{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3032", "width": "2264", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": ".A\\nV\\n-f-\\n^y .,A^\\n.5 t..\\nV^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a\\nv-^^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "i, -s-^\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^A V\\ni.\\nN\\nV*\\n\u00c2\u00bb^\\\\l^-\\n.0 o\\n,0\\n,0 o\\n0\\nc^\\nA^^\\n00\\ns*", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2923", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": ".\\\\l-ii\\nm\\nH\\ni IflDLAND COUNTY, MICH.\\nK\\ni;\\n^OI^Tr^AITS AND BlOGl^APHIGAIi Sl^ETGHES\\npfoniinent and I^eppB^8i|tatiVB Citizei]^ of t^e [lountij,\\nTOGETHER WITH PORTRAITS AXD BrOGRAPHIES OF ALL THE GOVERXORS OF MICHIOA X\\nAXD OF THE PRESIDEXTS Of 7 HE UXITED STATES.\\nALSO CONTAINING A COMPLETE IlISTOKV OK THE COL NTV, IISOM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT\\nTO THE PRESENT TIME.\\nCHICAGO:\\nVPMAN UKO!\\n1884.\\nf\\nr*-K\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2K^-qd: D0v\\n^^M^", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "my.m\\ns^ j^\\nQ/\\nA\\nV\\n-^1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-TT^\\nrai:\\ntea)\\nV\\ns\\n-^^^^k^\\n-=-_L.\\n-S^^*\\nfG\\nf", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "^^r?^^^\\nT^C^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 ^[la ;Dil^: :-r^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\\n^^B\\nsua\\n4\\ni\\nE HAVE completed our labors in writing and compiling the Tor trait and Biogr.aph-\\n:CAL Album of Midland Countv, and wish, in presenting it to its patrons, to speak\\n.efly of the importance of local works of this nature. It is certainly the duly\\noi the present to commemorate the past, to perpeiuatethe names of the pioneers,\\nto furnish a record of their early settlement, and to relate the storj- of their progress.\\nThe civilization of our day, the enlightemnent of the age, and this solemn duty which\\nmen of the present time owe to their ancestors, to themselves and to their posterity\\ndemand that a record of their lives and deeds should be made. In local historj- is found a power\\nto instruct man by precedent, to enliven the mental faculties, and to waft down the river of time a safe\\nvessel in which the names and actions of the people who contributed to raise this region from its\\nprimitive state may be preserved. Surely and rapidly the noble men who in their prime entered\\nthe wild forests of Midland and claimed the virgin soil as their heritage, are passing to\\ntheir graves. The number remaining who can relate the history of the first days of settlement is\\nbecoming small indeed, so that an actual necessit)- exists for the collection and preservation of his-\\ntorical matter without delay, before the settlers of the wilderness are cut down by time. Not only\\nis it of the greatest importance to render history of pioneer times full and accurate, but it is also essen\\ntial that the history- of the count)-, from its settlement to the present day, should be treated through its various\\nphases, so that a record, complete and impartial, may be handed down to the future. The present the age\\nof progress, is reviewed, standing out in bold relief over the quiet, unostentatious olden times it is abrilliant\\nrecord, which is destined to live in the future; the good works of men, their magnificent enterprises, their\\nlives, whether commercial or militarj do not sink into oblivion, but, on the contrar}-, grow brighter with age,\\nand contribute to build up a record which carries with it precedents and principles that will be advanced and\\nobserved when the acts of soulless men will be forgotten, and their very names hidden in obscurity.\\nIn the preparation of the personal sketches contained in this volume, unusual care and pains were\\ntaken to have them accurate, even in the smallest detail. Indeed, nothing was passed lightly over or treated\\nindifferently, and we flatter ourselves that it is one of the most accurate works of its nature ever published.\\nAs one of the most interesting features of this work, we present the portraits of numerous representa-\\ntive citizens. It has been our aim to have the prominent men of to-day. as well as the pioneers, represented\\nin this department and we congratulate ourselves on the uniformly high character of the gentlemen whose\\nportraits we present. They are in the strictest sense representative men, and are selected from all the call-\\ninss and professions worthy to be represented. There are others, it is true, who claim equal prominence with\\nthose presented, but of course it was impossible for us to give portraits of all the leading men and pioneers\\nof the county. We are under great obligation to many of the noble and generous people of Midland\\nCounty for kindly and material assistance in the preparation of this Albcm.\\nCHAPMAN BROTHERS.\\nChicago, S\u00e2\u0082\u00acpUmbfr, 1884.\\nt\\nT\\nI\\nf\\nr\\nr\\njc\\n-^v\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-^^n!i :iin\\n-^4^-^xy^", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "I\\n^T^:D^ ^:DIl^ r^ 4^^5(\u00c2\u00a9V^\\n(9JJ\\nT\\nC\\n^D!]:^tia;", "height": "2928", "width": "2233", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "mtf^y^^\\n-:2^^ eV^^DDi^IlD^^\\nJ^\\nr^^^^^^\\n4^^f^\\n5\u00c2\u00a7\\nyto;\\n^V^^^^#- is^C^J^\\nK^\\n-^C^D [1 DI]; Si^)5-_\\n.J", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "W}-/^^^^ ^V ^llH^tlI]r r-^\\nVto)\\n5\\nV\\n^^n!i: ^iiti;\\nC\\n/y", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "1\\n/Hk^-\\nIB", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "i ^^^/^l )^tf^\\nkLviT^U\\nh\\nt\\n7 A s^TnrTmjrf^fB^^^mr\\nHE Father of our Country was\\nborn in Westmorland Co., Va.,\\nFeb. 22, 1732. His parents\\nwere Augustine and Mary\\n(Ball) Washington. The family\\nto which he belonged has not\\nbeen satisfactorily traced in\\nEngland. His great-grand-\\nfather, John Washington, em-\\nigrated to Virginia about 1657,\\nand became a prosperous\\nplanter. He had two sons,\\nLawrence and John. The\\nformer married Mildred Warner\\nand had three children, John.\\nAugustine and Mildred. Augus-\\ntine, the father of George, first\\nmarried Jane Butler, who bore\\nhim four children, two of whom,\\nLawrence and Augustine, reached\\nmaturity. Of six children by his\\nsecond marriage, George was the\\neldest, the others being Betty,\\nSamuel, John Augustine, Charles\\nand Mildred.\\nAugustine Washington, the father of George, died\\nin 1743, leaving a large landed property. To his\\neldest son, Lawrence, he 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 defective.\\nRemarkable stories are told of his great physical\\nstrength and development at an early age. He was\\nan acknowledged leader among his companions, and\\nwas early noted for that nobleness of character, fair-\\nness and veracity which characterized his whole life.\\nWhen George was i4years old he had a desire to go to\\nsea, and a midshipman s warrant was secured for him,\\nbut through the opposition of his mother the idea was\\nabandoned. Two years later he was appointed\\nsurveyor to the immense estate of Lord Fairfax. In\\nthis business he spent three years in a rough frontier\\nlife, gaining e.xperience which afterwards proved very\\nessential to him. In 175 i, though only 19 years of\\nage, he was appointed adjutant with the rank of\\nmajor in the Virginia militia, then being trained for\\nactive service against the French and Lidians. Soon\\nafter this he sailed to the West Indies with his brother\\nLawrence, who went there to restore his health They\\nsoon returned, and in the summer of 1752 Lawrence\\ndied, leaving a large fortune to an infant daughter\\nwho did not long survive him. On her demise the\\nestate of Mount Vernon was given to George.\\nUpon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle, as Lieuten-\\nant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia was\\nreorganized, and the province divided into four niili-\\ntar) districts, of which the northern was assigned to\\nWashington as adjutant general. Shortly after this\\na vet) perilous mission was assigned him and ac-\\ncepted, which others had refused. This was to pro-\\nceed to the French post near Lake Erie in North-\\nwestern Pennsylvania. The distance to be traversed\\nwas between 500 and 600 miles. Winter was at hand,\\nand the journey was to be made without military\\nescort, through a territory occupied by Indians. The\\n9\\nA\\nf\\nno;^\\n-i^^f^", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a03^5 tf^r\\nGEORGE WASHIXGlOy\\nt\\n1^\\nV\\nJ\\ntrip was a perilous one, and several limes he came near\\nlosing his life, yet he returned in safety and furnished\\na full and useful report of his expedition. A regiment\\nof 300 men was raised in Virginia and put in cxmu-\\nmand of Col. Joshua Fn and Major Washington was\\ncommissioned lieutenant-colonel. Acuve war was\\nthen begun against the French and Indians, in which\\nNVashington took a most imfonani part. In the\\nmemorable event of Jaly 9, 1755. known as Brad-\\ndcx:k 3 defeat, Washington was sJmost the onlyoflScer\\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 iield. In a letter\\nto hb brother he sa)-s I had four bullets through\\nmy coat, and two horses shot under me, yet I escaped\\nunhurt, though death was leveling my companions\\non every side. An Indian sharpshooter said he was\\nnot bom to be killed by a bullet, for he had taken\\ndirect aim at him seventeen times, and failed to hit\\nhim.\\n.\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\\\fter having been five years in the military semce,\\nand vainly sought promotion in the royal army, he\\nlook advantage erf the fall of Fort Duqcesne and the\\nexpulsion of the French from the valley of the Ohio,\\nto resign his commission. Soon after he entered the\\nLesislaf.:re. where, although not a leader, he took an\\nactive and important part. January 17. 1759, he\\nmarried Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Cusris, the wealthy\\nwidow of John Parke Cusris.\\nhen the British Parliament had closed the port\\nof Boston, the cry went up thtougboat 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 xo meet at Phfla-\\ndel hia,Sept. 5, r774.tosecuretheircommonliberties,\\npeaceablv if possible. To this Congress Col. Wash-\\nington was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the\\nConjres^ re-assembled, when the hostile intentions erf\\nEngland were plainly apparent. The battles of Coi\\ncord 3u\u00c2\u00bbd Lexington had been fought, .\\\\inong the\\nfirst acK of this Congress was the election of a com-\\nmander-in-chief of the colonial forces. This high and\\nlesponsTole ofiBce was conferred upon Washington,\\nwho was still a memberof the Congress. He accepted\\nit on Tune 19, bat upon the express condition that be\\nreceive no salary. He would keep an exact accoant\\nof expenses and expect Congress 10 pay them and\\nnothing mote. 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 countir\\nwere so long confided. The w.\\\\r was conducted hf\\nhim under every possible d!5adv.-j.ntage. and while his\\nforces often met with reverses, yet he overcame every\\notetade, and after seven )-e3rs of heroic devotion\\nand matchless skill he gained liberty for the greatest\\nnation of earth. On Dec 23, rySs, Washington, in\\nranins address rf suroassing beautv. resigned his\\ncommission as commander-in-chief of the army to\\nto the Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He\\nretired immediately to Mount Vernon and resumed\\nhis occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning all\\nconnection with public life.\\nIn February, r 7 89, Washington was uiuuiiniously\\nelected President. In his presidential career he was\\nsubject to the peculiar trials incidental to a new\\ngovernment trials dom lack of confidence on the pan\\nof other governments; trials from want of haimcHiT\\nbetween the different sections of our own country\\ntrials \u00c2\u00a3rom the impoverished cc\u00c2\u00bb dition of the country,\\nowing to the war and want of credit; trials fiom the\\nb^nnin^ of party strife. He was ik partisan. His\\nclear judgment could discern the golden mean aiMi\\nwhile perhaps this alone kept our government \u00c2\u00a3rom\\nsinldng at the very outset, it left him exposed to\\nattacks from both sides, which were often biner and\\nvery anrmring.\\n.\\\\t the exiMration of his first term he was unani-\\nmously re-elected. At the eixi of this term many\\nwere anxious that he be re-elected, but he abscdutely\\nrefused a third nomination. On the fourth of Match,\\n1797, at the ex^raton of his second term as Presi-\\ndent, he returned to his home, hoping to pass there\\nhis few remaining years free fitHn the annoyances of\\npublic life. Later in the year, however, his rep(Ke\\nseemed likely to be interrupted by war with FraiK^e.\\n.\\\\t the prospect of such a war be was again urged to\\ntake ct\u00c2\u00bbnmand of the anaies. He chose tuis sab-\\nordtnate cheers and left xo them the charge of mat-\\nters in the field, which be superintecded from his\\nhome. In accepting the command he made the\\nreservation that he was not to be in the field nntD\\nit was necessary. In the midst of these preparations\\nh s life was suddenly cut off. December 1 2. he took\\na severe cold fiom a ride in the rain, which, settling\\nin his throat, produced inflammation, and terminated\\nfatallv on the night rf the fourteenth. On the eigh-\\nteenth hb body was borne with military honors to its\\nfinal resting place, and int^ied in the family vault at\\nMount Vemcm.\\nOf the character of Washington it b impossible to\\nspeak but in terms of the highest respect and ad-\\nmiration. The more we see of the operations of\\noar government, and the more deeply we feel the\\ndifficulty of uniting all opinions in a common interest,\\nthe more highly we must estimate the force of his tal-\\nent and character, which have been able ro challenge\\nthe ieverei ce of all parties, and principles, and na-\\ntions, and to win a fame as extended as the limiis\\nof the globe, and which we cannot bot bdieve will\\nbe as lasting as the existmoe of man.\\nThe person of Washington was unosally tall, erect\\nand well proportioned. Hb moscalar strength was\\ngreat. Hb features were of a beantifal symmetry.\\nHe commanded respect witboot any appearance of\\nha airiness, and ever soioas withoat bang duIL\\nA\\nt=;\\nr\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\u00c2\u00bb\\nVf X:^\\n-V\\ny-\\nf ^X v^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "M nMam", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0VT-)5i^?i*-\\nr^mmh^^\\nf^st\\n4^^^i^\\na\\nI\\nSECOXn PRESJDEXT.\\n-\u00c2\u00bb5\\nV\\nJOHN ABAMS.\\nt\\nV\\nOHX ADAMS, the second\\n-President and the first Vice-\\nPresident of the United States.\\nwas bona in Braintree now\\nQuincy \\\\Mass., and about ten\\n,^3- -a miles from Boston. Oct. lo.\\n~_;;_c 1735. His greai-grandtather, Heniy\\n.\\\\dams, emigrated from England\\nabout 1 640, with a family of eight\\nsons, and settled at Braiutiee. The\\nparents of John were John and\\nSusannah (Boylston) Adams. His\\nfather was a fanner of limited\\nmeans, to which he added the bus-\\n^sSk iness of shoemaking. He gave his\\neldest son, John, a classical educa-\\ntion at Harvaid College. John\\ngraduated in 1755, and at once took charge of the\\nschool in Worcester. Mass. This he fouiMl but a\\nschool of afSictJon. 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 ecclesiastical coun-\\ncils, of diabolical malice, and Calvanistic good nature,\\nof the operations of which he had been a witness in\\nhis native town. He was well fitted for the legal\\nprofession, possessing a clear, sonorous voice, being\\nready and fluent of speech, and having quick percep-\\ntive powers. He graduaUy gained practice, amd in\\n1764 married Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister,\\nand a lady of saperior intelligence. Shordy after his\\nmarriage, (1765), the attempt of Parliamentary taxa-\\ntion turned him from law to politics. He toct initial\\nsteps toward holding a town meeting, and the resolu-\\nV\\nA\\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 1 7 68, and became one of the most courageous\\nand prominent advocatesof 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\\nfnxu Massachusetts to the first Continental Congress,\\nwhich inet in 1774. Here he distinguished himself\\nby his capadt)- fot business and for debate, and ad-\\nvocated the movement for independence against the\\nmajority of the members. In May, 1776, he moved\\nand carried a resolution in Congress that the Colonies\\nshould assume the duties of self-government. He\\nwas a prominent member of the committee of five\\nappointed June it. to prepare a declaration of inde-\\npendence. This article was drawn by 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 jxjissed, whfle his soul was yet warm with the\\nglow of excited feeling, he wrote a letrer tc his wife,\\nwhich, as we read it now. seems to have been dictated\\nby the spirit of prophecy. Yesterday. he says, the\\ngreatest question was decided that ever was debated\\nin America; and greater, perhaps, never was or will\\nbe decided among men. A resolution w as passed\\nwithout one dissenting colony, that these United\\nStates are, and of tight ought to be, free and inde-\\npendent states. The day is piassed. The fourth of\\nJuly. 1776. will be a memorable epoch in the historj-\\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 .Almi^ty\\nGod. It ought to l e solemnized with pomp, showi\\nr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00c2\u00aby=-\\nV\\n-D!l :ODi", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "i^\\nz^^K ^^V 4nil ^DIlf :J is-\\ni @x @vM\\ndj\\n1\\nf\\nJOHN ADAMS.\\ngames, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations\\nfrom one end of the continent to the other, from this\\ntime forward for ever. You will think me transported\\nwith enthusiasm, but I am not. I am well aware of\\nthe toil, and blood and treasure, that it will cost to\\nmaintain this declaration, and support and defend\\nthese States; yet, through all the gloom, I can see the\\nrays of light and glory. I can see that the end is\\nworth more than all the means; and that posterity\\nwill triumph, although you and I may rue, which I\\nhope we shall not.\\nIn November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed a\\ndelegate to France and to co-operate with Bemjamin\\nFranklin and Arthur Lee, who were then in Paris, in\\nthe endeavor to obtain assistance in arms and money\\nfrom the French Government. This was a severe trial\\nto his patriotism, as it separated him from his home,\\ncompelled him to cross the ocean in winter, and ex-\\nposed him to great peril of capture by the British cruis-\\ners, who were seeking him. He left France June 17,\\n1779. In September of the same year he was again\\nchosen to go to Paris, and there hold himself in readi-\\nness to negotiate a treaty of peace and of commerce\\nwith Great Britian, as soon as the British Cabinet\\nmight lae found willing to listen to such pvoposels. He\\nsailed for France in November, from there he went to\\nHolland, where he negotiated important loans and\\nformed important commercial treaties\\nFinally a treaty of peace with England was signed\\nJan. 21, 1783. The re-action from the excitement,\\ntoil and anxiety through which Mr. Adams had passed\\nthrew him into a fever. After suffering from a con-\\ntinued fever and becoming feeble and emaciated he\\nwas advised to goto England to drink the waters of\\nBath. While in England, still drooping anddespond-\\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\\n5torni, on sea, on horseback and foot, he made the trip.\\nFebruary 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. Adams\\nenvoy to the Court of St. James. Here he met face\\nto face the King of England, who had so long re-\\ngarded him as a traitor. As England did not\\ncondescend to appoint a minister to the United\\nStates, and as Mr. Adams felt that he was accom-\\nplishing but little, he sought permission to return to\\nhis own country, where he arrived in June, 1788.\\nWhen Washington was first chosen President, John\\nAdams, rendered illustiious by his signal services at\\nhome and abroad, was chosen Vice President, .\\\\gain\\nat the second election of Washington as President,\\nAdams was chosen Vice President. In 1796, Wash-\\nington retired from public life, and Mr. Adams was\\nelected President.though not without much ojjposition.\\nServing in this office four years, he was succeeded by\\nMr. Jefferson, his opponent in politics.\\nWhile Mr. Adams was Vice President the great\\nFrench Revolution shook the continent of Europe,\\nand it was upon this point which he was at issue 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\\nclassof atheist [ihilosophers who he claimed caused it.\\nOn tiie 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 oi more\\nmoral beauty and grandeur, than was presented by the\\nold age of Mr. Adams. The violence of party feeling\\nhad died away, and he had begun to receive that just\\nappreciation which, to most men, is not accorded till\\nafter death. No one could look upon his venerable\\nform, and think of what he had done and suffered,\\nand how he had given up all the prime and strenj,th\\nof his life to the public good, without the deepest\\nemotion of gratitude and respect. It was his peculiar\\ngood fortime to witness the complete success of the\\ninstitution which he had lieen so active in creating and\\nsupporting. In 1824, his cup of happiness was filled\\nto the brim, by seeing his son elevated to the higliest\\nstation in the gift of the people.\\nThe fourth of July, 1826, which completed the half\\ncentury since the signing of the Declaration of Inde-\\npendence, arrived, and there were but three of the\\nsigners of that immortal instrument left upon the\\nearth to hail its morning light. And, as it is\\nwell known, on that day two of these finished their\\nearthly pilgrimage, a coincidence so remarkable as\\nto seem miraculous. For a few days before Mr.\\nAdams had lieen rapidly failing, and on the morning\\nof the fourth he found hmiself too weak to rise from\\nhis bed. On being requested to name a toast for the\\ncustomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed In-\\ndependence FOREVER. When the day was ushered\\nin, by the ringing of bells and the firing of cannons,\\nhe was asked by one of his attendants if he knew\\nwhat day it was? He replied, O yes; it 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 s\\\\irvives. But he had, at one o clock, re-\\nsigned his spirit into the hands of his God.\\nThe i)ersonal appearance and manners of Mr.\\nVdams were not particularly prepossessing. His face,\\nas his portrait manifests,was intellectual ard expres-\\nsive, but his figure was low and ungraceful, and his\\nmanners were frequently abrupt and uncourteous.\\nHe had neither the lofty dignity of Washington, nor\\nthe engaging elegance and yracefulness which marked\\nthe manners and address of jeffersoi.\\nr\\n-^r^\\n1.\\n^M\\nmm", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "^Mtz^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "ZJ^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 mmh^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^sr\\nTHIRD PRESIDEXT.\\n27\\ni\\ns\\na\\nss f;\\nA\\nV\\n5.\\nfe\\ns\\nV\\nHOMAS JEFFERSON was\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2orn April 2, 1743, at Shad-\\nwell, Albermarle county, Va.\\nHis parents were Peter and\\nJane Randolph) Jefferson,\\nthe former a native of Wales,\\nand the latter bom in Lon-\\ndon. To them were bom six\\ndaughters and two sons, of\\nwhom Thomas was the elder.\\nWhen 14 years of age his\\nfather died. He received a\\nmost liberal education, hav-\\ning been kept diligently at school\\nfrom the time he was five years of\\nage. In 1760 he entered William\\nand Marj- College. Williamsburg was then the seat\\nof the Colonial Court, and it was the obode of fashion\\naad 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. 10 which he had\\npreviously given much time. He often devoted fifteen\\nJ hours a day to haid study, allowing himself for ex-\\nercise only a nm in the evening twilight of a mile out\\nof the city and back again. He thus attained ver)-\\nv/ high intellectual culture, alike e.xcellence in philoso-\\nphy and the languages. The most difficult Latin and\\nGreek authors he read with facility. A more finished\\n7* scholar has seldom gone forth from college halls and\\n^-Vl)^^^^.\\ni\\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 energ)- and accuteness as a\\nlawjer. But the times called for greater action.\\nThe policy of England had awakened the spirit of\\nresistance of the -\\\\nierican Colonies, and the enlarged\\nviews which Jefferson had ever entertained, soon led\\nhim into active political life. In 1769 he was chosen\\na member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In\\n1772 he married Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beauti-\\nful, wealthy and highly accomplished young widow.\\nUpon Mr. Jefferson s large estate at Shadwell. there\\nwas a majestic swell of land, called Monticello, which\\ncommanded a prospect of wonderful extent and\\nbeauty. This spot Mr. Jefferson selected for his new\\nhome; and here he reared a m.msion of modest yet\\nelegant architecture, which, next to Mount Vemon,\\nbecame the most distinguished reson in our land.\\nI 775 h^ was sent to the Colonial Congress,\\nwhere, though a silent member, his abilities as a\\nwriter and a reasoner soon become known, and he\\nwas placed upon a number of important committees,\\nand was chairman of the one appwinted for the draw-\\ning up of a declaration of independence. This com-\\nmittee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams,\\nBenjamin Franklin, Roger Shemian and Robert R.\\nLivingston. Jefterson, as chainnan, 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\\nA\\nc\\nI", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "^^r^\\nj;^^\\nmm^-^\\nf^\\n5^\\n(f\\nTHOMAS JEFFERSON.\\n4^^f^(^;\\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, i.s Governor of Virginia. At one time\\nthe British officer, Tarleton, sent a secret expedition to\\nMonticello, to capture the Governor. Scarcely five\\nminutes elapsed after tlie 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 tiiis excitement, and\\nin the summer of 1782 she died.\\nMr. JetTerson was elected to Congress in 1783.\\nTwo yeirs later he was apiwinted Minister Plenipo-\\ntentiary to France. Returning to the United States\\nin September, 1789, he became Secretary of State\\nin Washington s cabinet. Tliis position he resigned\\nJan. r, 1794. In 1797, he was chosen Vice Presi-\\ndent, and four years later was elected President over\\nMr. Adams, with Aaron Burr as Vice President. In\\n1804 he was re-elected with wonderful unanimity,\\nand George Clinton, Vice President.\\nThe early part of Mr. Jefferson s second adminstra-\\ntion was disturbed by an event wliicli 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 \\\\inprincipled\\nambition, this extraordinary man formed the plan of a\\nmilitary expedition into the Spanish territories on our\\nsouthwestern frontier, for tlie purpose of forming there\\na new republic. This has been generally supposed\\nwas a mere pretext and although it has not been\\ngenerally known what his real plans were, there is no\\ndoubt that they were of a far more dangerous\\ncharacter.\\nIn 1809, at the expiration of the second term for\\nwhich Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he determined\\nto retire from political life. For a period of nearly\\nforty years, he had been continually before the pub-\\nlic, and all that time had lieen 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 uiK n the organization of\\nthe new administration, in March, rSog, he bid fare-\\nwell forever to public life, and retired to Monticello.\\nMr. Jefferson was profuse in his hospitality. Whole\\nfamilies came in their coaches with their horses,\\nfathers and mothers, boys and girls, babies and\\nnurses, and remained three and even six months.\\nLife at Monticello, for years, resembled that at a\\nfashionable watering-place.\\nThe fourth of July, 1S26, being the fiftieth anniver-\\nsary of the Declaration of American Independence\\ngreat preparations were made in every part of the\\nUnion for its celebration, as the nation s jubilee, and\\nthe citizens of Washington, to add to the solemnity\\nof the occasion, invited Mr. Jefferson, as the framer,\\nand one of the few surviving signers of the Declara-\\ntion, to participate in their festivities. But an ill-\\nness, which had been of several weeks duration, and\\nhad been continually increasing, compelled him to\\ndecline the invitation.\\nOn the second of July, the disease under which\\nhe was laboring left him, but in such a reduced\\nstate that his medical attendants, entertained no\\nhope of his recovery. From this time he was perfectly\\nsensible that his last hour was at hand. On the next\\ndiiy, 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 expresjed the earnest wish that\\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 till up the record his life.\\nAlmost at the same hour of his death, tlie 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 tlie 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 silver) his complexion was fair, his fore-\\nhead broad, and his whole countenance intelligent and\\nthoughtful. He possessed great fortitude of mind as\\nwell as personal courage and his command of tem-\\nper was such that his oldest and most intimate friends\\nnever recollected to have seen him in a passion.\\nHis manners, though dignified, were simple and un-\\naffected, and his hospitality was so unbounded that\\nall found at his house a ready welcome. In conver-\\nsation he was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic and\\nhis language was remarkably pure and correct. He\\nwas a finished classical scholar, and in his writings is\\ndiscernable the care with which he formed his style\\nupon the best models of antiqiiity.\\nA\\nr\\ny^m niiv^v^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aes\\n|^^5f", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "I\\n.m\\ni^^^U-^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-^H^oc^^^^\\nfi-^y^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "FOURTH PR f SI DENT.\\n-4^^f(\u00c2\u00aeV(^\\n31\\nIJW^^ n]:aDisoi].\\nAMES MADISON, Father\\ng) of the Constitution, and fourth\\nPresident of tlie United States,\\nwas born March 16, 1757, and\\ndied at his home in Virginia,\\nJune 28, 1836. The name of\\nTames Madison is inseparably con-\\nnected with most of the im[X)rtant\\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. Tlie 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 im-\\nprudent zeal; allowing himself, for months, but three\\nhours sleep out of the 24. His health thus became so\\nseriously impaired that lie never recovered any vigor\\nof constitution. He graduated in 177 i, with a feeble\\nbody, with a character of utmost purity, and with a\\nmind highly disciplined and richly stored with learning\\nwhich embellished and gave proficiency to his subse-\\nquent career.\\nReturning to Virginia, he commenced the study of\\nlaw and a course of extensive and systematic reading.\\nThis educational course, the spirit of the times in\\nwhich he lived, and the society with which he asso-\\nciated, all combined to inspire him with a strong\\nlove of liberty, and to train him for his life-work of\\na statesman. Being naturally of a religious turn of\\nmind, and his frail health leading liim to think that\\nhis life was not to be long, he diiected especial atten-\\ntion to theological studies. Endowed with a mind\\nsingularly free from passion and prejudice, 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), he was a candidate for the General Assembly.\\nHe refused to treat the whisky-loving voters, and\\nconsequently lost his election but those who had\\nwitnessed the talent, energy and public spirit of the\\nmodest young man, enlisted themselves in his behalf,\\nand he was appointed to the Executive Council.\\nBoth Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were\\nGovernors of Virginia while Mr. Madison remained\\nmember of the Council and their appreciation of his\\nVto)\\nt\\nA\\nD!i:^niiv r^3", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "i.\\ni\\n1\\nV\\ns\\nv*\\n32\\nJAMES MADISON.\\nintellectual, social and moral worth, contributed not\\na little to his subseiiuent eminence. In the year\\n1780, he was elected a member of the Continental\\nCongress. Here he met the most illustrious men in\\nour land, and he was immediately assigned to one of\\nthe most conspicuous jwsitions among them.\\nFor three years Mr. Madison continued in Con-\\ngress, one of its most active and influential members.\\nIn the year 17 84, his term having expired, he was\\nelected a member of the irginia Legislature.\\nNo man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the\\nutter inetticiency ot the old confederacy, with no na-\\ntional government, with no iwwer 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 etticient national government\\nmust be formed. In January, 1786, Mr. Madison\\ncarried a resolution through the General Assembly of\\nVirginia, inviting the other States to apjioint commis-\\nsioners to meet in convention at Annapolis to discuss\\nthis subject. Five States only were represented. The\\nconvention, however, issued another call, drawn up\\nby Mr. Madison, urgmg all the States to send their\\ndelegates to Pliiladelphia, in May, 1787, to draft\\na Constitution tor the United States, to take the place\\nof that Confederate League. The delegates met at\\nthe time apix)inted. F,very State but Rhode Island\\nwas represented, tieorge Washington was chosen\\npresident of the convention and the (iresent Consti-\\ntution of the United States was then and there formed.\\nThere was, perhaps, no mind and no pen more ac-\\ntive in framing this immortal document than the mind\\nand the pen of James Madison.\\nThe Constitution, adopted by a vote 81 to 79, was\\nto be presented to the several States for acceptance.\\nBut grave solicitude was felt. Should it be rejected\\nwe should be left but a conglomeration of independent\\nStates, with but little [wwer at home and little respect\\nabroad. Mr. Madison was selected by tlie conven-\\ntion to draw up an address to the people of the Lhiited\\nStates, exix)unding the principles of the Constitution,\\nand urging its adoption. There was great opixjsition\\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 partv. While in\\nNew York attending Congress, he met Mrs. Todd, a\\nyoung widow of remarkable ix)wer of fascination,\\nwhom he married. She was in person and character\\nqueenly, and probably no l.ndy 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- ot State under\\nJefferson, and at the close of his administration\\nwas chosen President. \\\\x 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 e.xiwsed to constant insult. Mr. Madison\\nwas a man of peace. Scholarly in his taste, retiring\\nin his disi\u00c2\u00bbsition, war had no charms for him. But the\\nmeekest spirit can be roused. It makes one s blood\\nboil, even now, to think of an .American sliip brought\\nto, u[x)n 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 Ciovernment could induce\\nthe British cabinet to relinquish.\\nOn the 1 8th 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 the war, the country\\nin general approved; and Mr. Madison, on the 4th\\nof March, 1S13, w as re-elected by a large m.-ijority,\\nand entered ui on his second term of office. This is\\nnot the place to describe the various adventures of\\nthis war on the land and on the water. Our infant\\nnavy then laid the foundations of its renown in grap-\\npling with the most formidable power which ever\\nswept the seas. The contest commenced in earnest\\nby the appearance of a British fleet, early in February,\\n1813, in Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole\\ncoast of the LTnited States under blockade.\\nThe Emperor of Russia offered his services as nie\\nditator. -America accepted England refused. .4 Brit-\\nish force of five thousand men landed on the banks\\nof the Patu.vet River, near its entrance into Ches.a-\\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 Kladensburg echoed through the streets of the\\nmetropolis. The whole population fled from the city.\\nThe President, leaving Mrs. Madison in the White\\nHouse, with her carriage dr.awn up at the door to\\naw.iit his speedy return, hurried to meet the officers\\nin a council of war. He met our troops utterly routed,\\nand he could not go back without danger of being\\ncaptured. But few hours elapsed ere the Presidential\\nMansion, the Capitol, and all the public buildings in\\nWashington were in flames.\\nThe war closed after two years of fighting, and on\\nFeb. 13, 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.\\nA\\nV\\nr\\nK^^^S^^\\n-vs\\n;t A\\n^^x\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Nx^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "y\\n-A--", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "FIFTH PRESIDENT.\\n^^^^^^mM,\\nPEQES n]OI?^OE.\\n^W^P^T^e^\\nAMES MONROE, the fifth\\nresidentof The United States,\\ni^^was born in Westmoreland Co.,\\nVa., April 28, 1758. His early\\nlife was passed at the place of\\nU nativity. His ancestors had for\\nlv,_L^ many years resided in the prov-\\nince in which he was born. When,\\nat 17 years of age, in the process\\n)Si hi of completing his education at\\n}^pM illiam and Mary College, the Co-\\nlonial Congress assembled at Phila-\\ndelphia to deliberate u[K)n the un-\\njust and manifold oppressions of\\nGreat Britian, declared the separa-\\ntion of the Colonies, and promul-\\ngated the Declaration of Indepen-\\ndence. Had he been born ten years before it is highly\\nprobable that he would have been one of the signers\\nof that celebrated instrument. At this time he left\\nschool and enlisted among the patriots.\\nHe joined the army when ever\\\\ thing 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-\\nf tending with an enemy whom they had been taught\\nI to deem invincible. To such brave spirits as James\\nMonroe, who went right onward, undismayed through\\ndifficulty and danger, the United States owe their\\njwlitical emancipation. The young cadet joined the\\nv-- ranks, and espoused the cause of his injured country,\\nwith a firm determination to live or die with her strife\\nfor liberty. Firmly yet sadly he shared in the mel-\\nancholy retreat from Harleam Heights and hite\\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 ujx)n the enemy he received a wound in the left\\nshoulder.\\nAs a reward for his bravery, Mr. Monroe was jjro-\\nmoted a captain of infantry; and, having recovered\\nfrom his wound, he rejoined the army. He, however,\\nreceded from the line of promotion, by becoming an\\nofficer in the staff of Lord Sterling. During the cam-\\npaigns of 1777 and 1778, in the actions of Brandy-\\nwine, Germantown and Monmouth, he continued\\naid-de-camp; but becoming desirous to regain his\\nposition in the army, he exerted himself to collect a\\nregiment for the Virginia line. This scheme failed\\nowing to the exhausted condition of the State. Upon\\nthis failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at\\nthat period Governor, and pursued, with considerable\\nardor, the study of common law. He did not, however,\\nentirely lay aside the knapsack for the green bag\\nbut on the invasions of the enemy, served as a volun-\\nteer, during the two years of his legal pursuits.\\nIn 1782, he was elected from King George county,\\na member of the Leglislature of Virginia, and by that\\nbody he was elevated to a seat in the Executive\\nCouncil. He was thus honored with the confidence\\nof his fellow citizens at 23 years of age and having\\nat this early period displayed some of that ability\\nand aptitude for legislation, which were afterwards\\nemployed with unremitting energy for the public good,\\nm ^i\\nZ\\nr\\nt", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "36\\nJAMES MONROE.\\n4^^K^\\ni\\nA\\nV\\nhe was in the succeeding year chosen a member of\\nthe Congress of the United States.\\nDeeplylisMr. Monroe felt the imperfections of the old\\nConfederacy, he was opposed to the new Constitution,\\nthinking, with many others of the Republican parly,\\nthat it gave too much iX)Wcr to tlie 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. Ever)- month the line of distinction be-\\ntween the two great parties which divided the nation,\\nthe Federal and the Republican, was growing more\\ndistinct. The two prominent ideas which now sep-\\narated them were, that the Republican party was in\\nsympathy with France, and also in favor of such a\\nstrict construction of tlie Constitution as to give the\\nCentral Government as little power, and the State\\nGovernments as much [wwer. as the Constitution would\\nwarrant. The Federalists symjiathized with England,\\nand were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con-\\nstitution, which would give as much jxjwer to the\\nCentral Crovernment 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\\nlames Monroe the Republican, never breathed. In\\nbuilding up this majestic nation, which is destined\\nto eclipse all Grecian and Assyrian greatness, the com-\\nbination of their antagonism was needed to create the\\nlight equilibrium. And yet each in his day was de-\\nnounced as almost a demon.\\nWashington was then President. England had es-\\npoused the cause of the Bourbons against the princi-\\nples of the French Revolution. All Europe was drawn\\ninto the conflict. We were feeble and far away.\\nWashington issued a proclamation of neutrality be-\\ntween these contending jKiwers. France had helped\\nus in the struggle for our liberties. All the despotisms\\nof Europe were now combined to prevent the French\\nfroni 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 apiiointing that very James Monroe, who was de-\\nnouncing the {X)licy of the Government, as the minister\\nof that Government to the Republic of France. Mr.\\nMonroe was welcomed by the National Convention\\nin France with the most enthusiastic demonstrations.\\nShortly after his return to this country, Mr. Mon-\\nroe w as elected Governor of Virginia, and held the\\noffice for three years. He was again sent to France to\\nco-operate with Chancellor Livingston in obtaining\\nthe vast territor) then known as the Province of\\nLouisiana, which France had but shortly before ob-\\ntained from Spain. Their united efibrts were suc-\\ncessful. For the comparatively small svmi of fifteen\\nmillions of dollars, the entire territorj of Orleans and\\ndistrict of Louisiana were added to the L nited States.\\nThis was probably the largest transfer of real estate\\nwhich was ever made in all the history of the world\\nFrom F rance Mr. Monroe w^ent to England to ob-\\ntain from that countrj- some recognition of out-\\nrights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against those\\nodious impressments of our seamen. But Eng-\\nland was unrelenting. He again returned to Eng-\\nland on the same mission, but could receive no\\nredress. He returned to his home and was again\\nchosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon resigned\\nto accept the jwsition of Secretary of State under\\nMadison. While in this office w-ar w-ith England was\\ndeclared, the Secretary of War resigned, and during\\nthese trying times, the duties of the War Department\\nwere also put uix)n him. He was truly the armor-\\nbearer of President Madison, and the most efficient\\nbusiness man in his cabinet. LTjwn the return of\\npeace he resigned the Department of War, but con-\\ntinued in the office of Secretar of State until the ex-\\n\\\\)iration of Mr. Madison s adminstration. At the elec-\\ntion held the pres ious autumn Mr. Monroe himself had\\nbeen chosen President with but little opixjsilion, and\\n\\\\\\\\[x n March 4, 1S17, was inaugurated. Four years\\nlater he was elected for a second term.\\n.Vmong 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 jwrtions of the .\\\\merican Continent. The doctrine\\nis as follows: That we should consider any attempt\\non the part of Eurojiean powers to extend their sys-\\ntem to any jKirtion of this hemisphere as dangerous\\nto our peace and safety, and that we could not\\nview any interjxjsition for the purjwse of oppressing\\nor controlling American governments or provinces in\\nany other light than as a manifestation by European\\nix)wers of an unfriendly disj^sition toward the l nited\\nStates. This doctrine immediately affected the course\\nof foreign governments, and has become the approved\\nsentiment of the United States.\\nAt the end of his second tenn Mr. Monroe retired\\nto his home in Virginia, where he lived until iSjio.\\nwhen he went to New Vork to live with his son-in-\\nlaw. In that city he died,on the 4th of July, 1S31.\\nV\\nA\\nf\\nmyM^\\nV\\nW\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0j", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "J, oL. e/htc/rrx^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "8\u00c2\u00ab^\\n.^ik.\\nSIXTH PRESIDENT.\\n-^\u00c2\u00aet?^\\n^^\u00c2\u00ae\\\\Wii\\n39\\nV^3\\nWi^ Qnii]6Y ^D^n]s.\\nSiS\u00c2\u00ab^K-*S;g^!\\nOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the\\nsixth President of the United\\nStates, was born in the rural\\nhome of his honored father,\\nJolm Adams, in Quincy, Mass.,\\non the I uh cf July, 1767. His\\nmother, a woman of exahed\\nworth, watched over his childhood\\nduring the ahiiost constant ab-\\nsence of his father. When but\\neight years of age, he stood with\\nhis mother on an eminence, listen-\\niig to the booming of the great bat-\\ntle on Bunker s Hill, and gazing on\\nupon the smoke and flames billow-\\ning up from the conflagration of\\nCharlestown.\\nWhen but eleven years old he\\ntook a tearful adieu of his mother,\\nto sail with his father for Europe,\\nthrough a fleet of hostile British cruisers. The bright,\\nanimated boy 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 distinguislied men, and he received\\nfrom them flattering marks of attention.\\nMr. John Adams had scarcely returned to this\\ncountry, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. Again\\nJohn Quincy accompanied his father. At Paris he\\napplied himself with great diligence, for six months,\\nto study; then accompained his father to Holland,\\nwhere he entered, first a school in .\\\\msterdani, then\\nthe University at Leyden. About a year from this\\ntime, in 1781, when the manly boy was but fourteen\\nJoN years of age, he was selected by Mr. Dana, our min-\\nI ister to the Russian court, as his private secretary.\\nf* In this school of incessant labor and of enobling\\nculture he sftent fourteen months, and then returned\\nto Holland through .Sweden, Denmark, Hamburg and\\nBremen. This long journey he took alone, in the\\nwinter, when in his sixteenth year. Again he resumed\\nV,^ his studies, under a priv.Tte tutor, at Hague. Thence,\\nin the spring of 1782, he accompanied his father to\\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 again\\nbecame associated with the most illustrious men of\\nall lands in the contemplations of the loftiest temporal\\nthemes which can engross the human mind. After\\na short visit to England he returned to Paris, and\\nconsecrated all his energies to study until May, 1785,\\nwhen he returned to America. To a brilliant young\\nman of eighteen, who had seen much of the world,\\nand who was familiar with the etiquette of courts, a\\nresidence with his father in London, under such cir-\\ncumstances, must have been extremely attractive;\\nbut with judgment very rare in one of his age, he pre-\\nferred to return to America to complete his education\\nin an American college. He wished then to study\\nlaw, that with an honorable profession, he might be\\nable to obtain an independent support.\\nUpon leaving Harvard College, at the age of twenty,\\nhe studied law for three years. In June, 1794, be-\\ning then but twenty-seven years of age, he was ap-\\npointed by Washington, resident minister at the\\nNetherlands. Sailing from Boston in July, he reached\\nLondon in October, where he was immediately admit-\\nted to the deliberations of Messrs. Jay and Pinckney,\\nassisting them in negotiating a commercial treaty with\\nGreat Britian. After thus spending a fortnight in\\nLondon, he proceeded to the Hague.\\nIn July, 1797, he left the Hague to go to Portugal as\\nminister i)lenipotentiary. On his way to Portugal,\\nupon arriving in London, he met with despatches\\ndirecting him to the court of Berlin, but requesting\\nhim to remain in London until he should receive his\\ninstructions. \\\\\\\\hile waiting he was mairied to an\\nAmerican lady to whom he had been previously en-\\ngaged, Miss Louisa Catherine Johnson, daughter\\nof Mr. Joshua Johnson, American consul in London;\\na lady endownd with that beauty and those accom-\\nlilishment which eminently fitted her to move in the\\nelevated sphere for which she was destined.\\nC:\\n1\\nif\\nt\\n^^-^^Dll :i]Dv\\nl^t^", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "l^/^^\\n-2\u00c2\u00ab^fj^ r^-7 M n tlf r\\n-4^^5f(\u00c2\u00aeVi^\\n/C^TV^ QUINCY ADAMS.\\nJ\\nI\\nHe reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797;\\nwhere he remained until July, 1799, when, having ful-\\nfilled all the purposes of his mission, he solicited his\\nrecall.\\nSoon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen to\\nthe Senate of Massachusetts, from Boston, and then\\nwas elected Senator of the United States for six years,\\nfrom the 4th of March, 1804. His reputation, his\\nability and his experience, placed him immediately\\namong the most prominent and influential members\\nof that body. Especially did he sustain the Govern-\\nment in its measures of resistance to the encroach-\\nments of England, destroying our commerce and in-\\nsulting our flag. There was no man in America more\\nfamiliar with the arrogance of the British court upon\\nthese points, and no one more resolved to present\\na firm resistance.\\nIn 1809, Madison succeeded Jefferson in the Pres-\\nidential chair, and he immediately nominated John\\nQuincy Adams minister to St. Petersburg. Resign-\\ning his professorship in Harvard College, he embarked\\nat Boston, in August, 1809.\\nWhile in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense stu-\\ndent. He devoted his attention to the language and\\nhistory of Russia; to the Chinese trade; to the\\nEuropean system of weights, measures, and coins to\\nthe climate and astronomical observations while he\\nkept up a familiar acquaintance with the Greek and\\nLatin classics. In all the universities of Europe, a\\nmore accomplished scholar could scarcely be found.\\nAll through life the Bible constituted an 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.\\nAdams Secretary of State. Taking leave of his num-\\nerous friends in public and private life in Europe, he\\nsailed in June, 1819, for the United States. On the\\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 the close of Mr. Monroe s second\\nterm of office, new candidates began to be presented\\nfor the Presidency. The friends of Mr. Adams brought\\nforward his name. It was an exciting campaign.\\nParty spirit was never more bitter. Two hundred and\\nsixty electoral votes were cast. Andrew Jackson re-\\nceived ninety-nine; John Quincy Adams, eighty-four;\\nWilliam H. Crawford, forty-one Henry Clay, thirty-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^even. As there was no choice by the people, tlie\\nquestion went to the House of Representatives. Mr.\\nClay gave the vote of Kentucky to Mr. Adams, and\\nhe was elected.\\nThe friends of all the disappointed candidates now\\ncombined in a venomous and persistent assault upon\\nMr. Adams. There is nothing more disgraceful in\\nthe past history of our country than the abuse which\\nwas poured in one uninterrupted stream, upon this\\nhigh-minded, upright, patriotic man. There never was\\nan administration more pure in principles, more con-\\nscientiously devoted to the best interests of the coun-\\ntry, than that of John Quincy Adams; and never, per-\\nhaps, was there an administration more unscrupu-\\nlously and outrageously assailed.\\nMr. Adams was, to a very remaricable 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\\nixjrtentous magnitude. Mr. Adams returned to\\nQuincy and to his studies, which he pursued with un-\\nabated zeal. But he was not long permitted to re-\\nmain in retirement. In November, 1830, he was\\nelected representative to Congress. For seventeen\\nyears, until his death, he occupied the post as repre-\\nsentative, towering above all his peers, ever ready to\\ndo brave battle for freedom, and winning the title of\\nthe old man eloquent. Upon taking his seat in\\nthe House, he announced that he should hold him-\\nself bound to no party. Probably there never was a\\nmember more devoted to his duties. He was usually\\nthe first in his place in the morning, and the last to\\nleave his seat in the evening. Not a measure could\\nbe brought forward and escape his scrutiny. The\\nbattle which Mr. Adams fought, almost singly, against\\nthe proslavery party in the Government, was 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 pra}er which his mother taught him in\\nhis infant years.\\nOn the 2 1 St of 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 jiaraly-\\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 Ike end of earth \\\\.\\\\\\\\t\\\\\\\\ after a moment s\\npause he added, I a /i eonteitt These were the\\nlast words of the grand Old Man Eloquent.\\nS)J\\nA\\ni\\nF\\nr", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "y\\n^2u^^t^ cri^ ^^e^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "T2*^- v\\nrZLVr^ P\u00c2\u00a3ESIJj\u00c2\u00a3XT-\\n43 S\\n1\\nAX D R E ir J A C IvS\\nn\\n:w TACKSOX. :ie\\n~:^^ideiii of the\\nnWS, ns ban) is\\nX. C\\na iievdajs\\n-ler sex m5\\n5 bDr:\u00c2\u00b1- After a loa^ iDi ss\\nA- dTg\u00c2\u00bb\\n_ be\\nX. C. He. hofwever.\\nK\\nn-\\nerr\\nV\\n3 Xordi Caioima. ol\\nTbis involved\\ni fHwgeis of\\nrw teas.\\ntoa\\njmr sara^i.\\ns\\nOidae^ _^_ _ _\\na pi II irf mai; i\\nskeduadessboy.\\nT^e tvaie diEV Ib\\nblow at sbe head of tbe h.lt i fi.s yoog jHis i wrt\\nAadiev laBed bb land, sad tbcs mm a w a d two fen-\\nfalgasftes,\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fMeoaShekadaadtkeaikeripaB tke\\nbead. The ofiterikaa tamed to Us baaker Kober:\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abftthesaMe Qe also irfased. aac t-\\ncdraed ablov faoH e bBe\u00c2\u00bb-e%3d sdbR, vted\\ni:adbled iM. aid lAicb pnfadUf^ sooB afie: r:\\nereTTtaa^ bat Andiev\\nr :Hws kad ao Oc~.\\nlip Knife.\\nji, Hr. Jacisaawas\\nifc. isiJf dJmwjtad fwam her ianiiT fai^nvd.\\nGreir: vas Ae smpnseof ba |Biii^t\u00c2\u00abD;^Rislatec,\\njMfcinasrfiiiefeoioe had jast been\\n;._.- bf the fist bisinDd. TheBaimge\\nZT was pf iliMMt d a second tBae,bittlheoocaf-\\nrsed bj-hs enpaaps to bob^ Mz.\\nae aodsd hand at hb paifes-\\nT Tie or iHae dadb on kuid,\\nrjed DiciessoB. was escec-\\nat R-\\nTacfe:\\nen\\nJie\\nz eie\u00c2\u00ab eB\\n-f^p^ites.\\n-fw Jack-\\n-=ehe\\n1 iis", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "zJ K ^V ^llIl^Dll i -re 7^ s^^^\\nANDRE ]V JACKSON.\\ni^\\na^\\nV\\nQ^\\nI\\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 expiring, delivered his\\nlast speech to Congress. A committee drew up a\\ncomplimentary address in reply. Andrew Jackson\\ndid not approve of the address, and was one of the\\ntwelve who voted against it. He was not willing to\\nsay that Gen. Washington s adminstration had been\\nwise, firm and patriotic.\\nMr. Jackson was elected to the United States\\nSenate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned home.\\nSoon after he was chosen Judge of the Supreme Court\\nof his State, which position he held for six years.\\nWhen the war of 18 12 with Great Britian com-\\nmenced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair.\\nAaron Burr sent word to the President that there was\\nan unknown man in the West, Andrew Jackson, who\\nwould do credit to a commission if one were con-\\nferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. Jackson\\noffered his services and those of twenty-five hundred\\nvolunteers. His offer was accepted, and the troops\\nwere assembled at Nashville.\\nAs the British were hourly expected to make an at-\\ntack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wilkinson was\\nin command, lie was ordered to descend the river\\nwith fifteen hundred troops to aid Wilkinson. The\\nexpedition reached Natchez; and afteradelay of sev-\\neral weeks there, without accomplishing anything,\\nthe men were ordered back to their homes. But the\\nenergy Gen. Jackson had displayed, and his entire\\ndevotion to the comrfort of his soldiers, won him\\ngolden opinions and he became the most popular\\nman in the State. It was in this expedition that his\\ntoughness gave him the nickname of Old Hickory.\\nSoon after this, while attempting to horsewhip Col.\\nThomas H. Benton, for a remark that gentleman\\nmade about his taking a part as second in a duel, in\\nwhich a younger brother of Benton s was engaged,\\nhe received two severe pistol wounds. While he was\\nlingering upon a bed of suffering news came that the\\nIndians, who had combined under Tecumseh from\\nFlorida to the Lakes, to exterminate the white set-\\ntlers, were committing the most awful ravages. De-\\ncisive action became necessary. Gen. Jackson, with\\nhis fractured bone just beginning to heal, his arm in\\na sling, and unable to mount his horse without assis-\\ntance, gave his amazing energies to the raising of an\\narmy to rendezvous at FayettesviUe, Alabama.\\nThe Creek Indians had established a strong fort on\\none of the bends of the Tallapoosa 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 37th 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\\nix)wer of the Creeks was broken forever. This bold\\nplunge into the wilderness, with its terriffic slaughter,\\nso appalled the savages, that the haggard remnants\\nof the bands caine 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 commenced a furious\\nassault. The battle was long and doubtful. At length\\none of the ships was blown up and the rest retired.\\nGarrisoning Molnle, 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; applauded by one party,\\ncondemned by the other. No man had more bitter\\nenemies or warmer friends. \\\\t the expiration of his\\ntwo terms of office he retired to the Hermitage, where\\nhe died June 8, 1845. The last years of Mr. Jack-\\nson s life were that of a devoted Christian man.\\nI\\nt\\nI\\n^I1P^DD", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "/7 7^zf(^ /3^^^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "^}S^:\\nT ^DD :DDr T-\\n-4^^^(^-=\\n7^\\nEIGHTH PRESIDEXT.\\n47\\n^^-Vf^l\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0p:^Vr^^I ^^5^5M)\\nm^lRTID Y;-?!! BUREl).\\n^v^\\nI\\ni\\niCt^JVOG-^^fvs)\\ni?^\\nARTIN VAX BUREN the\\neighth President of the\\nUnited States, was born at\\nKinderhook, N Y., Dec 5,\\n17S2. He died at the same\\nplace, July 24, 1S62. His\\nbody rests in the cemetery\\nat Kinderhook. Above it is\\n.^^^K, pliin granite shaft nfteen feet\\n^A^ high, bearing a simple inscription\\nK about half way up on one face.\\nV The lot is unfenced. unbordered\\nor unbounded by shrub or flower.\\nThere b 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 da)-s 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 e-\\\\emplary piety.\\nHe was decidedly a precocious boy, developing un-\\nusual acrivity, vigor and strength of mind. At the\\nage of founeen, 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\\nbefore he could be admitted to the bar. Inspired with\\na lofty ambition, and conscious of his powers, he pur-\\nsued his studies with indefatigable industry. After\\nspending six years in an office in his native village.\\nhe went to the city of New York, and prosecuted his\\nstudies for the seventh year.\\nIn 1S03, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty-one years of\\nage, commenced the practice of law in his native \\\\-il-\\nlage. The great conflict lietneen the Federal and\\nRepublican part)- 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\\nfathers hoteL He was in cordial svmpathy with\\nJeflFerson, and eamesdy and eloquendy espoused the\\ncause of State Rights though at that time the Fed-\\neral party held the supremacy both in his town\\nand State.\\nHis success and increasing ruputation led him,\\nafter six years of practice, to remove to Hudson, the\\ncounty seat of his county. Here he spent seven years,\\nconstandy gaining strength by contending in the\\ncourts with some of the ablest men who have adorned\\nthe bar of his State.\\nJust before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson. Mr.\\nVan Buren married a lady alike distinguished for\\nbeauty and accomplishments. After twelve short\\nyears she sank into the grave, the \\\\-ictim of consump-\\ntion, leaN-ing her husband and four sons to weep over\\nher loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. Van Buren was\\nan earnest, successftil. assiduous lawyer. The record\\nof those years is barren in items of public interest.\\nIn tSi 2. when thirty years of age, he was chosen to\\nthe State Senate, and gave his strenuous support to\\nMr. Madison s adminstration. In 1S15, he was ap-\\npointed Attorney-General, and the next year moved\\nto Albany, the capital of the State.\\nAMiile he was acknowledged as one of the most\\nprominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had\\nA\\nf\\ns\u00c2\u00abs**\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^^-D D :-v-: Diii A\\n\u00c2\u00abg 3 A g^^^\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0?5", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "i^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^2^^\\nT\\n^:i]ii ^nnr v\\nMARTIN VAN BUR EN.\\nA\\nV\\nV\\nf\\nthe moral courage to avow that true democracy did\\nnot require that universal suffrage which admits\\nthe vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right of\\ngoverning the State. In true consistency with his\\ndemocratic principles, he contended that, while the\\npath leading to the privilege of voting should be open\\nto ever)- 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 a member of the United\\nStates Senate; and in the same year, he took a seat\\nin the convention to revise the constitution of his\\nnative State. His course in this convention secured\\nthe approval of men of all parties. No one could\\ndoubt the singleness of his endeavors to promote the\\ninterests of all classes in the community. In the\\nSenate of the United States, he rose at once to a\\nconspicuous position as an active and useful legislator.\\nIn 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the\\nPresidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected to\\nthe Senate. He had been from the beginning a de-\\ntermined opposer of the .\\\\dministration, 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 Govemorof\\nthe State of Xew York, and accordingly resigned his\\nseat in the Senate. Probably no one in the United\\nStates contributed so much towards ejecting John Q.\\nAdams from the Presidential chair, and placing in it\\nAndrew Jackson, as did Martin Van Buren. Whether\\nentitled to the reputation or not, he certainly was re-\\ngarded throughout the United States as one of the\\nmost skillful, sagacious and cunning of politicians.\\nIt was supposed that no one knew so well as he how\\nto touch the secret springs of action; how to pull all\\nthe wires to put his machinery in motion and how to\\norganize a political army which would, secretly and\\nstealthily accomplish the most gigantic results. By\\nthese ix)wers it is said that he outv.atted Mr. Adams,\\nMr. Clay, Mr. Webster, and secured results which\\nfew thought then could be accomplished.\\nWhen Andrew Jackson was elected President he\\napi)ointed Mr. Van Buren Secretarj of State. This\\nposition he resigned in 1831, and was immediately\\nappointed Minister to England, where he went the\\nsame autumn. The Senate, however, when it met,\\nrefused to ratify the nomination, and he returned\\nhome, apparently untroubled was nominated Vice\\nPresident in the place of Calhoun, at the re-election\\nof President Jackson and with smiles for all and\\nfrowns for none, he took his place at the head of that\\nSenate which had refused to confimi his nomination\\nas ambassador.\\nHis rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal of\\nPresident Jackson in behalf of his repudiated favor-\\nite; and this, probably more than any other cause,\\nsecured his elevation to the chair of the Chief Execu-\\ntive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. Van Buren re-\\nceived the Democratic nomination to succeed Gen.\\nJackson as President of the United States. He was\\nelected by a handsome majority, to the delight of the\\nretiring President. Leaving New York out of the\\ncanvass, says Mr. Parton, the election of Mr. Van\\nBuren to the Presidency was as much the act of Gen.\\nJackson as though the Constitution had conferred\\nupon him the jxjwer to appoint a successor.\\nHis administration was filled with exciting events.\\nThe insurrection in Canada, which threatened to in-\\nvolve this country in war with England, the agitation\\nof the slavery question, and finally the great commer-\\ncial panic which spread over the country, all were\\ntrials to his wisdom. The financial distress was at-\\ntributed to 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 uiX)n 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 countr)-, 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 countn,-. 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.\\nV\\nC^\\nV\\nr^\\nT\\n_:^.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mnm^", "height": "2933", "width": "2269", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2912", "width": "2185", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "P--\\ns^-f\\ny^ ^^a^^^^^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "ILLIAM HENRY HARRI-\\nSON, the ninth President ol\\nthe Linited States, was liorn\\nat Bcrkele) Va., Feb. 9, 1773.\\nHis tathei, 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 Ciovernor 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 Philadeliihia to study medicine under\\nthe instructions of Dr. Rush and the guardianship of\\nRobert Morris, both of whom were, with his father,\\nsigners of the Declaration of Independence.\\nUpon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and not-\\nwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends, he\\nabandoned his medical studies and entered the army,\\nhaving obtained a commission of Ensign from Presi-\\ndent Washington. He was then but rg years old.\\nFrom that time he passed gradually upward in rank\\nuntil he became aid to General Wayne, after whose\\ndeath he resigned his commission. He was then 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 liy Congress into two portions. The\\neastern portion, comprising the region now embraced\\nin the State of Ohio, was called The Territory\\nnorth-wesl of the Ohio. The western portion, which\\nincluded what is now called Indiana, Illinois and\\nWisconsin, was called the Indiana Territory. Wil-\\nliam Henry Harrison, then 27 years of age, was ap-\\nixjinted 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 abilitv 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.\\n\\\\Vhenhe began his adminstration there were but\\nthree white settlementsin that almost boundless region,\\nnow crowded with cities and resounding with all the\\ntumult of wealth and traffic. 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. Harrison\\nreigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. About\\nI\\no)\\n^r#*-\\n^si^^ @^A ^|j||^:,tJtl^^^a^^^ is^^^n.\\n-^#^^5^(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "g\u00c2\u00ab*-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0T^v4:Bfl^flll^\\nWILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.\\nh\\nthe year 1806, two extraordinary mer, twin brothers,\\nof the Shawnese tribe, rose among them. One of\\nthese was called Tccumseh, or The Crouching\\nPanther; the other, Olliwaclieca, or The Prophet.\\nTecLimseh was not only an Indian warrior, but a man\\nof great sagacity, far-reaching foresights and indomit-\\nable perseverance in any enterprise m which lie might\\nengage. He was inspired with the highest enthusiasm,\\nand had long regarded with dread and with hatred\\nthe encroachment of the whites upon the hunting-\\ngrounds of his fathers. His brother, the Prophet, was\\nanorator, who could sway the feelings of the untutored\\nIndian as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath which\\nthey dwelt.\\nBut the Prophet was not merely anorator: he was,\\nin the suiierstitious 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, his army began its march. When\\nnear the Prophet s town three Indians of rank made\\ntheir appearance and inquired why Gov. Harrison was\\napproaching them in so hostile an attitude. After a\\nshort conference, arrangements were made for a meet-\\ning the next day, to agree upon terms of peace.\\nBut Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted with\\nthe Indian character to be deceived by such 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 liy his side.and his bayonet fixed. The\\nwakeful Governor, lietween three and four o clock in\\nthe morning, had risen, and was sitting in conversa-\\ntion with his aids by the embers of a waning fire. It\\nwas a chill, cloudy morning with a drizzling rain. In\\nthe darkness, the Indians had crept as near as possi-\\nble, and just then, with a savage yell, rushed, with all\\nthe desperation which superstition and passion most\\nhighly inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the\\nlittle army. The savages had been amply provided\\nwith guns and ammunition liy the English. Their\\nwar-whoop was accompained liy a shower of bullets.\\nThe camp-fires were instantly extinguished, as the\\nlight aided the Indians in their aim. With hide-\\nous yells, the Indian bands rushed on, not doubtir.g a\\nspeedy and an entire victory. But Gen. Harrison s\\ntroops stood as immovable as the rocks around them\\nuntil day dawned they then made a simultaneous\\ncharge with the bayonet, and swept every thing he-\\nfore them, and completely routing the foe.\\nr^T\\nm^\\nGov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked\\nto the utmost. The British descending from theCan-\\nadas, were of themselves a very formidable force but\\nwith their savage allies, rusliing like wolves from the\\nforest, searching out every remote farm-house, binn-\\ning, plundering, scaljjing, torturing, the wide frontier\\nwas plunged into a state of consternation which even\\nthe most vivid imagination can but faintly conceive.\\nThe war-whoop was resounding everywhere in the\\nforest. The horizon was illuminated with the conflagra-\\ntion of the cabins of the settlers. Gen Hull had made\\nthe ignominious surrender of his forces at Detroit.\\nUnder these despairing circumstances. Gov. Harrison\\nwas appointed i)y President Madison commander-in-\\nchief of the North-western army, with orders to retake\\nDetroit, and to protect the frontiers.\\nIt would be difficidt to place a man in a situation\\ndemanding more energy, sagacity and courage; but\\n(ieneral Harrison was found equal to the position,\\nand nobly and triumphantly did he meet all the re-\\nsponsibilities.\\nHe won the love of his soldiers by always sharing\\nwith them their fatigue. His whole baggage, while\\npursuing the foe up the Thames, was carried in a\\nvalise; and his bedding consisted of a single blanket\\nlashed over his saddle. Thirty-five 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 1 8 16, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member of\\nthe National House of Representatives, to represent\\nthe District of Ohio. In Congress he proved an\\nactive member; and whenever he spoke, it was with\\nforce of reason and power of eloquence, which arrested\\nthe attention of all the members.\\nIn 1819, Harrison was elected to tlie 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 I nited States Senate.\\nIn 1836, the friends of Gen. Harrison brought him\\nforward as a candidate for the Presidency against\\nVan Buren, but he was defeated. At the close of\\nMr. Van Buren s term, he was re-nominated by his\\nparty, and Mr. Harrison was 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 anv President had ever been\\nsurrounded. Never were the prospects of an admin-\\nistration more flattering, or the hopes of the country\\nmore sanguine. In the midst of these bright and\\njoyous prospects, Gen. Harrison was seized by a\\npleurisy-fever and after a few days of violent sick-\\nness, died on the 4th of April; just one month after\\nhis inauguration as President of the United States.\\nA", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "I\\na", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "-3f5^V\\nI^t^-\\ny\\n^T\u00c2\u00a5L\\nT\\nV\\nV\\nK^\\nHX TYLER. lie a-Hh\\nCo. Va^ MjuKk 29. i79(v He\\nthe farnxed cUd of af-\\nAitc M ut and M^ sodbl po-\\nsilnn. At t^ eiriy a^e ol\\ntwehre. loin emieKd WaibM\\naad ^iarr CoB^fe aad god-\\n3ui\u00c2\u00bbd vKk ^\u00c2\u00bbck koaor viKa\\nbatagi g aa ccai yeaisqid. Aices-\\nhe devoted yi\u00c2\u00bb-\\n_ xsadiBKT o the\\nof lav. ponlif \u00c2\u00abiA hib\\n.xad pis^with FidM\u00c2\u00bbri\\nnot\\nKaBdoiph.oneol the moss ii3Db-\\ngashed lawvss oe Vl^taa.\\nAi iMi B Ut-L-i a ye^is nf agt,\\ncomaeaced ihe pracike of la\u00c2\u00ab.\\nHs sacoKS wxs apod aad ^aoe-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sai^. b j$ Slid dtu duee\\n.-i\u00c2\u00abfe had was. iia^sed ere thoe\\n\u00c2\u00abv\u00c2\u00a3s scuoehr a caee o* ike dttcfc-\\ne: of ihe oont m which he wxs\\nWhcD b\u00c2\u00abE rveatr-iMe veus of .^e. he\\n\u00c2\u00ab3s afasKt vKunocdtr dfected a seat ia t e Sfcue\\nLegElajDBe. He coeaected hiiKelf nh ike IXano-\\ncranc parn^. ^)t advocaaed ^he Measwes of\\njkfeisoK ar::- _;_:::- For five SMOc^sh^ Tcais he\\nwasclectBd loihe LepsSaisK;. leoars^ -aesi^r\\nsaoMMoi^ TDK or hts aG\\nWWoiInc tweMn^ SixTe\u00e2\u0080\u0094: he was dened\\na 1 I of Co^ge^ Heie he acBed caiBSsH- aiad\\nAly\u00c2\u00bbiAthe DriyTOiir panr. ojipoeang a iwfinwal\\nh^L BBamal iMj\u00e2\u0080\u0094m m\\\\ nt br t^ Geoexsl Goveim-\\nV\\nMCK. a pMiiecirne canC and adxtocanag a snia ooo-\\naUMU B U M of die GoiasncaiKn, ajad the nost cxie\u00c2\u00a3al\\nT^fawse \u00c2\u00bbrer Scase lights. Hk labois ia CoDgiess\\n\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abK so aidaoss that hefixe the cfase of his secoMl\\ntenaheiiauid s Dee: sis^ juad leobe hts\\nesxaee ia Ckades-dti ^-cnrii hib beakh. He,\\nho\u00c2\u00abev er, soob after coetsessid to takae h\u00c2\u00abs seat ia the\\nState Le^i^ame. where his iadaence was pa wetfi J\\nin fownring jieblac woiks of gteat stStr. With a\\nrepottatiaM thxs ciassaadr iacreass^. he was chosee\\nbr a veiT lariie ^AiicxitT of xces;. Goveioor of las\\naaiire Ssue. His nlwiiii iimiwi was ^nallr a soc-\\noesakloae. Hk mpdbtin- aecaied le-deaaon.\\nJoha Kiwdnlpk. a brSKaBt. enaiic. halikiaxed\\nlaan. dkes lepresencsd Vusiaxa ia the S^iate of 1^\\nUoiaed Scales. A pcnaoa of the Bkemociazic piarnr\\nwas dbpfeased widt Mr. Raadolph s wavwud coeise.\\nand baoE^K kxwaid John TTkr te opponewt,\\no\u00c2\u00bba(feti^ ya the otdr saaia Vn^xacaof safideM\\npopdbikr s sacceed agaiast tke ie-j--a\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00e2\u0080\u00a2e- ;^\u00c2\u00abTr\\nRnaanhf Mx. T^fer wasthe vktc-\\nla aoondaace w^ hb prnfesicr bjs\\nseat ia the Seaate. he joined the lar 70s-\\ntiaau He opposed die taiif; he s ::st and\\nToiedagaiB3tti\u00c2\u00bbelitaak.\u00c2\u00a3S S3ie\\n3ai^r opposed all tessriv lesst-\\niag all pnfec^ of intetaal iaapKmenegtts b^ the Gea-\\neral Gov^xaoMBt. aad avowed his snapathr wi^ Ms.\\nCalhceas new of aaJKcanoa: hededared t^ai Gea.\\nJaefcaoa, b*r kts oppoawioa ao the aalS exs, had\\n^Ehaiadcaed she piSBdples of tbe Deaaociadc paKr.\\nS jch WIS Mi Tjr^er s leootd is Co^wss. a lecoHi\\ndosdaace wkh the piwiptes which he\\ni-powed.\\nKecaiaiag ao Vii^i^^ be jesaaied Iks rnrtire of\\nhis paofesaoak. There wis i -Tfe T^sEOcriik\\nOr\\nV\\n4", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "i\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^7^nm^i t^\\n-#^5(^V,^^;\\nJOHAT TYLER.\\nparty. His friends still regarded him as a true Jef-\\nfersonian, gave him a dinner, and showered compli-\\nments upon him. He had now attained the age of\\nforty-six. His career had been very brilliant. In con-\\nsequence of his devotion to public business, his pri-\\nvate affairs had fallen into some disorder; and it was\\nnot without satisfaction that he resumed the practice\\nof law, and devoted himself to the culture of his plan-\\ntation. Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg,\\nfor the better education of his children and he again\\ntook his scat in the Legislature of Virginia.\\nBy the Southern Whigs, he was sent to the national\\nconvention at Harrisburg to nominate a President in\\n1839. The majority of votes were given to Gen. Har-\\nrison, a genuine Whig, much to the disappointment ot\\nthe South, who wished for Henry Clay. To concili-\\nate the Southern Whigs and to secure their vote, the\\nconvention then nominated John Tyler for Vice Pres-\\nident. It was well known that he was not in sympa-\\nthy with the Whig jiarty 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 found himself, to his own surprise and that of\\nthe whole Nation, an occupant of the Presidential\\nchair. This was a new test of the stability of our\\ninstitutions, as it was the first time in the history of our\\ncountry that such an event had occured. Mr. Fyler\\nwas at home in Williamsburg when he received the\\nune.vpected tidings of the death of President Harri-\\nson. He hastened to Washington, and on the 6th of\\nApril was inaugurated to the high and responsible\\noffice. He was placed in a position of exceeding\\ndelicacy and difficulty. All his longlife he had been\\nopposed to the main principles of the party which had\\nbrought him into power. He had ever been a con-\\nsistent, honest man, with an unblemished record.\\nGen. Harrison had selected a Whig cabinet. Should\\nhe retain them, and thus surround himself with coun-\\nsellors whose views were antagonistic to his own? or,\\non the other hand, should he turn against the party\\nwhich had elected him and select a cabinet in har-\\nmony with himself, and which would op|)Ose 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 hill for the\\nincorporation of a fiscal bank of the United States.\\nThe President, after ten days delay, returned it witli\\nhis veto. He suggested, however, that he would\\napprove of a bill drawn up upon such a plan as he\\nproposed. Such a bill was accordingly prepared, and\\nprivately submitted to iiim. He gave it his approval.\\nIt A-as 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 [)y a published letter from the Hon. John M.\\nBotts, a distinguished Virginia Whig, who severely\\ntouched the pride of the President.\\nThe opposition now exultingly received the Presi-\\ndent into their arms. The party which elected him\\ndenounced him bitterly. All the members of his\\ncabinet, excejiting Mr. Webster, resigned. The \\\\Vhigs\\nof Congress, both the Senate and the House, held a\\nmeeting and issued an address to the people of the\\nUnited States, proclaiming tliat all iwlitical 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 passed sadly away. No one was satisfied. The\\nland was filled with murmurs and vituperation. Whigs\\nand Democrats alike assailed him. More and more,\\nhowever, he brought himseli into sympathy with his\\nold friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his term,\\nhe gave his whole influence to the support of Mr.\\nPolk, the Democratic candidate for his successor.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, he retired from the\\nharassments of office, tothe regret of neither party, and\\nprobably to his own unspeakable lelief. His first wife,\\nMiss Letitia Christian, died in Washington, in 1842;\\nand in June, 1844, President Tyler was again married,\\nat New York, to Miss Julia Gardiner, a young lady of\\nmany i)ersonal and intellectual accomplishments.\\nThe remainder of his days Mr. Tyler passed mainly\\nin retirement at his beautiful home, Sherwood For-\\nest, Charles-city Co., Va. A polished gentleman in\\nhis manners, richly furnished with information from\\nbooks and experience in the world, and jxissessing\\nbrilliant powers of conversation, his fr.mily circle was\\nthe scene of unusual attractions. AVitli suffic-ient\\nmoans 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.\\nI\\nA\\nV\\nr\\njLim", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "d2/^\u00c2\u00ab-*- -C^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": ":o\\n/v\\nV\\nV\\n.^^C^^:: 6V4?tlti:t:onr v\\n-i^^C(\u00c2\u00aevM\\nZ^ VENTH PRESIDENT.\\nAMES Hv. PDIK\\nv^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f-~\\nANtES K. POLK, the eleventh\\n?n:\\nfiia President of the United States,\\ns born in Mecklenburg Co.,\\nC.,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 cliildren, and soon after fol-\\nlowed by most of the members of\\ntlie Polk farnly, Samiitl 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 huls,\\nand established their homes. In the\\nhard toil of a new farm in the wil-\\nderness, James K. Polk spent the\\nearly years of his childhood and\\nyouth. His father, adding the pur-\\nsuit 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\\nMV him methodical in his habits, had taught him punct-\\nuality and industry, and had inspired him with lofty\\nprinciples of morality. His health was frail and his\\nfather, fearing that he might not be able to endure a\\nsedentary life, got a situation for him behind tlie\\ncounter, hojjing to fit him for commercial pursuits.\\nThis was to James a bitter disapixjintment. 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 jirosecute his studies. Soon\\nafter he sent him to Murfreesboro Academy. ^Vith\\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 1S18, witli tlie highest honors, be-\\ning deemed the best scholar of his cbss, both in\\nmathematics and the classics. He was then twenty-\\nthree years of age. Mr. Polk s health was at this\\ntime much impaired by the assiduity with which he\\nhad prosecuted his studies. After a short season of\\nrelaxation he went to Nashville, and entered the\\noffice of Felix Grundy, to study law. Here iMr. 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 jxipular public sjieaker, and was\\nconstantly called u]X)n to address the meetings of his\\nparty friends. His skill as a speaker was such that\\nhe was popularly called the Naiwleon of the stump.\\nHe was a man of unblemished morals, genial and\\nc^:\\n0)\\n^\u00c2\u00a5^(s^J^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "6o\\nJAMES K. POLK.\\nrr\\n-*%?@s\\ncourteous in his bearing, and with that sympathetic\\nnature in the jo) s and griefs of others which ever gave\\nhim troops of friends. In 1823, Mr. Polk was elected\\nto the Legislature of Tennessee. Here he gave his\\nstrong influence towards the election of his friend,\\nMr. Jackson, to the Presidency of the United States.\\nIn January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah\\nChildress, of Rutherford Co., Tenn. His bride was\\naltogether worthy of him, a lady of beauty and cul-\\nture. In the fall of 1825, Mr. Polk was chosen a\\nmember of Congress. The satisfaction which he gave\\nto his constituents may be inferred from the fact, that\\nfor fourteen successive years, until 1839, he was con-\\ntinued ill that office. He then voluntaril)- 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 tlie 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, look the oath of office at Nashville. In 1841,\\nhis term of office expired, and he was again the can-\\ndidate of the Democratic party, but was defeated.\\nOn the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was inaugur-\\nated President of the United States. The verdict of\\nthe country in favor of the annexation of Texas, exerted\\nits influence upon Congress and the last act of the\\nadministration of President Tyler was to affix his sig-\\nnature to a joint resolution of Congress, passed on the\\n3d of March, approving of tlie annexation of Texas to\\nthe American Union. As Mexico still claimed Texas\\nas one of her provinces, the Mexican minister,\\nAlmonte, immediately demanded his passports and\\nleft the country, declaring the act of the annexation\\nto be an act hostile to Mexico.\\nIn his first message. President Polk urged that\\nTexas should immediately, by act of Congress, be re-\\nceived into the Union on the same footing with the\\nother States. In the meantime. Gen. Taylor was sent\\nSl\\nA ^I1!1\\nwith an army into Texas to hold the country. He was\\nsent first to Nueces, which the Mexicans said was the\\nwestern boundary of Texas. Then he was sent nearly\\ntwo hundred miles further west, to the Rio Grande,\\nwhere he erected batteries which commanded the\\nMexican city of Matamoras, which was situated on\\nthe western banks.\\nThe anticipated collision soon took place, and war\\nwas declared against Mexico by President Polk. The\\nwar was pushed forward by Mr. Polk s administration\\nwith great vigor. Gen. Taylor, whose army was first\\ncalled one of observation, then of occupation,\\nthen of invasion, was sent forward to Monterey. The\\nfeeble Mexicans, in every encounter, were hopelessly\\nand awfully slaughtered. The day of judgement\\nalone can reveal 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 liands.\\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. Tins 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 with Gen. Taylor; and the same even-\\ning, with Mrs. Polk, he commenced his return to\\nTennessee. He was then but fifty-four years of age.\\nHe had ever been strictly temperate in all his habits,\\nand his health was good \\\\Vith an ample fortune,\\na choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic ties\\nof the dearest nature, it seemed as though long vears\\nof tranquility and happiness were before him. But the\\ncholera that fearful scourge was then sweeping up\\nthe Valley of the Mississippi. This he contracted,\\nand died on the 15th of June, 1S49, in the fifty-fourth\\nyear of his age, greatly mourned by his countrymen.\\nv^\\ni\\n0)\\ni", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "TWELFTH PRESIDENT.\\n63\\nf\\nA\\nACHARV TAYLOR, iwcltih\\nPresident of the United States,\\nwas born on tiie 24111 of Nov.,\\n1784, in )range Co., Va. His\\nfather, Colonel Taylor, was\\nYy a Virginian of note, and a dis-\\ntinguished [latriot and soldier of\\nthe Revolution. When Zathary\\nwas an infant, his father with his\\nwife and two children, emigrated\\nto Kentuck) where he settled in\\nthe pathless wilderness, a few\\nmiles from Louisville. In this front-\\nier home, away from civilization and\\nall its refinements, young Zachary\\ncould enjoy but few social and educational advan-\\ntages. When six years ot age he attended a common\\nschool, and was then regarded as a bright, active boy,\\nrather remarkable for bluntness and decision of char-\\nacter He was strong, feailess and self-reliant, and\\nmanifested a strong desire to enter the army to fight\\nthe Indians who were ravaging the frontiers. There\\nis little to be recorded of the uneventful years of his\\nchildhood on his father s large but lonely plantation.\\nIn 1 80S, his father succeeded in obtaining for him\\nthe commission of lieutenant in the United States\\narmy and he joined the troops which were stationed\\nat New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. Soon after\\nthis he married Miss Margaret Smith, a young lady\\nfrom one of the first families of Maryland.\\nImmediately after the declaration of war with Eng-\\nland, in 18 1 2, Capt. Taylor (for he had then been\\npromoted to that rank) was put in command of Fort\\nHarrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles above\\nVincennes. This fort had been built in the wilder-\\nness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to Tippecanoe.\\nIt was one of the first points of attack by the Indians,\\nled by Tecumseh. Its garrison consisted of a broken\\nm\\n^i s-\\ncompanyol intantry numbenn.n fifty men, many of\\nwhom were sick.\\nEarly in the autumn of 181 j, the Indians, stealthily,\\nand in large numbers, moved ujwn 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 plimied 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 lire to one of the block-houses-\\nUntil six o clock in the morning, this awful conflict\\ncontinued. The savages then, baffled at every point,\\nand gnashing their teeth witli rage, retired. Capt.\\nTaylor, for this gallant defence, was promoted to the\\nrank of major by brevet.\\nUntil the close of the war, MajorTaylor was placed\\nin such situations that he saw but little more of active\\nservice. He was sent far away into the depths of the\\nwilderness, to Fort Crawford, on Fox River, which\\nempties into Green Bay. Here there was but little\\nto be done but to wear away the tedious hours as one\\nbest could. There were no books, no society, no in-", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "ZACHARY 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 1S36, he was sent to Florida to com])el\\nthe Seminole Indians to vacate that region and re-\\ntire beyond the Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty,\\nhad promised they should do. Tiie services rendered\\nhere secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of\\nthe Government; and as a reward, he was elevated\\nto the rank of brigadier-general by brevet and soon\\nafter, in May, 1838, was appointed to the chief com-\\nmand of the United States troops in Florida.\\nAfter two years of such wearisome employment\\namidst the everglades of the peninsula, Gen. Taylor\\nobtained, at his own request, a change of command,\\nand was stationed over the Department of the South-\\nwest. This field embraced Louisiana, Mississippi,\\nAlabama and Georgia. Establishing his headcpiarters\\nat Fort Jessup, in Louisiana, he removed his family\\nto a plantation which he purchased, near Baton Rogue.\\nHere he remained for five years, buried, as it were,\\nfrom the world, but faithfully discharging every duty\\nimposed upon him.\\nIn 1846, (jen. T;iylor was sent to guard the land\\nbetween the Nueces and Rio Grande, tlie latter river\\nbeing the boundary of Texas, which was then claimed\\nby the United States. Soon the war with Mexico\\nwas brought on, and at Palo Alto and Resaca de la\\nPalma, Gen. Taylor won Ijrilliant victories over the\\nMexicans. The rank of major-general by isrevet\\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,\\nsohriquet of Old Rougli and Ready.\\nThe tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena Vista\\nspread the wildest enthusiasm over the country. The\\nname of Gen. Taylor was on every one s li|)s. The\\nWhig party decided to take advantage of this wonder-\\nful popularity in bringing forward the unpolished, un-\\nlettered, honest soldier as their candidate for the\\nPresidency. Gen. Taylor was astonished at the an-\\nnouncement, and for a time would not listen toit; de-\\nclaring that he was not at all qualified for such an\\noffice. So little interest had he taken in politics that,\\nfor forty years, he had not cast a vote. It was not\\nwithout chagrin that several distinguished statesmen\\nwho had been long rears in the iniblic service found\\ntheir claims set aside in behalf of one whose name\\nhad never been heard of, save in connection with Palo\\nAlto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterey and Buena\\nVista. It is said that Daniel Webster, in his haste re-\\nmarked, It is a nomination not fit to be made.\\nGen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a fine\\nwriter His friends took possession of him, and pre-\\npared such few communications as it was needful\\nshould be presented to the public. Thepoi)ularity of\\nthe successful warrior swe[jt the land. He was tri-\\numphantly elected over two opposing candidates,\\nGen. Cass and Kx-President Martin Van Buren.\\nThough he selected an excellent cabinet, the good\\nold man found himself in a very uncongenial position,\\nand was, at times, sorely perplexed and harassed.\\nHis mental sufferings were very severe, and probably\\ntended to hasten his death. The pro-slavery party\\nwas pushing its claims with tireless energy expedi-\\ntions were fitting out to capture Cuba California was\\npleading for admission to the Union, while slavery\\nstood at the door to bar her out. Gen. Taylor found\\nthe political conflicts in Washington to be far more\\ntrying to the nerves than battles with Mexicans or\\nIndians.\\nIn the midst of all these troubles, Gen. Taylor,\\nafter he had occupied the Presidential chair but little\\nover a year, took cold, and after a brief sickness of\\nbut little over five days, died on the 9th of July, 1850.\\nHis last words were, I am not afraid to die. I am\\nready. I have endeavored to do my duty. He died\\nuniversally respected and beloved. An honest, un-\\npretending man, he had been steadily growing in the\\naffections of the people; and the Nation bitterly la-\\nmented his death.\\nGen. Scott, who was thoroughly acipiainted 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 sm:ill military posts had\\nbeen his home. Hence he was quite ignorant for his\\nrank, and quite bigoted in his ignorance. His sim-\\nplicity was child-like, and with innumerable preju-\\ndices, amusing and incorrigible, well suited to the\\ntender age. Thus, if a man, however respectable,\\nchanced to wear a coat of an unusual color, or his hat\\na little on one side of his head or an officer to leave\\na corner of his handkerchief dangling from an out-\\nside pocket, in any such case, this critic held the\\noffender to be a coxcomb (perhaps something worse),\\nwhom he would not, to use his oft repeated phrase,\\ntouch with a pair of -tongs.\\nAny allusion to literature beyond good old Dil-\\nworth s spelling-book, on the part of one wearing a\\nsword, was evidence, with the same judge, of utter\\nunfitness for heavy marchings and combats. In short,\\nfew men have ever had a more comfortable, labor-\\nsaving contempt for learning of every kind.\\nA\\nV\\nI\\ni\\n^lltl^^tlllf ^^^^^M^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "vY ^;V;", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "M-/^)^^^\\n-^^K @V4itlll^llD D v=^ e5\\nTHFRTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n1\\n1\\n(h\\n-Jt-\\nI\\nMILLARn FILLMORE-\\n-5M-\\nILLARD FILLMORE, thir-\\nty teenth President of the United\\nStates, was born at Summer\\nHill, Cayuga Co., N. Y on\\nthe 7th of January, 1800. His\\nfather was a farmer, and ow-\\ning to misfortune, in humble cir-\\ncumstances. Of his mother, the\\ndaughter of Dr. .\\\\biathar Millard,\\nof PittsfieUi, Mass., it has been\\nsaid that she possessed an intellect\\nof very high order, united with much\\n])ersonal 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, ivhich 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\\nLivin ;ston County, to learn the trade of a clothier.\\nNeai the mill there was a small villiage, where some\\nenterprising man had commenced the collection of a\\nvillage library. This proved an inestimable blessing\\nto young Fillmore. His evenings were spent in read-\\ning. .Soon every leisure moment was occupied with\\nbooks. His thirst for knowledge became insatiate;\\nand the selections which he made were continually\\nmore elevating and instructive. He read history,\\nbiography, oratory, and thus gradually there was en-\\nkindled in his heart a desire to be something more\\nthan a mere worker with his hands; and he was be-\\ncoming, almost unknown to himself, a well-informed,\\neducated man.\\nThe young clothier had now attained the age of\\nnineteen years, and was of fine personal appearance\\nand of gentlemanly demeanor. It so happened that\\nthere was a gentleman in the neighborhood of ample\\npecuniary means and of benevolence, Judge Walter\\nWood, who was struck with the prepossessing ap-\\npearance of young Fillmore. He made his acquaint-\\nance, and was so much impressed with his ability and\\nattainments that he advised him to abandon his\\ntrade and devote himself to the study of the law. The\\nyoung man replied, that he had no means of his own,\\nr.o friends to help him and that his previous educa-\\ntion had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood had\\nso much confidence in him that he kindly ofTered to\\ntake him into his own office, and to loan him such\\nmoney as he needed. Most gratefully the generous\\noffer was accepted.\\nThere is in many minds a strange delusion about\\na collegiate education. young man is supposed to\\nbe liberally educated if he has graduated at some col-\\nlege. But many a boy loiters through university halls\\nand then enters a law office, who is bv no means as\\ni\\nr^)\\n^t\u00c2\u00a75f", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "(S,\\n-e^^\\nrr\\nMILLARD FILLMORE.\\nwell prepared to prosecute his legal studies as was\\nMillard Fillmore when he graduated at tire 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 1S2J, when twenty-three years of age, he v/as\\nadmitted to the Court of Common Pleas. He tlien\\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 icS26, 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 industiy,\\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 1.S29,\\nhe took his seat in the House of Assembly, of tlie\\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 lie 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 degree the respect of his associates.\\nIn the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a seat in\\nthe United States Congress. He entered that troubled\\narena in some of the most tumultuous hours of our\\nnational history. The great conflict respecting the\\nnational bank and the removal of the deposits, was\\nthen raging.\\nHis term of two years closed and he returned to\\nhis profession, which he pursued with increasing rep-\\nutation and success. After a lapse of two years\\nhe again became a candidate for Congress was re-\\nelected, and took his seat in 1837. His past expe-\\nrience as a representative gave him strength and\\nconfidence. The first term of service in Congress to\\nany man can be but little more than an introduction.\\nHe was now prepared for active duty. All his ener-\\ngies were brought to bear upon the juiblic good. Every\\nmeasure received his impress.\\nMr. Fillmore was now a man of wide repute, and\\nhis popularity filled the State, and in the year 1847,\\nhe was elected Comptroller of the State.\\nm\\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- p\\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 tlie 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\\nj)rocIaiined 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\\nnamesofZachary 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 LTnited 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. Fillmore 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 Soutli 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.\\nI illmore s adminstration, and the Japan Ex[)edition J/\\nwas sent out. On the 4th of March, 1853, Mr. Fill-\\nmore, having served one term, retired.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the Pres-\\nidency by the Know Nothing party, but was beaten\\nby Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. Fillmore lived in\\nretirement. During the terrible conflict of civil war,\\nhe was mostly silent. It was generally supposed that\\nhis sympathies were rather with those who were en-\\ndeavoring to overthrow our institutions. President\\nFillmore kept aloof from the conflict, without any\\ncordial words of cheer to the one party or the other.\\nHe was thus forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe\\nold age, and died in Buffalo. N. Y., March 8, 1874.\\nA\\nfe\\nT\\nSi\\n-^Il!l^Iini ^r^\\n-\u00c2\u00abe\u00c2\u00a7\\n^^5^_", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "f^,. ^w iWj:j-^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "c^^\\nV\\ne?i^\\nFOURTEENTH FRESIDEAiT.\\n-4^^(\u00c2\u00ae^^\\n.-^ff,g^jft?\\n^FHflNKLIN FIERCE.^ ^C\\n(Aft t. ,A;3i ;\\\\S \u00c2\u00a3i)\\n1\\nRANKLIN PIERCE, the\\nfourteenth President of the\\nL nited 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 liome in the\\nwilderness. He was a man\\nof inflexible integrity of\\nstrong, though uncultivated\\nmind, and an unconipromis-\\nDemocrat. 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 liright and handsome Ijoy, gen-\\nerous, warm-hearted and brave. He won alike the\\nlove of old and young. The boys on the play ground\\noved him. His teachers loved him. The neighiwrs\\nlooked upon him with pride and affection. He was\\nby instinct a gentleman; alwaj s 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-develoi)ed boy.\\nWhen sixteen years of age, in the year 1S20, he\\nentered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. He was\\none of the most pojiular young men in the college.\\nThe purity of his moral character, the unvarying\\ncourtesy of his demeanor, his rank as a scholar, and\\ngenial nature, rendered him a universal favorite.\\nThere was something very peculiarly winning in his\\naddress, and it was evidently not in the slightest de-\\ngree studied it was the simple outgushing of his\\nown magnanimous and loving nature.\\nUpon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin Pierce\\ncommenced the study of law in the office of Judge\\nWoodbury, one of tlie most distinguished lawyers of\\ntlie 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 tlie 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 years. The last two years he was\\nchosen speaker of the house by a very large vote.\\nIn 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was elected\\na nieml)er 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 1S37, being then but thirty-three years of age,\\nhe was elected to tlie Senate of the United States;\\ntaking liis seat just as Mr. Van Buren commenced\\nhis administration. He was the youngest memberin\\nthe Senate. In the year 1834, he married Miss Jane\\nMeans .Appleton, a lady of rare beauty and accom-\\nplishments, and one admirably fitted to adorn every\\nstation with waich her husband was honoiod. Of the\\nA\\nV.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2smf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "^^k/^^:^^^\\nzJ^^^ ^-VC^D D II llf v^^\\n-4^^^\\nI\\nFRANKLIN PIERCE.\\nthree sons who were born to them, all now sleep with\\ntheir parents in the grave.\\nIn the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing fame\\nand increasing business as a lawyer, took up his\\nresidence in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire.\\nPresident Polk, upon his accession to office, appointed\\nMr. Pierce attorney-general of the United States but\\nthe offer was declined, in consequence of numerous\\nprofessional engagements at home, and the precariuos\\nstate of Mrs. Pierce s health. He also, about the\\nsame time declined the nomination for governor by the\\nDemocratic party. The war with Mexico called Mr.\\nPierce in the army. Receiving the appointment of\\nbrigadier-general, he embarked, with a portion of his\\ntroops, at Newport, R. I., on the 27th of May, 1847.\\nHe took an important part in this war, proving him-\\nself a brave and true soldier.\\nWhen Gen. Pierce reached his home in his native\\nState, he was received enthusiastically by the advo-\\ncates of the Mexican war, and coldly by his oppo-\\nnents. He resumed the practice of his profession,\\nvery frequently taking an active part in political ques-\\ntions, giving his cordial support to the pro-slavery\\nwing of the Democratic party. The compromise\\nmeasures met cordially with his approval; and he\\nstrenuously advocated the enforcement of the infa-\\nmous fugitive-slave law, which so shocked the religious\\nsensibilities of the North. He thus became distin-\\nguished as a Northern man with Southern principles.\\nThe strong partisans of slaver) in the South conse-\\nquently regarded him as a man whom they could\\nsafely trust in office to carry out their plans.\\nOn the 1 2th of June, 1852, the Democratic conven-\\ntion met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate for the\\nPresidency. For four days they continued in session,\\nand in thirty-five ballotings no one had obtained a\\ntwo-thirds vote. Not a vote thus far had been thrown\\nfor Gen. Pierce. Then the Virginia delegation\\nbrought forward his name. There were fourteen\\nmore ballotings, during which Gen. Pierce constantly\\ngained strength, until, at the forty-ninth ballot, he\\nreceived two hundred and eighty-two votes, and all\\nother candidates eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was\\nthe Whig candidate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with\\ngreat unanimity. Only four States Vermont, Mas-\\nsachusetts, Kentucky and Tennessee cast their\\nelectoral votes against him Gen. Franklin Pierce\\nwas therefore inaugurated President of the United\\nStates on the 4lh of March, 1853.\\ns^\\nm^\\\\^)\u00c2\u00a5^k\\nHis administration proved one of the most stormy our\\ncountry had ever experienced. The controversy be-\\ntween slavery and freedom was then approaching its i!^=\\nculminating point. It became evident that there was\\nan irrepressible conflict between them, and that ito,\\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 tlie 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 tlie 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 F^piscopal\\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\\n(J^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2o-\\nV\\n(o)\\nmw\\nA.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "^Tn^^ (2^ ^%,C^^^^^ Z-^^^ i^?j!^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "t\u00c2\u00aer\\n^2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^te^ ev :iin: tiD^ r\\n-\u00c2\u00abeg\\nFIFTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n1 i gi a ga 5:5itij^ J. i v Vt^ ^^Ji^S3t\u00c2\u00bb^ ^Sir:?.Jt^tg JPi i i\\nte ^i)\\nAMES BUCHANAN, the fif-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStntcs, was born in a small\\nfrontier town, at the foot of the\\neastern ridge of the Allegha-\\nnies, in Franklin Co., Penn.,on\\n1\\nS\\nr: -s^Xs the 23d ot April, 1791. The place\\nwhere the humble 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. When James was eight years of age, his\\nfather removed to the village of Mercersburg, where\\nhis son was placed at school, and commenced a\\nI course of study in English, Latin and Greek. His\\nJ progress was rapid, and at the age of fourteen, he\\nI entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle. Here he de-\\n^K ops i remarkable talent, and took his stand among\\nthe first scholars in the institution. His application\\nto study was intense, and yet his native powers en-\\n-5*\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\nj^^\\nabled him to master the most abstruse subjects with\\nfacility.\\nIn the year 1S09, he graduated with the highest\\nhonors of his class. He was then eighteen years of\\nage; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, fond of\\nathletic sport, an unerring shot, and enlivened with\\nan exuberant flow of .inimal spirits. He immediately\\ncommenced the study of law in the city of Lancaster,\\nand was admitted to the bar in 1812, when he was\\nbut twenty -one years of age. Very rapidly he rose\\nin his profession, and at once took undisputed stand\\nwith the ablest lawyers of the State. When but\\ntwenty-six years of age, unaided by counsel, he suc-\\ncessfully defended before the State Senate one of the\\njudges of the State, who was tried upon articles of\\nimpeachment. X.t the age of thirty it was generally\\nadmitted that he stood at the he.-id 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 profession, having ac-\\nquired an ample fortune.\\nGen. Jackson, uixjn his elevation to the I residency,\\nappointed Mr. Buchanan minister to Russia. The\\nduties of his mission he performed with ability, which\\ngave satisfaction to all parties. Ujwn his return, in\\n1833, he was elected to a seat in the United States\\nSenate. He there met, as his associates, Webster,\\nClay, Wright and Calhoun. He advocated the meas-\\nures proposed by President Jackson, of making repri-\\nr^\\nunm", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "76\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ev^itm^nDr^r^\\nJAMES BUCHANAN.\\n(0\\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 oftice of those wlio were not the sup-\\nporters of iiis administration. Upon this cpiestion he\\nwas brought into direct collision with Henry Clay.\\nHe also, witli voice and vote, advocated expunging\\nfrom tlie journal of the Senate the vole 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 e respectfully received; and\\nthat tlie 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 tlie\\nStates where it now e.xists.\\nUpon Mr. Polk s accession to the Presidency, Mr.\\nBuchanan jjecame Secretary of State, and as such,\\ntook his share of the responsibility in the conduct of\\nthe Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed that crossing\\nthe Nueces by the American troops into the disputed\\nterritory was not wrong, but for the Mexicans to cross\\nthe Rio Cirande into that territory was a declaration\\nof war. No candid man can read with pleasure tlie\\naccount of the course our Covernment pursued in tliat\\nmovement\\nMr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly with\\nthe party devoted to the perpetuation and extension\\nof slavery, and brought all the energies of his mind\\nto bear against the Wilmot Proviso. He gave his\\ncordial approval to the compromise measures of 1850,\\nwhich included tlie 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 ^Ir. Buchanan for tlie Presidency. The\\npolitical conllict was one of the most severe in which\\nour country has ever engaged. All the friends of\\nslavery were on one side; all the advocates of its re-\\nstriction and final abolition, on the other. Mr. Fre-\\nmont, the candidate of the enemies of slavery, re-\\nceived 114 electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received\\n174, and was elected. The popular vote stood\\n1,340,618, for Fremont, 1,224,750 for lUichanan. On\\nMarch 4th, 1S57, Mr. Buchanan was inaugurated.\\nMr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only four\\nyears were wanting to fill up his threescore years and\\nten. His own friends, those with whom he liad been\\nallied in political jirinciples 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 lie-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0wildered. 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 op|)onents of Mr. Buchanan s administration\\nnominaled Abraham Lincoln as their standard bearer\\nin the next Presidential canvass.. The pro-slaverv\\nparty declared, that if he were elected, and (he 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.\\nVIr. Buchanan s sympathy with the pro-slavery\\nparty was such, that he iiad been willing to offerthem\\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 pitial)le 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 h;id withdrawn, or which\\nwas attempting to withdraw from tlie Union. This\\nwas not tlie doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with\\nhis hand upon his sword-hilt, he exchiimed, 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 reljel 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 Atlength 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 countiy 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\\nlianner should triumph over the flag of the rebellion.\\nHe died at his Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868.\\nm^\\n%7^MM\\\\(", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "m\\n^i^^rt^\\n^VC:Illl^^HIl^ r\\nSIXTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\ni^^e^-!^\\nI\\n79\\nABRAHAM W^^ LINCOLN.\\n1\\niBRAHAM ^K^ JJ1\\nr.RAHA\\nsixteciitl\\n\\\\M LINCOLN, tlie\\nth rresident of the\\niiiied States, was born in\\nlardiii Co., Ky., Feb. 12,\\n1S09. .\\\\bout the year 17 So, a\\nman by the name of .Vbraliani\\nLincobi left iiginia with liis\\ntaniily and rnoved into the then\\nwilds of Kentucky. Only two years\\nafter this emigration, still a young\\nman, while working one day in a\\ntield, was stealthily approached by\\nan Indian and shot dead. His widow\\nwas left in extreme [wverty with the\\nittle children, three boys and two\\ngirls. Thomas, the youngest of the\\nboys, was four years of age at his\\nfather s death. This Thomas was\\nthe father of Abraham Lincoln, the\\nPresident of the United States\\nwhose name must henceforth forever be enrolled\\nwith tlie most [irominent 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 [xjor. 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\\nhhiiself, 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.\\nhen twenty-eight years of age he buill a log-\\ncabin of his own, and married Nancy Hanks, the\\ndaughter of anotiier family of ])oor Kentucky emi-\\ngrants, who had also come from Virginia. Their\\nsecond child was .\\\\braham 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.\\n0^ All that I am, or hope to be, e.xclaims the grate-\\nu* ful son I owe to my angel-mother.\\n\\\\\\\\hen he was eight years of age, his father sold his\\ncabin and small farm, and moved to Indi.ma. Where\\n(wo vears later his mother died.\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Xbrahum soon became the sciibe 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 init tliese he read\\nand re-read until they were almost committed to\\nmemory.\\nAs the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly family\\nwas the usual lot of humanity. There were joys and\\ngriefs, weddings and funerals. Abraham s sister\\nSarah, to whom he was tenderly attached, was mar-\\nried when a child of but fourteen vears of age, and\\nsoon died. The family was gradually scattered. Mr.\\nThomas Lincoln sold out his squatter s claim in 1S30,\\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, .\\\\braham worked diligently at this\\nuntil lie saw the family comfortably settled, and their\\nsmall lot of enclosed prairie planted with corn, when\\nhe announced to his father his intention to leave\\nhome, and to go out into the world and seek his for-\\ntune. Little did he or his friends imagine how bril-\\nliant that fortune was to be. He saw the value of\\neducation, and was intensel) earnest to improve his\\nmind to the utmost of his ix)wer. He saw the ruin\\nwhich ardent spirits were causing, and became\\nstrictly temperate; refusing to allow a dro|i of intoxi-\\ncating liquor to pass his lips. And he had read in\\nGod s word, Thou shalt not take the name of the\\nLord thy (Jod in vain and a profane expression he\\nwas never heard to utter. Religion he revered. His\\nmorals were pure, and he was uncontaminated by a\\nsingle vice.\\nVoung .\\\\braham worked for a time as a hired laborer\\namong the fanners. 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 dowii\\nthe Sangamon to the Illinois, and thence by the Mis-\\nsissippi to New Orleans. Whatever Abraham I,in-\\ncoln undertook, he performed so faithfully as to give\\ngreat satisfaction to his employers. In this adven-\\nsi/\\nCf)\\\\\\n^DIl^DDn\\n-^^m^^m^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "V4^D0^IiBr r\\n-^a\\nABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\nAf\\nV\\nture his employers were so well pleased, that upon\\nhis return tiiey placed a store and mill under liis care.\\nIn 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk war, he\\nenlisted and was chosen captain of a company. He\\nreturned to Sangamon County, and although only 23\\nyears of age, was a candidate for the Legislature, but\\nwas defeated. He soon after received from Andrew\\nJackson the appointment of Postmaster of New Salem,\\nHis only post-office was his hat. .\\\\11 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 Springlield, 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 the leaders in that party. Mr. Lincoln s\\nspeeches in opposition to Senator Douglas in the con-\\ntest in 1858 for a seat in the Senate, form a most\\nnotable part of his history. The issue was on the\\nslavery question, and he took the broad ground of\\nthe Declaration of Independence, that all men are\\ncreated equal. Mr. Lincoln was defeated in this con-\\ntest, but won a far higher prize.\\nThe great Republican Convention met at Chicago\\non the i6ih ot June, i860. The delegates and\\nstrangers who crowded the city amounted to twenty-\\nfive thousand. An immense building called The\\nWigwam, was reared to accommodate the Conven-\\ntion. There were eleven candidates for whom votes\\nwere thrown. William H. Seward, a man whose fame\\nas a statesman had long filled the land, was tlie 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 as little did he dream that he was to render services\\nto his country, which would fi.x 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 W ashington.\\nElection day came and Mr. Lincoln received 180\\nelectoral votes out of 203 cast, and was, therefore,\\nconstitutionally elected President of the United States.\\nThe tirade of abuse that was poured upon this good\\nand merciful man, especially by the slaveholders, was\\ngreater than upon any other man ever elected to this\\nhigli position. In February, 1S61, Mr. Lincoln started\\nfor Washington, stop[)ing in all the large cities on his\\nway making speeches. The whole journey was froughl\\nwitii much danger. Many of the Southern States had\\nalready seceded, and several attempts at assassination\\nwere afterwards brought to light. A gang in Balti-\\nmore had arranged, upon his arrival to get up a row,\\nand in the confusion to make sure of his death with\\nrevolvers and hand-grenades. A detective unravelled\\nthe plol. .A secret and special train was provided to\\ntake him from Harrist-urg, through Baltimore, at an\\nune.xpected liour of the night. The train started at\\nhalf-past ten and to ])revent any jiossible communi-\\ncation on the part ot the Secessionists with their Con-\\nfederate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train had\\nstarted the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. Lincoln\\nreached Washington in safety and was inaugurated,\\nalthough great anxiety was felt by all loyal people.\\nIn the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave\\nto Mr Seward the Department of State, and to other\\nprominent opponents before the convention he gave\\nimportant positions.\\nDuring no other administration ha\\\\e the duties\\ndevolving upon the President been so manifold, and\\nthe resix)nsibilities 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 witli, the difficulties, he\\nlearned early to seek Divine wisdom and guidance in\\ndetermining his plans, 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\\nreliel 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, j^lans 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 t.e 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 should fail them,\\nvery reluctantly consented to go. While listening to\\nthe plav an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth\\nentered the box where the President and family were\\nseated, and fired a bullet into his brains. He died the\\nnext morning at seven o clock.\\nNever before, in the history of the world was a nation\\nplunged into such deep grief by the death of its ruler.\\nStrong men met in the streets and wept in speechless\\nanguish. It is not too much to say that a nation was\\nin tears. His was a life which will fitly become a\\nmodel. His name as the savior of his country will\\nlive with that of Washington s, its father: his country-\\nmen being unable to decide which is the greater.\\nif.\\nf\\n5\\nV\\nI-\\n^0 a B iii\\n-\u00c2\u00abs\\nr^\\nt\\nm", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "^P?vU^ y^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": ";lM^^/^\u00c2\u00ae))^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^VC^OQ^in^^-r^\\nry\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a24?^^\\nSEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nMMMM wmMM^mm^\\nNDREW JOHNSON, seven-\\nteenth President of the United\\nStates. The early life of\\nAndrew Johnson contains but\\nthe record of poverty, destitu-\\n7 tion and friendlessness. He\\n7 was born December 29, 1808,\\nin Raleigh, N. C. His parents,\\nbelonging to tlie class of the\\npoor whites of the South, were\\nin such circumstances, that they\\ncould not confer even the slight-\\nest advantages of education upon\\ntheir child. When Andrew was five\\nyears of age, his father accidentally\\nlost his life while heiorically endeavoring to save a\\nfriend from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew\\nwas a ragged boy about the streets, supported by the\\nlabor of his mother, who obtained her living with\\nher own hands.\\nHe then, having never attended a school one day,\\nand being unable either to read or write, was ap-\\nprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gentleman\\nwas in the habit of going to the tailor s shop occasion-\\nally, and reading to the boys at work there. He often\\nread from the speeches of distinguished British states-\\nr len. Andrew, who was endowed with a mind of more\\nthan ordinary native ability, became much interested\\nin these speeches his ambition was roused, and he\\nwas inspired with a strong desire to learn to read.\\nHe accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, and\\nwith the assistance of some of his fellow- workmen,\\nlearned his letters. He then called upon the gentle-\\nman to borrow the book of speeches. The owner.\\npleased with his zeal, not only gave him the book,\\nbut assisted him in learning to combine the letters\\ninto words. Under such difficulties he pressed on-\\nward laboriously, spending usually ten or twelve hours\\nat work in the shop, and then robbing himself of rest\\nand recreation to devote such time as he could to\\nreading.\\nHe went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at\\nGreenville, where he married a young lady who pos-\\nsessed some education. Under her instructions he\\nlearned to write and cipher. He became prominent\\nin the village debating society, and a favorite with\\nthe students of Greenville College. In 1828, he or-\\nganized a working man s party, which elected him\\nalderman, and in 1830 elected liim mayor, which\\nposition he held three years.\\nHe now began to take a lively interest in political\\naffairs identifying himself with the working-classes,\\nto which he belonged. In 1835, he was elected a\\nmember of the House of Representatives of Tennes-\\nsee. He was then just twenty-seven years of age.\\nHe became a very active member of the legislature,\\ngave his adhesion to the Democratic party, and in\\n1840 stumped the State, advocating Martin Van\\nBuren s claims to the Presidency, in opposition to those\\nof Gen. Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much\\nreadiness as a speaker, and extended and increased\\nhis reputation.\\nIn 1841, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, he\\nwas elected a member of Congress, and by successive\\nelections, held that important post for ten years. In\\n1853, he was elected Governor of Tennessee, and\\nwas re-elected in 1855. In all these resi)onsible posi-\\ntions, he discharged his duties with distinguished abil-\\nC);\\ns\\nV)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2sr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^TN^IIfl^Dnf^A:^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "!;My\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb^#*\\n-cr\\nv4 nD^iin^^\\nry-\\n-S8^\\n84\\nANDRF. IV JOHNSON.\\ns\\nI\\ns._\\nity, and proved himself the warm friend of the work-\\ning classes. In 1857, Mr. Johnson was elected\\nUnited States Senator.\\nYears before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated\\nthe annexation of Texas, stating however, as his\\nreason, that he thought this annexation would prob-\\nably prove to be the gateway out of which the sable\\nsons of Africa are to pass from bondage to freedom,\\nand become merged in a population congenial to\\nthemselves. In 1850, he also supported the com-\\npromise measures, the two essential features of whicli\\nwere, that the white people of the Territories should\\nbe permitted to decide for themselves whether they\\nwould enslave the colored people or not, and that\\nthe free States of the North should return to the\\nSouth persons who attempted to escape from slavery.\\nMr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly origin:\\non the contrary, he often took pride in avowing that\\nhe owed his distinction to his own exertions. Sir,\\nsaid he on the floor of the Senate, I do not forget\\nthat I am a mechanic neither do I forget that Adam\\nwas a tailor and sewed fig-leaves, and that our Sav-\\nior was the son of a carpenter.\\nIn the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860, he\\nwas the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for the\\nPresidency. In 1861, when the purpose of the South-\\nern Democracy became apparent, he took a decided\\nstand in favor of the Union, and held that slavery\\nmust be held subordinate to the Union at whatever\\ncost. He returned to Tennessee, and repeatedly\\nimperiled his own life to protect the Unionists of\\nTennesee. Tennessee having seceded from the\\nUnion, President Lincoln, on March 4th, 1862, ap-\\npointed him Military Governor of the State, and he\\nestablished the most stringent military rule. His\\nnumerous proclamations attracted wide attention. In\\n1864, he was elected Vice-President of the United\\nStates, and upon the death of Mr. Lmcoln, April 15,\\n1865, became President. In a speech two days later\\nhe said, The American people must be taught, if\\nthey do not already feel, that treason is a crime and\\nmust be punished that the Government will not\\nalways bear with its enemies that it is strong not\\nonly to protect, but to punish. The people\\nmust understand that it (treason) is the blackest of\\ncrimes, and will surely be punished. Yet his whole\\nadministration, the history of which is so well known,\\nwas in utter inconsistency with, and the most violent\\noppositiori to, the principles laid down in that speech.\\nIn his loose policy of reconstruction and general\\namnesty, he was opposed by Congress and he char-\\nacterized Congress as a new rebellion, and lawlessly\\ndefied it, in everything possible, to the utmost. In\\nthe beginnirig of 1868, on account of high crimes\\nand misdemeanors, the principal of which was the\\nremoval of Secretary Stanton, in violation of the Ten-\\nure of Office .\\\\ct, articles of impeachment were pre-\\nferred against him, and the trial began March 23.\\nIt was very tedious, continuing for nearly three\\nmonths. test article of the impeachment was at\\nlength submitted to the court for its action. It was\\ncertain that as the court voted upon that article so\\nwould it vote upon all. Thirty-four voices pronounced\\nthe President guilty. As a two-thirds vote was neces-\\nsary to his condemnation, he was pronounced ac-\\nquitted, notwithstanding the great majority against\\nhim. The change of one vote from the not guilty\\nside would have sustained the impeachment.\\nThe President, for the remainder of his term, was\\nbut little regarded. He continued, though impotently,\\nhis conflict with Congress. His own party did not\\nthink it expedient to renominate him for the Presi-\\ndency. The Nation rallied, with enthusiasm unpar-\\nalleled since the days of Washington, around the name\\nof Gen. (irant. Andrew Johnson was forgotten.\\nThe bullet of the assassin introduced him to the\\nPresident s chair. Notwithstanding this, never was\\nthere presented to a man a better opportunity to im-\\nmortalize his name, and to win the gratitude of a\\nnation. He failed utterly. He retired to his home\\nin Gree\u00c2\u00abville, Tenn., taking no very active part in\\npolitics until 1875. J ^ft 2r an exciting\\nstruggle, he was chosen by the Legislature of Ten-\\nnessee, United States Senator in the forty-fourth Con-\\ngress, and took his seat in that body, at the special\\nsession convened by President Grant, on the 5th of\\nMarch. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-President\\nmade a visit to his daughter s home, near Carter\\nStation, Tenn. When he started on his journey, he was\\napparently in his usual vigorous health, but on reach-\\ning the residence of his child the following day, was\\nstricken with paralysis, rendering him unconscious.\\nHe rallied occasionally, but finally passed away at\\n2 A. M., July 31, aged sixty-seven years. His fun-\\neral was attended at Geenville, on the 3d of August,\\nwith every demonstration of respect.\\n(51\\n^^nmm\\nA4=i-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "d^t^t^O^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V ^tlll^llll^ r\\nii\\nj\\nEIGHTEENTH PRESIDENT.\\nSSES S. GRANT, the\\nhteenth President of the\\nUnited States, was born on\\nthe 29th of April, 1822, of\\nChristian parents, in a hnnible\\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 \\\\oung 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, (jranl 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, liis second battle. .\\\\t the battle\\nof Monterey, his third engagement, it is said that\\nhe performed a signal service of daring and skillful\\nhorsemanship. His brigade had exhausted its am-\\nmunition. 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 animal, ran the gauntlet in entire safety.\\nFrom Monterey he was sent, with the fourth infantry,\\nto aid tien. Scott, at the siege of Vera Cruz. In\\npreparation for the march to tlie city of Mexico, he\\nwas appointed quartermaster of his regiinent. At the\\nbattle of Molino del Rey, he was promoted to a\\nfirst lieutenancy, and was brevetted captain at Cha-\\npultepec.\\nAt the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant re-\\nturned with his regiment to New York, and was again\\nsent to one of the military posts on the frontier. The\\ndiscovery of gold in California causing an immense\\ntide of emigration to flow to the Pacific shores, Capt.\\nGrant was sent with a battalion to Fort Dallas, in\\nOregon, for the protection of the interests of the im-\\nmigrants. Life was wearisome in those wilds. Capt.\\nGrant resigned his commission and returned to the\\nStates; and having married, entered upon the cultiva-\\ntion of a small farm near St. Louis, Mo. He had but\\nlittle skill as a farmer. Finding his toil not re-\\nmunerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering into\\nthe leather business, with a younger brother, at Ga-\\nlena, 111. This was in the year i860. As the tidings\\nof the rebels firing on Fort Sumpter reached the ears\\nof Capt. Grant in his counting-room, he said,\\nLTncle Sam has educated me for the army; though\\nI have served him through one war, I do not feel that\\nI have yet repaid thedebt. I am still ready to discharge\\nmy obligations. I shall therefore buckle on my sword\\nand see Uncle Sam through this war too.\\nHe went into the streets, raised a company of vol-\\nunteers, and led them as their captain to Springfield,\\nthe capital of the State, where their services were\\noffered to Gov. Yates. The Governor, impressed by\\nthe zeal and straightforward executive ability of Capt.\\nGrant, gave him a desk in his office, to assist in the\\nvolunteer organization that was being formed in the\\nState in behalf of the Government. On the 15th of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0V\u00c2\u00ae))^^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac-\\n^7^ Il!l^(ltlf^^\\n(V", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "d;\\n1\\n1=3\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v ^^iiD;^iioi 7-\\n4^^\\nUL YSSES S. GRA NT.\\nJune, 1 86 1, Capt. Grant received a commission as\\nColonel of the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Vol-\\nunteers. His merits as a West Point graduate, who\\nhad served for 15 years in the regular army, were such\\nthat he was soon promoted to the rank of Brigadier-\\nGeneral and was placed in command at Cairo. The\\nrebels raised their banner at Paducah, near the mouth\\nof the Tennessee River. Scarcely had its folds ap-\\npeared in the breeze ere Gen. Grant was there. The\\nrebels fled. Their banner fell, and the star and\\nstripes were unfurled in its stead.\\nHe entered the service with great determination\\nand immediately began active duty. This was the be-\\nginning, and until the surrender of Lee at Richmond\\nhe was ever pushing the enemy with great vigor and\\neffectiveness. At Belmont, a few days later, he sur-\\nprised and routed the rebels, then at Fort Henry\\nwon another victory. Then came the brilliant fight\\nat Fort Donelson. The nation was electrified by the\\nvictory, and the brave leader of the boys in blue was\\nimmediately made a M.njor-General, and the military\\ndistrict of Tennessee was assigned to him.\\nLike all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well how\\nto secure the results of victory. He immediately\\npushed on to the enemies lines. Then came the\\nterrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, Corinth, and the\\nsiege of Vicksburg, where Gen. Pemberton made an\\nunconditional surrender of the city with over thirty\\nthousand men and one-hundred and seventy-two can-\\nnon. The fall of Vicksburg was by far the most\\nsevere blow which the rebels had thus far encountered,\\nand opened up the .Mississippi from Cairo to the Gulf.\\nGen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with\\nGen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro-\\nceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown from\\nhis horse, and received severe injuries, from which he\\nwas laid up for months. He then rushed to the aid\\nof Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas at Cliattanooga, and\\nby a wonderful series of strategic and tactical meas-\\nures put the Union army in fighting condition. Then\\nfollowed the bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout\\nMountain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels\\nwere routed with great loss. This won for him un-\\nbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of Febru-\\nary, 1864, Congress revived the grade of lieutenant-\\ngeneral, and the rank was conferred on Gen. Grant.\\nHe repaired to Washington to receive his credentials\\nand enter upon the duties of his new office.\\nGen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge of\\nthe army to concentrate the widely-dispersed National\\ntroops for an attack upon Richmond, the nominal\\ncapital of the Rebellion, and endeavor there to de-\\nstroy the rebel arnries which would be promptly as-\\nsembled from all quarters for its defence. The whole\\ncontinent seemed to tremble under the trampof these\\nmajestic armies, rushing to the decisive battle field.\\nSteamers were crowded with troops. Railway trains\\nwere burdened with closely packed thousands. His\\nplans were comprehensive and involved a series of\\ncampaigns, which were e.xecuted with remarkable en-\\nergy and ability, and were consummated at the sur-\\nrender of Lee, April 9, 1865.\\nThe war was ended. The Union was saved. The\\nalmost unanimous voice of the Nation declared Gen.\\nGrant to be the most prominent instrument in its sal-\\nvation. The eminent services he had thus rendered\\nthe country brought him conspicuously forward as the\\nRepublican candidate for the Presidential chair.\\nAt the Republican Convention held at Chicago,\\nMay 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated for the\\nPresidency, and at the autumn election received a\\nmajority of the popular vote, and 214 out of 294\\nelectoral votes.\\nThe National Convention of the Republican party\\nwhich met at Philadelphia on the 5th of June, 1872,\\nplaced Gen. Grant in nomination for a second tenii\\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. tirant\\nstarted upon his famous trip around the world. He\\nvisited almost every country of the civilized world,\\nand was everywhere received with such ovations\\nand demonstrations of respect and honor, private\\nas well as public and official, as were never before\\nbestowed upon any citizen of the United States. It\\nis not too much to say that his modest, courteous, and\\ndignified demeanor in the presence of the most dis-\\ntinguished men in the different nations in the world,\\nreflected honor upon the Reixiblic which he so long\\nand so faithfully served. The country felt a great\\npride in his reception. Upon his arrival in San Fran-\\ncisco, Sept. 20, 1879, the city authorities gave him a\\nfine reception. After lingering in the Golden State\\nfor a while, he began his tour through the States,\\nwhich extended North and South, everywhere mark-\\ned by great acclamation and splendid ovations.\\nV^\\ni\\nHmm\\\\^i\\no.\\n^4^^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "II\\n6 L tA^ 2Lv", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^n! Mm\\\\ii\\nNINETEENTH PRESIDENT.\\n4^^(@V^\\nRUTHERi:ORD B. HAYES.\\nI r.^v \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^;jj^^^;^|^^^l^;. \u00e2\u0096\u00a0.Vl^;l^;^.^;v^^ l^-:^ ??jl :l!i^^^^ i^.n^v f l\\n1\\n5\\n1\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i. C3\\nUTHERFORD B. HAVKS,\\nthe nineteenth President of\\nl^ ^the United States, was born in\\nDelaware, O., Oct. 4, 1822, al-\\nmost three months after the\\ndeatli of liis 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 farb.ackas i:!8o, when Hayes and\\nRutherford were two Scottish chief-\\ntains, fighting side by side with\\nBaliol, William Wallace and Robert\\nBruce. Both families belonged to the\\nnobility, owned extensive estates,\\nand had a large following. Misfor-\\ntune overtaking the family, George Hayes left .Scot-\\nland in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son\\nGeorge was born in Windsor, and remained there\\nduring his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, mar-\\nried Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of his mar-\\nriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. Ezekiel,\\nson of Daniel, was Ijorn in 1724, and was a manufac-\\nturerof scythes at Bradford, Conn. Rutherford Hayes,\\nson of Ezekiel and grandfather of President Hayes, was\\nborn in New Haven, in August, 1756. He was a farmer,\\nblacksmith and tavern-keeper. He emigrated to\\nVermont at an unknown date, settling in Brattleboro,\\nwhere he established a hotel. Here his son Ruth-\\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 beeri\\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 tliat he choose to\\nundertake. He was a member of the Church, active\\nin all the benevolent enterprises of the town, and con-\\nducted his business on Christian principles. After\\nthe close of the war of 181 2, for reasons inexplicable\\nto his neighbors, he resolved to emigrate to Ohio.\\nThe journey from Vermont to Ohio in that day,\\nwhen there were no canals, steamers, nor railways,\\nwas a very serious affair, k tour of inspection was\\nfirst made, occupying four months. Mr. Hayes deter-\\nmined to move to Delaware, where the family arrived\\nin 1817. He died July 22, 1822, a victim of malarial\\nfever, less than three months before the birth of the\\nson, of whom we now write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore be-\\nreavement, found the support she so much needed in\\nher brother Sardis, who had been a member of the\\nhousehold from the day of its departure from Ver-\\nmont, and in an orphan girl whom she had adopted\\nsome time before as an act of charity.\\nMrs. Hayes at this period was very weak, and the\\n9\\ng)^s ^4|\\n-i^\\nA^^n!i^iinf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bb^ 6VC^lID^IIII^ r\\nTT\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^2^^\\n-^^5((\u00c2\u00aeVM\\n92\\nRUTHERFORD B. HAYES.\\nO\\nsubject of this sketch was so feeble at birtli tluU he\\nwas not expected to Hve beyond a month ur two at\\nmost. As the months went by lie grew weaker and\\nweaker, so iluit the neighliors were in the habit of in-\\niHiiringfrom time to time if Mrs. Hayes baliy died\\nlast night. On one occasion a neighbor, who was on\\nfamihar terms with tlie family, after alluding to tiie\\nboy s big head, and the mother s assiduous care of\\nhim, said in a bantering way, That s right Stick to\\nhim. Vou have got him along so far, and I shouldn t\\nwonder if he would really come to something yet.\\nYou need not laugh, said Mrs. Hayes. You\\nwait and see. You can t tell but 1 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 1S25, 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 disix)-\\n/S sition, and that delicate consideration for the feelings\\na of 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 ini-\\nproved, and he was making good progress in his\\nstudies, he proiX)sed to send liim to college. His pre-\\nS^\\nparation commenced with a tutor at home; but he\\nwas afterwards sent for one year to a professor in the\\nWesleyan Lhiiversity, in Middletown, Conn. He en-\\ntered Kenyon College in 1838, at the age of sixteen,\\nand was graduated at the head of his class in 1842.\\nImmediately after his graduation he began the\\nstudy of law in the oPRce of Thomas Sparrow, Esq.,\\nin Columbus. Finding his opportunities for study in\\nColumbus somewhat limiteil, he deterniintd to enter\\nthe Law School at Cambridge, Mass., where he re-\\nmained two years.\\nIn 1845, after graduatmg at the Law School, he was\\nadmitted to the bar at Marietta, Ohio, and shortly\\nafterward went into practice as an attorney-at-law\\nwith Ralph P. Buckland, of Fremont. Here he re-\\nmained three years, acquiring but a limited practice,\\nand apparently unambitious of distinction in his pro-\\nfession.\\nIn 1841) he moved to Cincmnati, where his ambi-\\ntion found a new stimulus. For several years, how-\\never, his progress was slow. Two events, occurring at\\nthis period, had a (wwerful intluence u[K)n his subse-\\nquent life. One of these was his niarrage with Miss\\nLucy W.ire 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 Chief justice Salmon P.Chase,\\nGen. John Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many\\nothers hardly less distinguished in after life. The\\nmarriage was a fortunate one in every respect, as\\never) body knows. Not one of all the wives of our\\nPresidents was more universally admired, reverenced\\nand beloved than was Mrs. 11 ayes, and no one did\\nmore than she to reflect honor upon American woman-\\nhood. The Literary Club brought .Mr. Hayes into\\nconstant association with )oung men of high char-\\nacter and noble aims, and lured him lo display the\\nqualities so long hidden by his bashfulness and\\nmodesty.\\nIn 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge of\\nthe Court of Common Pleas; but he declined to ac-\\ncept the nomination. Two years later, the ofifice of\\ncity solicitor becoming vacant, the City Council\\nelected him for the unexpired term.\\nIn 1 86 1, when the Rebellion broke out, he was at\\nthe zenith of his jirofessional life. His rank at the\\nbar was among the the first. But the news of the\\nattack on Fort Sumpter found him eager to take up\\narms for tlie defense of his country.\\nHis military record was bright arid illustrious. In\\nOctober, 186 1, he was made Lieutenant-Colonel, and\\nin August, 1S62, ))ronioted Colonel of the 79tli Ohio\\nregiment, but he refused to leave his old comrades\\nand go among strangers. Subsequently, however, he\\nwas made Colonel of his old regiment. At the battle\\nof South Mountain he received a wound, and while\\nfaint and bleeding displayed courage and fortitude\\nthat won admiration from all.\\nCol. Hayes was detached from his regiment, after\\nhis recovery, to act as Brigadier-tieneral, and placed\\nin command of the celebrated Kanawha division,\\nand for gallant and meritorious services in the battles\\nof Winchester, Fisher s Hill anil Cedar Creek, he was\\npromoted Brigadier-General. He was also brevetted\\nMajur-General, forgalfant and distirguished Fcrvices\\nduring the campaigns of 1S64, 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, (len. Haves was elected to Congress, from\\nthe .Second Ohio District, whicli had long been Dem-\\nocratic. He was not present during the campaign,\\nand after his election was inqiortuned to resign liis\\ncommission in the army but he finally declared, 1\\nshall never come to Washington until 1 can come by\\nthe way of Richmond. He was re-elected in 1866.\\nIn 1867, Gen Hayes was elected Governor of Ohio,\\nover Hon. .\\\\llen G. Thurman, a popular Democrat.\\nIn 1869 was re-elected over George H. Pendleton.\\nHe was elected Governor for the third term in 1873.\\nIn 1876 he was the standard bearer of the Repub-\\nlican Party in the Presidential contest, and after a\\nhard long contest was chosen President, and was in\\naugurated Monday, March 5, 1875. He served his\\nfull term, not, however, with satisfaction to his party,\\nbut his administratior, was an average one\\ns\\nk\\nca:\\njsi^y^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0K-nn\\n^nDit\\n-~v-\\n4^^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "T\\ni\\nTWENTIETH PRESIDENT.\\n95\\n^^Sii ir\\nA\\ns\\nft\\n^ES A. GARFIELD, twen-\\n;th President of the United\\nStates, was born Nov. 19,\\n1 83 1, in the woods of Orange,\\nCuyahoga Co., O His par-\\nents were Abram and Eliza\\ny c, (Ballou) Garfield, both of New\\nEngland ancestry- and from fami-\\nlies well known in the early his-\\n;*M? OT of that section of our coun-\\ntrj-, 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\\nwas about 20x30 feet, built of logs, with the spaces be-\\ntween the logs filled witli clay. His father was a\\nhard working farmer, and he soon had his fields\\ncleared, an orchard planted, and a log barn built.\\nThe household comprised the father and mother and\\ntheir four children Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and\\nJames. In May, 1S23, the father, from a cold con-\\ntracted in helping to put out a forest fire, died. At\\nthis time James was about eighteen months old, and\\nThomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, can\\ntell how much James was indebted to his biother s\\ntoil and self-sacrifice during the twenty years suc-\\nceeding his father s death, but undoubtedly verj-\\nmuch. He now lives in Michigan, and the two sis-\\nters live in Solon, O., near their birthplace.\\nThe early educational advantages young Garfield\\nenjoyed were verv limited, yet he made the most of\\nthem. He labored at f.- .rm work for others, did car-\\npenter work, chopped wood, or did anything that\\nwould bring in a few dollars to aid his widowed\\nmother in her struggles to keep the little family to-\\ngether. Nor was Gen. Garfield ever ashamed of his\\norigin, and he never forgot the friends of his strug-\\ngling childhood, youlh and manhood, neither did they\\never forget him. When in the highest seats of honor,\\nthe humblest friend of his boyhood was as kindly\\ngreeted as ever. I he ]worest laborer was sure of the\\nsympathy of one who had known all the bitterness\\nof want and the sweetness of bread earned by the\\nsweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, plain,\\nmodest gentleman.\\nThe highest ambition of young Garfield until he\\nwas about si.xteen years old was to be a captain of\\na vessel on Lake Eiie. He was anxious to go aboard\\na vessel, which his mother strongly opposed. She\\nfinall)- consented to his going to Cleveland, with the\\nunderstanding, however, that he should tr)- to obtain\\nsome other kind of employment. He waliced 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 went\\nhome, and attended the seminary at Chester for\\nabout three years, when he entered Hiram and the\\nEclectic Institute, teaching a few terms of school in\\nthe meantime, and doing other work. This school\\nwas started by the Disciples of Christ in 1850, of\\nwhich churcli he was then a member. He became\\njanitor and bell-ringer in order to help pay his wav.\\nHe then became both teacher and pupil. He soon\\nexhausted Hiram and needed more hence, in the\\nfall of 1854, he entered Williams College, from which\\nhe graduated in 1856, taking one of the highest hon-\\nors of his class. He afterwards returned 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, savs of him in reference to his relision\\nA\\nI\\n^pHiP*^#\\nu^-i^ii\\nmm^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "96\\nJAMES A. GARFIELD.\\nm\\n1=3:\\ni\\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 benig, and to a more than usual degree. In\\nmy judgment there is no more interesting feature of\\nhis character than his loyal allegiance to the body of\\nChristians in which he was trained, and the fervent\\nsympathy which he ever showed in their Christian\\ncommunion. Not many of the few wise and mighty\\nand noble who are called show a similar loyalty to\\nthe less stately and cultured Christian communions\\nin which they have been reared. Too often it is true\\nthat as they step upward in social and political sig-\\nnificance they step upward from one degree to\\nanother in some of the many types of fashionable\\nChristianity. President Garfield adhered to the\\nchurch of his mother, tlie church in which he was\\ntrained, and in which he served as a pillar and an\\nevangelist, and yet witli the largest and most unsec-\\ntarian charity for all who loveourLord in sincerity.\\nMr. Garfield was united in marriage with Miss\\nLucretia Rudolph, Nov. 11, 1858, who proved herself\\nworthy as the wife of one whom all the world loved and\\nmourned. To them were born seven children, five of\\nwhom are still living, four boys and one girl.\\nMr. Garfield made his first political s[)eeches in 1856,\\nin Hiram and the neighboring villages, and three\\nyears later he began to speak at county mass-meet-\\nings, and became the favorite speaker wherever he\\nwas. During this year he was elected to the Ohio\\nSenate. He also began to study law at Cleveland,\\nand in i86i was admitted to the bar. The great\\nRebellion broke out in the early part of this year,\\nand Mr. Garfield at once resolved to fight as he had\\ntalked, and enlisted to defend the old flag. He re-\\nceived his commission as Lieut. -Colonel of the Forty-\\nsecond Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Aug.\\n14, 1861. He was immediately put into active ser-\\nvice, and before he had ever seen a gun fired in action,\\nwas placed in command of four regiments of infantry\\nand eight companies of cavalry, charged with the\\nwork of driving out of his native State the officer\\n(Humphrey Marshall) reputed to be the ablest of\\nthose, not educated to war whom Kentucky had given\\nto the Rebellion. This work was bravely and speed-\\nily accomplished, although against great odds. Pres-\\nident Lincoln, on his success commissioned him\\nBrigadier-General, Jan. lo, 1862; and as he had\\nbeen the youngest man in the Ohio Senate two years\\nbefore, so now he was the youngest General in the\\narmy. He was with Gen. Buell s army at ShiloJi,\\nin its operations around Corinth and its marcli through\\nAlabama. He was tlien detailed as a member of the\\nGeneral Court-Martial for the trial of Gen. Fitz-John\\nPorter. He was then ordered to report to Gen. Rose-\\ncrans, and was assigned to the Chief of Staff.\\nThe military history of Gen. Garfield closed with\\nl-\\\\\u00c2\u00ae))^#\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nr^^^^ .^-A^\\\\i\\\\^\\nhis brilliant services at Chickamauga, where he won\\nthe stars 01 the Major-General.\\nWithout an effort on his part Gen. Garfield was\\nelected to Congress in the fall of 1862 from the\\nNineteenth District of Ohio. This section of Ohio\\nhad been represented in Congress for si.xty years\\nmainly by two men Elisha Wliittlesey and Joshua\\nR. Giddings. It was not without a struggle that he\\nresigned his place in the army. At the time he en-\\ntered Congress he was the youngest member in that\\nbody. There he remained by successive re-\\nelections until he was elected President in 1880.\\nOf his labors in Congress .Senator Hoar says Since\\nthe year 1864 you cannot think of a question which\\nhas been debated in Congress, or discussed before a\\ntribunel of the American people, in regard to which\\nyou will not find, if you wish nistruction, the argu-\\nment on one side stated, in almost evefy instance\\nbetter than by anybody else, in some speech made in\\nthe House of Representatives or on the hustings 1\\nMr. Garfield.\\nUpon Jan. 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elected to\\nthe U. S. Senate, and on the eighth of June, of the\\nsame year, was nominated as the candidate of his\\nparty for President at the great Chicago Convention.\\nHe was elected in the following November, and on\\nMarch 4, i88i, was inaugurated. Probably no ad-\\nministration ever opened its existence under brighter\\nauspices than that of President Garfield, and every\\nday it grew in favo; with the peo]3le, and by tlie first\\nof July he had comiileted 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 inilicting no farther\\ninjury. It has been very truthfully said that this was\\nthe shot that was heard round the world Never\\nbefore in the history of the Nation had anything oc-\\ncurred which so nearly froze the blood of the people\\nfor the moment, as this awful deed. He was smit-\\nten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his life, and\\nwas at the summit of his power and hope. For eighty\\ndays, all during the hot months of July and August,\\nhe lingered and suffered. He, however, remained\\nmaster of himself till the last, and bv his magnificent\\nbearing was teaching the country and the world the\\nnoblest of human lessons how to live grandly in the\\nvery clutch of death. Great in life, he was surpass-\\ningly great in death. He passed serenely away Sept,\\n19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of the\\nocean, wliere he had been taken shortly previous. The\\nworld wept at his death, as it never had done on the\\ndeath of any other man wlio had ever lived upon it.\\nThe murderer was duly tried, found guilty and exe-\\ncuted, in one year after he committed the foul deed.\\nvs-\\n^5\\n(I)", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "I%N\\nf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "TWENTY.FIRST PRESIDENT.\\nW .^mirm L\\\\^-.\\nwl\\nmm \u00c2\u00a7k^ MM V iimm,\\nm\\ni\\ns\\nb\\n^^\u00c2\u00b1JiL\\nHESTER A. ARTHUR,\\n^i_,__^twenty-first President of the\\nUnited States, was born in\\nFranklin County, Vermont, on\\n!o thefifthof October, 18^0, andis\\nthe oldest of a family of two\\nWM:\\n^n\\ni\\nsons and five daughters. His\\nfather was the Rev. Dr. William\\nArthur, a Baptist clergyman, who\\nemigrated to this countr) from\\nthe county Antrim, Ireland, in\\nhis i8th year, and died in 1875, in\\nNewtonville, near Albany, after a\\nlong and successful ministry.\\nYoung Arthur was educated at\\nUnion College, Schenectady, where\\nhe excelled in all his studies. .\\\\f-\\nter his graduation he taught school\\nin Vermont for two years, and at\\nthe e.vpiration of that time came to\\nNew York, with $500 in his jxjcket,\\nand entered the office of ex-Judge\\nE. D. Culver as student, .\\\\fter\\n1 being admitted to the bar he formed\\na partnership with his intimate friend and room-mate,\\nHenry D. Gardiner, with the intention of practicing\\nin the West, and for three months they roamed about\\nin the Western States in search of an eligible site,\\nbut in the end returned to New York, where they\\nhung out their shingle, and entered upon a success-\\nful career almost from the start. General Arthur\\nsoon afterward married the daughter of Lieutenant\\nHemdon, 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\\nnommation to the Vice Presidency, leaving two\\nchildren.\\nGen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celebrity\\nin his first great case, the famous Lemmon suit,\\nbrought to recover possession of eight slaves who had\\nbeen declared free by Judge Paine, of the Superior\\nCourt of New York City. It was in 1852 that Jon-\\nathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to New York with\\nhis slaves, intending to ship them to Texas, when\\nthey were discovered and freed. The Judge decided\\nthat they could not be held by the owner under the\\nFugitive Slave Law. A howl of rage went up from\\nthe South, and the Virginia Legislature authorized the\\nAttorney General of that State to assist in an appeal.\\nWm. M. Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed\\nto represent the People, and they won their case,\\nwhich then went to the Supreme Court of the United\\nStates. Charles O Conor here espoused the cause\\nof the slave-holders, but he too was beaten by Messrs.\\nEvarts and Arthur, and a long step was taken toward\\nthe emancipation of the black race.\\n.\\\\nother 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\\nC)\\ny\\nA\\n:35^^r^ ^;A n j] g IlBf it^ s^^^jK.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "^^8^\\nloo\\n-^=nr nil^llll^\\nCHESTER A\\nARTHUR.\\n4^^^\\n5\\n1=3\\nt\\nfollowed their example. Before that the Sixth Ave-\\nnue Company ran a few special cars for colored per-\\nsons and the other lines refused to let them ride at all.\\nGeneral Arthur was a delegate to the Convention\\nat Saratoga that founded the Republican party.\\nPrevious to the war he was Judge- Advocate of the\\nSecond Brigade of the State of New York, and Gov-\\nernor Morgan, of that State, apjwinted hnii Engineer-\\nin-Chief of his staff. In i86i, he was made Inspec-\\ntor General, and soon afterward became (Quartermas-\\nter-General. In each of these offices he rendered\\ngreat service to the Government during the war. At\\nthe end of Governor Morgan s term he resumed the\\npractice of the law, forming a partnership with Mr.\\nRansom, and then Mr. Phelps, the District Attorney\\nof New York, was added to the firm. The legal prac-\\ntice of tliis well-known firm was very large and lucra-\\ntive, each of the gentlemen composing it were able\\nlawyers, and possessed a splendid local reputation, if\\nnot indeed one of national extent.\\nHe always took a leading part in State and city\\npolitics. He was appointed Collector of the Port of\\nNew York by President Grant, Nov. 21 1872, to suc-\\nceed Thomas Murphy, and held the office until July,\\n20, 1878, when he was succeeded by Collector Merritt.\\nMr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential\\nticket, with Gen. James A. (iarfield, at the famous\\nNational Republican Convention held at Chicago in\\nJune, 1880. This was perhaps the greatest political\\nconvention that ever assembled on the continent. It\\nwas composed of the leading politicians of the Re-\\npubHcan party, all alile 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\\nwas Garfield and Arthur. They were inaugurated\\nMarch 4, 1881, as President and Vice-President.\\nA few months only had passed ere the newly chosen\\nPresident was the victim of the assassin s bullet. Then\\ncame terrible weeks of suffering, those moments of\\nanxious suspense, when the hearts of all civilized na-\\ntions were throbbing in unison, longing for the re-\\ncovery of the noble, the good President. The remark-\\nable patience that he manifested during those hours\\nand weeks, and even months, of the most terrible suf-\\nfering man has often been called upon to endure, was\\nseemingly more than human. It was certainly God-\\nlike. During all this period of deepest anxiety Mr.\\nArthur s every move was watched, and be it said to his\\ncredit that his every action displayed only an earnest\\ndesire that the suffering Garfield might recover, to\\nserve the remainder of the term he had so auspi-\\nciously begun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested\\nin deed or look of this man, even though the most\\nhonored jxjsition in tlie world was at any moment\\nlikely to fall to him.\\nAt last God in his mercy relieved President Gar-\\nfield from further suffering, and the world, as never\\nbefore in its history over the death of any other\\nman, wept at his bier. Then it became the duty of\\nthe Vice President to assume the responsibilities of\\nthe high office, and he took the oath in New York,\\nSept. 20, 1881. The 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 imix)rtant measures were to be immediately\\ndecided by him and still farther to embarrass him lie\\ndid not fail to realize under what circumstances he\\nbecame President, and knew the feelings of many on\\nthis point. I ^nder these trying circumstances President\\nArthur took the reins of the Government in his own\\nhands and, as embarrassing as were the condition of\\naffairs, he has happily surprised the Nation, acting so\\njustly, so wisely, so well, that but few have criticised\\nhis administration. Should he continue during the\\nremainder of his term to pursue the wise policy he\\nhas followed thus far, we believe President Arthur s\\nadministration will go down in history as one of the\\nwisest and most satisfactory our country has ever\\nenjoyed. His highest ambition seems to be to do his\\nduty to the whole Nation, even to the sacrifice of his\\nwarmest personal friends. With the good of the\\npeople at heart, and guided by the wisdom already\\ndisplayed, he will surprise his opponents, gratify his\\nfriends, and bless the .\\\\merican Republic, during\\nthe years he occupies the Presidential chair.\\ni*\\n^H-^nii;^iii]it A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "^^r^ ^m^ ^v4^tin\u00c2\u00a7iiti ^^:^er\\n^p\\n(b\\ne\\nk}\\nc^\\n\\\\m^\u00c2\u00bb-\\nAV\u00c2\u00ab~5\\n^^-inn^ntin\\n^a,^.\\n9^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "-:2^^^ t;7V4^Il n^ n nv r^:r 3i\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00bbsr\\nWB\\nv^\\nA\\n5\\nV\\ns.\\n1\\nl^v^^\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n.^^^^^e: e^^iiii^nn;i A;^^ ^^j?^\\nc^\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "Wrf^^^^\\n^=rr(^M: Wt T\\nm\\n4.\\nV\\ni\\nI\\ni\\nI\\n-3!i^^JS^\\no r^;[^fl^g\\n^II!ISnD^ 4^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "^^ik/^\\nK o\\\\ ^UMhW\\nTT-\\nK^\\nI\\nSi\\na:\\nv|)\\n9\\n1=3\\nr^,\\ng| vr)\u00c2\u00ab^ l*\\n5^^^\\n^D!i^Da;t\\n-l^5C@ N^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0099\u00a61\\nM -\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^ys^\\nif.A\\naiM^.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nloS\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2l \u00e2\u0096\u00a0*Jl-^-^^*?S\\ni\\n1\\nTEPHEN T. MASON, the\\nfirst (.Governor of Michigan, was\\na son of Clen. John T. Mason,\\nof Kentucky, but was born in\\nVirginia, in 1812. At the age\\nof 19 he was appointed Secre-\\ntary of Michigan Territory, and\\nserved in that capacity during the\\nadministration of Gov. George B.\\nPorter. Upon the death of Gov.\\nPorter, which occurred on the 6th of\\nJuly, 1834, Mr. Mason became Act-\\ning Governor. In October, 1835, he\\nwas elected Governor under the State\\norganization, and immediately en-\\ntered upon the performance of the\\nduties of the olifice, 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 extreme\\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\\n(q^ compact. This compact was the ordinance of 1787,\\nthe parties to which were the original 13 States, and\\nthe territory northwest of the Ohio and, by the suc-\\nt cession of parties under statutory amendments to the\\nordinance and laws of Congress the United States on\\nthe one part, and each Territory northwest of the\\nOhio, as far as affected by their provisions, on the\\nother. Michigan, therefore, claimed it under the prior\\ngrant, or assignation of boundary.\\nOhio, on the other hand, claimed that the ordmance\\nhad l)een superseded by the Constitution of the\\nUnited States, and that Congress had a right to regu-\\nlate the boundary. It was also claimed that the\\nConstitution of the State of Ohio having described a\\ndifferent line, and Congress having admitted the State\\nunder that Constitution, without mentioning the sub-\\nject of the line in dispute, Congress had thereby given\\nits consent to the line as laid down by the Constitu-\\ntion of Ohio. This claim was urged by Ohio at\\nsome periods of the controversy, but at others she ap-\\npeared to regard the question unsettled, by the fact\\nthat she insisted upon Congress taking action in re-\\ngard to the boundary. Accordingly, we find that, in\\n1812, Congress authorized the Surveyor-General to\\nsurvey a line, agreeably to the act, to enable the people\\nof Ohio to form a Constitution and State government.\\nOwing to Indian hostilities, however, the line was not\\nrun till 1S18. 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 question\\nremained open till Michigan organized her State gov-\\nernment.\\nThe Territory in dispute is about five miles in\\nwidth at the west end, and about eight miles in width\\nat the east end, and extends along the whole north-\\nern line of Ohio, west of Lake Erie. The line claimed\\nby Michigan was known as the Fulton line, and\\nthat claimed by Ohio was known as the Harris line,\\nC^)\\n-^^m^ Il ^]iav A;^3\\ni", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "Zii^^^\\n6^r^\\\\imm 7-^\\nV\\nS Qt\\nO\\nSTEPHEN T. MASON.\\nfrom the names of the surveyors. The territory was\\nvaluable for its ricli agricultural lands; but the chief\\nvalue consisted in the fact that the harbor on the\\nMauinee 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, 1S35, the Legislature of Ohio passed\\nan act extending the jurisdiction of the State over\\nthe territory in question; erected townships and\\ndirected them to liold elections in April following. It\\nalso directed Governor Lucus to apjxjint three com-\\nmissioners to survey and re-mark the Harris line and\\nnamed the first of April as the day to cominence 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 Tovernor Lucas message, and advised imme-\\ndiate action by that body to anticipate and counteract\\nthe proceedings of Ohio. Accordingly, on the 1 2th\\nof February, the council passed an act making it a\\ncrimmal offence, punishable by a heavy fine, or im-\\nprisonment, for any one to attempt to exercise any\\nf^ official functions, or accept any office within the juris-\\ndiction of Michigan, under or by virture of any au-\\nthority not derived from the Territory, or the United\\nStates. On the 9th of March, Governor Mason wrote\\nGeneral Brown, then in command of the Michigan\\nmilitia, directing him to hold himself in readiness to\\nmeet the enemy in the field in case any attempt was\\nmade on the part of Ohio to carry out the provisions\\nof that act of the Legislature. On the 31st of March,\\nGovernor Lucus, with his commissioners, arrived at\\nPerrysburgh, on their way to commence re-surveying\\nthe Harris line. He was accompanied by General\\nBell and staff, of the Ohio Militia, who proceeded to\\nmuster a volunteer force of about 600 men. This\\nwas soon accomplished, and the force fully armed and\\nequipped. The force then went into camp at Fort\\nMiami, to await the Governor s orders.\\nIn the meantime. Governor Mason, with General\\nBrown and staff, had raised a force 800 to 1200\\nstrong, and were in possession of Toledo. General\\nBrown s Staff consisted of Captain Henry Smith, of\\nMonroe, Inspector; Major J. J. Ullman, of Con-\\nstantine, Quartermaster William E. Broadman, of\\nDetroit, and Alpheus Fekh, of Monroe, Aids-de-\\ncamp. When Governor Lucas observed the deter-\\nmined bearing of the Michigan braves, and took note\\ni\u00c2\u00bbv\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^ti-\\n^=!r^-^DI]\\nof their nmiiber, he found it convenient to content\\nhimself for a time with watching over the border.\\nSeveral days were passed in this exhilarating employ-\\nment, and just as Governor Lucas had made up his\\nmind to do something rash, two commissioners ar-\\nrived from Washington on a mission of peace. They\\nremonstrated with Gov. Lucus, and reminded him of\\nthe consequences to himself and his State if he per-\\nsisted in his attempt to gain possessionof the disputed\\nterritory by force. After several conferences with\\nboth governors, the connitissioners submitted proix)si-\\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 jxissession 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 supjxssed that his way was\\nclear, and that he could re-mark the Harris line with-\\nout being molested, and ordered the commissioners\\nto proceed with their work.\\nIn the meantime, Governor Mason kept a watch-\\nful eye upon the proceedings. General Brown sent\\nscouts through the woods to watch their movements,\\nand re[X)rt 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-\\ning force of Michigan malitia, under command of\\nGeneral Brown.\\nThis summary breaking up of the surveying party\\nproduced the most tremendous excitement throughout\\nOhio. Governor Lucas called an extra session of the\\nLegislature. But little remains to be said in reference\\nto the war. The question continued for some time\\nto agitate the minds of the opposing parties and the\\naction of Congress was impatiently awaited. Michigan\\nwas admitted into the Union on the condition that\\nshe give to Ohio the disputed territon and accept\\nin return the Northern Peninsula, which she did.\\n4^\\nV$\\n1\\nV\\n(I\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "f", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "^/^^^:^2y~t/P-T^^^yC:", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "ve^tm^nii?^\\n{o\\\\\\nSECOND GO VERNOR OF MICHIGAN.\\nS.,\\n;:?f\\n1^ ILLIAM WOODBRIDGE,\\njg\u00c2\u00bb second (iovernor of Michigan,\\nwas l)orn at Norwich, Conn.,\\nr Aut;. 20, 1780, and died at\\nDetroit Oct. 20, 1861. He\\n9t\u00c2\u00bb\\n,j\\\\ was of a family of three brothers\\n1 and two sisters. His father,\\nDudley Woodbridge, removed to\\nMarietta, Ohio, about 1790. The\\nI life of Wm. ^Voodbridge, by Chas.\\nLauman, from which this sketch\\nis largely compiled, mentions noth-\\ning concerning his early education\\nbeyond the fact that it was such as\\nwas afforded by the average school\\nof the time, except a year with the\\nFrench colonists at Gallipolis,\\nwhere he acquired a knowledge of\\nthe French language. It should\\nbe borne in mind, however, that\\nhome education at that time was\\nan indispensable feature in the\\ntraining of the young. To this and\\nand to a few studies well mastered,\\nis due that strong mental discipline which has served\\nas a basis for many of the grand intellects that have\\nadorned and helped to make our National history.\\nMr. Woodbridge studied law at Marietta, having\\nas a fellow student an intimate personal friend, a\\nyoung man subsequently distinguished, but known\\nat that time simply as Lewis Cass. He graduated at\\nthe law school in Connecticut, after a course there of\\nnearly three years, and began to practice at Marietta\\nin 1806. In June, 1806, he married, at Hartford, Con-\\nnecticut, Juleanna, daughter of John Trumbell, a\\ndistinguished author and judge and author of 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, ig, i860.\\nOur written biographies necessarily speak more\\ntuUy of men, because of their active particijiation in\\npublic affairs, but human actions are stamped upon\\nthe page of time and when the scroll shall be unrolled\\nthe influence of good women upon the history of the\\nworld will be read side by side with the deeds of men.\\nHow much success and renown in life many men owe\\nto their wives is probably little known. Mrs. W. en-\\njoyed the best means of early education that the\\ncountry afforded, and her intellectual genius enabled\\nher to improve her advantages. During her life, side\\nby side with the highest type of domestic and social\\ngraces, she manifested a keen intellectuality that\\nformed the crown of a faultless character. She was\\na natural poet, and wrote quite a large number of fine\\nverses, some of which are preserved in a printed\\nmemorial essay written upon the occasion of her\\ndeath. In this essay, it is said of her to contribute\\neven in matters of minor importance, to elevate the\\nreputation and add to the well being of her husband\\nin the various stations he was called upon to fill, gave\\nher the highest satisfaction She was an invalid\\nduring the latter portion of her life, but was patient\\nand cheerful to the end.\\nIn 1807, Mr. W. was chosen a representative to the\\nGeneral Assembly of Ohio, and in 1809 was elected to\\nthe Senate, continuing a member by re-election until\\nhis removal from the State. He also held, by ai\\npointment, during the time the office of Prosecuting\\nAttorney for his county. He took a leading part in\\nthe Legislature, and in 181 2 drew up a declaration and\\nresolutions, which passed the two houses unamiuously\\no\\n9", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "WILLIAM WOODBRIDGE.\\nQ^\\nI\\nand attracted great attention, endorsing, in strongest\\nand most emphatic terms, the war measures of Presi-\\ndent Madison. Daring the period from 1804 to 1814\\nthe two law students, Woodbridge and t ass, had be-\\ncome widely sei)arated. The latter was Governor of\\nthe Territot}- of Michigan vmderthe historic Governor\\nand Judges plan, with the indis|)ensable renuisite of a\\nSecretary of the Territorry. his latter jK)sition was,\\nin 18 14, without solicitation on his part, tendered to\\nMr. \\\\V. He accepted the position with some hesita-\\ntion, and entered upon its duties as soon as he could\\nmake the necessary arrangements for leaving Ohio.\\nThe office of Secretary involved also the duties of\\ncollectorof customs at the port of Detroit, and during\\nthe frequent absences of the Governor, the dischargeof\\nof his duties, also including those of Superintendent\\nof Indian Affairs. Mr. W. officiated as Governor for\\nabout two years out of the eight years that he held the\\noffice of Secretary Under the administration of Gov-\\nernor and Judges, which the people of the Territory\\npreferred for economical reasons, to continue some time\\nafter their numbers entitled them to a more popular\\nrepresentative system, they were allowed no delegate\\nin Congress. Mr. W., as a sort of informal agent of\\nthe people, by correspondence and also by a visit to\\nthe National capital, so clearly set forth the demand\\nfor representation by a delegate, that an act was\\npassedin Congress in iSigauthorizingone to be chosen.\\nUnder this act Mr. W. was elected by the concurrence\\nof all parties. His first action in Congress was to secure\\nthe passage of a bill recognizing and confirming the\\nold French land titles in the Territory according to\\nthe terms of the treaty of peace with Great Britain\\nat the close of the Revolution and another for the\\nconstruction of a Government road through the black\\nswamps from the Miami River to Detroit, thus open-\\ning a means of land transit between Ohio and Mich-\\nigan. He was influential in securing the passage of\\nbills for the construction of Government roads from\\nDetroit to Chicago, and Detroit to Fort Gratiot, and\\nfor the improvement of La Plaisance Bay. The ex-\\npedition for the exploration of the country around\\nLake Superior and in the valley of the Upper Mis-\\nsissippi, projected by Governor Cass, was set on foot\\nby means of representations made to the head of the\\ndepartment by Mr. W. While in Congress he stren-\\nuously maintained the right of Michigan to the strip\\nof territory now forming the northern boundary of\\nOhio, which formed the subject of such grave dispute\\nbetween Ohio and Michigan at the time of the ad-\\nmission of the latter into the Union. He served\\nbut one term as delegate to Congress, de-\\nclining further service on account of personal and\\nfamily considerations. Mr. W. continued to discharge\\nthe duties of Secretary of the Territory up to the time\\nits Government passed into the second grade.\\nIn 1824, he was appointed one of a board of\\ncommissioners for adjusting private land claims in\\nthe Territory, and was engaged also in the practice of\\nhis profession, having the best law library in the Ter-\\nritory. In 1828, upon the recommendation of the\\nGovernor, Judges and others, he was appointed by the\\nPresident, J. t^. Adams, to succeed Hon. James With-\\nerell, who had resigned as a Judge of what is conven-\\ntionally called the Supreme Court of the Territory.\\nThis court was a|)parently a continuation of the Terri-\\ntorial Court, under the first grade or Governor and\\nJudges system, .\\\\lthough it was supreme in its ju-\\ndicial functions within the Territory, its powers and\\nduties were of a very general character.\\nIn 1832, the term of his appointment as Judge ex-\\npiring. President Jackson appointed a successor, it is\\nsupposed on political grounds, much to the disappoint-\\nment of the pubhc and the bar of the Territory. The\\npartisan feeling of the time extended into the Terri-\\ntory, and its people began to think of assuming the\\ndignity of a State government. Party lines becom-\\ning very sliarply drawn, he identified himself with\\nthe Whigs and was elected a member of the Conven-\\ntion of 1835, which formed the first State Constitution.\\nIn 1837 he was elected a member of tie rotate Senate.\\nThis sketch has purposely dealt somewhat in detail\\nwith what may be called Judge W s. earlier career,\\nbecause it is closely identified with the early his-\\ntory of the State, and the development of its politi-\\ncal system. Since the organization of the State Gov-\\nernment the history of Michigan is more familiar, and\\nhence no review of Judge W s career as Governor\\nand Senator will be attempted. He was elected Gov-\\nernor in 1839, under a popular impression that the\\naffairs of the State had not been prudently adminis-\\ntered by the Democrats. He served as Governor but\\nlittle more than a year, when he was elected to the\\nSenate of the United States.\\nHis term in the Senate practically closed his polit-\\nical life, although he was strongly urged by many\\nprominent men for the Whig nomination for Vice\\nPresident in 1848.\\nSoon after his appointment as Judge in 182S, Gov-\\nernor W. took up his residence on a tract of land\\nwhich he owned in the township of Spring Wells, a\\nshort distance below what v/as then the corporate lim-\\nits of Detroit, where he resided during the remainder\\nof his life. Both in his public papers and private\\ncommunications, Governor W. shows himself a mas-\\nter of language; he is fruitful in simile and illustra-\\ntion, logical in arrangement, happy in the choice and\\ntreatment of topics, and terse and vigorous in expres-\\nsion. Judge W. was aCongregationalist. His opinions\\non all subjects were decided; he was earnest and\\nenergetic, courteous and dignified, and at times ex-\\nhibited a vein of fine humor that was the more at-\\ntractive because not too often allowed to come to the\\nsurface. His letters and addresses show a deep and\\nearnest affection not only for his ancestral home, but\\nthe home of his adoptiim and for friends and family.\\nski\\ni\\nr^\\n^^A -^0!l^g DDr^A;9", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0108.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "a_xJOHNS. BARRY\\nOHN STEWARD BARRY,\\nJ Governor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1842, to Jan. 5, 1846,\\nand from Jan. 7, ,850, to Jan.\\nI, 1852, was born at Amherst,\\nN. H., Jan. 29, 1802. His par-\\nents, John and Ellen (Steward)\\nBarry, early removed to Rocking-\\nham, Vt., where he remained until\\nI ebecameofage, working on his\\nfather s fami, and pursuing his\\nstudies at the same time. He mar-\\nried Mary Kidder, of Grafton, Vt.,\\nand in 1824 went to Georgia, Vt.\\nwhere he had charge of an academy\\nfor two years, meanwhile studying\\nc- afterward practiced law in\\nhat State. Wh.le he was in Georgia he was for some\\nt.me a member of the Governors staff, with the title\\nof Governors Aid, and at a somewhat earlier period\\nwas Captamof a company of State militia In ,8^r\\nhe removed to Michigan, and settled at White Pigeo n\\nwhere lie engaged in mercantile business with I w\\nWillard.\\nFour years after, ,834, Mr. Barry removed to Con-\\nstantme and continued his mercantile pursuits. He\\nbecame Justice of the Peace at White Pigeon, Mich\\n1831, and held the office until the year 183^\\nMr Barry s first public office was that of a member\\nof the first constitutional convention, which assembled\\nand framed the constitution upon which Michigm\\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 lie should head the State\\nticket at the following election. Accordingly he re\\nceived the nomination for Governor at the hands\\no his party assembled in convention. He was\\nelected and so popular was his administration that in\\n1842, he was again elected. During these years\\nM chigan 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 solfd\\nnnancial basis.\\nDuring the first year of Gov. Barry s first term, the\\nUniversity at Ann Arbor was opened for the reception\\n1=1\\n1=3", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0109.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "JOHN STEWARD BARRY.\\n1\\nof students. The Michigan Central and Michigan\\nSouthern railroads were being rapidly constructed, and\\ngeneral progress was everywhere noticeable. In 1842,\\nthe number of pupils reported as attending the public\\nschools was nearly fifty-eight thousand. In 1843, a\\nState land office was established at Marshall, which\\nwas invested with the charge and disposition of all\\nthe lands belonging to the State. In 1844, the tax-\\nable property of the State was found to be over\\ntwenty-eight millions of dollars, the tax being at the\\nrate of two mills on the dollar. The expenses of the\\nState were only seventy thousand dollars, while the\\nincome from the railroads was nearly three hundred\\nthousand dollars. At this time the University of\\nMichigan had become so prosperous that its income\\nwas ample to pay the interest on the University debt\\nand the amount of money which the State was able\\nto loan the several progressing railroads was one\\nhundred and twenty thousand dollars. Efforts were\\nmade to increase the efficiency of the common schools\\nwith good results In 1845, when Gov. Barry s sec-\\nond term expired, the population of the State was\\nmore than three hundred thousand.\\nThe constitution of the State forbade more than two\\nconsecutive terms, but he was called upon to fill the\\nposition again in 1850 -the only instance of the kind\\nin the history of the State. He was a member of the\\nTerritorial Legislature, of the Constitutional Conven-\\ntion, and afterward of the State House of Represent-\\natives.\\nDuring Mr. Barry s third term as Governor the Nor-\\nmal School was established at Ypsilanti, which was\\nendowed with lands and placed in charge of a board\\nof education consisting of six persons. A new con-\\nstitution for the government of the State was also\\nadopted and the 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 depot\\nat Detroit, in r85o.\\nAt a setting of the grand jury of Wayne County,\\nApril 24, 185 1, 37 men of the 50 under arrest for this\\ncrime were indicted. May 20, following, the accused\\nparties appeared at the Circuit Court of \\\\Vayne, of\\nwhich Warner Wing was resident judge. The Rail-\\nroad Company employed ten eminent lawyers, in-\\ncluding David Stuart, John Van Arman, James A.\\nVan Dyke, Jacob M. Howard, Alex. D. Fraser, Dan-\\niel Goodwin and William Gray. The defendants were\\nrepresented by six members of the State bar, led by\\nWilliam H. Seward, of New York. The trial occupied\\nfour months, during which time the plaintiffs exam-\\nined 246 witnesses in 27 days, and the defendants\\n249 in 40 days. Mr. Van Dyke addressed the jury\\nfor the prosecution William H. Seward for the\\ndefense.\\nThe great lawyer was convinced of the innocence\\nof his clients, nor did the verdict of that jury and the\\nsentence of that judge remove his firm belief that his\\nclients were the victims of purchased treachery,\\nrather than so many sacrifices to justice.\\nThe verdict of guilty was rendered at 9 o clock\\nV. M., .Sept. 25, 1851. On the 26th the prisoners were\\nl)ut forward to receive sentence, when many of them\\nprotested their entire innocence, after which the pre-\\nsiding judge condemned 12 of the number to the fol-\\nlowing terms of imprisonment, with hard labor, within\\nthe State s prison, situate in their county Ammi\\nFilley, ten years; Orlando L. Williams, ten years;\\nAaron Mount, eight years; .Andrew J. Freeland, eight\\nyears; Eben Farnham, eight years; William Corvin,\\neight years; Richard Price, eight years; Evan Price,\\neight years; Lyman Cliamplin, five years; Willard\\nW. Cliamplin, 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\\nliigh 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\\nState has ever had.\\nGov. Barry was a man of incorruptible integrity.\\nHis opinions, which he reached by tlie most thorough\\ninvestigation, he held tenaciously. His strong con-\\nvictions and outspoken honesty made it impossible for\\nhim to take an undefined jx)sition wlien 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, wliich is described as argument-\\native and instructive, but cold, hard, and entirely\\nwanting in rhetorical ornament. He was never elo-\\nquent, seldom humorous or sarcastic, and in manner\\nrather awkward.\\nAlthough Mr. Barry s educational advantages were\\nso limited, he was a life-long student. He mastered\\nlioth 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 Democjatic party, and his opin-\\nions were usually extreme.\\nMr. Barry retired to private life after the beginning\\nof the ascendency of the Republican party, and car-\\nried on his mercantile business at Constantine. He\\ndied Jan. r4, 1870, his wife s death having occurred a\\nyear previous, March 30, r869. They left no children.\\nt\\ne-\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0110.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0111.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "i\\\\", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0112.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "-^V4 D11\u00c2\u00a7I1D^ 7 5i4^^\\n^^m\\\\\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n7\\ns\\nS:g\u00c2\u00bbi^;g*SJg*S;g i^;g\u00c2\u00abS\\n1\\nLPHEUS FELCH, the third\\n(iovernor of Michigan, was\\nborn in Limerick, Maine, Sep-\\ntember 28, 1806. His grand-\\nfather, Abijah Felch, was a sol-\\ndier in the Revolution and\\nwhen a young man, having with\\nothers obtained a grant of land be-\\ntween the Great and Little Ossipee\\nRivers, in Maine, moved to that re-\\ngion when it was yet a wilderness.\\nThe father of Mr. Felch enil)arked 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 tlie study of law and was admitted to\\npractice at Bangor, Me., in 1830.\\nHe began the practice of his profession at Houlton,\\nMe., where he remained until 1833. The severity\\nof the climate impaired his health, never very good,\\nand he found it necessary to seek a change of climate.\\nHe disposed of his library and started to seek\\na new home. His intention was to join liis triend.\\nSargent S. Prentiss, at Vicksburg, Miss., but on his\\narrival at Cincinnati, Mr. Felch was attacked by\\ncholera, and when he had recovdred 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 Miclii-\\ngan. He first began to practice in this State at Mon-\\nroe, where he continued until 1S43, when he removed\\nto Ann .\\\\rbor. He was elected to the State Legisla-\\nture in 1S35, and continued a member of that body\\nduring the years 1836 and 1837. While he held this\\noffice, the general banking law of the Stale 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 more than a year. Dur-\\ning this time, the new banking law had given birth to\\nthat numerous progeny known as wild-cat banks.\\nAlmost every village had its bank. The country was\\nflooded with depressed wild-cat money. The ex-\\naminations of the Bank Commissioners brought to\\nliL^ht frauds at every jwint, which were fearlessly re-\\n^4^^\\n^^nagDDr^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0113.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "mmui^^\\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. Tlie 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 1S45 he was elected Governor of Michigan,\\nand entered ui)on 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, wlien 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 apjx)inted, by President Pierce, one of\\nthe Commissioners to adjust and settle the Spanish\\ni\\nand Mexican land claims in California, under the\\ntreaty of Gaudalupe Hidalgo, and an act of Congress\\npassed for that ]niri)ose. 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 jxipulation and the recent\\nAmerican immigration the riglit of the Pueblos to\\ntheir common lands, and of the Catholic Church to\\nthe lands of the Missions, the most valuable of the\\nState, wereinvolved in the adjudicationsof this Com-\\nmission. In March, 1856, their labors were brought\\nto a close by the final disposition of all tlie claims\\nwliich were presented. The record of their proceed-\\nings, the testimony which was given in each case,\\nand the decision of the Commissioners tliereon,\\nconsisting of some forty large volumes, was deposited\\nin the Department of the Interior at Washington.\\nIn June of that year, Governor Felch returned to\\nAnn Arbor, where he has since been engaged piinci-\\npally in legal business. Since his return he has\\nbeen nominated for Governor and also for U. S. Sen-\\nator, and twice for Judge of the Supreme Court. But\\ntiie Democratic parly, lo which he lias always been\\nattached, being in the minority, he failed of an elec-\\ntion. In 1873 he withdrew from the active practice\\nof law, and, with the exception of a tour in Europe,\\nin 1875 has since led a life of retirement at liis home\\nin Ann Arbor. In 1877 the University of Michigan\\nconferred upon him the degree of LL. D. For\\nmany years he was one of the Regents of Michigan\\nUniversity, and in the spring of 1879 was ap|)ointed\\nTappan Professor of Law in the snme. Mr. Felch is\\nthe oldest surviving member of the Legislature from\\nMonroe Co., the oldest and only surviving Bank Com-\\nmissioner of the State, the oldest surviving Auditor\\nGeneral of the State, the oldest surviving Governorof\\nthe State, the oldest surviving Judge of the Supreme\\nCourt of Michigan, and the oldest surviving United\\nStates Senator from the State of Michigan.\\nI\\n9\\n.v\\n^fl\\n.Li.\\nA ^D!ii^nnn Ar^-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0114.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0115.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0116.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "mi\\nV\\nr^i^K 6V^I] BSD Di^r^e) 3it\u00c2\u00abC^^\\nGO VERNORS.\\n-^^^^\u00c2\u00ae^/m\\n(5^\\nLLIAM L. GREENLY\\n^Crovernor of Michigan for the\\nyear T847, was born at Hamil-\\nton, Madison Co., N. Y., Sept.\\n8,1813. He graduated at Un-\\nion College, Schenectady, in\\n1 83 1, studied law and was ad-\\nmitted to the bar in 1834. In\\n1836, having removed to Michi-\\ngan, he settled in Adrian, where\\nhe has since resided. The year\\nfollowing his arrival in- Michigan\\nhe was elected State Senator and\\nserved in that capacity until 1839.\\nIn 1845 he was elected Lieut. Gov-\\nernor and became acting Governor\\nby the resignation of Gov. Felch,\\nwho was elected to the United\\nStates Senate.\\nThe war with Mexico was brought\\nto a successful termination during Gov. Greenly s\\nadministration. We regret to say that there are only\\nfew records e.xtant of the action of Michigan troops\\nin the Mexican war. That many went there and\\nfought well are points conceded but their names and\\nnativity are hidden away in United States archives\\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 to a\\ngreat degree the material of which the first volunteers\\nwas formed, were not called for until October follow-\\ning. This regiment was soon in readiness and pro-\\nceeded by orders from Government to the seat of war.\\nf\\\\\u00c2\u00ae)^^^\\nm]\\\\y ^si^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0117.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "-iiiis^^insr\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r7\\n7 MmU r\\n^T7-\\n-ZH^^^^\\nV\\ns\\nO\\n^iin:^tinn\\nA^:^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-S\u00c2\u00bb^ft/wJ", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0118.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0119.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "I\\nV^ ,_ Jt u,^\\nyZc", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0120.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": ":2ii\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^\\n^Dll^ll]^: r\\nGOVERNORS.\\n-^tj^^^C^Tvli\\nV^s\\nr. ^JU^^Yn^\\nEP^pi^RODiTog pi]sorr|.\\nis s*e-s-i^e:c$ s^;;s*^::s-\u00c2\u00bb^:;S-4^;:s #e::;r-^:::T-\u00c2\u00bb^;:;H^?z*H^^\\nr,*\\nHE HON. EPAPHRODI-\\nTUS RANSOM, the Seventh\\nOovernor of Michigan, was a\\nnative of Massachusetts. In\\nthat State he received a col-\\nlegiate education, studied law,\\nand was admitted to the bar.\\n\\\\)i{^^^}k Removing to Michigan about\\n^M Iw \\\\\\\\xm of its admission to the\\nt\\\\ \\\\y Union, 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 wliich he had accumulated by years\\nof toil and industry.\\nMr. Ransom became Governor of the State of\\nMichigan in the fall of 1847, and served during one\\nterm, performing the duties of the office in a truly\\nstatesmanlike manner. He subsequently became\\nPresident of the Michigan Agricultural Society, in\\nwhich ix)sition he displayed the same ability that\\nshone forth so prominently in his acts as Governor.\\nHe iield the office of Regent of the Michigan Univer-\\nsity several times, and ever advocated a liberal f\u00c2\u00bblicy\\nin its management.\\nSubsequently he was a|)[)ointed receiver of the\\nland office in one of the districts in Kansas, by Pres-\\nident Buchanan, to which State he had removed, and\\nwhere he died before the expiration of his term of\\noffice.\\nWe sum up the events and affairs of the State un-\\nder Gov. Ransom s administration as follows: The\\nAsylum for the Insane was establised, as also the\\nAsylum for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind. Both of\\nthese institutes were liberally endowed with lands,\\nand each of them placed in charge of a board of five\\ntrustees. The appropriation in 1849 for the deaf and\\ndumb and blind amounted to $81,500. On the first\\nof March, 1848, the first telegraph line was com-\\npleted from New York to Detroit, and the first dis-\\npatch transmitted on that day. The followmg figures\\nshow the progress in agriculture The land reported\\nas under cultivation in 1848 was 1,437,460 acres; of\\nwheat there were produced 4,749,300 Ijushels; other\\ngrains, 8,197,767 bushels; wool, 1,645,756 pounds;\\nmaple sugar, 1,774,369 pounds; horses, 52,305; cat-\\ntle, 210,268; swine, 152,541; sheep, 610,534; while\\nthe flour mills numbered 228, and the lumber mills\\namounted to 730. 1847, an act was passed removing\\nthe Legislature from Detroit to Lansing, and tempo-\\nrary buildings for the use of the Legislature were im-\\nmediately erected, at a cost of $12,450.\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i\\n^iv\\nK^ll!l^Illlf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0121.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "r 4Bn^im^^\\nry-\\ni\\n1\\no\\n^5\\nr^\\nu\\n^?K^Il!l^lDf\\n^jf\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0122.jp2"}, "123": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0123.jp2"}, "124": {"fulltext": "r ;^^^^:f.\\n^w", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0124.jp2"}, "125": {"fulltext": "f\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nt^\\\\ i\\n129\\nt\\nSl\u00c2\u00a3iKi\u00c2\u00a3aa\u00c2\u00a3 *5=!\\nt^^^ ^i^^\\n;jvy ^;y-j?yy jy^i;\u00c2\u00bb^H-yy y^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0caegli\\nlaraM) ^iL;a^\u00c2\u00abi. ^m^o%^\\n^5|rps^^\\nOBERT McClelland,\\ni pCiovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. I, 1852,10 March 8, 1853,\\nwas born at Greencastle, Frank-\\nlin Co., Penn., Aug. i, 1S07.\\nAmong his ancestors were several\\nofficers of rank in tlie Revohition-\\nary war, and some of his family con-\\nriections were distinguished in the\\nwar of 1812, and that with Mexico.\\nHis father was an eminent physician\\nand surgeon who studied under Dr.\\nBenj. Rush, of Philadelphia, and\\nliracticed his profession successfully\\nuntil si.\\\\ months before his death, at\\nthe age of 84 years. Although Mr.\\nMcClelland s family had lieen 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 the\\nmeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,\\nPenn., from which he graduated among the first in\\nhis class, iii 1S29. He then resumed teaching, and\\nhaving completed the course of study for the legal\\nprofession, was admitted to the bar at Chambersburg,\\nPenn., in 1831. Soon afterward he removed to the\\ncity of Pittsburgh, where he practiced for almost a\\nyear.\\nIn 1833, Mr. McClelland removed to Monroe, in\\nthe Territory of Michigan, where, after a severe ex-\\namination, he became a member of the bar of Michi-\\ngan, and engaged in practice with bright prospect of\\nsuccess. In 1835, a convention was called to frame\\na constitution for the proposed State of Michigan, of\\nwhich Mr. McClelland was elected a member. He\\ntook a prominent part in its deliberations and ranked\\namong its ablest debaters. He was appointed the\\nfirst Bank Commissioner of the State, by Gov. Mason,\\nand received an offer of the Attorney Generalship, but\\ndeclined both of these offices in order to attend to his\\nprofessional duties.\\nIn 1838, .Mr. McClelland was elected to the State\\nLegislature, in which he soon became distinguished\\nas tlie head of several imix)rtant committees. Speaker\\npro tempore, and as an active, zealous and efficient\\nmember. In 1840, Gen. Harrison, as a candidate for\\nthe Presidency, swept the country with an overwhelm-\\ning majority, and at the same time the State of Michi-\\ngan was carried by the Whigs under the popular cry\\nof Woodbrtdge and reform against the Democratic\\nliarty. At this time Mr. McClelland stood among the\\nacknowledged leaders of the latter organization was\\nelected a member of the State House of Representa-\\ntives, and with others adopted a plan to regain a lost\\nauthority and prestige.\\nThis party soon came again into power in the State,\\nand having been returned to the State Legislature Mr.\\nMcClelland s leadership was acknowledged by his\\nelection as Speaker of the House of Representatives\\nsi/\\nt\\n^^i\\nC^^^^ ^T^^HIl^llIlf^A^ sijig^r:", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0125.jp2"}, "126": {"fulltext": "in 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\\n(S/ of 1840 that Mr McClelhmd, as a candidate for Con-\\ngress, carried Detroit district by a majority of about\\n2,500. Mr. McClelland soon took a prominent posi-\\ntion in Congress among the veterans of that body\\nDuring his first term he was placed on Committee on\\nCommerce, and organized and carried through what\\nwere known as the Harbor bills. The continued\\nconfidence of his constituency was manifested in his\\nelection to the 29th Congress. At the opening of this\\nsession he had acquired a National reputation, and so\\nfavorably was he known as a parlimentarian that his\\nname was mentioned for Speaker of the House of Rep-\\nresentatives He declined the offer in favor of J.\\nDavis, of Indiana, who was elected. During this term\\nhe became Chairman of Committee on Commerce, in\\nwhich position his reports and advocacy of important\\nmeasures at once attracted public attention. The\\nmembers of this committee, as an evidence of the es-\\nteem ill which they held his services and of their\\npersonal regard for him, presented him with a cane\\nwhich he retains as a souvenir of the donors, and of\\nhis labors in Congress.\\nIn 1847, M McClelland was re-elected to Con-\\ngress, and at the opening of the 3olh Congress be-\\ncame a member of the Committee on Foreign Rela-\\ntions. While acting in this capacity, what was known\\nas the French Spoliation Bill came under his spe-\\ncial charge, and his management of the same was such\\nas to command universal approbation. While in\\nCongress, Mr McClelland was an advocate of the\\nright of petition as maintained by John Q Adams,\\nwhen the petition, was clothed in decorous language\\nand presented in the proper manner. This he re-\\ngarded as the citizens constitutional right which should\\nnot be impaired by any doctrines of temporary expe-\\ndiency. He also voted for the adoption of Mr. Gid-\\ndings s bill for the abolishing of slavery in the District\\nof Columbia Mr McClelland was one of the few\\nDemocrats associated with David Wilmot, of Penn-\\nsylvania, in bringing forward the celebrated Wilmot\\nProviso, with a view to prevent further extension of\\nslavery in new terrilorv which might be acquired by\\nthe United States. He and Mr Wilmot were to-\\ngether at the time in Washington, and on intimate\\nand confidential terms Mr McClelland was in sev-\\neral National conventions and in the Baltimore con-\\nvention, which nominated Gen. Cass for President,\\nin 1848, doing valiant service that year for the elec-\\ntion of that distinguished statesman. On leaving\\nCongress, in 1848, Mr. McClelland returned to the\\npractice of his profession at Monroe. In 1850 a\\nr-^ convention of the State of Michigan was called to\\nrevise the State constitution. He was elected a\\ni\\n1\\ns\\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 floorp in debate. In 1850,\\nhe was President of the Democratic State convention\\nwhich adopted resolutions in supix)rt of Henry Clay s\\nfamous compromise measures, of which Mr ^IcClel-\\nland was a strong advocate. He was a member of\\nthe Democratic National convention in 1852, and in\\nthat year, in company with Gen Cass and Governor\\nFelch he made a thorough canvass of the State.\\nHe continued earnestly to advocate the Clay com-\\npromise measures, and took an active part in the\\ncanvass which resulted in the election of Gen Pierce\\nto the Presidency.\\nIn 185 t, the new Stats constitution took effect and\\nit was necessary that a Governor should be elected\\nfor one year in order to prevent an interregnum, and\\nto bring the State Government into operation undei\\nthe new constitution Mr INIcClelland was elected\\nGovernor, and in the fall of 1852 was re-elected for\\na term of two years, from Jan. i, 1853. His admin-\\nistration was regarded as wise, prudent and concilia-\\ntor)-, and was as popular as could be expected at a\\ntime when party spirit ran high There was really\\nno opix)sitioii,and when he resigned, in March, 1853,\\nthe State Treasury was well filled, and the State\\notherwise prosperous. So widely and favorably had\\nMr. McClelland become known as a statesman that on\\nthe organization of thecabinet by President Pierce, in\\nMarch, 1853, he was made Secretary of the Interior, in\\nwhich capacity he served most creditably during four\\nyears of the Pierce administration He thoroughly\\nre-organized his department and reduced the expend-\\nitures. He adopted a course with the Indians which\\nrelieved them from the impositions and annoyances\\nof the traders, and produced harmony and civilization\\namong them. During his administration there was\\nneither complaint from the tribes nor corruption among\\nagents, and he left the department in perfect order\\nand system In 1867, Michigan again called a con-\\nvention to revise the State constitution, Mr. McClel-\\nland was a member and here again his long experi-\\nence made him conspicuous as a prudent adviser, a\\nsagacious parliamentary leader. As a lawyer he was\\nterse and pointed in argument, clear, candid and im-\\npressive in his addresses to the jury. His sincerity\\nand earnestness, with which was occasionally mingled\\na pleasant humor, made him an able and effective\\nadvocate. In speaking before the people on political\\nsubjects he was especially forcible and happy. In\\n1870 he made the tour of Europe, which, through his\\nextensive personal acquaintance with European dip-\\nlomates, he was enabled to enjoy much more than\\nmost travelers\\nMr. McClelland married, in 1837, Miss Sarah\\nE. Sabin, of Williamstown, Mass. They have had\\nsix children two of whom now survive.\\nC).\\nc^:\\nf\\n^(]t|; L^.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0126.jp2"}, "127": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0127.jp2"}, "128": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0128.jp2"}, "129": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V^-^n 0-^ n l]y v^^5\\nim\\n-l^^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae^-ill\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n133\\nANDREW PARSONS.\\ng ^C3 :K\\n1?*\\n4^\\na^\\nNDRP:\\\\V parsons, Gover-\\nnor of Michinan from March\\n8, 1853 to Jan. 3, 1855, was\\nliorn in the town of Hoosick,\\nCounty of Rensselaer, and\\nState of New York, on the 22d\\nday of July, 1817, and died June\\n6, 1855, at the early age of 38\\nyears. He was the son of John\\nParsons, born at Newburyport,\\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-\\nnion of Camden s Britannia: The honorable family\\nCjp of Parsons have been advanced to the dignity of\\nViscotints and more lately Earls of Ross.\\nThe following are descendants of these families\\nSir John Parsons, born 1 481, was Mayor of Hereford;\\nRobert Parsons, born in 1546, lived near Bridgewater,\\nEngland. He was educated at Ballial College, Ox-\\nford, and was a noted writer and defender of the\\nRomish faith. He established an English College at\\nRome and another at Valladolia. Frances Parsons,\\nborn in 1556, was Vicar of Rothwell, in Notingham;\\nBartholomew Parsons, born in 1618, was another\\nnoted member of the family. In 1634, Thomas Parsons\\nwas knighted by Charles i. Joseph and Benjamin,\\nbrothers, were born in Great Torrington, England,\\nI\\nv|)\\nand accompanied their father and others lo New\\nEngland about 1630. Samuel Parsons, born at Salis-\\nbury, Mass., in 1707, graduated at Harvard College in\\n1730, ordained at Rye, N. H.,Nov. 3, 1736, married\\nMary Jones, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Boston,\\nOct. 9, 1739, died Jan. 4, 1789, at the age of 82, in\\nthe 53rd year of his ministry. The grandfatherof Mary\\nJones was Capt. John Adams, of Boston, grandson\\nof Henry, of Braintree, who was among the first set-\\ntlers of Massachusetts, and from whom a numerous\\nrace of the name are descended, including two Presi-\\ndents of the United States. The Parsons have be-\\ncome very numerous and are found throughout New\\nEngland, and many of the descedants are scattered\\nin all parts of the United States, and especially in\\nthe Middle and Western States. Governor Andrew\\nParsons came to Michigan in 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\\nlie was compelled to abandon from ill health\\nHe was one of the large number of men of sterling\\nworth, who came from the East to Michigan when it\\nwas an infant State, or, even prior to its assuming\\nthe dignity of a State, and who, by their wisdom,\\nenterprise and energy, have developed its wonderful\\nnatural resources, until to-day it ranks with the [)roud-\\nest States of the Union. These brave men came to\\nMichigan with nothing to aid them in the conquest\\nof the wilderness save courageous hearts and strong\\nand willing hands. They gloriously conquered, how-\\never, and to them is due all honor for the labors\\nso nobly performed, for the solid and sure foundation\\nwhich they laid of a great Commonweallh.\\n9\\nV)\\na^^ i %^m mii", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0129.jp2"}, "130": {"fulltext": "-^M k 6^v mrM^i\\n-4^^5((svS\\nANDREW PARSONS\\nIn the fall of 1835, he explored the Grand River\\nValley in a frail canoe, the whole lengtli of tlie river,\\nfrom Jackson to Lake Michigan, and spent tlie 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, wlien he went to Shia-\\nw asseCounty,then with Clinton County, and an almost\\nunbroken wilderness and constituting one organized\\ntownship. In r837 this territory was organized into\\na county and, at the age of only 19 years, he (An-\\ndrew) was elected County Clerk. In 1840, he was\\nelected Register of Deeds, re-elected in 1842, and\\nalso in 1844. In 1S46, he was elected to the .State\\nSenate, was appointed Prosecuting Attorney in T848,\\nand elected Regent of the University in 1851, and\\nLieutenant (Governor, and became acting Oovernor,\\nin 1853, elected again to tlie Legislature in 1854, and,\\nA^ overcome by debilitated health, hard labor and the\\n=3 responsibilities of his office and cares of his business,\\nretired to his farm, wliere he died soon after.\\nHe was a fluent and persuasive speaker and well\\njC calculated to make friends of his acquantances. He\\nwas always true to liis triist, and the whole world\\ncould not persuade nor drive liim to do what he con-\\nceived to be wrong. When Governor, a most power-\\nful railroad influence was brought to bear ujxjn 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 1 eyond\\nmeasure. Fearing that all these influences might\\nfail to induce him to call the e.\\\\tra 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 e.xtra session, but, immovable,\\nhe returned the money and refused to receive\\nany favois, whether from any party who would at-\\ntempt to corrupt him by laudations, liberal offers, or\\n(f)\\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\\ne.vtraordinary, 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 hii? course. One of\\nhis greatest enemies said, after a long acquaintance:\\nthough not always coinciding with his views 1 never\\ndoubted his honesty of purpose. He at all times\\nsought to perform his duties in strict accordance,\\nwith the dictates of his conscience, and the behests\\nof his oath. The following eulogium from a [lolitcal 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 Ihiited\\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 u|), 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 .X, Douglas,\\nriiis 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 present.\\n9", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0130.jp2"}, "131": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0131.jp2"}, "132": {"fulltext": "I", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0132.jp2"}, "133": {"fulltext": "i\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nM KiNSLRY S. BlNOHAM.\\n1\\n1=3\\nt\\niNSLEY s. binc;ham,\\nW Governor of Michigan from\\n1855 to 1859, and United\\nStates Senator, was born in\\nCamilhis, 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\\nwho had recentl\\\\- arrived from Scot-\\nland, and obeying the impulse of a\\nnaturally enterprising disposition,\\nhe emigrated to Michigan and\\npurchased a new farm in company\\nwith his brother-in-law, Mr. Robert\\nWorden, in Green Oak, Livingston County. Here, on\\nthe border of civilization, buried in the primeval for-\\nest, our late student commenced the arduous task of\\npreparing a future home, clearing and fencing, put-\\nting up buildings, etc., at such a rate that the land\\nchosen was soon reduced to a high state of cultivation.\\nBecoming deservedly prominent, Mr. Bingham was\\nelected to the office of Justice of the Peace and Post-\\nmaster under the Territorial government, and was the\\nfirst Probate Judge in the county. In the year 1836,\\nwhen Michigan became a State, he was elected to the\\nfirst Legislature. He was four times re-elected, and\\nSpeaker of the House of Representatives three years.\\nIn 1S46 he was elected on the Democratic ticket, Re[\\nresentative to Congress, and was the only practical\\nfarmer in that body. He was never forgetful of the\\ninterest of agriculture, and was in particular opiX)sed\\nto the introduction of Wood s Patent Cast Iron\\nPlow which he completely prevented. He was re-\\nelected to Congress in r848, 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 r854, at the first organization of the Republican\\nparty, in conse(iuence of his record in Congress as a\\nFree Soil Democrat, Mr. Bingham was nominated\\nand elected Governor of the State, and re-elected in\\n1856. Still faithful to the memory of his own former\\noccupation, he did not forget the farmers during his\\nadministration, and among other profits of his zeal in\\ntheir behalf, he became mainly instrumental in the\\nestablishment of the Agricultural College at Lansing.\\nIn 1^59, Governor Bingham was elected Senator in\\nCongress and took an active part in the stormy cam-\\npaign in the election of Abraham Lincoln. He wit-\\ni\\n3=3\\n.^^^A\\n^Dii$^iin^\\nr^\\n\u00c2\u00a7^^(\u00c2\u00aey", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0133.jp2"}, "134": {"fulltext": "KINSLEY S. BINGHAM.\\n1\\nnessed the commencement of the civil war while a\\nmember of the United States Senate. After a com-\\nparatively short life of remarkable promise and pub-\\nlic activity he was attacked with appoplexy and died\\nsuddenly at his residence, in Green Oak, Oct. 5, 1861.\\nThe most noticable event in Governor Bingham s\\nfirst term was the completion of the ship canal, at the\\nFalls of St. Mary. In 1852, August 26, an act of\\nCongress was approved, granting to the Slate of Mich-\\nigan seven hundred and litty thousand acres of land\\nfor the purpose of constructing a ship canal between\\nLakes Huron and Superior. In 1853, the Legislature\\naccepted the grant, and provided tor the appointment\\nof commissioners to select the donated lands, and to\\narrange for building the canal. A company of enter-\\nprising men was formed, and a contract was entered\\ninto by which it was arranged that the canal should\\nbe finished in two years, and the work was pushed\\nrapidly forward. Every article of consumption, ma-\\nchinery, working implements and materials, timber\\nfor the gates, stones for the locks, as well as men and\\nsupplies, had to be transported to the site of the canal\\nfrom Detroit, Cleveland, and other lake ports. The\\nrapids which had to be surmounted have a fall of\\nseventeen feet and are about one mile long. The\\nlength of the canal is less than one mile, its width one\\nhundred feet, depth twelve feet and it has two locks\\nof solid masonary. In May, 1855, the work was com-\\npleted, accepted by the commissioners, and formally\\ndelivered to the State authorities.\\nThe disbursements on account of the construction\\nof the canal and selecting the lands amounted to one\\nmillion of dollars while the lands which were as-\\nsigned to the company, and selected through the\\nagency at the Sault, as well as certain lands in the\\nUpper and Lower Peninsulas, filled to an acre the\\nGovernment grant. The opening of the canal was\\nan important event in the history of the improvement\\nof the State. It was a valuable link in the chain of\\nlake commerce, and particularly important to the\\ninterests of the LTpper Peninsula.\\nThere were several educational, charitable and re-\\nformatory institutions inaugurated and opened during\\nGov. Bingham s administrations. The Michigan Ag-\\nricultural College owes its establishment to a provision\\nof the State Constitution of 1850. Article 13 says,\\nThe Legislature shall, as soon as practicable, pro-\\nvide for the establishment of an agricultural school.\\nFor the purpose of carving into practice this provision,\\nlegislation was commenced in 1855, and the act re-\\nquired that the school should be within ten miles of\\nLansing, and that not more than $15 an acre should\\nbe paid for the farm and college grounds. The col-\\nlege was opened to students in May, 1857, the first of\\nexisting argricultural colleges in the United States,\\nUntil the spring of i86i,\u00c2\u00abit was under the control\\nof the State Board of Education; since that time it\\nhas been under the management of the State Board\\n}f\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A^DIl^Olli^\\nof .\\\\griculture, which was created for that purpose.\\nIn its essential features, of combining study and\\nlabor, and of uniting general and professional studies\\nin its course, the college has remained virtually un-\\nchanged from the first. It has a steady growth in\\nnumber of students, in means of illustration and\\nefficiency of instruction.\\nThe Agricultural College is three miles east of\\nLansing, comprising several fine buildings; and there\\nare also very beautiful, substantial residences for the\\nprofessors. There are also an extensive, well-filled\\ngreen-house, a very large and well-equipped chemical\\nlaboratory, one of the most scientific apiaries in the\\nUnited States, a general museum, a 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 undei 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 enqiloyed. Ex-\\nclusive of the endowment fund ($80,000), the assets\\nof the institution, including grounds, buildings, furni-\\nture, apparatus, musical instruments, outlying lands,\\netc., amount to more than $137,000.\\nHillsdale College was established in 1855 by the\\nFree Baptists. The Michigan Central College, at\\nSpring Arbor, was incorporated in 1845 It was kept\\nin operation until it was merged into the present\\nHillsdale College. The site 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\\nin 1874, and in its place five buildings of a more\\nmodern style have been erected. They are of brick,\\nthree stories with basement, arranged on three sides\\nof a quadrangle. The size is, respectively, 80 by 80,\\n48 by 7 2, 48 by 7 2, 80 by 60, 52 by 72, and they con-\\ntain one-half more room than the original buildmg.\\nThe State Reform School. This was established\\nat Lansing in 1855, in the northeastern ]X)rtionof the\\ncity, as the House of Correction for Juvenile Of-\\nfenders, having about it many of the features of a\\nprison. In 1859 the name was changed to the State\\nReform School. The government and dicipline, have\\nundergone many and radical changes, until all the\\nprison features have been removed except those that\\nremain in the walls of the original structure, and\\nwhich remain only as monuments of instructive his-\\ntory. No bolts, bars or guards are employed. The\\ninmates are necessarily kept under the surveillance of\\nofficers, but the attempts at escape are much fewer\\nthan under the more rigid regime of former days.\\nn\u00c2\u00a3\\nis\\nP^S^.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0134.jp2"}, "135": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0135.jp2"}, "136": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0136.jp2"}, "137": {"fulltext": "f\\nOSES WISNER. Governor of\\n^_^ Michigan from 185910 1861,\\nI ,:)f \\\\vas horn in Springport, Cayu-\\ngJ] ga Co., N Y., June 3, 1815.\\n^^Sli His early education was only\\nwhat could be obtained at a\\n^common school. .Agricultural labor\\nand frugality of his parents gave\\nhim a physical constitution of unus-\\nh ual strength and endurance, which\\nSwas ever preserved by temperate hab-\\nits. In 1837 he emigrated to Michi-\\nan and purchased a farm in Lapeer\\nCounty It was new land and he at\\n$,-k once set to work to clear il and i)lant\\ncrops. He labored diligently at his\\ntask for two years, when he gave up\\nthe idea of neing a farmer, and removed to Pontiac,\\nOakland Co. Here he commenced the study of law\\nin the office of his brother, George \\\\V. Wisner, and\\nRufus Hosmer In 1841 he was admitted to the bar\\nand established himself in his new vocation at the\\nvillage of Lapeer. While there he was apppointed\\nby Gov. Woodbridge Prosecuting Attorney for that\\ncounty, in which capacity he acquitted, himself well\\nand gave promise of that eminence he afterward at-\\ntained in the profession. He remained at Lapeer but\\na short time, renroving to Pontiac, where he became\\na member of a firm and entered fully upon the\\npractice.\\nIn politics he was like his talented brother, a Whig\\nof the Henry Clay stamp, but with a decided anti-\\nslaver) bias. His practice becoming extensive, he\\ntook little part in politics until after the election of\\nMr. Pierce to the Presidency in 1S52, wlien lie took an\\nactive part against slavery. As a lawyer he was a\\nman of great ability, but relied less upon mere book\\nlearning than upon his native good sense. Liberal\\nand courteous, was he yet devoted to the interest of\\nhis client, and no facts escaped his attention or his\\nmemory which bore upon the case. He was no friend\\nof trickei) or artifice in conducting a case As an ad-\\nvocate he had few equals. When fully aroused by the\\nmerits of his subject his eloquence was at once grace-\\nful and powerful. His fancies supplied the most\\noriginal, the most ix)inted illustrations, and his logic\\nbecame a battling giant under whose heavy blows the\\nadversary shrank and withered. Nature had be-\\nstowed upon him rare qualities, and his powers as a\\n]X)pular orator were of a high order.\\nOn the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of\\n1854, reiiealing the Missouri compromise andoiiening\\nthe Territories to slavery, he was among the foremost\\nin Michigan to denounce the shamful scheme. He\\nactively participated in organizing and consolidating\\nthe elements opposed to it in that State, and was a\\nmember of the popular gathering at Jackson, in July,\\n1854, which was the first formal Republican Conven-\\ntion held in the 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 dp-\\nposed to the extension of slavery and favorable to its\\nexpulsion from the Territories and the District of\\nColumbia. At this convention Mr. W. was urged to\\nacceyrt the nomination for Attorney General of the\\nI\\n@r^Il!l\u00c2\u00aeD(li^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0137.jp2"}, "138": {"fulltext": "w\\nMOSF.S n JSNF.R.\\n^^^^^\\\\^0i\\n:^o\\nV\\nI\\nState, but declined. An entire State ticket was nom-\\ninated and at the annual election in November was\\nelected 1 an average majority ol nearly 10,000.\\nMr. 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 svipport.\\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 tlie people of almost\\nevery county and his majority was greater even than\\nthat of his popular predecessor, Hon. K. S. Bingham.\\nHe served as Clovernor two years, from Jan. i, 1859,\\nto ]ax\\\\. I, 1 86 1. 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 dotument that retlecled the higliest\\ncredit upon the author.\\nHis term having expired Ian. i, 186 he returned\\nto his home in Pontiac, and to the practice of his\\nprofession. There were those in the State who\\ncounselled the sending of delegates to the peace con-\\nference at Washington, but Mr. VV. was opposed to all\\nsuch tentporizing expedients. His counsel was to\\nsend no delegate, but to prepare to fight.\\nAfter Congress had met and passed the necessary\\nlegislation he resolved 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. Ws. commission bore the date of Sept. 8, 1 862.\\nBefore parting with his family he made his will. His\\nregiment was sent to Kentucky and quartered at\\nCamp Wallace. He had at the breaking out of the\\nwar turned his attention to military studies .uui Ije-\\ncame proficient in tlie ordinary rules and discipline.\\nHis entire attention was now devoted to his duties.\\nHis treatment of his men was kind, thougji his disci-\\npline was rigid. He possessed in an eminent degree\\nthe spirit of command, and had he lived he would\\nno doubt liave distinguished himself as a good\\nofficer. He was impatient of delay and chafed at\\nl)eing kept in Kentucky where there was so little\\nprospect of getting at the enemy. Hut life in cam\\nso different from the one he had been leading, and\\nhis incessant labors, coupled with that impatience\\nwhich was so natural and so general among the vol-\\nunteers in the early art of the war, soon made their\\ninfluence felt upon his health. He was seized with\\ntyphoid fever and removed to a private house near\\nLexington. Every care which medical skill or the\\nhand of friendship could bestow was rendered him.\\nIn the delirious wanderings of his mind he was dis-\\nciplining his men and urging them to be prepared for\\nan encounter with the enemy, enlarging upon the jus-\\ntice of their cause and the necessity of their crush-\\ning the Rebellion. But the source of his most poig-\\nnant gnet was the jirospect 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 bafiled all medical treat-\\nment, and on the 5th day of Jan., 1S63, he breathed\\nhis last. His remanis were removed to Michigan and\\ninterred in the cemetery at Pontiac, where they rest\\nby the side of the brave (ien. Richardson, who re-\\nceived his mortal wound at tlie 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\\nCtcu. C. C. Hascall, of Flint, and four children to\\nmourn his loss. Toward them he ever showed the\\ntenderest regard. Next to his duty their love and\\nwelfare engrossed his thoughts. He was kind, gen-\\nerous and brave, and like thousands of others he\\nsleeps the sleep of the martyr for his country.\\nm^\\nA.\\n.^f^^ri", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0138.jp2"}, "139": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0139.jp2"}, "140": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0140.jp2"}, "141": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n45\\n1)\\nV\\nv^\\n;f.\\n\\\\r^P2) l^ fe t d-\u00c2\u00bb.tv;K-A\\n-J-\\nm\\nUSTIN ULAIR, Governor\\nof Micliigan from Jan. 2,\\ni86r, to Jan. 4, 1865, and\\nkown as the War (iovernor, is\\nand illustration of the benifi-\\ncent influence of republican in-\\nstitutions, having inherited neith-\\ner fortune nor fame. He was born\\nin a log caliin at Caroline, Tomp-\\nkins Co., N. Y., Feb. 8, 181 8.\\nHis ancestors came from Scot-\\nland in the time of Ceorge I, and\\nfor many generations followed the\\nW pursuit of agriculture. His father,\\nI George Blair, settled in Tompkins\\nCounty in i8og, and felled the trees and erected the\\nfirst cabin in the county. The last 60 of the four-\\nsc ore years of his life were spent on that spot. He\\nmarried Rhoda Beackman, who now sleeps with him\\nin the soil of the old homestead. The first 17 years\\nof Mr. Blair s life were spent there, rendering his\\nfather what aid he could upon the farm. He then\\nspent a year and a half in Cazenovia Seminary pre-\\nparing for college; entered Hamilton College, in\\nClinton, prosecuted his studies initil the middle of\\nthe junior year, when, attracted by the fame of Dr.\\nNott, he changed to Union College, from whicli he\\ngraduated in the class of 1839. Upon leaving col-\\nlege Mr. Blair read law two years in the office of Sweet\\nDavis, Oswego, N Y., and was admitted to practice\\nin 1841, and the same year moved to Michigan, locat\\n^T-. Q^^m w^\\ning in Jackson. During a temporary residence in\\nEaton Rapids, in 1842, he was elected Clerk of Eaton\\nCounty. At the close of the official term he returned to\\nJackson, and as a Whig, zealously espoused the cause\\nof Henry Clay in the campaign of 1844. Hewas 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 supix)rt in favor of\\nabolishing the color distinction in relation to the elec-\\ntive franchise, and at the same session was active in\\nsecuring tlie 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.\\nUiX)n the birth of the Republican party at Jackson,\\nin 1854, by the coalition of the Whig and Free-soil\\nelements, Mr. Blair was in full sympathy with the\\nmovement, and acted as a memlierof 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-\\npulilican administration of 1855, and holding the\\nimsition of parliamentary leader in the Senate. He\\nwas a delegate to the National Convention which\\nnominated Abraham Lincoln in i860. Mr. Blair\\nwas elected Governor of Michigan in i860, and re-\\nelected in 1862, faithfully and honorably discharging\\nthe nrdunns dutio= nf the office during that most mo-\\nX", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0141.jp2"}, "142": {"fulltext": "r^^^K ^v^ ii n;^: n h T-\\nr2^^^^\\n-4^^\\nA [/ST/AT BLAIR.\\nh\\nA\\n(5)\\nineiUous and stoniiy period nt ilie Nation s life. (lov.\\nBlair jjossessed u clear comprehension of tlie perilous\\nsituation from the inception of tlie 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 durini; the civil war. .Ml, froni the War (lov-\\nernor. down to the poorest citizen of the State, were\\nanimated with a patriotic ardor at once magniticicntly\\nsublime and wisely directed.\\nVery early in \\\\%(i\\\\ 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 uiwn the sad prospects of civil war; and\\nas fonibly pledged the State to support tlie iirinciples\\nof the Ropulihi:. After .1 review of the conditions\\nof the .State, he passed on to a consideration of the\\nrelations between the free and slave Slates of the\\nRepublic, saying: Wliile we arecitizensof the State\\nof Michigan, and as such deeply devoted to her in-\\nterests and honor, we have a still prouder title. We\\nare also citizeas of the United States of America. By\\nthis title we are known among the nations of the earth.\\nIn remote tpiarters of the globe, where the iiames of\\nthe States are unknown, the flag of the great Republic,\\nthe banner of the stars and stripes, honor and protect\\nher citizens. In wliatever concerns the honor, the\\nprosperity and tlie perpetuity of this great (lovern-\\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; ami under it tliey mean to abide to\\nthe end. Feeling a just pride in the glorious history\\nof the past, they will not renounce the eciually glo-\\nrious hopes of the future, lint 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 ,in early day to make mani-\\nfest to the gentlemen wiio represent this State in the\\ntwo Houses of Congress, and to tlie country, that\\nMichigan is loyal to the Union, the Constitution, and\\nthe laws and will defend tlieni to the uttermost; and\\nto proffer to the President of the United States, the\\nwhole military power of tlie .State for that |jur[X)se.\\n)h, for tlie lirni, 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 res]x)nded to by the\\npcopli of Michigan will be seen by the statement\\nthat the State furnished 88,1 11 men during the war.\\nMoney, men, clothing and food were freely and abun-\\ndantly supplied by this .State during all these years of\\ndarkness anti blooil shed. No State won a briuliter\\nrecord for her devotion to our country tliaii the I en-\\ninsula State, and to Gov. Blair, more than to any ,\u00c2\u00aba\u00c2\u00bb\\nA\\nother individual is due the credit for its untiring zeal\\nand labors in the Nation s behalf, ami for the heroism ^S\\nmanifested in its defense.\\n(kiv. 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 bodv he\\nwas a strong supporter of reconstruction measures,\\nand sternly opposed every form of repudiation. His\\nspeech ujxjn the national finances, delivered on the\\nlloor of the House March 21, 186S, was a clear and\\nconvincing argument. Since his retirement from Con-\\ngress, Mr. Blair has been busily occupied with his ex-\\ntensive law practiie. Mr. Blair married Sarah L.\\nI ord, of Seneca County N. V., in Februarv, 1849-\\nTheir family consists of 4 sons George H., a law\\npartner of J. Gould Charles a law partner with\\nhir father, and Fred. J. and Austin T. Blair, at home.\\nGovernor Blair s religion is of the broad type, and\\ncenters in the Golden Rule. In 1883, Gov. Blair\\nwas nominated for Justice of the Supreme Court\\nof the State by the Republican party, but was defeated.\\nXv g fr^\\nr .\u00e2\u0080\u009ei^in7\\n.1^;\\nn IIDi :svf?^(^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0142.jp2"}, "143": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0143.jp2"}, "144": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0144.jp2"}, "145": {"fulltext": "^V ^^IlIl*^Illl^ r\\nGO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n-^^^^^M}\\n149\\nHENRY K. CBilPO..\\ns\\nV .3\\nI\\nENRY ROWLAND CRAPO,\\n(lovcrnor of Michigan from\\n;4S iS65 to 1869, was born May\\n24, 1804, at Dartmouth, Bris-\\n~i~. tol C o., Mass., and died at\\nFlint, Mich., July 22, 1869.\\nHe was the eldest son of Jesse\\nand Phctlie (Rowland) Crapo.\\nHis fatlier was of French descent\\nand was very poor, sustaining his\\nfamily by tlie cultivation of a farm in\\nDartmouth township, which yielded\\nnothing beyond a mere livelihood.\\nHis early life was consequently one\\n(5if3 of toil and devoid of advantages for\\ni intellectual culture, but his desire for\\nan education seemed to know no bounds. The in-\\ncessant toil for a mere subsistence upon a compara-\\ntively sterile farm, had no charm for him and, longing\\nfor greater usefulness and better things, he looked for\\nihem 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 liecame an ardent student and\\nworker from his boyhood, though the means of carry-\\ning on his studies were e.xceedingly limited. He\\nsorely felt the need of a dictionary; and, neither having\\nmoney wherewith to purchase it, nor being able to\\n|)rocure one in his neighliorliood, 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\\nupon meeting the same word again in the newspapers\\nan i bnoks, which came into his hands, from the\\ncontext, would then record the definition. Whenever\\nunable otherwise to olitain tlie signification of a word\\nin which he liad become interested he would walk\\nfrom Dartmoutli to New Bedford for tliat purpose\\nalone, and after referring to tlie books at the library\\nand satisfynig himself thorouglily as to itsdeiinition,\\nwould walk back, a distance of about seven miles,\\nthe same night. This was no unusual circumstance.\\nUnder such difticulties and in this manner lie com-\\npiled (piite an extensive dictionary in manuscript\\nwhich is believed to be still in existence.\\nEver in pursuit of knowledge, he obtained jxDsses-\\nsion of a book upon surveying, and applying himself\\ndiligently to its study Ijecame familiar with this art,\\nwhich lie soon had an opportunity to practice. Tlie\\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, uixin the forge, with such tools as he\\ncould find in the shop, wliile the smith was at dinner,\\nhe constructed the compass and commenced life as a\\nsurveyor. Still continuing his studies, he fitted him-\\nself for teaching, and took charge of the village school\\nat Dartmouth. When, in the course of time and un-\\nder the pressure of law, a high school was to be\\nopened, he passed a successful examination for its\\nprincipalship and received the appointment. To do\\nthis was no small task. The law required a rigid\\nexamination in various subjects, which necessitated\\ndays and nights of study. )ne evening, after con-\\ncluding his day s labor of teaching, he traveled on foot\\nto New Bedford, some seven or eight miles, called\\nupon the preceptor of Friend s Academy and passed\\n9\\ni\\n11\\nM\\njsj^g,r^_Q^^fi^IIIjgnpi^ ^sj^^n", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0145.jp2"}, "146": {"fulltext": "6V4^tl 11^:11 llf r\\n-#^f\u00c2\u00aeA-^\\nHENRY ROWLAND CRAPO.\\n:0\\n1\\nV\\na severe examination. Receiving a certificate that\\nlie was qualified, he walked back to his home the\\nsame night, highly elated in being possessed of the\\nacquirements and requirements of a master of the\\nhigh school.\\nIn 1832, at the age of 28 years, he left his native\\ntown and went to reside at New Bedford, where he\\nfollowed the occupation of land surveyor, and oc-\\ncasionally acted as an auctioneer. Soon after becom-\\ning a citizen of this place, he was elected Town Clerk,\\nTreasurer, and Collector of ta.xes, which office he held\\nuntil the municipal government was changed, about\\nfifteen years, when,- upon the inauguration of the city\\ngovernment, he was elected Treasurer and Collector\\nof taxes, a position which he held two or three years.\\nHe was also Justice of the Peace for many years.\\nHe was elected Alderman of New Bedford was\\nChairman of Council Committee on Education, and\\nas such prepared a report ujwn 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 lil.irary in Massachusetts, if\\nnot in the world. The Boston Free Library was es-\\ntablished, however, soon afterwards. While a resident\\nin New Bedford, he was much interested in horticul-\\nture, and to obtain the land necessary for carrying out\\nhis ideas he drained and reclaimed several acres of\\nrocky and swampy land adjoining his garden. Here\\nhe started a nursery, which he filled with almost every\\ndescription of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs,\\nflowers, etc. In this he was very successful and took\\ngreat pride. He was a regularcontributorto 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 acipiired in that field\\nof labor, it may be mentioned that after his death an\\naffecting eulogy to his memory was pronounced by the\\nPresident of the National Horticultural Society at its\\nmeeting in Philadeliihia, in iS^g. During his resi-\\ndence in New Bedford, Mr. Crapo was also engaged\\nin the whaling business. fine barque built at Dart-\\nmouth, of which he was part owner, was named tlie\\nH. H. Crapo in compliment to him.\\nMr. C. also took [)art 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 Conmiercial Insurance Company in New\\nBedford; and while an officer of the municipal gov-\\nernment hecompiled and published, between the years\\n1S36 and 1845, fi^*^ 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 principallv 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, Kentonville, Holly and Detroit, becoming\\none of the largest and most successful business men\\nof the State. He was mainly instrumental in the\\nconstruction of the Flint Holly R. R., and was\\nPresident of that corporation until its consolidation\\nwith the Flint Pere Marquette R. R. Company.\\nHe was elected iSLayor of that city after he had been\\na resident of the [ilace only five cr six years. Li\\n1862 he was elected Stale Senator. In the fall of\\n1864 he received the nomination on the Republican\\nticket forCioveriior of the State, and was elected by a\\nlarge majority. He was re-elected in 1866, holding\\nthe office two terms, and retiring in January, 1869,\\nhaving given the greatest satisfaction to all parties.\\nWhile serving his last term he was attacked with a\\ndisease which terminated his life within one year\\nafterwards. During much of this time he was an in-\\ntense sufferer, yet often while in great pain gave his\\nattention to jiublic matters. A few weeks previous\\nto his death a successful surgical operation was jier-\\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\\nil., 1869.\\nLi the early part of his life. Gov. Crapo affiliated\\nwith the \\\\Vhig party in politics, Init 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, 1S25, Mary A. Slocum,\\nof Dartmouth. His marriage took place soon after\\nhe had attained his majority, and before his struggles\\nwith fortune had lieen 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 h.er 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 reipiirements she labored faithfully\\nin the perfonnance of all her duties. They had\\nten children, one son and nine daughters. His son,\\nHon. \\\\\\\\m. W. Crapo, of New Bedford, is now an\\nhonored Representative to Congress from the First\\nCongressional District of Massachusetts.\\n9\\nA\\nr\\n%^^llll ^1lti;i .-^s^C^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0146.jp2"}, "147": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0147.jp2"}, "148": {"fulltext": "l^^ c^c;^.^^\\nI I lill lllllll IHHlll |i.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0148.jp2"}, "149": {"fulltext": "GO VF.RNGRS OF MICHIGAN.\\nf^\\nj\u00c2\u00a3S(?-\u00c2\u00abMC/\u00c2\u00a9 *e*asset-.afiSl^tMt:!irf 4\\n\u00c2\u00ab^\u00c2\u00ab-x\u00c2\u00abJl\u00c2\u00a3a \u00c2\u00aef\u00c2\u00a3-\\nl^gP^ S\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00a9^SWJ3Wn~%Sf\\nENRY P. BALDWIN, Gov-\\nernor of Michigan from Jan.\\n1869, to Jan. I, 1873, is a\\nlineal descendant of Nathan-\\niel 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 Governor B. is descended from\\nRobert Williams, also a Puritan, who settled in Rox-\\nl)ury, Mass., about 1638. His mother was a daughter\\nof Rev. Nehemiah Williams, a graduate of Harvard\\nCollege, who died at Brimfield, Mass., in 1796, where\\ntor 21 years he was pastor of the Congregationalist\\nChurch. The subject of this sketch was born at\\nCoventry, R. I., Feb. 22, 18 14. He received a New\\nEngland common-school education until the age of\\n12 years, when, both his parents having died, he be-\\ncame a clerk in a mercantile establishment. He re-\\nmained there, employing his leisure hours in studv,\\nuntil 20 years of age.\\n1 At this early period Mr. B. engaged in business on\\nhis own account. He made a visit to the West, in\\n1837) which resulted in his removal to Detroit in the\\nspring of 1838. Here he established a mercantile\\nhouse which has been successfully conducted until\\nthe present time. Although he successfully conducted\\na large business, he has ever taken a deep interest in\\nall things affecting the prosperity of the city and\\nState of his adoption. He was for several years a\\nDirector and President of the Detroit Young Men s\\nSociety, an institution with a large library designed\\nfor the benefit of young men and citizens generally.\\n.\\\\n Episcopalian in religious belief, he has been\\nprominent in home matters connected with that de-\\nnomination. The large and flourishing parish of St.\\nJohn, Detroit, originated with Governor Baldwin, who\\ngave the lot on which the parish edifice stands, and\\nalso contributed the larger share of the cost of their\\nerection. Governor B. was one of the foremost in\\nthe establishment of St. Luke s Hospital, and has\\nalways been a liberal contributor to moral and relig-\\nious enterprises whether connected with his own\\nChurch or not. There have been, in fact, but few\\npublic and social improvements of Detroit during the\\npast 40 years with which Governor B. s name is not\\nin some way connected. He was a director in the\\nMichigan State Bank until the expiration of its char-\\nter, and has been President of the Second National\\nBank since its organization.\\nIn 1S60, Mr. Baldwin was elected to the State\\nSenate, of Michigan during the years of iS6i- 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 f f\\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 knowing\\nof how much effort or attention to bestow upon the\\nthing in hand, has been the secret of the uniform\\no,\\n^[\\\\\u00c2\u00ae^^0^\\n_Nrn ^,Tjfi:^_\\n-^^Il!l^lltlf\\n-iVo-\\n-4^^^(\u00c2\u00ae ite", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0149.jp2"}, "150": {"fulltext": "154\\nrC BP^IDy\\nHENR V p. BALD WIN.\\n-2K\u00c2\u00ab^^^\\nf?;g^^\\nsuccess that has attended his efforts in all relations\\nof life. The same industry and accuracy that dis-\\ntinguished him prior to this term as Governor was\\nmanifest in his career as the chief magistrate of the\\nState, and while his influence appears in all things\\nwith which he has had to do, it is more noticeable in\\nthe most prominent position to which he was called.\\nWith rare exceptions the important commendations\\nof Governor B. received the sanction of the Legislat-\\nure. During his administration marked improve-\\nments were made in the charitable, penal and reforma-\\ntory institutions of the State. The State Public School\\nfor dependent cliildren 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;j,e of 1873. The new State C apitol also owes\\nits origen to him. The appropriation for its erection\\nwas made u])on 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. Thelaw of 1869, and prior also, permitting\\nmunicipalities to vote aid toward the construc-\\ntion of railroads was, in 1870, declared unconstitu-\\ntional by the Supreme Court. Many of the munici-\\npalities having in the meantime issued and sold their\\nbonds in good faith. Governor B. felt that the lionor\\nand credit of the State were in jeopardy. His sense\\nof justice impelled him to call an extra session of the\\nLegislature to propose the submission to the people a\\nconstitutional amendment, authorizing the payment\\nof such bonds as were already in tlie hands of hona-\\nfidc holders. In his special message he says The\\ncredit of no State stands liigher than that of Michigan,\\nand the people can not afford, and I trust will not\\nconsent, to have her good name tarnished by the repu-\\ndiation of either legal or moral obligations. A spe-\\ncial session was called in March, 1872, principally for\\nthe division of the State into congressional districts.\\nA number of other important suggestions were made,\\nhowever, and as an evidence of the Governor s la-\\nborious and thoughtful care for the financial condition\\nof the State, a series of tables was prepared and sub-\\nmitted by him showing, in detail, estimates of receipts,\\nexpenditures and appropriations for the years 1872 to\\n1878, inclusive. Memorable of Governor B. s admin-\\nistration were the devastating fires which swept over\\nmany portions of the Northwest in the fall of 187 i.\\nA large part of the city of Chicago having been re-\\nduced to ashes, Governor B. promptly issued a proc-\\nlamation calling ufjon 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 than\\n:\u00c2\u00ab!7oo,ooo having been received in money and supplies\\nlor the relief of Michigan alone. So ample were\\nthese contributions during the sliort period of about\\n3 months, that the Ciovernor issued a proclamation\\nexpressing in behalf of the people of the State grate-\\nful acknowldgment, and announcing that further\\naid was unnecessary.\\nGovernor B. has traveled extensively in his own\\ncountry and has also made several visits to Europe\\nand other portions of the Old World. He was a pas-\\nsenger on the Steamer Arill, which was captured and\\nbonded in the Carribean Sea, in December, 1862, by\\nCapt. Semmes, and wrote a full and interesting ac-\\ncount of the transaction. The following estimate of\\nGovernor B. on his retirement from office, by a leading\\nnews])aper, is not overdrawn: The retiring message\\nof Governor B., will be read with interest. It is\\na characteristic document and possesses the lucid\\nstatement, strong, and clear practical sense, which\\nhave been marked features of all preceding documents\\nfrom the same source. Governor B. retired to private\\nlife after four years of unusually successful adminis-\\ntration amid plaudits that are universal throughout the\\nState. For many years eminent and capable men\\nhave filled the executive chair of this State, but in\\npainstaking vigilance, in stern good sense, in genuine\\npublic spirit, in thorough integrity and in practical\\ncapacity, Henry P. Baldwin has shown himself to be\\nthe peer of any or all of them. The State has been un-\\nusually prosperous during his two terms, and the State\\nadministration has fully ke|;)t pace with the needs of\\nthe times. The retiring Governor has fully earned\\nthe pubhc gratitude and confidence which he to-day\\npossesses to such remarkable degree.\\n9\\ns", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0150.jp2"}, "151": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0151.jp2"}, "152": {"fulltext": "Sua-^^ Y^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0152.jp2"}, "153": {"fulltext": "y\\nJ\\n.X\\nOHN JUDSON BAGLEY,\\nGovernor of Michigan from\\nif^7 3 to 1877, was born in\\nMedina, Orleans Co., N. V.,\\nJuly 24, 1832. His father, John\\nBagley, was a native of New\\nHampshire, his motiier, Mary M.\\nBagley, of Connecticut. He at-\\ntended the district school of Lock-\\nport, N. Y., until he was eight years\\nold, at which time his father moved\\nto Constantine, Mich., and he at-\\ntended the common schools of that\\nvillage. His early experience was\\nlike that of many country boys whose\\nparents removed from Eastern States\\nto the newer portion of the West.\\nHis father being in very poor circum-\\nstances, Mr. B. was obliged to work\\nJuMu as soon as he was able to do so.\\nwij( Leaving school when 13 years of age\\nhe entered a country store in Constan-\\nj?j tine as clerk. His father tjien re-\\nLj,|) moved toOwosso, Mich.,and he again\\nI engaged as clerk in a store. From\\nearly youth Mr. B. was extravagantly fond of reading\\nand devoted every leisure moment to the perusal of\\nsuch books, papers and periodicals as came within\\nhis reach. In 1847, he removed to Detroit, where he\\nsecured employment in a tobacco manufactory and\\nremained in this [X)sition for about five years.\\nIn 1853, he began business for himself in the man-\\nufacturing of tobacco. His establishment has become\\none of the largest of the kind in the West. Mr. B.\\nhas also been greatly interested in other manufactur-\\ning enterprises, as well as in mining, banking and in-\\nsurance corporations. He was President of the\\nDetroit Safe Company for several years. He was one\\nof the organizers of the Michigan Mutual Life Insur-\\nance Company of Detroit, and was its President from\\n1867 to 1872. He was a director of the Amer-\\nican National Bank for many years, and a stock-\\nholder and director in various other corporations.\\nMr. B. was a member of the Board of Education two\\nyears, and of the Detroit Common Council the same\\nlength of time. In 1865 he was appointed by Gover-\\nnor Crapo one of the first commissioners of the\\nMetropolitian police force of the city of Detroit, serv-\\ning six years. In November, 1872, he was elected\\nGovernor of Michigan, and two years later was re-\\nelected to the same office, retiring in January, 1877.\\nHe was an active worker in the Republican party, and\\nfor many years was Chairman of the Republican\\nState Central committee.\\nGovernor Bagley was quite liberal in his religious\\nviews and was an attendant of the Unitarian Church.\\nHe aimed to be able to hear and consider any new\\nthought, from whatever source itmay come, but was not\\nbound by any religious creed or formula. He held\\nin respect all religious opinions, believing that no one\\ncan be injured by a firm adherence to a faith or de-\\nnomination. He was married at Dubuque, Iowa, Jan.\\n16, 1855, to Frances E. Newberry, daughter of Rev.\\nSamuel Newberry, a pioneer missionary of Michigan,\\nwho took an active part in the early educational mat-\\nters of the State and in the establishment of its ex-\\ncellent system of education. It was principally\\nc\\nI\\ni\\ni^%^\\nA^\\nmmm^\\nXX\\n1^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0153.jp2"}, "154": {"fulltext": "58\\nJOHN J. BAGLEY.\\nI\\nthrough his exertions that the State University was\\nfounded. Mr. B. s family consists of seven children.\\nAs Governor his administration was charac-\\nterized by several important features, chief among\\nwhich were his efforts to improve and make popular\\nthe educational agencies of the State by increasing\\nthe faculty of the University for more thorough in-\\nstruction in technicalstudies,by strengthening the liold\\nof the Agricultural ollege uix)n 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 liipior-ta.x 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 uix)n a service-\\nable footing. It was ujxDn 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 uf Gov. B. s adminis-\\ntration.\\nAs Governor, he felt that he represented the State\\nnot in a narrow, egotistical way, but in the same\\nsense that a faithful, trusted, confidential agent rep-\\nresents his employer, and as the Executive of the\\nState he was her attorney in fact. And his intelli-\\ngent, thoughtful care will long continue the pride of\\nthe people he so much loved. He was ambitious\\nambitious for place and power, as every noble mind\\nis ambitious, because these give opportunity. How-\\never strong the mind and powerful the will, if there\\nbe no ambition, life is a failure. He was not blind to\\nthe fact that the more we have the more is required\\nof us. He accepted it in its fullest meaning. He\\nhad great hopes for his State and his country. He had\\nliis ideas of what they should be. ith a heart as\\nbroad as humanity itself; with an intelligent, able and\\ncultured brain, the will and the power to do, he\\nasked his fellow citizen to give him the opportunity to\\nlabor for them. Self entered not into the calculation.\\ni\\n5^^\\nHis whole life was a battle for others; nnd lie entered-\\ntlie conflict eagerly and hopefully.\\nHis State papers were models of compact, busi-\\nness-like statements, bold, original, and brimful of T\\npractical suggestions, and liis administrations will long t6)\\nbe considered as among tlie ablest in this or any\\nother State.\\nHis noble, generous nature made his innumerable\\nbenefactions a source of continuous pleasure. Liter-\\nally, to him it was more blessed to give than to\\nreceive.\\nHis greatest enjoyment was in witnessing the com-\\nfort and happiness of others. Not a tithe of his char-\\nities were known to his most intimate friends, or even\\nto his family. Many a needy one has been the recipi-\\nent of aid at an opportune moment, who never knew\\nthe hand that gave.\\nAt one time a friend had witnessed his ready re-\\nsponse to some charitable request, and said to him\\nGovernor, you give away a large sum of money about\\nhow much does your charities amount to in a year?\\nHe turned at once and said: I do not know, sir; I\\ndo not allow myself to know. I hope I gave more\\nthis year than I did last, and hope I shall give more\\nnext year than I have this. This expressed his idea\\nof charity, that the giving should at all times be free\\nand spontaneous.\\nDuring his leasure hours from early life, and espe-\\ncially during the last few years, he devoted much time\\nto becoming acquainted with the best authors. Biog-\\nra])hy was his delight; the last he read was the Life\\nand Work of John .Adams, in ten volumes.\\nIn all questions of business or public affairs he\\nseemed to have the power of getting at the kernel of\\nthe nut in the least possible time. In reading he\\nwould spend scarcely more time with a volume than\\nmost persons would devote to a chapter. After what\\nseemed a 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\\nliis elegant home was a study and a pleasure\\nto his many friends, who always found there a\\nhearty welcome. At Christmas time he would spend\\ndays doing the work of Santa Claus. Every Christmas 7X\\neve he gathered his children about him and, taking \\\\l^\\nthe youngest on his lap, told some Ciiristmas story,\\nclosing the entertainment with The Night Before ^J\\nChristmas, or Dickens s Christmas Carol. ^L\\nA ^o!i^nni^A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0154.jp2"}, "155": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0155.jp2"}, "156": {"fulltext": "T\\n(^n^M\\n\\\\M\\\\\\\\. yvvd\\\\^\\nW\\nciL.iu i^^^^^tlJD", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0156.jp2"}, "157": {"fulltext": "Wi\\nicy\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab^\\nz^^K ^v ^tin^iiiy^^\\ni\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\n^m CHARLES M. CROSAVELE,\\nHARLES M. CROSWELL,\\nI (lovernor of Michigan from\\nJan. 3, 1877 to Jan. i, 1881,\\nwas born at Newburg, Orange\\nCounty, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1825.\\nHe is the only son of John and\\nSallie (Hicks) Croswell. His\\nfather, who was of Scotch-Irish\\nextraction, was a paper-maker,\\nand carried on business in New\\nYork City. His ancestors on\\nhis mother s side were of Knicker-\\nbocker descent. The Croswell\\nfamily may be found connected\\nwith prominent events, in New York\\nand Connecticut, in the early exis-\\ntence of the Republic. Harry Cros-\\nwell, during the administration of\\nI t] President Jefferson, published a pa-\\nper called the Balance^ and was\\nw\u00c2\u00ae prosecuted for libeling the President\\n7iM under the obnoxious Sedition Law.\\nw He was defended by the celebrated\\nI Alexander Hamilton, and the decis-\\nion of the case establised the important ruling that\\nthe truth might Ije shown in cases of libel. Another\\nmember of the family was Edwin Croswell, tlie fam-\\nous editor of the Albany Ar^iis also, Rev. William\\nCroswell, noted as a divine and poet.\\nWhen Charles M. Croswell was seven years of age,\\nhis father was accidentally drowned in the Hudson\\nRiver, at Newburg and, within three months preced-\\ning that event, his mother and only sister had died,\\nthus leaving him the sole surviving member of the\\nfamily, without fortune or means. Upon the death\\nof his father he went to live with an uncle, who, in\\n1837, emigrated with him to Adrain, Michigan. At\\nsixteen years of age, he commenced to learn the car-\\npenter s trade, and worked at it very diligently for\\nfour years, maintaining himself, and devoting his spare\\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, betook i)art in the first movements\\nfor the formation of the Republican party, and was a\\nmember and Secretary of the convetion held at Jack-\\nson in that year, which put in the field the first Re-\\npublican State ticket in Michigan. In 1855, he\\nformed a law partnership with the present Chief-Jus-\\ntice Cooley, which continued until the removal of\\nJudge Cooley to Ann Arbor.\\nIn 1862, Mr. Croswell was appointed City Attorney\\nof \\\\drian. 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 posi-\\ntions above mentioned. Among various reports made\\nby him, one adverse to the re-establishment of the\\ndeath penalty, and another against a proposition to\\npay the salaries of State officers and judges in coin,\\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 favor of the Proclama-\\nA^-in a^niif\\ni^^Jf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0157.jp2"}, "158": {"fulltext": "5^^\\n-:2i^^?^ eVC^nD^lll]r r\\n162\\nCHARLES M. CROSWELL.\\n^^m^^\\nA\\nS\\ntion of Emancipation issued by President Lincoln,\\nand of his general [Xjlicy in the prosecution of the\\nwar. This, at the request of his Reiniblican associ-\\nates, was afterwards published. In 1S67, he was\\nelected a member the Constitutional Convention,\\nand chosen its presiding officer. This convention\\nwas composed of an able body of men and though,\\nin the general distrust of constitutional changes\\nwhich for some years had been taking possession of\\nthe people, their labors were not accepted by the pop-\\nular vote, it was always conceded that the constitu-\\ntion they proixjsed 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 !^peaker of\\nthe House of Representatives. At the close of the\\nsession of that tody 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 .\\\\ugust of the same year, he was put in nomination\\nby acclamation, without the formality of a ballot. .At\\nthe election in November following, he was chosen to\\nthe high position for which he had been nominated,\\nby a very large majority over all opposing candidates.\\nHis inaugural message was received with general\\nfavor; and his career as Governor was marked with\\nthe same qualities of head and heart that have ever\\ndistinguished him, both as a citizen and statesman.\\nGovernor Groswell has always prepared his ad-\\ndresses with care and, as his diction is terse, clear,\\nand strong, without e.xcess of ornament, and his de-\\nliver)- impressive, he is a popular speaker; and many\\nof his speeches have attracted favorable comment in\\nthe public prints, and have a permanent value. He\\nhas always manifested a deep interest in educational\\nmatters, and was for years a member and Secretary of\\nthe Board of Education of .\\\\drain. .\\\\t the formal\\nopening of the Central School building in that city,\\nou the 24th day of April, 1869, he gave, in a public\\naddress, an Historical Sketch of the Adrian Public\\nSchools.\\nIn his private life. Governor Croswell has been as\\nexemplary as in his public career he has been suc-\\ncessful and useful. In February, 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 19, 1868, leaving two daugh-\\nters and a sou. Ciovernor Croswell is not a member\\nof any religious body, but generally attends the Pres-\\nbyterian Church. He pursues the profession of law,\\nbut of late has been occupied mainly in the care of his\\nown interests, and the quiet duties of advice in\\nbusiness difficulties, for which his unfailing pru-\\ndence and sound judgment eminently fit him. Gov-\\nernor Croswell is truly jiopular, not only with those of\\nlike political faith with himself, but with those who\\ndiffer from him in this regard.\\nDuring Gov. Croswell s administration the public\\ndebt was greatly reduced a policy adopted requiring\\nthe State institutions to keep within the limit of ap-\\npropriations; laws enacted to provide more effectually\\nfor the punishment of corruption and bribrery in elec-\\ntions; the State House of Correction at Ionia and the\\nEastern Asylum for the Insane at Pontiac were opened,\\nand the new capital at Lansing was completed and\\noccupied. The first act of his second term was to pre-\\nside at the dedication of this buildiiig The great riot\\nat Jackson occured during his administration, and it\\nwas only bv his promptness that great distruction of\\nboth life and properly invented at tha time.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0158.jp2"}, "159": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0159.jp2"}, "160": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0160.jp2"}, "161": {"fulltext": "GO VERNORS OF MICHIGAN.\\nvxii\\n5\\n1=1\\n165\\nirn-i)).,..\\n^^a.O-lt i. Wf\\nDAVID H. JEROME, Gover-\\nIfoiior of from Jan. i, 1881, to\\nJan. I, 1883, was born at De-\\ntroit, Mich., Nov. 17, 1829.\\nHis parents emigrated to\\nMichigan from Trumansburg,\\nTompkins Co., N. Y., in 1828,\\nlocating at Detroit. His father\\ndied March 30, 1831, leaving\\nnine children. He had been\\ntwice married, and four of the\\nchildren living at tlie time of his\\ndeath were grown up sons, the off-\\nspring of his first union. Of the\\nfive children by his second marriage, David H. was\\nthe youngest. Shortly after Mr. Jerome s death, his\\nwidow moved back to New York and settled in\\nOnondaga County near Syracuse, where they remained\\nuntil the fall of 1834, the four sons by the first wife\\ncontinuing their residence in Michigan. In the fall\\nof 1834, Mrs. Jerome came once more to Michigan,\\nlocating on a farm in St. Clair County. Here the\\nGovernor formed those habits of industry and ster-\\nling integrity that have been so characteristic of tlie\\nman in the active duties of life. He was sent to the\\ndistrict school, and in the acquisition of tlie 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\\ni\\nSi/\\nolder brothers, Timothy and Cieorge, and when 13\\nyears of age David received his mother s permission to\\nattend school at the St. Clair Academy. While attend-\\ning there he lived with Marcus H. Miles, now de-\\nceased, doing chores for his board, and the following\\nwinter performed the same service for James Ogden,\\nalso deceased. The next summer Mrs. Jerome\\nmoved into the village of St. Clair, for the purpose of\\ncontinuing her son in school. While attending said\\nacademy one of his associate students was Sena-\\ntor Thomas W. Palmer, of Detroit, a rival candidate\\nbefore the gubernatorial convention in 18S0. He\\ncompleted his education in the fall of his i6th year,\\nand the following winter assisted his brother Timothy\\nMl 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 ])raise\\nfrom his employers and the people in general for the\\nability displayed in the discharge of his duties. He\\nspent his summer vacation at clerical work on board\\nthe lake vessels.\\nIn i84g- 5o, he abandoned office work, and for the\\nproper development of liis 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. A 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\\nf\\nu\\nmmMi\\nmi", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0161.jp2"}, "162": {"fulltext": "^7 m^mw\\n-^Mt\\ns\\nb\\ni66\\nA VID H. JEROME.\\n^^f\u00c2\u00aeV^\\nvessels could carry only about 10,000 bushels of grain.\\nMr. Jerome conceived the idea of towing vessels\\nfrom one lake to the other, and put his plan into\\noperation. Through the influence of practical men,\\namong them the subject of this sketch, Congress\\nremoved the obstruction above referred to, and now\\nvessels can pass them laden with 60,000 or 80,000\\nbushels of grain.\\nDuring the season, the two brothers succeeded\\nin making a neat little sum of money by the sum-\\nmer s work, but subsequently lost it all on a contract\\nto raise the (len. Scott, a vessel that had sunk in\\nLake St. Clair. David H. came out free from debt,\\nbut possessed of hardly a dollar of capital. In the\\nspring of 185 i he was clerk and acting master of the\\nsteamers Franklin Moore and Ruby, plying be-\\ntween Detroit and Port Huron and Goderich. The\\nfollowing year he was clerk of the propeller Prince-\\nton. running l)etween Detroit and Buffalo.\\nIn January, 1853, Mr. Jerome went to California,\\nby way of the Isthmus, and enjoyed extraordinary\\nsuccess in selling goods in a new place of his selec-\\ntion, among the mountains near Marysville He re-\\nmained there during the sunnner, and located the\\nLive Yankee Tunnel Mine, which has since yielded\\nmillions to its owners, and is still a paying investment.\\nHe planned and put a tunnel 600 feet into tlie mine,\\nbut when the water supply began to fail with the dry\\nseason, sold out his interest. He left in the fall of\\n1853, and in December sailed from San Francisco for\\nNew York, arriving at his liome in St. Clair County,\\nabout a year after his departure. During his absence\\nhis brother Tiff had located at Saginaw, ana in\\n1854 Mr. Jerome joined him in his lumber operations\\nin the valley. In 1855 the brothers bought Black-\\nmer Eaton s hardware and general supply stores,\\nat Saginaw, and David H. assumed the management\\nof the business. From 1855 to 1873 he was also ex-\\ntensively engaged in lumbering operations.\\nSoon after locating at Saginaw he was nominated\\nfor Alderman against Stewart B. Williams, a rising\\nyoung man, of strong Democratic principles. The\\nward was largely Democratic, but Mr. Jerome was\\nelected by a handsome majority. When the Repub-\\nlican party was born at Jackson, Mich., David H.\\nJerome was, though not a delegate to the convention,\\none of its charter members. In 1862, he was com-\\nmissioned by Gov. Austin Blair to raise one of the\\nsix regiments apportioned to the State of Michigan.\\nMr. Jerome immediately went to work and held\\nmeetings at 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 liril-\\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 tlie triumphant election of Mr. Jerome. He was\\ntwice renominated and elected both times l)y in-\\ncreased majorities, defeating George Lord, of Bay\\nCity, and Dr. Cheseman, of Gratiot County. On tak-\\ning his seat in the Senate, he was appointed Chair-\\nman of the Committee on .State Affairs, and was ac-\\ntive in raising means and troops to carry on the war.\\nHe held the same position during his three terms of\\nservice, and introduced the bill creating the Soldiers\\nHome at Harper Hospital, Detroit.\\nHe was selected by Gov. Crapo as a military aid,\\nand in 1865 was appointed a member of the State\\nMilitary Board, and served as its President for eight\\nconsecutive years. In 1873, he was appointed by\\nGov. Bagley a member of the convention to prepare\\na new State Constitution, and was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Finance.\\nIn 1S75, Mr. Jerome was appointed a memberof\\nthe Board of Indian Commissioners. In I876 he was\\nChairman of a commission to visit Chief Joseph, the\\nNez Perce Indian, to arrange an amicable settlement\\nof all existing difficulties. The commission went to\\nPortland, Oregon, thence to the Blue Hills, in Idaho,\\na distance of 600 miles up the Columbia River.\\nAt the Republican State Convention, convened at\\nJackson in August, 1880, Mr. Jerome was placed in\\nthe field for nomination, and on the 5 th day of the\\nmonth received the highest, honor the convention\\ncould confer on any one. His opponent was Freder-\\nick M. Holloway, of Hillsdale County, who was sup-\\nported by the Democratic and Greenback parties.\\nThe State was thoroughly canvassed by both parties,\\nand when the polls were closed on the evening of\\nelection day, it was found that David H. Jerome had\\nbeen selected by the voters of the Wolverine State to\\noccupy the highest position within their gift.\\nW^!\\\\m^^-^- ^^^-^^Dfl ^^ntli^V^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0162.jp2"}, "163": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0163.jp2"}, "164": {"fulltext": "r^\\n^i^3\u00c2\u00a3--*^:2 ^^)^w^^^.^-t^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0164.jp2"}, "165": {"fulltext": "i^),:^/^i))^#^\u00c2\u00bb-\\nT\\n-cr\\nv nn^iii^^\\nT- rr\\nGOVERNORS OF MICHIGAN\\n169\\nT\\njosyya w, EEGtLi,\\n1\\nOSIAH \\\\V. BEGOLE, the\\n;jj\u00c2\u00bb present (1883), Clovenior of\\nMichigan was born in Living-\\nston, County, N. V., Jan. 20,\\n18 15. His ancestors were of\\nFrench descent, and settled at\\nan early period in the State of\\nMaryland. His grandfather, Capt.\\ni BoUes, of that State, was an offi-\\nXfy\\\\ cer in the American army durinjj\\nthe war of the Revolution.\\n.\\\\l.out\\nM the beginnmg of the present cent-\\nury both his grandparents, liaving\\nbecome dissatisfied with the insti-\\ntution of slavery, although slave-\\nf holders themselves, emigrated to\\nLivingston County, N. Y., then\\na new country, taking with them a\\nnumber of their former slaves, who\\nvolunteered to accompany them.\\nHis father was an officer in the\\nAmerican army, and served during\\nthe war of 18 12.\\nMr. B. received his early education in a log school-\\nhouse, and subsequently attended the Temple Hill\\nAcademy, at Geneseo, N. Y. Being tlie 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 1 years of age,\\nbeing ambitious to better his condition in life, he re-\\nsolved to seek his fortune in the far West, as it was\\nthen called. In August, 1836, he left the parental\\nroof to seek a home in tlie Territory of Michigan\\nthen an almost unbroken wilderness. He settled in\\nGenesee County, and aided with his own hands in\\nluiilding some of the early residences in what is now\\nknown as tlie city of Flint. There were but four or\\nfive houses where this flourishing city now stands\\nwhen he selected it as his home.\\nLi the spring of 1839 he married Miss Harriet A.\\nMiles. The marriage proved a most fortunate one,\\nand to the faithful wife of his youth, who lives to en-\\njoy with him the comforts of an honestly earned com-\\npetence, Mr. Begole ascribes largely his success in\\nlife. Immediately after his marriage he commenced\\nwork on an unimproved farm, where, by his perse-\\nverance and energy, he soon established a good home,\\nand at the end of eighteen years was the owner of a\\nwell improved farm of five hundred acres.\\nMr. Begole being an anti-slavery man, became a\\nmember of the Republican party at its organization.\\nHe served his toivnsmen in various offices, and was\\nin 1856, elected County Treasurer, which office he\\nheld for eight years.\\n.\\\\t the breaking out of the Rebellion he did not\\ncarry a musket to the front, but his many friends will\\nbear witness that he took an active part in recruiting\\nand furnishing supplies for the army, and in looking\\nafter the interests of soldiers families at home. The\\ndeath of his eldest son near .\\\\tlanta, 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\\ni)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0165.jp2"}, "166": {"fulltext": "T DIl^;DDr1 v\\n170\\nP\\nJOSIAH W. BEGOLE.\\nGov. Begole voted and worked for the soldiers\\nbounty equalization bill, an act doing justice to the\\nsoldier who bore the burden and heat of the day, and\\nwho should fare equally with him who came in at the\\neleventh hour. That bill was defeated in the House\\non account of the large appropriation that would be\\nrequired to pay the same.\\nIn 1870, Gov. Begole was nominated by acclama-\\ntion for the office of State Senator, and elected by a\\nlarge majority. In that body he served on the Com-\\nmittees of Finance and Railroads, and was Chairman\\nof the Committee on the Institute for the Deaf and\\nDumb and Blind. He took a liberal and public-\\nspirited view of the importance of a new capitol\\nbuilding worthy of the State, and was an active mem-\\nber of the Committee that drafted the bill for the\\nsame He was a delegate to the National Republi-\\ncan Convention held at Philadelphia in 1872, and\\nwas the chosen member of that delegation to go to\\nWashington and inform Gen. Grant and Senator\\nWilson of their nominations. It was while at that\\nconvention that, by the express wish of his many\\nfriends, he was induced to offer himself a can-\\ndidate for the nomination of member to tlie 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 Gubernatorip.l election of 1882, Mr. Begole\\nwas the candidate of both the Greenback and Dem-\\nocratic parties, and was elected by a vote of 154,269,\\nthe Republican candidate, Hon. David H. Jerome,\\n\u00c2\u00ab-V\u00c2\u00ae^$^\\n^Ill]^llIli\\nreceiving 149,697 votes. Mr. Begole, in entering\\nupon his duties as Governor, has manifested a spirit\\nthat has already won him many friends, and bids fair\\nto make his administration both successful and pop-\\nular.\\nThe very best indications of what a man is, is what\\nhis own townsmen think of him. We give the fol-\\nlowing extract from the Flint Globe, the leading Re-\\npublican paper m Gov. Begole s own county, and it,\\ntoo, written during the heat of a political campaign,\\nwhich certainly is a flattering testimonial of his ster-\\nling worth\\nSo far, however, as Mr. Begole, the head of the\\nticket, is concerned, there is nothing detrimental to\\nhis character that can be alleged against him. He\\nhas sometimes changed his mind in politics, but for\\nsincerity of his beliefs and the earnestness of his pur-\\npose nobody who knows him entertains a doubt. He\\nis incapable of bearing malice, even against his bit-\\nterest [wlitical enemies. He has a warm, generous\\nnature, and a larger, kinder heart does not beat in\\nthe bosom of any man in Michigan, He is not much\\ngiven to making speeches, but deeds are more signif-\\nicant of a man s character than words There are\\nmany scores of men in all parts of the State where\\nMr. Begole is acquainted, who have had practical\\ndemonstrations of these facts, and who are liable to\\nstep outside of party lines to show that they do not\\nforget his kindness, and who, no doubt, wish that he\\nwas a leader in what would not necessarily prove a\\nforlorn hope. But the Republican party in Michigan\\nis too strong to be beaten by a combination of Demo-\\ncrats and Greenbackers, even if it is marshaled by so\\ngood a man as Mr. Begole.\\nThis sketch would be imperfect without referring\\nto the action of Mr. B. at the time of the great calamity\\nthat in 1881 overtook the people of Northeastern\\nMichigan, in a few hours desolating whole counties\\nby fire and destroying the results and accumulations\\nof such hard work as only falls to the lot of pioneers.\\nWhile the Port Huron and Detroit committees were\\nquarrehng over the distribution of funds, Mr. Begole\\nwrote to an agent in the |bumt district a letter, from\\nwhich we make an extract of but a single sentence\\nUntil the differences between the two committees\\nare adjusted and you receive your regular supplies\\nfrom them, draw on me. Let no man suffer while I\\nhave money. This displays his true character.\\nK\\nf\\nV\\nt\\ni.\\nr^-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0166.jp2"}, "167": {"fulltext": "^Si l\\n^-^^yTammwy^-^\\n--^^^C(\u00c2\u00aeviii\\n?Ay--:\\ni\\n1=3\\nI\\nlit T^T^T^\\nf\\n:^-liL/fl^lMJ\\ngii^^s)^^\\n^y^MnMi s^C^ ^4^^f(^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0167.jp2"}, "168": {"fulltext": "^^f|.^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r^C:tltj^|]|]^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2 v-e-r-\\nV3^\\nI\\n:iimiia;^\\n:y\\n@^^^aS,", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0168.jp2"}, "169": {"fulltext": "^J\\n^m ^M-^ T\\n^.S^\\\\3\\\\\\\\V)\\n^m\\nV\\nei^ 1r^ S_\u00c2\u00ab, fB! !c^\\nGl-\\nV^\\nKy\\na\\n11\\nK\\n^-^^:Il!l^ll!l^ ^4^^f@\\ny^(i,^:|", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0169.jp2"}, "170": {"fulltext": "E\u00c2\u00a9^ ii\\n(b\\nIV^\\n:^0\\n9\\n/5s\\nc\\ni)\\n(q)\\nl^\\\\mm^ ^[i g titi^-^r^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0170.jp2"}, "171": {"fulltext": "tlll^DIl^\\nrr\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^as^^^\\nirlNXRODUQT^ORY.i:\\nV\\n-9\\n5-\\nHE value of history lies, in\\na great degree, in the biog-\\nraphy of the personages con-\\ncerned therein. The annals\\nof the settlers delineate the\\npioneer period, while those of the\\nlater residents exhibit the progress\\nof the country and the status of\\nthe present generation. Midland\\nCounty gives a vivid illustration\\nof these statements but its won-\\nderful pioneer era laps upon its\\npresent period in a manner so grad-\\nual that there is really no dis-\\ntinctive line of demarcation. Many\\nof those whose efforts gave the\\ncountry its earliest impetus may still be seen upon\\nits thoroughfares many of the characters in the day\\nof its first things are still on the stage, and watch\\nwith keen-eyed alertness the manipulations, successes\\nand reverses of the present day, still jealous for the\\nreputation of the county and eagerly solicitous for\\nher substantial and permanent progress.\\nThe compilers of these records strive to establish\\ntheir claim for biographical integrity, preparing the\\nmatter from the stand-point of no man s prejudice.\\nThe full scope of the personal record here is to\\ndemonstrate the exact relation of every individual\\nC^\\nrepresented to the generations of the past and of the\\npresent.\\nSucceeding ages sweep away the debris of human\\nerrors and perpetuate the real greatness of a com-\\nmunity. Character stands out statuesque, and\\nevents cluster about individuals, forming the grandest\\nand truest historical structure of which any age is\\ncapable. Only biography can fitly represent the\\nfoundation, progress and idtimatujti of local history,\\nand portray with perfect justice the precise attitude\\nand relation of men to events and conditions.\\nMidland County is justly proud of her pioneer\\nrecord, and, so far as possible, the publishers have\\nendeavored to honor the representatives of that pe-\\nriod as well as those of to-day. Labor and suffering,\\nundergone in the light of hope and the earnestness\\nof honest effort and toil, established this county in\\npermanent prosperity, and is rounding up a period of\\nglorious completeness. Her villages are creditable,\\nand her agricultural community is composed of the\\nbest classes.\\nIn collecting the following sketches the purpose\\nhas been to collect the main points of personal\\nrecord, through which the enterprise of decades to\\nfollow may complete a perfect and continuous histori-\\ncal outline from the earliest settlement of the county\\nto the present time.\\n^mM\\\\i ^^^f^\\n#^f", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0171.jp2"}, "172": {"fulltext": "-^V c P D=^ n nf t :2!^\u00c2\u00bbsr\\nV\\nm^.\\n-4^^^C(\u00c2\u00ae^\\nv\u00c2\u00a7)\\nX=I\\n^(^\u00c2\u00ab|S9-\\nA.\\n^Dg5^Dtln A@ ^m^\\n?i^i", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0172.jp2"}, "173": {"fulltext": "IMn^^^^^\\n;i-i^\u00c2\u00ae-\\n1\\nt\\n^i\\\\\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\\\\\\\\(m. HENRY HART, Judge\\nof the 2 1 St Judicial Cir-\\ncuit of Michigan, resident\\nat Midland, was born May\\n13, 1840, in China, St.\\ni j-^. ^-..n.- Clair Co., Mich. His line\\n^Nr^ descent is purely Anier-\\n\u00c2\u00a9j -^pK ican, the ancestors of iiis parents\\nj|^ having been born in the State of\\n6\\\\^|@^ New York. His father, Silas S. Hart,\\nwas a native of Long Island, and was\\nborn July 20, 1804. His mother,\\nMaria (Hart) Hart, was born July\\n27, 1807, in the western part of the\\nEmpire State. Her demise occurred\\nin June, 1875. The death of the\\nfather took place in September, 1870.\\nNot long after the event of their marriage the\\nparents of Judge Hart settled in St. Clair Co., Mich.\\nThe Peninsular State was then in its Territorial\\ndays, and they were among the pioneer element\\nwhose labors and efforts established the prosperity\\nand rank of one of the best sections of Michigan.\\nThey located in primeval forest, built a humble\\nhome and devoted tlje strength of their lives to tlie\\nprogress and advancement of the place of their\\nchoice, and the community of which they were a\\npart, which they lived to see in a condition that\\ncreditably rivaled the old-settled places in the East.\\nThey reared their family of five children in the pur-\\nsuit of labor on the farm, which was alternated by\\nattendance at the common schools.\\nAt the age of 15 years Judge Hart went to Mt.\\nClemens and became a member of the household of\\nR. P. Eldridge, attorney. He remained there about\\n20 months, engaged in alternate labor and study.\\nHe became respectably proficient in scholarship and\\nengaged in teacliing a district school in the winter\\nprior to his reaching the age of 18 years. He pur-\\nsued that calling six winters, spending the remainder\\nof the years in the pursuit of agriculture, save one\\nsummer when he attended school at St. Clair. He\\ndetermined upon the profession of an attorney and\\nreturned to Mt. Clemens, where he read law under\\nthe direction of Mr. Eldridge, and in the fall of\\n1863 he matriculated in the Law Department of the\\nUniversity of Michigan, where he was graduated\\nin the spring of 1865 with the degree of B. LL. In\\nJuly following he fixed his residence at Midland,\\nwhere he entered upon his career as an attorney and\\nin a brief time secured a substantial practice and a\\nfirm hold on the confidence of the community, to\\nwhich he proved a valuable accession.\\nJudge Hart was married Feb. 4, 1869, to Maria\\nParsons. She was born April 17, 1844, in China,\\ni\\n3=3\\nSi/", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0173.jp2"}, "174": {"fulltext": "^^Ve^DD^OIIs\\n178\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n~^%^^^sr\\nw\\n0^%\\nand is the daughter of William and Lavinia (Weeks)\\nParsons. Two children, Ray and Mary, constitute\\nthe issue of this marriage, the one born April 21,\\n1872, the other Feb. 27, 1876, at Midland.\\nHis public life commenced in the fall of 1866,\\nwhen he was appointed Justice of the Peace to fill\\nan unexpired term. In the fall of 1866 he was\\nelected Prosecuting Attorney of Midland County,\\nand in 1868 was re-elected to the same position. In\\nthe fall of 1870 he was elected Circuit-Court Com-\\nmissioner, and two years later was his own successor\\nby re-election. He was elected Representative\\nfrom his district in the autumn of 1874 and dis-\\ncharged the duties of the position through the\\nsession of the winter of 1874-5. His personal service\\nin the Legislature included the Chairmanship on the\\nCommittee on Municipal Corporations, and he\\nofficiated as a member of the Committee on Enroll-\\nment and Engrossing of Bills.\\nIn the spring of 1875 he resigned his post as\\nRepresentative to render himself eligible to the posi-\\ntion of Circuit Judge, which he has since held con-\\ntinuously. His circuit includes the counties of\\nMidland, Isabella, Clare, Gladwin and Gratiot.\\nThe character and career of Judge Hart afford a\\nlesson of intense significance to the aspirants of the\\ntimes. The traits by which he is characterized have\\nwon for him his unwavering popularity, and substan-\\ntiated his position in public life from the outset. His\\ncourse has been marked by no comet-like brilliancy\\nor spasmodic prominence. He has kept the even\\ntemper of a man of inflexible principle, sound judg-\\nment and manly dignity. The two latter character-\\nistics make him eminent on the Bench. His bearing\\nis always compatible with the character of the posi-\\ntion he occupies, and his perfect self-poise secures\\nthe utmost degree of harmony in the sessions over\\nwhich he presides. The advocates who plead in his\\ncourts acknowledge the power and the influence of\\nhis unwavering demeanor and his entire official\\nrecord is marked by the traits which distinguish him.\\nHis deliberation amounts nearly to dilatoriness, but\\nthe character of his decisions is evident from the\\nfavor they meet in the higher tribunals. He is an\\nexcellent jurist, an impartial judge and an admirable\\nexponent of law. The rectitude of his private\\ncharacter, his dignified solicitude for the faithful dis-\\ncharge of the trusts confided to him, his manner and\\nmethods in the management of his judicial obliga-\\ntions and connections, render him conspicuous. His\\nofficial position sought him out at the threshold of\\nhis prime, and his character and acts have made his\\nsubsequent career one of credit to himself, and re-\\nflects honor upon his constituency.\\n1 pf ||t nstice C. Perry, mechanic and farmer, sec-\\nyit^^iu tion 20, Lee Township, was born in Chau-\\nl^ t^ l a Co., N. Y., July 18, 1827 when he\\ngharri ved at the age of nine years, the family\\nIt moved to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, and in that\\nS county, when of age, he married Miss Eliza A.\\nHerrick, who was born in Hampshire, Mass., Dec.\\n14, 1829, and whose parents were New Englanders,\\nof English ancestry. At the age of ten years she\\nwas taken by her parents, changing residence, into\\nBerkshire County, same State, afterward to Ashta-\\nbula Co., Ohio, where she remained with them until her\\nmarriage. Mr. and Mrs. Perry are now the parents\\nof six children, all living and married, and residing in\\nthis and Isabella Counties. Their names are Theo-\\ndore, Flora, Charlotte, Charles, Medora and Ellen.\\nAfter their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Perry settled in\\nColebrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where Mr. P. fol-\\nlowed his trade as carpenter, which he had learned\\nas a regular apprentice when a youth. During the\\nwar he enlisted for the Union, in Co. E, 6th Ohio\\nCav., in the Army of the Potomac, his company being\\ncommanded by Capt. Wm. J. Gray. He was in the\\nservice 27 months, the whole time as Sergeant, being\\nin all the engagements of that division of the army\\nuntil he was wounded at Aldie, Va. His horse being\\nshot under him, he fell and his right hip was put out\\nof joint. Shortly afterward, Jan. 15, 1865, he was dis-\\ncharged for disability.\\nReturning from the war he located again at Cole-\\nbrook, where he remained until the spring of 18S0,\\nwhen he came to this county and settled upon a\\nquarter of section 20, where he now resides, which he\\nhad purchased in 1875. Here he has made con-\\nsiderable improvement, and deeded most of the place\\nto his children. He and his wife are members of the\\nOld-School Baptist Church, he j# a Republican in his\\npolitical views, and he has held the minor offices of\\nhis townshij).\\nA\\nV\\ni^v\u00c2\u00ae))(^fi^\\n-^^nn^niir^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0174.jp2"}, "175": {"fulltext": "!\u00c2\u00bb#5\u00c2\u00bb\\nDD^:DUs:\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0;2S (Jr\\nh\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ds.\\nI\\nooo\\n^I^^L,, achariah N. Hewitt, deceased, was born\\ngj^^r Sept. 1 1, 1 834, at Prattsburg, N. Y., and was\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I lip^ a son of William A. and Hannah C. (Hyatt)\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a27|w^ Hewitt. His father was born Nov. 25, 18 12,\\n^iv. at Saratoga, N. Y., a lawyer by profession, and\\nI one of the first settlers of Clinton Co., this\\nState; he moved to this State when Zachariah was\\nabout 18 months old. and here died, Feb. 12, 1863.\\nThe mother, who was bom March 15, 1813, in\\nOrange Co., N. Y., was married a second time, to the\\nyoungest brother of her deceased husband, and is at\\npresent living at Maple Rapids, Clinton Co., this\\nState. Their daughter, Mrs. Fannie M. Brown, was\\nthe first white child born in Clinton County.\\nZachariah remained at home until 17 years of age,\\nwhen he went forth upon the sea of time to battle\\nagainst the elements of disappointment and ad-\\nversity alone. He engaged in driving logs on the\\nMuskegon River for a time, and then wor ked at his\\ntrade, blacksmithing, which he had learned pre-\\nviously. He continued to work at his trade, lumber-\\ning more or less during winters, until 1856. Jan. 17\\nof that year he was united in marriage to Miss\\nAmerica L., daughter of Theodore P. and Abigail\\nA. (Bristol) Hoyt. She was born May r7, 1837, in\\nBristol, Ontario Co., N. Y., and is the mother, to\\nMr. Hewitt, of two children, namely Ambrose T.,\\nborn Jan. 4, 1857, in Maple Rapids, Clinton Co., this\\nState, and Ion N., born Feb. 16, 1869, in the same\\nplace. The father of Mrs. Hewitt was a native of\\nHooperstown, in the Empire State, born Aug. 25,\\n1816, and died July 2, 1873. The mother was born\\nFeb. 28, 18 17, at Smith ville, Chenango Co., N. Y.\\nAfter marriage Mr. Hewitt worked his father s\\nfarm for a year, then engaged in a grocery store at\\nMaple Rapids, and continued the business for about\\ntwo years, until 1859, when he sold the same.\\nApril 22, of the latter date, he started overland for\\nthe land of gold. His intention on leaving home\\nwas to go to Pike s Peak, but en route he heard so\\nmany discouraging reports of that place that he\\nchanged his mind, and meeting with some friends\\nfrom Gratiot County on the way to California, he\\naccompanied them. On arriving at the latter place\\nhe engaged in mining, and followed the same for\\nsome three years and nine months, when he returned\\nhome by water. On his arrival home he rented a\\ngrist-mill, which he ran for a short time and then\\npurchased an interest in the same and continued to\\no|)erate it for about three years. At the expiration\\nof the latter date, he rented the mill and went to\\nPike s Peak, was gone less than a year, and return-\\ning, ran his mill for a time, then sold it and pur-\\nchased a saw-mill in Maple Rapids. He ran the\\nsaw-mill for two years, then sold it and purchased a\\ngrocery in Maple Rapids; conducted that business\\nfor about a year, when he sold it to the party who\\nowned the building. His next move was to Ten-\\nnessee, when he came home and engaged in the\\nbrick business near Maple Rapids for a season.\\nMay I, 1878, Mr. H. moved to Gratiot County,\\nand located in Bethany Township. It was on a\\nwild, unimproved piece of land, and he erected a\\nframe house and commenced clearing and improving\\nthe land. He remained on that place three years,\\nthen exchanged it for a stock of goods in Brecken-\\nridge, Gratiot County. He conducted the mercan-\\ntile business at that point for about 18 months, when\\nhe moved his stock of goods and family to Button-\\nville, this County, where his f;imily are at present\\nresiding. He came to Buttonville Nov. i, 1S82, and\\nsoon after arriving was taken sick. His sickness\\naffected his mind, and on June 7, the following year,\\nhe left home and wandered into the woods, since\\nwhich time nothing has been seen of or heard from\\nhim. Diligent search was made, and he was tracked\\nto the woods, but there all trace of him was lost,\\nand his grave is supposed to be under the shade of\\nthe pines.\\n1^1^ ohn Frederick Rose, farmer, section i6,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ifv^ j Geneva Township, was born near Berlin,\\nvi V Prussia, March 20, 1836, and is a son of\\nh John and Mary (Spencer) Rose, both the latter\\n^P of whom died in their native land, Prussia.\\nl The subject of this sketch landed at New\\nYork city April 20, 1873, went to Welland, Canada,\\nand followed farming, most of the time on rented\\nground, then came to this county, arriving at North\\nBradley March i, 1880, where he settled on a quar-\\nter-section of unimproved land, which he had pur-\\n1=1\\n1=:\\nf^\\ne\u00c2\u00bb3\\ni\\n^C^D!I^IlIi; *r9\\n4^^^C I1", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0175.jp2"}, "176": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a*\u00c2\u00a9*: \u00c2\u00a9VJ ^miSllll W\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nchased the previous February on a visit here. Of\\nthis tract he has since deeded 40 acres to his son,\\nAugust, and has about 20 acres cleared.\\nNov. 2, 1862, Mr. Rose married Miss Mary Ann,\\ndaughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Wolf) Hoffman.\\nHer mother died about 40 years ago, and her father\\nabout seven years ago, in Germany. Mrs. Rose was\\nborn Oct. 25, 1835, near Berlin, Prussia; and the\\nchildren born to her and Mr. Rose are August,\\nborn March i, 1863; Charles W., April 26, 1870;\\nOtto Arndt, Dec. 7, 1872; May Ann, Feb. 11, 1875\\nJohn Frederick, Dec. 25, i860, died, near Berlin, his\\nnative place, Oct. 30, 1866 and Anna, born June 22,\\n1865, near Berlin, died May 25, 1870. The first\\nthree above mentioned were born at the old Prussian\\nhome, and May Ann was born in Canada.\\nMr. Rose was in the war of 1866 between Austria\\nand Prussia 16 weeks, but in no battles was also in\\nthe Franco-German war of 1 870-1, engaging in the\\nbattles of Metz, Strasburg and Sedan, and was sta-\\ntioned at Chalons, guarding prisoners. He was in\\nthe last war about nine months.\\nIn his views of American politics, Mr. Rose main-\\ntains the platform of the Republican party; is now\\nholding the office of School Moderator, and both\\nhimself and wife are members of the German Epis-\\ncopal Church.\\nilliam Mixer, residing at Midland City, is\\na son of William and Fanny (Dickerson)\\njj^^/^ Mixer; and was born in Ellisburg Town-\\nj|^ ship, Jefferson Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1821.\\nHis minority was passed on a farm, attend-\\ning school in the winter seasons. Attaining his\\nmajority, he left home, and having learned the ship\\ncarpenter s trade near Sackett s Harbor, he followed\\nthis for a number of years. About 1854 he came to\\nMarine City, St. Clair County, this State, where he\\nwas similarly engaged for two years. At the expira-\\ntion of this time he rented a farm a mile and a half\\nnorth of Midland City, but was soon after burned\\nout, losing his household goods and clothing and part\\nof his crops. In the fall of 1865 he came to Mid-\\nland City and built a residence on Larkin Street,\\nwith four lots, where he still lives. He followed\\nteaming for three or four years, then was appointed\\nDeputy Sheriff, which office he held several years,\\nand he is now Constable. For the last two years he\\nhas been chiefly occupied in training horses, in which\\nhe is very successful.\\nHe was married in Jefferson Co., N. Y., to Miss\\nAdeline Read, daughter of Samuel and Sally Read,\\nand a native of Jefferson County. Three daughters\\nhave been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mixer. Hattie is\\nnow the wife of Rev. Benjamin Reeve, pastor of\\nwhat is known as the Penoyer Farm Church (M. E.)\\nat Saginaw. Addie is the wife of William Cook, a\\nfanner of Midland Township. Blanche, who is still\\nat home, is a teacher in the city schools.\\nf\\\\%\\n-e^\\nvL\\nSyron Bureh, attorney, at Midland, was\\nborn Oct. 12, 1850, in London, Canada.\\nHis father, Lewis Burch, was born in the N\\nState of New York, Aug. 8, 1825. He was a\\nfarmer and bridge-builder, and died Nov. 26, /A^\\ni860. The mother, Julia (Freeman) Burch, a\\nwas born Aug. 15, 1826, and is yet living, in London,\\nCanada.\\nMr. Burch came to St. Clair Co., Mich in his boy-\\nhood on a -visit to friends, and several repetitions of\\nhis visit awakened in him a liking for the regulations\\nand customs in that section of the Peninsular Slate,\\nand he finally came to Brockway and engaged one\\nyear in teaching in the vicinity. He taught one\\nwinter near Lakeport in the same county, and went\\nthence to Ypsilanti, for the purpose of obtaining the\\nadvantages of the State Normal School. He studied\\nthere three terms, alternating each with teaching.\\nHe went next to Amadore, Sanilac County, where he\\ntaught school one year. He also operated in a like\\ncapacity at Ruby, St. Clair County, and returned to\\nAmadore, teaching a year at each place. As oppor-\\ntunity had served, he had passed considerable time\\nin reading law with Messrs. Devine Wexon, of\\nLexington, and also at Port Huron. In the fall of\\n1875 he went to Ann Arbor, where he entered the ^G)\\nLaw Department of the University and completed 1\\nthe required course of study. He came to Midland ti^\\nin the spring of 1876 and became associated with\\nM. H. Stanford, with whom he remained until the J^\\nfall of 1877, when he opened his present office. (vTj\\nMeanwhile, in September, 1876, he was admitted to\\n\u00c2\u00ae^\u00c2\u00ab^t|-\\nDii/^Da;\\nAa=i-\\n.-..ff-^: J^(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0176.jp2"}, "177": {"fulltext": "I\\n(b\\n9\u00c2\u00ae\\nJ\\n5\\npractice in the State Courts of Michigan at Port\\nHuron. His legal practice is extended and pros-\\nperous, and he combines therewith transactions in\\nreal estate and operates as an insurance agent, rep-\\nresenting the following companies Fire Associa-\\ntion and Insurance Company of North America at\\nPhiladelphia, Traders of Chicago, Northern Insur-\\nance and Norwich Union of England, and the Grand\\nRapids Insurance Company. Associated with Dr.\\nW. E. Burtless, he owns upwards of 2,000 acres of\\nland in Larkin Township, and has other heavy real-\\nestate interests. In 1878 he acted as Attorney and\\nClerk of the village of Midland. He is a member of\\nthe Masonic Order.\\nThe marriage of Mr. Burch to Lena Cline occurred\\nJune 15, 1872, at Port Huron. The three children\\nwhich constituted the issue of this marriage were\\nborn as follows: Lewis, June 6, 1874, at Amadore;\\nFloyd, June 8, 1876; Edna was born Jan. 8, 1881,\\nand died .Sept. i, 1882. The two youngest were\\nborn at Midland.\\nf B. Simons, farmer, merchant and shingle\\nSi manufacturer, residing at Coleman, Warren\\nr Township, was born Oct. ig, 1846, in Ayl-\\nmer, Onl.\\nThe father of Mr. Simons, John K. Simons,\\nwas born Oct. 19, 1810, in West Flamboro,\\nCan., and died in Aylmer, Ont., in June, 1868, and\\nwas of Scotch descent. The mother, Margaret\\n(Hopkins) Simons, was born June 22, 1812, in East\\nFlamboro, and is of English and German descent.\\nSlie is living with her son, the subject of this notice,\\nwith whom slie has resided for seven years. The\\nfather s family consisted of eight children, all of\\nwhom lived to the age of maturity e-xcept two. One\\ndied at the age of four years and the other in in-\\nfancy.\\nT. B. Simons, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, remained under the parental roof-tree until\\nhe attamed the age of 17 years, when he came to\\nthis State, but shortly afterward, on the death of his\\nfather, returned to Canada and assisted Iiis mother\\nin conducting a bakery, which his father had left,\\nfor a few years.\\nIn 1870 he came back to this county, and with\\nthe exception of one year has resided here ever\\nsince. He was united in marriage July 3, 1876, to\\nMiss Mary E., daughter of S. W. and Lorinda (Ben-\\nnett) Hubbell. Her father s family were the second\\nto locate on the present site of Coleman, this county,\\nIra Adams and his family being the first, and only\\nsettling three days previous to Mr. Hubbell. The\\nrailroad was not completed to Coleman when Mrs.\\nSimons parents settled there, and the hand of im-\\nIJrovement was hardly visible. He (Mr. Hubbell)\\nbrought the first shingle mill to that place (Mr. Ira\\nAdams the first saw-mill), and the family of Mr.\\nHubbell underwent all the trials of pioneer life.\\nThey lived in a tent for six weeks, and during the\\nentire time were not discommoded by rain. Mr.\\nHubbell s family consisted of 15 children. He\\nlived in Coleman for seven years and then moved to\\nTuscola Co., this State, where he is engaged in\\nfarming.\\nMr. Simons was born June 11, 1857, in Big\\nFlats, Chemung Co., N. Y. She has borne four\\nchildren to her husband, two ot whom are deceased.\\nThe living are Frank Wm., born Feb. 19, 1882, in\\nColeman, and an infant, born Feb. 29, 1884, at Cole-\\nman. The deceased are Gertrude, born April 6,\\n1877, and died Feb. 14, 1879; and Leonard, born\\nSept. II, 1880, and died Sept. 17, 1882.\\nAfter his marriage to Miss Hubbell, Mr. Simons\\ntook his bride to Saginaw and was there engaged in\\nbuying and selling shingles and in conducting the\\nrunning of a shingle-mill as employe for about a\\nyear. He then returned to Coleman, in 1877, and\\ntook charge of the mill his father-in-law, Mr. Hub-\\nbell, had erected at that place, and lived in the same\\nhouse his father-in-law had vacated. He soon after-\\nward purchased the mill property and ran it for his\\nown profit.\\nMr. Simons is a true representative, in a financial\\npoint of view, of what energy and perseverance,\\nbacked by good judgment, can accomplish. He\\nstarted life s journey with comparatively nothing,\\nand by energetic effort has banished want from the\\nhousehold, and content sits in the lap of plenty\\naround the family hearthstone. He owns a shingle\\nmill three miles north of Coleman, and store build-\\ning stocked with goods. His landed interests in-\\nclude some 1,700 acres, 600 of which is pine timber\\nland, and 1,100 acres hard wood. It is calcu|ated\\nthere is some six or seven million feet of pine lumber\\n9\\nc\\nr c^A ^^n g g {|t]v a^ ^i,^ 4i^^^(\u00c2\u00aey^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0177.jp2"}, "178": {"fulltext": "7\\n-^D[l^Il!]f^-r\\n-es\u00c2\u00bb\\n^^^S\\\\M:\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nJ\\non his 600 acres, and he is constantly engaged the\\nyear round in converting this timber into lumber.\\nThe capacity of his shingle-mill per day is 45,000\\nfeet, which average it has maintained for the last\\nthree years; and Mr. Simons contemplates the utiliz-\\nation of the most of his timber in that way.\\nMr. Simons has been Township Treasurer for two\\nterms, and was Highway Commissioner last year.\\nHe belongs to that class of citizens who are regarded\\nas a benefit rather than a hindrance to the com-\\nmunity in which they live, and is identified with the\\nmoving, advancing element residing in his township.\\ntohn Carrow, farmer, section 33, Homer\\n|p Township, was born Sept. 3, 1850, in Nor-\\nfolk Co., Ont. He is the son of Joseph\\nand Margaret (Smith) Carrow, both of whom\\nare natives of Canada, and of mixed French,\\nEnglish and German extraction. They now\\nreside with their son in Homer Township. Their\\nfamily comprised two sons and four daughters.\\nMr. Carrow is the fourth child of his parents in\\norder of birth, and is the second son. He came to\\nMichigan in 187 1, and purchased 40 acres of land\\non section t,t,. It was in heavy timber, and he now\\nowns 100 acres additional, which he has since pur-\\nchased. He has cleared and finely improved 75\\nacres, and has built a fine large stock and grain\\nbarn and a good residence. In political connection\\nhe is a Democrat.\\n[;-f (iCohn Sias, lumberman and farmer, resident\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ML^ at Midland, was born Dec. 23, 1S30, at\\n.^J^F*^ Dover, Maine. He is the son of Samuel\\nand Ann (McLean) Sias. His father was born\\nin New Hampshire and followed the double\\noccupation of a farmer and lumberman, to\\nwhich he was reared. Mr. Sias owned a fine, farm of\\n75 acres about three miles from Dover. He was\\nmarried May 15, 1S53, at Dover, to Catherine O.\\nMaddox, a native of Ellsworth, Hancock Co., Me.,\\nand a daughter of John H. and Eliza Maddox. Of\\nthis union ten children have been born five sons\\nand five daughters. One son is deceased They\\nwere born in the following order: Warren L., a\\nmerchant at Midland; Frank; John, a farmer in the\\ntownship of Midland; Freddie, Ada B., Maud H.,\\nGeorge A. and Lottie.\\nIn the fall of i860 Mr. Sias removed from Maine\\nto Michigan and at once engaged in lumbering at\\nMidland. In company with his brother, Samuel Sias,\\nhe bought extensive tracts of pine land, and after\\nconducting their affairs jointly three years, they dis-\\nsolved. In 1866 Mr. Sias formed a business relation\\nwith Fred Babcock, which existed three years. On\\nits termination, he continued the management of his\\nbusiness alone. His real estate includes 3,000 acres\\nof pine land and a farm of 500 acres on sections ig,\\n20 and 21. This includes 300 acres cleared and\\nimproved, and in first-class farming condition. It is\\nlargely devoted to stock-rearing. The herds on the\\nplace comprise a fine lot of graded Durhams and\\nabout a dozen thoroughbreds of the same breed, also\\nsome fine Southdown sheep. The place ranks among\\nthe most valuable and best conducted in the county.\\nThe buildings, orchards and farm fixtures generally\\ngive evidence of the character of management that\\nhas placed the property in its present most creditable\\ncondition. In his lumber interests Mr. Sias employs\\nabout IOC men. He is a stockholder in the Salt\\nBromide Company at Midland.\\n^-^^^^^-v^ I-\\na Kflp?enry W. Goold, farmer, section 24, Inger-\\n^.jp^r^^i soil Township, is a son of Cruth and Eliza\\ni^ Goold, natives of Canada, who came to Mid-\\nT^ land County in 1868, settling in this township.\\nIn the forest fires of 1871 it is supposed that\\nhis father lost his life, as nothing has since been\\nheard of him. His mother resides in Saginaw\\nCounty.\\nHe was born in the county of Simcoe, Ont., April\\n10, 1849. In the spring of 1865 he came to Mich-\\nigan and for 14 years has been mostly engaged in\\nlumbering, in connection with farming. In 1870 he\\npurchased 40 acres of land on section 23, Ingersoll\\nTownship, and in 1872 he added 40 acres to his\\npossessions, half of which is cleared. A substantial\\nand well equipped home is in prospect, under the\\ngood management of Mr. Goold.\\nIn this county, Oct. 10, 1876, Mr. Goold was mar-\\nk\\n^to)\\nA\\nO\\nG\\nI\\nI iiD;t ^.^j^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0178.jp2"}, "179": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0179.jp2"}, "180": {"fulltext": "v\\n/i.\\nC^.\\ne^a^^ou^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0180.jp2"}, "181": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0181.jp2"}, "182": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0182.jp2"}, "183": {"fulltext": "rC nil\u00c2\u00a7IlDi^^\\n(b\\n/7s\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nried to Miss Adelaide D., daughter of Sylvester and\\nLydia Holbert, who were natives of New York State\\nand now reside in Midland Township. Mrs. G. was\\nborn in New York State, April 5, 1856. One child,\\nFreddie H., was born June 2, 18S1, to Mr. and Mrs.\\nGoold.\\nj|;enjamin Dean, deceased, a former resi-\\nJ|p dent of Midland City, was born March\\n17, 1806, at New Ashford, Berkshiie Co.,\\nMass. He was of unmistakable Yankee ex-\\ntraction, his parents, Isaac and Rhoby (Mar-\\ntin) Dean, having been born in New England\\nand descended from parentage of the same nativity.\\nHe attained to manhood in the Bay State and re-\\nceived an excellent English education. The pre-\\ndominating traits of his character became manifest\\nin early life, and made him prominent through their\\nstrength and peculiarity. He was a keen and\\nshrewd observer, reading voraciously and with wide\\nscope, but reducing his ideas by reflection to the\\nbasis of utility. He was inherently honest he rec-\\nognized the principles of the golden rule in all his\\ndealings with mankind, and shaped all his operations\\nin accordance with his understanding of the obliga-\\ntions to which every man is the heir by natural\\nentail. He acquired a fund of information which is\\njustly characterized only by the term marvelous, and\\nhis mental resources were the obedient servants of\\nhis demands. He was as familiar with classical\\nliterature as though he had completed the curriculum\\nof the schools, and it would be difficult to convince\\nmany who knew him intimately that he was not\\ncollege-bred. His versatility of thought and ex-\\npression was equalled only by the scope of his intel-\\nlectual acquisitions. Had he chosen literature as a\\nprofession he would have been among its leaders.\\nThe kingdom of his mind was so vast that he either\\nknew not its bounds or was indifferent to the possi-\\nbilities It afforded, through embarrassment of riches.\\nVersificatioa and rhyme were as involuntary as his\\nbreath, and just as practical. They were so far from\\ntheory that beyond their accidental use they were\\nindependent of technical prosody.\\nHe hated and abhorred all shams with the strength\\nof his strong, just nature, which admitted no sem-\\nblance of falsehood or hypocrisy. Liberal, just and\\nm\u00c2\u00a7,\\\\^^^^^\\n.^=1^\\n^ii!]^nti;^\\nhumane, he was the adherent of no ism and the\\nharborer of no vague Will-o -the-wisp ideas, in which\\nthe past half century has been so prolific. His\\nhabit of maturing conclusions detained him from\\nidentifying himself with movements of seeming im-\\nportance; hence he never retrograded.\\nHe was a Spiritualist in the sense in which the\\nterm is accepted by Victor Cousin and other phil-\\nosoi)hers who delve amid the phenomena of the\\nimmaterial with pure hearts. Who shall say how\\nfar short of Christianity are such minds, albeit they\\ndo not discover the touchstone which reveals the\\ndependence of the human upon the divine? He\\npassed through a long and arduous business career,\\nand experienced the vacillations in results common\\nto men of extensive and varied interests. In all his\\noperations with his fellows he never swerved from\\nhis fundamental principle of giving due weight to\\nthe just claims of others. This sometimes involved\\ndisaster, which brought to the front the trait which\\nis most reverently cherished in the memories of his\\nsons. He counted no loss as absolute unless no\\none was benefited. If no good arose from his\\nadversity, he mourned as did the Roman emperor\\nwho bewailed as lost the day in which the recording\\nangel had registered no good deed on the credit side\\nof his account with immortality.\\nThe best exposition of his character and views\\nand the ([uality of his intellect may be gleaned from\\nthe extracts from his writings which are herein in-\\ncorporated. He wrote much, any current event\\nthat met his views in a peculiar manner or conflicted\\nwith the theories he had adopted, seeming as an in-\\ncentive for his prolific pen, and his efforts were\\nalways in demand by the local press wherever he\\nlived. The poetry he wrote would fill a volume, but\\nhe was entirely without self-consciousness in its pro-\\nduction, and never had an idea of a collective pub-\\nlication of his literary work. Though it found ready\\nlocal appreciation and publicity, even that was be-\\nyond his ambition for notoriety. His sole delight in\\nhis gift existed in giving formative expression to his\\nthoughts. He read all poetical literature with avid-\\nity, but centered his tastes upon Pope s Essay on\\nMan, which was ever the source of unlimited grati-\\nfication.\\nIn 1859 he published the longest poem he ever\\nwrote, which was named Man in the 19th Century\\nV^\\nC^\\n*0", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0183.jp2"}, "184": {"fulltext": "-^v4 illi:^|]iiv- -rT\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^Sf^\\nan Unsolved Problem for Classical Experts, with\\nQuotations and Questions for Ecclesiastic Theorists,\\n,M. D s, D. D s, LL. D s, Elders, Scribes or Pharisees\\nto Solve at their Leisure. From first to last it is a\\nscathing rebuke to those who pervert God s manifest\\nlaws to the accomplishment of their own selfish\\nends and purposes. It has the merit of equalized\\nstrength in every line, and quotations as samples are\\ntherefore inadequate, as it is a complete mosaic of\\nthe principles it advocates. Several are given, which\\nare their own exponents\\nFie! gentlemen; don t be alarmed\\nDon t cry Rebellion, Infidel\\nI AM will see there s nothing harmed\\nWho made the world will rule it well.\\nWere principalities and powers\\nIn chaos, where they all belong,\\nRefreshing pentecostal showers\\nMight substitute for legal wrong.\\nTo close this problem, I would say\\nThe author s universal plan\\n(Though Scribes and Elders go astray)\\nWill make a peer of every man.\\nOr girt, or beam, or brick, or brace.\\nHowever humble or conceited,\\nLo! all will find their proper place.\\nAnd find the structure all completed\\nWhere Nature s clock its final blow\\nWill strike, and time will be no more.\\nWhere such immortal ideas flow\\nAs mortals never heard before.\\nWilli these ideas I ll close my song.\\nNot claiming for them aught that s new;\\nHowever old, they may be wrong.\\nHowever young, they may be true.\\nThe following lines afford a complete example of\\nthe versatility of his mind and the readiness with\\nwhich Ills faculties obeyed his summons\\nthe annual message of president lincoln.\\n(anticipated.)\\nGentlemen of a republic distracted,\\nWe sit on a trembling throne,\\nReaping the fruit of the scenes we enacted,\\nThe fruit of the seed we have sown.\\nOur foreign relations all look very bad.\\nToo gloomy to put into writing\\nThe lion and frog call us foolish and mad.\\nAnd laugh in their sleeves at our fighting.\\nThe millions we ve spent already is more\\nThan we shall receive for our game.\\nAnd rivers of blood stain the sea and tlie shore.\\nAlas! what blind zeal for a name!\\nOur army and navy are potent, alas 1\\nTo return a poor fugitive slave yo)\\nBut too big a load broke the back of the ass\\nWhen freedom wilh us found a grave.\\nBy pandering too long to the genius of cotton,\\nWe ve written our doom in the mud.\\nAnd proved to the world our system is rotten.\\nAnd cannot be saved but by blood.\\nAll the wisdom you ve got, and as much again more.\\nWon t save us, I fear, from our trouble\\nOur eagle is plucked, and our ensign is tore,\\nAnd we re all passing off like a bubble.\\nI trust you will bring all your wits now to bear\\nTo sustain the original plan\\nDirect your attention to right everywhere.\\nAnd think less of cotton than man.\\nIn the live Declaration that Jefferson wrote.\\nYou ll find a sublime text to think on\\nHence, during this session your time you ll devote\\nTo equalize men, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.\\nBY TIMOTHY TWIST.\\nLee, Mass., Nov. 23, 1861.\\nHis abilities and character won for him unqualified\\nrespect, and though his incessant promulgation of his\\nviews invited criticism they engendered nothing\\ninimical, and he lived an honored, useful life, and his\\ndeath was sincerely lamented. Although a foe to\\nso-called orthodoxy, he never wrote a word or held\\nto a principle contrary to the acknowledged essence\\nof Christianity; on the contrary, he urged unceasing\\nwarfare on the scribes, Pharisees and hypocrites of\\nmodern times.\\nThe parents of Mr. Dean removed in the days of\\nhis early life to South Adams, Mass., where his\\nfather operated as a tanner. On arriving at a suit-\\nable age, the son became an assistant in the business\\nto which he devoted many years. On embarking in\\nthat business for himself he combined therewith the\\nmanufacture of boots and shoes, according to the\\nNew England custom in those days. Subsequently (c^i\\nhimself and his brother, Stoel E. Dean, established\\nthe same business at a point three miles east of Pitts-\\nfield. They continued its management five years,\\nwhen they converted their works into a paper-mill.\\nTwo years later they sold out, and Mr. Dean bought\\na tannery at Pittsfield, which he conducted four\\n^I]!]^IItl 1", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0184.jp2"}, "185": {"fulltext": "(ip\\n@fK g8\\nI\\nr\\nif\\nd\\n-3\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n189\\nyears. In 1850 he went to East Lee, and, in com-\\npany with May Bros., engaged heavily in the manu-\\nfacture of letter-paper, owning three mills. This re-\\nlation existed three years, when Mr. Dean sold his\\ninterest to his partners and went to Lee, where he\\nembarked in the manufacture of bank-note paper\\nwith a man named Linn. The latter became a his-\\ntorical character during the war, through his con-\\nnection with a shipment of his wares to the Soutliern\\nConfederacy aljout the date of the blockade of South-\\nern ports. He was arrested, but proved that lie re-\\nceived and filled the order previous to the action of\\nthe United States authorities.\\nIn 1858 Mr. Dean closed his connection in the\\nlast-named business and came to Michigan, where\\nhe had large landed investments which had come into\\nhis possession through securities for his friends who\\nhad met reverses. He held about 9,000 acres of\\nwild land, and passed the next ten years alternately\\nin Michigan and Massachusetts, where his family re-\\nsided until 1868, when he established his home at\\nMidland City.\\nMr. Dean was the second in order of birth of seven\\nchildren. Martin, eldest child, resides in the city of\\nNew York; Stoel E. lives at South Adams; Nelson\\nand Alanson, twins, were next in order of birth the\\nformer is deceased, the latter is a resident of Owego,\\nN. Y.\\nAlanson Dean is the maker of several canes of\\nunique workmanship, some of which have attained\\nconsiderable notoriety. One was presented to Presi-\\ndent Hayes on his inauguration, and also to President\\nGarfield. P. T. Barnum is the owner of one, and\\nthe eldest son of Mr. Dean, of this sketch, holds\\nanother as an heirloom. It was presented to Mr.\\nDean by his daughter Alice. The latter is made of\\nVirginia boxwood. The hand-rest is in the exact\\nshape of a sword-hilt. The stop is a perfectly\\ncarved dog s head. On one side of the thumb rest\\nis an exquisite spray of rose, leaves and bud and\\non the counter side are grapes and foliage, all carved.\\nOn the base of the hilt is a lion holding in his\\nmouth and claws a serpent whose fangs are buried in\\nthe head of the beast. The spotted length of the\\nsnake forms the lower portion of the hilt, and the ex-\\ntremity of the tail twines around the end of the\\nthumb rest. A space of two feet on the shaft is cov-\\nered with carved lettering. The upper portion, next\\nthe hilt, contains the following\\nMarch 17, 1806. Benjamin Dean. Midland,\\nMichigan. Dec. 25, 1879. The chief of earthly arts\\nis the art of keeping always young. It is very diffi-\\ncult to grow old gracefully. Compliments of Alice.\\nIt is not what you have in your chest, but what you\\nhave in your heart, that makes you rich. Family\\nRecord: Jerusha Dewey, born Dec. ig, 1816; Benj.\\nFranklin Dean, July 12, 1839; Cecile E. Dean, Feb.\\n12, 1841; Caroline J. Dean, Nov. 4, 1843; Gertrude\\nR. Dean, Sept. i, 1845; Stoel E. Dean, Nov. 4,\\n1847; Alice B. C. Dean, April 29, 1850; Nelson K.\\nDean, May 12, 1852; Mary A. Dean, March 8, 1854;\\nJessie F. Dean, June 23, 1856. Revelation 9: 7, 8:\\nAnd the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses\\nprepared unto battle, and on their heads were crowns\\nlike gold, and their faces were as faces of men, and\\nthey had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth\\nwere as the teeth of lions.\\nIn this there are six hieroglyphics of the locusts,\\nhorses, crowns, men, women and lions. The in-\\nscriptions pass around the cane spirally below the\\nfamily record, the above being in relief The follow-\\ning is countersunk: I find the great thing in the\\nworld is not so much where we stand as in what\\ndirection we are moving. The cane is a marvel of\\nhand-carving, every portion of which was done with\\na jack-knife, and represents 50 days of labor of ten\\nhours each. The maker has been for many years a\\nsufferer from a nervous disease, and whittled for\\nrelief, finally utilizing the specific in the manufacture\\nof canes. The one referred to as being presented to\\nPresident Hayes was sent to him in 1876. The fol-\\nlowing description is from the pen of the ex-Executive\\nof the United States, a portrait and condensed sketch\\nof whom appears in its assigned order in the first part\\nof this volume\\nFremont, O., 23 June, 1884.\\nThe cane referred to is well remembered. It is\\nbeautifully carved by a skilled and careful hand. It\\nwas from A. P. Dean, Owego, N. Y., in 1876. The\\nhead or handle projects at right-angles from the cane\\nand is about six inches long. On the extreme end\\nis carved A. P. Dean. On one side of the end of\\nthe handle is a little girl sitting on a handsome long-\\nhaired dog; on the other side is a child resting\\nagainst a tiger. On the cane at the topis the follow-\\ning: 1776-1876 Centennial. Next below it is,\\nOwego, N. Y. On the side at this point is the\\ncoat-of-arms of the United States, eagle, arrows\\nand stars. On the other side is carved an anchor, and\\nc^:\\n^f\\n.^II!l\u00c2\u00a7Iltlvt A\\nd.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0185.jp2"}, "186": {"fulltext": "V\\ns\\n190\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nabove it, Hope. Next below on the outside, Oct. 4,\\n1822. On the side is the legend, Temperance is\\na bridle of gold. He who uses it rightly is more like\\na God than a man. On the opposite side is, Ruther-\\nford B. Hayes, Governor of Ohio. Next below is\\ncarved, Behold, I send you forth as [here are carved\\nthree sheep] in the midst of [here are four wolves].\\nBe ye therefore as wise as [here two serpents] and\\nharmless as [here four doves]. Next below, around\\nthe cane, Matthew 10:16. Next below is carved,\\nThe way to fame is like the way to heaven, through\\nmuch tribulation, and by the side begins and runs\\naround the cane spirally the following: The\\n[here are two foxes] have [here is a fox entering a\\nhole and another hole is near it] and [here are two\\nbirds] of the air have [a nest with eggs]; but the [a\\nboy] of [a man sitting] liath not where to lay his [a\\nman s head]. Matthew 8:20. Next around the cane\\nis carved, Mythology, and below, Pegasus [a winged\\nhorse], and Nereid [a female figure on a dolphin].\\nNext below are a sphinx (a lion with a woman s head)\\nand a sea-horse (the figure of a sea horse). The lower\\nend is a handsome silver ferule and the usual point.\\nThe foregoing will give you no idea of the appear-\\nance of the cane, but shows very well the labor and\\npains taken by Mr. Dean in its workmanship.\\nR. B. Haves.\\nMr. Dean was married Dec. 19, 1816, in Lenox,\\nMass., to Jerusha Dewey, daughter of Erastus and\\nMatilda (Millard) Dewey. The sketches of B. F.\\nDean, S. E. Dean and N. K. Dean, the tiiree sons\\nborn of this marriage, will be found elsewhere in this\\nvolume. Cecile E. died Sept. 13, 1865, at 24 years\\nof age, in the full flush of her young and promising\\nlife: Gertrude R. married Charles Taylor, of Lee,\\nMass., and died March 3, 1S70; Alice married G.\\nW. Foole, of Pittsfield, Mass.; Mary A. is Mrs. Wil-\\nliam Plumer (see sketch), of Midland City; Jessie is\\nthe wife of George A. Rockwell, also of Midland\\nCity.\\nMr. Dean died April 27, iSSo, of a disease of the\\nstomach. The wife and mother died April 17, 1883.\\nLi their portraits, which appear on other pages, are\\nfair types of the element so often found in collecting\\nhistorical data of the Peninsular State. They came\\nof the stock which established the stability of New\\nEngland they brought their resources to the West\\nand founded their house and home. Passing to the\\nland of the hereafter, they left their honorable name\\nin the keeping of their bons, who are worthily fulfill-\\ning their trust.\\ni!(;enry Stuart, farmer, section 32, Midland\\n^jM^* Township, is a son of Silas and Polly\\n(Kimplin) Stuart, parents natives of the Green\\nMountain State. He was born in Orleans Co.,\\nI N. Y., April II, 1836; when 12 years of age he\\ncame to Genesee County, this State, where he\\nremained 16 years, engaged in farming; and in\\nAugust, 1864, he came to Midland County and\\nbought 80 acres on section 32, Midland Township,\\nwhere he has since resided and at present has 66\\nacres in a good tillable condition.\\nMr. Stuart was married in Genesee Co., Mich.,\\nAug. 30, 1863, to Sarah A. Richardson, a native of\\nCanada. They have had five children Lenora B.,\\nGeorge D. and an infant, living, and Eugene and an\\ninfant, deceased.\\nMr. Stuart has been Overseer of Highways, and\\nwas appointed a member of the committee to examine\\nthe roll of Supervisors in 1882. Of national issues,\\nMr. S. maintains Democratic views.\\n^aharles Martindale, farmer, section 29,\\njfiB^rS^ Midland Township, is a son of Alpheus\\nw]ij and Eliza (Angell) Martindale, natives of\\nf)L Vermont. He was born in Genesee Co., N.\\n1^ Y., April 16, 1832. He remained under the\\nparental roof-tree until 20 years of age, as-\\nsisting in the maintenance of the family and attend-\\ning the common schools. On attaining that age, for\\nfour years he was employed in a shingle manufac-\\ntory, and then came to Wayne County, this State.\\nHe remained there for about three years and then\\nwent to St. Clair County, where he was variously\\nemployed for six years. From the latter county he\\nmoved to Sanilac County, where he remained until\\nthe summer of 1871. During that season he came\\nto this county and purchased 40 acres of wild land\\non section 29, Midland Township, where he has\\nsince resided. He now has good substantial build-\\nings erected on his land, and about 37 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Martindale was united in marriage in Sanilac\\nCounty, Nov. 3, 1S55, to Miss Ann, daughter of\\nJoseph Marshall, a native of Canada. She was\\ne\\nA\\nV\\nf^\u00c2\u00ae*-\\n^c^nn^niif^\\nr^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0186.jp2"}, "187": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae)$^^fl\\nr^^ ^vc^nn^nti^^v^\\nSSfe*?; S\\ni\\nT\\ni\\nI\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n191\\nborn in that county, and was the mother of eight\\nchildren, five of whom, William, Almeda, Ida, Hay-\\ndon and Mary, are living: Demaline (ist) died when\\nthree years old Demaline (2d) was killed by being\\nrun over; and Alden died when one month old.\\nThe mother and wife died Aug. 14, 1877, and Mr.\\nMartindale was a second time married Nov. 3, 1878,\\nto Miss Ann Valentine, a native of New York.\\nMr. Martindale, politically, is a National. He has\\nheld the office of Highway Commissioner three\\nyears and School Assessor one year. He enlisted\\nin 1864, in Co. B, loth Mich. Vol. Inf., and\\nserved nine months, receiving his discharge at\\nWashington, D. C. He participated in Sherman s\\nmarch to the sea.\\n-*^4^-\\ni elson K. Dean, farmer, section 24, Homer\\nTownship, was born in the township of\\nLee, Berkshire Co., Mass., May 12, 1852.\\nHis parents, Benjamin and Jerusha, (Dewey)\\nDean, were natives of Massachusetts, and in\\n1854 moved their family and interests o\\nBecket Township, in the same county. Ten years\\nlater they came to Midland, where they resided dur-\\ning the remainder of their lives.\\nMr. Dean is the seventh of nine children born to\\nhis parents, and is the youngest of three sons. He\\nremained a member of the paternal household until\\nhis marriage, which occurred Sept. t4, 1875, to\\nElizabeth S. Stowits, daughter of Henry B. and Car-\\noline C. (Huff) Stowits. (See sketch of H. B.\\nStowits She was born in Grand Blanc, Genesee\\nCo., Mich., Aug. 13, 1854. Her parents removed to\\nMidland County when she was 13 years old. Later\\nshe went back to Genesee County, where she re-\\nmained until 1874, when she returned to Midland\\nCounty, and during the following year she was\\nmarried. Mrs. Dean is a woman of decided char-\\nacter and justly appreciated in the community where\\nshe resides. After the event of his marriage, Mr.\\nDean took possession of his farm of 160 acres, which\\nis finely situated at the junction of Chippewa and\\nPine Rivers. He has improved 90 acres and placed\\nit under a high degree of cultivation. The place is\\nrated among the most valuable in the county. In\\npolitical connection Mr. Dean is a Republican, and\\nhe has discharged the duties of his citizenship in\\nthe various local township and county and school\\noffices.\\nijjKSHftlexander Dunn, farmer, section 10, Geneva\\nTownship, is a native of Glasgow, Scotland,\\nwhere he was born Jan. 12, 1843.\\nThe parents of Mr. Dunn were George and\\nAgnes (Curry) Dunn, and were of Scotch de-\\nscent. They emigrated to America when Alexander\\nwas five years of age, in 1848, and landed at Quebec,\\nCan. The father purchased a farm in Gray Co.,\\nOnt., of 50 acres, but soon sold it and purchased an-\\nother consisting of 100 acres and located about six\\nmiles distant from the first.\\nOn the latter named farm Alexander lived and de-\\nveloped into manhood. On attaining his majority he\\nengaged in working on various farms by the month\\nand followed that vocation for four or five years, when\\nhe came to this State.\\nThe first work he engaged at on arriving in this\\nState was for the Detroit Milwaukee Railroad\\nCompany, at Linden. He remained in their employ\\nfor six or seven months and then went back to Can-\\nada, on business and pleasure, but soon returned to\\nBirmingham, this State, and engaged in railroading\\nfor another season. His next move was to Loomis,\\nIsabella Co., where he worked for the Flint Pere\\nMarquette Railroad Company one year. After leav-\\ning tlieir employ, he purchased 80 acres of wild land\\nfrom a party who had homesteaded it. There was a\\nsmall shanty on the place and the trees had been\\ncut on a few acres, but no clearing had been done.\\nMr. Dunn moved on this land, on section 20, Geneva\\nTownship, in May, 1875, and has made it his resi-\\ndence ever since.\\nJune 4, 1873, Mr. Dunn was united in marriage to\\nHarriet, daughter of Peter and Eliza (Shell) De\\nGroat. Her father died while serving his country in\\nthe late civil war, and the mother is living with her\\ndaughter at Buttonville. Mrs. Dunn was born March\\n9, 1855, in Dorchester Co., Quebec.\\nThe husband and wife are the parents of four\\nchildren, namely: Agnes E., born Aug. 20, 1874;\\nr\\ni;", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0187.jp2"}, "188": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a7%-r^:^m^ 2^^ gV ::IlllS{lil\\n2\\nCharles H., born Feb. 7, 1876; James Alex., born\\nNov. 9, 1877 and Etta May, born Jan. 30, 1881.\\nPolitically, Mr. Dunn is a Greenbacker. He has\\nlield tlie offices of School Treasurer, and he and his\\nwife are members of the Baptist Church.\\n-SP\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nilliam M. Wallace, farmer and lumber-\\nman on section 11, Homer Township, was\\nborn in the State of New York, Feb. 29,\\n1840, and when a child his parents moved\\nto Ontario, Can. He lived in that province\\nwith his parents until 18 years old, and was\\nthen apprenticed to the blacksmith s trade. He\\nserved his time, and then worked as a journeyman.\\nIn 1872 he came to Michigan, and the ensuing two\\nyears he worked in Newaygo County, on the Muske-\\ngon River. In the spring of 1874 he came to Mid-\\nland County, and one year later he purchased ten\\nacres of land on section 11, Homer Township. Here\\nhe has since farmed in the summer season, and fol-\\nlowed lumbering in the winters. He is a Republi-\\ncan, and has held various school offices.\\nHe was united in marriage Dec. 25, 1S62, in Ox-\\nford Co., Ont., to Miss Mary J. Martin, who was\\nborn in that county April 12, 1842. Of this mar-\\nriage there have been born three sons and one\\ndaughter; one of the former, and the daughter are\\ndead.\\nvv^^f-^^S-v^^v-J-\\nhomas .T. Richardson, farmer, section 35,\\nMidland Township, is a son of Thomas and\\nEsther D. (Mann) Richardson, the former\\na native of Massachusetts and the latter of\\nCanada. Mr. Richardson, Sr., died in that\\nDominion, and his widow came to Midland\\nabout 1866, and died in January, 1873.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Canada\\nMarch 26, 1846, and was seven years of age when he\\ncame to this State with his mother; at the age of nine\\nhe went to live with a farmer in Genesee Co., Mich.,\\nuntil of age, but at the end of four years he left, to\\nwork out by the month, which he did for six years.\\nIn February, 1863, he came to this county and\\nworked in the woods during the winters and at car-\\npentering in the summer time, until 1873, when he\\nmoved upon the farm owned by H. M. Ellsworth,\\nwhere he has since resided. He has been School\\nAssessor of his district for three years, and in politics\\nis a Republican.\\nMr. R. was married in Midland City, March 26,\\n1872, to Mary E., daughter of H. M. and Rosetta\\n(Whittington) Ellsworth, born in Midland Township\\nJuly 23, 1S52. Mr. and Mrs. R. are the parents of\\nsix children, namely: Marion A., Arthur T., William\\nM., Morley E., Sarah M. and Leo C.\\nMr. Ellsworth was a native of New York State,\\ncame to this county in 1850, at first buying 30 acres\\nin Midland Township, to which he added 59 acres\\nby subsequent purchase, and at the time of his death,\\nSept. 14, 1882, had almost 50 acres under cultiva-\\ntion. He owned also considerable property in Mid-\\nland City. He was County Sheriff four years and\\nTownship Treasurer several years. In early times\\nMr. Ellsworth took considerable delight in the chase.\\nHe would often go out in the morning and bring in\\nas many as three deer before nine o clock. His wife\\nwas a native of the Key-stone State. Their chil-\\ndren are, Amanda C, Lois A., Mary E. and Melvina\\nL. Mrs. E. now resides in California.\\n^JS-l\\nr\\nWMr\\n^fe^ l\\nA\\ntoseph Hooper, farmer, section i, Edenville\\n11^ Township, was born Oct. 20, 1843, in Corn-\\nwall, England, and is the son of Edward\\nand Merrell (Higgins) Hooper. The father\\ndied in England; the mother resides in Camp-\\nbellford. Can., and has remarried.\\nMr. Hooper spent his early life in his native land.\\nHe belonged to a class among whom the point of\\nself-sustenance is one of the first prominence in the\\neducation of the young. At the age of nine years\\nMr. Hooper commenced his struggle with life in the\\ncapacity of a farm laborer. In r857 he came to\\nAmerica and settled at Coburg, Can., where he was\\nemployed by the month as a farm laborer until 1865,\\nwhen he went to Monroe Co., N. Y., and engaged as\\nassistant on the seed farm of R. W. Wilson, m the\\nvicinity of the city of Rochester. He served in that\\ncapacity five years, and in the fall of 1869 he came\\nto Edenville Township, where he bought, in 187 i, an (i,\\\\\\nunimproved farm of 50 acres, of which he has im-\\nr\\ndm-^M^^^^^-\\n#t^(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0188.jp2"}, "189": {"fulltext": "yt.-^\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ni^^isi^fi^\\n#^^c\u00c2\u00aevii\\n193\\n5)\\nproved 40 acres. The first two years he passed in\\nMidland County he worked a farm on shares.\\nMr. Hooper was married Oct. 5, 1865, to Isabella,\\ndaughter of A. L. and Harriet (Wait) McAllister.\\nHer father was a native of Vermont, and of Scotch\\ndescent. He died July i, 1 861, at Vernon ville, Can.\\nThe mother was born in Canada, of Welsh parentage,\\nMrs. Hooper was born Aug. 14, 1841. Mary Emma,\\neldest child, was born Aug. 12, 1866, in Monroe Co.,\\nN. Y. Amelia Belle was born Jidy 16, 1872. Hes-\\nter Luella was born June 13, 1874. The last\\nnamed children were born at Edenville, Mich. The\\nparents are members of the Seventh-Day Adventist\\ndenomination. Mr. Hooper has been Highway Com-\\nmissioner two terms and Township Treasurer one\\nterm.\\ni\\nf olin O. Parker, railroader, residing at But-\\ntonville, Geneva Township, was born in\\nGreece, Monroe Co., N. Y., April 21, 1839,\\nand is a son of Henry and Nancy A. (Norton)\\nParker.\\nThe father of our subject was born Oct. 28,\\n1804, in New York, and died June 8, 1873, in this\\ncounty. He was of Welsh, Dutch, French, Danish\\nand Irish descent. The mother was born Feb. 25,\\n1809, in Pennsylvania, and was descended from the\\nEnglish, Scotch and Irish. She is still living, with\\nthe subject of this biographical notice. The father\\nand mother moved from New York to Washtenaw Co.,\\nthis State, in 1847, ^.nd there purchased a farm of\\n160 acres. They lived on that farm for ten years,\\nwhen they sold it and moved to Oakland County,\\nand purchased another on wliich tliey resided for\\nseven years.\\nJohn O. remained on the farm, assisting the\\nfather, until the expiration of the time last men-\\ntioned, and then, for two summers, engaged in farm-\\ning by the month. He then went to Hampton,\\nRock Island Co., 111., and purchased 40 acres of land\\nin that viciniry, also some village property. He\\nmade Hampton his residence for ten years, and dur-\\ning that time visited Washington, Oregon and the\\nIndian Territories.\\nWhen the news was flashed across the continent\\nthat Sumter had fallen and the martyr Lincoln\\ncalled for brave hearts and strong arms to battle for\\nthe perpetuity of the Nation s flag, Mr. Parker,\\nwhose heart beat in unison with the cause of justice,\\nresponded. He enlisted in Co. D, Ninth 111. Cav.,\\nCol. Harper. His company was attached to the\\nFifth Division, Second Brigade, and was under com-\\nmand of Gen. Nelson and Gen. Hatch. He partici-\\npated with his company in the, battles of Chicka-\\nmauga, Nasliville, Corinth, Lookout Mountain, and\\nall through Sherman s march to the sea. He was\\nin 72 battles and skirmishes, and was wounded only\\ntwice during his entire service. His first wound was\\nin the right leg, just below the knee, and was received\\nat Chickamauga. The second wound was a saber\\ncut on the right hand, and was received at the battle\\nof Corinth. Neither of his wounds incapacitated\\nhim from service for any considerable length of time,\\nnor was he sent to the hospital. His record as a\\nsoldier is certainly a brilliant one, and his escape\\nfrom death, considering the numerous engagements\\nin which he participated, would seem to be miracu-\\nlous. He was honorably discharged at Springfield,\\n111., having been mustered out at Selma, Dallas Co.,\\nAla., Nov. 18, 1865.\\nOn receiving his discharge, Mr. Parker returned to\\nhis farm near Hampton, Rock Island Co., 111. He\\nremained on the farm for about a year, when he went\\nto Chester, Randolph Co., same State, and engaged\\nin buying wood for the St. Louis market. He re-\\nmained in that business for some eight months and\\nlost over $r, 000 at it. His next move was to Ari-\\nzona, where he engaged in herding cattle, in which\\nvocation he remained until the year 1873, when he\\nreturned to Hampton, 111. He only remained at\\nHampton a short time and then came to Midland,\\nthis county. Remaining at Midland three weeks, he\\nwent to Averill, and engaged with the Flint and\\nPere Marquette Railroad Company, laying their\\ntrack, and continued in its service for 14 months.\\nOct. 16, 1874, he went to Buttonville, and has re-\\nsided tliere ever since, in charge of a gang of track\\nrepairers.\\nMr. Parker was united in marriage. May g, 1874,\\nto Julia A., daughter of Joseph and Julia A. (Hos-\\nkins)Danoe. Her father died when she was five\\nyears old, in Canada. Her mother is still living in\\nSycamore, De Kalb Co., 111., aged 60 years. Mrs. D.\\nwas born Aug. 7, 1855, in Lansdowne, Leeds Co.,\\nOntario. She has borne Mr. D. three children Her-\\nC N\\n-^.ih\\n-^^W^ @!AC^fl!]^Iini i^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0189.jp2"}, "190": {"fulltext": "^f r^^m^^\\n^T^M Mh^-:-\\n194\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nbert L., Feb. 15, 1875 Luella M., Sept. i, 1877\\nand Ira J., Feb. 26, 1883.\\nMr. Parker is a Republican politically, and is pres-\\nent Drain Commissioner He and wife are both\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal ChLirch.\\n-KJ\\nh h\\nT^T\\nA J.\\n\u00e2\u0082\u00acS-\\ntmos Braley, farmer, section 35, Midland\\nr-T\\n1=3\\nij)/3j. J i Township, is a son of Ephraim and Patience\\n(Deranville) Braley, who were natives of Mas-\\nsachusetts, and of American and French de-\\nscent. He was born in Massachusetts Feb.\\n3, 1820, and at the age of three years his parents\\nmoved with him to New York State, where he at-\\ntended school and worked on the farm until he came\\nto Michigan. He first lived in Saginaw County\\nawhile, and then, in December, 1854, he came to this\\ncounty, where he has since resided. After various\\npurchases and sales from time to time, he now owns\\na tract of 76 acres in Midland Township, 35 acres of\\nwhich is in a tillable condition.\\nMr. Braley, in political affairs, is a Republican, has\\nheld the offices of Assessor and Pathmaster, and,\\nwith his wife, belongs to the VVesleyan Methodist\\nChurch. He was married in Saginaw County, Nov.\\n15, 1842, to Miss Marilda Foster, who was born in\\nOakland Co., Mich., Oct. 12, 1827. They have two\\nchildren, Emily M. and Oliver A.\\nI\\nL ohn J. Watts, farmer on section 14, Eden-\\nville, was born Dec. 8, 1844, in Whitby,\\nCan., the son of John and Flora (Pollard)\\nWatts, of English descent. The father died in\\nBosanquet, Lambton Co., Can., in November,\\n1854. The mother died at the same place\\n19, 1870. Their family included five sons and\\nthree daughters, all of whom reached maturity except\\none, which died in childhood. They are named\\nGrace, Isaac (deceased), Phoebe, Maria (deceased),\\nJordan (died in childhood), John J., Richard J. and\\nGeorge.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was reared\\non a farm, and remained vi^ith his father until of age.\\nHe then followed lumbering in winter and farming in\\nsummer until 1870, when he came to Saginaw Coun-\\nty, this State. There he was similarly engaged for\\nfour years, owning a farm of 200 acres. Selling this,\\nhe then came to Edenville Township, this county,\\nand bought his present farm of 136 acres. He par-\\nchased of two farmers, and each tract had some im-\\nprovements. To the value of these he has greatly\\nadded. He is unmarried, and liis sister, a widow\\nlady, keeps house for him.\\nPolitically, he is a Democrat. He took out his\\nnaturalization papers but two years ago. As a\\nfarmer and a citizen he stands exceptionally high\\nin his community.\\n^ami/(S^^~^^^^^:-,- ^\u00c2\u00aefima^\\nJSiharles Kirtay, farmer, section 10, Geneva\\nj^ Township, was born in the town of Law-\\nrence, Lawrence Co., N. Y., March 7, 1833,\\nand is a son of Charles R. and Ann (Warren)\\nKirby. His father was a native of New Eng-\\nland, of Puritan stock, and died in Plattsburg, N. Y.\\nCharles mother was born in the Empire State, of\\nPuritan ancestry, and died also in Plattsburg.\\nWhen the subject of this sketch attained his legal\\nmajority he worked in a saw-mill for five years; then,\\nfor four years, he ran a stage, on the John Brown\\ntract in Franklin Co., Northern New York, from\\nMartin s Hotel to Keysville; thence he went to Mill\\nPoint, Canada, and worked in a mill three or four\\nmonths; then for a year he followed teaming for\\nHorton Wisner at Saginaw, Mich.; next, was in a\\nmill again for four years; and finally, about 12 or 14\\nyears ago, he came to Midland County and worked\\naround for a time in mills and in lumbering. He\\nthen located his present homestead, and about two\\nyears afterward purchased it. At first he had 80\\nacres, but he has sold 40 acres, of which 15 are im-\\nproved.\\nMr. Kiri)y is a Republican in his political senti-\\nments, and he holds the office of Justice of the\\nPeace.\\nHe was married May 18, 1864, to Miss Harriet E.,\\ndaughter of Henry and Laura (Tripp) Plew. Her\\nfather, a Hollander, was born May 6, 18 16, and her\\nmother April 13, 1823, and they are living at Clio,\\n(q)\\nmmm^\\nz.\\n-I^i^(\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0190.jp2"}, "191": {"fulltext": "K 6VC tl lli^ M^\\n^v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n1 95\\nGenesee Co., Mich. Of the ii children in her\\nfather s family all are living, and she is the eldest\\ndaughter and second child, and was born Feb. 13,\\n1847, in the State of New York. Mr. and Mrs.\\nKirby have had five children, only one of whom is\\nliving. Viella E., born March 10, 1865, died Jan. 4,\\n1883; Franklin, born July lo, 1868, died July 5,\\n187 1 Freddie, born Sept. 27, 1870, died Nov. 24,\\nfollowing; Etta May, born May 14, 1873, died June 4,\\nfollowing; and Pely C, born May 30, 1877, is living.\\nAs no pain is so intense as the loss of a child, the\\naffliction suffered by this family must be beyond all\\ndescription, if not even beyond all imagination also.\\nV\\nI\\nthan Taft, farmer, section 20, Midland\\nTownship, is a son of Jesse and Sabra\\n|i gTjc w, (A.ldrich) Taft, natives of Rhode Island^\\nof whose family of four sons and three daugh-\\nA ters he was the youngtjjt son.\\nHe was born in Steuben Co., N. Y., March\\n10, 1830, and at the age of t8 he bought his time,\\nand for 25 years he followed farming in Pennsyl-\\nJ vania, except the nine months he was in the army.\\nHe enlisted in August, 1864, in the 207 th Pa. Vol.\\nInf., and participated in the general engagement at\\nFort Stedman and the siege of Petersburg. On ac-\\ncount of heavy firing, his hearing was partially\\ndestroyed. In 1S77 he returned to New York State,\\nand about a year afterward, in July, 1878, he came\\nwith his family to Midland County and bought 161\\nacres of land in Midland and Homer Townships.\\nHe has since added 88 acres to his estate, and now\\nowns 249 acres. He has about 140 acres in good\\ntillable condition.\\nMr. Taft is member of Dwight May Post, No. 69,\\nG. A. R., at Midland, in politics he acts with the\\nRepublican party, and in religion both he and Mrs.\\nT. are in sympathy with the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nIn Pennsylvania, July 3, 1852, Mr. Taft married\\nMary S., a daughter of Prince and Sally King, who\\nwere natives of New England. Mrs. T. was born in\\nPennsylvania, July 27, 1836, and the children of Mr.\\ni\\nV\\nand Mrs. Taft now are Stephen B., Lilis L., Dora A.\\n(who died when little more than two years of age),\\nJesse P., Ethan E. and Mary R.\\nilliam C. Plumer is a farmer on section\\n22, Midland Township. His parents,\\nVf 5\u00c2\u00bbP Joseph and Jemima (Alley) Plumer, were\\nborn in New York, moved from Jefferson\\nCounty, that State, 10 Orleans County, and\\nabout 1866 came to Oakland Co., Mich., where the\\nformer died, in February, 1879; the latter is still\\nliving, a resident of that county. Their children\\nwere Moses, John, William C, Elizabeth, Mary and\\nSarah.\\nThe youngest son, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 18, 1840; from the\\nage of 18 to 24 he was in Wisconsin, employed in a\\nhotel and otherwise; and since 1870 he has been a\\nresident of this county. His present farm of 30\\nacres he traded for in 1882. He owns 130 acres in\\nMidland County, and has 20 acres under cultivation.\\nHe also owns numerous village lots in the city of\\nMidland. Politically he is in sympathy ivith the\\nRepublican party.\\nHe was married in Midland City, Feb. 5, 1872, to\\nMiss Mary A., daughter of Benjamin and Jerusha\\n(Dewey) Dean. (See sketch of Benjamin Dean.)\\nMrs. Plumer was born in Lee, Mass., March 8, 1854.\\nHer family now comprises three children, viz.:\\nCecile A., Alice S. and Arthur D. She is a member\\nof the Presbyterian Church.\\nEjsH^S^\\n|iiM i hilip Flock, farmer, residing at Edenville,\\nI ySl\u00c2\u00a3 was born in Hamilton, Can., July 10, 1827,\\nJjifej- Philip and Ellen (Hoff-\\nJijg man) Flock. The parents were natives of\\niv Pennsylvania. The father died in Canada.\\nThe mother resides in Waterford, in the Dominion,\\nand is about 70 years of age.\\nMr. Flock obtained his education in the common\\nschools of Canada and was under the guidance of his\\nmother until he attained his majority, his father hav-\\nI\\nd\\n\u00c2\u00abs^\\n.dci.\\n^C^D g^ i;^A-^i ^s^C3^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0191.jp2"}, "192": {"fulltext": "^Sii\\n^djr i:si\u00c2\u00a3r isu.\\n:\\\\imm T\\n-^sC^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nJ\\ni)\\ning died previous to that date. He remained and\\nworked on the lionie place until he was 25 years old.\\nHe was married Feb. 5, 1856, to Joanna, daughter\\nof John W. and EUinor (Robbins) Grover. Her\\nparents were natives of Pennsylvania. They died\\nand were buried at Edenville. Mrs. Flock was born\\nJune 10, 1836. Following is the record of the three\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Flock: Geddes P.\\nwas born Nov. 24, 1857, at Fredericksburg, Can.,\\nand has been a salesman in the store of Ralph Dun-\\nton ten years. He has been Township Clerk seven\\nyears. Samuel W. was born Aug. 16, 1858, at Wind-\\nham, Can. Carrie was born May 21, 1868, at Eden-\\nville.\\nMr. Flock conducted a hotel at Fredericksburg the\\nyear following his marriage, and then returned to the\\nold homestead, which he managed two years, after\\nwhich he engaged in coopering. He employed a\\nforce of men to work at the business and continued\\nits management seven years, with satisfactory results.\\nAt the end of that time he again spent two years in\\nfarming on the family homestead. In 1867 he came\\nto Michigan, arriving at Saginaw on the 15 th day of\\nNovember. Four days later he came to this- county\\nand engaged in keeping a hotel at Averill Station. A\\nyear after he bought a town lot at Edenville and\\nbuilt a house, where he has since resided. In 1869\\nhe bought 40 acres of land on section 13, Edenville,\\nand in February, 1877, he purchased another 40\\nacres, in Tobacco Township, Gladwin County. On\\neach of these pieces of property he has made fine\\nimprovements. Mr. Flock has been School Director\\neight years and Township Treasurer one year.\\nj.j VjKaL-j fw\\n/Jra0\\\\li;.,ugald C, Mclntyre, farmer on section 31^\\n^MiSl. Midland, is a son of Jacob and Anna\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^ji^ijfy (McCall) Mclntyre, natives of Pennsylva-\\nt) nia and Scotland, respectively; and he was\\nborn in Elgin Co., Can., Dec. 28, 1840. He\\nlived in the Dominion until 12 years old, then\\nwas employed for three years in a pail and tub fac-\\ntory at Detroit, and from 1855 to 1867 followed the\\nlakes as a sailor. The last seven years of this ])eriod\\nhe held the position of mate. In 1870 he came to\\nOakland Co., this State, where two years later he\\nbought a farm. This he cultivated until 1876, in the\\nspring of which year he made an exchange of prop-\\nerty and came to this county, where he has since\\nmade his residence. He has a nice farm of 80 acres,\\nhalf of which is under cultivation.\\nNov. 19, 1 87 1, in Northville, Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nhe was united in the bonds of matrimony with Miss\\nAnna, daughter of George and Barbara Weber.\\nBoth parents and daughter were born in Switzerland.\\nMrs. Mclntyre was born Dec. 25, 1853. Carl A.,\\nBarbara L. and Willie S. are the children now grow-\\ning up under the parental care of Mr. and Mrs.\\nMclntyre. The father is in political sentiment a\\nRepublican, and he has been Deputy Sheriff, Con-\\nstable and School Director (five terms). He is a\\nmember of the Masonic Order. Mrs. McI. is a faith-\\nful member of the Baptist Church.\\n^j y-\\n-toelE. Dean, farmer, section i, Ingersoll\\ni^ Township, is a son of Benjamin and\\nJerusha (Dewey) Dean, natives of Massa-\\nchusetts, and resided in Berkshire County.\\nHis father was extensively engaged in various\\nmanufacturing interests until about 1862, when\\nhe disposed of his interests there, having come to\\nMichigan and settled in Midland, where he became\\na prominent citizen, a leader in the interests of the\\ncounty and a safe counselor in public affairs. He\\ndied in this county, April 27, 1880, and his widow\\nApril 17, 1883. They had six daughters and three\\nsons, namely: Benj. F., Cecile E., Jerusha C, Ger-\\ntrude R., Stoel E., Alice B. C, Nelson K., Mary A.\\nand Jessie F. Carrie died in infancy, and the re-\\nmaining children grew up.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Pittsfield,\\nMass., Nov. 4, 1847. At the age of 22 he purchased\\na farm in Berkshire County, which he managed about\\neight years, and in December, 1S77, came with his\\nfamily to this county and bought 500 acres of land\\nmostly in the stump, in the vicinity of Coleman.\\nHe settled on his father s old place of 150 acres,\\nwhich he had deeded to him 140 acres of this is in\\ngood tillable condition. He cut annually about 100\\ntons of hay, and keeps 70 head of sheep, 25 head of\\ncattle and 5 head of horses. He also owns 60 acres\\nin Bay County, mostly improved. It is claimed that\\nMr. Dean has the finest farm in Midland County.\\nw\\nr\\n_\\nr^\\nfS^ g ^f**^\\n-^Qa ^i]i)^:\\nT^\\n*-*-5r7", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0192.jp2"}, "193": {"fulltext": "y^^:sif^\\nllll^fltl^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nMr. Dean has been Township Supervisor one year,\\nand politically he sides with the Nationals.\\nIn Lee, Mass., Nov. 15, 1871, Mr. Dean mariied\\nLovica A., a daughter of Luke L. and Annis L.\\n(Chapel) Dennison, natives of the Bay State. Her\\nfather died in that State, June 4, t86o, and her\\nmother is still living, a resident of this county. In\\n(her family were three children, Cliarles, Lovica A.\\nand Luke. The daughter was born in Nortii Lee,\\nBerkshire Co., Mass., April 24, 1849. Mr. and Mrs.\\nDean have three children, as follows: Blanche C,\\nborn April 13, 1873; Mabel A., born April 26, 1875\\nand Robert B., Oct. 2, 1877.\\n?N\\nj Y\\\\\\\\ lt)ei t Higgins, farmer, section 36, Midland\\n[^~t :X^ Township, is a son of Harvey and Laura\\n^I^S* (Whitman) Higgins, who were natives of Con-\\ni]aX necticut. (See sketch of Wm. Higgins.) Al-\\n1 bert was born in New York Oct. 8, 1834, and\\nat 18 years of age started out in life for himself\\nFor nearly si.x years he worked out by the month on\\na farm. In the fall of 1S58 he came to Midland\\nCounty and purchased 80 acres of land in Midland\\nTownship, on section 26, which he afterward disposed\\nof He now owns 40 acres on section 36, where he\\nresides and has about 25 acres finely improved.\\nMr. Higgins was married in this county Aug. 28,\\n1862, to Anna, daughter of William and Nancy\\n(Taylor) Fair, who were natives of Ireland. Mrs. H.\\nwas born in Canada West, March 15, 1842. Their\\nfamily record comprises the following children:\\nWilliam A., Rose J. (deceased), Florence M.,\\nGeorge A., Arthur A. and Robert J. (deceased).\\nMr. and Mrs. H. are members of the Wesleyan\\nMethodist Church, and in political matters he is\\ncounted a Rei)ublican.\\nr Y enry Rockwell, farmer, section 23, Homer\\n^-.jft^^tii Township, was born July 7, 1845, in Craw-\\ns ford Co., Pa. His parents, Darius and Eunice\\n(Herrick) Rockwell, were natives respectively\\nof Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. They re-\\nside in Crawford Co., Pa., the father being 67\\nyears of age and the mother 64 years old. Of five\\nsons and five daughters born to them, four sons and\\ntwo daughters are living.\\nMr. Rockwell is the eldest son and fourth child of\\nhis parents. He spent the first 20 years of his life\\nworking on the farm of his father, and was married\\nOct. 31, 1864, in the county where he was born; to\\nLydia Fuller. She was born July 28, 1845,\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., and is the daughter of James\\nand Lydia (Garrett) Fuller, both natives of New\\nYork. They died in Crawford Co., Pa. The family\\ncircle of Mr. Rockwell includes eight children, born\\nas follows: Seymour E., Oct. 18, 1866; William H.,\\nSept. 17, 1868; Ernest E., May 2, 1872; Cora B.,\\nAug. 20, 1875; James D., Nov. 27, 1878; Orpha L.,\\nFeb. 5, 1880; Sarah R, March 21, 1882; George E.,\\nOct. 19, 1883.\\nSoon after marriage, Mr. Rockwell went to Fayette\\nCo., 111., and engaged one year in farming. They\\nthen came to Midland, purchased 40 acres of land\\nin Homer Township, on which they resided two\\nyears. At the end of that time they returned to\\nPennsylvania, where they passed five years in the oil\\nregions. Mr. Rockwell purchased 90 acres of land\\nin Crawford County, where he engaged in farming\\nuntil December, 1882, when he sold out and returned\\nto Midland Co., Mich., and bought 103 acres of land\\non the same section on which he had formerly rented.\\nIt was under partial improvements, and he has added\\nmaterially to its value and improved his farm build-\\nings. He is one of the best farmers in Midland\\nCounty and is highly esteemed and respected for his\\nfine traits of character and abilities. He is a Re-\\npublican and has held positions of trust in the town-\\nship where he resides. He and wife are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nKy l homas Cunningham, carpenter and joiner,\\n^It^yi residing at North Bradley, was born March\\nxif^^ 14! 1834, in Prince Edwards Co., Ont. He\\n^vP^ Robert and Margaret (Tice)\\nfc^ Cunningham. The parents both died in Can-\\nI ada, the father some 16 and the mother some\\nseven or eight years ago. The family of the parents\\ncomprised ten children, five boys and five girls, and\\nThomas, the subject of this notice, was the third\\nfrom the youngest, or eighth, child. The father was\\nX\\nc\\ni\\niixv^^^\u00c2\u00a7i#\\n\u00c2\u00abg-.sa-\\n^^/i^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m9M", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0193.jp2"}, "194": {"fulltext": "^t#^\\n198\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n2\\na carpenter and joiner by trade, but spent the greater\\nportion of his Hfe farming.\\nThomas hved at home until lie attained to the age\\nof manhood. His days, prior to majority, were\\nspent mostly on the farm and his labors contributed\\ntoward the maintenance of the family. He spent a\\nportion of his time, under the supervision of his\\nfather, in learning his trade, and finished the same\\nshortly after arriving at man s estate. He followed\\nhis trade in Canada, jobbing and working by the\\nday, for some time.\\nIn the spring of 1874 he came to Oakland Co.,\\nthis State, and in the fall of that year came to North\\nBradley, this county, where he has since resided,\\nwith the exception of one year that he lived in Flint,\\nGenesee County.\\nMr. Cunningham was united in marriage Jan. 10,\\n1856, to Miss Orilla, daughter of Jabez and Mary\\n(Haley) Tripp. The father died in Canada and the\\nmother is living with her son Charles, in Freeland,\\nSaginaw Co this State. There were eight children\\nin hfr father s family, and she was born in May,\\n1839, in Percy Township, Northumberland Co., Out.\\nShe is the mother, to Mr. Cunningham, of seven chi\\ndren, three of whom are deceased. The living are\\nDorinda E., Mary E., Sylvester and Eula; and the\\ndeceased, Jesse, Jonathan and Emma C.\\nMr Cunningham is independent in politics. He\\nhas held the office of Justice of the Peace four\\nyears, Highvvay Commissioner two years and Town-\\nship Treasurer two terms. He and his wife are\\nboth members of the Methodist Episcopal Cliurch,\\nand are respected and esteemed citizens of their\\ntownship.\\nI\\nl^iCohn C. Ostrander, farmer on section 27,\\n^[1 Midland Township, is a son of Solomon\\nand Ruth (Childs) Ostrander, natives of the\\nt^ State of New York; and he was born in Gene-\\nIC see County, that State, July 6, 1816. He re-\\nceived the rudiments of an English education,\\nand remained at home until 14 years of age. He\\nthen (1830) Clime to Washtenaw County, this State,\\nwhere he lived three years, and then removed to\\nSt. Clair, which was his home until the spring of 1861.\\nAt that date he came to Midland County, and in\\n1865 he bought 63 acres, where is his present home,\\n40 acres being in a good state of cultivation.\\nHe was first married in St. Clair, to Miss Annie\\nBrat, a native of Canada. She died July 2, 18^6,\\nleaving seven children\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Edward J. (now deceased),\\nRuth A., Emma J., Ellen A., Alonzo F., Izza M. and\\nSarah A. Sept. 20, r857, at St. Clair, Mr. O. chose\\nas the partner of his joys and sorrows Miss Ursula S.,\\ndaugliter of Francis and Polly (Stevens) Green,\\nnatives of the State of New York. Mrs. O. was\\nborn in Jefferson Co., N. Y., June 14, 1836, and has\\nborne to Mr. O. three children Dora F., John E.\\nand Effie E.\\nMr. Ostrander is in political sentiment a Republi-\\ncan, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist\\nChurch.\\ny*JLQaf\u00c2\u00ae^^ -hi\\n;_ ^.^-S/aZTOv\\n^^^tr\u00c2\u00bb\\nA\\nmm\\nliJl^aniel O Donnell, farmer, section 13, In.\\n|(^Sg^c. gersoll Township, is a son of John and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^W^Mary (McNulty) O Donnell, natives of County\\nA. Mayo, Ireland, who emigrated to Canada in\\ni 1831 and passed the remainder of their lives\\nthere. The father died in December, 1872, and\\nmother in May, 1882.\\nTheir eldest son, the subject of this sketch, was\\nborn in Ireland, Oct. 15, 1824, and was about seven\\nyears of age when the family moved to Canada.\\nJuly I, 1855, he married Miss Margaret, daughter of\\nDonald and Christina (Forbes) Mcintosh, natives of\\nScotland. Mrs. O Donnell was born in Port Dover,\\nCanada, Oct. 7, 1837. After marriage Mr. O Don-\\nnell was engaged principally in mercantile business\\nin Canada, for about eight years, and in 1865 he\\ncame to Michigan and settled in East Saginaw,\\nengaging in different pursuits for about 13 years. In\\nAugust, 1878, he came to Midland County and\\nbought 39 acres of land in Ingersoll Township,\\nwhere he has since resided, and now has about 15\\nacres cleared.\\nMr. O Donnell is a strong advocate of the princi-\\nples of the National jxarty and is a zealous anti-\\nmonopolist. He formerly held a commission as\\nLieutenant in the British army, which office he sold,\\naccording to a practice permissible at that time.\\nf\\n1\\nV\\nc^:\\ny\\nG)", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0194.jp2"}, "195": {"fulltext": "^^m^\\ncrv4^Il D Wh\\nI\\nt\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n199\\nHis father was a Lieutenant Colonel in the British\\narmy.\\nMr. and Mrs. O Donnell are the parents of 1 1\\nchildren, whose names are John M. (who died when\\neight months old), Mary C, Ignatius D., Margaret\\nE., Eugenia A., Francis J., Teresa C, Charles A.,\\nAnna C, Arthur A. and Grace I.\\nParents are members of the Catholic Church.\\nioung Swanton, farmer, section ii, Eden-\\n-iMatt ville Township, was l.iorn Nov. 29, 1S36, in\\nToronto, Can., and is the son of John and\\nElizabeth Ann (Aikens) Swanton. His father\\ndied in Devon s Creek, an., in 1S44. His\\nmother afterwards married Thomas Gransden,\\nand is living in Edenville Township. After the\\ndeath of his father, Mr. Swanton went to live with a\\nman named Robert Archibald, but he ran away at\\nthe end of a year on account of cruel treatment. He\\nthen fell under the care of a Catholic priest, who had\\ncharge of him one year, but who did not understand\\nthe art of managing other men s children, and he\\nabandoned the plan at the end of the time named.\\nMr. Swanton tells that one important reason the priest\\ndispensed with his presence, was that he kept two\\nkegs of wine, for sacrament purposes, in the room\\nwhere Young slept; and the quantity of wine which\\nwould under ordinary circumstances last ten years,\\ndisappeared in as many weeks. The result was that\\nYoung was anxious to whip all the boys in the neigh-\\nborhood. Hecontinued to maintain himself until he ar-\\nrived at man s estate, and was married April 11, 1859,\\nto Lucy J., daughter of Thomas and Ann (Pringle)\\nMcConnell. She was born June 15, 1841. Of eight\\nchildren born of this union, seven are living. Fol-\\nlowing is the record of their births: Etta A. was\\nborn March 2, i860; Thomas Y., Oct. 23, 1861;\\nJohn S., Dec. 25, 1863; George E., Jan. 6, 1865\\n(died July 30, 1866); Lafayette, -ftdy 7, 1868; Flora\\nB., March 14, 1870; Sidney A., April 12, 1874;\\nBertha, Nov. 2, 1876.\\nMr. Swanton came to Midland County in the fall\\nof 1864. He spent the winter here, and in the spring\\nof 1865 brought hither his family. He purchased\\ncity lots in Midland, on which he netted $1,000. He\\nresided in that place a year, losing $6,000 indirectly\\nas the result of Lincoln s assassination, and finally\\npurchased 136 acres of land in Jerome Township.\\nAfter a residence there of one summer he exchanged rX^\\nthe property for 193 acres of pine land. The farm\\non which he now resides comprised but five acres of k\\nchopped land, and he now has 75 acres improved and\\nunder tillage and supplied with two good barns. Mr.\\nSwanton is a Republican and has served one term as\\nHighway Commissioner. He has spent many winter\\nseasons of his life in lumbering in his own interests\\nand as foreman of the camps of other parties.\\nThe first wife of Mr. Swanton died Aug. 7, 1880,\\nand he was a second time married June i, 188 1, to\\nElizalieth, widow of Alexander Kesler. One child\\nwas born of her first marriage. The second Mrs.\\nSwanton died March 12, 1884.\\n3 i^|:L .,dwiri P. Powers, hotel-keeper at North\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e;l \\\\VS -^i; Bradley, is a son of William Gj and Har-\\n0v sj riet (Elrick) Powers, and was born in\\naj^ Franklin, Franklin Co, Vt., Jan. 16, 1833.\\nThe father of Edwin was of Welsh descent\\nand was born in Castleton, Rutland Co., Vt.,\\nand died in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., in\\n1880. His (Edwin s) mother was born in Milton,\\nChittenden Co., Vt., and is at present living with her\\ndaughter in Nicholville, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.\\nHer father was from Scotland and her mother a\\nnative of the Green Mountain State.\\nEdwin s father followed the vocation of lumber-\\ning all his life. His family consisted of nine chil-\\ndren, five boys and four girls, and all lived to attain\\nthe age of maturity except one. At the present\\nwriting there are four girls and two boys living. One\\nson died prior to attaining his majority, and two died\\nwhile serving their country in the late civil war.\\nOne of the latter died of a wound received in a bat-\\ntle near Fortress Monroe; he received the wound in\\nhis shoulder, which necessitated the amputation of\\nthe arm and caused his death after some two weeks\\nof pain and suffering. The other son died of typhoid\\nfever contracted while in the service.\\nEdwin P. made his own way in the world from the\\ntime he was ten years of age. At that time he went\\nto work for a stipulated amount and contributed of\\nhis earnings a sufficiency to pay his way. He soon\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094r\\nSi/\\ni\\nI\\ne5^4is\\nM^ntM^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0195.jp2"}, "196": {"fulltext": "ry\\ne\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-es#\\nbegan working in a saw-n.ill summers, and spent his\\nwinters lumbering, giving all his wages, except suffi-\\ncient to clothe himself, to his parents. He also re-\\nquired a fair common-school education in the schools\\nof Vermont and New York, and continued working\\nas an employe in the saw-mills until 1862.\\nThe late civil war having broken out, and the sym-\\npathies of Mr. Powers being with the cause of the\\nNorth, he enlisted in Co. G, nth N. Y. Vol. Cav.\\nScott s 900 Aug. II, 1862. The company was\\ncommanded by Col. James B. Swain. It was\\nordered to Washington, U. C, and on its arrival was\\ndetailed for provost duty. One company (Co. A)\\nwas President Lincoln s body guard and were all\\nmounted on black horses. Mr. Powers was on pro-\\nvost duty in Washington 18 months and was then\\nsent to New Orleans to guard plantations and hunt\\nguerrillas. The plantations had been forfeited to\\nthe U. S. Government and rented to Northern men\\nfor raising cotton, and it was necessary for a time to\\nkeep a guard to protect their crops and buildings.\\nFrom New Orleans he was sent to Memphis, Tenn.,\\nand at the latter place received his discharge from\\nthe service.\\nOn receiving his discharge Mr. Powers returned to\\nSt. Lawrence Co., N. Y., and again engaged in the\\nmill business, which he continued until 1876. Dur-\\ning that year he located a homestead of 160 acres of\\nland in Wisconsin, and finally traded his homestead\\nfor the hotel he is at present conducting in Button-\\nville, or North Bradley.\\nMr. Powers was united in marriage, Jan. 31, 1858,\\nat Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., to Miss Sarah\\nA. Foote, daughter of Michael and Margaret (Debar)\\nFoote. Her father was of French and English de-\\nscent, a farmer by occupation and was l)orn in Can-\\nada. His children were 15 in number, i i of wliom\\ngrew to the age of maturity, and nine of whom are\\nnow living. He died June 16, 1865. The mother\\nis of English descent, and is still living in Canton,\\nSt. Lawrence Co., N. Y.\\nMrs. Powers was born April 4, 1836, in VVadding-\\nton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. She is the mother, to\\nMr. Powers, of two children, namely James E.,\\nborn Jan. 29, 1862, in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence Co.,\\nN. Y., was united in marriage with Miss Altha Don-\\naldson, Nov. I, 1883; and Harriet, born Nov. 3,\\n1859, in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., died Jan.\\n6, 1 86 1.\\nIn national affairs Mr. Powers affiliates with the\\nRepublican party. Li religion, h j and wife were\\nboth members of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nand still incline to that belief.\\nS\\nv^\\nm\\ndwin C.\\nBerryman, photographer at\\nil^iiij Midland, was born June 27, 1859, in\\n0v^^ Cayuga Co., N. Y. His parents, William\\nand Catherine (Spears) Berryman, removed to\\nLeslie, Ligham Co., Mich., in 1862. His father\\nis a farmer and both parents now reside in\\nFentonville, Genesee Co., Mich.\\nMr. Berryman spent 17 years in Leslie, engaged\\nin securing a fair common-school education and\\npassing a short period in clerking. In April, 1879,\\nhe came to Midland, where he passed three years as\\na salesman in the mercantile establishment of the\\nReardon Bros. In 1882 he became proprietor of a\\nphotograplier s outfit and traveled some time. In\\nOctober, 1882, he located at Midland, where he is\\nengaged in a prosperous business. His artistic work\\nincludes all varieties of photography, copying,\\nenlarging and portrait-painting, crayon, water colors,\\netc. He owns his residence, place of business, a\\nvillage lot and 40 acres of land in Homer Town-\\nship.\\nHe was married in Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 21, 1 88 1, to Miss Delia Glympse. She is a\\nnative of Plymouth, Wayne Co., Mich. Mr. Berry-\\nman is a member of the Knights of Maccabees.\\n^--Kef^f^J.)..\\n^\u00c2\u00a3\u00c2\u00a3^P\\n9\\ni\\n|^,r. Andrew J. Bowman, resident at Eden-\\nville, was born July 11, 1836, in Herkimer\\nCo., N. Y. His parents, William and Polly\\n(Chaffee) Bowman, were born respectively in\\n^j Vermont and New York. They are both de-\\nceased and their remains are buried in the\\ncemetery at St. Clair.\\nDr. Bowman was reared to the age of 16 years on\\nhis father s farm. He then took the making of his\\nfortunes into his own hands and went to Lakeport on\\nLake Huron to learn the trade of builder. After two\\nyears he returned to St. Clair County, where he\\ntarried but a short time. He went to Detroit, where\\n^II!I\\n:^nti;^A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0196.jp2"}, "197": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n4?^^\\n(h\\nV\\nhe began the study of medicine with Dr. Stockwell,\\nand afterwards continued his course of reading with\\nDr. Cornell, of Ionia. He attended two terms of\\nlectures at Ann Arbor, and has been in active prac-\\ntice about 1 6 years. Dr. Bowman is a Republican\\nin political sentiment. He owns a fine place, witli a\\nnew house and barn.\\nHe was married Aug. 15, 1883, to Mizeth, daugh-\\nter of Edwin and Rhoda (Ellis) Eraser. Her par-\\nents are natives of Canada and are respectively of\\nScotch and English descent. Tliey live in Hope\\nTownship, Midland County, where they have resided\\nabout 12 years. Five years previous to that they re-\\nsided in Lincoln Township. Mrs. Bowman was born\\nApril 6, 1864, in Strathroy, Can.\\n^*H^Sifc\\nharles B. Peer, farmer, section 31, Mid-\\npi?asS land Township, is a son of Abraham and\\nPolly (Ballard) Peer, who were natives of the\\nV\\nState of New York. He was born in Genesee\\nI County, that State, Feb. 11, 183 1, and wlien\\n14 years old he came to Wayne Co., Mich., where he\\nremained eight years; he then resided in Parke Co.,\\nInd., until 1S70, when he came to Midland County\\nand purchased 5 2 acres of land, where he has since\\nresided, and now has 35 acres under cultivation.\\nHe had charge of the County House in 1879 and\\n1883. Mr. P. is a member of the Masonic friternity,\\nand in politics is a Democrat.\\nHe was married in Indiana, Aug. 8, 1859, to Miss\\nLucy Fossett, daughter of Jockway Fosset. She\\nwas born in the Empire State, June 3. 1836. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Peer are the parents of one child, Frank-\\nlin, who died when about 18 months old. They\\nadopted Otis J. Davis when he was 15 months old,\\nand gave him their own name of Peer.\\n-aS(=\\n^lo^lisha S. Day, f;irmer, sections i and 2,\\nEdenville Township, was born Oct. i,\\n1842, at Lyndon Center, Cattaraugus Co.,\\nN. Y., and is the son of Thomas and Dorothy\\n(Smart) Day. His parents are natives of Eng-\\nland and became residents of America previous\\nto their marriage. They now reside at Lyndon Center.\\nMr. Day was under the guidance of his father\\nuntil he was 21 years of age. He remained at his\\nwork on his father s farm about six weeks after reach-\\ning the period of his legal freedom, and received 31\\ndollars, with which he set out in the world. His first\\nemploy was in cutting cord-wood, at two shillings and\\nsi.x pence a cord, and he boarded himself He next\\nengaged as a farm assistant and worked by the\\nmonth some time, after which he operated in buying\\nand selling stock in his own interest. The field of\\nhis operations was chiefly Canada, whence he shipped\\nhis purchases to the State of New York. He con-\\ntinued this business several months, after which he\\nreturned home and worked a year on his father s\\nfarm. In 1866 he came to Romeo, Macomb Co.,\\nMich., and went to work by tlie month. In the\\nspring of 1867 he rented a farm for a year.\\nHe was married April 2, 1867, to Justina C,\\ndaughter of Snover F. and Eliza (Smith) Chrisman.\\nThe parents are both living, near Romeo. She was\\nborn March 5, 1844, and died Aug. 15, 1877, of\\nconsumption. She and a child were buried in one\\ncoffin in the cemetery at Romeo. Three children\\nsurvive, born as follows: Brice, Oct. 24, 1868;\\nFlorence E., March 6, 1872; Clyde Evart, March\\n29, 1874. Mr. Day was a second time married,\\nApril 2, 1878, to Arilla, daugliter of John W. and\\nEllen (Robbins) Grover. She was born April 10,\\n1840, in Windham, Norfolk Co., Can. Her parents\\nboth died in Edenville, Mich. Mrs. Day was the\\nwidow of C. J. Axford. The family of Mr. Day in-\\ncludes an adopted son Freddie Strong born May\\n13, 1876, in Massachusetts.\\nOn the expiration of his lease of the first farm,\\nMr. Day rented one situated two miles distant, on\\nwhich he operated two years, when he again rented\\nanotjier farm and continued its management five\\nyears. In 1875 he purchased 320 acres of land in\\nMacomb County, and two years later made an addi-\\ntional purchase of 54 acres. He remained resident\\non the place six years. In 1878 he bought 166 acres\\nof land on sections i and 2, Edenville, where he\\nnow resides. He has also kept a hotel for two years\\nat Edenville, but has leased it for five years to L. G.\\nPorter.\\nThe farm was under partial improvements and has\\nincreased greatly in value since it has been under\\nhis management. He has erected one of the finest\\n9\\nS\\nii-v\u00c2\u00ae^^^#\\n.j^^^jL\\nmmm\\nf^M:", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0197.jp2"}, "198": {"fulltext": "^7 IlIl\u00c2\u00a7IIIlf T^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-f^^^C(\u00c2\u00aevSP\\nhouses and most valuable barns in the township.\\nHe made a later purchase of 200 acres, which he\\nimproved to some extent, and sold in 1SS3. He\\nnow owns 540 acres of land, besides the hotel in\\nthe village of Edenville. Among other acts of well-\\nconsidered and well-directed benevolence which Mr.\\nDay has performed, has been the contribution of\\n$600 to the erection of a church at Romeo, and\\n$200 toward the construction of a church edifice at\\nEdenville.\\nMrs. Day is one of the earliest settlers in Midland\\nCounty. She came to Edenville in the fall of 1866,\\nwith her father, mother and husband, making the\\nroute from Saginaw to Midland on the Belle Sey-\\nmour, a steam tug, and thence to Edenville on a\\nscow, which conveyed the family and their effects.\\nThe place then contained a hotel, in which the only\\nstore in the vicinity was conducted. They bought ten\\nacres of land and the farm on which the family now\\nreside, moved into a shanty and set up hotel-keep-\\ning therein, until they were enabled to build a suit-\\nable structure for that purpose. After doing so they\\ncontinued its management 1 1 years, and then sold\\nit. The principal business of Northern Michigan at\\nthe time of their arrival was lumbering, and the\\nhotel was chiefly patronized by the men engaged in\\nthe woods. At the dates of opening and closing the\\nlumber season, the resources of the hotel were taxed\\nto the uttermost, as all supplies were transported\\nthither by canoes or scows from Saginaw, there being\\nno roads of any use, and sometimes hundreds of\\nmen were entertained in a day. The experiences of\\nMrs. Day were unusually trying.\\n1 mos Turney, carpenter and builder, resi-\\ndent on section 16, Homer Township, was\\nborn June 26, 1837, in Northumberland Co.,\\nOntario. At the age of 11 years, he was\\nbound out to Levi Walker, in the State of New\\nYork, with whom he resided one year. He returned\\nto his native province and passed his time in various\\noccupations until he was 16 years old, when he placed\\nhimself under indentures with David Turney, his\\ncousin, to learn the trade which has since been his\\nvocation. At the age of 18 years he came to\\nSt. Clair Co Mich., where he was engaged chiefly in\\nA^^[]!i^i]t];i\\nthe pursuit of his trade three years, when he came\\nto Midland County. Two years later he returned to\\nOntario, and spent a year in the en.ployment of the\\ncousin of whom he learned his trade. At the end\\nof that time they formed a partnership and trans-\\nferred their interests to St. Clair, Mich., where they\\nengaged in an extensive business. Mr. Turney had\\nthe core of his father in Ontario, and passed his\\ntime alternately in Michigan and in the Dominion\\nuntil he was married. That event occurred Aug. 22,\\n1867, when Sarah M. Windover became his wife. (See\\nsketch of John Windover.) She was born June 26,\\n1849, in Ontario. Five sons constitute the issue of\\nthis marriage. They are William H., George, Amos,\\nReynold and John W. Mr. Turney is a zealous\\nRepublican, and has served as Highway Commis-\\nsioner. The family attend the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nit ames B. Burtless, farmer, section 24, Mid-\\nland Township, is a son of William and\\nMary (Petty) Burtless, natives of New\\nJersey. His father came from that State to\\nCentral New York when a boy, and drove a\\ncow the entire distance. Both his parents re-\\nsided in New York State until their death. They had\\neiglit sons and one daughter.\\nJymes B., the eldest of the children, was born in\\nSeneca Co., N. Y., April 8, 1822. At the age of 21\\nhe came to Jackson Co., Mich., and purchased a\\ntract of 103 acres. After improving about 18 acres\\nhe sold the place, and a year afterward returned to\\nNew York Stale and worked a farm on shares for\\nfour years, when he came again to Michigan and\\nlived one year in Lenawee County. During this\\ntime he bought a farm in Branch Co., Mich., and\\nlived upon it almost ten years, when he again sold\\nout, and in February, 1864, enlisted for the Union in\\nthe First Michigan Light Artillery, serving till the\\nclose of the war. He then bought a farm in Bay Co.,\\nMich., and occupied it till January, 1881, when he\\nsold and came to Midland City, lived with his son,\\nDr. Burtless, two years, and a few months later he\\nbought 40 acres of land in Midland Township, on\\nwhich he built a residence and where he still lives.\\nHe was first married in Lenawee Co., Mich\\nFeb. 25, 1846,10 Susanna Cairnes, a native of New\\nA", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0198.jp2"}, "199": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0199.jp2"}, "200": {"fulltext": "ill\\nt\\ni", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0200.jp2"}, "201": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^v\\n^l]tlsllllf^\\n-:2#^^^\\n.d^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nYork State. Their children were William E., Hattie\\nand Charlie. Mrs. B. died Dec. 30, 1859, and Mr.\\nB. married Jeannette Cameron Fray, in Sanilac\\nCounty, Aug. 19, 1874. Latona A. and Erie were\\nthe children by this marriage. The latter died when\\nnearly three years old, and the mother in November,\\n1879. Sept. 19, 1SS2, Mr. B. married, for his present\\nwife, Mrs. Sarah A., daughter of John and Wilhel-\\nmina Fleming and widow of David Stephens, who\\ndied Feb. 19, 1879.\\nMr. Burtless, a Republican, has been Highway\\nCommissioner in Bay County, and both himself and\\nwife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\n^~;-4 o s\u00c2\u00abilB) -^^c g -H-\\nohn Haywood, farmer on section 13,\\nHomer Township, was born in St. John s,\\nCan., Oct. 22, 1843, and lived with his\\nparents until 16 years old. During this time\\nthey removed to Prince Edwards Island and\\nlater they went to the State of Maine, where\\nboth parents died, the father in i860 and the mother\\nin 1868.\\nCommencing as a common laborer at tlie age men-\\ntioned, he found employment at ti.nes in the lumber\\nwoods and on the river, and at other times worked at\\nfarming. He was thus engaged, in the State of\\nMaine, until the spring of 1865, when he came to\\nMichigan. Here he worked in the woods and on the\\nriver until 1877, when he settled on 40 acres in\\nHomer Township which he had purchased in 1869.\\nHe has since devoted his time mostly to farming,\\nand has now 25 acres improved, a fair residence and\\n-a good stock and grain barn.\\nJune 29, 1874, at Midland, he was joined in wed-\\nlock with Miss Nettie Fisk, daughter of Mark H.\\nand Mary (Cronnnett) Fisk, natives of Maine, and\\nof Welsh and English descent, respectively. Mrs.\\nFisk now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Haywood.\\nShe is a lineal descendant of Oliver Cromwell, some\\none of her ancestors having changed the name to\\nCrommett. Mr. Fisk died in the Pine Tree State\\nJune 18, 1858. Mrs. Haywood was born May 14,\\n1854, in Levant, Penobscot Co., Me.. Losing her\\nfather wlien four years old, she was under her\\nmother s care until 20 years old. At that age she\\ncame to this State and county, where she was shortly\\nafter married.\\nThe family includes two children Ernest G.,\\nborn Feb. 5, 1874, and Herbert A., Feb. 11, 1882.\\nMr. H. has held the offices of Drain Commissioner\\nand Constable, and is in political opinion a Repub-\\nlican.\\n-vSs-\\nilliam O- Burtless, M. D., medical prac-\\ntitioner at Midland, was born near the\\n(~s city of Jackson, Mich. His parents,\\nIre*^ James B. and Susan (Carnes) Burtless, set-\\ntled soon after their marriage in Seneca\\nCounty, N. Y., where they were members of the\\nagricultural class of society. They came to Michi-\\ngan about the year 1845, and in 1847 returned to\\nSeneca County, where they resided three years, re-\\nturning at the end of that time to Michigan. They\\nsettled near Coldwater and maintained their resi-\\ndence there a number of years. The mother died\\nabout the year 1856. The father is still living, and\\nresides in Midland Township, this county.\\nDr. Burtless attained to man s estate in Branch\\nCounty, and passed the years of his early youth ob-\\ntaining his elementary education and alternately as-\\nsisting on the farm of his father. He became inter-\\nested in the progress and issues of the Civil War,\\nand at last decided in risking the fate of the soldier.\\nHe enlisted Jan. 10, 1864, in Co. M, nth Mich.\\nCav., under Capt. Frisby. The regiment was as-\\nsigned to the Western Army, and was in active ser-\\nvice, chiefly among the guerrillas of North and South\\nCarolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vir-\\nginia. Dr. Burtless was wounded in a skirmish in\\nKentucky, April 12, 1864, and during the attack on\\nSaltville, W. Va., he received a minie-ball wound\\nin his left foot, and soon afterward the leg was shat-\\ntered by a bursting shell. He was taken prisoner\\nand placed in a rebel hospital, located opposite the\\nnotorious Libby Prison at Richmond. He was in\\nvigorous health at the time and weighed 168 pounds.\\nAfter being wounded he lay three days on the field,\\nwithout food or drink, and suffered the loss of a large\\namount of blood. His privations after he was cap-\\ntured were after the pattern that have stamped the\\nSouthern character of that period with an ineffaceable\\nstigma, and which he was only enabled to withstand\\nIjy his splendid powers of physical endurance. He\\nK^\\ns\\n9\\nV/\\n0)\\n^^^fL p^^;!] j]^ ntji^-a^.\\n-^4^^j(@y^i", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0201.jp2"}, "202": {"fulltext": "K C^v ^Mm]\\\\^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nI\\n(b\\n(0\\n(c^\\nwas paroled at the end of three weeks and weighed\\n93 pounds. Three months before his discharge from\\nthe service of the United Stales, he rejoined his regi-\\nment and served during the remainder of his period\\nof enHstnient in the capacity of Corporal.\\nOn being mustered out, he came to Tecumseh,\\nLenawee Co., Mich., and became a stiident in the\\nunion school at that place. He completed a course\\nof study, a ter which he passed a year in the Baptist\\nCollege at Kalamazoo. In the fall of 187 i, he ma-\\ntriculated in the Literary Department of the Uni-\\nversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He withdrew\\nfrom the University at the end of his Sophomore\\nyear, in the spring of 1873. Soon after, he embarked\\nin a mercantile enterprise at Auburn, Bay County,\\na;ssociated with L-a Swart. The relation terminated\\nat the end of two years. While attending school at\\nTecumseh, he gave some attention to the study of\\nmedicine, and in the fall of 1876 he entered the\\nMedical Department of the University, where he was\\ngraduated in the spring of 1878, in medicine and\\nsurgery. In July of the same year, he initiated his\\npractice at Midland, where he has since continued its\\nprosecution and leads his profession. His business\\nin the department of surgery is especially extensive,\\nand includes a wide-spread territory. He belongs to\\nthe State Medical Society, also the American Medi-\\ncal Association.\\nDr. Burtless owns a fine residence and grounds in\\nMidland, several building lots variously situated in\\nthe village, and 155 acres of farming land adjoining\\nthe corporation. He holds a third interest in 2,000\\nacres of timber lands in Larkin Township, and has\\nthe same claim in 130 acres of land located adjoin-\\ning his farm, before named. He is also a member\\nof the Star Flouring Company at Midland.\\nDr. Burtless was married in 1874, at Tecumseh,\\nMich., to Sarah, daughter of Dr. J. S. and Sarah\\nHainilton. She died in Jajiuary, 1875, leaving a\\nson Earl who died when 1 1 months old. Dr.\\nBurtless was a second time married, June 22, 1877,\\nto Emma C. Blodget, daughter of Charles S. and\\nLaura P. Blodget. The only child of this marriage\\nHattie died at the age of 1 1 months.\\nCharles S. Blodget was born in Vermont, Jan. 3,\\n18 1 8, and was the son of harles and Content\\n(Waite) Blodget. A few years after his birth his\\nparents removed to Brownhelm, Lorain Co., Ohio,\\nwhere they passed their remaining years. In 1864\\nthey celebrated their golden wedding. The father\\ndied at the age of 93 years. The mother died in\\n1877, at 90 years of age.\\nMr. Blodget received a careful elementary educa-\\ntion at the district schools and afterward at Oberlin,\\nOhio. He was married in 7840, to Laura P. Graves,\\na lady of rare personal and mental traits. Slie was\\nborn July 31, 1824, in Camden, Ohio. The husband\\nwas employed in the lake service during a few sea-\\nsons, where he bought a saw-mill and farm at Brown-\\nhelm. The mill was burned and replaced by another,\\nwhich was also burned, and the proprietor in 1852\\nsold his agricultural interests and removed to Mich-\\nigan, settling in Midland Township on a tract of un-\\nimproved land, where he once more began his con-\\ntest with the world. He entered vigorously into the\\nwork of wresting success through persistent effort\\nfrom the wilderness of woods, and he prosecuted the\\nbusiness of lumbering in connection with that of agri-\\nculture. He was a man of earnest Christian char-\\nacter, and exerted his influence as such in every\\npossible avenue.\\nThe population of Midland Township was chiefly\\ncomposed of unlettered people, whom circumstances\\ncompelled to exert every faculty to the acquisition of\\na livelihood, and to whom the Sabbath brought only\\nrespite from arduous toil and was spent in such re-\\ncreation as the place afforded, consisting mainly of\\nhunting and fishing. Through the eftbrts of Mr.\\nBlodget, ably seconded by his wife and the few Chris-\\ntian people in the vicinity, a Sunday-school was in-\\nstituted and the services of a minister secured. His\\nhouse was the center of hospitable entertainment and\\nthe headquarters of chance travelers, clergymen and\\nIndian missionaries. He was keenly alive to the\\nportentous issues of the times in which he lived.\\nPatriotic and loyal, as he was, to the dignity and\\nclaims of the standard of the United States, the in-\\nsolent attack upon the Federal authority at Fort\\nSumter aroused in him all the indignation of one\\nwhose dearest and best is ruthlessly assaulted, and\\nhe was deterred from joining the defenders of the\\nUnion only by the feeble health of his wife. But, as\\nevents progressed and the reverses of 1862 involved\\nthe hopes of the North in seeming ruin, he responded\\nto the appeals of the Executive for aid and succor in\\nthe most trying hour of the nation s peril. He be-\\n1\\nN\\n^@tf5\u00c2\u00ae-\\nJ^\\nA :^il a IIti;\\n^51", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0202.jp2"}, "203": {"fulltext": "ip\\n4-IIDSPIl-$V\\nrrr\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n207\\nT\\n4\\ne\\ncame a soldier Oct. 17, 1862, enlisting in Co. H,\\n27th Mich. Vol. Inf., under Capt. Bingham. He\\nwent to the field as a Sergeant and was in active ser-\\nvice nearly two years. In March, 1864, he was\\nseized with camp diarrhea, resulting from the fatigue\\nand exposure of a forced march of several days con-\\ntinuance. He was placed in an ambulance prepara-\\ntory to removal to the hospital at Knoxville, Tenn.,\\nbecoming unconscious during the transfer. He re-\\nmained insensible and died a few hours later. His\\ndemise occurred March 12, 1864.\\nHis widow was left with seven young children,\\nall daughters except the youngest. She was in frail\\nhealth, but rallied to the double responsibilities\\nthrown upon her by the death of her husband. She\\ndevoted herself to the education and rearing of her\\nchildren, assuming control of the property and so\\nmanaging her resources as to secure the object of her\\nefforts. She died March 8, 1873, of consumption\\nfrom which she suffered three years. She was warmly\\nregarded beyond the limits of her own family, having\\nproved invaluable among the friends and neighbors\\nof her sphere, who found in her a sympathetic friend\\nand assistant in tlie emergencies of life.\\nThe portrait of Dr. Burtless appears on another\\npage. It is presented with peculiar satisfaction, as\\nthat of an able practitioner, a conscientious man, and\\none who is ever sensible of the claims of his genera-\\ntion.\\nlanson Marey, farmer, section 35, Inger-\\naj^ aTX-^ soil Township, is a son of Stephen and\\n5^1^ Achsy (Howe) Marcy, natives of Vermont, and\\njk^ was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., Oct. 16, 1807.\\nj Coming to this State, he first lived several\\nyears in Lapeer County, and in March, 1856, he\\ncame to Midland County and purchased 80 acres of\\nsection 25, Ingersoll Township, where he settled and\\nlived till the fall of i8S3,when he sold this farm and\\nbought a house and small tract of land on section\\n35, his present residence.\\nHe was first married in Cattaraugus Co., N. Y., to\\nMary Bowen, a native of New York, and they had\\nsix children, viz.: Almira, Charles F., Harriet H.,\\nWilliam H., Martha A. and Susan D. Almira and\\nMartha are deceased, and their mother died Ti ie 21,\\n1S5T. Mr. M. was again married Sept. 2, 1853, in\\nOakland Co., Mich., to Mary A., daughter of William\\nand Phebe (Herrimon) Upton, natives of the State\\nof New York, and of the eight children by this mar-\\nriage four survive, viz.: Achsy O., Polly R., Seth N.\\nand Orrin J. The deceased were Phebe, Tillie A.,\\nLydia J. and Ira E.\\nMr. and Mrs. Marcy belong to the Wesleyan\\nMethodist Church. In regard to national ejuestions\\nMr. M. votes with the Republican party.\\nj::^\\nM^m\\n[Ivin Marsh, farmer, section i, Edenville\\nC Township, was born Oct. 13, 1823, in Mc-\\nLean village, Tompkins Co., N. Y., and is\\nV?jlja^ the son of Joseph and Mary (Bailey) Marsh,\\n1^ both of whom were natives of Vermont. The\\nmother was of genuine Yankee extraction, and\\nis deceased. The father was born Dec. 29, 1795,\\nand died at the home of his son Aug. 22, 1865.\\nMr. Marsh was the third son of four children born\\nto his parents, and when he was seven years old, ac-\\ncompanied them in their removal to Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y. The township was named New Hudson and\\nthe immediate vicinity was known as the Marsh set-\\ntlement. He was reared to the profession of a farmer\\nand remained on his father s farm until he attained\\nhis majority. In company with his father and two\\nbrothers, he owned an equal share in 200 acres of\\nland and a saw-mill, and in 1S53 he came to Mich-\\nigan to prospect for a location. He returned and\\nsold his claim, and in October, 1854, settled in Sagi-\\nnaw County. He understood the trade of a builder,\\nand he was occupied in the pursuit of that business\\nseveral years. In 1857 he removed to Saginaw City\\nand two years later, in the fall of 1859, he settled in\\nMidland County. Motile residing at Saginaw he\\nbought 160 acres of land in Hope Township, which\\nhe exchanged for the farm on which he is at present\\nestablished, which includes 160 acres. It comprised\\n30 acres of cleared land, and was supplied with a\\nlog house and a log barn. He now owns 120 acres\\nof his original purchase, having sold 40 acres. Eighty\\nacres ot the homestead are under creditable and\\nvaluable improvements. Mr. Marsh is a Republican\\nin political faith, and has been Supervisor of his\\ntownship two terms. Mr. Marsh built, in the autumn\\ngllll V=*\\n^5", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0203.jp2"}, "204": {"fulltext": "rrv4i(lD^:iiIlri v-e\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^SjS5\\ni\u00c2\u00ae\\n^m^\\nof 1855, the first frame structure, at Midland City,\\nfor John Larkin. He is quite a successful Nimrod,\\nhaving killed up to date 142 bears, 200 wolves, and\\nfrom 1,200 to 1,500 deer. For some years he made\\nquite a handsome income by working at his trade in\\nthe summers, and trapping in the woods winters.\\nHe was married at Rushford, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1846,\\nto Laura Ann Holmes, who was born March 17,\\n1826, in Onondaga Co., N. Y. Her father, Jeremiah\\nHolmes, was born July 7, 1800, in Herkimer Co., N.\\nY., and died Oct. 19, i85S. He was of English\\norigin. The mother, Laura (Smith) Holmes, is a\\nnative of Massachusetts, of English descent, and is\\nliving with William Magee. Emily Adelaide, the\\neldest of two children of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh, was\\nborn in New Hudson, Allegany Co., N. Y., Sept. 30,\\n1847, and became the wife of Gilbert B. Goff, of\\nEdenville Township, April 10, 1866. John Owen\\nMarsh was born July 10, 1853, in New Hudson. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Marsh are members of the Church of\\nSeventh-Day Adventists.\\nI illiam A. Greenleaf, farmer, section 33,\\nMidland Township, is a son of Thomas\\nand Mary (Young) Greenleaf, natives of\\nMaine. He was born in Mercer, that State,\\nJune 9, 1835, attended school until iS years\\nof age, and then learned the trade of carriage-\\nmaking. He then worked at his trade five years in\\nSouth Carolina. Returning to his native State, he en-\\nlisted, April 18, i86i,in the Sixth Maine Volunteers,\\nand served until the close of the war. During the\\nfirst three years of his service he was in 23 general\\nengagements.\\nAfter the war he returned to Maine, and two\\nmonths afterward he came to Michigan. The first\\nwinter he worked in the woods, and in May, 1866,\\nhe came to Midland City, where he was employed\\ntwo summers in carpentry, but continued in the lum-\\n(9^ ber woods during the intervening winters. About\\n186S he purchased 80 acres of land where he now\\nresides; but from 1870 to r88i he lived in Midland\\nCity, continuing at carpentry and lumbering, accord-\\ning to the season, as above mentioned. He now has\\n25 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. G. was married in Oakland Co., Mich., in\\nSeptember, 1866, to Mrs. Julia, daughter of Lambson\\nand Roxy Livermore and widow of Amos Witter,\\nwho died in the army. She had by her first marriage\\none child, Alice by name, and by her present mar-\\nriage one child, Ro.xy M., born Aug. 21, 1868.\\nIn general politics, Mr. Greenleaf votes with the\\nRepublicans.\\ni\\n0S\u00c2\u00ab5\u00c2\u00ab;\u00c2\u00abt#\u00c2\u00ab \u00c2\u00bb-lf^\\nilliam McKay, farmer, section 32, Mid-\\nland Township, is a son of James and\\nJ^^f^O Jessie (Mcllrath) McKay, natives of Scot-\\n4?^ land, who. shortly after their marriage, emi-\\n|Y grated to New York city. Here, Mr. James\\nMcKay engaged in mercantile pursuits for a\\nwhile, then in Paris, Ont., for three years then sold\\nout and established himself in agricultural pursuits\\nfor five years next he exchanged his property for a\\ndistillery, which he ran for ten years, and finally pur-\\nchased the farm where he now resides. His wife\\ndied in 1853. They were the parents of seven chil-\\ndren, of whom the subject of this sketch was the\\nsecond.\\nThe latter was born on Scotia s Isle, Feb. 15,\\n1840, and was therefore but an infant when his par-\\nents emigrated with him to this country. When r6\\nyears of age he started out in the world for himself,\\nin the pursuit of agriculture. In September, 1859,\\nhe returned to Scotland and remained until May,\\n1861. He received his education mostly in the\\ncommon schools of Ontario, and he also attended\\nthe academy at Dumfries, Scotland, near the home\\nof the poet Burns. He returned to Canada in 186 r,\\nand for two years was engaged in the live-stock\\nbusiness. He had previously purchased a farm in\\nNorfolk Co., Ont., on which he settled at this time,\\nand remained there till he came to Midland County,\\nin June, 1865. On his arrival here he purchased 40\\nacres of unimproved land, to which he has since\\nadded ten acres, and he now has the entire place\\nunder fine cultivation.\\nMr. McKay was married in Midland City, May\\n25, 1867, to Julia, daughter of Joseph and Abigail\\n(Taylor) Smith, who were natives of New York. She\\nalso was born in that State, in Onondaga County,\\nOct. 5, 1839. James D., born May 25, 1871, is the\\nonly child born to Mr. and Mrs. McKay.\\nV\\nV", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0204.jp2"}, "205": {"fulltext": ")^T#*\\nrzi^P^sr ^=r7^ :UU^PU v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch has held\\nthe offices of Higliway Commissioner, Justice of the\\nPeace and School Director, in his political sentiments\\nis a National, and, with his wife, is in sympathy with\\nthe doctrines of the Presbyterian Church.\\ncries Kelly, farmer, section 26, Homer\\nTownship, was born in this township\\nOct. 24, i860, and is the son of William\\nand Elizabeth (Barton) Kelly. His parents\\nare residents of the village of Midland.\\nThe leading event of the life of Mr. Kelly\\nthus fa.r was his marriage to Mary McDermott.\\nShe was born in Homer Township, March 12, 1865,\\nand is the daughter of Clement and Ellen (O Con-\\nnell) McDermott. Her parents were natives of New\\nYork, of Irish descent. Laroy is the only child yet\\nborn to Mr. and Mrs. Kelly. They reside on the\\nfamily homestead, and Mr. Kelly owns 80 acres on\\nsection 30, of this township, 30 acres of which are\\nunder the plow.\\nx*\u00c2\u00a3ai2\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00a9iC-^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 l\u00c2\u00a7|^^^ ^^i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^^msrm^\\nri^CS:^\\nilliam Simmons, farmer, section 28, Mid-\\nland Township, is a son of Nicholas and\\nSabine Simmons, who were natives of\\nGermany and emigrants to America in the\\nsummer of 1847, settling in St. Clair Co.^\\nMich. Mother died in Port Huron.\\nWilliam was born in Germany, Aug. lo, 1839, and\\nwas eight years old when he came with his parents\\nto this countr) attended school two years in his\\nnative land, and several terms in Midland. At the\\nage of 13 he left home, and three months afterward\\nwas apprenticed for three years to learn the black-\\nsmith s trade, which he followed until rS6i, when he\\nenlisted in the Fifth Mich. Cav. and served three\\nyears. He was the first to enlist from Midland\\nTownship. At the battle of Gettysburg he was\\ntaken prisoner and conveyed to Belle Island four\\nmonths afterward he was paroled. Excepting his\\ntime in the army he has resided in this county since\\n1858.\\nIn i860 he bought 38 acres of land in Midland\\nTownship, to which he has since added 80 acres,\\nand he has almost 70 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Simmons was married in Midland City, May\\nr, 1865, to Phebe E., daughter of Jeremiah and\\nLaura E. (Smith) Holmes, and widow of M. E.\\nGoodrich, who died Dec. 20, i860. Mrs. S. was\\nborn in Allegany Co., N. Y., July 11, 1840. By her\\nfirst marriage there was one child, which died in in-\\nfancy. By her second there have been three chil-\\ndren, viz Avis V., William R. and Ernest H. the\\nlast of whom died when eight years old.\\nMr. S. has been Township Treasurer one year.\\nHighway Commissioner three years (re-elected in\\n18S4), and has held the various school offices. In\\npolitical matters he votes with the Republican party.\\nMrs. Simmons is a Seventh-Day Adventist.\\nR C J;-. ,avid Berthune, farmer, section n, Geneva\\nC^\\\\{[}/rf\\niP..^J Township, was born in the Province of\\nQuebec, Can., May g, 1847. He is a son\\nof Louis and Shia (Be Dor) Berthune. His\\nfather was a native of Canada, of French\\nS descent, and was born in 1815. He owned\\na small farm (33 acres) in the Dominion, and fol-\\nlowed farming and buying and selling stock for a\\nlivelihood, and died in September, 1857. The mother\\nof David was a native of Canada, of English and\\nFrench descent, born in 1826 and died in the Do-\\nminion in January, 1876.\\nDavid left home when 12 years of age and worked\\nin the lumber woods winters, and on the rivers sum-\\nmers, running logs, until 187 I. In the summer of\\nthat year he came to Saginaw, this State. He\\nengaged as employe to a Mr. Peter McCarthy, and\\nworked in the woods in that gentleman s interest\\nuntil he came to this county.\\nJune 23, 18S0, he purchased his present farm on\\nsection 9, Geneva Township, and moved on it in\\nMarch, 1882.\\nMarch 12, 1873, Mr. Berthune was united in mar-\\nriage to Miss Salina, daughter of Louis and Mercy\\n(Brandow) Bresan. Her mother died in the summer\\nof 1 88 1, in Mecosta County, this State, and her\\nfather still resides in that county. -She was born\\nJan. 6, 1850, and departed this life Feb. 11, 1858,\\nleaving to the care of her husband two children.\\nr\\n.1\\n-\u00c2\u00a9TK^iingntif^^^^\\n-est", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0205.jp2"}, "206": {"fulltext": "!2?Ti,J?^C\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nI\\nt\\nt\\nnamely. Louis Edward, bom Feb. 15, 1874; and\\nMercy, born Feb. i, 1S7S, died April 6, 1S7S. One\\nchild preceded the mother to the better land, namely,\\nSophia, bom Jan. 8, 1S76, and died Oct. 13. TS77.\\nMarch 26, 1SS2, he was again married, to Miss\\nJennie M., daughter of Hiram and Maria Bartlett.\\nHer father was a native of Maine, of English\\ndescent, followed the occupation of lumberman, was\\nbora March 16, 1829, and died March 6, 1S82. Her\\nmother is of English and Irish descent, and is living\\nwith her son in Buttonville. Mrs. Berthune was\\nborn Aug 28, i860. She is the mother to Mr. B. of\\none child, David Edwin, bom June 2, 18S3.\\nPolitically, Mr. Berthune is a believer in the doc-\\ntrines of the Republican party. He is a quiet, un-\\nostentatious farmer and a respected and esteemed\\ncitizen of his township.\\ni eter Skym, farmer, section 2,2,, Homer\\nTownship, was born June 27, 1836, in\\nAlbany, N. V. His parents, John and\\nS Susan (Thoroughgood) Skym, were natives of\\nLondon, Eng., and of mixed Welsh and Eng-\\nlish extraction. The father was employed as an as-\\nsistant in a silk factor)- in London, and emigrated to\\nAmerica some years ago. He settled with his\\nfamily in r84o in Ashtabula O)., Ohio, where he fol-\\nlowed farming until his death, which occurred\\nJan. 4, 187S. The mother died Nov. 3, 1S74, in the\\nsame countj\\\\\\nMr. Skym was a small child when his parents\\nsettled in Ohio, and he remained under the direction\\nof his father until he was 22 years old, when he\\nengaged as a farm assistant in the ^-icinity where he\\nhad grown to manhood. He was married Feb. 23,\\n1S65, to Celia Miller. She was bom in Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio. Oct. 30, 1S39, and is the daughter of Jus-\\ntus and Laura (Holbrooks) Miller. Her parents were\\nbora in Ohio, and her father died there about the\\nyear 1S70. Her mother is yet living in the Buckeye\\nState, and is aged 78 years. Frank E., Stella E.,\\nClinton J. and Arthur are the names of the children\\nbom to Mr. and Mrs. Skym. The latter is deceased.\\nAfter their mani.ige they remained in Ashtabula\\nCount) until the fall of 1879 and were engaged in\\nfarming. In the year named they removed to the\\ncount)- and township in which they ha%-e since re-\\nsided. Mr Skym bought 80 acres in a wholly un-\\nimproved condition, which he has cleared and greatly\\nincreased in value. He is a Republican in his politi-\\ncal views.\\nX^\\n1\\n%^%j^^^^^t^\u00c2\u00ab-ii-i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ajnthony Dagle, farmer, section 10, Midland\\nJ^S^^ Township, is a son of .\\\\nthony Dagle, a\\nnative of Lower Canada, who died in Detroit,\\nft\\n-.i^ Mich., about 1856. Of the mother of the\\ni subject of this sketch very little is known, as\\nshe died when he was a child.\\nAnthony. Jr., was born in Lower Canada, July 4,\\n1S36, and spent the first 12 years of his life in the\\nDominion. He then came to Detroit, Mich., and six\\nyears later to East Saginaw, where for five years he\\nwas employed ;is engineer on the river, for John Lar-\\nkin. He first came to Midland County- in the fall\\nof 1859, since which date he has most of the time\\nresided here. In 1S6S he purchased 40 acres of land\\nin Midland Township, where he now lives. Since\\nthen he has added 20 acres to his original purchase,\\nand of the total he now has 30 acres in good culti-\\nvation. For nearly 20 years his residence was in the\\nvillage of Midland, and at one rime he owned valua-\\nble land within the village limits. He has also been\\nemployed in a saw-mill for many years.\\nMr. Dagle was married in Midland, Dec 25, 1S5S,\\nto Esther, daughter of Thomas and Jane McCartney,\\nwho was bom in Canada Oct. 12, 1838. She is a\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church. The children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. D. have been, Olivia L^ Orville\\n(who died when iS months old) and Omiille.\\nIn general politics, Mr. Dagle is in sympathy with\\nthe Republican party.\\nalph Dunton, Postmaster and merchant at\\nEdenviile. and farmer on section 2, Eden-\\nville Township, was bom in Onondaga Co.,\\nX. v., Oct. 9, 1S30. He is the son of Ruel\\nK. and Phebe M. 0^ eeks) Dunton. The\\nmother died in St. Clair Co. Mich. The\\nfather is an inmate of the home of his son.\\nMr. Dunton remained under his parental guidance\\nA\\nr\\nm\\nVl)\u00c2\u00ab^^-\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^y=^ ^^-D!i: ^ODv\\n-t^^fiy-^\\n^1", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0206.jp2"}, "207": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^y^rr\\nIV-\\nMIDLAND\\nW^\\nCOUNTY.\\n..i^\\n^1^^?\\nV\\ni\\nuntil the age of f 7 years, devoting his time to the\\nassistance of his father in his farm labors. After\\nthat period he engaged as a laborer on farms during\\nthe agricultural seasons, and spent the winters in\\nthe lumber woods. He operated thus about ten\\nyears. He made several trips to Midland County,\\nand in January, 1S65, he came here to make a per-\\nmanent location. He managed a saloon during the\\nfirst year thereafter and then bought 1 14 acres of\\nwholly unimproved land, on which he went vigor-\\nously to work. Two years later he bought out the\\nmercantile interests of his father-in-law, and since\\nthat time has combined the two callings. He has\\nconducted the postoffice at Edenville for 13 years.\\nMr. Dunton has persistently declined public ofl ce.\\nHe is a Republican in political faith.\\nHe was married Dec. 24, 1868, to Alice, daughter\\nof Henrj- and Esther (Bowman) Church. She was\\nborn Dec. i, TS4S. Maud M., born Nov. 23, 1S69,\\nand Edith, bom June S, 1S77, are the only children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. D.\\n^ylvester B. Halbert. farmer, section 22,\\nMidland Township, is a son of Seth and\\nSally (.\\\\lden, descendant of a Mayflower\\nPilgrim) Halbert. The former was a native of\\nMassachusetts and was of Irish descent.\\nThey settled in Cortland Co., N. Y., where\\nthey lived until their death. She died in June, 1S28,\\nand he in September, 1882.\\nThe subject of this sketch was bom in Cortland\\n-Co., N. Y., April 22, 1828. When nearly 18 years\\nof age he went to Rochester, that State, and worked\\nby the month there and at other places, mostly at\\nfarming, for about five years. For a while he was\\nengaged in boating wood to Rochester. Returning\\nto Cortland County, he purchased a farm, which he\\nmanaged about two years, when, in 1850, he was\\nrobbed by an iron-clad mortgage. He then spent a\\nyear in this count)-, engaged in lumbering in the\\nwinter. In the spring, in company with John Lar-\\nkin and Elihu G. Battles, he commenced farming,\\nand clearing 50 acres, which they took up in part-\\nnership, Mr. Larkin securing the tax title. After-\\nward Mr. Battles bought the original tide.\\nHe taught school several months, and in Decem-\\n^t^m\\nber, r856, he moved his family from New York to\\ntheir new home in what was then a wild forest, in\\nthis county. He first rented a farm for about two\\nyears, and then bought a brick-yard in Midland,\\nwhere he followed brick-making for 16 years. Mean-\\nwhile he bought 40 acres on section 22, where, after\\nquitting the former business, he has since followed\\nfarming. By subsequent purchase he has added to\\nhis landed estate, so that at present he owns an ag-\\ngregate of 123 acres, about 40 of which is in good\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Halbert has spent three years of his life in\\nthe army, enlisting Aug. 2S, 1S61, in the Second\\nMich. Cav. Most of the time he was militar)- store-\\nkeeper at Detroit, Mich.; about six months he was in\\nTennessee, or. detached ser\\\\nce. He was discharged\\nSept. 25, 1864, at Louisville, Ky., and returned to\\nMidland, where he has since lived. Politically, he\\nis a National and an anti-monopolist.\\nHe was married in Cortland Co., N. Y., July 4,\\n1854, to Lydia, daughter of Abel and Emeline\\n(Chaniplain) Sanders, who were natives of Vermont\\nand Rhode Island. Mrs. H. was bom in Chenango\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 27, r834. Mr. and Mrs*. H. are the\\nparents of five children, viz.: Adelaide D., Edward,\\nWillie, Seth and Duane B. Edward, WiUie and\\nSeth are deceased.\\names Major, farmer, section 35, Midland\\nTownship, is a son of Timothy and Esther\\n(Bennett) Major, who were natives of Bris-\\ntol, England. In their family were seven\\njC children Eliza, James, John, Charles, George,\\nEmma and Matilda.\\nThe eldest son, the subject of this biographical\\nsketch, was bom in Bristol, June 18, 1828. At the\\nearly age of 10I3 years he was bound out for five\\nyears to a ship owner, who was a resident of the\\nisland of Jersey.\\nYoung James served his time, and received his\\nlicense to command a sailing vessel. He then went\\non a trip to the East Indies as a common sailor, and\\nmade various voyages, until he was 19 years old,\\nwhen he took command of a Dublin brig to Ham-\\nburg, Germany, thence to the White Sea, and re-\\nturned to Dublin. This trip required si.x months of\\ntime. Then, in 1847, he sailed under the United\\nI\\n3\\na\\nr\\nM^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0207.jp2"}, "208": {"fulltext": ".-N\\nT\\n[iD\u00c2\u00a7ii(i;\\n[(^vm\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nStates flag and came to America. He was on the\\nsea for ii years, on the lakes three years. In Octo-\\nber, 1851, he came to Midland County and bought\\n54 acres of land, in Midland Township, where he\\nhas since resided. He has since added 40 acres, in\\nIngersoU Township, to his original purchase, and has\\nnow about 65 acres in cultivation.\\nMr. Major has been honored with the offices of\\nTownship Treasurer one year, Township Clerk one\\nyear, Justice of the Peace four terms (still holding\\nthis office), and School Director 23 years. He votes\\nthe Republican ticket.\\nMr. Major was married in Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 12,\\n1850, to Martha, daughter of William and Kittie\\n(Beatty) Glass, natives of Ireland and of English\\nand Scotch ancestry, who settled in Londonderry,\\nIreland, where she died in 1845 he afterward came\\nto America, and died in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1852.\\nMrs. Major was born in Londonderry, Dec. 12, 1833,\\nand the record of the children in Mr. and Mrs. M. s\\nfamily is as follows: Ada A., born July 29, 185 1;\\nWilliam G., Oct. 8, 1853; Ehza J., Feb. 20, 1856;\\nJames E., Sept. 21, 1863 Bently A., .\\\\pril 18, 1870;\\nand Kittie March 10, 1873.\\nMrs. Major is a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church.\\nIbert M. Button, farmer on section 12,\\nGeneva Township, was born in Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1853. He is a son of\\nWm. R. and Sarah Jane (Harris) Button, the\\nformer a native of Ithaca, Tompkins Co., N.\\nY., and the latter of Ohio. His father left\\nTompkins County in 1840 and went to Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio. He was a ship-builder and carpenter by\\ntrade, and spent 25 years of his life on the bosom\\nof the deep, being engaged 1 2 years of that time as\\nmaster of a vessel. He also had five brothers who\\nfollowed the same vocation. He cleared a small\\nfarm (40 acres) in Ashtabula County, then sold it\\nand purchased another some six miles distant from\\nthe first. On this latter farm his family lived and he\\nfollowed his vocation on the waters summers and re-\\nmained at home winters. In 1869 he came with his\\nfamily to this State and county. At that time there\\nwas but little improvement here. The railroad\\nthrough Geneva Township was being graded and\\ntied, but was not finished until the June following.\\nHaving faith in the future development of the county,\\nhe, in company with four others, purchased all of\\nsection 12, Geneva Township, except 120 acres.\\nAlbert M. Button, the subject of our biographical\\nnotice, remained on the parental homestead, with the\\nexception of four years, until he attained his\\nmajority. portion of the four years he was\\nengaged in railroading, and one summer of the time\\nsailed on the brig E. N. Peck. During his latter\\nservice, while on the brig, he was taken sick with\\ntyphoid fever and went home to recuperate. On\\narriving at the age of majority his father gave him a\\nsaw-mill. The mill was given on condition that the\\nson would give up railroading and accepted on that\\ncondition. He ran the mill for some time, when it\\nwas burned, and in about 60 days his father had an-\\nother built and running, near the depot. It was a\\nplaning, shingle, lath and circular saw-mill. He ran\\nthis mill for his father with signal success for three\\nor four years, and then ran a mill on Harrison\\nBranch, called the Button Mill, and belonging to\\nhis father, for two years. At the expiration of the\\nlatter date he brought the machinery from the latter\\nnamed mill to Buttonville and started an upright\\nsaw-mill. He ran this for five months and then\\nmoved it three miles below, where he again ran it\\nfor about three months, and then sold it, reserving\\nthe power. He then engaged for about ten\\nmonths in railroading for the Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailroad Company, when he returned home and\\npurchased a circular saw-mill and again engaged at\\nhis former occupation, which, together with that of\\nmaking shingles, he has continuously followed to the\\npresent time. May 28, 1884, his mill was burned,\\nand at this writing he is re-building.\\nMr. Button was united in marriage Aug. 5, 1875,\\nto Miss Mary, daughter of James and Mary (Welsh)\\nMartin. Her father was of Irish descent, a native\\nof the Empire State, and died in Canada when the\\ndaughter was only eight months old. The mother\\nwas born in Canada, and is of Irish descent. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Button have two children, namely, Minnie\\nRose, born March 25, 1877, and Willie Burt, born\\nSept. 20, 1878, both in Buttonville.\\nMr. Button has a farm of 80 acres, on 30 acres ot\\nwhich he has chopped the trees, and he has cleared\\n15 acres. He has no buildings erected on his land,\\n9\\n-V-\\nP\\n1", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0208.jp2"}, "209": {"fulltext": "X S\\n:a5\\nO\\nmmm\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nbut contemplates the erection of a house and barn\\nthis summer.\\nPolitically, Mr. Button is a believer in and sup-\\nporter of the principles of the Republican party.\\nHe has held the office of School Commissioner, and\\nis an esteemed and respected citizen of his township.\\nReligiously, he is a member of no Ciuirch. Mrs.\\nButton belongs to the Catholic t hurch.\\nohn Currie, farmer on section 31, Mid-\\nland Township, is a son of John and Mary\\n(McDonald) Currie, natives of Scotland;\\nand he also was born in that country, June 15,\\n1847. When two years old he was brought by\\nhis parents to Canada, where they lived till\\nr86o. He then came to this county, which has\\nsince been his home. In 1867 he purchased 80\\nacres of wild land where he now resides, to which he\\nhas added eight acres by purchase. Of the whole,\\n55 acres are under cultivation.\\nApril 23, 1868, in Midland Township, he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Jane, daughter of\\nArchibald and Annie (Nesbitt) Yule. Parents and\\ndaughter were natives of Scotland, where the latter\\nwas born May 20, 1845. Mr. and Mrs. C. have one\\nson, John. They incline to the Presbyterian faith,\\nand Mr. C. is politically independent.\\n-.f \u00c2\u00ab^/\\\\/V;\\nI enjamin Lee, farmer and builder, section\\nL-1^,- 13, Edenville Township, was born March\\n5ft\u00c2\u00bb\\niv{p, His parents were natives of the Emerald\\ncyi^ 16, 1843, in County VVicklow, Ireland.\\n4?\\nIsle, and came to Canada in 1852. They\\nsettled in the county of Victoria, and in the\\ntown of Omemee, an Indian name signifying pigeon.\\nHis father was a miner and was employed on the\\nrailroad.\\nWhen Mr. Lee was 14 years old his mother died,\\nand he was apprenticed for five years by his father\\nto learn the wagon-maker s trade, but the indentures\\nwere broken at the end of the first year by his em-\\nployer s abandoning the business in consequence of\\nfalling heir to a considerable property. Mr. Lee\\nthen turned his attention to farming, to which he\\ndevoted himself one year, after which he went to\\nlearn the trade of builder. He was a natural me-\\nchanic, and soon acquired sufficient technical knowl-\\nedge of the use of tools to operate in his own in-\\nterest, and he has pursued the same vocation to the\\npresent time. He came to Edenville Oct. 17, 187 i,\\nand after working as a builder for a year he bought\\nten acres of unimproved land. He has placed the\\nentire property under cultivation, with good house,\\nbarn, well and orchard. He is a Republican and\\nhas served four years as Justice of the Peace.\\nHe was married Aug. 29, 1867, at Bobcaygeon,\\nCan., to Mary Ann, daughter of John P. and Mary\\nAnn (Reith) Patterson. The mother of Mrs. Lee\\ndied in Ireland at her birth. The father died in\\nHope Township, in 1883. Both parents were natives\\nof County Antrim, Ireland. The children of Mr.\\nand Mrs. Lee are named and were born as follows:\\nEldward, Sept. 6, 1869; John P., June 29, 1873;\\nGeorge D., Jan. 26, 1876; Martha Jane, Aug. 9, 1882.\\nV V\\nE\\nWnk illiam W. Allen, farmer, section 24, Mid-\\niti\\ni\\n1\\nA^i^^^\\nland Township, is a son of Ashab^l and\\n\\\\yv- ya Catherine (Baldridge) Allen, natives of\\nVermont. The latter, after marriage, resided\\nawhile in their native State, then removed\\nto St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., then to Oneida\\nCounty, same State, and finally to Geauga Co., Ohio.\\nHe was a blacksmith, and died at Akron, Ohio.\\nAfter his death, his widow continued for some time\\nto reside in Geauga County, and then removed to\\nEaton, Lorain Co., Ohio, where she died March 20,\\n1862. In their family were three sons and one\\ndaughter, viz.: Matilda S., born May 16, 1831.\\nEthan P., born in 1834, enlisted in Co. G, 12th Ohio\\nCav., and died at Lexington, Ky., in July, 1864;\\nWilliam W., the subject of this sketch, born Feb. 28,\\n1837 and Henry N., Dec. 31, 1839.\\nMr. Allen remained at home, farming and attend-\\ning school, until 18 years of age, and then for six\\nyears he worked by the month at farming, and taught\\nschool during the winter seasons. In 1858 he at-\\ntended school one term at the Hiram Institute, when\\nthe late President Garfield was Principal, and Mr.\\nAllen was in his class, in analysis and mathematics.\\nThe next year he attended the Baldwin University,\\n0)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0209.jp2"}, "210": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a055SiC^?!Sr\\nI\\nf\\n.0\\nJ\\nV\\nat Berea, Ohio, one term, and the following year,\\ni860, he attended one term of the High School at\\nElyria, Ohio.\\nHe was married in 1861, and went to Henry Co.,\\nOhio, and bought a farm, where he lived a year and\\na half. In October, 1S63, he enlisted in the 12th\\nOhio Cav., for the cause of the Union, and served to\\nthe close of tlie great life-and-deaih struggle of this\\nnation. Most of the time he was in Kentucky, in\\nscout and border service. The principal battles in\\nwhich he was engaged were Mount Sterling, Ky.,\\nand Cumberland Gap.\\nAfter the close of his military service he returned\\nto his home in Lorain County. Having disposed of\\nhis farm in Henry County, he bought a farm, which\\nhe carried on 11 years, and then sold and came to\\nBay City, Mich., wliere he remained two years. In\\nFebruary, 1879, he came to Midhmd Connty and\\nsettled on an 80-acre tract of land in Midland Town-\\nship, which he had bought in 1876, and where he has\\nsince resided. He now h?s about 25 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Allen, in religion, is a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church; in politics, of the Republican party;\\nin social affairs, of the G. A. R., Dwight May Post,\\nNo. 69. In August, 1883, he was elected a County\\nExaminer on the School Board has been School\\nModerator two years. School Director, and Road\\nMaster four years. In the spring of r884 he was\\nelected Treasurer of Midland Township.\\nJuly 3, 1861, at Eaton, Lorain Co., Ohio, Mr. Allen\\nmarried Miss Mary, daughter of James and Sarah A.\\n(Fleming) Burns, the latter, natives of Pennsylvania.\\nMr. B. died in Pittsburg, Pa., in September, 1844,\\nand Mrs. B. came to this county in 1880, and is now\\ntlie wife of James B. Burtless, residing in Midland\\nTownship. Mrs. Allen was born in Pittsburg, Pa.,\\nJan. 23, 1845, is a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and is the mother of three children,\\nnamely. Bert E., Charles H. and Mabel M.\\nill J. Shepherd, farmer, section 2, Edenville\\n^^^a|j Township, was born Nov. 11, 1844, in the\\ntown of Scruple, Oswego Co., N. Y. He is the\\nson of Peter D. and Laura (Hoffcaling) Shep-\\nherd. His parents were natives of New York,\\nand descended from Holland Dutch ancestry.\\nHis mother resides in Tobacco Township, Gladwin\\nCo., Mich. In 1857 they emigrated to Wayne Co.,\\nMich., where they settled on a farm and resided five\\nyears. The father died and the family removed to\\nEast Saginaw, where they remained five years.\\nMr. Shepherd came to Midland County several\\ntimes previous to his final settlement, which he made\\nabout the year 1868. He engaged in the liquor busi-\\nness at Edenville, in which he was occupied about\\nfour years. He went thence to Clare, where he re-\\nmained nearly one year. He bought the farm where\\nhe now resides in 1873.\\nHe was married July 20, 1872, to Eleanor R.,\\ndaughter of William and Adelia Idella (Belote)\\nMitchell. Her parents live in Vernon Township,\\nIsabella County, and are members of the farming\\ncommunity. They are natives of New York, and the\\nfather is of Irish parentage. The mother is of un-\\nmixed Yankee descent. The children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Shepherd were born in the following order:\\nCarrie Agnes, Oct. 4, 1873; Laura Adelia, Dec. i,\\n1875; William Case, Aug. 18, 1877; Edna May,\\nMarch 23, 1879; George Presley, April 3, 1883. Mr.\\nShepherd is a Democrat in political faith.\\ngiskJK\\nI^V\u00c2\u00ae^(^#-\\nj^S|i ylvester Leonard, farmer, section 9, Mid-\\n^^P~ land Township, is a son of Robert and\\nSusan Leonard, natives of the Empire\\nState. He was born in Tioga Co., N. Y., April\\n22, 1827, in which State he remained, engaged\\nn farming and lumbering, until about 1864;\\nthen was in Lapeer County, this State, about two\\nyears, managing a farm of his own; then sold, and\\nbought a farm in Saginaw County, where he lived\\nuntil the fall of 1870; then, for six years, he followed\\nteaming at Midland City, during which period he\\nbought his present place, of 40 acres, and since about\\n1876 this has been his residence. Thirty acres are\\nimproved.\\nMr. Leonard was first married in Tioga Co., N. Y.,\\nto Miss Samantha Butler, a native of that State, and\\nby this marriage were three children, Robert, de-\\nceased, Oliver and Sidney. Mrs. L. died about 1862,\\nand Mr. L. was again married, June 23, 1868, in\\nGenesee Co Mich., to Mrs. Argina Allen Alger,\\nwidow of George W. Alger, who died in the army in\\n1862. She had by her first marriage five children:\\nT\\nf\\nA\\nf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0210.jp2"}, "211": {"fulltext": "Mn^^^^\\n-c^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nf.^\\nVf David, Eugene, Leonard, Sophia and Virginia. Mrs.\\nR L. was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., April 30, 1826; is\\na member of tbe Methodist Episcopal Church. Her\\nf grandfather was one of the first American soldiers to\\nenlist in the Revolutionary war.\\nOn national questions Mr. Leonard is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nI\\nV\\n/n f^ Tfi C oseph D. Short, farmer, section 12, Mid-\\n^iSMiitT I lnd Township, is a son of William and\\n,i Elizabeth (Dolamore) Short, who were na-\\ntives of England and came to this county in\\n1878. Father died March 28, 1882, and\\nmother survives, aged 73, and resides in Mid-\\nland.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Lorain Co.\\nOhio, Aug. 15, 1844, and has resided in this county\\nsince the immigration of the family. His father\\nbought 400 acres of land on his arrival here, and at\\nhis death 120 acres were left to Joseph. Of this\\ntract, 40 acres have since been disposed of, and a\\nsmall portion of the remaining 80 is cleared.\\nMr. Short was married in Jackson, Mich., Oct. 27,\\n1872, to Miss Elizabeth Lester, who was a native of\\nSturgis, this State.\\nIn regard to political affairs, Mr. Short is counted\\na Republican.\\nTteaar\u00c2\u00a9-^*\\njavid Burton, retired farmer, section 12,\\nEdenville Township, was born in Fairfield,\\nSomerset Co., Me., Sept. 13, 1801. His\\ntW parents, John and Peace (Bowman) Burton,\\nwere Quakers and of English origin, born re-\\nspectively in Maine and Massachusetts.\\nThey died at Dexter, ALiine, and are buried in the\\ncemetery in that place. The father was a black-\\nsmith by trade, and sometimes pursued it to a limited\\nextent in connection with his chief occupation as a\\nfarmer.\\nMr. Burton passed the entire period of his minority\\nwith his parents, and on reaching the age of 21 he\\nbought 80 acres of land in the adjoining township of\\nGarland, and went to work by the month to obtain\\nmoney to pay for it. He remained three years in the\\nemployment of one man, and at the end of that time\\nhe had saved $200, the amount he required to dis-\\ncharge his indebtedness for his land During his\\nfirst year of service he received S9.50 per month for\\neight months during the second year of labor he\\nwas paid monthly $10.80, and during the last year\\nabout $r I for the same time. He attended school\\nwinters and did chores for his board. At the end of\\nthree years he entered upon the work of improving\\nhis farm, and erected a frame house and frame barn.\\nHe was married Nov. 22, 1830, to Sarah. R. daughter,\\nof Isaac and Hannah (Bartletl) Copeland, by whom\\nhe had two children Hannah, born Aug. 13, 1831,\\nand an unnamed infant, who died a month after\\nbirth. The mother died at Dexter, Maine.\\nMr. Burton was a second time married Oct. 29,\\n1834, to Enieline Copeland, a cousin of his first wife.\\nShe was born Aug. 24, 1815, and died in April, 1881.\\nEight children were born of this marriage, as follows:\\nElizabeth L., Sept. 29, 1835; Edwin N., June 20,\\n1837 (see sketch); Augusta A., June 4, 1839; Fran-\\nces E April 17, 1841: Caroline A., Oct. 15. 1843;\\nFrank S July 17, 1845 Frederick M., April 3, 1847\\nLillian A., May 14, 1859. Elizabeth married George\\nJacobs, of Midland, and died in child-birth, July 6,\\n1863. Her babe died a few days later. Frances\\nmarried Daniel Judge, of Osceola County, and died in\\nchild-birth, Feb. 21, i860. The life which was the\\nprice of the young mother s existence was preserved,\\nthe child Walter Judge being brought up by his\\nmaternal grandfather. He is married and resides in\\nEdenville Township.\\nMr. Burton resided on his farm four years, sold out\\nand went to his father s homestead to take care of\\nhis parents and a younger brother, but matters did\\nnot progress smoothly, and Mr. Burton purchased\\ntoo acres of his father s farm, on which he resided\\nfour years. At the end of that time he sold again,\\nand bought 80 acres of land, where he resided until\\n1 85 1. In that year he came to Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., and bought 80 acres. Three years later he\\nsold out and went to East Saginaw, where he left his\\nfamily through the winter and came to this county\\nand managed a lumber camp, where Midland is now\\nsituated, as he had done the previous winter. In\\nMarch, 1855, he removed his family and interests to\\nEdenville Township, where he became the proprietor\\nby purchase of 160 acres of land, paying therefor 50\\ni\\n-i\\nrp\\n^^D^\\n4^^C@ i", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0211.jp2"}, "212": {"fulltext": "2l6\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-#^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00aeV^\\ncents an acre. He removed hither on the last day\\nof March, transporting his effects on the ice in two\\nsleigh loads. The family moved into a log house\\nwhich had been used for a camp the previous winter.\\nMr. Burton took charge of the men in the woods, and\\nproceeded to chop and clear in the interests of Tift\\nJerome, in order to raise food to supply the camp the\\ncoming winter. He also cleared two acres of his own\\nproperty, and planted it with turnips and potatoes.\\nIn the fall he built a log house and took possession\\nof it with his family, commencing his pioneer life.\\nHe has resided on the place ever since, and has been\\nidentified with the interests and progress of his town-\\nship. He is a Democrat in political connection, and\\nwas the first Supervisor after the organization of the\\ntownship. He was Town Clerk several years, and\\nhas served as Township Treasurer.\\ni,harles H. L. Hubbell, farmer, section 9\\nH| Midland Township, is a son of Charles\\nW^ B. and Anna A. (Metier) Hubbell, the\\nMp former a native of Connecticut and the latter\\nof New Jersey.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in\\nBridgeport, Conn., Oct. 31, 1840. At the age of 19\\nhe came to Oakland Co., Mich., and for two years,\\nworked out by the month, at Rose. Aug. to, 1861,\\nhe enlisted in the Seventh Midi. Inf, and served\\nuntil Jan. 8, 1863, when, on account of having re-\\nceived a severe wound, he was honorably discharged.\\nHis left leg was broken by a musket ball, in the bat-\\ntle of Antietam. He also participated in the battles\\nof Winchester, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks,\\nWhite Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Bull Run (2d),\\nSouth Mountain, etc.\\nOn leaving the army, he returned to Oakland Co.,\\nMich., and resided there till the spring of 1872,\\nwhen he came to Midland County and purchased 60\\nacres of land, in Midland Township, where he has\\nsince resided. He now has half this tract under\\ncultivation.\\nMr. Hubbell was married in Fentonville, Genesee\\nCo., Mich., July 2, 1863, to Miss Angeline, daughter\\nof Nicholas and Nancy (Hall) Yorton, who were\\nnatives of the Empire State. She was born in\\nHolly, Oakland Co., Mich., Oct. 30, 1843. The chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. H. are five in number, namely:\\nGeorge B., Nora A., Fayette S., Myron H. and\\nAnna H.\\nMr. Hubbell has been Overseer of Highways for\\nseveral years; is a member of the Masonic and\\nOdd Fellows fraternities, and also of the G. A. R.,\\nDwight May Post, No. 69. In politics he is in sym-\\npathy with the Democratic party.\\neslie F. Babcoek, farmer on section 9, and\\nacting Postmaster at North Bradley, was\\nborn May r9, 1855, in Grant Co., Wis., and\\nis the son of William and Angeline R. (Con-\\nverse) Babcoek. His father was born Feb. ri,\\n1818, in the State of New York, of English an-\\ncestry. The mother was born Sept. 10, 1824, in\\nCayuga Co., N. Y., and comes of the genuine New\\nEngland Puritan stock, as indicated by her family\\nname of Converse. The family of the senior Bab-\\ncoek moved to Wisconsin in 1849, and settled in\\nGrant County. After a residence there of r i years\\nthey started, in the spring of r86o, for Pike s Peak,\\ntraveling thither in a prairie schooner, in a caravan\\ntrain. They remained among the mountains six\\nweeks and retraced their steps to Manchester, Del-\\naware Co., Iowa, where the father opened a shop for\\nthe prosecution of his trade of wagon-making. He\\nconducted his interests in that line two years at that\\nplace, selling his wagons to farmers. In 1863 he\\ncame to Livingston Co., Mich., and spent eight years\\nat Leroy and Fowlerville. While in that county he\\nmanaged a hotel at Leroy and at a point two miles\\nwest of Fowlerville, on the road from Detroit to Lan-\\nsing, before the construction of the railroads through\\nthat region. In 1870 he sold out and moved to San-\\nford, where he operated three years as a hotel-keeper.\\nIn 1873 he removed his family to Cedar Rapids,\\nIowa, where he remained a few months. He bought\\ntwo two-horse teams, one saddle horse and seven\\nhead of cattle, and went to the eastern part of South-\\nern Iowa, and settled for a winter opposite Nebraska\\nCity, where he sold out all his stock except one team,\\nwith which he moved back to Michigan. He built a\\nhotel at North Bradley, this county, and the family\\ncontinued to conduct it until 1878. The father died\\nDec. 1 9, 1874. His eldest son was the first Post-\\nv\\n(5\\n0)\\nk^\\n-^D D M i ^^^r-\\n-\u00c2\u00ab9S", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0212.jp2"}, "213": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0213.jp2"}, "214": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0214.jp2"}, "215": {"fulltext": "@)$^t#\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-:^f4)^^sr\\n219\\n(h\\nmaster at North Bradley, and still retains the position,\\nwith his mother as deputy.\\nThe family included four sons and an adopted\\ndaughter: Charles J., born Aug. 2, 1847, died Dec.\\n21, of the same year; William A., born March 10,\\n1849; Franklin M., born Feb. 19, i85i,died May\\n12, 1S62; and Alice (adopted).\\nMr. Babcock is a Republican in political connec-\\ntion and has been active in local official positions.\\nHe has served five terms as Supervisor, two terms as\\nTown Clerk, two terms as Treasurer and is now\\nDeputy Sherifir.\\nHe was married Aug. 9, 1878, to Alice, daughter\\nof Joseph and Rachel (Emlan) Geary. Her father\\nwas born in Kent, England, and died Feb. 2, 1879;\\nher mother is of French descent and resides at Cen-\\ntral Lake, Antrim Co., Mich.\\nJ-vw^-f-\\n(0\\nt\\neorge W. Covert, of the firm of Haley\\nCo., lumbermen and agriculturists, and as-\\nsociated with John Haley in the livery\\nbusiness, located at Midland, was born Aug.\\n31, 1844, in Yates Co., N. Y. His father,\\nIsaac Covert, was a farmer and lumberman\\nand died in Penn Yan, N. Y., in 1882. The mother,\\nMargaret (Mitchell) Covert, died in February, 1846,\\nin the State of New York.\\nMr. Covert passed the first 14 years of his life in\\nhis native State, the most of that time as canal-driver\\non the Erie Canal; and in 1859 went to Allegany Co.,\\nN. Y., where he operated in the lumber woods three\\nyears. He came to Midland March 4, 1865, and\\nentered the employment of .John Larkin, in whose\\nservice he continued 14 years, acting as foreman in\\nthe lumber woods and on the drive. In 1882 he\\nformed an association with John Haley, and has\\nsince operated in lumber jobbing in the interest of\\nvarious parties. Their outfit includes 26 double\\nhorse teams, and they generally employ about 1 25\\nmen. In the winter of 1885-4 they put in 15,000,-\\n000 feet of lumber. They own 200 acres of land,\\nknown as the Eastman farm, rated as one of the most\\nvaluable pieces of property in the county. They also\\nown 160 acres of farming land in Larkin, Midland\\nCounty.\\nMr. Covert is a Republican in political faith, and\\nhas served several terms as a member of the Village\\nBoard. His marriage to Emma White occurred\\nOct. I, 1865, in Belvidere, Allegany Co., N. Y.\\nShe was born in the township of Amity, Allegany\\nCo., N. Y., Jan. i, 1850, and is the daughter of\\nHenry and Alniira White. Maud, born Sept. i6,\\n1872, Jesse, born Jan. 7, and George E., born April\\n9, 1883, are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Covert.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Covert, which appears on the\\nopposite page, is that of a popular and influential\\ncitizen of this county.\\nIfames Rocker, farmer, sections 14 and 15,\\nKdenville Township, was born June 2,\\n1825, and is the son of Ichabod and Sylvia\\n(Barden) Rooker, both of whom are deceased.\\nHis father descended from English parentage,\\nand was by trade a tanner and currier.\\nMr. Rooker is the eldest of the children born to\\nhis parents, and left home when a mere boy, since\\nwhich time he has taken care of himself. He lived\\nfor some time with a Mr. Kendall, of Algonac, St.\\nClair Co., Mich., and lie passed his time alternately\\nbetween Canada and Michigan, until he was 23\\nyears old. He was married Nov. 23, 1848, to Mary\\nAnn Shier. Her father died in Ireland in her in-\\nfancy, and her mother resides in Dresden, Canada\\nShe is 80 years of age. Mrs. Rooker was born Feb.\\n9, 1822, near Limerick, Ireland, and came to Amer-\\nica with her mother. Of the seven children born of\\nher marriage with Mr. Rooker, five are living\\nJoseph Augustus, Arthur L., Sarah L Orlando C.\\nand Cyrus A. William Henry and Caleb James\\nwere drowned in the Tittabawassee River, in 1870.\\nThe life of Mr. Rooker has been spent in agricul-\\ntural pursuit and in lumbering. In 1870 he removed\\nto Midland County with his family, and purchased\\n40 acres of land in a good state of cultivation.\\nHe has since added 260 acres to his purchase,\\nand has improved about 70 acres. He has spent\\nthe summers in farming, and devoted the winters to\\nhis lumbering interests. His business has met with\\nvarying success, and he has twice been tried by sharp\\nmisfortune and been obliged to witness the sweeping\\naway of his frugal earnings. In the fall and winter\\nof 1879 and 1880, he lost $r,8oo by an adverse sea-\\nm\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nj^\\nM mmii", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0215.jp2"}, "216": {"fulltext": "VC:ail^lli]s v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nson, and in the fall of 1880 lie was again overtaken\\nby disaster in the form of fire, which destroyed his\\nhouse and its contents, involving a loss of $1,200,\\nwith no insurance. He immediately rebuilt his\\nhouse, and two years later increased the value of his\\nproperty by the erection of ne.v barns. He has\\nbeen in the employ of the Hon. Amasa Rust, of\\nSaginaw, 12 years, engaged in buying logs. He is a\\nRepublican in political sentiment.\\nriw i ougiiei, laiuie\\nl^^ft Township, is a son 1\\nIS? Sugnet, natives resf\\n4Ml^\\n^^^^tt ohn Sugnet, farmer, section g. Midland\\nof Louis and Catherine\\nspectively of France and\\nSwitzerland. He was born in Erie Co., N Y.,\\nSept. 28, 1849, lived in that State until the\\nfall of 1867, then three years in this county,\\nthen a year in his native State, when lie returned to\\nMidland County and has since made his residence\\nhere.\\nAbout 1872 he purchased 40 acres of land, where\\nhe now lives. He once sold the place, however, but\\nbought it back. He has about 18 acres improved,\\nand has a prospect of a home ever increasing in\\nvalue. In his political views, Mr. S. is a Repub-\\nlican.\\nMr. Sugnet was married in Saginaw City, Mich.,\\nJune 21, 1879, to Philomene, daughter of Frank and\\nAngeline Yott, natives of Canada. She was born on\\nthe Island of St. John s, Ont., May 7, 1858. The\\ntwo living children of Mr. and Mrs. S. are William\\nand Mary L. One died in infancy.\\nVJ fc? ,-.-|v\\n^t^i^-?i.\\nJ illiam R. Haskins, farmer, section 9,\\n^J4 Geneva Township, was born in Starks-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M^^C borough Township, Addison Co., Vt., Feb.\\n1^K| 22, 185 I. His father, Leonard Haskins, was\\na native also of Vermont, of English ancestry,\\nand died in June, 1869; and his mother,\\nLouisa E., nee Grace, is a native of Maine, and is\\nnow living with ht-r three unmarried sons in the\\nabove mentioned township in the Green Mountain\\nState. Of the seven children in this family, six are\\nliving, and the subject of this sketch is the third.\\nThe latter worked out by the month from the age\\nof 10 to 21, contributing a part of his wages to the\\nsupport of his parents. When a grown man he\\nbought a farm in Vermont, but soon sold it, and in\\n1879 came to Midland County, worked a rented\\nfarm a year and a half, and then purchased 80 acres\\nof unimproved land, where he has resided since the\\nfall of 1883 and has four acres improved.\\nMr. Haskins was married Dec. 12, r876, to Alzina\\nA., daughter of Alvin H. and Mercy (Eddy) Lilly,\\nin Starksborough, Vt. Her father, a native of Ver-\\nmont and of Scotch descent, died when she was ten\\nyears of age and her mother, also a native of that\\nState, of immediate American and remote English\\nancestry, died when she, the daughter, was 20 years\\nold. Mrs. H. was born in Starksborough, Vt., Sept.\\nI, 1842. Mr. and Mrs. Haskins have had si.\\\\ chil-\\ndren, three of whom have died. Following is the\\nrecord: Willie D., born Jan. 6, if 67; Minnie M.,\\nJuly 24, 1S69, and died April 13, 1870; Bertha\\nAnna, born June 6, 1872; Flora A., Oct. 3, 1875;\\nLetta L., April 16, 1878, and died May 29, 1880;\\nan infant unnamed, born in Detroit, Dec. 26, 1880,\\ndied May 17, 1881. All except the last one were\\nborn in Starksborough, Vt.\\nMr. Haskins is at present a school officer, and in\\npolitics is a Republican.\\npsk4:\\nI\\nA\\nca:\\nl^amuel Wilkinson, farmer, section 11,\\n^HC Edenville Township, was born Dec. 29,\\n1832, in Galesburg, Kalamazoo Co., Mich,\\nv^ His parents, Samuel and Hannah (Martin)\\nWilkinson, were born respectively in New York\\nand Ohio. They removed when the son was\\nin early childhood, to Augusta, where they resided\\n1 2 years. His father was a blacksmith by trade,\\nand followed that calling 50 years. In 1845 the\\nfamily removed to Barry County, where the father\\nbought 120 acres of land in Johnstown Township,\\nand established a shop on his farm for the pursuit of\\nhis trade. Later on, the senior Wilkinson removed\\nto Gratiot County, where he bought 160 acres of\\nland and again followed his two-fold calling.\\nMr. Wilkinson is the eldest of eight children born\\nto his parents, with whom he remained until he was\\n23 years of age. His first marriage occurred in\\nt\\n^1/\\nI\\nr^ ^[l!l:^:DDf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0216.jp2"}, "217": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n221\\nV*\\nV\\nv)\\n1\\nApril, 1861, when Susan Warren, of Clinton County,\\nbecame his wife. Of this union one child Mary\\nElma was born, March 8, 1862. The daughter is\\nthe wife of Jared Roclcford. The second marriage\\nof Mr. Wilkinson, to Margaret Anderson, daughter\\nof James and Elizabeth (Reid) Anderson, took place\\nJan. 2, 1865. Her parents are natives of Scotland,\\nand are residents of Lapeer County.\\nMr. Wilkinson became a resident of Midland\\nCounty in 1861, arriving in the township of Eden-\\nville on the 15th day of November. He spent all\\nthe seasons of two years in lumbering, and in 1863\\nhe became the proprietor by purchase of 160 acres\\nof unimproved land. On this he made some im-\\nprovements and sold the entire tract for the purpose\\nof relieving himself of all other responsibilities, in\\norder to open a blacksmith shop at Edenville. He\\nconducted that business three years, sold out and\\nbought 40 acres of land in Hope Townshi]), on\\nwhich he repeated his former experience of slightly\\nimproving and selling. Later, he bought 15 acres\\nof land under improvements and fair cultivation,\\nwhich he sold after a brief ownership and bought his\\npresent homestead, which includes 80 acres. Of\\nthis, r2 acres are improved, and the place is made\\nmore valuable and avai able by a good house and\\nbarn.\\n-13=\\nT^r\\natson Harris, farmer, sec. 28, Hope Tp.,\\nwas born in Tora Tp., Oxford Co., Can.,\\niP July 2, 1838, the son of Alanson and Polly\\n(Halleck) Harris. Mr. H., Sr., came to La-\\npeer County, this State, in 1842, and died\\nwithin a month of his wife, at Matamora, that county.\\nTheir son Watson was reared on the farm until 16\\nyears of age, when he learned the blacksmith trade.\\nThis he followed in Lapeer County for 18 years. He\\nbought his farm in tliis county in 1878, and first lived\\nin a log house just below his present frame house.\\nHe first bought 80 acres, but has since added 60\\nacres. Of this estate he has 75 acres improved.\\nFeb. 12, 1882, was the date of his marriage to\\nMiss Ada Thomi.ison, daughter of Howley and Betsey\\n(Gooder) Thompson. Mr. T. died in Marcli, 1872,\\naged 52, and Mrs. T. lives at Midland. Mrs. Harris\\nwas born Aug. 28, 1841, in Ray Township, Macomb\\nCo., Mich. By a former marriage, Mr. T. has two\\ndaughters, Ella E., born June 13, i860, married Feb.\\n12, 1S79, to John J. Ryan, of Midland; and Miiiiue\\nB., born Dec. 3, 1862, married Jan. i, 1S79, to Carl\\nTower, of Roscommon Tp., Roscommon County.\\nL |ffl|k illiam Higgins, farmer, section 26, Mid-\\n^jfl land Township, is a son of Harvey and\\nj|- Laura (Whitman) Higgins, the former a\\nV/f native of Connecticut and the latter of Cat-\\ntaraugus Co., N. Y. They moved to Penn.\\nsylvania, thence to Trumbull Co., Ohio, and\\ntwo years later, namely, in the fall of 1858, they\\ncame to Midland County. He died in the fall of\\n1859, and she Aug. 7, 1875. They had eight chil-\\ndren, named Albert, Alvin, Mary, Henry, Henrietta,\\nWilliam, Lydia J. and Leonard, all of whom lived\\nto the age of maturity.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Crawford\\nCo., Pa., Aug. I, 1847. In August, 1863, when he\\nwas but 16 years of age, he enlisted in the war for\\nthe suppression of the great insurrection, in the i6th\\nMich. Inf., and served three years. He participated\\nin the second battle of Bull Run, and in the battles\\nof Gettysburg, Petersburg, hancellorsville, the\\nWilderness, etc., etc. At the battle of Gettysburg\\nhe received a slight wound in the hand.\\nSince the war he has resided in this county. He\\nnow owns 170 acres of land, 140 of which he has in\\ngood cultivation. In regard to political views he is\\ncounted among the Republicans.\\n=|ge^,\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nX=I\\n1\\nI Sylvester Erway, farmer, section 12, Eden-\\nville Township, was born Nov. 23, 1828, in\\nCatherine Township, Chemung Co., N. Y.\\nHis parents, Daniel and Hilah (Clark) Erway,\\nwere natives of the State of New York. His\\nfather was born Sept. 2, 1807, of Irish and\\nDutch parentage, and died Sept. 26, 1883. The\\nmother was born Jan. 17, 1807, and is of Dutch\\ndescent.\\nOn attaining his majority, Mr. Erway launclied\\nhis boat in the tide of effort, by working by the\\n^^iIl!i:^DIlf ^r^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0217.jp2"}, "218": {"fulltext": "i^ifs^\\n-::^^^K 6VC^D n Mi :25\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n222\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nO\\nmonth and also engaging in the manufacture of\\nshingles for his own benefit. He was thus occupied\\nfive years, and then removed to St. Clair Co., Mich.,\\nwhere he was engaged one year in the management\\nof a shingle mill. At the end of that time he came\\nto Edenville Township, Midland County, arriving\\nduring the last days of November, 1854. There was\\nbut one settler in the township before him, and his\\nmarriage was the first event of the kind within the\\nlimits of Midland County. His first business move-\\nment was to buy 160 acres of land. It was in an\\nunbroken state of nature, and of the 100 acres he\\nnow owns he has placed 60 acres under cultivation.\\nHe sold 60 acres in 1858 to his brother.\\nMr. Erway was married April 6, 1855, to Julietta,\\ndaughter of Daniel and Jane T. (Dempster) Bow-\\nman. The mother was born of Scotch descent in\\nMay, 1S20. The father was born of Dutch and\\nFrench ancestors, Sept. 12, 1819. The birth of\\nMrs. Erway occurred Sept. 23, 1840, in Gorham,\\nN. Y. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Erway, seven\\nin number, were bora as follows: Highley, May 20,\\n1856, at Saginaw; Dora H., Aug. 6, 1858; a third\\nchild was born July 24, i860, without life; Charles\\nW., March 16, 1864, and died Sept. 28, 1865; Wil-\\nlard Lincoln, Feb. 2, 1866; Mandana, Feb. 20,\\n1869; Susan Viola, Feb. 18, 1872; Matilda M.,\\nMarch 23, 1874; Leslie G., June 29, 1878.\\nThe parents are members of the Seventh-Day\\nAdventist Church. Mr. Erway is a zealous Repub-\\nlican, and during the days of struggle through the\\ncivil war was an active member of the committee\\nwhich regulated war matters in the community to\\nwhich he belonged. He has been Supervisor a num-\\nber of years.\\neorge A. Thurber, farmer, section 9, In-\\ngersoll Township, was born in Canada,\\n_ J*- May II, 1845; his parents were Calvin\\nVj? and Frances (Craig) Thurber, who were also\\nnatives of Canada. He was engaged in farm-\\ning, in his native domain, until March, 1872,\\nwhen he came to Midland County and purciiased So\\nacres of land, in Ingersoll Township, where he has\\nsince resided and has 30 acres under cultivation. He\\nhas been School Treasurer nine years. In politics\\nMr. Thurber was married in Ingham Co., Mich.,\\nNov. 2, 1870, to Miss Maria, daughter of Nicholas\\nand Elizabeth (Robinson) Lewis, the latter natives of\\nNew York State. Mrs. T. was born in Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., Jan. 15, 1838.\\n^*H^^\\nhe is identified with the Democratic party.\\nS\\n*t;.\\nV^y\\n?jK Gter L. Tremper, farmer and real- estate\\nl[^SIs\u00c2\u00b0 agent, residing on section 2, Midland Town-\\nJ j^ ship, is a son of Wilham and Catherine\\ny? (Vanderbogart) Tremper, natives of New York,\\niv and of German and English extraction. The\\nparents were married and settled in Rockland Co.,\\nN. Y., from which place they came to Oakland\\nCounty, tliis State, in 1846, where, Nov. 26, 1882, the\\nfather died, and in which county the mother is still\\nresiding. Their family comprised seven children,\\nnamely: Thomas N., John \\\\V., Peter L., Albert D.,\\nSarah C, Mary A., and William I.\\nPeter L. Tremper, the third son of his father s\\nfamily, and the subject of this sketch, was born in\\nRockland Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1842. He received\\nthe advantages afforded by the common schools, and\\nat the age of 14 years attended the high school at\\nPort Washington, Wis. He remained at the latter\\nschool for about 16 months, when he returned to Oak-\\nland County. He soon afterward, in about four\\nmonths, began the study of medicine with Dr. F. S.\\nSmith, and continued under his instruction for a year\\nand a half, at the expiration of which time he aban-\\ndoned the study, and again returned to Oakland\\nCounty.\\nIn April, 1861, Mr. T. enlisted in the sth Mich.\\nVol. Inf Co. A, and served eight months. July 26,\\n1862, he re-enlisted in the 2 2d Mich. Vol. Inf., and\\nserved for three years and nine months, receiving his\\ndischarge at Detroit, Mich. He participated in five\\nregular engagements and numerous skirmishes, and\\nwhile skirmishing opposite Atlanta, Ga., he re-\\nceived a flesh wound in his right leg, which however\\ndid not incapacitate him from service.\\nAfter receiving his discharge he returned to his\\nhome in Oakland County. He remained there for\\nabout two months, and then moved to Colorado.\\nHis intention was to engage in and continue mining\\nin that State, but he was taken sick with typhoid fe-\\nver soon after he began mining, and returned to Oak-\\nf5\\nA\\nCAC\\n^g^^asz.^\\n?:\u00c2\u00bb!-^s\u00c2\u00ae-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0218.jp2"}, "219": {"fulltext": "r^^^\\nf%\\n(h\\nJ\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0eV ^tlll^llllv T\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nland County. He remained in the latter county\\nuntil 1877, and then came to Midland, this county,\\nwhere he resided for one and a half years, following\\nthe carpenter s trade for a livelihood.\\nIn the spring of 1879 Mr. Tremper purchased 60\\nacres of wild land on section 2, Midland Township,\\non which he located. He has since added 80 acres\\nto his purchase, and of the total has about 38 acres\\nunder improvement.\\nMr. Tremper was married in Oakland County, this\\nState, Nov. 6, 1867, to Miss Mary E., daughter of\\nRobert and Mary (Neat) Crickmore, natives of Eng-\\nland. Mrs. T. was born in Oakland County May 29,\\n1848. She is the mother, by Mr. T., of eight chil-\\ndren, namely: Robert T., William V., Mary C,\\nHarry P., Mabel A., Grace E., Thomas N. and Ger-\\ntrude.\\nMr. Tremper has been Moderator of his school\\ndistrict for several years. He is a member of the\\nMasonic Order, and also a member of Dwight May\\nPost, No. 69, G. A. R., of Midland City. He is\\nalso an honorary member of three different sports-\\nmen s associations, and is President of the Midland\\nSportsmen s Association. Politically he is a National.\\nHe is largely interested in the affairs of this county,\\nand in the fall of 1SS2 ran against Michael Ryan for\\nthe office of Sheriff, but was defeated by 151 votes.\\nHe is at present a real-estate agent, and has a large\\nnumber of acres of land entrusted to him for sale.\\nHe furnishes abstracts and gives warranty deeds.\\n^^Sf-i^S-^\\n-a-feL-^t.\\njilonzo M. Hawley, farmer, section 35, Eden-\\nville Township, was born April 5, 1846, in\\nAllegany Co., N. Y., and is the son of Daniel\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0jjir and Sarah (Huff) Hawley. The father died\\nJan. 28, 1880, in Jerome Township; the\\nmother, now Mrs. William Mattliews, resides in Ros-\\ncommon County.\\nThe parents of Mr. Hawley removed to Sanilac\\nCounty in 1859. After a residence of two years tliey\\ncame to Midland County, where the father bought a\\nfarm of 80 acres. He soon disposed of the property\\nby sale, and trafficked in lands about ten years,\\nwhen he settled upon a farm, which included 20\\nacres, wliere he passed the remainder of his life.\\nMr. Hawley was under the paternal guidance until\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0nirtis J. Winslow, farmer, section 2, Rich-\\nland Township, Saginaw County, is a son\\nVto)\\nhe was 17 years old, and worked winters in the lum- S^\\nber woods and during the spring seasons on the\\nriver. When he reached the age of 21 years he\\nbought 147 acres of land on which he made a small 1\\ninij)rovement, and sold the place. His ne.xt invest-\\nment was in I 20 acres, which he retained about six\\nyears, removing the lumber from it. He then sold\\nit and bought the farm, which is now his homestead.\\nIt contains 72 acres, and at the time of his purchase\\nwas under slight improvements. He has placed 22\\nacres in a highly creditable condition, and built a\\nsmall frame house and a large barn. He is a Re-\\npublican in political connection, and has served in\\nthe school offices.\\nHe was married Oct. 8, 1864, in Midland County,\\nto Alida, daughter of Harrison and Mahala (Fox)\\nAverill. Her father was born April 7, 181 3, and is\\nliving at North Bradley. The mother died near\\nLondon, Can. Mrs. Hawley was born May 15, 1846.\\nTheir two children are: Ada M., born Aug. i, 1865,\\nis now the wife of Richard Trim, of Montcalm\\nCounty; Frank A., born July 23, 1876, died March 13,\\n1880.\\n9\\nof Loring S. and Mary (Brown) Winslow.\\n(See sketch of J. J. Winslow.) He was born\\nin Barnard, Windsor Co., Vt., April 13, 185 1\\nat the age of 15 he came thence to Midland County,\\nwith his brothers, J. J. and Loring S., and for about\\nfour years he worked at clearing up the land which\\nhad been taken up by his father some 20 years pre-\\nviously. He was next employed for about four years\\nin lumbering, in the woods and on the river, and in\\nthe spring of 1873 he purchased the small stock of\\ngroceries including a small house then owned by\\nLevi B. Chamberlain, at Lee s Corners. Two years\\nlater he formed a partnership with James A. Cham-\\nberlain, under the firm name of Winslow Cham-\\nberlain, and thus continued over a year, when\\nMr. W. bought out the entire stock of goods and\\ncontinued in business at Lee s Corners until Jan-\\nuary, 1883, when he sold out to his brother\\nCharles. He then went to a point in Saginaw\\nCounty on the Midland County line and purchased\\nW\\n^nDf\\n-caij^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0219.jp2"}, "220": {"fulltext": "224\\nMTDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^^^^^\\\\M)\\n;0\\nt\\n74 acres of land; and, on quitting business at\\nLee s Corners, he at once began to build a fine house\\nof modern style, which he now occupies. Ten acres\\nof his land is cleared and in a good state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMr. Winslow has held the office of Supervisor of\\nIngersoll Township one year, and of Township Clerk\\nfour years. In 1S73 he was appointed Postmaster at\\nLee s Corners, under President Grant, and still holds\\nthat commission. By Mr. Winslow s influence, this\\npostoffice was established. Politically, he is a\\nDemocrat.\\nMr. Winslow was first married in Ingersoll Town-\\nship, April, 1873, to Miss Clara A., daughter of Erial\\nand Mary A. Chamberlain, and they had two chil-\\ndren, Rollin C. and Frank. The latter died in\\nAugust, 1877. Mrs. W. died April 12, 1875, and Mr.\\nW. was again married, in the same township, Jan. 6,\\n1877, to Miss Eva A., daughter of Solon T. and\\nJoanna (Cooley) Hutchins. (See sketch of S. T.\\nHutchins.) Mrs. W. was born in Ingersoll Town-\\nship, Midland County, Jan. 6, i860. By the latter\\nmarriage there have been two children, Susan D.\\nand Cora E.\\nhomas Brine, farmer, section 12, Midland\\nTownship, is a son of James and Ann\\n(Kehoe) Brine, natives of the Emerald\\nIsle, in which country the subject of this\\nsketch was also born, March 5, 1S47. When\\nhe was six years of age the family emigrated\\nto Canada, where he lived till the fall of 1865, when\\nhe came to Midland County. Here he has been\\nengaged in the lumber woods during the winters and\\non the river during the summers. In the summer of\\n1877 he bought 80 acres of land where he now lives,\\nand settled upon it the following year. He now has\\n30 acres of this in a well improved state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMr. Brine was married at Port Huron, Mich., May\\n22, 1876, to Miss Maggie Haley, a native of Canada.\\nShe was born Jan. 18, 1855. Her father, John\\nHaley, and her mother, Ann (Dolan) Haley, are\\nnatives of Ireland, and now reside in this county.\\nThe three children of Mr. and Mrs. Brine were born\\nas follows: Annie, June 22, 1877; Thomas, Jan. i.\\n1880; Margaret E., Jan. 30, 1883.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)(^f|.3 -^^^L.\\nf\\nThomas died when ig months old. Mr. and Mrs.\\nBrine are members of the Catholic Church, and in\\npolitics Mr. B. is a National.\\n^l^ ohn M. Hall, farmer, section 8, Midland\\n\u00c2\u00a7Mm s Township, is a son of James and Margaret\\n(Ferguson) Hall, who were natives of the\\nState of New York. He was born in Genesee\\nCo., Mich., Feb. 26, 1S39, received a common-\\nschool education, and remained at his parental\\nhome until he was 27 years of age, engaged in farm-\\ning and other occupations.\\nAugust II, 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 23d Mich.\\nInf., participated in all the battles in which his regi-\\nment engaged, as the siege of Knoxville, Tenn.,\\nDuck River, Tenn., siege of Atlanta, etc., and was\\ndischarged in July, 1865. He then lived in Saginaw\\nCo., Mich., until the spring of 1867, when he came\\nto Midland County and purchased 80 acres, where\\nhe has lived since 187 i. The intervening time he\\nspent in Midland City, following carpentry. He now\\nhas 20 acres of his land in a good state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMarch 4, 1866, in Saginaw Co., Mich., Mr. Hall\\nwas married to Miss Frances, daughter of William\\nand Margaret (Francis) Hopton, natives of England.\\nShe was born in Ireland, Jan. 23, 1839. Their.\\nliving children now are, Charles W., Guy E. and\\nCurtis J.; and the deceased, Lewis C, John R. and\\nan unnamed infant.\\nMr. Hall has been constable and Pathmaster since\\nhis residence in Midland County. He is a charter\\nmember of Dwight May Post, No. 69, G. A. R., of\\nMidland City, and in politics votes with the Demo-\\ncratic party.\\n^^i ott S. Holmes, farmer, section 35, Eden-\\nville Township, was born Jan. 15, 1838, in (o\\nV I Ridgeway, Orleans Co., N. Y., and is the\\nfeju son of Jeremiah and Laura (Smith) Holmes.\\nHis father was born in 1800, in Herkimer Co.,\\nN. Y., where he was brought up to the pro-\\nfession of farmer, and was also taught the trade of\\ncarpenter. The mother was born in Bristol Co.,\\nc\\n^ii!i^nti;", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0220.jp2"}, "221": {"fulltext": "Xn^^\\n?v^?\\nX-\\n-isr\\n4:Pli^:ilD^^v\\nTrrr\\nMIDLAND\\nCOUNTY.\\n225\\nJ\\ne\\nV\\nt\\nMass., Sept. 27, 1S06. They removed with their\\nfamily to .Allegany Co., N. Y., where the father pur-\\nchased a small farm. In the fall of 1856 they set-\\ntled in Crawford Co., Pa., where they resided until\\n1859, on a rented farm. In the year named, he\\ncame to Midland County, whither two children had\\npreceded him. He was accompanied by his wife and\\nthree younger children. He remained in Midland\\nTownship the winter following his arrival, and in\\nthe spring ensuing settled upon 60 acres of land he\\nhad purchased in Jerome Township. Its improve-\\nments consisted of a shanty and a few acres on\\nwhich the timber had been slashed down. Here he\\nconducted a kind of lumbermen s hotel until the\\ntime of his death, Oct. 8, 1868.\\nThe home of his parents was that of Mr. Holmes\\nuntil he was 30 years of age, and he was occupied\\nin some of the various departments of lumbering in\\nhis own interest and in that of others. He was mar-\\nried Dec. 27, 1868, to Lucia O., daughter of Angel\\nL. and Harriet (Wait) McAllister. Her father was\\nborn of Scotch parentage, in Vermont, Aug. 24,\\n1S04, and died July i, i86i, in Northumberland Co.,\\nCan., where the mother was born Dec. 30, 18 12, and\\ndescended from Welsh parents. She is a second time\\nmarried, and resides in Hope Township. Mrs.\\nHolmes was born Sept. 28, 1848. Following is the\\nrecord of the children born of her marriage to Mr.\\nHolmes: Elbert L. was born Nov. 4, 1869; Jerry\\nW., Oct. 4, 187 1, died Aug. 20, 1882; Eva May,\\nNov. ir, 1873; Grant, Oct. 5, 1876; Maggie B.,\\nDec. I, 187-. Mr. Holmes has had a reasonably\\nsuccessful career as a lumberman. He is a member\\nof the Republican party in politics, and has been\\nHighway Commissioner two terms.\\nilton M. Boies, farmer, section 9, Mid-\\nland Township, was born in Genesee Co.,\\nf^;j^ 1^ Mich., Sept. 19, 1845. His father, Tim-\\nothy Boies, was from the Bay State, and his\\nmother, Martha, /it e Yorton, was a native of\\nthe Empire State.\\nHis education was mostly received at the common\\nschool and at home, and at the age of 19 he started\\nout in life for himself, working by the month at\\ndifferent kinds of business. Two years he spent in\\nOhio. In the spring of 1869, in company with his\\nuncle, Merritt Yorton, he bought a quarter-section\\nof timber land. After continuing together five years,\\nthey divided their land, and Mr. Boies now owns 77\\nacres, about 40 of which is under cultivation, con-\\nstituting a very nice farm.\\nMr. B. was first married in Flint, Mich., Sept. 28,\\n1870, to Miss x\\\\ngeline, daughter of Merritt and\\nAmelia (Taylor) Yorton, who was born in Genesee\\nCo., Mich., in 1850, and died June 22, 1873. Mr.\\nBoies was again married, in Midland Township, Oct.\\n2, 1876, to Miss Eliza R., daughter of Urial and\\nEmily (Babcock) Rockwood, parents natives of the\\nState of New York. She was born in Chautauqua\\nCo., N. Y., Oct. 23, 1857. By this marriage there is\\none child, Lucy M.\\nMr. Boies has held the offices of Drain Commis-\\nsioner and Overseer of Highways, and in his politics\\nhe is a Republican. Both he and his wife belong to\\nthe Baptist Church.\\nc^\\nyrap^l ^ennis Hawley, farmer, section 35, Eden-\\ny.y/l t ville Township, was born Jan. 14, 1841, in\\nIjih^^ Canader Township, Allegany Co., N. Y.,\\njm and is the son of Daniel and Sarah (Huff)\\nHawley. The parents were natives of the State\\nof New York, and in 1859 removed to Lexing-\\nton, Sanilac Co., Mich. The mother is still living, in\\nRoscommon Co., Mich. The father died Jan. 28,\\n18S0.\\nMr. Hawley was the third of 1 1 children born to\\nhis parents and, at the age of 1 1 years, he began\\nto maintain himself, which he did by working among\\nthe farmers until he was of age. In July, i860, he\\ncame to Midland County, where he has since been\\nresident. He operated some time as a lumberman,\\nand bought 2 1 acres of land in Jerome Township,\\nwhich he sold 18 months later, and bought 40 acres\\nadjoining. He retained possession of this about one\\nyear, sold out, and bought 50 acres in Kalamazoo\\nCounty. A year later he again sold out, and then\\nhe bought 40 acres of unimproved land not far\\nfrom Edenville. On this land he erected a house\\nand barn, which he sold a few months later. In the\\nfall of the same year he bought 40 acres in Jerome\\nTownship, on which he built a house. He kept the\\ni\\nm^^\\nA.\\n-^4^^f", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0221.jp2"}, "222": {"fulltext": "r^J^^\\nT\\nmv^Mv)-^\\nraJ^^^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4^^(*\\n226\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nplace one year, sold out and purchased the farm he\\nnow owns and occupies, which includes 167 acres,\\nwith a small tract under improvements and cultiva-\\ntion. Of this he has now 65 acres improved and\\ntilled. Mr. Hawley is a Republican in political be-\\nlief.\\nHe was married Oct. 4, 1862, in Midland City, to\\nLoretta A., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Sey-\\nmour) Fowler. The mother died when Mrs. Hawley\\nwas six years old, in Branch Co., Ind. All traces of\\nthe father are lost. Nine children have been born\\nof the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hawley; eight are\\nstill living. EUinor J. was born Feb. 15, 1864;\\nMary B., May 6, 1866; Loretta E., July 6, 1868;\\nAdelbert, Nov. 17, 1870; Freddie G., Oct. 10, 1874;\\nMyrtle L., Sept. 13, 1877; Nora G., Aug. 11, 1879;\\nWilliam Edward, May 14, 1882 a daughter, twin\\nwith the last named child, died on the day of her\\nbirth.\\n.^f Mii^harles G. Brown, owning a farm on sec-\\ntlim^Jg tion 25, Larkin, is a son of Henry and\\nfJ^ Mary Brown, natives of Germany; and was\\n^{f also born in De Faderland, Dec. 25, 1852.\\nHe was about 12 years old when he crossed\\nthe waters to the United States, and he fol-\\nlowed the occupation of sailor for about 16 years.\\nIn 188 1 he came to Midland County and bought 80\\nacres of section 25, in Larkin Township. He is a\\nmember of the German Lutheran Church, and is in\\npolitics a supporter of Republicanism.\\nC. Thompson, dealer in books, stationery\\nM^^sf; Yankee notions, etc., at Midland, was born\\n\u00c2\u00a7Ps in Canada, and is the son of George and\\nEsther (Ogden) Thompson, the former a native\\nof Ireland, the latter born in New York, of\\nGerman ancestry. His parents died when he was in\\nearly childhood. At the age of five years he accom-\\npanied an uncle by marriage, Coleman Roe, to St.\\nClair Co., Mich., v/here the latter bought a farm.\\nWhen Mr. Thompson was ten years old, he engaged\\nin the lake service as a cabin boy, and continued in\\nthat employment until he passed several grades of\\nadvancement and became first male. In 1859 he\\nbecame a seaman in the United States Navy, where\\nhe remained two years. His next engagement was\\non a revenue cutter for six months. He next gave\\nhis attention to the business of a machinist, and\\nwent into the car-shops at Lawrence, Kansas. He\\nwent thence to Sedalia, Mo., where he was foreman\\nin the shops of the Missouri, Kansas Texas Rail-\\nroad Company. In September, 1872, he came to\\nMidland, where he opened a restaurant and con-\\nfectionery establishment, which he conducted about\\na twelvemonth. In 1873 he opened the business in\\nwhich he is at present engaged. His stock averages\\nfrom $3,000 to S5i\u00c2\u00b0\u00c2\u00b0o value, and his trade is pros-\\nperous and popular. His wares include all varieties\\nof merchandise common to similar establishments.\\nHe owns considerable valuable property in Midland.\\nHis marriage to Miss Eliza J. Bullock occurred\\nMarch 16, 1863. She was born April 17, 1844, and\\nis the daughter of Shubal and Abigail (Weeks)\\nThompson. Their children were born in the follow-\\ning order: Cora J., Charlie, Minnie A., Flora, Eddie,\\nWalter B. and an infant yet unnamed. The oldest\\ndaughter was born in St. Clair Co., Mich. The\\noldest son was born in Ulica, Mo. The third and\\nfourth children were born in Lawrence, Kansas.\\nEddie was born in Sedalia, and the two youngest in\\nMidland. Mr. T. is a member of the Masonic\\nOrder.\\n**itc4\\nIfred See, farmer, section 32, Midland Town-\\nIjf ship, is a son of Ira and Permelia (Delila)\\nSee, who were natives of New York State.\\nSijft Mother died in Schenectady Co., N. Y., in\\n\\\\\\\\r October, 1841, and father in Grand Rapids,\\n1 Mich., in August, 1876.\\nAlfred was born in Schenectady Co., N. Y., May 15,\\n1840; at the age of 15 years he began to learn the\\nmason s trade, but in three months he came to\\nWayne Co., Mich., where he lived a year; then he\\nresided in Hillsdale County awhile, Ottawa County\\nfour years, and in i860 went to Illinois, where, in\\n1861, he enhsted in the 15th 111. Vol. Inf. After\\nserving nearly a year, he was discharged on account\\nof disability. He then returned to Ottawa Co., Mich.,\\nbought a farm and continued to live there till the\\n|P-V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#-\\n-K DIi: (1tl^\\nG\\n-^^5f\\nA\\nca:\\nV", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0222.jp2"}, "223": {"fulltext": "^J^t#*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:a\u00e2\u0082\u00ac O ^^QU^UUr ^v M\\nf\\n:a5\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nspring of i88r, when he sold out and came to Mid-\\nland County. Here he purchased 80 acres, where he\\nresides and has nearly all his land under cultivation.\\nHis farm is in a good productive condition.\\nFeb. 28, 1863, in Ottawa Co., Mich., Mr. See mar-\\nried Mrs. Tane, daughter of Horace and Priscilla\\n(Gray) Goodrich and widow of John Herrinian, who\\ndied in 1862. She was born in Columbus, Ohio,\\nMay 12, 1842. By her first marriage she had one\\nchild, Elizabeth J., and by her present, throe chil-\\ndren, Delila P., Nathaniel G. and .-^lice P.\\nMr. See is a member of Dwight May Post, No. 6g,\\nG. A. R.,and in politics is a Republican.\\n\u00c2\u00ae!-\u00c2\u00abiiHe\\n^^iSenson B. Bailey, farmer and stock-raiser,\\n^3 iP section 34, Jasper Township, was born in\\nStei-.ben Co., N. Y., April 27, 1825. His\\njC\u00c2\u00ae parents, Alson L. and Ann (Benson) Bailey,\\nwere natives of New York, were of New Eng-\\nland ancestry and of English descent. His\\nfather was a general laborer, and died at the resi-\\ndence of his son, Benson, May 20, 1873, at the age of\\n73 years. His mother died when he was si.x days\\nold, in Steuben Co., N. Y., May 3, 1825. They were\\nthe parents of three children, two sons and one\\ndaughter.\\nThe subject of this sketch, the youngest child in\\nthe above family, was nine years old when the family\\nmoved to Medina Co., Ohio; five years later they\\ncame to Michigan, locating in Seneca Township,\\nLenawee County, being among the first settlers in\\nthat county. When 20 years of age, Mr. Bailey set\\nout as a common laborer on his account, and was\\nthus engaged until his marriage. This event took\\nplace at Elkhart, Ind., his choice for life s partner\\nbeing Miss Mary Ludlow, daughter of Samuel and\\nElizabeth (Bruglar) Ludlow, natives of New England\\nand of German and English descent. Her father\\ndied near Elkhart, Ind., some years ago, and her\\nmother in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1830. Mrs. B. was\\nborn March 25, 1829, in Franklin Township, Lycom-\\ning Co., Pa. Being left an orphan when very young,\\nshe was brought up by her relatives, residing at first\\nfor a time in Crawford Co, Pa., then at Akron, Ohio,\\nand then at Elkhart, Ind.\\nShortly after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Bailey\\nsettled on a farm in Lenawee Co., Mich., and in\\n1864 they came to Midland County, where Mr. B.\\npurchased a quarter of section 34, Jasper Township,\\nbeing the sixth settler in the township. His land at\\nthat time was of course entirely wild, and he had to\\ngo to St. John s, a distance of 37 miles, for market\\ngoods, paying war prices for their provisions. But\\nhe kept on industriously at work, and adding to his\\nland property till he now has 465 acres, with 150 im-\\nproved. He has recently erected a large granary, 36\\nby 50 feet, in addition to other important farm build-\\nings; has also a good residence, besides smaller\\ndwellings on the various divisions of his estate. His\\nspecialty in stock-raising is the old Durham breed of\\ncattle. Altogether, he has the largest and best im-\\nproved farm in the township.\\nFor sixteen winter and four summer seasons Mr.\\nBailey also followed lumbering e.xtensively, putting\\nin two to three million feet of logs in one season.\\nHe also built nine miles of the State road, which runs\\nthrough the county.\\nMr. Bailey was the first County Drain Commis-\\nsioner of Midland, was Township Treasurer three\\nyears, and Road Commissioner for nine consecutive\\nyears. In his political views he is a Republican.\\nMr. and Mrs. B. have had four children, namely:\\nLester M., born Oct. 29, 1855; William, born April\\n15, 1857, died Aug. 15, 1872; Ella R., born April i,\\ni860; and Mary E., Sept. 25, 1865.\\nA\\n|.olomon Parker, farmer, section 12, Inger-\\nsoll Township, is a son of Robert and Sarah\\n|(-i (Boyd) Parker, natives respectively of Ver-\\ni\\\\^ mont and Canada. The former died in Can-\\nada, and the latter still survives, residing in\\nthis county.\\nMr. Parker, the subject of this biographical notice,\\nwas born in the township of Mountain, Ontario, Can-\\nada, April 21, 1827; when 19 years of age he went\\nupon the lakes as engineer, which vocation he followed\\nseveral years. He learned the machinists trade in\\nLockport, N. Y. After leaving the lakes he followed\\nhis trade about 10 years in Canada, and then for one\\nseason he ran a tug on Saginaw Bay. In 1S68 he\\nbuilt, for other parties, the first saw and shingle mill\\nnorth of Midland; he built two mills in this county.\\nIn 1862 Mr. Parker purchased a quarter-section of\\n5\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n^s^^ ^T^^DH^nni^^^^^\\n\u00c2\u00ab^^^_", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0223.jp2"}, "224": {"fulltext": "r 4lll]^llll^ v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nwild land in IngersoU Township, and continued pur-\\nchasing until he had 578 acres; but he has since dis-\\nposed of all but 140 acres. He now has go acres\\nwell improved, equipped with- good buildings, etc.\\nIn politics Mr. Parker is classed with the Repub-\\nlicans, and he has been honored with the offices of\\nDrain Commissioner and Justice of the Peace.\\nMr. Parker was married in Niagara Co., N. Y.,\\nAug. 26, 1847, to Miss Sarah A., daughter of Richard\\nand Margaret Ault, who were natives of Canada.\\nMrs. P. was born also in Canada, April 5, 1833.\\nTheir living children are, Edward M., born March 8,\\n1857; Agnes A., born April 21, 1856; Wesley M.,\\nNov. 2, 1859; and Berkley A., born Dec. 25, 1868.\\nThe deceased are William F., born Feb. 18, 1854;\\nand two who died in infancy.\\nJ^^mSdi^\\niehard Ashby, farmer, section 29, Midland\\nTownship, is a son of William and Jane\\n(Milson) Ashby, natives of England, and\\nVi^ was born in that country May 10, 1833.\\nWhen about 25 years old he came to the\\nUnited States, and soon went to Canada,\\nwhere he lived until the spring of 1868. He then\\ncame to Midland County and bought 80 acres of\\nland on section 29, Midland Township, where he has\\nsince made his residence. He has a well cultivated\\nfarm of 45 acres.\\nMr. Ashby was married in Canada, Feb. 24, 1865,\\nto Mary A. Davison, who was born in that country.\\nMay 2c, 1848. The children of Mr. and Mrs. A.\\nare Jennie, George J., William H. and Gertrude L.\\nOne child died in infancy.\\nIn respect to general political issues, Mr. Ashby is\\nin sympathy with the National party.\\nsi hilip Alguire, farmer on section 36, Mid-\\nland Township, is a son of Henry and\\nM\\nR3^ Mary (Warner) Alguire, natives of Canada,\\nwhere he also was born, Sept. 12, 1S49. He\\nV\\n11^ resided in the Dominion until 1873, when he\\nselected this county as his home, and has since\\nfollowed agriculture here.\\niA,\u00c2\u00ae)\\nHe owns a good farm of\\n40 acres, all of which is in a creditable state of\\ncultivation.\\nHe was married in Canada, March 6, 187 1, to\\nMiss Mary J. Thompson, a native of that county.\\nTheir only troubles have been little ones, and their\\nnames are Myrtle and Mary J. O. The former is\\nnot living. Politically, Mr. A. is a Republican.\\n1. f^fi L oseph H. Tripp, farmer, section 18, Jerome\\n\u00c2\u00a3iiJ., Township, was born Feb. 16, 1855, and is\\nthe son of Joseph and Charlotte (Chatter-\\nton) Tripp. Joseph Tripp, senior, was born\\nApril II, 1805, in Perry, Northumberland Co.,\\nCan., of English parentage. He died June 27,\\nJ 88 1, aged 69 years. He was the first white settler\\non the line of the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad\\nwest of Sanford in Midland County. In the spring\\nof 1857 he bought of H. Averill 160 acres of land\\non the Salt River bottoms, where he built a log cabin\\nand made preparations to till the soil, which occupa-\\ntion he carried on until his death. He was widely\\nknown and respected as a hospitable, honorable, in-\\ndustrious pioneer. He was a soldier in the War of\\nthe Revolution and received a pension from the\\nAmerican Government for his seven years service\\nin the struggle for national independence. The\\neight children included in the family of the sen-\\nior Tripp are all living, and were born in the follow-\\ning order: James, Sept. 11, 1839; Charles, March\\n30, 1841 Jane, April i, 1844 Nancy, Nov. 10, 1846\\nJacob, Jan. 23, 1849; George, Dec. 9, 185 i Joseph\\n(as stated above); Alfred, April 16, 1S57. The\\nmother was born Feb. 14, 1819, and resides in Je-\\nrome Township.\\nAt the age of 16 years, Mr. Tripp, of this sketch,\\nwent to Ogle Co., III., where he engaged by the\\nmonth as a farm laborer. He remained in the\\nPrairie State seven years, and then came to Michigan\\nand passed two winters in the lumber woods. In\\n1878 he was employed by his father in the manage-\\nment of the homestead, and the following year he\\nsettled on his present place. He was married Feb.\\n27, 1878, to Nancy A., daughter of L. H. and Emily\\nA. (Jacques) Stevens. Her father is living in El-\\nmi ra, Otsego Co., Mich., and is a mason by trade;\\nhe is of English descent. Her mother died Oct. 28,\\nVS\\nV\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0224.jp2"}, "225": {"fulltext": "^0^r^^m^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nmvm^\\n229\\n:o3\\n1876, in East Saginaw. The daughter was born\\nOct. 31, 1862. The two children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nTripp were born as follows: Joseph Ernest, Jane 24,\\nTS79; Myrtle May, March 13, 1882.\\nMr. Tripp is a Republican in political faith. He\\nowns 40 acres of land, 10 acres of which are im-\\nproved.\\n5*H^*^\\nV\\nI m. H. Howe, farmer, on section 4, Larkin,\\nis a son of James C. and Fidelia (Go-\\ntham) Howe, natives of the State of New\\nYork and he was born in Clayton, Jeffer-\\nson Co., N. Y., Aug. 17, 1848. He received\\na common-school education, and at the age of\\n16 started out to make his own way in life, following\\nthe lakes as a common sailor for 11 years. He first\\ncame to Midland County about 1868, but remained\\nonly a short time. After visiting various sections of\\nthe country, he returned the following spring, and\\nhas since made his home in this county. In 1878\\nhe purchased 53 acres in Larkin Township, where\\nhe now lives, and at the present time 16 acres are\\ncleared and under cultivation.\\nMay 20, 1875, at Loomis, Isabella County, Miss\\nLucinda M. Wilson became Mrs. Wm. H. Howe.\\nShe was born in Beloit, Wis., Jan. 3, 1859, and is the\\ndaughter of Wm. C. and Rachel (Wells) Wilson.\\nMr. and Mrs. Howe have had, as children Frederick\\nO., Dora A. and Ada E.\\nMr. H. has held the offices of Township Clerk\\nand School Moderator. Politically, he votes the\\nNational ticket. He and wife are members of the\\nChristian Church.\\nHe received a common-school education. Since he\\nwas 19 he has been employed in the woods, on the\\nriver during the spring, and farming. In t88i he\\nbought a tract of 8b acres on Pine River, which he\\nafterward disposed of, and in January, 1882, he pur-\\nchased 132 acres on section 18, where he now re-\\nsides.\\nHe was married in Homer Township, Midland\\nCounty, Oct. 16, 1882, to Maloa, daughter of Joseph\\nand Margaret Cariow, the latter natives of (Canada.\\nMr. Barton has been Overseer of Highways one\\nyear, and in his political views is a Republican.\\nMrs. B. is a member of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch.\\nAi.vj\\nrank Barton, farmer, section 18, Midland\\nTovirnshi]), is a son of Anthony and\\nAmelia (Foot) Barton; the latter, natives\\nof New York State, came to Midland about\\n1854, and were therefore among the earliest\\npioneers.\\nThe subject of this sketch, the eldest of the chil-\\ndren in the above family, was liorn in Midland\\nCounty, March 8, 1855, and from the age of one\\nyear to 16 years he lived with his grandmother; she\\nthen died and he lived at home until 19 years old.\\n^T^^in !i\\n(\u00c2\u00aej\\nf)\\ns\\nI I ^f^f] C ohn Post, farmer and saw and planing mill\\n5 I:l. proprietor, residing at Coleman, Warren\\nTownship, was born March 19, 1834, in\\nAllegany Co., N. Y.\\nThe parents of Mr. Post are Peter and Mary =i\\ni (Reynolds) Post. The father was born April\\n6, 1807, in Belfast, Allegany County, and is of Ger- c=\\nman descent. He is at present engaged in the hotel\\nbusiness at Belvidere, his native county, and has fol-\\nlowed that occupation for 30 years. The mother was\\nborn Dec. 12, 1808, and was married on her 21st\\nbirthday, Dec. 12, 1829.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice was brought\\nup in his father s hotel, attended the common schools\\nand assisted in the cultivation of a small farm until\\nhe attained the age of 21 years. His father s family\\nconsisted of nine children, six boys and three girls,\\nwho all grew to maturity except one (a girl), who died\\nin infancy. John was the oldest of the boys, and on\\nhim a great portion of the labor in the maintenance\\nof the family devolved.\\nOn arriving at the age of maturity he engaged with\\nhis father in the hotel business and in cultivating the\\nf-um. He continued the business for some three\\nyears, and then engaged with his father in the grocery P^\\ntrade. John managed the business for about two\\nyears, when the partnership was dissolved and he con-\\ntinued alone for a year, when he disposed of his stock\\nfor a farm. The farm was located two miles from\\nBelvidere, and when he made the exchange he did\\nso for the purpose of procuring the tiniber on the\\n-m,\\n-^m^ ^4^^^^J-^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0225.jp2"}, "226": {"fulltext": "zJ^K 6v -:nii: ^:iiii^i v\\n4^^5f(svfii\\nMIDLAND COUNTY\\n0\\nand. He soon found lie had no outlet in which to\\nget his timber to market, and was compelled to )Kir-\\nchase 60 acres additional in order to procure one.\\nHe moved on this land and engaged in cutting and\\nmarketing his lumber, in which vocation he met with\\nsignal success.\\nJune II, 1863, Mr. Post enlisted in Co., M, 4th\\nN. Y. Heavy Artillery. His company was attached\\nto the 6th Army Corps of the Army of the Potomac,\\nand participated in the battles of Spottsylvania\\nCourt-House, Wilderness and others. The 4th N. Y.\\nHeavy Artillery was divided into batteries, and the\\none to which Mr. Post belonged was known as the\\n3d N. Y. Ind. Light Artillery. It participated in nu-\\nmerous engagements up to the date of Lee s surren-\\nder, and holds an honorable place in the history of\\nthat campaign, and was honorably mustered out in\\nAugust, 1865.\\nAfter discharge from his country s service, Mr.\\nPost returned to Belvidere and moved his family,\\nwhich had remained in Belvidere during his absence\\nin the army, on his farm. He then spent some time\\nin the oil regions, but wisely concluded not to invest,\\nand, returning, purchased a team and engaged in\\nlumbering.\\nIn 1867 Mr. B. e.xchanged his farm for a stock of\\nmerchandise, and for two years conducted the mer-\\ncantile business at Belvidere. He then disposed of\\nhis stock and came to this county, leaving his family\\nat that place. He arrived here in the fall of the year\\nand remained until the following spring, when he re-\\nturned to Belvidere and spent about a year in dis-\\n]K)sing of his property, and then returned with his\\nfamily to Midland City, this county. He remained\\nin Midland, variously occupied, for about two years,\\nand then moved to Clare, Clare County. In the\\nlatter place, he purchased some mill property, and\\nfor four years conducted the business until the mill\\nwas destroyed by fire. His loss was about $4,500,\\nwith no insurance.\\nIn 1880 Mr. Post came to Coleman, this county.\\nHe purchased a mill near Clare, Clare County, moved\\nit here and commenced operations. Soon afterward\\nhe erected a store building, and placed a stock of\\ngoods in the same, and has lately disposed of the\\nmill, store building and stock.\\nMr. Post was united in marriage Aug. 30, 1856, to\\nMiss Fannie M., daughter of Redding and pAinice\\n(Scott) Gleason. Her father was born in Steuben\\nCo., N. Y., June 25, 181 2, and died Sept 12, 1865.\\nHe was of Dutch descent. The mother was born\\nMay 22, 18 1 9, in Vermont, and is living with her\\ndaughter Alice, in Clare, Clare County. There were\\nseven children in her parents family, all of whom\\ngrew to maturity except one who died in infancy.\\nFannie M., wife of Mr. Post, was lioni Jan. 7-, 1839.\\nMr. Post has 120 acres of hind near Buttonville,\\non which he has 30 acres cleared and 25 improved.\\nHe also owns 200 acres of land in the vicinity of\\nColeman. His son, Floyd Lewellyn, is a full partner\\nwith his father, which relation has existed ever since\\nhe became of age.\\nMr. and Mrs. Post have had three children born\\nto them, all in Belvidere, N. Y., one of whom is\\ndeceased The living are: Floyd L., born April 11,\\n1857; Ada May, born July 15, 1861 Florence A.,\\nborn Dec. 6, 185S, was married May 19, 1877, to\\nJosiah Horning, and departed this life Jan. 29, 1879.\\nPolitically, Mr. Post is a Republican, and is at\\npresent a Justice of the Peace. Mrs. Post is an\\nactive, working member of the Episcopal Church.\\nA\\ngi^lg^SC oseph A. Morrison, manufacturer of shin-\\nll ^all ii glcSi P l i^d tub staves and heads, in\\nll\u00c2\u00a9 Geneva Township, was born in Armstrong\\niM 844. His parents, Robeit\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|r and Jane (Hill) Morrison, were respectively of\\ny Scotch and Irish descent, and were natives of\\nNew Bethlehem, Armstrong Co., Pa. They also\\ndied there, the demise of the mother occurring about\\nthe year 1857, that of the father in 1850.\\nMr. Morrison, in his first contest with the world,\\nwhich he commenced at the age of 13 years, engaged\\nas a farm laborer by the month, and spent about a\\nyear in that capacity. He enlisted Aug. 28, 1861,\\nsoon after the disaster of the first battle of Bull\\nRun, enrolling in Co. C, 105th Pa. Vol. Inf., Col.\\nMcKnight, his regiment being assigned to the divis-\\nion of Gens. Heintzelman and Kearney and attached\\nto the Third Army Corps. Mr. Morrison was in\\nactive service throughout the entire Peninsular cam-\\npaign under Gen. McClellan. At the battle of Wil-\\nliamsburg he received a slight bayonet wound while\\nsustaining a charge from the enemy in ambush be-\\nt\\nI\\n^^^^4-\\n^il!i:^:titiv\\nr*?\\nd-\\nX-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0226.jp2"}, "227": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0227.jp2"}, "228": {"fulltext": "II\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I\\ntamm\\n^lyia", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0228.jp2"}, "229": {"fulltext": "(b\\n5\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nhind a fence. He was in the second battle of Bull\\nRun, and went thence to the hospital at Point Look-\\nout, Md., where he spent a month struggling with\\ntyphoid fever. He went thence to the convalescent\\ncamp at Alexandria, and was discharged on the sur-\\ngeon s certificate. He was mustered out Feb. ii,\\n1863, and returned to his friends at New Bethlehem.\\nAfter recovery he attended school one year at an\\nacademy at Glade Run. He next entered into a\\n])artnership witli a man named John Shaddock, in\\nthe draying business, in which he was interested\\nabout eighteen months. On the termination of that\\nrelation he engaged in transporting oil from Oil City\\nto Pittsburg, and after a year sold his interest to his\\npartner. He next engaged in drilling oil-wells, which\\nhe followed in Pennsylvania two years after this\\nhe went to the oil regions of Canada and was simi-\\nlarly interested there one year. His next change of\\nbase was to Detroit, where he entered into a contract\\nto get out 150 cords of last timber, at $4 per cord.\\nHe came to the Saginaw Valley to fulfill the obliga-\\ntions of his contract, and has since remained chiefly\\nin the territory included under that name. About\\n1867 he bought a wood lot some three miles north-\\neast of Midland, and set himself to the task of con-\\nverting it into a farm; but the stumps appeared too\\nformidable for the short period allotted to man, and\\nafter spending one summer in tlie pursuit of his\\nproject, he returned to Saginaw and followed the\\nbusiness of a drajman one summer. He then came\\nback to Midland and formed a partnership with a\\nMr. Fletcher, and built a shingle mill, but the enter-\\nprise was not feasible, and he disposed of his interest\\nto his partner. He then engaged to manage a mill\\nabove Freeland, where he operated one season,\\nat the termination of which he went to Freeland and\\nspent two years in the shingle business, getting out\\nthat commodity by the thousand. He went thence\\nto Sanders Point, Delta Co., Upper Peninsula, where\\nhe spent two years running a mill in the interests of\\nWhitney Bros., of Cincinnati. He returned to Free-\\nland and managed a mill there about one year, when\\nit was destroyed by fire. He went next to Averill\\nand rented a mill, which he devoted to shingle man-\\nufacture, and operated a year, going thence to\\nLoomis, where he engaged by the day, in the shingle\\nbusiness, and remained two years.\\nHe came to his present location in 1877. The\\nfirst year he ran a shingle-mill on shares, and during\\nthe two years following he was interested in lumber-\\ning. In 1880 he established the business which he\\nhas since prosecuted with satisfactory results,\\nalthough two years after the purchase of his mill\\nhis property was burned without insurance. He\\nimmediately rebuilt his works, and has been prosper-\\nously engaged since. He has owned a fine farm of\\nSo acres, with 60 acres under cultivation. On this\\nhe resided one year and sold it in 1883, The aggre-\\ngate of his business interests is about $100 per day.\\nMr. Morrison was married in August, 1865, to\\nEllen Foote. She was born May 18, 1843, at Can-\\nton, N. Y., and is the daughter of Mitchell and\\nMargaret (De Bar) Foote. Her father was a soldier\\nof the Union army, and died June 5, 1865. He\\nwas made a prisoner and was confined in Libby\\nPrison three months, was released on parole, and\\nreturned home, but died before he was exchanged.\\nHer mother is 78 years old, and lives at Canton, St.\\nLawrence Co., N. Y. Nellie May, born Feb. 8,\\n1869, and Harrison Allen, born April r, 1874, are\\nthe two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Morrison.\\nThe latter died in 1876.\\nMr. Morrison belongs to the National Greenback\\nparty, and has officiated one term as Town Clerk.\\n^^^i v/\\ntlyil xl. I.I\\ne\\nohn A. Whitman, farmer, section i, Inger-\\nsoil Township, is a son of John and Dor.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0O\\ncas (Davis) Whitman, natives of New\\nHampshire, who lived 30 years in Rutland Co.\\nVt., then in Genesee Co., N. Y., Livingston\\nCounty, same State, Saginaw County, this State,\\nfive years, and finally IngersoU Township, this county,\\nwhere they died, the former in April, 1865, and the\\nlatter in the fall of 1862.\\nOf their family of five sons and three daughters,\\nJohn A., the subject of this sketch, is the eldest son,\\nbeing born Jan. 18, T814, in the township of Tin-\\nmouth, Rutland Co., Vt. On arriving at 21 years of\\nage he went to Crawford Co., Pa.; three years after-\\nward to New York State, and finally to Michigan.\\nOn coming to Saginaw County he followed land-\\nclearing for five years; cleared 100 acres for Jis.\\nFracier, then known as the Bloomfield farm, now\\nowned by A. B. Payn then he purchased a tract of\\n600 acres, in Midland and Saginaw Counties, settled\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0229.jp2"}, "230": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ab34\\n^^89-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-#^c\u00c2\u00aevl\\nV\\nin this county, in Ingersoll Township, on the Titta-\\nbawassee River, building a log house and commen-\\ncing to clear his land. This was in 1844. In 1872\\nhe built the house which he now occupies. He has\\nsince disposed of all his land but 250 acres, 200 of\\nwhich he h.as in a fine state of cultivation. He\\nkeeps about 300 head of sheep, 10 head of cattle\\nand seven head of horses. Mr. Whitman was the\\nfirst settler in Ingersoll Township and the first per-\\nmanent settler in Midland County. His eldest\\ndaughter, Jane, who is now the wife of Joseph Bar-\\nton, of Mt. Haley Township, was the second white\\nchild born in Midland County, and the first in Inger-\\nsoll Township.\\nMr. Whitman was first married in Livingston Co.,\\nN. Y., in June, 1833, to Lucinda Cogswell, a native\\nof that State, and they had four children, namely\\nJohn, James, Mary and Jane. John died when\\nabout 14 years old. Mrs. W. died in 1848, and Mr.\\nW. was again married, June, 1850, in Saginaw\\nCounty, to Joanna Moran, a native of Waterford,\\nIreland, and by this marriage there have been nine\\nchildren, seven of whom are living, viz.; George W.,\\nDaniel W., Ellen, Ellis, Frank, John and Laura.\\nThe two deceased were named John and Kate.\\nMr. Whitman has held the office of Township\\nTreasurer, in Saginaw County, for five years. Justice\\nof the Peace, in this county, before the township of\\nIngersoll was organized, six years, and was the first\\nTreasurer of the county, being appointed at its or-\\nganization by the County Board. Also, before the\\ncounty was organized, he was Highway Commissioi:er\\ntwo years, and has been School Director several\\nyears. With reference to national issues he is a Re-\\npublican.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Whitman may be found on\\nanother [lage of this work.\\n^Sf i.J ial Roekwood, deceased, was a resident\\nPSM of Midland Township from 1874 until his\\nHis parents, Reuben and Polly\\nIg^ death\\nRoekwood, were natives of the Bay .Slate.\\nHe was born in Erie Co.,N. Y., March i, 1820\\nand lived in his native State, following the vo-\\ncation of agriculture, until March, 1867, when he\\ncame with his family lo Saginaw Co., Mich., and\\nbought 80 acres of land at Freeland, which he sold\\nseven years afterward and, in the spring of 1874,\\ncame to Midland County and bought 40 acres in\\nMidland Township. Here he lived until his death,\\nwhich occurred Feb. 19, 1884. He was an active\\ntemperance worker and a worthy citizen.\\nHe was married in Erie Co., N. Y., May 25, 1856,\\nto Emily, daughter of Orin and Rowena (Ross) Bab-\\ncock, parents natives respectively of Otsego Co.,\\nN. Y., and Massachusetts. She was born in Erie\\nCo., N. Y., May 27, 1831. Mr. and Mrs. R. had\\nthree children, viz.: Eliza R., Frank H. and Emma\\nA. The first named married Milton M. Boies, whose\\nsketch is given elsewhere in this Album. Mrs. R.\\nis a member of the Baptist Church.\\n-13=\\nifWdfiM. M. V. Chambers, farmer on section\\n^-aaL 34, Hope Township, was the first male\\nwhite born in the city of Milwaukee,\\n-Jlfs^^ ^Vis. He was born Nov. 2, 1843, the son of\\nM/ Robert and Eliza Ann (Stevens) Chambers.\\nt Mr. Chambers, Sr., was of English and German\\ndescent, was born near Hamilton, Ont., and was a\\npioneer in the State of Wisconsin. He owned 80\\nacres in Kilbourn Township, now the heart of the\\ncity of Milwaukee; and after selling this, bought a\\nfarm ten miles north of the Cream City, on the\\nGreen Bay road. He shortly sold this, and bought a\\nplace near Sheboygan, where he lived eight years.\\nHe then came to St Clair Co., Mich., where he cul-\\ntivated five or six years a farm rented of a widow\\nby the name of House, before his death, at the age\\nof 72. His wife was 62 years old at her death, in\\n1875\\nThe subject of this biograhy left home in his 13th\\nyear, and commenced to earn his own livelihood,\\nworking at whatever employment offered. He came\\nto Saginaw in 1857, and was a fireman on a river\\nsteamer for three years, then engineer two years.\\nNov. 24, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, 28th Bat.\\nMich. Vol. Inf., which was incorporated with the\\n27 th, under Col. Fox. The regimer.t was assigned\\nto the 9th Army Corps, and contained two of Mr.\\nChamber s brothers, Joseph and Robert. He was\\ndischarged at Ypsilanti, on account of disability, in\\nMarch, 1863, betbre his command left for the front.\\nComing to Edenville, this county, the following\\nc\\nca:\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T^ :^D!l^nni ^5\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0230.jp2"}, "231": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a9\u00e2\u0096\u00a0?i^tf^\u00c2\u00ab\\nvC:llIl^DIlr^-?\\nO\\nO\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nautumn, he engaged in lumbering in the winter and\\ndriving logs in the summer. He bought his present\\nfarm of 38 acres in 1872, and moved upon it in\\n1878. He has worked in the woods every winter\\nbut two. Previous to making hi-s location here, he\\nowned 40 acres in Edenville Township, which he\\nsold. He bought 80 acres in Minnesota, but sold\\nthis also, and returned to Midland County. He also\\nmade a start in Gladwin County.\\nHe was married March 9, 1878, to Miss Almira\\nHolden, daughter of Augustus Holden, who resides\\nseven miles east of Clio, Genesee County. Mrs.\\nChambers was born March 9, 1853, and is the mother\\nof one daughter, Laura Ann, born June 20, 1879, in\\nHope Township.\\nMr. C. is politically a Greenbacker.\\nleiieiz/\u00c2\u00ae^^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i|\\n-^^yzrawn.\\n\u00c2\u00ab/9\\nr\\nt ames Odell, farmer, section 7, Jerome Town-\\nship, was born April 16, 1844, in Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., and is the son of Palmer and\\nJemimaOdell. The father was drowned in 1855\\nin Jack Rift s River, Onondaga County. The\\nmother is living at Fremont, Steuben Co., N. Y.\\nShe married a second time, and is again widowed.\\nBoth parents were natives of the Empire State, and\\nthe mother is of mixed German and English descent.\\nThe family included si.x children, all of whom are\\ndead but two. Susan Ann (Odell) Monroe, sister of\\nMr. Odell, survives. Jacob, a brother, became a\\nsoldier for the Union, and was twice wounded at the\\nbattle of Pittsburg Landing, and was taken to\\nMound City Hospital, where he died.\\nMr. Odell came to the township of Orrin, Branch\\nCo., Mich., when he was 17 years old, and has since\\nbeen a residentof the Peninsular State, with the excep-\\ntion of one year, which he spent in Onondaga County.\\nWhile he remained in Branch County he labored by\\nthe month as a farm assistant. In the spring of\\n1869 he came to Lansing and spent a summer in\\nIngham County. In the fall of that year he bought\\n80 acres of land in Jerome Township, three miles\\nfrom his present location, for whicli he paid one-\\nfourth of the purchase money. He retained its\\nownership about five years, sold out and bought 10\\nacres, for which he paid and entered upon the work\\n80 acres of Charles Cochrane, with the privilege of\\npaying for it at his own convenience, on ivhich he\\nremained about 15 months. He decided tliat he\\nshould not be able to pay for it, and he returned to\\nhis lo-acre farm, to whicir he has added eight acres\\nadditional. He also owns 80 acres on the same sec-\\ntion, but not adjoining. Fifteen acres of his property\\nis in tillage. Mr. Odell was married Dec. 25, 1869,\\nat Midland, to Charlotte M. Lavier. She was born\\nJan. i8, 1854, in Canada, and is the daughter of\\nCharles and Philadelphia (Parks) Lavier. Her\\nmother was of English descent, and died in 1873, in\\nJerome Township. Her father is residing in Cana-\\nda. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Odell are\\nrecorded as follows: Reuben J., born Jan. 24, 1871\\nan infant, born June 10, 1872, died the same day\\nMabel J., June 23, 1873; Cora A., May 4, 1876;\\nClare M., July 7, 1877 Pearl VV., Nov. 21, 1881.\\nMr. Odell is a Republican in political sentiment\\nand action, and has been in public life to considera-\\nble extent in the township where he resides. He has\\nserved two years as Justice of the Peace, and has\\nfilled the school offices. He is a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\n(5)\\n--\u00c2\u00bb5-\\navid E. Thurber, farmer, sec ion 9, Inger-\\nsoil Township, is a son of Calvin and\\ni.^Jiy Frances (Craig) Thurber, natives of Can-\\nv ada, and was born in the county of Megantic,\\n0)\\nLower Canada, Feb. 28, 1844; in 1864 he came\\nof improvement. The following spring he bought\\nX\\n4 to Monroe Co., Mich., and in a short time he\\nwent to Columbiana Co., Ohio, where he remained\\nabout si.\\\\ months. After spending a short time in\\nCanada, he returned to Michigan, resided in Wash-\\ntenaw County almost six months, in Ingham County\\nabout a year and a half, in Saginaw County a year\\nand a half, and in the fall of 1868 he came to Mid-\\nland County, resided in Midland City about three\\nyears, being engaged for a year and a half by Geo.\\nF. Keep as a foreman on his farm, and in lumbering.\\nIn 1873 he purchased 80 acres of land in Ingersoll\\nTownship, where he has since resided, and has now\\nabout 55 acres under cultivation. In political mat-\\nters Mr. T. is a National, and in his community\\nhe has been honored with the office of Township\\nTreasurer one year.\\nMr. Thurber was married in Mason, Ingham Co.,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2S^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0231.jp2"}, "232": {"fulltext": "|)^fi^^#\u00c2\u00ae^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nMich., to Miss Rebecca J., daugliter of William and\\nEleanor (Wilson) Horton. Slie was born in Dela-\\nware Co., N. Y., July IS, 1S43. To Mr. and Mrs.\\nT. have been born three children, naiii^jly Calvin\\nE., Laney B. and David H.\\n5-4\\nw-c J -5\\nf^P f^f j ichael E. Kane, farmer, section 9, Mid-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0iiiiliMaf land Township, is a son of Lawrence and\\nEsther (Fox) Kane, parents natives re-\\ny speclively of Ireland and Canada. He was\\nalso born in Canada, Ai)nl 29, 185 1, went to\\ncommon school and worked on the farm until\\n187 I then spent three summers in Washtenaw Co.,\\nMich., working in the woods during the winter; next,\\nhe bought a farm in Lenawee Co., Mich., where he\\nlived until the spring of 187 8, when he exchanged\\nthis farm for 90 acres of land where he now resides,\\nand has 20 acres in cultivation.\\nMr. Kane was married in Flint, Genesee Co.,\\nMich.. July i, 1879, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Alson\\nand Alice (Butler) Sanborn, ihe latter natives of\\nCanada: she is a native of the Peninsular State.\\nMr. and Mrs. K. are members of the Catholic\\nChurch. They have had three children, namely\\nLawrence, Michael, who died when about a year\\nand a half old, and James Alson.\\nOn national questions Mr. Kane holds the views\\nof the National party.\\nohn Swanton, farmer, section i2,Edenville\\nIjl^ Township, was born Feb. 24, 1842, in To-\\nronto, Can., and is the son of John and\\nElizabeth Ann (Aikens) Swanton. His father\\nwas born in Ireland, in 1S07, and died in Pick-\\nering, Can., in March, 1847. His mother was\\nborn in Ireland, and is now the wife of Thomas\\nGransden, Sr., of Edenville Townshii). The parents\\nemigrated to Canada in 1819, and the father made\\nthe first brick used in the construction of tlie cele-\\nbrated Gore bank building at Toronto.\\nOn the death of his father, Mr. Swanton became\\nan inmate of the family of Augustus Simons, with\\nwhom he remained until he was 11 years old. They\\nremoved to Erie Co., Pa. Mr. Simons was a man of\\nunsteady habits and finally abandoned his family.\\nand Mr. Swanton was placed under the charge of a\\nfarmer in Erie County, named John Melhorn, with\\nwhom he resided until the age of 18 years. In i860\\nhe went to the township of Walsingham, Can., where\\nhe worked one year as a farm assistant. At the end\\nof that time he returned to Pennsylvania and spent\\nseveral months of the year 1862, in the employ of\\nMr. Melhorn, with whom he had previously resided.\\nHe became interested in the issues of the civil war\\nand determined to risk the fate of a soldier. He en-\\nlisted .\\\\ug. 15, 1862, in Co. A, i4Sth Pa. Vol. Inf.,\\nCol. H. L. Ihown, and was mustered out of the\\nUnited States service Aug. 9, 1865, at Baltimore.\\nThe command was assigned to the Second Army\\nCorps, First Division, and was attached to several\\nbrigades. It was a part of the Army of the Potomac,\\nduring the engagements at Antietam, Fredericksburg,\\nChancellorsville and Gettysburg. In the fall of 1863\\nMr. Swanton was wounded near Bristow Station, dur-\\ning the retreat from the Rapidan. He became dis-\\nabled by a wound in the hip from a fragment of shell,\\nwas captured by the rebels and sent to Belle Isle.\\nAfter five months he effected his escape by strategy,\\nand made his way to Annapolis. He rejoined his\\ncommand at Cold Harbor and continued in active\\nservice until June 16, 1864, when he was wounded\\nby a grape shot, in an attempt to capture a rebel\\nbattery near Petersburg. He was sent to Lincoln\\nHospital at Washington, D. C, and two months later\\nwas transferred to the Haddington Hospital at Phil-\\nadelphia. In the spring of I S65 he was transferred\\nto the Invalid Corps, and sent on duty to Jarvis\\nHospital, Baltimore, where he was mustered out of\\nservice.\\nHe returned to Erie, Pa., and went to work for his\\nformer em[iloyer, Mr. Melhorn, with whom he re-\\nmained until April, iS67,when he came to Edenville\\nTownship, in Midland County. He worked during\\nthe summer on a farm and through the winter in the\\nlumber woods. He returned to Fairview Township,\\nErie Co., Pa., and was married June 9, 1868, to\\nCatherine, daughter of Christian and Catherine (Fry)\\nBrown, a native of Wirtemburg, Germany. Her par-\\nents were also born and died there, and at the age\\nof 13 years, accompanied by a sister three years\\nolder, she emigrated to America, and joined two\\nbrothers in Erie Co., Pa. They landed in the city of\\nNew York, in 1S57. The children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nV.\\nsy\\ncwi :;t]||:^tlti; i^\\n_N:rT-. T T^_\\nl^^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0232.jp2"}, "233": {"fulltext": "Z^^^^iST\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ry\\nTdm Mh^T\\ns^~^W\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nf\\nSwanton were born in Edenville Township, as fol-\\nlows: Ida May, Aug. 7, 1869; Alma Edith, July 12,\\n1872; Otto C. B., May 12, 1878; Katie Mercedes,\\nJuly 14, 1881.\\nMr. Swanton has served his townsmen five terms\\nas Township lerk.\\n-f\\n=f-\\n1\\nI\\nI\\n.[iKffll i ra B. Cronkright, farmer, resident on sec-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i|^3i t on 26, Jasper Township, was born Jan. 12\\n;V|^T 1841, in Midland Township. He is the\\nC a son of Charles and Lydia (Snyder) Cronkright^\\nand is the second white male born in Midland\\nCounty. He grew to manhood on the Michigan\\nfrontier, his first e.xperiences in life being those of the\\nl)iuneers. He remained with his parents until he was\\n27 years old, working on the farm summers and in\\nthe lumber woods winters, after he attained suitable\\nage and strength. After tlial he operated as a lum-\\nberman until his marriage, which took ])Iace Nov. 9,\\n1867, in Homer Townshij), Midland County. His\\nwife was Adriana V. Adams, daughter of Ransom\\nand Sarah J. (Westbrook) Adams, formerly residents\\nof Oakland Co., Ont., wlierc the daughter was born\\nJan. 30, 184S. She came to Michigan when she was\\n13 years old witii her grandparents. Mr. and Mrs.\\nCronkright have had eight children, six of whom are\\nliving: William, Minnie A., Edna A., R. B. Hayes,\\nClyde E. and Eftie P. The deceased were named\\nEdward and Arthur. Mr. C. is a Republican in\\npolitical faith and has held various local offices.\\n^\u00c2\u00bbhJh*^\\noseph C. Townseud, Midland. One of the\\nmost familiar faces in Midland County is\\nthat of the man whose name heads this\\nsketch. From Saginaw to tlie northern frontier\\neveryone knows Uncle Jo, as he is famil-\\niarly called. Reared within the corporation of\\nMidland, and living here continuously for more than\\n30 years, he is possessed of an intimate acquaint-\\nance with the growth and prosperity of the county\\nhe loves so well. The historian is under special ob-\\nligations to him for information upon many subjects.\\nHe is the youngest of 1 1 children, of whom three\\nsurvive. His parents, Joseph and Polly (Cronkright)\\nTownsend, emigrated from Mt. Morris, Livingston\\nCo., N. Y., in 1842, and after residing a short time in\\nSaginaw County, settled near the Forks, now Mid-\\nland City. Joseph was a lad 12 years old when\\nhis parents came to Midland, and his schooling in\\nNew York to that date was very limited. When\\nHenry Ashman taught the first school in the county\\nJoseph was one of the first scholars, nearly all of\\nwhom were Indians. In fact, for several years after\\ncoming here, Indian children were the only play-\\nmates the Townsend children had. Together they\\nhunted, fished, swam the rivers and played hide-and-\\nseek among the bushes; but a mere handful of the\\nrace yet remain that were the friends of his boyhood.\\nJoseph w^as a great lover of the chase, and a number\\nof his exploits are related in another part of this\\nwork.\\nAs he grew to manhood, he wooed and married\\nMiss Evaline Patterson, the daughter of Henry W.\\nand Harriet Patterson. The former is one of the\\nmost influential and worthy citizens of Midland, who\\nstill resides near his daughter, and is fully satisfied\\nwith Midland County as a place in which to spend\\nhis declining years. The marriage of Mr. Townsend\\nand Miss Patterson was celebrated in 1856, by Chas.\\nFitzhugh, Esq., who for many years was a resident\\nof the township and one of its first settlers. Joseph\\nand his wife have lived happily together for more\\nthan a quarter of a century, and have been the par-\\nents of II children. Harriet, the eldest daughter,\\nwedded George Pick, and now resides at To.iawanda,\\nN. Y. lantha is the wife of Albert Sidelinker, and\\nAngelina married John Bancroft. Both the latter\\nlive in Midland City, and the younger children,\\nChester, Sophronia and Geneva, are with their par-\\nents, thus forming an almost unbroken family circle.\\nFive children are buried beneath tlie trees in the\\nvillage cemetery, which is thus made the dearest\\nspot on earth to the parents who loved them so\\ndearly.\\nJoseph is a radical Republican, but the Greenback\\nand Independent parties have maintained him in\\noffice for a long term of years. Gov. Jerome ap-\\npointed him a Notary Public, and Gov. Begole,\\nCounty Agent of the State Board of Charities, which\\noffice he has filled acceptably for many years. He\\nhas been for 14 years Superintendent of the Poor,\\nand County Coroner for 12 years.\\ni^.\\nI\\nf|s\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^m^m^\\n.^^^i-\\n-S\\n\u00c2\u00a7S5^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0233.jp2"}, "234": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\ne\\ni^\\nOwning a dray line, and having a comfortable\\nhome in the suburbs, his days are passed in compar-\\native ease and comfort. He is always the same\\njolly, good fellow, an honest man, a courteous neigh-\\nbor and an upright Mason.\\nilliam E. Hewitt, lumberman on section\\na^ L 8, Larkin Township, is a son ot Benjamm\\nJj^^n Sarali (Westcott) Hewitt, natives\\nof Vermont, and was born in that State\\nAug. i8, 185 1. He came to Midland\\nCounty in 187 i, and has since made his home\\nhere. In October, 1883, he purchased a shingle mill\\non section 8, Larkin, where he is now doing a thriv-\\ning business. He emplnys seven men, and his mill\\nhas a capacity for turnitg out 25,000 shingles daily.\\nHe was first married in TJncoln Township, March\\n8, 1873. to Miss Christina J. Howe, daughter of\\nJames Howe, of Larkin Township. Mrs. H. died\\nOct. 24, 1883, leaving two daughters, Sarah E. and\\nPhebe \u00c2\u00a3.;_ and Feb. 22, 1884, he chose for his\\npresent wife Miss Viola Howe, a sister of the first\\nMrs. Hewitt. Politically, Mr. H. is a Democrat.\\nsection 27, Hope\\njV^A Mi illiam Mills, farmer,\\nj \u00e2\u0080\u00a2-^VO Township, was born Sept. 29, 1851, in\\nOntario, Can., and is the son of Samuel\\nand Sarah (Filmore) Mills. The parents are\\nof English descent and were born in Nova\\nScotia. The family moved to Ontario in 1849,\\nwhere they remained until their removal to Midland\\nCounty in i86r.\\nMr. Mills, of this sketch, was si.K years old when\\nhe made his first acquaintance with the Peninsular\\nState, and grew to man s estate in the township in\\nwhich he now resides. He is the proprietor of 70\\nacres of land, which includes 30 acres inipioved and\\ncultivated.\\nHis marriage to Annie Oslrander occurred June 11,\\n1877. She was born March 8, 1859, in St. Clair Co.,\\nMich., and is the daughter of John C. and Anna\\n(Pratt) Ostrander. The mother of Mrs. Mills died\\nbefore she was three years old, and, her father marry-\\ning soon afterward, she grew to womanhood under\\nthe care of a step-mother. Following is the record\\nof the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Mills Ernest\\nW., Nov. 19, 1878; Estella R., Nov. 10, 1880; Clay-\\nton D. \\\\V., .\\\\iig. 2, 1883. They were born in Hope\\nTownship.\\nMr. Mills has been Township Clerk two terms,\\nand is now discharging the duties of Treasurer for\\nthe second time.\\nj f S^Jjenjamin G. Beden, farmer, section 25^\\n^iEi^iJ^- Iniiersoll Township, is a son of Sinithfield\\n^j jg^ and Rebecca (Melvin) Beden, the former\\nIto native of the Green Mountain State and\\nthe latter of the old Granite State. Their\\nresidence was first in Wyoming Co., N. Y.,\\nthen in Wayne County, same State, and finally, in\\n1836, they emigrated to Lapeer Co., Mich., where he\\ndied Feb. 26, 1853. She afterward lived with her\\ndaughter in Genesee Co., Mich., and died Feb. 10,\\n1874. In their family were ten children Walter M.,\\nCalista, Diana, Benjamin G., William, Seth N.,\\nAmanda, Laura, William (2d) and Susan.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Wayne Co.\\nN. Y., Feb. iS, 1822; was 14 years old when his\\nparents came to Lapeer Co., Mich., and lived at\\nhome witli them until 20 years of age, assisting on\\nthe farm and attending school. At the age men-\\ntioned he started out in the world for himself, at first\\nworking by the month for a few years. He then\\nlearned the cooper s trade, which he followed about\\ntwo years then for about 16 months he worked at\\nfarming and as clerk in a store. Then he purchased\\na farm in Hadley, Lapeer Co., Mich., where he lived\\nfrom 1848 to 1858; he then sold out, and in the fol-\\nlowing February he came to Midland County and\\nsettled on 120 acres of land in Ingersoll Township,\\nwhich he had bought the previous year. He has\\nsince added 40 acres by purchase, and he now has\\nabout 60 acres in a good state of cultivation.\\nMr. Beden has been Justice of the Peace si.x years.\\nDeputy Clerk several years and Township Treasurer\\none year. He was once elected Coroner, but did not\\naccept the office. In his political views he is a Re-\\npublican. In 1873 he joined the Patrons of Hus-\\nbandr)\\\\\\nVS\\n9\\nt\\n-:^^^i^\\n^n\\n:^ni]f ^^9-\\n4^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0234.jp2"}, "235": {"fulltext": "\\\\^}S^^^^^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^^efv^\\n239\\nAt the time of the Revolutionary war, his grand-\\nmother was met by some American soldiers who de-\\nsired some flannel for making cartridges. She gave\\nthem her petticoat, which they hung on a pole, and\\nX around this they cheered and vowed they would die\\nrather than suffer defeat.\\nMr. Beden was married in Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 16, 1853, to Harriet P., daughter of Harvey\\nC. and Melinda (Compton) Mills. (See sketch of\\nDavid A. Mills.) Mrs. Beden was born in Pose,\\nWayne Co., N. Y., Oct. 12, 1836. They iiave one\\nchild, Rodney A., born April 24, 1858.\\nV\\n(l\\nI\\ni homas Moore, farmer and proprietor of\\nL^ I Moore s Hotel at Edenville, was born Aug.\\n18, 1839, in Dundas C o., Can., and is the\\n^d^ son of Michael and Alice (O Connor) Moore.\\nTlie parents were natives of Ireland, and are\\ndeceased. They emigrated to Canada respect-\\nively in 1828 and in 1830.\\nMr. Moore spent the first 14 years of his life on a\\nfarm and at school. He had a natural taste and\\naptitude for books, and at the age of 14 years he be-\\ngan teaching in the Dominion. At the age of 17\\nyears he went to Syracuse, N. Y., and spent some\\ntime as a farm laborer. He then entered a drug\\nstore, in which he operated four years, when he re-\\nturned to Canada and engaged in rafting one season\\non the river Trent. The season following he spent\\nin assisting his father on the farm, when he returned\\nto his former employment as a raftsman. In the fall\\nof that year (1862) he came to Ann Arbor, and after\\nworking there three months as a farm assistant, he\\nwent to East Saginaw with the intention of engaging\\nin lumbering; but happening to meet his former em-\\nployer from Syracuse he entered his store at Saginaw\\nas a salesman. He served in that capacity three years.\\nOn terminating that connection he engaged ni hand-\\nling dairy products, and in si.x months netted $1,000.\\nAssociated with two partners, he purchased a mer-\\ncantile establishment at Chesaning, Saginaw Co.,\\nMich., and four months later sold his interest to his\\npartners. He then engaged in hotel life at Chesan-\\ning, and conducted the Chesaning House one year.\\nAt the expiration of that time he came to Edenville,\\nand engaged in the same business in which he has\\nsince continued, wi .h the exception of six months.\\nEight years after establishing himself in the business,\\nhis hotel was destroyed by fire. At that time he had\\n$3,200 in cash and a well-stocked farm of 200 acres.\\nAfter the fire he felt disposed to try fortune in a more\\nextended sphere, and went to Saginaw, where he\\nbought the Franklin House. Six months later he\\nhad tested the abiding qualities of all his ready money\\nand S400 besides, and found the climate not adapted\\nto his abilities. He swallowed his losses and ex-\\nperiences, and returned to his farm at Edenville. In\\none year he made $800, and built a part of the hotel\\nhe is now managing. He has continued in the same\\nbusiness ever since, with various degrees of success.\\nHe was married at Saginaw June 21, 1S64, to Caro-\\nline E., daughter of .Mexander and Harriet N. (Bab-\\ncock) Ladow. Her parents are natives of the State\\nof New York, and are residing in Tama Co., Iowa.\\nHer father is a minister of the Baptist Church. Mrs.\\nMoore was born Aug. 19, 1838, in Camden, Lorain\\nCo., Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Moore have had one daugh-\\nter, Georgiana, born Jan. 16, 1866, and died March\\n16, 1872.\\nMr. Moore is a Democrat, and is serving his third\\nterm as Supervisor of Edenville Township.\\n^imeon Kent, farmer, section 22, Midland\\n1^ Township, is a son of James A. and\\nRachel (Crane) Kent, natives of New\\nYork State, who emigrated thence to Midland\\nCounty, in 1S54, settling in Midland Town-\\nship, where ihey Iiave since resided. Of their\\nfive children, three grew up to maturity, namely:\\nHarriet, Catherine and Simeon. The two deceased\\nwere Eliza J. and an infant.\\nSimeon was born in Saginaw County, Oct. 21, 1840.\\nIn February, 1864, he enlisted in the cause of the\\nUnion, in the ist Mich. Cav., and while engaged in\\nthe battle of Winchester, a., Sejjt. 19, 1864, he\\nreceived a bullet wound in his right arm, which\\nnecessitated an amputation. He was discharged in\\nJune, 1865. Is now a member of the Dwight May\\nPost, No. 69, G. A. R., and concerning political\\nquestions takes generally Republican views.\\n9\\ni\\n11\\nsniif^A^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0235.jp2"}, "236": {"fulltext": "^llIlSlln^\\n240\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nsr\\nVS3S^\\n0\\n5\\nrS^\\nMr. Kent was married in Saginaw Co., Mich.,\\nSept. 12, 1869, to Sarah E., daughter of Wilham and\\nS^ Amanda (Holt) Morrison, natives of Pennsylvania.\\nMrs. K. was born in Armstrong Co., Pa., Maj- i,\\nJ 1852. To Mr. and Mrs. Kent have been born five\\nY children, namely James A., Amanda J., George L.,\\nGertrude R. and Hattie I.\\n^^\u00c2\u00a3ii\\naniel Wilcox, farmer, section 28, Midland\\nTownship, is a son of Henry and Cath-\\nkcTi erine (Collins) Wilco.x, who were natives\\nJPS of the Empire State.\\nHe was born in Erie County, that State,\\nFeb. 5, 1822, followed farming a portion of\\nthe time, and for 12 years was employed in a hotel\\nand on the lakes as berth-maker. Four months\\nof the above period, however, were spent in Wiscon-\\nsin. In the fall of 1852 he came to Midland\\nCounty and purchased 80 acres of unimproved land\\nwhere he has since resided. He is therefore one of\\nthe oldest pioneers of the county. He has sold si.x\\nand a half acres of his first purchase, and of the re-\\nmainder he has about 60 acres well improved. His\\nis a fine farm.\\nMr. Wilcox was married in Buffalo, N. Y., to Mar-\\ngaret Derig, a native of Ireland, who came to\\nAmerica when a young child.\\nMr. W. has been School Assessor in his district.\\nIn politics he is a Reiniblican. Mrs. is a mem-\\nber of the Catholic Church.\\n.ames Whitman, farmer and lumberman,\\nsection 9, Porter Township, was born in\\nSaginaw Co., Mich., May 31, 1843, and is\\na son of John A. and Lucinda (Cogswell)\\n^Vhitman. (See sketch.) The parents moved\\ninto Midland County when their son was but a\\nyear old, being among the first settlers in the county,\\nlocating in IngersoU Township, where he, the father,\\nnow resides. James mother is deceased.\\nThe subject of this biographical notice remained\\nat home until 2r, when he set out for himself, pur-\\nchasing a piece of land in Homer Township, which\\nhe managed for a year and then lumbered one season\\nfor Horace Jerome, after which he merged into the\\nlumber business with his father. Thus they operated\\ntogether two years, furnishing railroad lumber and\\nsupplies. Then for some time he prosecuted a simi-\\nlar business in comiiany with Mr. Gordon, of Mid-\\nland, then in connection with the Saginaw Boom\\nCompany for about seven years.\\nOn leaving them, in the fall of 1880, he settled on\\na quarter of section 9, Porter Township, which tract\\nhe had purchased two years previously. Here he\\nhas improved 40 acres and built a good, large barn,\\na comfortable residence, etc. He is not married.\\nMr. W. is a Republican in his jx)litical principles,\\nand has held the minor offices of his township.\\nir^^:i=rts\\n*t#rt-r5-\\n^^i dwin N. Burton, farmer, section 12, Eden-\\n^^K ville Township, was born June 20, rS37,\\n??j^^\u00c2\u00b0 in Dexter, Me., and is the son of David\\nj)^ and Emeline (Copeland) Burton. The parents\\ni were born respectively in Maine and Massa-\\nchusetts, and removed in 1851 to Dexter,\\nWashtenaw Co., Mich. In 1854 the family went to\\nEast Saginaw and remained one winter, the father\\noperating as foreman of a lumber camp in the em-\\nploy of one of the heaviest firms of Saginaw. In\\nthe spring of 1855 they settled in Midland County,\\nwhere he completed the period of his minority. He\\nobtained his education wholly in Maine and Wash-\\ntenaw Co., Mich., and, after coming to Midland\\nCounty, devoted his increasing strength to clearing\\nand improving the homestead and contributing to\\nthe support of the family.\\nWhen he was 22 years old he enlisted in Co. D,\\n1 6th Mich. Vol. Inf., under Col. Stockton, of Flint.\\nThe date of his enrollment as a soldier in the\\nservice of the United States was Aug. t, 1S61. The\\nregiment was assigned to Butterfield s Brigade, Fitz\\nJohn Porter s Division, of the Army of the Potomac.\\nTlie first service of any importance in which Mr.\\nBurton was engaged was the siege of Yorktown.\\nDuring the Peninsular Campaign under Gen. Mc\\nCtellan, while the army was lying in the swamps of\\nthe Chickahominy River, he was seized with illness,\\nand June 27, 1862, he was sent to the Highgee Hos-\\npital at Fortress Monroe. Three weeks later he was\\nremoved to Long Island (N. Y.) Hospital. He was\\nSlf\\\\S^^^\\nt\\nV^\\nA\\nca:\\nt\\n-^4S^\\n-^Dar^iinit", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0236.jp2"}, "237": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COU.VTY.\\nr^^^^^\\n-4^5C(sVS\\n-A\\nV\\n1\\n241\\ndischarged thence Oct. 20, 1862, on a surgeon s cer-\\ntificate, by the orderof Gen. Brown. On leaving the\\nhospital he made his way to Rochester, Oakland Co.,\\nMich., where lie remained six weeks with his sister,\\nbeing too weak to proceed further. At the end of\\nthat time his father came for him and removed him\\nto his home. His disease was of a malarial charac-\\nter, contracted in the deadly miasmas which laid\\nthousands of Northern soldiers under the sods of the\\nvalley in that murderous, fruitless waiting for move-\\nment, and which was more disastrous to the cause of\\nthe Union and resulted in a greater loss of life than\\nactive service on the field could have done. Three\\nyears elapsed before Mr. Burton recovered his nor-\\nmal strength and endurance. He belongs to the\\ntype of politicians distinguished as War Demo-\\ncrats, and has served his generation in many promi-\\nnent and responsible positions. He has been Super-\\nvisor two terms, Treasurer five years, Clerk three\\nyears, and has been recently elected Justice of the\\nPeace.\\nMr. Burton was married Nov. 8, 1868, to Mary M.,\\ndaughter of Richard and Elizabeth (McConnell)\\nWillis. Her father was born Nov. iS, 1816, in\\nIreland, and is yet resident in Edenville Township.\\nHer mother was born Nov. 18,1833, in Canada, and\\ndied Oct. 14, 1863. Mrs. Burton was born April 3,\\n1853, in Sparta, Elgin o.. Can. Following is the\\nrecord of five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Burton:\\nFrank E., born Feb. i, 1870; Willis A., April 10,\\n1 87 2, died Jan. 9, 1880; Bessie, March 20, 1874,\\ndied Jan. 11, 1880; Emeline A., March 5, 1876;\\nWinfield Scott, Sept. 30, 1880. All the children\\nwere born in Edenville Township. Tliose deceased\\ndied within two days of each other, of diphtheria.\\nI rancis L. O. Banks, farmer, section 27,\\n-Midland Township, is a son of Wright and\\nAnn (Brotherton) Banks, who were natives\\nof Connecticut. He was born in Sherman,\\nFairfield Co., Conn., Aug. 31, 1830, coming to\\nOakland Co., Mich., with his parents when 11\\nyears of age. He attended the High School at Pon-\\ntiac. At 18 years of age he began and worked out\\nby the month for five years. In 185 1 he came to\\nMidland County and settled on 43 acres of land in\\nMidland Township, which he had bought three years\\npreviously, and where he has since resided. To the\\noriginal purchase he has added 64 acres, and now\\nhas about 75 acres in a good state of cultivation. He\\nhas held the offices of School Director and Con-\\nstable, and in regard to political questions he votes\\nwith the Republicans. He and his wife are mem-\\nbers of the Baptist Church.\\nMr. Banks was married in Saginaw Co., Mich.,\\nMarch 16, 1854, to Miss Margaret E. Lire, a native\\nof Massachusetts, and of Scotch parentage. They\\nhave had five children, viz.: Charles, Adelbert R.,\\nClara F., Frederick and William U. Charles and\\nFrederick are deceased.\\n\u00c2\u00abec\u00c2\u00a3r!S^S-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 tj^^\\noel A.\\n.^^^3OTSv\\n_^, Brewer, farmer and lumberman,\\nSft^ resident on section 27, Homer Township,\\nwas born Aug. 4, 1844, in Allegany Co..\\nN. Y. His parents, Daniel and Julia A. (Bas-\\nsett) Brewer, were natives of the State of New\\nYork, where the former still resides, aged 78\\nyears. The mother died in .Mlegany Co., N. Y.,\\nMarch 17, 1876. Their family comprised nine chil-\\ndren, three of whom are deceased.\\nMr. Brewer is the eighth child of his parents in\\nthe order of birth, and is the fourth son. He is the\\nonly one of the family who has left his native State.\\nHe received a fair common-school education, and\\nwhen he was 17 years old he went South in the em-\\nployment of the Government. He was present at\\nfour of the important battles of the Army of the\\nCumberland. He was at Nashville the day of Lin-\\ncoln s re-election, and heard a speech by Andrew\\nJohnson.\\nHe returned to his liome in the State of New\\nYork, where he remained but a brief period, going\\nthence to Pennsylvania, where he engaged as a mill\\nassistant for some months. He returned home for a\\ntime and again went to Pennsylvania and interested\\nhimself in the chances of the oil regions. In 1867\\nhe went back to Allegany Co., N. Y., where, July 15\\nof that year, he was married to Julia F., daughter of\\nJohn and Sophia Wirt. Her paren?^ were natives\\nof Canada, of French descent. They became resi-\\ndents of the Empire State in early life, where they\\nmarried and have since resided. The daughter was\\nc\\neMs\\n(T-A\\n^^D!l^Dnf^\\nri_\\ns^?^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0237.jp2"}, "238": {"fulltext": "msiiiir^?^\\nrr\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ijfig^^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^m^^\u00c2\u00aevm\\nborn June 21, 1849, near Rochester. The family re-\\nmoved in 185 1 to Allegany County. Grant S., born\\nrjuly 4, 1868, and P rank J., born May 18, 187 i, are\\nthe names of the two children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nBrewer.\\n(Oj\\nMr. Brewer pursued tlie calliut; of a fnrmcr in\\nAllegany County until the fall of 18S0, wlien he\\ncame to Midland Co., Mich., spent one winter as a\\nlumberman, and then purchased his present property\\nof 160 acres, which was all in heavy timber. He\\nhas engaged in lumbering every season, and em-\\nployed the remainder of his time in iminoving his\\nland. He has cleared and placed 20 acres under\\ntillage. Mr. Brewet is a Republican in political\\nsentiment. He lias just entered uix)n his second\\nterm as Supervisor, and is also Justice of the Peace.\\nTlie fiimily attend the Methodist F,|)iscopal Church.\\nfeugh MeWilliams, fanner on section 22,\\nHope Township, was born in (ilasgow, Scot-\\nland, Aug. 24, 1832, the son of William and\\nJane (Kissick) MeWilliams, natives of Ireland.\\nThe father emigrated with his family to Mon-\\ns, Ireal, Can., in 1844. After a six-months stay there,\\nemployed at his trade of stone mason, he went to\\nKingston, where he was similady employed a little\\nover a year. He was then accidentally drowned in\\nthe Napanee River. Hugh remained with his mother\\nuntil her death, seven years later, and remained in\\nthe vicinity two years longer, working at lumbering,\\nfanning, etc.\\nHe then came to this State, and after stopping a\\nfew months with William McCrary, in Ingham\\nCounty, he came on to Midland County. Here he\\nworked a winter in the woods, next spent a summer\\nin a saw-mill at Saginaw, and then settled perma-\\nnently in Midland County. He helped Mr. McCrary\\nbuild his first log shanty, and of him he l)ought 50\\nacres of land, about i860. He has now 40 acres of\\nthis in cultivation, and has a good barn and a small\\nframe house.\\nMarch 23, 1862, he married Miss Milly J. Weaver,\\ndaughter of Zenas and Eli/abeth (Sears) Weaver.\\nMr. W., one of the jiioneers of Hope Township,\\ndied in Roscommon County, March 30, i88i,and\\nwas brought to Hope Townshi)) for burial. Mrs. Mc-\\nh\\nWilliams was born Sept. 15, 1845, in Norwich, Can.,\\nand has been the mother of seven children, six of\\nwhom are living. Following is the record Ada M.,\\nborn May 2, 187 i Eva Lizzie, Oct. 27, 1874; Mary\\nAlta, Jan. 23, 1876; Thelbert H., March 21, 1878;\\nI-ydia Ann, Dec. 20, 1879; Sadie R., Sept. 9, 1881\\nWillie F., Feb. 24, 1883. All were liorn in Hope\\nTownship.\\nMr. McW. has been Justice of the Pe.ice two\\nterms, and votes the Republican ticket.\\n\u00c2\u00abs--\\nsrthur Hickling, farmer, section 14, Mid-\\nji^^^k land Township, is a son of John and Ma-\\ni^ tilda (Wooaj Hickling, natives of England,\\nJr where they were reared, lived, married, labored\\nand died.\\n.\\\\rthur was born in Nottingham, England,\\nApril 28, 1833. He lived in that country until 1861,\\nengaged in the butcher business, and then came to\\nCanada. He settled in Guelph, Wellington Co.,\\nOut., where he followed the same business at which\\nhe was engaged in the old country.\\nIn the summer of 1872 Mr. Hickling came to Mid-\\nland City, this county, and opened a meat market,\\nwhich business he continued for three years, when\\nhe was burned out. He immediately rebuilt and\\nfollowed the same business until May, 28, 1876,\\nwhen the same destroying element swept away his\\nproperty for the second time. Not discouraged, and\\npossessing an abundance of pluck, he again re -built\\nand continued in the same business until June, 1877,\\nwhen he disposed of it.\\nMr. Hickling has been twice married. His first\\nunion was with Miss Anna .\\\\daiiis, a native of Eng-\\nland, and occurred in that country. One son, John\\nA., born iMarch 28, 1861, was the only offspring of\\nthis marriage. His second marriage was to Mrs.\\nMargaret Warner (//(V Highfield), daughter of George\\nand Martha (Foster) Highfield, and was solemnized\\nJune 16, 1877, in Midland City, this county. She\\nwas born in Lancashire, England, in 1832. Her\\nfirst marriage was to Mr. Samuel Warner, who died\\nFeb II, 1875. She is the owner of 80 acres of land,\\non which the family reside, and has 50 acres of the\\nsame under a good state of cultivation. Religiously,\\nA\\n^ii!i^nn\\n--^^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0238.jp2"}, "239": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\ns3i\\n1^\\ns/\\nshe is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr.\\nH. is a Democrat in politics, and has held the posi-\\ntion of Fire Police in Midland City for about a year,\\nas well as a local position in his township.\\n-^^4##\\n^Jj-Uc\\nKp (5;0;, loyd L. Post, attorney, Coleman, was born\\nij KSj lp April 1 1, 1857, at Belvidere, Allegany Co.,\\nl N. Y., and is a son of John and Fannie M.\\nm (Gleason) Post, both of whom are yet livinij;.\\n^1^ In their family were one son and two daugh-\\nters, one of the latter being now deceased.\\nMr. Post had a common-school education, read law\\nin the office of Wheaton Perry at Clare, Mich., for\\ntwo years, and also at home, and was admitted to the\\nBar at Harrison, Clare Co., Mich., in March, 1882,\\nsince which time he has practiced his profession,\\nbeing in company with his father in his business\\nmatters. Together they own about 240 acres of land,\\nof which 45 are improved. Mr. P. has been Super-\\nvisor one year. Clerk of Grant Township, Clare\\nCounty, one year, and of Warren Townshi[), this\\ncounty, one year, and Village Clerk one year. Polit-\\nically he belongs to the Republican party.\\nMarch 22, 1S84, Mr. Post was married to Miss Isa-\\ni)ella v., daughter of Miciiael Doherty, who is now\\nliving on a farm in Belfast, Allegany Co., N. Y. Mrs.\\nPost is a graduate of that place, is a school and music\\nteacher and is a member of the Catholic Church.\\nShe was born in Belfast, Feb. 17, 1859.\\nustus B. Johnson, fanner on section 36,\\n_^|jt Midland Township, is a son of John A.\\nand Sally (Barden) Johnson, natives of\\nNew Jersey and Massachusetts respectively;\\nthe former died in Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1859,\\nand the latter in Midland Township, this\\ncounty, at the home of the subject of this sketch,\\nAug. 18, 1872. Their family included nine children\\nfour sons and five daughters.\\nThe third son, Justus, was born in Monroe Co., N.\\nY., May 8, 1820, and lived at home until 17 years of\\nage, receiving a good, common education. He\\nlearned the cooper s trade, which he followed most\\nof the time until 1869. In the fall of that year he\\ncame to Midland County, and purchased 80 acres of\\nwild land, where he has made his home since the\\nfall of 187 I, when his family moved upon the place.\\nHe has purchased 160 acres additional, and has now\\nabout 60 acres under the plow.\\nApril 4, 1846, in Erie o., N. Y., occurred his\\nnuptials with Hiss Margaret, daughter of William and\\nElizabeth (Vanderbilt) Wyckoff, natives of the State\\nof New York. Mrs. Wyckoff was a cousin of Cor-\\nnelius Vanderbilt, father of the present railroad\\nmagnate. Mrs. Johnson was born in the Empire\\nState, Nov. 17, 1817, and died in Erie Co., N. Y.,\\nAug. 21, 1870, having been the mother of five chil-\\ndren Charles A., Myron J., Alphonso (died when\\nfour months old), Elizabeth S. and Alice S.\\nMr. J. is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist\\nChurch, in politics is a Republican, and has been\\nOverseer of Highways for three years.\\nSllpWra .rederick M. Burton, favnier, section 12,\\nxJibsSJ j Edenville Townshi[), was born April 3,\\nKp^ 1849, in Dexter, Penobscot Co., Me. His\\n^p parents, David and Emeline (Copeland) Bur-\\nl^ ton, were natives of Maine and of English de-\\nl scent. The father was born in September,\\n1 80 1. The mother was born Aug. 14, 1815, and\\ndied April 20, 1881, in Edenville Township. The\\nfamily removed to Webster, Washtenaw Co., Mich.,\\nin November, 1851, and there resided until 1854,\\nwhen they made another transfer to East Sagi-\\nnaw, where they passed the winter of 1854-5.\\nThe father owned a farm in Washtenaw County\\nduring the three years in which he was a resi-\\ndent there, and was foreman of a lumber camp at\\nSaginaw for Tift Jerome the winter previous to his\\nremoval. Meanwhile he took advantage of an oppor-\\ntunity which presented of buying the farm on which\\nhe has since resided, in Edenville Township, paying\\ntherefor 50 cents per acre.\\nMr. Burton was not cpiite seven years of age when\\nliis parents settled in Eden Township, and he grew\\nto manhood and obtained a common-school educa-\\ntion under his father s care and supervision. He\\nspent some years in his employ after he was 21, re-\\nmaining at home until his marriage. On the occur-\\nrence of that event he purchased 30 acres of unim-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)(v f|^\u00c2\u00bb\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.^:;^.JL\\nD!l^:iltlf\\nZu:^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0239.jp2"}, "240": {"fulltext": "T mmm T-\\n^^^^iVS\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nproved land of his father, on which he has since\\nresided, and he now has 15 acres under cuhivation.\\nMr. Burton belongs to the National Greenback party\\nI in political affiliation. He has held the oftice of\\nX Drain C ommissioner, and has been re-elected for an-\\nother term.\\nHe was married jNIay 13, 1873, to Lizzie P., daugh-\\nter of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann (Aikens) Grans-\\nden. Her parents reside in Edenville and are\\nrespectively of English and Irish descent. Her\\nmother was born Nov. 18, 1814, in Ireland, and her\\nfather was born in England, Feb. 14, iS io. Mrs.\\nBurton was born Nov. 27, 1852. Three children\\nhave been born of her marriage, as follows David\\nC, July 30, 1874; Stephen L., Feb. 15, 1876; Mary\\nRosa, April 14, 1878. Mr. Burton is a UniversaUst\\nin religious belief; his wife is a Roman Catholic.\\n-tSs.\\nJx -if^^l^gbert Bradley, farmer, sec. 27, Midland, is\\nej irMili) son of Joseph and Mary (Emmons) Bradley,\\n=1 (0^^^ the former a native of Connecticut ar.d the\\n\u00c2\u00b0^i\u00c2\u00a3 latter of New York, who emigrated to this\\n=1 t State in 1842, setthng in Livnigston County,\\nJ* 1 where she died, in June, 1844. He afterward\\nremoved to Ionia Co., Mich., where he died, Sept.\\n19, 1880.\\nEgbert was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., July 30,\\n1829, and was about 13 years of age when he came\\nto Michigan with his parents. He started out for\\nhimself in the world when about 20 years of age, first\\nfinding employment in a saw-mill at Port Huron for\\nabout six months; then ten months in a mill in the\\nUpper Peninsula: then returned to Livingston\\nCounty then followed lumbering and blacksmith-\\ning about four years in Genesee County. Next,\\nin i860, he went to Colorado in search of gold,\\nmeeting with some success, earning the coveted\\nmetal by farming, mining and milling; was tliere six\\nyears. He returned to Ionia County, and in the fall\\n(aS of 1867 came to this county, where he has since re-\\nI sided. He now owns 177 acres of land, in Midland\\nTownship, besides village property in Midland; has\\n50 acres of his farm land in a good state of cultiva-\\ntion.\\nHe has held the office of Highway Commissioner\\ntwo years; is a member of the Masonic Order; in\\npolitics, is a Republican, and cast his first Presidential\\nvote for (ien. Winfield Scott.\\nMr. Bradley was married in Ionia Co., Mich., Nov.\\n17, 1867, to Mrs. Hannah, widow of Darius P.\\nThompson and daughter of John and Hannah Steers,\\nwho was born in Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., Dec. 15,\\n1845. She had by her first husband one child, named\\nDarius P. Thompson, Jr., and by her jjresent mar-\\nriage has had two children, namely, Mary F^. and\\nJoseph R. Mrs. Bradley s father died when she was\\na child, and her mother resides with the suliject of\\nthis sketch. She is 76 years old, and blind.\\nirSJ^^o^v\\n?C^i \u00c2\u00bbT-i^\\nj^aniel E. Grover, farmer and lumberman,\\nresiding at Edenville, was born March 22,\\n-^fi^ 1843, in Detroit, this State. His parents\\nTjfi, were James C. and Catherine M. (Hough)\\nGrover. The father was a cari enter and joiner\\nby trade, and died at Bay Ity, Bay County,\\nthis State, .\\\\pril 5, 1877, in the 59th year of his age.\\nHe descended from that class of Puritans who were\\nknown as Independents, who established the first\\ncolony at Plymouth. His family consisted of seven\\nchildren: three boys and four girls. The mother\\nwas born at St. Catherine s, Can., and was of German\\ndescent. The family moved from Detroit to Shia-\\nwassee County, this State, where the father followed\\nhis trade for three years, and then removed to Port\\nHuron, St. Clair Co., and there followed his trade for\\ntwo or three years. From Port Huron he went to\\nPoint aux Barques, where he remained for two years.\\nDuring his stay at the latter place he built a saw-\\nmill and was engaged for some time in running the\\nsame. His next move was to East Saginaw, where\\nhe engaged in the grocery business and worked at\\nhis trade for about three years. F rom East Saginaw\\nhe moved to Bay City, where he died, as before\\nstated.\\nDaniel E. Grover, the subject of this biographical\\nnotice, was the fourth child of his father s family.\\nHe lived at home under the care of his parents,\\nassisting in the maintenance of the family, and\\ndevelo|)ed into manhood. On arriving at the age of\\nmaturity he set forth upon the road of adversity to\\nbattle against the trials of hfe. He engaged in\\nlumbering and running on the rivers for a time, when\\nI\\nX=l\\n0)\\ngKVg))^^#-\\nui^-1.\\nmwM^^ ^^f^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0240.jp2"}, "241": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0241.jp2"}, "242": {"fulltext": "E3RT\\n/\u00c2\u00bb*HV1VJ\\nHHtattMJ", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0242.jp2"}, "243": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\nf\\nm\\nhe went to Cleveland, Ohio, and worked on the\\nCleveland Pittsburg Railroad for two years. From\\nCleveland he went to Pittsburg, Pa., and worked on\\nthe railroad for a time, when he obtained a position\\non the police force, and served on that for two years\\nand ten months. From Pittsburg he moved to West\\nBay City, this State, where he remained for two\\nyears, and during a part of that time he was Marshal\\nof the City. His ne.\\\\t move was to Edenville, this\\ncounty, where he built a house and where he now\\nresides. He has a farm of 80 acres, which he culti-\\nvates during the summer, and he follows the voca-\\ntion of lumbering winters.\\nMr. Grover was united in marriage Dec. 25, 1865,\\nto Miss Kate, daughter of John W. and Ellen\\nGrover. Both her parents were of German de-\\nscent, and died in Edenville, her father at the\\nage of 89 years. Mrs. Kate Grover, wife of the sub-\\nject of this notice, was born in Norfolk Co., Can., May\\n16, 1844. She is the mother, to Mr. Grover, of seven\\nchildren, four of whom are deceased. The living\\nare Daisy, James Henry, Samuel L. and Catherine\\nM. The deceased are John Worthington, Geddes\\nand Daniel.\\nPolitically, Mr. Grover is a Democrat. He has\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace, and socially\\nis a genial-hearted citizen and an ardent worker for\\nthe interests of the community in which he resides.\\neorge Miller, farmer and mill proprietor,\\n^j. residing on section 29, \\\\Varren Township,\\n^^i and one of the representative as well as self-\\nmade men of the county, was born Sept. 20,\\nI 1845, in Hagerstown, Wayne Co., Ind. He is\\na son of Henry and Elizabeth (Sexton) Miller.\\nThe father of Mr. Miller went to California when\\nGeorge was only four years of age, in 1849, during\\nthe great overland rush to that country. He was\\nambitious to secure a competency, and, tliough limited\\nin education, possessed that faculty of push and de-\\ntermination which seldom fails to overthrow and con-\\ncpier all obstacles. He learned the trade of black-\\nsmith and followed the same for a while in the land\\nof gold, but soon abandoned it and went to San\\nFrancisco and Sacramento. He was very successful\\nin California, and sent his family some $3,500; but\\nbefore he had secured a sufficiency he was taken sick\\nand died. His death occurred in 1858, some eight\\nyears after he arrived in the Golden State, and\\nnone of his family saw him from the time of his de-\\nparture from his home in Indiana.\\nGeorge Miller, the subject of our biographical\\nnotice, remained with his mother in Wayne County,\\nassisting in the maintenance of the family and attend-\\ning the common schools, until he attained the age of\\n18 years. On arriving at that age, he learned the\\npainter s trade and followed it for five years. He\\nthen engaged as an employee in a saw-mill at New\\nLisbon, owned by his brother. He remained with his\\nbrother in the mill for three years, and in the fall of\\n1869 came to this county.\\nHe and his brother erected a steam mill on the\\nTittabawassee River just below Sanford, and he was\\nactively engaged in operating it for two years. He\\nsold the mill at the expiration of the time mentioned,\\nto Benj. Dean, and went to Coleman.\\nIn 187 I, Mr. Miller purchased a portable mill and\\nerected it at Coleman, in this county. He added to\\nits capacity nearly every year until Oct. ir, 1883,\\nwhen it was destroyed by fire. The mill property\\nwas worth about $6,000, and was insured for only\\n$2,700, causing a net loss in its destruction of $3,300.\\nIn the winter of 1883, Mr. Miller erected another,\\nlarger and more costly mill than the one destroyed\\nby fire. He runs about seven months during each\\nyear, and his mill has the capacity to produce about\\n$4,000 worth of stock per month. It is a saw-mill,\\nshingle-mill and hoop-mill. The saw-mill has a ca-\\npacity of about 1,000 feet an hour; the shingle-mill\\n40,000 shingles every 1 1 hours, and the hoop-mill\\n12,000 hoops every 11 hours.\\nThe mother of Mr. Miller died in Bloomington,\\n111., in June, 1863. She was the mother of ri chil-\\ndren, eight boys and three girls, all of whom, except\\none, lived until they attained the age of manhood\\nand womanhood. Two died while fighting for their\\ncountry s flag in the late civil war. One son was\\nwounded at the battle of Chickamauga, Sept. 19,\\n1863, and died on the 21st of the same month. An-\\nother son died, after leaving the army, from disease\\ncontracted while on duty.\\nMr. Miller was united in marriage Oct. 31, 1870,\\nto Miss Catherine Adella, daughter of Charles C. and\\nEliza B. (Burton) Sanford. Her father is still living,\\nI\\n9\\nr=i\\n1=:\\n^f^#\\nj^\\nM^unMi^\\nAu=i.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0243.jp2"}, "244": {"fulltext": "IM\\n348\\nii5%ar\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nisirwisr\\n^i!^(^\\n.Of\\n0\\nV\\nat Sanford, and has attained the venerable age of 65\\nyears. The motlier died some six years ago. Mrs.\\nMiller was born Dec. 24, 1S51, at Geneva, Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio. The husband and wife were the parents\\nof two children George Ora was born Aug. 31, 187 i,\\nin oleman, this county, and died at Sanford Nov. 22,\\n1874, of scarlet rash. Cora was born Junes, 1874,\\nin Sanford, and died Oct. 29, 1879, at Coleman.\\nPolitically, Mr. Miller is a ijclicver in and sup-\\n|X)rter of the princi[)les of the Republican party. He\\nhas been Justice of the Peace four years, Supervisor\\nthree terms. Township Treasurer one term and Higli-\\nway Commissioner two terms. He was a Democrat\\nuntil the tariff question was introduced into politics,\\nand then joined the Republican party. Socially, Mr.\\nMiller holds a high posilton in tiie estimation of the\\ncitizens ot his township. He possesses that push\\nabout him which adds to the development and pros-\\nperity of the community in which he resides and\\nmakes many warm and true friends.\\nHe owns the three farms in Warren Township ad-\\njoining the village of Coleman, comprising 330 acres.\\nHe has 170 acres of this land improved, 40 acres in\\nwheat and 60 in meadow. Mr. Miller was the first\\nman to manufacture shingles and hoops in the town-\\nshij), and has done much to advance the interests of\\nthe same.\\nThe jwrtrait of Mr. Miller, which a])pears on an-\\nother iiage, is a fitting addition to the Biogr.mmiicai.\\nAND POUTRAIT Al.lUIM OF MlDI.ANU CoU.N IV. He\\nhas been prominent in the best interests of his town-\\nship and county since he became resident therein,\\nand has contributed his inllncnce and effort to the\\nsnlislanti.d progress of bolii.\\n-^-3-E-\\nindrew Fransen, farmer, section 34, Jerome\\nrownshi|), was born Jan. 10, 1844, in Ring-\\nster, Denmark. His parents, Nels and Anna\\n(Hansen) Fransen, are naiivesof Denmark, and\\nemigrated to America in 1869. They made\\ntheir first location al IMoomfield, Saginaw Co., Midi.,\\nwhere they remained one year, and in 1870 settled\\nin Jerome Township. Tlie fatlicr died May 2, 18S4,\\nand the mother survives.\\nIn that year Mr. Fransen entered a homestead\\nclaim of So acres, of which he took [wssession in tiie\\nspring. The entire tract was in a wild condition,\\nand he has improved about 30 acres. Mr. Fransen\\nis a Lutheran in his religious connections; is now\\nserving as Justice of the Peace.\\nHe was married Dec. 15, 1877, in Midland, to\\nHelen, dangiiter of Samuel and Maiy Ann (Nugent)\\nWinters. The mollier was born at Rockville, Md.\\nThe fatlier was born May 5, 1S09, al Emmettsburg,\\nFrederick Co., Md. Mrs. Fransen was born April\\n14, 1852, at the last named place. The children\\nhorn of her marriage are recorded as follows: Mary\\nAnn was born Jan. 21, 1881 John Thomas was\\nborn May 31, 1882. An unnamed infant died a week\\nafter birth.\\ngenjamin F. Slough, farmer, section 32,\\nPorter Township, was born May 23, 1828,\\nin Lycoming Co., Pa. Benjamin and Es-\\nther (Smith) Slough, his (larents, were natives\\nof the Keystone State, of German ancestry.\\nTiiey belonged to the agricultural class and\\ndied in their native State, the one in 1862, tlie otlier\\nin 1849. Their family comprised seven sons and two\\ndaughters. Two of the former are deceased.\\nMr. Slough is the sixth child of his parents, and\\naccompanied them, when he was six years old, to\\nSnyder Co Pa., where he passed the years of liis\\nminority in obtaining his education in the common\\nschools. On attaining to the period of his legal\\nfreedom, he went to work as a canal-boat builder, in\\nwhich he was employed five years. For some time\\nthenceforward he operated as a carpenter and joiner\\nat Freeport, Illinois, and he traveled at odd times\\nihruugh 15 States. In 1854, he vvent to Summit Co.,\\nOhio, and again engaged in the construction of canal\\nboats on the Ohio anal. He came to Midland Co.,\\nMich., in 1S56, and at once entered a homestead\\nclaim of ifio acres in Porter Townsliip, where he was\\nthe Inst permanent settler. Tliere was not a single\\ntiioroughfave in its whole extent, and when Mr.\\nSlc)iigli built his liouse, which was the first within the\\ntownship limits, he was under the severe necessity ol\\nobtaining all supplies from St. Louis, Gratiot County,\\na distance of 1 2 miles, and of paying for them at\\nextravagant rates. The route, was made by water\\nand over Indian trails. This kind of life continued\\nsix years before they could obtain a team. On set-\\nI\\n4\\nt\\nt;", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0244.jp2"}, "245": {"fulltext": "I\\n0!i\\n\u00c2\u00a3-\u00c2\u00bbs=J\u00c2\u00abe-\\n-^i\\nV\\nI\\nV\\n1\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ntling on his estate he abandoned his trade and has\\nsince given his attention wholly to the improvement\\nof his property. He claims one of the best farms in\\nthe township, on which he has improved 40 acres and\\nerected suitable and creditable farm buildings.\\nMr. Slough was married March 29, 1859, at Free-\\nport, 111., to Sarah J. Holmes, who was lx)rn in Car-\\nroll Co., Ohio, Oct 13, 1832. She went in her child-\\nhood with her parents to Seneca County, where she\\nwas educated and reared to womanhood. Her par-\\nents still reside there, aged respectively 75 and 76\\nyears. One child bom of her marriage is living,\\nMrs. Ida .S. Kirne. (.See sketch of J. W. Kime.) She\\nwas bom Nov. 27, 1862. Lillie D. (Slough) Kime\\nwas born Aug. 17, i860, and died Sept. 4, 1880.\\nMr. Slough is independent in political views, and\\nhas been Township Treasurer, besides having held\\nthe minor local offices.\\nieary Baymond, fanner on section 15, Hope\\nTownship, was bom at Port Huron, St. Clair\\nCo., Mich., April 11, 1840, the son of Nicholas\\nand Sophia (Lavier) Raymond. The father, a\\nblacksmith by occupation, died when Henry\\nwas 12 years old. The mother still lives at\\nPort Huron.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm,\\nand left home to make his own way in life when 15\\nyears old. He commenced by working by the month\\nas a farm laborer. He has been in this county since\\nMay 3, i860. Shortly after coming, and before he\\nwas 21, he bought 40 acres of Willjam McCrary. He\\nafterwards sold this and bought 58 acres of Amasa\\nRust, in what is now Exienville Township, which he\\nat once set about improving. In 1867, he settled on\\nhis present place of 80 acres in Hope Township.\\nJan. 31, 1864, in Jerome (now Exienville) Town-\\nship, he was united in wedlock with Miss Rosaltha\\nErway, daughter of Daniel and Hilah (Clark) Erway.\\ni\u00c2\u00a3r. E. is dead; Mrs. E. resides with her son Sylves-\\nter. Mrs. Raymond was bom Aug. 9, 1846, in the\\nState of New York.\\nOf this marriage six children are living, and three\\ndeceased. Ettoile I^., bom Nov. 13, 1864, died Aug.\\n19, 1866; Effa V. was bom Jan. 14, 1868; Sophia\\nL., Dec. 13, 1869; William Isaac, July 5, 1872; next\\nin order, two infants died when two days old Hilah\\nR. was born March 24, 1878; Henry Garfield, Oct.\\n10, 1880; and Jesse H., Nov. 6, 1882.\\nMr. R. is a Republican, and has been Highway\\nCommissioner.\\nll^harleB Overton, farmer, section 14, Mid-\\nland Township, is a son of Thomas and\\nElizaljeth A. (Temple) Overton, natives of\\nEngland and America respectively.\\nCharles Overton, the subject of this sketch,\\nwas bom in Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 26, 1846.\\nHe lived in his native State, where he followed the\\noccupation of fanner, until 1866, when, in November\\nof that year, he came to Midland City, this county,\\nand for three years engaged as an employe in the\\nlumber woods. After that he was variously em-\\nployed in Midland City, unril 1878, when he moved\\nupon the farm of 40 acres on section 24, Midland\\nTownship, which he had purchased when he was\\n18 years old, and on which he at present resides,\\nand of which he has about 20 acres improved.\\nMr. Overton was married July 2, 1876, to Sarah\\nA., daughter of George and Harriet Morgan, natives\\nof England, in which countrj- the daughter was bom,\\nSept. 22, 1847. Religiously, she is a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church. Politically, Mr. O. is\\na believer in and supporter of the Republican party.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0Sr^-^fi^-\\n.IK-lexander J. Baymond, farmer on section\\nf^^ff^^, 14, Hoi^ Township, was bom in Wayne\\nt \u00c2\u00bbS Co., Mich., March 4, 1837, the son of Nicho-\\n*(il las and Sophia (Lavier) Raymond. Mr. R.,\\ni Sr., was killed in Kimball Township, St. Clair\\nCo., Mich about 1850, by the falling of a limb of a\\ntree. His widow was subsequently married to David\\nMoore, and now lives just outside the corporation\\nlimits of the city of Port Huron. Her living chil-\\ndren by Mr. Raymond are named Henry, Sylvester,\\nRichard, Julia and Joseph D.; and by Mr. Moore,\\nEber B., Louisa and Elvira.\\nAlthough his father was by occupation a black-\\nsmith. Alexander worked while a boy on a farm. At\\nm", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0245.jp2"}, "246": {"fulltext": "-:^^K 6v ^a D n n^ i v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nt\\nS\\nthe age of 1 6 he set out for himself. In September,\\n1854, he came to Edenville Township, this county,\\nand commenced working in tlie woods for Tift\\nJerome, in wliosc employ he remained most of the\\ntime for 15 years. He was in Edenville from Sep-\\ntember to March, then in St. Clair County during the\\nsummer, returning to this county in the fall. The\\nensuing three years he traveled througli a number of\\nthe Western States, working at lumbering, farming,\\netc., after which he worked two years at lumbering\\nin this county, and on the river.\\nIn the spring of i860 he bought So acres of land\\nunder the Graduation Act, paying 25 cents per acre.\\nHe built a shanty and commenced to improve his\\nplace, but in this he was interrupted by the breaking\\nout of the civil war. Aug. 13, i85i, he enlisted in\\nCo. D. 1 6th Mich. ol. Inf, under Col. Stockton and\\nCapt. Benj. Fisher. He was assigned to the Third\\nBrigade, First Division, Fifth Army Corps, under\\nCien. Fitz John Porter. With the exception of three\\nmonths in hospital, from a wound, he served entirely\\nthroughout the war. He was wounded at Gaines\\nHill, June 27, 1862, in the left middle finger, which\\nwas amputated just below the middle joint. He\\nparticipated in McClellan s Peninsular campaign,\\nand was with Porter when the latter was ordered to\\nassist Pope, at the second Bull Run, but disobeyed\\norders, resulting in his dismissal from the army. He\\nfought in the Fifth Corps, under Gen. Warren, from\\nthe battle of the Wilderness to the surrender of Lee\\nfought at Gettysburg, Antietam and Fredericksburg;\\nand was mustered out July 25, 1865, when he re-\\nturned to his farm in Edenville. Thence he subse-\\nquently removed to Hope Township. He now owns\\n72ji$ acres in the latter townshi)), of which 25 are\\nimproved.\\nFebruary 14, 1864, while home on a veteran fur-\\nlough, he was married to Miss Carrie A. Burton,\\ndaughter of David and Emeline (Copeland) Burton.\\nMr. B. is living on a part of the old homestead with\\nhis son Edwin. Mrs. B. is deceased. Mrs. Ray-\\nmond was born Oct. 13, 1844, in Penobscot Co.,\\nMe. She is the mother of nine children, as follows:\\nAda E., born Nov. 12, 1865; Alfred J., Oct. 26,\\n1866; Nelson E., June 18, i86g; David N., April 6,\\n1870; Joseph A., April 26, 1872; Clyde W., May\\n25, 1874; Guy M., March 21, 1876; Royal J., May\\n5, 1878; Julia A., June 25, 18S1. The first four\\nwere born in Edenville, the last five in Hope Town-\\nship.\\nMr. Raymond has been Supervisor three years,\\nand Township Treasurer an e(iual period; also\\nHighway Commissioner between two and three years.\\nIn political sentiment he is a Republican.\\nHe was the sixth wiiite man to settle in what is\\nnow F.deiiville Township, the five before him coming\\nin the following order: Abraham Egbert, Jacob\\nHagar, John Hoose, Daniel Bowman, Zenas Weaver.\\n^^^-i^S v J\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n11^2*; hilip Woodcock, farmer, section 32, Mid-\\nlatSi land Township, is a son of Isaac and Nancy\\nj\\\\^ (Seeves) Woodcock, who were natives of\\nSjj^ Canada. He too, was born in that country\\nJuly 10, 1846, and lived there until October,\\n1868, when he came to Midland County and pur-\\nchased 60 acres where he has since lived and now\\nhas almost 45 acres in a fine state of cultivation.\\nMr. W. was first married, in Midland City, May 9,\\n1S70, to Elizabeth Smith, who was a native of Homer\\nTownship, and they had two children, Elda and Wil-\\nliam, the latter dying when an infant. Mrs. W. died\\nJuly 26, 1872, and Mr. Woodcock was again mar-\\nried, in Midland City, May 12, 1883, to Eunice,\\ndaughter of William and Elsie Jose.\\nMr. W. has been School Moderator, and in politics\\nis a National.\\nIbyn L. Bellinger, farmer, section 36, Lee\\n.^^^i Township, was born in St. Lawrence Co.,\\n|1^^ N. Y., July 17, 1845. The parents of Mr.\\nS-^ Bellinger were Christopher and Clarissa, na-\\nil^ tives of the Mohawk Valley, N. Y., and de-\\n1 scendants of the early German settlers of that\\nvalley. The father followed the blacksmith s trade\\nfor a livelihood and he and his wife both died in St.\\nLawrence County.\\nAlbyn L. Bellinger, the subject of our uiographical\\nnotice, is the only living son and the youngest child\\nof his father s family of nine children, si.x boys having\\ndied previous to the birth of our subject. He lived\\non the parental homestead, assisting his father and\\nattending the common schools, until he attained the\\nv^\\nC);\\nCA\\nr\\n1/", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0246.jp2"}, "247": {"fulltext": "U V\\ntl n D li^ ;^e^ :i\\n4^\\na:\\nV\\nf,.\\no\\nt\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nage of 17, with the exception of two years. During\\nthe latter period he attended the academy in Gouve-\\nnour, the same county.\\nAt this period in his Hfe, the nation was startled\\nfrom her peaceful sleep of years by the firing on\\nSumter, and our martyr President calling for brave\\nhearts and strong arms to defend the cause of justice,\\nMr. Bellinger resiwnded. He enlisted in Co. B,\\n1 06th N. Y. Vol. Inf, which was attached to the\\nArmy of the Potomac, Sixth Corps, whicli was com-\\nmanded by Gens. Sedgwick and Wright respectively.\\nHe participated in a large number of active engage-\\nments and was in some of the most hotiy contested\\nbattles of the war. Among the engagements in\\nwhich he took part were the battles of Belmont,\\nMartinsburg, Culpeper, Kelly s Ford, Locust Grove,\\nCedar Creek, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg\\nand Monocacy. At the latter engagement he was\\ntaken prisoner and sent to Danville, Va., and from\\nthere was removed to Libby Prison. He was incar-\\ncerated in these two prisons for seven months, when\\nhe was paroled and joined his regiment in time to\\nwitness Lee s surrender. After the latter event, he\\nparticipated with his regiment in the pursuit of John-\\nson until his army surrendered, when his regiment\\nreturned to Washington, D. C, and June 29, 1865,\\nMr. B., with the rest of his companions in arms, re-\\nceived an honorable discharge from his country s\\nservice.\\nMr. Bellinger then returned to his native home\\nand shortly afterward, July 5, 1865, at Ogdensburg,\\nSt. Lawrence Co., N. Y., he was united in marriage\\nwith Miss Hannah Davison. She was a daughter of\\nSamuel and Rebecca (White) Davison. The parents\\nwere of Scotch descent and nativity, and emigrated\\nto Canada at an early day, where they were married\\nand where the daughter was born, Feb. 17, 1845.\\nMrs. B. lived in Canada until 18 years old, and then\\nwent to St. Lawrence County, two years previous to\\nher union with Mr. B.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. Bellinger followed the occupa-\\ntion of farming, in St. Lawrence County, for six years,\\nwhen, with his family, he went to Ontario. He re-\\nmained at the latter place about two years, when he\\nremoved to Porter Township, this county and State,\\nand purchased 90 acres of land. He made consider-\\nable improvement on this place, then sold it and\\nmoved to Jasper Township. He lived in the latter\\n^J^^^s:i 9-^^^ DO\\nfor some time, during which period he spent two\\nyears lumbering on the Chipjjewa River, and at vari-\\nous other occupations, and then removed to Lee\\nTownship, where he is at present residing. He has\\na well improved farm of 80 acres on section 36, and\\nin addition to its cultivation he devotes his winters\\nto lumbering.\\nMr. and Mrs. Bellinger are the parents of two chil-\\ndren, Rutledge R., born Oct. 15, rS66; and Gertrude,\\nborn Aug. 8, 1873.\\nPolitically, Mr. B. is a staunch Republican; and\\nhe has held the offices of Justice of the Peace, Deputy\\nSheriff, Superintendent of Schools and is at present a\\nSupervisor. Socially, he is a member of the L O. O.\\nP., of Lindsay, Ont and is identified with the edu-\\ncational interests of his community.\\nilliam Dunning, farmer on section 22,\\nHope Township, was born at Saginaw,\\nMich., April 15, 185 i, the son of Ransom\\ni and Christina (McDonald) Dunning. Mr.\\nDunning, Sr., was a native of Connecticut,\\nand died at Midland City Nov. 19, 1880. The\\nmother was born in Scotland, and died six miles from\\nSaginaw, in Jamestown Township, June 16, 1868.\\nMalcolm, John and William are the names of their\\nthree sons.\\nTheir third son, William, was reared on a farm until\\n15 years old, then followed lumbering in the winters\\nand worked on the river in summers, until Dec. 2,\\n1880, when he arrived in Hope Township, this\\ncounty. Here he has since made his home. He\\nmoved into the house of his father, the latter having\\ndied the month previous, and is now living in the\\noldest log house in Hope Township, his father having\\nbought it of Zenas Weaver. While Mr. Weaver was\\nbuilding this house, a wolf came to the window hole,\\nput his feet on the sill, looked in quietly and went\\naway. Mr. Dunning bought 40 acres of land of Mr.\\nWeaver, and 60 of James Riggs.\\nHe was married July 3, 1875, to Lizzie McPeak,\\ndaughter of Richard and ^fargaret (Cane) McPeak.\\nMr. McP. died Aug. 14, 1869, at Saginaw, and Mrs.\\nMcP. is now living at Saginaw, on the old Pennoyer\\nfarm, which has been cut into lots. Mrs. Dunning\\nV^\\n9\\nA\\n(.V\\nk\\n^M^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0247.jp2"}, "248": {"fulltext": "^7^^-\\n252\\nV\\nv)\\n3\\nt\\nAf ID LAND COUNTY\\n^m\\\\^\\nwas botEi Feb. 12, 1858, near London, Can., and was\\nthe third of eight children, named John, Mary A.,\\nLizzie, Maggie, Teresa, Rosa M.. AmeHa (deceased)\\nand Richard.\\nThree children have been born to Mr. and -Mrs.\\nD., as follows: Frankic, May 5, 1876, in Saginaw\\nCity; Clissie, ^Llrch iS, 1S78, in Saginaw City; and\\nLydia, ct. 15, 1882, in Hope Township.\\nMr. D. has been Township Treasurer for two\\nterms.\\nSirthur W. Dorr, farmer and lumberman^\\nresident on section 3, Porter Township, was\\n^1^ born Jan. 9, 182S, in Piscataquis Co., Me.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2lisr His parents, M. D. and Eliza (Lowe) Dorr,\\nwere natives of Maine and belonged to the\\nagricultural class. Their family included 1 1\\nchildren, four of whom are deceased. The father\\nnow resides at Dover, Me., and is 84 years old. The\\nmother died when she was 7 i years of age.\\nMr. Dorr is the second son and fourth child of his\\nparents. He followed the pursuits common to his\\nnative county, working on his father s fiirm and in\\nthe lumber woods until he was 23 years old, when\\nhe went to California. He made the journey by sea\\nand was five months and 20 days en rouU, landing\\nat San Francisco April 20, 1S53. He went to Eldo-\\nrado County, in the Golden State, where he engaged\\nin placer-mining. He e.xperienced the vicissitudes\\nof the miner s life with results which enabled liim to\\nembark in the lumber business, which he did in the\\nsame county, and also managed a hotel three years.\\nHe was occupied in his various enterprises in Eldo-\\nr.ado County until the fall of 1869, when he went to\\nSoloma County, in the same State, where he spent\\nthree years as a carpenter and builder. Returning\\nto Eldor.ado County, he remained there until the fall\\nof 1873, when he returned to his native State. After\\na short stay there he came to Michigan and engaged\\nin lumbering on the Pine River in the interests of\\nhis brother-in-law, S. L. Wiggins, of East Saginaw.\\nIn 1875 he bought the farm he now owns and man-\\nages, consisting of 240 acres of stump land, on which\\nhe at once began the work of improvement. He has\\n65 acres under the plow, a comfortable residence and\\none of the most commodious and conveniently\\narranged barns in this section. In political affilia-\\ntion Mr. Dorr is a Republican. He has been Town-\\nsin p Clerk six years, and in 1879 was appointed\\nPostmaster at tlie i)lace now known as Bradford.\\nTlie first marriage of Mr. Dorr occurred May 16,\\n1863, at Genoa, Nev., to Eliza Brown, a native of\\nIjsndon, Eng. She came to California from her\\nnative land when she was 23 years old. She died in\\nCalifornia, Nov. 28, 1S72, aged t,t, years, 6 months\\nand 16 days. Four children survive her Ella M.,\\nborn M.ty 20, 1864; Arthur D., June 20, 1366;\\nFrances M., March 28, 186S, and Harry R., July 22,\\n187 I. Mr. Dorr was a second time married July 9,\\n1875, in Saginaw Co., Mich., to Mrs. Sarah E. (Ful-\\nler) Hart. She was born Dec. 23, 1827, at Free-\\ndom, Me. Her parents removed to Dover, Me.,\\nwhere she grew to womanhood and became the wife\\nof Peleg Hart, who died in February, 187 i, leaving\\none child Edna M., born May 15, 1865. Mr. and\\nMrs. Dorr are members of the Congregational\\nChurch.\\nm\\nKonathan Pierce, mine host of the Ex-\\nchange Hotel in Coleman, was born Feb.\\n19, 1 82 1, in Oswego Co., N. Y. He was a\\nson of Benjamin B. and Polly (French) Pierce.\\nHis father was born in August, 17S5, and died\\nJan. 10, 1875. Jonathan s grandfather was\\none of tlie early settlers in the Wyoming Valley,\\nLuzerne Co., Pa., and his wife and three children\\nwere among the 300 who in July, 1778, were massa-\\ncred by the Tories and Indians. The family of\\nJonathan s father embraced five children, of whom\\nour subject was the third child from the eldest. He\\nlived at home and assisted on the farm during the\\nsummer months, and occupied his time winters in\\nlumbering and teaching school, until he was 27\\nyears old. He was also engaged in the lumbering\\nand wood business in Oswego County until 1869.\\nThe following year, 1870, Jonathan came to Midland\\nCity, this county. He engaged in partnership with\\na gentleman in the milling business at that place,\\nbut in the Hill of the same year he went to Coleman\\nand erected a steam saw-mill, which was destroyed\\nby fire in 1874. It was supjiosed to have been the\\nwork of an incendiary. His fiimily did not arrive\\nuntil the fall of 1S71. While the station house was\\nbeing built at Coleman he boarded the railroad men.\\nA", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0248.jp2"}, "249": {"fulltext": "m\\n^^a^^^^\\n^.w^m T\\nr\\n-I.\\nT\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J\\nA\\nhis wife doing the cooking and sending the meals to\\nthe hands.\\nMr. Pierce was united in marriage April 13, 1848,\\nin Cortland Co., K. Y., to Miss Celista, daughter of\\nJames and \\\\j)\\\\s (Johnson) Burnhara. Her parents\\ndied in Cortland County. She was bom Dec. 9,\\n1824, in Cortland Co., N. Y.\\nMr. and Mrs. Pierce are the parents of four chil-\\ndren living, and one deceased. The li\u00c2\u00abng are Lois\\nA., bom Oct. 13, 1849; Priscilla A., Feb. 13, 1854:\\naifion J., Dec. 25, 1858; Effie C, March 2, 1861\\nLeila B., Jan. 20, 1870, died Feb. 5, 1881.\\nJSHGMfe^\\n1 1 ester M. Bailey, lumberman, section 34,\\n__^^ Jasj^r Township, is a son of Benson B.\\n;-^T and Mary (Ludlow) Bailey. (See sketch\\nof Benson B. Bailey.) He was bom in Seneca\\nTownship, Lenawee Co., Mich., Oct. 29, 1856,\\nand was eight years old when he came with his\\nparents to this county, where he now resides. Here\\nhe grew up, assisting on the farm and attending\\nschool. After he became of age he commenced\\nlumbering on Pine River, and has followed the busi-\\nness ever since. At his home he has a very fine\\nfrtece of projjerty, owning 80 acres on section 34 and\\n440 acres in Montcalm Co., Mich. Fifty acres of\\nthe former place is in 2 good state of cultiv^on.\\nIn his political views, Mr. Bailey is a zealous Re-\\npublican. He is a member of Lodge No. 144,\\nI. O. O. F., at St. Louis.\\nFeb. 2, 1880, Mr. B. married Miss Sarah P., a\\ndaughter of John and Julia (Dcpue) Fields, resident\\nat S;. Louis. She was bom May 23, 1859, in Isa-\\nbella Co., Mich., and when a young woman accom-\\npanied her parents in change of residence to St.\\nLouis.\\n^6 Chamberlain, fanne^ section 36,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e^H Ingersoll Township, is a son of Eriel. and\\nMarj- A. (Barnes) Chamberlain, and was\\ny born in Saginaw Co., Mich., May 8, 1848.\\nWhen he was 15 years old bis father enlisted\\ny in the war, and consequently the cares of the\\nhomestead devolved upon him at so early a time in\\nhis youth. He was thus employed for three years.\\nAlthough farming has been his life business, he has\\nbeen employed considerably in the lumber woods\\nand on the river.\\nIn the spring of 1866 he bouaht 30 acres of land in\\nsection 36, where he now resides. When he came to\\nit there was very little im] rovement there, but by in-\\ndustry, guided by good judgment, he has added 30\\nacres to his estate and has now 38 acres in a well\\ncultivated condirion.\\nOflScially, Mr. C. has been Justice of the Peace\\ntwo years; politically, he prefers the National\\nparty and religiously, both himself and wife belong\\nto the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nHe was inarried in Saginaw City, Mich., July 2.\\n1867, to Miss Ann J., daughter of Da\\\\-id and Paulina\\n(Wood) Cromton, who were natives of VermonL Mrs.\\nC. was bom in Hadley, Lapeer Co., Mich., June 20,\\n1850, and came with her parents to Midland County\\nwhen three years old. The children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nChamberlain are, Daniel C, .\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^da B., Clarence E.\\n(deceased), Oliver R., Claude D. and Bennie A.\\n4\\nPeter Baymond, farmer on section 15,\\nHope Township, was bom in Detroit, Mich.,\\n-y,p- June 15, 1828, the son of Peter and Char-\\nts lotte (Boullar) Raymond, of French descent.\\nThe father died of small-pox at Windsor, Can.,\\ny when J. P. was but four years old. The\\nmother, a native of Canada, has married again, and\\nlives in Wayne Co., Mich., three miles from Rock-\\nwood Station.\\nThe subject of this sketch was reared on a farm\\nand remained at home until of age. His first em-\\nployment after attaining his majority was in the lum-\\nber woods in the winter seasons and in saw-mills in\\nthe summers. He came to Michigan in 1852, stop-\\nping in St. Oair County. Here he lived for 16\\nyears, working at various things in the woods, at\\nfarming, or anything else which could yield a liveli-\\nhood. In the fall of 1868 he came to Midland\\nCounty and bought his present fami of 80 acres in\\nHope (then Lincoln) Township. To this he has\\nadded 40 acres. It was then in its primitive state\\nof wild forest. He has now 55 acres under the plow,\\nand several acres more chopped.\\nMr. Raymond enlisted July 18, 1862, in Co. E,\\nk\\n3\\nf)^\\\\i^m^\\n^^^f^\\nu=\u00e2\u0080\u0094L.\\n:?D!l^DDf^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0249.jp2"}, "250": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY\\n0^\\nv)\\n22d Mich. Vol. Inf. His company was commanded\\nfirst by Capt. Henry Carlton, and afterwards by\\nCapt. H. P. Wands. His first Colonel was Moses\\nM. Wisner, and his second Eber Le Favour. He\\nwas assigned to the First Brigade, Second Division,\\n15th Reserve Corps. At the battle of Chickamauga\\nhe was attached to tlie brigade known as the Iron\\nBrigade, commanded by Gen. Whittaker. Here he\\nwas taken prisoner and sent to Richmond.\\nHe was for two months confined in the Pemberton\\nHouse Prison, and then he was in the Danville\\nPrison until the spring of 1864. Next, he spent six\\nmonths in that iniquitous pen, Andersonville, after\\nwhich he was at Florence, S. C, then at Charleston,\\nS. C, and Wilmington, N. C, at which latter place he\\nwas paroled. He was taken with the camp fever the\\nnext day after arriving within the Union lines, and\\nwas for four or five weeks confined in the hospital at\\nIndianapolis. He then received a furlough of 30\\ndays, with orders to report at Camp Chase. At De-\\ntroit he received another order to return home and\\nawait his discharge. This he did, and soon came\\nthe welcome notice to report at Detroit, where he\\nwas finally mustered out of the military service of\\nthe United States June 7, 1865.\\nHe was reduced to a skeleton by his sufferings in\\nrebeldom, and he was so weak mentally and bodily,\\nand so changed by his terrible experience, that his\\nneighbors did not recognize him when he returned\\nfrom his three years absence.\\nMr. Raymond was married in Clyde (now Kimball)\\nTownship, St. Clair Co., Mich., Jan. 18, 1855, to\\nSarah E. Wheaton, daughter of George M. and Har-\\nriet (Bartlett) Wheaton. Mr. W. was a native of\\nCanada, and died at Victoria, in that country, when\\nSarah was eight years old. Mrs. W., a native of New\\nYork State, died a year after her husband. Her\\nfather, Christopher Bartlett, was one of the first set-\\ntlers of St. Clair County. He was the great wolf\\nhunter of that section and literally cleared the\\ncounty of wolves. Mrs. Raymond was born in Lon-\\ndon, Can., Jan. 17, 1840, and is the mother of nine\\nchildren, seven of whom are living.\\nFollowing is the record George W. was born Dec.\\n22, 1S55, in Kendall Township, St. Clair Co., Mich.,\\nand was married at Midland, April 15, 1884, to Anna\\nGrice Chancy B. was born Oct. 4, 1857, in St. Clair\\nCounty, and was married Sept. 25, 1883, to Delia R\\nWright; Collins E. was born Dec. 3, 1859, in same\\ncounty; Wallace L. was born Dec. 28, 1861, in same\\ncounty; Elmer E. was born March 8, 1867, and\\ndied April 16 following, in same county; Lillian E.\\nwas born Oct. 28, 1868, in Lincoln (now Hope)\\nTownship, this county; Almond J. was born July 22,\\n1871, in same township, and died May 2, 1872;\\nAlden N. was born Jan. 4, 1876, in same township;\\nShirley C. was born Aug. 8, 1879, in same township.\\nMr. R. is in political sentiment a Republican. He\\nhas been Highway Commissioner one term and\\nSciiool Inspector two years.\\nI^Sharles Smith, farmer, lumberman and\\n^iW.^s^ blacksmith, resident on section 34, Homer\\ny^ Township, was born Dec. 9, 1842, in On-\\nPJM tario. Can. His parents, Charles and Mary\\nI (Labreche) Smith, are natives of Ontario,\\nand are respectively of Irish and French extraction.\\nThey yet reside in the Dominion and are 64 and 74\\nyears old. Of 13 children born to them 12 are\\nliving.\\nMr. Smith is the third child and eldest son of his\\nparents, and resided at home until he was 1 4 years\\nold, when he went into the lumber woods. He con-\\ntinued to operate as a lumberman in his native prov-\\nince until he was 24 years old, when he came to\\nBay Co., Mich., and was similarly engaged on the\\nRifle River six years. In 1869 he made another\\ntransfer to Midland County, and spent two years\\nlumbering on the Pine River. He then bought 40\\nacres of land in the township of Homer, on which he\\nsettled and began the work of clearing and improv-\\ning. He remained thereon about 18 months, when\\nhe went to Midland and remained nine years, opera-\\nting as a farmer summers and as a lumberman win-\\nters. At the end of the period named he returned to\\nliis farm, to which he had added 123 acres, and now\\nhas one of the most valuable and desirable farms on\\nthe Pine River. He has 63 acres under advanced\\ncultivation, with good residence and barns. In poli-\\ntics he is a Republican.\\nMr. Smith was first married March i, 1871, in\\nMidland County, to Delilah Stevenson. She was\\none of the first white children born in the county\\n^-^^^n nsn n^ r^\\n-^j", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0250.jp2"}, "251": {"fulltext": "^/^\u00c2\u00ae)$^r#*\\nV\\niM\\n2\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2^Tii^c^\\nand died June 8, 1876, in Midland village. She\\nleft two children: Charles, born March 4, 1873, and\\nGeorge, born July 3, 1S75. Mr. Smith was again\\nmarried Feb.\\n1S79, in Porter Township, to\\nCharity, daughter of Daniel and Phebe (McCall)\\nWalsh. Her parents are natives of Ontario, Can.,\\nand are respectively of Scotch and Irish descent.\\nThe daughter is the eldest of nine children born to\\nher parents, and is a native of Norfolk Co., Can.\\nShe was born Nov. 28, 1S58, and accompanied her\\nparents to Michigan when she was 19 years old.\\nThey have since returned to their native province.\\nShe has been the mother of three children: William,\\nborn Jan. 2, 1S82, and an infant daughter, May 21,\\n1884; Freddie, born April 4, 1880, died July 25,\\n1881.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2MiesmM^T\\nps|;#^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 x-Sl^i/OTaiv.\\n\\\\Z\\nS H^iilamuel Mills, farmer and manufacturer of\\nk- b^ f lumber and shingles on section 26, Hope\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2(]!iw Township, was born in Nova Scotia, Aug.\\nlw^ 24, 1820, the son of Peter and Phebe (Williams)\\nMills. The father was born about 1795 in\\nNova Scotia, and died in Southwould, Can.,\\nNov. 17, 1856. The mother was born in the Prov-\\nince of Nova Scotia in 1799, and di6d also in South-\\nwould, Can. Samuel s grandparents, who were of\\nthe same surname but no connection, were natives\\nof the State of New York.\\nThe subject of this narrative came to Southwould,\\nOnt., in 1870 one year later than his parents.\\nThere he rented a farm, which he cultivated on\\nshares. In 1857 he came to Macomb Co., Mich.,\\nwhere for four years he was similarly engaged and\\nthen he came to Midland County, arriving Oct. 5,\\n1861. For a few months he lived in a shanty near\\nhis present farm, while he erected a good log house\\nand made a little clearing. There were then no\\nregularly laid out roads, and he made his way to his\\nnew home over an old lumber trail. He first home-\\nsteaded 40 acres but he has since added by pur-\\nchase two forties on the east, one on the west and\\none on the south, making a fine farm of 200 acres,\\nof which 70 are improved. He operates also a saw\\nand shnigle mill, with a circular saw, and is able to\\ncut 10,000 feet of luniber and 25,000 to 30,000 shin^\\ngles per day. He has dealt considerably in real\\nestate at different times.\\nJan. 9, 1849, in Nova Scotia, he formed a life part-\\nnership with Miss Sarah Fillmore, daughter of Will-\\niam and Sarah (Hollis) Fillmore. Mr. and Mrs.\\nF. were of English descent, natives of the Province\\nof Nova Scotia, and died in Southwould, Ont., the\\nformer in November, i88r, and the latter Sept. 12,\\n18S1. Mrs. Mills was born in Nova Scotia, Feb. 26,\\n1827, and is the mother of 11 children. Three are\\ndeceased, and five sons and three daughters survive.\\nFollowing is the record: Josiah, born Oct. 5, 1849,\\nin Nova Scotia; William H., Sept. 27, 185 1, in Can-\\nada; Stephen, June 20, 1853, in Canada; Welling-\\nton, Aug. 20, 1855, in Canada; Burton, April 9,\\n1857, in Canada; Sarah M., July 8, i860, in Ma-\\ncomb Co., Mich.; Edwin, Nov. 22, 1863, in Lincoln\\n(now Hope) Township; Phebe A., Feb. 22, 1866, in\\nthe same township; Priscilla R., May 22, 187 1,\\nin Hope Township. Freeman, an infant, died when\\nnine months old, and an unnamed infant died two\\ndays after birth.\\nThe parents were formerly members of the Chris-\\ntian Church. Mr. Mills is politically a Greenbacker,\\nand has been Township Clerk three terms, Justice\\nof the Peace two terms, or eight years. Township\\nTreasurer one term, and Highway Commissioner\\ntwo terms.\\nFor four or five years after settling in this county,\\nhe obtained but fecv of his supplies at Midland, go-\\ning to Saginaw for most of them. He would go to\\nEdenville, and then go in a canoe down the Tittaba-\\nwassee. Loading up with his purchases, he then\\npoled back. When night overtook him, he hitched\\nhis boat and camped out. Arrived at Edenville, his\\nsupplies were transported in whatever manner was\\nmost convenient, over lumber trails, to his home.\\n^[^^fcacob Hager, farmer, section t,t\u00e2\u0080\u009e Lincoln\\njj^^t? Township, was born Feb. 29, 1820, in Erie\\ni^T George Hager.\\n^s\u00c2\u00a3 His mother is deceased and his father resides\\n^U with a son in the Keystone State. The pa-\\nrents were natives of that State, and about the\\nyear 1832 the father received an injury which ren-\\ndered him unable to support his family for a time,\\nm!\\n^y^nm\\n(i[i;\\nd.\\n-si^^\\n-\u00c2\u00abi^^^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0251.jp2"}, "252": {"fulltext": "mmm^^\\n256\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rrr\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^4^^^\\n6\\nand their maintenance absorbed the earninj^s of the\\nson until he was 21 years of age.\\nOn the arrival of that period he engaged in farm-\\ning and bought a tract of land half a mile from his\\nfather s location, where he maintained his own do-\\nmestic affairs after the method commonly styled\\nkeeping bachelor s hall, until he was 25 years old\\nthen he sold his farm and came to Milford, Mich.,\\nwhere he remained two months, assisting in the con-\\nstruction of a grist-mill, for which he hewed the\\ntimbers. He then came to the Saginaw Valley,\\nwhere he spent two years with the Indians, engaged\\nin their pursuits hunting, fishing and trapping. He\\nsucceeded in securing a livelihood, which was the\\nextent of his success. He then engaged in lumber-\\ning in the winter, and began to prepare for better for-\\ntunes by the purchase of 21 acres of Government\\nland, five miles above his present location, upon\\nwhich he spent the summer seasons in clearing. He\\nafterwards added 24, 44 and 74 acres by successive\\npurchases, and ke|)t |the property about ten years,\\nwhen he came to the place where he has since been\\nlocated, and bought 64 acres, to which he afterward\\nadded 40 acres. He is the proprietor of the tract\\nstill, and has cleared 60 acres. Mr. Hager came to\\nthe county of Midland in 1847, and believes himself\\nto be the first permanent white settler now living in\\nthe county.\\nHe has been married three times. His first wife\\nwas Mena Titmore, to whom he was married May i,\\n1856. One daughter, Anna, was born by this union,\\nFeb. 4, 1857, who is now living in California. He\\nwas a second time married in September, 1857, to\\nLouisa Snyder, who died June 10, 1877. Albert,\\nonly issue of this marriage, was born March 28, 1858.\\nMr. Hager was again married July 8, 1878, to Gene-\\nvieve Hecht, widow of George Hecht, who died\\nAug. 25, 187 1, in Homer Township, Midland County.\\nShe was born Dec. 18, 1822, in Austria.\\n\\\\).;^uncan Wayne, farmer, and Supervisor of\\nF\\nMt. Haley Township, resident on section\\n4, was born in Simcoe, Norfolk Co., Ont.,\\npi\u00c2\u00bb Jan. 7, 1858. His father, John Wayne, was\\nborn in England and was a distiller by voca-\\ntion. The mother, Elizabeth (Wilson) Wayne,\\nwas a native of Ontario, Can. The fatlier died Jan.\\n20, 1859, in Ontario. The mother is 58 years of age\\nand resides with her son in Mt. Haley Township.\\nShe is now Mrs. Vanderburg.\\nIn 1868, accompanied by his mother and step-\\nfather, Mr. Wayne came to Michigan, settling first at\\nSt. Charles, Saginaw County. Later on, they went\\nto the city of Saginaw, returning thence to St. Charles.\\nIn the spring of 1872 he located on Pine River in\\nHomer Township, and in the spring following they\\npurchased So acres of land in Mt. Haley Township.\\nIt was all in heavy timber, and the estate now in-\\ncludes 120 acres, with 70 acres improved and culti-\\nvated. Its value is greatly increased by the erection\\nof a fine barn 34 by 50 feet, and a good convenient\\nresidence, which latter is now in process of construc-\\ntion. Mr. Wayne has yet to consummate the most\\nimportant epoch of his life, and is securing the fairest\\nprospects by his correct habits and stable character-\\nHe is a zealous Republican of wide influence, and\\nhas held the position of School Director since April,\\n1S80. He has recently l)een elected School Inspector\\nand Township Supervisor.\\n(K^M#5 illiam Vance, farmer, section 20, Midland\\ni LjyM Township, is a son of William and Mar-\\n_ gs^ret (Gordon) Vance, who were of Irish\\nancestry. He was born in Monroe Co., N.\\nY., Jan. 22, 1836; when 13 years of age he\\ncame to Saginaw County and about three years\\nlater to Midland County. He has been engaged in\\nvarious occupations for several years, principally lum-\\nbering on the river and farming. In 1859 he pur-\\nchased a quarter-section of land, which he afterward\\nsold; and lie has since bought and sold several tracts\\nof land. In 1866 he purchased 40 acres, on which\\nhe has since resided. He has sold ten acres of this\\nplace, and all the remainder is in a good state of cul-\\ntivation.\\nMr. ance was married in Midland, March 21,\\n1855, to Lucy M., daughter of John and Sarah (Sny-\\nder) Wyman, the former of whom was a native of\\nVermont and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mrs.\\nwas born in Midland City, Dec. 14, 1839. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Vance are, Charles H.,\\nJohn B., Emma L., Lillie M., Frederick E. and Mar-\\ngaret J.\\nI\\nI\\n9\\nt\\nmL\\n^ii!i^iiaii\\nz.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0252.jp2"}, "253": {"fulltext": "mh/^^^^^-\\nV\\n1\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nif^\\nf^t^^f^H\\n257\\nMr. Vance and his wife are niembers of tiie Baptist\\nChurch, and on national issues Mr. V. is in sympathy\\nwitli the National party.\\n(b\\n^i pg^-h^i l^ S- Brown, general farmer, section\\n2 1, Jasper Township, and acting Post-\\nmaster of Pleasant Valley, was born in Sidney\\nTownship, Hastings Co., Ont., Feb. 28, 1819.\\nHis ftither, John Brown, was a native of New\\nEngland, and his mother, Anna (Myers)\\nBrown, was born on the Genesee Flats, near the\\nMohawk River, in New York, of New England an-\\ncestry. His father was a miller by occupation, and\\ndied in Belleville, Ont., in 1831 and his mother in\\nMurray Township, Ont., in 1862. In their family\\nwere four sons and two daughters; two of the former\\ndied in Ontario, after they were married. They were\\nall natives of Canada, and the living are still residing\\nin the Dominion, except the subject of this sketch,\\nand one sister, now living at Rochester, N. Y.\\nCharles S., the third child and second son, was 12\\nyears old when his father died, and he had to help\\nsupport the bereft family by working at farm labor.\\nMay 30, 1848, in his native county, he was married\\nto Hester A. Lott, second daughter and third child of\\nGeorge and Hannah (Barager) Lott, both deceased,\\nin Sidney Township, Ont., their native place, the\\nformer in i86g, aged 74, and the latter in 1871, aged\\n66. In their family were three sons and four daugh-\\nters two of the former and one of the latter are de-\\nceased. Mrs. Brown was born in Sidney Township,\\nApril 25, 1825. The following are the three children\\nof Mr. and Mrs. Brown: John E., born July 29,\\n1850, married, Nov. 24, 1873, Miss Louisa Christ-\\nman, a native of Gratiot County., Mich., and has one\\nchild, James C; George N., born Dec. 7, 1852, mar-\\nried, in Jasper Township, June i, 1873, Miss Mary\\nA. Turner, a native of Wisconsin (see sketch of Sam-\\nuel Turner); and Nancy M., born Oct. 29, 1862,\\nmarried, Nov. 7, 1883, Clayton A. Davis, a native of\\nHillsdale Co., Mich., and resides in Coe Township,\\nIsabella Co., Mich. All the above mentioned belong\\nto the farming community, John E. and George N.\\nBrown in Jasper Township.\\nAfter their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. B. lived in\\nHastings Co., Out., until 1869, then two years in\\nCm\\nc\\nSaginaw City, Mich., and since that time in this\\ncounty, settling on a quarter-section of land. In\\nconnection with his son, he now has 240 acres. He\\nhas dealt considerably in real estate, having bought\\nand sold i,ooo acres of land. Although not a stick\\nhad been cut when he first located here, he now has\\na good farm of 75 acres of well improved land. Many\\nwearisome seasons, too, has he had to contend with\\nthe disagreeable features of a swampy county,\\nwater, mud and mosquitoes. The latter were so nu-\\nmerous and noisy at times tha they had to be\\nsmoked away from the premises by smudges, so\\nthat the people of the house could hear the tinkling\\nof the cow-bells in the roads not far distant. Even\\nthe Sunday-schools, held in the primitive log school-\\nhouse by pioneers, had to be guarded by pillars of\\nsmoke by day, to keep off the pesky critters\\nSLifficiently to enable the teachers an d children to\\nproceed with any degree of progress.\\nMarch 5, 1875, when the family were all absent,\\na fire consumed Mr. Brotvn s dwelling, with all its\\ncontents, leaving not even a second suit of clothing\\nfor any of the family, and entailing a loss of about\\nfeoo.\\nMr. Brown is a staunch Republican in his political\\nviews, and he has been Township Treasurer four\\nyears. Highway Commissioner three years, and has\\nheld other offices. He and his wife have been zeal-\\nous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church for\\nthe last five years.\\nHQ=\\nf ndrew J. Davis, general farmer and lum-\\nberman, section 14, Lee Township, was\\nborn in Chenango Co., N. Y., March 3,\\n1849. His parents, Washington and Adaline\\n(Shepherd) Davis, were also natives of the\\nEmpire State, but of New England ancestry.\\nThey are both still living, in charge of their sons,\\nthe former in Illinois and the latter in New York,\\naged respectively 65 and 67. The father came to\\nthis country in 1873, and after three years went to\\nIllinois.\\nWhen 22 years of age, Andrew J. enlisted in the\\nUnion army, Sept. 15, 1861, and served over three\\nyears, participating in the battles of Corinth, Shiloh\\nand Atlanta, and was discharged in November, 1864-\\n^c^na^iBf^^^^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0253.jp2"}, "254": {"fulltext": "Il#\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V I]tl:^DII^ v\\nry\\n^m\\\\^\\n258\\nMID LA NJ) CO UNT V.\\nDuring the next n.onth he came to Michigan and\\nbought .-i i|u;irlcr of scclion 14, I,ec Township,\\nwhere he has since lived, followin}^ Uimbeiing to a\\nconsiderable extent, especially during the winter\\nseasons. Of his farm he has inii)roved 60 acres,\\nadding the necessary buildings.\\nMr. Davis has just closed his third term as Super-\\nvisor of his Township, has been School Inspector,\\nand is now Drain Commissioner, Justice of the Peace\\nand Township Treasurer. In res[)ect to national\\naffairs he votes witli the Republicans.\\nJ\\n(q^\\n11\\ny/\\n/s\\n^J^\\nM^\\n4\\nndrew J. Martin, general farmer, section\\n^^^Ji .3\u00c2\u00b0 J isper Township, of which township he\\n^7 is at i)resent also Supervisor, was born in Port-\\nr age Co., Ohio, July 22, 1839. His father,\\nThomas Martin, a native of Ohio, was of\\nI-higlisli-Irish descent, a farmer by vocation, lived in\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094 r Ohio until 1860, when he came to this county and\\ny^ took 240 acres of land under the Pre-emption \\\\cl,\\nCT on section 30, Jasper Township, where he has ever\\nS/^ since resided. He was one of the first settlers in\\nthis township. He is 79 years of age, yet hale and\\nactive. Andrew s mother, Mary, nee Craig, was born\\non the Atlantic Ocean wliile her parents were on\\ntheir way to this country from Ireland. They located\\nin Trumbull Co., Ohio, in which county Mrs. M.\\ndied, in 1849, aged 37.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the first son and\\nsecond child in the above family of five children\\nuntil of age he was engaged on his father s farm in\\nhis native county. Oct. 6, 18C0, in Sliaron, Pa., he\\nmarried Miss Alvira Waterman, who was born in\\nWarren, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1837, of New England\\nparentage and of English and German ancestry.\\nShe lived at home, and ten years with Rev. Isaac\\nErrett, who preached President (jarfield s funeral\\nsermon. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Martin are:\\nRobert, Charles, Alice, John and Lucy, besides Mary,\\nAddison and Lottie, deceased.\\nOne year after marriage, Mr. Martin enlisted in\\nW/ Co. I, Sixth Ohio Vol. Cav., of the Army of the\\nCumberland, commanded by Gen. Pope. He was\\ndischarged May 30, 1862, before he had partici[)ated\\nin any action on the field; but April 27, 1864, he re-\\nenlisted in the 17 ist Ohio National Guards, and took\\npart in several engagements. He was captured by\\nJohn Morgan, at Cynthiana, Ky., July 11, 1864, but\\nwas sh(jrtly afterward paroled. He then served on\\nguard duty until the expiration of his enlistment.\\nHonorably discharged Aug. 20, 1864, he returned\\nto Warren, Ohio, where he served as engineer until\\nMarch, 1866, when he came to this county and set-\\ntled on 80 acres of section 30, Jasper Township,\\nwhich he had purchased three years previously and\\nwhere he still resides. Here he has improved 35\\nacres and erected all necessary farm buildings. He\\nis at present Supervisor, which office he has held\\nevery year since 1873, excepting the year 1877. He\\nhas also been Highway Commissioner three years,\\n1868-72, Townshi[) Clerk, and has held all the\\nminor offices. He maintains the Republican plat-\\nform with regard to national affairs.\\nmained with him for about six months, when b.e again\\nreturned home and once more went to work in the\\nmill.\\nJanuary 8, i860, Mr. Simons was united in mar-\\nriage to Miss Ursula, daughter of Caleb and Pris-\\ncilla (Roberts) Ray. Her father was of English\\ndescent and died June 6, 1853, in Middleton, Can.,\\nand lier mother is living in Bad Axe, Huron ounty,\\nthis State. She was married a second time and is\\nnow living with her second husband, Mr. Joseph\\nWatson, at the jilace named.\\nMrs. Simons was born Dec. 15, 1842, and is one\\nof six children of her father s family, all of whom\\nv|)\\n9\\nA\\n;p^!ii^dwin Simons, residing in Coleman, War-\\n1 4^ rcn I ownship, was born near Grand Rap-\\nids, this State, Oct. 22, 1838.\\nHis parents were John K. and Margaret (Hop-\\nkins) Simons. (See sketch of T. B. Simons).\\nEdwin was brought up under the parental\\nroof-tree, in Canada, and worked on his father s farm\\nand in saw and shingle mills until he attained the\\nage of 19 years, when he went forth to fight the bat-\\ntles of life single-handed and alone. He engaged\\nto learn the mason s trade, but did not remain long\\nat it. He returned home and worked in the mill for\\na while, and then went to London, Can., where he\\nengaged with a brother-in-law in a bakery. He re-\\nr\\nr\\nMm^m iy\\nUii-\\n.-s^^p^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0254.jp2"}, "255": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0255.jp2"}, "256": {"fulltext": "mamsT^smnKK^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0256.jp2"}, "257": {"fulltext": "y/ij^yK yi/ a/i^ y^hr^L,o4.^_^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0257.jp2"}, "258": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0258.jp2"}, "259": {"fulltext": "-z^K ^^v4^ti ii n nr^v^e? :3^\\n-H8S\u00c2\u00ab\\n:aj\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nare living. She is the mother, to Mr. Simons, of\\neiglit children The living are: John K., born\\nJan. i8, 1861, in Walsingham, Can.; Mary A., born\\nJune 26, 1865, in Walsingham; Walter William,\\nborn Jnne 30, 1868, in \\\\Valsingham Thomas L.,\\nborn Aug. 22, 1877, in Coleman, this Slate; Edwin,\\nborn June 15, 1881, in Coleman. The deceased are\\nMattie S., born July 22, 1870, and died Nov. 30,\\n1872; Norton F., born July 3, 1863. died March 7,\\n1883; and an infant twin sister of Edwin died when\\nII hours old.\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. Simons were members of thfj\\nMethodist Episcopal Churcli while residents of Can-\\nada, but have not united, since coming to this State,\\nwith the Church.\\nMr. Simons, politically, is a Republican, and\\nsocially is a member of the Masonic Order, being a\\nMaster Mason.\\nlOses B. Marsh, farmer, section 26, Homer\\nTownshi|), was born April 20, 1830, in\\nChautauqua County, N. Y. His parents,\\nMason and Lavinia (Creel) Marsh, were na-\\ni^ tives of New England, of English ancestors,\\nand were among the earliest settlers in Chau-\\ntauqua County. Tire family descent is traced to two\\nbrothers who came to the New World in the good\\nold colony times. The father was a General during\\nthe Florida War of 1S3S. They removed in 1842 to\\nCrawford Co., Pa., and two years later went to Ashta-\\nbula Co., Ohio, where the mother died in 1854, and\\nthe father in 1856.\\nMr. Marsh remained with his parents as long as\\nthey lived, and managed the homestead property\\nuntil the fall of 1868, when he purchased 120 acres\\nof land where he now resides. It was all in a wild,\\nunbroken condition, and in the midst of a wilderness.\\nThe exact condition of things may be apprehended\\nfrom the fact that soon after their arrival a daughter\\nof Mr. Marsh, aged 13 years, killed a deer which\\nhad been chased by a dog upon the drive in the\\nriver. The animal could not run over the logs, and\\nshe followed it with an ax, with which she killed it by\\na blow on the head.\\nMr. Marsh has now 35 acres of his farm under\\ncultivation. In the year 1883 he conducted the\\nDesermia House at Ithaca. He has held the offices\\nof Justice of the Peace for eight years, has been\\nTownship Clerk three years, and Highway Com-\\nmissioner two terms, besides holding the minor local\\noffices. He is a Republican in ])olilical connection.\\nMr. Marsh was married July 30, 1855, in Ashta-\\nbula Co., Ohio, to Nancy, daughter of James and\\nAlmira (Herrick) Sargent. She was born May 18,\\n1836, in Pittsfield, Mass. Her parents removed,\\nwhen she was about 18 months old, to Erie Co., Pa.\\nand later to Ashtabula Co., Ohio. She was at that\\ntime 13 years old and obtained the greater part of\\nher education in the Buckeye State. Following is\\nthe record of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs.\\nMarsh: Adell was born Jan. 26, 1S59, and was mar-\\nried Sept. 24, 1877, to George Freeland, a native of\\nSaginaw Co., Mich., and a farmer of Homer Town-\\nship, by whom she has become the mother of one\\nchild Pearl born July 21, 1878. Lavinia was\\nborn March 21, 1863, and was married in November,\\n1883, to William Fox, now resident at St. Louis, this\\nState. Louis was born March 22, 1867; May Belle,\\nAug. 30, 1870; James L., Dec. 18, 1876.\\nThe ijortraits of Mr. and Mrs. Marsh form valua-\\nble additions to the collection of likenesses of promi-\\nnent personages in Midland County, and are given Si/\\non pages in proximity to this sketch.\\nf=L!23d\u00c2\u00b1ii3_\\nIf: ewis Rogers, farmer, section 17, Warren\\nli Township, was born in Saginaw Co., Mich.^\\nIflp^ Sept. 18, 1854, and is a son of Henry D.\\nand Rebecca (Ellsworth) Rogers. His father\\nwas born in Litciifield Co., Conn., June 20,\\n1817, and died March 7, 1875. His ancestry\\nwas English. Lewis mother was born March 1,\\n1818, in the town of Phelps, Ontario Co., N. Y.\\n(calls herself a Yankee and came to Midland\\nCounty in 1862. She is now living with her daugh-\\nter, Nettie, in this county, but she visits around\\namong her children. She has had 14 children,\\nfour at one birth, which, however, died before they\\nwere a month old.\\nMr. Rogers, the subject of this sketch, remained\\nat home until of age, when, Jan. i, 1876, he married\\nMiss Lucy L., daughter of Samuel and Martha\\n(Putnam) Ellsworth. Mr. E., a Yankee of Puritan\\n^I]!]^[|tl", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0259.jp2"}, "260": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00aevi\\nh\\nslo-k, died in r862; and Mrs. E.,of (ierman descent,\\ndied at the age of 37, when licr daughter was very\\nyoung. In tlieir family were seven children, besides\\ntwo half brothers. Mrs. R. was born March 25,\\n1854. The children of Mr. and Mrs. R. are: 11.\\nLee, born Nov. 3, 1876, in Midland; Clifffird Iv,\\nhorn Dec. 26, 1879, died May 10, 1880; and Lewis\\nAlton, born Sept. 5, 1881, in Coleman.\\nMr. R. in politics is a Republican, and he has\\nheld the oflicc of Highway Commissioner one term.\\n1=2\\neorge O. Rockwell, lumberman and\\ndealer in real estate, resident at Midl.uul\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^vT City, was born Aug. 29, 1848, at Cam-\\n^J bridge, Crawford Co., Pa. His father, n.irius\\nRockwell, was also a farmer by o;;cupition, a\\nnative of the Key-stone State, and was barn\\nJune 28, 1816. l ;ieazer, father of Darius Rockwell,\\nwas born in the State of New York, was a man o\\nactive business habits and took a dee[) interest in the\\nissues of the jieriod in which he lived. Me was a\\nsoldier of 1S12, and i)articipated in the battles at\\nErie, and at Waterford, N. Y. He was of English\\nparentage, and oi)eratcd heavily in lumber and as an\\nagriculturist, being the jiroprietor of 800 acres of\\nland. Darius Rockwell married lumice Herrick, who\\nwas born in Tiltsfield, Mass., Aug. 17, 1821.\\nCieorge Rockwell attained to the age of 16 years\\nin his native place, passing the seasons in alternate\\nattendance at school and in farm labor. The locality\\nwhere he lived and the circumstances by which he\\nwas s\\\\irrounded, awakened and kept alive his interest\\nin the progress of public affairs after the Southern\\nRebellion had become a substantial fact. He was a\\nmere boy wlien the re-echoes of the first shot at\\nSumter n)useil the natives of the earth to a conscious-\\nness that the death-knell of property in man was\\nsounding, and the sensation he experienced only be-\\ncame more intense as the fruitless months succeeded\\neach other, and the Nation seemed in the throes of\\ndissolution. Mr. Rockwell became a soldier for the\\nUnion in his sixteenth year, Feb. 25, 1864, enlisting\\nin Co. E, Second Pa. Cav., Capt. Swartz. The com-\\nmand, under Col. Briton, was assigned to the Second\\nBrigade, Second Division, Army of the I olomac,\\nMaj.-Gen. Gregge commanding. He was in the\\nservice until he received honorable discharge, July\\n26, 1865, at Philadelphia, and was a personal partic-\\ni[)ant in the following battles: Ashland Station,\\nMay II, 1864; before Richmond, May 12; Hanover\\nFerry, May 28; Old Cluirch Tavern, May 30; Cold\\nHarbor, June 2; Franklin Station, June 11 and 12;\\nProsjiecl Hill, June 21, 1864; Jerusalem Plank Road,\\nJuly 12; Malvern Hill, July 28; Lee s Mills, July\\n30; White-Oak Swamii, Aug. 14 and 15 Deep Bot-\\ntom, Aug. 15 and 16; Charles City Cross-Roads,\\nAug. 18; Reams Station, A\\\\ig. 23 and 25; VVyatt\\nHouse, Sept. 29 and Oct. i Boydtown Plank Road,\\nOct. 27; Stony Creek, Dec. i; and Hatcher s Run,\\nl eb. 6, 1865. During the week succeeding the last\\nnamed engagement his regiment was detailed to take\\npari in the raid on the VVeldon Railroad, in which 30\\nmiles of track were destroyed and the bridge burned\\nacross the Roanoke River. Mr. Rockwell was in\\nthe final fight before Petersburg. After the last\\nbattle his regiment was on provost duty until it was\\nmustered out of the United States service.\\nHe returned home and passed the nine months in\\nforced inaction from disability, resulting from priva-\\ntions and exposure. After regaining his health to\\nsome extent he attended school one winter, and in\\nthe following summer, that of 1866, he joined his\\nbrother-in-law, Daniel Herrick, in Ashtabula Co.,\\nf)hio. He remained there until the following Octo-\\nber, when, in company with a cousin, Charles Her-\\nrick, he made an overland trip to Midland City,\\nmaking the journey hither with a two-horse team.\\nHe was ill two weeks after his arrival, and on recov-\\nery found employment so scarce as to admit of no\\nchoice. He took advantage of the first thing that\\npresented, and for a fortnight struggled with a hod,\\nendeavoring to accomplish his duties with skill and\\ncourage. At the expiration of 14 days he engaged\\nas a lumlierman with Ceorge I rost and remained in\\nhis eui|)loynient until spring. About that time the\\neducational |)rojcct of ornell became matter of\\nnewspaper comment, and Mr. Rockwell proceeded to\\nIthaca, N. Y., to make personal a|)plication for a\\nsituation in the manual-labor dcpartnienl, whereby a\\nscholarship might be secured. lUit he was preceded\\nby a retinue of applicants, much greater than could\\nbe accommodated, and soon after he returned to\\nMichigan. He engaged in the lumber woods in the\\nemployment of John Sias (see sketch), where he\\nc\\n1\\n:[I !l DIlf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0260.jp2"}, "261": {"fulltext": "l)5^#-\\nTSr-7 ^^DD^im^^v^^ :^^\u00c2\u00bbsr\\njj\\ni\\nO\\no*\\nr^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n265\\noperated until the spring of 1868. At that date he\\nbegan to take contracts in the lumber business and\\nto conduct matters in liis own interest. Later on he\\nbecame a clerk in the sloic of Dr. Whitehouse, and\\nduring thai period lie bought aloton Ellsworth Street\\nand built a dwelling. He sold the property and\\nengaged in tjie grocery and provision trade, in which\\nhe was interested about three months. He disposed\\nof that business and embarked in the manufacture\\nof shingles, in which he operated nearly five years.\\nIn 1.S73 he sold out and bought 165 acres of land in\\nHomer I ownship, which he occui)ied and managed\\nuntil 1.S76. In that year, associated with James\\nHerrick and John R. Evans, he built the first grist-\\nmill in Midland County, and named after Midland\\nC ity, where it is located. Two years later he and\\nMr. Herrick became sole projirietors by puvchasiug\\nthe interest of Mr. Evans. They continued its\\nmanagement one year, when the business finn of\\nJames Herrick Co. was formed.\\nThe concern sunk a salt well and built a salt block.\\nThe relation existed until March, 1881, when Mr.\\nRockwell sold his claim and bought 180 acres of\\nland in the township of Ingersoll. He retained the\\nl)roperty until the spring of 1S82, when he sold and\\nembarked in real-estate and lumber business. In\\npolitical mailers Mr. Rockwell is a Rejiublican of\\ndecided principles. His marriage to Jessie F. Dean\\noccurred Dec. 20, 1.S7 i. She w,is born June 23, 1856,\\nin Herkshire Co., Mass., and is the daughter of Ben-\\njamin and Jerusha Dean (see sketch of Benjamin\\nDean). T-enora Iv, eldest child of Mr. and Mrs.\\nRockwell, was born Sc)jI. 27, ICS74, and died July\\n20, 1876; Dewey Dean was born Sept. 20, 1876;\\nliennie D. was born March 15, 1880, and died July\\n15 of the same year.\\n3^ ilas E. Wright, farmer on section 34, Hope\\n^^m\\\\ Township, was born in Gramme, Ont., Oct.\\nk^- 7 836, the son of Ebeii and Lucy (Mc\\nAllister) Wright. (See sketch of Eben Wright.)\\nI He came with his parents to this State in 1855,\\nand lived for three and a half years in St.\\nClair County, on a rented farm. From St. Clair\\nCounty they came to this County in 1858. After\\none year in what is now Edenville Township, they\\nsettled on the present homestead, where Mr. Wright\\nhas since lived.\\nHe was married Se[)t. 30, i860, to I^ouisa Erway,\\ndaughter of Daniel and Hilah (Clark) Erway. Mr.\\nFj. is deceased, and Mrs. E., 78 years old, and nearly Jk\\nblind, lives with her son Sylvester. Mrs. Wright was\\nborn Oct. 25, 1843, in Steuben Co., N. Y. She is the\\nmother of 11 children, as follows: Sibyl born\\nApril 25, 1861 Delia R., Oct. 16, 1862; I :dgar L.,\\nDec. 14, 1864; Cierlrude A., March 31, 1867; Eben\\nD., Feb. 8, 1869: Walter M., July 16, 187 i Bertha\\nKate, Sejit. 6, 1873; Albert, March 10, 1876; I klna\\nA., -Sept. 23, 1878; Elsie R., Dec. 8, 1S80; Clara M.,\\nFeb. 27, 1883. They were all born in Ho|ie Townslii|).\\nMr. W. is in political matters a suppoiterof the\\nRepublican party. He has been Justice of the Peace\\nseveral years, and Highway Commissioner three\\nyears. He and wife are members of the Christian\\nC liurch.\\nJ\\nO. Mcrarland, merchant at Averill, and\\npropiielor of the Hamilton House, was\\nliiun [uly 9, 1856, in Hancock C o., Me. He\\nA-. is the son of Charles and Mary Eli/.aljeth (Hig-\\ngins) McFarland. His father is a sea captain\\nand resides in the I ine-Tree State. His\\nmother died in i 860, in the county of Hancock in\\nthat State.\\nMr. McFarland was but four years old when his\\nmother died, and he went to live with his grand-\\nparents, in whose charge he remained until he was\\n15 years of age. In 1861 he went to Ellsworth in\\nhis native State, where he continued about one year,\\nofficiating as a clerk in a mercantile establishment.\\nHe was again employed in a similar manner in tlie\\nsame place, and a few months afterward went to\\nBangor, where he served ujjwards of a year as a\\nclerk, going thence to Boston, Mass., where he\\nbecame connected with the Oriental Tea Store as\\ntraveling salesman. Less than a year later he termi- fp)\\nnated that connection and returned to EUswoith, I\\nMe., and passed a year in the caijacity of a sales- tih\\nman. His next remove was to Kingsfield, Franklin\\nCo., Me., where he spent one winter in the lumber\\nwoods. In 1876 he came to Midland (Jounly, where\\nhe has since resided. The first winter he passed in\\ni^V|))f^#*-\\nu\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n^mm^\\nA^.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0261.jp2"}, "262": {"fulltext": "^I1I1^IjD^\\nj66\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-z^^^\\nthe lumber woods and the two succeeding he engaged\\nin teaching. He was occupied [Kirt of tlie time\\nsummers in a store at Midland, and the remainder of\\nthe time he followed the river. On the first day of\\nMay, 1 88 1, he went into business with Messrs.\\nWright Ketchum, and has since been associated\\nwith them as an employe. He is a Republican in\\npolitical sentiment and is serving his second year as\\nTownship Clerk he also holds the [wsition of Justice\\nof the Peace.\\nMr. McFarland was married Aug. i, 1883, at\\nToledo, Ohio, to Clara A.,, daughter of Caleb J. and\\nCynthia A. (Blakely) Mallory. Her parents reside\\nat Smith s Creek, St. Clair Co., Mich.\\n-(OS\\nf^Pf^ben Wright, retired farmer on section 17,\\n^:iL5^^ Hope Township, was born May 14, 1800,\\n^j^p in Addison, Addison Co., Vt., the son of\\nEbenezer and Polly (Warren) Wright. Ebenezer\\nWright was of English descent, was born about\\n1776, and hved most of his life in Vermont, in\\nthe pursuit of agriculture. He died at Bredport, Vt.,\\naged 68. His first wife was of English descent, and\\ndied about 1807. He had by this marriage two\\ndaughters, and by a subsequent marriage he was the\\nfather of two daughters and a son.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the eldest of his\\nfather s firmily, was reared on the paternal farm, and\\nat the age of 18 went forth into the world to seek his\\nfortune. He first lived for a few years in Canton,\\nN. Y., with his uncle Caleb. Marrying, he bought\\n50 acres in Canton, where lie lived five years. He\\nthen sold and moved to t anada, where he rented a\\nfarm and also worked in a saw-mill for seven or eight\\nyears. At the end of this time he came to St. Clair\\nCo., Mich., and worked a farm on shares, with George\\nBowman, for four years.\\nIn the spring of 1858 he came to Midland County\\nand settled on the Tittabawssee River in what is now\\nEdenville Township. He remained there with his\\nfamily one year, working on land belonging to Mr.\\nEgbert. The next year he moved on the same place\\nwhere he now resides. At that time, he tells, there\\nwere at Midland City two dwellings and one store.\\nThe latter was kept by James Eastman, who lived in\\none house, while John Larkin s residence was in the\\nother. Mr. Wright purchased 160 acres, at the rate\\nof 50 cents per acre. His deed was signed by Presi-\\ndent James Buchanan. He retained 40 acres of this\\ntract, having given the remainder to his son. He has\\nimproved 30 acres.\\nHe was first married in Canton, N. Y., Jan. 9,\\n1820, to Rowena Abbott, who was born Sept. 12,\\nr8oo, and died June 6, 1825, leaving two daughters.\\nOne of these is yet living, at Gramme, Can. He was\\nagain married in Canton, Feb. 8, 1827, to Lucy Mc-\\nAllister, who was born .\\\\ug. 17, 1796, and died Feb.\\n23, 1863, leaving two children. One of these is Silas\\nE. Wright, and the other died in 1884. He was\\nmarried the last time Feb. 23, 1865, to Mrs. Mc-\\nAllister. She was born Dec. 12, 1S12, and was first\\nmarried in November, 1835, to L. McAllister, who\\nwas born Aug. 24, 1804, and died July i, 1861.\\nEight children resulted from this union, and si.\\\\ of\\nthem are now living.\\nMr. Wright s children were born as follows Ame-\\nlia M., March 5, r822; Sarah E., Dec. ra, 1823; Lu-\\ncinda R., Dec. 21, 1827; Emily I., Jan. i, 1832:\\nSilas E., Oct. 7, 1836. Mrs. Wright s children, by\\nher first marriage, were born as follows David W.,\\nDec. 22, 1837; Isabella, Aug. 14, 1841 Mandana,\\nJuly 18, 1843; Emma A., April 13, 1845; Judith,\\nOct. I, 1846; Lucia O., Sept. 28, 184S; Lena, July\\n1,1852.\\nMr. Wright commenced chewing tobacco when 21,\\nand left off at 83, having been addicted to the habit\\nfor 62 years. He stopped because the injurious\\neffects were becoming too apparent. He was afflicted\\nwith hiccoughing and with pains in the stomach. It\\nis 1 1 years since he has performed a full day s work;\\nand he has not labored at all for si.K years.\\n1 illiam Phelan, farmer, section 26, Porter\\n^J9 Township, was born June 1, 1840, in the\\n4|y^,0 vicinity- of the city of Toronto, Can. At\\nthe age of 15 years he entered upon life in\\nhis own interest as a common laborer on a farm\\nnear Hamilton, Can., and remained in tlie same\\nemployment ten years. At the end of that time he\\ncame to Micliigan, where he remained but a short\\ntime; proceeding lo Tazewell Co., Ill, he there\\nentered tlie service of G. W. Morris, with wliom he\\nC\\nI\\nS\\n^r^c^nn^ntiy^^\\n*^i^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0262.jp2"}, "263": {"fulltext": "T^4 s:-^UU\u00c2\u00ab :.UUs:/^\\n^i\\nI\\nA\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n267\\nremained two years and seven months. He next\\nmade a tour through Missouri and Kansas, when he\\nreturned to Canada for two months. Coming then\\nagain to Michigan for a permanent settlement, he\\nentered a homestead claim for 160 acres in Porter\\nTownship, Midland County, on which he has since\\nexpended his energies, clearing and improving 40\\nacres and erecting good and suitable farm buildings.\\nMr. Phelan is a Democrat in his political views,\\nand he has held all the school offices in his district.\\nHe is at present School Inspector and has been\\nTown Clerk three years.\\nThe first marriage of Mr. Phelan occurred Nov.\\n17, 1868, when he became the husband of Eliza J.\\nAdams, of Brantford, Ontario. She was born in 1840\\nand became the mother of one child, Thomas J., who\\ndied in infancy. The mother died in Saginaw, Aug.\\n16, 187c. Mr. Phelan was a second time married\\nJuly 8, 1872, in Canada, to Rachel Oliver, daughter\\nof Francis Oliver. She was born July 2, 1854. Of\\nher marriage five children have been born, who are\\nall living except John, the second in order of birth,\\nwho died Oct. 17, 1880, aged five years, three months\\nand three days. Ann Rachel, Joseph and Francis\\nare the survivors. The family are communicants of\\nthe Roman Catholic Church.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r9{-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a25:harles Mills, farmer on section 26, Hojie\\nii^^Sij Township, was born March 3, 1847, in\\nPjjS Goose Township, Cumberland Co., Nova\\ndtf Scotia, and is the son of William and Sarah\\nm Mills. The father died when Charles was a\\nchild, and the mother died in i860, in South-\\nwould, Can. When Charles was six years old, he\\nwent to live with his uncle, Harding Mills, by whom\\nhe was reared and with whom he lived until he\\nentered the military service of the United States.\\nHe enlisted Nov. 28, 1862, in Co. H, 27th Mich.\\nVol. Inf., was assigned to the First Division, Ninth\\nArmy Corps, and was mustered out Feb. 1 1, 1865, at\\nMt. Pleasant Hospital, Washington, D. C, on ac-\\ncount of a wound in the arm by a minie ball, received\\nin front of Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He returned\\nto the house of his uncle, and for some time worked\\neither for him or for other parties. In 1870 he lo-\\ncated on 40 acres where he now resides. He has 20\\nacres improved.\\nSept. 4, 187 1, he was married to Susanna How-\\nland, daughter of Robert G. and Mary (Davidson)\\nHowland. Mr. H. was born in Canada, May 5, 1810,\\nof English descent; and the mother in Canada, Nov.\\n14, 1814, of Scotch and American parentage. They\\nreside on a farm in Norfolk Co., Ont. Mrs. Mills\\nwas born June 29, 1848, in Ontario, (Jan. In politi-\\ncal faith, Mr. Mills is a Greenbacker.\\nevi B. Chamberlain, merchant, Lee s Cor-\\nners, Ingersoll Township, is a son of Erial\\nV\\nr and Mary A. (Barnes) Chamberlain, the\\nJ former a native of the Empire State and the\\nlatter of Ohio. After marriage the parents\\nlived in .Saginaw County 15 years, and then\\nlocated in Ingersoll Township, this county. He\\nenlisted in the i6th Mich. Inf, and was in the ser-\\nvice almost a year when he was stricken down with\\ntyphoid fever, and died Nov. i, 1864. His widow is\\nnow a resident of Saginaw City. In their family\\nwere five sons and three daughters.\\nLevi B., the second son, was born in Saginaw\\nCounty, March 30, 1843, and was 13 years old when\\nthe family emigrated to this county, cutting their way\\nthrough the wild forest to their new home. Aug. 13,\\ni86t, when 18 years old, he enlisted in the service\\nof his country, in Co. D, i6lh Mich. Inf., and was in\\nthe army more than four years. Among the numer-\\nous engagements in which he participated were the\\nbattles of Hanover Court-House, (iaines Mill, Mal-\\nvern Hill, etc. After serving about a year he was\\ntransferred, on account of disability, to the Veteran\\nReserve Corps, where he remained until his discharge.\\nThen for five years he mostly followed painting in\\nPennsylvania. In 1 870 he came to Lee s Corners, and\\nin 1872 opened the first store at that place, which\\nderived its name from his cognomen of Lee. He\\nafterward sold out that store to C. J. Winslow, and\\nduring the years 1873-4 he lived in Pennsylvania,\\nemployed at painting. Returning to the Corners,\\nhe purchased a tract of land on section 35, Ingersoll\\nTownship, where he has since resided. In May,\\n1883, he opened the store where he is at present\\nprosperously engaged. Since 1879 he has carried\\nV\\n7", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0263.jp2"}, "264": {"fulltext": "m\\ntf^*\\nrr\\nf;^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0vc\u00c2\u00bb\\n(A;\\n268\\nro\\nV\\n4\\n1\\nMIDLAND COUNTY\\n-4^@^(\u00c2\u00aeV||\\nthe mail between Lee s Corners and Midland City.\\nHe has held the office of Township Clerk four\\nyears, Constable three years and School Moderator\\nthree years, and has been Notary Public since March,\\n1883. He is a member of Dvvight May Post, No.\\n69, of Midland City. He maintains Republican\\nviews of national policy.\\nMr. Chamberlain was married in Northampton\\nCo., Pa., Nov. 8, 1864, to Emma C, daughter of\\nGeorge and Clara Schwab, the latter being natives\\nresjiectively of Germany and Pennsylvania. She\\nwas born in the above county, July 25, 1S45. Mr.\\nand Mrs. C. are the parents of three children,\\nnamely: Anna C, Mary E. and John J. S.\\ntt fWit- rank J. Holman, farmer, section 20, War-\\n^SI |C ren Township, was born in Susquehanna\\nCo., Pa., Dec. 22, 1835. He is a son of\\nr^ Sumner and Rebecca (Ellsworth) Holman.\\nHis father was pushed from a running train\\ni some 15 years ago and was instantly killed. It\\nis supposed the party or parties who committed the\\nmurder did it to procure his money and insurance,\\nbut they were never identified or convicted. His\\nmother is living in Midland City. She married a\\nMr. Henry D. Rogers, after the death of her first\\nhusband, and he also is deceased, and she is now\\nagain a widow. She moved to Ontario, Co., N. Y.,\\nafter the death of her first husband, where she con-\\ntracted her second marriage with Mr. Rogers. He\\nwas a farmer by occupation, and Frank was brought\\nup on the farm and remained with him until 21 years\\nof age. In the spring of 1850 tlie stepfather moved\\nto Saginaw, this .State, and purchased 40 acres of\\nland within nine miles of that city. Frank accom-\\npanied him and remained with him on the land until\\nthe stepfather came to Midland City.\\nJan. 25, 1862, Mr. Holman was united in marriage\\nto Julia A., daughter of William C. and Barbara M.\\n(Curavo) Spicer. Her father was a native of New\\nYork and her mother of Vermont.\\nMrs. Holman was born June 26, 1845, in Ticon-\\nderflga, Essex Co., N. Y. She is the mother, by Mr.\\nHolman, of six children, one of whcmi is deceased.\\nThe living are Mable B., born Feb. iS, 1863, mar-\\nried May 22, 1881, to Otto S. Lewis; Maremna, born\\nApril 29, 1865; Frankie S., born Sept. 25, 1873;\\nMaud S., born Oct. 11, 1875; Murray C, born Dec.\\n4, t88o. Berdie, born June 2, 1868, died May 3, 1875.\\nPolitically, Mr. Holman is a believer in and suj)-\\nporter of the principles of the Republican party. In\\nreligious affairs he and his wife are members of the\\nSeventh-Day Advent Church.\\n:loij;jo;o;oj/;l:-: fr^\\n?S.-\\\\V^k ^V\\nmm\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0fi^\\nI\\nvs\\nacob W. Kime, farmer, section 32, Porter\\nI ownship, was born Aug. 8, 1854, in Ing-\\nu^ ham Co., Mich. His parents, John and\\nMartha (Minick) Kime, are residents of Wheel-\\ner Township, Gratiot County. They removed\\nin i860 to Livingston County, where Mr. Kime,\\nof this sketch, resided until he was 22 years old,\\nwhen they settled in Gratiot County.\\nIn 1878 he settled on 80 acres of land in Porter\\nTownship, where he has since devoted his time and\\nenergies to the improvement of his estate. He has\\nplaced 20 acres under tillage, and has erected a good\\nresidence thereon. He is a skillful and progressive\\nfarmer, and in all his management displays good\\nsense and correct judgment.\\nHis marriage to Ida Slough occurred Dec. 6, 1882.\\nShe was born in Ohio iii 1862, and came to Midland\\nounty when five years old, and resided with her\\nparents until her marriage. Of her marriage one\\nchild has been born Carl R., June 10, 1S83.\\nH.m\\nfira p\\\\l ^.^ougald Currie, larnier, section 35, Midland\\ni-^.-W/ l j Township, was born June 6, 1853, in Hal-\\n5i* i^ dimand, Can., in the county of the same\\nv jK name. He is the third son of John and Mary\\n(McDonald) Currie, who were natives of Scot-\\nland. The parents came to Canada two years\\nafter their marriage, settled in the county above\\nnamed, where all their children save one were born.\\n(See sketch of (iilbert Currie.) In i860 they re-\\nmoved to Michigan and settled on a tract of unim-\\nproved land in Midland Township, where the father\\ndied, April 2, 1875.\\nMr. Currie was a lad of seven years when his\\nparents became residents of Midland. He obtained\\na common-school education and was reared to the\\ncalling of his father. On the death of the latter he", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0264.jp2"}, "265": {"fulltext": "i\\n9\\nMIDLAND\\nno^^T\\nf\\nbecame the iX)Ssessor of 123 acres of the family\\nhomestead, to wliich he has since added 43 acres,\\nand the farm now includes 140 acres of finely culti-\\nvated land. He is a substantial citizen of Midland\\nCounty, is a Republican of decided type, and, to-\\ngether witli his wife, belongs to tlie Presbyterian\\nChurch.\\nHe was married in Canada, Dec. iS, 1S78, to\\nFlora, daughter of James and Sarah (McDonald)\\nCress. The i)arents of Mrs. Currie were natives of\\nScotland, and came to Eramosa Township, Welling-\\nton Co., Can., where she was born, March 14, 1855.\\nMary, born Oct. 5, 1879, and Gilbert, born Sept. 20,\\n1882, are the names of the two children of Mr. and\\nMrs. Currie.\\n?lrS S^braham Fraser, farmer, section 2, Warren\\ntk Township, was born in Ontario, Can., Dec.\\n27, 1814, and is a son of Donald and Martha\\n(Kilbreth) Fraser.\\nThe father of Abraham was born in West\\nTroy, N. Y. He was a loyalist in 1777, and when 16\\nyears of age joined Gen. Burgoyne s army on its re-\\ntreat to Canada. He afterward located in Canada\\nand followed the vocation of farming until the time\\nof his death.\\nAbraham remained at home until he attained the\\nage of 16 years, when he commenced to learn the\\ncarpenter s trade. He successfully finished his ap-\\nprenticeship, and has followed his trade, more or less,\\nall his life. He also owned a farm in Canada, which\\nhe cultivated in addition to working at his trade.\\nIn the fall of 1866 he moved to Saginaw City, this\\nState, rented a house and worked at his trade for\\nthree and one-half years. From that place he\\nmoved to Coleman, this county. In the summer of\\n1870 he purchased a large lot in Coleman and\\nerected a house on it. During the building of his\\nhouse, he had no place for himself and family to stay\\nin except a little, old establishment covered with hem-\\nlock boards. The first rain that came was in the\\nnight time, and it poured down on their beds to such\\nan extent that they were compelled to sit up all night\\nand hold over them umbrellas, which they were ex-\\ntremely lucky to have.\\nCOUNTY.\\nMr. Fraser purchased a farm of 40 acres adjoining\\nthe corporation of Coleman, and has 25 acres of it\\nimproved. He is one of the earliest living settlers\\nof Coleman, and experienced many of the hardships\\nof pioneer life.\\nIn September, 1841, he was united in marriage to\\nEliza, daughter of John and Hanna Piatt. Her par-\\nents are both dead. She also died, about a year\\nafter marriage, leaving an infant child to the care of\\nthe father, but who soon followed the mother to the\\nbetter land. About 13 months after the death of his\\nwife Mr. Fraser was married to Miss Mary Pratt, a\\nsister of his former wife. She was of German de-\\nscent, and departed this life in 1866, leaving to the\\ncare of her husband seven children, namely Clarissa,\\nHelen, Abraham, Sophia, Edward, Jane and William.\\nIn March, 1867, Mr. Fraser was married a third\\ntime, the lady of his choice being Miss Elizabeth,\\ndaughter of Isaac and Harriet (Brock) Frazer. Her\\nparents were of Scotch descent. Her father is living\\nin Ontario, Can., and her mother died there.\\nMr. Fraser is independent in politics. He has\\nheld the office of Town Clerk one term. Highway\\nCommissioner four terms. Justice of the Peace two\\nterms. School Inspector two terms, and was Poor\\nMaster when that office existed.\\nMrs. Fraser is a member of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, and both are respected and esteemed\\ncitizens of the township.\\nW. Crissey, editor and owner of the Mid-\\nand Ri-ptiblican, was born in New Canaan,\\nWhdn\\nTglpjri Fairfield Co., Conn., Oct. 5, 1843.\\nrii A^ he was less than two years of age, Theodore\\nCrissey, his father, removed with the family to\\nMichigan, the trip occupying about two weeks.\\nAfter a few months spent in Hillsdale County, pur-\\nchases of wild land were made in Barry County, and\\npioneer family life was entered upon. The home was\\nfor 18 years or more in Johnstown, of that County.\\nSome schooling was obtained in the little red school-\\nhouse, and at 18 or 19 years of age the subject of this\\nsketch spent a few months in the public school ot\\nBattle Creek.\\nAt 18 he began teaching, in which occupation\\nseveral winters were spent. The winter of 1864-5\\nV^\\n^j^ mi", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0265.jp2"}, "266": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-#^\u00c2\u00a75fs^/:|p\\nwas passed in Little Rock, Ark., in the employment\\nof Uncle Sam. Subsequent years were largely\\noccupied in teaching, alternated with attendance at\\nthe State Agricultural College and the State Normal\\nSchool, at the latter of which he graduated in the\\nclassical course in rS72. For the next three years\\nhe was employed in the public schools of Detroit as\\nI rincipal of large grammar schools. This position\\nwas resigned at the close of the school year, in June,\\n1875, to accept the position of Superintendent of\\nPublic Schools of Flint, then a city of about 9,000\\ninhabitants. This position was held for five years,\\nat the end of which time a re-appointment for the\\nsixth year was declined. In the summer and autumn\\nof 1880, several weeks were spent in conducting and\\ngiving instructions in teachers institutes in different\\nparts of the State. In December, 1880, he pur-\\nchased the Midland Independent, having decided to\\nundertake a line of work which for some time he\\nhad desired to engage in. Changing the name of\\nthe paper to The Republican, he began its publica-\\ntion with the year i88i,and has continued it until\\nthe present writing (July, 18S4), without the omission\\nof a single issue, making it the leading paper of the\\ncounty. It is now permanently located in the large\\nand convenient rooms on the second floor of the\\nnew postofifice block. The proprietor has fully iden-\\ntified himself with the interests of Midland, having\\nall that he possesses invested here.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2?3-\\n1^ Lillet P. Embury, general merchant at Cole-\\nStj^^Mg man, was born in Grand Blanc, Mich., Jan.\\n^f 13, 1856, and is a son of David and Mar-\\ntha (Morse) Embury, still resident at that\\nplace, on a farm. His father was born Dec. 7,\\n1817, in the town of Avon, N. Y., of Irish and\\nGerman descent. EUet s mother, a relative of the\\ngreat S. F. B. Morse, the founder of telegraphy, was\\nborn Jan. 12, i8i8, in the town of Eaton, Madison\\nCo., N. Y., of Puritan stock.\\nThe subject of this sketch remained at home, as-\\nsisting on the farm until he was about 25 years of\\nage, attending school in his younger days and teach-\\ning three winter terms after he was of age; also,\\nclerking some in a store at Grand Blanc and Judd s\\nCorners then worked his father s farm one year, and\\nfinally, in 1883, came to Midland County and bought\\nout J. F. L. Post, and Dec. 22 opened out in his\\npresent business, in which he is succeeding satis-\\nfactorily. He is a Democrat in his political princi-\\nples, is a Justice of the Peace, and a member of the\\nCongregational Church.\\nMr. Embury was married Dec. 31, 1879, to Miss\\nAddie M., daughter of Benj. M. and Margaret\\n(Dumigan) Knapp, who reside in Eaton, N. Y. Mr.\\nK., of American descent, is a No. i carpenter and\\njoiner. Mrs. E. was born at the last mentioned\\nplace, June 1 2, 1863.\\n\u00c2\u00ae^^m^^\\n^m\\n^yfWW^ Button, farmer and saw-mill pro-\\n^^J^l? prietor, residing on section 12, Geneva\\n^S?^ Township, and one of the representative\\n|i^ as well as self-made men of the county, was\\nborn Feb. 18, r828, in Tompkins Co., N. Y.,\\nand is a son of Amos and Catherine (Baham)\\nButton.\\nThe grandfather of Mr. Button was a Revolu-\\ntionary soldier, was seven feet in height, with a foot\\n16 inches from heel to toe, and a boot seven inches\\nwide on the ball of the foot. The father of our sub-\\nject was a native of Vermont. He raised a family\\nof six boys and five girls, who all grew to manhood\\nand womanhood before his demise, which occurred\\nMarch 7, 1880. The mother of our subject was a\\nnative of the Green Mountain State, and was a de-\\nscendant, as well as the entire family, of the old\\nPuritan stock. She died in December, 1849.\\nWm. R. Button, the subject of our biographical\\nnotice, remained at home assisting in the mainte-\\nnance of the family until he attained the age of 17\\nyears. On arriving at that age he engaged during\\nthe summer seasons in sailing on the lakes, and\\nspent his winters at home attending school. His\\nfather moved from Tompkins County to Stockton,\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., where he purchased a small\\nfarm on which the family lived for five years, when\\nhe sold it and moved with his family, in 1840, to\\nAshtabula Co., Ohio.\\nWm. R. purchased six months of his time, prior\\nto his attaining the age of maturity, from his father,\\nfor $50, and also contributed liberally from his earn-\\nings on the lakes to aid the father in purchasing a\\nfarm. He also purchased a farm of 50 acres, four\\nA\\nr", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0266.jp2"}, "267": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr\\nI1(1^I1D\\nV u\\n4^^^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n6\\nV\\nmiles from Geneva, and paid for it from his earn-\\nngs. He continued to follow the vocation of a\\nsailor, and became commander of a vessel. His\\nearnings increasing, he hired a man to clear and im-\\nprove his farm, and continued his vocation until the\\nlate civil war. He then went on his farm, and rent-\\ning some additional land near his own, engaged in\\nthe dairy business. He kept some 35 cows and con-\\nducted the business in such a manner as to meet\\nwith signal success. He subsequently sold his farm\\nand purchased another containing 50 acres just out-\\nside the village of Geneva. On this farm he erected\\na fine house in 1864, at a cost of $3,500.\\nIn 1868, ATr. Button rented his farm and came\\nwith his family to what is nov/ Buttonville, this\\ncounty. He was quick to see the advantages which\\nthe county afforded to men of industry and judgment\\nfor the making of money, and, having faith in its fu-\\nture development, he engaged with four others, un-\\nder the firm name of Button, Mason Co., and pur-\\nchased all of section 12, Geneva Township, less 120\\nacres. The firm erected a saw-mill on their land,\\nwhich was destroyed by fire Thanksgiving night,\\nDec. 14, 1873. Inside of 60 days they had another,\\nlarger than the old one, erected and running. It\\nconsisted of one planing, two shingle, one lath and a\\ncircular-saw mill, and is yet standing, although in\\npoor condition, as a monument of the past. Ma-\\nson Co. held their interest in the property only for\\nabout a year, when Mr. Button purchased it just pre-\\nvious to the fire above mentioned. He now owns 50\\nacres of land and 50 village lots in Buttonville.\\nMr. Button was united in marriage Sept. 16, 1849,\\nin Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, to Sarah Jane,\\ndaughter of Henry and Farilla (Wood) Harris. The\\nparents were natives of New York, of Puritan de-\\nscent, and died in Geneva, Ohio. Mrs. Button was\\nborn in the State of New York, Dec. 10, 1829, and\\naccompanied her parents to Madison, Ashtabula Co.,\\nOhio, when she was six months old, where she lived\\nuntil her marriage. She is the mother of the follow-\\ning children to Mr. Button: Albert M born Jan. 7,\\n1853, in Geneva, Ohio (see sketch); Fred William,\\nborn in Geneva, Ohio, April 9, 1861, and the present\\nowner of 4 acres of land, in Geneva Township, this\\ncounty. (See also sketch of the latter.)\\nPolitically, Mr. Button is a Republican. He has\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace two terms.\\nSupervisor part of a term, and the different school\\noffices. The subject of this sketch experienced all\\nthe trials incident to immigration and settlement in\\na new country, when he came with his family to this\\nState. He moved from Cleveland to Detroit by\\nsteamboat, then by wagons to Saginaw. On arriving\\nat the latter place he disposed of a span of his\\nhorses for $500, and came on to tliis county in his\\nwagons. While at Saginaw, Albert, their oldest boy,\\nwas taken with the measles, and Mr. Button sent his\\nwife and two children by rail to Red Keg, now\\nAverill. Mrs. B. arrived at the hotel at Averill and\\nthe next morning was told by the host she must\\nmove out, as the boarders would not remain unless\\nshe and her children left. In the meantime Mr.\\nButton arrived with his teams from Saginaw, and\\ntook his wife and children to Sanford, where he left\\nthem in a log house belonging to Charles Sanford,\\nhis family having moved out a few days previously.\\nThere happened to be an old stove and an old straw\\ntick left in the house, and the mother, with her two\\nsick children, the youngest child having taken the\\nmeasles also, remained there all alone and unpro-\\ntected for an entire week. The father went on his\\nland, where Buttonville now stands, and entered on\\nits improvement and made occasional trips to his\\nfamily. The last time he went home (or rather to the\\nlog house), to see his family, he was taken with the\\nmeasles, and on his recovery he removed his family\\nto the camp located on the present site of Button-\\nville. These were only a few of the trials he\\nencountered, yet, being endowed with that spirit of\\ndetermination which, when backed by energy and\\nperseverance, conipiers all obstacles, he succeeded.\\nI rville B. Hosner, a farmer residing on sec-\\ntion 28, Hope Township, was born in Mon-\\nroe Co., N. Y., July 4, 1836, the son of\\nHugh and Elia (Sutfan) Hosner, natives of\\nNew York, and of English-German and Dutch\\nextraction, respectively. The father was a\\nfarmer and mechanic, and died in Thornville, Lapeer\\nCo., Mich., Jan. 29, 18S1, aged 68. The mother is\\nyet living, on the old homestead in Lapeer County,\\nher son Oliver renting the same. Two sons and five\\nK2)\\n-[ias;iin", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0267.jp2"}, "268": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ae))^ff\\n^V ^^tlII\u00c2\u00a7PIl^ T\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ns\\n(h\\n:-ce\\nV\\ndaughters were included in their family, and of these\\nOrville is the second.\\nHe was three years old when the family came lo\\nOakland County, this State, where they lived ten\\nyears on a new farm of 90 acres, four and a half miles\\nwest of Romeo. His father then sold this place, and\\npurchased another two and a half miles north of\\nRomeo, where the children all grew to maturity. Or-\\nville was 24 years old when he married and came to\\nMidland County.\\nHe arrived in Hope Township May 3, t86o, with\\nbut $5 in ready money, and purchased 160 acres un-\\nder the Graduation Act on section 24, township 16\\nnorth, I east, at a cost of 25 cents per acre. He\\nafterwards bought 80 acres adjoining, at the same\\nprice. He had visited this county the fall before his\\nremoval, and with his brother-in-law, Charles In-\\nman, made the selection. When he came here to\\nstay, he came with his wife and Charles Inman in\\na wagon, through Flint, the journey occupying si.x\\ndays. The team belonged to Mr. Inman, who sent it\\nback to Oakland County by his step-son, David M.\\nWilcox, while he remained and boarded with Mr. and\\nMrs. Hosner. His wife boarded with Nelson Fraser\\nwhile he built a shanty. The roof was covered with\\nbasswood bark, and the floor was made of split bass-\\nwood logs. The erection of this occupied him about\\none week, and he was assisted by Charles Inman,\\nNelson Fraser and William McCrary. In this shanty\\nMr. H. lived four years. He then sold his place to\\nFrancis Green, returned to Romeo and lived one\\nwinter with his father.\\nThe following spring he came again to Midland,\\nleased the lot opposite John Larkin s store, and built\\na store and dwelling. Here for three years he dealt\\nin groceries, and then he exchanged his lease and\\ngoods for a farm of 60 acres three miles up the Titta-\\nbawassee River, then in Midland, but now in Homer\\nTownship. After seven years he sold this and re-\\nmoved to the farm where Mr. Stanford now lives.\\nThis he purchased of John Larkin, and 40 acres ad-\\nditional he bought of Sidney Gould, and 80 acres of\\na Mr. McCune. Here he resided four years and a\\nhalf, and then, Feb. 16, 1877, he sold and moved to\\nhis present farm of 100 acres. At that time 50 acres\\nwere improved, but now he has 90 acres subdued.\\nHe followed lumbering and camped out in Hope\\nTownship one winter 16 years ago. He has been in\\nlumbering business altogether 15 winters, sometimes\\ngaiiiing and at other times losing; but on the whole\\nhe has come out ahead. He is one of the substan-\\ntial farmers of Hope Township.\\nHis marriage occurred Nov. i, 1S59, and the lady\\nof his choice was Miss .Anna E. Green, daughter of\\nFrancis and Polly (Stevens) Green. Mr. G. was\\nborn Nov. 19, 1800, was in early life a preacher of\\nthe Baptist denomination, and later a farmer, and\\nnow resides in Lincoln Township, at the venerable\\nage of 84. Mrs. Green died at the residence of her\\ndaughter, Melvina Inman, March 4, 1S80. Their\\ndaughter, Mrs. Hosner, was born May 12, 1S43, in\\nFort Ann, N. Y.\\nThe three children born of this marriage are all\\nliving: Orville Clyde was born Feb. 17, 1S61, in\\nLincoln (now Hope) Township; Ara E., born Oct.\\n23, 1S63, in same township, married Feb. 2, 1884, to\\nGeorge E. Guinan; Mary Irene, Jan. i, iS76,in Mid-\\nland Township.\\nMr. H. has been Township Clerk two yeais, and\\nSupervisor of Homer Township one year. He is\\npolitically a Republican.\\njjl obert Potter, farmer, section 26, Porter\\nTownship, was born Oct. 8, 1839, in York\\nCo., Ont. His parents, Alexander and\\nLetitia Potter, were Scotch by descent and\\nwere born in Ontario. The father died about\\nthe year 1874; the demise of the mother oc-\\ncurred in 1872. Their children numbered five sons\\nand three daughters, and are all living.\\nMr. Potter is the only son of his parents whose\\nfeet have wandered from his native soil. He resided\\nat home and assisted on his father s farm, attending\\nthe common schools until he was 18 years old. At\\nthat age he became a Laborer on the farms of his na-\\ntive place, and passed two years in that manner\\nwhen he settled on Lake Erie in Norfolk Co., Ont.,\\nwhere he engaged as a sawyer in a mill on Otter\\nRiver. He remained thus employed one year, and\\nat the end of that period he traveled through Indiana\\nand Illinois, stopping at Elgin in the Prairie State,\\nwhere he spent some time as a farm assistant. He\\nreturned to Saginaw City, Mich by way of Wash-\\ntenaw County, and engaged as an engineer in a saw-\\n^DII\u00c2\u00a7IIIl^t", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0268.jp2"}, "269": {"fulltext": "r.\\nm\\nYIt^^\\nV\\nJ\\nt\\n^^M iim^T\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nz^-^Mf^^\\n273\\nmill. He spent seven j ears in that occupation, and\\nmeanwhile secured a homestead claim of 160 acres\\nof land in Porter Township, this county, filing his\\nfirst claim in 1870. Later, in that year, he built a\\nshanty thereon, and secured a man and his wife to\\nkeep his house. In the spring of 1873 the shanty,\\nwith its contents, was destroyed by fire. Undaunted,\\nhe erected another place of shelter, and April 7,\\n1875, he was marrried at St. Louis, Gratiot Co.,\\nMich., to Alice, daughter of Andrew and Sophia\\n(Hannah) Hannah. Her parents are natives of\\nOntario and Scotland, and are now living. Alice\\nwas bom in Haldimand Co., Ont., April 24, 1858.\\nHer parents removed to East Saginaw when she was\\nnine years old, and later came to the county of Mid-\\nland. Four children have been bom to Mr. and\\nMrs. Potter, one of whom is deceased. Arthur W.\\nwas born March 14, 1876; Charles, Nov. 22, 1880;\\nLaura, Jan. 20, 18S3. child died in infancy, un-\\nnamed.\\nSince his marriage Mr. Potter has resided with his\\nfamily on his homestead, which he has improved and\\ngreatly increased in value. Among other farm fix-\\ntures of a most creditable character, is a commodious\\nand practical farm house. The family attend the\\nPresbyterian Church. Mr. Potter is a Republican\\nof inflexible principles and wide influence. In 1876\\nhe was elected Justice of the Peace, and has served\\neight years in that oflice; is still the incumbent of the\\nposition. He has been Highway Commissioner one\\nyear, and during the years 1878-81 he served as\\nSupervisor, officiating as Chairman of the Board in\\nthe two last years named. He has been Township\\nTreasurer two years, and is at present School\\nDirector, which office he has held five years.\\nCharles H. Winslow, merchant, Lee s Cor-\\njPg^ ners, is a son of Loring S. and Mar)\\nri^ (Brown) Winslow, the former a native of Ver-\\n^[2\\nmont and the latter of the State of New York.\\nHe was bom in the Green Mountain State,\\nApril 7, 1846; in the spring of 1867, when 21\\nyears of age, he came to Midland Count}-, where he\\nhas since resided most of the time, engaged in the\\nwoods and on the river. In January, 1883, he bought\\nout the store and stock of his brother, C. J. Winslow,\\n^KS^^m^ ^D a\\nand has since been carrying on a very successful\\ntrade.\\nPolitically, Mr. Ulnslow is a Democrat in his\\nviews and voting. He was Constable one year in\\nSaginaw County.\\nHe was married in IngersoU Township, Sept. 13,\\n1874, to Miss Harriet F., daughter of Job and Sarah\\nE. (Mann) Chase, natives of New York State. She\\nwas bom in Lapeer Co., Mich., .\\\\pril 4, 1849. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. W. are Laura H., Loring\\nS., Charles H., John W. and Julia F.\\n1 evi Fulmer, carpenter and joiner, and\\nZ farmer on section 10, Homer Township,\\nijS? 1 *^s bom May 23, 1830, in Sterling, Cayuga\\n^tj^ Co., N. Y. His father, Jacob Fulmer, was a\\nAj native of the State of New York and was of\\nDutch descent. He died at 63 years of age, in\\nSt. Joseph Co., Ind. Polly (Stockwell) Fulmer, his\\nmother, was a native of the Empire State, f New\\nEngland parentage, and died in St. Joseph Co., Ind.,\\naged 68 years. Of their family of eight children, but\\ntwo are living.\\nMr. Fulmer is the fourth child and son in the\\norder of birth. He remained under the home roof\\nuntil he was 22 years of age, when he apprenticed\\nhimself to learn the occupation of builder. He\\nserved two years, and then operated as a journeyman\\ncarp)enter until the date of his enrollment as a soldier\\nof the Union. He enlisted in August, 1863, in the\\n97 th N. Y. VoL Inf., in Co. H. The command was\\nunder Gen. Warren, in the Army of the Potomac.\\nHe was in several important actions, and was also\\non several occasions detailed for special duty. With\\nthe exception of the fatigue and privations common\\nto army life, he ebcaf ed without injurj and was hon-\\norably discharged July 18, 1865. He went to Os-\\nwego Co., N. Y., on being released from military\\nservice, and soon after came to Midland County,\\nwhere he purchased the section of land on which he\\nhas since pursued the occupation of farming. His\\nland was in primeval forest, and he experienced all\\nthe perplexities which never fail to annoy and render\\nsevere the days of pioneer existence. But he pur-\\nsued the work of improving and culrivaring his farm\\nuntil he has placed it in creditable condition. He is\\ni J\\nt\\nI", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0269.jp2"}, "270": {"fulltext": "^DD^DD^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0T\\n274\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\na member of the Republican party and has served\\nfive years as Township Clerk, three years as Treas-\\nurer and four years as Justice of the Peace.\\nHis marriage to Rhoda Fineout occurred Nov. 4,\\n(hi 1855, in Oswego, N. Y., where she was Dorn, June 3,\\n1830. Her parents died when she was about 20\\nyears of age. She had resided with them and after\\ntheir death she made her home with her sister. Two\\nchildren have been born of her marriage, as follows\\nAnna, Dec. 15, 1856, and Mary A., Feb. 4, 1861.\\nThe parents are members of the Methodist Episco-\\npal Church, in which Mr. Fulmer has been active\\nsince his connection therewith. He is at present\\nClass- Leader.\\nilliam T. Depue, general farmer, section\\n31, Jas|)er Township, was born in Trum-\\nJf^^r^ bull Co., Ohio, Dec. 16, 1.S30, tlie eldest\\nlujjJ of three children, all of wliom are yet living.\\n4br His brother is Marsiiall S,, whose sketch\\nappears elsewhere in this volume, and his sister\\nis Mrs. Julia Fields, of St. Louis, Mich. Their par-\\nents were tlie first settlers in the west half of Mid-\\nland County, their father building the first house, a\\nlog cabin, in the first part of April, 1856, which still\\nstands as a monument of pioneer pains and pleas-\\nures. Originally its floor was made of puncheons,\\nand there was not a sawed board in the whole\\nstructure. The door and table were also made of\\nwhat might be called split and hewed boards. The\\nlatch and hinges were all wood, and the roof was\\nmade of shakes, held on with shake-poles. Mr.\\nDepue, Sr., with his two sons, Marshall S. and VVm.\\nTracy, purchased the whole of section 31, Jasper\\nTownship.\\nWhen 19 years of age the subject of this sketch\\nleft home and his native county for Illinois; a year\\nafterward he returned home; in the fall of 1854 he\\nwent to Iowa, and in the fall of 1855 he came to\\nC\u00c2\u00a7 Midland County, engaging in the trade of carpenter\\nand joiner, which he had learned while in Ohio and\\nIowa. At Freeland Station, Saginaw ounty, he\\nbuilt the five-ton boat wliich carried the provisions\\ndonated to starving Gratiot during that memorable\\nperiod by the cities of Detroit and Saginaw. Tliese\\narticles of food were so eagerly received that they\\nwere all delivered from the boat within a few hours\\nafter its landing.\\nFor three years after his arrival here, Mr. Depue\\nwas variously engaged, on Pine and Chippewa Rivers.\\nHe and Joseph Miser built the first school-house on\\nthe Indian reservation in Isabella County. In July,\\n1859, he returned to Ohio, and on the 14th of that\\nmonth, in Trumbull Co., Ohio, he married Miss Sarah\\nC. Martin, a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Craig)\\nMartin. She was born in Portage Co., Ohio, June i,\\n1836, the eldest of five children, two sons and\\nthree daughters. The two children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nDepue are: Ida, born April 17, i860, in Jasper\\nTownship, and married in Coe Township, Isabella\\nCounty, Aug. 16, 1881, to VVm. H. Ney, a farmer of\\nJasper Township, this county; and Lucy, born Oct.\\n18, 1862, also in Jasper Township, and Nov. 10,\\n1880, married Eli E. Oswald, also a firmer in the\\nsame township.\\nDirectly after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Depue com-\\nmenced house-keeping at his home in this county,\\nwhere he now owns 180 acres of good land, with 80\\nacres well improved, with the necessary farm build-\\nings, etc.\\nMr. D. secured the organization of Jasper Town-\\nship, in i860, then six miles wide east and west, and\\neighteen miles long north and south. He was elected\\nSupervisor, and served four years. He has also held\\nthe offices of Townshi]) Clerk and Justice of the\\nPeace, as well as the less important offices of his\\ntownship. In his political views he sympathizes with\\nthe National Greenback party. He has seen military\\nlife, enlisting for the Union Dec. 20, 1864, in (!!o. A,\\n15th Mich. Inf., Army of the Cumberland, and being\\ndischarged Sept. 9, 1865, after a service of nine\\nmonths.\\names Hughes, general farmer, section 2,\\nPorter Township, was born in England,\\nvj^ April 7, 1839, and when he was a year old\\nthe family emigrated to America, and lived in\\nLicking Co., Ohio, on a farm, until the parents\\ndied, in 187 1-2.\\nThe subject of this sketch lived in that county\\nuntil he was 23 years of age, when he was married,\\nand shortly afterward went into the army to serve\\n1=1\\nlr A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0270.jp2"}, "271": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0271.jp2"}, "272": {"fulltext": "^-^n\u00c2\u00a3.rKj\\n?^y", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0272.jp2"}, "273": {"fulltext": "r^ u ^^[iU\u00c2\u00bb^ m- w a^X-\\n#^5f\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nfor the Government, enlisting in Co. E, i3Sth Ohio\\nVol. Inf., in the Army of the Cumberland. He was\\nin the service four months, engaging in the battle of\\nHarper s Ferry, and was also a member of the Ohio\\nNational Guard for five years.\\nReturning to Licking County, he followed agricul-\\nture upon his farm of i6o acres until recently, when\\nhe sold out, purchased 280 acres on sections r and 2,\\nPorter Township, all heavily timbered land.\\nIn his political action Mr. Hughes votes inde-\\npendently.\\nOct 8, 1863, in Licking Co., O., Mr. Hughes mar-\\nried Miss Sarah \\\\nn Shaw, a native of that county,\\nborn Feb. 11, 1843. To Mr. and Mrs. H. have been\\nborn nine children, as follows: John E., Frank,\\nWilliam W., Lillie, George, Mary B., Charley A.,\\nNellie G. and James A. (deceased).\\nIllRjjhineas Swift, farmer, section T,Tiy Homer\\nii^Sli Township, was born March 27, 1826, in\\nJ llisj. Livingston Co., N. Y. He had the train-\\nI ll\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0)t\\n|Mii ing and education of a farmer s son, and was\\nunder his father s guidance until he reached\\nhis majority. He was married Jan. i, 1847, to Caro-\\nline Stone, a native of Connecticut, born in 1829.\\nFour sons and five daughters have been born of this\\nmarriage: three of the latter are dead. The mother\\ndied at her home in Mecosta County, Sept. g, 1875.\\nIn 1850 the family removed to Fair Plains, Mont-\\ncalm Co., Mich., where they resided until the second\\nyear of the war, when the husband and father be-\\ncame a soldier of the Union. He enlisted Aug. 15,\\n1862, in the 21st Mich. Vol. Inf, enrolling in Co. F.\\nThe command was assigned to the Army of the\\nCumberland. He became disabled soon after reach-\\ning the field, and was discharged, on a surgeon s\\ncertificate, April 11, 1863. He had contracted a\\npulmonary disease from his exposure and he was\\nwholly incapacitated a year after his discharge.\\nOn recovery, he came to Midland County and\\nbought 160 acres on section 4, Homer Township,\\nwhich he e.xchanged two years later for 200 acres in\\nthe same township. Later on he sold this and went\\nto Mecosta County on account of the ill-health of\\nhis wife. He located near Big Rapids. The change\\nproved futile for the purpose sought, as the wife and\\nmother died about one year after the removal. In\\n1880 Mr. Swift bought 80 acres of land in Kent\\nCounty, which he sold the same year, and in 1881\\nhe bought 64 acres where he has since resided. He\\nis a Republican and held the office of Justice of the\\nPeace one year during his first residence here.\\nMr. Swift s likeness may be found on the opposite\\npage. It is tliat of a brave soldier and representa-\\ntive citizen of the State of Michigan as well as of\\nMidland County.\\nm^\\nohn C. Sias, farmer on section 32, Jasper\\nTownship, was born at Ann Arbor, Wash-\\ntenaw County, this State, Feb. 16, 1835,\\nand is the son of John and Lucretia (Dudley)\\nSias, natives of Vermont and New York. The\\nfather was of French-Irish descent, followed\\nagriculture, and died at the residence of his son John\\nin the spring of 1876, at the age of nearly 82. The\\nmother lives with Mr. Sias, at the venerable age of 86.\\nThe subject of this outline is the fifth son and\\nninth child of a family of ten three sons and two\\ndaughters of which number are now living. He lived\\nwith his parents in his native town until 15 years\\nold, at which age he was apprenticed to learn the\\ntrade of millwright, under a Mr. Waite, of Ann Arbor.\\nHe remained with him but one year, and then for\\nthree and a half years was employed as a cabinet-\\nmaker at Dexter, Mich. Going to Wapawma, Wis.,\\nhe worked there one year, and then visited Minne-\\nsota, Iowa and Dakota.\\nWhile in Iowa, Oct. 15, 1 861, he enlisted in Co. C,\\n14th Iowa Vol. Inf., and was assigned to the com-\\nmand of George H. Wolf, in the Army of the North-\\nwest. He was discharged in February, 1864, having\\nbeen employed in the frontier forts. On the 26th of\\nthe same month he re-enlisted in the same company,\\nwhich was made Co. M, 7th Iowa Vol. Cav. He\\nserved till the conclusion of the war, and was honor-\\nably discharged in June, 1866, having lived nearly\\nfive years in the army. He fought at Deer Moun-\\ntain, and the Bad Lands of the Little Missouri River.\\nHe then traveled through Minnesota and Wiscon-\\nsin to Michigan, arriving in Midland County in Oc-\\ntober, 1867. He located a land warrant of 160 acres\\non sections 32, 33 and 28, Jasper, and proceeded to\\n9\\nA\\n^wmi^^^^ :^w^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0273.jp2"}, "274": {"fulltext": "m\\nE=I\\nCIS\\n278\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nmake a home. In December, 1868, at St. Louis, he\\nwas joined in wedlock with Mrs. Mary Small (jicc\\nSias) daughter of Solomon and Emily (Copeland)\\nSias. Her father was of French descent, a native of\\nOntario, and died in Pine River Township, Gratiot\\nCounty, in February, 1884. Her mother was of Eng-\\nlish lineage, was a native of the State of New York,\\nand died in that State in 1855.\\nBy her first marriage, Mrs. Sias has a daughter,\\nCora; and by her second she is the mother of three\\nchildren, Jessie, Edgar and Ashley.\\nMr. Sias has improved 40 acres of his place, and\\nhas sold 40. He has held the office of Supervisor\\nfrom 1868 to 1870, inclusive, and also in 1876. He\\nhas been Township Treasurer two years, and has\\nfilled minor positions of trust. In political belief, he\\nis a Republican.\\nVm\\\\ obert D. Cody, farmer on section 2=;, Lar-\\nkm Township, is a son of Alonzo and\\nFanny (Fullmer) Cody, natives respectively\\nof New York State and Ohio; and was born\\nill Buffalo, N.Y., June 10,1861. His parents re-\\nmoved to this State when he was one year old,\\nand he has resided since in Michigan, e.xcept 10 years\\nin Iowa. He came to Midland County in the fall of\\n1879, and has now 20 acres of an So-acre tract im-\\nproved.\\nApril r, 18S3, in Midland City, Miss Florence Per-\\nkins, a native of New York State, changed by mar-\\nriage her last name to Cody. In political sentiment\\nMr. C. is a Republican.\\noxiis Riefenberg, farmer, section 34, Inger-\\nsoll Township, is a son of Christopher\\nt^U Riefenberg, a native of Germany, who passed\\n6j(;p his entire life in that country. He was born in\\nGermany June 6, 1830; from the age of 14 to\\n22 he attended bar; he then came to America\\nand for three years followed farming in Pennsyl-\\nvania; in May, 1856, he came and bought 80 acres\\nof unimproved land in Ingersoll Township, wliere he\\nstill resides. Sinc# his first purchase he bought 80\\nacres more, and he now has about 100 acres under\\ncultivation and in good condition.\\nHe is School Assessor of District No. i, and was\\nelected Township Clerk last spring (1884). Politi-\\ncally he belongs to the National party.\\nMr. R. was married in Pennsylvania Feb. 16, 1862,\\nto Margaret, daughter of Balsar and Elizabeth Hil-\\ndebrand, who were natives of Germany. Mrs. R.\\nwas born also in that country, Jan. 27, 1844. The\\nchildren in her family are, Louis H., Joh.n G., Sarah\\nE., William L., Mary E. and Minnie A.\\n:h\\n^mf%\\n-1~\\nI\\nV p- I arshall S. Depue, general farmer, section\\n.T; .f 31, Jasper Township, was born in Trum-\\nbull Co., Ohio, June 12, 1833. His parents,\\nNicholas and Charlotte (Allen) Depue, were\\nnatives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio,\\nand of French and Yankee ancestry. Mrs.\\nD. s father was one of the first settlers in the State\\nof Ohio. Mr. Nicholas Depue died, it is supposed,\\nsomewhere in the State of Michigan, the time and\\nplace being unknown and his widow died at the\\nresidence of her daughter, Mrs. Fields, at St. Louis,\\nSept. 25, 1883. The old log cabin erected by Nicho-\\nlas Depue, thr first built in the township, is still\\nstanding. Formerly it had not a sawed board in it.\\nIt is preserved in memory of the first days of Mid-\\nland.\\nThe subject of this sketch was brought up on the\\nfarm, to the vocation of his father, and was married\\nMarch 8, 1859, in Milton, Mahoning Co., Ohio, to\\nMiss Lois R. Baldwin, who was born in that county\\nApril 27, 1S33, and before her marriage taught ten\\nterms of school. The children by this marriage are\\nCharles C, William B., Lottie M. and Scott (de-\\nceased). Mrs. D. died at her home in this town-\\nship, Nov. 4, 1883, leaving a large circle of friends\\nto mourn the loss. Slie was exceptionally a kind and\\nloving wife, mother and member of society. Ever\\nsince she was 15 years of age she had been an active p)\\nmember of the Presbyterian Church. I\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. D. started immediately for c\\nMichigan, and located on a quarter of section 31, iM\\nwhere he has since made his home. He was one of\\nthe first settlers of the township. On his estate of (g\\\\\\none of\\n225 acres, he has i 25 acres finely improved", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0274.jp2"}, "275": {"fulltext": "m\\n5^#\u00c2\u00ab\\n4 iin^iiii i T\\nV\\nP\\nI\\na\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ev\\nMIDLAND\\nCOUNTY.\\n4^^\\n279\\nthe best farms in the county He also has recently\\nerected a residence which compares favorably with\\nthe best in the county.\\nJMr. Depue is a staunch Republican, and has been\\nhonored wilh the offices of Supervisor and Treasurer.\\nHe helped to organize the township.\\n^i l flvJhnrles F. Marcy, farmer, section 26, In-\\n4 ^^.j nersoll Township, is a son of Alanson and\\nMary A. (Bowen) Marcy, who were natives of\\nNew York State. (See sketch of Alanson\\nMarcy.)\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in\\nCattaraugus Co., N. Y., Feb. 22, 1836, and was seven\\nyears old when the family came to Oakland Co.,\\nMich. In 1856, at the age of 20, lie came to this\\ncounty, wliere he has since resided. In 1857 he pur-\\nchased 80 acres of unimproved land in IngersoU\\nTownship, on section 26, and at present has about\\n45 acres under good cultivation.\\nIn political action Mr. Marcy works for Republican\\nprinciples, and lie has officiated as Township Clerk\\none year.\\nHe was first married in Lapeer Co., Mich., Dec.\\n31, 1872, to Clista J., daughter of Harrison and\\nPhilinda Young, residents of IngersoU Township.\\nShe was born in Henrietta, N. Y.,Nov. 8, 1851. The\\nchildren of Mr. and Mrs. Marcy are: Philinda E.\\nand Henry H. Mrs. M. died Jan. 5, 1880, and Mr.\\nM. was married April 14, i88r, to Mrs. Harriet A.\\n(Wilsey) Pangburn, widow of George W. Pangburn, a\\nnative of Vermont, who died in Saginaw, April 16,\\n1 87 3. She had by her first marriage two children,\\nViola H. and George J. Mrs. M. was born in Lucas\\nCo Ohio, Jan. 24, 1847.\\n^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^MilH^xtE\\nH. Peck, station agent and telegraph oper-\\nator at Sanford, was born Dec. 17, 1853\\nin Fair Haven, Mass. He is a son of\\nJ^^s Joseph N. and Lydia C. (Blaisdell) Peck.\\nHis father was a native of the State of Rhode\\nIsland and was of English parentage. He was a\\ncooper by trade, and passed the greater portion of\\nhis life in that and in farming, except five years.\\nwhen he was engaged in mercantile business. He\\ndied May 25, 1865, in New Bedford, Mass. The\\nmother was born in September, 1813, in Maine, of\\nScotch ancestors, and is yet living, at Fairhaven,\\nMass. Seven children born to the parents reached\\nmaturity.\\nIn May, 1878, Mr. Peck came West and engaged\\nin farming in Ortonville, Oakland Co., Mich., where\\nhe spent about four months. He then went to Sag-\\ninaw and spent three months as an assistant in a saw\\nmill. At the end of that time he engaged as a brake-\\nman on the F. P. M. Railroad, and not long after\\nmet with an accident which crippled him for life.\\nHe fell from a wood rack and received an injury to\\nhis left leg, whicli caused tlie loss of the foot below\\nthe ankle. The raihoad tompany took entire charge\\nof him during his ilbiess, and on his recovery he\\ncame to Sanford, where he fitted himself for the\\nduties of the position he now occupies. He has had\\nfull and entire charge of the office since September, Oj\\n1882. He was married Dec. 24, 1882, to Victoria\\nWallace.\\niL^i tsSi\\ni\\nS\\nJ^::-^.\\nmmmo\\nl^aron Havens, farmer, section 27, Hope Tp.,\\n^ifs^sSS.- was born in Ontario Co., N. Y., June i,\\nS-li^S? 1826, the son of Samuel and Amy (Bennett)\\nHavens. His father was of Scotch descent,\\n1 was born in New Jersey, moved to Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y., thence to Hartland, Niagara Co., same\\nState, thence to Seneca Township, Seneca Co., same\\nState, and finally to Lenawee Co., Mich., where he\\ndied, aged about 60. Mrs. Havens, Aaron s mother,\\nwas a native of New Jersey, and died in Wayne Co.,\\nN. Y., having been the mother of three sons and one\\ndaughter, all of whom grew to maturity. Mr. Ha-\\nvens, senior, married for his second wife Miss Sarah\\nAnn Tubbs, in Wayne Co., N. Y.\\nThe subject of this biography was ten years old\\nwhen his father came to the Peninsular State, and he\\nlived at home with his father and stepmother until of\\nage, assisting on the farm. He then worked as a W\\nfarm laborer by the month for two years in Niagara\\nCo., N. Y., and three years in St. Clair Co., Mich.\\nMarch 23, 1854, he was married to Miss Mary Jane\\nEllsworth, daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Hewett)\\nEllsworth. Her father died at Johnson s Creek, (f^^\\nNiagara Co., N. Y., in 1839; and her mother in St.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0275.jp2"}, "276": {"fulltext": "T\\nmvm^^\\nV\\n^^,mm\\\\mi\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nIl\\nM Clair Co., Mich., in 1856. Mrs. Havens was born\\nAi June 10, 1836, in Hartland, Niagara Co., N. Y. Fol-\\nlowing is the record of the eiglit children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Havens: Sarah, born Aug. 28, 1856, at\\nSaginaw, Mich.; George, Dec. 2, 1857, in Edenville\\nTownship, this county; Florence A., Jan. 22, i860,\\nin same townshij); Lewis, April 23, 1862, in Hope\\nTownship; Ella, July 6, 1864, in same townshij);\\nHiram W., Oct. 31, 1868, in same township; Samuel\\nWallace, Aug. 13, 1870, in same township; William\\nClarence, April 17, 1875, in same township, and died\\nik, Dec. 9, 1878.\\nFor one year after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Havens\\nlived in St. Clair County. They then settled in this\\ncounty, first in Edenville Townshii), and later on\\ntheir present farm in Hope. Mrs. Havens relates\\nthat her children, Sarah and (ieorgc, lost themselves\\none day, when aged respectively four and two and a-\\nhalf years, and were out all night, in a marsh two\\nmiles from home, with a cold rain falling all night;\\nIn political sentiment, Mr. H. is a Republican.\\nHe and wife are members of the Church of God.\\nV\\nf^;f rank S. Burton, editor of the Midland\\nXi ^aaijjis, ^I lh is a son of David and Emeline (Cope-\\n-JLS235 v., \\\\^y^^ Burton, and was born in Dexter,\\nMe., July 17, 1846. The father was born in\\nys|-s Garland Township, Penobscot Co., Me., in Sep-\\ntember, 1801 has followed farming all his\\nactive life, having cleared four farms in his time. He\\ncame to Dexter, Mich., in 1851, and settled on a\\ntract of wild land, which he subdued to cultivation\\nand in March, 1855, he came up the Saginaw and\\nTittabawassee Rivers to this county, arriving at Eden-\\nville on the 31st of that month. He jire-empted\\n160 acres on section 12, in what is now Edenville\\nTownship, and by industry and perseverance made\\nit one of the finest farms in the county. After losing\\nhis wife, he sold, and he now resides alternately with\\nhis son Edwin D., in I klenville I ownship. and with\\nMr. Burton, of this sketch. The njother was born in\\nCoreana Township, Penoliscot Co., Me., in 1815, and\\ndied on the farm in F^denville Township, this courity,\\nin April, 1882. Their family included eight children,\\nFrank S. being the sixth.\\nThe subject of this record lived with his parents\\nuntil 18 years old, attending school in the winter\\nseasons. At that age he taught one, winter term of\\nschool. He then entered the State Agricultural Col-\\nlege at Lansing. Here he studied four years, teach-\\ning during the vacations, and was graduated in\\nNovember, 1868. After this he taught a select\\nschool at Midland, then one term in the city schools\\nof Big Rapids, and then for one summer engaged in\\nfarming in Edenville, with his brother Edwin. After\\nstudying a term in the Law Department of the State\\nUniversity, and teaching a few months in Edenville,\\nhe then, in company with his brother, purchased a\\nsmall water-jiower saw-mill. This they operated a\\nfew months and then sold. Returning to Ann Arbor,\\nhe completed his course in law, receiving his dii)loma\\nAjjril I, 187 I.\\nHe practiced a few months at East Tawas, Iosco\\nCounty, and then came to Midland. In December,\\nI 87 I, he purchased a one-tliird interest in the Mid-\\nland y\u00c2\u00abr/(/( W(v;/ and the Faiwell Rci^isUr, and com-\\nmenced his journalistic career. The following month,\\nby the withdrawal of one partner, John Haynes, he\\nbecame proprietor of a half interest, and before the\\nend of the year he bought the remaining stock of the\\nRegister. This he conducted over one year, and\\nthen sold, in the fall of 1872, to his brother. In\\nJuly of the ensuing year he again bought, and re-\\ntained possession until December, 1880. In Febru-\\nary, 1881, he purchased the Democrat office and\\nfounded the Sun, which he is now conducting, his\\nfirst issue appearing Feb.. 17. He employs three as-\\nsistants, has a good job trade, and his paper has an\\nencouragingly large circulation.\\nIll 1877 he purchased 320 acres of land, a half of\\nsection 33, Larkin Township. He now owns 480\\nacres, of which 160 are under cultivation. He takes\\na deep interest in thorough-bred short-horns, and has\\nthe only pure ones in the county (four in number),\\nbesides 1 2 to 75 high-graded animals. He resides\\non his farm, which is located three miles from the\\ncourt-house.\\nJune 20, 1873, at Detroit, lie was joined in matri-\\nmony with Miss Vina E. Belknap, daughter of Julius\\nK. and Lydia Place, of St. Clair County. Mrs. Bur-\\nton was born at Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1852.\\nMr. B. was nominated in the fall of 1876 for Pro-\\nbate Judge, on the Republican ticket, against William\\nKelley on the Democratic ticket, and was elected.\\n1\\nv|)\\nC\\nr", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0276.jp2"}, "277": {"fulltext": "1/\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n.jtfC\\n4^t^5fsvii\\n281\\nHe filled the office creditably four years. In the fall\\nof 1882 he was nominated on the Fusion ticket for\\nState Senator, but was defeated by John W. Hance,\\nof Mt. Pleasant. He received a good vote, but his\\nparty was not strong enough to win. In the spring\\nof 1884 he was chosen Supervisor of Larkin Town-\\nship, which office he now holds. Politically, Mr.\\nBurton was a Republican for many years, and con-\\nducted his paper in the interest of that party until\\nthe fall of 1881, when he changed its politics, taking\\nup the banner of the National party. He was for six\\nyears Chairman of the Republican County Commit-\\ntee, and since June, 1882, he has held a like position\\nin the National, or Greenback, party. He has been,\\nsince .August, 1882, a member of the State Central\\nCommittee. He has attended three State Conven-\\ntions of the Republican party, and one (August, 1882,\\nat Grand Rapids) of the organization to which he\\nnow Ijelongs.\\nMr. Burton is quite a student, having pierhapB the\\nlargest librar) in the county; and he is in every\\nsense a public-spirited man, taking a deep interest in\\nagricultural and school affairs.\\nsrael W. Martin, farmer, section 11, Homer\\nTownship, was lx)m May 18, 1829, in Dum-\\nfries Township, Canada West. He resided\\nin his native province until he was 15 years\\nold, when he went to the State of New York\\nand worked for a lumberman on the Erie CanaL\\nHe relumed to Canada, where he was occupied some\\ntime as a stage driver. His next venture was as a\\nsailor on the lakes, where he operated two years.\\nHe again engaged in stage-driving, in which he was\\noccupied until the year pirevious to that in which he\\ncame to Michigan.\\nHe was married March 18, i860, in Canada, to\\nSarah Wells, who was bom in Ontario in 1833. One\\nI of the two children bom to Mr. and Mrs. Martin is\\ndeceased. Delia L., Ijom Dec. 25, 1868, was mar-\\nried Dec. 25, 1882, to Alljert Green, a native of Mid-\\nland County, bom June 30, 1861.\\nOn coming to Michigan Mr. Martin was emploj-ed\\nin the saw-mill of Wright Co. Late in the same\\nf\\nyear they came to Midland County, where he pur-\\nchased 83 acres of land, which has since been his\\nhome. He is a Republican, an^ has been Justice of\\nthe Peace three years. School Treasurer 15 years, and\\nhas served several terms as Highway Commissioner.\\nf\\nVi\\n-4*\\ni.\\nei-\\nSri^ i\u00c2\u00bb-\\ne^f^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m\\nT^\\noseph Ii. Campbell, farmer, section 22,\\nJerome Township, was l)om in the town of\\nPoland, Chautauqua Co., N. Y., Jan. 17,\\n1838, and is the son of Jonas and Cynthia (De\\nJane) Campbell. His parents were bom in\\nt Orleans, Genesee Co., N. Y.. and are srill liv-\\ning, in Chautauqua County, in the Empire State.\\nIn the paternal line, Mr. Campbell is of .Scotch\\ndescent, and W his mother s side he comes of French\\nstock. He remained under the paternal roof until\\nhe was 23 years old and operated as his father s as-\\nsistant on the farm after, as before, he attained hb\\nmajority.\\nOn the outbreak of the Southern rebellion, he en-\\nlisted as a soldier, enrolling .Aug. 28, 1862, in Co.\\nC, 9th N. Y. VoL Cav., and was mustered out Jan.\\n30, 1865, after a long and arduous service. His first\\nfight occurred at Berrj ville, in the valley of the\\nShenandoah, four days after he joined the command.\\nHis next engagement was at Cob Run, and he next\\nfought at Fredricksburg, under Burnside. On the\\nfirst of .August, 1863, he fought from the Rappahan-\\nnock and Rapidan through Culpeper, and on the last\\nday of the month he fought the same ground over\\nagain, the sharpest contest being at Brandy Station.\\nHe was wounded May 8, 1864, at the battle of the\\nWilderness, receiving an injury from a minie ball in\\nthe upper part of the left arm, which necessitated the\\nremoval of alx ut five inches of the bone. The\\noperation was performed at the field hospital, whence\\nhe went to Douglas Hospital, Washington, and was\\ntransferred to the hcBpital on Blackwell s Island.\\nHe was sent thence to Fort .Schuyler Hospital, and\\nwas there discharged. He returned to his home in\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., and soon after was placed\\non the pension list.\\nHe became the proprietor of a house and lot in\\nthe village of Jamestown, Chautauqua County, which\\nhe sold in 1875, and reached Midland County on the\\n5^\\nr\\ni\\n^M^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0277.jp2"}, "278": {"fulltext": "^^/^^i;^m^\\n282\\ncr-7 ^IlIl^nil V\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n:^5\\n3d day of April of that year. He at once entered a\\nhomestead claim of 80 acres in the township of\\nJerome, and has about 12 acres under the plow, and\\neight acres chopped ready for clearing.\\nMr. Campbell was married June 21, 1873, to Edsia\\nE., daughter of Eliscom C and Lucy (Stearns) Rob-\\ninson. Her father is living in Jamestown, Chautau-\\nqua County. Her mother died in 1868, in Poland,\\nin the same county. Both parents were natives of\\n(Chautauqua County, where Mrs. Campbell was born,\\nNov. 17, 1 85 1. The children of Mr. and Mrs.\\nCampbell were born as follows. Irving, Nov. 19,\\n1S74, at Jamestown, N. Y.; Lucy, Nov. 13, 1876;\\nFrank, Feb. 14, 1879; Joseph L., April 27, 1S81;\\nEdith, April 26, 1883. All but the eldest child were\\nborn in Jerome Township.\\nMr. Campbell is independent in [lolitics, and has\\nbeen elected Justice of the Peace this present year.\\nHe has declined all other offices tendered him.\\nr fv: ames C. Howe, farmer, sec. 4, Larkin Town-\\n(j shi)), is a sou of William and Almira(Ken-\\nS\\ndall) Howe, natives of Jefferson Co.,N. Y.,\\nI\\nand was born in the Dominion of Canada,\\nMarcli II, 1827. He was (juite young when\\nhis parents removed to Jefferson Co., N.\\nwhere he lived until 23 years old. He then came to\\nEmmett County, this State, where he was engaged\\nprincipally in fishing for five years. Next he lived a\\nshort time in Wisconsin and for a brief period in his\\nnative county; and in October, 1870, he came to\\nthis county and bought 80 acres in Lincoln Town-\\nship. After six years residence there he removed to\\nLarkin Township, and purchased r6o acres. He\\nnow owns 53 acres, 30 of which are in cultivation.\\nNov. 29, 1847, was the date of his marriage in\\nJefferson Co., N. Y., to Miss Fidelia Gotham. She\\nwas born Nov. 3, 1831, the daughter of Solo-\\nmon and Elizabeth E. (King) Gotham, natives of\\nNew Hampshire and New York, respectively. Of 12\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Howe, the eight sur-\\nvivors are named William H., Phineas, Mary E\\nAmanda V., Isaac A., Elmer E., John T. and Rachel\\nR. The four deceased were named James B., Plii-\\nlena A., Emma E. and Christiana J.\\nMr. 11. is in political sentiment a National, an\\nhas been Justice of the Peace and Drain Commis-\\nsioner of Larkin i ownship. In Lincoln Townsliip\\nhe was Highway Commissioner and To-.vnsliip Treas-\\nurer. He and wife are members of the Christian\\nCiuircli.\\n5fe\\ns\\n4 .^li Hubbard, farmer, section 35, Midland\\n=f Township, is a son of James and Fanny\\nJ^.L^ l^Pumaville) Hubbard, who were natives re-\\nspectively of Massachusetts and Lower Can-\\nT ada. After a residence in New York State,\\nj they emigrated to Saginaw Co., Mich., in 1835,\\nwhere Mr. 11. died. His widow afterward died in\\n(jenesee Co., Mich.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Niagara\\nCo., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1824, and was 1 1 years old when\\nhe came to Michigan with his parents, witii whom\\nhe remained most of the time until their death, con-\\ntributing to their support. He was married in Gene-\\nsee Co., Mich., to Miss Marcia Hurd, a native of the\\nState of New York. The names of their five chil-\\ndren are, John S., James R., Polly, Laura O. and\\nFrances L. The first-mentioned died May 8, 1880,\\nwhen 33 years of age. Mrs. Hubbard died Nov. 20,\\n1880.\\nMr. Hubbard has held the offices of Highway\\nCommissioner and Constable, and the various school\\noffices of his district. In politics he coincides with\\nthe Republican party. He is now the owner of 70\\nacres of land in Midland Townshij), and has about\\n50 acres in a good tillable condition.\\n^l^^jlCoseph R. Cr adit, farmer, section 14, Homer\\n)3^^|t Township, was born June 4, 185 i, in Che-\\nmung Co., N. Y. He is the son of Sylves-\\nJ; ter and Sarah (Trumbull) Cradit. His parents\\nl[C are natives of the State of New York, of New\\ni England parentage, and descended respectively\\nfrom German and Scotch ancestors. His father is a\\nskilled blacksmith and farmer, and has been a resi-\\ndent with his family in Homer Township 12 years.\\nThey are aged 75 and 76 years, and have been the\\nparents of nine children.\\nMr. Cradit is the youngest of the children born to\\n*\u00c2\u00abr.\\nV^\\n^\u00c2\u00ab^r|-\\nc^iiii^nD;t\\n1^^^^\\nc\\ni", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0278.jp2"}, "279": {"fulltext": "^1\\n;wm^ T\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00bb83\\ns\\nI\\nf^)\\n/?S\\nV\\nJ\\nf\\nI\\nhis parents, and was hut three years old when the\\nfamily settled in Van Buren Co., Mich. Fourteen\\nyears later they became residents in Midland County\\nand settled on a small farm in Homer Township, on\\nwhich they are yet resident with their son. It is\\nnearly all improved and cultivated. Mr. Cradit is a\\nmember of the National Greenback party.\\nHis marriage to Amy E. Fulmer occurred Oct.\\ni6, 1873, in Midland City. She was born Dec. 15,\\n1856, in Montgomery Co., N. Y., and is the daughter\\nof Levi and Rhoda (Fineout) Fulmer. She removed\\nto this county when she was eight years old, with her\\nparents. The children now included in the family\\ncircle are Rhoda, bom Oct. 29, 1878; Fred, June 11,\\ni88r, and Levi, June 6, 1883. The parents are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of\\nwhich Mr. Cradit is Second Steward.\\nI illiam McCrary, farmer on section 22,\\nHope Township, was born June 14, 1824,\\nin County Antrim, Ireland, the son of\\nRobert and Grizzie (Magee) McCrary, and\\ncame to Clark s Mills, Can_, from the Emerald\\n5 Isle, in 1834. His father purchased a farm of\\n65 acres, where he lived until death. The mother\\nalso died on this place.\\nThe subject of this sketch was one of a family of\\nseven, six sons and one daughter, all of whom\\ngrew to years of maturity. He lived on the home-\\nstead until 25 years old, and then he bought 160\\nacres of land, which he had commenced to pay for\\nwhen 22 years of age. March i, 1853, he came to\\nthis State and for one year he worked a farm on\\nshares in Ingham County. Jan. 12, 1857, he moved\\nto this county with his family, and for one year\\nboarded with David Burton, in what was then Jerome,\\nbut is now Edenville Township. During a part of\\nthis year he was again in Ingham County, harvesting\\nhis wheat sown the year before. The remainder of\\nhis time, however, he devoted to building a log house\\nfor his family, and clearing his land in Hope Town-\\nship, which he had secured in the following manner\\nHank Ashman, a half-breed lawyer of Midland\\nCity, told him to go on an even section, settle on a\\ncertain tract, and take his chances in buying the land\\nwhen it came into, market. This happened three\\nyears later, and he then paid for 160 acres at 50\\ncents per acre. He now has a fine farm, with suit-\\nable farm buildings.\\nNov. 24, 1854, was the date of his marriage to\\nMiss Agnes McWilliams, daughter of William and\\nJane (Kissick) McWilliams. Her father was drowned\\nin Napanee River, Canada, when Agnes was five\\nyears old, and the mother died seven years later, at\\nClark s Mills. Mrs. McCrary was one of a family of\\nseven, two sons and five daughters, and was lx)rn\\nDec. 2-1, 1838.\\nThe eight children of Mr. and Mrs. McCrary are\\nas follows: Ida M., Ijorn June 20, 1856, in Ingham\\nCo., Mich., and married May 12, 1878, to Abram L.\\nWismer; Ferdinand W,,born Jan. zo, i860, in Jerome\\nTownship, this county, and married March 6, 1884,\\nRosa B. Evans; Alice M., born Feb. 23, 1862, in\\nLincoln (now Hope) Township, married April 14,\\n1878, to Henry Wismer, and died Feb. 10,1884,0!\\nspinal disease; Lydia A born Aug. 5, 1864, in Lin-\\ncoln (now Hope) Township; Ina E., born July 22,\\n1867, in Lincoln (now Hope) Township; William H.,\\nborn July 6, 1871, in Hoije Township; Elva A., born\\nOct. 29, 1872, in Hope Township; Almon J., born\\nFeb. 7, 1874, in Hope Township, and died Nov. i,\\n1880.\\nMr. McCrary is in pfjlitical faith a Republican.\\nHe has been Highway Commissioner one term, and\\nSchool Director one year. He and wife were bap-\\ntized in the Church of England.\\nkaniel McKinnon, lumberman and farmer\\non section 12, Homer Township, was bom\\nAug. 12, 1842, in Scotland. When he was\\njNJai three years old he accompanied his parents\\nto America, and settled in Ontario, Can., whence,\\ni after a short residence, they removed with their\\nfamily to Port Huron, Mich. They are yet residing\\nthere, aged respectively 75 and 62 years.\\nMr. McKinnon came to Midland County and en-\\ngaged in lumbering, which has since been his chief\\noccupation. In the spring of 1868 he bought 80\\nacres of land, to which he has added by subsequent\\npurchase until he now owns a tract of 240 acres, of\\nwhich 70 acres are well improved and cultivated\\nMr. McKinnon is a Republican in political views.\\nJ^-\\n4h\\n-^MM^^y-", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0279.jp2"}, "280": {"fulltext": ":2i^\u00c2\u00ae^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n#t^:\\nS\\nHe was married Dec. 6, 1868, in Midland, to Isa-\\nbella McKinnon. She came to this county the year\\nshe was married, and is a native of Canada. Nine\\nchildren have been born of this marriage, three of\\nwhom are deceased. The living are, George,\\nCharles, Daniel, John, Christina M. and Rebecca\\nAnn. Those deceased died in infancy. The family\\nattend the Presbyterian Church.\\nn.maWS^^r\\n^^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab-\u00c2\u00aeIS 2ftW\\nim.\\nil^ohn W. Ostrander, farmer, section 26, In-\\n\\\\r gersoll Township, is a son of Cornelius and\\nElizabeth (Van Arsdale) Ostrander, na-\\ntives of New York State. He was born in\\nDutchess Co., N. Y., Sept. 13, 1829, where he\\nlived till the spring of 1853; then was engaged\\nin farming for ten years in Oakland Co., Mich. In\\nFebruary, 1863, he came to Midland County and\\nsettled upon 80 acres of land in IngersoU Township,\\nwhich he had bought the previous fall. Three years\\nafterward he returned to Oakland County and re-\\nmained there until November, 1871, when he came\\nagain to his farm in IngersoU Township, where he\\nhas since resided, and has 40 acres improved, and a\\ngood farm. He has been Constable two years, and\\nin his views of national affairs is Democratic.\\nMr. Ostrander was married in Cayuga Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 20, 185 1, to Martha A., daughter of Jacob and\\nRosanna (Bower) Smith, who were natives of the\\nEmpire State. Mrs. O. was born in Cayuga Co., N.\\nY., May 20, 1834. Their children are, Adrian E.,\\nElbert E., James D., Jacob H., Charles R., Byron R.,\\nCarrie R., Lillie J. and Willie C. The last men-\\ntioned died in infancy.\\nthbert B. Emory, M. D., section 26, Inger-\\n\u00c2\u00ab||^^K soil Township, was born in the county of\\n\u00c2\u00a7\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^5^\u00c2\u00b0 Holton, Out., June 11, 1849. His parents,\\nAaron D. and Jane (McVanNorman) Emory,\\nwere natives respectively of New Jersey and\\nCanada, and now reside at Hamilton, Out.\\nIn his early life Dr. E. attended the common\\nschools and other institutions of. learning, mostly the\\nHomeopathic Hospital College at Cleveland, Ohio,\\nwhere he graduated, in 1881. In 1875 came to\\nMidland County, settling on a quarter section of\\nland, which was a part of a tract of 700 acres, which\\nhad been taken up by his father in 1855. Since\\nthat time he has been a resident here, except three\\nyears in college, 1878-81. With his own hands he\\nhas cleared 50 acres, and put the ground in a good,\\ntillable condition. He has bought a lot at Lee s\\nCorners, oil which he has erected a good residence\\nand where he now resides. Since 1880, with the ex-\\nception of a few months spent in college, he has\\npracticed medicine, with good success. He has been\\nJustice of the Peace three terms, and is now serving\\na fourth term. He has also been Health Officer for\\nthe past three years. He has also taught school one\\nwinter, in IngersoU Township. He is a member of\\nthe society of Orangemen, Good Templars and Sons\\nof Temperance, and both himself and wife belong\\nto the Methodist Episcopal Church, where for five\\nyears he has been Superintendent of the Sunday-\\nschool. Is Chairman of the Republican Township\\nCommittee.\\nAt Burlington, Ont., Feb. 21, 187 1, Dr. Emory\\nmarried Eliza J., daughter of Capt. William and\\nMatilda (Corey) Hall, who were natives respectively\\nof Ireland and Canada. She was born in the county\\nof Wentworth, Ont., June 11, 1851. Dr. and Mrs.\\nEmory have had five children, namely Florence\\nM. M. M., Nellie C. L., Dunham W. B., Sarah E. V.\\nand Ethbert B. Dunham died when three years old.\\nstarding Mills, farmer on section 26, Hope\\nTownship, was born in Nova Scotia, Sept.\\n^1^ 17, 1827, the son of Peter and Phebe (Wil-\\nliams) Mills. The father was born in Nova\\nScotia, about 1795, and the mother in the same\\nProvince, in 1799. Both died in Southwould\\nTownship, Elgin Co., Can. Of their 14 children,\\nsix sons and four daughters grew to maturity.\\nOn arriving at the age of 21, Harding accepted\\nemployment in a ship-yard, where he worked two\\nyears. Though he had not served an apprenticeship,\\nhe was familiar with the use of tools. At the end\\nof the two years, he followed his parents to Elgin\\nCounty, and rented farms for seven years. Next, he\\ncame to Macomb County, this State, arriving Oct. 5,\\ni^\\nV6)\\nf\\nr~-\\nc\\n^sy\\nt\\n^f K\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\n^tlD^(lIlv\\nJl.\\n-\u00c2\u00ab4??", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0280.jp2"}, "281": {"fulltext": "c\\nm\\n.1i\\nI\\nI\\nI\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^^ii.\\n285\\nV\\nt\\na\\n1^7, vbeie fur three jeais be teated \u00c2\u00a3anns 00\\nshares, and also vodced on gcavd raads. Jan. i,\\n1861, be came to tUs anatj, being five dajs on the\\nvaj. The move was made vitb two doaUe teams\\nof horses and one sing^ He boo^ht 40 acres where\\nbe now lives, under the Gtad nation Act; and in 18S4\\nbe also bomesteaded 80 acres on sectioo 36. Tbis\\nland was in an entitdj wild state, and now be has\\nnedeemed 73 acres to caUvation, and has good boose\\nand barns.\\nHe was joined in maniage Majr r5, tSjr.lo Mis\\nLavinia E. Allen, dangjuerof William and Margaret\\n(Foster) Allen. Mr. and Mis. A- were natives of\\nNova Sootia, of En^ish and ^iew Errand descent,\\nrespectivelf and leared a \u00c2\u00a3amiljr of two sons and\\nseven dan^btets. Mis. Mills was bora Majr 4, rSjz,\\nn Siova Scotia, and has been tlie motfaerof six ddl-\\ndren, three o( whom are fiving. FoUomne is the\\nrecord George UHham was boia Apdl 19. r85z, in\\nEl^n Qk, Can^ and died March 29, r 87 2; Melinda\\nL. was bom Fdi. r, t855, in El^in Co., Can^ Me-\\nliUa C. was bora F^, ro, 1S57, in Ef^n Co.. Caau\\nand died Fcit. 25, rS72: Solas H. was bora Jan. 23,\\ni860, in MacombCo., Michu, and died March 8, 1863,\\nin tins ooonty; Henrietta A., was bom Ang. 23,\\nt862, in Hope Towidnp^ this ooonlj; W31aid J.\\nwas bora Sept. 6, r867, in the same lownsbipL\\nMr. L is politicailf a Repabfican. He has been\\nJustice of the Peace two terms, Township Tieasarer\\nseveral terms, Coontj CorDoer fanr tenms, and was\\nthe Census Enoraetator far Ins snb-^tdct in rSSo.\\nHe and wife adboe to the Baiidst iaith.\\ni aamer, section r r. Homer\\njwnsliip, was bora March 4, 1844, in\\n-J. Canu His parents are still resi-\\nand aged iespertivd|y 78 and 72\\nWhen be was 14 years old he was\\niTiTxed to learn the trade of a Uadcsaith,\\nbe served three 5\u00c2\u00abai^afier which he worked\\nas a jviimejnnan. He found it detrimental\\n10 his health and finallf alwndoaed it as a vocation\\naltogether; and has since operated as a fiarmei^ In\\nthe fall of r874 be came to Michigan and bou^tt\\nI ro acres of land on section tt. It comprised two\\nfarms, one of 40 acres, the other of 70 acres. Of\\nthis, 40 acres are well imptDved asid supplied with\\ngood rm building The cyclone of Sept. 6, t882,\\ndestnojred Ins building and seriooslj damaged bis\\nstocic, but he has re-bmlt and practicaOjr recovered\\nfiom the loss involved. He is a Democrat in hK\\npolitical Vi rs.\\nMru Phillips was married March 5, tS74, to Maiy\\nKnorke, ot Kii^ton, Ont. Sbe wa bora 3ibv. 9,\\nr846. Fonr chatdtea have been Loro of tbis onion,\\nas follows: WUHe, Feb. 7, r875; EmtsL, Fefc. 17,\\nr877; Benjamin, Feb. 2, r88o; Sacah, Aug. 7, 1882.\\neorge Openo, g^Mxal fanner on section 4,\\nLee Towi^np, was bora in Hamburg,\\nCermanj, Kov. 28, r826, and was diree jears\\nold whoi Ins farents fmigrated with him to\\nAmerica. After Uvir^ six jears near Kocfaes-\\nter, N. Y., his fother came to Michigan and located\\nin Milfbtd Townsfaipv Oaldand County, at whidi\\ntime only two log bosses had been erected in that\\ntown^p: be was therefore the third settled there.\\nPontiac was oolv a shantr town, and the whole\\nooon^ was wild. George s parents were Joseph and\\nMary (Soe) Opeiw.of German nativity and ancestry,\\nwho occupied a qnarter-sectioo of land in Oaldand\\nCounty, where they died, the former in the winter\\nof 1879, aged 87, and the latter in r869, aged 66.\\nMc Opeco, the sobfect of tfas sketch, remained\\nat his parmtal home until be was 25 years old, when\\nhe was married, in Milfoid Townships Oakland\\nCounty, to Mis Jnfia E., dan^bter of James and\\nMary (Bddin) WUte, native of the old Granite\\nState and of New En^and ancestry. Mrs. O. was\\nbora in the State of New York, Sept. t8, tSu, and\\nwas seven yearsof age when bioa^bt, by removal of\\nthe fomily,tD Oaldand Co., Mkh.\\nAfter maniagr. Mr. O. txmtbmed to reside in Oak-\\nland Coonty, engaged in farming, iwtil r879, when\\nhe moved to this cxmnty arid purchased 440 acres,\\non sectioas 4, 5 and 8, Lee Township; but be now\\nowns only 80 acres, trith about 20 i mp m ved.\\nThe children of Mr. Openo by his first marriage\\nare six in number, as follows: Joseph E., bora Ma^\\n6, r854: Tbeodove U Feb. 26, t%6; Clement J.,\\nApril 26. r858; Edwin G^OcL 24, r86!\u00c2\u00bb: Hemy T.,\\nJlatdi t6, t863; and Claia A, Ma^ 6, t865. Mrs.\\nI\\nA\\nr\\n.;:,-V^-", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0281.jp2"}, "282": {"fulltext": "m\\n286\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nOpeno died at her home in this townshii) (Lee),\\nSept. 26, 1882, and Mr. O. was again married, in\\ntLee Township, March 27, 1884, to Mrs. Loudema\\nA. Shinn (Reeder), 7iee Kee, a native of Trumbull\\nf^ Co.,01)io, where she was born May g, 1832. She\\nwas first married, in that State, to Samuel Shinn,\\nafterward to Draper Reeder, both of Ohio. By her\\nfirst marriage she had two children, Lorena and\\nLewis, both of whom are now married. She came\\nto Midland ounty in 18S3. Mr. and Mrs. are\\nmembers of the Methodist Episcopal Church; he is\\na Democrat, and has held the offices of Drain Com-\\nmissioner three years, Juslice of the Peace four\\nyears and Treasurer. Is now Juslice of the Peace.\\nohn P. Baleh, farmer, residing on section\\n20, Jasper Township, was born in the vil-\\nlage of Nunney, in West Somersetshire,\\nEng., Sept. 8, 1815. Nunney is an old and\\n^r historical place, and contains a baronial castle\\nmilt by one De La More about 1,100 years\\nago. It is 66 feet in height, and its walls are from\\n10 to 12 feet thick. Oliver Cromwell s army de-\\nspoiled it and left it in a ruined condition, after a\\nsevere bombardment, to render it of no farther use to\\nKing Charles.\\nIn this village Mr. B. attended school for a time;\\nbut in 1824 he entered an academy on the road lead-\\ning to Bath, where he studied seven years. He then\\nreturned to help his father (Henry Balch) in the\\nbusiness of butchering pork and dealing in groceries.\\nHe shortly afterwards visited London, then was at\\nhome for a time, then went to London once more, for\\nbusiness experience.\\nHe first came to America in the year 1830, with his\\nfather, landing at New York June 10; and after\\ntraveling in the State of New York till Sept. r, re-\\nturned to England. His fatlier was in good circum-\\nstances, and decided that he could do well enough\\nfor John in his native country; so the latter remained\\nwith his parents until 32 years old. He was in Lon-\\ndon at the time of the proclamation of the queen,\\nand also at her coronation, in 1837.\\nAt the age mentioned, lie assumed entire manage-\\nment of the business, and a little later his father died,\\n\u00c2\u00abS5\u00c2\u00bb\\naged 62. A year after, Mr. Balch was married, his\\nchoice being a second cousin 17 years old. She was\\nElizabeth Savage, eldest of 1 1 children ot Richard\\nSavage. The wedding ceremony was performed in\\nTrinity Cathedral, Bristol, Dec. iq, 1848. The fol-\\nlowing year, Mr. B. s mother died, aged 72.\\nHe carried on the business inherited from his\\nfather until November, 1849, when he held a two-\\ndays auction to sell out, and started with his wife to\\nseek a permanent home in the United States. They\\nsailed from London Jan. 9, 1850, and arrived at New\\nYork Marcli 2. The first year they lived at and near\\nWarren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, and at Youngstown\\nand Coitsville, in the same State.\\nApril 5, 1S52, Mr. B. set out for California, leaving\\nhis wife near Warren with an English family. He\\narrived at the Golden City May 5, and after a stay\\nof 17 months in California, returned home at the so-\\nlicitation of his wife. He came by way of Nicaragua,\\nand the spring following took a farm in Pulaski,\\nWestern Pennsylvania, on shares. Leaving this in\\nthe fall, he rented another farm in Coitsville, Mahon-\\ning Co., Ohio, where he remained several years, en-\\ngaged in the manufacture of cheese and butter. He\\nmade $900 in two years.\\nHe then lived for two years at Braceville, between\\nWarren and Cleveland, after which he decided to\\nvisit the Peninsular State, with a view to making a\\npermanent home here. When he arrived at St. Louis,\\nGratiot County (1861), he found five houses and a\\nmill. He located the following year in what is now\\nJasper Township, in a rough and unsubdued region,\\nand bought 200 acres of land under the Graduation\\nAct, at 25 cents per acre. He resided on this land\\n(section 18 and 19) until he received the deed for his\\ntract, when he exchanged it for his present place on\\nsection 20. His wife and five children came the fol-\\nlowing spring. After makmg his location, he took up\\nthe trade of shoemaking, without any previous in-\\nstruction, and for 16 years he devoted a portion of\\nhis time to making boots and shoes, succeeding re-\\nmarkably well, in consideration of the circumstances.\\nFor six years after his first settlement, he and his\\neldest son carried on their backs all their sufjplies,\\nflour, etc., which was tedious work, there being then\\nno chance for lifts on the road. He generally\\ncarried 45 to 50 pounds of flour at a load, over a dis-\\ntance of nominally eight miles, but which afterward\\ni\\nI\\n(^^m^-\\nW^M", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0282.jp2"}, "283": {"fulltext": "r\\nf\\nS;\\n^Ssaf^r\\nm^\\\\y^v^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^J/i\\nire\\n-\u00c2\u00abA?^\\nMIDLAXD COUNTY.\\nm\\n287\\n?li\\nV\\nproved to be nine or ten. Strict economy was neces-\\nsary to enable the Canuly to secure a comfortable\\nhome in this neir country, and all worked hard. They\\nsuffered at times from that common afiliction of new\\ncomers, fever and ague. Their nearest neighbors\\nwere Alson Bailey and his son B. B. Bailey, four\\nmiles southeast. Six miles to the north were Thomas\\nMartin, William T, Depue, M. S. Depue and father,\\nNicholas Depue, engaged in hunting and trapping.\\nWhen these few neighbors assembled, on rare occa-\\nsions, their pleasure was as great as only pioneers can\\nappreciate. The only others seen by Mr. Balch s\\nfamily were chance travelers, who were of course like\\nangels visits, few and far between.\\nHe early tried dairying, which he had frJlowed\\nsuccessfully in Ohio. Purchasing five cows, he made\\ncheese as fast as he was able, finding a ready sale\\nfor the same at 25 cents i er pound. He also made\\na considerable amount of butter.\\nMr. Balch had no team until he reared some\\nsteers, and much of the clearing of his land was ac-\\ncomplished by hand labor. Industry and economy\\nhave met their due reward, and Mr. B. b now re-\\nspected as one of the substantial citizens of his town-\\nship and count} He is one of whom the younger\\ngeneration now growing up can well take lessons.\\nThe family of Mr. B. numbers nine. Charles,\\nI aura, Albert, John P. and Henry were bom in Ohio;\\nand Fred R-, Wlliam, Valentine and James B. in\\nthis count)\\n.\\\\t the first election which Mr. B. attended in this\\ncounty (1865), he was chosen Super^-isor, which\\noffice he retained for three successive years. He has\\nalso been School Inspector and Treasurer, and is now\\nJustice of the Peace.\\ny^:\\nV^\\nobert J. Crawford, miller on section 25,\\nLaikin Township, is a son of Daniel and\\nCatherine (Smith) Crawford, natives of\\nIreland, and was born in Hamilton, Ont.,\\n)y May 10, 1835. He came, in 1855, to Gene-\\nsee Co., this Stale, where he lived four years,\\nand then he purchased 80 acres in Laikin Township,\\nthis county, where he has lived since, with the ex-\\nception of a year and a half in the West. He is now\\nforeman in the saw and shingle mill of D. P. Waldo.\\nJuly 22, 1861, in Buffalo, N. Y., Miss Carrie V.\\nCody, a native of Ohio, became Mrs. Crawford, and\\nof thb marriage there is one daughter, Laura. Polit-\\nically, Mr. C. votes with the National party.\\nosepb J. Winslow, farmer, sectbn 35, In-\\ngersoU Township, is a son of Loring S. and\\nMary (Brown) Winslow, the former a\\nnative of the Empire State, and the latter ol\\n^JT the Green Mountain State. After marriage\\nI they lived in Barnard, Vt., until the fall ot\\n1867, when they came West and settled in Ingersoll\\nTownship, on land which he had entered from the\\nGovernment during the administration of Frankh n\\nPierce. He lived in this township until his death,\\nwhich occurred March 20, 1876. His widow sur-\\nvives, and is a resident of Ingersoll Township.\\nTheir seven children were all sons, named Joseoh J.,\\nCharles H., Loring -S., Jr., Curtis J. (sketch else-\\nwhere), John E., William G. and Franklin P.\\nThe eldest of the foregoing was bom in Barnard,\\nVt., May 17, 1844, attended the common and high\\nschools of his State to the age of r8 years, when,\\nSept. 17, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, i6th Vt Regt.,\\nas fifer,and served in that capacity till August, 1863,\\nwhen he was mustered out. After passing nearly a\\nyear in Vermont, he re-enlisted in the Ninth Vt.\\nRegt., about .Sept 15, 1864, and served till the close\\nof the war, being one of the first Yankee soldiers to\\ncany a musket into the city of Richmond when that\\nplace fell into the hand of the Union forces. During\\nhis first term of enlistment he was confined in the\\nhospital about three weeks with lung fever; but dur-\\ning his second enlistment he was not off duty a\\nsingle day on account of sickness. He was in the\\nterrible battle of Gettysburg, Pa,, Chajan s Farm,\\nVa., and the last battle before Richmond, on the\\nWilliamsburg road.\\nAfter his discharge from the army, he spent a year\\nin his native State, and for nearly a year was engaged\\nwith his father on marble worit, lettering gravestones.\\nHe came to Midland County in March, 1866, and\\nbought 80 acres of unimproved land in Ingersoll\\nTownship, where he has since resided, and has about\\n25 acre^ under gfxxi cultivation.\\nI\\n0r\\\\x^m^\\nV\\n7\\nf\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0%7^Dfl^\\nPi\\nm^^\\n\u00c2\u00aba\\n^u^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0283.jp2"}, "284": {"fulltext": "m/i^^ti-\\n288\\nf\\n0\\no\\nI\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^^m\\\\Wf^\\nMr. VVinslow has been Constable three years,\\nJustice of tlie Peace 187 6-80 and 1883 to the present\\ntime, Township Supervisor 1880-1 and 1882-3. Al-\\nthough liberal in his temperance views, he has been\\nPresident of the Red-Ribbon Club. In his politi-\\ncal views he is a Democrat.\\nMr. Winslow was married in Richland, Saginaw\\nCounty, June 12, 1870, to Miss Mary S., daughter of\\nGilbert and Dolly (Gibbs) Smith, who were natives\\nof Massachusetts and New York respectively. Mrs.\\nW. was born in Niagara Co., N. Y., May 25, 1851.\\nMr. and Mrs. W. are the parents of five children,\\nnamely: Lena R., Nellie J., Joseph L., Dolly M.\\nand Ida C.\\nJ:[ -I|v ndrew J. Shiveiy, farmer, st\\nc j per Township, was born in\\nsection 30, Jas-\\nTrumbull Co.,\\nOhio, Sept. 13, 1844. His parents were Peter\\nand Hannah (Flick) Shiveiy, still Residents of\\nj that county. He was brought up, attending\\nthe common and select schools and working on his\\nfather s farm, until 22 years of age, when, April 4,\\n1 86 1, in Mahoning Co., Ohio, he married Miss Pris-\\ncilla Anthony, a native of that county, born Feb. 26,\\n1839. She became the mother of one child, Ida P.,\\nDec. 9, i86r, and soon afterward died. Sept. 15,\\n1864, in the same county, Mr. S. was again married,\\nto Miss Mary F. Folk, a daughter of John and Mary\\n(Calhoun) Folk, who were among the first of the\\nwhite race born in Trumbull County, which at that\\ntime was twice its present size, including what is now\\nMahoning County, the present residence of her par-\\nents. She was born in Southington Township, Trum-\\nbull County, Feb. 19, 1846, and was educated in the\\nschools of lier native place.\\nMr. S. continued in agricultural pursuits in the\\nabove county a little more than a year, then moved\\nto Portage County, that State, and followed farming\\nand lumbering two years; then, in Mahoning County,\\nengaged two years in lumber, flax and tow, then he\\nlumbered alone for five years longer, then in farming\\nagain for two years, when, in 1879, he came to Mich-\\nigan and purchased 147 acres, on section 30, where\\nhe now lives. This tract was then all in heavy tim-\\nber; and he has since cleared about 35 acres, and\\nput about 20 into good, tillable condition. He has\\non his place a remarkable well. It is 41 feet deep\\nand throws water up four feet above the surface of\\nthe ground.\\nOn national questions Mr. Shiveiy maintains Dem-\\nocratic views. Mrs. S. is a member of the Presby-\\nterian Church.\\nV^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0S=-=S=\\n4-\\nr\u00e2\u0080\u0094 i.:n\\nlj|.olon T. Hutehins, farmer, section 26, In-\\njersoll Township, is a son of Perley and\\n[l^ Percy (Peake) Hutehins, who were natives\\nof Vermont and passed their lives there.\\nTiie subject of this sketch was born in the\\nGreen Mountain State, March i, 1820, lived in\\nhis native State until 25 years of age, then ten years\\nin Massachusetts, in various pursuits, then about\\nfive years in Vermont again, then three years in\\nGenesee Co., Mich., and in November, 1856, came\\nto Midland County, purchasing 80 acres of unim-\\nproved land in Ingersoll Township, to which he has\\nsince added 80 acres, and now has about 45 acres\\nunder cultivation.\\nMr. Hutehins was married in Nashville, N. H.,\\nMay 4, 1S48, to Joanna, daughter of George and\\nEllen (Blake) Cooley, of finglish ancestry. She was\\nborn in Lowell, Mass., May i, 1825. To Mr. and\\nMrs. H. have been born five children, namely Al-\\nbert A., George H., Byron R., Edward C. and Eva\\nE. Albert A. died Sept 6, 1865.\\nIn regard to political affairs, Mr. H. is counted\\nDemocrat.\\n^.^J!-J|\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nilliam Magee, farmer, section i, Jerome\\n^.li^SKiyg Township, was born May 16, 1842, in\\ni ri Canada, and is the son of John and Mar-\\ns garet (Cronkright) Magee. His parents were\\nborn in the State of New York and are de-\\nceased.\\nMr. Magee was, from the age of six years until he\\nreached mature life, a waif on the tide of humanity,\\nand managed as well as he could to support himself.\\nOn arriving at a suitable age, lie engaged in work in\\nthe lumber woods, spending the winter seasons in\\nthat employment, and farming summers. He also\\nspent one year in a store at Port Rowan, Canada.\\nA\\nsy\\nC\\nV\\nr\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0284.jp2"}, "285": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0285.jp2"}, "286": {"fulltext": "1", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0286.jp2"}, "287": {"fulltext": "I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0(b\\no\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n4^^C(\u00c2\u00aeV::;\\n291\\nIn i860 lie came to Saginaw, and attended school in\\nthe winter and worked during the next summer on a\\nfarm. After spending a year in Saginaw, he returned\\nto Canada, where he spent five years in the lumber\\nwoods, working on a farm and as salesman in a store.\\nIn the spring of 1S66 he returned to Michigan and\\nsettled in Midland County, where he has since re-\\nsided. He first purchased a farm located two miles\\nfrom that on which he now resides, of which he re-\\ntained the ownership about one year. He has owned\\ntwo other farms successively, and in May, 187 1, took\\npossession of the place on which he has since lived.\\nIt was partly improved at the date of his purchase,\\nand at the present 60 acres are in creditable cultiva-\\ntion. Mr. Magee has served tcvo terms as Highway\\nCommissioner, and eight terms as Supervisor, and is\\nstill filling the position.\\nHe was married May 20, 1871, to Frances Etta,\\ndaughter of Jeremiah and Laura E. (Smith) Holmes.\\nShe was born Sept. 5, 1850. Her father died Oct.\\n19, 1868, in this township. Her mother is yet living,\\nwith Mrs. Magee. The three children born of this\\nunion are recorded as follows: Georgiana E. was\\nborn May ig, 1872 Alma A. was born June 9, 1875\\nWilliam A. was born Aug. 30, 1878.\\naniel M. Turner, farmer on section 18^\\nJasper Township, was born in Jefferson\\nCo., Wis., Jan. 29, 1854, the son of Samuel\\nand Grace (McLaughlin) Turner, and re-\\nmained at home until 21 years old. At the age\\nof ten, he came with his parents from the Bad-\\nger State to Lapeer Co., Mich., and a year later to\\nMidland County. On attaining his majority he be-\\ncame the possessor of 50 acres on section 18, Jasper,\\nwhere he has since made his home.\\nJan. I, 1877, he was joined in matrimony with\\nMiss Ellen McCoy, daughter of Gilbert E. and Han-\\nnah (Russell) McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy were\\nborn in Ohio and Connecticut, of Scotch and English\\nancestry. The fohner now resides in Jasper Town-\\nship; the latter died in that township, Nov. 15, 1879,\\naged 51. Mrs. Turner, their daughter, was born in\\nIngham County, this State, May 11, 1857, and was\\ntwo years old when her parents removed to Seville\\nTownship, Gratiot County, and five years old when\\n\u00c2\u00ae,^^(k^\\nthey removed thence to St. John s, Clinton County.\\nHere she lived 12 years, and received her education.\\nIn 1873 she came with her parents to this county.\\nThe three children born of her marriage to Mr. Tur-\\nner were born and named as follows Nelson, Oct.\\nI, 1877; Reuben, April 20, 1879 (died Sept. 17,\\n1879); Gracie, Aug. 22, 1880.\\nMr. T. has about 15 acres of his place improved.\\nHe is in political views a Republican, and has held\\nthe office of Drain Commissioner four years.\\nilbert Currie, deceased, formerly a resident\\non section 35, Midland Township, was born\\nWF Feb. 20, 1859, in the township of Haldi-\\nmand, in the county of the same name, On-\\ntario. He was the son of John and Mary\\n1 (McDonald) Currie, natives of Argyleshire,\\nScotland. The parents grew to maturity in their\\nnative land, where they were married. Two years\\nafter that event, in 1848, they came to America and\\nsettled in Haldimand, where they were farmers.\\nAfter a residence there of nearly 13 years, they re-\\nmoved with their family to Midland County. They\\nhad si.x children, born in the following order John,\\nJune 15, 1847 (see sketch); Margaret, Mrs. Cornelius\\nHoward, Dec. 25, 1849; Gilbert, who died three\\nweeks after .birth; Archibald, April r, 1851, died\\nFeb. 14, 1865; Dougald, June 6, 1853 (see sketch);\\nand Gilbert, of this sketch.\\nMr. Currie, senior, on settling in Midland, bought\\n53 acres of land, which he increased to 123 acres bv\\ntwo subsequent purchases of 30 and 40 acres re-\\nspectively. It was in an entirely wild condition, and\\non this farm father and sons labored until the death\\nof the former, which occurred .April 2, 1875, caused\\nby an attack of pleurisy. The mother resides with\\nher son Dougald.\\nGilbert Currie received a common-school education\\nand grew to manhood under the care and training\\nof his parents. He possessed the sterling traits of\\nthe race to which he belonged, and had planned a\\nlife of usefulness and effort. On the death of his\\nfather he came into possession of 40 acres of land,\\nand was engaged in its improvement with every pur-\\npose of pursuing the vocation to which he had been\\nbred, when he was summoned hence. He died in\\nSaginaw, April 7, i88r, from the resultsof an accident.\\nI\\nVS\\n0)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0287.jp2"}, "288": {"fulltext": "^)^f#^\\n^nnsnii\\nTT\\n(b\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n#^e(\u00c2\u00ae^-l^\\nThe sudden ending of a strong, young life is a sharp\\ntrial for those who liave watched and rejoiced in\\nits promise and development, but the after-thought,\\nthough it cannot give sudden healing to the wound,\\nis full of rest and peace. The unsullied soul, the\\nproud, hopeful heart, the aspirations of the ambitious\\nnature, all found perpetual purity, unchanging frui-\\ntion and eternal life in the liome of endless day to\\nwhich they were called.\\nThe portrait of Gilbert Currie, which is given on\\nanother page, is inserted in this volume by his sister,\\nMrs. Howard, and his brothers, John and Dougald,\\nas an imperishable memento of tlieir unfaltering love\\nand remembrance of him who has gone just a little\\nbefore, and awaits them and his mother within the\\nglory and brightness of the spheres.\\n.0\\n^i I\\n^.J fi\u00c2\u00a7\u00c2\u00bblES\u00c2\u00bb\\nl -JI\\n11\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ffxl Pennsylvania-German parentage, born Seiit. 7,\\n1812, and the mother born in Canada, of New\\nbram L. Wismer, farmer on section 15,\\n_\u00e2\u0080\u0094^^ Hope Township, is a son of Abram and\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^1 Isabella (Lincoln) Wismer, the former of\\nEngland parentage, June 25, 1827. The\\nfather was by occupation a carpenter and pump\\nmanufacturer, and died in Elgin Co., Can., April 27,\\n1876. The mother died in Billings Tp., Gladwin\\nCo., Mich., Nov. 18, 1877. Abram s grandfather\\nlived to the venerable age of 97.\\nThe subject of this biography was born in Mala-\\nhide Township, Elgin Co., Can., Nov. 9, 1854, and\\nwas one of a family of nine six sons and three\\ndaughters. Three of the boys died in infancy. The\\nremainder of the family are yet living. He remained\\nat home until of age, learning his father s trade. He\\ncame to this county in 1876, and soon after bought\\nhis present farm on section 15, Hope Township. Of\\nthis 40 acres he has improved 30, and he lias erected\\na suitable frame house and barn.\\nMay 12, 1878, he formed a life partnership with\\nMiss Ida M. McCrary. (See sketch of William Mc-\\nCrary.) The ceremony was performed at Midland\\nCity, by Rev. W. H. Osborne. She was born June\\n20, 1856, in Onondaga Township, Ingham Co., Mich.\\nTo this marriage have been given two sons: \\\\ViIliam\\nH., who was born Jan. 23, 1879; and Adelbert J.,\\nApril 19, 1882, both in Hope Township.\\nPolitically, Mr. W. is a Republican.\\nI eorge Higgins, proprietor of the Sanford\\nHouse at Sanford, vfa.s born Aug. 24, 1839,\\n(S~ in Canada, and is the son of John and\\nJp J Josette (Scheler) Higgins. His father died in\\nSpringfield, Can.\\nMr. Higgins began his contest with the\\nworld when he was 1 1 years old. He has a natural\\na|)titude for the use of tools and early in life learned\\nthe business of boiler-making and blacksmithing.\\nHe went from the Dominion to the State of New\\nYork and came thence to Saginaw, Mich., about the\\nfirst of March, r865. He first found employment in\\na brick-yard, where he continued five months. His\\nnext remove was to Tittabawassee, where he operated\\nbetween three and four years. He went thence to\\nthe city of Saginaw and engaged in keeping a board-\\ning saloon. Eight months later he bought a hotel at\\nEdenville, Midland County. He continued its man\\nagement between two and three years, when the\\nproperty was destroyed by fire. The entire loss was\\nbetween four and five thousand dollars. He held an\\ninsurance policy of $2,500, on which he realized\\n$2,000. He then came to Sanford and established\\nhimself in the business of hotel-keeping in a frame\\nhouse on the bank of the river. It was situated on\\nthe flat and was subject to the interesting vicissitudes\\ncommon to high water in this section of Michigan.\\nThe lower floor was frequently flooded and business\\nsuffered accordingly. In 1875 he bought his present\\nlocation of Charles Sanford, and moved his effects\\nhither in a scow. On his return the following day,\\nhe found tlie water waist deep in the lower story of\\nthe house he had left. May 15, 1884, he was again\\nvisited l)y the destroying element, fire, and his hotel\\nwas burned to the ground, together with a iwrtion of\\nthe furniture. It was insured for $2,500, and the\\nfurniture was insured for $500. At the present writ-\\ning he is rebuilding. 1\\nMr. Higgins owns a farm of 187 acres of land on ^K\u00c2\u00bb\\nsection 24, of Jerome Township, with 27 acres im- f\u00c2\u00ae\\nproved. He also owns six town lots in Sanford. He\\nhas officiated six terms as Highway Commissioner\\nand as Deputy Siieriff eight years.\\nfQ)\\ni^V\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^#\\n-^m", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0288.jp2"}, "289": {"fulltext": "p\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2ry\\nMIDLAND COUNTY\\n4^^(@V|^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^9i\\nJ\\nHe was married Aug. i6, 1861, to Elizabeth A.-\\n?p daughter of William Henry and Helen (Hilliard)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0II O Connell. Her father was born Aug. 15, lySi.iii\\ni Limerick. Ireland, and died Feb. 5, 1873, in Hamil-\\ni ton, Can. The mother was born June 8, 1796, in the\\ncity of Dublin, and died Oct. 20, 1873, in the same\\nplace where the demise of her husband occurred.\\nMrs. Higgins was born in Toronto, Can., Oct. 28,\\n1838. Following is the record of the children born\\nto Mr. and Mrs. Higgins: Henry A. was born Nov. 2,\\n1863, in Springfield, Can., and was married March\\n14, 1883, at Edenville, to Hattie J. Stratton. The\\nmarriage ceremony was performed by Daniel Grover,\\nJ. P. George T., the child of this marriage, was\\nborn April 7, 1884. Helen J. Higgins was born\\nAug. 10, 1864, at Georgetown, Can., and was mar-\\nried Aug. 8, 1883, to W. A. Ryan at Sanford, by J. A.\\nSprague, Presiding Elder at Big Rapids. Anna\\nBelle Higgins was born Aug. 13, 1871, at Edenville,\\nMich. Albert Higgins was born Aug. 3, 1873, at\\nSanford.\\natts A. Chatterton, druggist, Coleman,\\nwas born Jan. 14, 1856, in Ingham Co.,\\n.m^^i^r Mich., and is a son of George A. and Jane\\nj||^ (Thompson) Chatterton, of English and Ger-\\nman descent. His father, a farmer, followed\\nagriculture several years after coming to Mich-\\nigan, sold his farm and removed to Hubbardston,\\nIonia County, engaging in mercantile business; after\\na while he sold out to his brother, since which time\\nhe has been in the insurance business.\\nThe subject of this sketch received his education\\nin the common schools of Ingham and Ionia Coun-\\nties was ten years of age when his father removed\\nto Hubbardston, where he assisted him two years in\\nthe store. When he became of age he went into\\nmercantile business with his uncle; three years after-\\nward he sold out his interest to him and engaged in\\nthe grocery business at Bancroft two years after that\\nI he sold out again and engaged in general merchan-\\nJ}^ disc at Leaton, Isabella County, and in two years he\\nagain sold and came to Coleman, purchased a build-\\n-j( ing and set up in the drug trade, including books\\nr^ and sundries, and is doing well.\\nV Feb. 16, 1879, Mr. C. married Miss Eva L., daugh-\\nter of James and Amanda (Haver) Rummer, of Ger-\\nman and French descent. Her father is living on a\\nfarm in North Shade Township, Gratiot Co., Mich.,\\nand her mother in Shiawassee Co., Mich., in 1865.\\nShe (Mrs. C.) was born Dec. 6, 1858, in the last\\nmentioned county. Mr. and .Mrs. C. have one child,\\nElva L born March 14, 1884.\\nA A\\n7~r\\nE\\nilbert B. Goflf, farmer on section 9, Hope\\nTp., was born Fel 27, 1836, in Licking Co.,\\nOhio, the son of Shadrach and Hannah\\n(Grabiel) Goff. The father was a native of\\nRutland Co., Vt., and of English descent, and\\ndied in I,icking Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1869,\\nat the age of 63. The mother was of German de-\\nscent and died in the same county as her husband.\\nThere were th^ee sons and one daughter in their\\nfamily, all of whom are yet alive.\\nThe subject of this record remained at home until\\nof age, receiving a common-school education. He then\\nrented a farm for some four years, at the expiration\\nof which time he came to this State and county with\\na man named Conard and four others, for the pur-\\npose of hunting and trapping. Conard and Mr. Goff\\nremained, while in a few months the remainder re-\\nturned East. For six years after coming, he boarded\\nwith Capt. Marsh, at Midland. He passed four win-\\nters in hunting and trapping, and devoted the re-\\nmainder of his time to lumbering.\\nHe was united in wedlock April 10, 1866, with\\nMiss Emily A Marsh, daughter of Alvin and Laura\\nA. (Holmes) Marsh. Mr. M. was born in Tompkins\\nCo., N. Y., and Mrs. M. in Onondaga Co., same\\nState, near Syracuse. They moved to Saginaw Co.,\\nthis State, in the fall of 1854, and came to Midland\\nCounty in the fall of 1859. They now reside in\\nEdenville Township. Mrs. Goff, their daughter, was\\nborn Sept. 30, 1847, in New Hudson Townshii),\\nAllegany Co., N. Y.\\nMr. Goff and wife settled in the spring of 1867 on\\nhis farm, which he had purchased in 1861. At the\\ntime they made their home there, but six acres were\\ncleared. He has added no acres to his original\\npurchase of 60 acres. Three children have been\\nadded to the family circle: Gilbert B., born Aug. 27,\\n9\\n0)\\nt\\nI\\nj:^\\n^nm^\\nj^\\nj^^\\n^k^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0289.jp2"}, "290": {"fulltext": "^^r\u00c2\u00ae^^9 r--7 inil^liD^\\n294\\nV X .HU C HU. V\\nMIDLAND COUNTY\\n1871, in Fveeland, Mich.; Krnest A., born March 24,\\n1873, in Hopo Townshii); and Laura A., Imrii June\\n19, i88i, also in Hope Township.\\nMr, Ci. is poHtically a Rci)ul)Hcan, bul has iini-\\nlorinly dcrhiK d the official jiosition tendered him.\\nHe and wile are members of the Seventh-Pay Ad-\\nvenlists. 1 le rememiicrs many interesting inciilenis\\nof tile early years of this county, and regards Mr.\\nJohn l.arkin with esiiecial gratilviile, for having in\\ni8()j indorsed a note and Ihus helped him to get his\\nfirst yoke of cattle.\\n-v ^l^^l f osoph E. Opono, farmer on section 5, Lee\\nE- Township, is a son of George Openo, whose\\n11^.* sketch is given elsewhere in this Aii.um.\\nHe was born in Oakland o., Mich., May 6,\\n1854, and lived at his parental home, assisting\\non the farm and attending school, until he was\\n25 years of age, when he married Miss Adella E.\\nTaylor, who was born in Milford Township, that\\ncounty, and one year after their nuirriago they came\\nand settled where he now resides. She died, of con-\\nsumption, at her home, March 19, 18S2, a member\\nof tlie Methodist Episcopal Church. She left one\\nchild, ],o/.ada 1,., who was born ^L ly 7, 18S0.\\nMr. Openo has held the otlice of Township Treas-\\nurer two years, and is now Justice of the I eace. As\\nto political issues lie voles with the Reiniblican\\nparty.\\n-5\\njai k E. Turner, farmer on section 51,\\nIas\\\\ier Township, was born iu I ulaski\\niP Jj^ Township, Jackson Co., Mich.. May 1,\\nylS(^^\\\\ 1S41, the son of Henry and S.im.iiitlia\\n(r aker) Turner, natives of New York and\\nMassachusetts, and of New I higland ancestry.\\nThe father h.is followed agriculture all his life, came\\nto Jackson County when it was very new and Michi-\\ngan was n Territory, and is now a resident of Jasper\\nTownship, this county. The mother tiled in Jacksim\\nCounty, about 1857.\\nThe subject of this biography is the seccnd child\\nand second son in a family of four children, and was\\nreared in his father s home in Jackson County. He\\nworked for his father until 25 years old, at which age\\nhe was married. This event occurred in his n.itive\\ntt)wnship, Jan. 1, 1865, anil the lady of his choice\\nwas Miss Mary Huik, daughter of Samuel ami llar-\\nliel (Waller) lUuU, natives of New iMiglaml and of\\nICnglish descent. Mr. Uuck is now a resident of\\n.1 ,tna Township, Mecosta Counly. Mrs. Turner\\nwas Inirn in t)rleans Co., N. Jan 17, 1847, anil\\ncame with Ikt p.ncnls lo this Stale when seven years\\nof age.\\nIn A|iril, 1865, Mr. and Mrs. Turner came lo Cra-\\nliol County, remaining l8 months then they returneil\\nto Jackson I ounly for a year, after which they car-\\nrieil on f.irming in h tna Township, Mecosta County,\\nuntil 1878. In that year they came to this counly\\nand purchased 80 acres of land in Jasper I ownship.\\nlie has now 35 acres improved.\\nMr. T. is a Republican and has held the minor\\noffices of hivs township. To his family have belonged\\nsi.x children, as follows: Kali)h,born Dec. 25, 1S65\\nFred, June 18, 186S; Eva, May 10,1870; Florence,\\nAug. 5, 1874 (died Se])t. 26, 1874); Lewis, June 28,\\n1877, and h slella, July 10, 1880.\\n*w-^-i-Si^--\\n^W^,\\nj-^Ai ^^zra C. Goodapood, farmer, section 32, Tn-\\nc U^^iik iu gcrsoll Township, was born .April 11, 18141\\n(/||iW^ wheie is now ihe famous Saratoga Springs.\\nHis father, Daniel Cioods[)eed, descended from\\niMiglish parents, and died in Steuben Co., N. Y.,\\nabout the year 1.850. His mother died when\\nhe was bat four years old. He soon fell under the\\ncare of a step-mother, whose treatment of the mother-\\nless chilil awakened the indignation ol the neighbors,\\nby whom his cause was defended and he maile the\\nrecipient of their kind orticcs until he was old enough\\nlo coiUenil with the world in his own behalf, lie\\nmakes this [lennanent record of the kindness he le-\\nceived with a graliiude that has increased with the\\npassing years. When he was 14 years old he went\\nto the county of Tyrone, I a., where he engaged in\\nfarm labor and lumbering four years. He went next\\nto I orlage Co., Ohio, and, two years subsequently,\\nto the city of Milwaukee, where he stayed two years,\\noccupied chiefly as a carpenter. At the end of that\\ntime he went to Huron Co., Ohio, and pursued the\\nsame vocation.\\nV\\nVi3J\u00c2\u00ab5iK|\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^^tiii :iin;\\nk^OIL^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0290.jp2"}, "291": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0291.jp2"}, "292": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0292.jp2"}, "293": {"fulltext": "i^y^^\\n5^\u00c2\u00ae\\n:i^\\nu:^\\n-^tlii:t:ilIl^^\\nT\\ni^@\u00c2\u00a7^^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n9\\n297\\nV\\n(J)\\nHe was married Dec. 24, 1840, to Cordelia Cain.\\nShe was born in Huron County, Nov. 30, 1825, and\\nhas been the mother of eleven chilren, five of whom\\nare deceased. Their names are Elijah E., Edwin\\nE., Daniel E., Mary R., Loretta F., Ada M., Willard,\\nAlfonso and Alonzo (twins) William R. and Rosetta.\\nThe last four are deceased, together with an in-\\nfant, twin child with Willard, the youngest living.\\nFrom 1840 to 1865, Mr. Goodspeed worked at the\\ntrade of a builder, and also pursued farming to some\\nextent. In the winter of 1863 he became a soldier\\nfor the Union, enlisting in Co. C, 38th Ohio Vol.\\nInf., his command being assigned to the Army of the\\nCumberland. He participated in the engagements\\nat Buzzard s Roost and Resaca. At Kenesaw Moun-\\ntain he was taken sick, and was sent home on a fur-\\nlough on account of sickness. At its expiration he\\nreturned to tlie hospital, and a week later reported\\nfor duty. He was transferred to the Veteran Re-\\nserve Corps, where he remained until he received\\nhonorable discharge. Soon after, he came to Michi-\\ngan and pre-empted 1 60 acres of land in IngersoU\\nTownship. This has been his home since that time,\\nand he has devoted himself vigorously to the work\\nof improving and increasing the value of his home-\\nstead. He has about 20 acres under cultivation, and\\nin 1883 made an additional purchase of 57 acres of\\nwild land. At the time of the settlement of the\\nfamily everything was in the most primitive condi-\\ntion. Supplies of all kinds were obtained from East\\nSaginaw, at fabulous prices, and life was exempt from\\nno variety of hardship and privation common to pio-\\nneer settlers.\\nIn political connections Mr. Goodspeed is a Dem-\\nocrat. He organized the first school district in his\\n,township, of which he was Director 1 1 years. He\\nhas held numerous local offices.\\nthelbert J. Brewster, Postmaster at Mid-\\nland, was born January 31, 1842, near\\nCoburg in Ontario. His father, Johnson\\nBrewster, IS still living in Ontario, where he has\\npassed his life in farming. The mother, Mar-\\ngaret (Birney) Brewster, is deceased.\\nMr. Brewster was bred to the business of farmer\\nuntil the age of 19 }ears, when he engaged in clerk-\\ning. He moved from the Dominion to the State of\\nNew York when he was 21 years old, and subse-\\nquently proceeded to Ohio. In 1864 he came to\\nMichigan and bought 160 acres of land, on section\\n27, in Hope Township, Midland County. It was all\\nin heavy timber, and he devoted his time and ener-\\ngies to placing it under improvements. In 1876 he\\nhad 75 acres under good cultivation, and the farm\\nwas supplied with creditable farm fixtures. In the\\nfall of that year he was nominated for the office of\\nCounty Treasurer on the Republican ticket, and\\nprosecuted a successful campaign. On account of\\nhis official position he removed to town, and in 1878\\npurchased his present residence. He was re-elected\\nfor three terms. After the expiration of his third\\nterm he entered into a partnership with John J.\\nRyan in the sale of hardware and agricultural im-\\nplements. The relation still exists, and their busi-\\nness has been prosperous from the first. Their\\nstock is valued at about $8,000, and includes all kinds\\nof farming tools, wagons, buggies and carriages of all\\nkinds also the different varieties of stationary and\\nportable engines, boilers, etc. Mr. Brewster received\\nhis appointment as Postmaster February 4, 1884.\\nHe is a member of the Order of Masonry.\\nHis marriage to Mandana McAllister took place in\\nMay, 1865, at East Saginaw. She was borti in the\\nDominion of Canada, and is the daughter of Angel\\nand Harriet Mc/Vllister. Mr. and Mrs. Brewster\\nhave three children, born at Midland William J.,\\nHettie and Anna.\\nMr. Brewster s portrait appears on the opposite\\npage.\\noseph Barton, lumberman and farmer, sec-\\ntion 4, Mt. Haley Township, was born\\nNov. 30, 1838, at Rochester, N. Y. Five\\nyears later his parents went to Genesee, Livings-\\n^r ton Co., N. Y., where they resided four years.\\nHe was nine years old when they came to Alle-\\ngany Co., N. Y. After a residence of seven years\\nthe family removed to Midland County, this State,\\nwhere, in October, 1854, his father located 320 acres\\nof unimproved land, in Homer Township. They died\\nthere respectively in 1862 and 1871.\\nAt the age of 22 years Mr. Barton became a lum-\\nberman, and has been engaged in that branch of\\n9\\ni-f.\\nz=i\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\\\\-\\n^r#\\n^A4^|l !1 *^Ilt|v ^r:9 ^ijg^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0293.jp2"}, "294": {"fulltext": "Mf^/^^^^^\\n-r ^mm\\\\\\\\^\\nr^^\\nT\\n298\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n4^^^(\u00c2\u00aeVl|^\\nbusiness every winter save two since he came to the\\nState. He was married Jan. 14, 1859, to Lucinda\\nJ., daughter of John A. and Lucinda (Cogswell)\\nWhitman. Her parents were born in Vermont and\\nT New York. Mrs. Barton is the second white child\\n(S; born in Midland County, and has lived all her life\\nwithin its borders. At the time of her birth, the\\ncounty consisted of one township and was unorgan-\\nized. Following is the record of 1 1 children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. Barton Joseph H., born April 7, i86i\\nJulia L., Oct. 6, 1863; Ellen, Nov. 17, 1866; Cath-\\nerine, July 2, 1868; Roseltha, Aug. 23, 1872 Maud\\nA., Dec. II, 1876; Floyd, July 2, 1880. Clara, born\\nFeb. 20, 187 I, died Sept. 4, 1873; Cora, born April\\n18, 1S65, died Feb. 10, 1866; two babies died in\\ninfancy, one of whom was born Jan. 31, 1882, and\\ndied Feb. 25, following.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. Barton managed his father-in-\\nlaw s farm for a time. He afterwards bought 73 acres\\nin Homer Township, where he lived one year and\\nthen sold out and followed the lumber business\\nsolely until February, 1865, when he bought 40 acres\\nof land on wliich he has since resided. In 1S75 he\\npurchased 20 acres additional. It was all covered\\nwith primeval forest at the time of settlement, and\\nall supplies were brought hither in boats on the Pine\\nRiver. He has placed 58 acres under cultivation.\\nobert A. Turner, farmer on section i8\\nJ, jT Jasper Township, was born in Racine Co.,\\n.jiv^ Wis Sept. II, 1857, the son of Samuel and\\nJ Grace (McLaughlin) Turner. He remained\\nwith his father in his native county until 12\\nyears old, then came to Lapeer County, this State,\\nfor one year, and then, still with his parents, came\\nto Jasper Township, this county.\\nHe lived at home, assisting his father on the farm,\\nuntil 22 years old, when he was married, at St. Louis,\\nMarch 29, 1874, to Miss Hattie Keifer, daughter of\\nJohn Keifer. The latter was by occupation a farmer,\\nand was killed in the late war. His widow now re-\\nsides in Arcada Township, Gratiot County. Mrs.\\nTurner was born near Portland, Mich., in .Ipril, 1852.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. and Mrs. T. settled on his\\nfarm of 50 acres on section 18, Jasper Township, of\\nwhich he became owner on attaining his majority,\\n5\\nby gift from his father. He has cleared 30 acres,\\nand 20 acres are in cidtivation. He is politically a\\nDemocrat. He has held the offices of Township\\nClerk (three years), and School Inspector, and is now\\nTownship Treasurer. The four children now in-\\ncluded in his family are named Lillie, Lena, Edith\\nand Ethel. The two last named are twins.\\narshall H. Smith, the efficient and gen-\\ntlemanly clerk at the Oscar House, Mid-\\nland City, was born Dec. 19, 1841, in\\nWarren Co., N. J., about five miles from the\\nDelaware River, and is the son of James M.\\nand Mary A. (Mericle) Smith. The former was\\nborn in New Jersey, in 1810, and died in 1880, in\\nhis native State. The latter was born in 181 2, and\\ndied in 1881.\\nMr. Smith was reared on a farm and sustained\\nhimself after reaching the age of eight years. The\\nSouthern Rebellion broke out before he was 2 i years\\nof age, and just previous to reaching his majority he\\nentered the service of the United States. He en-\\nlisted in August, 1862, in Co. B, 31st N. J. Vol. Inf.\\nHe was in the army a year and was personally en-\\ngaged in the first battle of Fredericksburg, and the\\nsecond fight at Chancellorsville, besides being in-\\nvolved in numberless skirmishes. He received an\\nhonorable discharge, and subsequently passed two\\nyears in the pursuit of agriculture in his native State.\\nHe then came to Ohio, and passed a year at Fre-\\nmont, after which he came to Michigan.\\nHe was married Jan. 22, 1868, to Ella Thompson,\\nof Lapeer, Mich. She was born in 1850, and is the\\ndaughter of Hawley and Betsey Thompson. Of this\\nmarriage two children have been born Clifford H.,\\nwho was born Oct. 31, 1869, and died Sept. 16, 1879\\nand Ray, who was born July 18, 1879.\\nMr. Smith came to Midland in 1868, and, in com-\\npany with his father-in-law, he opened a meat-market,\\nwhich continued in operation one year. His ne.xt\\nemployment was in the shingle-mill of John Larkin,\\nwhere he remained less than two years. For four\\nyears succeeding he operated as a salesman in the\\nmercantile establishment of Mr. Larkin, since which\\nhe has acted in the capacity of hotel clerk. He has\\nmanaged the duties of his position at the Oscar\\nt\\nV\\ng^y-?\\nV\u00c2\u00ae))\u00c2\u00ab^^\\n^Jf^^rr\\n-Kmm^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0294.jp2"}, "295": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0rr\\nT ^Dn^IlU r\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nf\\nHouse three years, and has secured the confidence\\nof the traveHng pubHc. The guests of the hotel are\\nindebted to his considerate care to a great degree for\\ntheir comfort and pleasure while availing themselves\\nof its privileges.\\nji^ 1 5 illiam Windover, farmer, stockman and\\nllEikl I lumberman, resident on section 14, Homer\\nTownship, was born Jan. 17, 185 i, in On-\\n5 tario. Can. In 1872 he came with his\\nfather to Michigan and located in the village\\nof Midland, where they remained three years,\\nengaged in the lumber business. In 1875, they be-\\ngan the purchase of their now extensive farm in\\nHomer Township, buying 80 acres of fallow land,\\nand not long afterward purchased 80 acres on section\\n15. A short time subsequently they bought another\\n80-acre tract on the same section, and in 1882 a\\nfourth 80 was purchased, on section 14. On the\\nlatter Mr. Windover has recently erected a good res-\\nidence, at a cost of $1,000. In 1883 he bought 40\\nacres more, which swelled the aggregate to 360 acres.\\nOf this a goodly portion is well improved. The\\nplace has a large stock and grain barn, and is well\\nstocked with a valuable herd of cattle. Mr. Wind-\\nover is a Re[)ublican in politics, and is present Clerk\\nof Homer Township. He has served two terms as\\nSchool Treasurer.\\nHe was married Aug. 16, 1877, in Midland City,\\nto Mattie Starks. She was born March 4, 1854, in\\nthe State of New York, and was brought to Michigan\\nby her parents when six months old. Ella, born\\nJune 17, 1878; Sophronia, Oct. 16, 1880, and Wil-\\nliam, Feb. 12, 1S83, are the children born of this\\nmarriage.\\nI illiam H. Mills, farmer on section 27, Hope\\nTownship, was born in Ontario, Can..\\n29, 185 1, the son of Samuel and\\nSarah (Fillmore) Mills. The parents are of\\nEnglish descent, natives of Nova Scotia,\\ncame to Ontario in 1859, and to Midland\\nCounty in 1861, where they yet reside. Their son\\nWilliam was ten years old when the family came to\\nthe Peninsular State, and has since made his home\\nin Hope Township. He has now a farm of 70 acres,\\n30 acres being now in cultivation.\\nJune II, 1877, is the date of his marriage to Miss\\nAnnie Ostrander, daughter of John C. and A.nna\\n(Pratt) Ostrander. Mrs. Mills was born in St. Clair\\nCo., Mich., March 8, 1859, and when between two\\nand three years old she lost her mother, and she\\ntherefore grew up under the care of her father and a\\nstep-mother. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have been blessed\\nwith three children: Ernest W., born Nov. 19, 1878;\\nEstella R., Nov. 10, 1880, and Clayton D. W., Aug.\\n2, 1883. All were born in Hope Township.\\nMr. M. has been Township Clerk two terms, and\\nis now serving his third term as Township Treasurer.\\n-5 ^^^^^-i^S-V^^-\\n^n\\n^t|^|Sfrirain G. Thornton, farmer, section 2, Je-\\n(5)^^^ ronie Township, was born in Monroe, Ash.\\n^v^ tabula Co., Ohio, April 9, 1840, and is the son\\nof Isaac and Rachel A. (Goodsell) Thornton.\\nI The parents were natives of Massachusetts,\\nand the father died in Erie Co., Pa. The mother is\\nliving in Ashtabula Co., Ohio.\\nWhen Mr. Thornton was 1 2 years old, the family\\nremoved to Erie Co., Pa., and settled in Greene Town-\\nship, where his father bought 80 acres of land, hav-\\ning sold his farm of 80 acres in Ohio. On this Mr.\\nThornton remained until he was of age, when he\\nengaged as a farm laborer by the month.\\nFive days after he reached the period of his legal\\nfreedom, the assault on Fort Sumter sent a thrill of\\namazement around the world, and five months later,\\nin September, 1861, he enlisted in Co. E, 29th Ohio\\nVol. Inf., and was mustered out during the last days\\nof December, 1863; within the year he re-enlisted, or\\nveteranized, and was in the service until June, 1865.\\nHis first battle was at Winchester, under Gen. Shields,\\nfollowed by the engagements at Port Republic, Cedar\\nMountain, Bull Run (2d), South Mountain, Antietam,\\nFredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.\\nThe regiment was then assigned to the corps of Gen.\\nHooker, Maj. Gen. Sherman commanding. Mr.\\nThornton was in the battles of Lookout Mountain\\nand Buzzard s Roost. In the latter engagement he\\nwas wounded below the right knee, and, in falling,\\nbroke three ribs. He was in the siege of Atlanta and\\nstarted with Sherman for the sea, but three days later\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21\\n-^^5\u00c2\u00ab|1", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0295.jp2"}, "296": {"fulltext": "^-r ::ilD^ilIi^i -r-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nm,\u00c2\u00a52\\n-l\u00c2\u00bbs\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae^4\u00c2\u00ae\\ne\\n-^s\\n0\\nis?\\nwas captured and was held prisoner at Florence\\nuntil near the close of the war. He was paroled about\\nthe time of the surrender of Gen. Johnston, and was\\nkept in the woods about two weeks at Goldsboro,\\nN. C. He went thence to Wilmington, N. C, whence\\nhe proceeded to Annapolis, and from there was sent\\nhome on a furlough. He was so much emaciated\\nthat on leaving Annapolis he was removed from the\\nthe boat on a stretcher. On reaching home he be-\\ncame ill from small-po.x, which he survived as he\\nhad done the privations of prison life. On recovery\\nhe returned to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he received\\nhis discharge.\\nHe bought a small farm in Ashtabula County,\\nwhich he continued to manage five years, and in\\n1874 he removed to Midland County, where he en-\\ntered a homestead claim of So acres in the township\\nof Edenville. On this he resided si.\\\\ years and\\nreceived his patent from the United States. He\\nthen removed to the place known as the Ox-Bow\\nFarm, which he worked one year, and at the expir-\\nation of that time he returned to his own property.\\nHe now owns 138 acres, with 30 acres improved. Mr.\\nThornton is a Republican and has served four terms\\nas Township Treasurer.\\nHe was married about the last of December, 1865,\\nto Tasa M., daughter of J. D. C. and Tasa (Brown)\\nHinkle. Her father was born Jan. 27, 1803, in\\nMaryland, and died in February, 1 881, in Kentland,\\nNewton Co., Ind. Her mother was born Oct. 5,\\n1809, in Onondaga Co., N. Y., and died in December,\\n1879. Mr. and Mrs. Thornton have become the\\nparents of six children, recorded as follows George\\nA. was born May 14, 1866; Nettie M., Dec. 31,\\n1867 Tasa A., June 27. 1870 (died when three years\\nold); Clare B., Sept. 21, 1S74; Charles D., Oct. 12,\\n1879; Hattie M., Nov. 6, 1882.\\n;.I -f[n.f ohn C. Howley, farmer, section 27, Mt.\\nHaley Township, was born Dec. 25, 1845^\\nin Leeds Co., Ont. His parents, Hugh and\\nCatherine (Carey) Howley, were natives of Ire-\\nland and are deceased.\\nMr. Howley left his native province when\\nhe was 16 years old and became a lumberman in the\\nwoods near Port Austin, Huron Co., Mich, After a\\ntime he returned to his former home, whence,\\nnot long after, he returned to Michigan and located\\nat Saginaw, where he resumed his former occupa-\\ntion of lumberman.\\nHis marriage to Lauretta T. Goodspeed occurred\\nat Saginaw City, March 23, r877. She is the daugh-\\nter of E. C. and Cordelia (Cain) Goodspeed, natives\\nrespectively of New York and Oliio. The father is\\nof New England parentage, the mother of Irish an-\\ncestry. (See sketch of E. C. Goodspeed Mr. G.\\nis 70 years old; his wife is 59 years of age. Their\\nfamily record includes the names of eight sons and\\nthree daughters. Four of the former and one of the\\nlatter are deceased. Mrs. Howley is the seventh child\\nin order of birth, and second daughter. She was born\\nin Williams Co., Ohio, Jan 22, 1859, and came to\\nMidland County when she was six years old. She\\nwas an eager and ambitious scholar, and at the age\\nof r4 years became a teacher, in which avenue she\\nlabored until her marriage. Two children have been m\\nborn to her and her husband. Hugh, only living\\nchild, was born July 4, T879. An infant died April /S\\n14, 1878.\\nMr. Howley owns 40 acres of land in Mt. Haley (V\\nTownship, and has improved 20 acres. In his politi-\\ncal tendencies he is a Democrat and has held the\\nminor local offices in the township.\\norx\\nornelius Howard, farmer, section 31, Mid-\\nland Township, was born Feb. 16, 1842,\\n\u00c2\u00ae)^^t\\nJu\\n^ll!l^\\nin Dryden, Lapeer Co., Mich. He is the son\\nof Nelson and Theresa (Beardsley) Howard.\\nThe former was born in 181 7, in Canada, and\\nafter his marriage removed to Lapeer Co.,\\nMich., where he reared his family.\\nMr. Howard, of this sketch, grew to manhood on\\nhis father s farm and became a soldier during the\\nfirst year of the war, enlisting in December, i86r, in\\nthe Michigan volunteer service. He was on active\\nduty until in August, r862, when he was seized with\\nillness and transferred to the hospital at Keokuk, I\\nIowa. His father left his home to proceed thither, ^i?\\ngoing to Detroit to take the cars. When near the\\ncity the team took fright and ran away. Mr. How-\\nard, senior, was thrown from the wagon, and received\\nwhat was supposed to be a slight injury on his head.\\nA.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0296.jp2"}, "297": {"fulltext": "fi^\\ne*\\nJ\\n^1?\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nrMl\\n\u00c2\u00a3r^\\n3\u00c2\u00b0i\\nHe boarded the cars as he had planned, and reached\\nKeokuk, two days later, where he died, Sept. 1 1, three\\ndays after his arrival and five days after sustaining a\\nseemingly insignificant injury.\\nMr. Howard was discharged two days after his\\nfather s death, and returned to Michigan. In the\\nfall of 1864 he removed to the township of Midland.\\nHe at once interested himself in the erection of a\\nshingle-mill, the first structure of the kind in Mid-\\nland County, in which he was associated with his\\nuncle, Theodore Howard. They made the first\\nsawed shingles in this county. Mr. Howard is the\\nproprietor of a farm of 40 acres, situated on section\\n31. In political views and connection he is a Re-\\npublican of decided type. He is at present School\\nDirector in his district.\\nMr. Howard was married May 19, 1865, to Miss\\nMargaret Currie. She was born Dec. 25, 1848, in\\nCanada, and is the daughter of John and Mary Cur-\\nrie. (See sketch of Gilbert Currie.) Following is the\\nrecord of the children now included in the family of\\nMr. and Mrs. Howard Franklin G. was born March\\nI, 1867; William H., March 14, 1869; Charles W.,\\nSept. 3, 187 1 Cornelius, June 22, 1874; Archie,\\nSept. 22, 1878; Mabel, Jan. i, 1881; James, Jan. 19,\\n1S84.\\nacob Henry Wismer, farmer on section\\nr 27, Hope Townsliip, was born in Yarmouth,\\nOnt., May 9, 1853, the son of Abram and\\nIsabella (Lincoln) Wismer, the former of Penn-\\n^r sylvania-German parentage, born Sept. 7, 181 2,\\nand the mother born in Canada, of New Eng-\\nland parentage, June 25, 1827. The father was by\\noccupation a carpenter and pump manufacturer, and\\ndied in Elgin Co., Can., April 27, 1876. The mother\\ndied in Billings Township, Gladwin County, Nov. 18,\\n1877. Jacob Henry s grandfather lived to the ven-\\nerable age of 97.\\nAfter the death of the father, the family decided to\\ntry Michigan as a home, and the three sons, with\\ntheir sister Almira, settled in Gladwin County, where\\nJ. Heniy and Abram L. bought 160 acres in partner-\\nship, Sept. 15, 1876. Mrs. Wismer followed theni\\nfrom Canada six months later, but died after six\\nmonths residence at her new home. In the spring\\nof 1878, Mr. W. sold his interest in that farm, and\\npurchased 40 acres elsewhere. He cleared this\\nplace and sold it, and in the meantime he rented 90\\nacres where he now resides. After four years he\\nbought the same. He has now 72 acres improved, a\\ncomfortable home and good farm buildings.\\nApril 14, 1 87 8, he was married to Miss Alice Mel-\\nvina McCrary, daughter of William and Agnes (Mc-\\nWilliams) McCrary. (See sketch of Wm. McCrary.)\\nShe was born Feb. 23, 1862, in Lincoln (now Hope)\\nTownship, and died Feb. 10, 1S84, of spinal disease,\\nleaving one son to her bereaved husband, Freder-\\nick, born Aug. i, 1882, in Hope Township.\\nIn political opinion, Mr. W. is a Republican.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00ba^HiB-\\n1 1 I i I ilbur Lanphierd, farmer, section 24, in\\nIIs^-^Jl the Township of Jerome, was born Oct.\\nHe is a son\\njK^ p 18, 1843, in Bolton, Canada.\\nV)\\n^^Ik^ of Thomas W. and Eliza (Davis) Lanphierd. J\\nHis father was born Jan. 9, 1810, in New jL\\nHampshire, and died Aug. 7, 1883.\\nHe was a physician and spent his life in the^\\npractice of his profession. His mother was born\\nApril 12, 1820, and resides with her son, O. S. Lan~=;\\nphierd, in Lincoln Township, Midland County. They\\nparents lived for a number of years in Canada, and\\nwent in 1845 ^o Jefferson Co., N. Y., and about a\\nyear later went to Livingston Co., Mich., where they\\nremained about two years. At the end of that time\\nthey went to Highland, Oakland Co., Mich., and a\\nyear later settled at Rose s Corners in the same\\ncounty. In 1S54 they removed to Genesee Co.,\\nMich.\\nThe civil war broke out a few months before Mr.\\nLanphierd was 18 years old, and not long after that\\nperiod arrived he became a soldier. He enlisted\\nDec. 9, 1861, in Co. I, loth Mich. Vol. Inf and was\\nmustered out Feb. 5, 1864. The regiment veteran-\\nized the following day and was again mustered out\\nJuly 19, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., ai ter the close of\\nthe war. The command was attached to the West-(\\nem Army. The first battle in which his regiment\\nwas engaged was at Farmington, near Corinth. The-fA.\\ncommand remained in that position until about the\\nmiddle of August, and afterwards was stationed on^\\nthe routes and bridges of the railroads running tO/\\nNashville. The regiment was cut off from supplies\\n.^Dfl\u00c2\u00a7IDf^\\no.\\n-^m\\nI^^Jf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0297.jp2"}, "298": {"fulltext": "I\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^^K \u00c2\u00aeVM\\n^7s\\n1\\nV\\n(|n\\nfor two months and foraged for maintenance. It was\\nunder Gen. Nagley while stationed near Nashville,\\nand was afterward transferred to the Army of the\\nCumberland and assigned to the First Brigade, Sec-\\nond Division, 14th Army Corps, under Gen. Thomas.\\nMr. Lanphierd was in the action at Stone River,\\nMission Ridge, and in the campaign under Sherman\\nfrom Chattanooga to Atlanta, and thence to the sea.\\nHe was present at the surrender of Joe Johnston and\\nmarched to Washington, where he participated in\\nthe Grand Review.\\nLeaving the army, he came to South Saginaw, where\\nhe worked in a mill for three years, and then he\\ncame to Lincoln Township, this county. Home-\\nsteading 80 acres of land, he remained there five\\nyears. Selecting this place, he lived the five years\\nensuing in Larkin Township. Since then he has re-\\nsided on section 24, Jerome Township, except a year\\nand a half in Oregon Township, Lapeer county.\\nMr. Lanphierd was married April 3, 1864, to Hes-\\nter, daughter of William Henry and Lavinia (Cogs-\\nwell) Bassett. Her father was born Dec. 28, 1802,\\nand died Jan 24, t88o, in Oregon Township, Lapeer\\no., Mich. The mother was born Feb. 18, 1S04, and\\ndied in June, iS6r, in Oregon. Mrs. Lanphierd was\\nborn May 1 1, 1 845, at Mt. Morris, Genesee Co., N. Y.\\nFollowing is the record of the children born to Mr. and\\nMrs. Lanphierd Idella E., Dec. 27, 1864; Wm. R.,\\nborn Aug. i., 1866, died five days later; Alibella,\\nborn Aug. 3, 186S, died Aug. 18 of the same year;\\nCharles F., born June 9, 1870, died Sept. 15, 1870;\\nCharles E., born Oct. 27, 1874; Andrew J., born\\nAug. r3, 1876. Mrs. Lanphierd is a member of the\\nMethodist Episcopal Church.\\nohn Suiter, general farmer on section ig,\\nLee Township, was born in Oneida Co.,\\nN. Y., Jan. 19, 1856. His parents, John\\nand Caroline Suiter, were natives of Germany,\\n|L and are now living in Oneida County, aged re-\\ny spectively about 70 and 60 years. His father\\nis a farmer.\\nYoung John set out in the world for himself at the\\nage of ten years, at farm labor. Feb. 10, 1876, lie\\nmarried Miss Susan E. Higbee, who was born in\\nLewis Co., N. Y., Dec. 11, 1854. By this marriage\\nwere two children: Burtie J., born Feb. 4, 1877,\\nand died May i, 1880; and Claude, born Feb. 6,\\n1 880. Two years after their marriage they emigrated\\nfrom the Empire State to this county, and subse-\\nquently purchased 80 acres on section 8, Lee Town-\\nship. His wife died May 3, 1883, and June 18, fol-\\nlowing, he married Mary E. Wright, daughter of\\nCharles H. and Sarah (Scott) Wright, natives of Can-\\nada and of Scotch descent. Mrs. S. was born in\\nLeavenworth Co., Kan., July 4, 1868. When she\\nwas a year old her parents moved to Ontario, about\\ntwo years aftenvard to Lapeer Co., Mich., and thence,\\nin 1883, to this county.\\nIn March, 1884, Mr. Suiter located on section ig,\\nLee Township, where he owns 40 acres of land and\\nhas commenced clearing.\\nIn his political views Mr. S. is a Republican, and\\nhe lias held the office of Township Clerk ever since\\nthe organization of the township. He has also been\\nhonored with other official positions, and in May,\\nt884, was appointed Postmaster of a new office on\\nsection tg.\\nF^^jili ohn McGregor, farmer and lumberman,\\n\\\\\\\\^\u00c2\u00a3il-~ residing on section 17, Midland Township,\\nV is a son of William and Ann (Lochead)\\nMcGregor, natives of Scotland. They emi-\\n]L grated to Canada at an early day in the years\\nof their lives, and there married, lived, labored\\nand died. John McGregor, the subject of this\\nsketch, was born in Glengary Co., Ont., Feb. i, i83t.\\nHe lived with his parents, assisting in the mainte-\\nnance of the family and attending the common\\nschools until he attained the age of 20 years. On\\narriving at that age he went forth upon the sea of\\ntime to battle against the trials of life alone. He\\nhad served an apprenticeship at the carpenter s\\ntrade previous to the age of 20, and followed that\\ntrade more or less until 186 1, when he came to East\\nSaginaw, this State. He was variously occupied at\\nthe latter place until March, 1864, and then came to\\nMidland City. On his arrival he purchased, in part-\\nnership with Alex. Findlater, a hotel, which they con-\\nducted for about a year together, when Mr. F. pur-\\nchased Mr. McGregor s interest. He then erected a\\nhotel of his own, which was known as the McGregor\\nHotel, and continued as mine host for about two\\nttX:-iiii:*:iiii;^\\nl^^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0298.jp2"}, "299": {"fulltext": "-2\u00c2\u00ab^ ^V4^DD :iltlv r\\nr^^\\nI\\nt\\ns\\n(i)\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nt\\nyears, when, Jan. 28, 1867, it was destroyed by fire.\\nHe then engaged in lumbering, which business he\\nhas since followed.\\nMr. McGregor was married June 24, 185 i, to Miss\\nJane, daughter of James and Agnes (Miller) Sproul,\\nnatives of Scotland. She was born in Stormont Co.,\\nOnt., and is the mother of 13 children by Mr. McG.\\nThe living are Agnes, William, Mary J., John, Mar-\\ngaret A. and Elizabeth J. Those deceased are\\nJames S., James, Ellen, Catherine, Daniel, Robinson\\nand Elizabeth.\\nIn 1875 Mr. McGregor moved to Gladwin County,\\nthis State, where he remained for about five years.\\nWhile residing there he was County Treasurer for\\ntwo terms, and was the first County Treasurer of the\\ncounty. He was also Justice of the Peace and held\\nminor offices. Socially, he is a member of the I. O.\\nO. F., and religiously, is a member of the Episcopal\\nChurch. His wife belongs to the Presbyterian\\nChurch. Politically, Mr. McGregor is a believer in\\nthe doctrines of the Democratic party.\\n^aniel L. Chamberlain, lumberman, Inger-\\n,11, soil Township, resides with L. B. Cham-\\nbfV-^ berlain. (See sketch of the latter.) He\\n^JSi was born in Midland Co., Mich., July 11,\\nC\\\\ 1859; at the age of 16 he went into the\\nwoods, and ever since that time he has been\\nengaged in lumbering, either in the woods or on the\\nriver.\\nIn his jx)litical views, Mr. Chamberlain is identi-\\nfied with the Republican party.\\n^^^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^S Wv^-\\nJ-Shristopher Kraniek, farmer on section 17,\\nJasper Township, was born in Germany,\\niRjJ May 15, 1850, the son of John and Jane\\nJL (Rhodes) Kraniek, natives of Germany. The\\nfather is now a resident of Tuscola County,\\nthis State; the mother died in her native\\ncountry.\\nWhen seven years old, Christopher came with his\\nfather to America. They stopped for a number of\\nyears in New York State, and in i868 came to Mich-\\nigan and settled in Fremont Tp., Tuscola County.\\nHere our subject resided until his marriage. This\\nevent took place at Colaml)iaville, Lapeer Co., Mich.,\\nOct. 16, 1S75, and the lady of his choice was Miss\\nSarah McLain, daughter of John and Sarah (Gal-\\nlinger) McLain. The parents are of Scotch descent,\\nnatives of Scotland and Ontario, respectively, and\\nnow reside in Lapeer County. Mrs. K. was born in\\nthe Province of Ontario, Feb. 18, 1857, came to La-\\npeer County with her parents when 15 years old, and\\nresided there till marriage.\\nFour years after this event, Mr. K. and wife came\\nto this county and settled on 40 acres on section 17,\\nJasper, 30 acres of which are now inifjroved. They\\nhave two children, Florence, born Nov. i, 1878,\\nand Ernest, born Jan. 22, 1880. In political views,\\nMr. K. is a Republican.\\nilliam Phetteplace, deceased, was a farmer\\non section 14, IngersoU Township. His\\nparents, Eddy W. and Annie (Wlieeler)\\nl Phetteplace, were natives of New England.\\nHe was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., Jan.\\n4, 181 8, and lived in his native county until\\nal)0ut 2r years of age, when he taught school four\\nyears in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, that State,\\nand one term in Carroll, same county. Next, he\\ntaught school three years in Nashville, Tenn., and\\nthen spent two years in Oakland Co., Mich., teaching\\none winter; then for nine months he followed various\\npursuits in Wyoming Co., N. Y.; then followed farm-\\ning for five years, with an older brother, at Rushford,\\nCattaraugus Co., N. Y., teaching two winter terms in\\nthat village; next, he followed farming and teaching\\nfor four years at Lafayette, McKean Co., Pa.; then\\nfarming again for nearly four years in Erie Co., Pa.;\\nfinally, in i860, he came to Saginaw County, and in\\nMarch, 1864, homesteaded 80 acres of Government\\nland on section 14, IngersoU Township, this county,\\nwhere he settled and lived till his death, which oc-\\ncurred Nov. 18, 1883. He had about 25 acres under\\ncultivation. He had previously disposed of 40 acres\\nof his land, and at the time of his death owned but\\n40 acres.\\nHe had been Supervisor of IngersoU Township\\nseven years, Drain Commissioner, Justice of the\\nI Peace three terms, one of the County Overseers of\\nKy\\n^^d^-^\\n.,;:;n_^\\n^n!l^D!l t A\\na.\\n.:^^^f^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0299.jp2"}, "300": {"fulltext": "^4^^\\n304\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nthe Poor two years, and was largely interested in all\\neducational and other public interests of his com-\\nmunity. He was a staunch Republican in his views\\nof national affairs.\\nMr. Phetteplace was married in Oakland Co.,\\nMich., May i8, 1844, to Maria Wellmon, who was\\nborn in Chautauqua Co., N. Y,, May i, 1823. Mr.\\nand Mrs. P. had seven children, named Eddy W.,\\nJames W., Minerva, Phebe, Mary A., Sarah and\\nLizzie E.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0lesLsm^r^\u00e2\u0080\u0094hi\\n;|i\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab-g|sS)/ZW(r\u00c2\u00bbv.\\nohn S. Johnson, farmer on section 20, Lar-\\nff kin Township, is a son of James and Nancy\\nA. (Sabins) Johnson, natives of New York,\\nand was born in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., Feb.\\n27, 1836. His education was only such as was\\nafforded by the common schools of his neigh-\\nborhood, and he remained in his native State until\\n1873, when he came to St. Clair Co., Mich. Two\\nyears later, he came to Midland County and in\\n1877 he homesteaded 40 acres in Larkin Township,\\nto which he has since added 40 acres, and has now\\n12 acres improved.\\nFeb. 26, 1863, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., Miss Sarah\\nJ. Van Koughnett became Mrs. Johnson. Her par-\\nents, Josiah and Elizabeth (Frink) Van Koughnett,\\nwere natives of Canada. Mrs. Johnson was born in\\nOntario Aug. 20, 1837, and is the mother of six chil-\\ndren, named Edwin D. (died when two years of age),\\nFrankie E., Ada M., Melzer E., Mina A. and Cora O.\\nMr. J. is a supporter of the National party. He\\nhas held the offices of Justice of the Peace and School\\nAssessor. He and wife are members of the Meth-\\nodist Episcopal Church.\\nA A\\nT-T\\nCl-\\nio^ dwin D. McCune, farmer on section 20,\\nJasper, is a son of Samuel and Mary\\n(Dennis) McCune, natives of Kentucky,\\ni and of Irish and Pennsylvania-German de-\\ni scent. The former was an agriculturist, and\\ndied in Stark Co., Lid., March 2, 1883. The\\nlatter is still a resident of that county.\\nJL\\nThe subject of this biographical sketch was born\\nin Putnam Co., Lid., Aug. 29, 1848, and remained\\nunder the parental care until he arrived at the age of\\nmanhood. He then went West, and after a time\\nvisited Missouri. Li Livingston Co., Mo., Dec. 21,\\n187 I, he married Miss Mary Wallace, who was born\\nin the vicinity of Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 8, 1849.\\nMr. and Mrs. McCune proceeded to Stark Co.,\\nInd., thence after a year to Grand Haven, this State,\\nand one year later they came to Coe Township, Isa-\\nbella County. Here he carried on farming four years,\\nwhen he purchased 40 acres in Jasper Township, this\\ncounty. On this place he has since resided, and he\\nnow has 15 acres improved.\\nMrs. McCune is a member of the Baptist Church.\\nMr. McCune is politically a Republican, has been\\nTownship Clerk four years, being the present incum-\\nbent, and has filled other local offices. He and wife\\nhave four children living Katie, Charles, Gracie and\\nMary; and two deceased, William and Daisy.\\nohn G. Bowers, lumberman and farmer,\\nresident on the northwest quarter of section\\n13, Homer Township, was born April 7,\\n1853, in Rochester, N. Y. He is the son of\\nJohn M. and Maria (Layton) Bowers, natives\\nof Germany. His father died Oct. 14, 1879,\\nin Bay Co., Mich., at the age of 70 years; and his\\nmother resides in Unionville, Tuscola Co., Mich., 73\\nyears old. Their family included eight children\\ntwo sons and si.x daughters. Three of the latter are\\ndeceased.\\nMr. Bowers is the youngest child of his parents and\\nlived at home in the beautiful city of the Genesee\\nValley until he was of age. He remained there until\\nhe was 25 years old and fitted for the vocation of\\nbutcher. He entered into partnership with the man\\nwith whom he served his apprenticeship, the relation\\ncontinuing two years. In the fall of 1878 he came\\nto Huron Co Mich., where he purchased 200 acres\\nof land and was a farmer there two years. In 1880\\nhe went to Bay County and engaged in lumbering\\nsome time, when he proceeded to Tuscola. Two\\nyears later he went to Saginaw, where he remained\\none year. In 1881 he came to the county of Mid-\\nland and purchased 115 acres of land known as the\\nc\\nI\\nmmm^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0300.jp2"}, "301": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0301.jp2"}, "302": {"fulltext": "w\\n/:Za^^a^eA^,\\nX^^Cc^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0302.jp2"}, "303": {"fulltext": "fi\\n*S-.\\nc/kctyi.c^ S, ifUrj\\nV", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0303.jp2"}, "304": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0304.jp2"}, "305": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^sfj^\\nRod. Russell farm, where he has since resided and\\noperated as a farmer and lumberman. In the latter\\ncalling he has extensive relations, which may be es-\\ntimated from one season s work of putting in seven\\nmillion feet of lumber. When he came to the town-\\nship of Homer, he owned a team of horses and $45\\nin cash. In July, 1883, he paid for the farm whereon\\nhe resides, and has 45 acres improved^ He is the\\ntype of man whose efforts and ambition are fast\\ndeveloping Northern Michigan into one of the finest\\nagricultural regions in this country.\\nMr. Bowers was married March 4, 187S, at Roch-\\nester, N. Y., to Julia A., daughter of Hezekiel and\\nJane (Stevens) Hull. Her parents were natives of\\nPennsylvania and of English descent. The daugh-\\nter was born June 15, 1856, and was left motherless\\nwhen only si. c months old. Her father removed\\nwhen she was but 13 years old to Rochester, N. Y.\\nMr. Bowers is a Republican in political faith and has\\noccupied the position of Treasurer two years. The\\nfamily attend the Presbyterian Church.\\nlamuel Sias, farmer and lumberman, resi-\\ndent at Midland City, was born July 4,\\n|[|5* 1822, in Belfast, Maine, and is the son of\\nSamuel and Ann (McLean) Sias. His parents\\nremoved in the year of his birth to Dover,\\nMaine, where his father engaged in the two-\\nfold business of farming and lumbering. He became\\na lumberman at a very early age, going into the\\nwoods as a teamster when he was eight years old,\\nand operated in that capacity in his fathers interests\\nseveral winters. As he grew to maturity he occupied\\nvarious positions, and at the age of 20 was in charge\\nof a lumber camp. At the age of 24 years he was\\nin business in his own behalf, and has pursued the\\ncalling of a lumberman every winter up to the pres-\\nent time.\\nMr. Sias was married at Dover, Maine, in the year\\n1849, to Eliza Maddox. Samuel W. Sias was the\\nonly child born of this marriage. The mother\\ndied, and Mr. Sias was married April 10, 1858, to\\nMary E., daughter of Ahira and Hattie Sinclair, a\\nnative of Dover, Maine. Their ten children were\\nborn as follows Herbert, Aug. g, 1859, and is a lum-\\nberman in Midland County he married Mary E.\\nEmery, and has one child, Arthur; Ella is the wife\\nof Samuel McCravey, a lumberman of Midland\\nHattie was born April 18, 1863, and is a teacher in\\nMidland City; Annie was born March 28, 1865;\\nLizzie, Feb. 5, 1867; Flora, Nov. 30, 1872; and\\nEdith, Dec. 14, 1877.\\nMr. Sias was the proprietor of a fine farm of 100\\nacres, three miles from Dover, which he sold in 1861,\\nwith the intention of seeking a wider field of opera-\\ntion. He came to Michigan and engaged in lumber-\\ning in the interests of Merrill Remmick, on the\\nCass River, in Tuscola County. In June, t86o, he\\nwent back to his home in Maine, returning in the\\nwinter ensuing to Michigan. This course he repeated\\nuntil he transferred his family and entire interests to\\nMidland County. He bought out the hotel of John\\nLarkin, which he conducted two years, at the end of\\nwhich time he sold out and bought 50 acres of land\\nnear I he village of Midland, where he passed the\\nsummers in farming and the winters in lumbering.\\nMr. Sias now owns 150 acres on the Chippewa\\nRiver, which is one of the most desirable places in\\nthe section, having 100 acres under first-class culti-\\nvation, with creditable buildings and farm fixtures of\\nevery necessary description. A part of his original\\npurchase of land is now included in the village of\\nMidland, which was platted by Mr. Sias and sold in\\nlots. He owns also a farm of 163 acres at the\\nmouth of Pine River in Homer Township. Of this,\\n75 acres are under cultivation, and are devoted to\\nthe growth of supplies for his lumber camps. He\\nowns also a tract of 1,000 acres of timber land, where\\nhe pursues his lumber interests during the winter\\nseasons, and employs between 100 and 200 men. In\\nthe winter of 1883-4 he got out 18,000,000 feet.\\nIn 1864 he built a large establishment for milling\\npurposes and the manufacture of lumber and shingles,\\nalso as a p .aning-mill. He managed its various op-\\nerations about si,x years, when it was destroyed by\\nfire, involving a loss of $15,000. He is a stockholder\\nin the Salt Bromide Company of Midland, and\\nowns a fine residence in that village.\\nNo more valuable and welcome portraits could be\\nadded to this volume than those of Mr. and Mrs.\\nSias, which may be found on other pages. The name\\nof Sias is one of the most prominent and influential\\nc^:\\n^A^DH SIDi^i^^\\n4^^5f@ W", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0305.jp2"}, "306": {"fulltext": "g))(^#*-\\n310\\nV\\nt\\ni\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-\u00c2\u00ae5fe=\\ni^^^((\u00c2\u00ae^^\\nt\\nin the county, and future generations, including their\\nown sons and daughters, will prize in a peculiar man-\\nner the pictures of worthy and i)rominent representa-\\ntives of the name.\\nOSiQSJt^^r\\n/\u00c2\u00ae|5W3Trav.\\nfames F. Timmons, deceased, was a far-\\nmer iind lumberman on section 24, Porter\\nTownship. He was born May 4, 1823, in\\nthe city of Montreal, Can His father, Noah\\n^r Timmons, was a native of England and a\\nfarmer by profession; he died when the son\\nwas but ten years of age. His mother, who was\\nborn in France, is yet living.\\nThe son remained with her until the age of 17\\nyears, when he entered upon his life of independ-\\nence.- He spent a year at Mt. Clemens, Mich., and\\nthen returned to Ontario, where he engaged in lum-\\nbering until 1867, in which year he made a perma-\\nnent settlement in the State of Michigan. He located\\nwith his family at East Saginaw, where they spent\\none year. In the year following, he came to Porter\\nTownship and bought 160 acres of land in a wholly\\nwild condition. He was heavily engaged in lumber-\\ning from the time of his removal hither until his\\ndeatli. On the 17th day of October, 1876, he was\\nengaged in hauling a load of goods from Merrill, and\\nwhile driving the wneel of his wagon struck a log.\\nThe concussion threw him to the ground and he was\\nfatally injured. He did not live to see his home\\nagain. His tragic death e.xcited universal and pro-\\nfound regret, his character as a man and his estimable\\ntraits having won the respect and esteem of the coni-\\nmvinity of which he was a member. He was a man\\nof more than ordinary intelligence and ambition, and\\nleft the record of a life of well-directed effort.\\nHe was a Republican in political principle. The\\nimprovements on the property have been increased,\\nand the plate is under the management of Frank\\nTimmons, the second son, who is a young man of\\ncorrect habits and morals. He was born in Ontario,\\nCan., March 25, 1857.\\nMrs. Hannah (Moo e) Timmons, widow of J. F.\\nTimmons, was born at Eardley, Ont., and is the\\ndaughter of Eli and Elizabeth (McCormick) Moore.\\nHer father was a native of Vermont and died at\\nEardley, in April, 1870; her n. other was born in\\nIreland and died July 4, 1864. The daughter was\\nmarried in the city of Ottawa, Can., June 11, 1853.\\nBesides the son named, her family includes a daugh-\\nter, Charlotte A., born April 1 1, 1854, who is the wife\\nof Jolm Pacnod, a resident of Porter Township, and\\na native of Montreal, Can. Their marriage occurred\\nJune 2, 1870. Eight children have been born to\\nthem, as follows John, Frank, Josephine H., Charles,\\nMargaret, Flora and James. Elenora is deceased.\\ntlli) i|fe.. avid M. Wilcox, farmer on section -j-j,\\njij i gMg l Hope Township, was born \\\\w the State of\\n^Wf New York, Oct. 4. 1845, the son of Stephen\\n^*)r\u00c2\u00bb A. and Amanda Melvina (Green) Wilcox.\\nThe father was of English and German descent,\\nand died of yellow fever wh le en route to Mex-\\nico in the Mexican war, leaving two children, David,\\nand a daughter now residing in Gladwin County.\\nThe mother, of English descent, re-married and is\\nnow living in Lincoln Township, this county. She\\nhas had seven children by her second marriage, five\\nof whom are living.\\nThe subject of this biography was two years old\\nwhen his father came to Macomb County, this State,\\nand he was reared on the parental farm until the\\nage of 15, wlien he left home to make his own way\\nin life. For three years he worked in the lumber\\nwoods; and then, Feb. 28, 1865, under the last call\\nof President Lincoln for volunteers, he enlisted in\\nCo. B, 7th Mich. Vol. Cav., Custer s old regiment.\\nHe was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Divis-\\nion, Cavalry (^orps, and during his service fought in\\none battle, with the Indians near Fort Laramie. He\\nwas wounded in the calf of the leg by a minie ball\\nin this engagement.\\nAfter his discharge, Dec. 24, 1865, he worked for\\na time in the woods, then on a farm, and th^n for a\\nyear sold liquor at Midland City. Aug. 2, 1S68, he\\nmarried Miss Amelia Eraser, daughter of Edwin and\\nElizabeth (Lewis) Eraser. She was born May 9,\\n1850, in the Dominion of Canada, and is one of a\\nfamily of ten, eight of whom are living. By her\\nmarriage to Mr. W., she is the mother of seven chil-\\ndren, oiie of whom is deceased. The record is as\\nfollows: Ora M., born July 23, 1869; Myrtie E.,\\nVb\\nc\\n.;i]!]^:tlt];^ z^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0306.jp2"}, "307": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00c2\u00a7-r^^^^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^i\\nV\\n(q^\\n3n\\nJan 26, 1871, and died May 30, 1873; Addie A.,\\nNov. 25, 1872; Alfleda A., Sept. 24, 1874; Claudia\\nR., Aug. 21, 1876; Fannie A., March 31, 1878; and\\nMerrick D., Feb. 16, 1880, all in Hope Township.\\nMr. W. came from Ray Tp., Macomb County,\\nMay 20, i860. He now owns 40 acres of land, of\\nwhich 20 are improved. He has a good residence,\\nand also keeps a general merchandise store, being\\nthe only merchant in the township of Hope. He has\\nbeen Deputy Sheriff 13 years, Highway Commis-\\nsioner one term, Justice of the Peace three years (is\\npresent incumbent), and is now School Director and\\nPostmaster.\\nE erdinand McCrary, farmer on section 22,\\nHope Township, is a son of William and\\nAgnes McCrary (see sketch), and was\\nborn Jan. 20, i860, in Jerome (now Edenville)\\nTownship, this county. He was married March\\n6, 1884, to Rosa B. Evans, daughter of J. R.\\nEvans, of Midland City. She was born Oct. 7, 1864,\\nand is the oldest of ten children. Her father was\\nborn Feb. 20, 1841, in Green, Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\nand her mother April 9, 1842, in Coldbrook, Ashta-\\nbula Co., Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McCrary are just\\nstarting out on their voyage of life, and their natural\\ngood traits and the good will of their many friends\\ninsure them success.\\nIk imon Gleckler, farmer on section 26, Hope\\nTownship, was born Oct. 10, 1845, in ^Id.-\\n||5; honing Co., Ohio, the son of Henry and\\nCatherine (Beauman) Gleckler. The father\\nwas a native of Germany, came to this country\\nwhen eight years old, and died in Columbiana\\nCo., Ohio, Aug. 7, 1883, at the age of 73. The\\nmother, also a native of Germany, is living witli a\\nson and daughter in Columbiana Co., Ohio. The\\nfamily of 14 included nine sons and five daughters,\\nall of whom are living, and have arrived at years of\\nmaturity. All are married but two.\\nThe subject of this biographical narrative was\\nreared on a farm, but has worked in saw-mills much\\nof the time since he became of age, at which time he\\nleft home. He worked one year in Mahoning Co.,\\nOhio, and a year in Genesee Co., Mich., and was\\nth.en married. He spent two years more in a mill in\\nthe latter county, and neaily an equal period in the\\nformer. The five years ensuing he was employed in\\na mill at Coleman, this county, after which he settled\\non 40 acres of wild land and where is his present\\nhome. He has now eight acres improved.\\nHis marriage occurred Oct. 3, 1867, in Flint, Mich\\nto Miss Margaret Ann Denton, daughter of Daniel\\nand Esther A. (Elvis) Denton. Mr. D. died in\\nCatiada in 1867, and Mrs. D. Dec. 7, 187 i. Mrs. G.\\nwas born in Rawdon Township, Hastings Co., Can.,\\nApril 9, 1845, and is one of a family of three sons\\nand three daughters, all living. Mr. and Mrs. G.\\nhave two children, born in Genesee Co., this State\\nEliza Kate, July 18, 1868 and Esther, Oct. 27, i86g.\\nMr. G. is in political views a Greenbacker. He\\nhas been Superintendent of Schools three terms, and\\nis now serving his fourth term as Supervisor. He is\\na member of the Lutheran Church.\\npf^lj-j^ohn Loyer, farmer, section 10, Ingersoll\\nm\\n(^1\\n^^^fl\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^mm\\nJ^ Township, is a son of George and Eva\\ny,^ (McLaughlin) Loyer, natives of Pennsylva-\\nnia. His mother died in that State Sept. 30,\\n1845, when he was an infant; and his father\\ncame to Midland County in the fall of 1878,\\nand died in Ingersoll Township, April 20, 1880.\\nMr. Loyer was born in Erie Co., Pa., Sept. 26,\\n1845. In the spring of 1856 he came with his father\\nto Shiawassee Co., Mich., lived there four years, then\\nsome time in Livingston County, one year again in\\nShiawassee County, then in Livingston County again\\nuntil January, 1863, when he enlisted in the Fifth\\nMich. Inf and served till the close of the war, par-\\nticipating in the battles of the Wilderness, siege of\\nPetersburg, etc. May 12, 1864, at the battle of\\nSpottsylvania, he was wounded in the right shoulder,\\nin consequence of which he was in the hospital\\nabout nine months. Being then partially able for\\nduty, he made a special request to be returned to his\\nregiment, although really in too feeble a condition to\\nperform the duties that would devolve upon him.\\nAfter his discharge he returned to Livingston Co.,\\nMich., where he remained one year, then spent one\\nSi/", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0307.jp2"}, "308": {"fulltext": "^m^\\n-:^^K ^v -:ii n mi -T^ ^f\u00c2\u00bb^\\n-i^^^^vl\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\no.\\nseason in Shiawassee again, then engaged in farming,\\nand laboring in the woods winters, in Saginaw\\nCounty, until he first came to Midland County, in\\n1869, and homesteaded 40 acres of land, in Inger-\\nsoll Township, where he lived six years. He was\\nthen two years in Saginaw County again, nearly one\\nyear in Shiawassee County, three years in Saginaw\\nCounty, and in the spring of 1880 he again came to\\nMidland County. By this time he had disposed of\\nthe 40 acres he had homesteaded in 1869, and during\\nthe year 1880 he purchased 80 acres of land, some-\\nwhat improved, where he now resides. He now has\\nabout 27 acres under cultivation.\\nMr. Loyer has been School Moderator of his dis-\\ntrict, and Path-master. In his political views he is a\\nRepublican.\\nHe was married in Shiawassee County, Nov. 4,\\n1866, to Sarah M., daughter of John and Hannah\\n(Fuller) Anible, natives of New York State. She\\nwas born in Genesee Co., Mich., July 27, 1850.\\nThey have three children, viz.: George P., Gertie A.\\nand Jennie.\\nJ\\njj oswell B. Gotham, farmer on section 17,\\n|i^^(: Larkin Township, is a son of Solomon and\\nl^ ^C* Elizabeth (King) Gotham, natives respect-\\n*W y \u00c2\u00b0f Hampshire and New York; and\\nhe was born in Jefferson Co., N. Y., May 8,\\n1837. He received a rudimentary English\\neducation, but was under the care of his parents\\nonly until 11 years old. Losing his father at that\\nage, he was une.xpectedly obliged to make his own\\nway in life. Until 16 years old he worked as cook\\non a scow on the St. Laurence River.\\nNext he passed three years in Canada, learning\\nthe cooper s trade and then for three years he fol-\\nlowed the lakes as a common sailor. In August,\\n1862, he enlisted in the loth New York Heavy\\nArtillery, in which organization he served nearly\\nthree years. April 2, 1865, he was taken prisoner,\\nbut on the 9th of the same month (the day of Lee s\\nsurrender) he was released. After his discharge\\nfrom the army he returned to his home in New York\\nState, and there remained until October, 1868. On\\nthat date he came to this county, and liomesteaded\\n80 acres in Lincoln Township, which he afterwards\\nsold and bought 40 acres in Larkin Township, where\\nhe now lives, with 22 acres under cultivation.\\nOct. 29, 1859, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., lie took as\\nthe sharer of his name and fortune Miss Julia Far-\\nrow, a native of that State. Of 14 children, 11 sur-\\nvive, named Roswell H., Henry E., Lewis A., Caro-\\nline B., Mary E., Byron T., Solomon N., Archibald\\nF., David K., Julia E. and Vlaggie. The three de-\\nceased were named Bertha M., Violet A. and Leslie D.\\nMr. G. is in political faith aNational, and has held\\nthe offices of Township Clerk, Justice of the Peace\\nand School Director.\\nj^ eorge W. Frost, farmer and lumberman^\\n_.. section x. Mt. Haley Township, was born\\nMay 16, 1818, in Oswego Co., N. Y. His\\nparents, Benjamin and Polly (Sprague) Frost,\\nwere natives of New England. His father\\ndied Dec. 25, 1830, in Oswego Co., N. Y., and\\nhis mother in April, 1867, in McLean Co., Pa.\\nMr. Frost was about ten years of age when his\\nfather died, and upon him devolved the support of\\nhis mother, which duty he discharged to the exclu-\\nsion of every other, resigning all chances for an\\neducation. In 1840 he was married to Abbie Loops,\\na native of Pennsylvania. They settled in McLean\\nCo., Pa., and Mr. Frost there engaged in agriculture\\nuntil 1866, when he came to Midland County. He\\nhad been ambitious to interest himself in lumbering,\\nand to that end had previously purchased a pine-\\nlumber tract of 160 acres on Pine River. He set-\\ntled on section 3 of Mt. Haley Township, where he\\nbought 80 acres of unimproved hard-timber land.\\nHe has been extensively engaged as a job lumberman,\\nand during winter seasons has put in two million feet\\nof logs on an average. He has also trafficked in\\nreal estate to some extent, and his home place now\\nincludes 240 acres, with 120 acres under cultivation.\\nHe has accomplished the improvements on his farm\\nby the aid of his sons. He has two good barns and\\nthree dwellings on his estate.\\nMr. Frost was a second time married. May 14,\\n1865, at Adrian, Mich., to Mrs. Roseltha (Murphy)\\nMarsh. She is the daughter of Palmer and Soloma\\n(Nichols) Marsh, natives respectively of Connecticut\\nand Massachusetts. The latter died in Pennsylva-\\nc^:\\nr^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0308.jp2"}, "309": {"fulltext": "1\\nf\\ni))^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n:J^K 6V 4t] n n ll^-t V^e5 :Ji^^\\n-*4?^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n313\\nnia, Jan. 25, 1845. The father resides in tliis town-\\nship. Mrs. Frost was born June 10, 1841, in Che-\\nnango Co N. Y., and when she was three years old\\nher parents removed to McLean Co., Pa., where she\\nwas married to Jolin Marsh. Ellen, only issue of\\nher first marriage, is deceased. Two children have\\nbeen born of her second marriage Freddica, Aug. 6,\\n1876: and Millie, July 26, 1867 (died March 3c,\\n1871).\\nMr. Frost is a Democrat in political connection,\\nand has held the offices of Township Tre.;surer and\\nRoad Commissioner several years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^jejeE/\u00c2\u00a9^\u00c2\u00ae^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.^^^i^JSVV\\nX-H^.f^\\nrson Cady, farmer on section 30, Larkin\\nTownship, is a son of Alpheus and Patty\\nA. (Chambers) Cady, natives of the State of\\nNew York. The parents emigrated to this\\nState and settled in Lapeer County, where\\nthey died, she in 1844, and he Jan. i, 1864.\\nThe subject of this outline was born in Erie Co.,\\nN. Y., Aug. 30, 1835, and was but four years old\\nwhen his porents removed to this State. He lived at\\nhome until he attained his majority, and on beginning\\nthe career of life for himself went first to Grand\\nRapids, where he found employment in a livevy and\\nsale stable for four years. He then went to Illinois-\\nand rented a farm for two years, at the expiration of\\nwhich time he returned to Kent County, this State,\\nwhere he rented a farm for four years. Thence he\\nwent back to Lapeer County, his old home, and\\nthere ran a stage line 18 months from Lapeer to\\nPontiac. Selling this, he removed to Bellevue, Ohio,\\nand opened a livery stable, where he was in business\\ntwo years. I)is|)osmg of this, he was ne.vt for a year\\nemployed in Kentucky by a land and mining com-\\npany.\\nHe then spent six months more in Lapeer County,\\nand in May, 1867, he came to Midland City, where\\nhe was for 12 years in the employ of John Larkin.\\nIn 1879 he bought 120 acres in Larkin Township,\\nwhere he has since lived, having now about 25 acres\\nim[)roved.\\nJune 10, t86o, in Ottawa Co, 111., he formed a\\nlife partnership with Miss Melissa Moses, a native\\nof New York State. Their children have been three\\nin number Jennie (died when 21 months old), Jessie\\nand one which died in early infancy.\\nIn political sentiment, Mr. Cady is identified with\\nthe Republican party. He has held the offices of\\nSchool Inspector and Township Treasurer.\\nI\\n^5!H^\\n,rs. Hannah S. Murray, section 36, In-\\ngersoll Township, is the fourth daughter\\nof William and Hannah (Ryan) Spellacy,\\nwho were natives of Ireland and passed\\ntheir entire lives there. They had four daugh-\\nters and one son.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Ireland,\\nMarch 17, 1835 when 14 years of age she came to\\nAmerica and lived one year in Boston, Mass.; then\\nlived about a year in Cleveland, Ohio, about two\\nyears in .Somerset, Ohio, and finally, in rSsS, she\\ncame to Midland County, Ingersoll Township, where\\nshe has since resided.\\nShe was married in Somerset, O., Dec. 25, 1855, to\\nEdward Murray, a native of Ireland. She adopted\\na half orphan a year and a half old, namely, Sarah\\nE., daughter of John and Sarah (McCuUy) Jelley,\\nwhose mother iiad died when she was only 15\\nmonths old. Thereupon the former took the name\\nof Murray. She was married July 4, 1877, to Ed-\\nward Davis, a native of Saginaw Co., Mich. She has\\ntwo children, Orrie E. and Wilbur R.\\nMrs. Murray has a farm of 42 acres, on section 36,\\nwhich she superintends and has in a state of good\\ncultivation.\\n-i-\\nS3\\ngjlfc^fc ames Hanley, farmer on section 29, Jasper\\nTownship, was born in Ireland June* 4,\\nsS 1837, and is the son of Hugh and Mar-\\nX L garet (McLain) Hanley, natives also of the\\njL Emerald Isle. Tiie father followed farming,\\ni| emigrated to America, and just after arriving at\\nHamilton, Ont., died in r838, leaving James a half\\norphan when but one year old. The mother died in\\nPort Huron, Mich., in May, 1867.\\nTlieir family number ed ten, eight sons and two\\ndaughters and three of the former and both the\\nlatter are yet living. Of the sitrvivors James is the", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0309.jp2"}, "310": {"fulltext": "iJSTov^\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\n:^i\u00c2\u00ab^-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0:2=\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^^^ erv p n^: n D r\\nTT\\n-:2if^^^\\n314\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\niv^\\nh\\nV\\nyoungest. He lived with his mother until 24 years\\nold, and March 14, 1861, in Huron Co., Ont., he\\nwas married to Miss Margaret Sharp, daughter of\\nWilham and Elizabeth (Hunter) Sharp, natives of\\nScotland and Ontario, and of Scotch and Irish-\\nderman extraction respectively. They are now living\\nin Ontario, both in good health; the father aged 87,\\nthe mother 78. Mrs. Hanley was born in Prescott,\\nOnt., March 17, 1843, the sixth child and\\nsecond daughter in a family of 13 children, it of\\nwhom yet survive.\\nFor six years after marriage, Mr. Hanley was en-\\ngaged in agriculture in Huron Co., Ont., removing\\nthence to Oakland County, this State. After a stay\\nthere of a year and a half, he removed to Lapeer\\nCounty, and jiurchased 40 acres of wild, heavily\\ntimbered land. He lived on this place 14 years,\\nbrought it to the best possible farming condition,\\nerected good buildings ar.d started an orchard. He\\nsold the place for nearly eight times what it cost\\nhim, and in April, 1881, came to Midland County\\nand purchased 80 acres, mostly timbered, where he\\nhas since resided. He has now 20 acres cleaved and\\n16 in cultivation.\\nMr. H. is in political sentiment a Republican.\\nHe and wife have been the jiarents of ten children,\\nof whom William, Mary A., Mwilda J. and John E.\\nare living; and James (first), James (second), Mar-\\ngaret, George, Ettie and two infants are deceased.\\nhineas F. Pierce, deceased, was a farmer\\non section 35, Ingersoll Township, and was\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a01^ the son of Phineas and Mary Pierce. He\\nwas born in Saratoga Co., N. Y., Feb. 15, 1842;\\nfuv. when quite small he came to Lapeer Co.,\\nMich., and to Midland County in 1S57, buy-\\ning 40 acres of land in Ingersoll Township. He after-\\nwards bought 160 acres and dis^x)sed of the fust\\npurchase. At the time of his death he occupied 136\\nacres, owned by his wife. With the exception of\\nabout six months spent in Nebraska, he lived in this\\ncounty till his death.\\nHe was married at Saginaw, Feb. 10, 1862,10 Miss\\nJane D., daughter of Henry and Melinda Mills, born\\nin Lapeer Co., Mich., Dec. 6, 1846, and they have\\nhad seven children, namely: Rena J., born July 24,\\n1866; Eugene F., April 7, i868; May E., Jan. 24,\\n1870; Carrie E., Aug. 29, 1871, and died Aug. 12,\\n1880; John W., born Dec. 5, 1873; George H., Aug.\\nS, 1878; and Harriet B., April 28, 1880. All were\\nbom in this county except May E., who was born in\\nNebraska.\\nMr. Pierce enlisted for the cause of the Union, in\\nthe fall of 1861, in the Tenth Mich. Inf., and served\\nfour years. He was confined several weeks in the\\nhospital during his enlistment.\\nDuring his life he held the office of Deputy ShcrifT\\nof Midland County, Highway Commissioner, etc.\\n-+i^^\\nl^harles\\nS. Sanford, faruier, section 27,\\nelf^^^ Jerome Township, was born April 27,\\n^p iSi6, in Madison Co., N. Y., and is the son\\nt(f of Peleg P. and Annie (Skiff) Sanford. His\\nl^ mother was born in Massachusetts, and his\\nfather in the State of New York. They died\\nin Paine.sville, Ohio.\\nMr. Sanford was brought up by his grandi)arents\\nfrom earliest childhood, and he remained witii tiicm\\nuntil the death of his grandmother, which occurred\\nwhen he was 16 years old. His mother was living in\\nChautauqua Co., N. Y., and at that age he went out\\nin the vicinity and found employment as a farm\\n4al)orer and also was engaged in shoemaking. He\\nwent thence to Ashtabula County, where he was em-\\nployed at his trade about ten years. In 1864 he\\npurchased 1,000 acres of pine land in Midland\\nCounty, and 213 acres where Sanford is located. He\\nmade the purchase of Benj. Dean, and the later tract\\nwas then known as the Salt-Spring Reserve. It is\\nthe location of the first salt well in the State, and\\nthis is still flowing. Dr. Douglass Houghton, then\\nState Surveyor and Geologist, who was afterward\\ndrowned in Lake Superior, superintended the sinking\\nof the shaft. Mr. Sanford located here in May, 1864\\nand has since been resident. The place was named\\nin honor of him as original owner of its site.\\nMr. Sanford is a Republican in political sentiment,\\nand has officiated in the various local offices. He\\nhas been Township Clerk four terms. Justice of the\\nPeace 15 years, has held the offices of the school\\ndistrict, and is at present the Moderator. He is the\\nowner of a hay farm of So acres in Jerome Township.\\n1=1\\nt\\n1 I 1\\n.^::;i.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0310.jp2"}, "311": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00ab-s\u00c2\u00bb-\\nrmr\\n^W\u00c2\u00a3m T\\nry\\niii^ ji^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n3 5\\n1^\\nA\\n1\\nV\\nThe place produces immense quantities of grass, of a\\ncoarse quality.\\nMr. Sanford was married April 26, 1840, to Eliza\\nB., daiii^hter of Amos and Catiierine (Bayham) But-\\nton. Her [)arents were natives of the State of New\\nYork and died in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. She was born\\nOct. 22, 1820. Following are the names of the seven\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Sanford: Sarepta P.,\\n.\\\\nsan A., William, Adella, Ida, George and Chailes.\\nohn Windover, farmer and lumberman,\\n^|fe- resident on section 15, Homer I ownship,\\nwas born June 25, 1830, in Ontario, Can.\\nHis parents, William and Mary (Peterson)\\nWindover, were born respectively in the State\\nof New York and Province of Ontario. They\\nbelonged to the agricultural chiss, and were among\\nthe earlier settlers of Ontario. They became possess-\\nors of 200 acres of land in that province under the\\nspecial act of the English Parliament known as the\\nUeloilus Grant, which gave 200 acres of land to\\nevery settler of that year and the same amount to\\nevery child born within the year of the passage of\\nthe act. The parents died in the Dominion, each\\naged about 80 years.\\nMr. Windover obtained a fair common-school edu-\\ncation, and when he was i8 years old he was a com-\\npetent farmer, having been thoroughly instructed in\\nthe duties of that pursuit under the guidance of his\\nfather. At the age named he became his own man,\\nand left home to take charge of his own fortunes.\\nHe first engaged as a farm laborer, and later became\\ninterested in lumbering. He became possessor by\\njnirchase of 50 acres of land, on which he labored\\nsome years, but owing to a flaw in the title he was\\ndispossessed of his estate. He then spent three\\nyears on a rented farm. In June, 1873, he came to\\nMidland County, purchased property and remained\\nthree years. At the end of that time he purchased\\n160 acres of land, on which he has since resided and\\noperated, and to which he has added by later pur-\\nchase. His place is well improved and greatly in-\\ncreased in value by the skill and judgment exercised\\nin its management. Mr. Windover is a Republican\\nin pcjlitical principles. He is justly regarded as one\\nof the solid citizens of Homer I ownship, and holds\\nto a large degree the respect and esteem of the com-\\nmunity of which he is a member.\\nMr. Windover was married in December, 1848, in\\nRichmond Township, Ontario, to Elizabeth Warner,\\na native of that province, born Dec. 25, 1828. She\\nis the third of 13 children. Her father died in On-\\ntario, in 1875 is mother still resides there, aged 74\\nyears. To Mr. and Mrs. Windover have been born\\nten children, two of whom are deceased. They were\\nborn in the following order: Sarah, June 26, 1849;\\nWilliam, Jan. 17, 185 i; Mary, Nov. 12, 1852; .\\\\nna,\\nJune 12, 1854; Wesley and Whitley (twins), July 4,\\n1864: Melissa, Nov. 17, 1865; Minnie, April 18,\\n1867 Johnny and .Sophronia. The two last named\\nare not living. The parents are members of the\\nMethodist E|)iscopal Church.\\nilliam H. Tice, farmer, section 14, Homei\\nTownship, was born in Sullivan Co., N.\\nm\\\\vv-j^ -j Y., Aug. 20, 1840. He was brought up\\njfe5. to the peiiod of his legal freedom by his\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0A-iV parents, and passed the years of his minor-\\nity in obtaining an education and working on\\nthe home farm. The tide of civil war swept over the\\nland a few months prior to his 21st birthday, and Oct.\\n7, 1861, he became a soldier for the l nion. He\\nenlisted in Co. I, 56th N. Y. Vol. Inf His com-\\nmand was attaclied to the Army of the Potomac,\\nand he was in action through 12 engagements, be-\\nsides numerous skirmishes. He was discharged for\\nre -enlistment six months before the expiration of his\\ntime, and he again enrolled in the same regiment,\\nFeb. 19, 1864, as a veteran. He received his final\\nand honorable discharge in Octo .)er, 1864.\\nHe returned home and took charge of his father s\\nfarm and business, in whi:h he was occupied urrtil\\n1869. He spent several- years following in his own\\nagricultural interests, and in 1872 came to Michigan\\nand purchased 40 acres, on which he has since re-\\nsided. He has improved ten acres of his farm, and\\nerected a fine stock and grain barn. He is a zealous\\nRepublican in political connections, and has been\\nTownship Treasurer five years, in which capacity he\\nis still acting. He was recently elected Justice of\\nthe Peace, and has served several years as School\\nInspector, being Chairman of the School Board. Mr.\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\n9\\nA\\n0)\\n^^^s\\n%K I1 !I ^M^\\n\\\\^Jj", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0311.jp2"}, "312": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\nTice has been a member of the Methodist Eiiiscopal\\nChurch since he was ten years of age, and has offici-\\nated several years as Steward of the society to which\\nhe and his wife belong.\\nHe was married Feb. 25, 1869, in Ulster Co., N.\\nV Y-. to Artie, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Doolittle)\\nCudney. The parents were natives of the State of\\nNew York, of EnL;lish descent. They died in Sulli-\\nvan Co., N. Y. Mrs. Tice was born in that county,\\nApril 24, 1845, and resided with her father until her\\nmarriage, the mother having died when the daughter\\nwas tpiite young. One of the five children born to Mr.\\nand Mrs. Tice is deceased. Following is their record:\\nOrah E. was born April 24, 1870; Lulu C, Marcli\\n10, 1S72; Jennie E., May 27, 1873; Clara M., July\\n5, 1S76. An unnamed infant was born Feb. 4, 1883,\\nand died Feb. 26, following.\\non. James W. Cochrane, ex-Senator from\\nMidland County, speculator in real estate,\\nf^ etc., at Midland, is a son of James W. and\\nPermelia (McLaughlin) Cochrane, and was\\nborn in Attica, Wyoming Co., N. Y., June i,\\n1838. His father was one of the first settlers\\nin the Holland Purchase.\\nAttending school until 12, he then taught a winter\\nterm of school in his native county, receiving as com-\\npensation the attractive salary of $13 per month.\\nThen for three years he studied in the summers at\\nthe Rock River University at Mt. Morris, 111., teach-\\ning school winters.\\nReturning then to Warsaw, in his native county,\\nin New York, he entered the law office of Comstock\\nHealy. After two years of study with that firm,\\nhe was in 1S62 admitted to the Bar in Buffalo, N. Y.\\nHe practiced one year at Warsaw, and then came to\\nFreeland, Saginaw Co., this State, and followed lum-\\nbering for an equal period of time. In 1864 he\\nopened a law office at Midland, but after three years\\npractice he again engaged in lumbering, which occu-\\npied his time until 1880. For two years of this\\nperiod he was associated with Messrs. Brooks\\nAdams, of Detroit, in the ownership of extensive\\ntracts of land. In 1870, in company with John\\nHaines, he built the first mill on the line of the Flint\\nPere Marquette Railroad west of Midland. This\\nwas near Averill, and he sold out one year later.\\nBesides these enteritises, he has made several invest-\\nments on his private account.\\nAbout a mile from the city of Midland is situated\\nhis nice farm of about 180 acres, 120 improved. He\\nresided there six years, and in i88t removed to Mid-\\nland, where he is now dealing in real estate and\\npracticing law.\\nHe is a member of the Episcopal Church, and l)e-\\nlongs to the F. A. M., I. O. O. F. and R. A.\\nPolitically, he is a zealous Republican. In the fall\\nof 1878 he was nominated for State Senator, and was\\nelected, his opponents in the canvass being James K.\\nWright, Democrat, and Henry Smalley, National.\\nHe represented the 28th Senatorial District with\\ncredit for two years, and was acknowledged to be one\\nof the most able members of the upper branch of\\nMichigan s Legislature. He was Chairman of the\\nCommittee on Public Lands, and a member of the\\nCommittees on State Prison, Insurance, and Towns\\nand Counties and was appointed from the north\\npart of the State on the Special Joint Committee for\\nthe Revision of the Tax Laws. The work of this\\ncommittee was the most important that was brought\\nbefore that session. He has taken an active part in\\npolitics in Midland County, and in 1876 stumped\\nthe northern part of the State for Hayes and\\nWheeler. He has been Chairman of the Republican\\nCounty Committee, and has held several important\\nlocal offices, among them Supervisor and Justice of\\nthe Peace.\\nAug. 3, 1869, in Wethersfield Springs, Wyoming\\nCo., N. Y he was joined in wedlock with Miss\\nHelen E. Webster, daughter of Abel and Caroline\\n(Doolittle) Webster. Mrs. Cochrane was born in\\nWethersfield Springs, April 5, 1844, and was reared\\nin Warsaw, in her native county. She received a\\nnormal training, in addition to the usual common-\\nschool education, and graduated Jan. 30, 1862. She\\nwas the youngest member of her class, and was one\\nof five selected to read at the graduation exercises.\\nSee then became a preceptress in the Genesee and\\nWyoming Seminary at Alexander, Genesee Co., N.\\nY., where she taught for one school year. The\\nensuing two years she taught mathematics, in the\\nCary Collegiate Seminary at Oakfield, N. Y. In 1864\\nand 1865, slie was Vice Principal of Cottage Hill\\nSeminary at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and then for four\\nC\\nC\\nl-\\\\\u00c2\u00ae))^^fl\\nft\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^^-^^mi^iiiif^A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0312.jp2"}, "313": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0313.jp2"}, "314": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0314.jp2"}, "315": {"fulltext": "zJ^^ crvC^nn^iiuy^v\\n^^((\u00c2\u00aeV(M\\nMID LAND COUMTY\\n(4\\nyears she was Vice-Principal and teacher of higher\\nmathematics in the Mary Institute at Carhsle, Pa.\\nShe resigned her position in this institution to be-\\ncome the bride of Mr. Cochrane, harles E. is the\\nonly son by this marriage, and was born at Midland,\\nMarch 20, 1875.\\nhomas J. Carpenter, dealer in real estate\\ni at Midland, was born July 15, 1807, in\\nWheatland (then) Genesee Co., N. Y. He\\nis the son of Powell and Lucy (Kellam) Car-\\npenter, and was reared as a farmer s son, obtain-\\ning his education in the common schools.\\nIn 1 83 1 he came to the Peninsular State. He\\nbought 320 acres of oak openings in Orion Town-\\nship, Oakland County, and cleared 200 acres, forming\\na first-class farm. In 1S55 he bought 400 acres of\\nland in the western part of Midland County, lying\\non the Chipjiewa river, to which he added by subse-\\nquent purchase until his aggregated real estate\\namounted to 3,000 acres, of which he still retains\\nabout 2,500 acres. In 1S59 he bought a half interest\\nin a saw-mill in the eastern part of the village of\\nMidland, in company with A. W. Thompson. A\\nshingle mill was added to this, and six years later\\nthe entire establishment was burned, involving a loss\\nto Mr. Carpenter of $2,000. In 1859 he bought 160\\nacres of land, now included in the site of Midland\\nand constituting the northeastern portion of the\\nvillage. It was platted in i860, and includes 120\\nacres in extent. In i860 Mr. Carpenter disposed of\\nhis property in Oakland Co. He has held numerous\\ntownship offices, and has been closely identified with\\nschool interests since his settlement in the county.\\nMr. Carpenter was married May 7, 183 1, in Mont-\\ngomery County, N. Y., to Juliette Clarke. Siie was\\nborn February 10, 1805, in the State of New York,\\nand is the diughter of Samuel Clarke. Of seven\\nchildren born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, five are\\nliving. Delia, wife of Alfred Owen of Kansas (who\\ndied in Kansas, March, 1884), was born Feb. 14,\\n1832; Sylvia P. (Mrs. B. F. Thome, residing at\\nBay City) was born Jan. 12, 1835 Powell, a farmer\\nin Orion, Oakland County, was born Feb. 8, 1837\\nSamuel C.,born June 7, 1839, is a carpenter in Mid-\\nland Stephen I., born Dec. 28, 1841, died Dec. 27,\\n1842; Juliette C, born Sept. 29, 1844, is the wife of\\nJames Van Kleek, of Midland. TJiomas J., born\\nJune 26, 1850, died Sept. 19, i854- I he mother\\ndied eight days after the death of the youngest child.\\nMr. Carpenter was a second time married May 26,\\n1856, to Catherine Casamer, daughter of Isaac and\\nPrudence (Buchner) Casamer, born in Greenville,\\nSussex Co., N. J., Jan. 15, 183 1. Mr. Carpenter has\\nbeen a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church\\nsince 1S27; his wife has been a member of the\\nsame religious body since 1847.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Carpenter, which appears on\\nthe opposite page, is that of a pioneer citizen of\\nMidland City and County.\\n^t rl^\\nSi^^fiC\\nrancis J. Barry, proprietor of the Sherwood\\nEJjijP House, Midland, is the son of John and\\nf fS Frances Barry, and was born in County\\n3 Fermanagh, Ireland, April 29, 1842. He\\nlearned the trade of cigar-maker, and wiien 15\\nyears old came to Toronto, Can. Tlience he\\nwent to Georgian Bay, where he had an uncle on a\\nfarm, and two years later returned to Toronto, fol-\\nlowing his trade of cigar-maker.\\nIn 1865 he came to Detroit, and in 1867 to Sagi-\\nnaw City, in this latter place being for seven and a\\nhalf years foreman in a cigar manufactory. Tlie en-\\nsuing three years he was in the same business at\\nSaginaw for his own profit; and in September, 1877,\\nlie came to Midland City and opened a saloon. This\\nhe conducted until November, 1881. At that time\\nhe began the erection of the Sherwood House in com-\\npany with William Sherwood, and in April following\\nthe house was oi)ened to the public. It is a three-\\nstory brick, 50 by 80 feet in size, with cellar 35 by 40\\nfeet, containing 21 single apartments and 16 double\\nrooms; and having a large stable attached. A car-\\nriage goes to all trains, carrying passengers to the\\nhotel free, or to any part of the city for 25 cents and\\nhorses are also boarded and sold at this stable. Since\\nMay, 1882, Mr. Barry has been alone in the manage-\\nment of the hotel, wliich has a good reputation, and\\ndoes a thriving business, all well deserved.\\nHe was first married in Detroit, April i, 1865, lo\\nMiss Margaret Parrett, a native of Canada. To iliis\\nmairiage were given two cliildrcn Richard\\nVS^\\n9\\nh\\n11=1\\n1=:\\n4\\nI\\neA 3D mm", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0315.jp2"}, "316": {"fulltext": "?r^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^tK-^B 0^ D ilri v-6 :2\\n4^^f\\n320\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nat Detroit, May i, 1866; and Ulysses G., born in\\nSiiginaw C ity, June 15, 1871. Mrs. B. died in the\\nlatter city. He was wedded to his present wife in\\nMihon, Hohoii Co., Can., May 29, 1877. Her maiden\\nname was Hannah L. Sherwood, and she was born\\nin Holton Townshiii, Holton Co., Can. By this mar-\\nriage Mr. Barry has a daughter, Harriet F., born at\\nSaginaw t ity. Tidy 25, 1878; and a son, Thompson\\nG., born at Midland, Nov. 13, 1879; and an un-\\nnamed son born June 20, 1884.\\nMr. Barry owns a liouse and lot in the east part of\\nthe village, five lots on Ellsworth Street and two lots\\nand a half near his hotel. He is a member of the\\nRoyal Arcanum and the Knights of Maccabees.\\nPoliticallv, he is a staunch Republican.\\nWS\\ni( 7i\\nr?Yfi S\\n^ohn Roberson, farmer on section 32, Jas-\\nper Township, was born in Washington Co.,\\nN. v., July 8, 1849. His father, Martin\\nRoberson, a native of New Vori lived in that\\n^C^ State all his life, engaged in farming, and died\\nJan. 12, 1872, aged 55. His mother, Sarah J.\\n(Cook) Roberson, was born in Ireland, came to this\\ncountry when 12 years old, and now resides, in good\\nheahh, at the age of 57, with her son.\\nThe subject of this biography was reared on a\\nfarm, received an academic education, and on ar-\\nriving at his majority began teaching. For five win-\\nters he had charge of schools in Saratoga and Wash-\\nington Counties, working on the farm during the sum-\\nmers. In March, 187 8, he left his native county\\nand came to Rose Township, Oakland Co., Mich.,\\nand one year later he removed to Springfield Town-\\nship, same county. In December, [879, he came to\\nthis county and purchased So acres of heavily tim-\\nbered land in Jasper Township, where iris mother,\\ntwo brothers, a sister and himself established their\\nhome. He has imjiroved 40 acres, and built the nec-\\nessary farm buildings, and is making creditable prog-\\nress in developing a fine farm. He has taught two\\nwinters in this county. He is in political sentiment\\na Republican, and has held the offices of Justice of\\nthe Peace and School Inspector. His mother is a\\nmember of the Baptist Church. He has two sisters\\nand two brothers. Mary E. was born May 31, 1852\\nMartha J., Sept. 5, 1857 (now married and residing\\nin Ionia County) Martin, Feb. 24, 1859; WilHam\\nC, Nov. 2, 1865.\\nV\u00c2\u00a9\\n-ie.*\\ndward McGowan, farmer, section 26, ivlt.\\n^L Haley rownshi|), was born May 6, 1841,\\nft -t\u00c2\u00ae^ in Lanark Co., Ont. His parents, Patrick\\nand Mary (Drummond) McGowan, were na-\\ntives of Ireland and belonged to the race known\\nas Scotch-Irish. They emigrated to the New\\nWorld with their parents in early life, and married\\nlater in the Dominion, where they spent their lives,\\nboth dying about 1843. Their family consisted of\\nfive sons and two daughters.\\nMr. McGowan is the youngest child of his parents,\\nand was between two and three years of age when\\nthey were removed by death. He was taken in\\ncharge by a paternal uncle, who cared for him until\\nhe was 15 years old. He s|)ent his time at school\\nand as assistant on his uncle s farm. At that age he\\nbegan life for himself, and set out in his single-handed\\nstruggle with the world as a log-driver on the river\\nTay in Ontario. Later he went to St. Paul, Minn.,\\nand thence to Minneapolis. His next destination\\nwas Henderson, in the same State, and he spent the\\nensuing three years at different points in the Minne-\\nsota Valley. He proceeded thence to .\\\\rkansas,\\nwhere he suffered severe illness from fever. In i860\\nhe went to Ohio, and in the fall of the same year he\\nreturned to the place of his nativity, where, two years\\nafterward, he was married. The event occurred Aug.\\n18, 1862, when Catherine Carey became his wife.\\nShe was born June 29, 1840, in Ontario. To Mr.\\nand Mrs. McGowan, 14 children have been born, five\\nof whom are deceased. Their names are Mary E.,\\nAnn E., Edward J., Thomas J., James P. and John\\nJ. (twins), Patrick H., William F. and Leo. Peter\\n(ist), James and John (twins), Peter (2d) and P lor-\\nence A. are deceased.\\nTwo years after marriage Mr. and Mrs. McGowan\\ncame to East Saginaw, wherejhe worked as a fireman\\nin a saw-mill. In the fall of 1868 he came to Mid-\\nland County and entered a homestead claim of 160\\nacres of wild land on section 26 of this township.\\nHe was the first permanent settler in the south half\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r\\n5\\ng^4^r|-\\n-^?II!]^DDvt\\n-1^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0316.jp2"}, "317": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\nT\\nA\\ni\\nV\\nof Mt. Haley. The nearest neighbors were four miles\\ndistant, and the staple product of the county\\nseemed to lie water, a fact owing to its flat surface.\\nHe has cleared and improved 35 acres of his farm.\\nThe family aie Roman Catholics in religious be-\\nlief. Mr. McClowan is a pronounced Republican in\\nhis political views; he has been Township Clerk\\nseveral years, and in 1S79 was elected Supervisor,\\nwhich office he has lield ever since, and to which he\\nwas once previously elected.\\nJ;!P^ r^T ohn A. Wayne, farmer and lumberman\\n.J lf- ^T section 10, Porter Township, was born in\\nharlotteville, Norfolk Co., Ont., Jan. 20)\\n1850. When 17 years old he went to Mil-\\njr wankee, Wis., ar.d thence to East Saginaw, where\\nhe engaged to go into the lumber woods of\\nSaginaw County, and he continued in that employ-\\nment two years, when he came to Midland County\\nand again operated as a lumberman. In March,\\n1880, he purchased a farm of 40 acres situated on\\nPine River. Of this, 25 acres are now under culti-\\nvation.\\nMr. Wayne is a Republican in political sentiment.\\nHe was married Aug. 30, 1874, in Mt. Haley Town-\\nshi|i, to Martha E. Timmons. She was born Aug.\\n23, 1856, ill Macomb Co., Mich. Her parents re-\\nmoved to Midland County with their family when\\nshe was 1 2 years old, and are both deceased. Of\\nthis union live children have been born, four of whom\\ndied in infancy. The sole surviving child is named\\nArchie A. Wayne.\\n\u00c2\u00bb\u00c2\u00abe\\nV/\\nJ: ^\\\\i E. Oswald, farmer on section 30, Jasper\\nk l ownshi|), was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio,\\n^fv\u00c2\u00a7^ Jan. 25, 1854. His parents, Jonathan and\\nCatharine (Gamber) Oswald, were natives of\\nOiiio, and respectively of English and Pennsyl-\\nvania-German descent. The father, a farmer\\nand mechanic, died in Ohio, April 14, 1882. The\\nmother died in the same State, Feb. 28, 1884. Their\\nfamily numbered 12, 1 i of whom are now living.\\nThe eighth of these, and fourth son, remained at\\nhome until 20 years old, and then began work at\\nblacksmithing, in which trade he had served a two\\nyears apprenticeship. This occupation not being\\nsuited to his health, he abandoned it, and de-\\nvoted his time to farming and to carpentry. In\\nAugust, 1876, he came with his brother to this county\\nand purchased 40 acres on section 19, Jasper. He\\nsold this in the fall of 1880 and established a restau-\\nrant at St. Louis, which he managed six months. He\\nthen came back to Jasper Township and purchased\\n40 acres on section 30, where he has since made his\\nhome. He has improved ten acres.\\nNov. 10, 1880, he was united in marriage to Miss\\nLucy Depue, daughter of William T. and Sarah C.\\nDepue. She was born in Jasper Township, Oct. 18,\\n1863, and lived at home until her marriage, being\\neducated in the common school, and also at the St.\\nLouis High School.\\nMr. Oswald has been Township Treasurer two\\nyears. Highway Commissioner one year, and has\\nserved in various minor offices. He votes the Re- C\\npublican ticket.\\nJ5o~\\ni\\nh\\nSlj^^Jfndrew Hannah, farmer and lumberman,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^Kia/WP ijt-Qtion 24, Porter Township, was born Jan.\\nI, 18 1 9, in Ayrshire, Scotland. His father,\\nAndrew Hannah, who was a native of the\\n\\\\g same shire, and a spinner and weaver by voca-\\n1 tion, died in 1S22, when he, the son, was but\\nthree years of age, and on the death of his father he\\nwas taken in charge by his paternal grandfather. He\\nwas brought to America by the latter when he was\\neight years of age, and all trace of his mother is lost.\\nHis grandfather died in Ontario, Canada.\\nMr. Hannah went when he was 19 years old to\\nUpper Canada, where he remained until he was 28\\nyears old, engaged in the various departments of\\nlumbering. He was first married to Mary A. Han-\\nnah, who was born in the State of New York about\\nthe year r828. She afterward went to Upper Cana-\\nda, where she lived until her marriage. She died in\\nSeptember, 1857, in Haldimand Co., Can., and is now /p)\\nsurvived by four of the six children of whom she\\nwas the mother. Mr. Hannah came to East Sagi-\\nnaw in 1865, where he was married to Mrs. Sophia\\n(Hannah) Hale, who was boVn Nov. 3, 1834, in Up-\\nper Canada. Her mother died when she was six\\nyears old, and she spent her time in self-support and\\n1. -a\\n^^c^iinsniif^^^r^-", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0317.jp2"}, "318": {"fulltext": "7 ^nii:g(ii]f v\\ni^^( ^X:(\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a232i\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nW.\\n^m\\nJ\\nf\\nwith her father until 1857, when she became the\\nwife of Richard Hale. She was widowed the follow-\\ning year. Two years after the second marriage of\\nMr. Hannah, he removed to Midland County and\\nentered a homestead claim of 160 acres of timbered\\nland. Of this he has placed 20 acres under improve-\\nments, and his farm has proved the wisdom of his\\nchoice, as its soil is of the best character.\\nMr. Hannah is a Republican in political principles,\\nand has held the position of Justice of the Peace\\nthree years has occupied the various school offices.\\nThe family are Presbyterians in religious convictions.\\nCharles, born March 27, 1867 Christenia, Aug. 2,\\n1872; Jennie, Dec. 16, 1875; Frederick, Sept. 24,\\n1877, are the names of the children born of the\\nsecond marriace of Mr. and Mrs. Hannah.\\nohn Gorman, farmer and blacksmith, resi-\\nJ^^Ik dent on section 36, Mt. Haley Township,\\nswi^ y \\\\vas born in Ireland, July 30, 1832, and\\nemigrated to the New World when he was less\\nthan ten years old, brought hither by his par-\\nents, who made their first location in Ontario,\\nDominion of Canada. He became the master of his\\nown forcnnes wlien he was 15 years old, and was\\nvariously employed until he was 20 years old, when\\nhe went to Cleveland, Ohio, and found employment\\nin the blacksmith shops of that city, oiierating as as-\\nsistant for five years in that vocation. He then came\\nto Detroit, where he took a fire in a shop and re-\\nmained in the position about t2 years. At the ex-\\npiration of that time, he went to East Saginaw and\\nwas similarly engaged until 1S76. In that year he\\ncame to Midland County and became the proprietor\\nby purchase of 40 acres of partly improved land. Of\\nthis, 20 acres are noiv under cultivation. Since his\\nresidence in Mt. Haley Township, he has devoted\\nmost of the winter seasons to the pursuit of his trade\\nat East Saginaw.\\nHis marriage to Maria N. Clancy occurred March\\n4, 1862, at Detroit. She is a native of Ireland, and\\nwas born Sept. 29, 1837. Her parents came to\\nAmerica when she was ten years old. Of eight chil-\\ndren born of her marriage four survive Lizzie, John\\nH., May and Willie. Mr. Gorman is a Democrat in\\npolitical connection; the family are members of the\\nRoman Catholic Church.\\neorge W. Van Wegen, farmer on section\\n31, Larkin Townsliip, is a son of Daniel\\nand Mary (C uykcndall) Van Wegen, na-\\nyj^ tives of Cayuga Co., N. Y., and was born in\\nAllegany Co., N. Y., May 22, 1830. He was\\nI reared in that State and in Pennsylvania,\\nwhither his parents removed, and his home was in\\nthe Keystone State until 1880. He then came to\\nSaginaw County, this Slate, where he lived one year;\\nand in January, 1S82, he came to Midland County\\nand purchased 80 acres in Larkin Township. Here\\nhe now resides, and he has subdued to cultivation\\n25 acres.\\nJune 6, 1S54, in Jefferson Co., Pa., he took as the\\nlife partner of his sorrows and joys Miss Cinderella\\nMunger, daughter of Charles and Rachel (Cutler)\\nMunger, natives of the State of New York. She was\\nborn in Livingston County, that State, Sept. 27, 1837.\\nThe six children now belonging to this family are\\nnamed Willard W., Henry H., Elmer N., Grace D.,\\nMay B. and Charles N.\\nMr. Yan W. supports the Republican party, and\\nhas been School Director. He and wife are mem-\\nbers of the Methodist Ejiiscopal Churcli.\\n;$Jharles M. Parmelee, farmer, section 36,\\n^llifpfa^ Ingersoll Townshii), is a son of Harry\\n^1^ and Elizabeth (Freeman) Parmelee, natives\\nm of New Hampshire. The former died in In-\\nj gersoU Township, Oct. 29, 1872, and the\\nlatter in Marshalltown, Iowa, July 30, 1882.\\nCharles M. was born in Wayne o., Mich., A\\\\n\\n21, 1837; from 14 to 19 years of age he lived in\\nWindsor, Ont., employed in a machine shop for three\\nyears and two years as engineer on the (ireat West-\\nern Railroad; then for two years he ran nn engine\\nfrom Rouse s Point in Vermont to White River\\nTunction. Returning to Michigan, he enlisted, Nov. i\\n1S61, in the Brady Sharpshooters, which was made\\nthe 11th Company of the 16th Mich. Inf, and he\\nI\\n9\\nc^:\\nv/\\nfr\\nrv^^^#-\\n^[l!l^^^D^\\n-a.^.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0318.jp2"}, "319": {"fulltext": "l 5\u00c2\u00ab^^\\nraCJ^\\n:^~N\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n1\\ni^\\n1=1\\nI\\nserved three years. At the battle of Cold Harbor he\\nwas taken prisoner, but remained in the enemy s\\nhands only about eight liours, when he was re-cap-\\ntured by Gen. Custer s forces. He was in 22 engage-\\nments, prominent among which were the battles of\\nBig Bethel, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, second Bull\\nRun, Antietam, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg, siege of\\nYorktown, Siiarpsburg, etc. He was able for duty\\nevery day while in the service.\\nAfter the war he returned to Michigan, but soon\\nwent to Chicago, where he had charge of the tele-\\ngraph lines from that city to Quincy, 111., for two\\nyears. He then went to Cleveland, Ohio, and had\\ncharge of the United States lines from Chicago to\\nBuffalo for nearly a year. Next, he was employed\\nby the Western Union Telegraph Company about a\\nyear, having his headquarters at Dunkirk, N. Y.\\nThen he kei)t a grocery in Saginaw County, this\\nState, almost two years sold out and passed a winter\\nin Chicago; disposed of an improved farm which he\\nowned near Mendota, III.; and .finally, in March,\\n1870, he came to Midland County and purchased 80\\nacres of land in Ingersoll Township, where he has\\nsince lived, and now has almost 70 acres improved.\\nIn politics, Mr. Parmelee is independent.\\nHe was married in Saginaw Co., Mich., July 4,\\n1865,10 Elizabeth, daughter of William and Ann\\nGlover, tiie former a native of Scotland and the latter\\nof Ireland. Mrs. P. was born in Cincinnati, O.,\\nDec. 25, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Parmelee are the\\nparents of five children, namely: Charles H Chira\\nM., Otis S., Annie I,, and George A. Tlie first two\\nare deceased.\\nohn Salsbury, farmer, section 16, Jasper\\nf Township, was born in Camden Township;\\nOntario, July 30, 1845. His parents, Luke\\nand Sarah (Lee) Salsluiry, were natives also of\\n]L the Dominion, and are now deceased, the\\nformer departing this life in 1879, at the age of\\n76, and the latter in 1881, aged 68: father was a\\nfarmer.\\nIn the above family of four sons and five daugh-\\nters, the subject of this sketch was the eighth. He\\nlived with jiis parents, assisting on the farm and\\nattending the common school, until he was 27 years\\nof age, when he was married, in DeKalb Co., 111.,\\nMay 5, 1873, to Miss Mercy Davis, a daughter of E.\\nR. and Matilda (Huff) Davis, natives of Ontario,\\nand of German and French descent. Mrs. S. was\\nborn June 22, t85o. She and Mr. S. are parents of\\none child. May, born April 2, 1876.\\nDirectly after marriage Mr. Salsbury came to Bay\\nCo., Mich., and a year later to this county, settling\\non his present place. Of his original purchase of\\n160 acres he now owns 120 acres, of wiiich 45 is in a\\ngood state of cultivation; has also two barns and\\ntwo dwellings on his place. He is laying well the\\nfoundations of a good home. He has held several\\noffices in his township, and in his political principles\\nhe is a Republican.\\n000\\noc5o~\\nJ soil Township, is a son of Frederick and\\nBetsey (Hoisted) Hare, who were natives\\nWk, of the Empire State, moved to Lenawee Co.,\\nMich., then to Hillsdale County, where they\\n5 lived the remainder of their days.\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Onondaga\\nCo., N. Y., April 15, 1828. In the fall of 1853, when\\nhe was 26 years of age, he came to Michigan and\\npurchased a farm in Hillsdale County, and, after\\ncultivating that place two years, he sold out and re-\\nturned to New York State. In April, 1856, he\\nbought 80 acres of unimproved land in Ingersoll\\nTownship, on which he settled two years later. He\\nnow has about 30 acres in good cultivation. He\\nalso purchased 88 acres in Saginaw County, which\\nhe afterward disposed of. In the fall of 1882 he\\nbought a saw-mill in Saginaw County, which he\\noperated until May, 1883.\\nMr. Hare has been County Superintendent of the\\nPoor three years, Township Treasurer eight years,\\nJustice of the Peace eight years and School Director\\nthree years. He entertains Republican views of\\nnational affairs, and both himself and wife belong to\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nIn the fall of 1864, Mr. Hare enlisted in the 29th\\nMich. Inf. and served until he was honorably dis-\\ncharged after the close of the war, at Camp Douglas,\\nnear Chicago. At the battle of Decatur, Ala., he\\nwas taken sick, and was confined in the hospital most\\nK^\\neeatur A. Hare, farmer, section ^6, Inger-\\njL^\\n^mnm", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0319.jp2"}, "320": {"fulltext": "-6V\\n324\\n3\\nof the lime afterward until the dale of his discharge.\\nOct. lo, 1849, in Niagara Co., N. Y., Mr. Hare\\nwas married to Miss Jeannette F., daughter of\\nGeorge and Julia (Stebbins) Brown, lier father a na-\\ntive of New Hampshire and her motiier of Con-\\nnecticut. She was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct.\\n17, 1827. Mr. and Mrs. Hare are the parents of\\neight children; the four living are Mary J., George\\nF., Asahel M. and Willie S.; and the deceased are\\nElizabeth A., Willie D., Josejjh C. and an infant.\\n4 lv^j, tephen D. Trowbridge, farmer on section\\nb_ 36, Hojie Township, was born m Arcadia\\nTownsliip, Ontario (now Wayne) Co., N.\\nY., June 15, 1813, the son of Eli and Anna\\n(Dunwell) Trowbridge. His father was of En-\\nglish-German descent, and died in Solon,\\nOhio, aged 84 his mother was of mixed English,\\nScotch and Welsh blood, and died in Warrensville,\\nOhio, when 69 years old. They were the parents of\\nfive children, all of whom are living. Their names\\nare Stephen, Phiebe, Cornelia V., Samuel A. and\\nLucretia V. Of these Ste|)hen is the eldest.\\nHe was reared on tlie paternal farm, and lived\\nwith his father until of age, moving when 19 years\\nold with his father to Solon, Ohio, where they settled\\non a farm of roo acres. On atlaiiiing his majority,\\nhe endeavored to improve his mind by attending\\nschool, teaching in the winter seasons. He attended\\nthe academy in Lyons, Wayne Co., N. Y., for a time,\\nbut most of his education was received in the com-\\nmon school. He planned a thorough course of\\nstudy for himself, but owing to feeble health was\\nforced to abandon this.\\nHe purchased a farm of 44 acres in Solon, Ohio,\\nsoon after he was of age. His wife yet owns 15\\nacres of that same tract. James A. Garfield (late\\nPresident) gave her $1,000 to build a house on the\\nsame. On this farm Mr. Trowbridge kept a small\\ndairy of 15 cows, and dealt in cheese. He was\\nfinancially unfortunate, and lost all his land except\\nthe 15 acres mentioned above. He lived on this\\nplace from 1834 to i86i.\\nIn the year last mentioned he enlisted in Co. K,\\n2d Ohio Vol. Cav. His regiment was on duty near\\nFort Scott, in Eastern Kansas. He was mustered\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nout at Camp Chase, Ohio, in 1863. His son, Melvin\\nM., was in tlie same com[)any, but was mustered out\\nprevious to the close of his term of enlistment, on ac-\\ncount of sickness.\\nReturning from the army, Mr. T. cultivated for\\none year the little farm in Solon, and then, in 1864,\\ncame to Midland County. Here he filed his claim\\nto a tract of land under the Homestead Act. He\\nthen went back to Ohio. Returning to this county\\nin the spring of 1865, he made some maple sugar,\\nand then set about makmg a permanent home. He\\nhas since resided here, with the exception of occa-\\nsional visits to Ohio.\\nJuly 30, 1837, was the date of his marriage, in\\n.Solon, Ohio, to Miss Mehitabe B. Garfield, daughter\\nof Abram and Eliza (Ballon) Garfield, and sister of\\nthe late martyr President. .She was born Jan. 28,\\n1 82 1, in Independence, Ohio, and was the eldest of\\nfour in her father s family, whose names were Mehit-\\nabel, Thomas, Mary and James A.\\nMr. and Mrs. Trowbridge have become the parents\\nof four children, as follows .\\\\nna E., born Sept.\\n12, 1838, in Orange, Ohio; Mary E., March 4, 1840,\\nin Solon, Ohio; Melvin M., Nov. 14, 1845, in .Solon,\\nand died March 9, 1864, in Bridgeport, Ala., having\\nre-enlisted in the ist Mich. Mech. and Eng; Alta\\nEstella, Sept. 11, i860, in Solon, and married to John\\nHawkins, in December, 1880.\\nMr. Trowbridge is in political faitlr a member of\\nthe National patrv. He is very progressive in liis\\nviews, and has always taken a brave stand for what\\nlie believed lo be right. He has been Township\\nClerk and School Inspector, and was elected Justice\\nof the Peace, but did not qualify. He is a memlier\\nof the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, and his wife\\nof the Disci|)les Church. Mr. I w.ts tlie tutor of\\nGen. Garfield when the latler was 16 vears old.\\nraneis Oliver, farmer, sec. 26, Porter Town-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vikE J, sliii), was born Ai)ril 24, 1820, in Yorkshire,\\nS^ J ia-i where his parents, William and\\n^i^ Rachel (Hutty) Oliver, were born. They emi-\\nk^ grated to Canada, where the father died, in\\nI 1876, at the age of 84 years. The mother died\\na few years ago near Port Huron, Mich., aged about\\n80 years. Their family included four daughters and\\nV^\\nA\\nc^:\\nK\\n^n!igDii;\\nCi.\\n-f^^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0320.jp2"}, "321": {"fulltext": "f\\ni\\ni\\n1\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-e\u00c2\u00aeS\\nl^^((sV\u00c2\u00a7\\n325\\ntwo sons. Two of the former and one of the latter\\nare dead.\\nMr. Oliver was the eldest child of his parents and\\nlived at home assisting on the farm of his father un-\\ntil he was of age. On attaining liis majority he\\ncame to St. Thomas, Ont., where he became the\\nowner of 100 acres of land and pursued the calling\\nof a farmer until the fall of 1873, when he came to\\nMichigan and purchased 40 acres of land in Porter\\nTownship, where he has since devoted liis attention\\nto his interests as an agriculturist. He has improved\\n30 acres and increased the material value of the\\nplace by the addition of suitable farm buildings.\\nMr. Oliver is a Democrat in his political relations,\\nand has been the incumbent of the various offices in\\nhis school district.\\nHe was married in January, 1851, to Ann Maugh-\\ney. She is a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, and\\nwas born in July, 1827. .She came when in girlhood\\nto Canada with her parents. Ten children have\\nbeen born of her marriage, named as follows\\nCatherine, Rachel, Dinah, John, Ellen, Anna, Alice,\\nMary A., Samuel and Francis. The four last named\\nare dead. The daughters are ail married except\\nAnna.\\nilliam L. Stearns, real-estate broker, resi-\\ndent at Midland City, was born March\\njm:r r\\\\ 3\u00c2\u00b0 i ^3\u00c2\u00b0 i Brunswick, Medina t o., Ohio,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^kSi, d is a son of Daniel and Mary (Mclntyre)\\nStearns. His parents were both of New En-\\n,laiid origin. The former was born Sept. 29,\\n1795, the latter Jan. .S, 1797. They were married\\nDec. 27, 1826, at Wadsworth, Medina Co., Ohio.\\nThe paternal grandparents of Mr. Stearns, John and\\nLucy Stearns, removed to Medina County vi ith their\\nfamily and entered vigorously into pioneer labor in\\nthe township of Brunswick, where they were among\\nthe firstof the permanent settlers. To that date, previ-\\nous comers had made their way to their new homes\\nwitho.\\\\ teams. The transit of the family and effects of\\nthe Stearns household was effected by means of a\\ntwo-horse team, driven by Daniel Stearns from Cleve-\\nland, where they left the boat, to Medina ounty.\\nThese were the first horses driven into Medina\\nCounty. The Mclntyre family were also pioneers of\\nthat County.\\nThe family of John Stearns included six sons and\\none daughter: John M. and Lucy M., eldest born,\\nwere twins; William L., Frank M., David E., Daniel\\nM. and Charles W. are the names of the others, and\\nare all living, except the eldest son, who died in\\n1S61, and the father of Mr. Stearns, whose demise\\noccurred Jan. 2, 1873, at Berea, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio,\\nwhither he had removed with his family in 1844.\\nHe was a farmer all his life, but from his tem[)era-\\nment and abilities was eminently fitted for a pioneer.\\nThe mother of Mr. Stearns is yet living.\\nThe subject of this sketch.was reared on a farm\\nand remained at home as his father s assistant until\\nhe was of age. At 21 years old he connected him-\\nself with a construction corps on the Cleveland\\nColumbus Railroad, and, after its completion,\\nengaged in its service as a fireman. He acted in\\nthat capacity on the engine that drew the first pass-\\nenger train over the road. He was in the same\\nemployment about two years, during whicji time he\\nreceived a severe injury. While engaged in firing\\non the leading engine, which, in connection with an-\\nother, was drawing a heavy freight train into the city\\not Cleveland, the boiler of the auxiliary engine burst,\\nkilling the engineers on both, and nearly scalping\\nMr. Stearns. This is believed to be one of the first\\naccidents from a locomotive boiler explosion on\\nrecord. It occurred in 1846. He was disabled two\\nmonths. He followed railroading about 12 years,\\noperating chiefly in the capacity of engineer..\\nIn 1858 Mr. Stearns embarked in a mercantile\\nenterprise at Berea, in which he was still interested\\nwhen the culmination of partisan issues, created by\\nthe misguided and infuiiated South, merged into civil\\nwar. In 1862, when the rebel forces in Kentucky,\\nunder Gen. Bragg, threatened the invasion of Cin-\\ncinnati, Gov. Tod made a requisition for volunteers\\nfor the defense of the city. One of its results was\\nthe organization, of an independent company of\\nsharpshooters, comprising over 100 picked men,\\nunder Capt. G. M. Barber. They were designated\\nSquirrel Hunters, for obvious reasons. (Riflemen\\nunderstand the technical skill recpiiredin the pastime\\nof squirrel-shooting, which is general in the Buckeye\\nState.) Mr. Stearns left his business to enroll in the\\ncompany, and on its organization was made Orderly\\nSergeant. The service continued two weeks, and on\\nits dismemberment Gov. Tod conferred upon each of\\nits members a card, bearing the device of a squirrel\\nii\\n%:^.\u00c2\u00bbm\\\\ir", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0321.jp2"}, "322": {"fulltext": "T\\n^DIl^;DDr\\nv O\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-#^(^^V^I\\nV\\nf\\nand containing his certified statement of his appre-\\nciation of their action in responding to his summons.\\nIn the fall of the same year Mr. Stearns again en-\\nlisted, enrolling in the Fifth Ohio Vol. Inf. He was\\nin a company of sharpshooters under his former\\nCaptain (Barber), which was detailed as guard at tiie\\nheadquarters of Gen. Rosecrans.\\nAfter the engagement at Missionary Ridge, Mr.\\nStearns was ordered to Cleveland on recruiting\\nservice, with a commission as Second Lieutenant.\\nHe enlisted 40 recruits for three companies of shar[)-\\nshooters, and organized two full companies. He re-\\nmained in Cleveland until Gen. Burnside was ordered\\nto the Potomac, when he joined his command, re-\\nceiving a commission as Captain of Co. G, 6oth\\nOhio Vol., his command and that of the second\\ncompany which he had enlisted, doing duty as flank\\n[juard. Capt. Stearns took his position April 20,\\nT864, and was a participant in all the engagements\\nuntil tlie fall of Richmond, when he resigned. He\\nwas made Major Aug. 20, 1864, after the battle of\\nStone Tavern, W. Va. He went through the entire\\nperiod of his service with but slight injury. During\\nthe siege of Petersburg he sustained a slight womid.\\nOn obtaining his release from the service of the\\nUnited States, he returned to Ohio and resumed his\\nbusiness, which he continued until 1874. He had\\nmerged his commercial relations in the hardware\\ntrade, and at the date named he opened an office for\\ntraffic in real estate. He continued to conduct his\\noperations in that line until Oct. i, 1883, when he\\nopened his present business at Midland. He had\\nbeen a heavy land-holder in the county since 1875,\\nwhen he bought about 6,000 acres of land. He has,\\nsince that date, operated heavily in real estate in\\nMidland County, and still owns about 2,000 acres of\\nfarming lands, one-half of which is situated in the\\ntownship of Midland, near the county seat. He is\\nthe proprietor of the Mineral Spring property on\\nLarkin Street, and owns in connection therewith the\\nboarding and bath houses. The water is justly cele-\\nbrated fot its medicinal properties and enjoys a large\\npatronage. Mr. Stearns handles all kinds of ]irop-\\nerty, personal as well as real estate, and manages an\\nexchange business. He owns three dwellings and\\nseveral building lots in Berea, Ohio, also a homestead\\nlot and a number of vacant lots at Cleveland. He\\nalso owns property in the city of Ft. Wayne, Ind.\\nHis residence at Midland is attached to the bath\\nhouse near the springs. He is a member of the\\nOrder of Masonry and of the Odd Fellows.\\nMr. Stearns was married in 1854, in Berea, Ohio,\\nto Sarah Caswell. She died at Wellsville, Ohio,\\nleaving a son, who is now deceased. Mr. Stearns\\nwas a second time married, in Wellsville, to Mattie,\\ndaughter of John and Ann (Malin) Lawrence. Slie\\nwas born in Wellsville, March 31, 1834, and is the\\nmother of one daughter, Minnie. Her parents were\\nearly settlers in Jefferson Co., Ohio.\\nIij.javid A. Mills, farmer, section 23, Ingersoll\\n1 Township, is a son of Harvey E. and Me-\\nM linda (Crampton) Mills; his father was\\nP** born in Rose, Wayne Co., N. Y., and his\\nmother in Addison, Vt. After marriage they\\nS resided in Wayne County until 1840, when\\nthey came to Lapeer Co., Mich., where he (the\\nfather) died, Oct. 26, 1850. In the fall of 1855\\nwidowed mother married Alpheus Chapman and\\nsettled in Saginaw County, where she died Sept. 30,\\n1866. By her first marriage there were seven chil-\\ndren Harvey C, Peter A., Harriet P., Emily E.)\\nDavid A., Jane D. and Harvey C. (2d).\\nThe subject of this sketch was born in Hadley,\\nLapeer Co., Mich., July 15, 1841; attended school\\nonly until nine years of age, as then his father died\\nand until 14 years old he had to assist in sup[)orting\\nthe family. At the latter age he went to live with\\nan older sister, and about two years afterward his\\nmother bought for him a farm of 80 acres, in Inger-\\nsoll Township, where she lived with him until her\\ndeath in 1866. He then rented a farm in Saginaw\\nCounty, carried it on two years, and then returned to\\nhis farm in this county, where he has since resided,\\nexcept six months in Midland. He has sold 20 acres\\nof his place, and now has about 35 acres in a good\\ntillable condition.\\nIn his district he has been Justice of the Peace,\\nHighway Commissioner, Constable, and is at present\\nDeputy Sheriff. Politically, he is identified with the\\nRepublican party.\\nMr. Mills was married in Saginaw County, Aug.\\n14, 1861, to Eliza A., daughter of Phineas F. and\\nMary (Chase) Pierce. (See sketch of P. F. Pierce.)\\nShe was born in Erie Co., N. Y., July 23, 1838. Mr\\ni\\nV\\n:DIl^[lllf^\\nz.", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0322.jp2"}, "323": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0323.jp2"}, "324": {"fulltext": "lL4^\\\\nf\\\\^ J^c", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0324.jp2"}, "325": {"fulltext": "^^yA^/^^^^C^^iy{^0", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0325.jp2"}, "326": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0326.jp2"}, "327": {"fulltext": "M J BLAND COUNTY.\\ny\\n/7S\\n(Q^\\nI\\nand Mrs. Mills adopted a young child named Anna\\nB. Jelley, to whom was conseciuently given their own\\nname of Mills. She grew ui) in the family and was\\nmarried, but died three months afterward, at the\\nhome of her foster parents.\\neorge W. England, section lo, Lee Town-\\nship, was born in Hocking Co., Ohio, Nov.\\n2 1, 1846, and is a son of Titus and Mary\\nJ. (I)evvhirst) England, natives respectively of\\nGermany and England. The father died be-\\nfore his son was born, and the mother died\\nwhen he was but seven months old, in Ontario,\\nwliither she had gone just after his birth. The\\norphan, thus so sadly bereft, was cared for by liis\\ngrandparents until he was 13 years old, when he set\\nout in the world for himself.\\nFirst he came to Michigan and began to work for\\n(!!harles Roe, a drover of Detroit then for J. J.\\nBaker, of the same place, operating between Ontario\\nand Detroit; afterward he worked a year in Macomb\\nCounty, when, Jan. 27, 1863, he enlisted for the war,\\nin Co. G, Eighth Mich. Cav., of the Army of\\nthe Cumberland, Colonel Mi.x commanding. He\\nwas in the battles of Knoxville and Nashville,\\nand two days after the general capture at Millbury\\nCreek he was taken prisoner at that place. Attempt-\\ning escape from the general capture, he lost his\\nweapons and his horse was drowned in a river, and\\nhe was hunted down with Ijlood-hounds. After\\nbaffling his pursuers for some lime he was compelled\\nto climb a tree, where he was taken by rebel citizens.\\nHe was first taken to Andersonville prison, then to\\nCharleston and Florence, S. C, and was a prisoner\\nof war for a period of six months. At the latter\\nplace he was paroled on a 90-days furlough, and he\\nre-jomed his regiment and served till the close of the\\nwar, being discharged Sept. 22, 1865, at Nashville,\\nTenn.\\nReturning to Macomb County, he married Miss\\nMartha Jane Knowles, a native of Ontario. She\\nwas born May 3, 1846, came to Michigan when 18\\nyears old, and was passed 19 when she was married.\\nThe children by this marriage were, William, de-\\nceased, George B. and Margaret. Mrs. E. died on\\nsection 2, Lee Township, Sept. 18, 1877, and Mr. E.\\nwas again married Aug. 28, 1878, in Detroit, Mich.,\\nto Miss Alzora Thalcher, who was born in Muske-\\ngon, Mich., April 18, 1853, but was brought u]) prin-\\ncipally in Ontario.\\nMr. England now owns 95 acres on section 2, Lee\\nTownship, where he settled in 1875; but he now re-\\nsides with Jacob S. Bisbing, on section 10. Mr. E.\\nis a Re|)ublican in his political preferences, and is\\nnow serving his fourth year as Constable.\\n-ij\u00c2\u00a3j2j2rE^-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ni^|\u00c2\u00ae OTTO\u00c2\u00bb~\\nm-m\\n;_ohn Haley, of the firm of Clason Haley,\\ny liverymen and undertakers at Midland, and\\nsenior member of the lumber firm of Haley\\n.(V Covert, was born Oct. 24, 1845, in County\\nWicklow, Ireland. His parents, William and\\n1 Elizabeth (Kehoe) Haley, came to this country\\nand settled in Canada, in 1852. They lived on a\\nfarm in the Dominion during their residence there,\\nand can)e to Michigan in 1871. He died in Mid-\\nland, March 16, 1879, and his wife at the same place\\nDec 23, 1879.\\nIn the winter of 1864-5 came to Michigan and\\nwas employed in the lumber woods of Tuscola Coun-\\nty during that season. In the winter following he\\ncame to Midland County, where he was similarly\\nengaged. In 1870 he was employed by John L.irkin\\nand took charge of his heavy lumber interests in the\\nwoods and on the river. He continued the manage-\\nment of that business about nine years, when he\\ncommenced jobbing in his own behalf, and is still\\nengaged in both capacities. In September, 1883, he\\nformed a partnership with G. W. Covert and entered\\nextensively into lumbering interests. In the winter\\nensuing they put in 15,000,000 feet. They own 200\\nacres of land, known as the Eastman farm, which is\\nconsidered the best property in the county They\\nemploy an average force of 125 men in the woods\\nand about 18 teams. He owns, singly, 120 acres in\\nthe township of Larkin. The firm of Clason\\nHaley own their stables, office and two lots. They\\nusually keep about 20 horses, and livery equipments\\nas their business demands.\\nMr. Haley has served two years on the Village\\nBoard, and was appointed Supervisor in place of R.\\nI\\nfo)\\ni^^^jjs: ^7K^D!]^Dr ^T9\\n4^?f 2^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0327.jp2"}, "328": {"fulltext": "^:Utl^DIl^\\nl!5\\\\J5^ t^\\no\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nW. Clason on the election of the latter as County\\nTreasvirer. He was married Jan. i8, 1870, in Sagi-\\nnaw City, to Mary, daughter of William B. and\\nJoanna Keeley, a native of Canada. They have\\nthree children Lizzie, born Dec. 7, 1871; William\\nP., torn Jan. 4, 1875 and .Vnna, born Jan. 8, 1S77.\\nPolitically, Mr. H. affiliates with the Republican\\nI -arty.\\nThe jiatrons of this volume will ai)preciate the por-\\ntrait of Mr. Haley, wliich appears elsewhere. It is\\nthat of a popular and public-spirited citizen of Mid-\\nland County. Its value to the family circle is fully\\ncom[)leted by the genial likeness of Mrs. Haley, which\\naccompanies that of her husband.\\nK^H Idridge S. Gotham, farmer on section 16,\\nc: [W^],.-i Larkin l ownshi|), is a son of Solomon and\\n^i^ Elizabeth (King) C.othani, natives of tlie\\nState of New York and was born in Jefferson\\nCo., N. Y., June 6, 1840. He came to Mid-\\nland County in the fall of 1S69 and entered 80\\nacres of Government land in Lincoln Township,\\nwhich he afterward disposed of. Si.x years later he\\npurchased 40 acres in Larkin Townsliip, where he\\nnow lives, and has 16 acres improved.\\nDec. 24, i860, in Jefferson Co., N. Y., he was\\nunited in marriage with Miss Claia Howe, daughter\\nof William and Almira (Kendall) Howe. She was\\nborn in Jefferson Co., N. Y\\\\, Vpril 14. 1S44. George\\nE., Eunice E. and Byron F. are the names of the\\nyounger members of Mr. and Mrs. Gotham s house-\\nhold.\\nMr. G. is in [xjlitical belief a Republican. He has\\nbeen Health Officer, Overseer of Highways and\\nSchool Director. He and wife are members of the\\nChristian Church.\\neorge N. Brown, farmer, section i6, Jas-\\nper Township, was born in Hastings Co.,\\nOnt., Dec. 7, 1852. For a sketch of his\\nparents, see biography of Charles S. Brown, in\\nthis work. When he was 16 years of age he\\ncame with his parents to Michigan, to the\\nwhere they now reside, where he assisted on\\nthe farm until his marriage, June i, 1875, to Miss\\nMary Turner. She was born in Madison Co.,\\nWis., Oct 28, 1857, and her parents are Samuel and\\nGrace (McLaughlin) Turner. (See sketch.) When\\nseven years of age she came with her parents to sec-\\ntion 19, Jasper Townshi[).\\nPrevious to his marriage, Mr. Brown had purchased\\n80 acres of unimproved land on section i6, Jasper\\nTownshiji, and since his marriage has resided on\\nthat place. He has added 40 acres to his original\\npurchase, and of the aggregate he now has 50 acres\\nin an advanced state of cultivation, and the i)lace\\nfurnished with good buildings, etc.\\nIn his views of national policy Mr. Brown main-\\ntains the Republican platform, and in his township\\nhe has been entrusted with the office of Highway\\nCommissioner. He and his wife attenil the Method-\\nist Episcopal Church.\\n;l|l^[|[( ohn P. Patterson, late farmer on section\\nI^Bft 16, Hojje Township, was born in County\\nBright s disease, Oct. 22, 18S3. He was the\\nson of John and Martha (Watts) Patterson.\\nThe parents were born, lived anil died in\\nCounty Antrim, and reared five children, named\\nFergus Watt, Matilda Jane, David Moore, Mary Ann\\nand John Paul.\\nThe last named, the youngest of tlie family, re-\\nmained on the paternal farm in Ireland until i860,\\nwhen he emigrated to Petersborough Co., Can. There\\nhe purchased 300 acres and fixed his home for a\\ntime. For five years he was engaged in the whole-\\nsale licjuor and grocery trade. There he lived until\\n1 868, when he sold out and came to this State and\\ncounty. He bought 30 acres in Hope Township,\\nand afterwards added 40 acres. All this was in its\\nprimitive condition at the time of purchase, but tiiere\\nare now improved all the original 30 acres, and 20\\nacres of the second purchase.\\nHe was first married in County Derry, Ireland,\\nwhen 21 years old, to Jane Clark, who died after one\\nyear, leaving a daughter, Mary Smw, now the wife of\\nBenjamin Lee. His second marriage occurred in\\n1842, in County .Antrim, to Mary .\\\\nn McMullen,\\ndaughter of John and Kate (Murjihy) McMullen.\\n4\\nI\\nAntrim, Ireland, in 1818, and died, of v*\\n1\\nJ^\\n^D!i:^^liii\\nA\\n\u00c2\u00ab^^jf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0328.jp2"}, "329": {"fulltext": "Z2^ K 6-i myM\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n333\\n4\\nBoth Mr. and Mrs. McM. are deceased. Of their\\n14 children, eigln became men and women, and their\\nnames are Daniel, Charles, Bridget, John, William,\\nMary Ann, Katie and Elizabeth. Mrs. Paltersoii\\nwas born about 1827, and has been the mother of 13\\nchildren, seven of whom are living. Following is\\nthe record: David, born Nov. 22, 1859, in County\\nAntrim; John 1 Sept. 16, 1862, in I etcrsboroiigh\\nCo., Can.; Wui. James, Feb. 5, 1865, in same county;\\nCharles Alexander, May 6, 1867, in same county;\\nElizabeth k., Se|)t. 22, 1868, in I ort Hope, Can.,\\nand died A[)ril 30, 1869; George Thomas, Feb. 16,\\n1 87 1, in Hoi)e Township, this county; Katie Ann,\\nMay 8, 1873, in same township; Daniel, Sept. 23,\\n1876, in same township. Five others died in\\ninfancy.\\nMr. P. was politically inde[)endent. He was High-\\nway Commissioner one term, and held some school\\noffice for nine years.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2V-i.* uc\\niT-?r-\\neorge W. Abbey, jeweler at Midland City,\\nwas born March 15, 1849, in Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio. His father, Eli S. Abbey, was\\nborn Oct. 9, 1823, at South Uidge, Ashtabula\\nCo., Ohio, and was the son of Shubal Abbey.\\nhe eariiest traceable ancestor was Abner\\nAbbey, who was born in 1739, at Amherst, Mass ,and\\nmarried Sarah Sweetland, also a native of the Bay\\n.State. He died at the age of 44 years, leaving ten\\nsons and daughters, all of whom reached mature life\\nand became heads of families. Shubal Abbey, his\\nson, was born June 17, 1793, in Granby, Mass. He\\nwas a resident of his native State until he was 22\\nyears old, when he came to what was then Salem,\\nAshtabula Co., Ohio, but is now Conneaut. He\\nwent thence to Norwalk, Ohio, where he is yet living,\\nat the age of gi years. He was married Dec. 25,\\ni8t6, to Sarah Sanford, a native of Litchfield, Conn.\\nTen children were born to them, only two of whom\\nsurvive. Mrs. Harriet (Abbey) Farnham, widow of\\nElisha Farnham, is the oldest child; she was born\\nOct. 24, 1817, at Salem, and now resides at South\\nRidge, Ohio. Aaron Abbey was born Sept. 11, 1825,\\nat Salem, and is now a resident of Norwalk, Ohio.\\nHis father is a member of his family. Eli S. Abbey\\n.resided nearly all his life in the place of his nativity.\\nand married Maiia S. Cheney. He was a farmer by\\noccupation, and about a year before his death his\\nhealth became seriously impaired, and he went to\\nohimbus, Ohio, where he died, Aug. 10, 1.S4S. His\\nwife was born Dec. 8, 1825, in Stratford, Orange Co.,\\nVt., and died May 5, 1S65, in Spring Township,\\nCrawford Co., l^a.\\nMr. Abbey, of this skelcli, rciuained on the farm\\nat home until he was 15 years old, and in 1864 lie\\nwent to Conneaut, Oliio, for the [lurjiose of acquiring\\nthe details of tlie business in whicli he has since en-\\ngaged. He passed three years in completing a thor-\\nough knowledge of the minutiae of the trade, and in\\n1868 came to Bay ity, Mich., where he oljtained\\nemployment. A few months later he went to Clio,\\nGenesee County, and opened an establishment for\\nthe prosecution of his trade in his own interest, where\\nhe continued four years.\\nWhile there he was married, Sept. 22, 187 1, in\\nTittabawassee Township, Saginaw County, to Sarah\\nJ. Elden. She was born May 27, 1847, in New York,\\nand is the daughter of James and Angelica (Sigsby)\\nElden. In the fall of 1872 he opened his present\\nestablishment at Midland, where he is the oldest and\\nleading representative of his calling. His stock is\\nvalued at $5,000, and includes clocks, watches, sil-\\nver-ware,]optical goods, fine jewelers wares, diamonds,\\nmusical merchandise and all sundries ccjnnnon to a\\nfirst-class jeweler s house. He occupies a fine brick\\nbuilding, which he erected in the fall of 1879, two\\nstories high and iS bj* 60 feet in dimensions. lie\\nowns a fine residence, with grounds including three\\nvillage lots, two building lots variously situated, 200\\nacres of land in Lincoln Township, and is also a\\nstockholder in the Star Flouring Mills.\\nIt eorge Starks, lumberman, section 23, Ho-\\nmer Township, was born May 4, 1854, in\\nGenesee Co., N. Y. He is the son of\\nGeorge and Catherine Starks, who came to\\nHomer Township in 1854, and, after a resi-\\ndence of six months, returned to the State of\\nNew York. They came back to Midland County in\\n1856, where their son has since resided. His father\\ndied when he was 12 years old, and he was thence-\\nforward under the guidance of his mother, who later\\nI\\nVi:^\\nJ\\nC l\\n1=3\\nms:", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0329.jp2"}, "330": {"fulltext": ":t#^\\n334\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^\u00c2\u00a5^^(srvM\\nbecame the wifeof Cliailes Cronkright. He remained\\nat liome until he was 22 years of age. His marriage\\nto Dora Smith occurred April 3, 1876. She was born\\nin Homer Township, Feb. 14, 1855, and is thedaugh-\\nter of Stephen and Harriet Smith. Her mother died\\nin her early childhood. The children who constitute\\nthe issue of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Starks\\nwere born as follows: George, April 21, 1877; Me-\\nlinda, Feb. 25, 1880; Catherine, born Sept. 29, 1882,\\ndied March i, 1884.\\nMr. Starks is a Republican, and has been Highway\\nCommissioner two years. He owns 40 acres of land,\\nand has 24 acres under improvements. Within the\\nlast eight years he has put in 10,000,000 feet of logs.\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u00a2es-\\nhomas Nickels, superintendent of the lum-\\nber camp of Wright Ketcham, in the\\nr^ northern part of Lincoln Township, was\\nborn Sept. 19, 1848, in the city of Montreal,\\nwhere his parents still reside, his father being\\nengaged in farming. In 1864 Mr. Nickels came\\nto Saginaw, and since then has been engaged in lum-\\nbering; for the last seven years he has been con-\\nnected with Wright Ketcham, of Saginaw, who\\nhave extensive interests in this county.\\nm\\ni7\\nl^harles Oswald, carpenter and joiner, and\\n11?^ farn-.er on section 19, Jasper Townsliip,\\nwas born March i, 1849, in Trumbull Co.,\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a09 Ohio, where he lived until his marriage. When\\n,-S^ 18 years of age he was api:)renticed for two\\nyears to learn his trade under David Keefer,\\nafter the expiration of which time he worked as a\\njourneyman until he was married. This latter event\\ntook place Jan. 8, 1873, the lady of his choice being\\nMiss Amanda Murberger, who was born in Warren\\nTownship, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Oct. 9, 1850. From\\nthe age of 16 until she was married she taught school.\\nShe is a member of the Church of United Brethren.\\nThe children of Mr. and Mrs. O. are Chloe B., Mary\\nE. and Clyde H.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Oswald resided in\\nTrumbull Co., Ohio, three years, he following his\\ntrade; thence, in August, 1876, he came to this State\\nand settled on an unimproved tract of 76 acres, where\\nhe now resides. He has since cleared and inijiroved\\nabout 40 acres, erected good farm buildings, etc.\\nMr. Oswald votes with the Republicans, and has\\nbeen honored, by liis fellow citizens, with the office\\nof Justice of the Peace.\\nj {benjamin T. Puffer, farmer and lumber-\\nman, resident on section 17, of Porter\\n^D!1\\ng)(\u00c2\u00a5 Township, was horn Oct. 27, 1844, in\\nErie Co., Pa. His father and mother, Eras-\\ntus and Diana (Catlin) Puffer, are natives of\\nermont, of New England origin, and are\\nnow living in Crawford Co., Pa., and are aged re-\\nspectively 90 and So years. Of 10 children born to\\nthem but one is deceased.\\nMr. Puffer is the youngest son and eighth child of\\nhis parents, who removed, when he was nine years\\nold, to Ashtabula Co., Ohio, where he remained until\\nhe was 22 years of age, working on his father s farm\\nand obtaining his education in tlie manner common\\nto farmers sons. When he arrived at the age named\\nhe decided on the calling of a builder for a vocation\\nin life, and spent three years in its pursuit in Ashta-\\nbula ounty. In the fall of 1868 he came to\\nMichigan, and in the sinin following he purchased\\nthe property he now owns, in Porter Township, com-\\nl)rising 70 acres of unimproved land. The family\\nwere among tlie first permanent settlers in the town-\\nsliip, which was not organized until the year follow-\\ning their arrival. When the election of the officers\\nof Porter Township took place, Mr. Puffer was\\nelected Town Clerk. In addition to improving his\\nfarm he has engaged to a considerable extent in\\nlumbering, and has met with a reasonable reward for\\nhis efforts in both directions. The value and appear-\\nance of his farm is materially enhanced by a new\\nstock and grain barn, 36 by 46 feet in dimensions,\\nwhich is now in process of erection. Mr. Puffer is a\\nRepublican in political affiliation, and has served a\\nnumber of years in the more important local offices\\nof the township. He has been Clerk four years,\\nSupervisor four years and Highway Commissioner\\ntwo years.\\nHe was married Nov. 16, 1866, in Erie Co., Pa., to\\n^IDi1\\nA\\nc^:\\n,1\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0330.jp2"}, "331": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0331.jp2"}, "332": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0332.jp2"}, "333": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a9v ^ll n n lis r\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a055$^^^^\\n5\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nElizabeth Grover, who was born April 30, 1847, at\\nHoosac Falls, Rensselaer Co., N. Y. The children\\nnow comprised in the household are Benj. J., born\\nDec. 30, 1869, and Lizzie M., May 30, 1874.\\nfohn Grace, farmer on section 3, Lee Town-\\nship, was born in Ireland in 1829, and\\nwhen ten years old he came by himself to\\nOntario, after having spent some time as cabin\\nboy on Atlantic vessels. After passing a short\\nlime in Ontario, he went again upon the sea,\\nand was upon Atlantic ships for 15 years; then was\\nseveral years before the mast on lake vessels, mak-\\ning his headquarters at Oswego, N. Y. next, was\\nupon the great ocean again, serving on transports\\ncarrying army supplies during the Crimean war, and\\nafter making two trips from England, he came again\\nto Oswego, and thence to Rochester, N. Y., where\\nhe began again as a sailor on the lakes; tlien, at\\nEast Saginaw, Mich., for 14 years, he was engaged\\nprincipally upon the docks.\\nLi the summer of 1876, he came to this county\\nand jjought 80 acres of land where he now resides,\\nhaving about 20 acres improved. Politically, Mr.\\nGrace votes with the Democratic party, and he and\\nMrs. Grace are both members of the Catholic\\nChurch. He was married in 1864, in Ontario, to\\nMiss Mary O Brien, who was born in Ireland in 1849\\nand came to Ontario about two years before her mar-\\nriage. Mr. and Mrs. G. have had seven children,\\ntwo of whom are deceased, Johnny and an infant.\\nThe living are Robert, Mary, Katie, William and\\nMartin.\\noger W. Clason, Treasurer of Midland\\nCounty, and senior member of the livery\\nfirm of Clason Haley, of Midland, was\\n^VSf born Aug. 13, 1853, in McHenry Co., 111., and\\nis a son of Charles and Polly (Thompson)\\nClason.\\nHis father was a farmer, and he was reared on the\\nhome place, attending school winters until he was 16\\nyears old, when he came to Midland and spent a\\nwinter in the lumber woods. His nexi engagement\\nwas in a saw-mill, where he remained in the same\\nemploy ten years, three of which he operated as a\\nsawyer, and the remainder of the time as a con-\\ntractor, cutting shingles, bolts, etc. This engage-\\nment continued until the spring of 1880. In Jan-\\nuary of that year he became proprietor by purchase\\nof an interest in a livery establishment, the firm\\ntaking the style of Clason Avery. The last named\\nsold his moiety in May, 1882, to John Haley, and the\\nfirm style became as at present. The business of\\nthe concern, besides its regular livery interests, in-\\ncludes undertaking, and is the only establishment\\ndealing in the wares of that avenue of business in\\nthe county. They keep 20 horses and livery fixtures\\nsuitable to the demands of their patronage. Mr.\\nClason is a Republican, and in the spring of 1880 he\\nwas elected Village Treasurer on that ticket. He\\nheld the position three years. He was Clerk of the\\nTownship at the same time two years, and, in the\\nspring of 1882, he was elected Supervisor, officiating\\none year. In November, 1882, he was nominated\\nfor the position of County Treasurer, and ran against\\nDaniel Chase, prosecuting a successful campaign,\\nbeing elected by 19 majority; and was re-nominated\\nfor the same office for the second term, Aug. :i,\\n1884. He belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows.\\nMr. Clason was married at Midland, in June, 1873,\\nto Sarah, daughter of Harrison and Sarah Ellsworth.\\nTwo children, Emery and Roger G., have Ijeen\\nborn of this marriage.\\nThe portrait of Mr. Clason, which may be found\\non the opposite jwge, will be welcomed by the pa-\\ntrons of this work.\\nc^:\\nI- 7\\nr .A I\\nJ^janiel Casey, farmer, section 26, Mt. Haley\\nTownship, was born in October, 1847, in\\nthe south part of Ireland. His parents.\\nS\\n^^m^t\\n^m^^M^\\nf John and Johannah (Dillon) Casey, were also\\n,ij natives of the land of the harp and sham-\\n4 rock, and emigrated to Ontario, Can., where JL^\\nthey belonged the rest of their lives to the agricult- V\\nural class.\\nMr. Casey is the fourth of eight children born to -4\\nhis parents, and accompanied them to America when Wd\\nhe was ten years old. His fatlier died when he was\\n12, and upon him devolved a share of the mother s ^j\\nsupport, until her death five years later. After that", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0333.jp2"}, "334": {"fulltext": "-^1^^ ^v ^iio^:oii^\\n^i-^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n(h\\n0\\nA\\nevent he continued his struggle in life as a laborer\\nand farm assistant. He was married May 9, 1858, to\\nMargaret O Donnell. She was born in Septemlicr,\\n1845, i s 1^ diuightcr of Michael and Catherine\\n(Cronan) O Donnell, who tiled in Ireland, the land\\nof their nativity. The deatli of the father occurred\\nin 1847. Tlie niotiier died when the daughter was\\ni6 years old, and when the latter had reached the\\nage of iS slie made her way alone to Ontario, Can.,\\nwhere she was married one and a half years later.\\nAfter marriage Mi. and Mrs. Casey located on a\\nfarm in Crav Co., Out., wliere they resided until the\\nfall of 1872, when they came to the United states\\nand located in tlie city of East Saginaw, Mich. Mr.\\nCasey found emiiloymcnl in tiie railroad shops of\\nthat place, where he remained until the sining ol\\n1878, when he came to Midland County and pur-\\nchased 50 acres of uuimprovetl land. On tins he\\nhas lived and labored since the date of iiis settle-\\nment, and has cleared and otherwise improved 20\\nacres. He is a Democrat in his political views and\\nconnections, and has held several local offices. The\\nfamily are Roman Catholic in their religiotis faith.\\nOf 1 1 children born to Mr. and Mrs. Casey, four are\\ndeceased, all of whom died in early infancy. Tiiose\\nwho survive are named: Hannah, Catherine, John,\\nMary, Maggie, Klla and Daniel.\\n^^M illiam Kelly, merchant at MiiUand City,\\none of the earliest of the permanent\\n^i-^ pioneer settlers of Midland County. He\\nwas born Dec. 18, 1832, in the City of New\\nYork. His parents were natives of Ireland,\\nand emigrated in early life to .America.\\nMr. Kelly is the eldest of the chddren born to\\nthem, and accompanied them to Cortland County,\\nN. Y., when he was but tliree years old. He re-\\nmained in tliat county until he reached the age of\\n8 years, when he went to ^V yolni^lg, Pa., where he\\nattended a seminary nearly one year. In the (allot\\n1853 he came to Saginaw, Mich., and proceeded\\nthence to Midland County.\\nThe site of the village known as Midland City,\\nthen called The Forks, was situated on a liigh,\\nsandy ridge, covered with an undergrowth of small\\ntimber, and was without i)lan or outline, having\\nneither streets nor houses. A few families were scat-\\ntered about on the north side of the river, while half\\na mile down the stream, on the south side, there\\nwere resident nearly 300 Indians, engaged in the oc-\\ncu|)ations common to aboriginal inhabitants, hunt-\\ning, fishing and raising a little Indian corn. They\\nbelonged to the Chippewa tribe, and were to some\\nextent civilized, having a church and trading post.\\nMr. Kelly vividly remembers the jjleasing appearance\\nof the locality, whicii formed a wide contrast with its\\npresent cxliibit. The forest foliage presented a deep\\ngreen, most gratifying to tiie vision. The Titlabawas-\\nsee and Pine Rivers llowed through a belt of meadow,\\ntheir clear waters sparkling and rippling in the sum-\\nmer sun, in a channel whose banks were uniform\\nand well-defined. i he air re-echoed the trillings of\\nforest songsters through the day, the whippoorwills\\nmade the nights delightful with their clear, sweet,\\nplaintive melody. Now the din of business deadens\\nthe sweetness of the bird songs, and the whistle of\\nthe solitary whippoorwill is a mournful note, as if its\\nauthor bewailed the march of progress which has\\nstripped the place of its primitive beauty. The\\nrivers are now sluggish, muddy streams, wiiose banks\\nhave been worn away and cut down by the passage\\nof the logs, cut along their courses and floated to\\nmarket through their channels. The first settlers\\nhad little hopes that agriculture could be suixessfully\\nprosecuted, and beyond the raising of a limited\\niiuantity of potatoes and corn, farming was decidedly\\nat a discount. The earliest attempts at growing grass\\nand grain were practically failures; but people perse-\\nvered in their efforts, and as the forests disappeared\\nthe soil yielded lo the efforts expended and a better\\nstate of things resulted. The prosecution of tiie\\nlumbering interests at first was largely responsible\\nfor the tardy progress of agriculture, and for some\\nyears produce was scarce and of exorbitant price.\\nIn 1856, Mr. Kelly began to clear a farm not far\\nfrom the junction of the Pine and Chippewa Rivers.\\nThere were neither roads nor bridges, and the passage\\nof the streams was accomplished by fording. .\\\\s it\\noften became necessary to do this in the dead of the\\nnight, it was at times an undertaking of no common\\nimportance, as the stream was more frequently at\\nflood height than otherwise. The feat to be accom-\\nplished was to keep the nose above the water while\\nthe feet touched the bottom of the river bed. This\\n1\\ne\\nS\\nI\\n^i,:", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0334.jp2"}, "335": {"fulltext": "^/^l))^r|^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nI\\nt\\ni\\nwas no trifling matter, when the darkness was of the\\nCimmerian order, thick enough to be felt.\\nA long time ela|)sed before bridges were built.\\nThe first change was the establishment of a ferry\\nacross the Tittabawassee, which proved a sore aggra-\\nvation when the boat was on the wrong side of the\\nstream and the necessity was urgent. Physicians\\nand supplies were obtainable only from Saginaw.\\nThe latter was brought to the settlers in boats and\\ncanoes, and there was generally a stock in advance\\nof need but when the doctor was needed, a special\\njourney was inevitable. On one occasion, when\\nMr. Kelly started to bring a doctor, he found the\\nferry-boat on the wrong side. He went to an old\\nfording-place about So rods below, and found the\\nchannel full to the top of the banks and the current\\nrunning at a fearful rate of speed. He had an ex-\\ncellent horse, and he believed he could urge the in-\\ntelligent beast across the channel. The animal en-\\ntered the stream, but the rushing water swejjt him off\\nhis feet and he plunged in every direction, until horse\\nand rider were near drowning. They finally landed\\nwhere they went in, and went back to the ferry.\\nMr. Kelly removed his clothing, and tied the bundle\\nto the head of his horse. He then took hold of the\\ntail, and the animal plunged into the water and both\\nswam across in safely! But with time, tlie tribula-\\ntions of the pioneers vanished their efforts brought\\norder and harmony out of the chaos of the natural\\ncondition of things, and fine farms and modern im-\\nprovements became the predominating condition.\\nThe estate of Mr. Kelly contains 250 acres, a large\\nproportion of which is in a highly creditable state of\\ncultivation, with excellent buildings and valuable\\nfarm appurtenances. He pursued lumbering in con-\\njunction with his agricultural interests until 1872,\\nwhen he came to Midland City and opened trade in\\ngroceries and feed. This enterprise e.xisted until\\n1875, when he sold out and returned to his farm.\\nIn 188 1 he again established himself in commercial\\nbusiness at Midland City, in which he is still en-\\ngaged. His stock represents a value of $10,000,\\nand comprises dry goods and groceries. He also\\ndeals extensively in lumber products.\\nMr. Kelly was married Sept. 15, 1855, in Midland\\nCounty, to Elizabeth Barton. She was born Jan. 7,\\n1842, in Allegany Co., N. Y. To him and his wife\\nhave been born ten children, in the following order:\\nWilliam Henry, July 2, 185S (died March 16, 1871);\\nMorris, Oct. 24, i860; Maggie, .A.pril 25, 1864;\\nJennie, March 16, 1866; Cora, July 2, 1870; Anna,\\nDec. 30, 1873; Willie, Nov. 30, 1875; Ladorna,\\nJuly 2, 1878; Libbie, May 18, 1879; Dotty Dimple,\\nSept. 25, 1880.\\nacob S. Bisbing, fanner, section 10, Lee\\n\\\\if Township, was born in Monroe o., Pa.,\\nNov. 16, 1825, and was brought up there\\nas a farmer. When 25 years of age he married,\\nin that county, Miss Julia A. E. Smith, a na-\\ntive of that State, and by this marriage have\\nbeen ten children, named Mahlon, Emma (deceased),\\nStewart, Melchor, Ida J., Sarah E., Anna, Harriet,\\nWillie and Lizzie.\\nAfter his marriage, Mr. B. followed agriculture in\\nhis native county until the winter of 1867, and then\\nuntil March, 1874, he was engaged in lumber mills\\nin Saginaw Co., Mich., and then he came and home-\\nsteaded 80 acres where he now resides. Here he is\\nimproving the land, erecting buildings and putting\\nthe place into a desirable condition.\\nOct. 16, 1862, Mr. Bisbing enlisted in the 176th\\nPa. Vol. Inf., of the Army of the Potomac, his com-\\npany commanded by A. A. Lecheler. He served out\\nhis time, being neither ca[)tured nor wounded, and\\nwas honorably discharged.\\nHe is now Highway Commissioner, and in his\\npolitical views is a Republican.\\names J. Stanton, farmer, section 36, Mt.\\nHaley I ownship, was born Oct. 28, 1842,\\nin Leeds Co., Ont. He remained a resi-\\ndent of his native province until he was 22\\nyears old, when he went to the State of New\\nI York and located in the city of Oswego. After\\na stay there of four years, he returned to Leeds\\nCounty. One year later, he removed to Port Austin,\\nHuron Co., Mich., where he operated a short time as\\nassistant in a saw-mill. He went thence to East\\nSaginaw, where he was engaged in running logs in\\nthe summer seasons, and in the lumber woods win-\\nters, for three years. In the fall of 187 i he came to\\ni^is-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-mmm", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0335.jp2"}, "336": {"fulltext": "6V ^IIIl^DDi^v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a21\\n0\\nMidland County, where he entered a claim of 120\\nacres of land, according to the regulations of the\\nHomestead Act. At thai date the township of Ml.\\nHaley was almost wholly in its primitive condition\\nand practically unsettled. Mr. Stanton lias improved\\nand placed under creditable cultivation 20 acres of\\nhis farm, and is making all possible haste with more\\nextended improvements.\\nHe was married Nov. i, 1865, at Oswego, N. Y,,\\nto Sarah A. Howley. She was born Nov. 14, 1843,\\nin Ontario, Can., and is the daughter of Hugh and\\nCatherine (Carey) Howley, also natives of the Do-\\nminion of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Stanton have nine\\nchildren, born as follows: James H., July 12, 1866;\\nWalter R., Nov. 5, 1868; Katie B,, June 25, 1870;\\nJohn F., Feb. 5, 1S73; Nellie M., Dec. 27, 1875;\\nSarah A., Feb. 9, 1877; Mary A., March 5, 1879;\\nAnthony J., March 23, 1881 and Lizzie B., Jan. 26,\\n1884.\\nMr. Stanton is a Republican in political connec-\\ntion. He has served two years in the capacity of\\nHighway Commissioner, and is now fulfilling the\\nduties of that position. The family are membeis of\\nthe Catholic Church.\\nl^amuel D. Gaskill, farmer, section 24, In-\\ngersoU Township, is a son of Silas and\\nJane (Brown) (iaskill, wlio passed their\\nlives in their native State, New York, she dy-\\ning in April, 1866, and he in the spring of\\n1878.\\nOf their eight children, the subject of this sketch\\nwas the second son. He was born in what is now\\nWyoming Co., N. Y., Sept. 30, 1826; attended the\\nWilson Collegiate Institute, in Niagara Co., N. Y.\\nFrom the age of 21 to 24 he was clerk in a store at\\nLockport, N. Y., and for two seasons was engaged in\\nstock business and in teaching scliool during the win-\\nters. In 1853 he came to Lapeer Co., Mich., and\\nthree years and a half afterward, in 1856, he came to\\nthis county, settling in Ingersoll Township, on 80\\nacres, which he had taken one year previously, under\\nthe Graduation Act. He built a shanty and began\\nto clear the ground. He afterward added to it by\\npurchase 80 acres more, and of that farm he has 70\\nacres in a good state of cultivation. About 1872 he\\npurchased 40 acres of wild land on section 24, where\\nhe now resides, and in 1882 built a fine residence.\\nMr. Gaskill has held the office of Probate Judge\\n12 years, has been Supervisor six years. Justice of the\\nPeace one tern, besides holding the various school\\noffices. Politically, he is a Republican, and in re-\\nligion he inclines to the Baptist faith.\\nJudge Gaskill was married in Niagara Co., N. Y,,\\nMay 8, 185 1, to Maria, daughter of William and\\nJulia Ramsey, and born in Essex Co., N. Y., .April 23,\\n1827. Her father was a native of New York State,\\nand died in Niagara Co., N, Y., Dec 25, 1856. Her\\nmother was born in New Hampshire, of Scotch de-\\nscent, and is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Gaskill have\\ntwo children, Frances L. and John L.\\nE$\u00c2\u00ab-^fe^E\\nStj^^j^l^enry B, Stowits, farmer, section 26 (N. E.\\nJ.003i. ]2 of N. E. Homer Township, was\\niiK^ born June 15, 1814, in Montgomery Co., N. Y.,\\n7)5; the son of Michael and Elizabeth (Bellinger)\\nI Stowits. His grandfather, Philip P. Stowits,\\nwas a private in the patriot army during the\\nRevolution, and his maternal grandsire, Frederick\\nBellinger, was a Lieutenant Colonel in the same war.\\nBoth fell at the battle of Oriskany, N. Y., and their\\nnames are now on the monument erected in memory\\nof the heroes of that battle.\\nThe death of Mr. Stowits father made him the\\nchief support of his mother and sister, and he was\\na resident upon the home farm until 1841. In the\\nspring of that year, he located in Greece, Monroe\\nCo., N. Y., where he remained until the fall of 1S47,\\nwhen he came to Michigan and bouglit 40 acres of\\nland in Grand Blanc, Genesee County. He continued\\ntlie management of the place until the close of 1865\\nDec. 9, of that year, he came to Midland County\\nand rented a farm in the township of Ingersoll. A\\nyear later he purchased 40 acres of land in the same\\nto\\\\vnshi[). He resided some time on the Tittaba-\\nwassee River, and in 1878 he came to Homer Town-\\nship and purchased the property he now owns, which\\nthen included 80 acres of unimproved land. He has\\n50 acres cleared and under a creditable degree of\\ncultivation, and has built a stock and grain barn, 36\\nby 50 feet in extent.\\nWhen the family settled in Midland County, its\\ni\\nV\\nV)\\nf8\u00c2\u00bb-\\n^Pn^nii^^H^^\\n-#^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0336.jp2"}, "337": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0337.jp2"}, "338": {"fulltext": "1\\no I\\nmi,", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0338.jp2"}, "339": {"fulltext": "m\\nf\\nh\\nS\\n?_\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^^^^r\\ncondition was so primitive that wild game, fish and\\ndeer were almost unlimited in abundance. The\\nlatter were so tame that they came to feed almost in\\nthe presence of the members of the family.\\nMr. Stowits is a Republican in political connection\\nand has discharged the duties and trusts of the most\\nimportant local official positions. He and his wife\\nare members of the Methodist Episcopal Church,\\nand he has been for many years connected with its\\nofficial department. His education, habits and\\ntastes fit him to do credit to any position, and he is\\nan extensive and discriminating reader, ranking\\namong the best informed men in the Saginaw Valley.\\nMr. Stowits was married Dec. 15, 1847, Gene-\\nsee Co Mich., to Caroline, daughter of Johnson\\nand Nancy (Parks) Huff. Her parents were natives\\nof Montgomery Co., N. Y., and were of English and\\nScotch parentage. Her father died in New York, at\\nthe age of 50 years her mother s demise occurred\\nin Michigan, when she was 72 years old. Mrs.\\nStowits was born July 17, 1825, in Montgomery Co.,\\nN. Y. She accompanied her parents to Genesee Co.,\\nMich., in 1846, and remained with them until her\\nmarriage. Four of the nine children born of her\\nmarriage are deceased, Louisa, Hiram, Francis and\\nan imnamed infant. George H., Elizabeth S., Elijah\\nF., Nancy K. and James H. are the names of the\\nsurvivors.\\nJ!^\u00c2\u00aeKilliam H. Young, farmer, section 26, In-\\nllg gersoll Township, is a son of Frederick\\ny.y^ and Betsey (Ketchum) Young, who were\\ny natives of New York State. He was born\\nin Onondaga Co., N. Y., Dec. 12, i8ig, in\\nthe first frame house ever built in that county.\\nHe lived in his native State until the spring of 1857,\\nwhen he came to Michigan and bought a farm in\\nOakland County, where he lived nine years. Selling\\nout there, he went to Lapeer County and engaged in\\nagricultural pursuits for ten years. In the spring of\\n1876 he came to Midland County and purchased 80\\nacres of partly improved land in Ingersoll Townsliip,\\nwliere he now lives.\\nMr. Young was married in Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nMay 13, 1845, to Philinda Ketchum, who was born\\nin that county, Jan. 4, 1826. They have had four\\nchildren, namely: Reuben F., Clista J., Elizabeth\\nP. and Mary. Clista and Mary are deceased.\\nMr. Young has been School Director for four years,\\nin politics is a Republican, and is a member of the\\nBaptist Church, as is also his wife.\\nl^^l eorge W. Wardell, farmer, section 29,\\ni t^Ml Jerome Township, was born Aug. 4, 1839,\\n1^,1^ i Albion, Wellington Co., Can. His par-\\n^y?\\\\nts, William and Nancy (Stooks) Wardell, are\\nrespectively of English and Canadian birth, and\\nI descendants of parents who belong to the\\nnationality known as Pennsylvania Dutch. They\\nreside in Tuscola Co., Mich.\\nMr. Wardell found himself at liberty to construct\\nhis own fortunes at the age of 13 years. He served\\nthree years apprenticeship in the business of cloth-\\nmaking, and worked as a journeyman until April,\\n1858, when he enlisted in the looth Prince of Wales\\nRoyal Canadian Regiment and was sent to England\\nfor military drill. The regiment was ordered to\\nGibraltar, the depot of supplies for the East Lidies\\nduring the Sepoy Rebellion. The mutiny was\\nquelled before the command received orders to pro-\\nceed to Lidia. While the regiment was at Gibraltar\\nMr. Wardell was sent to England on recruiting\\nservice and operated in that capacity two years, re-\\njoining his regiment in 1864. \\\\w the summer of 1865\\nthe command was ordered to Malta, where it\\nremained until November, 1866, when it was trans-\\nferred to Canada. Mr. Wardell enlisted for ten\\nyears, and on reaching Canada had one and a fourth\\nyears to serve. He went to Collinswood to drill the\\nseventh company of the 37 th Regiment at Clarks-\\nburg. He remained at that place three years and\\ncame thence to Oakland Co., Mich., where he re-\\nmained until 1872. He bought three acres of land\\nin Davisburg, Oakland County, which he sold in the\\nyear mentioned and went to Bay City, where he\\nremained until November, 1881. At that date he\\ncame to Jerome township and entered a claim of 80\\nacres under the Homestead Act. In February, 1882,\\nhe removed his family hither, and has improved 18\\nacres of his land.\\nWhile in England on recruiting service he was\\nmarried to Miss Margaret, daughter of Thomas B.\\n9\\ns\\nI r", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0339.jp2"}, "340": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n7S\\n5\\nand Margaret (Bennett) Huntley. She was born at\\nDover, Aug. 14, 1840, and was married on the Isle\\nof Wight. Her parents were natives of England\\nand are both deceased. Tlie record of the 14 chil-\\ndj^n that have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wardell\\nis as follows: Lydia Ann was born Jan. 12, 1864, at\\nParkhurst Barracks, Isle of Wight, and died Aug. 9,\\n1865, at Gibraltar; Anna E. was born March 12,\\n1865; Margaret A. was born March 19, 1866; Rich-\\nard was born Dec. rS, 1866. (Tlie three last named\\nchildren were born at Malta.) Emily Jane was born\\nNov. 24, 1867; Minnie M., April 8, 1869; Beatrice\\nM., April 17, 1870. (Tliese children were born in\\nCanada.) Clara was born May 24, 1871; Cora\\nNancy was born June 24, 1873. (These were born\\nin Oakland Co., Mich.) George W. was born Aug.\\n24, 1874; Georgiana Victoria was born Aug. 14,\\n1875; Ava Clement was born April 25, 1876; Ed-\\nward James was born Jan. 27, 1878; Phebe H., June\\n8, 1880. These last named were born in Bay\\nCounty.\\nMr. W ardeU s portrait ai)pears on a preceding\\npage.\\nIjjlilas W. Drew, farmer, section 12, Ingersoll\\nTp., is a son of John and Nancy (Huff)\\nv^.? Drew, natives of New York, who lived and\\ndied there. He was born. in Cattaraugus Co.\\nN. Y., Aug. 10, 1S40; when 16 years of age\\nhe began to work on the New York .S: Erie rail-\\nroad, and afterward on the Atlantic Great Western\\nrailway, as track hand and section foreman, opera-\\nting in those capacities altogether about ten years. In\\nSeptember, 1867, he came to Midland County and\\nfor six months was employed in a saw-mill and six\\nmonths on a farm. He next worked at dairy farming\\na year in New York State, and in the fall of 1870 re-\\nturned to this county and rented a farm for one year.\\nIn 1S71 he bought 20 acres of section 12, where he\\nnow lives, to which he has added by purchase 31 J^\\nacres from section i he has about 30 acres in a\\nstate of good cultivation.\\nMr. Drew has been School Treasurer of his district\\nfor two years, and takes Democratic views of national\\nquestions.\\nHe was married in Ingersoll Township, April 19,\\n\\\\mm^^^ ~K^:tl 3\\n1868, to Miss .\\\\nna. daughter of Charles and Laura\\n(Graves) Blodgett, who was bora in Lorain Co., Ohio,\\nOct. 20, 1849.\\n/\\\\A..\u00c2\u00a3\\n..2^g-v J-\\nfei#\\nilliam McNeil, farmer, section 2, Porter\\nTownship, was born Feb. 9, 1845, in Can-\\nada West. When lie was two years old\\nhis parents came to Ionia Co., Mich., where\\nhe passed the entire period of his minority.\\nHe celebrated the arrival of the age of his leiial\\nfreedom by establishing himself in married life. He\\nwas married in Berlin Township, Ioni,a County, to\\nAbigail McCreery. She was born March 14, 1844,\\nin Kent Co., Out., and cani i with her parents to\\nIngham County, this State, when she was four years\\nold. They still reside near Lansing.\\nSoon after his marriage, Mr. McNeil removed to\\nWiieeler Township, Gratiot County, wliere he jnir-\\nchased 160 acres of wild hind on section 26 here\\nhe resided one year. On coining to Midland County\\nhe settled first in Mt. Haley Township, but later pur-\\nchased 160 acres of land on section 2 of Porter\\nTownship. It was a valuable piece of pro|)erty,\\nheavily wooded with hard and soft timber. He has\\ndeveloped a fine farm, with 80 acres cleared and\\nunder good improvements. He is a Democrat in\\npolitical connection, and lias held the office of Town-\\nship Treasurer seven years, Justice of the Peace\\nthree years. School Inspector four years, and is now\\nserving as Supervisor. He has also officiated in the\\nvarious positions connected with the school affairs of\\nhis district.\\nThe several children born tckMr. and Mrs. McN.\\nare named William A., Charles A., George C, Orin\\nC, Sarah A., Cora A. and Lavinia B.\\neil McDougall, general farmer, section 17,\\nJasper Township, was born near Toronto,\\nOnt., Dec. 30, 1844, and when he was\\nquite young the family moved to the village\\nof Newfield, Cliemung Co., N. Y., afterward to\\nf Bridgeport, that county.\\nFeb. 25, 1862, he enhsted in the Fifth N. Y. Heavy\\nArtillery, Co. C, in the Army of the Potomac, and\\nI\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0340.jp2"}, "341": {"fulltext": "MhT^^m^^\\nr-c\\n^i\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n345\\nJ\\n/K^\\nV\\n%_\\ntwo years afterward he was discharged for re-enlist-\\nment. Accordingly he re-enlisted, Feb. 27, 1864,\\nand was in five active engagements, viz.: Piedmont,\\nLynchburg, Snicker s Gap, Winchester and Martins-\\nburg, all in Virginia. Mr. McD. escaped unhurt,\\nfurther than exhaustion and exposure to hardships\\nfrom over-marching. Having served over three\\nyears, he was honorably discharged, Jnly 19, 1865, at\\nHarper s Ferry.\\nAfter spending a short time in Chemung Co., N.\\nY., he came to Jasper Township, this county, where,\\nFeb. 2r, 1866, he married Miss Anna S. Anderson.\\n(Tliis was the first marriage in that township.) Mrs.\\nMcDougall was born in Grand Isle Co., Vt., March\\n5, t85o, and when she was but three weeks old her\\nfather died, and when about five years old her mother\\nmoved with her to Clinton Co., N. Y. Sulisequently\\nshe returned to Vermont, and one year later to\\nSteuben Co., N. Y., and finally, in 1865, to this\\ncounty. Mr. and Mrs. Mel), have one child by\\nadoption, Sophronia S., who was born May 27,\\n1878.\\nMr. McDougall owns 86 acres where he now re-\\nsides, with 20 acres under good cultivation. Con-\\ncerning national questions he holds Republican\\nviews, and in this county he has been Constable,\\nJustice of the Peace, Health Officer and School In-\\nspector. He is a member of the 1. O. O. F. and\\nG. A. R.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2vejeae?\u00c2\u00a9^\\n^i^4\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00ab/^\u00c2\u00ae^3OT*v.\\n5 illiam D. Gibbs, general farmer and lum-\\nberman, section 18, Jasper Township, was\\n,y^ born in .\\\\ddison Co., Vt., March 22, 1859.\\nV His parents, Trumans and Frances R.\\n(Straight) Gibbs, were natives of the Green\\nMountain State, of New England parentage and\\nof English ancestry. His father, now aged 61, is\\na farmer, residing in Greendale Township, this\\ncounty, was the first permanent settler in that town-\\nship, and was the oii/y resident there for six tedious\\nyears. His wife died in that township in 1869.\\nThe subject of this sketch was the second son, and\\nsecond child, in the above family, of seven children,\\nand was about 1 2 years old when they emigrated to\\nthis county. At that time there was not so much as\\n50 acres of improved land in the whole township of\\nJasper, 6 miles by t8 in dimensions. He has since\\nbeen engaged in farming, and up to 18S0 also in\\nlumbering. About a year after marriage, he settled\\non a farm of 80 acres, where he now resides, and\\nwhere he has erected a fine dwelling and made many\\nsubstantial improvements upon the place.\\nMr. Gibbs is now Deputy Sheriff, and in politics is\\na Republican.\\nJune 9, 1S80, at Mt. Pleasant, he married Miss\\nLucy daughter of Reed and Samantha (Straight)\\nBohannon, natives of Vermont and of English de-\\nscent, and now residing in Jasper Township, on a\\nfarm. She was l)orn in Grand Isle, Vt., Sept. 16,\\n1856, and came with her parents to this State when\\n2 1 years of age. There are two children in the\\nfamily of Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, Carrie P., born\\nNov. 19, 1882, and Florence M., March 8, 1884.\\n/j |Cn^ ,aniel Weed, genenil\\nn fe^al lL Lee To.vnship, was born m Chautauqua\\nfarmer, section iS,\\nl l|. Lee To.vnshq), was\\nUSV ^o- Sept. 27, 1846, and was nine\\nW* years old when the family removed thence to\\nWarren Co., Pa. Remaining at home until he\\nwas 26 years old, he enlisted m Co. F, 151st\\nPa. Vol. Inf., Sept. 20, 1862, which was attached to\\nthe Army of the Potomac. He was in the famous\\nbattles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg, and was\\nwounded while standing sentinel near Woodward\\nFord, Va., by being shot through the left leg with a\\nmusket ball and buck-shot, the latter remaining in\\nthe flesh. Having served his term of enlistment, he\\nwas discharged Aug. r3, 1863.\\nReturning to Crawford Co., Pa., he followed farm-\\ning for a while, then the same vocation in Berrien\\nCo., Mich., for six years; then going to Jackson Co.,\\nKan., and canvassing that State for a patent right, he\\nreturned to Erie Co., Pa.; and one year later he\\ncame to this county and establislied himself on 120\\nacres of unimproved land, where he now lives,\\nwhich he took under the Homestead Law. He now\\nowns 80 acres, one-half of which is finely improved.\\nMr. Weed has held tlie school offices of his dis-\\ntrict and that of Highway Commissioner, and in his\\npolitical views is a Republican.\\nSept. 10, 1865, in Warren Co., Pa., Mr. Weed was\\nmarried to Miss Jane Vanciske, a native born and\\n9\\ns\\nn\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-^4?^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0341.jp2"}, "342": {"fulltext": "T m^M\\nMIDLAND COUNTY\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0o\\nbred in Crawford Co., Pa. She had four children,\\nMaria M., Jane, James and Martha, the latter de-\\nceased. Mrs. Weed died at her home in Crawford\\nCo., Pa., about 1867, and Mr. Weed was married\\nagain, in 1876, in Saginaw Co., Mich., to Miss Nancy\\nL. Boyce, who was born in Lapeer Co., Mich., and\\nbrought up in Oakland and Saginaw Counties. She\\nis a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.\\nflkii^ff oring S. Winslow, deceased, was a farmer\\non section 35, IngersoU Township. His\\nparents, Joseph and Anna (Curtis) Winslow,\\nwere natives of New York State. He was\\nborn in the same State, March 12, 1S07, and\\nearly in life learned the blacksmith trade, of\\nhis uncle, in ]3arnard, Vt. He also was engaged in\\nstone-cutting some years. At the age ot 21 he mar-\\nried Joanna Richmond, who died two years and a\\nhalf afterward. After five years of widowerhood he\\nmarried Mary, daughter of Josiah and Submit (Per-\\nham) Brown, natives of New England. She was\\nborn in Goshen, Vt., May 21, 18 17, and became the\\nmother of seven sons, namely: Joseph J., Charles\\nH., Loring S., Curtis J., John E., Willie G. and\\nFrank P.\\nIn the fall of 1867 Mr. Winslow came to Midland\\nCounty, and settled upon 200 acres of land, which\\nhe had taken up several years previously. Here\\nhe remained until his death, which occurred March\\n26, 1876. In connection with his other business, he\\nalso practiced medicine for some time. He also\\nheld the office of Justice of the Peace in IngersoU\\nTownship. He took an active part in iiolilical affairs,\\nbeing identified with the Democratic party.\\n|fl|iroseph Lain is a farmer on section 2, Inger-\\nJ^yjJ,, sollTownship. His parents, Archibald and\\nMary (Camj)) Lain, are natives of England,\\ntR where they still live. Joseph is the eldest of\\niL the children, was born in England Aug. 15,\\n1827, and by the time he was 22 years of age\\nhe had put in five years of time before the mast\\nas a sailor, part of this time as mate. At the age\\nmentioned he came to America, and in t852 to Mid-\\nland County, first purchasing 40 acres of Government ^If\\nland. For the first ten years he spent the summer\\nseasons on the lakes, and the winters in clearing his 4\\nland and catting wood. He has since added another t\\n40 acres to his possessions, and of the total he now\\nhas 60 acres in a good state of cultivation, with fine\\nbuildings. On national questions he is independent.\\nMr. Lain was married in Midland City, June 10,\\n1865, to Clara, daughter of Henry and Mary Ran-\\ndall, who were natives of Canada. Mrs. Lain was\\nalso born in that dominion. May 13, 1849. Of the six\\nchildren born in this family, one died in infancy, and\\nthe five living are, Willard A., C ora E., Emma A.,\\nBertha E. and Laura.\\norton W. Ellsworth, farmer, section 24,\\n1]^ Jerome Township, and clerk with Wells, (V]\\nX Stone iV Co., at Sanford, was born April\\n15, 1841, in Genesee Co., Mich. He is a son\\nof Arthur L. and Caroline E. (Chapin) Ells- i=t\\nworth. His father died in Saginaw m 1S74. Aa.\\nHis mother resides in Memphis, Macomb Co., Mich.\\nWhen Mr. Ellsworth was 12 years old he went to\\nFlint, Mich., whither his parents removed and settled\\non a farm. He attended the High School at Flint for\\nsome time, and when the mining excitement at Pike s\\nPeak arose, he went there and engaged in gulch min-\\ning. He operated with the varying fortunes common\\nto the majority of miners, sometimes with success,\\nsometimes otherwise. When the civil war broke out\\nhe became a soldier, enlisting Dec. 23, 1862, in Co.\\nG, Second Col. Vol. Cav., and was mustered out of\\nservice in September, 1865. His regiment was chieflv\\nengaged in the frontier service. One of its first\\noperations was in fighting General Price in .South-\\nwestern Missouri, and during the period of enlist-\\nment it was engaged in numberless Indian skir-\\nmishes. On leaving the military service of the United\\nStates, he returned to Michigan and engaged as sales-\\nman with the grocery and jsrovision house of Mosher\\nMickley, of East Saginaw, where he remained three\\nyears. At the expiration of that time he and his\\nbrother went to Watrousville, Tuscola Co., Mich.,\\nwhere they established mercantile relations, wiiich\\nexisted until the fires of 1880 and 1881 forced the\\nfirm to suspend. Mr. Ellswoith returned to East\\nr^\\nmmw^\\n^-iu;i-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0342.jp2"}, "343": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0343.jp2"}, "344": {"fulltext": "C3^^ o^/^^.:^^\\nV", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0344.jp2"}, "345": {"fulltext": "c*?- ^yia^in^^L.^\\n!-^^a^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0345.jp2"}, "346": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0346.jp2"}, "347": {"fulltext": "S8K-\\nT?\\nvc^DO^nn^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0r\\n-est\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a23^\\n9\\nD\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nSaginaw and engaged as clerk with H. N. Doty in the\\ngrocery business, in whose employment he remained\\nthree years. He then rented a farm near East Sagi-\\nnaw, on which he lived one year, when he entered\\nupon his present employment, and is now general\\nmanager of the mercantile business of the firm at\\nSanford. He is a Republican, and has served as a\\nmember of the School Board.\\nHe was married Dec. 5, 1867, at East Saginaw, to\\nRoselle, daughter of Ira and Roxana (Clark) Mason.\\nHer parents were natives of the State of New York,\\nand died in Wayne Co., Mich. One son and two\\ndaughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Kllsworth,\\nas follows: May R., Aug. 24, 1868; Ida M., Jan.\\n24, 1873; Ray N., Jan. 31, 1884. The two elder\\nchildren were born at East Sairinaw.\\n-IG\\nA\\nT^^\\nI\\nohn Larkin, senior member of the firm of\\nLarkin OS: Patrick, manufacturers and deal-\\n^jyg j,-^ lumber, shingles and salt, resident at\\nMidland, was born in Phelps, Ontario Co., N.\\niT ^1 Oct. 10, 1826. He is the son of Bradford\\nand Martha (Ellsworth) Larkin. His father\\nwas a farmer and passed his life in the pursuit of\\nthat vocation. He died at Midland, Aug. 11, 1870.\\nThe mother is still living, in Midland.\\nThe building of the Erie anal in tlie near vicinity\\nof his home was a momentous event at the time when\\nMr. Larkin was receiving his impressions of the\\nmarch of progress in the world, and at the age of 15\\nyears he left home to engage in the service of the\\ncanal. He passed through the various grades of as-\\nsistants, and at the age of 20 was captain of a pass-\\nenger line boat plying between Buffalo and the city\\nof New York. When raihoads superseded transport-\\nation by canal, Mr. Larkin decided on a wider field\\nof operation, and, in the spring of 1850, came to\\nSaginaw City to take a prospective view of l)usiness.\\nFinding that the outlook met his views, he removed\\nthere in the fall of i85r. One of the motives which\\nincited him to investigate the probaliilities of this\\nsection of Michigan were the fabulous accounts of\\nthe profits accruing to hunters and trappers, who plied\\ntheir craft in the woods of the counties now consti-\\ntuting the lumber region of the Peninsular State.\\nDuring the winter ensuing his arrival in Saginaw\\nK\u00c2\u00ae)5\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a7^\\njLi-\\nCounty, Mr. Larkin spent some time in hunting, up\\nthe Tittabawassee River. He was thoroughly equip-\\nped for the work, having brought with him a com-\\nplete outfit of dogs and hunting paraphernalia. His\\nhome for about a year was at a point below Free-\\nland s, eight miles above Saginaw, and Dec. 7, 1852,\\nhe and Mrs. Larkin removed to the Bluff s, a point\\non the river three miles from Midland, where they\\nremained about si.\\\\ weeks. In January they came\\nto the jiresent site of Midland. Mr. Larkin cleared\\na small piece of ground, now occupied by the pail,\\ntLibe and hoop factory and residence of Mr. Peters,\\nbuilt a log house, the first structure in the place,\\nand entered it Jan. 14, 1853. It was simply laid up\\nand chinked and V ankee ingenuity and providence\\ndevised ways and means to make it comfortable.\\nMr. and Mrs. Larkin are, par excellence, the repre-\\nsentative pioneers of Midland City and a tract of\\nsurrounding country several miles in extent. They\\nwere the sole individuals this side the river, and,\\nat intervals, months would elapse in which Mrs.\\nLarkin did not see the face of a white woman. All\\nthe society she had were Charles H. Rood and his\\ndaughter, half-breed Indians. Wild animals were\\nabundant but not troublesome. The same fact was\\ntrue of the Indians plentiful and harmless, save\\nwhen intoxicated, when they were a source of dread.\\nThe Indians were all located across the river because\\nof the tietter quality of the land. But one individual\\namong them inhabited a log cabin: the remainder\\nlived in bark shanties. When Government deeded to\\neach of them five acres of land they advanced some-\\nwhat in civilization, but a few years later, by another\\nof the wise regulations which have distinguished the\\nAmerican Government in its operations with the\\nnoble red men, they were removed to Isabella\\nCounty. The family occujiied the log house three\\nyears, living in true pioneer style, entertaining lum-\\nIjermen and land-lookers, and sharing with all comers\\ntheir supplies of the necessities of life. The cabin\\nin the woods was frequently filled to overflowing with\\ntemporary sojourners, and often the family resigned\\nthe last lied and divided the domestic sup[)lies, even\\nto depriving themselves of couch or coverings to\\nrender comfortable for a night those who, on the\\nfollowing day, would pass on to encounter sharper\\nprivations and hardships. Mr. Larkin Ijought 52\\nacres of land where his house was built. He had\\ncherished from the first the purpose of obtaining a\\n^n!!v^tiii;i A^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0347.jp2"}, "348": {"fulltext": "w^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n4^^c(\u00c2\u00aevii\\ns5^\\n(b\\ntract of 62 acres where his present residence is lo-\\ncated and which constitutes tlie main portion of what\\nis now Midland City. It was owned by the Ameri-\\ncan Fur Company, and he was unable for a long time\\nto obtain a clue to either owner or title, and he only\\nbecame its actual possessor by repeatedly purchas-\\ning the so-called titles of the respective claimants,\\nwhether fraudulent or otherwise. In 1S58 Mr.\\nLarkin built a steamboat called the Midland City, to\\nply between the place for which it was named and\\nSaginaw. Not long afterward he bought the Belle\\nSeymore, for the same purpose. Both boats were of\\nlight l)urtlien and were used for purposes commen-\\nsurate with their construction and capacities, some-\\ntimes being employed as tugs for laden boats on the\\nriver. When the country became the field of opera-\\ntion for the extensive lumber interests which have\\nbeen pjosecuted since its resources in that direction\\nhave been understood, these steamboats, as river\\ncraft, fell into disuse, the booms and saw logs mo-\\nnopolizing the stream to the exclusion of all other\\nventures, and the channel being practically ruined\\nthrough the same means. In 1855 he erected a frame\\nbuilding on block 11, where is now the Reardon\\nBlock, where he established himself as a landlord.\\nThis was really the first building worthy the name\\nin Midland City. In the changes which have suc-\\nceeded each other in the place, all traces of this\\nbuilding have become obliterated. Within the first\\nyear of their life in the new hotel all the voters of\\nMidland County, seventeen in number, were there\\nat dinner on the occasion of a county election. The\\nhotel business was prosecuted six years, when, in\\ni860, Mr. and Mrs. Larkin became a part of the\\ngeneral community which had grown up about them\\nand, so to speak, through their instrumentality, to a\\nconsiderable extent. The second building in the\\njilace was erected by L. P. Bailey, to whom Mr.\\nLarkin gave a lot on the condition that he should\\nbuild a store thereon, which was fulfilled, the build-\\ning serving the two-fold purposes of residence and\\nplace of business. The houses of Dr. Jennings,\\nJohn McLean, Harvey Lyon, Daniel Wilson and\\nGeorge Turner were built next in order, after which\\nthe construction of residences and influx of popula-\\ntion at Midland City became general. In the winter\\nof 1853 Mr. Larkin engaged in lumbering in com-\\npany with E. G. Buttles, his brother-in-law. The\\nsame fall he bought So acres additional of [line land\\nin the county. He had previously purchased 52\\nacres, now lying in the southeast portion of the vil-\\nlage of Midland. He afterward made considerable\\npurchases of land now included in Midland. The\\nplatting of the village was nearly all accom[)lished\\nunder his management. He continued one year in\\ncompany with his brother-in-law. In 185S he, in\\ncompany with Philo Sumner, built a saw-mill on the\\nsite now occupied by the mill where he is operating,\\nwhich he afterwards took down and replaced by one\\non a larger scale. This was burned in the fall of\\n1874, with a loss of $40,000, partly reimbursed by an\\ninsurance of $17,000. He at once rebuilt and put\\nhis works in first-class running order. In 1877 he\\nformed an association with William Patrick, under\\nthe firm style of Larkin Patrick. In 1878 they\\nerected extensive salt works and sunk two wells,\\nwhich have yielded incessantly 150 barrels daily.\\nThey have a considerable export and local trade and\\nship their products West. Their working force in\\nthe lumber works include about 80 men, besides be-\\ntween 30 and 40 in the woods, and they manufacture\\nall varieties of lumber products. They also conduct\\na retail lumber yard. The firm of Larkin Patrick\\nown about 6,000 acres of timber land in Clare\\nCounty, besides extensive tracts of farn-\\\\ing land. In\\n1S64 Mr. Larkin erected his residence, which was,\\nat the time of its construction, probably the best in\\nthe county.\\nWhen Mr. Larkin became a resident of Midland\\nCounty, it included about 20 voters. It was organ-\\nized in 1S55, and he was a prominent factor in the\\narrangement of its municip.al aff;rirs. In 1856 he\\nwas elected County Treasurer and was successively\\nre-elected lo terms to the same position. He served\\nas Supervisor in 1883. He was married in August,\\n1847, in Lyons, Wayne Co. N. Y., to .Amanda But-\\ntles, born Feb. 14, 1829, in Phelps, Ontario Co., N.\\nY., daughter of Isaac and Ariett Buttles. Of the\\nmarriage of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin two children\\nLewis and Eugene have been born, both of whom\\ndied in early infancy. They have three adopted\\ndaughters. The two eldest are sisters. Mary is the\\nwife of B. Y Bradley, merchant at Midland. Eliza-\\nbeth married Samuel Foster, a merchant at Midland.\\nNellie is aged 14 years.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin may be\\nfound on other pages. They are those of pioneers,\\npure and simple. The East, from which they came\\ne\\nA\\nc^:\\n^[l!l^nili-^A:\u00c2\u00a9 ^^^f^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0348.jp2"}, "349": {"fulltext": "I\\n!^ti^\\ni2C5:.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ry\\nv ^iia^niii r\\nT\\ni\\n1\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n353\\nwhen life was in its full flush of hope and ambition,\\nseemed to narrow in its possibilities for all they de-\\nsired to achieve. With cheerful heroism they sought\\na satisfactory field for their life work; they formed\\nthe nucleus of the incoming population of Midland\\nCity, and they still sustain thai relation to its com-\\nmunity. They have aided and encouraged the ad-\\nvancement and progress of Midland City and County\\nand lent substantial countenance to all projects cal-\\nculated to enhance the best interests of the place\\nand people.\\ni^W;|3harles Cronkright, farmer and lumber-\\npw-a^ man, resident on section 22, Homer Town-\\nship, was born June 11, 1837, in Genesee\\nCo., N. Y. His parents located in Midland\\nCo., Mich., when he was five months old.\\nTheirs was one of the first families that made a\\nsettlement in the county. They afterward removed\\nto Saginaw County, where the father was killed, at\\nVestaburg, by the explosion of a saw-mill steam\\nboiler, a fragment of which passed through the house\\nwhere he was sleeping, killing him instantly. The\\nmother died in Midland County, in July, 1866.\\nWhen the family came to Midland, the staple\\nproduct of this section was Indians. The children\\nhad only Indians for playmates and companions, and\\nthey readily acquired the Indian language, which\\nthey still retain. Wild game was plentiful and\\nserved for food. Trapping wolves was easy and\\nfascinating sport, as they were a great annoyance in\\ncarrying off pigs and other domestic animals. Deer\\nwere to be found in considerable herds, and bears\\nwere frequent visitors to the clearings. The family\\ngrew up in the woods under circumstances which\\nrequired all their efforts to make a living, with little\\nto incite them toward obtaining an education, which\\nwas then difficult to secure.\\nAt the age of 22 Mr. Cronkright entered a claim\\nof 120 acres of land in Bethany Township, Gratiot\\nCounty, but never took possession of it for a resi-\\ndence. After making some improvements, he ex-\\nchanged the property for 123 acres on section 22 in\\nHomer Township. On this he has since resided and\\nhas improved about 20 acres. He has sold a con-\\nsiderable portion and only retains 40 acres of his\\noriginal purchase. He has been occupied in real-\\nestate traffic and has engaged extensively in lumber-\\ning. One season he put in upwards of a million\\nfeet of logs. Mr. Cronkright is independent in\\npolitical opinion, and has officiated in all the more\\nprominent local offices in his township.\\nHe was married Oct. 12, 1862, in Homer Town-\\nship, to Mrs. Catherine Starks, widow of George\\nStarks. She was born Sept. 16, 1S36, in Genesee\\nCo., N. Y., and came to Midland County before the\\ndeath of her first husband, by whom she became the\\nmother of five children. Four are living and married,\\nand are residents of Homer Township. Their names\\nare George, Martha, Ennna J. and Hiram. The five\\nchildren born of her second marriage are Lydia L.,\\nCharles E., Ida, Catherine and Frederick. The\\neldest of these is married and lives in this township.\\n-JfcdCC/iSiS^\u00e2\u0080\u0094 fe;\\n\u00e2\u0080\u009e^^%il^3TSi-^\\n^7^^Il!l?.|lt]f^\\n.^Jjlamuel Turner, general farmer, section 19,\\n-^Sv Jasper Township, was born in Rensselaer\\nP Co., N. Y., April 25, 1816, and remained\\nwith his parents until their death, in that\\ncounty. He was married, in his native county,\\nJune 6, 1849, to Miss Grace McLaughlin, who\\nwas born in Washington Co., N. Y., March 16, 1827,\\nof Scotch parentage.\\nA year after their marriage they moved to Jeffer-\\nson, Co., Wis., where he followed farming for 14 years\\nthen they resided a year in Lapeer Co., Mich., and\\nin January, 1865, they settled at their present place,\\nbeing pioneers in that part of the county. To his\\noriginal purchase of 80 acres, he subsequently added\\n100 acres, which he has since divided between his\\ntwo sons. These lands were obtained from the State,\\nunder the Swamp Land laws, which required five\\nyears residence before giving deed. Mr. Turner\\nhas improved about 25 of the 80 acres which he now\\nowns. Much of the land in this vicinity is low and\\nswampy, and Mr. T. has had to encounter an un-\\nusual number of hardships as a pioneer. Sometimes\\nthe water covered the ground in places from one to\\ntwo feet deep.\\nMr. and Mrs. Turner are the parents of three chil-\\ndren, namely: Robert A., born Sept. 11, 1851 Dan-\\niel, Jan. 29, 1854; and Mary A., Oct. 28, 1857. The\\nV)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0349.jp2"}, "350": {"fulltext": "^DIl^IiO^\\n354\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nV^ parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal\\nChLirch. Mr. T. has held the office of Township\\nClerk, Justice of the Peace two years and Township\\nTreasurer two years. On national issues he votes\\nthe Democratic ticket.\\n/WA,;\\nI i 1 J l^j, ohn McCormick, farmer and lumberman,\\nresident on section 17, Porter Township,\\nwas born about the year 1S30 in Dublin,\\nIreland. At the ai, e of seven years he began\\na seafaring life, under the guidance of an uncle\\nwho was a sailor, and siteiit seven years ac-\\nquiring a thorough knowledge of nautical affairs. At\\nthe end of that time he returned to his home, and\\nsoon alterward shi]jped as a seaman on a whaling-\\nship. His cruises continued three years, and he\\nexperienced numberless hairbreadth escapes and ro-\\nmantic adventures in the waters of the Northern and\\nAtlantic Oceans. He next came to Boston and sailed\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0a on a fishing vessel to Nova Scotia and the Bay of\\nvi Fundy, which occuiiied his time for one year. The\\n1=3 ne,\\\\t year he went to the West Indies, stop[)ing at\\nKingston, on the island of Jamaica. His vessel en-\\njT countered slii[nvreck while returning to Halifax and\\nevery soul on board was lost but two, Mr. McCor-.\\nmick and a man named Cota! They clung to the\\nwreck and jjassed eight days without food or drink,\\nand only retained life by chewing bits of a greasy\\nmoccasin which came by chance within their reach!\\nThey were rescued by an American vessel and\\nbrought to Boston, Mass. The ship proceeded to\\nNew York and sailed thence to the coast of South\\nAmerica, finally arriving at New Orleans, where the\\ncrew was discharged, and Mr. McCormick received\\n$1,800 in gold for his services. He came to Chicago,\\nwhere he entered the lake service and continued thus\\noccupied until his marriage, Aug. 11, i860, to Mary\\nBenson. She was born Nov. 17, 1832, in Saginaw\\nCo., Mich.\\nV^* After marriage Mr. McCormick located near the\\n1 village of Midland, and in the fall of 1865 became\\nthe first settler in the part of Porter Township where\\nhe now resides. He bought 100 acres of land, of\\nwhich he has improved 50 acres; and his place affords\\nneer life, wild game abundant and wolves more\\nnumerous than welcome, their starved condition and\\nrapacity making it necessary to continue to keep\\nlarge fires burning through the night to protect the\\nyoung stock on the farm. The story is one oft-re-\\npeated, but loses none of its vividness of reality by\\nrepetition.\\nMr. McCormick is a Democrat in jjolitical views\\nand connections, and has served several terms as\\nTownship Treasurer. The family attend the Metlio-\\ndist Episcopal Church.\\nFollowing are the names of 15 children born to\\nMr. and Mrs. McCormick: Frank, Charles, Ellen,\\nThomas, John, Mary A., Flora, Emily, William, An-\\ndrew, Charles, Alif, Patrick, Peter and Alexander.\\nThe five last named are deceased.\\n^lt\u00c2\u00aeft]lan R. McMillan, farmer, section 14, Iiiger-\\niii iw 1 1^ Township, is a son of Hugh and Jean-\\nSJI-iy nette (Cameron) McMillan, who were natives\\nS of the county of Glengary, Out., and changed\\nr their residence to the county of Ottawa, same\\ndominion, wliere they passed the remainder of\\nof their lives.\\nHe, too, was born in the county of Clengary, Sept.\\n30, 1832, and lived in Canada until 1870, following\\nan agricultural life. He then came with his family\\nto Midland County and bought 40 acres of unim-\\nproved land in Ingersoll Township, to whicli he has\\nsince added about 53 acres, and has now altout 55\\nacres in a good tillable condition. In 1882 he built\\na fine residence.\\nMr. McMillan is now serving his fourth term as\\nTownship Supervisor, has been Township Treasurer\\nthree terms. School Inspector two terms, and has held\\nthe other school offices in his district. In politics he\\nsympathizes with the National party. He and his\\nwife are members of the Catholic Church.\\nHe was married in the county of Ottawa, Ont.,\\nApril 14, 1859,10 Margaret, daughter of Jolin R. and\\nCatherine (McPhee) Cameron, who were also natives\\nof the Dominion. She was born in the county of\\nGlengary, in February, T837. Mr. and Mrs. McM\\nthe strongest possible contrast to the early days,\\nwhen he was surrounded with all the features of pio- are the parents of 1 2 children, eight of whom survive.\\n1\\nV\\nV)\\nk^is^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0350.jp2"}, "351": {"fulltext": "S))^#^\\n\u00c2\u00bbv- crv^^O U^; M^^P-v\\n-;^^^i^Kr\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nh\\n(o\\ni\\nviz.: HukIi, Jane A., Catherine, Mary A., Margaret,\\nAllan, John and Ida E. The last mentioned mar-\\n5^^ ried Michael \\\\V. Ryan, and died April 3, 1S80, leaving\\none child, Sarah A. The other deceased are John\\nO., John A. and Florence I. They are also the foster\\nparents of Sarah A. Ryan, bringing her up as one of\\ntheir own children.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2jharles Oscar, proprietor of the Oscar\\nHouse at Midland, was born Oct. 15,\\n1 84 1, in Somerset Co., Maine. He is the son\\npis of William and Jane (Drummond) Oscar, and\\n(K was reared on a farm, attending school winters.\\nAt the age of 16 he went to Lowell, Mass.,\\nand engaged in a cotton factory, where he was em-\\nployed in the position usually assigned beginners.\\nHe gradually advanced to the place known in cloth-\\nmanufacturing establishments as second liand. On\\nleaving the mill, he learned the barber s art and fol-\\nlowed it as a business several years. When he was\\n23 years old he returned to Maine and again tried\\nfarming, but found it distasteful. Two years later,\\nin the fall of 1868, he came to Midland and opened\\na barber shop. After continuing its management\\nabout two weeks, he opened a billiard room, which\\nhe conducted some time and engaged in the business\\nof a wholesale and retail liquor dealer, in which trade\\nhe was interested about a year, when he sold out.\\nHe was elected Marshal of the village, and filled the\\nposition about six months. In the fall of 1874 he\\nwas elected Sheriff of the county on the Republican\\nticket by a majority of 150 votes. He was re-elected\\ntwo years later, with a majority of more than 900\\nvotes. In 1878 he went to Chicago, and soon after-\\nward received a serious injury by jumping from a\\ncarriage while the team was running away. He\\nbroke his left leg, and before it was fully healed, he\\ncontracted typhoid fever, from which he barely re-\\ncovered. Five physicians pronounced his case hope-\\nless, and his burial outfit was provided.\\nBut he recovered and returned to Midland, where\\nhe purchased the grocery stock of A. Bacon. He\\nconducted its afifa rs a few months and ne.xt found\\nemployment in a billiard room, where he remained a\\nfew months, after which he leased the Findlater\\nHouse for two years. During the time he built the\\nhotel which he is now managing. The building is of\\nbrick, two stories high, 60 by 100 feet in size, with\\naccommodations for 50 guests. The establishment is\\nfitted with all modern appliances for the accommoda-\\ntion and comfort of its patrons. A fine brick barn,\\n40 by 60 feet in dimensions, two stories above the\\nbasement, is located in the rear of the hotel. Mr.\\nOscar owns 40 acres of farming land in Ingersoll\\nTownship. He is a member of the Order of Odd\\nFellows, and has held all the subordinate and camp\\noffices. He belongs also to the Order of Patrons of\\nHusbandry.\\nMr. Oscar has been twice married, and has two\\nsons Charlie J. and Earl.\\n^ijEv \u00c2\u00abej\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f ^Cflcohn W. H. Brooks, farmer, section 12,\\nJerome Township, was born Oct. 3, 181 1.\\n|j As he was deprived early of the care of his\\nmff^ parents, he is uncertain as to his birth-place,\\nbut believes he was born on the sea. His\\nearliest years were spent in the care of a man\\nnamed John Patterson, near New Castle, Delaware,\\nbut being cruelly treated by him he ran away, intend-\\ning to make his way to the city of Philadelphia. He\\nsupplied himself against possible want by laying in\\na stock of johnny-cake and molasses, stopping nights\\nin stables. On reaching the city of his destination,\\nhe made the acquaintance of some boys whose\\nfathers were machinists, and through their instru-\\nmentality he obtained employment in a machine\\nshop and learned his trade. He went to a school in\\nPlymouth, Montgomery Co., Pa., taught by Allen\\nCarson. He remained in the Quaker City and in\\nother Eastern cities until he was about 25 years old,\\nwhen he went to sea. The line of navigation with\\nwhich he was connected combined the coasting trade,\\nwrecking and fishing.\\nWhen the issues between the United States and\\nMexico came up for adjustment and war was deter-\\nmined upon, Mr. Brooks enlisted in the regular army,\\nenrolling at arlisle Barracks, Pa., in the Second\\nU. S. Cav., in the company of the (afterward) cele-\\nbrated Captain May. He was in the famous cavalry\\ncharge at Palo Alto and received a severe sabre cut\\nin the left temple. He was a participant in the\\nbattle of Monterey, and was present at the capitula-\\nv\u00c2\u00a9", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0351.jp2"}, "352": {"fulltext": "356\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ni\\ni\\nA)\\n.^9\\ntion of the city of Mexico. In 1S49 he went to\\nJapan with the expedition under Commodore Perry\\nto negotiate the terras of the treaty between that\\ncountry and the United States, and was on the St.\\nLawrence, which bore the dispatches to the United\\nStates squadron. This enterprise terminated in 1 85 2,\\nand Mr. Brooks went in 1854 on the Walker expedi-\\ntion, proceeding to Central America in the famous\\nStar of the West, commanded by Admiral Holling-\\nbroke. He was present at the bombardment of\\nGraytown. His next engagement was as engineer on\\nthe General Rust, a steamer connected with the\\nmail service at Galveston, Texas.\\nWhen the civil war broke out Mr. Brooks re-\\nsponded to the first call for troops, and enlisted at\\nNorristown, Montgomery Co., Pa., in Co. A, Fourth\\nPa. Vol. Inf, Col. Hartranft, enlisting for three\\nmonths, under Capt. W. Bolton. He was wounded\\nin the contest with the celebrated Black Horse Cav-\\nalry at Fairfax Cross-Roads, below the right knee, by\\na minie ball. He came home and spent some time\\nand a considerable sum of money in endeavoring to\\nraise a company for the service, but the enterprise\\nwas successful only in the loss of his investments.\\nHe returned to Pennsylvania and enlisted in Co. E,\\nin the 2d Pa. Vol. Cav., under Col. B. R. Price, of\\nPhiladelphia, going out as First Sergeant. The regi-\\nment was assigned to the command of Col. Buford.\\nAt the second battle of Bull Run, Mr. Brooks re-\\nceived a wound above the ankle of the left leg, and\\nwas discharged Oct. 27, 1862, at Howard Hospital,\\nWashington. Sept. 7, 1863, he again enlisted, in\\nCo. H, 2Sih Pa. Vol. Inf, better known as Geary s\\nOld Regiment. He was wounded May 18,1864, at\\nBuzzard s Roost, receiving an injury in his left side\\nfrom a piece of a shell, and a wound on the left\\nankle, which left the foot completely paralyzed. He\\nwas also wounded in the right thigh by a gunshot.\\nHe was in the hospital about a month after his regi-\\nment was discharged, and was mustered out of the\\nmilitary service of the United States Jnly 18, 1865.\\nHe carries in his body three bullets as credentials of\\nhis bravery in action.\\nMr. Brooks made his first acquaintance with the\\nState of Michigan in 1858, and passed two years at\\nDetroit. On his return from the war he went to\\nPennsylvania, where he remained until 1S69, when\\nhe came to Saginaw and resided about a year. In\\n1870 he came to Jerome Township and entered a\\nsoldier s homestead claim of 160 acres.\\nMr. Brooks was married Oct. 20, 1858, in Wilming-\\nton, Del., to Mary, daughter of Andrew and Mar-\\ngaret (Stewart) McClelland. Her parents were of\\nScotch nativity and are dead. Following is the rec-\\nord of the children born to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks:\\nMary Jane, born July 9, 1861, died Dec. 13, 1882;\\nAndrew John, born June 8, 1862, died the same day.\\nWillie J. was born Dec. 12, 1863; Margaret A. was\\nborn Dec. 12, 1S66 Alfred Henry was born Oct. 9,\\n1S69, and died the same day; Samuel Kosciusko\\nwas born March 8, 1870, and was the first child born\\nat the Grand Army Post at Norristown, Pa.\\nMr. Brooks is a Republican in political affiliation,\\nand has served three terms as Justice of the Peace,\\nhas been School Inspector and Township Clerk three\\ntimes, and in 1873 was appointed Notary Public, the\\nduties of which position he is still discharging.\\nratten A. Visger, farmer on section 7, Lar-\\niJlSJl ^i^ Township, is a son of Jacob and Elea-\\n-flKg- nor (Baubier) Visger, natives of the State\\nx of New York, who came to this county in No-\\nvember, 1865, and settled in Averill. They\\nnow reside in Larkin Township. Mr. Visger\\nowns 120 acres, of which 30 are improved.\\nThe subject of this notice, the second son, was born\\nin Jefferson Co., N. Y., July 2, 1858, received a good\\ncommon-school education, and lived at home until\\n18 years old. He then bought 97 acres of wild land\\nin Larkin Township, where he now lives, with 18\\nacres improved.\\n^^^k^i^V\\n=*H^\u00c2\u00bb^\\nIT:.:\\nblO*\\nohn Maxell, farmer on section 14, Hope\\nTownship, was born in Pittsburg Township,\\nCan., March 3, 1844, the son of William\\nand Alice (Lavery) Maxell, natives of Ireland.\\nTP Mr. M., senior, is now living in Hope Town-\\nship. His wife died in the same township, in\\nOctober, 1878.\\nTheir son John came to Midland County in April,\\n1873, and bought 40 acres of wild land in Hope\\nTownship. He has sine? sold ten acres to his brother\\nV^\\nca:\\nt\\ng^i^l-\\n||t|;-^JU^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0352.jp2"}, "353": {"fulltext": "m\\nI\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n3S7\\nWilliam E., and of the remainder he has improved\\n20 acres.\\nMay 24, 1867, was the date of his marriage to Miss\\nMartha Jane Lawrence, daughter of Henry and Eliz-\\nabeth (Parsley) Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. L. died\\nwhen Martha was a child, the former in Canada, the\\nlatter in Ireland; Mrs. M. was born in Ireland, in\\n1844, and came to this country with her father when\\nfour years old.\\nMr. and Mrs. Maxell have seven children living,\\nand four dead: Margaret A., born March 17, 1S6S,\\nin Galway, Can.; Wm. Noble, Oct. 23, 1869, in same\\nplace; Susan, June 6, 1870, in same place; Mary A.,\\nJune 22, 1871; Robert and Anthony (twins) April 3,\\n1872, and died three days later; Jane Elizabeth,\\nMay 16, 1873; Robert Henry, Feb. 27, 1876; Alice\\nSusan, June 4, 1878; Leonora Victoria, May 24,\\n1880; and John L., May 17, 1S82.\\nMr. M. is a Republican, and has been a school\\nofficer for seven years. He and wife are members of\\nthe Christian Church.\\nl^ilas W. Lines, farmer on sec. 25, Larkin\\nTp., is a son of Elijah and Olive (Whee-\\n||\\\\5i lock) Lines, natives of Vermont and Con-\\nnecticut, and was born in Erie Co., N. Y., Dec.\\n30, 1845. His parents removing to this State\\nthree years later, he was reared and educated\\nin Oakland County.\\nIn 1864 he enlisted in the Fifth Mich. Vol. Cav.,\\nand served six months, when he was discharged on\\naccount of disability. Returning to his home in\\nOakland County, he afterwards enlisted in the Third\\nMich. Vol. Cav., in which organization he served\\nuntil March, 1866. After his return from the army\\nhe removed to Genesee County, which was his home\\nuntil the spring of 1S77. At that date he came to\\nMidland County and purchased 40 acres in Larkin\\nTownship, where he has since lived, with the excep-\\ntion of about two years in the city of Flint. Aug. 20,\\n1869, in Genesee County, he celebrated his nuptials\\nwith Miss Nellie R. Cody, a native of the State of\\nOhio. She was born Aug. 7, 1849, in Huron County,\\nthat State. Of three children born, only Silas A.\\nHe\\nsurvives, as the two remaining died in infancy\\nwas born August 6, 187 i.\\nMr. Lines is a member of the Republican party.\\nHe has been at different times Township Clerk,\\nSchool Director and Overseer of Highways.\\nssiSiSM^r^ -M^\\n(/^nS ZOT^\\n-*3=\\nT~T^\\n7 7\\nohn Schearer, farmer on section 22, hope\\nJi^^ll Township, was born June n, 1843, in\\n1^^ Liberty Township, Fairfield Co., Ohio, the\\nson of Felix and .\\\\nna (Magley) Schearer, and\\nis the sixth of a family of eight, all living. The\\nfather was born in September, i8ri,in Switzer-\\nland, and the mother is also a native of that country.\\nBoth are of German descent. The subject of this\\nsketch emigrated to Ohio when 16 years old, with his\\nfather and grandfather, and he lived at home until\\n24 years old, working his father s farm on shares\\nduring the three years after he attained his majority.\\nHe then came to this county, and, after working\\n^F\u00c2\u00aeiC eorge Brown, farmer, section -i,^, IngersoU\\nii i^JliC Township, is a son of Aaron and Submit\\n(Howe) Brown, natives of New Hampshire.\\nHe was born in the town of Westmoreland,\\nN. H., June 6, 1797, and was ii years old\\nwhen he went to Montgomery Co., N. Y. He\\nlived in different parts of the State until he came to\\nMichigan in the fall of 1S60, when he bought 80\\nacres of land in Saginaw County. After living there\\na year he exchanged the place for 40 acres in Inger-\\nsoU Township, on which he setUed and where he\\nhas since lived. The entire 40 is under cultiva-\\ntion.\\nMr. Brown was married in Monroe Co., N. Y.,\\nAug. 29, 1824, to Julia Stebbins, who was born in\\nSherborn, Conn., Dec. 16, 1808. Of their seven\\ndaughters and two sons, eight grew up to years of\\nmaturity.\\nMr. and Mrs. Brown are pioneers of IngersoU\\nTownship and Midland County, and are members of\\nthe Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. B. is a Re-\\npublican in his political views.\\n-\u00c2\u00abs^i", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0353.jp2"}, "354": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n4^^^(\u00c2\u00ae^\\ny three years in John Larkin s mill, homesteaded 80\\nacres on section 22, township 16 north, 2 east. Here\\nrl he lived five years but after receiving his patent he\\nbought 60 acres on section 22 of the tov/nship west\\nJ of that, in order to live near other people, his first\\nselection being several miles from a settlement.\\nHe was married Oct. 14, 1869, to Miss Sarah\\nFreidiger, daughter of John N. and Lizzie Freidiger.\\nShe was born Dec. 24, 1843, in Licking Co., Ohio,\\nwhere her parents yet reside. She has four brothers\\nand sisters living.\\nTwo children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. S.,\\nin Midland Township: Katie S., Feb. 14, 1S71;\\nand Willie C, March 27, 1874. Mr. S. has been\\nTownship Treasurer two years, and is in political\\nfaith a Republican.\\n^^^lenry P. Linton, editor of -the Coleman\\nAdvocate, first saw the light of day at Co-\\nlumbus, Bartholomew Co., Ind., on the 27th\\nday of July, 1847. His father was a successful\\ni physician of that place, where he and his wife\\nI are still living, al a ripe old age.\\nMr. Linton was educated in the common schools\\nof that town and studied the higher branches under\\nthe tutelage of a Presbyterian minister. Being of a\\ndisposition that sought to be posted in the general\\nnews of the day, he spent most of his spare moments\\nabout the newspaper offices of his native town, and\\nthus attained a fondness for the fascinatin g art\\npreservative. At the early age of 11 years he began\\nsetting type in the office of the Columbus Democrat,\\nof which I. C. Dillie was editor. In this office Mr.\\nLinton worked between school hours for about three\\nyears, or until the breaking out of the war, when the\\noffice was closed that aU hands might enlist in the\\ndefense of their country. For the next two years the\\nsuljject of our sketch attended school, but early in\\n1863, when scarcely 16 years old, he too was seized\\nwith a war fever, and hurried to the front, taking part\\nin the battles of the Army of the Cumberland and of\\nthe Tennessee, until after the fall of Atlanta. Hav-\\ning had a taste of war, he could not rest contented at\\nhome, and after a short stay he again enlisted, and\\nwith his regiment did valiant service in the Shenan-\\ndoah Valley, in Virginia, until again discharged, in the\\nfall of 1865.\\nAgain he entered a printing-office (a job-printing\\nestablishment in Louisville, Ky.) and remained at\\nwork until the fall of 1866, when he entered the law\\noffice of Col. A. W. Prather, where he studied for two\\nyears that he might better prepare himself for the\\nnewspaper business. During these years he was a\\nregular paid correspondent of the Indianapolis and\\nCincinnati daily papers, and in 1868 made a trip\\nthrough Kansas, New Me.xico, Colorado and the other\\nWestern States and Territories as a newspaper cor-\\nrespondent. While at Lawrence, Kansas, in the\\nspring of 1869, he was admitted to the Bar, after a\\nstrict examination conducted by ex-Gov. Shannon\\nand Judge James Christian. Being in love with\\nthe newspaper business, however, Mr. Linton had no\\nidea of engaging in the practice of law, and soon re-\\nsumed his journeying as a newspaper correspondent,\\nand since that time has been an almost constant\\ntraveler, principally through the States of the South\\nand West, except part of the time when he was\\nengaged in office work on the Indianapolis (Ind.)\\nSentinel, of which he was news editor for some time.\\nAbout six years ago Mr. Linton came to Michigan,\\nand, becoming enamored of one of the daughters of\\nthe State, he concluded to settle down and lead a\\nquiet life! In the year 1878 he was married, and\\nfor a time was engaged in publishing a paper in\\nSouthwest Michigan; but, not being successful, he\\naccepted the city-editorship of the Columbus (Ind.)\\nRcpuhliian, to which place he removed but his wife\\nnot having good health there, he resigned his posi-\\ntion and returned to Michigan, and again attached\\nhimself to a Michigan paper.\\nIn 1883 he received propositions from the people\\nof Coleman to establish a paper in that thriving little\\nvillage. After a careful survey of the town and its\\nsurroundings, Mr. Linton made up his mind that\\nthere was a bright future for the village and accepted\\nthe offer, and on the nth day of August, 1883, he\\nissued the first number of the Coleman Advocate,\\nwhich has been a more successful venture than he\\ndreamed possible to attain for several years. Being\\nso thoroughly in earnest in his belief in the future of\\nthe town, Mr. Linton is preparing to spend the com-\\ning years in the village by building one of the finest\\nand most convenient residences in that region.\\nV\u00c2\u00a7)\\nA\\nc\\n(o-.\\nm^\\n!1!1^DD;", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0354.jp2"}, "355": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0355.jp2"}, "356": {"fulltext": "I\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab1\u00c2\u00ab^\\n^/I^J,\\n.C^:iy%-t^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0356.jp2"}, "357": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0357.jp2"}, "358": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0358.jp2"}, "359": {"fulltext": "-:j \u00c2\u00a9v^^n ii U i^\\ne\\nV\\nV\\ni\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nBeing, also, of an active disposition, he has pUinged\\ninto a hearty support of the vital interests of his\\nadopted State, and by his aggressiveness is making\\nhis part of the county kr.own and felt in business as\\nwell as m political circles, and is fast moving to the\\nfront in the ranks of Republicanism in his county.\\nThe only secret organization to which Mr. Linton be-\\nlongs is the G. A. R., of which he is an ardent mem-\\nber.\\nenjamin P. Dean is a farmer on section\\nll 22, Midland Township. His parents\\nwere Benjamin and Jerusha (Dewey)\\nDean. (See sketch of Benj. Dean.) He was\\nborn in Peru, Mass., July 12, 1839; attended\\nthe common school and Lee High School\\nuntil 20 years of age. Li 1862 he came to Sanilac\\nCo., Mich., where he followed farming ten years, and\\nthen came to this county, settling where he now re-\\nsides, taking possession of 70 acres of land. He\\nnow owns about 570 acres, in Midland Township,\\nalmost 25 of which is under cultivation.\\nIn politics he is in sympathy with the Republican\\nparty.\\nIn Watertown, Ont., April 3, 1874, Mr. Dean was\\nmarried to Miss Jane, daughter of Henry and Jane\\n(Smith) Baker, natives of Ontario. Mrs. Dean was\\nborn in Erin, Ont., July 13, 1856. Mr. and Mrs.\\nDean are the parents of six children, born as follows:\\nEdna N., Jan. 10, 1875; Carrie O., Nov. 12, 1876;\\nWard A. R., April 19, 1878; Cecile E., Nov. 19,\\n1879; Jessie F., Dec. 20, 1881; Nelson K., Jan. 3,\\n1884.\\nThe portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Dean appear on\\npreceding pages.\\nouis H. Wesson, farmer, section 14, Homer\\nTownship, was born Sept. 6, 1845, in Flint,\\nGenesee Co., Mich. His parents, Leonard\\nand Elizabeth (Sherwood) Wesson, were natives\\nrespectively of Massachusetts and Michigan,\\nand of English and Welsh descent. His father\\nwas a druggist and conducted his interests in that\\nbranch of merchandise at Flint, Saginaw and Pon-\\ntiac. He is now engaged in the culture of small\\nfruits in the city of Flint. The mother died at Flint,\\nJune 6, 1854. She bore seven children, six sons\\nand a daughter. Two of the former are deceased.\\nMr. Wesson is the second child and eldest son of\\nhis parents. He attended the union school in his\\nnative city until he was 16 years old. The civil war\\nhad awakened in his young mind an interest in the\\ngreat issues before the country, and he enlisted in\\nJanuary, 1862, as a bugler in Co. G, First Mich. Vol.\\nCav., under Col. Broadhead. The regiment was as-\\nsigned to the Army of the Potomac, and Mr. Wesson\\nwas in all the engagements in which the regiment\\nwas involved throughout the entire campaign. He\\nspent two years in the capacity of bugler, and in\\nFebruary, 1864, he was detailed private Orderly to\\nGen. Ward, and held the post six months, when he\\nwas transferred to the Army of the Shenandoah\\nValley, as private Aid to Gen. Wright. On the 26th\\nof September, 1864, while private guard over a\\nbuilding near Harrisburg, he was captured and taken\\nto Libby prison, at Richmond, where he was incar-\\ncerated for five months and suffered all the oft-told\\nhardships and privations of that modern Baistile.\\nThe effect upon him was to reduce his avoirdupois\\nfrom 150 to 70 pounds. In February, 1865, he was\\nparoled, and immediately received a furlough of 30\\ndays, which he spent among his friends. He re-\\njoined his regiment the night previous to the surren-\\nder of Gen. Lee, and was present on that memorable\\noccasion. The regiment proceeded to Wheeling, W.\\nVa., and thence went to Leavenworth, Kan., where\\nthey remained 30 days. At the expiration of that\\ntime they went to Salt Lake City, and were there\\nengaged in defending and protecting United States\\nmail routes and officials. Mr. Wesson received an\\nhonorable discharge July 5, 1866, having been four\\nyears and six months in the military service of the\\nUnited States. He had participated in about 40\\nimportant battles, besides numberless skirmishes,\\namong which were about 60 frays with the Indians,\\nwhile engaged in frontier service.\\nMr. Wesson returned to Flint, where he was em-\\nployed for a time as a clerk in a store. Later, he\\ninterested himself in engineering and farming, and\\nextended his operations in the former to Petrolia,\\nCan. He again took up his abode at Flint, and in\\n1872 came to Midland Co., Mich., and spent three\\nt??-\\nVS\\n9\\ns\\n0)\\nre)\\n^DDf^Ar^.\\n^mmi", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0359.jp2"}, "360": {"fulltext": "^^4\\ng\u00c2\u00ae8K-\\nV\\nSi\\n364\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nyears in the occupation of builder, when he took\\npossession of a small farm held by his wife on section\\n14, in Homer Township. It was in a wholly unim-\\nproved condition, as was the surrounding country.\\nMr. Wesson was placed his entire acreage under im-\\nprovements and creditable cultivation. In the\\ncyclone of Sept. 6, 1882, his house and barn were\\nentirely destroyed, necessitating the construction of\\nnew farm buildings.\\nHe was married Oct. 23, 1872, at Midland, to Mrs.\\nSarah Fineout, daughter of Henry and Gertrude\\n(Sawyer) Tice. Her parents were natives of the\\nState of New York, where they passed their entire\\nlives, the mother dying in 1845, and the father in\\n1 87 2. Mrs. Wesson was born Nov. 20, 1838, in\\nSullivan Co., N. Y. She grew to womanhood in the\\nplace of her birth, and came to Michigan in 1869.\\nWillie L., born Sept. 16, 1874, and Blanchie M.,\\nborn Dec. 9, 1876, are the names of the two chil-\\ndren of Mr. and Mrs. Wesson. Their mother is a\\nmember of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.\\nWesson belongs to the Order of Odd Fellows, and is\\na member of Dwight May Post, No. 69, G. A. R.\\nHe is a Republican of the most decided type, and\\ncast his first vote for President in Libby prison, in\\nNovember, 1864. The proudest inheritance he can\\nleave to his son is the fact that he exercised the right\\nof a freeman for tlie first time in favor of Abraham\\nLincoln in defiance of the rebels who held him in\\nthe jaws of death. He was United States Census\\nEnumerator for his district in 1880; has served three\\nyears as School Assessor, and five years as Township\\nClerk.\\n-5\\nohn P. Baleh, Jr., is a general farmer on\\nsection 9, Jasper Township. He was born\\nfio in Trumbull Co., Ohio., June 5, 1858, and\\nis a son of John P.,Sr.,and Elizabeth (Savage)\\nBalch. (See sketch.)\\nThe subject of this sketch was the fourth\\nchild and third son in a family of eight children.\\nWhen two years old the family settled on section 20,\\nJasper Township, this county, where he grew up to\\nyears of maturity. Sept. 7, 18S1, at St. Louis, Mich.,\\nhe married Theresa Davis, a daughter of E. and\\nMatilda (Huff) Davis, natives of Ontario, and of\\nGerman and French descent, and now residents of\\nJasper Township. Mrs. B. was born in Ontario,\\nAug. 14, 1858, and was 21 years of age when the\\nfamily settled in the above named township. Mr.\\nand Mrs. Balch have one child, Mabel A., born Feb.\\n15, 1884.\\nA year after his marriage Mr. B. located on his\\n80-acre tract on section g, Jasper Township, where\\nhe has commenced substantial improvements.\\nIn his political status he is counted a Republican.\\nV\\nc^:\\n0.\\nI^fon. James Van Kleeck, attorney at Mid-\\nland City, and Representative from Mid-\\nj^f^ land, Gladwin and Roscommon Counties,\\nwas born Sept. 26, 1846, in E.xeter, Monroe Co.,\\nMich., and is the son of Robert Van Kleeck.\\nI His earliest traceable ancestors were of the\\nsturdy race known in the primary history of the\\nState of New York as Holland Dutch, and were\\npioneers of Dutchess County in the Empire State.\\nTliey were royalists, and when the Colonies revolted\\nthey betook themselves to Canada. Barnabas Van\\nKleeck, paternal great-grandfather of Mr. Van Kleeck\\nof this sketch, married in the Dominion and reared\\nhis family, consisting of five sons and two daughters,\\nBarnabas, Peter, John, Jeremiah and Robert, Mer-\\ncy and Cecilia. Robert Van Kleeck was the son of\\nBarnabas (2d), and was born Aug. 25, 1807, at Van\\nKleeck s Hill, a village in Prescott Co., Ont., in whose\\ncognomen is perpetuated the family patronymic. He\\nmarried Catherine McManus, who was born in Buf-\\nfalo, of Irish descent, and removed in 1832 to La\\nSalle, Monroe Co., Mich., and later to Exeter in the\\nsame county. He returned to Canada in 1837, to\\nparticipate in the revolt against the British Govern-\\nment known to history as the Patriot War, or\\nMackenzie s Rebellion. He came back to the Penin-\\nsular State when the futile attempt to secure inde-\\npendence proved a failure. His children are all\\nliving. Cecilia, the eldest, is Mrs. Moses Fountain, S)\\nof Monroe Co., Mich. Eliza is Mrs. William Simons, i\\nand is a resident of the same county Judith (Mrs.\\nDavid Potter) lives in Washtenaw Co., Mich. Kate\\n(Mrs. Herbert O. Brown) resides in Van Buren Co.,\\nMich. Their mother died in 184S; their father s :V\\ndemise occurred in January, 1881. m^\\ntlBf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0360.jp2"}, "361": {"fulltext": "w\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^nr\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n4^^c(\u00c2\u00aevii\\n365\\nMr. Van Kleeck is the only son born to his i^ar-\\nents, and is the fourth child in order of birth. He\\nsecured a good preliminary education in the common\\nI schools of Monroe County and studied at the High\\nr?, School in the city of the same name.\\nHe was a mere lad when the Civil War broke out,\\nand early within the first year of its existence he\\nmade an attempt to become a soldier. A very boy\\nin fact and appearance, his application was rejected;\\nbut a few months later he made a more successful\\ni assault on the sympathies of the enrolling officers,\\nf% and in June, 1862, found himself in regulation blue\\nand brass buttons, and duly recorded as a soldier for\\nthe Union, in the 17th Mich. Vol. Inf, Co. D. The\\ncommand was assigned to the First Brigade, First\\nDivision, Ninth Army Corps. Mr. Van Kleeck re-\\nceived his credentials of bravery on the field of An-\\ntietam, Sept. 17, 1862, where he was wounded in the\\nleft side by a missile supposed to be a minie-ball.\\nThe wound was similar in character to that of Presi-\\ndent Garfield, and was very severe, the shot lodging\\nin proximity to the dorsal vertebrse, where it still\\n=1 holds the fort. He was reported killed, and the\\n9 surgeons decided that he could not live. He was\\nt=a: eventually transferred to the general hospital at Fred-\\nericksburg, whence he was discharged in January,\\n1863. He was practically disabled for several years,\\nand when sufficiently recovered resumed his studies\\nin the High School at Monroe.\\nIn 1868 he entered the Law Department of the\\nUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor, where he was\\ngraduated in 1870. Soon after that event he was\\nnominated for the position of Register of Deeds for\\nMonroe County, running against Col. Constant Luce,\\nformerly Colonel of his regiment, but was unsuccess-\\nful. In the same fall he came to Midland City and\\nopened on office for the practice of his profession.\\nIn the spring following he was elected Clerk and\\nAttorney of Midland City. In the fall of 1872 he\\nwas elected Prosecuting Attorney, in which office he\\nhas served six years, being re-elected three alternate\\ntimes, in 1872, 1876 and 1880. In 1882 he was\\n1 nominated to represent the district in the Legislature\\ns^s of Michigan, at a RepubUcan Convention held at\\nMidland City, and took the field against H. H. Wood-\\nQ^ ruff, nominee of tlie Independent-Republican ele-\\nment, and Dr. Aldrich, Fusion candidate. He ran\\nahead of his ticket in his own county by 600 votes,\\nv^)\\nand made a successful campaign by a majority of\\n400 votes in the District. He served on Committees\\non Judiciary and State University, and discharged\\nhis duties with credit to himself and honor to his\\nconstituency.\\nMr. Van Kleeck was married July 3, 1872, to\\nJuliet C, daughter of Thomas J. and Juliet (Clarke)\\nCarpenter. She was born in Orion, Oakland Co.,\\nMich. (See sketch of T. J. Carpenter). Three\\nchildren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Van\\nKleeck, as follows Edith, Julys, S76; James C,\\nMay 28, i88r, and an infant.\\nharles M. Card, farmer on section 16,\\nf. Hope Township, was born in Old Hick-\\nbridge, Berkshire Co., Mass., Dec. 16,\\n1825, the son of Elisha and Susanna Card,\\ni|^ natives of Rliode Island. The father died\\nDec. 16, i860, and the mother in 1844. Mr.\\nCard s palernal and maternal grandfathers were both\\nRevolutionary soldiers.\\nThe subject of this biography was reared on a\\nfarm, and, leaving home at 18 years of age (1843),\\nwent to Medina, Orleans Co., N. Y., to learn the\\nwagon-maker s trade. He remained there until 1848,\\nand then went to Utica, where he worked at his trade\\nfor two years. In that city, Jan. 28, 1849, he formed\\na life partnership with Miss Jane Olds, daughter\\nof Martin and Mary A. (Prim) Olds. Both parents\\nare now deceased, having ended their lives in Can-\\nada, whither they had emigrated from England.\\nMrs. Card was born in the last mentioned country,\\nOct. 29, 1826.\\nAfter marriage, Mr. C. removed to Medina, where\\nhe was employed at his trade two years. His next\\nmove was to Kingston, Can., where he lived through\\none winter; and then he moved to Wolf Island,\\nCan. Here he worked at his trade for a time, and\\nthen on a rented farm for two years. At the expira-\\ntion of this time he purchased 40 acres of land. He\\nlived at this place altogether seven years; then sell-\\ning out, he lived in Kingston again from spring to\\nfall. Thence he went 20 miles to Camden, and\\nlived two years in that village and five years on a\\nfarm in the vicinity, which he purchased. He then\\nmade his last move to his present home in this\\ncounty, in i868. He purchased 120 acres of wild\\nmm\\nAu:^\\n-#t^5f^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0361.jp2"}, "362": {"fulltext": "^DIl^DD^i\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^|?^C(^\\nv)\\nland, and had to cut down trees before he could find\\na space to build a house. He now owns 60 acres.\\nHe is a Democrat and has been School Treasurer.\\nHe and wife are members of the Church of God.\\nThe following is the record of the six children\\nadded to this family Mary Jane was born Oct. 24,\\n1849, in Utica, N. Y., and married John Partridge;\\nMaria S. was born Aug. 25, 185 i, in Medina, Orleans\\nCo., N. Y., and was married April 3, 1869, to George\\nErway Leander W. was born Dec. 15, 1853, on\\nWolf Island, Ontario, Can., and was married in 1S7S\\nto Phebe Rooker; Maggie A. was born Nov. 26,\\n1857, on Wolf Island, and married Amos A. Has-\\nkell; Harriet E. was born Feb. 11, i860, at Camden,\\nCan., and was married in March, 1882, to William\\nRooker; Charles M., Jr., was born March 11, 1867,\\nat Camden, Can., and was married April 20, 1884, to\\nIrzettia Burgess.\\n|\u00e2\u0082\u00acl; eorge Smock, farmer, section 19, Jasper\\n-\u00e2\u0080\u009e____\u00e2\u0080\u009e Townsliip, was born in Livingston Co., N.\\ntH^I^^ Y., March 16,1838. His parents, Adam\\nhf^ P. and Eleanor (Vanderbeek) Smock, were\\nX natives respectively of New Jersey and New\\nYork, and of New Jersey ancestry for several\\ngenerations. His father, a farmer during life, and\\nnow aged 72, and his mother, aged 65, are living with\\nhim.\\nGeorge was about three years old when his parents\\nwent to Allegany Co., N. Y. He visited Gratiot Co.,\\nMich., in 1857, but continued an inmate of his\\nparental home until of age, when, Sept. 24, 1S62, he\\nmarried Miss Emily, third child and second daugh-\\nter of Thomas and Mary (Craig) Martin. (See\\nsketch of Andrew J. Martin.) She was born in Por-\\ntage Co., Ohio, March 24, 1841, and came to Michi-\\ngan with her parents when 20 years old. After\\nmarriage, Mr. and Mrs. S. owned and occupied an\\n80 acre farm in Pine River Township, Gratiot Co.,\\nMich., till the summer of i87i,when they came to\\nthis county and settled on a quarter of section 19,\\nwhere, they now reside. Here Mr. Smock has im-\\nproved 65 acres and erected fair farm buildings. In\\nhis township he has been Highway Commissioner,\\nHealth Officer, etc. In political matters he is a\\nstaunch and active Republican, and he belongs to\\nthe I. O. O. F., at Salt River. He is a popular\\ncitizen.\\nMr. and Mrs. Smock have had five children,\\nnamely: Willis, born Feb. 27, 1864; Oscar, April\\n7,1866; Freddie, June 26, 1875; and an infant,\\nMarch r6, 1884; and Minnie, born April 25, 1868,\\ndied Sept. 19, 1875.\\n3 amuel D. Shaffner, farmer, section 11, In-\\n1 __ .,crsoll Township, was born in Pennsylvania\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0|ijiV Dec. 19, 1847. His parents, Henry and\\nm\\\\\\\\^ Abbalenia (Willman) Shaffner, were natives of\\nSwitzerland. He lived in Pennsylvania until\\n1880, engaged in farming and lumbering, and\\nin February of that year he came to Midland County,\\nfirst buying a tract of 60 acres, to which he has since\\nadded 40 acres. He now has about 12 acres under\\ncultivation.\\nMr. S. has held the office of School Director, and\\nin the spring of 1884 was elected Drain Commis-\\nsioner. He is a Republican, and in respect to relig-\\nious belief he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal\\nChurch, as also does his wife.\\nMr. Shaffner was married in Pennsylvania, Aug.\\n10, 1869, to Frances M., daughter of Thomas and\\nMary J. (Mann) Craven, the former a native of\\nPennsylvania and the latter of the Empire State.\\nMrs. S. was born in the Key-stone State, Nov. 11,\\n185 I and to Mr. and Mrs. P. have been born three\\nchildren, namely Lauren O., Annie M. and\\nThomas H.\\nMr. S. enlisted in July, 1864, in Co. D, First Bat.,\\nPa. Vol. Inf and served until November of the same\\nyear.\\nj^J^^^S^\\n5 elson Hitsman, farmer and lumberman,\\n-^I ^l section 21. Lee Township, was born in\\nJF^ Russell Township, Ottawa Co., Ont., March\\n\u00c2\u00a7i i7i 1845. When ten years old he went to\\n1^ St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., with his parents, and\\ntwo years later he left home and was employed in\\nvarious occupations. He bought 40 acres of land,\\nand when 21 years of age he sold it, left that county,\\nand came to Lapeer Co., Mich., afterward moving to\\nI\\nA\\nC\\n-^^tlt]:^:tll];\\n-^4?^C I", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0362.jp2"}, "363": {"fulltext": "z=i^^^ crTr U Ij p U i?^7-^^ :2^^Q^-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n367\\nft\\nTuscola County, where he bought a farm of 1 20 acres,\\nworked it for seven years, then managed a farm in\\nLai)eer County again for two years; then, in 1S76,\\nhe went to Clay Co., Kan., and about three years\\nI f). later he returned to this State and purchased 80 acres\\nof timbered land on section 21, Lee Township, where\\nlie has since improved 30 acres. In politics Mr.\\nHitsman is a Democrat, and he has held the minor\\noffices of his district.\\nMr. H. was married in St, Lawrence Co., N. Y.,\\nSept. 6, J 863, to Miss Eliza A. Lanway, who was\\nborn in that county June i, 1848. Tht^ children of\\nMr. and Mrs. Hitsman are George L., born Aug. 24,\\n1864; Mary E. E., March 26, 1869; Dora R., June\\n17, 1880; and William N., who was born July r,\\n1873, and died Feb. 3, 1875.\\nf j H. Ketcham, junior member of the lumber\\njii!====|i firm of Wright Ketcham, resident at\\nJ lfS^ Saginaw, Mich., was born Feb. 22,\\njiljf 1845, on Staten Island, N. Y., and is a son of\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^\u00e2\u0096\u00a01^^ Ira G. and Fannie M. Ketcham. His father,\\na farmer, settled in DeKalb Co., 111., where he reared\\nhis son to the age of 20 years, instructing him in agri-\\ncultural pursuits. In 1866 the latter came to Sagi-\\nnaw, Mich., where he engaged heavily in lumbering\\nin the interests of Ketcham, Edsell Dunning.\\nThe enterprise lasted ten years, when he became\\nconnected with the lumber firm of Wright Co.\\nAfter four years the present business relation of\\nWright Ketcham was formed, and has since\\ncontinued. The senior member of the firm is the\\nmost prominent man in the Saginaw Valley, Ammi\\nW. Wright. The lumber interests of the firm in\\nMidland County are extensive. They own r 0,000\\nacres of hard and soft timber lands, and instituted\\ntheir business at the point where the village of\\nKetcham stands, May i, 1881. They commenced\\nbusiness to secure a large amount of pine lumber\\nfor themselves and also in the interest of Messrs.\\nRust Hay, of Saginaw. During the last three\\nyears they have placed 100,000,000 feet of lumber\\non the banks of the Tittabawassee River, and have\\n125,000,000 feet to secure, which will require be-\\ntween three and four years. They constructed a\\n^6^#\\n.25J^y^\\nMM\\nnarrow-gauge railroad in 1882, built of iron rails, 20\\npounds to the yard but the track is now laid with\\n3o-l)ound steel rails, the old ones being utilized for\\nbranches and siding. The road is about 22 miles in\\nextent, and its rolling stock includes three coal-burn-\\ning engines and 75 log cars. The road is in use\\nabout nine months in the year. It is deemed more\\neconomical and safe to use coal-burning engines in\\na wood country. The facilities afford a banking\\ncapacity of about 300,000 feet of lumber daily. The\\nworking force during the winter includes about 500\\nmen. During the summer the operations require\\nabout 100 men, making an average of 325 men\\nthrough the year. The yearly running expenses\\namount to $200,000.\\nAmmi W. Wright, who is now a resident of Sara-\\ntoga, N. Y., formerly lived at Saginaw, where he still\\nhas extensive business relations. He owns a saw-\\nmill there and is President of the Wright Lumber\\nCo., of Wellstime Co., of Wright and Davis, of\\nOtsego Co., Mich., and is a member of the lumber\\nfirm of Giles, Gilbert Co., of Montcalm County.\\nHe holds large interests in Gratiot County, and is\\nthe principal owner of real estate at Alma, in that\\ncounty, where he owns the Wright House, one of the\\nfinest establishments for the entertainment of the\\ntraveling public in the State of Michigan. Mr.\\nWright has large landed interests in Minnesota, and\\nowns considerable property in Minneapolis. He is\\na heavy stock owner in the First National Bank and\\nthe Home National Bank at East Saginaw, and also\\nin the bank at Alma. He is a partner in the firm of\\nTaylor, Wolfenden Co., of Detroit, and is heavily\\nconcerned in the Lansing, Alma Mt. Pleasant\\nRailroad, now in process of construction. He is one\\nof the most notable examples of what one man may\\naccomplish who sets out in life with empty hands\\nand a head sufficiently well balanced to recognize\\nand grasp opportunities, a much better capital than\\ninherited wealth. It has placed him among notable\\nmillionaires and incited him to widely diffused and\\nvaried business investments. Among these is an ex-\\ntensive sheep ranch in Texas. Mr. Wright is about\\n63 years of age.\\nThe village of Ketcham is the outgrowth of the\\noperations carried on there by Messrs. Wright\\nKetcham. The mercantile establishment of the firm\\nand the {wstoffice are under the management of\\nJames G. Ketcham, brother of one of the proprietors.\\nm^^n^rS\\nybj\\nA\\nV\\ny\\nfa,", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0363.jp2"}, "364": {"fulltext": "^)$f^tf=\u00c2\u00bb-\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^ZS^)^^\\n-tlP :illi-\\n^^fis^-^\\nMIDLAJSin COUNTY.\\n^^p^rwin Inman, farmer on section 28, Hope\\ny^ Township, was born in Ray Township,\\n^T.^- Macomb Co., Mich., June 22, 1854, the\\nson of Charles and Amanda M. (Green) In-\\nman. The father was born in October, 1826,\\nin New York State, and the mother in 1825, in\\nthe same State. They now reside in Lincoln Town-\\nship, this county. Their family include Erwin H.,\\nLuella, Oscar F., Winslow J. and Orville B.; and\\nMrs. Inman has two children by a former marriage,\\nDavid M. Wilcox and Sarah Wilcox.\\nThe subject of this sketch commenced when only\\n16 years of age to earn his own support. He\\nworked in the lumber woods in the winters, and on\\nneighboring farms in the summer seasons. In 1876,\\nshortly after reaching his majority, he purchased 40\\nacres where he has since lived.\\nJuly 4, 1877, in Lincoln Township, he was mar-\\nried to Miss Emma J. Conner, daughter of Isaac\\nand Laura (Brown) Conner. Mr. and Mrs. C. are\\nresiding on a farm in Grout Township, Gladwin\\nCounty, and have had nine children, of wliom Brit-\\ntannia is deceased. She was the eldest. The living\\nare Martha, Mary A., Rhoda, Emma J., Margaret,\\nLillian, Philip R. and William N. Mrs. Inman was\\nborn Sept. it, 1861, in Mariposa, Can., and is the\\nmother of three children, as follows Charles W.,\\nborn Oct. 19, 1878; Isaac C, April 15,1881 and an\\ninfant, Feb. 23, 1884. All were born in Hope Town-\\nship.\\nMr. I. is a Greenbacker, and in religious inclina-\\ntion belongs to the Church of God.\\nI\\n4\\nohn Haley, fanner, section 26, Mt. Haley\\n^/l Township, was born Jan. 15, 1842, in\\nFrontenac Co Ont. His father, John\\nHaley, died in July, 1862, and after that event,\\n-jiL his family, including his wife, one daughter\\nand two sons, came to Saginaw County. In\\nthe springof 1868, they removed to Midland County\\nand fixed their residence on 160 acres of land, for\\nwhich Mr. Haley had entered his claim in the previ-\\nous year. It was all in heavy timber and the owner\\nhas sold 80 acres of the original tract, and finely im-\\nproved a portion of the remainder. Its soil is of the\\nbest character. The mother died in November,\\n1875-\\nMr. Haley was married Oct. 12, 1870, in East\\nSaginaw, to Alice Howley, a native of Ontario, where\\nshe was born, Feb. 18, 1842. Eight children have\\nbeen born of this marriage, all of whom are living\\nbut one.\\nThe family l^elong to the Roman Catholic Church,\\nin which they are in full and regular standing. Mr.\\nHaley is a Democrat, and has held the most important\\nlocal official positions. He has been Treasurer and\\nJustice of the Peace, and has officiated as Drain and\\nHighway Commissioner.\\n^iA.\\nt^3j\\n\\\\g^^^-\\n^tK^D ^M^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0364.jp2"}, "365": {"fulltext": "^-rm^^\\n-:J^^ 6V4 lir^.llIl^ r^\\nr-:;;;\\n^^^(^vM\\nt\\nv^\\nM\\nV\\n9\\nSi/\\nr\\n^si^^ ^D!l^tl!]\\nz,,.^.\\nf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0365.jp2"}, "366": {"fulltext": "m^^\\nrn\\nr -^mi;^Dii^\\nV\\nt\\nA\\n0\\n^^D 3 IID; ^5^3 n\\n^^5f@", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0366.jp2"}, "367": {"fulltext": "(b\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nINTRODUQTORY. Mk\\nyto)\\nNLY a few years have passed\\nsince any attempt has been\\nmade to convert the unbroken\\nH- JK5\u00c2\u00ab.-^ \u00e2\u0096\u00a0^i\u00e2\u0080\u0094^.r^i^-. forests of Northern Michigan\\nt^l v^ ^^j^ss^^w^^^S into an agricultural district\\nand homes for civilized man.\\nThe early surveyors which Government\\nsent out to make the survey of\\nthis part of the State reported that it\\nwas an irreclaimable waste and not fit\\nfor cultivation in any quarter, the soil\\nbeing of that character which pre-\\ncluded the propagation of cereals.\\nThe rapidity of settlement and enor-\\nmous crops of everything in the line of cereals\\ndemonstrated conclusively their mistake, for no acre-\\nage surpasses Northern Michigan in productiveness.\\nNotvifithstanding the oft-repeated tales of want and\\nhardships told by their sires, men of energy, with\\ntheir families and all their earthly possessions loaded\\nupon wagons drav/n by oxen, pushed their way step\\nby step, through the unbroken forests of Midland,\\nuntil they found suitable locations. With a spirit of\\nheroism have they toiled until the forests were laid\\nlow, and their herculean labor is manifest in the\\nbroad acres of highly cultivated land, upon which\\nstand palatial residences and outbuildings of the\\nmost expensive character. Over the grounds where\\nthe red man chased the bounding deer, and the\\nwild-cat and wolves held their nightly vigils, may be\\nseen the husbandman gathering the golden harvests\\nwhere the Indian s wild war-whoop was heard, stands\\nthe stately house of worship. Transportation of\\ngoods by ox teams has given way to the power of\\nsteam, and a commerce has been opened up with all\\nparts of the civilized world. Prosperity in a high\\ndegree has smiled upon her people, who are fortunate\\nin living in the most healthful, beautiful and pro-\\nductive State in the Union, taking age into consider-\\nation.\\nThe history of this county is possessed of no small\\ndegree of interest. While other counties were con-\\nnected with the frontier with large bodies of excellent\\nlands, these seemed shut off from the gaze of shrewd\\nspeculators by reason of its heavy growth of timber.\\nThey were destined to become the heritage of an\\nhonest, industrious people, and the income derived\\nfrom the timber and products of the soil has given\\nmany of the first comers a handsome competency.\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 vVW;\\nC?)\\nca:\\nValue of Local History.\\nji ERY few of the present generation realize\\nthe great value of local history, living as\\nthey do in an age of industry and thrift.\\nTlie opportunities for speculation and the\\nhaste to become wealthy take precedence of\\neverything else, and the fact is not taken into\\nconsideration that the pioneers are rapidly passing\\nfrom the scene of their labors, leaving but little time\\nfor the compilation of biographical sketches which\\nconstitute the heretofore unwritten history of Midland", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0367.jp2"}, "368": {"fulltext": "-:^^^K ^ve^Dii; nii^. v\\n^f^^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0i\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nh\\nV\\nCounty. Their children have heard from the Hps of\\ntheir aged sires the storj of privation and toil of\\nthose who were first at the front in the settlement of\\nthe county, but thfir children will lose sight of the\\nfacts unless they be recorded in such manner as to\\nbecome intelligible and kept fresh in the minds of\\nsucceeding generations.\\nSurrounded, as we are, with everything which\\nwealth and taste can suggest, the fact is almost lost\\nsight of that here were the best years of the lives of\\nour ancestors devoted to the development of one of\\nthe best agricultural counties in the State. As the\\nvirtues, privations, toil and hardships of the pio-\\nneers of Midland are well worthy of a more fitting\\nmemorial than can be secured by a granite monu-\\nment, the design of the publishers is to record a his-\\ntory of inestimable value to every citizen.\\nThe facts mentioned have been carefully culled\\nfrom every source neither pains nor expense has\\nbeen spared in the compilation of this work, which,\\nalthough not without error, is as correct as can be\\ngathered from the pioneers themselves.\\nUpon local history depends the perpetuation of\\nfacts heretofore unwritten, as well as the biographical\\nsketches of every worthy pioneer in the county that\\ncould be procured. Each sketch speaks volumes;\\nand a history of one man s life, perhaps of an entire\\nfamily, is nov recorded where naught can eftace or\\ndestroy it. From this will all future volumes of like\\nimport take their data. Those who have volunteered\\nthe information from which this work is compiled,\\nwill live in the history of this county as long as time\\nlasts. No manlier hands e er drew a sword than they\\nwho faced privation and danger while engaged in the\\nsubjugation of the dense wilderness which once\\ncovered this now beautiful land, and to them is this\\nvolume dedicated.\\nHow Our Fathers Lived.\\nHE young men and women of to-day have\\nvery little conception of the mode of life\\namong the early settlers of Midland Coun-\\nty. In but few respects are the manners of\\nthe present time similar to those of. a quarter\\nof a century ago. The clothing, the dwell-\\nings, the diet, the social customs, etc., have under-\\ngone a total revolution as though a new race had\\ntaken possession of the land. Pioneer life in Mid-\\nland County finds its parallel in almost every county\\nin the State and throughout the entire Northwest.\\nThe land was to be cleared of forests, and the skill\\nof human art used to transplant to the fertile re-\\ngion the civilization of the East. Cabins were to be\\nerected, wells dug, and the rivers and creeks made\\nto labor for the use of mankind.\\n.\\\\s many living citizens can well remember, the\\npioneers had many difficulties to contend with, not\\nthe least of which was the journey from civilization\\nto their forest homes. The route lay through a wild\\nand rough country swamps and marshes were\\ncrossed with great exertion and fatigue rivers were\\nforded with difficulty and danger nights were passed\\nin the dense forests, with mother earth for a couch\\nand the trees and foliage for a shelter long, weary\\ndays and weeks of travel were endured, but finally\\ntheir eyes were gladdened and their hearts beat\\nfaster when a vision of their future home burst upon\\nthem.\\nThe first thing upon arrival was to set about build-\\ning a cabin. While this was being done the family\\nslept in their wagons or upon the grass, while the\\nhorses or mules, tethered to prevent escape, grazed\\non the grass around them. Trees of a suitable and\\nuniform size were selected, felled and prepared for\\ntheir places. The day for the raising was announced\\nand from far and near came other pioneers to assist\\nin the labor. The structure went up, a log at a time,\\nthose engaged in the work stopping now and then to\\nwet their whistles, and soon it was ready for the\\nclapboard roof, which was held on by huge weight-\\npoles. A door and a window were cut where the\\ngood wife directed, a chimney built, and the building\\nwas ready for its occupants. The space between the\\nlogs was filled in with split sticks of wood, called\\nchinks, and then daubed over, both inside and out,\\nwith mortar made of clay. The floor was some-\\ntimes nothing more than earth tramped hard and\\nsmooth, but was commonly made of puncheons, or\\nsplit logs, with the split side turned upwards. The\\nroof was made by gradually drawing in the top to\\nthe ridge-|)ole and on cross-pieces laying the clap-\\nboards, which, being several feet in length, instead\\nof being nailed were held in place by weight-poles,\\nreaching the entire length of the cabin.\\nFor a fire-place, a space was cut out of the logs on\\nV", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0368.jp2"}, "369": {"fulltext": "J\\nWi^\\nr^^ ^-7 lin: 5:Dl]^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2r-^\\n-z^^^\\nv^\\n~f4^-^\\nr\\nS\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n373\\none side of the room, usually about six feet in length,\\nand three sides were built up of logs, making an off-\\nset in the wall. This was lined with stone, if con-\\nvenient if not, tlien earth was used. The flue, or\\nupper part of the chimney, was built of small split\\nsticks, two and a half or three feet in length, carried\\na little space above the roof, and plastered over with\\nclay, and when finished was called a cob and clay\\nchimney. The door space was also made by cutting\\nan aperture in one side of the room of the required\\nsize, the door itself being made of clapboards secured\\nby wooden pins to two cross-pieces. The hinges\\nwere also of wood, while the fastening consisted of a\\nwooden latch catching on a hook of the same ma-\\nterial. To open the door from the outside, a strip of\\nbuckskin was tied to the latch and drawn through a\\nhole a few inches above the latch bar, so that on\\npulling the string the latch was lifted from the catch\\nor hook, and the door was opened without further\\ntrouble. To lock the door it was only necessary to\\npull the string through the hole on the inside. Here\\nthe family lived, and here the guest and wayfarer\\nwere made welcome. The living-room was of good\\nsize, but to a large extent it was also kitchen, bed-\\nroom, parlor and arsenal, with flitches of bacon and\\nrings of dried pumpkins suspended from the rafters.\\nThe old cabins are rapidly being superseded by\\nmodern frame and brick structures, yet with almost\\ntearful eyes we watch them disa[)pear. Every log\\nand chink has a history; could they speak, they\\nwould tell us of tlie days of toil and privation under-\\ngone by our fathers, of the days made sacred by the\\nbirth or death of his children, of the religious services\\nwhich were held there when no church was yet built\\nin the neighborhood, or the merry-makings at which\\nthe neighbors for miles around attended, when logs\\nwere to be rolled, and a dance given in the evening;\\nthe whole to conclude with a supper, the delicacies\\nof which consisted of venison, maple sugar and corn\\nbread. One by one the old log structures are being\\nremoved, but it seems almost a sacrilege to tear them\\ndown, so closely have they been connected with the\\nsuccess of our pioneers, many of whom now state\\nthat although they are now wealthy and have every\\ncomfort and luxury that money can procure, yet the\\ndays spent in their primeval home and the kindness\\nwhich everywhere prevailed among neighbors, brought\\nmore happiness than is now enjoyed, although their\\nb^.rns are filled with grain, their pockets with gold\\nand their lands doited witn herds of cattle and sheep.\\n^.s.J\\ny6)\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J\\nO)\\n^^^m^f\\n^nii^:tinf", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0369.jp2"}, "370": {"fulltext": "BOHIGINAL history in this\\ncounty is somewhat limited.\\nAlthough these were their\\nlands, and among the best\\n___________ hunting grounds, they were\\n(^!j t^ it) ^11 removed to a reservation\\nin Isabella County, which had\\nbeen ceded them by the Govern-\\nment in 1855, which lands are\\nyet possessed by the remnants of\\nthe tribes, now nearly extinct.\\nNearly all the Indians living in\\nthis portion of the State belonged to\\niS the Chippewa tribe, although the\\nI\\n(c^\\nPottawatomies and Ottawas were so\\nmixed with them by intermarriage that compara-\\ntively few full-blooded specimens could be found of\\neither tribe. There was always a kindly feeling ex-\\nisting between the Indians and the whites of this\\ncounty, and no disturbance of importance was noted\\nduring the early history of this section. Their time\\nwas spevit in hunting, fishing and trading, having only\\na few acres of cleared land, which was cultivated\\nvery poorly. Their dances were the occasion of much\\nhilarity, and every one who desired was made wel-\\ncome as a looker-on. The sugar dance, the green-\\ncorn dance, harvest dance and war dance\\nwere the only recreations indulged in, unless it were\\nan occasional horse race, and these were tame\\naffairs, the ponies following each other along a trail\\nin single file.\\nTheir manner of burial was peculiar. The corpse\\nwas wrapped with bark and deposited in a shallow\\ngrave, which, when filled with earth was covered with\\nbark. A pipe, tobacco, and hatchet were put at the\\nhead of the grave; and quarterly, during the first\\nyear, a squirrel or other small animal was buried,\\nthat the warrior might have sustenance for support\\nuntil he reached the happy hunting grounds.\\nThe Indians could many for a moon or life, just\\nas they liked. The marriage ceremony consisted\\nonly in presenting the bride a necklace, blanket, or\\nany trinket, which if accepted constitvited marriage.\\nTheir number of wives was not limited, some having\\nthree or four.\\nPay-mos-ega, the aged Chippewa chief, died at\\nIndiantown, near St.Louis, and his body was kept\\nlying in state for several days plenty of whisky\\nwas furnished the Indians from some quarter, and\\nriot and revelry prevailed. During the c ;rnival of\\ndrunkenness three squaws were murdered and their\\nbodies burned.\\nMe-gon-gay-wan, a daughter of the chief men-\\ntioned, afterward married Henry Ashman, who rep-\\nresented the people in the .State Legislature at a\\nlater date. Two of his sons live in Isabella County,\\nand are both intelligent and worthy men. Mrs.\\nMary Gruett, wife of James Gruett, who acted as in-\\nterpreter at the Indian Mission, still lives near St.\\nLouis, and is possessed of (]uite a fund of informa-\\ntion regarding Indian life.\\nThe old Iroquois blood is flowing in the veins of\\nmany of them, and here and there one can trace a\\ndescendant of the Miamis, the Senecas, and oftener\\nA\\nZ\\n-#i^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0370.jp2"}, "371": {"fulltext": "TT\\nvC^DO^nu^^v\\nMIDLANn COUNTY.\\nthe old and once powerful Pottawatomies. The old\\nEtowah and Ojibway (now corrupted into Ottawa\\niv5\u00c2\u00bb and Chippewa) are also represented largely; so the\\npresent tribe, designated as Chippewas of Saginaw,\\n(z)j Swan Creek and Black River, is an amalgamation of\\nseveral tribes which were once distinct. In the\\nDetroit treaty of Nov. 17, 1807, the lands in the\\nSaginaw territory were set apart for the Ottawa,\\nChippewa, Wyandotte and Pottawatomie nations of\\nIndians, as part of a general and divided concession\\nfrom the Government; but it is not until the treaty\\nmade at Washington, May 9, 1836, that we see In-\\ndians classified as Chippewas of Swan Creek and\\nBlack River. The Wyandottes and Pottawatomies\\nwandered westward, though many of the latter tribe\\nsettled in the Michigan Territory south of what is\\nnow the line of the Michigan Central Railroad.\\nBut among the new tribe of Chippeways of Swan\\nCreek and Black River, there was a large number\\nstill of Wyandottes and Pottawatomies, although the\\nprevailing number were divided between Ottawas\\nand Chippewas, while occasionally, to tliis day, a\\nSeneca Indian can be found.\\nCivilization has been driving them remorselessly\\nbefore it, first from the beautiful valley of the\\nMiami, up toward the Maumee; from there to the\\nriver Raisin, where Monroe now stands; from there\\ntowards the Detroit River, but urging tliem both west\\nand northward from there to the Flint and Saginaw\\nRivers; but with all these temporizings urging them\\nwestward by offers of large annuities, which many of\\nthem accepted on arriving at Swan Creek, Black\\nRiver and Saginaw, this conglomeration of tribes,\\nunder their new name, began to clear land, to hunt\\nand to fish but even in what was then a wilderness,\\nthey were not allowed to remain undisturbed; for the\\nAmerican Fur Company began the erection of trad-\\ning posts, and buying their valuable furs of the In-\\ndian hunter and trapper. They and the subsequent\\ntraders paid them off in poor whisky and cheap\\ngoods at an exorbitant price.\\n(3^ As civilization advanced, many of the whites took\\ni Indian women as concubines, living in this unholy\\nalliance as long as it suited either their convenience\\nW. or inclination to do so, thus giving to these untutored\\npeople their first lesson in civilization by teaching\\nthem the prostitution of their young women\\nAfter a while this land became valuable to the\\ns\\nwhites the steamboat appeared where before the\\nwaters of the Saginaw and Tittabawassee had known\\nno more disturbance than the paddle of the Indian\\nin his canoe. Business began to prosper, settlers to\\ncome in, and in 1855 these Indians were all called\\ntogether and told that it was to their interest to give\\nup land then worth one hundred dollars per acre\\nand to move again northward into Isabella County,\\nthen almost a wilderness. To this they consented,\\nand moved from their possessions to the lands along\\nthe Tittabawassee in this county, and to the reserva-\\ntion in Isabella. There were fully 2,000 Indians\\nliving along the Tittabawassee when the first white\\nsettler came, and the Wymans, Whitmans, Townsends,\\nCronkrights and others had no other neighbors for\\nyears.\\nAll speak of the Chippewa Indians in the kindliest\\nmanner, and when the last ones left Midland County\\nfor their new home in Isabella, many tears of regret\\nwere shed by the whites at the necessity which\\ncaused their parting.\\nFifty years ago the Chippewas had undisputed\\npossession of this territory, and the Sauks, another\\npowerful tribe, endeavored to dispossess them of\\nthese beautiful valleys, which were such fine hunting\\ngrounds. A bloody battle was fought about two and\\none-half miles west of Midland City, at a bend in\\nthe river known as the Ox-Bow, and many lives\\nwere lost on both sides, the Chippewas however\\ncoming off victorious. Their dead are now lying in\\nthe old Indian burying-ground a couple of miles\\nsouthwest of Midland City.\\nThere were two other burying-grounds immediately\\neast of Midland and inside its corporate limits where\\nmany of the aborigines were buried. Wliile exca-\\nvating along the line of the Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailroad, the workmen unearthed many bones and\\nutensils which had been placed in the graves to aid\\nthe warrior upon his arrival at the happy hunting\\ngrounds.\\nThey have gone from this county, and had it not\\nbeen for the efforts of Major James W. Long, who\\nfor several years was Indian Agent in Isabella\\nCounty, and was instrumental in securing them\\ntheir patents in fee simple, the probability is that ere\\nthis they would have been removed to Isle Royale\\nin Lake Superior, or some other equally undesirable\\nlocality. As it is, their present condition, as com-\\nh\\n9\\nA^ D!i^nn;^-^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0371.jp2"}, "372": {"fulltext": "\u00c2\u00a9-^^Dtl^llil^^v\\nTT-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n1=3\\nS\\nv)\\npared with the past, is bad enough. They are\\ndwindling away, or migrating each year to their old\\nrelatives, the Ottawas of Lake Michigan, the straits\\nof Mackinac and Sault Ste. Marie. Others can be\\nfound among the Chippewas of Lake Superior, while\\nthose who remain earn a precarious living in amateur\\nfarming, hunting, fishing and the manufacture of\\nbaskets. They are undoubtedly the victims of fate;\\nbut it seems hard that they, the original owners of\\nthis land, have been compelled to give up so much\\nwhen they have received so little. At present about\\n600 Lidians are living on the reservation in Isabella\\nCounty under the provisions of the treaty of Oct. 18,\\n1864, which was supplemental to the treaty of Aug. 2,\\n1855, when the tribe was in the fullness of its glory\\nhere. The last families left Midland County in 1865,\\nand occasionally some of them come during the\\nsummer months to gather huckleberries, which grow\\nin such profusion along the marshes.\\nThe treaty of 1864 gave to each head of a family\\n80 acres of land, and to every Indian, male or female,\\nupon arriving at the age of maturity, 40 acres, with\\nthe proviso that the Indian Agent shall classify them\\nas competent or non-competent. In case they\\nare reported as competent, a patent issues in fee\\nsimple, and they can transfer their land or alienate\\nthe title the same as any other freeholder. The\\nnon-competent, while having a patent, cannot\\ntransfer the title without consent of the Secretary of\\nthe Interior.\\nThe reservation embraces the following Congres-\\nsional townships in Isabella County, all being in\\ntowns north, by ranges west of the meridian line: 16,\\n3entire; 15,3; 15,4; 15, 5 entire; 14, 5 entire, and\\nthe north half of 14, -3 and 14, 4. The principal\\nvalue at that time attached to these lands was the\\nmagnificent pine timber which grew so luxuriantly\\nupon it, while this value was enhanced by its prox-\\nimity to the Chippewa and Salt Rivers, by which the\\nlogs could be floated to Saginaw and Bay City.\\nLumber speculators soon bought the pine, coupled\\nwith the right of removal, at nominal figures, after\\nwhich land speculators purchased the land. Some of\\nthe Indians kept their land, but none of them the\\ntimber.\\nIt is as well, perhaps, as it is. The theory of the\\nIndian Commission and the would-be humanitarians,\\nthat the North American Indians can be turned into\\na set of civilized farmers, is a phantasy long since ex-\\nploded. A percentage of them may be converted to\\ncivilization by schools, etc., but an Indian is an In-\\ndian still. His romantic habits and the pleasures of\\nthe chase are more to hiui than castled halls, and\\nthe delights of out-door and field sports cling to him\\nstill as they did his ancestry. Locality is one uf their\\nchief attributes. Although ihey are entitled to land\\nin the reservation, not only land, but the means ot\\nhaving permanent and comfortable homes notwith-\\nstanding all this, which any while man would have\\naccepted greedily, the Indian will not take, but even\\nnow can be found in his old haunts, rendered doubly\\ndear to him by habitation and the traditions of child-\\nhood. The Indian problem has had a fair, honest\\nand intelligent trial among the Chippewas of Sagi-\\nnaw, Swan Creek and Black River, and as far as\\nameliorating their condition is concerned, it has been\\na failure. Schools have been furnished them, with\\npatieni, earnest teachers. The gospel has been\\npreached to them, by hard-working, self-denying min-\\nisters of Christ. Many can speak English; some can\\nwrite, read and cipher; some are members of the\\nChurch, and all are peaceable and quiet. Civiliza-\\ntion has done this much; but it has all been for the\\nbenefit of its own cupidity and protection. As for\\nthe Indian in the wild woods, unbroken by the ax\\nof the pioneer; by the shim.nering stream, full ot\\nsustenance to him, with nature at his command, with\\nhis bow and his arrow on his shoulder, or his fishing\\npole or net in his hand, the Indian of primitive\\nages was more one of God s noblemen than the non-\\ndescript produced by the hypocrisy of civilization.\\nThe inter-marriage of the race has so reduced\\nthem ])hysically that a few more years will find but\\na mere handful of tiie noble red men who were\\nformerly owners of this beautiful land. When they\\nare gone who will mourn Who will drop a tear in\\nmemory of their former greatness? They have been\\ndispossessed slowly but surely until a mere spot of\\nland includes their possessions. Their end is near;\\ntheir race is nearly run. No more is seen the smoke\\ncurling from their wigwams; no more is heard the\\ntom-tom, as its monotonous sound marshaled the\\nbraves for the war dance. Their camp fires have\\ngone out; their hunting grounds are transformed\\ninto luxuriant meadows and highly cultivated fields.\\nNothing is left save this humble memorial to indicate\\nthat the aborigines ever inhabited this country.\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0372.jp2"}, "373": {"fulltext": "Z^ K 6VC Illl^|]Iis\\nV\\n(S^\\n-l^t^fsV^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n377\\nCS T ^^=^1 s-3-\\njv.\\n-^==3S=\\n^S\\nPECULATION is easy regavd-\\niiii; the date of the coming of\\nthe first actual settlers to the\\nterritory embraced by the Mid-\\nland County boundaries, but\\nabsolute knowledge of these\\nfacts is hard to obtain. There were\\nmany Indians and French half-breeds\\nliving here as early as 1830, although\\ntheir location could hardly be called\\npermanent one, they being chiefly en-\\ngaged in hunting, trapping and fishing.\\nThe first actual white settler who came\\nstay was John A. Whitman, whose ar-\\nrival dates back to the spring of 1836.\\nNot until the autumn of that year, however, did he\\nbring his family and erect his house, but at that early\\ndate his was the first house built in the county. This\\nwas located on the east half of section i in Inger-\\nsoll Township, and for convenience was built near\\nthe river. The only neighbors Mr. Whitman had for\\nseveral years were Indians, of whom he speaks in\\nhighest terms. They were living in bark shanties\\nand tents made of skins, but the winters were passed\\nin comparative comfort, and very little sickness was\\nknovi n among them.\\nCharles Fitzhugh came two years later and pur-\\nchased a large tract of land about the junction of the\\nChippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers, and near by\\nbuilt a log cabin, which was occupied in 1837 by\\nJohn Wyman. In this cabin, on the sixth day of\\nJuly, 1837, Julia A. Wyman was born. This event\\nwas of no small importance, for hers was the first\\nbirth occurring in Midland County among the white\\nsettlers. She is now living in Midland City, the wife\\nof John McLean. The cabin previously mentioned\\nstood on the site now occupied by the fair grounds,\\nand was the first house built in Midland Township.\\nFor several years less than half a dozen white\\nfamilies were living in the county. The Indians and\\nFrench traders were numerous, but no attempts toward\\nimproving the land were made except to clear a few\\nacres of the underbrush and deaden the large\\ntrees. A few potatoes and other vegetables were\\ngrown, but the chase was depended upon for supplies,\\nwhich were obtained from Saginaw by means of a\\ncanoe, there being no roads for transportation of\\ngoods.\\nFrank S. Burton was one of the early comers to\\nthis county, he having arrived in March, 1856. To\\nhim we are indebted for many interesting items con-\\ncerning tht early settlements. The Townsends,\\nCronkrights, and a few others, were squatted along\\nthe Chippewa at that date, and John Larkin had\\nmade his location here a year or two previous.\\nCharley Rodd, the half-breed Indian who was\\nafterward the first Sheriff of Isabella County, started\\na saloon in 1855, in a little store in a small clearing\\non the Indian Reserve, which now constitutes a\\npart of the farm of Mr. Geo. F. Ball.\\nDoubtless there were others that still survive, who\\nat that time were domiciled in log cabins niched in\\n.^ijggjr\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4i^^(^^j", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0373.jp2"}, "374": {"fulltext": "^-r^^m^^-\\n^7 mmm^\\n-i^^c(\u00c2\u00aevii\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nsmall clearings, the whole of which was surrounded\\nby and embosomed in the old, solemn and seemingly\\ni everlasting forest. The locality now designated as\\nMidland City was at that day only a lumbering\\ncamp, which bore the euphonious title of The\\nForks. The only buildings standing at that time\\ninside of the present corporate limits, were a rude\\nlumber shanty, with stables and other outbuildings,\\nwhich occupied the site of the cemetery. The camp\\nbelonged to the Copelands, Ripley and Stewart, who\\nemployed Timothy Jerome as their agent. He, al-\\nthough a resident of Saginaw, is one of the best\\nknown men in Midland County.\\nThere were two or three other points upon the\\nTittabawassee where the company above mentioned\\nhad begun catting and hauling pine and maintained\\ncamps. One was below the junction of the Tobacco\\nwith the Tittabawassee, in township i6 north, of\\nrange i west. This camp was called Sixteen; and\\nalthough it has enjoyed other and better titles since,\\nand is now appropriately styled Edenville, still the\\nold name clings to it, and many will never call it by\\nany other cognomen than Si.xteen.\\nThe first meeting of the Board of Supervisors was\\nheld Aug. 13, 1855, H. C. Ashman, Chairman; Ed-\\nwin P. Jennings, Clerk; and John A. Whitman,\\nTreasurer. The assessment roll for the entire\\ncounty, embracing all the territory described further\\non, amounted to $514,292.04. This assessment was\\napproved Oct. 8, of that year, and a tax of one-half\\nof one per cent, was levied to meet current expenses.\\nThe first marriage in Midland County was that of\\nSylvester Erway, so long a Supervisor of Edenville\\nTownship, and Julia Bowman, daughter of Daniel\\nBowman, one of the first settlers. The ceremony\\nwas performed by Esquire Abraham Egbert, April 6,\\n1855-\\nMidland County was organized March 29, 1850,\\nbut no officers were elected until the amended act of\\nthe Legislature of Feb. 8, 1855, which provided for\\nholding an election. All the territory now included\\nin Midland, Bay, Gratiot, Isabella, Clare, Gladwin\\nand Roscommon Counties, were then included in\\nher boundaries. The first election was held at Mid-\\nland, in November, 1855. The officers elected were,\\nG. W. Whiting, Sheriff; E. P. Jennings, Clerk; H.\\nC. Ashman, Prosecuting Attorney; J. A. Whitman,\\nTreasurer; Solon Kumvill, Register of Deeds; Sam-\\n5\\nh\\ny\\ni^f^As^m^\\nuel Gaskill, Judge of Probate, and George Turner,\\nSurveyor.\\nThe first term of Circuit Court was held in the o d\\nschool-house which stands at the corner of Ashman\\nand EUswortli Streets. The members of the Bar at\\nthat time consisted of Henry C. Ashman, Wilbur F.\\nWoodworth and G. F. Hemmingway.\\nMidland Township was organized in 1853, and the\\nfirst election was held at the house of Joseph Town-\\nsend, Sr.; the Inspectors of this Election were\\nThomas T. Townsend, Charles Fitzhugh and John\\nA. Whitman.\\nBelow the mouth of l^obacco River about five\\nmiles, is the farm located by the venerable Abraham\\nEgbert, in the year 1851. He was a Canadian, and\\na shrewd although eccentric man. He took great\\npride in the distinction of being the first pioneer of\\nthe township whicli bore his name, and never lost an\\nopportunity of making reference to the fact. This\\ntownship consisted of Congressional townships 16\\nnorth, I west and r and 2 east, and 15 north, i west.\\nThis territory now comprises the towns of Hope,\\nEdenville, Warren and Jerome. When, by an act of\\nthe Legislature, the name was changed to Jerome, it\\nnearly broke the old man s heart. We maintain that\\nthis was a grievous wrong, and as an impartial his-\\ntorian we desire to enter our protest against such in-\\njustice even at this late date.\\nThere were many incidents connected with pio-\\nneer life with which every reader is familiar, and for\\nthe present a few incidents relating to the first things\\nof importance in the county are noted.\\nJohn A. Whitman was the first Justice of the\\nPeace, being elected in 1853. He performed the\\nfirst marriage ceremony in IngersoU Townsliip, while\\nofficiating in a legal capacity, the parties being Mr.\\nJohn Armon and Miss Margaret McGregor, who were\\nmarried at his house in 1854.\\nThe first lawsuit in the county was brought before\\nhim, but the case was settled before coming to trial.\\nThe plaintiff, a Mr. Hall, suing a man named Chap-\\nman for wages due.\\nThe wolves were quite numerous, and to rid the\\ncountry of the noxious animals, the county paid a\\nbounty of $8 for every wolf scalp which was present-\\ned to the County Clerk with a certified statement\\nthat the wolf was killed in Midland County. The\\nfirst claims of this character were paid Jan. 15, 1856\\nA\\nEH\\nI", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0374.jp2"}, "375": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^T mm]\\\\^\\nT^rr\\nJ\\no\\nO\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nto Alvin Marsh, Charles Simmons, Sha-gwon-a-bee,\\nJ. Ock, Miik-ciid-da-kew, Ah-me-me-quong and Naw-\\nge-zick. The county from that date to January, 1S70,\\npaid bounties on 296 scalps, amounting to $2,368.\\nNearly all the meat used consisted of venison and\\nbear flesh, while the streams abounded in fine fish\\nand the forests in wild fowl.\\nWhile the early settlers were not in easy circum-\\nstances, yet they fared better than many people who\\nlived in adjoining counties remote from a navigable\\nstream. There were no wagon roads, it is true, for a\\nnumber of years, but the wheat raised was trans-\\nported to Saginaw in canoes, and flour, groceries and\\ndry goods brought home on the return journey. Dan\\nOsborne, one of the old veterans now living near the\\nvillage of Midland, was one of the first to run a\\npole boat between Midland and Saginaw. He\\nworked for a man nearly a year who was running a\\npole boat, but, getting no pay, concluded to build\\nand run one of his own. He made three trips weekly,\\nto and from Saginaw, having two men only to help\\nhim. He did his own piloting, running his boat\\ndown streatr. at night while his men slept, thus sav-\\ning a i2-hours run during the day. His scow car-\\nried seven tons, and he had all the work he could\\ndo. Dan would undoubtedly have become a mill-\\nionaire, had not John Larkin and Capt. Philo Sumner\\nbuilt a boat. This was a steamer of 25 tons burden,\\nwhich made three trips each week to Saginaw; but\\nit proved too heavy for the river at low water. The\\nname of this steamer was Midland City, with Philo\\nSun.ner, Captain and Dan Osborn, pilot. She was a\\nside-wheeler, and not a very fast boat. The owners\\nsold her, and purchased, at Cleveland, a new boat_\\nnamed Belle Seymour, which was of very light\\ndraught, drawing when empty only 18 inches of\\nwater. Trade was excellent, and this boat made\\nregular trips from the time of her purchase in i860\\nuntil the completion of the Flint Fere Marquette\\nRailroad.\\nThe first steamer that ever came as far up the\\nTittabawassee as Midland, was tlie Buena Vista, a\\nstem wheeler, which carried the household goods and\\nfamily of Charles Fitzhugh to the junction of the\\nChippewa with that river. The waters in the spring\\nof that year were veiy high, and large boats could\\nnavigate almost any of the streams. Fitzhugh came\\nin 1838, and did some lumbering near the river. He\\nis now a resident of Bay City, but is entitled to the\\nhonor of being the first lumberman in Midland\\nCounty. Of course this was done on a small scale\\ncompared with the manner in which it is conducted\\nto-day.\\nThe first meeting-house erected in Midland County\\nwas built one mile south of Midland City, by the\\nMethodist fraternity, who were then doing missionary\\nwork among the Indians that lived on the south bank\\nof the river opposite the village of Midland. This\\nbuilding is still standing, but is occupied by a family\\nwho are tenants on the farm of G. F. Ball, Esq. The\\nminister spoke in the English language through an\\ninterpreter, and his labors were very successful,\\nnearly all of the hip[)ewa and Blackbird Indians\\nliving in this county at that time being devout\\nChristians and an honest, happy people. James\\nKent and wife, who live at this time on the river\\nbank opposite where the aforesaid church stood, re-\\nmarked that no kinder or better neighbors ever lived\\nthan the Indians who were residents of this county\\nat an early day. If any of the family were sick the\\nIndian women were always ready to wait upon them.\\nDid the men folk need an extra hand to help in\\nclearing or other work, the Indians always lent a\\nhand. Was a fine buck killed by an Indian, or a\\nlarge fish caught, Mr. Kent s family were sure to\\nshare in the choicest bits. The minister whose\\nlabors were crowned with great success, was famil-\\niarly known as Elder Johnson, and to him is ac-\\ncorded the honor of being the first man in Midland\\nCounty to preach salvation to either the white man\\nor the Indian.\\nCaptain Philo Sumner and Snyder built\\nthe first saw-mill in the county, on Snake Creek,\\nabout three miles north of Midland. This was\\nerected in 1858, but, not being very remunerative,\\nSnyder became discouraged and sold his interest to\\nJohn Larkin. who moved it to Midland, where it, or\\nat least a part of it, is doing duty in the extensive\\nmills of Larkin Patrick.\\nDr. Edwin P. Jennings was the first physician that\\nsettled in the county. His services were sought for\\nby the pioneers for mmy miles around, there being\\nno physician nearer than Saginaw. Dr. Jennings\\nwas also the first county physician, being employed\\nin 1856 to do the county business, at the handsome\\nsalary of $25 per annum. This was not a princely\\nK^\\n\u00c2\u00ab0\\nV)\\n(o)\\n-m^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0375.jp2"}, "376": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^V ^DDgnil^\\nv^^\\n^i?\\\\/^\\nM\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nf\\nV\\nsum, yet it must be remembered that very few per-\\nsons were living in the county, and most of these\\nwere able to care for themselves.\\nThe first school-house in the county was built on the\\nnortheast quarter of the northwest quarter of section\\n1 8, in Midland Township. In this, Henry C. Ashman\\ntaught the first school. He was one of the earliest\\nsettlers, and without doubt was one of the most in-\\ntelligent men that ever lived in the county. He was\\nscrupulously honest, and enjoyed the greatest\\nesteem and confidence of the people. He was the\\nfirst Supervisor of Midland County, also the first\\nProsecuting Attorney. It is related that when teach-\\ning school during his younger days, he carried his\\nrifle wtth him and frequently would kill one or two\\ndeer before school hours in the morning. His\\nfather. Judge Samuel Ashman, was stolen, when a\\nchild, by the Indians living in the Lake Superior re-\\ngion. He lived among them for many years, and\\nmarried a squaw, by whom he had several children.\\nHenry Ashman was the only one of them that came\\nto this county. He was first married according to\\nthe Indian custom, but when his wife died, was mar-\\nried to the Chief Pay-nios-e-gay s daughter, whose\\nIndian name was Me-gon-ga-wan, signifying red\\nhead, she having bright red hair. Mrs. Ashman was\\nonly a half-breed, and was very intelligent. One of\\nher sons is now a resident of Isabella County, and is\\nnumbered among her best men.\\nJoseph Townsend, the drayman at Midland City,\\nis one of the oldest residents of the county. He is\\nperfectly conversant with its early history, and to him\\nthe historian is indebted for many valuable facts.\\nIn this connection our thanks are tendered John A.\\nWhitman, the oldest living resident of the county.\\nMidland Township was the first one organized.\\nHenry Ashman was its first Supervisor, and in loca-\\nting the county seat he showed considerable shrewd-\\nness. Visiting Lansing while the Legislature was in\\nsession, he succeeded in manipulating that body un-\\ntil an act was passed authorizing the Board of Super-\\nvisors and Prosecuting Attorney of Midland County\\nto designate the location and drive the stake which\\nfixed ihe county seat beyond question. This gave\\nhim absolute power in the matter, he being both\\nSupervisor and Prosecuting Attorney. A fellow\\nliving in Bay City offered him $4,000 to drive it on\\nhis lands, l)ut Ashman said Nay. Being a resident\\nof Midland, and having some land near the place,\\nhe, together with a number of chums, Billy Vance,\\nThomas and Joseph C. Townsend, Charles Fitzhugh,\\nE. G. Buttles and H. M. Ellsworth, of this county,\\nTimothy Jerome and Dan Davis, with other friends\\nfrom Saginaw, were present, and a grand time was\\nenjoyed. The Saginaw party came up on a steamer,\\nand brought along a basket of champagne, which\\nwas freely disposed of, and the stake was driven\\nupon the site now occupied by the court-house.\\nThe whole party became gloriously full without ex-\\nception, and the stake was baptized with a generous\\nportion of the precious grape juice, Billy Vance be-\\ning the first to break a bottle of champagne upon\\nit. The location and certified designation of the\\ncounty seat was filed Oct. 13, 1856, and no effort\\nwas ever made to remove it from Midland until\\nMarch 6, 1872, when Supervisor L. F. Smith, of\\nLincoln Township, offered a resolution to the Board\\nof Supervisors praying that the county seat be re-\\nmoved to Averill Station in the township of Lincoln.\\nTlie resolution was tabled, and to this day has not\\nbeen taken up. Mr. Smith did what he could for\\nhis constituency, but the people of the county are\\nnot yet ready to take the county seat from Midland\\nand drop it in any of the neighboring villages.\\nMidland County was attached to Saginaw County\\nfor municipal and judicial purposes until its organiza-\\ntion in 1850. At that date only one township (Mid-\\nland) was organized, but others were soon erected.\\nEgbert Township was the second, Ingersoll the third,\\nwhich was followed by the organization of Coe and\\nChippewa Townships, both of which are now a part\\nof Isabella County. The territory embraced in Eg-\\nbert has been previously mentioned. The first elec-\\ntion was held Oct. 20, 1855, at the house of Abra-\\nham Egbert, in honor of whom it was named. The\\njudges of that election were Abraham Egbert, Jacob\\nHagar and Daniel Bowman. David Burton was the\\nfirst Supervisor, followed by Daniel Davis, who served\\nin 1856-7 and until its re-organization in 1858.\\nThe aggregate valuation of the county, both real\\nand personal, in 1855. was $574,292.04, and the sal-\\naries of county officers amounted, all told, to $600:\\n$250 supplied the wants of the poor, and the cur-\\nrent expenses of the county were defrayed by the ex-\\npenditure of $1,721.\\nJohn Larkin s house was used by the county\\nofficers, there being no court-house. The Super-\\nc\\n^^D!i\u00c2\u00a7niif", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0376.jp2"}, "377": {"fulltext": "m\\nb\\n5^ti^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^v4:nn^iDf^v\\nNiSP\\n*a:\\n(l)\\n\u00c2\u00ab^|P9\\nMDILAND COUNTY.\\n381\\nvisors record shows that in 1856 $6,000 in county\\nbonds were voted to be negotiated, and money there-\\nby procured to erect a suitable building for county\\npurposes. Henry C. Ashman was Deputy County\\nTreasurer at that time, and was appointed a com-\\nmittee of one to attend to the matter.\\nPlans and specifications presented by Timothy\\nJerome were adopted, but no definite contract was\\nmade until the spring of 1857, when Jerome took the\\n$6,000 in bonds, drawing 10 percent., payable in 10\\nyears, and commenced the erection of the present\\nbuilding. This when completed was objected to by\\nthe Board of Supervisors, and Jerome was obliged lo\\nmake some alterations before they would accept it.\\nThere being but few roads and no bridges, the\\ncounty was asked by her people to make a ferry\\nacross the Tittabawassee, and the Board of Super-\\nvisors appropriated $150, in October, 1857, for the\\npurpose of building a ferry scow.\\nThe line of crossing was to be the State road lead-\\ning from Midland through Isabella County. Charles\\nCronkright built the boat, and Leonard Wilkinson\\nwas appointed to attend the same. Rates were also\\nfixed at that meeting for ferriage. Footmen were\\ncharged three cents; single teams, six cents; double\\nteams, ten cents cattle, sheep and swine, ten cents.\\nThis rate was to last from April 20 to Nov. 20, after\\nwhich double the above rates were to be charged.\\nThe ferry was made free in 1858, but for years it was\\na source of annoyance to the Board of Supervisors,\\nit being a hard matter to get a good man to attend it.\\nThe penuriousness of the Board in the expenditures\\nfor this ferry is surprising, they always appropriating\\nonly money enough to pay about half the wages that\\nwould have secured a fit man for the place.\\nThe first county election was held in Midland\\nJuly 3, 1855, at the house of Dr. Edwin Jennings.\\nLess than two dozen votes were cast. Dr. Jennings\\nhouse was a small log cabin, which stood near the\\nupper bridge. The unpretentious structure has long\\nsince been torn down to make room for more modern\\nimprovements.\\nLi 1856, the names of Dan Davis and Charles\\nPerkins both appear on the pay-roll of the Supervisors\\njournal as Supervisors of Egbert Township. As\\nneither of them is living it cannot be decided which\\nwas entitled to the honor.\\nAfter the court-house was completed, a spasm of\\npublic improvement came over the Board of Super-\\nvisors, and they were determined to have things fixed\\nup in grand style about the county capitol. They\\npassed the following resolution\\nResolvci/, That a committee be appointed to ac-\\ncept of the ferry and scow, and they also have power\\nto procure the neccessary rope to stretch across the\\nriver upon as advantageous terms as possible. Also\\nthat they have power to cause the rubbish around the\\ncourt-house square to be cleared off, and all un nec-\\ncessary trees, etc., and to cause the rubbish to be\\ncarried off tlie s(]uare.\\nD. M. R. Wilson, Clerk.\\nCoe Township, in Isabella County, had been for\\nseveral years under the jurisdiction of this county\\nprevious to the organization of Chippewa Township,\\nwhich was done Oct. 12, 1858. It was a part of Coe\\nand within the limits of Midland. The first election\\nheld in this township was at the house of William F.\\nPayne, who, with Langdon Bently and John Fraser,\\nwere Judges of Election.\\nJan. 4, 1S60, a settlement was made between the\\ncounties of Midland and Isabella, the latter county\\nhaving been organized by an act of the Legislature.\\nMidland agreed to account to the State for all State\\ntax liable to be paid by Isabella in 1859 and i860.\\nCharles D. Searrin, Sylvester Erway and Samuel D.\\nGaskill appended their names as members of the\\ncommittee from Midland, and P. H. Estee and N. C.\\nPayne, from Isabella. After this settlement, Isabella\\nCounty recovered $10,408 from Midland County\\nwhich at the date of settlement neither county had\\never dreamed of. This money built the present\\ncourt-house in Isabella.\\nThe territory now embraced in Clare, Gladwin and\\nRoscommon Counties-was formerly attached to Mid-\\nland County for judicial and municipal purposes, and\\nwas detached at the date of their organization as\\ncounties.\\nPrevious to March 16, 1S63, the then unorganized\\ncounty of Clare was attached to the county of Isa-\\nbella for judicial and municipal purposes. At the\\nsame date, the east half of the then unorganized\\ncounty of Gladwin, and the east half of C^are County,\\nwas organized and named the township of Gladwin.\\nThis township was attached to Midland County for\\ngovernmental purposes. This town was continued\\nfor two years, when the east half of Clare was divided\\ninto two townships, called Grant and Sheridan. Clare\\nwas formally organized as a county by an act of the\\nj;:^.\\nm.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0377.jp2"}, "378": {"fulltext": "^DD^DOriX-\\n382\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nLegislature March 16, 187 i, at which time the towns\\nof Grant and Sheridan were detached from Midland.\\nFor the two years which these towns remained at-\\ntached to this county, she had to pay a total of $7,-\\n134 32. This was rather an expensive luxury. Ros-\\ncommon was detached from Midland County entirely\\nin 1874, since which time lawsuits and other costs\\nhave accrued between the counties, they being un-\\nable to compromise upon the amounts due Roscom-\\nmon. In the Hill of 1883, the committee appointed\\nto settle the matter compromised, Midland County\\ngreeing to pay $6,000 in full of all demands to date.\\nThe disbursements of the county for 1855 was\\n$1,721, which included every cent of expense attach-\\ning to official salary, etc.\\nIn 1883, the increase shown by the clerks record\\nfoots up the handsome sum of $55,925.70, wliich\\namount only pays current expenses. Yet this in-\\ncrease is not out of proportion to the rise in real\\nestate and the need of expenditures as the county\\nbecomes more densely populated. Indeed, Midland\\nCounty is managed by her officials in the most econ-\\nomical manner, as proven by her records.\\nglfii^Iasx\\n.^oAl ii^ tr\\nW^-v:^^\\nWirWxMSr\\nm\\n=s\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094 \u00c2\u00abf* i-y^l\\ncOo\\nf-3\\nMidland bein\\nby IngersoU\\nnumbers and\\nthe most interesting\\nt- Jl features of this woik is a brief\\n(\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a07 but concise histoiy of each\\n;jjj Township, from the date of\\nt^^ its organization, together with\\nthe coming of its first settlers,\\nso far as can be ascertained. Perhaps\\nerrors may exist in some unimporlaiit\\nparticulars, but in such cases nothing\\nmore definite can be procured. .\\\\11\\nthe .Supervisors names appear attached\\nto the townships in wh ch they have\\nserved, which, with the number of\\nterms, make it especially interesting.\\ng first organized, heads the list, followed\\nand the others in the order of their\\nMidland Township.\\n5IDLAND Township is numbered 14 south\\n|S and 2 east, and is bounded on the north\\ni|S}\u00c2\u00a3l by Larkin Township, on the east by Bay\\nJ A\\\\ County, on the south by IngersoU Township\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2j and on the west by Homer Township. The\\nPine, Chippewa and Tittabawassee Rivers unite\\ninside its boundaries, and millions of feet of pine\\nlogs are annually floated down these streams, where,\\nuniting with the Tittabawassee, a jam of logs is\\nformed extending to Saginaw. From Midland City,\\nwhich is the only village in this township, the river\\nflows in a southerly direction through IngersoU Town-\\nship, at the southeast corner of which it enters Sag-\\ninaw County. In Midland Township are several\\nfine farms, but Hope and Edenville Townships are\\n1^\\nT\u00e2\u0080\u0094 I\\ng\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ae-\\n^9-^^.\\n\\\\m\\n|r^A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0378.jp2"}, "379": {"fulltext": "-;2t^i u v C^g n n ii 5 v\\n^(S^tlliv\\ni^^^c(\u00c2\u00aevii\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n\u00c2\u00a31\\n1=3\\nmore largely devoted to agriculture than even tliis\\ntownship, lying in such close proximity to the county\\nseat.\\nAll cereals grow well in Midland, and better soil\\nfor the production of vegetables cannot be found in\\nthe county. It being the first town organized in the\\ncounty, and the first settled, it naturally follows that\\nMidland Township should take a front rank.\\nThe first settlers are mentioned elsewhere, and all\\nof them were men of sterling worth. Of all the\\npeople who have lived in the county from its organ-\\nization, none perhaps has done so much to push her\\nbusiness enterprises as John Larkin. He has always\\nbeen first to favor any measure looking toward the\\nadvancement of mercantile or social interests, and\\nhas always aided with time and money everything\\nwhich benefited or added to the growth of the village.\\nThe gentlemen who have ably represented Mid-\\nland on the Board of Supervisors, together with tiieir\\nterms of service, are mentioned below\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nHenry C. Ashman 1855-6\\nE. G. Buttles 1857\\nCharles D. Searrin 1858-60\\nN. T. Carr 1861-2\\nAsa Bacon 1863-4\\nSherman Olmstead 1865\\nAsa Bacon 1866\\nHenry D. Rogers 1867-8\\nSherman Olmstead 1869\\nE. P. Jennings 1870\\nLyman Church 1 87 i\\nHenry Hart 1872-3\\nE. P. Jennings 1874-5\\nJ. \\\\V. Cochrane 1876\\nD. W. Chase 1877-80\\nGeorge Patrick 1881\\nR. W. Clason 1882\\nJohn Larkin 1883\\nIra Fales 1884\\ni-.\\nIngersoll Township.\\nf NGERSOLL Township lies in the south-\\neastern corner of Midland County. It is\\nnumbered 13 north and 2 east, and is\\nbounded on the north by Midland Township,\\non the east and south by Saginaw County and\\non the west by Mt. Haley Township.\\nThe northeastern part of this township is crossed\\nby the Tittabawassee River, which flows south, then\\neast into Sagniaw County. Ingersoll is reckoned as\\none of the best agricultural townships in the county,\\nthe east half being an especially fine farming district.\\nIngersoll contains no towns; it being so short a dis-\\ntance from Midland City, that point is made its chief\\nmarket. Smith s Crossing, on the boundary line be-\\ntween the two townships as well as jjetween Midland,\\nSaginaw and Bay Counties, is a stopping place for all\\npassenger trains, making it convenient for the farmers\\ngoing to and from Midland City.\\nAt one time Pay-mos-e-gay, the chief of the Black-\\nbird Indians, made his headquarters on the banks of\\nthe Tittabawassee, opposite the farm of John Whit-\\nman. The Indians lived there for at least 30 years\\nin undisturbed peace. The bottoms along this river\\nafforded tliem abundant pasturage for their ponies\\nand abounded with game of all kinds. These lands\\nwere accounted their choicest hunting-grounds, and\\nhundreds of deer, bear and smaller game have been\\ncaptured in its precincts.\\nJohn Whitman was the first settler in the townshi|).\\nHe located here in 1844, and his daughter, Jane\\nWhitman, now Mrs. Jos. Barton, of Homer Town-\\nship, was the first white child born in Ingersoll\\nTownship. This event occurred in 1844. John\\nAnnabel settled here in 1867. Among other comers\\nwere Geo. Davis, Eli Bailey, L. P. Bailey and\\nJoseph Lane.\\nThe township was organized Oct. i, 1855. The\\nfirst election was held at tlie house of David Cramp-\\nton, Oct. 20, 1855. Charles S. Blodgett, Martin P.\\nCrampton and Esial Chamberlin were the Inspectors.\\nThe history of the liunber interest in Ingersoll is\\nbut a repetition of that of the other townships in\\nMidland County. Hundreds of acres of dead pine\\nstill cover the ground in some localities, which will\\nin due time be manufactured into fencing and build-\\ning material.\\nThe Supervisors of this township have all been\\ngood and intelligent men, and many of them have\\nserved a number of terms. Their names and terms\\nserved are annexed\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nMartin P. Crampton 1855\\nWm. A. Copeland 1856\\nS. D. Gaskill 1857\\nCharles S. Blodgett 1858\\nS. D. Gaskill 1859-60\\nvS\\n9\\nc^:\\n^m^\\n^mmm\\nCi-\\n4^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0379.jp2"}, "380": {"fulltext": "^Dil^{lil^\\ni^T-\\n384\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nCT\\nAugustus Crownover 1S61\\nS. D. Gaskill 1862-4\\nWm. P. Phetteplace 1865-7 1\\nS. D. Gaskill 1872\\nWm. Atcliison 1873\\nS. D. (iaskill 1874-5\\nWm. P. Phetteplace T876\\nC T- Winslovv 1S77\\nA. R. McMillan 1878-9\\nJoseph T- Winslow 1880\\nA. R. iNIcMillan 188 1\\nJoseph I. Winslow 1882\\nSteel E. lX-an 1883\\nA. R. McMillan 1884\\ntY^\\nJerome Township.\\njfcf EROME Township is located near the cen-\\nter of the county of Midland, being num-\\nbered 15 north and 1 west. It is bounded\\non the north by Edenville, east by Lincoln and\\nHomer Townships, on the south by Lee Town-\\nship, on the west by Geneva Township.\\nThe Tittabawassee River flows into Jerome from\\nEdenville Township on the north. The stream takes\\na southerly and then easterly course, and leaves this\\ntownship at the point where the line separates Lin-\\ncoln from Homer. The Salt River rises in Isabella\\nCounty, flows east and enters Jerome near tlie north-\\neastern corner of the township, whence it takes a\\nsoutheasterly direction and empties into the Titta-\\nbawassee.\\nThe productions of Jerome are lumber, grain,\\nvegetables and game, such as bear and deer, the\\nformer valuable for its flesh, which is used as food, and\\nfor its skin, of which robes are made also, bear oil\\nin large quantities are obtained from this animal.\\nFrom the deer, venison is procured, and the hides\\nare used for making gloves, moccasins, etc.\\nJerome contains the village of Sanford, situated in\\nthe eastern part of the township, on the Tittabawas-\\nsee River, and at a place where this stream is crossed\\nby the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad, thus giving\\nto this town the advantages of both river and railroad\\ntraffic. Communication is kept up between this\\npoint and the village of Edenville several miles north\\nby means of the stage, which carries all mail both to\\nthe latter place and Wright s post-office. Sanford\\nwas platted in the summer of 1870, by Charles S.\\nSanford. Wells, Stone Co. erected tiie tirst store\\nin the village; Geo. Higgins was the first blacksmith;\\nthe first physician was A. E. Rockwell; the first ser-\\nmon was preached by Rev. Cogsall, of the Metho-\\ndist denomination, in tlie school-house. Jacob Se-\\nguin opened the first hotel, and Charles S. Sanford\\nbuilt one soon afterward, which was destroyed bv\\nfire May 15, 1884. The Flint Pere Marquette\\nRailroad was completed as far as Sanford in the\\nspring of 1871. The first postmaster was Phineas\\nHamilton.\\nThis village has about 100 inhabitants, and is a\\nconvenient trading point for lumbermen and agri-\\nculturists in that vicinity.\\nA salt well was sunk on section 24, in 1841, under\\nthe supervision of Prof Douglass Houghton, the\\nState Geologist. This was the first salt well dug in\\nthe State.\\nGeo. Butts was the first settler in the township,\\nand located on section 25 Charles S. Sanford came\\nnext, locating on section 24, where the village named\\nin his honor now stands. The Board of Supervisors\\nerected the township of Jerome in the year 1856. In\\n1862, a resolution was passed by that body by which\\ntownships 15, 16 and 17 north, of range 1 west, and\\ntownshiji 16 north, of range 2 west, were added to\\nJerome. These tracts were afterward organized into\\nseparate townsliiiis.\\nJerome has been successful in electing mer. of\\ngood judgment and ability to represent her in the\\ncounty Board of Supervisors. Tlieir names are\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nCharles Perkins 1S57-8\\nSylvester Erway 1859-64\\nGeo. B. Bard well 1865-7\\nSylvester Erway 1868\\nGeo. B. Bardwell 1869-70\\nE. N. Burton 1 87 1-2\\nGeo. B. Bardwell 1873\\nL. G. Miner 874-5\\nWm. Magee 1876-7\\nL. G. Miner 1S78\\nWm. Magee 187 9-84\\ne^\\nC\\nc^:\\nm\\\\i\\nA /-s\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^T", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0380.jp2"}, "381": {"fulltext": "i^j-r^^\\n-:2^s: 6V I) II D lls V\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n38s\\nOCX?\\nLincoln Township.\\nA\\nV\\nINCOLN Township is numbered 15 north\\nand r east, and is bounded on the north\\nby Hope, on the east by Larkin and on the\\nsouth by Homer Township, and partly separated\\nfrom the latter by the Tittabawassee River, and\\non the west by Jerome and Edenville Town-\\nThe surface of Lincoln generally is just sufficiently\\nundulating to afford the soil good drainage. Some\\nof the finest farms in the county are to be found in\\nthis township, the soil being especially adapted to the\\ncultivation of wheat, oats and potatoes. Clover\\ngrows in abundance, thus giving good pasturage to\\ncattle, horses and sheep. Wool is also an important\\narticle of merchandise, and large flocks of slieep are\\ngrazing in the beautiful meadows.\\nAverill is the largest village in the township, and\\nis located in the southern part, on the Flint Pere\\nMarquette Railroad. Harrison Averill gave to the\\nrailroad company the right of way through that sec-\\ntion, and the village was named in liis honor. It is\\non the Tittabawassee River and millions of feet of\\nlumber pass through this point for the lower mills\\nand .Saginaw. Wells, Stone Co. built the first\\nstore and put in a large stock of general merchan-\\ndise. The village was platted in 1870, the samj\\nyear the railroad was completed to that point. M. O\\nMcFarland has a store and hotel near the depot, and\\nis doing a good business. He is Postmaster also;\\nthe office is in his building. N. T. Stratton is pro-\\nprietor of a good hotel, and also keeps a full line of\\ndry goods, boots and shoes and groceries.\\nWright Ketcham s headquarters in the north-\\nern part of the township comprises a small village of\\nless than 100 inhabitants, the buildings, barns, store\\nhouses, etc., belonging to the firm. This is not only\\na convenient supply depot for the employes of this\\nfirm, but the farmers living within reasonable dis-\\ntance from it also make it their trading point. We\\nyd make only a brief mention of it here, as a full de-\\n^fv scription is given elsewhere.\\nThe township of Lincoln was organized March 20,\\n._? i86r, and the first election was held at the house of\\nElien Wright, who, with Charles Liman and Orville\\nHosmer, were Judges of Election, which took place\\nin April, 1861. Lincoln was disorganized by an act\\nof the Legislature and attached to Hope in 1877.\\nLi October of the following year it was again erected,\\nand the first election after its re-organization was held\\non the first Monday in April, 1879, at the residence\\nof L. F. Smith, who, with Frank S. Stratton and\\nHarrison Averill, were appointed Inspectors of Elec-\\ntion.\\nThe names of the Supervisors of this township\\nand the terms each has served are as follows\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nCharles Inman 1861-3\\nFrancis Green 1864-5\\nCharles Inman 1S66-7\\nJames W. Riggs 1868-9\\nJ. Brewster 1870\\nL. F. Smith 187 i\\nWm. Tinker 1873-4\\nG. W. Horn 1875\\nL. F. Smith 187 6-7\\nH. B. Hamilton 1879\\nCharles Inman 1880-t\\nH. B. Hamilton 18S2-3\\nCharles Inman 1884\\nJasper Township.\\nASPER Township occupies the southeast-\\n_ ern corner of Midland County, and is\\n3^ bounded on the north by Greendale and\\neast by Porter Townships, on the south by\\nGratiot, and on the west by Isabella Counties.\\nIt is numbered 13 north and 2 west. The\\nPine River crosses the southeastern corner of Jasper,\\nand is the principal stream. This township ranks\\nwith those that are second in the production of\\ngrains, vegetables, etc.\\nNicholas Depue was the first settler in Jasper.\\nHe bought land here in 1854 and settled on section\\n31. Soon after his arrival his two sons, Marshall\\nand Wm. T. Depue, came. In i860 Thomas Mar-\\ntin arrived and settled on section 30. Both Martin\\nand the Depues came from Warren, Trumbull Co.,\\nOhio. In i860 Alson L. Bailey found his way to\\nJasper and settled on section 34.\\nIda, the daughter of Wm. T. Depue, was the first\\nd\\nfG)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0381.jp2"}, "382": {"fulltext": "^%kS-\\n7\\n^llin;t:llll\\n-\u00c2\u00abs^\\n386\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n5\\nchild born in the new township. Her birth occurred\\nin tlie spring of 1S60.\\nI Miss Emily Martin, now Mrs. Geo. Smock, taught\\nIhe first school in Jasper.\\nI The township was organized March 2.0, iS6i.\\nThe first election was held at the house of Alson L.\\nBailey, on the fust Monday in April, 1S61. A. L.\\nBailey, Levi Caldwell and Nicholas Depue were\\nJudges of this Election. Mr. Bailey was elected\\nfirst Justice of the Peace. At a meeting of the\\nBoard of Supervisors held Feb. 4, 1862, townships\\n14 and 15 north and 2 west were added to Jasper.\\nLater these townships were organized into Greendale\\nand Geneva. A town house was erected in 1873 for\\nthe convenience of the citizens of the township.\\nThis is one of the most promising townships of\\nMidland County. It contains many farms which\\nare well cultivated and improved. The soil in this\\nsection is excellent, and in quality it is second to\\nnone in the count)-.\\nThe names of the Supervisors of Jasper, together\\nwith the number of terms served in this capacity, are\\ngiven\\nSUPERVISORS.\\n\\\\\\\\m. T. Depue 1S61-3\\nMarshall S. Depue 1864\\nJohn P. Balch 1865-7\\nJohn C. Sias 1 868-70\\nk. C. Martin 1870-2\\nJohn C. Sias 1876\\nA. J. Martin 1873-84\\nonasnm^\\n^M\u00e2\u0080\u0094^-^^^aumt^\\nHomer Township.\\nr.\\nI-\\nT\\nLOMER Township is situated in the eastern\\npart of the county of Midland, and is num-\\nbered 14 north and i east. It is bounded\\non the north by Lincoln Township, and partly\\ni separated from it by the Tittabawassee River,\\nI on the east by Midland and south by Mt. Haley\\nTownships, and on the west by Lee and Jerome\\nTownships.\\nThe Tittabawassee, Chippewa and Pine flow across\\nHomer, the first forming part of the township line\\nbetween Lincoln and Homer, the other two flowing\\nnortheast and uniting with the first in the township\\nof Midland. Homer ranks with Jasper, Porter and\\nMt. Haley in importance and extent of agriculture.\\nCharles Cronkright came to Homer Township\\nJune I, 1837, liaving walked all the way from Sagi-\\nnaw with his bundle on his back, in company with\\nSamuel Gordon, who now lives in l\\\\[idland Town-\\nship. Mr. Cronkright was the first se .tler in Homer.\\nJacob Wiliz came in the year 1852, and about this\\ntime Anthony Barton, Wni. Kelly, Sylvester Vibber,\\nSeneca Wells, Sullivan Bugby, John E. WiUard,\\nLeonard Fletcher and Levi Foreman settled in this\\ntownship.\\nWm. Cronkright was the first male child born in\\nHomer, and also in the county, his birth occurring\\nJune 25, 1839.\\nThe first wedding was that of Wm. Kelly and Eliz-\\nabeth Barton.\\nThe first minister was the Rev. Green, of the\\nMethodist persuasion. He preached the first sermon\\nin Homer Township, at the school-house in District\\nNo. 2.\\nThis township was organized Jan. 13, 1862. The\\nfirst election was held at the house of Chades Cronk-\\nright, on the first Monday in April, 1862. Wm\\nKelly, Sullivan Bugby and Charles Lyde were Judges\\nof ihe Election. Jacob Wiltz, Anthony Barton, Wm.\\nKelly and Sullivan Bugby were the first Justices of\\nPeace.\\nBelow are appended the names of all of the Super-\\nvisors of Homer, together with the number of terms\\nserved by each. They are all men of undoubted\\nability and their manifest interest in the progress and\\ndevelopment of their township has been well appre-\\nciated by those who have chosen them to this oflice.\\nThey are\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nA\\nc\\n^V^:^^^f|-\\nWilliam Kelly 1862-5\\nF. E. Willard 1866-7\\nSullivan Bugby 1S68\\nF. E. Willard 1869\\nA. M. Allen ..1870\\nO. Hosmer r87 i\\nA. M. Allen.. 1872-6\\nH. G. Fountaine 1877-80\\nWilliam Kelly 1881\\nH. G. Fountaine 1882\\nJoel H. Brown 18S3\\nJ. Brewer 1884", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0382.jp2"}, "383": {"fulltext": "/N\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n387\\nMount Haley Township.\\nOUNT Haley is situated in the southern\\npart of the eastern lialf of Midland\\n^Sl County, and is nuniliered 13 north and i\\neast. Its northern boundary is Homer, and\\nits eastern Ingersoll Township its southern is\\n.Saginaw County, and its western Porter and\\nLee Townships.\\nThe nortliern half of Mt. Haley contains some\\nlow land; the southern half is liigher. The only\\nriver of importance is the Pine, which crosses the\\nnorthwest corner of the township. A large portion\\nof the land is a good, heavy clay, and in the ex-\\ncellence of agricultural products it is destined to be-\\ncome one of the best in the county. The most\\nthickly settled parts are the eight southern sections.\\nThe first settlers were Joseph Barton, who came in\\n1865, and is now livingon section 4; Michael Doyle,\\nwho came in 1868, and has a farm on section 34;\\nEdward McGowan, now residing on section 26 John\\nand Patrick Hines, Philip Phahee, Thomas Wilson,\\nPhilip Dougherfy, Edward Girard, Champ Utter and\\nG. W. Frost. The first settler between Alma and\\nthe Chippewa River was Father Anthony, of Mt.\\nHaley Township.\\nJoseph Barton, in relating his experiences of pio-\\nneer days, says he hauled 1,600 pounds of provisions\\nin a wagon from Saginaw to Alma, the trip taking\\nhim four days, and Mr. Ely, his ejuployer, paid liim\\n$3 per day and $1.50 to another man to hel|) him.\\nThe first birth in the township was that of Ellen\\nBarton, Nov. 17, 1865. The first marriage was in\\nthe same year, when Mr. Champ Utter and Mrs.\\nAmelia (Smith) Welton were united in matrimony.\\nThe first death recorded was that of the infant of\\nMr. and Mrs. Utter in 1867.\\nThis township was organized June 19, i87r, and\\nthe first election was held at the house of Philip\\nDougherty, Aug. i, 187 1, with Edward McGowan,\\nJno. Haley and Jno. Hines as Judges of Election.\\nThe Supervisors of Mt. Haley, in the order of\\ntheir election, are given below, and among them may\\nbe traced a number of Irish-Americans, who make\\nthe best financiers in the country, as proven by the\\nexcellent manner in wliicii Mt. Haley s affairs have\\nbeen conducted.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nP. H. Murphy t87i-3\\nEd. McGowan 1874\\nJohn Martin 1875\\nM. W. Rockford 1876\\nP. H. Murphy 1877\\nA. J. Ingersoll 1878-9\\nEd. McGowan 1 880-3\\nDuncan Wayne 1884\\n-5\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ^/V^S|\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2|^\\nPorter Township.\\nORTER Township is situated in the south-\\nern part of Midland County and is num-\\nered r3 north and i west. It is bounded\\njTD on the north by Lee I ownship, on the east by\\nMount Haley Township and Saginaw County,\\non the south by Gratiot County, and on the\\nwest by Jasper Township.\\nIt is a finely wooded section, but the natural order\\nof events will transform the fine forests into fields of\\ncorn, wheat and oats, and gardens of fine vegetables.\\nThe Pine River crosses this township diagonally from\\nsouthwest to northeast, its course being northeast,\\nand in Midland Township it unites with the Chippe-\\nwa. Along this river many settlers have located\\ntheir homes, and lumber camps are scattered over the\\ntract drained by it and its tributaries.\\nPorter contains no towns or railroads, and but\\none post-office, bearing the name of the township.\\nPorter was organized Jan. 6, 1868. Lewis K.\\nBrewer, Samuel Sias, Theodore A. Brewer, David and\\nAlmison Robinson, Geo. A. Smith, Wm. McNeil,\\nWm. E. Wilson, John McCormick, Geo. W. Cole\\nJohn McCummon, Wm. Jarvis and R. T. Puffer were\\nresidents and free- holders at the time, and their\\nnames appear as petitioners asking that the territory\\nabove described be organized into a township. The\\nfirst election was held Jan. 25, 1869, at the house of\\nLewis K. Brewer, who, with Geo. A. Smith and B. T.\\nPuffer, were Judges.\\nPorter ranks among those second in inipwrtance in\\nthe county, and will soon become a fine agricultural\\nregion.\\nIt is needless to add that the names of the Super-\\nvisors attached to this brief history are men of enter-\\nv^\\nf\\n^mM\\\\i\\n1\\nV\\nI\\nyifi", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0383.jp2"}, "384": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n#^f(\u00c2\u00aevK\\nprise, who have developed the town; but ere long\\nthey will pass away, and it is fitting to remark that\\nno better men ever graced the Board tlian were those\\nI from Porter Township.\\n(C)j SUPERVISORS.\\n\\\\V. E. Willson 1869-71\\nJ. D. McCunimon 1872-5\\nB. F. Pufier 1S76-7\\nRgbert Potter 1878-81\\nB. F. Puffer 1882-3\\nWm McNeil 1884\\nHope Township.\\ni^\\nV\\nOPE Township lies in the northeastern cor-\\nner of Midland County, contains double\\nthe number of acres of any other township\\nin the county, and is numbered 16 north\\nand and 2 east. Its north boundary is Glad-\\nwin, and its eastern Bay County, its south-\\nern Lincoln and Larkin Townships, and its western\\nEdenville Township and Gladwin County.\\nHope contains many nice farms, well cultivated\\nand producing fine crops of grain. Much of the\\ntownship is covered with a heavy growth of timber,\\nprincipally hard wood. The choice pine trees are\\nbeing rapidly sacrificed in the interest of the lumber\\ntrade, although not less than fifty millions of feet\\nwill yet be taken from this township.\\nBesides the immensfe quantities of lumber which\\nare procured from Hope and the good farming lands\\nthat are developed, some of the settlers find time in\\nthe dull season of the year to go bear- hunting, and\\nthese hunts often result in the capture of a good\\nsupply of bear meat. John Schearer has had con-\\nsiderable e-xperience in this line, and his expeditions\\ngenerally end successfully. In the fall of the year\\n1872 he killed three black bears; in 1874 he sliot\\neight more from trees in the forest where they were\\nbusily engaged in eating acorns. In the course of\\nfive years he killed 16 in all. He sold the skins of\\nthese animals for from Is to $8 apiece, and the bear\\noil for per pint. From one bear he obtained five\\ngallons, or 40 pints, of oil, but the average amount\\nyielded by a bear was from two to three gallons.\\nThe first settlers in Hope were Orrin Maltby and\\nJoseph Rooker, who located on section 15 in 1856.\\nrv\u00c2\u00ae) ^^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0in n\\nWni. McCrary, the oldest resident now living in the\\ntownship, settled in 1856, on section 22, where he\\nhas since lived, superintending the work on his mag-\\nnificent farm, which he has cleared by his own hard\\nlabor, and now lives in the enjoyment of one of the\\nfinest tracts of land in the township.\\nThe first marriage that occurred in Hope was that\\nof Silas Wright and Louisa Erway, in i860. The\\nceremony was performed by Justice Egbert.\\nThe first school was taught by Alfleta Green, in a\\nlog cabin near the house of Mr. Harding Mills.\\nClyde Hosner s was the first male birth, occurring\\nin the fall of 185 i. The first female birth was that\\nof Sibyl Wright, in 1861.\\nThe first religious society organized was the Bap-\\ntist, and Nelson Fraser preached the first sermon for\\nthat society. Their meetings were held in the old\\nlog school-house which has been mentioned before.\\nThe first township meeting was held in the little\\nlog house now occupied by Silas Wright. The citizens\\nestablished a postoffice in 1S74, and called it Hope.\\nMarshall Carr was the first Postmaster. He carried\\nthe mail, or paid some one else to do it for him, for\\ntwo yeais.\\nThe settlers in this township had great trouble in\\nprocuring provisions. They used teams of oxen,\\nwith which they crossed the swamps, always carrying\\nabout a liundred feet of rope and chains to pull them\\nout of the mud. The oxen were compelled to swim\\nacross the rivers, and then the wagons and carts were\\nfloated over.\\nIn the year 187 i, E. J. Brewster, with a number of\\nothers, sent in a petition to the Board of Supervisors,\\nbeseeching them to organize the township of Hope.\\nTheir prayer was granted, and the first township elec-\\ntion was held Nov. 20, 187 i, witii E. J. Brewster, H.\\nMills and Charles Inman as Judges of Election.\\nHope was formerly included in Midland Township,\\nand only the territory known as 16 north and i east\\nwas first organized as the town of Hope. March 1 1\\n1876, township 16 north and 2 east was detached\\nfrom Midland and added to Hoiie, thus making of\\nthe latter a double township. the year 1877 the\\ntown of Lincoln was disorganized by an act of the\\nLegislature and attached to Hope; but during the\\nfallowing year, 1878, it was re-organized as a separate\\ntownship.\\nHope ranks among those towns first in importance\\nc", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0384.jp2"}, "385": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0yi\\\\\\n^\u00e2\u0082\u00ac\u00c2\u00bbs: 6rv ^^mi^miit v\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nV\\nand she has always had capable and intelligent men\\nto administer her affairs. There are a number of\\ngood district schools, provided with excellent teach-\\ners, who are successful educators.\\nThe Supervisors of Hope are here given, with the\\nnumber of terms eacli has served\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nE. J- Brewster 1872-6\\nA. J. Raymond 1877-8\\nSimon Gleckler 1879-80\\nA. J. Raymond 1881\\nTimothy Fillmore 1882\\nSimon Gleckler 1883-4\\nGeneva Township.\\nENEVA Township is situated in tiie west-\\nj\u00e2\u0080\u0094 jg;^ em part of Midland County, and is num-\\nf. bered 15 north and 2 west. Its northern\\nj^ boundary is Warren, its eastern. Jerome, its\\nsouthern, Greendale Township, and its western,\\nIsabella County. Salt River flows northeast\\nacross Geneva Township, making fertile the whole of\\nthis section. This stream abounds in fish, thus af-\\nfording to the settlers, as well as to those who come\\nto this part of the country every year, recreation and\\nfine sport.\\nTlie only village in Geneva is that of North\\nBradley, sometimes called Buttonville, in honor of\\nWm. Button, a man who was intimately connected\\nwith the early advancement of the township and vil-\\nlage. The favorable situation of North Bradley, on\\nthe Flint Pere Marquette Railroad, midway be-\\ntween the villages of Sanford and Coleman, and its\\npro.ximity to the Salt River, attracts to it good busi-\\nness men, who are fully alive to its interests and prog-\\nress. A good hotel, several store buildings, whose\\nowners are carrying on a prosperous business, and a\\npostoffice are among the many conveniences which\\nthe residents and visitors of the village enjoy.\\nWm. Button, together with several other early set-\\ntlers, desired that this territory be detached from\\nJasper, of which it was formerly a part, and erected\\nas a township. Accordingly, a petition signed by\\nthese men was handed to the county Board of Super-\\nvisors, and on June 24, 1873, they organized the\\ntownship of Geneva. The first election was held at\\nthe school-house, on the first Monday in Aj^ril, 1874,\\nwith Wm. Button, W. P. Button and Cyrus (Jarr In-\\nspectors of Election.\\nThe Supervisors who have so ably attended to the\\ninterests of Geneva have been gentlemen of worth\\nand integrity, and we here append their names and\\nthe terms each has served.\\nSUPKRVISORS.\\nCyrus T Carr 1874\\nW. H. H. Gee 1875-6\\nL. Babcock 1877-8\\nWm. Babcock 1879-80\\nL. Babcock 1881\\nSilas Harcourt 1S82\\nL. Babcock 1883-4\\n-rSi-\\nWarren Township.\\njjOK ARREN Townshi[j lies in the northwest-\\nj^^aL em corner of Midland County. It is\\n^ti^ L numbered 16 north, of range 2 west, and\\nis bounded on the north by Gladwin County,\\non the east by Edenville, on the south by\\nGeneva Township and on the west by Isabella\\nCounty.\\nMuch of the land in Warren Township has been\\nrobbed of its fine forest of valuable timber; and\\nwhere this felling of trees has not been immediately\\nfollowed by an attempt to clear out the stumps that\\nremained, a thick growth of underbrush and species\\nof poplar has taken their places. In point of agri-\\nculture and development of the soil, Warren ranks\\namong the second best townships in the county.\\nMany of the farms are well developed and highly\\ncultivated for this section of the country, it being\\ncomparatively new. A number of years are required\\nto cut down trees, clear the land of stumps, stones,\\netc., before the beautiful fields of waving grain, the\\nfine orchards of richly laden fruit-trees and the\\nlu.xuriant pastures can be brought to a state of per-\\nfection.\\nThe first township meeting was held on the first\\nMonday in February, 1872, at the Exchange Hotel\\nin oleman. Jonathan Pierce, who was the first\\nsettler in the township, N. S. Furgeson and L. H.\\nHiggins were Inspectors of Election. The first\\nJustice of the Peace was W. S. Hubbell.\\nV^\\n9\\n.^i-^\\nmmm^\\nA-O", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0385.jp2"}, "386": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a02*!^^?^\\n-i=rV\\ni^iIlIl^o;iiD\\nv\\nr^^^ isr\\nMIDLAM) COUNTY.\\nV\\nThe first marriage was that of Levi McComb and\\nLucinda Brown. The ceremony was performed by\\nJustice Hubbell, in the summer of 1873.\\nThe Rev. Cogsall, a Methodist minister, de-\\nlivered the first sermon, in the winter of 1872.\\nThe first Postmaster was Jonathan Pierce. The\\noffice was kept in the room in which Delia Pierce\\ntaught the first school.\\nThe first cider and beer sold in the township was\\nkept in a little building where Simon s store now\\nstands, and was sold by Enos Barnes and\\nMitchell, in 1872.\\nCOLEMAN\\nIs the only village in the township, and deserves\\nmore than a passing notice, it being the second\\nvillage in the county both in size and commercial\\nimportance. The land around the village of Cole-\\nman was purchased of the United States Govern-\\nment by A. W, Wright. Mr. Wright bought the land\\nfor speculation, but the country was not settled very\\nfast, and, after holding his purchase some years, he\\nsold about a thousand acres to Seymour Coleman, at\\na slight advance on the price which he had paid the\\nGovernment.\\nIn 1870 the Flint Pere Marquette Railroad was\\ncompleted to this point, then a dense forest, and on\\nthe first construction train that reached Coleman\\nwas also the first actual settler, Jonathan Pierce,\\nwho came to look at the country and seek a home.\\nBeing favorably impressed with his observations, Mr.\\nPierce concluded to remain here, and went to house-\\nkeeping in a shanty built by the railroad com[)any\\nfor the accommodation of the men working on the\\nroad. The company contracted with Mr. P. to\\nboard their men, which he did during tiie winter of\\n1870-1, iiis wife, who was living at Midland, prepar-\\ning and cooking the food and sending it to this place\\nevery day. Later in the season he employed a man\\nand wife to do the work for him at the boarding-\\nhouse while he gave his attention to building a saw-\\nmill and dwelling, which latter is now part of the\\nColeman Exchange building. The dwelling was\\ncompleted and occupied by his family during the\\nholiday season of i87o-i,and in it they have since re-\\nsided, adding to it as occasion required.\\nIn the meantime Mr. Coleman had 1*60 acres of\\nthe land surveyed and the town platted, giving to\\nthe railroad company one-half of the town site on\\ncondition that a station should be built and main-\\ntained on the spot it now occupies.\\nThe ne.\\\\t move was to induce persons to come\\nhere and locate, and he finally i)revailed upon\\nMessrs Wise, Bean iS; Shultz to establish a saw-\\nmill here. Work was pushed on this mill, and it\\nwas completed early in the spring of 1871, a short\\ntime before Mr. Pierce had his mill ready for work.\\nThe firm of Wise, Bean Shultz continued business\\nonly a few years. Mr. Pierce continued to operate\\nhis mill until it was destroyed by fire in 1874.\\nAt the time of the settlement of this place a man\\nnamed Hubbell was running a shingle-mill about a\\nmile below, and a Mr. Adams was operating a [lort-\\nable saw-mill two miles away.\\nThe first school in the village was tauglit in 1871,\\nby Miss Delia Pierce, and was in a room about 12\\nfeet square, which now forms a part of the dinijig-\\nrooui of the Coleman Exchange.\\nDuring the year 187 i a postoffice and mail service\\nwas also established here. .\\\\t first the conductors\\non the railroad carried the mail to and from the town\\nin their pockets.\\nTiie village had but slow growth after the first lit-\\ntle spurt of e.xcitemenc was over; in fact, the place\\nseemed dead for several years. Occasionally some\\none would start up a saw or shingle mill, run it a\\nshort time and then pull up and move on. Finally\\nthe Flint Pere Marquette Railroad Company built\\na branch road from here to Mt. Pleasant, the first\\ntrain running into that village on Monday morning,\\nDec. 15,1879. Business men then became attracted\\nto the town, mills sprang uj) and the town enjoyed a\\nresurrection from its former lethargy. Geo. Miller is\\nnow running a saw and shingle mill and hoop factory.\\nHe employs 41 men and manufactures 15,000 feet\\nof lumber, 35,000 shingles, 15,000 hoops and 16,000\\nheadings a day. Geo. Cooper has a saw and shingle\\nmill and stave machine, and gets out 6,000 feet of\\nlumber, 25,000 shingles and 5,000 staves per day.\\nT. B. Simons operates a shingle mill, in which 25\\nmen find employment and turn out 45,000 shingles a\\nday. Mr. Embury also does a thriving business in\\nthe manufacture of lumber.\\nThe Coleman Advocate was established in 1883,\\nthe first issue of which bears date Aug. 11, of that\\nyear. H. F. Linton is the editor, and through his\\nenterprise this paper has been an influential factor in\\n$K\\nV\\nV)", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0386.jp2"}, "387": {"fulltext": "#s^\\nf\\n-It-\\nf\\n5\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n~:^;^^r\\nattracting attention to the advantages possessed by\\nColeman as a business center.\\nR. A. Baskerville has a new dry-goods and grocery\\nstore. T. B. Simons has a $6,000 stock of general\\nmerchandise J. Embury has a large stock of goods,\\nconsisting of dry goods and groceries. S. Bowdish\\nhas a splendid line of fancy and staple groceries; in\\nthis store is also located the postoffice, which he\\nsuperintends.\\nThe Coleman Exchange is an excellent hotel,\\nthe only one in the place without a bar, Mr. J.\\nPierce, the landlord, being a radical lem|)erance\\nman. Harvey Deuel is proprietor of the Deuel\\nHouse, which contains 15 rooms; a livery barn is\\nkept in connection with it. A stock of wines, liquors\\nand cigars is one of the attractions of this hotel.\\nThe Junction House, of which James Judge is pro-\\nprietor, is a good hotel, containing nine rooms and a\\nbar.\\nThe first harness-maker was Horace J. Knight,\\nwho commenced business in the village of Coleman\\non Jan. i, 1884.\\nThe medical profession is represented by 1 )r.\\nBudge, the resident physician, and Mrs. C. W. Taylor,\\nof Loomis.\\n\\\\V. A. Chatterton carries a very large stock of\\ndrugs and medicines and a complete stock of station-\\nery as well as a full line of cigars and tobacco. Dr.\\nBudge has just opened a new drug store and is do-\\ning a good business. There is but one school-house\\nin the village it is a good and substantial one, but\\nis too small to give to all the pupils the benefit of\\ncomfortable quarters. This lack of room has led to\\nthe necessity of constructing a new building, which\\nwill be done next year, and the schools will then be\\ngraded.\\nThe religious welfare of the citizens of C oleman\\nhas not been neglected. A handsome church edi-\\nfice, which cost $1,200, belongs to the Episcopal so-\\nciety, and the Methodists have a fine building,\\nerected during the summer of 1884, at a cost of\\n$2,000, and seating comfortably 400 persons. Rev.\\nW. N. Younglove is the Pastor.\\nColeman has now (1884) about 700 inhabitants,\\nand is increasing in population more rapidly than\\nany other village in the county. Its growth during\\nthe past twelve n.onths has been truly surprising.\\nDuring the past year there have been erected in the\\nvillage 52 buildings, at an aggregate cost of $50,000.\\nThe plank road now completed between Cedar, the\\ncounty seat of Gladwin County, and Coleman, will\\ndo much to develop and bring to Coleman a large\\namount of trade which otherwise it would be de-\\nprived of. The township of Warren appropriated\\n$5,000 to build the road through their township, the\\nwhole line costing over $2,000.\\nThe following gentlemen have served as Super-\\nvisors in Warren Township, in which the village of\\nColeman is located\\nS. W. Hubbell 1873-6\\nL. Howard 1877-8\\nGeorge Miller 1879-80\\nL. Hoivard 1881\\nGeorge Miller 1882\\nFloyd L. Post 1883\\nGeorge Miller 1884\\n.=ij\\nEdenville Township.\\nDENVILLE Township is located in the\\nnorthern part of Midland County, and is\\nbounded on the north by Gladwin County,\\non the east by Hope and Lincoln Town-\\nships, on the south by Jerome, and on the west\\nby Warren Township. Edenville is drained by\\nthe Tittabawassee River, a large stream which finds\\nits source in the southern part of Ogemaw County,\\nand, taking a southerly direction, enters Edenville\\nat its northeast corner, flows southwest for a short\\ndistance, and, receiving the waters of Tobacco Creek,\\ncontinues its course southward into Jero.ne.\\nThe village of\\nEDENVILLE\\nis a neat little place on section i, at the junc-\\ntion of the Tittabawassee River and Tobacco Creek.\\nIt was platted in 1878 by Henry Church, who also\\nkept the first hotel, which was built in the spring of\\nT863. Daniel Bowman built the first house on the\\nvillage plat, of logs. David Burton followed with the\\nconstruction of the first frame house. Kingsley Bab-\\ncock was the proprietor of the first store, which con-\\ntained a stock of general merchandise. The Rev.\\nFrancis Green delivered the first sermon in the village,\\nin 1864, at the school-house previously erected on\\nthe site of the present one. Elizabeth Jacobs taught\\nI\\nc^:\\n(o-\\nI\\n^m ^t\\n^^(i}U w^y^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0387.jp2"}, "388": {"fulltext": "^PV^))\u00c2\u00abS\u00c2\u00abt|\u00c2\u00bb 3f\u00e2\u0082\u00acJ*K-\\nV\\n5.\\n392\\nMIDLANU COUJMTY.\\nthe first two terms of school, in the dwelling house of\\nDaniel Bowman.\\nThe manufacturing interests of Edenville are rep-\\nresented by the following industries: Swanton Bros,\\noperate a saw-mill which was built by C. W. W.\\nBaker, and has the capacity of sawing 10,000 feet of\\nlumber per day, and employs six men. A large black-\\nsmith and carriage shop is controlled by Norris Gill,\\nThe best hotel in the village is owned and managed\\nby Thomas Moore, and is known as JSIoore s Hotel.\\nA livery barn is kept in connection with the hotel.\\nThe Axford House is run by Luther G. Carter. The\\npostoffice was established in 1869, and Henry Church\\nappointed the first Postmaster.\\nThere are three religious societies in Edenville,\\nthe Methodist, Advent, and Unions. The latter\\nhave by far the largest assemblies, and their meetings\\nare held in the school-house; the other two societies\\nhave neat frame church buildings, with beautiful\\ngrounds surrounding them.\\nThis little town at one time, between the years\\nt866 and 1880, became noted for the many famous\\nencounters between the would-be champions of this\\npart of the State and the Saginaw Valley, among\\nwhom were Jack DriscoU, alias Silver Jack, Jack\\nShepherd, Dan Drum, Burk, Murray Rankin and\\nother roughs of more or less note. Here, too, lived\\nCharlie Axford and Tom Moore, the two rival land-\\nlords who aided not a little, wiih either wit or mus-\\ncle, to give the place a reputation throughout the\\nState. There are few m.en in Michigan at the pres-\\nent day who have not heard of Sixteen; it is, per-\\nhaps, the smallest town with the largest reputation of\\nall in the State. Although blood flowed freely on\\nnumerous occasions, and many and desperate were\\nthe conflicts between rival aspirants for pugilistic\\nhonors, human life was not taken until 1877, when\\nDr. Rockwell killed Ben Wilbur in a dispute over the\\npossession of a horse.\\nHere, too, resided some who were skillful and\\nadroit in appropriating other people s goods to their\\nown use without the consent of the owner. Jas. Rem-\\nick, now president of the Boom Company, once came\\ndown the river with a drive of logs. It is customary\\nto make a float of logs pinned together to carry the\\ncooking utensils, provisions and other necessaries, as\\nwell as a tent for camping on shore. On this occa-\\nsion Mr. Remick came within a mile or two of Six-\\nteen, pitching his tent on the bank directly opposite\\nthe float in the river. During the afternoon he visit-\\ned the village and remarked that he had heard that\\nthe place was noted for thieving, but he would risk\\nall they could steal from him. He slept that night\\nwith his crew in the tent, kept a fire on the bank\\nbetween the tent and float, and left a man to watch.\\nJudge of his surprise in the morning when he awak-\\nened to find his provisions, hams, pork, flour, tea and\\neven bread and fried cakes all gone! He was obliged\\nto go to the village to buy something for breakfast.\\nThis, however, is a picture of the village of Eden-\\nville in the past, but not as it now is. The citizens\\nare all quiet and peaceable, and have attained that\\nhigh state of morality the chief aim of which is\\nmanly uprightness of character.\\nAbraham Egbert was the first settler in the town-\\nship, and first Justice of the Peace. David Burton,\\nDaniel Bownan and Aaron Havens settled here in\\n1855. Timothy Jerome, built the first saw-mill in\\nthe township, on the river one mile above the village\\nof Edenville, in 1853.\\nThis township was formerly a part of Jerome. A\\npetition signed by David Burton and others was pre-\\nsented to the county Board of Supervisors, and on\\nthe 24th day of June, 1873, that body granted the\\nrequest of the petitioners and erected the township.\\nIt is numbered 16 north and i west. The first\\nelection was held at the school-house in District No.\\nr, on the first Monday in April, 1874. G. B. Bard-\\nwell, H. H. Morgan and John W. Swanton were the\\nelectors. The Supervisors have served as follows\\nStJPERVISORS.\\nS. Erway 1S74\\nA. Marsh 1875\\nS. Erwav 1 876-80\\nT. Moore 18S1-2\\nL. G. Porter 1883\\nT. Moore r884\\nA\\n-^D!l\\nLarkin Township.\\nS aK: ARKIN Township lies in the eastern part\\nof Midland County, and is numbered 15\\nnorth and 2 east. Its northern boundary\\n,x^ is Hope Township its eastern Bay County\\nrS its southern. Midland, and its western Lincoln\\nTownship.\\nThe settlers in this township occupy their time in\\nvs\\nKj", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0388.jp2"}, "389": {"fulltext": "(3)\\ni\\nT\\nA\\nV\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nf^^\u00c2\u00ab\\n393\\nwinter in lumbering, and in summer in improving\\ntheir lands; and most of them have very fine clear-\\nings. A large number of logs is cut out in this town-\\nship and hauled to the Tittabavvassee River and\\nthen floated down to the mills below, where they are\\nconverted into lumber, lath and shingles. There are\\nno towns, villages or postofifices in Larkin, the town-\\nship being new and as yet sparsely settled. It lies\\njust north of Midland, and has all tlie advantage as\\nregards capabilities of the soil that any other town-\\nship in Midland County possesses. It was settled\\nin 1876, mainly by immigration from Lincoln Town-\\nship. There are a number of school buildings, new\\nand substantially constructed. The township is one\\nof the best regulated in the county, one great advan-\\ntage in its government being the strictly temperate\\nprinciples of nearly all its denizens, most of whom\\nare exact adherents of the pledge.\\nGame of all kinds has been abundant in this\\ntownship until recently. Deer, which frequendy\\nwere found in large herds, are now quite scarce but\\nbears are as numerous as ever, it being no uncommon\\nthing for a hunter to kill three and four bears in one\\nday.\\nLarkin was named for John Larkin, a man who\\nhas been closely connected with the interests and\\nprogress of this county for many years. His name,\\nwith II others, were appended to the petition asking\\nthe Board of Supervisors to erect the new township,\\nwhich was accordingly done, on the 24th of January,\\n1 87 9. The first election was held at the residence\\nof John Maloney, April 7, 1879, with VVm. Dougherty,\\nDavid P. VVqldo and Archie Farron as Inspectors of\\nElection.\\nLarkin Township ranks third in the lowest grade, so\\nfar as development is concerned. Much of the land\\nconsists of what is known as stump land, the tim-\\nber of which is being converted into fine lumber at\\nthe numerous mills which are scattered through the\\ntownship. In a few years, however, this section will\\nbe more highly cultivated, and will challenge the ad-\\njoining townships in the race for developments. Coal\\nhas been found in the vicinity of Sturgeon Creek, a\\nsmall stream flowing through the township. At one\\ntime Mr. John Larkin decided to operate on the\\nstrength of his belief that this mineral could be\\nfound in abundance, and sent a force of men into\\nthe township to bore for coal; l)ut unfortunately tlie\\ndrill broke, and the coal fever having somewhat sub-\\nsided, owing to the many other enterprises in which\\nthe business men of the county were engaged and\\nwhich took up most of their time and attention, the\\ncoal project was abandoned indefinitely. There is,\\nhowever, no doubt in the minds of many of the lead-\\ning citizens here that it exists in abundance, and at\\nsome future time coal mining will be one of the im-\\nportant industries of this county and State.\\nThe Supervisors of Larkin have been men of in-\\ntegrity and uprightness, and it is with pleasure we\\nnote them below in the order in which they have\\nserved their townships:\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nD. P.Waldo 1879\\nWilliam Dougherty 1880-1\\nW. P. Shepherd 1882-3\\nF. S. Burton 1884\\n9\\nGreendale Township.\\nrvg^^^#^-\\nJL\\nmm\\nl|/p|C REENDALE Township is situated in the\\nl lMi[^ western part of Midland County, and is\\nclilj^i numbered 14 north and 2 west. Its north-\\nem boundary is Geneva, its eastern, Lee, and\\nits southern, Jasper Townships; its western,\\nf Isabella County.\\nThe northern half of the town of Greendale is\\ndrained by the Chippewa River, which flows across it\\nfrom Isabella County on the west. The Little Salt\\nRiver drains the southern portion, coming from the\\neastern part of Isabella, where it finds its source, and,\\nflowing across Greendale, empties into the Chippewa\\nin Lee Township.\\nTruman Gibbs, of New York, settled on section 28,\\nin this township, in the year 1864, and has ever since\\nthat time resided on the same tract of land. He is\\nthe present Supervisor of the township. Only three\\nmen subject to military duty were residents of the\\ntownship at the time the draft was made in 1864. Of\\nthese three, Lincoln and Isaac^Ball were drafted\\nThe organization of this township was effected\\nJan. 5, 1882. The application was made by Chas.\\nF. Wheeler, Harry L. Voorhees, Geo. W. Tooker,", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0389.jp2"}, "390": {"fulltext": "2^^^\\nT i wmm\\n394\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nO\\n(oN\\nJames B. Kelly, Alonzo Converse, Jas. H. Osborne,\\nChas. J. Bradford, Clifton Smith, David J. Zook,\\nSeneca J. Williams, L. \\\\V. June, Jas. H. Arnold,\\nAbram W. Ball and Truman Gibbs. The first elec-\\ntion was held at the school-house in District No. 8,\\nApril 3, 1882, with Truman C. Gibbs, Clifton Smith,\\nand David J. Zook as Inspectors of Election, The first\\nelection for Justice of the Peace resulted in tlie\\nchoice of Isaac Ball.\\nThe first school-house was built of logs on section\\n27, and the first session of school was taught by Mrs.\\nSmith.\\nThere are a number of lumber camps in this town,\\nthe pine in this section of the county being of the\\nfinest quality. In a fe.v years, however, it will all be\\nremoved, when the main interest will center in agri-\\ncultural products. Greendale stands with those\\ntownships fourth in rank in the importance of its\\nlumber interests and richness of its soil, much of the\\nlatter consisting of sand.\\nCENTRAL CITY\\nWas platted by a company of Ohio gentlemen, who\\nendeavored to establish a city, and by advertising\\nundertook to give the place a boom. Central City\\nis as near the center of a township as a village can be\\nbuilt, and is just half way between Midland City on\\nthe east and Mount Pleasant on the west, and is\\nexactly in the center of the southern peninsula,\\nthrough which runs the old State Road, and over\\nwhich the great travel of the State, by private convey-\\nance, east and west, is dally passing.\\nThe Supervisors of Greendale, whose names are\\nhere given, have each served one term. The settlers\\nare all trustworthy men, who will take care that those\\nselected to represent them will act for the best inter-\\nests of their town.\\nSUPERVISORS.\\nHenry L. Voorhees 1882\\nOscar A. Clark 1883\\nT. H. Gibbs 1884\\nLee Township.\\nEE Township is situated in the southern\\npart of Midland County, and is bounded\\non the north by Jerome, on the east by\\nHomer and Mount Haley Townships, on the\\nA, south by Porter, and west by Greendale Town-\\nship. The Chippewa River crosses Lee a little\\nsouth of the center of the township. The Little Salt\\nempties into the Chippewa in tlie western part. The\\nPine River flows northeast from Gratiot County and\\nacross the southeastern corner of Lee.\\nThis township was organized Oct. 13, 1880. The\\nfirst election was held at the Mallory school-house, on\\nthe 4th day of April, 1881, with Henry J. Yates, Wm.\\nD. Watlan and Walter J. Higby as Inspectors of Elec-\\ntion. The petition which was presented to the Board\\nof Supervisors, asking them to set apart the territory\\nknown and described as number 14 north and i west,\\nand call it Lee Township, was signed by Jno. .Suiter,\\nWalter J. Higby, H. J. Yates, Hans P. Lawson,Thos.\\nF. Baker, Hans Sersen, Geo. Spens, Wm. Dape,\\nDan l Weed, Justus C. Perry, Jno. A. Mallory, S. H.\\nWebster, Nelson Hitsman, Hezekiah Weller and Jno.\\nGateman.\\nLee is classed witli tliose towiishi|)S which are\\nfourth in rank in point of agriculture. The timber\\nconsists of oak, ash and hard and soft maple. Wells\\nof good and pure water can be obtained in this town-\\nship at moderate depths. The river furnishes plenty\\nof water for stock, and were it not for the continuous\\njam of logs some prime fish might be captured.\\nA number of good school buildings are located in\\nLee, mention of which is made in the chapter devoted\\nto educational topics.\\nLand commands a price averaging better than most\\nlocalities in the county, although many acres can yet\\nbe purchased at prices averaging from $5 to $10 per\\na:re.\\nWe api)end the names of her supervisors for the\\npast four years.\\nA. J. Davis 1881-3\\nA. L. Bellinger i{\\ni,\\n(1)\\nl^^5f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0390.jp2"}, "391": {"fulltext": ",Sj\u00c2\u00bb\\n(b\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nwn.\\ny^\\nk^!*.?^\\nHE largest *own in the coun-\\nty is Midland City. It is\\nsituated on both banks of\\nthe Tittabawassee River, in\\nthe township of Midland,\\nand is the county seat. The\\nlarger and more important\\npart of the village is on the north\\nbank of tTie river. The streets are\\nbroad and straight, and some of\\nthem have been graded and paved\\nwith cedar blocks, thereby dispens-\\ning with the annoyances brought\\nabout by the very sandy soil of\\nwhich this location consists. Mid-\\nland City lies in the center of an\\nimmense timber district, and the\\nmanufacturing interests are cen-\\ntered chiefly in lumber and salt, large quantities of\\nwhich are manufactured in this village.\\nMidland is located almost in the geographical cen-\\nter of the Lower Peninsula, and is practically the hub\\naround which the villages of Mt. Pleasant, St. Louis,\\nand the lesser towns in the neighborhood revolve. It\\nis distant i8 miles from Bay City, 24 miles from Sagi-\\nnaw, 26 miles from Mt. Pleasant, and 20 miles from\\nSt. Louis. All these are lively towns, which are\\nstruggling hard for supremacy in commercial im-\\nportance in the future; but the resources of Midland\\nsurpass most of them, and falls scarcely short of those\\nof Saginaw or Bay City. Midland enjoys with them\\nall the advantages of a fine climate, and has a better\\nnatural location than anv one of the smaller villages\\nnamed. She stands at the junction of two noble\\nrivers, which, with their tributaries, drain an exten-\\nsive and fertile region, comprising a large portion of\\nthe best territory of Central Michigan. She is sup-\\nported by an excellent agricultural region lying im-\\nmediately around her, is in the very center of the\\ngreat salt basin of the State, and is surrounded by\\na territory which possesses forests that are still\\ncapable of furnishing an untold wealth of pine, hem-\\nlock, oak, bass-wood, maple, elm and other varieties\\nof timber, which by means of the beautiful streams,\\nthe Tittabawassee, Chippewa, Pine, Salt, Tobacco,\\nSturgeon and others, are conveniently accessible.\\nShe enjoys the advantage of one railroad, the State\\nroads and other good highways, and is the county\\nseat of a county that is rapidly being settled by an\\nindustrious, sober and energetic people.\\nThe Beginnings.\\nIt MONO the first business enterprises of\\nMidland was the hotel erected by John\\nLarkin. This was built in 1856, and was a\\nty small, unpretentious wooden building, located\\nj near where the present Reardon Block now\\nstands. The patronage of this inn was immense,\\nand money was coined for its owner.\\nSamuel Sias built the first grist-mill, which was\\nlocated near where the bromine factory now stands.\\nh man named Lloyd was the first blacksmith.\\nc^\\n\u00c2\u00aer^^^\\n-^D!l^Dli;i", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0391.jp2"}, "392": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-#^C(sV(B\\n(h\\n1\\nT\\nwhose shop stood where Reardon Bros. mill now\\nstands. The oldest inhabitant cannot remember his\\ngiven name, although many are now living here that\\nkne v him.\\nThe first store in the village was opened by James\\nEastman, who is now in business next door to the\\nOscar House. Lou Eastman sold goods and was the\\nfirst clerk in this store. It was situated near the dock,\\nwhich at that time was the commercial center of the\\nvillage.\\nThe second store was kept by L. P. Bailey, in a\\nsmall building near Lloyd s blacksmith shop.\\nE. G. Buttles built the first residence on the north\\nside of the river. Although several families were al-\\nready living on the opposite bank, that locality was\\nnot at that time reckoned as being apart of Midland.\\nCharles Rodd, previously mentioned, had a store on\\nthat side of the river, the stock of which consisted of\\na small assortment of groceries and dry goods and a\\nlarge supply of whisky and tobacco!\\nThe Methodist Church was the first church edifice\\nerected. This building was removed to its present\\nsite from its first location on the corner of Gordon\\nand Main Streets in 1S83.\\nFrom the date of the permanent location of tlie\\ncounty seat, Midland assumed a healthy and vigor-\\nous growth. Stores were opened, and men came in\\nfor the purpose of locating lands, and business of every\\nkind was thereby enhanced. Some good residences\\nwere built, among them being one erected by Dr.\\nJennings where the Oscar House now stands.\\nTlie jail was tlie first structure erected in the county.\\nThis was completed and accepted June 14, 1S69.\\nJohn Larkin was the contractor.\\nN. T. Carr was the first printer in the county. He\\nestablished the Midland Sentinel and conducted it\\nsuccessfully for several years. He was afterward\\nSupervisor of Midland Township, and was consid-\\nered one of her most reliable business men.\\nDuring the progress of the late war a home mili-\\ntary company was organized here, with Harvey Lyon,\\na Mexican veteran, as diill-master. The members\\nwere drilling one Sunday morning, after which sev-\\neral of the company went to the printing-office of\\nMr. Carr to talk a few moments. Charles Searrin\\npicked up a shot-gun which was standing near, and\\nwent through the manual of arms. Mr. Carr took\\nthe gun after Searrin had put it down, and remarked\\n^m^ ^^f^ ^^^niig\\nthat he guessed there was no danger, as the gun\\nwas not loaded. After going through the manual\\n0/ arms, he pointed the gun at Searrin, pulled the\\ntrigger and both barrels were discharged full in his\\nface! Searrin lived only a few hours, and it was re-\\ngarded as an unfortunate affair, arr disposed of\\nhis office during the year and left the village, taking\\nwith him Belle Huntington, the sister of Mrs. Sear-\\nrin, leaving his own wife behind! He is now living\\nin the southern part of Michigan, totally blind, and\\nhas both his wives with him, the one left behind\\ncoming when hearing of his infirmity\\nHarvey Lyon, the old Mexican veteran, was the\\nfirst man to engage in the manufacture of wagons\\nand carriages. He is still engaged in the business,\\nand is better conversant with the early history of Mid-\\nland than any other man living in it, except it be\\nJohn Larkin.\\nCharles Searrin, the man who so unfortunately\\nlost his life, was the first carpenter and builder.\\nE. H. Beardsley put in the first stock of hardware\\nand furniture, and still continues the business.\\nHenry C. Burt was also engaged in business at an\\nearly day. His stock consisted of general merchan-\\ndise, there being no specialties in a mercantile way\\nin the pioneer history of Michigan merchants.\\nJames Foster, who still carries on the business,\\nwas the first harness-maker in Midland.\\nThe Hinds Bros, opened the first stock of drugs\\nin 1S64. The firm consisted of William and James\\nHinds. I iiey occupied a small frame building where\\nHarris Rockwell s building now stands.\\nAlfred Avery, who was accidentally killed while\\nserving as Deputy Sheriff, by John Ryan, was the\\nfirst livery-man in the village. His barn occupied\\nthe site now the property of Clason Haley.\\nThe first Surveyor was George Turner. He had\\nplenty of work and light pay.\\nWilliam Patrick built a tannery at the foot of the\\nupper bridge in 1863, which was the first enterprise\\nof the kind attempted in the county.\\nG. F. Hemingway was the first attorney practicing\\nin the village. He is yet a resident, and liis opinions\\non legal matters are considered correct. He has also\\nbeen elected to the State Legislature, and served his\\nconstituents with much honor.\\nJohn Larkin was the first Postmaster, and had the\\noffice located in the bar-room of his hotel. The\\nIWy^^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0392.jp2"}, "393": {"fulltext": "6V4:I^I1^:I1H^\\n-s\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00a7\\nl^^((sVi\\n1^\\nMIDLANB COUNTY.\\n397\\nmail was brought in from Saginaw once a week, and\\nwas kept in a little cupboard three feet sijuare.\\nThe first school-house was erected at the corner of\\nAshman and Ellsworth Streets. Mrs. Flanders\\ntaught the first school, in 1859. Tlie building is\\nstill standing, but it is not used for educational pur-\\nposes.\\nThe Harris Block was the first brick business\\nblock erected in Midland. The second was built by\\nReardon Bros. Both of these are handsome three-\\nstory buildings, and are a credit to any village or\\ncity.\\nMidland as an Incorporated Village.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0I^W-. lDL.^ND was incorporated in 1869. The\\nt^ M^ territory included in said corporation\\n||1^^ commences at the quarter post of the\\nj^^\\\\ \\\\V\\\\ west line of school section 16, thence west\\nr^ to the quarter line of section 17, to the east\\nbank of the Tittabawassee River thence\\ndown the river as it trends to the quarter line; then\\nsoutherly on the quarter line to the center cpiarter\\npost of section 20; thence easterly on the quarter\\nline one and a half miles to the quarter post in the\\nwest line of section 22; thence north on the section\\nline one mile, to quarter post in the west line of sec-\\ntion 15 thence west on the quarter line of school\\nsection 16 one mile, to the place of beginning. All\\nthis territory is in town 14 north, range 2 east.\\nThe first election was held April 19, 1869, the\\nInspectors of which were James W. Cochrane, James\\nMajor and E. J. Hinds. The officials composing the\\nfirst Board were President, Solomon Heald; Clerk,\\nWm. Cressey Treasurer, Wm. Sinclair; Marshal,\\nH. M. Ellsworth; Trustees\u00e2\u0080\u0094 ist Ward, L. Church\\nand J. A. Dorr; 2d Ward, A. Findlater and J. W. An-\\nderson 3d Ward, Harvey Lyon and C. C. Ball.\\nThe first meeting after the incorporation was held\\nx^pril 26, 1869.\\nThe present village officers are President, Benj.\\nF. Bradley Clerk, Charles Hecox Treasurer,\\nChades A. Webster; Marshal, J. W. Blackmar; Trus-\\ntees for two years, John McKay, Warren L. Sias and\\ni^V^ ^^4^ ^7^^-iIl !1\\nDaniel F. Straker; Trustees for i year, James S.\\nAllen and Charles P. Turner; Village Attorney,\\nD. W. Hitchcock. George P. Mickley held over\\nfrom 1883.\\nA great deal of enterprise has been manifested i)y\\nthe officials of Midland City, the streets being nicely\\ngraded, Main street paved its entire length, which,\\nwith the introduction of the Holly system of water\\nworks, give the village quite a city-fied air. It is\\nlargely in debt, however, the total, including water-\\nworks bonds and street paving, amounting to $37,-\\n795.31. The city valuation is about $500,000, which\\nmakes the rate of taxation quite heavy.\\nThe village has suffered some heavy losses by fire,\\nthe heaviest one occurring May 27, 1876, when 52\\nhouses were burned! The fire was originated by\\nsparks from a passing locomotive, and the devouring\\nflame carried everything before it from where Rear-\\ndon s Block stands entirely through the village, in a\\nnortherly direction.\\nTHE FIRE DEPARTMENT\\nis now well equipped, and another outbreak could be\\nefficiently checked. In 1864, a Button hand en-\\ngine was purchased, at a cost of $2,200. This in-\\ncluded 500 feet of hose and the cart. It is still\\nowned by the city, and is in good working order,\\nalthough reckoned among the things that were.\\nThe first fire company regularly organized was\\nformed in March, 1872. It consisted of 30 volun-\\nteer firemen, with B. F. Wilcox, Foreman. Their\\noutfit consisted of five ladders and 20 buckets.\\nThe following summer, a Babcock extinguisher was\\npurchased, at a cost of $2,400. This was a poor in-\\nvestment, it never proving of much service. It was\\nsold in 1880 for $75. The department now consists\\nof two hose carts and 2,500 feet of hose. True\\nHart is Fire Marshal, and Edward Lyon Assistant.\\nForty-four men and four torch boys are enrolled on\\nthe Company s books. The present system of Holly\\nwater-works have thus far proved very satisfactory,\\nthe pressure being strong enough to throw water over\\nany house in the village. The men are divided into\\ntwo companies Hose company No. i, under the\\ncare of Wm. Reardon and No 2, under the care ot\\nGeorge Selley. The village owns the engine whicli\\nfurnishes the power. It is located on the opposite\\nbank of the Tittabawassee, near the junction of the\\nChippewa with that stream.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0393.jp2"}, "394": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^aj^^J^!^\\nVC:DD^I]I]v\\nr^i^ s:\\n398\\nMJJJLANV COUNTY.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a20\\nf\\nBusiness.\\nHE Mineral ^Vell has been for several years\\na great attraction for pleasure-seekers from\\nabroad. It was bored in 1867, soon after\\n^P^ the discovery of the mineral well at St. Louis.\\nThis was done by a joint stock company com-\\nposed of the following persons Lewis East-\\nman, J. S. Eastman, Alex. Findlater, Wm. Harris,\\nRoderick Russell, Benj. Dean, and Barker.\\nThere were three other persons interested whose\\nnames cannot now be ascertained. The shares\\nwere rated at $200 each, which amount completed\\nthe well and erected a commodious bath-house.\\nThe same was under the supervision of Lewis East-\\nman, who managed it quite successfully. The ladies\\ndepartment was superintended by Mrs. ISLaggie Cun-\\nningham, a well known lady of tliis village, whose\\ncourteous manner added largely to the patronage be-\\nstowed. The property has been transferred to Wm.\\nL. Stearns, who has erected a comfortable boarding-\\nhouse. This bath-house is kept in operation only\\nduring the summer months, but it adds largely to the\\nattractions of Midland as a summer resort.\\nAn analysis of the water made by Prof. Duffield,\\nof the State .Agricultural College, shows the number\\nof grains of solid matter to one imperial gallon, as\\nfollows\\n*iraiM\\nSulphate of Lime 4.45\\nSulphate Potassa 32.19\\nSulphate Soda 32 06\\nPhosphate .Muniina 1.72\\nChloride Calcium. 6.21\\nChloride Magnesium 2.19\\nChloride Sodium 32.7c\\nSilica 2.96\\nOrganic Matter 2.46\\nLoss 3.2 I\\nTotal 110.30\\nThe benefits which must naturally follow the use\\nof this water are readily recognized by every physi-\\ncian. As an alterative and deobstruent, they are\\nunexcelled by any waters in the State, and in many\\ndiseases of the stomach, bowels, kidneys and blood\\nthey act almost specifically.\\nThe manufacturing interests of Midland City are\\nsecond to no village of its size in the State.\\nThe most extensive industry is the large lumber\\nand shingle mills and the mammoth salt works of\\nLarkin Patrick. The mill manufactures annually\\n6,000,000 feet of lumber, 25,000,000 shingles, 33,126\\nsalt barrels, r, 283, 425 staves, 102,675 headings and\\n5 1,337 flour barrels.\\nTheir salt well was tlie first one sunk in the village,\\nand was dug in 1878. It is t,3oo feet in depth, and\\nthe flow of brine surpasses in gravity that of any\\nwell in t1ie salt region except llie others now in op-\\neration at this place. The average salt production\\nof this firm amounts to 54,000 barrels annually.\\nThey also operate a bromine factory and manu-\\nfacture 4,500 pounds of this product yearly; 140\\nhands are employed, the amounts paid them aver-\\naging $49,010.01. In r883 this firm shipped 526\\ncars of lumber, 325 cars of shingles, 371 cars o(\\nsalt and 28 cars of other products. They expended\\n$20,862.25. The benefits derived by the village of\\nMidland from this firm is infcalculable. The wages\\npaid are almost entirely left in the hands of her mer-\\nchants.\\nThe firm of J. Herrick Co. manufacture 2,200\\nbarrels of salt annually, John Maloney 1,656, and\\nSamuel Foster 1,241. This makes the annual salt\\nproduction of Midland City 59,097 barrels, to which\\nmay be added 4,500 pounds of bromine. In addition,\\nthe Merchant Flouring Mills of James Herrick Co.\\nand the Star Mills of Reardon Bros. Co. do a large\\nbusiness. The other manufacturing establishments,\\nwagon, buggy, furniture, etc., add largely to the list\\nand are well represented.\\nPeters Bros, have located just outside of the cor-\\nporation an extensive building for the manufacture\\nof hoops and headings. The firm is composed of\\nR. G. and J. H. Peters, both men of wealth and\\nenergy. This factory was recently put into opera-\\ntion, and at present employs 35 hands. When all\\nthe machinery is set in motion they will employ 140\\nhands, and with r2 planers will turn out r, 540,000\\nfinished hoops per week.\\nThe hardware and agricultural implement trade is\\nwell represented by Geo. A. Janes, C. F. Russell\\nand Reardon Brothers. Very few houses in much\\nlarger cities carry a larger stock of goods than these\\ngentlemen.\\nThe largest line of clothing and gents furnishing\\ngoods is carried by Starker Co. Reardon Brothers\\nhave the most extensive mercantile establishment in\\nvt\\ni\\nV", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0394.jp2"}, "395": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY\\nZi^^\\n4\\n(Q^\\nthe village, carrying a line of hardware, groceries\\nand dry goods in three separate apartments, the\\nwhole being connected by entrances leading from\\none to the other.\\nAll the merchants carry a stock of boots and\\nshoes, there lieing no store in the village devoted en-\\ntirely to this branch of trade.\\nThree splendid millinery stores, replete with every-\\nthing in that line, are kept by Mesdames A. M. A.\\nMahana, J. S. Allen and J. Hays. The ladies of\\nMidland are unexceptionally well dressed, due no\\ndoubt to the prosperity that is manifest in all branches\\nof trade.\\nGeorge W. Abbey has an elegant stock of watches,\\nclocks, diamonds, jewelry, etc. He also deals in\\nmusic and musicians supplies. His competitor in\\nthis business is E. A. Clark, who reports trade satis-\\nfactory in every respect.\\nThere is only one bank in the village, the First\\nNational of Midland. The company was organized\\nSept. I, 1883, and commenced business on the 8th\\nof that month. The bank is a great convenience to\\nthe business men of Midland, besides being a good\\ninvestment for its stockholders. Connected with the\\noffice is a fire-proof vault, in which is the fire and\\nburglar proof safe, fitted with double time lock. The\\nofficers of this bank are President, M. P. Anderson\\nVice President, Maxon Anderson; Cashier, W. D.\\nMarsh.\\nThe drug trade of Midland is well represented by\\nfour firms, who carry a large and well selected stock\\nof goods. Rockwell Harris, Anderson Bros., Hinds\\nBros, and John W. Day have on an average S4 ooo\\neach invested in the business.\\nThe physicians are all doing nicely, and the most\\nof them are making money. Drs. W. G. Harris, W.\\nE. Burtless, A. Magill, W. W. Fountaine and Dr.\\nDay are members of the allopathic, and Dr. E. B.\\nBockes, of the Eclectic school.\\nThe members of the Midland County Bar all re-\\nside in this city, except Floyd L. Post, who lives in\\nColeman. The active members are Hemingway\\nRicketts, Stanford Van Kleeck, D. W. Hitchcock,\\nGordon Fales, H. L. Fairchild, Byron Burch and\\nMyron Gue. Those who are not engaged in active\\npractice are F. S, Burton, Ed. J. Carey, J. W. Coch-\\nrane and E. P. Rice. The first three attorneys in\\nthis village were Henry C. Ashman, Judge Wilbur\\nF. VVoodworth and G. F. Hemingway.\\nMidland City is well provided with hotel accom-\\nmodations, having three large and commodious build-\\nings. The Exchange Hotel was destroyed by fire\\nin April, 1884. The Oscar House is a neat two-\\nstory brick, comfortably furnished throughout, and\\ncontains 40 rooms. The proprietor, Charles Oscar,\\nis one of the most courteous landlords to be found\\nanywhere. Marshall Smith is clerk of this popular\\nhotel. The only fault which can be found with the\\nOscar House is the lack of room, many being\\nturned away who are thus forced to seek quarters\\nelsewhere. This house is a favorite stopping-place\\nfor traveling salesmen, there being a sample room ad-\\njacent for the display of their goods. A billiard and\\ndram room is attached to the office. The hotel is\\nwell managed, and is an excellent paying investment.\\nThe Sherwood House is a handsome three-story\\nbrick structure fronting on Main Street. F. J. Barry\\nis the accommodating landlord, and guests of the\\nSherwood find not only pleasant and ample ac-\\ncommodations, but also all the comforts of a home.\\nThere are rooms enough in this building to accom-\\nmodate 60 transient guests, and the table is well\\nsupplied with the best the market affords. A free\\ncarriage attends every train, and those who make the\\nSherwood headquarters are loud in their praise of\\nits management.\\nThe Findlater House is centrally located in a\\npleasant portion of the village, convenient to business\\nand easily accessible. The present proprietor, Mr.\\nFrank B. VVilkins, assumed control in May, 1884.\\nHe is quite popular with the traveling public, and the\\nexcellent reputation this hotel has always borne will\\nbe enhanced by his connection with it. The building\\nis a two-story frame, with airy rooms, well furnished\\nand well patronized.\\nMessrs. Clason Haley lead in the livery business\\nand their stock of buggies and carriages equal those\\nkept by city liveries. They have selected their driv-\\ning horses with great care, and the roadsters owned\\nby this firm are noted for speed and endurance. In\\naddition to their livery, Messrs. Clason Haley\\nare engaged in the business of undertaking.\\nCharles Anderson has a very fine livery and a good\\npatronage. In fact, Midland supports enterprises of\\nthis character quite well.\\nGeorge Covert is not eclipsed in his efforts to\\nplease the public, and his barn contains some speedy\\nroadsters. The aim of all these gentlemen is to fur-\\nc-o:\\n(v\\n^m^\\n%^\\\\im", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0395.jp2"}, "396": {"fulltext": "V^:I1I1^I]I1^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0J^\\n400\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nnish the finest turn-outs to be found in Central Mich-\\nigan at reasonable rates.\\nMidland City has one of the finest postoffice build-\\nings, and the neatest furniture and equipments, to be\\nfound in Northern Michigan. E. J. Brewster, the\\npresent Postmaster, is a gentleman as courteous as\\nhe is popular, and the affiiirs of the Midland post-\\noffice under his management cannot be improved.\\nThe transformation from the first postoffice, which\\nwas kept by John Larkin in the bar-room of his\\nhotel, to the elegant quarters it now occupies, is com-\\nplete, and adds largely to the attractive business\\nhouses of this beautiful village.\\nChurch History,\\nFIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\n^^W CIRCUIT was organized bearing the name\\nof Midland at the session of the Detroit\\n^1^^ Annual Conference held at Port Huron in\\nJilj^ September, 1857. It was the first religious\\norganization in Midland. The circuit consist-\\nj ed of the following places Midland City\\nBluffs, King s, now in Freeland Circuit, Higgins Swan\\nCreek, Shields and Crook s. The first quarterly con-\\nference was held in the fall of 1857, by S. Clements,\\nthen Presiding Elder of the Flint District. The first\\nclass-book was dated Feb. 5, 1858, and contained the\\nnames of 13 persons, four members and nine proba-\\ntioners.\\nA board of trustees was appointed in June, 1863,\\nand a donation of lots for a church site received from\\nJohn Moore, of Saginaw city. In May, 1864, the site\\nof the church building was located on lot 4, block 15.\\nIn 1866 a building committee was appointed and the\\nerection of the present church edifice commenced, a\\nframe, 40 x 70 feet. The building was completed in\\n1869 and dedicated on October 4th of that year, by\\nRev. J. M. Reid, D. D., of Chicago, John Hamilton\\nbeing Pastor. The completion of the church build-\\ning was largely due to the efforts of Pastor Nelson\\nGreen, who was Mr. Hamilton s immediate predeces-\\nsor. In the fall and winter of 1883-4, daring the\\nPastorate of C. M. Thompson, the church edifice was\\nmoved from its original site to the corner of Fitzhugh\\n^A :ill!l\\nand Main Streets. A brick basement was placed\\nunder it, at a cost of $1,400, which amount is fully\\nprovided for. In the exchange of lots Thos. J. Car-\\npenter, Esq., canceled a claim of $1,600 which he\\nheld against the property, and now it is entirely free\\nfrom debt. The new basement is nicely furnished\\nand very commodious, and the new site on Main street\\npreferable to the old one.\\nThe first pastor was Rufus H. Crane, who received\\nas a year s salary $114.02. The following is a list of\\nthe pastors: Rufus H. Crane, Robert Johnson, Alan-\\nson Herrick, M. S. Leet, L. S. Tedman, Samuel Kits-\\nmiller, Nelson Green, John Hamilton, L. L. Hough-\\nton, F. \\\\V. May, Duke Whitely, James H. Curnalia,\\nW. H. Osborne, C. H. Talmadge, John O. Bancroft,\\nJ. B. Atchison, H. W. Hicks and the present Pastor,\\nC. M. Thompson.\\nThe Board of Trustees consists of Theo. J. Car-\\npenter, Milton P. Anderson, James B. Burtless,Chas.\\nS. Barber and Aaron T. Gillick. Thos. Pick and John\\nB. Smith are the Class- Leaders. There are 68 full\\nmembers and 24 probationers, making a total of 92.\\nThe congregation and Sabbath-school are in a healthy\\ncondition and steadily increasing in numbers and in-\\nterest, and the outlook for the Church is very hope-\\nful and cheering.\\nFIRST PRESBVTERI.AN CHURCH.\\nThis Church was organized Sept. 4, 1867, by\\nRev. M. Gelston,T. L.Waldo and Wm. Ure. The orig-\\ninal members were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McCartney\\nand Miss Esther Doyle, who were received on confes-\\nsion of their faith, Mrs. Ellen Cressy and Mrs. E. Per-\\nkins, who presented letters of dismission from other\\nChurches. The Confession and Covenant of the\\nPresbytery of Saginaw were adopted, and the election\\nof Elders was deferred for two years, until July 2,\\n1869, when John Hoynes and Sherman Olmstead\\nwere elected and installed as Elders of the Church.\\nA church building was erected on the corner of\\nLarkin and Townsend Streets, but soon afterwards it\\nwas struck by lightning and received much damage.\\nIt was soon put in good repair, however, but in 1876\\nit was entirely consumed by fire. From that time\\ntill 1880 the Church had neither house nor pastor.\\nIn October of that year the present Pastor, Rev. P.\\nS. Davies, was installed and took charge of the scat-\\ntered flock. The new minister set about to devise\\nmeans by which a church could be built. His\\nc^:", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0396.jp2"}, "397": {"fulltext": "lM;^ri))^#^\\nVCH\\nI^OIl^^T^T^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY,\\n-^^^^sVl^\\n401\\n^^i\\nV\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f\\nfaithfulness and energy were soon apparent in the\\nlively and substantial interest which the members, as\\nwell as outsiders, took in the matter, and in 1882 the\\nchurch which they now occupy was completed, at a\\ncost, including furniture, of $6,000. This new church\\nwas dedicated Sept. 25, 1882; Rev. Chapman, of Bay\\nCity delivered the dedicatory sermon, assisted by the\\nresident minister, Rev. P. S. Davies. The succession\\nof ministers from the first is T. L. Waldo, E. Swift,\\nE. W. Borden and P. S. Davies. The Church now\\nconsists of 99 members, and is organized for work in\\nthe several departments indicated, as follows:\\nChurch Session Rev. P. S. Davies, Pastor Sher-\\nman Olmstead, James Peters, E. Anderson and E. P.\\nRice, Elders. D. P. Waldo, E. P. Rice, G. W. Abbey,\\nWm. Reardon, M. Anderson and E. Anderson, Trus-\\ntees.\\nLadies Foreign Missionary Society Mrs. Rev. P.\\nS. Davies, President; Mrs. G. \\\\V. Abbey, Vice Presi-\\ndent; Mrs. D. A. Huyck, Recording Secretary; Mrs.\\nDr. W. E. Burtless, CorresfXinding Secretary; Mrs.\\nJno. McKay, Treasurer. Ladies Aid Society\u00e2\u0080\u0094 Mrs.\\nRev. P. S. Davies, President; Mrs. S. Olmstead, Vice\\nPresident; Mrs. Dr. J.S. Herries, Secretary Mrs. VVm.\\nReardon, Treasurer. Sunday-school J. G. Culver,\\nSuperintendent; D. P. Waldo, Assistant Superintend-\\nent; T. W. Crissey, Clerk; Stewart Gordon, Libra-\\nrian; Mrs. Elizabeth McKizie, Treasurer Band of\\nHope J. G. Culver, Superintendent; Harry Starker,\\nTreasurer; Carrie Huyck, Librarian; Chas. Burt,\\nSecretary.\\nBAPTIST SOCIETY.\\nA meeting was held in the Presbyterian church\\nJune 2, 1869, for the purpose of considering the\\npropriety of organizing a Baptist society, there being\\n20 or 30 persons in the village who were Bajjlists in\\nsentiment. Mr. Myers was appointed Moderator\\nand Mr. Hough Secretary. The society was or-\\nganized under the name of the First Baptist Church\\nof Midland City. At the first covenant meeting,\\nheld at Mr. Hough s, July 10, i86g, Mr. and Mrs.\\nGreen, Mr. Hough, Minnie Hough, Mr. and Mrs.\\nPratt and Mr. Smith were received into the soci-\\nety by confession and baptism.\\nOn the 7th of August, 1869, a meeting was held\\nat the house of Mr. Joseph Townsend, for the pur-\\npose of deciding upon some means by which they\\nmight obtain aid in building a house of worship. Mr.\\nMyers and William Harris were appointed to pro-\\ncure a deed of land suitable for a church site and\\nparsonage. They commenced work at once, and Jan.\\n15, 1870, they held their first meeting in the new\\nchurch. The first communion service, was held\\nMarch 6, of the same year. The society since that\\ntime has steadily progressed and rapidly increased\\nin numbers and influence, and the outlook for its\\nfuture is a very promising one. The Rev. Mr.\\nLeonard is the present pastor of the flock, and it is\\nthought that when his work is well under headway\\nhe will, by the interest and energy which he takes in\\nthe welfare of the Churcli, attract many more to the\\nalready large congregations which assemble there\\nevery Sabbath. A collection is taken up on the last\\nSunday of each alternate month for the aid of for-\\neign missions, home missions. Publication Society,\\nState missions and Christian education.\\nEPISCOPAL CHURCH.\\nThe first Episcopal services held in the village of\\nMidland were conducted by the Rev. John Leech,\\nRector of the St. John s Parish, Saginaw City, in\\nOctober of the year 1867. Mr. J. W. Cochrane was\\nmainly instrumental in procuring this minister to\\npreside over and conduct the services, which were\\nheld in Cochrane s Hall. The Rt. Rev. S. A.\\nMcCoskry, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese, held con-\\nfirmation in November following, at which time four\\npersons were confirmed. Services were continued\\nwith more or less regularity through the following\\nwinter, by Revs. Leech, G. B. Eastman, of St. Paul s\\nParish, East Saginaw, Fayette Royce, Rector of Trin-\\nity Church, Bay City, and John W. Birchmore,\\nRector of St. Paul s Parish, Flint, together with lay\\nreading by a member of St. Paul s Church, East\\nSaginaw.\\nIn March, 1868, the Rev. W. R. Tillinghast was\\nput in charge of St. John s Mission, of Midland\\nCity, by the Bishop of this Diocese. Rev. Tilling-\\nhast was a resident of East Saginaw, and visited the\\nmission two Sundays in each month. The society\\ncontinued under this arrangement until its organiza-\\ntion. In the meantime the Church proper fitted up\\na pleasant chapel in Eastman s Hall, and services\\nwere held in this place after the organization of the\\nParish. The first Church family was that of Geo.\\nA. Janes, a former member of St. Jolin s Parish,\\nDetroit.\\nvJ^\\nV^\\n9\\n1=1\\n^^9\u00e2\u0096\u00a0", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0397.jp2"}, "398": {"fulltext": "m\\n4 ii\\nMIDLANB COUNTY.\\nri^^ :r^s|^l^(sV#P\\nAmong the first confirmed were Jas. G. Farwell,\\nMrs. Gertrude W. Farwell and Mr. John McGregor.\\nThese faithful Church people labored constantly and\\nJ earnestly for the building up of the Parish, the organ-\\n^1 ization of which was effected in March, 1870, under\\nthe direction of Rev. Tillinghast. The corporators\\nwere Geo. A. Janes, John \\\\V. Cochrane, Jas. Hayes,\\nEdward Corcelins, Cooley E. Ball, J. W. Anderson and\\nRobert C. Richmond. The first Vestry consisted of\\nthe following gentlemen G.^ A. Janes and Jas.\\nHayes, Wardens C. E. Ball, R. C. Richmond, E. Cor-\\ncelins and J. W. Cochrane. The Parish was admit-\\nted to union with the Diocese at the Annual Council\\nheld at Jackson June 1 1, 1870.\\nRev. W. Richmond Tillinghast was the first Rector\\nelected to this Parish. He accepted the call and\\nentered upon his duties May 15, 1870, and after\\nministering to the people of this Church for the\\nspace of one year he resigned, in May, 1S71.\\nThe second pastor was Henry McClory, who re-\\nmained five months. Meanwhile the newly erected\\nchapel stood unfinished for nearly one and a half\\nyears. No S.abbath-school had been held, and only\\noccasional Church services. At this time Henry J.\\nBrown, a candidate for holy orders, was appointed by\\nthe Bishop to take charge of the Parish as Lay Read-\\ner. He resigned his charge July 13, 1873. Then\\nRev. Arthur M. Backus, a missionary, was sent here\\nand entered upon his duties July i, 1875, and con-\\ntinued in the pulpit one year, resigning July i, 1876.\\nFor two and a half years the society was without a\\npastor; interest flagged, the members became dis-\\nheartened, and the l-.\\\\ck of some one to lead them\\nproved almost fatal to the society. While affairs\\nTvere in this condition. Gen. Runkle took hold of the\\nChurch as Lay Reader, July 11, 1881. The com-\\nmunicants were few in number; they were scattered\\nand discouraged, but they quickly rallied and made a\\nnoble and successful effort tore-establish the Church.\\nThe building was sadly out of repair and rapidly\\ngoing to ruin. A subscription of several hundred\\ndollars was raised and the Church again made com-\\nfortable and attractive; the social life of the congre-\\ngation was revived and kept up with spirit and good\\nfeeling. The Bishop confirmed a class of 25 per-\\nsons on Wednesday evening, Feb. 8, 1882. At this\\ntime there were 41 baptisms, of which 11 were\\nadults.\\nIn April following this confirmation Gen. Runkle\\nresigned, and for some months they were again with-\\nout a rector. Rev. R. W. Rhames was then called\\nand remained with them for more than a year. His\\nsuccessor. Rev. Samuel F. Myers, took charge of the\\nParish in February, 1884. Under his management\\nthe congregation is gaining renewed strength and life.\\nA Ladies Aid Society has been recently organized.\\nIts object is the promotion of the charitable and spir-\\nitual work of the Church. The President is Mrs. S.\\nF. Myers; Vice-President, Mrs. Dora Henry; Secre-\\ntary, Mrs. Mary A. Maxwell Treasurer, Mrs. Wni.\\nPatrick. The members are divided into committees\\nfor caring for the sick and poor, for looking after\\nstrangers who come to the village, extending the hos-\\npitalities of the Church, and for seeing that the gen-\\neral Church work is not neglected.\\nCATHOLIC CHURCH.\\nWm. B. Kelly came to this county from Canada\\nin 1866, bringing his family with him. They were\\nearnest and devoted believers in the Catholic faith,\\nand, finding no society of this denomination in the\\nnew village, he, together with John Haley, Edward\\nHaley, D. Chism, Hogan, Glasco and a few\\nothers, met at his house for worship. In October,\\n1870, Father Scutchin, of Bay City, said the first mass\\nin the county, at Mr. Kelly s residence.\\nThe society, having gained in numbers, began to\\nthink of building a church as a more convenient place\\nof worship. Accordingly, Mr. Kelly went to John Lar-\\nkin and asked him if they could buy a lot of him\\non which to erect a church. Mr. L. replied, Go and\\nselect any part of my land that you wish and take it\\nfree of any charges. This generous offer was ac-\\ncepted, and two lots were chosen in the east part of\\ntown. Mr. Larkin afterwards donated $100, besides\\nlumber, etc. This act of generosity was followed by\\nliberal subscriptions from many of the citizen^ of\\nMidland. The church building was begun in 1870,\\nand was ready for occupancy in one year.\\nFather Vanderhaven, of Saginaw City, was the first\\npastor, his visits to the new mission occurring only\\nat intervals. Two years afterward Father Sweeney,\\nof East Saginaw, held services, and his successor was\\nFather McCarthy, now of Mt. Pleasant. The first\\nresident pastor was Father Burns, followed by Father\\nMcNamara, the present pastor. The first class pre-\\nsented for confirmation was in 1880, at which time\\nA\\nC^\\nfo)\\n1", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0398.jp2"}, "399": {"fulltext": "I\\n-A*\\nf\\n/7s\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nBishop Burgess, of the Grand Rapids Diocese, pre-\\nsided. About 40 apphcants were confirmed.\\nThe church, which was built at a cost of $i,8oo, is\\npaid for, and the society entirely free from debt of any\\nkind. A lot adjoining the church premises has just\\nbeen purchased, at a cost of $420, and a modern and\\nconvenient house will be erected for the residence of\\nthe pastor. John Haley, James O Neill and Michael\\nRyan are the present Trustees of the Church. Mrs.\\nWm. B. Kelly, her daughter, Mrs. John Haley and\\nMiss Mabana have been zealous and untiring work-\\ners for the cause which they espouse, and it is mainly\\ndue to their efforts that the society enjoys its present\\nprosperity. Under the leadership of their Pastor,\\nFather McNamara, they will undoubtedly continue\\nin progress and advancement. A choir of ten little\\ngirls has been organized by him. Miss Lizzie Haley,\\na miss of 13 years, presides at the organ. The Par-\\nish over which the control of Father McNamara ex-\\ntends includes Williamstown, Mt. Haley, Hope,\\nIngersoll and Freeland Townships. On the 22d of\\nMay, 18S4, confirmation was held at the church and\\nconducted by Bishop Richter. A class of 30 was re-\\nceived into the Church.\\nSecret Societies.\\nS^M^\\nK^.ECRET orders are not well represented in\\nMidland, there being only two orders now\\n|1[!:3 in existence here, the I. O. O. F. having\\nmet with such disastrous losses by fire that the\\nsociety was discontinued indefinitely. But,\\ndoubtless, the various beneficent associations,\\nwith their secret signs of mutual recognition, will in-\\ncrease in numbers with the increase of population.\\nCENTRE LODGE, NO. 273, A. F. A. .M.\\nreceived its dispensation Nov. 22, 1869. The fol-\\nlowing officers served under dispensation L. Church,\\nW. M.; S. Olmstead, S. VV.; W. H. Gallenger,\\nJ. W.; H. T. Olmstead, Sec; G. A. Janes, Treas.;\\nJ. V. Lownsbury, S. D.; Edwin M. Witham, J. D.;\\nDan W. Chase, Tyler; Wm. McCreight and James\\nW. Allen, Stewards.\\nThe following gentlemen were charter members\\nHiram F. Olmstead, James S. Allen, James V.\\nLownsbury, Sherman Olmstead, S. A. Bacon, Geo.\\n^3^^^ ^^C^O 3\\nRobson, E. M. Witham, Geo. A. Janes, Thomas N.\\nMcintosh, E. H. Beardsley, B. F. Bradley, William\\nPatrick, W. H. Gallenger, Wm. McCreight, W. H-\\nReindscoff, Isaac D. Bailey, John W. Anderson,\\nE. F. Gould, Mack Anderson, D. W. Chase and\\nL. Church. The charter was received bearing\\ndate Jan. 13, 1870, and the first election under\\nthe same was held Jan. 20 of that year. Their\\nlodge room was dedicated February 3, with appro-\\npriate ceremonies, by Deputy Grand Master S. C.\\nWarren and Acting Deputy Grand Master J. B. F.\\nCurtiss, of Flint, Mich., assisted by Acting Deputy\\nGrand Master James Hays, of St. John s Lodge, and\\nActing Deputy Grand Chaplain J. D. Bailey. The\\nceremonies closed with a public installation of the\\nfollowing officers L. Church, W. M.; S. Olmstead,\\nS. W.; W. H. Gallenger, J. W.; H. L. Olmstead, Sec;\\nG. A. Janes, Treas.; J. V. Lownsbury, S. D.; E. M.\\nWitham, J. D.; D. W. Chase, Tyler.\\nThis lodge has always enjoyed the highest degree\\nof prosperity and numbers at this time about 75 mem-\\nbers. They have in Midland the finest lodge room\\nwest of Saginaw, and are out of debt.\\nThe officers for 1884 are: Rufus T. Clason, W.\\nM.; Charles Fournia, S. W.; Ed. Smith, J. W.; Byron\\nBurch, Sec; W. L. Sias, Treas.; Edwin Witham, S.\\nD.; Maxon Anderson, J. D.; Thomas King, Tyler;\\nGeo. A. Janes, Chaplain; Samuel L. Voshell and\\nRobert Cluff, Stewards.\\nROYAL ARCANUM.\\nMidland Council, No. 671, of this beneficiary or-\\nder was instituted April 13, 1882, with 21 charter\\nmembers. From the date of its organization it has\\nenjoyed the greatest prosperity, and the members\\nare highly delighted with its work.\\nThe first officers were J. W. Cochrane, Regent\\nW. D. Marsh, Vice Regent Geo. C. Presley, Orator\\nHenry Hart, Past Regent; Fred T. Reed, Sec;\\nSam 1 Foster, Collector; Abram Horton, Treas.; Rev.\\nGeo. T. Ellis, Chaplain.\\nThe present officers are: W. D. March, Regent;\\nWilliam Kelly, Vice Regent Clark G. Russell, Ora-\\ntor; Henry Hart, Past Regent; F. T. Reed, Sec;\\nH. L. Fairchilds, Collector and Treasurer; Rev.\\nGeo. T. Ellis, Chaplain.\\nKNIGHTS OF LAROR.\\nThis order, so extensively distributed throughout\\nthe United States, is largely represented here. As\\nc^\\ns", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0399.jp2"}, "400": {"fulltext": "m\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0erV 2 Iltl^PD T^\\nrr\\n4^^f^Jl\\n404\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n(h\\n(d\\\\\\nsembly No. 2,973 instituted June 23, 1882, and\\nthe growth has been both steady and rapid. The\\nfirst officers elected were: Wm. Brown, M. W.;\\nPaul Marrin, W. F.; Benjamin Baker, V. S.; Henry\\nCotes, W. F.; Wm. McGill, A.; Judson W. Coon, R.\\nS.; John W. Ross, F. S.; Harry W. Beacom, W. T.;\\nRobert Murray, S.; Edwin Hodgson, V. K.; Wm. S.\\nNorton, I. C; Chas. Foster, O. C; John McKinney,\\nJ.; Daniel McDonald, J. A.\\nThe above named gentlemen, with Jeremiah Ward,\\nWm. Cotes, John S. Ayers, James McBaine, James\\nGolden and Aaron Hygate, were charter members.\\nThe order now numbers over So persons, all men of\\nintelligence and worth.\\nThe election of officers for 1884 resulted in a\\nchoice of Judge Willard, M. W.; John Mitchell, W.\\nF.; Paul Lingal, V. S.; Benjamin Baker, W. I.; John\\nMatthews, A.: Wilson Beardsley, R. S.; H. W. Bea-\\ncom, F. S.; John McKay, W. T.; John Bailey, S.;\\nJohn McKinney, V. K.; Patrick Killian, I. C; Mal-\\ncolm McKizie, O. C; Benj. Freeland, J.; Paul Mar-\\nrin, J. A.\\nMidland must take a high rank among the villages\\nof Northern Michigan. Outside of the Saginaws and\\nBay Cities it would be hard to find a place in these\\nnorthern regions where so many signs of enterprise\\nshow themselves. Main Street, with its large brick\\nblocks, filled with all kinds of merchandise, is an\\nhonor to her citizens, and of these they may justly\\nbe proud. It is the third city of importance on the\\nline of the Flint Pere Marquette, Saginaw and Bay\\nCity alone shipping more products, and that not\\ngreatly in excess of Midland.\\nV\u00c2\u00ae)g^ \u00c2\u00aeA 2)(2\\n^^C\u00c2\u00bb^^/^\u00c2\u00ae)g^V 5)(S)\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^fG)\\nEj^H^S^\\nROM the first, the political\\ncomplexion of this county\\nhas been strictly Republican.\\nThe changes in political sen-\\ntiment have for the past few\\nyears assimied a more liberal\\nphase, and the old party lines\\nare not so closely adhered to at\\nthis time as in former years.\\nThe Greenback element has\\ngrown rapidly among the labor-\\ning classes, due very largely to\\nthe stirring appeals made by the\\nMidland Sun, a staunch advo-\\ncate of that faith. A summary\\nis given below of the officials elected in Midland\\nCounty since its organization in 1S55, the years of\\ntheir election being given:\\nS. D. Gaskill\\nJ. E. Willard\\nPROBATE JUDGES.\\n1 85 6-68 IF. S. Burton\\n1868-76 I James Murphy\\nREGISTERS OF DEEDS.\\nSolon Kumvill 1856 Asa Bacon\\nGeo. Turner r858-6o Geo. C. Presley\\nNathan E. Carr 1862 Thos. B. Main\\nCLERKS.\\n1876-80\\n1880\\n1864-76\\n1878-80\\n1882\\nD. M. R. Wilson\\nHenry Thomson\\nJ. L. Eastman\\nJames Bean\\nJohn Larkin\\nE. J. Brewster\\nA. A. St. John\\n\\\\V. Plummer\\nWm. Davidson\\nD. G. W. Whiting 1856-8\\nH. M. Ellsworth i860\\nGeo. Bartlett 1862\\n.Alfred Avery 1864-6\\nB. F. Keating 1868\\n1856-8\\ni860\\n1862-4\\n1866\\nTREASURERS.\\n1856-74 Roger W. Clason\\n1876-80\\nSHERIFFS.\\nAlfred Avery\\nCharles Oscar\\nJohn y. Ryan\\nM. Wl Ryan\\n1 868\\n1870-4\\n1876-82\\n1882\\n1870-2\\n1874-6\\n1878-80\\n1882\\nV^\\n6-=.;\\n3\\n^nmniif^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0400.jp2"}, "401": {"fulltext": "V\\n/N\\ns\\nb\\nMIDLAND cou.vry.\\nf?\\nCIPXUIT COURT\\nJ. G. Sutherland 1856\\nL. P. Bailey 1858\\nC. T. Atvvell i860\\nL. P. Bailey 1862\\nT. P. Tucker 1864\\nHenry Hart 1 866\\nD. \\\\V. Hitchcock 1S6S\\nCOMMISSIONERS.\\nHenry Hart\\nC. W. Tindall\\nByron D. Burch\\nWm. Pluuimer\\nWm. D. Gordon\\nH. L. Fairchild\\n1870-\\n1874\\n1876\\n1878\\n1880\\n1882\\nHarvey Lyons 1856\\nG. F. Hemingway 1858\\nD. M. R. Wilson i860\\nL. P. Bailey 1862\\nC. B. Wright 1864\\nHenry Hart 1866-8\\nG.F.Hemingway 1870\\nPROSECUTING ATTORNEYS.\\nJ. Van Kleeck\\nM. H. Stanford\\nJ. Van Kleeck\\nD. W. Hitchcock\\nJ. Van Kleeck\\nWm. D. Gordon\\n1872\\n1874\\n1876\\n[878\\n18S0\\n-l^w i..;.\\n^a.^Slkl i\\nmwsv^\\nin\\nEMINISCENCES of great in-\\nterest are related of the early\\npioneers, some of which are\\nhere published to perpetuate\\nstill further the characteristic\\ntraits with which those who\\nhave been residents of the\\nty for a quarter of a century are\\n;e familiar. Among those who\\nin the village of Midland is Jo-\\nTownsend, who was reared from\\nifancy in the woods of this county,\\nhis youthful days were spent in\\nting, with Indians, the game\\nwhich at an early day abounded in\\nthe forests. Some graphic accounts have been given\\nthe historian of his exploits in the chase, a few in-\\nstances of which are here published.\\nCapture of Cubs.\\nHEN a lad 14 years of age he, in company\\nwith young Pay-mos-ey-gay, the son of\\nthe noted chief of that name, started one\\nmorning to hunt for small game, having no\\nweapons save a bow and arrow. Proceeding\\nonly a short distance, they came upon an old\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0bear with her two cubs. The boys gave chase\\nand the bears took to trees, each climbing separate\\nones. Wishing to capture the cubs, it was decided\\nthat Pay-inos ey-gay should watch the trees while\\nJoseph went for his father, the house being only a\\nhalf mile distant. Arriving there, Joseph learned\\nthat his fatlier was away, and he started for the\\nhome of his companion, which was only a few rods\\ndistant.\\nStating the facts to the mother of Pay-mos ey-gay,\\nshe accompanied him, taking her blanket along.\\nMaking their way as rapidly as possible to the place\\nwhere the lad was engaged in making noise enough\\nto keep the animals from descending, they found the\\nbears still in the trees, but evidently very anxious to\\ncome down. Mrs. Pay-mos-ey-gay hastily stripped\\noff some birch bark, and the young hunters ascended\\nthe trees upon which the cubs were seeking safety.\\nPay-mos-ey-gay shook the cub quite easily from the\\nlimb upon which it had taken refuge, and it was\\ncaught by his mother in the blanket as it fell. Tying\\nit securely to a tree, arrangements were made to se-\\ncure the other in a similar way. This was not so\\neasily done, however; for the cub showed fight, and\\nattacked 3 oung Townsend quite savagely, biting and\\nscratching him until his hands and arms were cov-\\nered with blood. Being quite plucky, Joseph main-\\ntained his position as well as he was able, and at last\\nsucceeded in shaking it from the tree.\\nVto;\\n9\\ni\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f^\u00e2\u0080\u00a2\\nD)4^?fss\\n^^iia^nii^^v^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0401.jp2"}, "402": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^rr^K-.\\nm^m 7\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ni\\nThe two cubs being well secured, the boys started\\nhomeward highly elated with their success, Mrs.\\nPay-mos-ey-gay bringing up the rear. The old bear\\ncame down from her perch and followed close be-\\nhind, growling and snapping her teeth. When she\\ncame too close, the old lady would brandish her\\ntomahawk and shout, which for the time kept her at\\na distance. The old bear grew bolder as they neared\\nhome and ventured to come within a few feet of them.\\nThe party were debating the question of dropping\\nihe cubs and making good their escape, when a rifle\\nshot rung out upon the morning air and the old bear\\ntumbled to the ground. Mr. Townsend had re-\\nturned, and, his wife informing liim of the game the\\nboys were after, he had started to aid them and\\nmade his appearance just in time. The scars young\\nTownsend received that day will be carried as long\\nas he lives, and will ever remind him of his first ven-\\nture in the capture of a live bear.\\n1 si^\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTownsend Chased by a Deer.\\nsIfSMt another time Mr. Townsend started off for\\nsJ^h a hunt, but had gone only a little distance\\n6^ from the house before he heard a deer coming,\\nfollowed by a hound which had taken the trail.\\nTaking a stand behind a tree, he espied the\\ndeer, a large buck, coming, and, hastily putting\\nup his gun, fired, the ball striking the deer in the\\nhead, knocking out one of its eyes. The wound\\ncrazed the deer and he began turning around with\\ngreat rapidity. Townsend proceeded to reload the\\ngun, but the bullet became lodged, and despite his\\nefforts would not go down. The deer espied him at\\nlast, and, maddened by the wound, attacked him with\\ngreat fury. Townsend ran around a tree, closely\\npursued by the deer, until, weakened from pain and\\nfatigue, the buck lay down a few feet from Joseph,\\nwho now again tried to force the bullet down in his\\ngun.\\nAt this juncture the dog came up and caught the\\ndeer by the nose, when a rough-and-tumble struggle\\ncommenced. Townsend threw down his gun, and,\\nrunning to the deer, caught it by its hind legs and\\nendeavored to throw it down. This he failed to ac-\\ncomplish, and, becoming tired and fearful that the\\ndeer might escape in spite of himself and the dog, he\\nhalloed for help. It happened that Henry Potter\\nand Daniel Cronkright had just arrived at his house,\\nand, hearing the shot and baying of the dog, were\\nupon the eve of starting to the spot when the hallo\\nfor help reached their ears. It being no uncommon\\nthing for hunters to be attacked by bears, they made\\nall possible speed and reached the spot as Town-\\nsend s strength was nearly gone. Their united efforts\\nfinally succeeded in throwing the animal on its side,\\nwhen it was dispatched, even then with difficulty.\\nThe dog had not relinquished his first hold, and had\\nground its nose to a pulp with his teeth.\\nDeer-hunting with Townsend was a perfect speci-\\nalty, and he had slaughtered scores of them. The\\nlast instance in which the task of throwing a deer\\nwas attempted cured him of all desire for that kind\\nof sport, and is here related somewhat briefly.\\n-tS!\\nA Deer Chased by Townsend.\\nSitAVING only a couple of bullets in his\\nii pockets, he started out to kill a squirrel.\\nd t About half a mile above where the village of\\nMidland is now located he saw a deer and\\nfired, wounding, but not entirely disabling it.\\nThe deer made for the river, into which it\\nplunged, but, seeing the dog on the opposite side,\\ncontinued swimming down stream without attempting\\nto land. Townsend fired the remaining ball, but the\\ndeer continued its course. Having no more bullets,\\nhe made up his mind to catch the buck when it made\\nan attempt to land should it come out on his side.\\nFollowing it down the river for almost a mile. Town-\\nsend saw the deer making for the shore, and, running\\ndown to the bank, squatted in the pea vines which\\ngrew in abundance. The buck gained the shore and\\ncame clambering up the steep bank directly toward\\nTownsend, who, when it nearly reached him, sprang\\nforward and caught it by both fore-legs. The deer\\ngave a tremendous leap and gained the top of the\\nbank with Joseph still hanging to its legs! Then\\ncommenced a struggle for the mastery, in which first\\none then the other was on top. The deer kicked\\nnearly all the clothes off Townsend s body and\\nbruised him quite severely, yet he held on. After a\\nlong struggle he succeeded in opening his knife and\\nC\\nSi/\\nJu\\nC^t) tl :[1 Hr^ r^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0402.jp2"}, "403": {"fulltext": "Z^^^^iST\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n--^^((gvil)\\n407\\ncutting the deer s throat. When this was accom-\\nplished he stood up, and, putting his foot upon the\\ndying buck, remarked as he glanced at his torn and\\nmuddy garments, D n ye! I ve got ye at last.\\nJust at this moment a ringing laugh at his side\\nstartled him, and his uncle, Charles Cronkright,\\nstepped from behind a tree, You ve done pretty\\nwell, Jo, said he, for I ve watched the wliole per-\\nformance.\\n.The fact tliat this was done without lending a\\nheliiing hand made Tovvnsend angry, and he would\\nnot allow his uncle to have any of the venison wliich\\nlie had labored so hard to secure.\\n#^^iB-\\nThirteen Deer in a Snow Prison.\\nNE other incident is related of early days,\\nlift which is true, although seemingly incredible.\\nIn 1S54 there was a tremendous snow-\\nstorm, lasting for several days, and the snow,\\nwhen it ceased, was four feet deep en a level.\\nA cold, drizzling rain set in, which, freezing as\\nit tell, formed a hard crust upon the snow, and travel,\\nexcept upon snow-shoes, was impossible.\\nClose to the Townsends lived a number of Indians,\\none of whom was observed to come home every day\\ndragging behind him a deer. This was something\\nout of the usual order of things, and he was watched\\nby the Townsends. The next day he returned with\\nanother deer. Joseph and his father sat out in quest\\nof the bonanza, and soon found the trail made by\\nthe Indian, which was followed only a few rods into\\nthe forest when they came upon a drove of deer 13\\nin number! They were hemmed in by a snow wall\\nnearly five feet in height, the space which they occu-\\npied being less than 50 feet square. A trail led from\\nthat to a clump of small pines near by, where a sim-\\nilar enclosure had been formed, the deer having\\ntaken refuge among these pines wliile the storm was\\nin progress, and in walking about had kept the snow\\nbeaten down. The animals had evidently been thus\\nimprisoned for several weeks, subsisting entirely on\\nthe pine boughs. The Indian had found them while\\nhunting, and instead of killing them with a rifle, had\\nbeen knocking them in the head with his hatchet, to\\navoid letting his neighbors know of the find.\\nThe Townsends carried one home that and the\\nnext day, when a warm rain came, melting the crust,\\nand the deer were liberated.\\nSurprise to Gov. Begole.\\nVY another time the present Governor Begole\\n-j-^^^ came to Mr. Townsend s house to stay all\\nnight, being in the neighborhood looking after\\ni?,r his lands. They had a venison steak for sup-\\nper, which Mr. Begole enjoyed immensely.\\nExpressing a desire to have a piece of nice venison to\\ntake home, Jo told him that perhaps a deer might be\\nsecured in time, although he intended returning the\\nnext morning. Arising early, Mr. Town send shoul-\\ndered his rifle, and, as good fortune would have it,\\nhe had not been gone more than a half hour wlien he\\nbrought down a fine buck. The deer was taken\\nhome, dressed, and some savory steaks \\\\vere frying\\nwhen Mr. Begole came out ready for breakfast. He\\nexpressed much surprise that a deer could be found\\nso early in the morning, and enjoyed the satisfaction\\nof knowing that he was to carry home the saddle\\nof a prime deer.\\nTownsend had since then forgotten all about the\\naffair until the Governor casually mentioned it a\\nshort time ago.\\nHard Times.\\npir^i\\nI\\nI r\\nx?lOME of the early settlers had very hard\\nt times in making a living for their families.\\nTeams were scarce, and the land was\\ncovered witli stumps to such a degree that\\nfarming could hardly be thought of.\\nUncle Jacolj Wiltz, one of the pioneers of\\nHomer Township, had an old ox that he called Tom,\\nwhich did all his own work and much also for the\\nneighbors for two or three years. Old Tom was used\\nfor plowing, log-rolling and going to mill and Uncle\\nWiltz yet remarks that Tom made the handsomest\\nteam he ever owned.\\nMr. Wil z used to split shingles, tie thn bunches\\nJ^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^m wm", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0403.jp2"}, "404": {"fulltext": ")(^tl\\n^9-\\nT -:llIl^llllr -rT^ #^\u00c2\u00a7^((\u00c2\u00aeVS\\n408\\nt\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ntogether with a rope and float them to Saginaw,\\nguiding them by means of his canoe, which was tlie\\nusual method of conveyance to and from Saginaw.\\nThe shingles, after being thus made and taken to\\nmarket, only brought \u00c2\u00a73 per thousand, and tlie goods\\npurchased were sold at exorbitant figures, thus mak-\\ning it hard to support the family with even the most\\nrigid economy.\\nIndian Small-Pox.\\nHE first frame barn erected in the county\\nwas built by Charles Fitzhugh, at a point\\ntsJ S opposite the town of Midland. I heie\\nwere no carpenters in the country, and Fitz-\\nT hugh employed a man by the name of Cham-\\nI berlain, who lived ten miles below, to build it.\\nChamberlain frequently walked home nights, as his\\nfamily were alone and the small-pox was at that time\\nraging fearfully among the Indians, and likely to\\nmake its appearance at any time in his family. Tlie\\nmortality among the Indians was enormous, the\\nmedicine man being powerless to relieve them.\\nDelirious, burning with fever, they would crawl from\\ntheir huts along tlie river bank to the edge of\\nthe stream, where, drinkmg their fill, many\\nof them died, and their bodies were often found\\nfloating in the river.\\nBut to return to the story. Chamberlain was com-\\ning from home early one morning, and, feeling\\nthirsty, stopped below a clump of willows which\\ngrew along the river bank and took a hearty draught\\nof the cold water. As he continued his journey he\\nespied two dead Indians floating among the willows\\nhot 30 feet from the place where he had been drink-\\ning! The remembrance of this event effectually\\ncured him of drir.kmg river water.\\n^feuMA,\\nIndian Etiquette Ugh!\\nN the spring of 1S46, John A. Whitman was\\nt making sugar, and the trees were running\\ncopiously. The Indians on the opposite\\nWiy side of the river had made preparations for,\\np*; and were just beginning, their sugar dance,\\nwhen Whitman was sent for. As he was then\\nengaged in sugaring off, it was impossible to leave\\nhis kettles. The Indians were determined to have\\nhim come, however, and sent two young squaws over\\nto attend the kettles. Mr. Whitman crossed the\\nriver in the canoe used by tlie squaws, and found the\\nIndians having a high old time. Wliisky in\\nabundance had been procured, and nearly all of\\nthem, both male and female, were already drunk,\\nwjiile the old squaws were busily engaged making\\nsturgeon soup in huge iron kettles. Whitman was\\nhanded a dish, and an old squaw poured in a gourd-\\nful of soup, which was too hot to drink. After hold-\\ning it a short time in his hands, the squaw came\\nback to ascertain if it had cooled enough, and while\\ntrying to taste it she, being quite drunk, fell forward\\nand stuck her face into the dish up to her ayes. To\\nrefuse eating tlie soup would have been a breach of\\netiquette which an Indian would not have overlooked,\\nand Mr. Whitman swallowed it like a martyr. His\\ntaste for sturgeon soup has never been so good\\nsince\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2se\\nk\\nA Bear s Vengeance.\\nM. Davis, while out hunting near John\\nWhitman s, came up to a number of In-\\ni^i^ dians that had gone into camp near the\\nV river. Davis had been unsuccessful in the\\nchase, and told the Indians if they would\\nfind a bear they should be paid for their trouble,\\nas he was quite anxious to kill one. Two of them\\nstarted out, and soon returned with the information\\nthat a fine cub was in a tree about half a mile distant.\\nThe place was described, and Davis started, feeling\\nquite elated at the prospect of securing such noble\\ngame. Reaching the place indicated, he saw the cub\\nextended on a limb, lazily sucking its paw. In his\\nhurry to fire, the aim was not accurately taken and\\nthe cub but slightly wounded. It set up a howl as\\nit tumbled from the tree, but, falling in a clump of\\nbriers, Davis could not see closely enough to get\\nanother shot. As he was cr.- .wling about upon his\\nhands and knees to get another shot, the old bear came\\ntearing through the bushes and attacked him furious-\\nly, grabbing him by the seat of his trousers and shak-\\ning him as if he were a rat. This scared Davis so\\nbadly that in his fright the gun, which was already\\ncocked, was discharged, leaving him comparatively\\no\\nt\\nw\\ne^^D mM^n ^r9", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0404.jp2"}, "405": {"fulltext": "B\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2J^^tf*\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a06V4 Illl^llIlv\\nrr-\\nr^^^f^-ii\\nV\\nMWLANn COUNTY.\\n409\\nat the mercy of Mrs. Bruin. Davis called loudly for\\nhelp, and struggled so manfully that he finally escaped\\nfrom the old bear s clutches, minus the major part of\\nhis trousers and vest. Mr. Whitman, having heard\\nhis first cries, went to his relief, and the two managed\\nto dispatch both the old bear and the cub. It was\\nprovidential that Mr. Whitman was so near, else the\\nsecond attack of tiie old bear might have resulted\\ndisastrously for Davis, such animals frequently becom-\\ning ([uite vindictive while protecting their young.\\nThree Immense Bears!\\nfjn rOHN Whitman tells a story about a fellow\\nnamed Wm. Perkins, who used to live in\\nEdenville Township. Perkins came down\\nto Whitman s neighborhood, and while roaming\\nin the woods espied three bear cubs in a tree.\\nAlthough he had a gun, he was quite cowardly,\\nand seeing so many bears at once frightened him so\\nbadly that his gun was discharged by accident. He\\nran as fast as his legs could carry him to Mr. Whit-\\nman s house, and imparted the information that he\\nhad seen three immense bears out in the woods, and\\nasked Mr. Whitman to go with him and help kill\\nthem. When they arrived the cubs were still on\\nthe tree, but were so small that they more nearly\\nresembled raccoons than bears.\\nThis occurrence was esteemed ([uite a joke in\\npioneer life, for bears were so numerous and the men\\nso fearless that to run from a bear, much less a cub,\\nwas considered disgraceful.\\nOver-ruling the Verdict.\\nMOME of the most amusing things happen-\\ning in an early day were the dicisions given\\nby some of the local justices of the peace.\\nOne of the first justices in the county was Tom.\\nK. Townsend, who attended to most of the\\nlegal business in the neighborhood of Midland.\\nA case of assault and battery was brought before him\\nat an early day and the parties demanded a trial l)y\\njury. Alfred Willie had struck James Hill, and the\\nparties were arrested by Joe Townsend, who was\\nthen acting as constable. Being men of note and\\nhaving considerable money, both the parties to the\\nsuithad employed counsel from Saginaw, and the case\\nwas heard upon its merits, a great deal of sharp firing\\nbeing indulged in by the lawyers. Their pleas to the\\njury were masterly efforts, and these tried and true\\nmen retired to deliberate and bring in their verdict.\\nAfter being out a short time they decided that the\\nprovocation was ample enough to allow Willie to\\nstrike Hill, and as but little physical damage had\\nbeen done the damage was placed at six cents.\\nThis raised the ire of Esquire Townsend, who gave\\nthe jury to understand that six cents would not\\nsettle the matter, and, over-ruling their verdict,\\npromptly fined Willie $2, and costs of suit.\\nIndian Shrewdness in Court.\\nI^^ENRY C. Ashman, although a half-breed\\nIndian, was, in his day, accounted the most\\nshrewd lawyer in Northern Michigan. The\\nBar of Saginaw would rather meet any lawyer in\\nthe State than Ashman, for his legal tricks al-\\nmost always proved more than a match for their\\neloquence.\\nHenry went to Saginaw one day on a bum, and it\\nhappened that an Irishman had stolen a pig from\\nsome one in the neighborhood, and was then arraigned\\nbefore his honor, Seth Willie. The complainant had\\nemployed eminent counsel, and the pig having been\\nfound in possession of the Irishman, his conviction\\nseemed certain. The poor fellow from Erin did not\\nseem to understand the gravity of the offence, and\\nhad not employed any lawyer to defend him. Henry\\nAshman, seeing a number of men gathered about the\\ncabin where the Justice held his court, sauntered up to\\nsee what was going on. Esquire Willie happened to see\\nAshman coming, and called him in. He told Henry\\nto take charge of his prisoner s case, as he had em-\\nployed no lawyer. Ashman said he would do it, but\\nas he knew nothing whatever about the circumstances\\nleading to the arrest, would first have to talk a few\\nminutes with the Irishman. As there was but one\\nroom, in which the Esquire, counsel for the plaintiff\\nand the loafers were crowded. Ashman asked that\\nthe prisoner be allowed to step outside for a few\\n0)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0405.jp2"}, "406": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTS\\nA\\nk)\\nminutes. Leave being granted, they withdrew, and\\nAshman, taking the fellow around the corner of the\\nhouse, said Did you steal that hog Yes, said\\nPat. Have you got any money, asked Ashman.\\nTin dollars, me frind, answered the Irishman.\\nThen give me half of it, said Ashman, and skip\\nfor the woods, and don t stop, for they ll have you\\nsure if you are caught. The fellow handed him five\\ndollars and fled like a frightened deer for the woods,\\nand to this date has never been heard of.\\nAshman sat down on a stump outside and com-\\nplacently lighted his pipe. After waiting, as the Jus-\\ntice thought, quite long enough for the necessary in-\\nformation to be obtained, a messenger was dispatched\\nto tell them to come in. Ashman responded promptly,\\nwhen the Justice, seeing him alone, asked where the\\nprisoner was. Gone to h 1, d n him! said Ash-\\nman. The d\u00e2\u0080\u0094 d Irishman stole the r.og and I\\nwouldn t have anything to do with him. He con-\\nfessed to me that he stole the hog. Let him rip, and\\nenter a verdict of guilty. This announcement was\\na poser to everybody but Ashman, but as the prisoner\\nwas non est, nothing more could be done.\\nSwallowed the Account.\\nl{^^\u00c2\u00ab!l,T another time Mr. Ashman was employed\\n^^S^^ L hy Frank Cole to defend his c ause. P. C.\\n3 Andre, a merchant, had sued him for a bill\\n:^-^P which had been accumulating for some time,\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2K and Cole refused to pay. Andre had kept no\\n1 book account, but simply marked the items\\non a sheet of paper. He had every lawyer employed\\nthat resided in Saginaw, hoping by this means to keep\\nCole from employing any but a shyster; but in this\\nhe was mistaken. The trial commenced, and the\\nlawyers for Andre chuckled with satisfaction as they\\nimagined the discomfiture of Ashman. As no books\\nhad been kept, the account was brought into court\\nand was lying on the table, around which was seated\\nthe legal luminaries with their books already marked\\nat every point whicli had a bearing on their case.\\nAshman s quick eye discerned the important paper\\nwhich contained the items, dates, \u00c2\u00a3tc., and knowing\\nthat his client s case was hopeless unless this paper\\ncould be secured, cautiously reached out his hand,\\nand, while the attention of the attorneys was engaged\\nelsewhere, he slipped the paper into his mouth in\\nbits, and calmly chewed and swallowed the entire ac-\\ncount! He was just finishing the last piece when one\\nof his opponents noticed the manneuver and also\\nmissed the account.\\nWe are ready for trial, your honor, said Ashman,\\nas he coolly expectorated the last mouthful of the\\nwell masticated account into the cuspidore. If there\\nbe no objection I should like to look at the account\\nagainst my client, said Ashman. A search for the\\npaper failed to produce it. Tiie lawyer who had\\nnoticed him manipulating the paper declared that\\nAshman had swallowed it. Prove it, tlien, said this\\nerratic individual. Tlie account being thus disposed\\nof, the case was dismissed at complainant s cost, and\\nanother victory, although somewhat dishonestly\\ngained, was checked up against the Saginaw lawyers.\\nAshman was then and there voted the most adroit\\nknave among them all.\\nThe Champion Drinker.\\nTg e\\nT; pf;: ARVEY LYON, one of the oldest veterans\\nnow living in Midland, relates with great\\nyusto some of the old-tune remmiscences\\n^\u00e2\u0096\u00a0v*\\n(JJ lii which he look an active part. According to\\ni his story, every one of the early settlers was a\\nI lover of whisky, and it formed a staple article\\nof sustenance in many cases. In the days that\\ncanoes carried all the provisions from Saginaw, every\\none upon his return journey brought back a gallon or\\ntwo of whisky. Vovagers going down would row\\nacross to the canoe that was coming up, and the jug\\nwas put into circulation, thus making merry all hands\\naround.\\nA lot of the fellows living in the neighborhood of\\nMidland had been down to Saginaw, and did not\\narrive home until almost morning. They put up at\\nLarkin s Hotel, all of them being pretty well corned,\\nwhich of course added nothing lothe quietness which\\nought to prevail in a well regulated hotel so early in\\nthe morning. Yarns were told, songs sung and a\\ngeneral revelry continued until almost daylight, when\\nthose who were fullest became drowsy, and most of\\nthem went to sleep.\\nv\u00c2\u00a3\\n9\\nA\\nc^-\\nr^\\nrv^^^tf^\\n^l!fl^Dllf5\\n^^^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0406.jp2"}, "407": {"fulltext": "^m4^\\n2\\nf\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-8\u00c2\u00bbS\\nl^^f\\nAmong the wide-awake ones was William Mc-\\nCrary. A stranger came into the bar-room about\\ndaybreak with a jug to get some liquor. The jug\\nproved too small to hold the contents of the measure,\\nand a glassful was left, not one of the kind that\\nholds a thimbleful, but a good old-fashioned one\\nthat encircles a pint of the precious fluid. The cor-\\ndial stranger, wishing to appear social, passed around\\nthe glass to the boys who were yet awake, but all of\\nthem declined on the score of having already as\\nmuch sail as they could carry, until the fellow came\\nto McCrary. When the glass was proffered to Mac\\nhe said, I don t like to see ye drink alone, stranger;\\nso, go ahead and I ll help you out. The fellow in-\\nsisted upon McCvary taking the first draught, which\\nhe declined but subsequently accepted, as he didn t\\nwant to hurt the feelings of the stranger. Without\\ndrawing a breath or removing his lips from the glass\\nhe drained it of its contents, and, turning to the as-\\ntonished looker-on, said, I should call this pretty\\ngood liquor. Yes, it is, said the stranger, and I\\nthink you have the best throat for it I have ever\\nseen!\\nMcCrary still lives, despite the pernicious effects of\\nthe thistle dew, and is one of the greatest temper-\\nance advocates of Edenville Township and one of\\nher most respected men.\\nAt an early day it was considered just the thing to\\nbe able to knock a man out in four rounds, and to\\nstand up after drinking the balance of the boys\\ndrunk was an accomplishment to be proud of. Sun-\\ndays were always spent at The Forks, as Midland\\nwas then called, in jumping, wrestling, shooting at\\nmark, and other athletic sports, and men would come\\nfor miles away to have a jolly time together on that\\nday.\\nAnother Liquor Story.\\n1\\nWO brothers-in-law, Nathaniel Huntley and\\nGeorge Eldridge, were residents of Eden.\\n_ ville Township at an early day. They had\\nU^i* a dispute about some trivial matter, and Hunt-\\nley made a pass with his fist as though he in-\\ntended knocking Eldiidge down. Eldridge, not\\nto be thus intimidated, let fly with his right duke\\nand Huntley was knocked senseless. After recover-\\ning consciousness, Huntley picked himself up and\\ncalled at the office of Justice Geo. Baker, who, after\\nhearing a recital of Huntley s wrongs, issued a war-\\nrant for the arrest of Eldridge. The parties with\\ntheir witnesses came up for trial, and after the\\nevidence had been heard and sifted by the legal\\nfunctionaries, he decided that both parties were\\nequally guilty, and fined Huntley $5 for assault, and\\nEldridge $5 for battery, and each one to pay half\\nthe costs. The latter refused to pay his fine, and\\nthe Justice issued a commitment. John Nottingham,\\nthe Constable, started with his prisoner to Midland.\\nThey had proceeded as far as Edenville, when they\\nstopped at the saloon to get a drink. The boys who\\nwere congregated around joined in a health to Eld-\\nridge, a successful journey, etc., until the consta-\\nble became very much intoxicated, so much so that\\nhe could travel no farther, and consequently remained\\na guest at the hotel for a couple of days. In the\\nmeantime Eldridge returned home, and when Not-\\ntingham had sufficiently recovered from his spree he\\ndid likewise. This ended the case nothing more be-\\ning done by Esquire Baker, he seeming to be well\\npleased with the fine and costs paid by Huntley.\\nA Fine to be Paid in Liquor.\\n^mMM.\\nVto;\\n9\\nV)\\nI r,LY McCraiy, at an early day in the his-\\ntory of Averill, started a saloon and lunch\\ncounter in that burg, which was known as\\nthe Red Keg. Averill being the terminus\\nfor some time of the Flint Pere Marquette\\nRoad, every one that wanted to come to\\nMidland on the cars made that place an objective\\npoint. A number of men from the lumber camp at\\nSixteen came to Averill one day on a bum, and\\nthe Red Keg was headquarters, of course.\\nAmong the men who were imbibing most liberally\\nwas a woodsman who at last did something which\\nve.xed McCrary, .and the latter with a well-aimed\\nblow knocked the fellow out of time and tune. A\\nconstable standing near arrested Billy, and was\\njust starting over to the office of a Justice, when\\nCharley Axford, one of the most widely known men\\nin the county, stepped up and said, What are you\\ntaking him to a Justice for Try him before me; I\\n.^-J.\\n^c^Dfl^nnf^-^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0407.jp2"}, "408": {"fulltext": "IZf^^^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0crvv-:\\n^i]n^iiii^ r\\n;2tf^^^vj^\\n-#^fs^x|^\\n412\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nd,\\nV\\nam in the business and can do it as well as any-\\nbody. To this the parties agreed, and they ad-\\njourned to Avery s hotel. Stand up, Billy; God\\nAlmighty made you, said A.\\\\ford. Are you guilty\\nor not guilty. Guilty, your honor, said McCrary.\\nThen I fine you $3 and whisky for the crowd, was\\nAxford s reply we will now adjourn to the Red\\nKeg and collect the fine and costs. The boys took\\na drink, and Squire Axford, laying the $3 on the\\ncounter which McCrary had just paid, said, Let s\\nput the fine with the costs. Set em up, Billy, as\\nlong as the money holds out. Thus was justice\\nmeted out and everybody satisfied!\\nDid Not Pass.\\n^^^MrHE second candidate for admission to the\\nBar was Leonidas P. Bailey. He had been\\nJustice of the Peace several terms and had\\n;r\u00e2\u0080\u009ev read souie in the statutes of Michigan. Judge\\nTurner presided, and Bailey came up smiling\\nto the front to be questioned. Hon. John\\nMoore and two other gentlemen were appointed a\\ncommittee to examine hi.n, and it was observed that\\nBailey answered promptly and correctly.\\nOne of the others was then asked to question him,\\nand the answers suddenly became defective and less\\nbrilliant than before. Judge Turner noticed Bailey s\\nconfusion and suggested that Mr. Moore should pro-\\nceed with the questions, as Mr. Bailey was quite\\nbashful. Your Honor, said Mr. Moore, I have\\nalready asked him all the questions he gave me, and\\nI fear what I should ask would nonplus the candi-\\ndate more than those already propounded!\\nIt is needless, perhaps, to add that the candidate\\ndid not pass.\\nLiquor Still Ahead.\\nrii/ !\u00c2\u00ab^^vENRY W. Patterson employed Ashman as\\nT jii;^; counsel in a case in which damages were\\nclaimed by reason of Charles Fitzhugh s\\nhorse coming through a fence and destroying\\nPatterson s wheat. The horse was confined in-\\nside a brush fence, but, breaking through, had\\nopportunity to do the mischief. It was not denied\\nthat the horse did the damage, but Fitzhugh claimed\\nthat his was a legal brush fence. The trouble\\nseemed to be in establishing what kind of a fence\\nconstituted a legal one of the kind mentioned, sev-\\neral witnesses testifying as to their opinion regarding\\nit. Ashman swore that a brush fence, to be legal,\\nmust be four rods high and six rods wide The\\ncase was decided against Patterson, who took it to\\nthe Circuit Court at Saginaw, leaving it in charge of\\nAshman, who, when the case was called, was so full\\nof tanglefoot that he forgot to appear, and of course\\nit was decided atjainst Patterson the second time.\\nDivorced by a Justice.\\nAbraham Egbert, the pioneer of Egbert\\nir Township, was its first Justice. It is rela-\\nted of him that he married a German by the\\nname of Jacob Hagar, to a German woman\\nli^ fresh from the old country. After living\\n1 together for several months in rather an unsat-\\nisfactory manner, they again appealed to Egbert, who\\ndivorced them, as he supposed, in a legitimate way.\\nThe leaf of the docket containing a full history of\\nthe affair was abstracted from that record by Timothy\\nJerome and given to a friend in Detroit, who had it\\nframed and kept it for years as a relic. This was un-\\nfortunately lost.\\nInquest, Liquor, Peculation.\\nHILE Axford was acting Justice, a man\\n_ by the name of Johnson was found dead\\nPi^ uix)n the ice a few miles above Sixteen,\\nand a team was sent up to bring the body\\ndown to the hotel, that an inquest might be\\nheld, as it was too intensely cold for the same\\nto be conducted where the body was found. The\\nremains were placed in a room at the hotel, a jury\\nwas empaneled, Tom Moore acted as clerk, and the\\ninquest proceeded. Johnson was quite well known\\nat Sixteen, and the boys were bound to do the fair\\nthing at the incpiest, if they never had while John-\\nson was one of their number.\\n*s;.\\nc\\nV\\n1\\nKj))4^#-\\nv!!2l.\\nc^iig^nnf^^\\nA.\\ns^j^-yf^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0408.jp2"}, "409": {"fulltext": "SCSii;\\nW^\\nT7\\nT iia^iiD ^v\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094^srira^Xi-\\n^m^\\\\W,\\nMJDLANn COUNTY.\\n413\\nr\\n6)\\nS\\nt\\nAt the beginning of the inquest there was a ten-\\ngallon keg of whisky in the 100m, but it disappeared\\nvery rapidly, and testimony Ijecame harder and\\nharder to procure. One of the witnesses was a\\nteamster who was anxious to go on with his logging,\\nand the evening of the second day he hitched up his\\nhorses and started for the camp. Moore told Esq.\\nAxford that it was against the law for a witness to\\nleave before the trial was over. A cajjins was issued\\nand an officer dispatched for the fellow who had so\\nsignally offended the dignity of the court. The\\nofficer returned the next day with the unwilling wit-\\nness, and he was given a hearing before the magis-\\ntrate, who imposed a fine of $10 and costs for his\\ncontempt of court.\\nThe inquest then proceeded, and as the last drop\\nof whisky was drawn out of the keg on the evening\\nof the third day a verdict was reachedj which de-\\ntermined that Johnson came to his death from natural\\ncauses, he being too drunk to withstand the cold\\nwhich then prevailed.\\nAxford agreed to give Tom Moore half the fee be\\nreceived from the county, and put in his bill for $120;\\nbut the Board of Supervisors allowed only $40, which\\nhe kept, insisting always that he could not collect\\nMoore s half!\\nA Sheriff Done For.\\n[S most business affairs were conducted at\\nSixteen, a ereat many reminiscences cen-\\n|ll^^?^ ter there. Many of the men were a lawless\\nset, as inentioned in the history of Edenville,\\nwhile others were peaceable and law-abiding\\nI citizens.\\nCharley Axford had given a mortgage upon his\\nteam, which Sheriff Rankin, of Saginaw, came to\\nEdenville to close. Axford not being at home, sev-\\neral of the boys concluded not to let Rankin take\\nthe team. Waiting until the Sheriff went to the barn\\nfor them, Will McKeever, Thomas Moore and Dan\\nE. Grover locked the door and gave Rankin to un-\\nderstand that his fate would be slow starvation unless\\nhe consented at once to leave and never show his\\nface in the township again. To this Rankin con-\\nsented, and Moore let him out at the door. Rankin\\ndid make tracks as lively as possible, leaving the\\nteam behind, which to this date has not been called\\nfor.\\n\u00c2\u00abAeer!s^g-\u00c2\u00ab\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n.^^%iU7P!i^\\nSerio- Comical.\\n^Js^^\\n^I1!1\\nSTORY is told about Tom Snj der, of Eden-\\nville, that is well worth preserving. He was\\none of the greatest cowards when he came\\nthe into woods that ever lived, and feared even\\nthe rustle of the wind through the pine trees,\\ndetecting in every breath the steps of an ap-\\nproaching bear or a wily Indian.\\nTom had a few dollars in money when he arrived\\nat Sixteen, but, like many other fellows, had spent\\nit nearly all before making an effort to do anything.\\nInstead of working, Tom decided to become a hunter,\\nand, purchasing a long rifle, one large and one small\\nrevolver, a dirk knife, with plenty of tobacco and\\nammunition, he made his way into the forests border-\\ning on Tobacco Creek. Here he tramped and hunt-\\ned and fished for more than a month, frightening away\\nthe small amount of game accidentally stumbled upon,\\nbut killing nothing. H\u00c2\u00a7 had boarded during the\\ntime with a family living in the woods, who, despair-\\ning of getting their pay, seized his rifle for the debt.\\nTom having neither gun nor ammunition, thought\\nbest to go down to Sixteen and get a job. He\\nstarted down the Tobacco in a canoe that he had\\nbuilt with boards, detetmined to leave nothing behin d,\\nand feeling much safer on the water, for there neither\\nIndian nor prowling lynx could creep upon him un-\\nawares. His knife was carried in his belt, the small\\nrevolver in his breast pocket, the large one in the hip,\\nor pistol, pocket of his trowsers.\\nIt was late in the afternoon of a November day\\nthat Tom embarked. The ice was rapidly forming\\nalong the banks of the stream, and the wind howled\\ndisrnally through the tree-tops. He was lazily drift-\\ning along when a splash in the water behind him\\narrested his attention. What if it should be an\\nIndian throwing at me? feaifully soliloquized Tom.\\nFeeling for his revolver, he was horrified to find it\\ngone. It occurred to him that perhaps it had fallen\\ninto the water when the splash was heard. He con-\\ncluded to tie up the boat, take off his clothes and feel\\n?o-\\n0)", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0409.jp2"}, "410": {"fulltext": "r^:n^^DD^.\\n414\\n:^j\\n0\\nv)\\n(f\\nv-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\naround for it, as most of his wealth was represented\\nby it. Acting upon this idea, Tom waded into the\\nfreezing water up to his chin, but the most patient\\nsearch failed to restore it.\\nHastily dressing, he hurried on his way, when he\\nespied an old trapper named Dumont, who for years\\nhad lived in that neighborhood. Dumont was a hard-\\nlooking specimen, wearing his hair and beard for\\nyears without cutting or combing, and his hailing\\nTom almost scared the latter out of his wits. Where\\nare you going? inquired Dumont. Down toSixteen,\\nanswered Tom. Come ashore, then, said Dumont;\\nthe dam below is too high for a boat to go over.\\nTom declined to do as suggested, believing the old\\nfellow wanted to rob and perhaps murder him. So he\\nplied the paddle vigorously, and the old man was\\nsoon out of sight.\\nPresently the roar of the water-fall warned Tom\\nthat it would be policy to go ashore and examine the\\ndam. Sending his boat up to the bank, Tom leaped\\nout, when by his side was Dumont. Vou had better\\ngo home with me and finish your trip to-morrow, said\\nthe old man; I live only a mile below. Tom dared\\nnot refuse, feeling that death was certain in either\\ncase. He therefore consented, when Dumont said,\\nLet us send the boat over and we can pick it up be-\\nlow. The canoe was then pushed into the river, but\\nit unfortunately filled with water and sank. Dark-\\nness rapidly coming on, Tom scarcely knew what to\\ndo. His knees smote together, and he became more\\nconvinced at every step that Dumont intended to kill\\nhim. What other reason could he have for pushing\\nthe boat into the river? thought Tom.\\nFollowing along until Dumont was 50 yards ahead,\\nTom darted into the woods and ran for dear life. He\\nsoon came to a fallen tree, under which he crawled,\\nhis joy at thus escaping death being almost greater\\nthan he could bear, when Dumont s voice was heard\\ncalling him. Not daring to reply, he huddled still closer\\nand prayed for darkness, which soon came. Dumont s\\nfootsteps could be heard as he moved off toward his\\ncabin, and Tom breathed easier. By this time it had\\ngrown intensely dark and a drizzling sleet and rain\\nstorm set in. Tom became soaked to the skin, and\\nfearing that he would freeze to death, concluded to\\nrisk building a fire if it could be accomplished. While\\nthus engaged, the remaining revolver dropped from\\nhis pocket to the ground and the fire was built upon\\nit. As he stood by the cheerful blaze warming his\\nbenumbed hands, one chamber of the revolver ex\\nploded, scattering the burning brands in every direc-\\ntion. Supposing it was Dumont concealed in the\\nbrush and firing at him, his fright increased in a\\nten-fold ratio. Kicking the burning sticks in every\\ndirection, hoping thereby to put out the fire which\\nhad betrayed his location, he then took refuge behind\\na tree, hoping to contrive some means of skipping\\naway unobserved, when he was startled the second\\ntime by another loud report, as the coals were whisked\\ntoward him. This made his conviction certain\\nthat Dumont would kill him unless he removed far\\nfrom the fire light, and he executed a flank move-\\nment through the dense underbrush to what he con-\\nsidered a safe distance from the assassin s bullet.\\nDaylight came at last, and Snyder, almost per-\\nished with cold, mustered uj) courage enough to ap-\\nproach the spot where a few coals were yet smolder-\\ning, when he saw the barrel of his revolver peeping\\nfrom the ashes. The cause of the firing was thus\\nmade intelligible, and Tom cursed his cowardly legs\\nwhich ran away with his brave body. He made his\\nway to Sixteen, and little by little told the story as\\nabove related. Tom still tells the story, but has long\\nsince learned that a lively imagination is tlie greatest\\ncause for fear.\\n-.^.v^/V/V\\nToo Much Cross Haul.\\nHE jokes played on the greenhorns that\\ncame to the lumber camps to obtain em-\\nployment were many and varied. One of\\n^_,^_ the best was that which was played upon a\\ny fellow who came to Leon Pryor s camp. The\\nI proprietor sized the fellow up and detemiin-\\ned to have a bit of fun should he ask for a job. That\\nbeing the stranger s business, Pryor told him that he\\nhad men enough in the woods but needed one to go\\nto Sixteen for a cross liaul. (This term needs no\\nexplanation to a resident of Northern Michigan, but\\nfor the information of readers living remote from\\nlumber camps, we would say that a cross haul is a\\nroad cut opposite a tram-way upon which logs are\\nloaded.)\\nTlie fellow, whom we will call Jones to preserve\\nhis identity, agreed to go, and was given a note of in\\nV_\\nA\\nCo:\\nV\\nh^\\nm\\n44^f", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0410.jp2"}, "411": {"fulltext": "^N^mm^^-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n^^^f^iZT\\nsf*\\ntroduction to Tom. Moore, who was expected to carry\\nout the joke without further instructions. Jones\\ncame walking in and proffered the note to Moore, who\\nreadily caught the inspiration. Loading a sack with\\n80 pounds of old iron and giving hiiii a 24-pound\\ndumb-bell to carry in the other hand, Moore dismiss-\\ned him with the injunction to carry the bag carefully,\\nso the machinery would not be disarranged. Jones\\npromised to be particular, and trudged wearily over\\nthe eight miles of sand and stumps before the camp\\nwas reached. He told Pryor as he entered, almost\\nexhausted, that he didn t intend to carry any more\\ncross hauls. You don t? exclaimed Pryor; then\\nwhat are you doing here? I only need you for this\\npurpose.\\nJones left tlie camp at once, determined to seek\\nmore congenial employment.\\nHough and Tumble.\\n^f HERE has always been more or less feeling\\nexisting between Tom Moore and Charley\\n^W^ Axford, they being rivals in the hotel busi-\\naJn) ness and many other enterprises. Moore is\\nY quite a practical joker, and often indulges this\\nI trait in his character, which has been the oc-\\ncasion of many a hearty laugh.\\nMoore, Axford, Dave Porter and Ben Howard were\\nreturning from Midland, where they had been trans-\\nacting some business matters, and all were pretty well\\ncorned. Three of them sat on the spring seat, the\\nother on a barrel of lime in the back part of the\\nwagon. The driver struck a stump before reaching\\nEdenville, and the tongue was broken quite badly.\\nRepairing it as well as they were able, they traveled\\nalong quite well until they reached the steep hill\\nnear the Edenville school-house. Moore suggested\\nthat they all walk down the hill for fear the broken\\nwagon tongue would not stand the strain. Axford\\ninsisted that the team was his own, that the broken\\ntongue was perfectly safe and the driver should let\\nthe horses run at full speed down tlie hill. The lat-\\nter plan was agreed upon and the horses were given\\nthe whip. Away they flew, but the ride, like Gilpin s,\\nwas very brief. Half-way down the hill the wagon\\ntongue broke again, and the wheels, veering suddenly.\\noverturned the wagon upon the driver, while Ben\\nHoward, who was sitting upon the lime barrel hold-\\ning a large mirror on his lap, was precipitated into\\nthe creek below. Axford was thrown almost off the\\nbridge and would have fallen into the creek but from\\nthe fact that the lime barrel was across his legs.\\nMoore landed on his feet just in time to see the\\nhorses flying up tlie hill with the whiffletrees dangling\\nat their heels. Mr. Moore then turned liis attention\\nto the rescue of his companions. Porter being still\\nimprisoned under the wagon box, was yelling vocifer-\\nously for aid. He was liberated, and Charley Axford\\nhelped upon his feet. By this time Ben Howard had\\nscrambled out of the creek, and upon comparing\\nnotes it was found that all had escaped serious in-\\njury.\\nDan Grover and Philip Flock, seeing the horses\\ncoming without a driver, thought something must be\\nwrong, and hitching them to another vehicle, started\\nin search of the party. Charley Axford was consider-\\nably overcome by the effects of thistle dew, as well\\nas shaken up by the fall, and was laid in the wagon,\\nafter which the remainder of the freight was trans-\\nferred from the broken one. In doing this, Tom\\nMoore hurt his hand severely, and it bled freely.\\nThinking it a good time to play a joke on Charley, he\\nrubbed the blood over his face, which when com-\\npleted looked gory enough to strike terror into the\\nheart of a Comanche Indian. Driving up to Ax-\\nford s house, he was carried in and laid on the bed.\\nThe boys, knowing nothing serious was the matter,\\nthought it good fun to frighten the old lady any way.\\nThe dame known as Biddy Norman made her\\nhome at Axford s, and she remarked, while taking in\\nthe situation, An sure, an its a bad head he ll have\\nupon him in the marnin The joke leaked out\\nafter Charley was washed up, and Tom barely es-\\ncaped a licking for his fun.\\nI\\nC\\nEfiTect of Eating Bear Steak.\\ng^ fe^gfc\\nGOOD story is told on Alex. Bowman, who\\ncame to Edenville Township soon after its\\norganization. Alek sat around the hotel\\nand heard the stories told by lumbermen abou t\\nthe quantities of game that could be found in\\nthe woods. His ambition to become a hunter\\n^rew day by day until he determined to take a hunt.\\n^^m^ ^^:A4^D a Dni\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0-4^^C^.", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0411.jp2"}, "412": {"fulltext": "I\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-*4^^f\u00c2\u00ae\\nI=Z\\nHis first venture proved satisfactory, he killing three\\nlarge bears. He dressed them all nicely, and bear\\nsteaks were disposed of quite largely at supper. In\\nfact, Alek ate bear meat so freely that it made him\\nquite sick during the night. Feeling very uncomfort-\\nable, he arose and tried to dress. By mistake he got\\nhold of a pairof his little boy s pantaloons and thrust\\nhis foot as far through the leg as he was able. Failing\\nin the endeavor to get them on, he became alarmed\\nand danced over the floor, knocking the chairs right\\nand left. He was suffering such pain that he became\\nalmost frantic, and vociferated loudly, Get up, Jane,\\nfor God s sake, and make a light; I am swelled so big\\nI can t get \u00c2\u00abiy panes on. The joke was too good to\\nkeep, and Alek is yet laughed at frequently about his\\nfirst experience in eating bear steaks.\\nA Canuck Hoodooed.\\n^Ull! CARPENTER came down in the woods to\\ndo tinkering for EUsmore at the camp\\n^f on Sixteen. He was a Canuck, fresh\\nfrom his native sod, and the boys soon learned\\nthat he was as verdant as he was cowardly.\\nThey told him bear stories when sitting\\naround the camp fire at night, and also spoke of the\\ngallipoo, a very large bird which infested the north\\nwoods, and had an especial fondness for Canucks,\\nthree of them having been found in the craw of one\\nthat was killed the previous winter. He was in-\\nformed that could he succeed in escaping its clutches\\nfor one year and become acclimated, he would be\\nin no danger, as it was never known to attack a man\\nborn here or who had lived a year in the State.\\nA deep snow came on soon after, and the tinker\\nwent into the woods to find some Dray Crooks.\\nMarvel Secord, an old hunter who for many years had\\nhunted and trapped in that vicinity, always wore very\\nlarge snow-shoes when atteading his trap in winter,\\nand the Canuck came upon the old man s trail while\\nwandering through the woods. The size and sh.ipe\\nof the tracks verified the stories told by llie lumber-\\nman of the dreadful gallipoo, and he became\\nterribly frightened. Following the trail until it passed\\ninto the logging road that was well beaten down, he\\nlost sight of it and made his way hurriedly to camp\\nand told the men that he had found the place where\\nthe gallipoo had roosted and had followed its trail\\nto the log road where he had become frightened and\\nflown away. He left the camp at once, declaring his\\nintention of going back to Canada, where such birds\\nwere unknown.\\nI\\nI\\n^^^Dll^tltlf^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0412.jp2"}, "413": {"fulltext": "MIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-it^^^^ii\\n417\\nOOP\\nHE greatest industry of Mid-\\n|y_ land County from its organiz-\\nation has been the lumber\\ntrade, and it yet shows little\\ndiminution. The finest pine\\nlands in Michigan were in\\nSaginaw, Bay and Midland\\nCounties and when we estimate\\nthe annual cut of pine alone,\\nwhich has beern harvested from\\nMidland for the past quarter of\\na century, it seems almost incred-\\nible. The most meager estimate of\\nlogs which are put into the Tittaba-\\nwassee in this county alone, gives\\nthe annual total of 48,700,000 feet,\\nwhile the Flint Pere Marquette\\ni Railroad frequently transports 4,000\\ncars of logs per month, which aver-\\nages for that time 13,928,900 feet.\\nMultiply this by 12, and we have\\nthe grand total of 167,147,520 feet\\ncarried annually by the railroad in\\nrough logs. Add to this the logs\\nfloated down the Tittabawassee, and we have in tlie\\n(q^ rough 215,847,520 feet, while the different mills in\\nI the county manufacture and ship on an average the\\n5^% amount accredited to each.\\nfLarkin Patrick do the second largest business,\\nllieir mill being located at Midland. Their cut\\namounts annually to 6,000,000 feet of lumber, 25,-\\nV^ 000,000 shingles, 1,283,425 staves and 102,694 head-\\nings. In addition to this they manufacture annually\\n84,463 barrels.\\nGeo. Miller, of Coleman, manufactures 700,000\\nfeet of lumber, and 4,000,000 shingles; J. F. L.\\nPost, 1, 100,000 feet of lumber and 2,000,000 shin-\\ngles; F. B. Simons, 7,000,000 shingles; John Ma-\\nloney, 19,600,000 shingles; C. W. Stearns, 300,000\\nfeet of lumber; J. Thorington, 500,000 feet of lum-\\nber and 2,250,000 shingles, and C. M. Waldo,\\n2,500,000 shingles. Geo. Cooper, of Coleman, also\\ncuts 40,000 shingles and 100,000 staves.\\nA. W. Wright and P. H. Ketcham do the largest\\nlumbering business in the county, and have eight\\ncamps. The amount of pine logs they are getting\\nout is not enumerated, but they employ at least 500\\nmen. They got out in 1883, in addition to their\\npine lumber, 400,000 feet of hard wood, and had on\\nhand 300,000 feet of the same kind, with 100,000\\nfeet of oak logs in their yard. The amount of pine\\nlogs handled annually by this firm is 40,000,000 feet.\\nThey own 14 miles of logging railroad in this county,\\nwhich is fully equipped with locomotives, cars, etc.\\nThis road transports all their own logs, except hard-\\nwood, to the Tittabawassee, where they are dumped\\ninto the river. In addition to their own work, this\\nfirm has handled 25,000,000 feet of logs annually\\nfor other parties during the past two years. At their\\nheadquarters in Lincoln Township they have a gen-\\neral stock of merchandise, where their men and\\nmany families in the neighborhood come to trade. A\\npostoffice is also established there, making it c]uite\\nconvenient for everybody living near.\\n9\\nA\\nmmm\\nA.\\n-^s#\\n^^f\u00c2\u00ae i0\\n(k", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0413.jp2"}, "414": {"fulltext": "^^i]n^iiD^ T-\\nrsii^sr\\n-\u00c2\u00ab8^\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nThe adept in figures can add this yearly estimate,\\nthen multiply by 25, or the number of years in which\\nlumbering has been pushed on an extensive scale,\\nvvlien the wealth of the pine Midland County can\\nbe estimated. Very few tracts of really excellent\\npine lands can now be found, but her soil is rich and\\nproductive, and agriculture will be promoted by the\\ndestruction of lier forests. In 1880, 580,000,000 feet\\nof logs was rafted on the Tittabawassee, and the\\njam of logs this year extends a distance of 40 miles\\nabove, with an estimate of 5,000,000 feet to the\\nmile.\\nThe Pine and Chippewa Rivers converge at Mid-\\nland, each carrying a wealth of logs on its bosom\\nnearly equaling that of the Tittabawassee. When\\nwe tliink of the number of years that this wholesale\\ndestruction of valuable timber has been going on,\\nand see the millions of feet yet standing, it seems\\nscarcely possible that the whole State, much less a\\nfew counties, could produce it. Yet the facts, as\\ndemonstrated by carefully compiled statistics, show-\\nthat fully one-half of our timber is yet merchantable.\\nt\\nLife in a Lumber Camp.\\nji EAL life in a lumber camp is so unique that\\na brief account of a visit to such a place\\nmay not be out of place. Every one who\\n*V?. can do so should visit a camp, and see how\\nthe work of cutting and putting in logs is\\nconducted. That is one thing that should be\\nseen before wandering in foreign lands to feast one s\\neyes on strange and wondrous things, for nowhere\\nabroad will he find wliat we have near home. The\\ncamp visited we found under tlie immediate super-\\nvision and management of two gentlemen who had\\nthe contract for cut ing and putting into the river\\nthe limber from 240 acres of land. The camp was\\nin the midst of the forest, and consisted of six build-\\nings, situated conveniently near together, and of\\nsufficient capacity to accommodate 70 men, 20 pairs\\nof horses and 7 pairs of oxen.\\nThe first is the cook shanty, 20 by 52 feet in size\\nand one story high, which serves for a kitchen and\\ndining-room for the entire crew. Tlie work of this\\ndepartment is performed by four girls and a chore-\\nboy, the latter bringing wood and water and making\\nhimself useful in a thousand ways. Two long tables,\\ncovered with enameled cloth, enable 42 men to take\\ntheir meals at once. Two large cooking-stoves are\\nkept constantly in use, and when told the amount of\\nprovisions consumed per day or week, the query\\nnaturally arises how so few hands can prepare such a\\nquantity of food with only two stoves. Work in the\\nwoods creates an appetite like a furnace, and provis-\\nions disappear before a crew of seventy men like dry\\nleaves in a whirlwind. The bill of fare consists of\\npotatoes, beans, pork, bread and molasses, and other\\nsubstantial food, one meal seldom varying materially\\nfrom another, with strong tea three times a day. A\\nfull force of men consume each week about five bar-\\nrels of flour, five barrels of pork, from fifteen to\\ntwenty bushels of potatoes, and other things in like\\nproportion. In one end of tliis building a room is\\npartitioned off which serves one of the contractors as\\na private residence and the sleeping apartments of\\nthe female help. An alarm clock at least three-quar-\\nters of an hour ahead of the true time awakens the\\ninmates of the shanty at four in the morning, and\\nthe day s labor cominences at once. The teamsters\\nare first called, and while breakfast is being prepared\\nthey feed and harness their teams while they are\\nat breakfast, the choppers and other workmen rise\\nand fill the second table. The teamsters are off to\\ntheir work long before daylight, and usually make\\none trip to the river, a distance of two miles, and\\nback before darkness disappears. Five trips consti-\\ntute the day s work, and when that is accomplished\\nthey unhitch and do no more till the next morning,\\nalthough it may be several hours before sundown.\\nThe men s shanty is 26 X36 feet in size and one\\nand a half stories higli. It is provided witli thirty-\\ntwo bunks, eighteen on the first floor and fourteen in\\nthe chamber, each designed for two men, though\\nthree can sleep in them very comfortably. They are\\nmade of boards, ranged on either side of the room,\\nin tiers one above another, and are provided with a\\nstraw tick and blankets. The building is warmed\\nwith a large box stove and lighted at nights with\\nkerosene lamps.\\nThe barn proper is 30 X52 feet, with a stable on\\neither side fourteen feet wide, making it 52x58 feet\\non the ground. It is made warm and comfortable,\\nand furnishes stabling for 40 horses and 14 oxen.\\nmvAm\\n-^m\\n1^^\\nv|)\\nc^:\\n^1", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0414.jp2"}, "415": {"fulltext": "6V4iIl m n Di^\\niM=^\\n,C1\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nNear by is the granary, a small building, where the\\ngrain for the teams is kept.\\nIn another building a blacksmitli and a worker\\nwith edge tools, sometimes called a wood-butcher,\\nfind employment, the latter doing the wood-work\\non the logging sleds, putting in ax-handles, etc.,\\nwhile the former does the horse-shoeing, irons the\\nsleds, repairs broken chains, etc.\\nIn a small building near the cook shanty, the\\nother contractor resides, with family, and keeps\\nstore, his stock consisting chiefly of tobacco, lum-\\nbermen s clothing and such other commodities as tlie\\nhands require. A large bell, susi)ended on a pole,\\nthe strokes of which can be heard for two or three\\nmiles, calls the men to their meals.\\nA logging sleigh is an institution deserving more\\nthan a passing notice, for it never fails to at-\\ntract the attention of the novice. In appearance it\\nresembles a cross between a pile-driver and a toll-\\ngate. It consists of a pair of bobs with runners\\nthree inches thick, and shod with iron three inches\\nwide. The beams and other parts are correspond-\\ningly heavy; crossv/ise each sled is a beam of timber\\ncalled a bunk, seven feet in length, with a huge\\nspike in either end to prevent the load from sliding\\noff. They are built low and wide, the runners being\\nfrom four to five feet apart, to prevent capsizing on\\nuneven ground. On this vehicle an ordinary pair of\\nhorses move a load of from five to fifteen logs, scal-\\ning from 1,500 to 2,500 feet, board measure, and\\nmaking a load in bulk nearly or quite as large as a\\nload of hay. To haul such loads th? roads must be\\nin good condition, and it is well-known that the\\nlogging roads are the best in Michigan.\\nThis description of one camp will give an idea of\\nall camps, though of course no two are alike. This\\ncamp had turned into the river 4,500,000 feet in three\\nmonths, and 1,000,000 feet more had been cut and\\nrejected by the scaler, for soma defect. The labor\\non this 1,000,000 feet was all lost.\\nWith this for a sample, some idea may be formed\\nof Wright Ketcham s camps in this county, where\\nfrom 400 to 600 men are employed.\\n^f S)\\nm\\nINCE the first schools were or-\\nganized in Midland County, the\\nsystem of education has under-\\ngone a complete change. The\\nvast difference between the old\\nand new metliods is plainly ap-\\nparent. In ye olden times the ])re-\\nceptor s word was supreme law in\\nhis little kingdom, and this law was\\nenforced by a generous distribution\\nof strokes from the well seasoned birch\\nrod. To execute a pencil sketch upon\\na slate was deemed a misdemeanor, or\\none which merited at least twelve strokes\\nfrom the same reformer, wielded by the\\nsturdy arm of an incensed pedagogue. To ask assist-\\ni^mm\\\\^^\\nance in the solution of a perplexing problem in math-\\nematics more than twice during school hours, con-\\nsigned the unfortunate pupil to a seat on the dunce\\nblock, the most observed, but not the most envied,\\npersonage in the room.\\nThe old straight-backed benches and pine desks,\\nsmeared with butter and molasses, and defaced by\\nthe big boys jack-knives, have been superseded\\nby the the modern single desk, where each student\\nhas all the comforts and conveniences he can desire.\\nThe text-books were, at that date, of a miscellane-\\nous character, nearly every family having preserved\\nthe remnants of books which their fathers and moth-\\ners had studied during their school days, and were\\nnow brought into use by their children to save\\nexpense, being deemed by the parents quite good\\nVto}\\n0)\\ni", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0415.jp2"}, "416": {"fulltext": "4ZO\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-ss^\\nenough for anybody. Every pupil possessed a\\n*Bj Ray s Arithmetic, the only text-book of which there\\nwere a half-dozen alike. Geography was represented\\nby Peter Parley and Monteith s Manual; readers,\\nSi by McGufTey, Saunders, Eclectic and National series;\\ngrammar, by Pinneo, Clark s Easy Method and Brown s\\nParsing Lessons. Webster s Elementary, Cobb s,\\nWorcester s and the Eclectic Spellers were used in-\\ndiscriminately. The scholars could hardly be classi-\\nfied, much less graded. Now, the systematic man-\\nner of grading pupils, the uniformity of text-books,\\nwith improved methods of teaching by object lessons\\nand otherwise, give pupils of this day advantages\\nnot dreamed of 20 years ago. Students i2yearsof age\\nare in many instances further advanced in rhetoric,\\nphysiology and mathematics then were the less for-\\ntunate pupils who attended public schools during the\\nentire time perscribed by law not two decades since.\\nThe Facts in This County.\\n^^=S^.\\n[IDLAND County is rapidly advancing in\\nan educational way. The Township of\\nMidland leads with the number of pupils\\n^.Vy^Vx and value of school property. There are\\ntwo brick, four frame and one log school-house,\\nj with a total valuation of $28,500. The num-\\nber of scholars enrolled in the several districts is S63.\\nThe amount paid for tuition last year was ^,642.20.\\nThe largest school building in the county is at Mid-\\nland City; this is a magnificent brick structure, three\\nstories in height, exclusive of the basement, which is\\nlarge and airy. The building is heated by furnaces,\\nand especial regard has been paid to ventilation and\\nobtaining proper light in its construction. It was\\nerected in 1869, and cost, with its furniture \u00c2\u00a723,000.\\nSi.x teachers are employed, in as many, departments.\\nA handsome and valuable library, containing 70S\\nvolumes, belongs to this building, thus adding largely\\nto the interest of school work.\\nIn Hope Township there are two whole districts and\\ntwo fractional ones. The number of children in the\\ntownship between the ages of five and twenty years\\nis 209. There are two frame school-houses and two\\nlog, and the total amount of money paid out for\\nwages of teachers for the year 18S3 was $938.25.\\nEdenville contains two whole districts and one\\nfractional. The number of children enrolled is 140.\\nOne of these three districts is furnished with a frame\\nand the other two with log school-iiouses. The\\namount of wages paid to teachers was $718.75.\\nWarren has three districts, two of which are whole\\nand one fractional. The number of children enrolled\\nin the township is 154. Two of the school buildings\\nare frame structures, with modern conveniences, and\\nthe remaining one is of logs. The total amount of\\nmoney paid to teachers is $610.\\nLarkin Township paid a total of \u00c2\u00a7940.50 to its\\nteachers for the year 1883 in this township we find\\nfive districts, all entire. The number of children en-\\nrolled is 94. Tiiree of the school-houses are frame\\nbuildings, while two districts still use the log school-\\nhouse.\\nThere are but two organized school districts in\\nLincoln, both of which are entire. There are only 63\\nchildren in the township who are entitled to school\\nprivileges, and of these, only 48 attend. One of their\\nschool-houses is a frame and the other a log building.\\nThree hundred and forty-five dollars was disbursed\\nduring the past year for the payment of teachers sal-\\naries.\\nIn Jerome Township there are but 91 children wlio\\nare privileged to attend school, and only 45 of these\\ntake advantage of the privilege. One of the buildings\\nis a frame and the other a log scliool-Iiouse, there\\nbeing but two districts in the township. The total\\namount of wages paid to teachers during the year\\nwas S303.\\nIn Geneva 62 children attend school regularly out\\nof 104 who are entitled by law to these benefits.\\nThere are but two districts, both of which are provided\\nwith substantial and commodious frame buildings.\\nThe total amount paid teachers, male and female, for\\nthe past year was S369.\\nHomer has three whole districts, all of which are\\nsupplied with good frame buildings. Five hundred\\nand seventy-two dollars was paid out for teacher s\\nsalaries for the school year of 1883. There are en-\\nrolled in this township 572 school children.\\nLee has paid out to its teachers of 1883 the sum\\nof \u00c2\u00a7467.45. It is divided into four districts, all of\\nwhich are entire and all together enroll only 54\\nscholars. Two frame and two log school-houses\\ncom[)rise the whole.\\nV\\nVS\\nc\\nI\\nn!l^IIDf^A^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0416.jp2"}, "417": {"fulltext": "T\\nIIIi: ^I]ll\\nv\\n^S li^\\nf\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n421\\n(ireendale has but one school district, it being an\\nungraded one. H. L. Voorhese is Director for the\\npresent year. Eighteen pui^ils are enrolled, 12 of\\nwhom attend reguarly. A handsome frame building\\nwas erected in 1884, costing about $500. The school\\nproperty is valued at $500, and $120 was paid the\\nteachers of 1883.\\nIngersoU contains one fractional district and four\\nwhole ones. I he number of pupils as shown by the\\nlast school census is 322. Each district is provided\\nwith an excellent frame school building, fitted up\\nwith all modern conveniences. IngersoU paid to her\\nteachers last year the sum of $1,043.83.\\nMt. Haley registers 103 children between the ages\\nof five and twenty years, and the three fractional\\nschool districts which she controls are provided with\\nlog houses for school purposes. The total wages of\\nteachers for the last school year was $530.70.\\nThe four whole districts into which Porter Town-\\nship is divided are furnished with frame school build-\\nings, which are large and roomy and well ventilated.\\nThe amount of wages paid to teachers for 1883 was\\n$651.78. The number of children enrolled was 136.\\nJasper Township has expended the sum of $833 in\\nteachers pay for the last school year. It contains\\nfive districts, all of which are whole. The total num-\\nber of children enabled by law to attend school in this\\ntownship is 161. Out of the five buildings designed\\nfor school purposes only one is built of logs, the rest\\nof frame.\\nFor a county containing less than 7,000 inhabitants\\nthe above statement is quite flattering. It is now being\\nsettled up with good citizens more rapidly than at\\nany time in its history, and the next ten years will\\nnearly double the figures given above.\\nvy.^y^-^^^ y- v- 3v\\\\^ rv v=v ^gs}i ^s-jL:i s a t- v- \\\\^v v an v s-^^l^\\noSjo\\n.^r{,^^^^^ n.E press of Midland County\\nhas had a checkered career.\\nNewspaper enterprises have\\ndone more to develop pub-\\nlic interests than all other\\nmeans combined. Through\\nthe papers come first the\\niCws of any and every locality; in\\nit the moral, theological and politi-\\ncal sentiments of all are given voice.\\nThrough the press of Midland\\nCounty the untold resources of\\nthis beautiful county have been\\ngiven to the public, and from far\\nand near have hastened men of\\nevery clime and nation to enrich\\nthemselves and develop more thor-\\noughly the splendid body of agri-\\ncultural lands contained within her boundaries.\\nMidland Sentinel.\\nHIS paper was established in April, 1858, by\\nNathan T. Carr. When the proposition to\\norganize this village was made, he changed\\nthe name to Midland City Sentinel. In\\n1862, Carpenter Bailey purchased the same,\\nunder whose management it was continued\\nuntil 1865, when George H. Gies purchased it and\\nchanged the name to Midland Joi4rnal He con-\\ntinued it only a few weeks, when Geo. AV. Hughes\\npurchased the outfit and the name was again changed,\\nthis time to The Indepe?ident. Mr. Carpenter still\\nheld a mortgage upon the press and material, but\\nsubsequently sold his claim to F. F. Hopkins. In\\n1866, W. H. H. Bartram purchased Hughes interest\\nand associated with himself Mr. Hopkins as a part-\\nner. In 1868, Bartram disposed of his interest to\\nHopkins, who soon afterward disposed of a half in-\\n(5^\\niVVS^^#*\\n^D!l ^nDf^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0417.jp2"}, "418": {"fulltext": "v^\\ns\\nV\\n422\\nMinLAND\\nCOUNTY.\\n^^^^^^^T\\nf?^jf\\nteiest to James Porter and John Haines. They con-\\ntinued the paper until 187 i, when M. W. Ellsworth\\npurchased Porter s interest. Subsecpiently F. S. Bur-\\nton purchased a half interest from Haines, and later\\nhe, together with Ellsworth, purchased Haines entire\\ninterest. In the fall of 1872 E. N. Burton bough\\nEllsworth s share, and the succeeding spring, F. S.\\nBurton purchased his brother s interest and continued\\nits management alone until disposed of, Jan. 1, iSSi,\\nto T. W. Crissey, who changed the name of the paper\\nto the Midland Republican\\nThe Republican is not only a fine paying invest-\\nment, but in direct line of succession is the oldest\\npaper in the county.\\nMidland Times.\\n00N after Mr. Bartram sold the Independent,\\nhe established another paper in the village,\\nf*5* W^ ^jjicii was christened The Midland Cily\\nTimes This had an ephemeral existence,\\nliving only a few weeks. Upon the ruins of\\nthis venture in journalism he commenced the\\npublication of another journal, which was appropri-\\nately named Bartranis Cheek which flourished\\nfor a few months and was removed to Saginaw, where\\nit was soon engulfed in obscurity.\\nBartram was full of energy, and would not down\\nand, coming back to Midland, secured the financial\\naid of a few leading citizens, who purchased a fine\\noutfit the best, in fact, that Midland had ever\\nknown and a new paper was launched upon the\\njournalistic sea, and was called The Midland\\nTimes. This was in the spring of 1872, and the\\neffort gave every appearance of success, backed as\\nit was by the leading men of the village. Geo. W.\\nHughes was associated as editor, and soon as-\\nsuming that position purchased the interest Bartram\\nhad in the concern and continued the pajjer under\\nhis own management until the office was sold under\\na chattel mortgage three years later.\\nMidland Sun.\\nTHE next venture in journalism was tlie\\nj establishing of the Midland Courier by\\nGeorge McConnell, in 1878\\nHe sold this\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0M paper to Snialley and the Stair Bros., who ve-\\nT named it 7//t Review and made it purely\\nI Democratic in tone. Edward Cornelius ptir-\\nchased the Review in 1880, and the name of course\\nwas changed, this lime to The Midland Democrat!\\nThe Democracy of this county not being strong\\nenough, or else unwilling, to support their party\\norgan, allowed it to starve for want of sustenance,\\nand it faded away like frost before the morning sun.\\nF. S. Burton, thinking this a good opportunity for\\ninvestment, purchased the material, and, adding\\n$2,000 wortli of new material, launched the Mid-\\nland Sun. This paper is the Greenback organ of\\nthis county, and with it Mr. Burton has done effective\\nwork for his party. The Sun was at the beginning\\npurely Republican, but time with its changes has\\nwrought a complete conversion of its editor and\\nmanager, Mr. Barton. splendid job office is a\\npart of the Sun s outfit, and the patronage of the\\nsame is excellent.\\n^i-\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2^i^^S\\nc\\nc\\nColeman Advocate.\\nHIS paper, edited by H. F. Linton, is a\\nspicy, interesting acquisition to the press\\n#1^^ of Midland County. The Advocate is do-\\ning more to build up the interests of Coleman\\nT and the western part of the county than any\\nand all means heretofore used by individuals.\\nMr. Linton is a live man and a working editor, as the\\ncolumns of his paper attest. Fully alive to the in-\\nterests of his patrons, he has left no means untried\\nto give them a valuable journal, and well has he\\nsucceeded.\\nThe first issue of the Advocate bears date of Aug.\\n1 1, 1883, and its columns contain a well written arti-\\ncle upon the merits of Warren Township. We are\\npleased to record Tire Coleman Advocate as the most\\nenterprising journal in the county.\\n-K^^(ll]:^tinf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0418.jp2"}, "419": {"fulltext": "(b\\ncrv ^:l]U;^UUv T-\\n-T^^ s:\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nfllOC\u00c2\u00a9LLI\\\\5B0Iia\\nlV--Uvjfej^.t.\u00c2\u00ab.*..t\u00c2\u00abtn.tA,.fe4\\nJl^\\n-\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abe\\n-^(gr\\nf?5\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0nraxp^^\\n1\\nf\\n^\u00c2\u00abSHJH\u00c2\u00bb\\nS a concluding chapter to this\\nwork, we class under the\\nabove head several interest-\\ning articles which, although\\nbrief, are none the less impor-\\ntant. Such are the material\\nresources and developments of the\\ncounty, in respect to agriculture,\\nrailroads, finances, wild game, and\\nalso the county buildings, poor\\nfarm, the part taken by Midland\\nCounty in the war, the Woman s\\nChristian Temperance Union, etc.\\nThe accounts here given are sub-\\nstantially correct, and from them the\\nreader may glean much information\\nthat will be of service. The principal material in-\\nterest, however, that of lumber, has been already\\ntreated in a distinct department.\\nAgricultural Society.\\nHIS society was formally organized Feb. 22,\\n1877. Several enterprising gentlemen met\\ntogether and after a short deliberation\\nformed themselves into a society by electing\\nI James S. Eastman President, Thomas McCul-\\nI loch, Vice President, Dwyer W. Hitchcock,\\nSecretary, and E. W. Davis, Treasurer. After pro-\\nviding for the several committees and officers neces-\\nsary to conduct its affairs, it was determined, at a\\nmeeting held later, to have an agricultural fair in the\\nautumn of that year. Grounds had been previously\\nselected and negotiations entered into between the\\nproper committee acting for the society and D. H.\\nFitzhugh, for the purchase of the land which is now\\nthe property of the society. Some buildings were\\nerected, not very ample, it is true, but all the avail-\\nable space was taken and the fair, which was held\\nSept. 26 and 27, proved a splendid success. The\\ngrounds have since been cleared up, plenty of nice\\nstalls and pens for stock hive been built, and every-\\nthing connected with it put in good shape. The\\ngrounds have been paid for with the income from\\nsubsequent meetings.\\nThe floral hall was built by a number of ladies\\nwho were banded together as a secret society and\\nfor quite a while kept the real name of their society\\nfrom the public. They gave a literary entertainment\\nfinally, with the understanding that the great secret\\nshould be revealed at the close of the entertainment,\\nthe proceeds of which should be used m erecting a\\nfloral hall on the grounds of the Agricultural Society.\\nThe plan met with favor, and a handsome amount\\nwas realized, enough, in fact, to complete the build-\\ning. The name, or initials by which the ladies were\\nknown, were the K. T. I s, which, when interpreted\\nto the astonished multitude who were assembled to\\nhear the great secret unraveled, were the initial let-\\nters of Key to Industry, a motto selected as the\\ndistinguishing cognomen of their society.\\nThe floral and agricultural halls were both erected\\nin 1883, the first agricultural hall having blown\\n0-\\n(o)\\n^:M^n%m\\n-1^^^-", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0419.jp2"}, "420": {"fulltext": "@)$^^ti\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00ab^\\n424\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nim.\\nt\\ndown. To erect a new one and make further im-\\nprovements upon the grounds, a loan of $1,200 was\\neffected. The track is a full half mile in length and\\nT is in e.xcellent condition, the Horse Association of\\n(^j Midland keeping it in repair for the use of the\\ngrounds at their semi-annual meetings.\\nThe grounds, comprising 22 acres, are well watered,\\nnicely shaded b} pine and hard-wood trees, and are\\nlocated on the bank of the Chippewa River, less\\nthan a mile from the corporation line of Midland.\\nThey were purchased and paid for by the society in\\n1883. The price paid was $33 per acre, although\\nthe land to-day is worth at least $75. The location\\ncannot be improved, and, under the able manage-\\nment of the present officers, the indebtedness will be\\nlargely reduced this year.\\nThe present officers are M. H. Stanford, President\\nThomas McCuUoch, Vice President Milton P. An-\\nderson, Treasurer; and H. L. Fairchilds, Secretary.\\n,0\\nV\\ni\\n1=1\\nI\\n^SSH^\\nm\\nSoil and Its Productions.\\n|ijTfi\u00e2\u0084\u00a2i ANY of the most valuable and fertile\\nt l^ci\u00e2\u0080\u0094 4-^. farmincr lands are of those classed as\\nfife; stump, or stripped lands. .Some of\\nthese are creek flats and ancient beaver\\nmeadows, having alluvial soil for the most part,\\nand surpassingly rich in all the elements requi-\\nsite to constitute farming soils. Then there are\\nridges genuine pine ridges where the soil is sandy\\nand the subsoil a deep-red clay, which the plowshare\\nreaches in nearly every furrow. In this, corn, clover,\\nall varieties of roots and vegetables and some of the\\nsmaller cereals can be successfully grown, the yield\\nin many cases being prodigious.\\nThe black ash and tamarack swamps possess the\\nmost fertile and deepest soil, and when drained make\\nthe very best grass lands, as well as for various other\\ncrops. These lands are susceptible of being drained\\nat a very cheap rate, and only a few acres of lands\\nin ISIidland County can properly be classed as waste\\nlands. Taking it all in all, only a few counties in the\\nState can surpass this in the advantages furnished\\nthe industrious and intelligent husbandman.\\nLocated as Midland County is, between two great\\nlakes, her climate is so modified that the warm sea-\\nson averages nearly as long as the inland counties in\\nthe Southern part of the State, and they possess no\\nclimatic advantages over her. Probably drouths are\\nnot so fretjuent nor so destructive here as with\\ntliem. Given a fair test upon almost any crop, thor-\\nough diainage, culture equally thorough, and the soil\\nof Midland County will produce crops not excelled\\nby any county in the State.\\nSome may doubt this statement and turn to the\\nstatisticians tables and quote that figures will not\\nlie. Those tables are not reliable in speaking of\\nMidland County. Most of these lands are yet cov-\\nered with stumps, and the grounds are run over\\nmore than tilled, while more attention has been given\\nto getting off logs than in draining or manuring the\\nland. The farmers are in many instances a cross\\nbetween the farmer, lumberman and hunter, and the\\noccupants do not engage in agriculture upon a scien-\\ntific basis. Those who do, and most of the town-\\nships are now well represented by this class, are\\nrapidly becoming wealthy. Lands may be pur-\\nchased for a small sum that are well watered, fairly\\ntimbered, and accessible to schools, churches and\\ntowns but another decade will find them doubled in\\nvaluation.\\nWealth of Midland County.\\n!f*Bfiix N estimating the growth of Midland County\\nt from its organization until the present time.\\ns\\nI\\nit is only necessary to give the valuation\\nof both real and personal estate in the several\\ntownships as shown by the October report of\\nthe Board of Supervisors in 18S3:\\nTowMsliiiis. Ai i-es.\\nEdenville 22,677\\nGeneva 22,945\\nGreendale.. ..22,209\\nHomer 14,063\\nHope 37-632\\nIngersoll 23,210\\nJasper 22,776\\nJerome \u00e2\u0080\u00a29 285\\nLarkin 29,296\\nLee 21,1 13\\nLincoln r3 290\\nMidland 21,455\\nMt. Haley 14,678\\nPorter 22,900\\nWarren 21,340\\nKeal Estate.\\n$140,635\\n53.110\\n63.95\u00c2\u00b0\\n60,955\\n185,023\\n201,820\\n104,815\\n41,620\\n54,35\u00c2\u00b0\\n67,080\\n44,690\\n265,677\\n44,360\\n127,585\\n123,100\\n^M-^\\nPersonal.\\n5.33\u00c2\u00b0\\n4.785\\n3.56\u00c2\u00b0\\n958\\n23,502\\n5.6\u00c2\u00b05\\n2,678\\n3.370\\n1,680\\n1,100\\n26,030\\n94,785\\n610\\nI.99S\\n7.630\\nVS\\nCm", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0420.jp2"}, "421": {"fulltext": "@)f^#^\\nr-r\\\\\\n^PI1^I1I1^\\nf\\nV\\nI\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-:2j\u00e2\u0082\u00ac^\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094I^^C^ -C^\\n;o^i\\n425\\nThe first assessment of Midland County was made\\nwhen Gratiot, Isabella, Clare, Roscommon and a part\\nof Bay Counties were attached, the entire tract then\\nnot furnishing as many dollars in both real and per-\\nsonal estate as Midland Township does to-day.\\nWhen taken into consideration that assessment rolls\\nshow at least 40 per cent, less than the lowest cash\\nvahiation, the wealth of Midland County may easily\\nbe estimated.\\nGame.\\nAME has always been very plentiful in this\\ncounty. Even now, with all its improve-\\nments and large settlements, scores of bears\\nand deer are killed every year. Alvin Marsh,\\na resident of Edenville Township, has averaged\\n30 bears each year since coming to Midland\\nCounty, besides large numbers of deer and smaller\\ngame. In 1883 he killed 38 bears, all within ten\\nmiles of Edenville. Only two years ago a large buck\\ncame running up Main Street in Midland City, having\\ncrossed the river opposite Joseph Townsend s house.\\nIt jumped over the fence surrounding John Larkin s\\ndoor-yard and made its way through the chicken-yard,\\ncoming into the street again near Reardon s store.\\nIt was pursued by an excited crowd of men and boys,\\narmed only with sticks and brickbats, to all of which\\nit paid no attention. Lewis Eastman chased it close-\\nly for several blocks with his team, but having no\\nweapon it finally escaped into the woods.\\nHC3=\\nr^T\\nr~Y\\n=E\\nBailroads.\\n^HE subject of transportation has been and\\nis now one of the vital questions in the\\nr^ growth and development of a country, be\\nit new or old. Midland County was for several\\nyears shut off from civilization except by means\\nof the river, there being no wagon roads lead-\\ning out of the county. Even the despised corduroy\\nwas unknown until the county had been settled for\\nmany years.\\nV\u00c2\u00a7)\\nTHE FLINT .PERE MARQUETTE RAILROAD\\nWas the first and only line to date that has been com-\\npleted in the county. This was secured by liberal\\ninducements offered by the citizens of Midland and\\na few individuals along the line. John Larkin gave\\nthe right of way through the village. J. W. Coch-\\nrane was also quite active in this enterprise, which\\nhas been of so great benefit to Midland County.\\nThis railroad was completed to Midland City and\\nopened for business Dec. 1,1867. Six months later\\nit was extended to Averill, which place was its west-\\nern terminus nearly two years. The line was then\\npushed rapidly to Clare, and thence to Reed City, its\\npresent western tern.ination. A branch road, under\\nthe control of the Flint Pere Marquette, extends\\nsoutherly from Coleman to Mt. Pleasant, in Isabella\\nCounty. Added to this is a line extending several\\nmiles into the woods north of Coleman, which carries\\nlogs to the Flint Pere Marquette.\\nWith the railroad, came prosperity to this county,\\nand the men who so energetically managed the mat-\\nter will never receive half the credit they deserve.\\nTHE BAY CITY MIDLAND RAILROAD\\nWas comtemplatedin 1870, and prospects for an east\\nand west road were never better between two villages.\\nA company was organized in the spring of that year,\\nconsisting of such well known men as John Larkin,\\nJ. W. Anderson, Geo. A. Janes, Thomas J. Carpenter,\\nBenj. Dean and Wm. Patrick, of Midland, George\\nCampbell, the Manger Brothers, W. H. Miller, James\\nShearer, Wm. Westover, J. R. Hall, Pitts Cran-\\nage and Judge Holmes, of Bay City, as stockholders.\\nThe assessment of ten per cent, was paid up.\\nCapt. E. R. Craw was elected President, John Haines,\\nSecretary and Geo. Campbell, Treasurer. Work was\\npushed during the year, and the road was graded and\\nculverts built along the entire line. As the work\\nprogressed, further assessments were made, but, owing\\nto the mismanagement of the secretary and treasur-\\ner, the company ran out of funds and operations were\\nsuspended indefinitely.\\nIn the spring of 1882, Bay City parties made this\\nproposition to the stockholders: That Midland raise\\n$10,000, and some one be authorized to act as attor-\\nney for the original stockholders that the right of\\nway be thus secured and Bay City would raise the\\nbalance necessary to complete the line. This was\\ndone by the people ot Midland, and Wm. Mann, of\\nC\\ni^,\\nJ-i.\\n^^m^Mr^\\n.^v:-", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0421.jp2"}, "422": {"fulltext": "mu^^^^\\nj:^\\nT\\nm:m^\\n426\\nt\\n(a\\n(c\\\\\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\nBay City, given authority to act for the stockholders.\\nThis venture was also a failure, Bay City failing to\\nraise the amount necessary to complete the contract.\\nThe right of way is still secure, but no efforts are\\nmade toward finishing the road. There is little doubt\\nbut it will be taken hold of by seme company ere\\nlong and carried to completion.\\nThe County Buildings.\\niCHE court-house is a plain two-story frame\\njj^^^?- structure, built in the ancient style of arch-\\n^^iL^i* itecture, and is hardly good enough for a\\ncounty possessing the wealth of Midland. It\\nwas erected in 1857, and was at that time con-\\nsidered an elegant building. It cost $6,000,\\nand was built by Timothy Jerome. All the county offi-\\ncials have their offices in the court-house except the\\nSheriff.\\nThe county jail is a substantial brick building, to\\nwhich is attached the Sheriff s residence. It was the\\nfirst brick structure erected in Midland County, and\\nwas built by John Larkin. It was completed and\\naccepted June r, 1865. The jail is well ventilated,\\nand constructed with such material and in such a\\nmanner that it is ne.xt to impossible for a criminal to\\nescape.\\nCOUNTY POOR KARM.\\nAmong the many things needful in every county\\nis a poor farm, where those who have become old\\nand helpless, as well as unfortunate in ac(iuiring an\\nadequate store of this world s riches, may find a\\nhome, and be well taken care of Midland County\\nwas organized in the year 1855, and in 1865 the\\nBoard of Supervisors bought of Sam l P. Chapman,\\nfor the protection of her poor and unfortunate, a farm\\nand building, at a cost of $2,500.\\nThis farm has a very pleasant location in Midland\\nTownship, on the bank of the Tittabawassee River.\\nSince its purchase by the county, the house has been\\nenlarged, and at present consists of a north wing and\\nmain building, each containing nine rooms, besides\\nkitchen, dining and sitting rooms, a workshop, cellar\\nand closets. There are two large barns, in good re-\\npair, and these are well filled, the one with grain and\\nthe other with horses, cows and pigs. The inmates\\nare neat and cleanly, the river on the boundary of\\nthe farm being utilized for bathing in summer, while\\nordinary tubs are used in winter. The rooms are\\nheated by stoves, and wood is used for fuel. The\\npaupers are treated with consideration and kindness,\\nand all who are able to work render material aid in\\nhelping about the farm and buildings. They are plenti-\\nfully sujiplied with common farm food, such as meat,\\nvegetables, bread, butter, syrup, milk, etc. They are\\nprovided with good, stout woolen goods for winter,\\nand cotton for sunmier. A county physician is em-\\nployed for the treatment of the sick, besides their\\nhaving the personal care of the overseer and matron.\\nFor the insane and idiotic there are six properly fur-\\nnished cells, and inducements are held out to get\\nthem to perform light labor. The children are sent\\nto a dristrict school a oout 90 rods distant.\\nThe house is surrounded by a farm of 130 acres of\\ngood land, 80 acres of which is under cultivation. A\\nnumber of fruit-trees have just been set out, and in\\ndue time will produce a good supply of fruit.\\nThe present overseer is Wm. Babcock, who, with\\nhis competent and amiable wife, manages the farm\\nin the most successful manner; and their care of, and\\nkindness to, those placed in their charge cannot be\\ntoo highly commended.\\nThe average yearly amount expended by the coun-\\nty for the support of the poor is $3,125. The farm,\\nwith buildings, live stock, farm implements and all\\nother property is estimated to be worth $9,500.\\nAt present there are 15 inmates, seven females\\nand eight males.\\nsy\\nc^\\n.^jc:j^\\n-\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0080\u00a2St\\nMidland County Patriotism.\\nHE Michigan soldiers were counted among\\n;ll the best and bravest troops in the field dur-\\ning the War of the Rebellion, and Midland\\nCounty, which had been but a few years organ-\\nized, was not lacking when it came to the test-\\nI When the first enrollment of those subject to\\nmilitary duty was made in Midland County, 152 men\\nwere reported. Of these 129 enlisted, and three\\nwere drafted during the continuance of tire war, thus\\nleaving o nly 21 able-bodied men in the county The\\ne^Dfl^DDf^\\nr^-", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0422.jp2"}, "423": {"fulltext": "1))^^\\ns\\nb\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^VKIIIlSDDS -r*-\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\ngallant and loyal sons of Michigan responded nobly\\nto the call for troops, but in no locality more promptly\\nthan in Midland County. Leaving their wives and\\nlittle ones behind, the husbands and fathers hurried\\nto the front, anxious to be the first to aid in the pro-\\ntection of their country s honor and the preservation\\nof the Union. Ladies, who by reason of birth and\\neducation were more fitted for the drawing room than\\na life of toil, bravely took charge of the farm, and\\nwhile the reality of life was thus forced upon them\\nthey uncomplainingly put their hands to the plow, and\\nin some instances wielded the ax, to attain a living\\nfor themselves and children.\\nThe Supervisors of this county appropriated $6,550\\nfor the relief of soldiers families. IThis allowance\\nwas to be made at their discretion, but not to exceed\\n$15 per month and in the case of the death of a sol-\\ndier, it was to continue one year thereafter. This\\nrelief was unquestionably administered with that\\ngenerous liberality which the laiv contemplated. Yet\\nthe law was neitlier easy nor desirable, as it required\\nmuch labor, good judgment, discrimination and deli-\\ncacy, at the same lime giving opportunity for much\\ncensure. While imposition on the counties hadtobe\\nguarded against, respect for the claims of applicants\\nwere demanded, and in its distribution there was a\\ndegree of delicacy requisite in barring the least idea\\nof a charily and in establishing one of a right. The\\npeople, however, have very sensibly given the author-\\nities due allowance for the delicacy of the situation.\\nRejoicing at the end of the war was fully as great\\nin Midland County as elsewhere. The soldiers re-\\nturned to their homes, and laborers, who before had\\nbeen so scarce, were plentiful. Business of every\\ncharacter was increased new business houses were\\nbuilt; saw-mills and other manufacturing establish-\\nments erected, and the county assumed a phase of\\nactivity never ,before experienced. Ministers who\\nhad worn the blue now donned their ministerial\\nrobes, and glad tidings of peace on earth and good\\nwill toward men were heard from every pulpit in the\\ncounty. The brave men who survived this struggle\\nhave as true sentiments of patriotism within their\\nbreasts to-day as when tliey left mother, father, wife\\nand family for tlie desperate front. And as patriot-\\nism seeks to be effective to the interests of a State,\\nto vindicate its rights, redress it wrongs, and secure\\nts prosperity, these can never be better left than\\nwith those men who braved death for the preserva-\\ntion of tlie Union,\\nMen who tlieir iliitii s know.\\nAmi also know their rij^hts.\\nAnil, knowino-. ilai-e maintain them.\\nDWIGHT MAY POST, NO. 69,\\nWas mustered June 28, r882, with the following gen-\\ntlemen as officers D. W. Hitchcock, Commander\\nTrue Hart, Sen. Vice Commander; Wra. Simmons,\\nJr. Vice Commander; J. W. Snell, Adjt.; Wm. David-\\nson, Q. M.; D. A. Huyck, Chaplain; E. W. Davis,\\nSurgeon; T. B. Main, Officer of the Day; R. J.\\nWaldon, Officer of the Guard; C. L. Jenney, Gr. M.\\nSergt.; H. F. Olmstead, Sergt. Maj.\\nThe charter members, including the officers men-\\ntioned, were J. B. Atchinson, S. Burch, F. E. But-\\nters, A. L. Bellinger, Chas. E. Call, M. Dunning,\\nThos. G. Fraser, O. D. Gotham, J. M. Hall, S. Kent,\\nN. Norton, J. C. Pressley, G. G. Richardson, A. J.\\nRaymoiid, B. Stockwell, M. H. Stanford, L. A. Tryan,\\nC. H. Thorns, James Van Kleeck and E. Walters.\\nAll these gentlemen were Michigan soldiers, and the\\nnumber of members have increased to upwards of 80\\nveterans. Their arms and accouterments were pur-\\nchased by the Post, and the Adjutant, J. W. Snell,\\nreports the sanitary and financial condition in good\\norder. The worth of the present officers is shown\\nby the unanimous re-election of all to their several\\npositions, no change having occurred since the or-\\nganization.\\n-\u00e2\u0082\u00aci^^\\nI\\n0)\\nWoman s Christian Temperance Union.\\n4\\njHIS society was organized July 26, r882,by\\nMrs. Judyvine, of Flint. An election of\\nofficers is held semi-annually, in January\\nand July. The result of the first election was\\nas follows: Mrs. P. S. Davies, President; Mrs.\\nT. J. Carpenter, rst Vice President; Mrs. Rev.\\nEllis, 2d Vice President; Mrs. Rev. H. W. Hicks,\\n3d Vice President; Mrs. Ellery Anderson, Rec. Sec;\\nMrs. Abner Horton, Cor. Sec; Mrs. Wm. Berryman,\\nTreas.\\nAt the time of its organization the members of the\\nthe society numbered 20, and since then many names\\nhave been added to the list.\\n-2-c^n!i^naft\\nA.\\n.CS);^^", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0423.jp2"}, "424": {"fulltext": ":^:^/^l )(^t#^^\\n42S\\nMIDLAND COUNTY.\\n-^i^^^^^\\\\Sm\\nIn January, 1884, Mrs. P. S. Davies was elected\\nPresident; Mrs. T. W. Crissey, Mrs. H. B. Harring-\\nton and Mrs. Cordelia Elmer, Vice Presidents; Mrs.\\nM. McKizie, Recording Secretary; Mrs. E. Ander-\\nson, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. C. L. Jenney,\\nTreasurer. These ladies devote themselves and\\ntheir influence to the noble work of suppressing in-\\ntemperance in the village of Midland. They are\\nworking quietly and slowly, but are surely gaining\\nground; and they intend to insist upon having their\\nvoices heard and their requests fully considered, and\\nthrough their active work they hoi e to free their vil-\\nlage of this dreadful vice.\\nY\\n1\\nm\\nA Terrible Necessity.\\nHE most fearful transaction in the history\\nof Midland County was enacted on the\\nmorning of Sunday, Nov. 9, 1879, in the\\ntownship of Homer. The place adjoining thai\\ntJ of M. B. Marsh was owned by a morose,\\nI fractious Frenchman named Mazak. He had\\nbeen a disagreeable neighbor, and at times resisted\\nthe common administration of the municipal regula-\\ntions of the township, making it necessary some-\\ntimes to enforce the law in collecting taxes, etc. It\\nwas known that his severity in his family approached\\nbrutality, but beyond discontented growling at being\\ncompelled to satisfy the legal demands upon him,\\nhe did not seem dangerous to the community.\\nBut a few days before the date named he had\\nseemed to be ill, and his movements were so peculiar\\nthat his wife called a physician. On Saturday he\\nsat all day in the middle of the floor without speak-\\ning or eating. Toward niglit he came out of his sin-\\ngular condition, roused up, and spent the evening\\npleasantly with his family, finally retiring to appar-\\nently peaceful slumber. Just at the approach of\\ndawn the family of Mr. Marsh were aroused by the\\ncries of the children of Mazak, that their mother\\nwanted Mr. Marsh to come to her assistance. He\\ndressed hastily all but his coat, and on leaving the\\nhouse met Mrs. Mazak, who told him her husband\\nwas killing her mother. Mr. Marsh passed out into\\nthe road and had gone but a short distance when\\nMazak sprang upon him from the corner of the\\nfence. The Frenchman had no clothing on except a\\nheavy woolen shirt and his stockings, and he had in\\nhis hands a bludgeon of hard wood. He seized Mr.\\nMarsh and threw him. A large new clasp knife\\nflew from the pocket of the latter, which Mazak\\nseized, opened and commenced to slash the fallen\\nman. In Mr. Marsh s attempts to ward off the\\nknife, his left hand was severely injured by a cut\\nacross the back, which laid bare the bones and ten-\\ndons. The desperation of his situation nerved him\\nto make a tremendous effort to throw off his antago-\\nnist, which he did, and he then jumped over the\\nfence and ran. The Frenchman followed him and\\nencountered his mother-in-law, who had followed\\nhim, and again attacked her with the knife, inflicting\\nsevere wounds.\\nMr. Marsh went to her assistance and obtained\\npossession of the knife, which he threw towards the\\nroad. The Frenchman darted to the wood-pile and\\nreturned with an ax. Mr. Marsh immediately closed\\nwith him and took the ax from him. The infuriated\\nmaniac fought like a wild beast compelling Mr.\\nMarsh to defend his life, which he did, but at the\\ndreadful extremity of putting an end to the existence\\nof the lunatic, which charity must suppose him to\\nhave been. No help came until all was over, and\\nwhen the neighbors arrived Mrs. Marsh was endeav-\\noring to bind the wounds and relieve the sufferings\\nof her husband and the woman, who had several se-\\nvere wounds besides the bruises from the blows she\\nhad received at the beginning of the terrible affair.\\nMr. Marsh had nine wounds and kept his bed seven\\nweeks in consequence of his injuries. He had, and\\ncontinues to receive, the sympathy of the entire\\ncommunity.\\nAn item of interest to the speculative in consider-\\ning the above incident, is the fact that Thursday\\nnight previous, Mrs. Marsh dreamed that Mazak lay\\nfrying in a coffin which floated in a lake that filled\\ntlie door-yard to her house. The curious part is that\\non Friday Mrs. Mazak repeated her dream of the\\nprevious night to Mrs. Marsh, the details being nearly\\nidentical. This fact was known to several persons\\nbefore the catastrophe. It is, doubtless, one of those\\nnumerous examples of coincidence with which the\\npublic is firmiliar.\\nV^\\nc\\n^^^y\u00c2\u00ae^^^\\n.j^\\n-^D!l^DIlf", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0424.jp2"}, "425": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0096\u00a0ev -:Dll^|]Il ^T-\\n^y^^^^-\\niafssv\\nk\\n_ i.^\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^^^^^f^-\\ntiV^\\n1\\nvy\\ns. i^\\nI-\\nV\\ne^#^\\nb^oflgnnf^-T?^-\\nA^.\\ni\\nI", "height": "2891", "width": "2195", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0425.jp2"}, "426": {"fulltext": "(^IY^\\n-v ;M-r-:CD! r^ a %;g\u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00a3-\\nI\\nv:.\\nA\\nV\\no\\\\\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0^-^^Dn^ni!;\\n-#^f^ N^\\nfeiU^", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0426.jp2"}, "427": {"fulltext": "tT-r^^l]H.%UU^:/v\u00e2\u0080\u0094 5 4\\n^-A^^\\nBI0GrifIl:?r;I(3fIIx\\ni\\nf\\nV\\nAlil cy, icori4C W 333\\nAdum*, John 23\\nAdaiiH, JohnQuincy 39\\nA 1^4111 r\u00c2\u00ab:, I hilip \u00c2\u00ab28\\nAlien Win. W 13\\nArthur, Chculcr A ^9\\nAnhby. Richard m8\\nliabcock, L. F Ji6\\nliagtey, John J 57\\nHailcy, B. li \u00c2\u00ab7\\nliailcy, l- :\u00c2\u00bbt\u00c2\u00abr M J53\\nHalch, J. J Sr 286\\nliakh, J.P.. Jr 3*4\\nlialdwin, Henry F 153\\nliankn, K. I,. O a4\\nHarry. F. J 3 9\\nBarry, John S 113\\nliarton, Frank M9\\nBarton, Joieph 297\\nBcdcn, V,. G 238\\nBcKok, Jo\u00c2\u00bbiah W 169\\nBellinger, A. L ....250\\nBerry man, E. C 200\\nBcrthunc, David 209\\nBingham, Kin\u00c2\u00ablcy S 137\\nBUbing, J. S 339\\nBlair. Aimin MS\\nBoie., Milton M 225\\nBower*, John G 304\\nBowman, A. J., M. D aoo\\nBra/iley, EgUrt 244\\nBraley, Aiuo\u00c2\u00bb 194\\nBrewer, Joel A 241\\nBrewner, E. J 297\\nBrine, Thomas \u00e2\u0080\u00a2\u00e2\u0080\u00a2224\\nBrook*, J.W. H 355\\nBrown, Charlei G 226\\nBrown, C. S 257\\nBrown, George 357\\nBrown, Gtorge K... 332\\nBuchanan, James 75\\nBurch, Byron 8o\\nBunlets, J. B 2\\nJJurilci.*, Wm.U,, M. \\\\i\\nburton. K. 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K \u00c2\u00ab9\\nDean,.St \u00c2\u00ab:l E i\\nDepue, Win, T 274\\nDepue, M. h 278\\nl-io/r, Arli.i.r VV /jy\\nOrew, Sila\u00c2\u00bb W 344\\nIfunUf AIkx 191\\nDunning. Wm 2$i\\nl union, k 3IO\\nE\\nKlUworth. S,W W^\\nKinbury, K. P.... 1170\\nEmory, K fJ ^384\\nEngland, Geo, W 331\\ny.rwdy. SylvcMcf ...33i\\nK\\nFelcli, Ali,i.c.i(, 117\\nFillnwre, Millard /J\\nFlock, Bhilip Kys\\nFran\u00c2\u00bb;n. Andrew 248\\n\u00c2\u00a5r-A*Ki, Abraham ,269\\nFro\u00c2\u00abt,G.W. ...312\\nFulrner, l-evi. .273\\nG\\nGarfield, James A 95\\nGatkill, Saml. D 340\\nGibU, Win.D 34s\\nGleckler, Simon 311\\nGood\u00c2\u00bbpeed, E, C, 294\\nCoff. G. B -293\\nGoold, H. W 1.32\\nGorman, John 322\\nGotham, F-, S 332\\nGotham. K. B 312\\nGrace. John 337\\nGrant, Ulyste* .S 87\\nGreenleaf, W, A 208\\nGreenly, William L 121\\nG rover, U. E 244\\nH\\nHager. Jaeob 255\\nHaley. John 33\\nllaky, John 3*8\\nHalWrl.S. B 211\\nHall, John M -.,\u00c2\u00bb4\\nHanley, J^tn^t i\\nHannah, Andf ;-/i\\nHare, D. A., y/j\\nHarris, Wal\u00c2\u00bb /ii ,2:^1\\nHarriw^n, Will. H 51\\nHart, Hon. Henry.,.., ..,....(77\\nHafekink, Will, R,,,, .sag\\nHavenk, Aaron,,/, 279\\nHawley, A. M 223\\nHawley, J ennit 225\\nHayes. Kiitberford H 91\\nHaywood. John,,,,. ,,,,205\\nHewiu, W. K 2)8\\nHewiti. Zachariah M 179\\nHiickling, Arthnr 242\\nHiggins, Alljer \u00c2\u00ab97\\nHiggins, Win .221\\nHiggink, (/cofgc 292\\nHitkinan, Nelson ^y/t\\nHolman.F. J\\nHolmes. I,. .S 224\\nJfooper. Joseph,,,. J^\\nHosner. Orville B,..- 27 j\\nHoward, Cornelius ^cc\\nHowe, James -282\\nHowe, Wm. Jl ..229\\nHowley, John\\nHubUrd, F,)i 282\\nHdbWl. Charles H, L 2i\\nHughes, James 274\\nHutchins, S, T i8\u00c2\u00ab\\n(nman, Krwin\\n5?DD^\\n-25^^\\nJadoon. Andrew 4i\\nJefferson, Thomas 27\\nJerome, David H \u00c2\u00ab\u00c2\u00abs\\nJoboson, Andrew 83\\nJohnson. J. B 243\\nJohnson. 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C ig6\\nMcKay, Wm 208\\nMcKinnon, Daniel 283\\nMcMillan, Allan R 354\\nMcNeil, Wm 544\\nINDEX.\\nMcWil!i.ims, Hugh 2^2\\nMiller, George 247\\nMills, Charles 267\\nMills, D. A 326\\nM ills, Harding 284\\nMills, Sjmuel 255\\nMills, Wm. H 299\\nM ills, Wm 238\\nMixer, Wm iSo\\nMonroe, James 35\\nMoore, Thomas 239\\nMorrison, Joseph A 230\\nMurray, Mrs. Hannah S 313\\nN\\nNickels, l h\u00c2\u00abimas ^i\\\\\\nO\\nUiiu!!, James 35\\nO Donnell Daniel 198\\nOliver, Francis 324\\nOpeno, George 285\\nOpeno, J. E 294\\nOscar, Charles 355\\nOstrander, John C 198\\nOsrrander, John W 284\\nOswald, Charles 334\\nOswald, E. E 321\\nOverton, Charles 24y\\nParker, John O 193\\nParker, Solomon 227\\nParmelee, C, M 322\\nParsons, Andrew 133\\nPatterson, John P 332\\nPeck. W. H 279\\nPeer, Charles B 201\\nPerry, J. C 178\\nPhelan, Wm 266\\nPhetteplace, Wm 303-\\nPhillips, Wm 285\\nPierce, Franklin 71\\nPierce, Jonathan 252\\nPierce. Phineas F 314\\nPlumer.Wm. C 195\\nPolk, James K 59\\nPost, F. L 243\\nPost, John 229\\nPotter, Robert 272\\nPowers, E. P 199\\nI lifTer, Uenj T .134\\nR\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 125\\nRaymond, Alex. J 249\\nRaymond, Henry. 249\\nRaymond, J. P 253\\nRichardson, Thos. T 192\\nRiefenberg, Louis 278\\nRoberson, John 3: 0\\nRockwell, George O 264\\nRockwell, Henry 197\\nRockwood, Urial 234\\nRogers, Lewis 263\\nRooker, James 219\\nRose, John F 179\\nSalsbury, John\\nSanford, Charles S.\\nSchearer, John\\nSee, Alfred\\nShaffner, S. D\\nShepherd, A. J\\nShively, A. J\\nShort, Joseph D\\nSias, John\\nSias, John C\\nSias, Samuel\\nSimons, Edwin\\nSimons, T. B\\nSimmon*!, Wm\\nSkyn, Peter\\nSlough, B. F\\nSmith, Charles\\nSmith, M. H\\nSmock, George\\nStanton, James J\\nStarks, George\\nStearns, Wm. L.\\nStowiis, Henry B\\nStuart, Henry\\nSugnet, John\\nSuiter, John\\nSwanton, John.\\nSwanton, Young.\\nSwift, Phineas.\\nT\\nTaft, Kthan\\nTaylor, Zachary.\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0314\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0357\\n.226\\n.366\\n.214\\n.28S\\n.215\\n.182\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2277\\n5C9\\n.258\\n.181\\n.209\\n.2tO\\n.248\\n.254\\n.298\\n,.366\\n339\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0333\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2325\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0340\\n190\\n.220\\n..302\\n..236\\n99\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0\u00e2\u0096\u00a0277\\nThompson, G. C 226\\nThornlon, H. G 299\\nThnrbcr, David E 235\\nThurber, Geoige A 222\\nTice, Wm. H 315\\nTimmons, James F 310\\nTownsend, Joseph C 237\\nTremper, Peter L 222\\nTripp. Joseph H 228\\nI rowbridee, S. D 324\\nTurner, Daniel M 291\\nTurner, Mark E 294\\nTurner, Robert A 298\\nTurner, Samuel 353\\nTurney, Amos 202\\nTyler, John 55\\nVan IJuren, Martin 47\\nVance, Wm 256\\nVan Kleeck, Hon J 364\\nan Wet;en, G W 322\\nN isger, G. 356\\nw\\nWallace, Wm. M 192\\nWarden, Geo. W 343\\nWashington, Geo 19\\nWatts, John J 194\\nWayne, Duncan 256\\nWayue, J. A 321\\nWeed, Daniel 345\\nWesson, Louis H 363\\nWhitman, James 240\\nWhitman, John A 233\\nWilcox, Daniel 240\\nWilcox, David M 310\\nWilkinson, Samuel 220\\nWindover, John 315\\nWindover, Wm 209\\nWinslow, Charles H 273\\nWinslow, C. J 223\\nWinslow, J. J 287\\nWinslow, Loring S 34^\\nWismer, Abram L 292\\nWismer,J.H 301\\nWisner, Moses 141\\nWoodbridge, Wm .109\\nWoodcock, Philip 250\\nWright, Eben 266\\nWright, Silas E 265\\nI\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2f\\nT\\n\u00e2\u0096\u00a0f^^\\n^^ii!]^iiti;i", "height": "2902", "width": "2279", "jp2-path": "portraitbiograph17chap_0428.jp2"}, "429": {"fulltext": "^tl^\\n/JVD\u00c2\u00a3X.\\n-4^^( \u00c2\u00aeVM\\n433\\nAdams, John 22\\nAdams, John Quincy 38\\nArthur, Chester A 98\\nBagley, John J 156\\nBaldwin, Henry P 152\\nBarry, John S 112\\nBegole, Josiah W... 168\\nBingham, Kinsley S 136\\nBlair, Austin 144\\nBrewster, E.J 296\\nBuchanan, James 73\\nBurtless, Wm. i 204\\nCarpenter, T. J 318\\nClason, Roger W 336\\nCovert, Geo. W .....218\\nCrapo, Henry H 148\\nCroswell, Charles M 160\\nCurrie Gilbert 290\\nDean, Eenj 18:;\\nDe.in, Mrs. Jerusha 184\\nDean, Benj. F 360\\nDean, Mrs. Jane 361\\nFelch, Alphcus itf,\\nFillmore, Millard 66\\nGarfield, James A 04\\nGrant, Ulysses S 86\\nGreenly, William L 120\\nHaley, John 328\\nHaley, Mrs. John 329\\nHarrison, Wm. H 50\\nHayes, Rutherford B go\\nJackson, Andrew 42\\nJefferson, I hos. J 26\\nJerome, David H 164\\nJohnson, Andrew 82\\nLarkin, John 348\\nLarkin, Mrs. Amanda 349\\nLincoln, Abraham 78\\nMadison James 30\\nMarsh, Moses E 260\\nMarsh, Mrs. Nancy 261\\nMason, Stevens T 104\\nMcClelland, Robert 128\\nMiller, George 246\\nMonroe, James 43\\n.132\\nParsons, Andrew\\nPierce, Franklin ^q\\nPolk James K ^8\\nRansom, Epaphroditus 124\\nSias, Samuel 306\\nSias, Mrs. Mary E 307\\nSwift, Phineas 276\\nTaylor, Zachary 62\\nTyler, John g^\\nVanBuren, Martin 46\\nWarden, Geo. 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