublican in\\npolities, and a member of the Masonic fraternity.\\nHe enjoys a good practice, and, with his estimable\\nwife, is highly esteemed in the community.\\nL.VHKNCK IIKIMJKRT LINDSLKY, who\\nowns and operates one hundred and sixty\\nS^f acres of land on section 6, Decatur Town-\\nship, is a r(!i)resentative of one of the early fami-\\nlies of an Buren County. His father, Henry Lind-\\nsley, was born in (ienesec County, N.Y., October 7,\\n1818, and was a son of Elihn Lindslcy, who emi-\\ngrated from New York to New Jersey, where he\\nlived to a ripe old age. Henry Lindslcy came to\\n^lichigan in an carl} day, locating in Washtenaw\\nCounty, where he was reared t(j manhood. Jn\\nAj)ril, 18. )3, he came to an Bnrcn County, lo-\\ncating on section 0, Decatur Township, where he\\nbought a farm of one hundred and twenty acres.\\nOf this amount, he himself cleared eighty acres, I\\nand he also cleared a part of the farm nn which\\nour subject resides.\\nIn 1817, Mr. Lindslcy m.arried Iiviiin N. Uiuwn,\\na native of this State, who filed in lH. i7. lie was\\nagain married in 18.5 his second union lieing\\nwith Mrs. Helen M. Wilcox, who w.as born in New\\nYork, and at the time of her marri.age resided in\\nDecatur T iwnshii Mr. l.indsh^y fcdiowed farm-\\ning throughout his entire life, and wa.s very suc-\\ncessful in his business dcaling.s. lie was a .self-\\neducated man, a great reader and student, and\\nw.as much better infornu il than many who had\\ngood school privileges, lie provided his children\\nwith good educational advantages. His speech\\nwas free from all profanity, his life wxs free from\\nwrong-doing, and the friends whom he won were\\nm.any^ He died March 1, 1888, and was buried in\\nDecatur Cemetery. The second wife still sur-\\nvives him.\\nIn the Lindslcy family were seven children,\\nsix of whom grew to manhood and woiiianluHid.\\nand arc still living: Clarence 11., of this ski^teh;\\nJames II., born September 22, 1850, now a farmer\\nof Texas; Frank K.. born .\\\\pril 7, 18,-). is a school\\nteacher of Decatur Township; William O., born\\nOctober 14, 1863; Nellie S., I\u00c2\u00bb)rii Augusts, 1865,\\nnow the wife of Albert Hidlaek. of Hamilton\\nTownship; Charles, who died at the age of two\\nyears; and Mabel, who w.as born June 20, 1875.\\nWe now take up the personal history of our\\nsubject, who h.as spent nearly his entire life in\\nVan Buren County, lie was born in Saline,\\nWayne County, February 11, 18111, and w.as\\ntherefore only four years of age when he I ecame\\na resident of Decatur Township. In the usual\\nmanner of farmer lads, he was reared to iiianhood,\\nand remained under the [larental roof until he h.ad\\nattained his majority, when he left home on a\\nvisit to the Fa-stern jiart of Michigan. Return-\\ning at the end of two months, he continued to\\naid his father until .\\\\ngnst, when he hired out as\\na farm hand. In November following, he tt)ok a\\ncontract for clearing land, to which he devoted\\nhis energies during the winter.\\nAn important event In the life of .Mr. Lindslcy\\noccurred Decemlier 18, 187.J. when wa.s celebrated\\nLis marri.agc with Miss Jennie McWilliains, ilangli-\\nter of Archiiiald and .\\\\nn McWilliains. The fol-\\nlowing spring they removed to the farm which is\\nstill their home. It fii-st comprised only forty\\nacips, which our subject had purchiu- ed of his fa-\\nther, but. from time to time, .as his linaiieial re-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0889.jp2"}, "890": {"fulltext": "898\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nsources increased, he extended its boundaries,\\nuntil it now comprises one hundred and sixtj\\nacres that yield a golden tribute to his care and\\ncultivation. In his farming operations he is quite\\nsuccessful. The past year his yield of wheat was\\neleven hundred bushels. In connection with gen-\\neral farming, he engages to some extent in stock-\\nraising, keeping on hand good grades of horses,\\ncattle and hogs.\\nThe cause of temperance has ever found in Mr.\\nLindsley a stanch advocate and the liquor tratlic\\na bitter opponent. His views on the question have\\nled him to attiliate with the Prohibition party,\\nwhich he now supports by his ballot. He is a\\nmember of the Equitable Aid Union and belongs\\nto the Presbyterian Church of Decatur, in which\\nhe holds the ollice of I^lder. In the Master s vine-\\nyard he is an active worker, having labored long\\nin both church and Sunday-school. The Lindsley\\nhousehold is the abode of hospilalit} and our sub-\\nject and his wife rank high in social circles.\\nUnto this worthy couple have been born six\\nchildren: Blanche Gertrude, born June 12, 1875;\\nCharles Herbert, September 17, 1876; Bessie Irv-\\nena, June 8, 1879; James Ward, April 26, 1882;\\nLora Louisa, June 3, 1885; and Grace Hardenia,\\nDecember 1, 1888.\\nI.W .Fi l\\n^LPIION.SO F. HOWK is a member of the\\n@//J firm of Talbot Howe, contractors and\\nli Iniilders in Allegan. This partnership has\\nbeen formed during the last three years?\\nand they have been engaged in erecting some of\\nthe finest residences and business blocks in the\\ncity. At the present time, thej^ are erecting the\\nHigh Scliool Building, which will cost |:20,000,\\nand which will be the finest in the county. They\\ngive emijloyment to a number of men, and in ad-\\ndition to the business of contractor and builder,\\nMr. Howe is the proprietor of a brickj-ard on the\\nPaw Paw road, which he established seven years\\nago. He is thus enabled to furnish the best grade\\nof brick for the buildings in this vicinity, the\\nHigh School spoken of above rcq\\\\iiring four liun-\\ndred thousand. Mr. Howe was given the rluirge\\nof the building of the Grand Plank Hotel, at\\nMackinac, this State, which is the largest hotel in\\nthe State. He also superintended the erection of\\nthe Michigan Buggy Company building at Kala-\\nmazoo.\\nMr. Howe, of this sketch, was born in Oneida\\nCounty, N. Y., in 1838. He is the son of Joseph\\nand Sally A. (Miller) Howe, natives respectively\\nof New York and Connecticut. His father was a\\ndistiller and died in 1839 in Paris, Oneida County,\\nN. Y. His mother came to Michigan, where her\\ndecease occurred in Grand Hapids. Joseph Howe\\nwas a Captain in the State Militia, holding that of-\\nfice at the time of his decease. Two of the four\\nchddren comprising the parental family are still\\nliving: our subject and Joseph, Jr.\\nThe original of tliis sketch was educated in\\nthe Michigan schools, and early in life learned the\\ncarpenter s trade, which he followed until twenty\\nyears ago, when he combined vvith it tiie business\\nof an architect. He purchased a farm on tlie Paw\\nPaw Road, within the corporate limits of that city,\\nwhore he has a good home. He manufactures\\nbrick and drain tile upon his place, for which he\\nhas a ready and ever-increasing sale.\\nMr. Howe was married, in 1860, to Jliss Candace\\nE., the daughter of James Caskey. To them have\\nbeen born three children: William J., Kate M.and\\nNellie L. In politics, our subject is a Democrat,\\nand has held the offices of Township Treasurer and\\nClerk, and has also served in the village council.\\nSocially, he is an Odd Fellow, a Mason, and a\\nKnight of Pythias. Mr. Howe is one of the\\nwide-awake, enterprising, business men of Allegan\\nCounty, and we are pleased to be able to give a\\nbrief outline of his history, as well as a view of his\\nplace.\\nm\\nmi\\nm\\n?!DWIN T. CRUSE. The British-American\\ncitizens of Michigan are a fine class of sturdy,\\nstalwart men of pluck and princii le and\\namong them we find the gentleman whose name\\nappears at the head of this sketch. He is doing a\\nfine business, dealing in corn, oats, wlieat. clover\\nseed, b.aled hay, etc. Edwin T. Cruse was born in", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0890.jp2"}, "891": {"fulltext": "KLw. j:KCr.(5c ELEVA:.Jh: Uf E.T. CKU3L, A^.^^GAK l/l.CH.GAN.\\nRFSlHEilCE Or\\nRUAX, SEC. 11, HCPK;N5 TP., ALLtGAN CO., MICH.\\nRFSIDENCE OF A. F. HOW E, ALLEGAN, MICHIGAN", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0891.jp2"}, "892": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0892.jp2"}, "893": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\n901\\nthe Piirisli of Stokecliinsliind, County of Cornwall,\\nKnirland. .1:111 iiarv fi, 1812, and is tiio son of Will-\\niam and Mary (Fallov) Cruse, also natives of Kng-\\nland.\\nTill fatliei- of our subject was an en_ :ineer, and\\neiiiigialed to America nineteen years ai^o. Com-\\ning directly to Michigan, he settled in the I pper\\nI eninsula, where he followed the oetupalioii of an\\nengineer until 1888, the date of his advent into Al-\\nlegan County-. He is now engaged in riiiiiiiiig the\\nengine in the elevator of his son, our subject.\\nThe giaiid|iaients of our subject were John\\nand Mary (Cruse) Cruse, who lived and died in\\ntheir native Kngland. William Cruse was reared\\non a farm until t\\\\venl\\\\-tliree years of age. When\\nstarting out for himself, he worked in a mine for\\ntwenty years, tlien engaged in running a station-\\nary engine until coining to America, nineteen\\nyears ago. The mother of our subject died about\\n1875, while the family were living on Lake Super-\\nior.\\nKdwin 1 Cruse received a good education in\\nhis native land, after which he commenced mining,\\nwhich occujiation he followed until coining to\\nAmerica in 18(54. Landing in New York on the\\n6tli of June, he c-.me West immediately to the L.ake\\nSuperior regi jns where he w.as engaged in mining\\nfor tiiree years, after wiiich he clerked in a general\\nstore at the Central Mine at Central .Miciiigan. He\\nlater clerked in the i-tore in the Atlantic Mine and\\nthen with North it Briggs at the Ilackley Mines.\\nWishing to (it himself for mercantile life, Mr.\\nCruse went to Kalama/.ooand took a course in the\\nbusiness college in that city. He also took a\\ntwelvemonths course in the Theological Seminary\\nill Ciiicago, after which he came to .Vllegaii, the\\ndate thereof being August 6, 1877. Soon after\\nbx-ating here, he purchased of H. B. Peck the only\\nelevator in the [ilace, and now carries on a large\\nbusiness, ship[)ing grain over three different rail-\\nroads. His elevator has a caiiacity of over twenty I\\nthousand bushels of grain and is supplied with a\\ntwelve-horse power rngine.\\nOur subject w:is married, in 1886, to Miss Nellie,\\ndaughter pf Willi:iin B. .Ii. iiner. She is a most\\nestimable and culHiiccl lady and piasides with\\ngrace and digiiit\\\\ over their beautiful home, a\\nview of which appears in this connection. Our\\nsubject is a Kepulilican in polities, and a mcmlier\\nof the Masonic fraternity. lie has four lnothers\\nand one sister: James, \\\\Villi:nii, .lolin, Alfred, :iii(l\\nIlaniiali. now Mis. Tlioina.s.\\nARKKR S. TRUAX is at present engaged\\nin cultivating a Iieautiful tr;ict of land on\\nsection II, Ilofikins Township, Allegan\\nCounty, of which he is the proprietor.\\nHis father, Andrew Truax, was a native of Canada\\nand a farmer, although in early life he ran a saw-\\nmill for twelve years. His mother was known in\\nher maidenhood as Kditli Fordyceand was born in\\nNew Hruuswick; she died in 1854. Andrew Trua.\\\\\\nwas .again married and at the present time is liv-\\ning with his third wife in Canada, Iieing over\\neighty- years of .age. By his first niarri:ige, he be-\\ncame the father of six children, three of whom are\\nliving.\\nOur subject was the fifth child of his parents, his\\nbirth occurring July 27, 184 1, in Canada. He wsus\\ngiven a limited schooling and renniined with his\\nfather, aiding in the development of the farm, un-\\ntil reaching his nineteenth ye:ir. M tliat time he\\nbought his time of his father and :is he w:xsanxious\\nto come to the States, in 18(i, m:ide his advent into\\nMichigan and eng.aged to work out in Martin\\nTownshiii, Allegan County. He enlisted in the\\nUnion Army in the spring of 18G1, and was mus-\\ntered into Company II, First Regiment of Michi-\\ngan Kngineers and Mechanic^?. He joined his\\nregiment at Cartersville, (ia., where they were en-\\ngaged in building bridges. He then went to At-\\nlanta, a iJiirtion of his regiment in the meanliiiie\\nhaving been sent up the Chatl;ihooeliie River where\\nthey were occupied in bridge-building for four\\nweeks. He later sl:uted with his regiment for\\nSavannah under len. Sherman and, when one day s\\nnniicli from that cit} his regiment was ordered\\nliack and sent by Iwtat to Beaufort, in order that\\nthey might rest up.\\nPreviously, however, while at Savannah, Mr.\\nTnnix li:iil been detaileil on live foraging ex|H di-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0893.jp2"}, "894": {"fulltext": "902\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlions, each occupying alioiit three ilays. AVhen\\nleaving .Savannah, the vegiraeut of which our sub-\\nject was a member was in advance of tlie army un-\\nder Gen. Sherman. The enemy in the city were\\nl)re})ared for tliem and they were lired upon from\\nbatteries jjlaced on flat cars. One solid shot struck\\ntlie file of men in which Mr. Truax was marching,\\nknocking him down, and one of his comrades, who\\nwas marching near him, was thrown thirty feet in\\nthe air and instantly killed. Our subject refused\\nto be taken to the hospital, although quite se-\\nverely injured, and remained with his company un-\\ntil fully restored.\\nThe Michigan regiment, in corapanjwith a com-\\npany of Missouri Engineers, built a road five miles\\nand three-quarters m length througii a deep swamp.\\nThe^ existed sometimes on very short rations and\\noften their meal consisted of rice which they picked\\nfrom the fields. They remained at Savannah for\\ntwo or three weeks and then left with the armj- for\\nNorth Carolina and were about thirty miles from\\nKaleigh, N. C, when Gen. .Johnston s army sur-\\nrendered to Sherman. Mr. Truax later took part\\nin tlie Grand Review at Washington, I). C, was\\nmustered out a few days later and received his dis-\\ncharge at Jackson, this State, in June, 1865.\\nAfter the close of the war, Mr. Truax came to\\nMartin Township, Allegan County, and as he was\\nunable to do any kind of work went to his home\\nin Canada and spent ii500 in doctor s bills. When\\nfullj- recuperated, he returned to Michigan and\\npurchased his jjresent property, which then was in\\nits primitive condition. He paid |!300 down on\\nhis land and began industriously the work of clear-\\ning and improving it.\\nIn April, 1877, Mr. Truax and Miss Eveline U.,\\ndaughter of Russell and Charity (D3 mon) Gaylor,\\nwere united in marriage. The parents of Mrs.\\nTruax were early settlers of Allegan County, where\\nthe father died in 1889; the mother is still residing\\nin Otsego Township.\\nMrs. Truax was born July 16, 1856, in Otsego\\nTownship, and by her union with our subject has\\nbecome the mother of six children, viz: Jessie L.,\\nLeonard A., Edith Augusta, Orville G., George\\nOlin and an infant not yet named. Mr. Truax\\nhas sixty acres of his estate under excellent im-\\nprovements and is ranked among the intelligent\\nfarmers of this locality. A view of his homestead\\na|3pears on another page. He is a member of the\\nGrand Arm^ of the Republic and is also a Patron\\nof Industry. In politics, he is a Republican and\\nhas been Road Overseer of his townshi|).\\nr^\\nOHN W. HOOVER is the proprietor of a\\ngeneral meat market, located at No. 524\\n^,^1 I Oak Street, Kalamazoo, where he is doing a\\nvery profitable business. He is a native of\\nCanada, having been born in Welland County,\\nMay 16, 1842. His parents were David and Mary\\nE. (Pew) Hoover, the father a native of Canada\\nwhere he carried on farming. He continued to\\nreside in the Dominion until 1866, at which time\\nhe emigrated to the States with his family and lo-\\ncated in Allegan County, on a farm. He con-\\ntinued to cultivate the soil until his death in the\\nspring of 1888, his wife passing away on the same\\nfarm in the fall of 1888.\\nJohn W. Hoover was reared on the home farm\\nuntil eighteen years of age, in the meantime at-\\ntending the district school. He then learned the\\ntrade of a butcher. In 1865, he also came to this\\nState, and, locating at Ganges, Allegan County,\\nopened a meat market and was fairly successful in\\nhis undertaking. In 1882, he came to Kalamazoo\\nwliere he established a market on Potter Street,\\nand prosecuted his business there for four years.\\nHe later removed to his present location, where he\\nhas erected a building suitable for the proper\\ncarrying-on of his line of business. He has one of\\nthe finest markets in the city, and keeps con-\\nstantly on hand a splendid assortment of choice\\nmeats, making his own sausage, lard, etc. He con-\\ntracts for most of his supplies from Chicago parties\\nand his patrons are thus assured that they will\\nreceive the very best the market affords.\\nHe was married to Miss Emily A. Kitchen, in June,\\n1866, and to them have been i)orn one daughter:\\nMary C, who is the wife of Delno llenshaw, of\\nMorgan Park, 111. Mr. Hoover commenced at the\\nbottom of tlie ladder in starting out in life and\\nnow has one of the finest businesses in his line", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0894.jp2"}, "895": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORI).\\n903\\nin Kaliiiiiazoo. He owns a i)leasant residence lo-\\nraU d at No. )22 Oak Slroel, and is so situated\\nthat he is enjoying a handsome income. Socially,\\nho is an Odd Fellow, and, with his wife, is a nicni-\\nlierof the First liaptist Chiirch. Politieally. he isa\\nProhibitionist.\\nI\\nAMKS GARNKR CLARK, one of the prom-\\ninent liusiness men of (lohleville, A an\\nl)ii;en County, isa prosperous merchant and\\n^^y is also engaged in carrying on a gristmill.\\nI lis fatiier was Henjamin Clark, a native of FIngland,\\nwhere he was born in 1800, and was a miller by\\noccu|)ation. The mother was Elizabeth Motley\\nin her maidenhood, and also a native of England,\\nborn in l.Sd.s. They were married in England and\\ncame to America in 18:50, and settled in Monroe\\nCounty, v.. where the father carried on farm-\\ning until his death which occurred in 18.54. The\\ngood wife and mother died in Michigan in 1869.\\nJMiey were the worthy [larentsof eleven children,\\nthose surviving bearing the names of Benjamin\\nR., Mary E. (Mrs. 11. T. llerron), Thomas M.,\\nEliza 8., .Tames O. and Marian Z. The deceased\\nare Rebecca A., Iliram A., .]osei)h A., Henry and\\nI^iiisa. The family- came to Michigan in 1857,\\nan l settled in the north woods of Van Buren\\nCounty.\\nOur subject was born September 10. 181G, in\\nMonroe County, N. Y., and w.ts eleven years old\\nwhen he came to this Stiite. His education was\\nobtiiined in the district schools and at Hillsdale\\nCollege, after which he taught three terms. In\\n18()8, he embarked in the merchandise business in\\n(ieneva Township, and two years later came to\\nCiolileville and put up the (ii-st store here. The\\nbuilding is now occu|iied by W. S. Crosby .V Co.\\nThis he carried on ten years.selling dry goods, Iwot.s\\nand shoes, groceries and hardware. In 1882, he\\npurchased his mill which was then a small grist\\nmill, with a portable engine. He has renuideled\\nit completely and now has a full rcjiler system with\\na large elevator. He buys anil han lles all the wheat\\nthat is offered here, i he cjipacity of the null is\\nlifty barrels per day. It is run all the year roninl\\nand does a general milling business. From three\\nto four hands are employed in the (ilace all the\\ntime and Hour of all grades, feed, and buckwheat\\nHour are m.anfactured. His market is mostly\\nlocal trade, but he sends some to New York City\\nand Baltimore.\\nIn additicm to his mill, Mr. Clark has a grocery,\\nboot and shoe store. He will erect a good brick\\nbuilding the coming spring for mercantile purpose.\\nMv. Clark w.as married in May, 187.5, to Ilattie A.\\nGoble, a daughter of Warren and Cordelia (Watte)\\nGoble, now residents of (Jobleville. Mrs. Clark\\nwas born in Erie Conntj N. Y., March 24, 18.55,\\nand to her has been born two children: Pearl .1.\\nand Ruby, born .Inly 25, I87C, and November II.\\n1887, respectively. The eldest daughter is attend-\\ning the High School department of the Gobleville\\ngraded schools. Mr. Claik and his daughter Pearl\\nare members of the Free-will Baptist Church and\\nhe h.os lieen Trustee and Clerk of the same and also\\ntook charge of the erection the present church\\nhere. He was Superintendent of the Sunday-\\nschool until his hearing was affected. Mr. Clark\\nhas taken a prominent part in school affairs and\\nhas been on the School Board. When in Geneva\\nTownship, he served .as Township Clerk on the\\nRepublican ticket, Init the last few j-ears he has\\ncast his influence with the Prohibition party, hav-\\ning always been a strong temperance man. He\\nbuilt his line residence in 1875 and has also put\\nup one other residence, two stores and his mill.\\nThe ehurcli and parsonage were erected mainly\\nthrough his elTorts and su|iport. For several years\\nMr. Clark was interested in bee culture. He is a\\nthorough business man and is a good e.\\\\ample foi\\n3 oung men just starting in active life to follow.\\nENRY Mli;UMA.\\\\ I AKKER. decea. ed, w.ts\\none of the prominent and successful busi-\\nness men of Kalamazoo. He was born in\\nWaterbury, Conn., April 2. 1823. and w.is\\nthe son of Charles and Deborah Isalwlla Parker,\\nthe father a manufacturer of haUs and trunks in\\nTarrvt wn, N. Y. Our subject s mother was a", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0895.jp2"}, "896": {"fulltext": "90-i\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nnative of Connecticut and of English descent.-\\nThe family later removed to Medina, N. Y., where\\nthey made tlieir home until coming to Battle\\nCreek, this State, in 1857. Our subject came to\\nKalamazoo during the same year, and here the\\nelder Mr. Parker started a trunk factory, in which\\nbusiness he continued until his death, in 1878.\\nHe was of Scotch and English extraction and stood\\nhigh in financial circles in his community.\\nHe of whom wc write was the eldestof the paren-\\ntal family of twelve children and p.assed his boyhood\\ndays in Medina, N. Y. His primary studies were\\nconducted in the common schools, which were later\\nsupi)lemented by attendance at the Medina Acad-\\nemy. He engaged to work in a hat factory when\\ntwelve years of age and while thus employed met\\nwith a serious accident by having his hand caught\\nin the machinery, which caused him to lose that\\nmenilier.\\nThe father of our subject having met with finan-\\ncial reverses, Henry S. was early in life thrown\\nupon his own resources. His pluck and energy,\\nhowever, won him success wherever he went, which\\nwas greatly needed as he had to care for the fam-\\nily for a time. In 1844, Henry S. Parker was mar-\\nried to Rachel Gregory, of Ontario County, N. Y.\\nShe was the eldest daughter of I hilo and Rachel\\n(Card) Gregory and soon after her marriage lo-\\ncated with her husband in Medina, Orleans County,\\nN. Y., where Mr. Parker was engaged as a hatter\\nand furrier.\\nThe original of this sketch came to Michigan in\\n1857, and made his home in Kalamazoo, where he\\nwas successfully engaged in business until his\\ndeath, February 5, 1885. The following children\\nwere born to Mr. and Mrs. Parker, viz: Sarah\\nE., IMrs. A. A. Hazzard of this city; Henry P., de-\\nceased; Villa C. who resides with her mother;\\nFrances V., also at home; Charles M., Julia L. and\\nElla L. Two children died in infancy.\\nIn religious matters, Mr. Parker was a devoted\\nmember of the Christian Church, and in politics, a\\nstanch Republican. He was always a liberal and\\n(iheerful contributor to all charitable enterprises\\nand a man greatlj- respected in his community.\\nHis family make their home in a comfortable and\\npleasant residence, located at No. 435 Woodward\\nAvenue. Few men have done mr re for Kalamazoo\\nthan our subject. He built four stores and several\\nhouses and was always keenly alive to everything\\nthat tended to the upbuilding of his community,\\nand we can truly say the world was better for his\\nhaving lived. The father of Mrs. Gregory made\\nhis home with our subject until 1884, when he died\\nin his ninety-second year. He was a Class-leader\\nin the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which bodj\\nhe had been a member for fifty-seven years. His\\nremains were laid to rest in Mountain Home Cem-\\netery.\\n1^+^\\nri^\\nVILBUR F. REED. This gentleman, who\\nis one of the prominent citizens of Kala-\\nmazoo, is Chief Engineer and Superin-\\ntendent of the Water AVorks. His beautiful home\\nis located at No. 1026 South Park Street, and ij,\\npresided over by his amiable wife. He was born\\nat Grass Lake, Jackson County, this State, August\\n8, 1851, and was the son of Mulford and Laura\\n(Jackson) Reed. The father, who was a native of\\nthe Empire State, came to this city in 1866, where\\nhe died in 1872; his wife still makes her home\\nhere.\\nWhen eighteen years of age, our subject began\\nto learn the trade of a machinist, and was thus\\nemiil03 ed in different places in this State, at one\\ntime lieing foreman of the Kalamazoo Foundry ik\\nMachine Company. In July, 1890, he became\\nAssistant Engineer, and April 20, 18!n, was a[)-\\npoiuted Chief Engineer and Superintendent of\\nthe Water Works, succeeding George II. Chand-\\nler. He gives his entire time and attention to his\\nposition, and gives satisfaction to all concerned.\\nApril 25, 1875, Wilbur F. Reed was united in\\nmarriage to Miss Ella L. Jacobs, of Kalamazoo.\\nThey have become tiie parents of two sons: Ernest\\nand Arthur. Socially, our subject is an Odd Fel-\\nlow and a Free and Accepted Mason. Mr. Reed\\nis a thorough master of his trade, as is evidenced\\nby the condition and systematic arrangement of\\neverything connected with the engine house. He\\nhad naturally a mechanical mind and never was\\nmore at JHime than when at work on some piece\\nof machinery. Being thorouglil versed in the", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0896.jp2"}, "897": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RICCORD\\nfinr)\\nteclinicnl systems of ineelianicnl I ligiiieerinjr, :is\\nwell as on the practical side of the question, he\\nmakes a most rIesiraWe man us SiiperiiUenclent of\\nsucli an impoiUnt plant as liie water system of\\nthe city of Kalamazoo.\\nMr. Reed has strong social pioclivilics and is a\\nhail fellow well met, and no more popular man\\ncan he found in the city. Kalamazoo is snijjilicd\\nwitli over thirty miles of water main and the cost\\nof maiiitainint; tiie department is ^10,000 per an-\\nnum. Tiie nuuUjer of gallons pum]ied is two liun-\\ndred millions per day. They use liie direct sys-\\ntem, with no reservoir or stand-pipes, and have\\nfour engines a Holly (^uadruplex of one million\\ncapacity, a Worthington Duplex of two mdlions,\\nand two Gaskill Compound engines of three mil-\\nlions each.\\nHUBAEL AU.\u00c2\u00ab^TIN LINCOLN, of Kalama-\\nzoo, was born near Chelsea, t., I\\\\Lay o,\\nISO. which was the (ifth day of the fifth\\nmonth of the fifth year in the nineteenth\\ncentury, and he is the tiflli child in a family of\\ntwelve children. Two hrotiiers C)f the name of\\nLincoln came from Kngland to America and were\\nthe founders of the family in this country. One\\nsettled in Connecticut, the other in Kentucky, and\\nfrom the latter Abraham Lincoln w.as descended.\\nShubael Lincoln, father of our subject, was born\\non the fith of March, 1770, in Connecticut and\\nspent his boyhood on his father s farm. He be-\\ncame an expert mechanic, and, in the year 182.5,\\nemigraled to the Western Reserve in Ohio, locat-\\ning in Lake County, where he made his home un-\\ntil his death. He was killed by the fall of a tree\\nin Ashtabula County.. Ian uary 30, 183; His wife,\\nwhose maiden name \\\\va. Mary Kills, was born in\\nNew llanipsliirc. April 2.5, 1775,. and when a young\\nmaiden went with her family to near Chelsea, Vt.\\nSome years after her marriage, Mai ch 21,1 70. they\\nremoved to (Irand Isle County, Vt. .She survived\\nlier husband some years and died in Kalamazoo,\\nSeptember I .l, 18; her remains being intcrrcil in\\nMl. c Cemetery-.\\nThe subject of this sket li remained under the\\nparental roof until he attained his majority, an l\\nin cftnnection with his father built and operated\\na mill near Chariton, Ohio. He is numbered among\\nthe pioneei-s of Kalamazoo of 1838. Aft* r locat-\\ning here, he carried on a store for about three years\\nas a partner of his lirother Horatio, when he be-\\ncame Deputy- Sheriff under .lohn Parker and ffir\\ntwo years had charge of the jail. We next fiml\\nhim engaged in keeping a hotel and the stage sta-\\ntion in Texas Townsliip,where he purchased a farm,\\nmaking his home thereon for two yeai-s. Return-\\ning on the exi)iration of that period to Kalamazoo,\\nhe formed a i)artnersliip with David IJurrell in the\\nmanufacture of wagons, in which line of trade he\\ncontinued for eight years, after which he turned\\nhis attention to the real-estate business and also\\nbuilt a store on Church Street. The grocery\\ntrade also engrossed his time and attention for\\nsome 3 ears, .and he again served as Deputy .Sheriff\\nunder George Rix. In 1874, he purch.ased his\\nhome, which is situated on a four-acre tract of\\nground on a hill near the asylum and commands\\na fine view of the entire city. In connection with\\nthis, he also owns a fine fruit farm of nine acres\\nand a uumlter of houses which he rents.\\nIn Chariton, Ohio. June 1. 1824. Mr. Lintoln\\nwas united in marriage to .lanet .Starr, who died\\nten yeai-s later, and. .Septemlier 14, 1840, in New-\\nCastle, Pa., he married Mrs. Cynthia Somcrville, nee\\nBrown. She was Iwrn in Ashtabnia County, Ohio,\\nand for more than forty-five yeai-s they have trav-\\neled life s journey together. By his first niarriage\\nthree children w^ere liorn: Horatio, now residing\\nin California; .Tidia, who became the wife of James\\nKelly, died in Piersons, Mich., in 1887; and Carlos\\nI)., telegraph operator and station agent at Poltei-s-\\nville, Mich. The children of the second marriage\\nare Ellen, Kmily, Marietta and Austin, all of whom\\nare yet at home.\\nFormerly, Mr. Lincoln w.ns a Whig in political\\nsentiment and cast his first Presidential vote for\\n.lohn l. Adams l)ut since the organization of the\\nRepublican party has been one of its stanch sup-\\nporters. He is a great admirer of Abraham Lin-\\ncoln, whom he met while making a speech in Kala-\\nzoo. Religiously, he belongs to the Congregational\\nChurch, which he joined in 1\u00c2\u00abI2. Mr. Lincoln is", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0897.jp2"}, "898": {"fulltext": "906\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\ni\\na genial gentleman and an entertaining conversa-\\ntionalist. He and his family are well and lavora-\\nbl} known throughout the community where they\\nhave resided for so many years, he having been a\\nresident of Kalamazoo City and count} for a half\\ncenturv.\\n_y\\nr\\nPHRAIM T. MILLS, Treasurer of the Kala-\\nmazoo Publishing Company, was born in\\nAnn Arbor, this State, February- 13, 1830.\\nHis father, Sylvester W., removed in 1826 from his\\nhome in New York to Ann Arbor, and five j^ears\\nlater came to Kalamazoo County and engaged in\\nthe mercantile business at Ricliland. A partner-\\nship formed with Mumford Eldred continued un-\\ntil 1839, when he removed to Verona, Calhoun\\nCounty, and was in a mercantile business there\\nwith Jeremiah Teed until 1841, when he went back\\nto Richland and from tliere to Galesburgli, March 1,\\n1843. In 1844, he built a gristmill with David Ford\\nand under the firm name of S. W. Mills Sons,\\nengaged in merchandising. Removing in 1859 to\\nChicago, he was foreman in a machine shop until\\nhis death, in 1863, at the age of fiftj -four.\\nThe marriage of Sylvester \\\\V. Mills and Louisa\\nTerry took place in Ann Arbor, in 1828. The\\nbride, who was a native of Connecticut, accom-\\npanied her parents to Michigan at an early day\\nand spent the greater part of her life in the State,\\nd3 ing at Benton Harbor, at her daughter s home,\\nin 1886, at the advanced age of seventy-seven.\\nHer mortal remains lie in the cemetery at Ciales-\\nburgli, by the side of lier liusband s. Two of their\\nfive children died in infancy. The youngest sister,\\nEllen L., married N. .1. Eldred, of Benton Harbor,\\nwhere she now resides.\\nWilliam T., onl^- Ijrother of our suliject, and now\\na resident of Benton Harbor, enlisted during the\\nlate war in the first company from Kalamazoo,\\nunder Colonel Dwight May, and was discharged\\nfor disabdity but soon after re-enlisted in the Six-\\nteenth Regimental Band and served througout the\\nentire war. He was struck with paral\\\\sis and for\\ntwo years was unable to sit up, but finally re-\\ncovered. He became blind through injuries re-\\nceived while in service.\\nOur subject, as soon as he was old enough to be\\nof .assistance to his father, clerked in his store, be-\\ncoming a partner when he was twent_y-one and\\ncontinuing in that connection until 1859. In 18G0,\\nhe was elected County Registrar at a special elec-\\ntion (the regular candidate having died of heart\\ndisease) and was twice re-elected, serving for six\\nyears. In 1867, in company with L. B. Kendall,\\nhe bought a milling business at Kendall Station,\\ntwenty miles from Kalamazoo, and together they\\noperated a sawmill and stave factory for three 3-ears\\nwith great success.\\nIn 1869, Mr. Mills went to Kansas City and was\\nconnected willi A. L. Mason, formerly of Gales-\\nburgh, in a steam cracker factory, which, unfortu-\\nnately, was burned ten da3 S after being established\\nbut was rebuilt at once. In 1873, he became Assist-\\nant Cashier and Paymaster of the Leavenworth,\\nLawrence Galveston Railroad, with headquarters\\nat Lawrence, Kan., and held the position until he\\nreturned to Kalamazoo in 1875. Here he became\\nconnected with the Kalamazoo Publishing Com-\\npany, and for seven years was Assistant Postmaster\\nunder L. B. Kendall, having entire charge of the\\npostollice on account of Mr. Kendall s absence\\nfrom the city a good deal of the time. The office\\nunder his supervision had the reputation of being\\nthe best managed of an^ in the State.\\nNovember 28, 1854, Mr. Jlills was married to\\nMiss Helen L., daughter of Roswell Ransom, and a\\nniece of the ex-Governor. Mrs. Mills was born in\\n1836, at Galesburgh, where her father settled in\\n1831, and was the third of seven children, six of\\nwhom survive. Her father, a native of Vermont,\\nwas a merchant and miller of Galesburgh, and died\\nthere in November, 1877, aged seventy-five. Her\\nmother, whose maiden name was Loretta Shaffer,\\nwas a daughter of Gen. William R. Shafter, an ex-\\nmember of the Vermont Legislature, and is now\\nmaking her home with a daughter, Mrs. A. J.\\nBurdick, at Kalamazoo.\\nA brother of Mrs. Ransom, Hon. Oscar L. Shaf-\\nter, was Judge of the Supreme Court of California,\\nand wlien the two brothers were together had\\nninety thousand acres of land and the largest dairy\\nII", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0898.jp2"}, "899": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n907\\nill the world, owiiiiij; four tlioiis.nnd t-ows. Another\\nliiolhor, .Iiulge .hiiiies M. M., is .-i we;illhy nuich-\\niiiuii. of Sail Kranoisfo. lie has twelve hundred\\niiiiU ii cows and has twenty-six lhous:ind acres in iiis\\nrancii.\\nMr. and Mrs. .Mills are (he parents of six child ion,\\nthree of whom grew to maturity. Olen \\\\V. resides\\nat .lackson, and is one of the lirm in tiie music\\nliouse of S. I). Smitli Comiiau} Frank II., an\\nactor in the .Mcazar .Stock Company Theater at\\n.San Francisco, promises to be a future star of tlie\\nstage, and h.as already received many tiattering\\npress notices; Mamie E., the only daughter, resides\\nat home.\\nAlthough a Hcpuhlican, Mr. .Mills is not a part-\\nisan, lie was reared in the Congregational\\nChurch, hut is not now connected with any relig-\\nious organization, although his belief tends to that\\nof the Initarian Church.\\n_w K\\ni\\n(o\\nOH ACE M. I ECK. We are pleased to give\\nl|l in our list of the best citizens of Kalania-\\nzoo the old [lioneers an l prominent husi-\\nness men, and we therefore take special\\npleasure in presenting to our readers the name of\\nllor.ice M. Peck. lie w.is born in i.itclilield\\nCounty, Conn., in the town of Watertown, August\\n7, IHll, and is the second in order of birth of a\\nfamily of three children born to Benjamin M. and\\nSalima Atwo :)d)IVck, also natives of Connecticut.\\nDeacon Benjamin Peck was a very prominent\\n.agriculturist in the Nutmeg State and for several\\nyears took second premium for his neat and well-\\ncultivated estate. The Peeks were of Scotch des-\\ncent and the parents of our subject were members\\nof the Congregational Church. The original of\\nthis sketch attended the common schools of his\\nii. itive town and a-ssisted his father in clearing and\\nimproving the home farm until re.aching his ma-\\njority.\\nHorace M. Peck came to Michigan in IH id\\nwhere he remained for a short time and then re-\\nturned to Connecticut. In the spring of 1H38. he\\nagain made the Wtilverine State his home, this\\ntime locatiiifrin the village of Yorkville. He later\\nim|)roved a good farm where he iii.ade his home\\nfor the live succeeding years and then came to\\nRichland Township and carried on general farm-\\ning. He made a specially of sheep-raising and\\nassisted other farmers in starting their tlocks. Mr.\\nPeck has done a great deal of i)ioneer work in\\nthis county. He also carried on a broker.age busi-\\nness. His home [ilace consisted of two hundred\\nacres which he placed under most excellent culti-\\nvation and unproved with all the buildings nec-\\nessary fortlie carryingon ofa first-class farm. He\\ncontinued to cultivate his farm until October, ISG .I\\nwhen he moved into the then village of Kalama-\\nzoo, where he h.as since made his home.\\nMr. Peck, in company with Charles Dayton, C.\\nH. Hall and Col. F. W. Cortcnius organized the\\nKalamazoo .Savings Bank. He was made its ice-\\nprcsldcnt, which position he continued to hold un-\\ntil 188!l, when his failing health cau.sed him l i\\nsever his connection with the institution. Ho\\nstill owns his beautiful farm in Richland Township,\\nwhich nets him a fine income.\\n.luly 1, 1838, he of whom we write and -Miss\\nAmelia B. Barnes, of Yorkville, Mich., were nniteil\\nin marriage. Jlrs. Peek is the daughter of Tillot-\\nson and Clarissa (Byinglon) Barnes, natives of\\nLitchfield County, Conn. Mrs. Peck was l)orn in\\nCamden, Oneida County. N. Y. By her union with\\nour subject six children have been born, four sons\\nand two daughters, namely: Susan C; Horace B.;\\nFrances S., wlu) is the wife of .1. C. Burrows, present\\nmember of Congress from this district; Herbert, a\\ncapitalist, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Charles A., \\\\ice-\\npresident of the City National Bank at Kala-\\nmazoo; and Benjamin M., who died in 187(j, at\\nthe age of eighteen ^-eai-s.\\nMr. Pock h.as accumulated a large property, hav-\\ning lieen interested in many of the successful en-\\nterprises of the city. Il(f is very lilKMal with his\\nmeans and contributes choorfiilly to the support\\nof churches and all worthy objects. He doiialod\\n1,000 to the Children s Home in this city and\\nalso the large bell on llio I rosliytorian Church.\\nHe is a large stockholder in the City National\\nBank and ranks among the wealthy citizens of the\\nc\u00c2\u00ab)iiiity. His beaiiliful residence, which is localeil\\natNo. 21 .l West Ce I. ir Stieel. is a handsome frame", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0899.jp2"}, "900": {"fulltext": "908\\nPORTRAIT AKD BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nstructure, tastefully furnisliod througliout and\\nbears evidence of the retlncnient and culture of its\\ninmates. The kindly nature of Mr. and Mrs. Peck\\nleads them to make life [ileasant for others, and\\ntheir influence in the conununit^ is always for\\nSfood.\\nAMES E. SELKIRK, who resides upon his\\nI I farm on section 13, Hopkins Township,\\nI Allegan Count}-, is a representative of one\\n^J^/y of the most iirominent pioneer families of\\nthis locality and one that has been identified with\\nthe history of the county since its earliest days.\\nHis grandfather, Jereiv.iah Selkirg (for such was\\nthe original spelling of the name), was a native of\\nNew York and served in the Revolutionary War\\nas Aide-de-Camp on the staff of Gen. Washington.\\nHe died at the age of ninety-seven years, six\\nmonths and eleven days and was buried in the\\nfamily cemetery at Selkirk Lake.\\nThe father of our subject, .lames Selkirk, Sr.,\\nwas born in New York in 1790, and married Han-\\nnah Gunn,who was born in Connecticut, in Octo-\\nber, 1806. B}- trade he was a cabinet-maker. In\\nearly life, he 7nade long voyages on the Atlantic,\\nvisiting England and Scotland, and in the latter\\ncountr} took the Thirty-third Degree of Masonry.\\nHe served with Napoleon on the high seas and par-\\nticipated in several naval engagements. He was\\nan ordained minister of the Methodist Church, but\\nin later life changed his views and was ordained\\nan Episcopal clergyman by Bishop Onderdonk, of\\nNew York. In 1835, he emigrated toNiles, Mich.,\\nwhere he served as pastoi for three years. The\\nchurch was too poor to afford an organ, so he set to\\nwork to make one, conslructing pipes and all, and\\ntuned it.\\n.Subseijuently, the Rev. Mr. Selkirk was appointed\\nmissionary to the Ottawa Indians and located\\nground on what is now the lianks of Selkirk Lake,\\nin Wayland Township, Allegan County. The In-\\ndians were tlien under their chief, Sagenaw. He\\nlabored with them for twenty-one j ears, and to\\nsupport his family carried on farming. His life\\nwas one of sacrifice, but the world is surely belter\\nfor his having lived. In politics, he was a stanch\\nDemocrat and was a prominen t ISIason belonging to\\nCai son Lodge, of Detroit. He had studied medi-\\ncine and practiced consideral)ly in an early day\\nhere.\\nThe name of Rev. Mr. Selkirk is inseparably con-\\nnected with the historj- of this count}-, for he was\\namong its honored founders. He died October 5,\\n1877, and his remains were interred in the family\\ncemetery. His wife passed away May 24, 1890.\\nB} his first marriage, he had three children, two of\\nwhom are now living. Eour children were born\\nof the second union, but our subject is the only\\none who now survives. One brother, Jeremiah,\\nwas killed by an Indian, at Crow Wing, Minn., in\\n1858, at the age of twenty- four.\\nThe yongest brother, Charles C, acquired a su-\\njierior education and partially fitted himself for\\nthe Episcopal ministr}-. He is said to have been\\nthe most proficient Indian interpreter in the\\nUnited States. He was thoroughly acquainted\\nwith several Indian tongues, and at the age of six-\\nteen was interpreter to J. L. Breck, missionary\\naniong the (Jjipawa Indians in Minnesota. While\\nthere a plan was formed to murder him and the mis-\\nsionaries. The Indian chief, Hail-in-the-Day, sent\\ntwo braves to commit the deed, l)ut a sub-chief.\\nCrow Feather, informed the wliite traders, who thus\\ninterfered. AVhile among the Leach Lake Indians,\\n.lames E. and Charles E. Selkirk were attacked.\\nOne Indian stood over the brother with uplifted\\ntomahawk, but our subject stood with a revolver,\\nwhich intimidated the Indian and he thus saved\\nhis brother s life. Charles C. returned to his home\\nin Michigan and died while teaching an Indian\\nschool at Point Water, November 19, 1860, at the\\nage of twenty-two years and eleven months. On\\nanother occasion aside from those already men-\\ntioned, a band of one hundred and fifty Indians\\npassed the night in the Selkirk log cabin.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born March 4,\\n1832, in Pompcy Township, Onondaga Countj% N.\\nY. Few have had the wild exiieriencc, whicli was\\nhis lot in early life. The Indians were his play-\\nmates in boyhood, and he made such use of their\\nlanguage that his father had to send him to school\\nin Kalamazoo to ro-learn the English tongue. At", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0900.jp2"}, "901": {"fulltext": "SELKIRK S CLOCK\\nPUM PING MOTOR.\\nOLD GRI5W0LD MiSStON, PROPERTY OF JAMES E.SELKIRK, SEC. 28.,WArLAND TP, ALLLGAN CO.,\\nMICHIGAN\\n.;i\u00c2\u00ab SiA,l..-a.^*;t^(^ijS^5M \u00c2\u00abU*^.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a24.,W,.a. ,.S.iii-iiiJfilV\\nRESIDENCE Of J. B. BREED, SEC.8.. ALMENA TP^VAixi BURLIm CO.,MlCH.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0901.jp2"}, "902": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0902.jp2"}, "903": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RP:CORD.\\n911\\ntwenty years, he left hoine, going to New York,\\nwhere lie learned the process of making daguerreo-\\ntypes. Me liien carried on a gallery in Tappan-\\ntown, N. Y., one suninuM-. after wiiicii lie returned\\nto Kalamazoo, Mich., where he worked at his trade\\nfor .Schuyler T5aldwin. He then traveled in Min-\\nnesota until his mairiage and w^as takinji views in\\nthe neighborhood of I,;ikc Itasca wlicii lli;it event\\noccurred.\\nThe marriage of Mr. .Selkirk ami Miss Henrietta\\nE. Legg was celebrated in July, 1860. She was\\nl orn in New York. September 1, 1830, and is a\\ndaughter of Alfred and Maria (Manley) Legg, fif\\nthe Empire State. The deatii of lier father oc-\\ncurred in 1842, and her mother died in 18()fl. at\\nthe ago c)f fifty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Selkirk\\nbegan their domestic life upon the old liomestead\\non the mission grounds, there residing until about\\neight years ago, wiieii he piuclia.sed eighty acres of\\nland on section 13, Hopkins Township, his present\\nfarm. However, lie still owns one hundred and\\nsixty-six acres of the old homestead, lie tarried\\non general farming until two j^ears ago, since which\\ntime he h.as been constructing an invention which\\nembodies the idea of puiiipiiig water from wells\\nwithout the use of windmills. He has just com-\\npleted the machine, which is called the Clock Pump-\\ning Motor, has had it i)atented and exi)ects to\\nplace it on the market in the spring of 18!)2. It\\nhas many admirable |ualities and will doubtless\\nhave a read\\\\ sale. A view of this motor and also of\\nthe residence of Mr. Sclkiik will be notlc; il on an-\\nother page.\\nI nto Mr. and .Mrs. .Selkirk were born three chil-\\ndren: Addle H.. now tile wife of 1!. .McDermott,\\nwho resides in Klinira, Mich., with his wife and\\nchild; Charles K., who operates the old homestead,\\nmarried Jennie Kelley, by whom he has two sons;\\nLulu is the youngest of the family. The parents\\nare well and favorably known throujrhout this\\ncommunity and rank high in social circles, while\\ntheir own home is the abode of hospitality. Mr.\\nSelkirk is a Master Mason, and h.as held nearly all\\nthe otiices in the Blue Lodge. Hi also belongs to\\nseveral farmer societies and in i)olitics is a Demo-\\ncrat. A man of more than ordinary ability, he\\nlias won for himself an enviable [josition and h.as\\n12\\nthe high regjird of all with whom he has been\\nbrought ill coiilacl. His lite has been a varied\\none his ehildliood spent among the Indians, his\\nearly manhood in travel, his nuire mature years in\\nfarming and now, in his later life, he has turned\\nhis attention lo invenlion.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^n:\\nE^^\\nlIlOSIH Ar.. Iil!i:i;i). This gentleman is one\\nof llie well-known and representative farm-\\ners of .Mmeiia Township, Van Buren\\n\\\\2/ County. The origin of this family in Amer-\\nrica is centered in Allan Breed, who came from\\nSouthampton, Knsjiand, to America in 1630. and\\nfrom him the prest iit family is descended. The\\ngrandfather of our subject, Nathaniel Breed, was\\nborn at Cape Cod, Mass., and a .son of Nathaniel,\\nalso of Cape Cod. The former was married to\\nElizabeth VVhitconib,and the^- had eleven children.\\nThe father of our subject w.as the youngest in\\nthe family circle, and was born September Id. 1800,\\nill New Hampshire. The mother of our subject\\nwas Nancy (Bangs) Breed, born April 18, 180().\\nThey were married in Monroe County, N. Y.. in\\n1823, and the hiisljand was engaged in farming\\nand mercantile business. They came to Michigan\\nin 1835 to live, Mr. Breed having been here two\\nyears before. They located in Columbia Towiiship,\\nwhere Breedsville now is. There our subject erected\\na sawmill and was one of the lii st settlers. A few\\nyears later, he moved to Antwcri) Township, near\\nPaw Paw, and settled on a farm of one hundred and\\ntrt-enty acres. After moving several times, in IK. iii\\nhe came to Alincna Townshi[), and made a perma-\\nnent home on .-ieetion 7. He died in 1876.\\nThe parental family included the following five\\nchildren: Stillman F.. .lonathan IL, Joshua B., and\\nAlbert T., Phoebe .\\\\nn, deceased. The mother of\\nthis family iTlcd in 183 and the father took for\\nhis second wife, in 18tl,Maiy Ann Miller, now\\ndeceased. She liorc him three children: Nancy M..\\nMary K. and Silas The fatlicr w.a.s a Deacon\\nfor fifty yeai-s in the Free-will Ba|itist Church and\\nw.is tlie main stav in the church. He was a Whig\\nand jifterward a Hepublicaii in his |Kilitieal altilia-\\ntions. He helped to organize the township, and", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0903.jp2"}, "904": {"fulltext": "912\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwas Supervisor for seven teeu years, also Supervisor\\nof Antwerp Township, holding the office of Iligli-\\nway Commissioner here, and taking a lively interest\\nin schools. lie was a strong temperance man.\\n(^ur subject is the fourth child, born July 5,\\n1835, in Monroe County, N. Y. He came to Mich-\\nigan when a baby with liis parents, and received\\nhis education here. His brothers, Stillman F. and\\n.Jonathan II., received splendid educations, the\\nfurnier a graduate of Hillsdale College, studied for\\nthe ministry, also law and medicine. lie moved to\\nCalifiirnia, and is practicing medicine there. .Ton.a-\\ntlian II. was a student at Hillsdale College, but grad-\\nuated at the Kalamazoo Business College.\\n-Mr. r.reed remained at home until he was twen-\\nty-one, and lias always been engaged in fanning.\\nHe had to begin einiity-handed and worked out\\non farms for two years. He then bought a farm\\nin Waverl3 Township, in section 12, which he im-\\nproved. In the year 18.58, our subject was mar-\\nried to Ilattie Maria Clark, born May 28, 1839, in\\nOnondaga Countj N. Y. Mrs. Breed is tlie\\ndaughter of Thomas and Sarah (Skultliori)) Clark,\\nl)oth natives of JCngiand, who came to America in\\n1836 and settled in New York State. They came\\nto Michigan in 1848 and settled in this township\\non a farm which they improved. She died in 1858,\\nand he in 1886. Four of their eleven children\\nare now living: James, William, Mrs. lireed and\\nRobert. Mr. Clark, in politics, was a Republican.\\nOur subject sold out in Waverly Townslii}) and\\ncame to this place in 1865 and located on section\\n17, just across the road from his present farm. He\\npurcluased iiis present farm in 1882, and two years\\nago built his present tine brick residence at a cost\\nof $4,000. The beautiful aliode, a view of which\\naccompanies this sketch, is handsomely finished in\\nhard-wood and grained; is heated by a furnace and\\nfini.shed from basement to attic. The exterior of\\nthis palatial residence is adorned ivith bay win-\\nilows and balconies, while the inferior shows the\\ntaste and culture of the lady who so graciously\\npresides over it. The chaniliers are each decorated\\nin one color, such .as blue, red and mahogany. The\\nartistic staircase and large, fine hallw.ay add greatly\\nto the attractiveness of the place and contriljute\\nin making it one of the finest homes in the town-\\nship. Mr. Breed is also the |)ossessor of three\\nother residences and owns two hundred and eighty\\nbroad acres, of which the most are splendidly im-\\nproved. He actively carries on his farm himself,\\nand is a sagacious and enterprising fanner, as his\\nplace testifies.\\nMr. and Mrs. Breed are the parents of three chil-\\ndren, one deceased. The living are Berdette L..\\nborn in 1851), married Anna DeLong, and lives on\\nthe home farm. Lester E., born in 1868, resides\\nat home with his parent*. The children have re-\\nceived splendid educations and the father has\\nbeen an officer in this school district. He is a\\nmember of the Masonic order at Paw Paw, and\\nh.as been for over a quarter of acentuiy. He and his\\namiable wife are members of the Paw Paw Grange\\nand were formerly members of the Waveily\\nGrange. Both have held offices in this society.\\nIn politics, Mr. Breed casts his vote with the\\nRepublican party, and has served his fellow-citi-\\nzens as Supervisor, Treasurer and Ilighwa.y Com-\\nmissioner. He helped to establish local ojjtion\\nhere. Mr. and Mrs. Breed, with their family, stand\\namong the best circles in the townsliip, and are\\niield in respect by all.\\nRMSTRONG B. LYSTER. On the old\\nhomestead in Van Buren County which\\nhis father purch-ased manj- years ago, this\\ngentleman is assiduously- [(erforming his\\npart as one of the thorough-going farmers of\\nColumbia Township. The place comprises a tract\\nof one hundred and four acres on section 16, and\\nis eml)ellished with a substantial set of buildings\\nfor the storage of grain and the shelter of stock,\\nas well as by the commodious residence which\\nis the abode of the family. As a public-spirited\\ncitizen, obliging neighbor and open-hearted friend,\\nhe has won a place among the prominent and\\nrepresentative citizens of the community.\\nThe grandfather of our subject was William J.\\nLyster, a Cai)tai]i in the British army, whose\\nwife was in maidenhood Miss Martha Hatton, a\\ndaughter of Col. Jolm Hatton, of the British army.\\nAfter his inaniage, Capt. Lyster settled in his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0904.jp2"}, "905": {"fulltext": "PORTHAIT AM) lUOGRAl IlK AI, HKCORD.\\n913\\nnative countr3--Ireland-where he died at the age\\nof more than four-score. He was :i devoted iiieiii-\\nlier of the Episcopal Church and an upiiirht man.\\nlie and ids wife liad a family of three rhlldien.\\nnamely: Armstrong T., father of our sidjjeel;\\nWilliam N.. one of the first Episcopal mission-\\naries in Michigan; and ^Matilda. The eldest in\\nthe family wa.s born in the Emerald Isle .\\\\i ril\\n18(13, and received a si)lendid education at Trin-\\nity College, Ireland. He studied law and engaged\\nin its practice as well as in the supervision of his\\nfarm of one hundred and seventeen acres.\\nOn October III. IHl.S, Armstrong T. Lyster and\\nhis family landed in New York City, having em-\\nigrated hither from their native country. They\\nat once proceeded west to Lenawee Comity, this\\nState, where the father purchased one hundred and\\nforty acres and on the homestead he there estiib-\\nlished resided live years. Afterward he sojourned\\nin Toledo. Ohio, for two years, and was there oc-\\ncupied in the olHce of the Toledo Bhuh In\\nMarch, IH. 5. he came to Columbia Township, N an\\nIhiren County, and after residing for a few years\\non section 16, removed to their present farm, sjime\\nsection and same townshi|), where he cleared\\nand improved a farm. His death occurred on\\nthat jilace September 21, 187(). In ieligit us con-\\nvictions he was a memlier of the Episcopal Church,\\nwhile his political belief brtmglit him iiilo atlil-\\niation with the Republican party.\\nThe subject of this sketch is one of a large\\nfamily of children, of wlmm the following facts\\nare noted: Isdell I)., who served as Eii-sl .Sergeant\\nin the Second Michigan Cavalry during the late\\nwar and afterward died in this St;ite; Armstrong\\n15., wlK)died in Ireland when (uil\\\\- six years old;\\n(iertriide M., now Mrs. Ely; Willi.-iin .1., who served\\nin the Firet New York Light Artillery iiiid died\\nin Denver, Col.; Edmund F.. now a resident of\\nOregon, and who also served in the First New\\nYork Light Artillery; Armstrong 1$., our subject;\\nIsabella H. F., who died when eight; Florence I.,\\nwho pas.sed away at the sige of four, and two\\nothei-s who died in ciiildhoo l.\\nThe mother of this family lx)re the maiden\\nname of Anna Isdell. and was born in County\\n.Mavi Ireland, while her father was there on dutv.\\nShe was one of five children born to Patrick H.\\nand .Vnna .M. (L Estrange) Lsdell, natives of\\nCounty Westmeath, Ireland. Her father Wiis a\\nCaptain in the Ihitish army, and the son of\\nFr.ank Isdell, a farmer. In County Westmeath,\\nIreland, Armsli-ong 15. Lyster w.as born April l; i,\\n1817, .and when little more than one year old\\nwas liiought l)y his parents to the I liited States.\\nHe passed his youth on the farm where he still\\nlives, and early gained a |)iactlcal knowledge of\\nagriculture. He now m:ikes a specialty of peaches\\nand grapes, in which he is very successful.\\nThe marriage of Mr Lyster to Miss Mary I.sa-\\nhella Cossar took place February 111, 1871. Mi-s.\\nLyster was born in Chatham. England, and is the\\ndaughter of Waller an l Kate Lyster) Cossar,\\nnatives, respectively, of Herwickshire, .Scotland,\\nand County Wexford. Ireland. .Mr. Cossar en-\\ntered the British army at nineteen and served in\\nthe Roy;il Marines as CapUiin. In 1865, he emi-\\ngrated to Montreal, Canada, and two years later\\ncame to Cliic. igo, where the family have since re-\\nsided. ^Ir. ;iiid Mrs. Lyster are the parents of\\ntwelve children, as follows: Martha K., Re.ssie G.,\\n.\\\\nna F.. Edmund IS., Mary Walter I., (ier-\\ntriide E., Lizzie E., Florence I., Nona !M.. Wini-\\nfred F., and Rowland J. C. The members of the\\nf;imily tind a religious home in the Episcopal\\nChurch :ind enjoy the esteem of their large circle\\niif wniin personal friends.\\nf^VAniCA N. MASON. A beautiful and taste-\\nful home, placed in attractive surroundings\\nJl and furnished .according to the dictates of\\na cultured mind, is an educative |)Ower in any\\ncommunity. The \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2new education of which we\\nhear so much nowadays teaches that we learn\\nthrough the eye, and that a lesson which is .agi-ee-\\nably taught has doiiltle force. For that reason we\\nhold to the truth with which we open this |)arn-\\ngraph.\\nMr. M.ason operates a line farm on .section 3 2.\\nPortage Township. Kalamazoo County. He is the\\nson of .lohn L. and Ruth (Wright) Ma.son. nalive.s_.\\nrespectively, of Massachusetts and Schoh", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0905.jp2"}, "906": {"fulltext": "914\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nCount} N. Y. The father was sixteen years of\\nage when he migrated to Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nwhere he met and married tlie mother of our\\nsubject. He was born in 1800, and died in Marion,\\nN. Y., in his seventieth year. Mrs. Mason, who was\\nborn in 1804, still survives at an advanced age.\\nOf the parental family of four sons and seven\\ndaughters, Tcorge N. was the seventh child, his\\nbirth occurring in Mniion, Wayne County, N. Y.,\\nJanuary 5, 1836. He was reared on a farm and\\ngiven a good education in the common schools of\\nthe neighborhood. When reaching his eighteenth\\nyear, he came West to this county, and in Cooper\\nTownship was engaged in farming and stock-rais-\\ning for a period of twenty-two years. His first\\nmarriage occurred November 2.3, 1858, in Cooper\\nTownship, at which time Miss Ellen Delano became\\nhis wife. Mrs. Mason was born in that township,\\nAugust 28, 1840, and became the mother of the\\nfollowing-named four children: Etta, wlio was the\\nwife of Frank Young, died in Cooper Township,\\nAugust 7, 1888, when twentj-nine years of age;\\nJennie, who died when four years of age; Ilattie\\nand Carl. Mrs. Ellen Mason died February 1,\\n1882.\\nGeorge N. Mason was a second time married, No-\\nvember 25, 1884, this time to Mrs. Mellissa Nash,\\nthe widow of Horace Nash, who died in Williamson,\\nWayne County, N. Y., November 26, 1873. She\\nhad become the mother of one daughter by that\\nmarriage, Jennie E. The maiden name of Mrs.\\nMason was Melissa Cogswell, the daiighter of Will-\\niam and Eliza Cogswell, residents of Marion, N. Y.,\\nwhere she was born, June 14, 1840.\\nOur subject made his home in Cooper Township\\nfor four years and then removed to Hojikiiis, Alle-\\ngan County, in which place he resided for nine-\\nteen months. He next removed to Pavilion Town-\\nship, and after a stay of two ears there, came to\\nClimax Township, this county, where he lived for\\nthree years. Later he rctuined to Cooper Town-\\nship and after making this place his home for\\neighteen years, went to Charleston Township. Six\\nmonths thereafter, he made the city of Kalamazoo\\nhis abiding place, wiiere he was a resident two\\n^ears, at the end of which time he spent a year\\nanci^a Jialf in Charleston Townshii). Again return-\\ning to Kalamazoo, he enjoyed life there for another\\nsix months and, in 1887, settled in Portage Town-\\nship.\\nMr. Mason was the first man to engage in the\\nwholesale meat business in Kalamazoo. He has\\nalways taken an active part in political affairs, and\\nis a strong Republican. Socially, he is a IMason,\\nand for a number of years has been Chairman of\\nthe Township Committee. He has taken an active\\npart in educational affairs and for fifteen years was\\na member of the School Board. ]\\\\Ir. Mason has\\nalways been engaged in farming and stock-raising\\nand ranks among the wealthy members of the agii-\\ncultural community. He owns one hundred and\\neighty acres of excellent land which is under thor-\\nough cultivation. He is liberal in his religious\\nviews and, with his estimable wife, is highly es-\\nteemed in his community for his excellent qualities\\nof mind and heart.\\nSCAR D. MARTIN is a well-to-do farmer\\nand stock-raiser on section 36, Lawrence\\nTownship, N mi Buren County. His place\\nconsists of eighty acres which he cultivates in a\\nmost profitable manner. He was born in New\\nYork, August 16, 1838, and is the son of Harry\\nand Emily (Hungerford) Martin, both of whom\\nwere natives of New York.\\nOur subject was fifteen 3 ears of age when his\\nparents came West to Michigan, at which time\\nthey located in Waverl} Township, Van Buren\\nCounty, where the father purchased sixty acres of\\nla nd. September 16, 1 86 1 he en listed in Company\\nC, Third Michigan Cavalry and joined the Army\\nof the AVest. He participated in the battles of\\nNew Madrid, Island No. 10, luka, Hudsonville,\\nHolly Springs, Hopkins Mills, Tallahatchie, Ox-\\nford and Coffeeville. He took an active [lart in all\\nthe battles in which his regiment was engaged and\\nreceived his honorable discharge at Arkansas in\\nOctober, 1864. He was in the hospital at Hamburg\\nLanding and at Cincinnati for a short period.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write was married,\\nApril 12. 1865, to Miss Henrietta Smith, of Paw", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0906.jp2"}, "907": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\n915\\nI aw. Shi \\\\v:is huni in )rk ;ins County, X. Y.,\\nI Vliiuai v 6, l\u00c2\u00abl. l,an(l t aiiio to Mk liiLraii in lH(;i\\nfrom l.uiain Coniitv. Ohio, whithor the family had\\nicmoved ill ISdl. Her parriits were Amos and\\nOivelia (Sheldon) Smitii, natives of New York.\\nMr. Smith died in Ohio in hSCl. After li is inar-\\nriai;e, our sulijeet rented a i iece of land and farmed\\nfor alxiut four years, when lie look eliarij;e of the\\nold homestead until the death of his (laients. lie\\nthen lioiiijlit out the heirs and operated the home\\nfarm, wliieli lie sold a few years later and [lur-\\neli.a.sed lii.s [iresent estate, luoviiig here in April,\\nIHX;3.\\nOur sulijeet aiul his wife liavc lieeoine the |)a-\\nrents of t wo ehildren: Harry A., who was born\\non tlie ohl homestead, December 2, 1865, is married\\naiul has two ehildren; Nidlie was al.so born on the\\nold homestead. May It, li^tKi. The son has been\\n;ivcn a line education, being graduated from the\\nI.awrenee High School and the -Vgrieultural Col-\\nlege, iceeiving his diploma from the latter institu-\\ntion in 1889. He is now engaged in te.aeliing.\\nThe daughter has also been a teaeher, having been\\nemployed in I aw I aw.\\nIn polities, Mr. Martin is a Democrat and a\\nmember of thefJrand .\\\\riiiy of the Hepiiblie at\\nLawrence.\\nP_^ ARRIS 15. OSHORNK, M. I)., was l)orn in\\ni) Sherman, Cliautau(|ua County. N. Y., Au-\\ngust 11, 1811. His parenUs, I latl S. and\\nMary A. (Piatt) Osborne, were natives of\\nKingsbury, Washington County, of the same .State.\\nHis inaternHl grandfather was Xehemiah I lall, for\\nwhom our subject s father wiis named, he being\\nan old friend of David Osborne. The Osborne\\nfamily traces its ancestry back to the old Xorse\\nconqueror who spelled his name Asjourn. Three\\nbrothers who had emigrated to America at an early\\nday were driven from Long Island and their\\nproperty confiscated on account (\u00c2\u00bbf tln ir joining\\nthe ranks of the Colonists.\\nI latt Osborne was a musician in tht War of 1 Ml 2,\\nand lived to the advanced age of eighty-four years.\\nHe was a meiehanl and iii.-inufactiirini; laniier.\\nOur subject worked in his father s tannery until\\nreaching his sixteenth year, when he st!irt d out\\nas a peddler of musical instriimcnl.s anil Yankee\\nnotions through Ohio and Illinois, and liiiall\\\\- loca-\\nted in Kane County, the latter St;\u00c2\u00bble. Aft r three\\nyears s|ient there, he began the study of medicine\\nunder Dr. Samuel McNair, of Ulaekberiy, 111., at-\\ntending school at ICIgiii and Aurora until IHGl,\\nwhen he entered the .State I niversily of .Michigan.\\nAfter attending there for a period, he enlisted in\\nthe Third Hoard of Tradi Regiment, at Chicago,\\nserving in the Held in .Missi.-sippi and Tennessee.\\nHe passed examination before the Army IJoard,\\nand was commissioned .Surgeon at ieksburg. May\\n;t, 18(;;5, and after the fall of that city was made\\nP ist .Surgeon and health ollicer at that pl.ice. He\\noccupied that position until Octolier, IHCO, when\\nthe city was turned over to the civil authorities.\\nIn 18()6-( 7, our snliject was graduated from\\nthe medical department of the Bellevue Hos|(ital,\\nNew York, and began the [iractice of his profession\\nat his old home in .Slierman. New York, remaining\\nthere until 1880. In 1874, Dr. Osborne took a\\npost-graduate course at the New York College of\\nPhysicians Surgeons, and, in isxd. came to Kal-\\namazoo, thinking the climate would prove beneli-\\ncial to him as he was a great sufferer from asthma.\\nDr. Osborne enjoys a lucrative practice, and\\nstands high in the in ofession. He is a member of\\nthe State Medical .Society of New York, the Amer-\\nican Medical Association, the .state Medical\\nAs.sociation of Michigan, and the Association of\\nRailroad Surgeunsof the I nited States. He is at the\\npresent time Surgeon of the Kalamaz jo Division of\\nthe L.ake Shore iV Michigan Southern Railroad, and\\nis President of the Itorgess Ilospjl^d Staff. In |M)li-\\nties, he is a Republican, and is a stockholder in va-\\nrious manufacturing and business enterprises in\\nthe city.\\nOctober 211, 1H78, Dr. Osborne was married to\\nMiss Nettie .1. .Vmes, a n.ative of Rutland, Vt.\\n.She was a teacher in Kaneville, Kane County, III.,\\nat the lime of her marriage. The Doctor is a Vtve\\nand Accepted Mason, belonging to l lh Chapter\\nan l Council. He was for a iiumlior of yeai-s mem-\\nber of the Pension IJoard of Kxaminei-s. He\\nliieiiilK r of the ;rand .\\\\rmy of the Repub", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0907.jp2"}, "908": {"fulltext": "916\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGEAPHICAL RECORD.\\nhas been President of the Chautauqua County\\nMedical Society AVith his wife, lie is a member\\nof the Congregational Church. They make their\\nhome at No. 122 East Lovell Street, where the\\nDoctor has erected a handsome, modern brick res-\\nidence.\\n1-\\nON. A. .1. .SHAKESPEARE. Foremost\\namong the new.spapers of .Southern Michi-\\ngan stands the Kalamazoo Gazette, which\\n^\\\\^j is one of the most popular and influential\\njournals in this section of the country-. Not only\\nis it a welcome guest to many homes, but it has\\nalways been effective in molding public sentiment\\nand advancing the interests of the city, politically\\nand socially. When any measure is brought for-\\nward which is calculated to promote the welfare of\\nthe community, it finds a stanch friend in the edi-\\ntor of the Gazette, who is alike courageous in bat-\\ntling against unjust and illegal measures, .and firm\\nin advocating what is right and true.\\nMr. .Shakespeare, who is owner and editor of\\nthe Gazette, is a native of Ohio and was born in\\nParis Township, Portage Count} January 13, 1839.\\nWhen about four 3 ears old, he was brought by his\\nparents to Michigan, remaining for two j-ears in\\nYorkville, Kalamazoo County, and then accom-\\npanying the family to a wild, unimproved farm\\nin Richland Township. In 1848, a final removal\\nwas made to what was then the unimportant vil-\\nlage of Kalamazoo, and here, within a week after\\nthe arrival of the family, the father was taken ill\\nand died.\\nAt the age of thirteen, our subject entered the\\noffice of the Gazette as an apprentice, serving four\\nyears, and later, working during the summer as a\\njourneyman and attending college in winter. For\\none 3 ear he was employed on the Chicago morn-\\ning papers and in 1860 returned to Kalamazoo to\\ntake charge of the Gazette, while the proprietor\\nspent the 3-ear in Europe. He then purchased the\\nNiles Democrat which he conducted for nine and\\none-half 3 ears with marked success. In 1870, he\\ni)ought the Gazette which he still owns and pub-\\nlishes. During the more than twenty years in\\nwhich he has been proprietor of this paper, he has\\nincreased its size from a four-page to a twelve-page\\nweekly, and has also established an eight-page\\ndaily, which is one of the leading organs of the\\nDemocratic party in Michigan.\\nFor more than thirty years, our subject has\\nserved as delegate to almost every count} Con-\\ngressional and State convention, and was also del-\\negate to the Democratic National Convention held\\nin Cincinnati in 1880. In 1885, he was appointed\\nPostmaster of Kalamazoo, and held that responsi-\\nble position for four years and six months, until a\\nchange in the administration was made. His\\ncourse in life, both as a business man and citizen,\\nhas been such as to command the respect of all with\\nwhom he has been brought in contact, and while\\nhe stands especially high in the regard of those of\\nhis own political belief, yet he maintains to a\\nmarked degree the esteem of those whose political\\naffiliations are not the same as his own.\\n^^E\\nE^^\\nw\\nHARLES CARROLL CURTENIUS, the\\nl)resent capable Street Commissioner of\\nKalamazoo, is a native of Glenn Falls, War-\\nren County, N. Y., where he had his birth Novem-\\nber 23, 183.5. He is the second-born of his father s\\nfirst family. He received his education in the dis-\\ntrict school and the Baptist College of Kalamazoo.\\nHe remained on his father s old farm in Kalama-\\nzoo Township, and in the year 1864 came into pos-\\n.se.ssion of the farm himself. It is situated three\\nmiles northwest of the city of Kalamazoo, on the\\nGrand Prairie. One hundred and ten acres com-\\nprise the estate on which Mr. Cnrtenius carried on\\nf.irming until April, 1889, when he removed to\\nthe city of Kalamazoo.\\nThe worthy subject of this notice was married,\\n.January 28, 1862, to Miss Phebe Smith, a daugh-\\nter of C. B. and Ellen (Bour) .Smith. She is a\\nnative of England, where her parents were farmers.\\nHer father died in Kalaniazoo in 1889. Two chil-\\ndren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Curtenius:\\nEdward F., and Elizabeth E. who resides with her\\nparents. Edward is carrying on the farm.\\nMr. Curtenius was elected .Supervisor of Kala-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0908.jp2"}, "909": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BKXiRAPmCAL RKfDRD.\\nni7\\nmazoo Towiisliij) in IKHf) and servcvl until 188!).\\nlie li:us Ill-Id many otiicr towmsiiip olliocs, and is\\nnow Street Coniinissionor of tlic city, appointed in\\nthe spriiiir of 18 .)1. Tlie most of his attention is\\nUiven to the supervision of liis farm. In hivS polili-\\neal views, lie alliliales wilh tiie Kepublican party\\nand is (|uite active in eonvenlions. Mr. and Mrs.\\nCurtenius have a ple;us;int home at N\\\\ l;5(i West\\nDiitton Street, where tiie family command the re-\\nspect of the entire community.\\n1\u00e2\u0080\u00941\u00e2\u0080\u0094 1\\n^f^M)Wl.\\\\ MAKTl.N. This well-known citizen\\n(Is of Kalamazoo was born in Castile, Genc-\\ni^^ see C ounty(now jiart of Wyoniinu: County).\\nN. Y., Novemher 24, 1828. His parents, Zala and\\nl.ueretia (Harwood) Martin, were natives respect- i forty years\\nroad and hardware interests and f)np year later\\nremoved to Kalamazoo, where he ha.s a pleasant\\nhome at No. 325 S. Hurdick Street. He was mar-\\nried, October 14, 18. )1, at Murray. N. Y., to Miss\\n^lary (J. Thomsus, who died in Taw I aw, February\\n5, 1881. She had two children, one of whom died\\nin infancy; the other, Clara M., is now Mrs.\\nfJeorge G. IJogue. of Detroit. Mr. Martin con-\\ntr.acted a second alliance, choosina; .as his wife the\\nwidow of -Mexander IJucll, whose maiden name\\nwas Cornelia M. Granger.\\nMi s. Martin is the daughter of David and Lucy\\n(Canfleld) (Granger, natives of Sandislield, Mass.,\\nand is of English ilcscent, her grandfather, Klihu\\nGranger, having emigrated from Shellield tt this\\ncountry. Her jiarents took up (Joverninent land\\nin Jcffei-son County. N. Y., and there resided\\nJanuary 23, 1850, Cornelia was mar-\\nivelyofNew York and Connecticut, the father\\nl)eing engaged as a manufacturer of plows in the\\nEmpire State, also managing a hotel and conduct-\\ning farming operations. In 1837, he removed to\\nMrginia and several years afterward died at\\nForcstville, Jlrl.\\nIn 1860, the widow and orphaned children re-\\nturned to New York, where Edwin engaged in the\\nmercantile business at Ilindsburg, Orleans Count\\\\\\nuntil 18(i, j. During the following year, he came\\nto Michigan and with his mother located at Paw\\nPaw. He was also accompanied by his sister Char-\\nlotte M., the widow of Horace Nichols, formerly\\nof Forestville, Md. She now resides in De-\\ntroit, the mother having died in Paw Paw about\\n1880.\\nFor some years .Mr. -Martin engaged in the saw-\\nmill business fourteen miles north of Paw Paw; he\\nalso conducted a meat market in the village and\\nlater carried on a hanlware store for fourteen\\nyeai-s under the firm name of Free it Martin This\\nfirm owned one-third interest in the Toledo iV\\n.Sjuth Haven Railroad, being among its incorpora-\\ntoi s, and Mr. Martin being Treasurer of the Com-\\npany. The lirm also i)ureh;ised the old Paw i aw\\nRailroad of four miles and changed it to a narrow\\ngauge road, incorporating it with the Toledo it\\nSouth Haven Railroad.\\nIn l^HC, .Mr. Martin disposed Imlh lii~ rail-\\nried to Charles ^I. Curtis, a merchant at .S.ackett s\\nHarbor, who in 1857 embarked in the mercantile\\nbusiness at Paw Paw. One year later, he engaged\\n.as a nurseryman, in which he continued until his\\ndeath in April. I8(J3.\\nOctober 28, 186!). the widow was married to\\nAlexander Uuell, whose death enUiiled upon her\\ne.xtensive business interests. She is a shrewd,\\ncareful, business woman. She became the wife of\\nMr. Martin, Se[)UMnber 6, 1887, and in their pleas-\\nant home, amid happy surroundings, they are\\nwont to entertain their extensive circle of friemls.\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. ^lartin have a large develop-\\nment of social qualities and are welcome guests in\\ngatherings where sparkling wit and e.a.sy repartee\\nare found. Polilicalls Mr. Martin is a Democrat.\\nMi Martin is a member of St. Luke s Ejiiscopal\\nChurch.\\nSE^^b^tj^\\nOIIN .VNDERSON .VMI l .Kl.L. a resident\\nat Ni 322 Henrietta Street, Kalamazoo, is\\nby trade a contractor and builder. He was\\nborn in (Jl.-isgow. Scotland, Novenilwr II.\\n1833, to Henry anil .Mary (Andei-son) Campbell.\\nOur subject served some time with a linn of ship\\nbuilders tin the Clyde and after a short time went\\nto Ircl.-iiid. where he w;is married in lielf.asl. .\\\\u-\\nk", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0909.jp2"}, "910": {"fulltext": "918\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ngust 15, 1854, to Miss Jane jMiller, a native of the\\nsame place as our subject. Slic was born Septem-\\nber 30, 1834, to John and Jane (Smith) Miller, and\\nliad moved to Ireland with her parents four jears\\nbefore her marriage. Sir. IMiller was in the nurs-\\nery business at Belfast.\\nThe day of the marriage of our subject, the\\nyoung couple set sail for Amei ica from Liveri)ool,\\nand after a voyage of twenty-eight days duration\\nthey landed in New York City. A lirotlier of Mrs.\\nCampbell came with them, and a Maj. .Sanford. of\\nDurhamville, Oneida County, N. Y., a tanner, hired\\ntliern all, and with him they remained a year. From\\nthere thej- went to Toronto, Canada, and after a\\nstay of one yiar at that place journej ed to near\\nGait and eleai ed a farm, residing thereon until\\n1873.\\nIn the last year given, our subject and liis fam-\\nily came to Kalamazoo County. Another brother\\nof Mrs. Campbell had located here and engaged in\\ncarriage manufacturing. Our subject had expected\\nto go South, but instead was engaged as carpenter\\nin the manufactory, where he worked only one\\nyear, at the expiration of which time he journeyed\\nto Austin, Tex. Mr. Campbell remained in the\\nLone Star State only one winter, when he decided\\nto return to Kalamazoo and remain here. His work\\nsince that time has been contracting and buildingon\\nhis own account, and he has in his employ from ten\\nto thirty men nearly all the time. He has erected\\na number of large schoolhouses and the better class\\nof dwellings, store-houses, etc. His business at\\ntimes ranges from *30,000 to 150,000 annually,\\nand besides his contracting business he is interested\\nto some extent in real estate. In liis political\\nviews, Mr. Campbell votes for tiie man, irrespect-\\nive of party, in the local elections, but in National\\naffairs is a stanch Democrat. The Presbyterian\\nfaith was that in which he was reared, but he is\\nnow associated witli that of the Congregationalists.\\nTo Mr. Campltell and his estimable wife the fol-\\nlowing children have been born: Marion, Mrs. D.\\nN. White, wiiose husband is a merchant at\\nPetoskej; Jane married Anthony- Ta^ior, of Kala-\\nmazoo; Henry is a ranchman on the Upper Elk\\nRiver, in Routt County, Col.; William is a sales-\\nman for a Chicago House; Isabelle is at home;\\nElizabeth, who is a graduate of the High Seliool,\\nis a teacher in the Lake Street public school; Mary\\nis an artist and resides at home; James is with the\\nGilmore Bros., merchants of Kalamazoo; and Jes-\\nsie, who is attending the High School, lives at\\nhome. The honored parents of these children are\\nlioinilar, pleasant and upright people and in tlieir\\ncomfortable home a gracious hospitality is dis-\\npensed.\\n(MJNELIUS INIASON, a representative pio-\\nneer of Kalamazoo County, has been a resi-\\ndent here since 18 25, at which time he\\naccompanied his parents to Richland Townshi|),\\ncoming from Connecticut bj lake and canal to De-\\ntroit, and making the remainder of the journey\\nby ox-team and wagon. Our subject is a son of\\nEdwin and Clarissa (Johnson) Mason, natives of\\nConnecticut. The paternal grandfather was a Rev-\\nolutionary soldier, and he was also born in Con-\\nnecticut.\\nTiie father settled in this township and county\\nin the year above mentioned and took up land\\nwhich was only partly covered with timber, tlic\\nrest being natural |)i airic. Tiie family, of course,\\nhad to endure tlie usual hardshi[)s and privations\\nciiiiinion to pioneer life. Four of the family of\\nchildren Ijorn to the parents of our subject arc still\\nliving: Maria, the wife of John Nevins; Betse\\nthe wife of Frank Storms; Cornelia, who married\\nMartin Olmstead, and our subject, Cornelius. The\\nfather is among the veneralile and honored pio-\\nneers of Richland Township, and is now in his\\neighty-ninth year.\\nThe subject of this notice is a native of Lilch-\\nlield County, Conn., where he was born, September\\n2!), 1822. He was reared and educated in this\\ncounty amid scenes of pioneer life, choosing farm-\\ning as his life vocation. He has seen this county\\nconverted into tlourishing cities and fertile farms\\nand he himself has cleared over two hundred\\nacres, of timber land, on which he carries on general\\nfarming and stock-raising.\\nMr. Mason was united in marri.age, in 1851, to\\ni", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0910.jp2"}, "911": {"fulltext": "RESlDLr^CL OF CORNELIUS MASON, SEC. 3., RICH LAND TP,KALAMAZOO CO., MICH.\\nRESIDENCE FARM PROPERTY OF MARION MEAD. SCC.l., CHARLESTON TP.KALAMAZOO CO MICH.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0911.jp2"}, "912": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0912.jp2"}, "913": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AxNl IJUHiRAl HlCAL RECORD.\\n921\\nFrfinoes Slater wIk) bore liiin six cliildren, of whom\\nfive survive, namely: Grace, the wife of Conrad\\nMiller: Ida, the wife of Oscar Barnes; Kdwin S.;\\nHcrlie. and Editli, who is the wife of Charles\\n(;rat) er. Minnie is the name of the deceased\\nchild. Mr. Mason s second marriage took ])lace .)an-\\nii:irv 13, 1885, this wife lieiiig Mrs. Afariiaret\\n(iilison, the widow of II. A. (libson, of Kalamazoo\\nCounty. She was horn in this count3 April 30,\\nix )0, and is a dau ;hter of Alexander (deceased)\\nand Kva .Jackson. The mother now resides in\\nIJarry County, and is a native of Ohio; the father\\nwas a native of Vermont. AVheii aliouloiirhl years\\nold, Mrs. JIason s fallier dieil and the mother was\\nmarried to William Scott, who is also deceased.\\nThe home of Mr. and Mi s. Mason has been l)les\u00c2\u00bbed\\nby the advent of one sou. I5i uce. who is attending\\nschool.\\nMr. JIason is a meiulicr of tiie I resbyterian\\nChurch, while the faith of his wife is in the Jlelh-\\nodist Episcopal Church, and both arc .active nicni-\\nbers of society. In iiolitics, the vote of Mr. Mason\\nis cast with the Kci)ublican body. lie is known\\nas one of the most skillful hunters in this part of\\nthe State, and has hunted more or less during his\\nwhole life. He killed many deer when he (irst\\ncame here near his own door, but now has to go\\nto Northern Mic .iigan to find game. He is also\\nvei v fond of fishing.\\nOn another page of this vnluuie ;i[ipears a view\\nof the homestead of Mr. Mason.\\njlK^l ARION MKAIJ, coming of the old pioneer\\nI stock of Kalamazoo Coun ty, and belonging\\nI W to one of its well-known families, has liim-\\nself materially coutribuled to its growth,\\n:iiiil is to-day one of the most successful and\\nwealthy fainier-;. lie h.as large farming interests\\nhere and elsewhere, besides other valuable property,\\nand his home on his farm on section 1. Charles-\\nton Township, is a very pleasant abode, the center\\nof true comfort and genuine hospitality.\\nMr. Mead is one of the native-born sons of\\n.Michigan, \\\\i\\\\ birth taking place May (5, IM. Jti, near\\n(ira. s Lake, in Washtenaw County. Ilis father,\\nThomas Mead, who wjus born in 1801, came U)\\nMichigan in 1833, when in the full Hush of early\\nmanhood, and took up (ioverninent land in Wash-\\ntenaw County. Three years later, he sold that\\nl)lace. and, coming to Kalamazoo County, he [uir-\\nchased one hundred and forty-eight acres of land\\nin Charleston Township, and was among the first\\nsettlers of this vicinity. He moved with his family\\ninto a log cabin that he had erected, and while he\\ndwelt here he did good pioneer work, and was\\ngreatly respected iis a man and as a citizen. His\\nlast days were passed in Battle Creek Township,\\nwhere he died in ^lay, 1H78. He was a well-known\\nfigure in the early history of this county. He\\nkept a breaking team, and he broke land where the\\ncity of Battle Creek now stands. He w.as a sound\\nDemocrat, and was well posted in political mattei-s.\\nHe was also well informed in history, and was as\\nconversant with the Bible as many a minister, al-\\nthough he was not a church member. He had a\\nbroad, tolerant mind, and was liberal in his religi-\\nous views, and generous in contributing of his\\nmeans to churches, or to .anything that would in\\nany wa.y prove beneficial to the public.\\nThe mother of our subject, who bore the maiden\\nname of Fanny Bloom, was a native of Tompkins\\nCounty, N. V. She was reared within six miles of\\nIthaca, and died in 18H(;. Four sfnis and fourdaugh-\\ntei-s were born of her marri.agc, all but one of whom\\ngrew to maturity, and six of whom arc now living:\\nChristina, the widow of Henry Eberstein, and a\\nresident of Battle Creek; Marion; William, who\\nresides on section 1, Charleston Township; George\\nW., a resident of Battle Creek; Mary, the wife of\\n.lames JIcDonald, of Kalamazoo; and .Mmira, a\\nresident of Battle Creek. Henry B. and Alincda\\nare the nanus of those deceased.\\nMarion Mead, of whom we write, is the second\\nson and third child of the family. He Was two\\nyears old when his parents t jime fnim Washtenaw\\nCounty to this county. IU lirst scluK liiig wius\\nobtained in Bedford Townshi|i, Calhoun County,\\nill a private house. The next school lluil he at-\\ntended w.as partly in Kalamazoo County ;ind partly\\nin Calhoun County, and his education w.a-. com-\\npleted ill Hedford Township. He remained an in-\\nmate of the parental home until he attained his", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0913.jp2"}, "914": {"fulltext": "922\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD,\\njiiajority, and in the meantime was tliorougbly\\ngrounded in all that pertains to agriculture. He\\nwas only ten years old when he began to drive\\noxen to help his father break sod. At the age of\\ntwenty-one, he started out for himself, and worked\\nfour years with a threshing machine. He had no\\nmoney, but he had a better capital in his strength,\\ncapability for work and clear brain.\\nAfter his marriage, in the summer of 1860, J\\\\Ir.\\nMead took up his residence on the nortiieast cor-\\nner of Charleston Township, and entered actively\\nupon the pioneer task of developing a farm, build-\\ning the first house and barn on the place, and\\notherwise improving it during the fifteen years\\nthat he stayed thereon. At the end of that time,\\nhe removed to the farm that he now occupies on\\nthe same section. This comprises one hundred\\nand eighty-eight acres of very fertile land, which\\nIS under fine cultivation, is neatly fenced, well\\ndrained, and supplied with all the modern im-\\nprovements and machinery necessarj to carry on\\nagriculture in a proper manner. In 1875, he erected,\\nat a cost of $3,000, a commodious residence, two\\nstories in height, a view of which accompanies\\nthis sketch. He has roomy, convenientlj arranged\\nbarns, and in all respects his farm is a model. He\\nstill retains his first farm on this section, which\\ncontains one hundred and twenty acres, and is\\njirovided with a good dwelling house, a barn and\\nother necessary buildings. He also has a valuable\\nfarm of one hundred and fifty acres in Battle\\nC reek Township, which he bought eight years ago,\\nand on which is a neat house and two good barns.\\nBesides this, he has valuable prf-perty in the city of\\nBattle Creek, and he is numbered among our most\\nsubstantial citizens.\\nA resident of this count} for more than half a\\ncentury, the name of Mr. Mead is indissolubly\\nconnected with the history of its growtli. He is a\\nfine type of our self-made men, his steadfast cour-\\nage, persistent industry, and far-seeing business\\ntact, together with his adherence to right princi-\\nples and correct habits, making his life a success,\\nwhere a man of less stamina might have failed. As\\na good citizen should, he takes an intelligent inter-\\nest in politics, having a clear understanding of the\\nvarious issues of the day, and favors the Demo-\\ncratic party, but does not let that interfere with\\nhis voting for the candidate whom he considers\\nbest fitted for the office, without regard to party\\nties. He has mingled in the public life of the\\ntownship as an incumbent of various local offi ces.\\nOur subject went to New York for his bride,\\nand was there married, in Ontario County, .Tune 27,\\n1860, to Miss Electa Roy, the second daughter and\\nfourth child of William and Harriet (Harris) Roy.\\nMrs. Mead was born in the town of Phelps, Ontario\\nCounty, N. Y., August 28, 1842. Her father was\\na native of that county, while her mother was born\\nin Dutchess County, the same .State. The father\\nof Mr. Harris was from Scotland, and the father\\nof Mrs. Harris was a native of Dutchess\\nCounty. Mrs. Mead was reared in her native\\nplace, and besides receiving a careful home train-\\ning, was given a good education at Lyons, in\\nWayne Couut}% her native State. She was thus\\nearl} fitted for the profession of teaclier, and\\ntaught from the time she was fifteen years old until\\nher marriage. Her marriage with our subject has\\nbeen a congenial union, and has brought them two\\nchildren: Estella, wife of E. R. Cowles, a traveling\\nman, with his residence at Battle Creek; and Ma-\\nbel, who is attending school at Battle Creek.\\n^M ]\\\\I ASA M. BROWN. By means of persever-\\n@/LI|i ance and energ} Mr. Brown has become\\nwell known as one of the most successful\\nfarmers of Columbia Township, Van Buren\\nCounty. He owns and operates a fine tract of\\nland, comprising one hundred and sixty acres, and\\nupon his farm has an attractive residence, besides\\nthe numerous farm buildings necessary to the\\nproper management of the place. His upright life\\nnot onl} sustains, but even advances, the honorable\\nname made by his forefathers, who were early set-\\ntlers of Michigan and contributed not a little to\\nthe development of its vast resources.\\nThe grandfather of our subject, Amos Bro wn,\\nwas for many ^-ears a farmer in his native State,\\nVermont, wlienee he removed to Monroe County,\\nN. Y., and later came West to Van Buren County,\\nthis State, in 1835. He settled on section 32, Co-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0914.jp2"}, "915": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAHIICAL RECORD.\\n923\\nI\\nImnhia Tiiwiisliii). I litviiii^ from the iovcniinciit\\nOHO Inuiilit d ;iiul sixty :icres :iiul rosidiiiir upon\\nthat [ilaco until dcatli called him hence. Of his\\nfirst marriage eight children were born, namely:\\nAmasa M., a physician in Voniionl; .Vmos S., .lesse\\n1\\\\., Kymaii. Wells Kli/.a, Sarah and Minerva, all\\nof whom married and reared families. The second\\nmarriage of (Jrandfather Brown was childless.\\ncrmont was the native State of Wells (i. IJiown,\\nfather of our subject, and tlicncc he accompanied\\nhis parents to New York, later coming with them\\nto Michigan. The journey hither w.is made by\\nway of the lakes to St. .losejiii. from which place\\nthey came overland to Columbia Towniship. .VI-\\ntiiough he had no money with wiiich to gain a\\nstart in life, he possessed abundant courage, unre-\\nmitting industry and a seemingly Diexhanstible\\nfund of energy, and with tiiese ipuditications for\\ncapital, it is not strange that success crowned his\\ncffort.s. The greater part of his life was p.assed in\\nColumbia Township, where he died Sei)tember 2,\\nliSTil. Ilis father s estate had been divided among\\nthe heirs in 1860, and the one hundred and sixty\\nacres which he received for his share was traded\\nfor a body of land of the same size, located on\\nsection 32.\\nBesides cultivating that [)lace, Mr. Hrown, Sr.,\\nsupervised a mill in Hreedsville, which he built in\\ncompany with (ieorge Ilann-di, and in which he\\nowned a me-half interest. lie posses.sed the vari-\\nous (pialifications which adapt one for puiilic otiices,\\nand his felhtw-citizens, realizing that fact, called\\nupon him to till various local [lositions. lie was\\nan .Tdhercnt to the principles of the Republican\\nparty and cast his inlliiencc and ballot in behalf of\\nit.s candidates. After his death, the nnither of our\\nsubject Wits unil4 d in marriage with .\\\\bram Cramer,\\nand still survives, making her lionic in lirceds-\\nville.\\n.\\\\iiiasa M. r.idwn was Imhii OctoIierH, 1\u00c2\u00bb1. uii \u00c2\u00bbn\\nthe old homestead where his grandfather and father\\n.so long resided. His educational advantages were\\nlimited to a brief attendance at the common\\nschools of this district and .at an early age he be-\\ngan to a.ssist his father on the farm. lie now re-\\nsides on section 32, and, with his mother, owns the\\nold homestead. From the time he was tweiit\\\\-six\\nuntil he was iliirty-six years old, he served .is Su-\\npervisor tif Columbia Townslii|i, and was instru-\\nmental in advancing the interests of his fellow-\\ncitizens, lie is an active worker in the ranks of\\nthe Republican party, and a leading member in the\\nJlasonic order, having attained to the Thirty-sec-\\nond Degree.\\nOn November 1 I. 18()7, .Mr. lirown was married\\nto Miss Klizabclh A., the daughter of Alexander\\nand Jemima Laferty, and a native of Albion, N. Y.\\nMr. Laferty, who was a farmer, came to Michigan\\nabout 1860, and is now dece.ised. One child lia.s\\nbeen born to Mr. and Mrs. Brown, a son, Wells O.\\nIn the social circles of the community, they pos.scss\\nmarked inlluencc and are welcome guests in the\\nbest homes of this vicinity.\\nSULKY CLAIM Commissioner of .Schools\\nin Kalamazfio County, w.as born in .Syra-\\n1 cuse, N. Y., .September 1, 1844, and is the\\nson of Thomas .1. and .Mmira (Rose) Clapp,\\nnatives of Vermont and Connecticut, respectively.\\nThe father,wlio wa.s a carpenter by trade, died when\\nAshley w-.as but four years of age; the mother\\nstill survives and makes her home in Kairpfirt.\\nN. Y.\\nTen children in the parental family lived to\\nmanhood and womanhood and live still survive,\\none sister, ^I IS. II. I .olles, l cing a re-sident of\\nOshtemo Townsliip, Kalamazoo County. The\\neighth in order of birth was the subject of this\\nbiographical notice, who received a fair education\\nin the district schools, supplemented by acoui-se in\\nan academy at Mexico, N. Y. In .luly, IKtit, he\\nenlisted at Oswego, N. Y., in Comimny 11, One\\nHundred and Highty-fourth New York Infantry,\\nand served in the Virginia Campaign of 1864,\\ntaking part in various actions around Richmond\\nand relersbnrg. .\\\\t the time of the linal sur-\\nrender of (ieii. Lee, he was stationed at City\\nPoint.\\nAfter a service of one year, Mr. Clapp received\\nhis honorable discharge at Syincu.si in .luly, l\u00c2\u00abfi.\\nand then came West to Kalamazoo County, where\\nfor one vear he workeil at the trade of a iiirin-nler.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0915.jp2"}, "916": {"fulltext": "924\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nLater he found emi)lo3-ment in a store, where he\\nclerked for one yeai, and tlien engaged in school\\nwork, first teaching in Oshtemo Township and\\nthen pursuing a course of studj- at Kalamazoo Col-\\nlege. Next he assumed control of the graded\\nschools at Vicksburg and filled that position with\\nmarked success for a period of six years.\\nProf. Clapp early became connected with the\\nschool S3^stem of this county ofBcially, serving as\\nSuperintendent of Oshtemo Township for six\\nyears, and being identified with the Board of Edu-\\ncation as one of its most active members for eleven\\nyears. He is now (1892) in the seventeenth j ear\\nof his connection with the examination of teachers.\\nFor ten years he was Count} Secretary of Schools\\nand was elected to the position of School Commis-\\nsioner (the office that succeeds County Secretary)\\nby the Board of Supervisors, June 22, 189L\\nThe present high position in educational circles\\nwhich is held by Prof. Clapp is largely dependent\\nupon his native talent and willpower, and his edu-\\ncation has been acquired by actual teaching and\\nindependent methods of stud} Although his\\nspecial talent is in the direction of mathematics,\\nhis mastery of their intricacies being compara-\\ntively easy, he is accomplished in other branches of\\nliterary and scientific study. He is an all-around\\nman, well read in all fields, and conversant with\\nthe classics, science and philosophy.\\nAs a teacher, Prof. Clapp stands high among\\neducators in the State and his administration of\\nthe schools over which he has presided has been\\ncharacterized by firmness and tact in management,\\nexcellence of discipline and the thoroughness of\\nknowledge attained by his pupils. Realizing the\\nbenefits of independent study and investigation,\\nhe has ever attempted to have his pupils secure a\\nthoroughly-grounded knowledge of the funda-\\nmental principles, rather than a superficial polish\\nfor the purpose of display or exhibition.\\nThoroughly detesting superficiality himself, his\\nmost earnest efforts have been toward eradicating\\nsurface display and sham in all school work, and\\nthe teacher who is unable to reach the basis of\\nall education, or understand the difference between\\neducation and knowledge, finds in him a weak\\nsupport, but tlie conscientious and hard-working\\nteacher has in him a friend and advisor. Recog-\\nnized on all sides as an earnest educator, he was se-\\nlected as instructor in Kalamazoo College during\\na course when the exi)Ccted teachers were not\\navailable,\\nKalamazoo County schools are among the best\\nin Michigan and no small part of their present ef-\\nficiency is due to the personal efforts of Prof. Clapp.\\nThe schools have been placed under a regular\\nsystem or course of study, prepared by a committee\\nof County Secretaries, of whom Prof. Clapp was\\none. The regular work has been largely advanced\\nand much more rajjid and systematic work is thus\\naccomplished. Reading circles are established, to\\nwhich each active, progressive teacher is attached.\\nTwo local teachers associations have been organized\\nmeeting each month, and a county association\\nmeeting once in two months. Prof. Clapp was\\nalso one of the committee that prepared a course of\\nreading for the State Reading Circle.\\nNo more painstaking or kindly oflicial can lie\\nfound in the State or one who has the advance-\\nment of the school system more at heart than Prof.\\nClapp. In politics, he is a Republican, and so-\\ncially, is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the\\nIndeiiendent Order of Odd Fellows, and Orcutt\\nPost, G. A. R. He has a cosy home at No. 820\\nOak Street, presided over by his cultured wife,\\nto whom he was married in Oshtemo, September 19,\\n1869. She was formerly known as Miss Fran-\\nces V. Drummond. Their children are: Mina, a\\nstudent in Parsons Business College; Bert, who is\\nclerk in the Michigan National Bank; Wesley and\\nLeah, who are attending the Kalamazoo schools.\\nilLLIAM ELISHA JOHNSON, Superintcn-\\nyfgj dent of Construction at the Insane Asylum,\\n^V/ has for about thirty-seven years been con-\\nnected with this work. He was born in Erie\\nCounty, Pa., April 25, 1834, and is a son of Rob-\\nert and Elizabeth (Murray) Johnson, the former a\\nnative of the Keystone State and the latter of\\nMaryland. His father was a farmer and in the\\nusual manner of farmer lads our subject spent his", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0916.jp2"}, "917": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPHICAL RECORD.\\n925\\n4\\nlioyliood (lays until seventoen years of am*. Wish-\\niiiir. liowfvcr, tociitratfo in odior jiursuits than tliat\\nto wliicli In- was reared, lie then liepiii leaiiiinu: Hn^\\ntra(1e of a eaipentei-. serving an apprenticesliip of\\ntliroo years with I!. R. Tiittie. in tlie et)iMity of liis\\nnativity. In IH.jI. at the age of twenty, lie came\\nto Kalamazoo, helievini; that in this new eity on\\ntlie Western frontier he would have belter advan-\\ntages than in the older and more tiiiekiy poinilated\\ncities of the East. For some lime he worked hy\\nthe day for various partners. On the expiration\\nof that time. Mr. Johnson aeeepted a position at the\\nAs\\\\iuni. where lie remained for live and .t li:ilf\\nyears, when the linaneial panic of IS; deterred\\nthe continuanee of the work there for ahout live\\nyears. When he first went to the Asylum, the main\\nbuilding w.as only partially completed and he w.as\\nthe first ear|)enter employed after the foreman.\\nHe assisted in building the Kalamazoo House in\\n1861. and subseriuently spent three and a half\\nyears in the employ of Kellogg A- Co.. operating\\ntlie inaehinery in their s.ash, (Uior and iiliiid fac-\\ntory. A year later, we find him engaged in business\\nfor himself and in JIarch, IH(!(), he resumed work\\non the Asylum, and for almost eight years w.as em-\\nployed as a journeyman.\\nOn the 1st of .lanuary, ISdl. in Kalamazoo. Mr.\\nJohnson formed a matrimonial alliance willi Mis.-.\\nAlice E. Pei-shall. daughter of William W. rershall,\\nwho came from Lockport, N. Y., to Kalamazoo,\\nwhere lie engaged in the harness business and made\\nhis home until his death.\\nInto Mr. and Mrs. .lolinson were horn the\\nfollowing children: Anna, the wife of F. P.\\nJohnson, of Kalamazoo, who is coniie( ted with\\nthe li. S. Williams Manufacturing Comiiany. I lie\\nlady W.1S for seven years employed .as teacher f)f elo-\\ncution in the public schools, and of her Prof. French\\nsaid, It is impossible to (ill her place. She still\\noccasionally gives private readings. F lward is\\nconnected with the Continental Clothing House, of\\nOmaha. Neb.; Laura E. shows a decided talent in\\npainting, and the house is adorned with many\\nsplenilid specimens of her hamliwork; William A..\\nwho is also in Omaha, and Kate Isabel, who grad-\\nualeil from the High ScliuDi in the Class of 91.\\nAfter eight yeans labor as a journeyman. Mr.\\n.InhnMHi \\\\va made loremaM of construction at the\\n.\\\\sylum. which position he still tills. During this\\ntime many of the lnuldings have been completed.\\nHe oversees the entire work from foundation to\\ngarret. He has also con lructed the buildings on\\nthe .\\\\sylum dairy farm, two miles north of Kal-\\namazoo, and all of the details of the architectural\\nwork are i repared by himself. In politics, he votes\\nwith the Republican party on all ([uestions of Na-\\ntional importance but at local elections votes for\\nthe man whom he thinks best (|ualilied for the pos-\\nition, regardles of party alliliations. In his relig-\\nious views, he is a Congregationalist. We lind in\\nMr. Johnson a companionable and agreeable gen-\\ntleman, thoroughly an optimist, for he is ever l K)k-\\niiig on the bright instead of the dark side of things.\\nHe is conscientious in the discharge of all his \\\\y-\\nligations and is regarded as an upright, straight-\\nforward business man.\\nG KOROE Fri.LER. .senior member of the\\nfirm of Fuller A- ^on. proprietoi sof a livery,\\nig^ h.ack and busline in Kalamazoo, established\\nInisiness in this way some twenty years since and\\nhas since continued his operations. He is one of\\nthe well-known citizens of the community .iiid it\\nis with pleasure that we iiresent his sketch to our\\nreaders. Mr. Fuller is a native of New York. He\\nwas born in the village of Whitehall, January 2S,\\n18.34, and is a son of Henry and Dorc.is P liller.\\nWhen he w.as only two years of age. Ins parents\\nremoved to Cayuga County-, N. Y., where he grew\\nto manhood. His education was aciiuired in the\\ncommon schools of the neighliorl d. ami he be-\\ngan to earn his own livelihood by working .is a\\nfarm hand, which he fnllowt d until twent\\\\ years\\nf)f age.\\nRelieving that the West furnished young men\\nIx-tter opportunities than the older and more\\nthickly populated States of the E:ist. .Mr. Fuller\\nbade good-bv to his New York home, in 1 851. anil\\neinigrated to Michigan, kK-ating lii-st in Kalamazoo\\nCountN He worked both in this county ami in\\nVan Rurcn County as a farm liancl for a time, and\\nthen went to the citv of Kalania/oo. where he on-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0917.jp2"}, "918": {"fulltext": "926\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ngaged in the coopering business for five j ears,\\nmanufacturing flour barrels. At the same time, he\\ncarried on farming. He then began buj-ing grain\\nand produce and carried on the shipping business.\\nHe was quite successful in this undertaking but\\nin .Tune, 1874, again changed his line of work and\\nembarked in the livery business, in connection\\nwith which he runs a hack and bus line. He also\\nbegan buying and selling horses, cattle, sheep and\\nhogs, shipping to the Eastern markets, and this\\nyields to him a considerable income.\\nAt the age of nineteen years, Mr. Fuller was\\nmarried to Hester Slack, of Wajne County, N. Y.,\\ndaughter of .lames Slack. By their union have\\nbeen born two children, sons: .James Hudson and\\nHorace .J., the latter the junior member of the firm\\nof Fuller Son. The famil3- is well known\\nthroughout this community where they have so\\nlong resided. Mr. Fuller li.as represented his ward\\nin the City Council, being elected to that oflfice hy\\nthe Republican party. He is a member of the\\nFraternal Alliance, of Philadelphia, Pa. In his\\nbusiness, he has met with good success, and although\\nhe began life empty-handed, has now a comfortable\\ncompetence and is enjoying a lucrative patronage.\\nHis barn is fitted up in modern style and he has\\nall the appurtenances of a first-class livery. Will-\\ning and anxious to please his patrons, he has se-\\ncured many customers and his success in business\\nis well deserved.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^E\\nm)^m\\n11/ ON. JOSIAH L. HA WES. The brilliant\\nattainments and legal erudition which\\nhave characterized tiie entire professional\\ncareer of .Judge Hawes have made him not-\\nable among the citizens of Kalamazoo and con-\\nspicuous among the eminent men of Michigan.\\nFor a number of j-ears, he served efficiently and\\nhonorably as .Tudge of the Ninth .Tudicial District\\nand has filled other jiositions with credit to him-\\nself and the party which he represents.\\nSome time during the last century, there was\\nborn in the town of Lyme, Conn., of F^nglish\\nancestry, a child to whom was given the name of\\nLyman Hawes. He married and became the fatlier\\nof a son, Lawrence, who was born at Kinderhook.\\nN. Y. The latter, who was reared to agricultural\\npursuits, married Ursula Lord, who was born at\\nLyme, Conn., January 8, 1792 and was the daugh-\\nter of Marvin and Emily (Wolcott) Lord. After\\ntheir marriage, the young couple settled in Scho-\\nharie County, N. Y., where three children were born\\nto them: .Josiah L.; Mary E., now deceased, and\\nEmily, who now lives in Nebraska.\\nAfter residing for a number of years in Scho-\\nharie County, the parents of our subject removed to\\nKalamazoo County and located upon a farm in tlie\\ni town of Comstock, where the father died, .Tanuary\\n8, 1884, aged eighty-six years. The mother had\\npreceded him to her final rest, dying June 8, 187L\\nThe oldest son, Josiah L., was born in Schoharie\\nCounty, N. Y., October 12, 182.3, and passed his\\nboyhood in his native county, where he attended\\nthe district schools. Later he entered the academy\\nof Gallupville and afterward studied at Syracuse,\\nN. Y.\\nHis literary education completed, our subject\\ncommenced the study of law and entered the office\\nof Ibm. .1. jMiller, of Schoharie County, with whom\\nhe continued to read for some time. His studies\\nwere completed at Unadilla, N. Y., and he was\\nadmitted to the Bar, in 1847, during the session of\\nthe Supreme Court at Cooperstown, N. Y. For\\nseveral years, he continued his practice alone in\\nUnadilla, then, returning to his native county,\\nthere followed his profession atCobleskill in 18.52.\\nThence removing to Kalamazoo, our subject as-\\nsociated hiuiself in partnership with Thomas R.\\nSherwood, a former member of the Supreme Court,\\nand continued in partnership with that gentleman\\nfor several years. He took an active part in poli-\\nties, first as a Whig and afterward as a Democrat.\\nHe was ap|iointed by Gov. Bagley, who was a\\nstanch Republican, to fill the unexpired term as\\nCircuit Judge, which was caused by the resignation\\nof Hon. Charles Brown. At the expiration of that\\nterm, he was elected to the same office for the term\\nof six years and while acting in that capacity\\ngained the cordial esteem of members of the Bar\\nand his constituents. On retiring from the Bench,\\nhe resumed his practice, which he has since con-\\ndiictcil.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0918.jp2"}, "919": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n927\\n.lime i, lh. )(l. .liidyv llnwi s wa-^ liianici] to\\nl^iiciu K., (l.-Hiifliler of k-lialKul Footc, uf Kniiik-\\nliii. N. V. Shi was liorn in l)S2ll and (lied Sopt-\\neniber 8, 1\u00c2\u00ab8(), leaving one daui;litcr. Maria \\\\V.,\\nwife of Tlionias A. Soaker, wlio i-esides at Halifax,\\nNova Scotia. Oelolier 21, IHH,!, the .lud je was\\nunited in marri.au:e to Mi-s. KlizaheMi Kdjjer-\\nton, of Deliii, N. Y., the dauiilitci- of Sheldon\\n(iri,sw(dd. Hy her previous marriage to i lionias\\nEdgerlon, Mrs. Ilawes became tiie mother of two\\nchildren. .She is an active nienil)er of the Episco-\\nal Church, the Judge, being an attendant of the\\nsame, and both are prominent in the social circles\\nof the citv.\\n_:=^y\\n-^iS\\nm=\\n-J-\\ni\u00c2\u00bb ON. ALEXANDER CAMKHON. This ven\\nI erable citizen of Kalamazoo was born in\\nDeerfield, Oneida County, N. Y., .Septem-\\nber 20, 18I.1, and is the second son of ])an-\\niel and .lennette (McVain) Cameron, who were\\nl)orn in Scotland in 1779 and 1781, respectively.\\nThe mother, who belonged to an aristocratic fam-\\nily, acctvnipaniod her brother to Canada \u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ind mar-\\nried Mr. Cameron, Sr.. against the wishes vf her\\nrelatives. I liey removed from New York to Minn-\\nesota about 1854, settling in a little hamlet oppo-\\nsite La Crosse, where both died, the father .Sei)tem-\\nber 3, 1860, and the mother April 2.i, 18(;.-).\\nAfter completing his education an l engaging\\nfor a few months as a teacher, our subject came to\\nMichigan in 1834, and after landing at Detroit,\\nstarted afoot and alone for the interior of Michigan.\\nTn due time, he arrived at Kalamazoo (then known\\nas Bronson),and engaged as clerk in the Land Ollice\\nfor a time, lie was married, March II, 1838, to\\n^Iiss Sarah I aul, whom ho had known in New\\nYork, and who h.ad removed to Harry (juntv\\nwith her step-father, Sipiirc l.eiiii:iril. .Mrs. Cam-\\neron was the fii-st scIkjoI teacher in Harry County,\\nand their marriage was the first celebrateil there.\\nTo the home in Kalamazoo which he had al-\\nready prepared. .Mr. Cameron brought bis bride,\\nand that house is still standing, within a few\\nrods of wheie it was lirst erected.\\nf terward\\ntliev ienio\\\\ed to a new house, which conlained\\ngreater conveniences and was more commodi-\\nous than the tirsl I le. Eiom the lirst, Mr.\\nCameron |n-ospered, and held a position among his\\nneighbors to which he was entitled by his abilities,\\nhis decision of character and practical good sense.\\nThe gold excitement of 18|;iled him to tjike a\\ntiii) across the plains to California, whence lie re-\\nturned home with a large experience and little of\\nthe precious ore.\\nUpon his return, Mr. Cameron embarked in buy-\\ning and shipping stock, a business with which he\\nhas since lieeii identified. He owns a fine farm, a\\nconvenient distance from the cit^ and is carrying\\non farming operations with success. In 1835, he\\nwas elected School Inspector, and in 1854 was a\\ncandidate for the Legislature, his successful oppo-\\nnent being C;ov. Ransom. In 18fii), he was elec-\\nted to the State Legislature and ciuitiniied to\\nserve his district in that body until 1873. He had\\nl)ecn present at the organization of the Uepiililican\\nl)arty at .Jackson, in 1851. and always took a live-\\nly interest in [)olitical matters lirst as a Whig and\\nlater as a Republican.\\nTo Mr. Cameron is due much of the credit for\\nthe advanced position taken by Michigan upon the\\nsubject of the education of women. He iiitrodue d\\nand strongly advocated a bill to institute a iini-\\nversit3- for the education of women, separate from\\nthe State I niversity, but being unsuccessful in .se-\\ncuring its passage, he, in eoiijimction with Col.\\nPhillips, in the .Senate, secured the adoption of a\\nresolution opening the rniversily to educate the\\nwomen, and this l)ecaine the lirst movement to-\\nwards the popularity of tin I liivei-sity. He had\\nthe satisfaction of seeing the first fruit.s of his\\nefforts, in the matriculation of the fu-st lady student\\nin the rniversity Mrs. .\\\\deliiie StcK-kton, of Kala-\\nmazoo.\\nFor more th;in forty-five yi ars, .Mr. Cameron has\\nbeen a memljer of the Independent Order of t)dd\\nFellows at Kalamazoo, and has tilled all otiiees\\nwith credit U himself and benelit to the order, Im\\ning repeati dly elected to the Orand Lodge. He is\\nalso a charter meml er of the Kalamazoo County\\nPioneer S(K iely. In his religious iK lief. he is lili-\\neral, although inclined to the lielief of the Presby-\\nterian Church, and has l)ceii I liairinan of the", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0919.jp2"}, "920": {"fulltext": "928\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHoard of Trustees of the society for a Imig time.\\nIn every position to which he h.as been called, he\\nhas discharged his duties Vith intelligence and fi-\\ndelity, winning the praise of all. He has served\\nas Supervisor of Kalamazoo. At a meeting of the\\nLadies Library Association, held at their rooms\\nNovember 1, 1855, he was elected an honorary\\nmember for valuable services in bclialf of the asso-\\nciation.\\nMr. and Mrs. Cameron are the parents of five\\nchildren, nameh .Lanet E, wife of James B. Ayres;\\nDon Carlos; Isabelle, now Mrs. Arthur Brown;\\nDouglass and Emma, who married Ileber C. Reed.\\nThe family circle, which has never been broken by\\ndeath, is a happ^- one and, surrounded by loving\\nchildren, affectionate friends and all the comforts\\nof life, the aged couple are passing their declining\\nyears. Their golden wedding was celebrated\\nMarch 14, 1888, but owing to the illness of Mrs.\\nCameron, only the immediate members of the fam-\\nily circle were present. An unusual interest,\\nhowever, was felt by all in the happj- event, on\\naccount of their long residence in Kalamazoo, and\\ntiie high esteem in which they have always been\\nheld. Congratulation and presents were numer-\\nous, and many wishes were expressed that the\\npair might enjoy life for years to come.\\nd*+**|i\\n-I****\\n^^EORGE W. PARKER. This gentleman,\\nIII who is one of the active business men of\\nKalamazoo, is at present engaged in con-\\nducting a fine meat market, located at No. 222\\nWest Main Street. He is a native of this county,\\nhis natal da} being April 2-4, 1845. His father,\\nIsaac M. Parker, was a native of Ohio.\\nIn 1832, the elder Mr. Parker came to Kalama-\\nzoo and was married to the mother of oiu subject,\\nwho bore the maiden name of Catherine Pat-\\nterson. She was a native of irginia. and the\\ndaughter of a Mr. Patterson, who, with his familj\\nemigrated to Kalamazoo Comity in 1833, where\\nthey were among the earliest pioneers. After his\\nmarriage. Isaac M. Parker located on a farm two\\nand a li:ilf miles north of K.alamazoo, now occu-\\npied by the Insane Asylum, wliert lie carried on\\ngeneral farming up to the time of his death,\\nwhich occurred in 1882, when in his seventieth\\nyear. His wife preceded him to the better land\\nseveral years, her death occurring in 1852. They\\nwere the parents of two children, one of whom\\ndied in infancy.\\nGeorge W. Parker was reared on his father s\\nfarm and attended the district school, remaining\\nunder the parental roof until reaching his major-\\nity, when he began to learn the trade of a butcher,\\nbeing in the employ of Thomas Richardson, in the\\nthen village of Kalamazoo. Two years later, our\\nsubject worked for Wicks Tyrrell, in the same\\nline of business, being thus engaged for three suc-\\nceeding years. He then launched out in the meat\\nliusiness on his own account, in partnership with\\nC. Miller, their market being located on Burdick\\nStreet. They continued together for two years,\\nwhen the stock was divided, and Mr. Parker con-\\ntinued akme at the old stand for fourteen 3 ears.\\nAt the expiration of tliat time, he removed to\\nhis present location, where he has a neat and con-\\nveniently arranged market, which is fitted up with\\nall the appliances of a first-class establishment. Mr.\\nParker packs all of his own meats and manufac-\\ntures his own sausage, which is of a superior qual-\\nity. He carries constantly a large supply of the\\nchoicest meats, and is doing one of the finest busi-\\nnesses in the city. He is a practical butcher, and\\nhis long and varied experience in that line gives\\nhim the advantage over many of his competitors.\\nIn LSGfi, the original of this sketch and Miss\\nLaura A. Norton, of this city, and the daughter of\\nThomas Norton, were united in marriage. They\\nhave become the parents of a son: Herbert, who is\\na bookkeeper in the City National Bank, having\\nheld that position for the jiast seven years.\\nSocially, our subject is a member of Lodge\\nNo. 22, F. A. M., also Chapter No. 8, and the\\nKalamazoo Coramandeiy, Knight Templars. He\\nis also an Odd Fellow and stands high in that or-\\nder. In addition to the fine business already men-\\ntioned, Mr. Parker owns a splendid farm of one\\nhundred acres in Cooper Township, Kalamazoo\\nCounty, which is under his supervision. The\\npleasant home of our subject is located at No. 119\\nDutton Street.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0920.jp2"}, "921": {"fulltext": "i", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0921.jp2"}, "922": {"fulltext": "^--/S^ -Zyzy^ ^X^^-z-t.^^\\nC^LyiCiyS\\no", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0922.jp2"}, "923": {"fulltext": "W^^^m^^^M\\n^m ^^i^\\nJ/axAnJ) ^jO^^c^cS^\\nM.\\n^/^S^^-z-^-t-t?^", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0923.jp2"}, "924": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0924.jp2"}, "925": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPXORI).\\n933\\niti HIAS I{. FOX. M. 1)., nvIk. for twc iily-livc\\nyejirs li;is liceii n idoiiiiiiuiit niul iiuiHilnr\\npliysifian ftf Allegan Cnmily, Ims now rc-\\ntii( (l fioiii active practice, an I is enjoying the\\nconifuits (if life in his pleasant home on a line farm\\nof one hnndred and lifty-lhree acres in Wayland\\nTownship. His parents, Jacob ami Ainm (Fox)\\nFox, were natives of Pennsylvania, who leinoved\\nto Ohio when they were mere children, ami were\\nthere married and resided for many years, llu fa-\\nther being a farmer.\\nBorn Decemlier H, 1831, in Knox Township, C ol-\\nnmbiana Countv, Ohio, our siibject there spent the\\nllrst twenty yearsof his life. As soon as old enough\\nhe commenced to assist his father ui)on the farm.\\nHe was the seventh in a family of ten children. He\\nwas given a common-school education, and at the\\nage of twenty years entered an academy at Mt.\\nUnion, Ohio, in which he was a student for about\\nthree years. At the expiration of that time, he en-\\ntered Alleghany College at Meadvillc, Pa., where\\nhe was graduated in the cla.ssieal course with the\\ndegree of Hachelor of Arts, and three years after\\nreceived the degree of ^Faster of Arts.\\nOur subject then entered the profession of a\\nteaclicr, and remained for some time in the acad-\\nemy at Cireensburg, Ohio. In the fall of 186. he\\ncame to Michigan, and for six months was a stu-\\ndent in the Medical Department at the University\\nof Michigan. In the spring of the following year\\nhe came to Allegan County, and began the prac-\\ntice of medicine at Ilffpkinsl urg, Hopkins Town-\\nship. The ensuing lifteen years were spent in the\\ngeneral practice of his profession, in which he was\\nver} successful. He then came to the place where\\nhe now resides, taking ni) a tract of land on sec-\\ntion 30, Wayland Township, which was entirely\\nunimi)roved, and on which he has made all the im-\\nprovements, logging about forty acres himself. He\\nhas brought this place to a high state of cultiva-\\ntion, and improved it intr) one of the finest farms\\nin the county.\\nDr. Fox was married, June 27, 1857. t j Hosanna\\n\\\\V., daughter of Jacob and Mary (Norton) AVill-\\niams, and a native of Heaver County, Pa. They are\\nthe parents of eight children, name]}-: Josephine,\\nKlma, Lutitia, Jessie, Philena, Krnie. Wallace. How-\\n13 A\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ir l J., and Homer. Fliria and Homer .are deceased;\\n.losephine married W. II. Trimble, and resides in\\nHolland, Mich.; Jes.sie is the wife of I erdinand\\nYoung; Lutitia married Klmer Doxey, and, with\\nher husband and three children, resides in Shelby-\\nville, this Stjite; Philena is the wife of W. C.\\nYoungs, and makes her home in Lafayette, Ind.;\\nF .rnie \\\\V. and Howard J. are at home.\\nIn political matters, the Doctor favors the Prohi-\\nbition party, lint always votes for the man whom\\nhe considers best (pi.alilied for the position in ques-\\ntion, irrespective of party ties. He has served as\\nTownslijii Clerk of Hopkins Township for five\\nyears, and with his family occupies a high pf)sition\\nin the social circles of the community. Tlieattcn-\\ntion of llie reader is invited to the lithographic\\nportraits of himself and wife, which appear in con-\\nnection with this biographical notice.\\nORKX H. HOWARD. This worthy and\\nhonorable gentleman is ranked among the\\nsuccessful farmers and fruit-growers of\\ntlanges Township. Allegan County. His tr.act of\\neighty .icres is located on sections 7 and H. twenty\\nacres of which are in fruit. .Mr. Howard is a native\\nof New York, having been born December 28,\\n182fi. His parents were Oriii H. and .Sarah How-\\nard, the father born in ermont where he was\\nreared on the farm of an uncle, his parents dying\\nwhen he was quite young. He received his educa-\\ntion in the common schools of the(ireen Mountain\\nState, and, when starting out in life on his own\\naccount at the age of eighteen, went to New York,\\nand. locating in Jefferson County, worked at chair-\\nmaking, having served an apinenticeship at that\\noeciiiiation in Vermont.\\nThe father of our subject was married in .Mont-\\ngomery County, N. Y., to .Sarah, daughter of\\nHarnabiis and Betsey Kenyon, and to them were\\nborn ten children: Susan K., Ix;verclt C, Lyman,\\nour subject, Lowell, Martha. Milo. Mary .1., Liell\\nM. and Sanih M. The father of these chihlren\\ncame to White Pigeon, this Stjite, in 183J, and\\nafter spending a year in that place, went t Pretty", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0925.jp2"}, "926": {"fulltext": "934\\nPOETRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nPrairie, Ind., where he died in 1854. He was first\\na Whig and later a Republican in politics, and for\\nman} years was a Deacon in the Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nLoren 11. Howard was married when reacliing\\nliis majority to Miss Maria Van Houteii. Tlie\\nyoung couple soon came to Cass Count} tliis\\nState, where the wife died in 1848, leaving a\\ndaughter, Josephine, who is now the wife of Har-\\nvey Green. Our subject was again married in In-\\ndiana, this time to Betsey Flanders, who died one\\nmonth after her niarri.age. His third wife was\\nSarah Akey, and to tlieiu were granted tliree\\nchildren: William II., Mabell and Myron D.\\nThe present wife of Mr. Howard was formerly\\nMrs. E. (Parkham) Spencer.\\nIn 1861, our subject enlisted in Company C,\\nEleventh Michigan Infantiy, and w.as assigned to\\nthe Fourteenth Army Corps under Gen. Thomas.\\nHe participated in the flght at Stone River, Chicka-\\nmauga, and many other prominent battles aiid\\nskirmishes. He was wounded at Stone River and\\nlay for a short time in the hospital. Mr. Howard\\nentered the army .as Second Lieutenant, but in rec-\\nognition of his valuable services at the battle of\\nStone River, he was promoted to be First Lieuten-\\nant, and after the battle of Cliickamauga, was made\\nCaptain of his company. He is a member of Jacob\\nFry Post, No. 46, G. A. R. He is also a conscien-\\ntious member of the Congregational Church, to the\\nsupport of which he is a liberal contributor. In\\npolitics, he votes the straight Republican ticket.\\nOL. JOSEPH FISK. In the history of Alle-\\ngan County, ihere is no name which will\\nlive longer than that of Col. Fisk. Though\\nyears have come and gone since he closed his eyes\\non the scenes of time, j et his influence did not\\ndie with him. Though he left no memorial save a\\nworld made better by his having lived in it, those\\nwho knew him in life reverence his memoiy in\\ndeath, while to his descendants he bequeathed the\\npriceless legacj of a spotless name. In the early\\ndays of this count}-, no pioneer contributed more\\nto the development of its resources than he, and\\nfrom the time he purchased the first lot in Al-\\nlegan, after the village was laid out, until his\\ndeath a half-century later, he maintained the deep-\\nest interest in the progress of the community.\\nThe childhood days of our subject were passed\\nin Charlemont, Franklin County, Mass., where he\\nwas born May 22, 1810. From his native place\\nhe removed to New York, whore he obtained a\\ngood education and learned the trade of a carpen-\\nter and joiner. In 1832, he was married in the\\nEmpire State to Miss Betsey Davis, and two jears\\nlater brought his young wife to Michigan, settling\\nin jMarengo, Calhoun County, and there remaining\\nuntil his removal in Allegan County, March 7,\\n1835. Soon after he located in this county, he\\ntook a contract to build ten houses for a Boston\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2Company, and in that way, as well as in doing\\ngeneral carpentering, he was engaged for some\\ntime. About 1840, he was appointed Colonel in\\nthe State Militia of Michigan.\\nIn 1852, Col. Smith took the contract for the\\nconstruction of the Chicago breakwater, which now\\nstands, a monumens to his mechanical skill. The\\nsuccessful completion of that difficult enterprise\\ngave him prominence among the large contractors\\nof the West and secured for lain all the contracts\\nhe could fulfill. He commenced railroad contract-\\ning in 1853, at which time he contracted to build\\nthe Eel River Railroad in Indiana, one hundred\\nmiles in length. During the two following years,\\nhe was connected with the construction of the Du-\\nbuque Pacific Railroad in Iowa, and built the\\npile bridge across the baj at Milwaukee, a double\\ntrack one mile and a quarter in length. He also\\nbuilt a bridge across Mud Lake on the Watertown\\nRoad, the length of which w.as the same as that\\njust mentioned.\\nBetween the years 1857 and 1863, Col. Fisk\\nwas engaged in Missouri in building the South-\\nwest Branch of the St. Louis A P.acific and was\\nalso at work on the main line, besides building\\ntwenty-five miles of the Iron Mountain Road. In\\n1866, he was associated with the Messrs. Champlin\\nife Smith in building the North Missouri Railroad,\\nas far .as the Iowa State line, and a branch road of\\ntwo hundred and fifty miles to Kansiis City. Dur-\\ning the next 3 ear, he took the contract for fifty-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0926.jp2"}, "927": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\n935\\nseven miles of railroad between Kalamazoo and\\n(irand Rapifls, tlu road from A11il;mii (o Muskegon,\\ntill- Alleuaii Hiaiicli of llic (irand Hapids and Ind-\\niana Railroad, and a portion f)f tiic I.ansiny A- .Mich-\\nigan Soutlii in. maiving aUo^ellier about one\\nthousand niilos of i;iiliuad. In all the l)usines.s\\ntransaclion.s with which he was connected, his ex-\\ncellent judgment and sterling honesty commended\\nliini to the confidence of tliosc with wlioni he was\\nassociated.\\nIn county and State politics. Col. Fisk ligurcd\\nconspicuously as a menilier of the Democratic\\nparly. He was the (irst Register of Deeds of Alle-\\ngan County, for many years Justice of the Peace\\nand ^heriff, licsides holding other otliees of minor\\nimportance. A man of great l)enevolcnee, he con-\\ntributed liherally t charitable project-s and\\nthe destitute never appealed to him in vain. In\\n1880, failing health coniiH-lled him to retire from\\nthe active duties whii-h had formerl} occupied his\\nattention, and four years later. May 19, 1884, he\\npassed to his final rest. He was an exemi)lary\\nmember of the Baptist Church, which he aided in\\norganizing, and for ten years he served as Super-\\nintendent of the .Sunday-school. A strong temper-\\nance man, he used his influence for the u|)lifting\\nof the community both morally and socially. For\\nman} years he was identilied with the .Ma.sonic\\norder.\\nThe wife of our suliject w.is the daughter of Will-\\niam and Rachel (Doane) Davis, natives respectively\\nof Rliode Island and New York. They were married\\nin the Kmpire Slate, where Mr. Davis followed the\\ntrade of a ear))enter and joiner. During the War\\nof 1812, he served as Orderly-Sergeant, and later, as\\na member of the Democratic |)arly, held various\\notliees within the gift of his fellow-citizens. He\\nand his wife had a family of eight children, of whom\\ntwo are now living: Mrs. Fisk ai\\\\d Daniel 1). Davis.\\nThe former w.as educated in New Vork. wheie she\\ntaught school prior tf) her marriage. Her union\\nwith Col. Fisk took place in M.-irion. Wayne\\nCounty, N. Y., and she afterward accompanied her\\nhusband to this then .\u00c2\u00abparsely settled country.\\nWhen Mi-s. F isk arrived in Allegan County there\\nwere only three white women within it.s boundaries,\\nand her son. .loseph A., whose birth occurred in\\n1837, was the first white male child born in Alle-\\ngan. The Colonel ami his wife liecame the parents\\nof six children, four of whom attained to matin-e\\nyears: .lulia A. is the widow of .lames A. Lee, who\\ndied in 188(1, and is the mother of one son, Joseph\\nF.; Jas|)er C. died in I tah when thirty-six years\\nold; Charles W. served throughout the entire\\nperiod of the Civil War as lii-st Lieutenant of\\nCoinpany I,, Fourth .Michigan Cavalry, and to his\\ncoiii[iaiiy belongs the lunior of having captured\\nJefFer.son Davis. He married .\\\\nnie M. Carjienter,\\nof Y|)silanti, and they have oiu .sou living, Jasper\\nF., a lumber dealer in Arkansas. (Jeorge I), died in\\nChicago when thirty -six years old.\\nMrs. Fisk is a lady of reliiiement. and her sincere\\nChristian life has won for her many warm [lersonal\\nfriends. The Baptist Church counts her as one of\\nits most faithful members and active workers, and\\nfor about twenty years she was a te.aeher in the\\nSunda\\\\ -school. She emitributes liberally of her\\nmeans to the maintenance of benevolent enterpri.ses\\nand dis[)l.ivs considerable executive ability in man-\\naging the estate left li\\\\ her husband.\\nKU.BKN ^y. FOX, who h.as been a resident\\nof Wayland Township for the past twenty\\n(k\\\\ \\\\V j-ears. is an enterprising farmer and is well\\nknown throughout his community. He\\nwas torn in Columbiana County, Ohio, July\\n18.37. and is a son of J.acob and .\\\\nna (Fox) Fox.\\nHis parentis were born and reaiH d in Pennsylvania,\\nwhere his father was a farmer. There were ten\\nchildren in the parental family, of whom our sub-\\nject is the eight and tlie youngest son. He was\\ngiven a good common-school education and im-\\nproved the advantages offered liim. l)ecoming a\\nwell-inforineil ind intelligent man. I pon his\\nfather s removal to Ohio, he assisted him upon\\nthe farm and. being the youngest son. remained at\\nhome until the death of his father, wliieh oi-cuned\\nin August, 18611.\\nIn September, 1870, our subject came to Mich-\\nigan and located in Allegan County. Previous\\nto his removal to this plac he had U-en married.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0927.jp2"}, "928": {"fulltext": "936\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nin 1859, in Ohio, to Rebecca Whiteleather, by\\nwhich union one child was born, Leander J., wlio\\nnow resides in Sagiuaw County, tliis State. Tliis\\nwife died in 1861, and he was again married in\\nColumbiana County, Ohio, December 25, 1862, this\\ntime to Frances Ann Weaver, a native of the same\\ncounty as her husband and the daughter of David\\nWeaver, a farmer lesiding in Ohio. Of this union,\\nthe following children have been born: Marcellus,\\nDavid, Franklin, Grant, Anna Mary, Oria S., Simon\\nZ., Alice Belle, Charles Edward, and Loretta May.\\nOf these, two, Mary and Oria S., are deceased. On\\nhis arrival in Michigan, Mr. Fox took up eighty\\nacres, on which he still resides, and on which he\\nhas made all the improvements himself. He has\\nerected all the necessary buildings and has his place\\nin a fine condition. Here he carries on general\\nfarming and stock-raising, in wliich he has been\\nvery successful. In politics, he is a Republican\\nand has held the offices of Assessor of the School\\nDistrict and has also been a Director on the School\\nBoard. He and his wife are members of the Con-\\ngregational Church at Bradley, and also belong to\\nthe Grange, which holds its meetings at that\\nplace.\\n4r^\\n1\\nSAAC N. HOYT, wlio is a well-known and\\nhighly respected old citizen of Allegan County,\\n/i: resides in Wayland, where for inanj years he\\nhas been engaged in bu^-ing and selling lumber.\\nHe was born in Onondaga, N. Y., October 1, 1834.\\nHis parents were Isaac and IMary (Weed) Hoyt. The\\nfather died when our subject was a child. He re-\\nsided in New York witli his relatives until sixteen\\nyears of age, and, being deprived of his parents\\nloving care and attention, he received but few\\nadvantages in the way of an education. The lack\\nof these, however, has been supplied by careful\\nobservation and reading and lie is now one of the\\nwell-informed, intelligent men of the community.\\nAt the early age of sixteen, he started out in\\nlife for himself, and two years afterward came to\\nMicliigan, making his home at tirst at Kalamazoo,\\nwhere he was engaged in running an engine. He\\nthen spent two j ears at Michigan City, and in\\n1857 came to Wayland, where he has since resided.\\nWlien the Civil War broke out, he became one of\\nthe boj s in blue from this State, enlisting in Au-\\ngust, 1862, in Company E, First Michigan Engin-\\neers and Mechanics. He was assigned, with his\\ncompany, to the Army of the Cumberland, it being\\nreall3 an independent command. He was taken\\nprisoner at Mumfordsville, Ky., and was paroled\\nin the field and was in parole camp for about two\\nmonths. In June, 1865, he was discharged and\\nreturned to Wayland, where he engaged in the\\nmanufacture of shingles, also running a mill for a\\nnumber of 3 ears in Dorr. In 1870, he built a mill\\nin Wayland, which he operated for about ten years,\\nwhen it was destroyed by fire. Since that time, he\\nhas been engaged in the lumber business in this\\nplace.\\nMr. Hoyt was married in the fall of 1858 to Miss\\nEllen Truman, a native of Geauga County, Ohio,\\nand they are the parents of two children, Lillian\\nand Fannie. Lillian is the wife of H. F. Buskirk,\\nand Fannie is at home. The family is highly re-\\nspected and is among the best-known citizens of\\nWayland.\\nIn politics, Mr. Hoyt takes but little interest,\\nhaving been too much occupied with his own\\naffairs to devote anj time to office-seeking. He,\\nhowever, casts his vote with the Republican party,\\nand gives his ballot to the men he deems most\\nsuitable to represent the interests of the people.\\nSocially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity.\\nARRIT J. NYKERK. This gentleman, who,\\nIII for thirty-four years was a minister of the\\n^^jjj Gospel in the Reformed Church, is now liv-\\ning in Overisel, retired from the active duties of\\nlife. He was born in Holland, .lanuary 25, 1819,\\nand is the son of Berend and Jane (Tenneman)\\nNykerk, also natives of Holland, where they lived\\nand died, the father passing awa} in 1847, and\\ntiie mother in 1849.\\nThe parental family numljcred six children, four\\nsons and two daughters. Our subject received a\\nfair education in his native tongue, and was\\nreared to faimiiig pursuits. On coming to Amer-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0928.jp2"}, "929": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2137\\ni(.-ii, wliicli III ilid ill IS50, lie eaine directly to\\nMit liigaii, and located in Ovi iisol Township, Alle-\\ngan Couiily, wlu iv 1k iniivliascd a farm of sixty\\nacres. He continued to cultivate the soil for two\\nyears, when, deciding to turn his attention to the\\nn)inistrv, he went to liolland, Mich., and entered\\nHope College, from which institution he was\\ngraduated in 18.5K, and for tliirly-four years\\npreached the (iospel.\\nI lic Kev. Mr. Nykerk was married, in 1850, to\\n.lohanna Rerendena, and to them have come a fam-\\nil} of five children, three sons and two daughters.\\nThey have all been given excellent educations,\\nand one son is now professor in Hope College,\\nHolland, this county. .Mrs. Xykerk passed from\\nthis life in OveriscI, in September, 1861, and our\\nsubject was married t O (Jerrcdiena Schipper, a na-\\ntive t\u00c2\u00bbf Holland. By his second marriage, Mr. Ny-\\nkerk became the father of six children.\\nThe gentleman of whom we give this brief bio-\\ngraphical sketch is the owner of one hundred\\nacres of excellently developed land, which is\\nunder thorough cultivation, and which nets him\\na comfortable income. His farm is embellished\\nwith all necessary buildings, and in every sense of\\nthe word is in a first-cl.ass condition. The Rev.\\nMr. Nykerk is not interested in politics, other\\nthan to cast his vote for the best man, regardless\\nof party, and he favors Prohibitif)n principles. He\\nhas taken (piite an .active |)art in local affairs, and\\nhas held the ollice of School Inspector for a num-\\nber of years. He is quite vigorous for one of his\\nyears, and is much revered in (Jverisel and the\\nsurrounding coiintrv.\\n;()I{i;UT KONKI.K. Not only in Watson\\nTownship, but throughout Allegan County\\ni4! as well, this gentleman is known and es-\\nM) teemed. His farm of eighty acres, which\\nhe purcha.sed in 1866, is pleasantly located on sec-\\ntion 2, and when it came into his possession was\\nwholly unimproved, with the exception of thirty\\nacres. Now the entire place has been cleared, ini-\\nroved and cultivated. Aside from general farm-\\ning, Mr. Konkle was for a long time one of the\\nI most prominent lumberinen in this section of (onn-\\ntrv and has at various times been interested in six\\ndifferent mills. He is both a g(xjd trainer an l a\\nsplendid judge of horses, in which he has dealt ex-\\ntensively and has used .as many as twenty teams\\nin his lumbering oiierations.\\nA native of Pennsylvania, .Mr. Koiikle wxs born\\nin Chester Hill Townshi|i, Luzerne Co\\\\inty, Sep-\\ntember 13, 1822. His father, .\\\\bram,who likewise\\nwas born in the Keystone State, wa.s reared to\\nfarming ojierations. He removed first to New-\\nYork, and later to Micliigan, where he bought a\\nfarm, in 1839, in Plainlield Township, Kent County.\\nThe place consisted of eighty acres and its only\\nimprovements were a log house and a small barn.\\nFive years after buying the fai m. .Vbram Konkle\\nsold it and with his sons engaged in milling on\\nMill Creek for eight years and also operated a farm\\nof one hundred and sixt.v acres. His death took\\nplace in Allegan County at the .age of seventy-\\neight. The paternal grandfather of our subject,\\nGeorge Konkle, was a native of Germany and early\\nemigrated to the United States, where he served in\\nthe ar of 1812.\\nThe mother of our subject, whose maiden name\\nwas Catherine Driesbach, wa.s a native of Pennsyl-\\nvania and survived until 1H(JG. Her father. ,Ios-\\neph, who w.as likewise born in the Keystone .State,\\nw.as a farmer and lumberman, and for many years\\nserved as .Justice of the Pe.ace. Our subject wa-s\\nthe second in a family of eleven children, eight\\nsons and three daughters, all of whom grew to\\nmature years. At the age of twelve yeai-s, he ac-\\ncompanied his (larents to New York, where he re-\\nceived a common-school education. From there\\nhe came to Michigan when nineteen and remaiiie l\\nwith his parent.s until he attained to his majority.\\nWhen he started out in life for himself, he not\\nonly had no moneyed capital. but wasii |0l in debt,\\nso that his present prosperity re|M --i iii- In- Miiniilid\\nand arduous exertions.\\nFor alX)Ut six yea|- Mr. Konkle \u00c2\u00bb:i.~ enj. ;iged in\\nmilling and lumbering with his father and brother\\non Mill Creek. In ISftLhe Ixnight a farm of one\\nhiindn d ami sixty acres. liM-ated in Plainlirld\\nTownship. Kent Coiintx. .-ind ciiltiv:ited it until", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0929.jp2"}, "930": {"fulltext": "938\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n1862, when he sold and bought another farm of\\ntlie same size, in the same township, and located on\\nRogue River. In 1864, he made a trip to Cali-\\nfornia, via New York Citj- and the Isthmus of\\nPanama to San Francisco, and returned through\\nSalt Lake City with a drove of horses, the home-\\nward journey occupying four and one-half months.\\nIn 1845, Mr. Konkle was married in Grand\\nRapids to Miss Eliza Tuffs, who was born in Frank-\\nlin, Ohio, February 1.5, 1824, and is the daughter\\nof AViUiam and Philinda (Olmsted) Tuffs, natives\\nof New York and Canada, who located in Saginaw\\nCount}-, this State, in 1831. They spent their last\\ndays in Kent County, where the father died when\\nseventy-four, and the mother at the age of seventy-\\nfive. Mr. and Mrs. Konkle became the parents of\\neiglit children, namely: Sopbronia, who died at\\nthe age of twenty-eight, leaving four children\\nAbram W., who is in the milling and lumbering\\nbusiness in Mason County, this State; Wallace R., a\\nresident of Muskegon; Sidney J., also residing in\\nMuskegon; Elagan E., wil e of Stephen Carver, a\\nfarmer of Hopkins Township; Myrtle A., deceased;\\nIlallie D., the wife of Verner Goucher; and Cath-\\nerine E., who died when two months old.\\nPolitically, Mr. Konkle is a Democrat, and served\\nas Supervisor in 1879-80 and in 1890-91. He was\\nHighway Commissioner and Pathmaster in Kent\\nCount} and also served in the last-named capacity\\nin Watson Township. In all public measures, he\\nmaintains the deepest interest and with his family\\nstands high in the esteem of the community.\\n_^]\\nS3\\nNDREW PATTERSON, a [irominent hard-\\nware merchant of Martin, was born in\\nScotland, August 18, 1844. His parents,\\nThomas and Margaret (Alexander) Pat-\\nterson, were natives of the same place as himself,\\nand his fatlier, who was a fanner by occujiation,\\nemigrated to the United States in 1855. He pro-\\nceeded directly to this State, settling in Martin\\nTownship, Allegan County, and commencing the\\nwork of improving a farm. After remaining alone\\nfor one year, he sent for his family, whom he had\\nleft in Scotland. They soon arrived and aided\\nhim in the work of clearing the place which he\\nhad purchased. Busy years of toil and hardship\\nfollowed, and on the comfortable homestead which\\nhe had gained by ceaseless industry, the father re-\\nmained until his death at the age of sevent^ -four.\\nThe mother passed away when sixty-six years old.\\nThe family of Thomas Patterson and his good\\nwife comprised nine children, all of whom grew to\\nmature j ears, excepting one daughter, Agnes, wlio\\ndied in Scotland when thirteen. Margaret, who\\nwas born November 17, 1829, became the wife of\\nMr. L. Monteith, but is now deceased; Thomas,\\nwho was born January 17, 1832, in Scotland, re-\\nsides on the old homestead; William, whose birth\\noccurred April 15, 1834, came to this country with\\nhis sister Margaret, and six weeks after his arrival,\\nwhile working on the farm of John Blair, received\\na sunstroke which resulted fatally; Agnes, born\\nF^ebruary 29, 1836, died in her native place at the\\nage of thirteen; Robert A. was born February 1,\\n1838, and now resides on the farm which he and\\nAndrew bought of Elder Stanford in Martin Town-\\nship. His brother Andrew and he cultivated the\\nfarm and kept bachelor s hall for two years,\\nafter which Andrew sold his interest for $1,000.\\nThe remaining members of the family were:\\nChristina E., who was born February 28, 1840.\\nand was killed July 18, 1890, the buggy in which\\nshe was driving being struck by a train on the\\nGrand Rapids Indiana Railroad; George F.,\\nwho was born July 17, 1842, and with Ids wife.\\nKittle (Wylie) Patterson, located on a farm in\\nMartin Township, where he remained until his\\ndeath; and Charles, who was born July 12, 1846,\\nand now resides on a farm on section 35, Martin\\nTownsliip. The subject of this biographical no-\\ntice was the eighth in order of birth, and received\\nhis schooling in Scotland, whence he emi-\\ngrated with his mother to America, when he was\\nabout eleven. Until he reached his majority, he\\nremained with his parents, and aided his father in\\nthe work of developing the home place.\\nWhen Mr. Patterson started out in life for him-\\nself, he had no moneyed capital and was unfortun-\\nate at the very commencement of his career. His\\nfirst work was to clear a piece of land and, while\\ndoing so, he cut his foot so severely that he was", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0930.jp2"}, "931": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n939\\nill danjjer of l)l(H (liiii; to death ;m l for tliicc\\ninontlis was unalilc to ongatrc in ial)oi of any\\niiiiid. Moantinu lii.s lioaid liill at per week con-\\ntinued to grow and wIkmi 1i( once moie started\\nout. he was ^C in debt, rndaiinled liy liis mis-\\nfortunes, he again commenced the battle witii ad-\\nvei se surroundings. For a time he was employed\\nin splitting rails, and followed any honest means\\nof earning a livelihooil. After continuing in that\\nway for a consideral)le period, he |iuiiliascd a farm\\nin partnership with iiis brother Rol)ert and en-\\ngaged in agricultural pursuits for two ye. irs.\\nAfterwaid Mv. Patterson worked for Joseph\\nWylic. receiving a compensation of \u00c2\u00a520 a month,\\nand later was engaged by David Wylie toclear ten\\nacres on section 23. During one winter he cleared\\ni)ver $.300 liy means of his axe, and gradually\\naccumulated a consideralile amount of this world s\\ngoods as a reward of his indefatigable Labors. He\\nthen engaged as clerk for William Mathews in Mar-\\ntin and continued in his employment almost two\\nyears, at the expiration f)f which, time he pur-\\nchased his hard ware store, a small building 18x24,\\ncontaining 4^2.7(10 worth of stock. Since then he\\nhas remained in that business, man.aging his inter-\\nests with great success and gaining the i)atronagc\\nof the citizens of JIartin and the surrounding\\ncountr3 His stock is now valued at f55,OO0 and\\nhe also owns the store, a building 60x22 feet in di-\\nmensions, with one addition, C0x22 and 22x1\\nResides bis stock of hardware, he carries a full line\\nof paints, oils, stoves, agricultural implements and\\ngroceries.\\nOctober 23, 1876, Mr. Patterson was united in\\nmarriage to J^Iiss .\\\\gnes Shepherd, a native of\\nthis State, and one child has blest their union,\\nClyde, who was born August 23, 1877, .and is now\\nattending school in Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Pat-\\nterson have a comfortal)le and commodious resid-\\nence, erected at a cost of $2,000, and tlicy have a\\nlarge circle of devoted personal friends. In his\\njiolitical sympathies. .Mr. Pattei-son is a Republican\\nand has served his fellow-townsmen in many po-\\nsitions of trust. For eight yeai-s he was Postmaster\\nin Martin, and also .served with elliciency as Town-\\nship Clerk, School Treasurer and Chairman of the\\nPuilding Coinniittee, when the lino brick schonl\\nbuilding was erected. He is a consistent member\\nof the United Presbyterian Church and has been\\nits Treasurer for lifteen years, t.akii)g an active\\npart in chiiich work and contnlmting generously\\nto the relief of the destitute.\\n^S^DWARI) K. ROOT. Tiie g.nlleiiiau whose\\n|fel name wc place at the head of this .sketch is\\nthe jiresent Marshal .of Plaiiiwell, where he\\nis recognized as one of the best citizens. His na-\\ntive State is Connecticut, his birth having occurred\\nin Greenwich, October 17, 1811. His parents were\\nnatives, rcsjiectively, of Pennsylvania and Con-\\nnecticut and were John IJ. and .Susan (Moo) Root.\\nThe senior Mr. and Mrs. Root were married in\\nthe Nutmeg State. The father was a well-to-do\\nagriculturist and came with his family to Michigan\\nin 18.57, locating in Oshteino Township, Kalama-\\nzoo County. The surrounding country, even at\\nthat late d.ay, showed very little of its present im-\\njirovcment. The family resided f)n the tract which\\nthe father had purchased until the death of the lat-\\nter in 1883, in his seventy-seventh year. His wife\\nl assed away in 1890, when eighty-one years old.\\nThey were influential and ccmscieiitious members\\nof the First Baptist Church in Kalamazoo, and had\\ngranted to them a family of eight children, all of\\nwhom, with one exception, are living.\\nMr. Root of this sketch received a s[)lendid edu-\\ncation, making the best of his opportunities in the\\ncommon and High .School of Kalamazoo. He fully\\nappreciates the value which a knowledge of Iwxiks\\ngives to those who are willing to study, and is to-\\ndav one of the intelligent and well-read men of\\nAllegan County. He was a lad of thirteen years\\nwhen his parents came to Michigan, and when fin-\\nishing his studies aided his father upon the farm.\\nlie subsequently, however, in choosing a life m-cu-\\npation became a brick-mason and h.as been engaged\\nin contr.actingand building for a quarter of a cen-\\ntury. He came to Plaiiiwell in IHCrt. and, since\\nhis advent here, has been one of the leading work-\\nmen and contractoi-s of the plac\\nIn 1861. Miss Cleora O. I.oveland united her\\nfortunes for life with those of our suliject. She is", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0931.jp2"}, "932": {"fulltext": "940\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nthe daughter of Josiali and Laniira Loveland and\\nwas born in Comstock, Kalamazoo County. Her\\nfather was a native of Vermont and came to\\nKalamazoo County, where he made his home until\\nhis death. To Mr. and Mrs. Root have come two\\nchildren: Cora May, who is deceased, and Susie M.\\nThey have an adopted daughter, named .Jennie M.,\\nwho has made her home with them since five years\\nof age.\\nIn his ]iolitieal |)redilections, Mr. Root is a\\nthorough Republican and has represented his party\\nin county conventions. He has been very promi-\\nnent in local affairs in his township, having filled\\nthe oflices of Township and Village Clerk, and has\\nbeen a member of the Village Council for six years,\\nlie is now serving his second term as Marshal,\\nperforming all the duties pertaining to his respon-\\nsible office in a most capable and efficient manner.\\nMr. Root occupies a high position among the\\nOdd Fellows of Michigan, being (Jrand Patriarch\\nin the Grand p]ncampment of the State. He has\\nfilled all the chairs in that ordei- here and was on\\nthe Brigadier Staff in the department of Michigan.\\nHe is also a member of the Ancient Order of\\nUnited Workmen. Our subject and liis most est-\\nimable wife are members in high standing of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church, in which body they\\nare active workers and liberal contributors.\\nLTO^ 11. FOSTER, of the firm of Foster\\nBros., prominent breeders of Shropshire\\nsheep, Poland-China swine and English\\n.Shire horses, resides in Allegan. The firm\\nalso conduct an immense business as dealei s and\\njobbers in all kinds of farm tools and machiner}\\nwagons, buggies and sleighs, carrying a very large\\nand complete stock. A young man of stability and\\nintegrity, Mr. I oster is contributing greatly to the\\ngeneral progress of Allegan County.\\nAlton II. Foster is a native of this county, having\\nbeen born in Monterey Township, .January 17,\\n1863, and is the son of Oirin L. and Sarah E. (Rich)\\nFoster. His parents were natives lespeL tively of\\nNew York and Michigan. The father came to this\\nState in 1857, and on locating in Monterey Town-\\nship engaged in farming, which occupation lie has\\nsince followed. He is a prominent man in his\\ntownship and for ten years was .Justice of the Peace.\\nIn politics he is a stanch Democrat.\\nThe maternal grandfather of our subject is the\\noldest settler now living in Eaton County, this\\nState, having reached the advanced age of ninetj\\ntwo years. The parental family numbered two\\nchildren: Our subject and a brother, Frank B.\\nAlton ir. began his primary studies in Monterey\\nTownship, which were supplemented by a course\\nin the Allegan schools .and later in a Commercial\\nCollege, from which he was graduated early in 1886.\\nHe then took a position in Detroit as stenographer\\nfor Frederick Stearns Co., manufacturing phar-\\nmacists, with whom he remained a twelvemonth.\\nAt the end of that time he went to Cadillac and\\nentered the employ of J. Cummer Son, extensive\\nlumbermen. Ho continued with that company\\nover a 3^ear when he went to Greenville, M mtcalm\\nCount}^, in the emplo.y of .1. S. Crosby, manufac\\nturer of lumber and importer of fine stock. He\\nremained in that gentleman s employ for over\\nthree years when he came to Allegan, in 18!(l,to\\nmanage their rapidly growing business here, which\\nhad been established in 1888.\\nOn another page of this work will be found a\\nview of the old homestead which is used by Foster\\nBros, as their stock farm where they have some\\nvaluable and magnificent animals. The fine sheep\\nwhich they raise are shipped all over the United\\nStates. They own the Grove Sandy stallion, regis-\\ntered in England as No. )090, and in America as\\nNo. 942. That Hue animal stands without a peer\\nin Michigan, as a draft sire. The brothers keep\\nfully posted in all matters which will prove of ben-\\nefit to them in their business and have a large cor-\\nrespondence in every State in the Union, and Can-\\nada and IMexico. They have just sold to a promi-\\nnent breeder in Northern Dakota a Shropshire ram\\nfor II 50. They are exceedingly enterprising young\\nmen and publish annually a catalogue of their\\npure-bred Shropshire sheei). Shire horses and\\nPoland-China swine, also issue semi-annually 15,000\\ncopies of an excellent journal called Foster Bios\\nJournal of Agriculture. The persistent industry", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0932.jp2"}, "933": {"fulltext": "RE51DENCE: OF R. C HARMON SEC. iG. ,CHESH 1 RL, ALLEGAN CO., MICH\\n1,5^/:\\nisT\\nVAlL.:\\nrr :3R0S.PR0PRitT0RS, BREEDERS or SHROPSHIRE SHECP. H A.^ l\\nNORTH OF DCPOTS., ALLEGAN, MICH.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0933.jp2"}, "934": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0934.jp2"}, "935": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND IIIOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\non\\nand good jndj;;inent manifested l y Foster Urd^*. are\\nsure to will tlieni success, for iiimhi the [lossessor of\\nthese traits of character fortmio almost invariably\\nshoweis her blessings.\\nAlton II. Foster was married to Miss Addie E.\\nWetmore, the date thereof lieinj; October 1, 1H87.\\nMrs. Foster is the daughter of .losepli 11. and Caro-\\nline Wetmore, natives of New York. To our sub-\\nject and his estimalile wife have been ijranted three\\nchildren: Winnifred, Wellington and Hazel. They\\nhave a pleasant home in .\\\\llegan and arc sur-\\nrounded by a wide and admiring circle of friends.\\nIn politics Mr. Foster gives his vote and inlluence\\nto Democratic candidates.\\n-=^=m n\\ne;^^\\n[p\u00c2\u00ab\\\\OWLANl) C. lIAimo.X, who is engaged in\\nlUir general farming on section 36, Cheshire\\nTownsliip. .\\\\llegan County, is one of the\\nleading and intluential citizens of tiiis com-\\nmunity, and during the lale war was one nf tlie\\ndefenders of the I liinn. .V native of Creece, X.\\nY., he was l orn ^lardi 1 1, 1M. 5. and is one of a\\nfamily of four children, all yet living, except the\\nelder brf)tlier. Mortimer 1 who died Decenibei- 8.\\n1891. His parents, Henry and Almira (Rowland)\\nHarmon, were both natives of the old Ra3 State.\\nIn 18(;(), they emigrated to Michigan, locating on\\na farm near Battle (reek, Calhoun County. In\\nreligious faith they were Methodists, and took an\\nactive interest in church work, while in his politi-\\ncal alliliations, Mr. Harmon was a IJcpublican. He\\ndied in IJarry County. .Micli.. in Octobti. I.s7;5,and\\nhis wife departed this life in IHOT.\\nOursubject received a good academic ediiiation,\\nand at the age of twenty began tiacliing, which\\nl)rofe.ssion lie rollowed for twenty years. He holds\\na life first-grade ccrtilicate in New York, where he\\ntaught prior to coming to Michigan. Init t-veiy\\nother consideratiim was juit .iside during the hour\\nof the couutry s peril, and he joined tin boys in\\nblue of Company H. Kightli New Y..rk Heavy Ar-\\ntillery, in .Inly. 18(;2, a a non-commissioiied\\nollicer.\\nI lif regiment was organized at l^ix kport. N.\\nand was stationed in liallimoie on garrison duly.\\nuntil the battle of the Wilderness, when it w:ls\\nsent into the field as infantry, iiid att.iclied to the\\nsecond Corps. Army of the I otomac, where it w.-is\\nknown as Hancock s first class in geography.\\nWith his company. Mr. Harmon participated in the\\nliattles of Spottsylvaiiia, North Ann, Cold Harlior\\n(where two hundred and seven of the regiment were\\nkilled), and Petersburg, in which engagement he\\nwas wounded in the right thigh by a minie ball.\\nHe was then sent to Davids Island, N. Y., and\\nthence to the hospital in HiifTalo, but on his recfiv-\\nerj joined his regiment at Hatches Run, and tiKik\\npart in the movements that caused the surrender\\nof Gen. Lee s Army at .Vppomattox, Va., on the\\n9tli of April, 1865. He also took part in the Grand\\nReview at Washington, where wave after wave of\\nbayonet-crested blue passed by the reviewing\\nstand, while cheer upon cheer arose for the de-\\nfenders of the country. With one exception, the\\nEighth New York lost more men than any other\\nregiment of the war. Mr. Harmon was a vali.aiit\\nsoldier, who never shirked duty, but was always\\nfound at his post defen ling the old flag. He re-\\nceived his discharge in .lune. 18fi.j, after three\\nyears of honorable service.\\nDuring a furlough in 1861. Mr. Harmon was\\nunited in marriage to Miss sarali Haiglit. Her\\nfather, .Tacob Haight, a stone-mason, removed\\nfrom his home in New York to Michigan, in 1860,\\nand .settled in Cheshire Township, where he cleared\\na farm, and pa-ssed away from this earth, February\\n1 7, 189 2. Four of his children are now living. The\\nwife of oursubject w.asborn in New York, Novem-\\nber 1842, and engaged in leaching twth in that\\nState and in Michigan. They have no children of\\ntheir own. but have an adopted daughter, Cora L,\\nIII IMi ii;, Mr. Harmon brought his wife to Michi-\\ngan, locating on a farm in Calhoun County, from\\nwhich they removed to their present farm on the\\nKith of Novemlier, 186 .i. It was then a wild place,\\nbut now forty-four acres are under a high state of\\ncultivation, leaving only eight acres unimproved.\\nIn connection with general farming. Mr. Harmon\\nalso works at the trade of a cari enter, which he\\nlearned in his younger ilay- On anothi-r page ap-\\npeal s a view of his ctimfortable residence which he\\nerected alMUit a year .-igo, dniwing up the plans", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0935.jp2"}, "936": {"fulltext": "94i\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nand superintending its construction. Hit* life has\\nbeen a busy and useful one, and luis been well and\\nworthily spent. Himself and wife are members of\\nthe Disciples Church, in which he holds the office\\nof Elder. He has served as Su|)erinteudent of the\\nSundaj -sciiool, also as assistant and as a teacher.\\nIn |)olitics, Mr. Harmon is a supporter of Repub-\\nlican principles, and for six years was Supervisor\\nof Cheshire Townslii|i, for eleven years was Justice\\nof the Peace, w.as School Superintendent of the\\ntownship, and has been a member of the School\\nBoard. Socially, he is a member of B. F. Chapin\\nPost, No. 287, G. A. P., of which he has been Com-\\nmander several years; he also belongs to the Masonic\\norder of Allegan, and to the Grange. The cause\\nof temperance finds in him a stanch advocate, and\\nhe does what he can for the suppression of the\\nliquor traffic. In all public and official positions,\\nhis duties have been ever faithfully discharged,\\nand he is alike true to every private trust. One\\nof the highly respected and valued citizens, he\\nwell deserves representation in his county s his-\\ntory.\\n-J.5..J..J..J.I\\nw\\nOIIN OPPERMAN, an independent and re-\\nspected farmer and citizen of section 7,\\nHopkins Townsliip, Allegan County, is a\\nson of Christian Oitperman and Fredericka\\n(Wagner) Opperman, natives of Hanover, Ger-\\nmany. The family came to America over forty\\nyears ago and stopped in New York State a short\\ntime, and then came to Kalamazoo County, Mich.\\nOur subject was born July 24, 1833, in the pro-\\nvince of Hanover, Germany, and there received a\\ngood education, .and was about eighteen years old\\nwhen he came to America. Two years after com-\\ning to this country, he started out to make a liveli-\\nhood for himself. In Germany, he had learned\\nthe trade of a nail maker, Imt at Kalamazoo he\\nwas engaged with a numlier of other Germans\\nworking upon the Insane .\\\\s3ium, and he .acted as\\ntheir interpreter, being the onl^ one that could\\nspeak English. He also made lime for this same\\nbuilding. He then went to Indi.ana and helped\\nbuild the railroad tiiere, remaining twelve years.\\nJohn Opperman was married, in 1853, to JNIay\\nBentz, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio,\\nwhere she was born November 18, 1827. In 1862,\\nhe again came to Michigan and lived on a rented\\nfarm for a year and a half and then purchased his\\npresent farm, which was all covered with timber.\\nHis neighbors were few and far between, and as\\nthere were no roads, all provisions had to be\\ncarried on his shoulder for a distance of three\\nmiles. Potatoes at that time brought $1.25 a\\nbushel, and pork sold at Kalam.azoo for sixteen\\ncents a pound, live weight. He started out\\nempty-handed and with no one to help him but\\nhis wife, and at once set to work to convert\\nhis f.arm into fertile fields. He cleared his forty\\nacres and soon bought another like amount, which\\nhe also improved. He erected a rude house and\\nworked in the sawmill for Mr. Hilliards, when he\\ncould, to help get along. He had no team to\\nassist in his cultivation. Kalamazoo was his mar-\\nket and it was thirtj -six miles distant. He has\\nlived here for thirty years continuously and is the\\nonly settler now living who settled here so hjng\\nago.\\nThe gentleman of whom this sketch is a lirief\\nlife record is the father of eight children, four\\nnow living: C. Jane, the wife of Charles M. Jones,\\na resident of Bradle} Emanuel J. is the hus-\\nband of Mar} Shanks and lives in Salem Town-\\nship at his father s other farm; Andrew Porter\\nand John E. live in Hopkins. Mrs. Oiiperman\\nhas two children bv a previous marriage. Mr.\\nOpperman w.as at first a Lutheran in belief, but\\nlater a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe served as Superintendent and Librarian of the\\nSunday-school, and was instrumental in org.anizing\\nthe school district here, being tiie first Treasurer.\\nHe has given his children a good district-school\\neducation. In politics, he was first a Democrat, liut\\nhelped Abraham Lincoln. He afterward joined the\\nGreenback party, but is now independent. He has\\nbeen the incumlient of a number of local offices,\\nsuch as Highway Commissioner and Koad Overseer\\nand was nominated for Justice of the Pe.ace and\\nConstable, hut refused to serve. In his social re-\\nlations, he l)elongs to the Masonic order. Blue\\nLodge of Wa3dand, and was the first member of the\\nAncient Order of United AVorkmen in the locality.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0936.jp2"}, "937": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RPXORD\\n915\\nHe organized tlic ludtrc lierc aiul was the lirsl\\nminster of tlial oiganizalion. lie is a cliartor\\nuieinlier of (lie Kniglit.s of ihe Matraliees, and\\nlias lieeii Ciiiniiiaiidei-, I.ieiiU iianl-t nimiiandcr, Ser-\\nLicaiit ai d Prelate. He was a nu inlier of the\\n)(ld Fellows and held different ofliees in that\\nliidLre at Monterey, and was active in the organiza-\\ntion of the lodge at Salem. ^Ir. Oppernian is a\\nineniher of the Patrons of Industry and has been\\ntheir President.\\nMr. Oppernian (purchased the lirst wagon and\\nhorses in this locality, which were (luite a curiosity\\nto all. He and his life companion have seen\\nhard trials and passed through many privations\\nhut have surmounted them all and are now living\\nin peace and plenty, lie has been agent for the\\nKarmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of\\nAllegan and Ottawa Counties for eight or nine\\n3 eai-s.\\n]f^ .TOSKPH HKXIHAN. One of the promis-\\n11 Jjj o .young business men of Allegan who\\n(^f^ have a l)right future before them is the\\ngentleman whose name heads this sketch\\nand who is a member of the firm of Turner it\\nRenihan. hardware merchants. They carry a\\nlarge stock of heavy goods and shelf ware and,\\nl)eing energetic and pos.sessing good business qual-\\nifications, they have a prosperous trade.\\nMr. Renihan isa native of this State, being born\\nin Crand Rapids, October 22, 1861. His parents,\\n.lolni and Catharine (Cashin) Renihan, who were\\nnatives f)f Ireland, both came when (piile young\\nto America, and were married at Poughkeepsic, X.\\nY. The father came West in 1856 and settled in\\nWalker Township, Kent Comity, this State, where\\nlie was engaged in farming, which he carried on\\nuntil two years before his death, when he retireil\\nfrom active business and died at Orand Kapids.\\nNovember 1SM7, aged lifty-seven years, lb-\\nwas a Republican and a most worthy man. His\\nwidow is still living and resides in (Irand Kapids.\\nThis couple were the jiarents of six cbiblren,\\nnamely: .lohn. wlioisa memlier of the lire depart-\\nment at (irand Kapiils; Thomas, deceased; Mary,\\nwho marriecl 1). noimliuc .-inil resides at(iran l\\nHapids, where her husband is engaged in the\\ncooper business; 1). .Joseph; Christo| her, employed\\nwith Rindgc, HerUsch iVr Co., boot and shoe dcalci-s\\nin (Jrand Kapids; and Magu^ie. who married Frank\\nIloopes, who is an extensive farmer, of Hammer-\\ntown, Pa.\\nMr. Renihan aci|uired his education at the\\nCentral High School of (Jrand Pajiids and the\\nGrand Rapids Business College, from the latter of\\nwhich he was graduated, July 10, 18k;$, being se-\\nlected at that time on account of his line peiunan-\\nsliip, by Prof. .1. W. Welton, to copy the essays.\\nPrior to his graduation and when sixteen years old,\\nhe taught school in district No. 1. Walker Town-\\nship, Kent County. On completing his education.\\nMl-. Renihan w.as offered a position with the prom-\\ninent merchant*, SherwiKxl A- Oriswold, of Alle-\\ngan, as their book-kceiwr, which he accepted, re-\\nmaining with them frfun .Inly 19, 1883, until\\nApril 6, 1886. He then purchased the interest of\\nH. W. Foster, of Foster A- Turner, hardware mer-\\nchants of that pl.ace. since which time he has given\\nhis undivided attention to the business of the\\nfirm. Mr. Renihan has not yet left the ranks of\\nthe bachelors.\\nIn |)olitics. Mr. Renihan is a Republican and\\ntakes a lively interest in tlie issues of the day. \\\\\\\\v\\nwas elected, in 180O, .as Township Clerk an l re-\\nelecU d in 18 .ll. Socially, he belongs to the\\nKniL hts of P\\\\thias.\\nT*-\\nI 1 1 I\\nJlJolIN MII.I.KH. .Section l.J, Tiowbiidge\\n11 Townshi|i, Allegan County, is the present\\nI home of our subject. He wa,s Ixtrn in the\\n(Jrand Duchy of Hesse, iermaiiy, in 1826.\\nand is the son of Nichrila.s and .\\\\iina KlizalK-lh\\n(Killer) Miller. The parents came to Amerii-a\\nalK)ut 1H. 2. where the father died in 1860; the\\nmother survived a iiuiiiIht of years and pjusmmI\\naway in 187; i.\\n.loliii Miller w;is the eldest inemlMM of his par-\\nents family of eight children. He remained in\\n(;ernian.\\\\ until ninet\u00c2\u00ab cn yeai-s of age. being\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2liven an excellent education in the model schools", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0937.jp2"}, "938": {"fulltext": "946\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof that countiy. In 1845, he came to America,\\nand made his homo for a few years in Canada.\\nBefore the Civil War, he removed to New York\\nState. Me followed the trade of a cooper for\\ntwenty 3 ears.\\nIn 1847, Miss Catherine Killer became the wife\\nof our subject. Siie was also a native of Germany,\\nand by her union with Mr. Miller has become the\\nmother of five children, as follows: Conrad, who\\nmarried Grace Masen, is a merchant in Kalamazoo\\nand has three children. Kate is the wife of Charles\\nWheeler, and lives in Allegan; she has four chil-\\ndren, two of whom are married. Adeline is the\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wife of Charles W. Marsh, and lives in Topeka,\\nKan.; she has one child. Mary is unmarried, and\\nJohn H., who is living in California, is married\\nand has two children.\\nMrs. Catherine Miller died in 1859, and our\\nsubject came to Michigan in 1863 and located on\\nhis present farm, wliich was partially cleared. He\\nwas again married, in 1865, this time to Anna J.\\nWebber, a native of Bavaria, and by her became\\nthe father of two children Anna B., who is the wife\\nof John Dellinger, lives at White Pigeon, this\\nState, and has one child. Clara E. is the wife of\\nWilliam Knobloch, and lives in Monterey; she also\\nhas one child.\\nOur subject has one hundred and twenty acres of\\nof land, seventj- of which he has cleared himself.\\nHe lias a good residence and all the needful farm\\nbuildings, and has planted an apple orchard of\\nfive acres, and also a five-acre peach orchard. He\\ndoes a general farming business, and has his\\nl)lace stocked with a good grade of horses and\\ncattle. The family are members of tlie Lutheran\\nChurch. Mr. Miller has always been interested\\nin educational matters in his district, and has\\nheld the offices of Director, Moderator and Asses-\\nsor. His children have been given good educa-\\ntions, Mrs. Dellinger and Mrs. !Marsh having been\\nschool teachers. Our subject is a Patron of Hus-\\nbandry, in which order his daughters have held\\noffice. In politics, he is a Democrat, and has been\\nDrain Commissioner and Road Overseer of his\\ntownship.\\nWhen first purchasing his farm in Allegan\\nCounty, Mr. Miller jiaid $200 down and went in\\ndebt for the remainder. He is doubly proud now\\nin knowing that what he has. is the result of his\\nindustr_y and perseverance. No one ever appeals\\nto him in vain, for he is very liberal to all worthy\\ncharitable objects. Mr. Miller fully appreciates\\nthe value of a knowledge of books, and has a fine\\nlibrary in his home.\\nILL! AM V. TRAUTMAN, the present ef-\\nficient Postmaster at Moline, Dorr Town-\\nW^J ship, Allegan County, is a member of the\\nmercantile firm of Bates Trautman, of that\\nplace. He was born in ISIedina County, Ohio,\\nApril 24, 1858, to Victor and Lucy C. (Young)\\nTrautman. The father was born in France, and\\nthe mother in the State of Vermont. The father\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0was by occupation a farmer and came to Michi-\\ngan in 1858, when it was but a wilderness with\\nvery few settlements. Our subject was at that\\ntime but six months old, and here grew up and\\nreceived a good common-school education, attend-\\ning the graded schools of Plainwell and Wayland.\\nHe was a regular attendant at school until he\\nreached his twentieth j ear, when he began teach-\\ning in Hopkins Township, this county. He taught\\nfor only two winters, and worked on the farm dur-\\ning the summer months.\\nMr. Trautman started in active life for himself\\nin 1880, working on his father s farm in the sum-\\nmers, and during the winters engaged in lumber-\\ning. He thus alternated between these lines of\\nwork for two j ears, when, in the spring of 1883,\\nhe embarked in the mercantile business with his\\nbrother Charles. The name of the firm thus or-\\nganized was McLeod Trautman Bros., now car-\\nried on under the name of Bates it Trautman.\\nThey keep a goftd stock of drugs and all articles\\nkept in a general store, besides buying and ship-\\nping grain, stock and general produce. They con-\\nduet the grain elevator at Moline, and manufacture\\ncheese at this place and also at liilliards.\\nThis gentleman was married October 1, 1884,\\nthe lady of his choice being Miss Anna McLeod.\\nof Moline. Their marriage has been blessed by\\ntiie birth of three children, naiuel3-: Edna, Ethel", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0938.jp2"}, "939": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOORAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n9i;\\n;iMil llhdii, all of wIkpiii mic nl Ihhiu jiihI rccciviliir\\ngood i (Uic;iti(iii!il !ulv;uil:in( Mr. ri-autinnn is\\nidi iitilicil with tlio KcpiililicMn party, and is now\\nliolding Ills second aiipointnicnl as Postmaster of\\nMoline, tlic liist licing iluriiig iaiticlcrs adminis-\\ntration and tlio iiri scnt imkIit Pii sidcnl Harrison s.\\nlie liad held the olliee of Townsliii) Sciiool Inspec-\\ntor ereditalily, and is now a niemher of tiic He-\\npnlilican Township Committee. In the niereantih-\\nworhl.this gentleman is ivnown to be a man of un-\\ndoiihted integrity and substantial l)nsiness ability.\\nIn his social and public life, he is one who is cap-\\nable of forming his own opinions and resolutely\\nadhering to them.\\nJAMKS FREW is a prosperous farmer resid-\\ning on section 3, Hopkins Township, Alle-\\ngan County. lie is the son of William and\\nJennett (Smith) Frew, natiyes of Scotland.\\nThey emigrated to America in 184.3, and resided\\nin Summit CV)unty, Ohit until tln-ir removal to\\nMichigan, ten years later. The father had pur-\\nchased land from the Ciovernment on section 9,\\nHopkins Townshi[), \\\\vhicli was then but little more\\nthan a wilderness. The nearest house w.is two\\nmiles distant, and their neighbors were principally\\nIndians. Their humble home was built of logs,\\ncovered with shakes, and it was in this township\\nthat the j oungcst son died when five years of age.\\nThe family were in quite reduced circumstances in\\nthose early days, and at one time their (irovisions\\nconsisted of four quarters of venison, five bushels\\nof potatoes, one bushel of cornmeal. one peck of\\nsalt, and ten cent.s in money.\\nOur subject and his I rother .lohn, when old\\nenf)Ugh ti) go out and work, went to (irand River,\\nand hired out at chopping wood in the pineries.\\nThe money earned in that way was sent home to\\ntheir arents. The father made his home on that\\ntract until his death, in 1K(!(), and during that\\ntime cleared forty acres. Our subject s mother\\ndied in lH( ;i, after h.aving become the mother of\\nthe following named children: .lames, .lolni, de-\\nceased; Rol)ert, William, Abigail and Edmunil, the\\nlatter two deceased. Mr. anil Mrs. William Frew\\nwere members of the Fpiscopal Churi-h in .Scol-\\nl.nnd. but .-ifter making .Vnierica their home, joineil\\nthe Christian Church. In politics, Mr. Frew wa^i a\\nRepublican.\\n.lames l- rew was born in Scotland, May IK,\\nIH3fi, and was seven years of age when he accom-\\npanied his parents on their removal to the New\\nWorld. He attendee! the district .school until\\nreaching his seventeenth year, and remained at\\nhome, aiding his father, until twenty-five years\\nold. He enlisted, .\\\\ugust 2(1, IStil, in Conipan\\\\\\nO, .Sixth Michigan Infantry, as a private. With\\nhis regiment, he went from Kalamazoo to Balti-\\nmore, from there to Fortress Monroe, then to Ship\\nIsland, and then to the mouth of the Mi.s-sissipiii\\nRiver. During the siege of Ft*. .lack.son and .St.\\nPhillips, with his regiment he embarked on the\\nMississippi River, and received the surrender of\\nNew Orleans, under (len. Williams. Then, under\\n(!en. Butler, they went up the Father of Watei-s\\nto Carrollton, and later to X icksburg. They then\\nreturned to the southern part of the State, and\\nparticipated in the battle f f Haton Rouge. Alto-\\ngether, our subject was engaged in the following\\nnamed conflicts: Camp Williams, New Orleans,\\nMorganza s Bend. While River, then again to\\nMorganza s I end. He also participated in the\\nbattle of Port Hudson. While at the latter place,\\nhe was wounded in the right leg. May i. t, 186.1,\\nand w!is sent to the hospital at Baton Rouge,\\nwhere he remained until Octobei-. .\\\\t the end of\\nthat time, he returned to his regiment at Port\\nHudson, which had, in the meantime. Ih cu trans-\\nferred to the heavy artillery. Mr. Frew w.as de-\\ntailed as Colonel s Orderly, and served thus for\\nsix weeks, when he wa.s made Assistant Wagon-\\nma.ster, which ])osition he held until disi-harged,\\nAtigust \u00e2\u0080\u00a22H. IMfil, at Kalamazoo, this Stj\u00c2\u00bbte.\\nMarch I, 1807, om- subject, and Fannie, daugh-\\nter of O. K. and Mary .\\\\nn (Chambei-s) Mudgel,\\nnatives of Caniida, were married. .Mi Frew had\\npreviously married Daniel HeydenUM-k. Her par-\\nents came to the States in 1842, settling in Ver-\\nmont, whence they came t*i Michigan ten years\\nlater, and bx ated in CiMiper Township. Kahimnzoo\\nCounty. In 1H54, they came to Dorr rownshi|i,\\n.Vlh-LMn County, and made their home on an un-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0939.jp2"}, "940": {"fulltext": "948\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nfultivated tiat-t of land. The father still lives iu\\nDon- Towiisliip, aged seveut3-four years, lie be-\\ncame the father of eight children, five now living.\\nOne S071, Edward, was a soldier during the late war\\nin the Eleventh Michigan Cavalr}-.\\nMrs. Frew was born January 10, 1839, in Can-\\nada. She was married, September, 1854, to Mr.\\nHeydenberk, who was a soldier in the Fourth\\nMichigan Cavaliy. He died at Nashville, Tenn.\\nBy that union, she became the motlier of adaugii-\\nter, Frances P^stella. Mr. and Mrs. Frew have no\\nchildren of their own, but liave adopted a son,\\nAllen C. Frew, who is now twenty-two years of\\nage.\\nOur subject is a memlier of the Grand Army of\\ntlie RepubHc at Wayland, also of tiie Ancient Order\\nof United AVorlcmen, in which bodj- he has been\\nMaster Workman, Past Master, Overseer and Guide.\\nMr. Frew is an Odd Fellow and a Patron of In-\\ndustry-. In politics, he is a Republican. He has\\nheld the responsible office of Constable of his\\ntownship and has also been Pathmaster.\\nMr. Frew carries on general farming and his\\nestate numbers eighty acres of excellent land,\\nevery incii of whicli is put to some good use. A\\nsister of Mrs. Frew married Samuel Paul, who was\\na soldier in the Civil War and died while in ser-\\nvice, leaving a wife and two eliildren: Katie and\\nNellie.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^OEL T. CARPENTER. The farms of Alle-\\ngan Countv are remarkable for fertility and\\nrichness of soil, and among them perhaps\\nthe most highly improved is that of Mr.\\nCarpenter. Comprising seventy-five acres on sec-\\ntion 18, Martin Township, it has been embellished\\nwith a good set of buildings and subdivided into\\nfields of convenient size. Besides that place, he\\nowns forty acres on the same section, and thirty-\\ntwo and one-half acres on section 1.3, Watson\\nTownsliip, making a total acreage of one luindred\\nand foity-seven and one-half.\\nThe parents of our subject, Amasa and Lucy\\n(Stone) Cari enter. were natives of Connecticut.\\nTlic fatlier, who was born near Williamsville,\\nApril 2, 1787, was a carpenter by trade, and also\\nfollowed the profession of a school teacher for a\\nperiod of about seven years. After his marriage,\\nwhich took place in his native State, he settled in\\nSandy Creek, Oswego County, N. Y., where Joel T.\\nwas born May 30, 1824. Eighteen months after\\nhis birth, the wife and mother -was called hence.\\nAmasa Carpenter served in the War of 1812 as a\\nprivate, and was an active worker in politics as a\\nWhig, often taking the stump in behalf of his\\nfavorite candidate. For many years he served as\\na Supervisor of Sandy Ci-eek, and occupied other\\npositions of responsibility.\\nIn his religious affiliations, the father of our sub-\\nject was a devoted member of the Presbyterian\\nChurch, in which he was an earnest worker, and\\nwas familiarly known as Deacon. The most of\\nhis life in the Empire State was spent on a farm,\\nand he was the owner of one hundred acres, which\\nhe purchased for $4 per acre, and brought to a\\nhigh state of cultivation. He and his wife were\\nthe parents of four sons and three daughters, all of\\nwhom attained to mature years. Of these Lucy-\\nette, Asa, Dollie and jMaria, are deceased, as is also\\nAmasa, who died of typhoid fever at Murfrees-\\nboro, Tenn., while in the service of his country.\\nThe surviving members of the family arc Addison\\nand Joel T.\\nL ntil he was twenty-one, our subject remained\\nin his native place, and afterward worked three\\nand one-half months for his father for #35. Sep-\\ntember 24, 1845, he started for Michigan in a lum-\\nber wagon, stopping en route .at Cleveland, Ohio,\\nwhere he was swindled out of 811 in a watch-chain\\ndeal, the first trade he ever made. He arrived in\\nMartin Township with 15 in his possession, and\\ncommenced to work for Thom.as M. Russell, with\\nwhom he remained for one and one-half years. He\\ninvested liis earnings in eighty .acres of land in\\nMartin Township, for which he paid 8400. He af-\\nterward sold that property, and purch.ased one hun-\\ndred and sixtj .acres on section 3, Martin Town-\\nship, which he improved. When he sold that place,\\nhe bought where he now resides, then a tract of un-\\nimproved land on which stood a little log house.\\nApril 2, 1854, Mr. Carpenter w.as married in\\nWayland Township, this county, to Miss Emeline", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0940.jp2"}, "941": {"fulltext": "PORTILUT AND BIOGRAI IIICAL RECORD.\\n04n\\nK., il:uii;litfr of .lacnli and Klizatiolli (Kink) Ayics.\\nTlio wi ddinu I orcinoiiy was iK-ifoiiiii d l y an Ind-\\nian niissionaiv. llic lvi .lames Seikorcg. Mrs. Car-\\nlicntcr IS a native of Tcnnsylvania, and was born\\nin Rush Townsliiii, Ck-ailii ld Count v, Septi nibcr\\n30, 1828. She is the motlierof six children, namely:\\nIsabel, wife of Albert Taylor, of Watson Town-\\nsliiii, and the inothei- of two eliildren, Aliee and\\nDellie; EtHe, who is at lioine; I lstella. who inairii d\\n.\\\\veiy (iillett.and lias one child, Walter A.\\\\ Aniasa,\\nwho resiiles at home and manages the farm; Clara\\nwho rniirried the Rev. .1. I resflniiann. member of\\nthe .Miehigan Confeienee, resides with her parent*;\\nand .lay, who died when two and one-half years\\nold.\\nIn political matters, .Mr. Carpenter was originally\\na Whig, and later a Uepnblican, Imt is now a Pro-\\nhibitionist. He at one time served as a Constable,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2iiid was formerly a member of the t! range. The\\nfamiiy holds membeishii) in the .Methodist Episcfj-\\npal Chiircli, and its members are regular attendants\\nat the Sunday-school. Mr. Carpenter for many\\nyears has -served .as Steward and Trustee, and li.as\\never been active in gospel work, contributing\\nliberally to the siippoit of the church, and aiding\\ngenerously in it,s building.\\nLBERT W. NYSSON. This respected eiti-\\nzcn of .\\\\llegan Ctnintv is residing in the\\nvillage of Saugatuck. lie is a farmer and\\nfruit-grower, having his fine tract of land\\nlocated on sections 10 .and 15, Saugatuck Town-\\nship, Allegan Count}-. His parents were Adrian\\nand Minnie (Dekepe) Nysson, natives of Geldener,\\nHolland, where our subject w. is born, September 9,\\nIHl.T. He was brought by his parents to America\\nwhen only four ycai-s of .age. they making settle-\\nment in Ottawa County, this State.\\nIn his boyhood days, Albert W. Nysson w.-ti\\ngiven a cominon-scliool education and remained\\nwith his parents, assisting his father in the home\\nduties, until reaching his eighteenth year. He\\ncame to Allegan County and Saugatuck in 1861,\\nand eng.ageil in the lumbering business for several\\nveai-s. March .1. lM7lt, he was happily marrieil to\\n.\\\\senalli Whiting, who was Ihhii August 21. 1m|h,\\nin HiK lu ster, N. Y., and brought by her parents to\\nKalamazoo County, this Stat in the spring of\\n1 H.J2.\\nMr. and Mis. Nysson are the parents of three\\nchildren: .Minnie, Elizalielh 15. :ind .Mlie all of\\nwhom are at home anil are receiving excellent\\ntraining. The father of our subject is still livinjj\\nin Ottawa County at the advanced age of eighty-\\nseven years. The line farm Itelonging to our sub-\\nject is well improved and nets him a handsome in-\\ncome. At present he is engaged in the nursery\\nbusines-s, general farm iiig, fruit-grow in gaud he also\\nloans money on real-estate security. In politics, he\\ncasts his vote for the candidates (\u00c2\u00bbf the Democratic\\nparty and is interested in all movements which have\\nfor their object the elev:ition of the community in\\nwhich he makes his home. .Ml the membersof the\\nfamily are connected with the Congregational\\nChurch at .Saugatuck.\\nB,\\nvHl\\nU*\\njILLIAM W. I KIIUK, who is engaged in\\nthe general inerchandise business at .Mo-\\n^Y line, is a native of I otter County, I a.,\\nwhere he was born Octolicr ir 1848. He is a son\\nof .Tames and Sarah IJ. (I reston) I eiree, who were\\nborn and raised in Cayuga County, N. Y., the\\nfather following the occupation of :i tiller of the\\nsoil.\\nThe first liftcen years of the life of our subject\\nwere passed on the home farm in the .State of\\nPennsylvania, at which time he went to .Vlfred\\nCenter, N. Y., where he attended the academy for\\nthree yeai-s. The old district scluxilliouse. which\\nhe attended in Pennsylvania is still standing and\\nalso the hon.se his father lived in there. He\\nstarted out on his own account at the age i^f twen-\\ntv-two in the grwery business at .Moline, having\\nciune here with his parents when eighteen years\\nold and settled in Leighton Township. He kept a\\nstore for one year at Duttun, Kent County, and\\nwas also engaged in that business at rand Rap-\\nids for the same length of lime. He then came\\nto Moline and worked at gardening for two years,\\nand in IMT7 began the grocery ami general iner-\\nI", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0941.jp2"}, "942": {"fulltext": "950\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nchaiidising business, wliicli lie has since enniefl on\\nwith great success.\\nJuly 9, 1868, was the date of tiie marriage of our\\nsubject and Miss Annie E. Jones, and of tliis union\\ntwo children were born: Charlie S. and Editli L.,\\nwho died at the ages of fourteen and thirteen, re-\\nspectively. Mr. Peirce was a second time married,\\ntaking as iiis wife Miss Ora A. McConnell, of Dorr\\nTownship, and they have become the parents of\\none child, Sarah Blanch.\\nIn politics, Mr. Peirce is a stanch Democrat and\\nhas held many offices, the duties of which were\\nfaithfully and conscientiously performed. lie was\\nappointed Postmaster of Moline during Cleve-\\nland s term of service and is now serving his first\\nterm as Justice of the Peace. He has been Chair-\\nman of the Democratic Township Committee and\\nSchool Inspector of Leighton Township. He is the\\npossessor of eight acres of splendidly improved\\nland in Leighton Township, near Moline station,\\non which he is breeding fine blooded horses, and\\nthe estate is known as the JNIiddleton Stock Earin.\\nLBERT P. CONGDON, who has made\\nfarming his life work, now owns and oper-\\nates one hundred and ten acres of land\\nin section 26, Hopkins Township, Alle-\\ngan Count}-. He is a representative of one of the\\npioneer families of this county, and here almost\\nhis entire life has been passed. Michigan is the\\nState of his nativity. He was ))orn in Comstock\\nTownsliip, Kalamazoo County, December 26, 1837,\\nand is the only survivor of a family of twelve, in-\\ncluding parents and ten children. His father,\\nErastus Congdon, was born in Clarendon, Vt.,Eeb-\\nruary 26, 1799, and was a son of George and Sal-\\nlie (Palmer) Congdon. He married Emma Sperry,\\na native of Burlington, Vt.. and made his home in\\nthe Empire State until 1834, when he emigrated\\nto the Territory of Michigan, locating in Kalama-\\nzoo County. Five years later, he settled upon a\\nfarm in section 26, Hopkins Township, where our\\nsubject still resides. He enteied one hundred and\\nsixty acres of land from the Government, and,\\nwith the exceptifjn of J. O. Round, was the only\\nresident of the township. Every thing was wild\\na wooded country, inhabited by Indians and wild\\nanimals, and Indi.an trails were tlie only roads. Mr.\\nCougdon built a log cabin and began clearing the\\nfarm. With the aid of his sons, he developed a\\ngood farm, and thirty-five 3 ears ago erected the\\npresent residence, which is j-et one of the best in\\nthe township.\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. Congdon were members of the\\nCongregational Church. The cause of education\\nfound in him a warm friend, and he served as\\na member of the School Board. In politics, he was\\na Democrat and attended the first town meeting\\nin Hopkins, and was chosen one of the inspectors\\nof the election. He was the first Town Treasurer,\\nwas Justice of the Peace, Supervisor of the Poor,\\nand was the first Postmaster of Hopkins. He be-\\nlonged to Otsego Lodge, A. F. A. M. A part of\\nthe village of Hopkins has been built upon land\\nwhich he owned. His wife died in July, 1863, and\\nhe passed away on the 3d of May, 1871. Thej were\\nboth members of the Congregational Church, and\\ntheir remains were interred in the cemetery near\\ntheir home. None are more deserving of mention\\nin this volume than Mr. Congdon, for he aided in\\nthe upbuilding and development of the county,\\ntaking a prominent part in all pulilic affairs calcu-\\nlated to benefit the community.\\nWe now take up the personal history of A. P.\\nCongdon, who, during his infancy, was brought to\\nthis county, and has since, made his home here. He\\nattended the first school in Hopkins Township,\\nand aided in the arduous labor of clearing and\\ndeveloping a new farm. As a companion and\\nhelpmate on life s journey, he chose Miss Emma\\nA., daughter of William and Betsy (Noyes) Inger-\\nson. The parents were born, reared and married\\nin the Green Mountain State, where the mother\\ndied, in 184;j. Mr. Ingerson was then again mar-\\nried, and came to Michigan in 1 8, )0, locating in\\nsection 26, Hopkins Township, Allegan County.\\nThe land was still in its primitive condition, but\\nhe made it a tract of fertilitj and resided thereon\\nuntil his death, which occurred in May, 1887.\\nThe principles of Democracy found in him an ad-\\nvocate, and he took (juite an active part in politi-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0942.jp2"}, "943": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0943.jp2"}, "944": {"fulltext": "t\\n(^OM^C^-^aojc\\ny-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0944.jp2"}, "945": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n953\\ncal MtTairs, si rvinjj; as lliirliway oinuiissimu i\\nCoiistalilo iiii I Drain oiiimissioiici-. Ins lirsl\\ninarriaoc, lie liad six i-liiklren. liiit after Hit dcalli\\nof their inoUier tliey were scattered.\\nThe wife of our siihject was horn in ernioiit,\\nSei)teinl)er 21, 188(). She lost her mother when\\nonly nine yenvs of aijfe, and from that time had to\\ntake eare of herself. In 1850, she came to Miclii-\\nran, and on the iOth of December, IHfil. ijrave her\\nhand in marriage to Mr. Congdon. Into them\\nwere born three children, two yet living. ],avina\\nis the wife of Dan Hound, of Hopkins, and they\\nhave one child; Frank K. married Mina McClin-\\ntock, and resides upon the old homestead.\\nMr. Congdon still follows general farming, and\\nhis valuable fai in of one hundred and ten acres,\\nthe greater i)art of which is improved, pays a\\ngolden tribute to his care and cultivation, lie is\\nclassed among the leading and representative ag-\\nriculturists of the community, and is a valued cit-\\nizen. Him,self and wife are charter members of\\nthe drangc, in which he has held office for seven-\\nteen years, and she h.as served .as Chaplain. In\\npolitics, he was for many years a Democrat, but of\\nlate years he has alliliated with the Prohibition\\nl)artv, owing to his temperance principles. For\\nmore than half a century, Mr. Congdon has re-\\nsided in this county, and has watched with inter-\\nest its growth and progress and has aided largely\\nin its develot)ment.\\n\u00c2\u00bb)RAYTON PAGK. Allegan C:ounty is favored\\nwith a numerous population of intelligent\\nand progressive farmers, who are interested\\nnot only in what concerns themselves and their\\nown prosperity, but are willing to place themselves\\nin line with all who are working for the welfare of\\nthe commmiily. Such a one is .Mr. Page, who is\\nthe owner of two hundred ami lifly-two acres, coin-\\n))rising the tine farm loe.aled on section i:$, Wat.son\\nTownship. Here he is engaging in a general busi-\\nness as a farmer and stock-raiser, being the owner\\nof thirtylive head of cattle, one hundred head of\\nsheep and eight hoi-ses. (\u00c2\u00bbf his land, all but sixty-\\nlive acres has been placed under cnltivati m and\\nII A\\nyields gratifying returns in the way of bountiful\\ncrops. The family residence, a view of which is\\npresented on another page. Is a substantial struc-\\nture and one of the most comfortable in the\\ntownship.\\nThe parents of our subject. .Moses ami Flizalieth\\n(.Martin) Page, were natives of .Su.s.sex County.\\nKngland, and died when Trayton w.as live years\\nold. He was born in the same county as were\\nhis parents, the date of his birth being Oetolter\\n\\\\Hi)7. There were six children in the [larental\\nfamily, all of whom are now living, with the\\nexcei)tion of Ruth, who dierl in Michigan. Kllen\\nis the wife of William Halt, and lives in London,\\nF.ngland; Harriet, the wife of .loseph Ijiwience, is\\nlikewise a resident London, Kngland; Fsthcr,\\nwho is married, and Klizabeth. both reside in Sus-\\nsex, Kngland. Our subject is the only sf)n in the\\nfamily and after the death of his parents was taken\\ninto the home of his aunt. .Mrs. Harriet Hook.\\nWhen eleven years old. our subject came to\\n.\\\\merica with his uncle. Isaac Page, whose portrait\\nis presented in connection with this .sketch. The\\nlatter gentleman had emigrated to the I liiled States\\nin 18.55 and returning to Kngland on a visit in 1868,\\nbrought our subject back with him to this country.\\nIsa.Hc Page was a prominent man in this county\\nand held many inlluential and re8i\u00c2\u00bbonsible |)osilioiis,\\namong them that of Supervisor for three yeai-s,\\n.lustice of the Peace and Highway Commissioner.\\nHe was a stanch DenuK-ral and a niemlwr of the\\nGrange. When he first arrived in Michigan, his\\nmoneyed capital consisted of twenty-live cents,\\nand the fine property which he accumulated repre-\\nsented his unaided eflfort.s and tireless industry.\\nWhile not a member of any church, he was a lib-\\neral contributor to the Gosi)el. and the destitute\\nalwavs found a friend in him.\\nFor several yeai-s after coming to this country,\\nour s\\\\diject made his home with Isjuic Page, and\\nwhen ready to cst\u00c2\u00abbli h a home of his own. wjvh\\nmarried, .May 1. 1878. to Miss Lucy Townsend.\\nMrs. Page wii.s born in Sussex County, Kngland,\\nand w. is the daughter of Samuel and .Sarah (Siggs)\\nTownsend. natives of Kngl.and. who came to\\nMichigan in 1 87 Land settled in Martin Township.\\n.Mlegiin County. Thence they removed to Watson", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0945.jp2"}, "946": {"fulltext": "954\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nTownship, and located on section 13. The father\\ndied at Cadillac, Mich., at the age of fifty. The\\nmother still survives and makes her home at the\\nplace where her husband died. Mr. and Mrs. Page\\nare the parents of two children: Pearl E. and Earl\\nand have adojited the children of Mr. Page s\\nsister, Carrie and Nellie. Mr. Page adheres to the\\npiinciples of the Democracy, and li.as served as\\nSchdol Assessor for nine \\\\ears, beside holding other\\nlocal ollicial positions.\\ni^i^ p fa\\nIIARLES C. ROGERS, a prominent farmer\\nof Wayland Township, Allegan County\\nwas born in Middleville, Barry County,\\nMich., May 3, 1859, and is the son of Jacob V.\\nand n. Matilda (Carmichael) Rogers. IIis fatiier was\\nborn in Pierpont, Ashtabula County, Ohio, and\\nhis mother was a native of Wheatland, Hillsdale\\nCounty, Mich. Mr. Rogers, Sr., was a prominent\\nlawyer of this comity, following the practice of\\nhis profession for t\\\\vent\\\\-eiglit years, and coming\\nto Plainville in 1853. During Cleveland s admin-\\nistration, he was appointed Postmaster at tiiat place,\\nbeing the first Democrat to hold that oHice there.\\nHe was at one time a member of the State Central\\nCommittee and could have held many prominent\\noffices had he been so inclined, but preferred to\\ngive his entire attention to the duties of his pro-\\nfession. He was a public-spirited, enterprising\\ncitizen, and his loss was greatly felt at his death,\\nwhich took place April 5, 1891. His wife, who\\nhad been his devoted companion for so many\\nyears, soon followed her husband to the silent land,\\ndeparting this life, August 8, of the same year.\\nThe remains of both are interred in the cemetery\\nat Plain well.\\nWhen our subject was but six years old, his pa-\\nrents removed to Plainwell, Allegan County, and\\nhere he was educated, principally in the public\\nschools, adding to this one year in the Normal\\nSchool at Valparaiso, Ind. At the end of his school\\nlife, he learned the trade of a printer in the office\\nof the Plainville Itepuhlic, where he worked for\\ntwo years. When his father was appointed Post-\\nmaster, he became his assistant, and held the posi-\\ntion until the spring of 1891, when he came to\\nBradley Corners, since which time he has followed\\nthe occupation of a farmer.\\nMr. Rogers was married, Novemljer 14, 1883, to\\nMiss I mo Ban lialkin burgh. She was born in\\nKalamazoo, this State, August 31, 1858, and is the\\ndaughter of Theo D. and Mary E. (Hoyt) Balkin-\\nburgh. Our subject has a fine estate of one hundred\\nand fifty-five acres at Bradley, and takes great in-\\nterest in agricultural pursuits, being a lover of fine\\nhorses, and owning one fine thoroughbred, of\\nHambletouian stock. He also has a handsome\\nresidence in Plainwell. In politics, he is a Demo-\\ncrat, as was his father before him, and has been\\nTownship Treasurer of Gun Plain one term. He\\nIjelongs to Lodge No. 235, A. E. k A. M., at Plain-\\nwell.\\nV \u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^=1i\\nif? YMAN A. LH^LY, the present Supervisor\\nji of Hopkins Township, Allegan County, is\\nj lL-\\\\v,, residing on his beautiful tract of land on\\nsection 3. His father, Augustus Lilly, was born in\\n1826, and was a farmer until the outbreak of the\\nCivil War, after which event he followed mercan-\\ntile life, and was the oldest grocer in Allegan at\\nhis death. In the Civil War, he was Second Lieu-\\ntenant of Company B, Nineteenth Michigan In-\\nfantry, having been mustered in as Orderly-\\nSergeant. He was in many of the hard-fought\\nengagements of the war and was taken prisoner\\nand confined in Libby Prison. He was also dis-\\nabled for some time b\\\\ a sunstroke which he re-\\nceived while laying siege to Atlanta.\\nThe maiden name of our subject s mother was\\nMary Smith, a native of the Bay State, where she\\nmet and married Augustus Lilly. They resided\\nin that State until they came to Michigan,\\nin the year 1854. In 1865, our subject s father\\nopened a grocery in Allegan, which he contin-\\nued to operate until his death, May 1, 1888; he\\ndied very suddenly while in his store. They be-\\ncame the parents of nine children, three of whom\\nare living: our subject, Mrs. Alice Iddles, and Mrs.\\nEmma Stillwill. They were members of the Epis-\\nc-opal Chuii h, Mr. Lilly being Vestryman and Su-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0946.jp2"}, "947": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RFX ORD.\\n955\\nperintendent of the Siinday-H liodl. ami :il u a\\nprominent sintfer in tiie clioir. in politics, lie was\\na Repulilican, and was I rnstee of the village of\\nAllegan. Socially, lie was connected with the\\n(irand Army of the Republic at Allegan.\\nThe gentleman of whom we write wiis horn De-\\ncember 13, 1854, in Allegan. He attended the\\nschools in his native town, and was later graduated\\nfrom the Michigan Agricultural College at Lansing\\nin the Class of 77. After completing his studies,\\nhe clerked in his father s store a short time, but\\ndecided to ft)llow the vocation of an agrieiilturist\\n.as a life pursuit.\\nLyman A. Lilly was married, in 18S(), to Miss\\nLelia B., daughter of Norman A. and Kliza (Kast-\\nniaii) Barrett, natives of the Kmpire .Stiite, who\\ncame to Michigan in 1H7I). Mr. Barrett was Prin-\\ncipal of the schools in Mason, .Saline and Plainwell\\nat different times, and is at present connected with\\nBryant iV Stratton s lousiness College in Chicago.\\nlie is finely educated, having been a student in\\nthe Rochester (N. Y.) University. During llie late\\nwar, Mr. Barrett enlisted as a private, Ai)ril 22, ISfil\\nhe w.as elected Captain, and served three months\\nin Company C, Nineteenth Ohio Infantry. He\\ntook part in the battle of Rich Mountain and was\\nmustered out at the cxijiratioii of three months,\\nthe limit of the term of service. In the fall of\\n18(!1, he recruited a company of cavalry, w.as\\nelected Captain, and after drilling the men through\\nthe winter, joined the army in Virginia in the\\nspring of 1862. He participated in the batlle of\\nCross Keys, in Pope s battles on the Rapidan,\\nCedar Mountain, Bull Run (second battle) and\\nChantilly.\\nIn 18(!3, Capt. Barrett was at Kelly s l ord.\\nChancellorsvillc, Brandy Station, Aldie, .Middle-\\nburg, Upperville and Octtysburg, then at Hagers-\\ntown and Falling Waters. In 1861, he took an\\nactive part in the battles of the Wilderness, Han-\\nover Court-house, Yellow Tavern. Hawes Shop and\\nCold Harbor. After (i rant cro.s.sed the .lames, he\\nwas at Strawberry Plains, Lee s Mills and Ream s\\nStation. He was also with .Sheridan at Trevilian\\nStation and in a score or more of minor engage-\\nneiits. He had three horses shot under him but\\nreceived no w(iuiid excepting f iie from a tiall\\nwliii h glanced from a tree and broke a bone in his\\nI right lianil. For meritorious .service, he was ap-\\npointed Major and promoted to be Lieulenniit-Col-\\nonel, serving as Colonel during much of the\\nsummer of 1861, and receiving an honorable dis-\\ni charge at the expiration of his term of service.\\nCol. and Mr-. Barrett had fcuir children, three of\\nwhom are living: Mrs. Lilly, Clyde K. and Sadie I.\\nI Our subject and his wife have four children:\\nI Clyde A., .\\\\lice Pearl, Scott B. and .Mary Avis.\\nj Mrs. Lilly wjis born .Vugiist K!, 18. .t, in Ohio, and\\nI is a graduate of the Plainwell High .School. She\\nh.-is been a .school teacher in .\\\\llegan County, is a\\nvery intelligent and cultured lady, and a nieinlwr\\nof the Kpiscopal Church.\\nMr. Lilly gives his attention exclusively to\\nfarming, cultivating two hundred acres. He has a\\nline apple orchard on his place and raises a tine\\ngrade of grapes. In politics, he is a Repiiblii-an,\\nand li.as served his fellow-townsmen as .Insticc of\\nthe Peace for one term. He w.as also School In-\\nspector for two terms, and is the present popular\\nSupervisor of Hopkins Township.\\nQ Y\\n^r- m^\\nDWAKD S. FITCH, who for the piist twenty-\\nfive yeai-b has been a resident of Wayland,\\n.MIegan County, is the jiroprietor of a hard-\\nware store in that pl.ace, and is well known as an\\nenterprising, successful l)usine.ss man. He is a na-\\ntive of Newark, Ohio, his birth t.aking pl.ace De-\\ncember 29, 181. His father, K. M. Fittli, w.as a\\nnative of Vermont, and by profession an altorney-\\nat-law, and was the first man to start a har l\u00c2\u00abare\\nstore in W;iyland. His mother, whose maiden\\nname w.as Sarah Brown, w.as born in New\\nYork.\\nOur subject received a gootl iiimmon-school\\neducation in his native place and i-emainod at\\nhome until twenty years of age, when he went to\\nChicago and learned the trade of a tinner, serving\\nan apprenticeship of four yeai-s. He came to Way-\\nland in I8(i(;. having s|K nt the previoii six years\\nin various part- of .Michigan. Here for ten years\\nhe did journey-work and jobbing, and in 1M7G, l e-\\ngan in bu.sinoss for himself, o|K ning a general", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0947.jp2"}, "948": {"fulltext": "956\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPinCAL RECORD.\\nhardware store, handling also stoves and croekery-\\nware. By strict attention to his affairs and straight-\\nforward methods of dealing witli liis customers,\\nlie has not only built up a good trade but has\\nearned the reputation of a thorough-going busi-\\nness man.\\nMr. Fitch was united in marriage, in February\\n1869, to Miss Flora M. Smith, of Wayland. Mrs.\\nF itch was born in New York, where she received\\nthe advantage of a good education. Her father,\\nCharles II. Smith, was a farmer by occujiation.\\nMr. and Mrs. Fitch have one child, F^dward C, who\\nis now fourteen years of age.\\nIn politics, Mr. Fitch affiliates with the Republi-\\ncan party, whose views he deems correct on all im-\\nportant issues relating to the government of the\\nNation. lie has held the otflce of President of the\\nvillage of Waj land, and sociall} belongs to the\\nMasonic fraternity In religion, his belief coincides\\nwith Ihatheld by the Fnivprsalist Church.\\noS-\\nON. WILLIAM F. HARDEN. The citi-\\nzens of Martin are accustomed to point out\\nto the visitor, with more than ordinary\\npride, the beautiful residence owned and\\noccupied by Mr. Harden, which is undoubtedly\\nthe most elegant structure in the village. It was\\nerected by the present owner at a cost of ^.5,000\\nand is not only handsome in exterior finish and\\nmodern in architecture, but also jierfect in its in-\\nterior arrangement. The life of Mr. Harden is\\nwell worth} the emulation of the young, for his\\npresent influential position has been gained by his\\nunaided exertions, and what he has is the result\\nof bis untiring industry.\\nThe father of our subject, Hiram Harden, was\\nborn in 1800, in Hartford Townshii), Washington\\nCounty, N. Y., and remained in his native place\\nuntil he was twenty-five years old. He was then\\nmarried to Lucinda Corbett, likewise a native of\\nWashington County. After his marriage, he re-\\nmoved to Williamson Township, Wayne County,\\nN. Y., where he purchased a tract of land for 81\\nper acre. Forty busy and happ} years were passed\\non that place, and there the children of the familv\\ngrew to maturity. F ive years prior to his demise,\\nMr. Harden, Sr., removed to the village of Will-\\niamson, and there passed to his final rest, in 1873.\\nIn his political belief, he was not onl^ a strong\\nRepublican, but was well known as the first Alwli-\\ntionist in the county. In his religious convictions,\\nhe was a devoted Presbyterian.\\nThe family born to Hiram and Lucinda Harden\\nconsisted of the following children: Mary L., who\\nmarried Abram Peen, of Kalamazoo County, this\\nState, and is now deceased; William F., of this\\nsketch; Eliza J., the wife of Josepli Harden, and a\\nresident of Wayne County, N. Y.; Hattie M., now\\nMrs. J. M. Noble, of Kalamazoo City; James B.,\\nwliose home is in AVilliamson, Wayne County, N.\\nY.; and Fllnora, who is the wife of Charles Vaughn,\\nalso of Williamson. The subject of this notice\\nwas born in Williamson Township, Wayne County.\\nX. Y., July 19, 1831, and was reared in his native\\nplace, where he ol)tained a common-school educa-\\ntion. After he was twenty-one years old, he took\\ncharge of the homestead on shares for seven\\nyears, and then, in 1859, came to Michigan, set-\\ntling 111 Martin To^^niship, Allegan County, and\\nbuying a farm of one hundred acres on section 7.\\nAbout one-half of the tract of land was im-\\nproved, and Mr. Harden at once set to woi k to\\nbring the remainder under cnltivatiou. As time\\npassed, he added forty acres to the original estate,\\nand erected a residence, as well as substantial out-\\nbuildings. He has since given the farm to his son\\nMahlon, who resides there with his family, and\\ndoes a general farming business. Mr. Harden is\\nthe owner of three hundred and ten acres of good\\nland, the most of which is in Martin Township,\\nand he has owned as much as five hundred acres\\nat one time, having forme rlj been one of the most\\nextensive land speculators in the township.\\nIn 1852, Mr. Harden was married to Mary J.\\nWilcox, a native of Marion, Wayne County, N.\\nY., and five children were born to them, as fol-\\nlows: Jane J., now the wife of Thomas J. Shep-\\nherd, of Martin; Mahlon D., who resides on the\\nold homestead; Jennie, the wife of Alex. Monleith,\\nof Martin; Hattie M., who married W. F Kimball,\\nand lives in Martin; and Cora, who died at the\\nage of sixteen vears. IMrs. Maiv J. Harden died", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0948.jp2"}, "949": {"fulltext": "1\\\\)RTRAIT AND tlOGRAPIIICAL RECORD.\\n;t; 7\\nAii.i,Mist 2(1. IKHH, and Mr. H.-iidi ii aftorwanl\\nfoiiiu d a iiiatiiriKiiiial alli;iii ;u willi Mrs. Ivillie H.\\n(Wiley) rattorson, tlic widow of (Jcorj^e V. I altcr-\\na faiin, rwcivinga fjood lominon-wliool e Iiication,\\nand rt maiiu d at iiomc until ffaciiinj, liis Iwpnty-\\nseeond yi ar, wlirn lu wimiI to New York. The\\n.son. When lieslarted out in life. Mr. Harden had maiden name of our sul jcel s mother w.n.s .leniii\\na \\\\\u00c2\u00ab|)itjil of 4^1 no. which wa.s the nueleu.s of his\\n])rpsent possessions, and ho owes his success to his\\nindustry nid excellent judi^nuMil. In 1M81I, he vis-\\nited ;ilifornia. si)en iini;- seven months on the Pa-\\ncihc Slope, and two years later hi ni, ain traveled\\nWestward, and spent nine weeks in various (jarts\\nof the West.\\nI ntil 1X73, Jlr. Harden voted the Kepuhliean\\nticket, hut at that time he chanjied his allegiance\\nto the I lohiliitionists. He has served with credit\\nto himself in many positions of honor, among\\nthem School Inspector, Highway Commissioner.\\nSupervisor of ^^artin Township for seventeen\\nyeai-s, and Hepre.sentativc from the Second Dis-\\ntrict of Allegan County, in the .state Legislature,\\nduring the years lH7t-7. i. He w.as formerly Di-\\nrector of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance CV)m-\\npany. of Allegan and )ttawa (Uinties, and is now\\nPresident and rrc. i.sui( r of the same. His markeil\\nability and unllinching integrity- have won for him\\nthe confidence of the entire community, and he is\\noften called upon to serve as .idmiuistrator of es-\\ntates, .as well as in other positions of trust.\\n^i^\\nn\\\\\\\\\\\\ N. CI{.\\\\WF()1{1). Were there to he\\na reunion of (lioneers of Allegan County.\\nGanges Township could furnish, we\\ndonlit not, a larger proportion than al-\\nmost any other, and many wouhl he the experi-\\nences and adventures related liy the old-timers,\\nthat would he of thrilling interest to the young\\npeo[)le of to-day, and also to the older people :ls\\nreministences of experience. He of whom we wiitc\\na farmer residing on section :5(l, Ganges Township.\\nhas the honor of being the third settlor in the\\ntownship.\\nMr. Crawford was horn in .Madison tount\\\\. .N.\\nY., November 1( 18(17. and is .a son of .hiel and\\ntlemima Crawfoi-d, the father being Iwirn in Mjissa-\\nchusetts, .March 2. 17(!7. \\\\\\\\r was Iheie reared on\\nMills. She became the mother of live children:\\nLucy;. Sarah, dece:i.sed; Levi, our subject, and Hen-\\njam in T., dec-easecL\\nThe elder Mr. Crawford livi d a numlier of years\\nin the Empire SUite, wheie he followed farming.\\nAfter the death of our subject s mother, he wa.s\\nmarried to Lyda Little, and she dying in 1S13, he\\ncame to Michigan and maile his home with our\\nsubject until his death, which occurred when he\\nhad reached the advanced age of eightv-seven\\nyears, si.\\\\ months and eighteen days. In [lolitics,\\nbe was a Democrat, and very jiopular in his com-\\nmunity.\\nHe of whom we write wa.s given a fair educa-\\ntion and. when reaching his thirteenth year, de-\\ncided to learn the hatter s trade, serving an ap-\\nprenticeship of six years. Ho followed that occu-\\npation oidy one year after m;istering the trade, and\\nlater was employed on a farm in his native county,\\nworking three years each for two men whose farms\\nadjoined. In 1836, Mr. Crawford and .Miss Eunice,\\ndaughter of Daniel Mack, were united in marriage,\\nand to them were born six children: .lane. le\u00c2\u00ab a.s\u00c2\u00abMl;\\nCornelius R., Helen M.. Edwin. (leorge and Fred-\\nerick. EdwMi enlisted in Company L. Fourth\\nMichigan Cavalry, umler (k-n. Prichard, and died\\nfrom disease contracted in the army.\\nIn 1H3. the origin.-il of this sket h emigrated\\nfrtun his native State to Calhoun County. .Mich.,\\nwhere he remained for the sovi u su -eeeding years,\\nand in 1813. set out with a slow ox-toam for his\\n|)rosent farm in .Vlleg:in ount This honoreil\\nand energetic pioneer braved Mi:iiiy hardsliip.\u00c2\u00ab.\\nwhich lh()Se who followed did not have to undergo.\\nHis estaU^ consisted of four hundreil acres of un-\\nimproved land, inosl of which he cleared him.M-lf.\\nlie has been very generous with hischildren. livid-\\ning his properly among them, reserving oidy lifly-\\nfour acre-s for himself, sill of which i.oin fruit. He\\nlia.s also iH en very lilK-rnl in his contributions to\\nchurches an l :dl worthy objects, and is regaided\\na.-\u00c2\u00bb I ne of the benevoleiil and popular citizens of\\nthe countv.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0949.jp2"}, "950": {"fulltext": "958\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIn those early days when Aiba N. Crawford first\\ncame to the county, neighbors were few and far\\nbetween, and Kalamazoo and St. Joseph were the\\nnearest markets on the south, and Douglas, on the\\nnorth. Wild game of all kinds was plentiful, and\\nthus the family were always supplied with fresh\\nand choice meats. In going to St. Joseph, the\\nBlack River had to be forded, and many times our\\nsubject had a narrow escape in crossing that river.\\nThree different times during his younger days, he\\nwas carried from the forest with a broken limb, the\\nfracture being such, on one occasion, that he was\\ncompelled to walk with the aid of crutches for\\ntwo years.\\nAlthough the gentleman whose name heads this\\nsketch is eighty-four years of age, he is very active\\nand does more work than many men who only\\ncarry half his weight of years. Mrs. Crawford de-\\nparted this life June 2, 1878. She was a very in-\\ntelligent and capal lc lady, and greatly respected\\nby all her acquaintances. Our subject is a member\\nof the Count3 Grange, and supports Democratic\\nprinciples.\\n1=^\\n^i OHN A. TURNER, attorney -at-law and also\\nPostmaster of Wayland, Allegan County, is\\nwell known as one of the enterprising and\\n\\\\^f successful business men of that pLaee where\\nhe has resided since 1885. lie was born in Green-\\nwood Township, JlcIIciuy Ccninty, 111., and is the\\nson of Dr. H. C and Harriet C. (Tyler) Turner,\\nnatives of Steuben Count}-, N. Y., and Connecti-\\ncut, respectively. His father was a i)hysician who\\nwas graduated from the Michigan University at\\nAnn Arbor, in 1855. Ho spent the most of his\\nprofessional life in Orangeville, Barry County,\\nthis State, residing tiiere at the time of his death,\\nin 1885, the latter being caused by that terrible\\ndisease cancer of the stomach.\\nOur subject spent his early days in Barry County,\\nwhere he attended the iniblic schools, gaining a\\ngood education, and in the spring of 1875 entered\\nthe law department of the Michigan University,\\nat Ann Arbor, being graduated in the Class of 77.\\nHe then returned to Orangeville and began the\\npractice of law, remaining here until 1885, when\\nhe removed to Wayland, where he has since re-\\nsided. His brothers, Horace J. and C. A., took the\\nmedical course in the same institution as our sub-\\nject, the latter being now a practicing physician in\\nCleveland, Ohio.\\nMr. Turner for two years, 1887-88, engaged in\\nthe banking business in Wayland, and in June,\\n1889, was appointed Postmaster of the village un-\\nder Harrison s administration. He has always been\\na Republican in his political views, and has been\\nactive in whatever has seemed to him best adapted\\nto aid in the progress of his town and count}\\nWhile a resident of Orangeville, he held the office\\nof Township Clerk, and, with the exception of one\\nyear, has served as Justice of the Peace ever since\\ncoming to Wayland.\\nMr. Turner was married, Sei)ternber 13, 1886, to\\nMiss Belle Frue, daughter of John Frue, of Way-\\nland, the father being a farmer by occupation, who\\ndied when she was a mere child. Mr. Turner is\\nan energetic, go-ahead, indefatigable worker, as is\\nshown by the number of enterprises in which he is\\nengaged and the ability with which he carries\\nthem on. In addition to his duties as Postmaster,\\nin which he serves the public to their satisfaction,\\nhe does a general insurance, loan and collection\\nbusiness, keeps up the practice of his profession,\\nand carries on a store, dealing in cigars, tobacco,\\nconfectionery and stationery. He and his wife are\\nhighly regarded by their fellow-citizens and merit\\nthe estimation in which they are held.\\nI@^ ^l^l^\\nQETH KNOWLES is a prominent farmer and\\nfruit-grower, who resides on section 29,\\nManlius Township, Allegan County, where\\nhe is the fortunate owner of eigh y acres\\nof highly improved land, about thirty-five acres of\\nwhich is devoted to fruit culture. He is tlieson of\\nGeorge R. and Elizabeth (Wetherby) Knowles, na-\\ntives of New York, where they were married, and\\nremoved to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where the sub-\\nject of this sketch was born October 24, 1843.\\nThe father of our subject was a farmer by occu-\\npation, to which business his son was also reared,", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0950.jp2"}, "951": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n959\\nlein.iininjr upon the farm iinlil llie bieakin j oiit of\\ntlie R( l)( llioii, wluMi lio.willi live of his hrotlicrs, imi-\\nhstcd ill tho scivifoof their comitiv. It is scldoiii\\nth:it the liistori;in cjiii reeord an iiistaiiee of so\\nmany in one family offerini; their serviees at tiie\\ns:iine time in such a eause, hut it gitef, to show the\\npatriotism iiiid luavery of tliesc worthy sons of a\\nworthy fatiier. At this time, 1\u00c2\u00ab() 1, Seth Kiiowies\\nwas only seventeen years of aye, and when he\\noffereil liiiiiself to the recruiting oflicers, they\\nwouhl not accept him. lie, however, ftilhiwed the\\nrei;inienl to Harper s Ferry, a., and there entered\\nthe service .as a driver in the Commissary Depart-\\nment, remainiiiii in tliis occupation until tiic win-\\nter of lH(;2-(;. i, wlicii he was so unfortunate .as to\\nhreak his lei;, and was sent home. After liis recov-\\nery, he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio I i\\\\de])eiideiit\\nHatlery for three years, or durinj;: the war. lie\\nwas sent to tlie .\\\\.rm\\\\ of tiie Cumberland in Ten-\\nnessee, and participated in vaiious enicaijements\\nuntil the close of the war, being disciiarged in .Tiily,\\n1M(!, Four of his hrothers belonged to one regi-\\nment from Wisconsin, their record being .as fol-\\nlows: (leorge, who served three years; Henr^-, who\\nwas t.aken prisoner, and ended his days in Andcr-\\nsonville. dying October 11, IMIil; .lolin W. served\\nuntil lw contracted a fever, from which he died;\\nI li iiace R. served three years, w.os taken prisoner, and\\nw.as confined at I,il)hy and Uelle Isle; Seth Knowles\\nserved in the Ninth )hio Independent liattcry, and\\nafter his discharge returned to the paternal home,\\nwhere he worked for his father until the death of the\\nlatter, when he bought out the other heirs interest,\\nand took the old homestead, on wliic li he lived\\nuntil 1H80. He removed to Michigan in lMMj,and\\ntook possession of the farm where he now lives.\\nApril I\\nMr. Knowles was united in marriage, .Inly 1,\\nIH()7, to .\\\\lice M. Rowe. and their union was\\nblessed with six children, namely: (ieorgeR.. born\\nJune 2. IHt!8; Charles N., September 9, IHTd;\\nSeth II., March 5, IHT.i; Nina, born .Inly iX, I87:\\ndied at the age of six j-ears; K. Blanch. Iwrn No-\\nvenilier 1877; and William W.. April I\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab0.\\nThe mother of the.se childien died l- cbniarv 2,\\nIH\u00c2\u00ab;5.\\n.Mr. Knowles was mairied. Aiiu ust \u00e2\u0080\u00a2_ I m.h ihi-\\ntime to Rosa A., the widow of Charles A. Field,\\nand a daughter of .Samuel CrolT. She is a native\\nof New York, and by her lii-st marriage was the\\nmother of two daiiglitei-s. May B. and .le-ssie K.\\nMrs. Knowles, who was a most estimable woman,\\ndeparted this life .Inly \\\\i,. IK .M. Mr. Knowles is\\none of the most enterprising citizens of the town-\\nship, and is deeply intereste l in all th.at concerns\\nits welfare. He is also a lover and breeder of the\\nlight harness horse. lie is the founder and organ-\\nizer of Alie Fenn Post, No. .371, (i. A. R.. and w.a.s\\nits first, .as he is its present. Commander.\\nHe is a stanch Republican, and has frequently\\nbeen called to positions of trust by Ins parly. He\\nat present holds the olllce of .Iiistice of the Peace,\\nis one of the School Board, and one of the c-ounty\\nmembers of the Sold iei-s Relief Commission, lie\\nis a liberal contributor to the ditTeient religions\\ndenominations of his township, and the worthy\\npoor do not go liungry. especially the oM efmi-\\nrades or the widows and orphans of those deceased.\\n.\\\\HI,()\\\\V lll(;iM!(\u00c2\u00bbIIl AM. On a rising\\nknoll, overlooking the Kalamazoo River,\\nstands one f)f the most beautiful residences\\nof .VUegaii. Il.s location is pieturescpie,\\nalike when the warm sun of summer brings now\\nbeauty to the clustered trees, :iiid when the snows\\nof winter wrap the hills in a lleeey robe. This at-\\ntractive residt-nce w.as f ir liiaiiv vears the home of\\nI the late Harlow IIigiiiliotliam,aiid is now occupied\\nbv his widow, one of the pionei rs of IMichigan and\\na lady of unusual intelligence.\\nAs early as 18:56, Niriim and Kliza (tireen) Al\u00c2\u00bb-\\nlH t, natives of Connecticut, emigr.aled from Cen-\\ntral New York to this Stjitc, settling in Allegan.\\nMr. .Vbbott was a blacksmith by trade, but in New-\\nYork engaged in the manufacture of carriages anil\\nwagons, .\\\\fler coming to Michigan, he worked as\\na carpenter, erecting the lii-st fmme house in the\\nvillage of .Vllegan and also built other houses\\nin this place. For some time he openited ana land\\nspeculator and bought ami sold liiiilH r land in this\\nsection. He purchased .and cleared lr:iel of land", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0951.jp2"}, "952": {"fulltext": "960\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\none mile west of Allegan, it being the first farm\\nwhich was cleared in the neighborhood.\\nIn 1839, Mr. Abbott removed from that |pl:iee\\neight miles further north in the woods and bought\\na farm wliere Monterey now stands. In the spring\\nof the following jear, he removed to Ogle County,\\n111., where his wife died soon after his arrival.\\nHis death occurred some j-ears later, near St. Paul,\\nMinn. Their family comprised five children, of\\nwhom two survive: Susan E. (Mrs. Harlow Higin-\\nbotham) and Harriet (Mrs. Solomon Dwight). The\\neducational advantages received by Susan E. Ab-\\nbott were limited and consisted of a brief attend-\\nance at the district schools and the Ladies Semin-\\nary, near her home in New York, and a course of\\nstudy in the schools of Allegan and Kalamazoo.\\nAt the age of sixteen. Miss Aljbott became the\\nwife of John P. Allard, a native of Massachusetts\\nand a teacher in his young manhood. Mr. Allard\\ncame to Michigan in 1886, where he engaged in\\nsurveying at Allegan and later embarked in busi-\\nness as boot and shoe merchant. He also studied\\nlaw and was quite prominent in the best circles of\\nthe place. When lie died, in 1846, he left a widow\\nto mourn his loss, and also one child. Eliza, who is\\nMrs. Edward Dwight. In 1852, Mrs. Allard was\\nunited in marriage to Ilarlow Higinbotham. a\\nnative of Decatur, Otsego County, N. Y., and an\\nartist by profession. For a time he engaged in\\nteaching school, also gave lessons in penmanship,\\nand after his marriage located permanentlj- in Al-\\nlegan, engaging in buying and selling land. He\\npurchased a tract of land on the north side of Al-\\nlegan and laid out what is known as the Higin-\\nbotham Addition to the city of Allegan.\\nThe political alliliations of Mr. Higinbotham\\nIjrought him into sympathy with the principles of\\nthe Democratic party, and he w.as prominent in\\nlocal politics. His death occurred at his home\\non the 21st of January, 1890, when he was about\\nseventy-si.K 3ears of age, having been born on\\nthe 6tli of March, 1814. His demise was mourned\\nnot alone by his immediate relatives, butb^ his fel-\\nlow citizens, who appreciated his rare manliness of\\ncharacter and singular uprightness of life. Though\\npassed from earth, his influence still lives in the\\nhearts of those who esteemed him in life and to\\nwhom he set the example of a public-spirited citi-\\nzen .and open-hearted neighbor. He and his wife\\nwere the parents of three children, namely: Cora\\nIv; Ida, now Mrs. Clock and the mother of three\\nchildren: Harlow E., Grace and Frank; and Jennie\\n(t., who is now living at home with her mother.\\nIfelLLIAM H. SILCOX. Among the prosper-\\n\\\\rJ// ous and representative farmers of section\\nJ^^ 8, Clyde Township, Allegan County, stands\\nthe gentleman whose name heads this sketch. He\\nis descended from a long line of worthy ancestors\\nand his paternal grandfather was a gallant soldier\\nin the Revolutionary War. He was born October\\n31), 1850, to William and Mehitabel Silcox. Will-\\niam, Sr., was born April 7, 1809, in New York, and\\nwas reared to manhood on a farm. In 1835, he\\nwas married to the daughter of Jlr. and Mrs. Bet-\\nraun, who became the mother of our subject.\\nA year after their marriage, the parents of our\\nsubject moved to Ohio, and there located on an\\nunimproved farm of forty acres, which the.y im-\\nproved and then added eighty acres to the original\\ntract. To this worthy couple were born eleven\\nchildren, six of whom are yet living: Allen; Aldred;\\nSophia, wife of George Miller; Harriet, the widow\\nof Myron Dennison; William IL, and John E. The\\nparents were valued members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Churth.\\nThe education which our subject commenced in\\nthe common schools was completed in the acad-\\nemy of Republic, Ohio. At the age of twenty-two,\\nhe took sole charge of the old homestead, and has\\ncontinued to farm, except while traveling a few\\nyears selling goods. In 1874, he came to his\\npresent home and two years later was married to\\nP^stella Calvin, daughter of Josiah and Nancy\\n(C asit\\\\ Calvin, of AVilliams County, Ohio. They\\nhave become the parents of six children: J. Calvin.\\nGcraldine, ElHe. Mary, Belle, and Burr, deceased.\\nOur subject has held different school offices in\\nhis township. He was Justice of the Peace one\\nterm, and for ten years has served acceptably as\\nCommifssioncr of Highways. On coming to this\\ncount}-, he bought one hundred and sixty acres", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0952.jp2"}, "953": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0953.jp2"}, "954": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0954.jp2"}, "955": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AM) HIOORAl lIICAL RIXOKN\\n063\\nof iiiiliidken laiul, to wliidi lie Ikis since iiddi il, un-\\ntil now he owns two iiundrcd and forty fertile\\nacres, one iiundied and tliirty of which are under\\nthe Iftjst cultivation. He has good suhstantial\\nimprovements and buildinjrs, all of which have\\nbeen gained by his own i)crsistent efforts. His resi-\\ndence, a view of which is to he found elsewhere in\\ntliis volume, is a pleasant and attractive al)ode,\\nfurnished tastily and surrounded liy the evidences\\nof prosperty and llirift.\\n1|^^KI,S()N SMKEI), who makes his home in\\njl (ianges Township, Allegan County, was\\n1 Z. Iiorn in what is uow Wyoming County\\nN. Y.. in 1822. His parents were Asa and Anna\\nSmeed, natives of Vermont, the father s l)irth oc-\\ncurring in 177!), in Windsor County. Although\\nAsa Smeed s early life was spent in the city of\\nWindsor, his advantages for obtaining an educa-\\ntion were very limited, he being permitted to at-\\ntend only the niglit school. When a young man.\\nhe emigrated to Pennsylvania, where he was mar-\\nried to Anna, daughter of John Steel.\\nThe father of our subject was a carpenter and\\nmillwriglit by trade, but after his marri.age gave\\nhis attention to lumbering, which line of work he\\nfollowed in Pennsylvania for a number of years.\\nIn 1848, he emigrated with his family to Michigan,\\nlocating in Allegan County, where his decease oc-\\ncurred. His life companion, surviving him a few\\nyears, returned to her old home in Pennsylvania,\\nwhere she departed this life. Asa Smeed w.as a\\nsoldier in the War of 1812, and socially was a\\nmcmlicr of tiie Free and Accepted Masons. In\\npolitics, lie w.as a Whig. His father, Capt. .Vsa\\nSmeed, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, in\\nwhich conllict he lost a leg.\\nHe of whom we write was one in a famil\\\\- of\\nthirteen children, eleven of whom are yel living.\\nHis education was (|uite limited, as his boyh H)d\\ndays were spent in the lumber woods, driving an\\nox-team. He resided with his parents until twenty-\\ntwo years of age, working in the ^twiiiill and\\nwoods, and in IMHi came to .Michigan and the fol-\\nlowing vear to .MIegaii County. In ix|s. Im pin-\\ncliased forty acres of unimproved land, which is\\nhis present home and, after clearing a portion of\\nthis tract, added fifty acres tohis farm. all of which\\nwas covered with hardwood timber, and on which\\nthere wjus also a large Indi:in camp.\\nIn 18111, Nelson Smeed and Miss Sarah F., daugh-\\nter of David and Sailie (IJiiriiell) Ilutchiiis, were\\nunited in marriage. To them have been born live\\nchildren: .\\\\deliue (Mr.s. Alva Fisk), Sarah F. (de-\\nceased). Jay, .Sophia (Mi-s. Willis Hillings), and Al-\\nmira. Mrs. Sarah Smeed dying, her husb.-ind mar-\\nried Mi-s. Catherine .Slayton, daughter of William li.\\nand .Sophia (Hut ?liins) Stillson. In |H)litic our\\nsubject votes independently and has tilled the vari-\\nous township ollices, having served for many years\\nas Justice of the Peace, Township Treasurer, etc.\\nHe and his devoted wife arc members of the Meth-\\nodist Kpiscopal Church and are people highly\\nprized in their community.\\nJ AVID A. WOODWARD, a resident of\\nJ W!i\\\\land Township, Allegan County, is\\nengaged in mixed farming and stttck-rais-\\niiig. He is a native of I.*ight n Town-\\nship, Allegan County, having been born February\\n10, 184. to J(\u00c2\u00bbhii and Priscilhi (Goods|)eed) Wood-\\nward. The parent.s were iKirn and reared in\\nDarien Township, (lencsee County, N. Y., where\\nthe father carricil on the trade of a cjirpenter and\\njoiner. He is still surviving and resitics in Al-\\nlegan County. Ills good wife passed away in\\n187.-?.\\nDavid Woodward wil-, rehired and received\\nhis education in his native county where ho lia.s\\nalways resided. He attended si-hool until he was\\neighteen years of age, but, l)eing of an ambitious\\nand energeli\u00c2\u00abr disposition, his father could not\\nkeep him in m-IiooI any longer. .\\\\t the age of\\ntwenty year he renti-d a farm in W,a_\\\\ land Town-\\nship and at the enil of two years he purchased n\\nplace, it iH ini; the same on which he now resides.\\nHe at lii-sl hail only forty ncre-s, which he cleared\\nand improved, but now has double that ainniini.\\nThe siibji cl of Ihi-, notice was married in .Mid-\\ndUvillr. Rany C..unty.llii State, to .Mi s Mary", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0955.jp2"}, "956": {"fulltext": "964\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHenry. The ceremony took place August 6, 186.5.\\nThis couple are the parents of four children: .John\\nE., Dick, Eli, and Jay, all at home except the old-\\nest, who is at Kalamazoo. They are receiving\\na splendid educational training. In 1880, Mr.\\nWoodward erected a fine barn and other out-\\nbuildings on his place, and has a ver}- commodious\\nand comfortable residence in which his family re-\\nsides. He has been making a si)ecialty of horses and\\nswine, but as prices are now so low and no pro-\\nspects of them increasing, he thinks of dropping\\nthat line of business. In politics, Mr. Woodw.ard\\nvotes for the best man irrespective of party but has\\nnever been an aspirant for office of any kind, pre-\\nferring rather the quiet of his domestic life. He is\\na member of the Lodge No. 296, A. F. X. M.\\nat Bradley and always approves of every-\\nthing which pertains to the interest and enhance-\\nment of the township and county. Mr. Wood-\\nward is a self-made man in the strictest sense of\\nthe word and is a splendid example of what may\\nbe accomplished by an energetic, determined and\\neconomical life.\\nS^^ ILO BAKER, a representative farmer on\\nI l\\\\\\\\ s*^ction 33, Hopkins Township, Allegan\\nI Hi County, is the eighth child in a familj- of\\nten children, he being born Februarj 6,\\n1844, on the old liomestead in this township. He\\ngrew to manhood here and helped to clear the old\\nfarm and attended the district school in this town-\\nship. He began for himself at twenty years, and\\nenlisted in the Civil War March 30, 1864, in Com-\\npany G, Sixth Michigan Heavy Artiller} and en-\\nlisted nt Kalamazoo when the company was at home\\non veteran furlough. He then went to Port Hudson\\nand did garrison duty a few months. From there\\nlie went to New Orleans but onl} remained a few\\nweeks and was then at the following places in suc-\\ncession: Morgan Bend, Ala.; White River, Vicks-\\nburg, New Orleans, Ft. Morgan, and then back to\\nGreenville, where he was mustered out and dis-\\ncharged August 20, 1865. He returned home and\\nworked out for two years. He then bought foi-tv\\nacres of land on section 28, which was but pai-\\ntially improved, afterward purchasing one hundred\\nand twenty acres in partnership with William\\nRoss, it benig the same on which he now lives.\\nHe worked this until he was married, in 1870, to\\nMiss Lois Calkins, a daughter of Charles and Be-\\nlinda (McLaughlin) Calkins, natives of New York\\nand Ohio, who came to Michigan in 1858. The\\nfather died in 1882, the mother still surviving at\\nthe age of seventy-six years. Mrs. Baker was born\\nAugust 2, 1852, in Allen County, Md., and came\\nto this 30unty when six years old.\\nAfter the marriage of this couple, they settled on\\ntheir present farm, Mr. Baker bu3 ing out his part-\\nner and they now have in their possession two\\nhundred and thirty-five acres. Fifty .acres of this\\nare cleared and the remainder is in timber. He\\nerected his fine and commodious residence in 1886,\\nand it is the only brick house in this township and\\ncost 12,500. He has also put up a barn, 32x44 feet\\nin dimensions, and a shed, 14x44. He does a gen-\\neral farming business, raising wheat, corn, oats and\\nlive stock, and also has a splendid orchard.\\nThe original of this sketch and his estimable\\nwife are the parents of two children: Gertie May\\nand Nellie B. They are attending the district\\nschool. In his political views, Mr. Baker is a stal-\\nwart Republican and always stands by his party.\\nHe is a very hard worker and has always been all\\nhis life and is a gentleman who is well and favor-\\nablv known tliroughout the county.\\nl\\nil MLLIAM GREEN. The gentleman of\\n\\\\/\\\\J// whom we write this life record is a pros-\\nperous farmer residing on section 17,\\nClyde Township, Allegan County, where he is\\ncarrying on general farming on one hundred and\\ntwenty .acres. He had cleared and improved\\nninety-four acres of this estate, on which he has\\nplaced the ver^- best improvements, and has been\\na resident here since December 1, 1869.\\nThis gentleman had his birth February 14,\\n1833, in Franklin Countj Ohio, and is a son of\\nAlmon and Ellen (Wickiser) (ireen, both natives\\nof Ireland. Tiie former grew to manhood in Dub-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0956.jp2"}, "957": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BltXJRAl IUCAL RKCORI).\\n965\\nI\\nliii and received .a pretty fair (diiciaioii. At the\\nage of twenty-one, he was niarriecl and initnedi-\\nately started for tiie I nited States. Tliey loc ated\\nnear .loiinstown. Licking County, Ohio, on a farm\\nof eighty aeres. There they remained six yeai-s,\\nand then lived in Krani lin County f(\u00c2\u00bbr tiie same\\nlengtli of time. They tiien moved to Delaware\\nCounty, the same Stale, and after ten years resi-\\ndence lliere located in Deliance Country, where\\nthey spent their last days. They were both\\nniemliers of the United Brethren Church. The\\nfallur served in the Mexican War, in Com-\\npany II, under (ien. Taylor, and remained until\\nit.s close. To them were liorn six children, four\\nyet living: Charles, William, Catherine and ic-\\ntori.a. Catlierine is the widow of C. McMann,\\nwho died in the late war; Victoria is the wife of\\nWilliam Conner. The father of this family is a\\nson of Charles and Klizabeth Green, and was an\\n.Vndrcw Jackson Democrat, hut died a Whig. His\\ndeath w.is caused hy cholera, in July, 18.51.\\nAt the time of his father s deatli, our subject\\nstarted out in this wide world to make iiis own\\nliving. He worked on a farm in Deliance County,\\nOhio, and after working in different counties for\\nsome time, he went to Croinvvell, Xolile County,\\nInd., where he worked at the carpenter s trade\\nabout twelve 3 ears. On August 4, 1862, he en-\\nlisted in his country s defense in Company H,\\nKighty -eighth Indian:i Infantry and served under\\nSherman. He w.-js in the following battles: IVrry-\\nville. Stone River, Chickamanga, Lookout Moun-\\ntain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, liuzzard s Roost,\\nSnake Creek iap. Peach Tree Creek, Kene.saw Moun-\\ntain, Atlanta, .lonesboro, Savannah, and Henton-\\nville. He w.ts slightly wounded tiin-e times, l)ut\\nit never necessitated him going to the hospital. He\\nreceived his honorable disdmrge .June 20, I860,\\nat Indiana|iolis. Inil.\\nThe subject of this sketch was married in I8. )6,\\non October to L iria Richmond. Mrs. Crecn is\\na daughter of .lohu :ind Lyda Frankelbarker)\\nRichmond, and to lifr have l een born live chil-\\ndren, as follows: Lyda K., who is now the wife\\nof Charles Wilson; Louisa K. married Kugenc\\nLewis; William, who died when seven years olil:\\nHenjamin died in his inf:incy; and Leonai d 11.\\nmarried fJcorgia Rarager. These worthy parents\\nare members of the Chrislian Church, and .Mr.\\nOroen is, politically, a Republican and a sUmcli\\nsupporter of the party. He is connected with the\\nJacob Fry Post, No. 16. (i. A. R.. of (;angcs.\\nPANH-:L L. UAIilJKU. wiuj is the leadii\\nI merchant of Saugatuek, is the senior mci\\nber of the linn of 1). L. HarlH r Co., ge\\nng\\nr mcm-\\n;en-\\neral merchants. In addition to this business, he\\nis also largely interested in the growing of fruit,\\nhaving tifly-live .acres devoted to that industry.\\nHe is also extensively engaged in breeding stand-\\nard-bred horses, of which he now has a stable of\\neight. He is a son of David and .Siihiey (Lewis)\\nBarber, natives of New .Icrsey ancl Can:id:i. ic-\\nspectivel3\\nThe subject i f this sketch was born In Norfolk\\nCounty, Canada, .luly 16. IMiJil, where his fatlu r\\nwas employed in farming. He was the onlycliild,\\nand at the age of nineteen he started in life for\\nhimself with no capital but liis own (piick wits and\\nready hands. He came to the I nitejl States, lirst\\nstopping at Chicago, entering the employ of O. R.\\nJohnson, Stockbridge .V Co.. becoming one of\\ntheir trusted employes, and remaining with them\\nuntil 1872. when, by his economy and industri-\\nous habits, having saved enough money to ent\u00c2\u00ab r\\ninto business for himself, he entered into part-\\nnership with B. Taylor. This partnership con-\\ntinued until 1878, when it was dissolved, and our\\nsubject engaged in general merchandising, carrj^-\\ning it on l)y himself for six years, when the pres-\\nent firm was established. They carry a large st x-k\\nof general merchandise, ami are succeeding well in\\ntheir business.\\nMr. Barl)er was married, in October. 187(1, to\\nMi.ss Carrie Rus.sell, daughter of Ifcilpli Russell, of\\nNew York. They have become thi- |\u00c2\u00bbnrents of\\ntwo children: Carrie Russell, born NovemU-r 20,\\n1.S72, who was educated at .Ml. Ilolyoke Seminary,\\nand is now assisting her father in the store; Au-\\ngusta Minnie .M.. JKirn .Vpril K!. 1Hk:J, is a student\\n;il the High School at Saugatuek.\\nIn politics, Mr. Barln r is a stalwart Republican.\\nI", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0957.jp2"}, "958": {"fulltext": "966\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHe has been President of the Village Board three\\nterms, and has always been a member of the School\\nBoard. He belongs to Lodge No. 328, A. F.\\nA. M., and also to the Cliapter, Royal Arch Ma-\\nsons, at Allegan. The family are all members of\\nthe IMethodist I^piscopal Church, in which they\\nhold a prominent position.\\n^j^^DWARD PENFOLD. One of the pleasant-\\nIW] est homes in Ganges Township, Allegan\\n/I County, is that which is jointly presided\\nover by Mr. and Mrs. Penfold and which is located\\non section 27. Our subject was born in Sussex\\nCounty, England, in 1828, and is the son of John\\nand Anna (Meads) Penfold, the father also a na-\\ntive of the same county as was our subject\\nThe elder Mr. Penfold was married when quite\\nyoung to Miss Anna Meads and to them were born\\ntwelve children. Besides our subject, only two are\\nliving, George and Thomas, who make their home\\nin England. Edward Penfold s advantages for an\\neducation were quite limited, and he remained at\\nhome assisting his parents until his emigration to\\nthe United States, which was in 1850. He located\\nin Wayne County, N. Y., and after a residence of\\ntwo years there returned to England and married\\nCaroline, daughter of James Stone and Rebecca\\nGretwick. Mrs. Penfold was one of a family- of\\nseven.\\nTo our subject and his wife have come a family\\nof five children, of whom James A. and Charles E.\\nare the only members living. They have an\\nadopted daughter named Hattie Stratford. After\\nhis marriage, Mr. Penfold returned to the Em-\\npire State, where he spent the succeeding three\\nyears. In 1855, he came with his family to Ganges\\nTownship, Allegan County, where he located on\\nhis present farm of one hundred and twenty acres.\\nHis labors in thus 0()ening up a new farm were\\nvery arduous, as for four years he had not even a\\nteam to aid him in breaking the sod. He perse-\\nvered, however, .and the beautiful farm which maj\\nnow be seen on section 27 is the result of his in-\\ndustry. Their first cnbin was built of logs, having\\nneither doors nor windows and with loose boards\\nlaid down for the floor. Corn bread and greens\\nwere the articles of food which served for many\\nmeals.\\nIn 1863, the original of this sketch enlisted in\\nCompany B, Thirteenth Michigan Infantry, and\\njoined Sherman s command in tiie march to the\\nsea. At the close of the war, he received his dis-\\ncharge, but has never seen a well day since, as his\\nhealth was greiitly impaired by a sunstroke which\\nhe received while in the service.\\nMr. Penfold had just settled down to enjoy life,\\nwhen, in 1871, the prairie fires swept away all his\\nbuildings, fences,apple trees indeed, almost every-\\nthing except the land and stock. He was not\\ndisheartened, however, and soon had rei la(;ed all\\nthe buildings which had thus been damaged. In\\n1877, he returned to England and spent the winter\\nvisiting friends and relatives. In politics, he is a\\nRepublican, and in his religion, is a member of the\\nI nited Brethren Church. His wife is connected\\nwith the Wesleyan Methodist denomination.\\nIlenr} a brother of our subject, came to the\\nUnited States the year following the arrival of Mr.\\nPenfold. He enlisted in the armvand died during\\nhis service. He was the onlj^ connection of the\\nfamily that ever came to the States.\\n^HJH^i\\nf^LTON S. BOTSFORD, a ].rominent mer-\\nchant of Dorr Townshii), Allegan County,\\nstarted out for himself in the battle of life,\\nwith a good common-school education, before\\nreaching his majority. He learned telegra| liy and\\nalso the jeweler s trade, at which Latter he w.as em-\\nployed two years. He had gained some insight\\ninto the mercantile business from his father, and on\\nreaching his twenty-fourth year, he tame to Dorr\\nand opened a store for the sale of dry -goods and\\ngroceries. This was in 1877, and he has never\\nmade any great change, except to enlarge from\\ntime to time, as custom demands, his general stock,\\nconsisting of dry -goods, boots and shoes, drugs\\nand groceries, which he is carrying on success-\\nfully.\\nMr. l!olsf(;rd was born in Otsego Township, this", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0958.jp2"}, "959": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOCKAl IIK AI, HIXORD.\\nOfi:\\nC ounly, .Inly 17, l.S; His fiillici- bore llic iiaino\\nof Alvii I), llol.sford, :i native of aiiiifla, jincl a\\nfanner l y occupation. lie was for a nunil)ci- of\\nyears cnjrasicd in tiic mercantile l)usines.s at Otsego,\\nand lield .several important local otHccs. The\\nmother bore the maiden name of Clara Sherwood,\\na native of New York .State. Her father, Eber\\nSherwood, came to Michigan and settled in Otsego\\nTownship, this county, at a very early day, over\\nhalf a century ago, and was one of the oldest set-\\ntlers at that place.\\nWinnifred O. Kwing, a native of Kent County,\\nMich., became the wife of our subject in Novem-\\nber, 18711, and to this couple h.as been bom two\\nchildren: Calla and Margie, both of whom are yet\\nat home and receiving the best educational advan-\\ntages within the power of their parents. In poli-\\ntics, Mr. Hotsford is a stalwart Republican, and is\\nat the pre-sent time serving the tovvnshii) as Post-\\nmaster; he also held the same otHce during President\\n(iarlield s administration. He h.as also held the\\nollices of Township Clerk and Treasurer, and takes\\nan interest in everything which tends to promote\\nthe prosperity of the township and county, espe-\\ncially anything pertaining to the improvement of\\nschools and e lucation.\\nI\\nJ~ AMRS LOWK, a resident of Allegan and one\\nof the representative farmers of Alleg.aii\\nCounty, has a splendid farm of one hundred\\nand thirty acres located on sections 22 and\\n27, Allegan Township. He was born in Allegan\\nvillage ill the winter of 1843, to James and Mary\\n(Pimley) Lowe, natives of Kngland but who were\\nmarried in New York State. I liey came to Mich-\\nigan in 1S38, on a prospecting tour, and at that\\ntime bought a large tract of six hundred acres,\\n.lames Lowe, Sr., returned to New York, and, in\\n1840, came with his family to Allegan to live, stay-\\ning here one year prior to going on the farm where\\nhe lived until his death in lHi:i. He was a mem-\\nber of the Odd Fellows Lodge an l with his wife\\nlielonged to the Methodist Church. Hi.s good\\nwife lived until 1877, when she died at the age of\\nsixtv-eisrht. The father was a Republican and one\\nof the wealthy men of the county. This couple\\nreared a family of six children: Martha, Mrs. Hew-\\nctt. who died in 18h:I; Kdward P., (leorge; .Sarah,\\nMr.s. Stegeman; .lames, and Mary (twins), Mrs. Pal-\\nrick.\\nOur sulijccl was educated \\\\n the Allcgaii High\\nSchool, and reared on the home farm, remaining\\nunder the parental roof until thirty-six yeai-s old,\\nwhen he was united in marriage to Ida .1. Chit-\\ntenden, of Lansing, Mich. Mi s. Lowe s father was\\nClaudius M., and her mother Martha (Tracy) Chit-\\ntenden, natives of New York and St. .Joseph County,\\nMich., respectively. He came to Michigan when a\\nyoung man and settled in Constantine. He waa a\\nstone ma.son by trade and followed the same\\nthrough life. He died when twenty-nine years old.\\nHe was married in Michigan and Mi-s. Lowe is his\\nonly child. She was educated in Illinois near\\nRockford, and later atten led one year in a s liool\\nat Constantine. She tjiught school for almost live\\nyears. Mr. Lowe since his marriage has lived on\\nthe farm, having bought out s jme of the heirs of\\nthe old homestead.\\nFine buildings adorn the estate of Mr. Lowe,\\nand he carries on mixed farming and line stock-\\nraising, keeping some of the best grades of sloc-k.\\nThis farm is adjoining the village and the resi-\\ndence of Mr. Lowe is situated on .section 21, but\\nin the vilkage of Allegan on the .Monterey road\\nHe also has line barns with all modern conveniences.\\nMr. and Mi-s. Lowe are the parents of four\\nchildren: Claude, .\\\\mv, Krnest and an infant\\nnamed Constance, Our subject is a Republican\\nand, with his wife, belongs to the Presbyterian\\nCliurcli in which they are valued inemlKMs. This\\nfamilj is held in the highest esteem by the citizens\\nof Allegan.\\nSKOROK MANTINiiH. .M. It i not\\nmerely by a knowledge of drugs and nos-\\ntrums that a i hysician gains siu-ce-ss. In\\norder to gain true eminence, he niust |\u00c2\u00bbos, e!W the\\nspirit of patii iit research into the intrimcies of the\\nhuman form iliviiie. and kindly sympathies which\\nI", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0959.jp2"}, "960": {"fulltext": "968\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nwill give to those who have called him in for counsel,\\nconlidence in his humanity as well as in his skill.\\nThe career of Dr. Mantingh, of Fillmore Township,\\nA legan County one of tlie leading practitioners,\\nhfls been creditable in the extreme, both profes-\\nsionally and personall3-. He commanded an exten-\\nsive practice, stood high in social circles and was\\nthe occupant of a pleasant home in Fillmore Town-\\nship.\\nDr. Mantingh was born in the Province of\\nDrenthe. the Netherlands, JUI3 16, 1813. He was\\nreared in Borger, where he spent most of his time\\nprevious to coming to America. He received a\\ngood education in the schools of his native coun-\\ntry and began the study of medicine under the\\ntutelage of his father, who was a prominent physi-\\ncian and civil engineer. The father of our subject\\nwas Dr. Albert Mantingh, a native also of the\\nProvince of Drenthe. The mother of him of whom\\nwe write was known in her maidenhood as Jennie\\nTromp, a native of the Netherlands, and to them\\nwere granted a family of four sons. They both\\npassed from this life in their native country.\\nOur subject decided to see something of the\\nNew Woild and accordingly set sail in 1847, Mrs.\\nMantingh coming in 1849, and after a voyage of\\nover forty days landed on American shores, com-\\ning directly to Allegan County, this State, where\\nhe located forty acres of land in Fillmore Town-\\nship.\\nDr. Mantingh, was married in Fel)ruaiy, 1852,\\nto Miss Martha Westing,a native of Holland, hav-\\ning been born in the Province of Groningen in\\n1834. She is the daughter of Otto and Frouke\\nWesting, natives of Bieren, but who upon coming\\nto the United States, located in Fillmore Township.\\nDoctor and Mrs. Mantingh were the happy parents\\nof live children, namely: Reka, Albert, Jennie,\\nIda and Meinardus.\\nOur subject owned fifty-five acres of beautiful\\nland which he cleared and placed in admirable\\ncondition and upon which he resided ever since\\nlocating here in 1847. It will thus be seen that\\nhe was one of the oldest pioneers of the town-\\nship and could relate many an interesting tale of\\nearly jiioneer experiences. In politics, he was a\\nstanch Dcinociat. always casting his vote and\\ninfluence in favor of that bod3\\\\ Dr. Mantingh\\npassed from this life December 28, 1891, at the age\\nof seventy-eight, honored by all who knew him\\nand sincerely mourned by his family.\\nAlbert Mantingh, the eldest son of our subject,\\nis a i)racticing ph3 sician residing in Graafschap;\\nhe is a graduate from the medical department of\\nthe Universit3 of Michigan. Meinardus, the\\n3 oungest son, makes his home with his mother. He\\nis a graduate of the preparatory department of\\nHope College, having taken the Freshman and\\npart of the Sophomore course. He is at the pres-\\nent time editor and publisher of the Ottawa\\nCount3^ Times. His paper is neat and newsy and\\nwe predict for the bright and ambitious young\\njournalist a successful future.\\nkj\\nST A N L E Y C. FOSTER, one of Allegan\\nCounty s representative and respected\\nfarmers, resides on section 16, Trowbridge\\nTownship. lie is a son of Daniel and Luc3\\nA. (Stanle3 Foster. Daniel Foster was a native\\nof Cape Cod, Mass.. and was a blacksmith by trade\\nand later became a grocer in Rochester, N. Y., also\\nat Brighton, N. Y He afterward engaged in the\\nnurseiy business as agent, until he came to Michigan,\\nin 1842, and bought his present farm. Two 3ears\\nlater, he removed his famil3- here, onto the land he\\npurchased, which w.as a wilderness. He cleared off\\na piece of the land and set out some fruit trees and\\nbecame the pioneer fruit-grower of this section.\\nHis house was built in 1844, and is one of the\\noldest in the township. lie carried on the nursery\\nbusiness quite extensively and followed the business\\nuntil 1860, when he retired. He died April 10.\\n1888. His good wife p.assed away May 9, 1885.\\nShe was a native of Connecticut and a daughter\\nof Erastus Stanle3 who was an early settler at\\nBrighton, N. Y.,and was in in the sawmill business\\nthere.\\nThe parents of our subject had two children, our\\nsubject and his sister, Luc3- M. The3 were members\\nof the Presb3 terian Church at Allegan, and active\\nin the Sun day-school, and also in district schools, the\\nfather being an oHicer in the district. In politics, he", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0960.jp2"}, "961": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT ANH ItKXJRAlMIK AI. HIX(iI!I).\\n969\\nwas a .lacksoiiiaii Dcinociat. llv liold tlic (illiccs of\\nT()\\\\viislii|i Cli ik anil Siiporvisor, and was vt iy\\npniniinciit. lie aftoi ward l ecaniea Rc| ulilii ai).\\n)iir suliji c-l was liorn May 23, 18:V2.at HriLjlitun.\\nN. Y., and was twelve years of ajje, when lie eanie\\nto Micliigan. lie received a jj;ood eoiiiiiion-sclKiol\\nediieatioii. In l.H. lie went to Iowa and located\\nin \\\\iiiton, where lie started the iiiton Emjlc and\\nran thai sheet for two years, lie then ri tnriicil\\nto Miehi.uan and lived with his parents on the old\\nhomestead. He was married, in IK. iH, to Sarah A.\\nllcMinielt.a dauuhter of William Hem melt, who came\\nherein lH. i(! and settled in this township. Hotli\\nparents are deceased. Mrs. Foster was horn March\\n1(1, 1H:38, in England, and she and her hushanri are\\nthe parents of two children: hilliiijisworth S. is\\nmarried to Mary I Stuck and lives here with his\\nwife ami three chihlren; Ulossom married .Mice .1.\\nHale and has foiii children, and resides in this\\ntownship.\\nMr. Foster settled upon this farm when it vv.as\\n([uite new, and cleared otT one linndred acres. He has\\n.y:ivcn farms to both his sons and now has sixty\\nacres. .Socially, he is a niemliei of the Grange and\\nh.islieen .Master, Secretary and Lecturer. Mrs. Foster\\nhas also held ollii cs in this lodge. Mr. Foster has\\nlieen a memlier of the School Hoard six years and\\ntakes an active part in politics, alliliatiuij with the\\nDenKtcratic party. He held the responsilile ollice\\nof Township Clerk eight years and h.as heen fre-\\nipieiitly a delegate to connty conventions.\\nI\\nr^N HA.NDI.KR F. .MILl.FU. This gentleman\\n11 deserves mention as one of the enterprising\\n\\\\iJ farmers of Monterey Townshi)), Allegan\\nCounty, where he resides on section 2;?. He owns\\none hundred and twenty acres of line land, well\\nimiu-oved, with good liiiildings and every conven-\\nience with which to carry on farmiiii: in lirst-class\\nStyle.\\nThe son of Ira and Lydia (^(iravcs) Miller,\\nnatives of the Slate of .Vew York, the suhject of\\nthis sketch wa- horn Octoher 13, 1H|(I. His father\\nw.as a farmer hy ix cupatiou and w.is one of the\\npioneers of M.-icoiiih County, this Strife, coming\\nhere as early as l.s:!n, hut .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ifterwnril returning to\\nIns native State, From there he removed to Illi-\\nnois, and in 184. came again to .Michigan.. settling\\nill .Mlegan County, anil heiiig among its early in-\\nli. iliitaiits. He locateil 011 section I I, and cleared\\nup one linndred and sixty acres of land. He was\\na soldier in the War of IH12.\\nThe suhject of this sketch had very limited ad-\\nvantages 111 tlie way of an education, hut liy his\\nnatural intelligence and powers of ohservatioii he\\nhecame a well-informed practic.-il Imsiness man. He\\nworked for his father until he was twenty-one\\nyears of age, and oil Octoher 21, 18(;2, was hap-\\npily married to the estimahle lady who now pre-\\nsides over his heautiful home. Her maiden name\\nwas Olive JI. Muiison, a daughter of Ira and Rach-\\nel (Hammond) IMiiiisoii, natives of the Finpirc\\nState, where she was born, .laiiuary 23, 181 I.\\n-Mrs. Miller is a descendant of Capt. Thoni.as\\nMiinson, a relative of Lord Miiiison of F.ngland.\\nCai)t. .Muiison came to America in 1639, and lo-\\ncated on the site of the city of New Haven, Conn.\\nMrs. Miller has lieen the mother of two children:\\nrAion L, horn Noveml er 27. 186. j. who died at\\nthe age of twci months; Claude iKjrii Septein-\\nlicr 1. 1867, married Miss Delia IlifT. a daughter\\nof William and Litla (F.gliert) I lift, natives of\\nOhio. She w.as lM)rii in Michigan and her mar-\\nriage to()k place Novemher 2L 1891. This couple\\nreside with Mr. Miller on the liomej tead where\\nthe son is aiding liis father in eondueting the\\nfarm.\\nThe marriage of Mr. and Mi s. Miller took pl.ace\\nin 1862, after which they remained on the farm\\nuntil I8(;. .Mr. .Miller then l\u00c2\u00abiuglit out the store of\\nMoore ife Ferguson, at Monterey, which he c jn-\\nductcd until 1869, when he lioiight the place on\\nwhich he now lives. In 1882, lie built his hand-\\nsome dwelling. The residence cont.nins all the\\nmodern improvements, is elegantly furnislii d\\nthroughout, line pictures adorning the walls and\\nbeautiful plants and articles of bric-a-brac lietok-\\nening a Uiste which only culture can give.\\nOn his estate Mr. Miller carries on mixed farm-\\ning, and is also largely intere^stcd in fruit grow-\\ning, having sixteen hundred peach trees anil\\nabout four hundred apple trees. He is a Repiilt-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0961.jp2"}, "962": {"fulltext": "970\\nPOKTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nlican in politics, and .scicially, belongs to the Orlrl\\nFellows and the Knights of the Maccabees. lie anil\\nhis estimable wife are among the most highly re-\\nspected and honored members of the community\\nand have gathered about them a large circle of\\nwarm friends.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2mi^mC^ I I*\\n^1 OHN II. .IEFFP:KS. One of the prominent\\nand well-to-do agriculturists and bvisiness\\nmen of Dorr Township, Allegan County, who\\nis quite as conspicuous for his modest and re-\\ntiring nature as for his intelligence and ability, is\\nhe whose name is at the head of this sketch. He\\nis a native of Logan County, Ohio, and was born\\nthere May 15, 18.52. He is a son of John .loffers,\\na native of the Keystone State. He followed car-\\npentering and farming as his life work. Our sub-\\nject s mother was in her maiden days Miss Catherine\\nZahller, a native of Pennsylvania, who now lives\\nin Ohio.\\nOur subject is the eleventh of the family, in\\norder of birth, and was reared in his native\\ncounty and State, receiving but a common-school\\neducation. Between the ages of eighteen and\\nlwent_y-one years he taught vocal music. He be-\\ncame independent in life at the age of twenty-one\\nj ears, when he began farming. He afterward en-\\ngaged in buying and selling cattle. This latter\\nbusiness he pursued but two years. Subsequently\\nleaving Ohio, he bought a place of one hundred\\nand twenty acres on section 13, this township and\\ncounty, and commenced to improve the place. For\\na few 3 ears succeeding, his time was divided alter-\\nnately between this place and his old home in\\nOhio.\\nMr. .Jeffers marriage to Ida Jones, of Dorr\\nTownship, took place at the home of the bride s\\nparents, July 8, 1878. Mrs. Jeffers is a native of\\nthis place, and her father, Robert Jones, was a far-\\nmer in this township. Their marriage has resulted\\nin the birth of four children: Daisy V., Cleopatra,\\nJohn C. and Nellie. The last-named child is de-\\nceased. Mr. Jeffers is counted among the most\\nthrifty and industrious men of his township. He\\ncleared and improved the place he first purchased,\\nand later bought one hundred and sixty acres in\\nLeighton Township, which he has also cleared. He\\nnow owns two hundred and thirty acres in two\\ntracts, and four acres where his plant is estab-\\nlished.\\nIn 1886, Mr. Jeffers began the business of\\nmaking brick at Moline, this township, and has\\nbeen thus engaged ever since. He also has a\\nlarge sawmill at Moline, which he has but latelj\\nerected and expects to do a large business in that\\nline. Ills brick yard has a capacity of three mill-\\nions per _year and his orders are so numerous and\\nlarge that he has to call on others in this line for\\nhelp. He also makes a specialty of tile, of which\\nhe has a large and ready sale. He has hereto-\\nfore carried on his farm through hired help but\\nnow has his place rented and will continue to\\ncarry on his present business. In polities, he is a\\nstanch Rei)ublican, .and does not now, nor ever\\ndid, seek an otlice of an}- kind. He and his family\\nare held in high repute in the community.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^\u00e2\u0080\u00a25\\n_x\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S-^*\\nDAM NEWELL is the proprietor of the\\nwell-equipped drug store at Burnip s Cor-\\n1 11 ners, Allegan Count} He is the son of\\n(1^1 John and ISIary (Pettingall) Newell, na-\\ntives of Putnam County, Ohio. They came to\\nMichig.an at an early da} and were pioneers of\\nOttawa County, where our subject was born, Janu-\\nary 11, 1862. The father w.as a farmer and Adam\\nremained at home until reaching his majority, re-\\nceiving the training that would make of him a\\ngood citizen.\\nAdam Newell had only the advantages of a\\ndistrict-school education, but he made the most of\\nhis studies and is to-day an intelligent and success-\\nful business man. In 1881, he was happily married\\nto Miss Emma, daughter of Charles and Eva Hoop.\\nHer parents were natives of Germany but, on emi-\\ngrating to the United States, came to Michigan\\nwhere they reside at the present time. To our sub-\\nject and his estimable wife have been born a fam-\\nily of four children: George Robert, Lula M., Ida\\nMay and Bessie. They are .all at home with their", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0962.jp2"}, "963": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0963.jp2"}, "964": {"fulltext": "if^/^y ^^^^Ci:^^", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0964.jp2"}, "965": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0965.jp2"}, "966": {"fulltext": "II", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0966.jp2"}, "967": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGUArillCAL RECORD.\\n975\\nLI5ERT STKGKMAN. Tlie successful l)usi-\\nnc SS man and lionored rosidonl of Allegan,\\nwliose name introduces lliis brief bio-\\ng:rai)liical notice, affords, in his life, an-\\nother example of what a farmer boy can .accomplish,\\nwith no other help tlian all farmers sons canenjo}\\nbut who has the incentive to better his condition\\nand the determination to win a place among men.\\nOn another portion of this volume will bo no-\\nticed a view of tlie exterior and interior of the\\neleg.ant store owned and managed h}- Mr. Stege-\\nman. This structure, which is the finest in the\\ncity and one of the best in this section of Michi-\\ngan, was erected in 1889 at a cost of !5!l;),()00. It\\nis a brick and stone building, two stories in height,\\nbeside a basement, and llOx.lO feet in dimensions,\\nwith an addition in the rear, 2 )x2(i feel. The\\nbuilding fronts on Trowbridge .Street, and on the\\nother sides are twenty-fivc-foot vacant lots, afford-\\ning all necessar} light and allowing teams to drive\\naround the store, so that the immense business can\\nbo carried on without confusion.\\nThe interior of the building contains a complete\\nstock of dry-goods, groceries, crockery; glassware,\\ntrunks, boots and shoes, and, in fact, everything\\nwhich is needed in a general mercantile establish-\\nment. Eight clerks arc kept in constant employ be-\\nsides himself and wife, and so enviable and wide is\\nthe reputation the propi-ietor lijis cstjiblished, that\\n45 A\\nparents and are being given good educations. Tn\\n1M.S2, .\\\\dani Newell started in the grocery business\\nin .bimestown. Ifi continued thus for a twelve-\\nmonth when he went to Osceola County and en-\\ngaged in a like business for three years. In 1887,\\nhe came to Kurnip s Corners and oi)ened a drug\\nstore which he is conducting successfully.\\nIn politics, Adam Newell is a true-blue Repul)li-\\ncan and is greatly respected by all who know him.\\nHe h.as recently disposed of his stock of boots and\\nshoes and carries, in addition to a full line of drugs\\nand medicines, a variety of notions. He also owns\\ntwo fruit evaporators one at lUirnip s Corners\\nand one at Jamestown. In 1890, he dried about\\nthirt) thousand jwunds of fruit.\\npeo[)leeome from long distances in onler to takead-\\nvantagc of obtaining good goo ls in retail (juanti-\\nties at wholesale prices at the Four I er Cent.\\nfJrange Store. Xotwithstantling the fact that Mr.\\nStegeman has been unfortunate in having his store\\nburned out in l.SMl, losing his stock, he knows no\\nsuch word as fail, but pui-sues his ))usinrss with\\ne(\u00c2\u00bbmniendalile enterprise and untlagging persever-\\nance.\\nA brief notice of the life of this successful mer-\\ncOiant will not lie amiss. He is a native of Hollan 1,\\nwhence he accompanied his [larcnts, John mikI IIcm-\\ndrika (Dunnewind) Stegeman. to the I liited States,\\nand with them settled in Holland, .Mich., in 1K17.\\nThe father engaged in farming pursuits there un-\\ntil called hence by death. His family comprised\\nthe following children: tierret, who still resides in\\nHolland, his native land; Jenigsen (Mi-s. J. Dcfrel),\\nof Holland, Mich.; Wilhelmina, who is married and\\nresides in Holland, this .Slate, where al. o Hen-\\ndrikje (Mrs. W. Diekema) makes her home; our\\nsubject, who is the next in order of birth; John,\\n(larret and Martin, who are farming in .MIegnii\\nCount}\\nAlbert Stegeman was educated in his native\\nland and in Michigan, and embarked in business\\nat Grand Haven, this SUite, in 1853, remaining\\nthere for twelve years. He then went to Alle-\\ngan and continued engaged in mercantile pursuits\\nuntil 1871, when he became agent for the Allegan\\nCounty Co-Operative As-socialion of the Patrons\\nof Husbandry, an organization which was incor-\\nporated in 1.S7(!, and is probably the only one of\\nthe kind that has made a ]ierfeel succe. *s. He has\\nalways interested himself in landed property, and\\nowns a farm just beyond the citv limits. He was\\nelected Supervisor in (!rand Haven, but h;\u00c2\u00bbs alw.nys\\nrefused to .accept ollice. He is deeply interested\\nin matters that will twnefit the people and never\\nrefuses to aid any moitsure that is for the public\\nwelfare.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Stegeman united him to Miss\\nLainila Fulsom, of Chelsea. Orange County, l. Her\\n(larents, Joshuary and Lucy (.\\\\ii(bews) Fulsom.\\nwere natives of Vermont, and her father operated\\nas a farmer until his death in Oningo County, in\\n18; )2. .Mrs. Fulstun came to Miclii!. an lweiit\\\\-thnf", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0967.jp2"}, "968": {"fulltext": "976\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPfflCAL RECORD.\\nyears ago and makes her home with her daughter,\\nwhere she is a cherished inmate. Besides Mrs.\\nStegeman, there are three dauiiliters, namely:\\nS_ylva, who is the wife of Frank Dearliorn, of Chel-\\nsea, Orange County, Vt.; Zeriiah, who married 1).\\nCox, of Wahlron, Cale(h)nia Countj Xt.; and\\nLuc3 the wife of .lames S[)ears, of Allegan. Mrs.\\nStegeman is cashier in the store and is universally\\nconceded to be one of the best business women in\\nMichigan, her large executive ability and keen\\njudgment having contributed largely to the suc-\\ncess enjo^ ed by her husltaiid.\\nBetter than the material success which has\\ncrowned his efforts, Albert Stegeman has become\\nknown to and loved by a vast number of people,\\nwho have delighted to do him honor, because he\\nhas deserved it. His emjiloyes are the3 who\\nspeak the best words of praise for him, Ijecausc\\nthey have felt that their eraplo.yer is not only\\nsuch, liut is a friend besides. It will be readily\\nunderstood that Mr. Stegeman has been a busy\\nman, as well as one who meets obstacles bravely,\\nhis heroic courage enabling hiin to jjcrsevere\\nwhere a man of more timid nature would fail.\\nIn this connection, we direct the attention of\\nthe reader to the lithographic portraits of Mr. and\\nMrs. Stesfeman.\\ny ALTER E. DWlGHT,the proprietor of the\\nPlainwell Rolling Mills, was born in New\\nHaven, Coun., June 14, 18G0. He is a son\\nof C. G. and Sarah (Northrope) Dwight, natives,\\nrespectively, of Massachusetts and Connecticut.\\nThe father was a molder b3 trade, and, emigrating\\nto Michigan in 1865, purchased a farm in Martin\\nTownship, Allegan County, upon which he re-\\nmained for three _years, when he removed to Plain-\\nwell and lived retired for some time. He is still\\nthe possessor of a fine estate in Wayland Town-\\nship, where he makes his i)resent home. The\\nmother died in 1875, leaving a family of nine\\nchildren.\\nC)ur subject received his education in the Plain-\\nwell I nion Schools and when seventeen years of\\nage taught two terms of school. He then entered\\nthe State Normal at Ypsilanti, where he was a stu-\\ndent for two terms, after whicli he was employed\\nas clerk in a groceiy store in Plainwell for a twelve-\\nmonth. Next, going to Grand Rapids, he occupied\\na like position in a diy-goods house, and on com-\\ning to Chicago was engaged as salesman in the\\nlarge establishment of Carson, Pirie, Scott Co.\\nMr. Dv/ight on going West to Colorado accepted a\\nsituation in the National Bank at Leadville, which\\nhe held for three years, and a year later was with a\\nwholesale grocery house. He then became partner\\nin the firm of C. P. Bayse it Co., at Redcliff, that\\nState, the connection lasting until 1886, when our\\nsubject returned to Plainwell and puichased the\\nroller mills.\\nThe mills above mentioned are equipped with a\\nfull roller process and all the modern appliances\\nand conveniences, and have a capacity of seventy-\\nlive barrels per day. Mr. Dwight is doing a fine\\nbusiness, and, besides having a nice local trade,\\nships a (juantity of fiour lo other cities. He is\\nknown to be a man of undoubted integrity and\\nsiibstantial business ability and combines strictness\\nof moral principles with energy and decision of\\ncharacter. He has secured a competence as a re-\\nsult of personal industry, and in him we find an\\nexcellent example for young men just embarking\\nin the field of active life to follow, showing what\\nmay be accomplished !)y a man beginning poor but\\nhonest, prudent and industrious.\\nWalter E. Dwight was united in marriage to\\nMiss Clara Stiff. October 3, 1883. The lady was\\nborn in Oakland County, this State, and was a\\ndaughter of Erastus Stiff, a native of New Jerse}\\nHer father came to Michig.nn in an earlj- daj- and\\nat the present time is the proprietor of a mill in\\nDailey, Cass County, this State. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nDwight have been born one cliild, a daughter,\\nInez C.\\nIn his i olitical relations, our subject is a straight-\\nforward Republican. He has served in many po-\\nsitions of trust in the county, and in 1889 was\\nelected Township Treasurer. He has represented\\nhis party several times to County Conventions, and\\nin social matters is an Odd Fellow, a Knight of\\nI ythias and Kniuht of the Maccabees. He is in", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0968.jp2"}, "969": {"fulltext": "P(^RTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nH77\\ntlic niiilli m licralion in the Dwii-lil family, tlic\\nl n t .\u00e2\u0080\u00a2inccstor of tli.-il iiniiu in tiiis coimtiv liciiij;\\n.Idliii Dwighl, who ciimc from Dodliniii, KnglaiKl.\\nand scttlc l in llie Uiwn of Dcdhani. Mass., wliero\\ntliey well |)roniii\\\\onl and intluiMiliai ritizciis.\\ni^^K-\\nIS_\\n_6|\\n5\\nyll. AXDRKWS, M. I)., is one of tlie le.id-\\niiig physicians of Clyde Township, Alle ;an\\nCount} He is a native of Cayuga County,\\nN. Y., having been born September 23, 1839, to\\nJohn antl Angeline .\\\\ndrows, and is one of four\\nchildren born to his parents, namely: Almyra, who\\nmarried A. M. Dyer, but is now deceased; Isaac B.,\\nwho met his death at Ft. Darling in the late war;\\nour subject, and Nancy, the widow ofCapt. .John\\nH. Andrews, who was killed in the late war.\\nJohn Andrews was born in Vermont, but when\\nvery young went to New York State. He was\\norphaned when ten yeare yeai-s old and was com-\\npelled to make his own living. He served an ap-\\npreutiecship toa shoemaker and worked at his trade\\nfor a number of years in Cayuga Coilnty, N. Y.\\nIn a few veal*, he was enabled to enter into busi-\\nness on his own account, and was the owner of a\\nlarge shoe shop and a tannery in Throopsville, in\\nthai State. In IS 12, lie withdrew from his business\\nand ciinie to Michigan, settling in Van Buren\\nCounty,where he located on u new farm. He also\\ncarried on lumbering a number of years before his\\ndeath, which occurred May 31, 1885. at (Jrand\\nHaven. When quite a young man, Mr. Andrews\\nwas married to -Vngeline Barn u in. a daughter of\\nIsaac and Huhnnna Barnum.\\nDr. Andrews began an active life at the age of\\ntwenty-one. He took a position as clerk in a gen-\\neral merchandising store at Hartford, an IJiircn\\nCounty. This position, he held live years, then\\nembarked in the drug business for himself, and\\nin the year 1871 began the study of medicine.\\nHe took a course at the old Chicjigo Medical Col-\\nlege, and in 1H7I began his practice at Grand\\nJunction, Van Buren County, and five years later\\ncame to this township. Ho waj* the only physician\\nhere for yeai-s, and his practice exlende l over\\nipiite n large terrilory He has been very succcs.s-\\nful in his profession and is liked and resiiected by\\nall who know him. He has U cn very iiitluenti.-il\\nin enhancing the prosperity of the village of Fenii-\\nville. All his liuiblings were destroyed by (ire\\nin 1891, anil but a very small portion of the loss\\nwas covered by insurance. He is not a man to be\\ndiscouraged easily, and he at once began the erec-\\ntion of the present block where his olliee now is.\\nThis is a commodious and attractive-looking block,\\nit being 22x(!(l feet in dimensions, with a story\\nal)ove for ollices.\\nDr. Andrews is a iiiembei of the West Allegan\\nMedical Association, and also belongs to the Free\\nand Accepted Masons at .South Haven, having\\nreached a very high degree in that order. (lis ca-\\nreer as a pioneer physician li.as been one eminently\\nworthy and useful to the eommnnitv in which ho\\nhas resided, and his neightoi-s and (\u00c2\u00bbld friends\\nunitedly bear testim \u00c2\u00bbny to his sterling worth, in-\\ntegrity and valuable services ius a frontier citizen.\\n\u00e2\u0099\u00a6^^1\\nB\\nmi\\n^ir^T RANK SOMMKR is one of the prosperous\\nfrr^ citizens of Dorr Township, Allegan County,\\nlk\\\\ and was lx)rn far across the sea, in Austria.\\nAi)ril 1, 1814. He is a son of Anton and Frances\\n(Breibish) Somnier, natives of Bohemia. Austria.\\nThe father was by occu|iatit)n a carpenter and w.is\\none in a family of twelve children, who all irrew\\nto years of maturity.\\nThe parents of our subject erosscil the watei to\\nAmerica in IS53, when ho w.os only nine vears old.\\nThey Iwaled in Detroit. Mich., and afterward went\\nt j Grand Rapids, at which place the father ilied in\\n1885, but the mother is still surviving, making her\\nhome at (irand Rapids. Frank Somnier has three\\nbrothers and one sister, he being the second-boni.\\nHo did not have, by any moans, the school a lvaii-\\ntages of to-day, and at an early ago started out on\\nhis own account, lie learned the trade of a black-\\nsmith .it Grand Rapi ]s and there followed it seven\\nvears. lie came to F)orr in ISfi. i. and in Novem-\\nber opened a shop here. He soon closed his shop\\nand commenced farming, and wa-n engaged in it\\nit until 18H|.at which time he received the ap-\\nliiiiiilnu iit of l o tma tor of Dorr, wliii-h olliee he", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0969.jp2"}, "970": {"fulltext": "978\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nIield until Harrison s aclniiiiistration. In 1888, he\\nstarted in the mercantile business and has since\\nconducted it in connection with his farm of eighty\\nacres on section 16, Dorr Township.\\nMr. Sommer w.is married, in May, 1872, to Miss\\nRosina Ruple, of Dorr Township. Four children\\nhave come to bless their union: Clara F., Nellie,\\nAnnie and John. Mrs. Sommer died in 1888, and\\nMr. Sommer was again united In marriage, tkis time\\nto Miss Lizzie Grandy. This marriage took place\\nNovemlier 1, 1890. One girl, Leonora, has blessed\\nthis union. This gentleman is, and always has been,\\na Democrat and is holding the oltlcc of Supervisor\\nof his township. lie held the oltice of Justice of\\nthe Peace twelve years and was Treasurer one year,\\nl)csides holding the school oflices for a number of\\nj^ears. He had charge of the Patrons of Industry s\\nstore here for a while. He is a member of the\\nCatliolic Church. In July, 18G4, Mr. Sommer was\\nsworn into the Governraeut service as blacksmith\\nat Nashville, Tenn., and served about six mouths.\\nHe was at Nashville when Hood was there. He\\nalso did guard dut^- at the village of Johnsonville,\\nTenn.\\n/p^ EORGE VAN RIIEE. This veteran pioneer,\\nf|| residing on section 3, Overisel Township\\n^^jj Allegan County, constitutes one of the old\\nlandmarks in the growth and development of the\\ncounty with which he has been closely identified\\nfor almost half a century. He owns and occupies\\none of the finest improved and best managed farms\\nin this section and has here a well-appointed\\nhome.\\nOur subject is a native of Holland, where he was\\nborn June 11, 1821. He is a son of John and Her-\\nniienia (Bunker) Van Rhee, natives also of Holland,\\nof whom the reader ma j^ find a fuller sketch in the\\nbiography of John Van Rhee, elsewhere in this\\nvolume. Mr. Van Rhee remained at home until\\nreaching the age of twenty-six years, when he\\ncame to the United States. He fiist located in Ot-\\ntawa County, this State, when he was twenty-six\\n}^ears old, and after remaining there a short time\\ncame to Overisel Township, Allegan County, mak-\\ning the journey hither in 1848, and with his brother\\n.John was the first settler in this township. At\\nthat time there were few settlements and no\\nmarkets for produce nearer than Grand Ra| ids,\\nand as there were no mills, the pioneers were home\\nlivers, maintaining life from the products of the\\nsoil and from the wild game, which was plenty.\\nThe gentleman whose name heads this sketch\\nwas married, in Overisel Township, to Miss Henri-\\netta Schipper, a native of Holland, being born\\nMarch 4, 1831. Mrs. Van Rhee was the daughter\\nof Herm and Helle Schipper, natives of Holland,\\nwho are now deceased. To our subject and\\nhis wife have been born a famil}- of eleven child-\\nren, five sons and six daughters, who bore the\\nrespective names of Minnie, Ellen, Jane, Hannah,\\nJane (second), Jake, John, Hiram, Henrietta,\\nGeorge and Johannes.\\nMr. Van Rhee is the possessor of one hundred\\nand twent} acres of productive land, and with\\nhard pioneer labor he cleared and developed it.\\nThat tract is now one of the finest in the township.\\nMr. Van Rhee has been a life-long Democrat. He\\nand his family are highlj respected members of the\\nReformed Church. As a gentleman of fine char-\\nacter, and a solid, substantial citizen, no man stands\\nhigher in this county than George Van Rhee. He\\ntakes warm interest in all that concerns the welfare\\nof his section and is liberal in his support of\\nschemes to forward its improvement.\\nRASTUS N. BATES, a prominent merchant\\nof Moline, Dorr Township, Allegan County,\\nwas born in Chester Townshii), Geauga\\nCounty, Ohio, March 1, 1845. His parents were\\nAbner C. and Laura W. (Baker) Bates, natives of\\nMassachusetts and New York, respectivelj-, his\\nfather being a farmer by oc nipation.\\nOur subject s parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio,\\nwhen he was but four weeks old, and thence to Ful-\\nton County, where they resided until 1853, when\\nthej- came to Michigan and took up laud in Dorr\\nTownship, this county. His educational advantages\\nwere confined to the common schools, which were\\nnot verj- good. Company C, Twenty-first Michi-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0970.jp2"}, "971": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.\\n979\\ngun Infantry, was the oni in wliieli i\\\\Ir. Hates en-\\nlisted, Feltruary 8, 18(il, in tiie defense of tlic old\\nHag. lie was in the Army of tiie t uinherland, with\\nSherman at Athmta. and liieii on liii march to tiie\\nsea, where lie was tiiiien sick and eseaped one of the\\nworst engaifements, viz., the liattle of Benton ville,\\nIMarch 1 ISti.j. His l)rotlier, M. W.. was at that\\ntime Lieutenant of his eonipauy. lie was lionorably\\ndiseiiarged July 18, 186. at Louisville, Ky., after\\na faithful and gallant service.\\nThe brothers and sisters of our bul)jecl are eight\\nin number, and all are living except the oldest sis-\\nter. After the war, Jlr. Bates was engaged in\\nleaching school wintt-rs, and working on the farm\\nin the summer months for ten years, in Allegan\\nand Kent Counties.\\nDecember 28, 1870, is the date on whicii our sub-\\nject was married to Flora I. Gilbert, a daughter of\\nB. (Jilbert, a farmer of Dorr Township. This ^young\\ncouple settled on a farm, remaining there until 18 .l(),\\nwhen the} came to Jloline,and Mr. Bates eng:iged\\nin the mercantile business. He still owns his place\\non sections 1 and 2. a line farm of two hundred and\\nsixty-five acres, and one of the best places in the\\ntownship. He is the father of six children, one of\\nwhom is deceased: Arthur De Forest. Those liv-\\ning are Ella, Clara, Krastus N., Forest Gilbert, and\\nFlora.\\nISIr. Bates is the proprietor of the Moline and\\nCold Spring Cheese Factories. In i)olitics, he is a\\nRepublican and was Township Superintendent of\\nPublic Schools. He was Supervisor of the town-\\nshli four veal s, and represented his district two\\nterms in the Legislature. When there, in 1887, he\\nintroduced what is known as the Bates High Li-\\ncense Bill, whieli was pas.sed and is to-day the law\\nunder whicli Michigan is governed in the sale of her\\nlicjuois. He was at this time Cliairinan of the\\nCinninittee on Municipal Corporation, which was\\na very important and prominent committee. In\\n188!t, Mr. Bates served as Financial and Reading\\nClerk of the House of Rei)resenlatives, and two\\nyears previous to this served as Speaker, pm tern,\\nof the House of Re] )resenta fives. He also served\\ntwo years .ns a membor of the State Central Com-\\nmittee of the Republican party. He has always\\nbeen identiliiil with the (JraiiLre movement, and\\nhas been M.-uster of the Moline and County Grange;\\nhe was also elected a member of the Kxecuti ve Com-\\nmittee of the State (Jraiige in 1H!)(). In lK81\u00c2\u00bb.(;ov.\\nl.uce appointed him as a number of the IJoaid\\nof Trustees of the Michigan Asylum for the Insane,\\nto serve six years. The Board meets monthly and\\nthe work is gratuitous. He ami liis wife are niem-\\nl)eis of the Conurcgational lunch of Dorr.\\nBEL ANGEL, a pronuiient and prosperous\\nfarmer of Wayland Township, Allegan\\nii County, was born in Bennington County,\\nVt., on September 12, IJS21. His parents\\nwere Joseph and Ele.aiior (Dunning) Angel. The\\nfather was born in Rhode Island, and the mother\\nin the same county and State as her son, our sub-\\nject. Mr. Angel was a carpenter and joiner liy\\ntrade in his younger days, but later in life became\\na farmer. He was the father of a family of ten\\nchildren, our subject being the ninth in order of\\nbirth.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm,\\nreceiving a good common-school education. Com-\\ning to Michigan when a bo\\\\ of seventeen years,\\nin 1838, he located in Livingston County, where he\\nlived three years. He then came to Allegan\\nCounty, in April, 1812. At the time of his coming\\nhere, there were not more than twenty -six white\\npeople ill this township and at the fii-st election\\nthat he attended there were but twelve voters. He\\npurchased land on section 36. one and one-half\\nmiles from his nearest neighbor. He at once com-\\nmenced the imiirovement of this land and did all\\nthe clearing and l reaking himself. Of his present\\nfine estate of two hundred and ninety-four acres,\\nabout one hundred and ninety are under the best\\nstate of cultivation. He is considered one of the\\nmost .sagacious farmers in the township and is\\noften called on for his counsel.\\nAbel Angel was married, on .Inly 20, 1852, to\\nMary (Pease) fiardner, of Barry County, Mich.,\\nand the daughter of Leonard and Catharine\\n(Dennis) IVsuse. They have become the paient.s\\nof the following named children: Elanor, who\\nmaiiied .lames F, Robbins; Mary, the wife of Fn e-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0971.jp2"}, "972": {"fulltext": "980\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nman D. Harding; Clara, who married John E. Mc-\\nDonald; Lucy is single and is a teacher. William\\nlived to maturity and died aged twenty-one\\nyears. Mrs. Angel had four children by her\\nfirst liusband, Louis Gardner, one of whom is still\\nliving: Sarah, wife of Henry E. Buxton.\\nMr. Angel i.s among the foremost early settlers\\nof this county, and has been a hard-working and\\nindustrious man. He t^pent eight years in opening\\nand clearing up land on contract. He was a mem-\\nber of the Democratic party until he took up the\\ncause of Prohil)ition. He held the office of Super-\\nvisor of his township, for twenty-ftve or thirty\\nyears; the otlice of Treasurer and Highway Com-\\nmissioner, and, in fact, almost every office in the\\ngift of the people. The order of the Patrons of\\nIndustry claims this gentleman as one of its lead-\\ning and influential meml)ers. Stock of a good\\ngrade, of which he raises]a great deal, is the delight\\nof Mr. Angel. He carries on general farming on\\nhis splendid estate. His parents passed the remain-\\nder of their lives in Livingston County, Mich.\\nICHAEL CONNELL. Among the thor-\\nough-going farmers of Clyde Township.\\nAllegan County, may be mentioned the\\nname of Michael Connell, who was born\\nin County Limerick, Ireland, yi 1832. His present\\nproperty consists of fifty acres of excellent land\\non which he has placed all the improvements\\nwhich make it a first-class estate, and by a proper\\nrotation of crops, it is made to j ield a handsome\\nincome. Our subject is the son of John and Maria\\nConnell. The father also was born in County\\nLimerick, wheie he was reared to farm pursuits,\\nwhich occupation he followed through life. John\\nConnell received a good common-school education\\nin his native country, and in religions matters was\\na Catholic. He was greatly interested in political\\naffairs in Ireland, and was a prominent man in his\\ncommunity. When aljout thirty years of age he\\nmarried jNIiss Maria, daughter of Timothy Collins,\\nand to them were granted a large family of thir-\\nteen children, six of whom are yet living: Patrick,\\n2vellie and James are residing in the Emerald Isle;\\nTimothy and Julia are residing in Toledo, Ohio.\\nThe latter is the wife of Patrick Crane.\\nMichael Connell began life for himself at the\\nage of ten years, at which time he went to work on\\na farm by the month. He was thus engaged until\\ncoming to the United States, in 185L He first\\nlocated in Beaver County, Pa., where he worked\\non a railroad for two years, and, in 1854, came\\nWest to Allegan County, this State. Here he pur-\\nchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in\\nManlius Township, where he lived two years. At\\nthat time there was only one dwelling between his\\nplace and Allegan, a distance of sixteen miles.\\nAfterward, he purchased forty acres of land from\\nHarrison Ilutchins, and ten acres from William\\nBarnheart, making in all fifty acres, the amount\\nowned by him at the present time. Our subject\\nhad a portion of his land cleared when the war\\nbroke out, but the spirit of patriotism being aroused,\\nhe enlisted in Compan}- L, Eleventh Michigan\\nCavalry. With his regiment he participated in\\nmany of the hard-fought battles of that period,\\nand during his term of enlistment was never\\nwounded or taken prisoner, which is a most re-\\nmarkable record. He received his honorable dis-\\ncharge at Lexington, Ky., and on returning home\\nagain engaged in cultivating the soil.\\nThe original of this sketch and Miss Catharine\\nMcGennity were married at Kalamazoo, Mich., by\\nFather Label, in 1856. Mrs. Connell was the\\ndaughter of Artiiur and Margaret McGennity\\n(maiden name Margaret Sharkey), of County Ar-\\nmagh, Ireland. They have become the parents of\\nfour children: William, who resides in Grand\\nRapids; Amelia and Katie, who are at home, and\\nJames, who is at present in Bangc r, Van Buren\\nCounty. Mr. Connell is a very popular man in his\\ntownship, and socially, is a meral er of the Grand\\nArmy of the Republic.\\ni\\n-J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n|j^^,ICHOLAS ASHLEY. The name of this\\nI gentleman is well known among the peo-\\nt\\\\,Zsi pie of Allegan County, where he has\\npassed most of his active life. His farm comprises one\\nhundred and tweut3 -two .acres, pleasantly located", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0972.jp2"}, "973": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BJ\u00c2\u00ab3GRAPHICAL RECORD.\\n981\\non section 30, Allejjan Township, an t lias het n\\nciiilu llislicd with a sulistaiitial sot of liuildin^js.\\nIMi-. Asliloy comes of iMiirlisii cxtiaction his iian(l-\\nfatlicr, Nicholas Ashley, was a native of (iieat\\nI .iilain, and when a small child started for the\\nI iiitcd Slates in coinpany with his |iaieiits. While\\non the ocean, both his father and mother were\\ntaken ill and died, their liodies lieinu thrown\\noverlioard.\\nA native of New York, Mi-. Ashley was horn\\n.Inly 27, 1H;?1. His parents, .loseph and Mary A.\\n(Allen) Ashley, who were likewise lioiii in the\\nKmpire St-ate, came West to Micliijjan in l.sl 1 and\\nsettled on section Allegan Townshiii. The\\ntrad of land which they purchased was not at\\nthat time cleared of its primeval forests, but through\\nthe unremitting industry of the father, who w.-us a\\npractical farmer, thirty-six of the eighty .acres\\nwere cleared and a frame house was erected. Some\\nyears after settling here, Mr. Ashley, Sr., exelianged\\nthe place f^)r a farm in Trowbridge Township,\\nwhere he resided imlil his death. He and his\\nwife were the parents of thirteen children, namely:\\n.lohn, who is deceased; Julia A. (Mrs. Cook),\\nIlenr} Nicholas, Orville. .Mniira (.Mis. West),\\nHarriet (Mrs. Uailev), I.ucina (Mrs. Kellogg),\\nMatilda, Kannie (Mrs. Cackler), .Joseph, Charles,\\nnow deceased; and Wesley.\\nThe subject of this notice wasetlucated in Trow-\\nbridge Townslii| and at an early age gained a\\npr.actic;il knowledge of farming pui suits. Prior to\\nleaving home, he puichased his present farm, then\\nheavily timliered, .and for many years thereafter\\nwas actively engaged in clearing it. Gradually\\nhe brought the place to a high state of cultivatif)n,\\nadding to its Imildings by erecting a commodious\\nresidence and a subst;intial barn, and in connec-\\ntion with general farming operated as stock-raiser,\\nkeeping a gt)od grade f)f cattle and horses. He\\nshared in the trials of pioneer life and is now reap-\\ning the reward of years of frugality and industry.\\nHe aided in building many of the churthes and\\nschools of the ctninty and has a.ssisted in every\\nmeasure calculated to elevate the moral status of\\nhis community. In his political atliliations, he is\\nindependent.\\nIn IXC.;!. .Mr. .Vshlev was married to .Mi^s IJi beeea\\n.1., daughter of (iardner and I olly .\\\\nn (Harlier)\\nHunt, natives respectively of New York and \\\\er-\\nmont. Mr. Hunt, who was a farmer by occupation,\\nemigrated to Michigan and Incatcd in Augusta,\\nKalamazoo County, removing thence to Comslock\\nTownship, Kalamazoo Comity. He and his good\\nwife had a familN of eigiit children, of whom live\\nstill survive, !is follows: Helsey, Kebecca I., Helen,\\nIra .1. and Mary, .all married. Mr. and Mrs. .Vshley\\nare the parents of two chihireii. .losephine and\\nCarlotta, both of whom are line musicians. The\\nyounger daughter is at present teaching school.\\nThe members of the familj^ occupy a high place in\\nthe regard of their neighbors and are respected by\\nall who know them.\\nARTLKTT A. NK\\\\INs. We lind no one\\nwho is more deservedly popular, both on\\naccount of character and long acquaint-\\nance, than the Postmaster at Otsego, who.se\\nname we have just given. He is a native of Rich-\\nland Townshiji. Kalamazoo County, and having\\nbeen reared here and shown himself a man worthy\\nof esteem and regard, has taken his pl.acc among\\nthe best citizens of this thriving village.\\nBorn June I, 18.t1, our sul)ject is the son of\\n.lacoli and Augusta (Hrown) Nevins, natives\\nrespectively of X ermonl and Michigan. The fa-\\nther acct inpanicd his parent.s to .Michigan in IHI3,\\nwhen a lad of liftecn ye:irs, and eondneted farm-\\ning operations in Richland Township for many\\nyears, removing thence to Pine Lake. Harry\\nCounty, where he died in 1^77. In Im-al affairs he\\nwas prominent and served acccjitably as .Instice of\\nthe Peace for a long time. In his religious rela-\\ntions, he was an active memlicr of the Presbyterian\\nChurch. His wife still survives and makes her\\nhome on the old farm at Pine Lake.\\nThe parental family inclinU d thirteen chihlrcn,\\neleven of whom are now living, .\\\\fler receiving\\na common-school education, our subject, at the age\\nof fourteen, st.arted out for himself and work d on\\na farm .at \u00c2\u00a512 per month. He wjis very iiidiislri-\\noiis and economical, and in l ebniarv. IH72, en-", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0973.jp2"}, "974": {"fulltext": "982\\nPORTKAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\ntered the State Agricultural College at Lansing.\\nBy teacliing school during the winters, he worked\\nhis way through college and received his diploma\\nin November, 1875.\\nAfter graduating, Mr. Nevins accepted the prin-\\ncipalship of the Otsego Union Schools, which posi-\\ntion he filled for four years. Upon the death of\\nhis father, he was made administrator of the estate\\nand while at liome settling affairs he taught the\\nPrairieville scliool during the winter. In Mai ch,\\nIISJSO, he purciiased a half interest in a planing\\nmill at Otsego, the lirni being Prentiss Nevins.\\nAt the time Mr. Nevins became interested in the\\nfirm, it was embarrassed financially and employed\\nonly .about a luilf-dozen workmen. He at once .as-\\nsumed management of the business and with char-\\n.acteristic energy built up a profitable trade.\\nIn December, 1881, the manufacturing plant was\\ndestroyed by fire, but was rebuilt and put in oper-\\nation the following May. Had the creditors pushed\\ntheir claims at the time of the fire, Prentiss\\nNevins could not have met their oljligations, but\\nhaving faith in tiie integrity of the firm, they were\\nlenient and in a reasonable time the firm paid one\\nhundred cents on every dollar of their indebted-\\nness. A partner was then added and the firm name\\nchanged to Prentiss, Nerins Co. In 1885, how-\\never, it was changed to Nevins Lindsej and in\\nOctober, 1890, the plant w.as sold to the Otsego\\nChair Company.\\nUnder the man.agenient of Nevins Lindsey,\\nthe firm added agricultural works and step-ladders\\nto their products, and during their five years ca-\\nreer, built up a trade extending from Georgia to\\nMinnesota and from New York to Texas, two\\nthousand live hundred to three thousand five hun-\\ndred fanning mills and eight to twelve thousand\\nladders lieing tlie annual jiroduct, and employment\\nbeing furnished to twenty-five men in the factory.\\nContracting .and building was a branch of their\\ntrade, and some of the finest structures in Otsego\\nattest their skill and workmanship.\\nIn 1880, Mr. Nevins was married to Miss Helen\\nLong, a native of Otsego and the daughter of M.\\nD. and Sarah Long, natives of the Keystone State,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vho now reside in Nebraska. Mrs. Nevins is a\\ncultured and well-educated lady, having received\\nher primary education in the union schools of\\nOtsego and later at the State Normal in Ypsilanti.\\nFor many years she was an efficient and successful\\nte.acher. They have one daughter, .Josephine, who\\nis being trained by her careful mother in a manner\\nthat will make her a lady of culture.\\nIn his political affiliations, Mr. Nevins is a Repub-\\nlican. He h.as been prominent in local politics, is a\\nmember of the County Committee and has repre-\\nsented his party as a delegate to district, county\\nand State conventions. He has also been a mem-\\nber of the Congressional Committee of the Fifth\\nDistrict, has served on the Scliool Board and as a\\nmember of the Village Council for several terms.\\nIn addition to these positions, he has acted as\\nDeputy Sheriff of the county and Treasurer of the\\nvillage for two years. He was appointed to his\\npresent position as Postmaster at Otsego in .lanu-\\nary, 1890, and since dis])osing of his manufactur-\\ning interests devotes his time largely to the duties\\nof his office.\\nSocially, Mr. Nevins is a prominent Knight of\\nthe M.accabees and a Knight of Pythias. He and\\nhis estimable wife are members of the Methodist\\nEpiscopal Church, in which he has served as Chair-\\nman of the Board of Trustees for several years and\\nis an earnest Sunday-school worker, as is also his\\nwife. He is a stockholder in the Otsego Chair Com-\\npany. He ownsconsiderat)le real estate in tlie North\\nPeninsula, Dakota and Nebraska, is an active busi-\\nness man, full of energy and push, and is now one\\nof the prosperous citizens of the county.\\noJ-\\nj| Russell .I. KNOX Ls industriously en-\\ngaged in cultivatintf the soil on section\\n8, Ganges Township, Allegan County. He\\n\\\\ft^ was boi n in Oneida County, N. Y., No-\\nvember 28, 1810, .and is the son of Elijali and\\nHuldah Knox. The father was born in 1773, in\\nBlanford, Mass., and remained upon his father s\\nfarm until reaching the age of sixteen. He then\\nserved an apprenticeship at the shoemaker s and\\ntanner s trades, both of which occupations he fol-\\nlowed until after the War of 1812. Tiien, aband-\\noniniT the tanner s trade, he gave his whole atten-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0974.jp2"}, "975": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BlOGltAnUCAL RECORD.\\n983\\ntion to slioeiiiakinjif. lie was strictly a self-made\\nman, for his etlucalioiial ailvaulages were very\\nlimited.\\nWhile in iM:i.ssaehiisetts, the father of our sub-\\nject met and married Iluldah Coon, whose father\\ndied in the Revolutionary War. A few 3-ears\\nafter their marrias^e, Mr. and Mrs. Knox moved to\\nC)neida County, N. Y., and later went to Onon-\\ndaga County, where they remained throe ^-ears.\\nTheir next removal was to Oneida County, and\\nthence to Niagara County, where they made their\\nhome for twenty yeai-s. The last few years of the\\nfather s life were spent in Illinois with his children.\\nMe was the son of John and Anna (Russell) Knox,\\nthe father a farmer, who served several years in\\ntlie Revolutionary AVar. John Knox was in his\\nearly life an Episcoi)alian, l)ut later joined the\\nPresl)yterian denomination.\\nNine of tiie twelve children l)orn to Mr. and\\nMrs. Elijah Knox grew to manhood and woman-\\nliood and two are yet living our subject and\\nHenry II. When alx)ut eiglitcen 3 cars old, Rus-\\nsell J. went to work on a farm by the month in\\nNiagara County, N. Y., and after laboring thus for\\nfour years, he was enabled to purchase a farm in the\\nadjoining county of Cattaraugus, which he partlj\\ncleared. In 1839, however, he came to Calhoun\\nCounty, this State, wlierc he made his home until\\ncoming to Allegan County in 1860. His jjurchase\\nin this county was in its primitive condition when\\nIt came into iiis iwssession, Init with his character-\\nistic euerg} and enterprise, he lias brought it to a\\nhigh degree of cultivation. The tract includes\\nforty acres and is one of the Ijest improved in the\\ntownship. few montlis after moving on his farm,\\na heavy wind blew down all his timber, so that\\nhe w.is enabled to realize very little from his for-\\nest.\\nRussell .1. Knox was married when twenty-two\\nyears of age to Miss A. S. Turrell, and to them\\nwere born two children: .Sarah R., now the wife of\\nA. Grover. and A. S., now Mr.s. William R. Hurton.\\nMrs. Knox died May Ifi, IH. SH, and Mr. Knox was a\\nsecond time married, the lady of that occasion be-\\ning Miss Electa Ilulchinson and the date thereof,\\nDecember 31, 1810. Mrs. Knox was the daughter\\nof Abel and Rel)ecca Hutchinson and by her mar-\\nri.age with our subject became the mother of a son,\\nAll)ert R., who married .Vlfretta Royce. Mr. Knox\\nis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nOur subject is a Republican in politics and in his\\nyounger days w.-us a Whig. Mrs. Knox passed from\\nthis life March 20, 18 J2.\\nE()1\u00c2\u00bb(!H KENT. Having met with success\\n^^=^E0K(:E KENT. Havi\\n11 ^w) cho.sen calling o\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^j^ is now the owner of\\nof a farmer, Mr. Kent\\na splendid farm of\\none hundred and thirty acres, located on section\\n15, Watson Township, .Mlegan County. The\\nhome in which his eyes fii St opened to the light\\nw.os situated thirty miles east of Toronto, Canada,\\nand the date of his birth was January 10, 1826. His\\nfather, William, was born in Vermont, August 7,\\n1796, and when onl} three weeks old w.as orphaned\\nby the death of his mother. .Some time after that\\nsad event, he wast.aken to Canada, where his child-\\nhood days were passed. When about fifteen years\\nof age, he went to New York and shortly afterward\\nenlisted in the W^ar of 1812, serving until its\\nclose.\\nThe mother of our subject, who was known in\\nmaidenhood as Harriet Henderson, w.ns born near\\nOnond.iga, N. Y., whence, at the age of eleven\\nyears, she removed to Canada, and in the town of\\nWliitb} became the wife of William Kent. The\\nyoung couple located at first near Whitby, where\\nhe followed the trade of a brickmaker, and also\\noperated as a farmer, until he came to Michigan in\\n1839. For eight ^-ears after settling in this State,\\nhe resided upon a rented farm in Franklin Town-\\nship, Lenawee County, whence he removed to\\nWatson Towiishii) and bought the farm upon which\\nour subject now resides. Here he passed his declin-\\ning years, jws.sing away at the age of eighty-\\neight years. In his politics, he was fii St a Whig\\nand later a Republican, and served as Justice of\\nthe Peace for four years, l)esides filling other local\\notiices. His wife died in IHMl, when abtnit .-eventy-\\nfour.\\nWilliam Kent. Sr., the grandf. ither of our sub-\\nject, was a native of England, whence, at the age", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0975.jp2"}, "976": {"fulltext": "984\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nof twenty-one, he emigrated to America, locating\\nin Vermont. His death occurred when he had\\nabout rounded the century. Our .subject w.as one\\nof twelve children, of wlioni all ut one attained\\nto maturity, namely: (Jeorge, William W., John,\\nHarriet M.; Sarah, who died in infancy; Nancy,\\nMargaret M., .Tames, .Julia, Charles, Alonzo G. and\\nHannah. When thirteen years old, our subject\\ncame with his parents to Michigan, and the school-\\ning which was commenced in Canada was com-\\npleted in Lenawee County. He early began to as-\\nsist his father on the homestead, and upon starting\\nout for himself was emploj cd in a mill on the\\nKalamazoo River, at Saugatuck, for eight years.\\nHe then returned home and has since resided on\\nthe farm which his father purchased on coming to\\nthe county.\\nBeside the general farming interests which en-\\ngage Mr. Kent s attention, he also operates as a\\nstock-raisei and keeps a good grade of sheep and\\nliorses. In his political affiliations, he is a Repub-\\nlican, and has served in various official capacities.\\nFor two years, he was Township Treasurer, and\\nalso served as Pathmaster. Socially, he is a mem-\\nber of the Grange, at Watson, and also of the\\nLoyal League.\\nARON SCOTT, residing on section 32,\\nGanges Township, Allegan County, was\\nborn in Wayne County, N. Y., in 1843.\\nHe is a son of Joseph E. and Clarissa Scott,\\nthe father a native of Massachusetts, where he was\\nreared on a farm. Jose])h Scott received his edu-\\ncation in the common schools, and his father,\\nWilliam, who was of Scottish descent, dying when\\nhe was young, he was bound out to a farmer in\\nMassachusetts. He bought his time of that gentle-\\nman before reaching his majority, and industri-\\nously applied himself to learning the cooper s\\ntrade.\\nJoseph Scott wife, our subject s mother, bore\\nthe maiden name of Clarissa Jones, and was a\\nilaughter of William .Tones, who was a native of\\neiinont. After this marriage, he went to Nevv\\nYork, and there remained on a farm till coming\\nto Ivalamazoo County, this State, in 1845. He\\nlater removed to Van Buren County, and. [lur-\\nchasing a farm, resided there until his death, in\\n1856.\\nTo Joseph E. and Clarissa St otl were born live\\nchildren: Clarissa; Noble, deceased; Lucy, Char-\\nity and Aaron. In politics, the elder Mr. Scott\\nwas a Whig. Our subject, like many another lad,\\nbegan to make his own way in the world at the\\nage of fifteen years. During the Civil War, he en-\\nlisted in Company A, Third IMichigan Cavalry,\\nbeing mustered into service in 1861. His com-\\npany was assigned to the Western Army, and par-\\nticipated in the battles at Corinth, Oxford, Miss.,\\nCoffeeville and .Tackson, Tenn., and numerous\\nminor engagements and skirmishes. Mr. Scott\\nserved until the close of the war, and was honor-\\nably discharged at San Antonio, Tex., in February,\\n1866. During his entire term of service, he was\\nnever wounded or taken prisoner, which, consider-\\ning his long term of enlistment, is quite remarka-\\nble..\\nMiss Cordelia J. Tubbs became the wife of our\\nsubject in 1872. She was the daughter of John\\nS. and Anna (Warner) Tubbs, and was one of\\nthree children born to her parents. Her father\\nwas a native of New York, Init grew to manhood\\nin Ohio, and came to Allegan Count} in 1852,\\nwhere he lived for many years. Our subject came\\nto his present home in 1866, wheie he jiurchased\\neighty acres of unimproved land, the greater por-\\ntion of which he has placed under excellent culti-\\nvation.\\nTo Mr. and Mrs. Scott, of this sketch, have been\\nborn three children, two of whom died in infancy.\\nArthur is living at home. Our subject and his\\nwife are members of the United Brethren Church,\\nand in politics, Mr. Scott is a Democrat.\\nRENSSELAER G. SMITH, of Martin Town-\\nship, is a fine type of the pioneer farmers of\\nAllegan County, who have done so much\\nfor its upbuilding and have taken great\\nl)ride in its growth, and we .are pleased to repre-", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0976.jp2"}, "977": {"fulltext": "PORTRAIT AND BIOGKAPinCAL RECORD.\\n985\\nsent liiiii ill tliis liioi.itAriiK \\\\i. Kiccoicn, wliicli\\nsliKuld prcsiMve llie annals of sucli lives, ft r in\\nllieni wo liavc much of tlip liistoi y of the county,\\nespecially in the earlier period of its settlement.\\nOur subject not only helped to develop the re-\\nsources of this rcirion, luit used liis inlluence to\\nc.stal)lisli schools in his township at an early day,\\nand has been particularly active in advancinjf its\\nmond and religious sUitus.\\nMr. Smith was born in the city of Troy, Rens-\\nselaer County, N. Y., December 24, 1820. Tlis\\nfather, Jesse C. Smith, was a native of New York,\\nand supposed to have been born in Otsego county,\\nlie was a tanner and currier by trade, and plied\\nhis callinii; in Canada. ermont and other places,\\nliiiallN dying in Otsego, X. Y., at the ago of fifty-\\ntwo, lie was the son of Gideon Smith, who is\\nsupposed to have been a native of AV:des. He was\\nan early settler f)f Otsego County, N. Y. The\\nmother of our subject, who bore the name of Zady\\nHrovvn, was born in the vicinity of the beautiful\\nHudson River, in New York. Of her nine chil-\\ndren, seven grew to mature years and live are still\\nliving, namely: Cleopatra, widow of Amos Rouse,\\nand a resident of Dowagiac; Cortlandt B., a resident\\nof Leroy, Mich.; f)ur subject; Emily, wife of L. H.\\nJohnson, of Minnesota; and Elizabeth, a resident\\nof Dowagiac. Ranavalina, now deceased, was the\\nwife of Roswell Tucker.\\nOur subject was the sixth child and second son of\\nhis parents. His early life was passed in Otsego\\nCounty, and at the age of nine years, he left home\\nto live with an uncle with whom he remained three\\nyears. At the outhful age of twelve j ears the inde-\\npendent, self-reliant little lad started out in life for\\nhim,self,bv workingon a farm l y the month, and he\\nmanaged to go to school in the winter .season. He\\nworked for three years in a blacksmith shop, and\\nuntil he was seventeen all his earnings were given\\nto the support of the family, as his father had un-\\nfortunately contracted the habit of drinking strong\\nliquor, and w.as unable to provide both fur his apjie-\\ntite and his wife and children. In 183H, atthe age\\njust mentioned, our subject came to Michigan,\\nthinking that he would have a better t)pp rtunity\\nto make money in i newly settled eountry where\\nthere Wiis a great demand fur labnicrs. Me came\\ndirectly to .Vllegan County, and on his arrival had\\na capital of twenty-five cents with which to begin\\nhis new life here. Nothing daunteil by this lack\\nof funds, he went to work to secure more, obtain-\\ning a situational (iiin Plains, where he was em-\\nployed liy the month at dairying and ch i|)piiig\\nwood, and also in farm work.\\nThe first len dollars that this devoted son earned\\nin Michigan, he sent back to his mother and she,\\ntoo, worked hard to earn the means to join him.\\nBy untiring industry and close economy, he was\\nenabled to buy eighty acres of land on section 10,\\nMartin Township, and to provide a home for his\\nmother and the three yfningcr children of the fam-\\nily. He builta lilock house, and his mother presided\\nover the household and looked carefully after his\\ncomfort while he busied himself in clearing away\\nthe timber that stood on his land, and in a short-\\ntime he had twenty acres ready for cultivation. In\\n1847, he sold that i)lace and removed to the farm\\non section 21, where he has lived for the past\\nforty-five years. He sold three acres for a burying-\\ngroiind, and his farm now contains one hundred\\nand fifty-seven acres of choice land. He first\\nerected a log house, 16x24 feet in dimensions, and\\nas the family moved into it before it was provided\\nwith door or windows, the first morning after their\\narrival they found the snow a foot and a half deep\\non the lloor. In this typical ])ionecr home, the\\nfurnituie was of the most primitive kind and con-\\nsisted of a half-dozen chairs, one table and a very\\nsmall co(\u00c2\u00bbking stove that could be carried around.\\nTheir only conveyance to church, five miles away,\\nwas a rude sled drawn by oxen, and this vehicle\\nhad to do duty even in summer, as they had no\\nwagons or horses. In those times there were no\\nregularly constructed roads, but the way w.as\\nmarked by blazed trees.\\nMr. Smith cut away the woods to build his hou.se,\\nand in time cleared a farm, which is considered\\none of the finest in the township. He has erected\\nsubstantial buildings, including a commodious\\ndwelling and good barns. His son Charles has\\nbeen managing the farm for some eight years, and\\nour subject and his wife have been living in Wiiy-\\nland, where he and his son IJradh v had a general\\nstore. On liradley s death, he sold the business.", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0977.jp2"}, "978": {"fulltext": "986\\nPORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.\\nHe is now contemplating returning to the old\\nhomestead to resume farming. He has always\\ntaken a marked interest in all that concerns the\\nwell-being of his adoi ted township, and has been\\npotent in advancing its interests. The children\\nof his fellow-pioneers had great cause to be grate-\\nful to him for his efforts to secure them the privi-\\nleges of an education, as for three years the first\\nschool established in this district was held in his\\nhouse and he paid the teacher nearly all her salary\\nfor her services out of his own pocket, and\\nboarded her. He has been prominent in public\\nlife as an incumbent of various offices. He was a\\nJustice of the Peace twenty-four years, has been\\nHighway Commissioner, School Director and\\nSchool Inspector, and has held other civic positions.\\nIn politics, our subject has been identified with\\nthree parties: the Whigs first, gained his support,\\nthen the Republicans, and lastly the Prohibitionists\\nclaim his allegiance. He and his good wife have\\ndone as much as anybody to advance the growth\\nof the Methodist Episcopal Church, with which\\nthey have been connected for a long period of time.\\nHe has been Steward and Class-leader for many\\nyears, and also Trustee. He has been foremost in\\nperfecting the Sunday-school, of which he has\\nbeen Superintendent for over thirty years. He\\nhelped to organize the first Sunday-school in Mar-\\ntin Township, and was an attendant of the first\\none in Wayland, of which his father-in-law was\\nSuperintendent.\\nOur subject was married in Wayland Township,\\nFebruary 25, 1846, to Miss Mary E., the eldest\\ndaughter of Dr. David and Eliza A. (Gregg)\\nBradley. Her father was a native of New York,\\nand was the only child of his parents. His father\\nwas a ship carpenter and w.as killed while at work\\non a ship. The Doctor came to Michigan in 1842,\\nand was prominent as a pioneer physician and as a\\npublic-spirited citizen of Allegan County. He\\nlocated on the Plank Road, in Wayland Township,\\nand was the first Postmaster there. When the rail-\\nroad came through, the postofflce was moved to\\nthe station on that road and the town and post-\\noffice were named Bradley in his honor. His wife\\nwas also a native of New York, her birthplace in\\nOrange County. They were the parents of six\\nchildren. Their daughter, Mrs. Smith, was Viorn\\nin Orange County, N. Y., November 25, 1829.\\nFor forty-six 3 ears she has shared the joys and\\nsorrows of life with our subject, and in that time\\ntwo daughters and two sons have been born unto\\nthem, of whom but one survives, Charles N., who\\nwas born December 20, 1850. Their eldest child,\\nEliza, died in infancy; their son Bradley I)., who\\nwas born in May, 1848, died in 1886; and their\\ndaughter liliza A., who was born .January 19, 1854,\\ndied February 28, 1861. Charles N. is married to\\nRuth Conrad, of Gun Plains, and they have two\\nchildren living, Ada and Harry, and one deceased,\\nR.\\\\y. Charles N. lives on a farm of his own ad-\\njoining his father s.\\nj-5\u00c2\u00bb 5 5*i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J J J-* i 5 5 5-F\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a25 f M-\\nS7 F. AVALL15RECHT, pro|)rietor of the Star\\nli Mills at W.iyland, Allegan County, was\\n1^ Iiorn in London, Canada, .Tune 8, 1857. lie\\nis of German parentage, his parents, Henry and\\nEmma AVallbreeht, having been born and reared\\nin the Fatherland, where they were united in mar-\\nriage. The father was a miller b} occupation and\\nwas thus engaged in Rockpoit, N. Y., and in Can-\\nada. In 1862, he once more sought a home in\\nthe United States, locating in Clinton County, this\\nState, where he was busily- engaged at his trade\\nfor some years.\\nOur subject was a child of five years when he\\naccompanied the other members of the family to\\nthe United States. He gained a good common-\\nschool education in the neighboring schools, and\\nin 1880 attended the Bryant Stratton Business\\nCollege at Indianapolis, Ind., where he was gradu-\\nated. Thus thoroughly equipped for an active\\nbusiness career, he commenced to work for his\\nfather in the milling business, and remained with\\nhim for five years, afterward beginning for him-\\nself at Wayland.\\nWhen Mr. Wallbrecht purch.ased the Star Mills,\\nat Wayland, he immediately commenced to re-\\nmodel the building and machinery, and has since\\nconducted the same with marked success. The\\nmill has a ca()acity of fift} barrels of flour and\\ntwenty-five tons of feed daily, and the reputation\\nof the Star Mills is not merely a local one, but\\nthroughout the State the general public has the\\nutmost confidence in that brand of flour.\\nIn September, 1881, Mr. Wallbrecht was united\\nin marriage to Miss Ilattie A., daughter of .John\\nGraves, a practicing physician of AVayland, and a\\nlady whose lovely character has won for her a\\nhost of warm personal friends. Mr. Wallbrecht\\nis identified with the Democratic party, and is\\ninterested in all the important issues of the age.", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0978.jp2"}, "979": {"fulltext": "BIOGFJfl^r^KgplJ.\\nAckloy, Levi 032\\nAdams, Jolin 23\\nAclam-s.Jolin Q S9\\nAdams, N. H \u00c2\u00ab13\\nAdkin, Koboit 492\\nAlbertson, S. 1 OT\\nAlger, Russell A 173\\nAllen, K.S 501\\nAmlei-sim, A 522\\nAiulersuii, George H 480\\nAiHlenwdi, Jame-s 510\\nAndrews, William B IM\\nAndrews, \\\\V. 11., M. D 977\\nAn^ el,Abol 97!l\\nArllmr, Chester A 99\\nArlliurs,S. K 461\\nAshley, Nieholas 9\u00c2\u00ab0\\nAshley, U \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Ol\\nAustin, I.\\nAustin, J.\\n..719\\nJSI\\nB\\nBabbitt, C.C\\nBarley. John J...\\nIlalley, lliram.\\nBailey,!,. II\\n...559\\n...157\\n....532\\n...199\\nBainl. John A 702\\nBaker, .laekson 494\\nl!!iki-r, John 502\\nBaker, Milo 964\\nBaker, I ri fi88\\nBaldwin, Henry P 15.1\\nBaldwin, C. A 8:17\\nBaldwin, Hon. 11. M 707\\nBale, James 674\\nBallou, Hon. James M 478\\nBallou, 1,. D 48a.\\nBarbc-r, t W 84fi JJrown, H\\nBarlK-r. 1). L\\nBanlen.H.C 497\\nBarden James K 510\\nBarker, G. H .4,11!\\nBarnes, Thomas A M6\\nBarnes, William 491\\nBarnes, William M Oil\\nBarrett, (Miarles L .171\\nBarriutjer, Ebenezer 857\\nBarry, John S 113\\nBartlott, A. E 29\\nBarton Henry 448\\nBarton, J. S 079\\nBates, E.N 978\\nBeebe.J. F 525\\nBegole, Josiah W 109\\nBender, Alexander 4.10\\nBennett, J. C 791\\nBentley, S. A 195\\nBerry, S. M 874\\nBeverly, H. C 7.15\\nBigelow, Edward 851\\nBigelow, Samuel 20!)\\nBilsborrow, Charles 323\\nBingham, Kinsley S 137\\nBird, Henry, Jr 369\\nBishop, Henry 7l-:0\\nBishop,!!. W 617\\nBlaekman, James 470\\nBlair, .\\\\ustin 145\\nBliss, William A 509\\nBlowers, Moses 51\\nBond,t). O 891\\nBorn.E. B 745\\nBotsfonl, E. S 900\\nBowen,H.F 873\\nBowles, tJeorgo 488\\nBrainar.!, T. W 467\\nBrason John 4n)\\nBreed, J. B 911\\nBriRgs, E.S 770\\nBrigham, J. W W1\\nBrigham,Mr9. A. L 7W\\nBrinkman, H 510\\nBrittain Capt R. C 747\\nBristol, E.S 014\\nBroekway,S. R 814\\nBrott, Charles :K\\nBrown, A. M li\\nBrown, Charles B ul\\nF 779\\nBn)wn, I. A 8!\u00c2\u00ab\\nBrown, James 475\\nBrtiwn, James L 466\\nBrown, John 479\\nBrown, R. M 307\\nBrown, Philo M 055\\nBrownell, E 503\\nBrownell, John 508\\nBrownell, W. W 624\\nBryant, Noah 419\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBudrow, J. W 854\\nBugden, JIarehall 309\\nBurnham, A. C 713\\nBuskirk, Willi.am 831\\nButton, Alonzo 759\\nBvers, Tobias 445\\nCameron, Hon. Alexander. ..927\\nCampbell. James 455\\nCampbell, J. A 917\\nCampbell, O. F 610\\nCampbell, Rol crt 4W\\nCannon. Loandcr IKIO\\nCarpenter, J. T !M8\\nCarter, William 476\\nCa.sc, Stephen 493\\nChaddook, A. P 213\\nChaniberlin, Joseph 4*\u00c2\u00bb9\\nChapin.L.C.M. D 821\\nChapman, Alvin 379\\nChapman, tScorge 8l.t\\nChase, A B 587\\nChase, Milton, M. D I.V*\\nCheney, William A I H\\nClaek, Froleriek 532\\nClapp, Ashley 923\\nClark, F. J 430\\naark,J. 903\\nClark, L.F 450\\nCleveland, S. Orovcr 103\\nCobb, Hon. J. B... 801\\nCobb, J. T 871\\nCobb,w. H 820\\nColburn, B. W 596\\nColeman, O. F 81\u00c2\u00ab\\nC-ongdon, A. P. 900\\nConKdon, R. M 095\\nConncll, Michael 980\\nConrad, Henry 716\\nConvei-se, W. H .793\\nCooley Timothy 88S\\nCooper, William 005\\nCopley, Hon. A. B 399\\nCorhyn Hon S. H 457\\nCornell, J. B 293\\nCory, W. H 214\\nCox, Hiram J 471\\nCoy.C.P 885\\nCoykend.all, Horace 891\\nCrapo, Henry H 149\\nCrawford, A. N 957\\nCriU, James 5. I6\\nCrispe, John 433\\nCrispe, William 4I 2\\nCronin.M.C.M. D 073\\nCrosc, Wilber J 405\\nCroswell, harlcs M 161\\nCrow, Joseph 417\\nCruse, Edwin T 898\\nummings,L. B 079\\nCuntmings, S. S 618\\nCunningham, Capl. E 088\\nCurry, David 778\\nCurtenius, C. C 916\\nCurtis, John S 446\\nD\\nIJarling,H, L UK\\nDavis, J. .M 791\\nDavis. William L 020\\nDeal, F.I 445\\nDcan.Kov. K.S 243\\nDelano, W.S 6(0\\nDo Long, Silas IW!\\nDenison,Capt. R. C 826\\nDennislon, E. H 822\\nDeuel, I,.f 519\\nIK-Yoe, E. W 875\\nDibble, R.T 475\\nDUtey, V. H 418\\nDInglcy, E. N 946\\nDIx.J.H \u00c2\u00bb9\\nDonahue, ISipt. J. 8 386\\nDornan, William. 7t7", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0979.jp2"}, "980": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nDoublcila.v, Capl. A. D sfiH\\nDouglass, Eli 8.(7\\nDoughty, Jacob 8IS\\nDowney, W. S SO;!\\nDozeinau, John 7-10\\nDrake, Q.N H44\\nDressel, A. W 47!\\nDumont, John B 728\\nDutcher, C apt. tieorge N 202\\nDutcher, Thomas B 42\u00c2\u00bb;\\nDwight, W. E \u00c2\u00bb76\\nE\\nEames, Lovett 370\\nEarl, A. VV SS5\\nEchtinaw, Jacob 545\\nEdgcll, H.J 8li4\\nEdsell, Hon. W. C 303\\nEesley, J. F 400\\nEggleston.S. M 73\u00c2\u00bb\\nEngle, W. A., M. D mO\\nEnglish, William 440\\nEly, Joseph W 50)\\nEmeterio, Ma:iuel 437\\nEvans, Leonard S SSS\\nEverest, D. 212\\nFalconer, Daniel 437\\nFanckboner, G. C \u00e2\u0080\u00a2i71\\nFelch, Alplieus 117\\nFollows, Hon. O. H nS8\\nFenner, H. B 007\\nFerris, Hon. R\\nFillmore, Millard K7\\nFinch, William T om\\nFinley, Edward 0C7\\nFisk, Col. Joseph J34\\nFisk, San)uel 718\\nFitch, E.S fl.W\\nFitch, J. P 415\\nFletcher, Calvin H 231!\\nFletcher, Rev. John 4:l!i\\nForbes, Mrs. M. V 428\\nFord, Henry 103\\nFord, William 250\\nFoster, A. H il40\\nFoster, 1. B 722\\nFoster, Miles 410\\nFoster, S.C 008\\nFowler, H. A XIn\\nFowler, Rev. S. M 427\\nFox, Benjamin 728\\nFo.x, .John C. :ii;8\\nFo.x, R. W 335\\nFox, Samuel 524\\nFox, Samson 390\\nFox Solomon S 8.30\\nFox, V. H., M. D 033\\nFree, J W 70s\\nFreed, Jonathan 701\\nFreeman Fran k 270\\nFrench, Thomas E 424\\nFrench, W. F 5SC\\nFrew, James 47\\nFritz, David 1 765\\nFrohm, John 525\\nFuller, George 925\\nG\\n(iardner, Humphrey 701\\nGardner, James 429\\nGarfield, .Tames A 95\\nGarvelink, Hon. John W.. ..757\\nGates, L. M 8)2\\nGay, Francis 700\\nGibson, Charles (102\\nGibson, Charles 489\\nGibson, S. A 862\\nGiddings, T. F 867\\nGilbert, B 538\\nGilbert, Henry 2l!S\\nGilbert, L. C 730\\nGilkey, W. E 406\\nGoble, J. E 870\\nGoldsmith, O. E 412\\nGoodale, J. C 894\\nGoodman, Hon. Francis 556\\nGoodrich, A. C, M. D 417\\nGoodspeed, Orrin 520\\nGorden, Elijah 537\\nGorton, G. W 690\\nGraham, J. D 414\\nGranger, Riley 452\\nGrant, Ulysses S 87\\nGray, J. M 339\\nGreen, M illiam 96t\\nGreenly, William L 121\\nGritlin, G. W 401\\nGrillin, W. B 438\\nGrigsby, G. W 742\\nGunn, C. C ,838\\nGunsanl, Jacob 393\\nGuyol,S. B 750\\nH\\nHadaway Samuel :!ii4\\nHaight, P.S 316\\nHale.C. P 446\\nHale, J. F 407\\nHall, W. D 434\\nHamilton, Alex 735\\nHamilton, J D., M. D 815\\nHamlin, S. H 423\\nHammond, J. H 807\\nHarden, Hon. W. F 950\\nHarding, J E 515\\nHare, D. W 4^5\\nHarmon, R, C 943\\nHarnden, Simon i2(;\\nHarper, Whitney 543\\nHarris, D 301\\nHarrison, Benjamin F 107\\nHarrison. William Henry 51\\nHart, Hannibal 3f4\\nHaskin, A. S.,M. D 861\\nHathaway, Charles .596\\nHawes, Hon. J. L 020\\nHawkins, Samuel 821\\nHawley, 3Ioses S 619\\nHayes, Rutherford B 91\\nHealy, Azro 863\\nHeath, John M 401\\nHeckert B. F 678\\nHenderson, D. C 499\\nHendrick, A. W., M. D 227\\nHenika, G. H 721\\nHersey, E. P 626\\nHess.S.M 613\\nHewitt, Lott 318\\nHicks, I. V 836\\nHicks, J. W 334\\nHicks, Moses 566\\nHigiubotham, Harlow 959\\nHill, Giles H 229\\nHilton, Robert 234\\nHoag.O.S 326\\nHoag, Peter G 315\\nHodges, W. S 691\\nHock, Jacob 347\\nHoffman, L Ui\\nHollister, F. L 3\u00c2\u00ab!\\nHolmes, A. J 799\\nHolmes, A. P 884\\nHolmes, John C 751\\nHoover, J. W 902\\nHopkins, G. P W5\\nHouse, W. A 191\\nHoward, J. M 382\\nHoward, G.S 655\\nHoward,!.. H 933\\nHowe, A. F 898\\nHower, Thomas 520\\nRowland, Hon. S 044\\nHoyt, Isaac N 936\\nHoyt, J. C 607\\nHoyt,L.R m\\nHubbard, Luther 776\\nHubbard, Silas 850\\nHudson, J. S 113\\nHumphrey J. W 38.5\\nHunt, John 502\\nHutcliins, Alviii .537\\nHutchms, Harrison 583\\nIhling, Reinhold.\\n.805\\nJackson, Andrew.\\nJelfors, .Tohn H.\\n43\\n.970\\n.Jellcrson, Tiiomas 27\\nJerome, David H 105\\nJewett, George E .507\\nJewett, Nathaniel 299\\nJickling, Robert 787\\nJohnson, Andrew 83\\nJohnson, Jani s 564\\nJohnson, J. H 327\\nJohnson R 540\\nJohnson, W. E 924\\nJohnston. William \\\\V :!17\\nJoyce, Mrs. Elizabeth 572\\nJudson, Pixley 604\\nK\\nKauffer, H. P 867\\nKellogg, H.J 574\\nKellogg, John 625\\nKellogg, N. P 318\\nKendall, S. W 799\\nKenfleld, William S 513\\nKenney, J. W 350\\nKenney, \\\\V. M mi\\nKent, A. J .548\\nKent, C.S .579\\nKent, George 983\\nKinnane, J. H 880\\nKirby, Hon. VV. J 872\\nKirkland, Helen M., M. D .811\\nKlomparens. H. J 727\\nKnapp, William A 541\\nKnowles, Selh 9.58\\nKnox, R. J 982\\nKolvoord, A 545\\nKolvoord, Hon Joh n 308\\nKonkle, Robert 937\\nKrause, Levi 325\\nLaminon, Gilbert 619\\nLane, E.J 345\\nLay, John M 268\\nLeightoii, N .535\\nLemon, Jacob 597\\nLewis, C. H 411\\nLincoln, Abraham 79\\nLincoln, S. A 905\\nLindscy. Joseph 280\\nLindsley, C. H 897\\nLinsley, John P 758\\nLinsley, John W 752\\nLilly, Alanson 327\\nLilly, L. A 9.54\\nLittle, Frank 31!\\nLittle, Henry 197\\nLittle, T. H 715\\nLoehr, E. A 624\\nLoehr,Josiah 654\\nLonsbury, J. E 505\\nLooniis, Levi 270", "height": "3038", "width": "2103", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0980.jp2"}, "981": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nLoveriilge, S. W..\\nlowc, Ooorge\\nIjOwo, James\\nLuce, Cyrus Griiy.\\nLyon, Hon. T. T...\\nLystei-, A. B\\n....;i35\\n...7*)\\n....afi7\\n....177\\n.27:1\\nu\\nMabbs, KolxTt 725\\nMniUlcn.J. H 285\\nMnUison, James 31\\nMallow, John 809\\nManlinj,-li, Uoorye. Jl. D Jii7\\nMarble, Darius 27H\\nMarK son, Eilwanl 1!\u00c2\u00ab\\n5larsli,H. V 284\\nMai-sliall, H. M 772\\nMartin, A. C 814\\nMartin, E l\\\\vin J17\\nMartin, U. 914\\nMarvin, H. M., M D 298\\nMason, Cornelius 918\\nM. uson, G.N 1:1\\nMason, Slephen T 105\\nMalliews, ArcliibaU iai8\\nMaynaril.C. S.,M. 1) :77\\nMcAlpine, James M 275\\nMe Alpine, M. V. B 280\\nMcHriJe, John 2/ 8\\nMeClellanil, Kobert 129\\nMetMintoek, W. G 487\\nMeCorinick, W. H 732\\nMcKowell, Mortimer 277\\nMeKee, Darwin 6tB\\nMeKeny.ie, Capl. J. H 405\\nMeKenzie, George 297\\nMeKeyes, Juan 087\\nMeLin, Jaeob ^7\\nMe Venn, D. C 517\\nMeaehen, Lafayette 1!M\\nMeail, Marion !\u00c2\u00ab1\\nMerchant, Lulher 749\\nMeritlith, Walter 30(!\\nMerrill, U.B 7\\nMerritl, Kev. A. C 290\\n.Mielimershnizen. Allwrt 741\\nMilham, Ainbi-ose iM\\nMilhain.K. H 288\\nMilham. SVilliain IM\\nMiller. A. \\\\V e!l9\\nMiller.C. F !l\u00c2\u00ab9\\nMiller. H.L.,M.D 320\\nMiller, John 9*5\\nMiller. Josiah J 832\\nMiller, J. li 244\\nMiller. Matlison atCI\\nMills, Charles S ;B7\\nMills. E.T 900\\nMiner, Charlta* 75 1\\nMix. Gen. Klisha 211\\nMt nro* James 35\\nMonroe, J.H-I D 219\\n.Monixie. J. K \u00c2\u00ab2\\nMonleiih, Thomas .551\\nMoiiteith. Walt. r CS i\\nMorse, Levi v*\\nMorse, Benlelt 740\\nMoscs.J. J IW\\nM xsher, George A ,52;t\\nMotlralii, William, M. D 2i;7\\nMunia. Alfreil 721\\nMunger, A. J :\u00c2\u00ab4\\nMyers, A Bfi8\\nMyei-s. V. C, M. D 875\\nN\\nNash, ED .IfiS\\nNeunian, John C ffiX;\\nNeweomb, L. A 251\\nNewell, Adam 970\\nNewnham, K. B ,53\u00c2\u00bb;\\nNevins, B. A 981\\nNieholas, I liilip 2:10\\nNiehols, G B. M U\\nNies, John 383\\nNoyes, K. W 800\\nNutting, Bansom 781!\\nNykerk. G. H 7!2\\nNykerk.G. J 93li\\nNyssoii, A. \\\\V 949\\no\\nOBrien, William 1 ?JSt\\nOdell. Stephen 373\\nOlin, Arvin 772\\nOlney.B. A 881\\nOnontiyoh, Dr 4115\\nOpperinan. John 914\\nOrr, Kobert 240\\nUrr, William 3. 0\\nOsborne, H. B.. M. U 915\\nOverhiscr, Henry 278\\nPackanl, A. S 279\\nPage, K. H 714\\nPage. Traylon 95:1\\nPalmer, A. II 8. )5\\nPalmer. E. A.. M. I) 571\\nPalmer. Theo A IW\\nParker, G W 928\\nParker, H.S\\nParker. Orriii 228\\nParmeliv. William H 821\\nParsons, Andrew i 1:13\\nI atterson, Andrew IW\\nPatterson, Thomas .501\\nPeabody, BrewsU-r I M\\nPeck.li. M 907\\nPect, William 245\\nPelrce. William W IH9\\nPeufold. E lward IW)\\nPhillips, William 589\\nPieree. Kraiiklin 71\\nPierce, H.H 782\\nPike,S. N 578\\nPil er, G. A.. D. U. 8 380\\nPlopijor. .M. 11 199\\nPInmiiier. Andrew (129\\nPluinmer, W.(i \u00c2\u00ab23\\nPluinmer, William H 712\\nPolk, James K .59\\nPotts, James M 207\\nPowell,M. A :!9I\\nPratl. Daniel 390\\nPratt, Hon. Foster 775\\nPratt, William 358\\nPrentiss, C. H S46\\nPreston, E. M (553\\nPugsley, W. H 585\\nPutnam, D. C 371\\nPutney. C. A 2(51\\nPvl, Andrew XH\\nR\\nKankin, J. E., M. D 89f.\\nItinney, A L no9\\nl^nsotn, Epaphroilitils 125\\nUansoin, Ira A 89:1\\nBansoni, Maj. W. C .797\\nKansoni, W. C, M. D 802\\nKathbnn, N. S 578\\nBead, Hon. O. E (130\\nKeilpath, George 514\\nKedpatli, George P G08\\nReed, J. W 297\\nRe\u00c2\u00abl, W.F tKM\\nReese, (George 877\\nUee.se, J. H 201\\nRem in -ton, G. H 7(7\\nRenihan. D. Joseph 945\\nRetallick, J. T 8\u00c2\u00bb8\\nReynoKIs, C. C 050\\nIteynolds, William A 492\\nRinc, John 771\\nRipley, S.L 598\\nRockwell, H. S .577\\nRockwell, James K 289\\nRockwell, S. D 374\\nRogers. C. C 954\\nRogers, W. M 284\\nRoot.E.K iWJ\\nKossmau. Alby .555\\nRouse, R*jbert\\nKowe, W.O 319\\nRowe, William E., M. D 5(3\\nRowlanil.i). W \u00e2\u0080\u00a29n\\nKuniery,J.L 710\\nRvan. M.T 55\\nS\u00c2\u00ab horno, (J. S\\nSchuh, P. H\\nSchuyler. O. R.\\nScott, Aaron\\nScott. Henry\\nSeam, Harvey A.\\nSclirlng, John.\\nS4 lkirk, ,Iames E 9(**\\nSeiiion, John H \u00c2\u00ab7\\nSeverens, Hon. F 513\\nShaki speare, Hon. A. J 910\\nKheirer, S. G \u00c2\u00bb*1\\nShepard, E. S 214\\nShephanl, Hon. Thomas 7:10\\nShered, John B 573\\nSliernian, William P 720\\nSheri-od, J. A 214\\nSherwiKMl, M. C 825\\nSias.D. W- 223\\nSileox, W. H flflO\\nSill, .loseph, M. D 255\\nSimmons, I.,eAnder 878\\nSimpson, Hon. E. H 785\\nSimpson, John 757\\nSithes,T. W 531\\nSkinner, H. V (M2\\nSlawson, Nathan 1i08\\nSlotman.G. H 718\\nSlotman, John H lam\\nSlotm.ln, L 073\\nSiiiecd, Nelson 9(i3\\nSmith, G. W 778\\nSmith.lI.S.. M D 671\\nSmith. Joseph 520\\nSmith. R.G 981\\nSmith. W.D 423\\nSnow. Orrin 8(iC\\nSonimer. Frank 977\\nSoulhwiek, W illiam H 7,18\\nSpayde, W. H (\u00c2\u00abt\\nSpear, Charles C 317\\nSpicer, Daniel 791\\nSprau,J. W 7i;l\\nStaring, Simeon iW\\nStogeman. .Mbeit 975\\nStegeman. John 468\\nStevenson. Duncan 500\\nStewart Thomas ,300\\nStim.son, H. H., M. D 32!t\\nStoi-kbridge. Hon. F. B 249\\nStone. Mrs. L. H. Ii(\\nStone. Rev. J. A. B Ofi\\nStorms, F. M 328\\nSlratt^m, tliarles 810\\nSt rattoii Ichabod 477\\nStreeter, J.B., D. D. S 715\\nStuart, G.D 243\\nStuart. Hon.C. E 205\\nStuck, CM., M.U 352\\nSiitUin, Luther HI\\nSvki-s, R. A Wfi\\n.813\\n.577\\n..664\\n..9M\\n..508\\n..702\\nTallxit.R. W\\nTanner, A\\nTanner, James E\\nTttiiner, Seth K\\nTaytor, A. B\\nTay lor, Zaehary\\nThayer, Cyrus.\\nThomas. A. P\\nThomas. N. D, M. U.\\n..7(Ji\\n..208\\n..514\\n.Mi\\n..xa\\n63\\n,..6S2\\n..218", "height": "3035", "width": "2111", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph15chap_0981.jp2"}, "982": {"fulltext": "INDEX.\\nThorn, Joseph fi!)2\\nTiefenthal, C. A 830\\nTouikins, John B 268\\nTomlinson, Ogden 30i\\nTourtellotte, D. D 472\\nTowsley.A.D 52n\\nTracy, A. H 530\\nTiask, L. H 23n\\nTi-autman, William V !M6\\nTruax, John 709\\nTruax, P. S 901\\nTuckey Thomas T 559\\nTurner, John A 958\\nTyler, John 55\\nU\\nUpham,E. S 221\\nUpjohn, H. U. M. D 839\\nUpjohn, Uriah, M. D 261\\nUpjohn, W. E., M. D 853\\nVahue, O. G 311\\nVan Anrooy, Peter 748\\nVan Auken, J. M 777\\nVan Buren, A. D. P 645\\nVan Buren, Martin 47\\nVantierkolk, Wiecher 760\\nVan Dusen, S. M 206\\nVan Hise, W. K 224\\nVan Keuren, Oliver 708\\nVan Khee, George 978\\nVan Rhee, John 508\\nVan Zwaluwenburg, C, RI. D.812\\nVoorhorst, Benjamin 686\\nVosburgh, Edwin 672\\nVrelink, J 735\\nVroman, Seth 580\\nw\\nWade, Fred 697\\nWade, John P 362\\nWadsworth, V. E 307\\nWalker, H. A ,371\\nWallbrecht L. F 986\\nWalter, Conrad 700\\nWalter, Jeremiah 717\\nWard, F. T 326\\nWarner, Elijah 633\\nWashington, George 19\\nWebster, William 222\\nWeldin.G. H C51\\nWells, E.B 726\\nWelsh, W. L 804\\nWest, Nathan B 557\\nWetherall, William 244\\nWetmore, A. D 294\\nWetmore, Joseph H 553\\nWheaton, Joseph F 515\\nWheeler, J. C 340\\nWheeler, John L 310\\nWhite, Daniel Mil\\nW hite, D. E 330\\nWhite, Joseph H 819\\nWhite, William 336\\nWhitney, Calvin 348\\nWigsins, Hon. M 641\\nWilcox, W.H 287\\nWilder, Ebenezer 32-1\\nWilliams, Hon. William B. ..217\\nWillison. C. W 808\\nWillison, E. B 618\\nWilson, John 769\\nWilson, J. M 635\\nWilson, S. P 352\\nWinans, Edwin B 181\\nWinn, R. G 309\\nWisner, Moses 141\\nWomlard, O. J a50\\nWoodbeck, J. D 295\\nWoodbridge, William 109\\nWoodbury, J. P 233\\nWoodhams, W. W 711\\nWoodruff, N. P 631\\nWoodward, D. A 963\\nWoodworth, W. A .305\\nYoung, P. M 241\\n:poi^ti?.jlits.\\nAdams, John 22\\nAdams, John Q 38\\nAlger, Russell A 172\\nArthur, Chester A 98\\nBagley John J 156\\nBaldwin, G. M 704\\nBaldwin, Mrs. G. M 705\\nBaldwin, Henry P 152\\nBarrett, Charles L .570\\nBarry, John S 112\\nBartlett, A. E 828\\nBegole, Josiah W 168\\nBilsborrow, Charles 322\\nBingham, Kinsley S 136\\nBishop, H. W 616\\nBlair, Austm 144\\nBrigham, John W .360\\nBuchanan James 74\\nByers, Tobias 442\\nByers, Mrs. Janett M 143\\nCampbell, James 454\\nChapman, Alvin 376\\nChapman, Mrs. A 377\\nCleveland S. G rover 102\\nCobb, J. T 870\\nCoiburn, B. W 592\\nColburn, Mrs. B. W .593\\nCopley, Hon. A. B 398\\nCornell, J. B 292\\nCrapo, Henrj H 148\\nCroswell, Charles M 160\\nDavis, J. M 790\\nDeuel, Lee 518\\nDonahue, Capt. J. S ;i54\\nEdsell.Hon. W. C 302\\nEngle, W. A mS\\nFelch, Alpheiis 116\\nFenner, R. B 606\\nFerris, Hon. Richard 388\\nFilltiiore, Millard 66\\nFinch, W.T ero\\nFox.U. R.,M. D 9:iO\\nFox, Mrs. Rosanna W 931\\nGarfield, J. A 9)\\nGilbert, Henry 282\\nGrant, U.S 86\\nGray, J. M .338\\nGreenly, William L 120\\nHammond, J. H 806\\nHarrison, Benjamm 100\\nHarrison, W. H 30\\nHaskin, A. S. M. D 860\\nHayes, R.B 90\\nHendrick, A. W.,M. D 226\\nHouse, W. A 190\\nHutchins, Harrison 582\\nJackson, Andrew 42\\nJefferson, Thomas 26\\nJerome, David H 164\\nJewett, G. E 506\\nJohnson, Andrew 82\\nKirkland, Helen M., M. D. .WO\\nKnapp. William A .540\\nLane,E. J iU\\nLewis, C. H 410\\nLincoln, Abraham 78\\nLittle, Frank 312\\nLuce, Cyrus Gray 176\\nLyon. Hon. T. T 272\\nMadison, James 30\\nMason, Stephen T 104\\nMaynard, C. S., M. D 670\\nMcClelland, Robert 128\\nMcClintock, W. G 484\\nMcClintock, Mrs. W. G 185\\nMilham, William 432\\nMix, Gen. Elisha 210\\nMonroe, James 31\\nMonteith, Walter 683\\nMonteith, Mrs. W 682\\nMottram, William, M. D 266\\nNichols, G.B., M. D 332\\nOlney, B. A 880\\nPage, Isaac 9.52\\nParsons, Andrew 132\\nPierce, Franklin 70\\nPlummer, W. G 622\\nPolk, J. K 58\\nPratt Foster, M D 774\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 121\\nRansom, Maj. W. C 796\\nSchuh, Paul H 576\\nSill, Joseph, K. D 2.54\\nSimpson, E. H 784\\nSmith, W. D 421\\nSmith, Mrs. W. D 420\\nStegeman, A 972\\nStegeman, Mrs. A 973\\nStockbridge, Hon. F. B 248\\nStone, J. A. B., M. D 6.58\\nStone, Mrs. L. H 659\\nStuart, Hon. C. E 204\\nTalbot, R. W 764\\nTaylor, Zachary 62\\nTrask, L. H 2.38\\nUpjohn, Uriah, M. D 260\\nUpjohn, H. U., M. D 638\\nTyler, John 54\\nVan Buren, Martin 46\\nWashington, George 18\\nWet more, Joseph H 550\\nWetmore, Mrs. C. F 551\\nWhite, Joseph H 818\\nWilliams, Hon. W. B 216\\nWinans, Edwin B 180\\nWisner, Moses 140\\nWoodbridge, William 108\\nWoodbury, J. P 2:i2\\n^lE-^ATS.\\nBailey, Hiram 533\\nBaker, Jackson 495\\nBarden, H. C 495\\nB.arden, J. K 511\\nBond,(;.G 8S9\\nBreed, J. B 909\\nBrott. Charles 833\\nBigelow, Edw ard 849\\nCheney, William A 627\\nCooley Timothy 889\\nCoykendall, Horace 889\\nCruse,E.T 899\\nFoster, Bros 941\\nFoster, I. B 723\\nGrigsbv,G. W 743\\nHarmon, R. C !I4I\\nHersey,E. P 627\\nHowe, A. F S99\\nKenfield, W. S 511\\nMabbs, Robert 723\\nMason, Cornelius 919\\nMcCormick, W.H 733\\nMead, Marion 919\\nMiller, J. J 833\\nMyers, G. A 669\\nPlummer, Andrew 627\\nPlummer, William H 743\\nRetallick, J. T M9\\nSchorno, O. S 811\\nSelkirk, James E 909\\nSilcox, W. H 961\\nStegeman, A 463\\nStratton, Charles .811\\nThorn. Joseph 693\\nTourtellotte, D. D 173\\nTowsley, A. 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